Tribute to Jose 1

September 21st, 2007 by boruff

               

Mourinho

 

THE SPECIAL MOURINHO YEARS

José
Mourinho leaves Chelsea as the most successful manager in the club’s
history, having guided the team to two league championships, an FA Cup,
two League Cups and a Community Shield in his three full seasons at
Stamford Bridge.

Arriving from Porto in the summer of 2004, Mourinho, the reigning
European champion manager, proved an instant success as Claudio
Ranieri’s replacement, declaring himself as ‘a special one’ in his
first day at the club.

Things began well on the field too, with a 1-0 win over Manchester United on the opening day of the 2004/5 campaign.

The team went unbeaten for the first eight games of the season,
before a 1-0 defeat at Manchester City, the only loss in a league
campaign that brought Chelsea’s first championship in 50 years.

The final points total of 95 remains an all-time top-flight record
and we finished 12 points clear of second-placed Manchester United,
conceding just 15 goals, a Premier League record.

February of that first season also brought a League Cup triumph,
coming from behind against Liverpool to snatch victory in Cardiff, but
the Reds would get their revenge three months later, narrowly edging
Chelsea out of the Champions League at the semi-final stage, with a
goal that looked not to have crossed the line.

Mourinho was outraged, suggesting that ‘the best team lost’, and so
the controversial side of the charismatic Portuguese was visible to
all, as it had been in an earlier tie with Barcelona, although on this
occasion on the pitch, there was a happy ending when Stamford Bridge
played host to one of the most dramatic games in those first 101 years.

The Catalan giants were knocked out by a 4-2 victory on the night.

After that first, highly successful campaign and among many warnings
that retaining the title would be an even tougher task than winning it
for the first time, Chelsea got off to a flyer in Mourinho’s second
season, winning the first nine league games having not conceded in the
opening seven.

When defeat eventually arrived, the team reacted with typical
fortitude, going on another winning run that lasted 10 Premiership
games and included a first league win at Highbury for over 15 years in
our last game there.

The league was won with first place in the table never surrendered,
making Chelsea only the second team to win back-to-back titles in the
last 20 years.

Injuries to key members of the squad, including goalkeepers Petr
Cech and back-up Carlo Cudicini, as well as inspirational captain John
Terry, made last season a difficult one, where the team, Mourinho said,
had to play ’survival football’.

More goals conceded and fewer goals scored were evidence that the spark in the play seen earlier in his tenure had dimmed.

But we clinched the Carling Cup in February with victory over
Arsenal, followed by the FA Cup at Wembley in May, the last remaining
English domestic trophy Mourinho had sought. He maintained his
remarkable run of never being beaten in the league at the Bridge, a
sequence still intact on the day of departure.

During the summer just gone, the manager promised a more mellow
Mourinho, but the start of the new campaign followed on from the last
with injuries again striking and top form proving elusive.

By beginning his fourth season here, it had become his longest stay
at any club but after three games without a win, Mourinho and Chelsea
Football Club agreed it was in the best interests of both parties for
him to move on.

Can U buy this corporate shit?

September 21st, 2007 by boruff

               

Chelsea Logo

 

OPEN LETTER TO CHELSEA FANS

The following open letter to Chelsea fans from Chelsea Football Club was exclusively revealed on Chelsea TV tonight.

The Chelsea FC plc board and everyone at the club has appreciated
your patience and understanding during what has been a difficult time.

It is only right that we explain the reasons behind José Mourinho
leaving Chelsea and also recognise the immense contribution he has made
to the club and to English football.

Early this morning we announced that Chelsea and José Mourinho had
agreed to part company by mutual consent. The key phrase here is that
there was mutual agreement. José did not resign and he was not sacked.

What is clear, though, is we had all reached a point where the
relationship between the club and José had broken down. This was
despite genuine attempts over several months by all parties to resolve
certain differences.

The reason the decision has been taken is that we believed the
breakdown started to impact on the performance of the team and recent
results supported this view. We did not want this to continue or affect
the club further.

Chelsea’s long-term football objectives and ambitions remain
unchanged and the appointment of Avram Grant and Steve Clarke is aimed
at continuing to achieve those goals.

We also must pay tribute to the great job José did for Chelsea. He
has been the most successful manager the club has known and he rightly
deserves that place in our history. José has been instrumental in
putting Chelsea where it is today, among the leading clubs in European
and world football.

He will always be welcome at Stamford Bridge, whether as the guest
of Chelsea or as the manager of another club, and he will be given the
reception and respect his position in our history deserves.

