Friday, September 18, 2015

Eid Al Fitr @iium 1436H

One thing about IIUM is that it is among the best location for your Eid Prayers.
This is one of the place for tou to feel the global eid environment. Muslim brothers and sisters from all over the whole are here. Japanese Russian African Arabs you name it everyone will attend the prayers in their best national attire.

It is a nice sighting every year at IIUM Main Mosque. Shortly after prayers and khutbah people moxed around beyond race and sovereign boundaries defining the true meaning of Islam.

While Malays in Malaysia they feel threaten of losing identities here at IiUm they should feel proud as foreigners put on attitire in  a Baju Melayu.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Haji 1433 dari Riyadh ke Makkah

Selepas suboh 7 zulhijjah, jemaah teru menuju ke makkah sepanjang jalan pelbagai ragam dan keaadaan...kenderaan tanpa permit ditahan tak boleh lepas checkpoint jemaah tanpa permit perlu meneruskan berjalan kaki jarak ada dalam 20-30 km lagi ke makkah, kereta sapu menanti mereka selepas checkpoint, bagi kami alhamdulillah bas teru menuju ke baitullah al haram...setibanya di haram tawaf Qudum dan saei haji...usai saei ada yang menuju ke restoran malaysia di safa tower melepaskan rindu pada masakan malaysia... Kemudian terus dibawa bas menuju ke mena..jemaah hanya tidur di khemah sepanjang mengerjakan haji dari malam 8 zulhijah sampai 13 Zulhijjah...setibanya di khemah mena jemaah mensesuaikan diri dgn keadaan .. Solat sepanjang di Mena di qasarkan...


8 zulhijjah 1433, hari free n easy bagi jemaah di Mena. Melepaskan kepenatan naik bas berjam jam rehat hari ini amat bermakna dan penting bagi menghadapi hari wukuf. Di khemah malaysia seperti tahun tahun sebelumnya indomee cup menjadi teman jemaah...khemah jemaah lain tak dak ni...  . Di hari ini jugalah bermulalah bertemu kabsah kambing untuk lunch dan dinner... Sampai hari ini anak sulong Eismael Rizaidy jatuh hati pada kabsah ... Tapi bagi jemaah malaysia yang lain mulalah ngidam masakan malaysia... Katanya di hari hari yang sama di khemah Malaysia (Tabung Haji) di jamu nasi lemak buat breakfast... Bawa Bersabarjelah tujuan haji bukan untuk makan untuk ibadah..namun kambing setiap hari menjadi cabaran buat jemaah malaysia tempatan...




Hari wukuf 9 Zulhijjah 1433, pergerakan jemaah dari khemah kami AlAmeen Group Hujjaj dari Riyadh majoritinya grup selatan asia dari India Pakistan dan kawasan yang sewaktu dgn nya. Pergerakan perlahan naik train ke Arafah jemaah tiba ke khemah tanpa sebarang masalah, biar lambat asalkan selamat setibanya di Stesen Arafah 3 , jemaah di bawa ke khemah. Khemah agak besar dan hawadingin amat membantu menyejukkan keaadaan. Alhamdulillah sekali lagi jemaah Malaysia dapat port yang baik. Ada kesah juga boleh dikongsi disini memandangkan seharian di khemah pada hari wukuf jemaah terus beribadah seharian. Jemaah malaysia ditanya ada masalah kah duduk sekali dengan puak shiah dari asia selatan , malaysian being malaysian malaysia boleh saja...masuk waktu solat port kami didepan arah kiblat ust hassan ketua grup kami mengimamkan solat zuhur jamak... lepas solat hmmmm kabsah time!!! Pekerja muassasah kurang hidangan lambat ramailah jemaah malaysia volunteer akhirnya nasi pun hampir habis para sukarelawan pakat pakat makan dalam dulang saki baki yang ada..Alhamdulillah.. solat zuhur di arah diqasarkan dan dijamak degan asar...manakala maghrib di jamak takhirkan solat di mudzalifah..


Pengalaman Haji Sebagai Jemaah Tempatan...

