Abah's 68th Birthday

Alhamdulillah..

Yesterday was a wonderful day.
We went out and had a family BBQ cum picnic.

From the mak abah, adik beradik, ipar duai, cucu2.. semua ada! Best!

Kita jarang buat BBQ (actually tak pernah). Selalu picnic, masak, bawak abih makan jer.. So... ni aah kecoh.. nak bawak tu bawak ni.. beli tu beli ni.. Last2 bawak luggage bag macam nak gi batam gitukan! hehe..


So.. Basically, smlm abahnya berfday.. 080808.. So it was his 68'th birthday. Dah besar dia.. well.. Dah nampak lah kan, he needs more rest gitu..

So, adik beradik belikan abah HP baru! Sony ericsson, ape model ntah.. But i tink he likes it.. He keeps on the music or radio.. hehe.. cute.. pat umah pakai earpiece.. hehe.. kesian mak.. takpe.. ni starting jer.. nanti boring jgak.. biasalah..

For me and Qalbi.. kita belikan dia fountain.. hehe.. kecik jer.. utk hiaskan taman rumah dia.. hehe.. suka dia.. lol..

So anyway.. we had a picnic lah.. makan, minum..

Cuma this time, ada sumthing diff. Something we have neevr done b4.. especially in my family. Solat jemaah is normal. Cuma the thing after that. We solat jemaah maghrib, then get everyone to sit around together in the nce hut, by the beach.. So, we had a tazkirah session!

Yup.. it was nice, touching and meaningful.. Abg Id gave the tazkirah.. It was a simple topic.. Sabar. But it brings a heavy weight on all of us. Especially in a family.

Where challenges comes in many form; like communication, job, finance, children, home and etc..

But eventhough the word Sabar, is 5 letters and 3 arabic letters, 'sin', 'ba' and 'ra'.. it still gives a huge weight on to us. Like it or not.

But no doubt, we need to see further, the benefits of holding on to this value. The ease after hardship, "innama'al 'usri yusro".. the janji Allah.. where org yg beriman adalah mereka yang sabar.. dan orang beriman yang akan mendapat kemenangan..

And the classic example that abang id gave us. Was mak and abah. He said.. "This 2 person is the best example, because without them to have and hold on strongly kepada siat sabar, none of us would be like how we are or how successful we are like this present time, now." Waktu itu.. berlinanganlah air mata di pipiku... terdengar serat serot dari hingusan dan tangisan adik beradik yang lain.. touching tau.. mak pon, mula nampak sedih, tersentuh oleh kata2 abang..

haiz..

Ya Allah.. aku bersyukur padamu, kerena nikmat iman dan islam ini. Aku bersyukur di atas ibu bapa ku ini. They mite not be the perfect and best parents in the world.. its just that they try their best to show their love thru wat they know at their own capacity.. with that.. aku bersyukur..

Was the first tazkirah in our family. We realise, we have not isikan in our family's heart, in jemaah, any kind of santapan rohani.. so.. alhamdulillah.. it happened.. beautifully i would say..

Remember.. the word usrah in arabic means family. In Islam or by the practice of Rasulullah.. Education and development comes from the usrah.. the immediate family.. not lies in the hand of school, madarasah or asatizah.. Upbringing comes from the parents and within the family..

With that.. Fikir-fikirkanlah..

"...Untukmu Ummah...KernaMu Allah..."

Peace Out..