Chelsea Football Club

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September 21st, 2007 by boruff

Mourinho proud of Chelsea achievements

Mourinho_thanking

Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:27am BST

LONDON (Reuters) - Jose Mourinho has spoken of a "never ending love
story" with Chelsea fans in his first public comments since parting
company with the club in the early hours of Thursday morning.   

In a heartfelt letter on the team’s Web site (www.chelseafc.com),
the Portuguese coach said he was proud of his achievements since taking
over in 2004.

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Mourinho’s reign, which brought two Premier League titles, two
League Cups and an FA Cup, ended because, in the club’s words, their
relationship had "broken down".

"I am very proud of my work with Chelsea and I think my decision to
come to England was an excellent one," said Mourinho, who never lost a
home league game at Stamford Bridge.

"It was a beautiful and rich period of my career. I want to thank
all Chelsea supporters for what I believe is a never ending love story.

"I wish great success to the club, a club that will be forever
connected to me for some historic moments. I wish the players happiness
in their football and in their family lives."

In a separate statement, Chelsea said they had reached agreement on
all contractual arrangements for Mourinho’s departure although no
details were disclosed.

SHOCK OF THE YEAR!

September 21st, 2007 by boruff

Jose Mourinho quits Chelsea

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Sep. 20 - Top British football club Chelsea confirms that manager Jose Mourinho has left the club by mutual consent.

The
Portuguese manager, who took over in 2004 and won consecutive Premier
League titles, told senior players that he was leaving. Chelsea have
never lost a Premier League match at Stamford Bridge under Mourinho but
rumours surfaced last season that he had fallen out with billionaire
Russian owner Roman Abramovich.

Penny Tweedie reports.

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Artikel Ramadhan Untuk Ingatan Semua!

September 16th, 2007 by boruff

Kesilapan Kerap Muslim di Ramadhan 

( artikel ini telah disiarkan tahun 2006 yang lalu, disiarkan semula bagi manfaat bersama,  

terdapat beberapa perkara yang telah ditambah)  

Oleh  

Zaharuddin  Abd Rahman  

 

Salah dan kurang tepat tu...

 

Pada
hemat saya, kita bolehlah mengatakan bahawa objektif atau sasaran yang
perlu dicapai oleh Muslim di bulan Ramadhan ini kepada dua yang
terutama. Iaitu taqwa dan keampunan. Perihal objektif taqwa telah
disebut dengan jelas di dalam ayat 183 dari surah al-Baqarah. Manakala
objektif ‘mendapatkan keampunan’ ternyata dari hadith sohih tentang
Sayyidatina Aisyah r.a yang bertanya kepada nabi doa yang perlu dibaca
tatkala sedar sedang mendapat lailatul qadar. Maka doa ringkas yang
diajar oleh Nabi SAW adalah doa meminta keampunan Allah SWT.
 

 

Bagaimanapun,
kemampuan untuk mendapatkan kesempurnaan pahala ramadhan kerap kali
tergugat akibat kekurangan ilmu dan kekurang perihatinan umat Islam
kini. Antara yang saya maksudkan adalah :-
 

1) Makan dan minum dengan bebas setelah batal puasa dengan sengaja
(bukan kerana uzur yang diterima Islam). Perlu diketahui bahawa sesiapa
yang batal puasanya dengan sengaja tanpa uzur seperti mengeluarkan mani
secara sengaja, merokok, makan dan minum. Ia dilarang untuk makan dan
minum lagi atau melakukan apa jua perkara yang membatalkan puasa yang
lain sepanjang hari itu. (Fiqh as-Siyam, Al-Qaradawi, hlm 112).
 

Ia
dikira denda yang pertama baginya selain kewajiban menggantikannya
kemudiannya. Keadaan ini disebut di dalam sebuah hadith, Ertinya :
"sesungguhnya sesiapa yang telah makan (batal puasa) hendaklah ia
berpuasa baki waktu harinya itu" (Riwayat al-Bukhari)
 

2) Makan sahur di waktu tengah malam kerana malas bangun di akhir malam.
Jelasnya, individu yang melakukan amalan ini terhalang dari mendapat
keberkatan dan kelebihan yang ditawarkan oleh Nabi SAW malah bercanggah
dengan sunnah baginda. "Sahur" itu sendiri dari sudut bahasanya adalah
waktu terakhir di hujung malam. Para Ulama pula menyebut waktunya
adalah 1/6 terakhir malam. (Awnul Ma’bud, 6/469). Imam Ibn Hajar
menegaskan melewatkan sahur adalah lebih mampu mencapai objektif yang
diletakkan oleh Nabi SAW. (Fath al-Bari, 4/138)
 

3) Bersahur dengan hanya makan & minum sahaja tanpa ibadah lain.
Ini satu lagi kesilapan umat Islam kini, waktu tersebut pada hakikatnya
adalah antara waktu terbaik untuk beristigfar dan menunaikan solat
malam.
 