Mengimbau Haji 1433h, 9 zulhijjah tak lama lagi azan subuh kawasan mena akan berkumandang , para jemaah haji sudah mula bersiap que di bilik mandi di khemah mena, jemaah haji tempatan biasanya belum lagi bergerak ke arafah. Jemaah haji malaysia sudah awal lagi digerakkan masuk ke arafah di awal malam, jemaah tempatan selagi boleh cuba turuti sunnah Nabi dalam setiap pergerakan, sejurus lepas subuh pergerakan jemaah telah disusun, jemaah malaysia tempatan dikumpulkan bersama kumpulan besar jemaah lain,kedengaran talbiah berkumandang berjalan perlahan menuju ke stesen mena 1.kelihatan jemaah sungguh ramai ..jejantas menuju ke stesen sesak berlaku sedikit tolak menolak namun alhamdulillah kami sekeluarga terus bersama berjalan naik ke stesen keretapi untuk menuju ke Arafah...

Pengalaman jemaah tempatan agak berbeza jika dibandingkan dengan jemaah Malaysia.. Jemaah tempatan dari dalam Saudi eg Riyadh hanya bergerak ke Makkah 2/3 hari sebelum hari sebelum hari wukuf.. Perjalanan ke Makkah dari Riyadh mengambil masa purata 10 jam jarak yang hampir 900 km...bermiqat di Thoif sebelum masuk ke Makkah...

Perjalanan dengan bas dari Riyadh ke Thoif bukan mudah juga dari jangkaan selepas zuhur adakalnya hampir maghrib baru bertolak menuju ke thoif, bas perlu ambil tasreh/permit untuk membawa jemaah haji hampir berjam jam menunggu di stesen bas riyadh...bas terus bergerak ke thoif sebaik kelulusan diberi... Sepanjang perjalanan checkpoint haji ditempuhi, tak lupa speed trap polis trafik bas menyusur perlahan kerana setiap 10-20 km polis trafik menanti caranya mudah dua kereta polis diletakkan di tebing jalan sambil strobe light biru dinyalakan..memandu di padang pasir yang luas pandangan jauh jika cuaca baik tambah pula malam senang kelihatan berkm jauh kereta polis dihadapan... Siapa berani memecut laju...

Pagi 7 Zulhijjah 1433, di pagi yang hening beberapa jam sebelum subuh waktu Thoif bas menghampiri masjid meeqat thoif, pada awalnya kami bercadang ambik motel hourly untuk buat persiapan motel yg selalunya dalam 20-30 riyal satu jam pagi bernilai 30-50 satu kepala semua jadi premium, pekan meeqat thoif ini memang busy sepanjang tahun kerana menjadi meeqat umrah bagi yang datang dari arah riyadh...tak jadi motel mahal sangat terus ke masjid meeqat lebih selesa dan majjanan ie free...cuaca sudah mula sejuk tambahan thoif tanah tinggi... Cuaca sejuk mencucuk ke tulang dan kepala...nak kata pandai arab tak jugak tapi berkat belajar dulu bolehlah nak nego dgn pemilik motel... Namun kena tukar lingo tak boleh cakap fushah atau bahasa buku kena cakap bahasa pasar depalah...selepas subuh bas melalui checkpoint haji utama tasreh/permit haji individu disemak jika berlaku kesilapan sangkut satu bas .. Alhamdulillah semua ok...


Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Setahun Satu Post ...dari Riyadh

Wah nampak gaya. Tak rajin sangat menulis ni. Setahun sekali satu article semenjak mula tulis sampai arini. Ikut dihati memang nak menulis selalu nukilan bebas dan juga teknikal seronok lihat sahabat sahabat menulis blog buku article kertas kerja akademik dan sebagainya.

Setahun lepas aku ambil keputusan berhijrah ke Riyadh Saudi Arabia. Bukan mudah meninggalkan keluarga dan anak anak untuk satu tempoh waktu singjat dirasa panjang. Kini alhamdulillah semua bersama kembali.

Riyadh ibu negara Saudi Arabia jarang sekali kita dengar apatah lagi lawati...untuk kita rakyat Malaysia seperti kuala lumour dan putrajaya...Kalau sebut Saudi Arabia Makkah Madinah akan diingati..