Firman
Allah ketika memuji orang mukmin ertinya : " dan ketika waktu-waktu
bersahur itu mereka meminta ampun dan beristighfar" (Az-Zariyyat : 18)
 

يا رسول الله , أي الدعاء أسمع ؟ : قال : جوف الليل الأخير ودبر الصلوات المكتوبة 

Ertinya
: "Ditanya kepada Nabi (oleh seorang sahabat) : Wahai Rasulullah :"
Waktu bilakah doa paling didengari (oleh Allah s.w.t) ; jawab Nabi :
Pada hujung malam (waktu sahur) dan selepas solat fardhu" ( Riwayat
At-Tirmidzi, no 3494 , Tirmidzi & Al-Qaradhawi : Hadis Hasan ;
Lihat Al-Muntaqa , 1/477)
 

4) Menunaikan solat witir sejurus selepas terawih. Menurut dalil-dalil yang sohih, waktu yang terbaik bagi solat witir adalah penutup segala solat sunat
di sesuatu hari itu berdasarkan hadith ertinya "Jadikanlah solat sunat
witir sebagai solat kamu yang terakhir dalam satu malam". (Fath
al-Bari, no 936). Sememangnya tidak salah untuk melakukan witir selepas
terawih, cuma sekiranya seseorang itu yakin akan kemampuannya untuk
bangun bersahur dan boleh melakukan solat sunat selepas itu, maka
adalah lebih elok ia melewatkan witirnya di akhir malam.
 

5) Tidak menunaikan solat ketika berpuasa.
Ia adalah satu kesilapan yang maha besar. Memang benar, solat bukanlah
syarat sah puasa. Tetapi ia adalah rukun Islam yang menjadi tonggak
kepada keislaman sesorang. Justeru, ‘ponteng’ solat dengan sengaja akan
menyebabkan pahala puasa seseorang itu menjadi ‘kurus kering’ pastinya.
 

6) Tidak mengutamakan solat Subuh berjemaah sebagaimana Terawih.
Ini jelas suatu kelompongan yang ada dalam masyarakat tatakala
berpuasa. Ramai yang lupa dan tidak mengetahui kelebihan besar semua
solat fardhu berbanding solat sunat, teruatamnya solat subuh berjemaah
yang disebutkan oleh Nabi SAW bagi orang yang mendirikannya secara
berjemaah, maka beroleh pahala menghidupkan seluruh malam.
 

7) Menunaikan solat terawih di masjid dengan niat inginkan meriah.
Malanglah mereka kerana setiap amalan di kira dengan niat, jika niat
utama seseorang itu ( samada lelaki atau wanita) hadir ke masjid adalah
untuk meriah dan bukannya atas dasar keimanan dan mengharap ganjaran
redha Allah sebagaimana yang ditetapkan oleh Nabi SAW di dalam hadith
riwayat al-Bukhari. Maka, "Sesungguhnya sesuatu amalan itu dikira
dengan niat". (Riwayat al-Bukhari)
 

8) Bermalasan dan tidak produktif dalam kerja-kerja di siang hari
dengan alasan berpuasa. Sedangkan, kerja yang kita lakukan di pejabat
dengan niat ibadat pastinya menambahkan lagi pahala. Justeru, umat
Islam sewajarnya memperaktifkan produktiviti mereka dan bukan
mengurangkannya di Ramadhan ini.
 

AIk...salah lagi

 

 

9) Memperbanyakkan tidur di siang hari dengan alasan ia adalah ibadat.
Sedangkan Imam As-Sayuti menegaskan bahawa hadith yang menyebut
berkenaan tidur orang berpuasa itu ibadat adalah amat lemah. (al-Jami’
as-Soghir ; Faidhul Qadir, Al-Munawi, 6/291)
 

10) Menganggap waktu imsak sebagai ‘lampu merah’ bagi sahur.
Ini adalah kerana waktu imsak sebenarnya tidak lain hanyalah ‘lampu
amaran oren’ yang di cadangkan oleh beberapa ulama demi mengingatkan
bahawa waktu sahur sudah hampir tamat. Ia bukanlah waktu tamat untuk
makan sahur, tetapi waktu amaran sahaja. Lalu, janganlah ada yang
memberi alasan lewat bangun dan sudah masuk imsak lalu tidak dapat
berpuasa pada hari itu. Waktu yang disepakti ulama merupakan waktu
penamat sahur adalah sejurus masuk fajar sadiq (subuh). (As-Siyam, Dr
Md ‘Uqlah, hlm 278)
 

11) Wanita berterawih beramai-ramai di masjid tanpa menjaga aurat.
Ini nyata apabila ramai antara wanita walaupun siap bertelekung ke
masjid, malangnya kaki dan aurat mereka kerap terdedah da didedahkan
berjalan dan naik tangga masjid di hadapan jemaah lelaki. Tatkala itu,
fadhilat mereka solat di rumah adalah lebih tinggi dari mendatangkan
fitnah buat lelaki ketika di masjid.
 

12) Memasuki Ramadhan dalam keadaan harta masih dipenuhi dengan harta haram,
samada terlibat dengan pinjaman rumah, kad kredit, insuran,
pelaburan dan kereta secara riba. Ini sudah tentu akan memberi kesan
yang amat nyata kepada kualiti ibadah di bulan Ramadhan, kerana status
orang terlibat dengan riba adalah sama dengan berperang dengan Allah
dan RasulNya, tanpa azam dan usaha untuk mengubahnya dengan segera di
bulan ‘tanpa Syaitan’ ini, bakal menyaksikan
potensi besar untuk gagal terus untuk kembali ke pangkal jalan di bulan lain.  

Nabi Muhammad menceritakan :- 

ذَكَرَ
الرَّجُلَ يُطِيلُ السَّفَرَ أَشْعَثَ أَغْبَرَ يَمُدُّ يَدَيْهِ إلى
السَّمَاءِ يا رَبِّ يا رَبِّ وَمَطْعَمُهُ حَرَامٌ وَمَشْرَبُهُ حَرَامٌ
وَمَلْبَسُهُ حَرَامٌ وَغُذِيَ بِالْحَرَامِ فَأَنَّى يُسْتَجَابُ لِذَلِكَ
 

Ertinya
:  menyebut tentang seorang pemuda yang bermusafir dalam perjalanan
yang jauh, hal rambutnya kusut masai, mukanya berdebu di mana dia
mengangkat tangan ke langit : Wahai Tuhanku…wahai Tuhanku…
sedangkan makanannya haram, minumannya haram dan pakaiannya haram..Dan
dia dibesarkan dengan memakan makanan haram maka bagaimana Kami mahu
mengabulkan doanya. ( Riwayat Muslim, no 1015, 2/703 ; hadis sohih)
 

Justeru,
bagaimana Allah mahu memakbulkan doa orang yang berpuasa sedangkan
keretanya haram, rumahnya haram, kad kreditnya haram, insurannya haram,
simpanan banknya haram, pendapatannya haram?. Benar, kita perlu
bersangka baik dengan Allah, tetapi sangka baik tanpa meloloskan diri
dari riba yang haram adalah penipuan kata Imam Hasan Al-Basri.
 

13) Tidak memperbanyakkan doa tatkala berpuasa dan berbuka. Ini satu lagi jenis kerugian yang kerap dilakukan oleh umat Islam. Nabi SAW telah menyebut :-  

 

ثلاثة لا ترد دعوتهم , الإمام العادل , والصائم حتى يفطر ودعوة المظلوم  

Ertinya
: "Tiga golongan yang tidak di tolak doa mereka, pemimpin yang adil,
individu berpuasa sehingga berbuka dan doa orang yang di zalimi" (
Riwayat At-Tirmizi, 3595, Hasan menurut Tirmizi. Ahmad Syakir : Sohih )
 

 

Selain itu, doa menjadi bertambah maqbul tatkala ingin berbuka berdasarkan hadith.  

 

إن للصائم عند فطره دعوة لا ترد  

Ertinya
: "Sesungguhnya bagi orang berpuasa itu ketika berbuka (atau hampir
berbuka) doa yang tidak akan ditolak" ( Riwayat Ibn Majah, no 1753,
Al-Busairi : Sanadnya sohih)
 

 

Sekian 

 

Zaharuddin Abd Rahman 

www.zaharuddin.net 

17 Oktober 2006  

Ramadhan Diary 2

September 16th, 2007 by boruff

Day 3
Sahur: just 3 slices of gardenia’s wholemeal bread. some kurma’s & water.

Subuh: subuh prayers.

Morning: sleep till noon.

Afternoon: still sleeping.