Riyadh terletak di tengah tengah semenanjung tanah Arab...jeddah makkah madinah hampir laut merah...manakala dammam khobar disebelah teluk parsi... Riyadh ditengah tengah antara dua nya



Friday, January 13, 2012

First time in Qahirah

the Sphinx & Byramid... and Abu Eismael
15 Years ago i wanna start my study on History and Civilization. I fall in love in History subject , thou not doing that well in SPM History expecting a good A but not getting it. Wish to specialized my self in Islamic and Arab History.

Alhamdulillah some friends advise for me to look into Islamic Finance and Economy instead of Islamic History completed my degree and continue my journey in Islamic Finance. ok this is not about my biography its supposed to be my travel log but written a bit later due to work commitment. the union of Arab Stock Exchanges is having their annual conferences in Cairo, ...yes my Boss sending me there.

First time in African Continent, it was in December 2009 indeed very nice cool weather in Cairo. It took me 7 hours to reach Dubai transit for few hours than continue another four hours journey to Qahirah. Because its business travel i travel alone. Indeed at first a bit scared traveling to other countries alone but it was indeed a memorable experience.

On arrival in Cairo Airport took my stuff and head for the cab, im staying at the event hotel Cairo Grand Hyatt, but upon arrival cant see anybody waiting to pick me up, oh no panic kicks in, thou i know some arabic but i dont know Egyptian dialect not only that dunno where to head to the cab driver can bring me anywhere they want. Manage to find a cab again its not an official cab in Malaysia we call it prebet sapu where the name come i never check.

Citadel
Alhamdulillah now in a cab heading to city centre , Grand Hyatt Cairo is located in the city centre beside the famous River Nile....reminds me my friend word" whoever drink from the Nile he definitely return" hmmm after looking into the Niles  I wont drink it as I might end up not returning back to KL.
River Nile...

to fill up time from Airport , trying to test my standard arabic converstaion that i have learned since kindergarden. It was indeed nice experience , very nice driver but the problem is he did not speak standard arabic ie Fushah, when i open my mouth , he start saying "La La anta Fushah Ma A'rif fushah" you speak standard arabic i dunno".

We cant understand each other but since we are talking using two different vocabulary and sign language we end up talking about  mobile phone. He complained about unavailability of good phone and affordable price, thus many people end up using mobile phone from China. 

Not to forget among topic discuss in the cab... malaysia ..Mahathir Good ! Mahathir Mubarak Good Friend! Its 2009 that time...PM has changed twice... with not properly Arabic words and verbs... " ya akhi, Mahathir laisa Rais Wazir, Mahathir Khalas...Al Aan Wazir Gaddid" Jaddid- Gaddid...as if  i understand egyptian dialect..

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Lawatan Kedua ke Bumi Khalifah Uthmaniyyah...

Sayup kelihatan dari Hotel Marmara Taksim ..Masjid SultanAhmet , Hagia Sophia and  Topkapi Palace
What language should i write, i strongly feel it better be English , supposed to better in Arabic, but I dont have Arabic keyboard,  and my Arabic is also not good.1 regret that, love so much arabic learned it since kindy but till now i cant understand an Arab native speaker, if a Malay speak Fushah Arabic to me inshaAllah i can understand a bit but if an Arab speak...hmm i might end up translating it to a totally different story...

Hmm this is about Istanbul not about language. Indeed this is my second trip to Historic City of Islambul, Im not that happy as before as its a second trip here for business tho and I haven't bring my beloved wife and kids here , I promised them after my first visit in 2010 that I'll bring them here one day but 2011 was there again for business.

The second visit a bit longer because i have to stay back and do some field visit and research on our Istanbul Counter party. And it always a working weekends while friends in Malaysia celebrating Malaysia Day i am representing Malaysia in some multilateral meetings and conferences.

This time decided not to visit Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque again to ensure I'll come again with my family. While business travelling you dont have much time for leisure or sightseeing meetings are from 830am till sometime 6pm by the time finished all the historical places is already closed, thus the only time i have is early morning and after meetings not to mention events dinner and cocktail so most people decided to take day off relaxing in room but not me.



 Early Morning at Meydani Taksim:
Same Location Meydani Taksim


Famous Istiklal Road, Taksim in the morning you come at night cant even see what you stepping on

My Fav Bfast, Spinach filling,