2.30pm: woke up & getting ready to go to bbu. zuhur prayers.

4.00pm: already terpacak at bazaar ramadhan at masjid uda. as usual, scanning for the best views. saw a few known faces. plenty of chicks as usual, pergi bazaar ramadhan cam nak pegi jalan CS/jusco.

7.05pm: buka puasa! just had yam flavoured juice, a small piece of roti john & a smoke.

8.00pm: at home, continue eating nasi beryani kambeng! solat isyak.
10.00pm: at the office. went down to have a teh-tarik session. watching chelsea play. urgh, chelsea draw 0-0 with rovers. we had a disallowed goal—>to me it was a legal goal. even the replays showed it was NOT OFFSIDE! jose mourinho went ballistic, he even throwed the portable display monitor or tablet pc; or something like that. i was joined by udin jalak lenteng, wak ijan & din the wise…haha!

Day 4
Sahur: at sayam (belakang) stulang. had nasi ayam kunyit. sedap…been sometime since i ate there. there were jo sidai, 2 of his frens, udin jalak lenteng, wak ijan, din the wise & me. mike & his goons were at zorro. just a brief meeting. at about 5am we’re all went back to our own destination. solat subuh at home.

Morning: sleeping

Afternon: still sleeping.

2pm: woke up & preparing to go to uda.

3.30pm: arrived early today. there was no one at the office. went straight to the bazaar. had to wait for Lan until 4.30pm.

4.30pm: we started selling. in the beginning, sales agak slow . there was plenty of  people but not many bought our stuff. laksa penang finished first. at about close to open fasting time, the nasi beryani started to finish. as usual, during the bazaar i saw this chick from myspace. but today seems to be lack of good looking chicks la..

8.00pm: at home, eating some nasi beryani+kambeng. only open fast at the bazaar with air jagung, a piece of roti john & a coule of malboro lite–>x rase :P
solat isyak & terawikh. watched juve play…adoi, we were trailing 0-1 against udinese. didnt know who won, but i think maybe juve lost :(
got some cat nap, maybe coz a bit tired of the work at the bazaar.

10.30pm: went to the office to meet azzam but only mawi & din the wise was there.
had a couple of smoke. mawi & din the wise were playing chess. din the wise lost a lot of games…haha. azzam came. did some work. maybe we’ll have a teh-tarik session. mawi & din the wise still playing chess….im listening to some tupac music, damn good tupac :)

Ramadhan Diary

September 15th, 2007 by boruff

Day 1
at last, Ramadhan came again. started last nite with terawikh prayers at surau aminah sabirin tmn sri amar.
sahur was very moderate. untasteful i would say with rice, sayur+telur masak air & ikan caru bakar kosong. i had this stomach disorder that ran for a couple of days and starting to fast with it wasn’t a very good idea. but it’s a small matter for me & i fast.
due to the stomach disorder i had, i slept till noon. after zuhur prayers I went to the office & meet with some chaps. at about 4pm i went to the pasar ramadhan uda in front of the mosque to help a fren who had a stall there. he was selling nasi beryani, lasksa johor & laksa penang by the way.
what a wonderful sight! haha, wonderful coz of the colorful girls who came there.
that was the beauty of pasar ramadhan, well…other than the delicious delicacies.
buka puasa is the best time i would say. with ur family is important. it has been a tradition on the 1st day of ramadhan its a must for me to sahur & buka puasa with the family. the dish for buka puasa that day was only meehon goreng. my mom made it. simple, but enuff.
that nite, 2nd day of terawih was at masjid kg melayu majidee. it was packed. after terawikh i called up wak ijan(a good fren of mine) to meet at al-kauzar restaurant at tmn setia indah to have some teh-tarik session.
sharul(also a good fren of mine) managed to join us after his amil zakat duties and we talked about some issues. had a vey good chat. shoke hands & ready for the 2nd day of fasting.

Day 2
well……sahur today was also simple & untastful…haha, i had rice, sayur+tauhu+ikan bilis masak air & some small ikan goreng. still, my stomach disorder haunts me. haha, after subuh prayers I feel kinda sick with my stomach and sleep until 2pm. did my zuhur prayers & went to the barbershop to trim some hair.
then, drove to uda to help my fren again at the pasar ramadhan stall.
wonderful sight again…ahahaha, orang kate cuci mata. again, i met with knowns faces. i also saw this chick from myspace. ohhh, there’s also some artists came. yesterday was the twins ikin & ape ntah her twin’s name. today it was fara fauzana & wahid senario. maybe it was the melody shooting. coz there’s this camera man & mic with them. kecoh sekejap kat situ. manage to took some pics & carried on selling.
todays sales was not as good as yesterdays. laska saje jalan, a lot of the nasi beryani was left unsold.
todays buka puasa menu was asam pedas ikan merah. location was zorro stulang. thks mike for the dish. there were the 3 of us, me-wari-mike. eating rice makes u kenyang gile. then, we chatted & I went home.
after terawikh, a number of my mates gather up for the teh-terik session again. this time there was about 10 of us. Jo was the head & we had a nice laugh bersembang & mengutuk2 & bergurau-senda. hahaha, it was one of the best sessions. looking forward for the next guys :)
and so, we all went home & getting ready for the 3rd day of fasting….

RAMADHAN AL-MUBARAK

September 12th, 2007 by boruff

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Salam & selamat menyambut Ramadhan al-Mubarak kpd semua.

Alhamdulillah we are all granted the chance to meet again with the month of Ramadhan. This is the month that we muslims fast or berpuasa for 30 days (Insya’ Allah). As one of the 5 pillars of Islam, we must fast. This is wajib=meaning must do. And in this month also we are encourage to do a lot of ibadah. meaning that along with fasting; we recite the Al-Quran, doing the 5 daily prayers, doing good deeds, control our eyes-ears-mouth, thinking about the wonders of Allah’s creation, solat tarawikh dan other solat sunat. We are also told to control & prevent ourselves from wrong-doings.

This is also the month where some of us are granted the lessons of life. Where in life we are sometimes lost in world-ly pleasures, this is the time where we learn that life is more than materials. Believe it or not, Ramadhan teaches us a lot. Why am I saying that? Because for those who realize, they will know how to be patient(sabar) & strong-willed. Also, in this month where Shaitan & Iblis are tied, we are left ourselves with our own Nafsu(desires). So, in other words this is also a month where u will be tested.

In other news…actually, at the time I am writing this article I was back from restoran mamak Osman. It was a routine teh-tarik session with my mates. And at time what I saw was someone (a girl) that I was been with before was with another bloke. Now, Im not judging anything but I am looking at the benefit of the doubt, (meaning bersangka baik lah). I just wanna say that I am happy to see she’s happy with her new boyfriend. No wonder she did not want to meet me & gave a lot of excuses. I heard about her new guy but I did not buy the news. Only after tonite( its 1.45am that time) I saw it with my own eyes and I believed it.

Good for her. And good for me too. I always have this inner feeling that i dont want other people to hate or feel bad about me. And I think now, that guilt has gone(not that I did bad things to her, I treated her what a woman should be treated, if u dont believe me, go ask her).
Alhamdulillah. Allah Maha Bijaksana! In life, more specificly in relationships we have to now when to start, when to leave and when to move on. Life wont be interesting when all this did not happen to us.

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So, this Ramadhan teaches me to syukur. Syukur(grateful) with the pleasures(nikmat) that Allah has given u. When Allah took something from u, He will give u something better. Thats why I said, Maha Suci Allah, Allah Maha Bijaksana!
This Ramadhan also teaches me that u dont need anybody to rely on. Because when u rely on someone else and not Allah, then what are u? Tepuk dada, tanya selera.

So, a message to all…janganlah bergantung kepada orang. Ingat lah semua itu adalah ketentuan Allah. Pertemuan & perpisahan itu juga adalah ketentuan Allah. Cinta itu juga ketentuan Allah. Tapi ingat lah cinta dengan material, dunia, perempuan dan makhluk tidak kekal. Yang kekal hanya lah cinta kepada Allah.

Bagi aku, aku tidak hairan semua ini terjadi. Aku bersyukur dan redha dengan nikmat & ketentuan Allah. Kerana, cukuplah Allah sebagai tempat bergantung ku.

Wallahu a’lam.
1st Ramadhan 1428 Hijrah
13 Sept 2007

SELAMAT HARI MERDEKA KE-50!

August 30th, 2007 by boruff

 Salam merdeka kpd semua…

Alhamdulillah, syukur kpd Allah kite dipanjang usia utk menyambut kemerdekaan negara kite yg ke-50. Kalau nak dikatekan kite ni merdeka sepenuhnye pd pendapat saye xde lah. kite masih lagi dijajah oleh pemikiran & ketaksuban culture barat, undang2 masih menggunakan undang2 common law dr penjajah dan byk lah lagi contoh2 yg dpt kite lihat seharian.

namun, ape yg menyedihkan saye adalah golongan pelapis yg bakal menghuni, menggerak, membangunkan dan memimpin negare kite yg masih lemah pengisiannya. anak2 remaje kite byk meliar berpeleseran dan mengagungkan material sambil melaungkan itulah konsep kebebasan bagi mereka. apa yg mereka tidak sedar adalah itu lah cara hidup hedonistik yg mereka amalkan. dimane mereka memisahkan agama dan Pencipta dr hidup mereka. mereka sebenarnya membina kehancuran bagi hidup mereka. tatkala mereka sedar, mungkin telah lambat dan pd mase itu yg menerima akibatnya adalah generasi yg seterusnya. sbg hamba Allah yg amat dhaif dan hina ini, kite hanya mampu berusaha ke arah kebaikan dan berdoa agar keadaan menjadi lebih baik.

Sempena kemerdekaan ke-50 tahun ini juge I would like to convey my congratulations to the National Football team who won the Pesta Bolasepak Merdeka recently. Finally, those who watched the match felt that we are proud to be a nation, proud to be merdeka and proud to be a supporting fan of the National Team! i know because i felt it :)

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MERDEKA: Selepas sekian lama dibelenggu kemarau kejayaan,
akhirnya skuad bola sepak negara muncul juara
Pestabola Merdeka selepas menewaskan Myanmar 3-1
pada perlawanan akhir di Stadium Shah Alam,
malam tadi.

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BARISAN pemain negara melambaikan
tangan ketika meraikan kejayaan mereka di hadapan ribuan penyokong yang
membanjiri Stadium Shah Alam pada perlawanan akhir bola sepak Pestabola
Merdeka edisi ke-39, malam tadi. Malaysia muncul juara selepas
menewaskan Myanmar 3-1.

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Triple joy: Safee Sali celebrates after putting Malaysia 3-0 up against Myanmar at Shah
Alam Stadium last night.

As a football fan, I say thank you to the under-23 squad. they sure proved that they were the better team than the current national side. they also donned the blue, red & white colors of the away jersey, creating a new look than the original yellow jersey that I always thought that it was cursed. thank you again, memang ia hadiah terbaik masa ini utk rakyat negara kita.

utk closing, mari kite fikir apa itu erti kemerdekaan yg sebenar. bukalah minda anda yg jumud, kenal lah Pencipta mu dengan hati, gunakan lah aqal pemberian-Nya dgn bijaksana dan kawal lah nafsu anda.

semoga kemerdekaan Malaysia ke-50 ini bakal membawa makna baru kpd setiap manusia bergelar warganegara Malaysia. Doa saya semoga negara kita sentiasa dibawah Rahmat & perlindugan dari Allah. Semoga aman damai, bergerak maju kehadapan dan mendaulatkan Islam sebagai pegangan kite semua…Insya’ Allah :)

My cousin was killed by Mat Rempits…

August 28th, 2007 by boruff

Salam,
Alhamdulillah, I was granted by Allah the time to write this sad article. This article is about my cousin (Mohd. Shazwan bin Ishak) that was killed (innalillahi wa innahi raji’uun…) last week on 22nd August 2007 (if i was not mistaken).
The news about his death was in the papers, particularly on the front page of Harian Metro’s 22nd August edition. The title was "MAT REMPIT MENGAMUK". Despite what u guys read in the papers, the true version of the story was twisted by the reporters.
So, I’m here to tell u guys the true version of the story…

Here it goes,…my cousin was a good boy, he was 14 and in my opinion I saw a lot of future in him. After all, he was my cousin and Insya’ Allah maybe I will help him someday in his undertakings.

The night he was beaten to death, he went ngeteh with a couple of his friends at a place where he seldom went. It was actually a case of BEING AT THE WRONG TIME, AT THE WRONG PLACE and MISTAKENLY TOOK AS SOMEONE ELSE.

There was a gang war between 2 mat rempits gangs and one of the gangs were searching for a boy called ‘wan’ because he had made some trouble with them. My cousin was mistakenly took as that ‘wan’ hence the same calling name. He was parang-ed on the head and brutally beaten sampai nyawa2 ikan. His friend who manage to escape from the scene later came back searching for my cousin and brought him to Hospital Selayang. For yout info, the incident happened at Tmn Intan Baiduri and my cousin’s home is at Tmn Muda area Ampang KL.

My dad who went to see my cousin said he was in a very dying state. Even when my cousin was brought into the ICU, the doctors said he was in a very critical condition and no hope to live.

My cousin was at the ICU ward at about 4.00am and at 8.30am the mat rempit gang who beat my cousin came ‘amuk’ at the hospital to finish him off. The situation turned havoc and the police manage to came in time, shot a couple of shots in the air and arrested all the 14 mat rempits.

Later on, about after maghrib that day the doctor announced my cousin’s brain  was dead and at about 11pm he was officially declared dead.

HMMMM….SEBENARNYE KITE BOLEH AMBIL BANYAK IKTIBAR DARI KISAH NI. MEMANG SEDIH BILE SAUDARE SEKELUARGE KITE MENINGGAL DUNIA, APE LAGI MATI DI BUNUH. TAPI AJAL MAUT ITU URUSAN ALLAH, KISAH CERITE INI HANYE LAH SEBAGAI SEBAB UTK SEPUPU AKU MATI. SEMUA NYA SUDAH TERTULIS DI LUH MAHFUZ…KALO KITE TAHU PERANAN KITE SEBAGAI HAMBE ALLAH, KITE WAJIB REDHA & SABAR…SEMUA INI QADA’ & QADAR DARI ALLAH. ADE HIKMAH YG LAGI BESAR DARI KEJADIAN INI.

SEDIH JUGAK DENGA MAT REMPIT YG BUAT KEJA2 NI. MELAYU PULAK TUH…DALAM MASE NEGARE KITE NAK SAMBUT 50 TAHUN MERDEKA INI RUPENYER KITE INI BELUM MERDEKA…MASIH DIKUASAI OLEH JAJAHAN PEMIKIRAN & PERLAKUAN NEGARE BARAT YG KUFUR DAN X BTUL…SEDIH ANAK BANGSE MELAYU JADI BEGINI.

BANYAK LAGI BENDE2 YG X BAGUS BERLAKU PD REMAJE BANGSE MELAYU. KENGKADANG TU MALU NAK MENGAKU MELAYU, TP DISEBABKAN ADE SEMANGAT DAN KESEDARAN UTK MEMBANTU SAUDARE SEISLAM, MAKE DITERUSKAN JUGE PERJUANGAN INI. MUNGKIN BYK ORANG KITE X SEDAR NIKMAT YG TELAH DIBERIKAN ALLAH…KALO MEREKA SEDAR APE YG ADE PD DIRI KITE INI SEMUA-NYA MILIK ALLAH DAN HANYA DIPINJAMKAN SEMENTARE SHJ MAKE INSYA’ ALLAH KITE AKAN JADI BANGSE YG LENGKAP ISLAM-NYA.

i dont judge people. im just a hamba Allah yg lemah, hina & selalu membuat kesalahan. only Allah can judge us, tp apabile kamu sudah melanggar hukum Allah, make terang2 lah kamu mencabar Allah! sedarkah siape diri kite ni….kalo Allah nak ambil nikmat yg Dia beri kpd kite tu sekelip mate shj lah…

mungkin remaje kite x sedar lagi, mungkin dr didikan agama yg x sempurna, mungkin dr sikap ibu bape yg kurang perhatin, mungkin juga dr ketidakseimbangan ekonomi di antara kaum yg kita hadapi sekarang…byk mungkin tp semua nya terpulang kpd diri kita sendiri. INGAT, ALLAH BERIKAN KAMU AQAL UTK BERFIKIR TENTANG KEJADIAN ALAM, ALLAH BERI HATI UTK KAMU MENGENALI-NYA DARI SUDUT YG TIDAK BOLEH DITERIMA AQAL IAITU IMAN.

my advice is kembali lah kepada Al-Quran & As-Sunnah.

last but not least, mari kite renungi maksud ayat 284-286 surah Al-Baqarah:

"Allah tidak membebani seseorang melainkan sesuai dgn kesanggupannya. Ia mendapat pahala (dari kebaikan) yg diusahakannya dan mendapat siksa (dari kejahatan) yg dikerjakannya. (Mereka berdoa):"Ya Tuhan kami, janganlah Engkau hukum kami jika kami lupa atau kami tersalah. Ya Tuhan kami, janganlah Engkau bebankan kpd kami beban yg berat sebagaimana Engkau bebankan kpd orang-orang yg sebelum kami. Ya Tuhan kami, janganlah Engkau pikulkan kpd kami apa yang kami tidak sanggup kami memilikinya. Beri maaaflah kami, ampunilah kami dan rahmatilah kami. Engkau Penolong kami, maka tolonglah kami (memerangi) terhadap kaum yang kafir"

Ya Allah, aku tidak layak untuk syurga-Mu,
tetapi aku tidak pula sanggup ke neraka-Mu,

-perjuangan wajib diteruskan-
wassalam.