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Cara Dan Doa-Doa Wuduk

2013-06-16T19:20:00.001+08:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Kegunaan Wuduk

Wuduk merupakan salah satu ibadah khas yang dapat dipakai untuk melakukan solat, tawaf, hendak tidur, jalan keluar rumah, memegang dan membaca Al-Quran serta memelihara jiwa dan raga dari berbagai kecacatan.

Apabila anda telah mencampuri isteri, maka dianjurkan berwuduk, InsyaAllah anda akan kembali kuat.

Rasulullah SAW bersabda: “Apabila seseorang diantaramu telah mencampuri isterinya dan kemudian ingin mengulangi, hendaklah ia berwuduk.”

Disunatkan juga berwuduk sebelum memasuki masjid kerana hukumnya makruh sekiranya memasuki masjid tanpa berwuduk terlebih dahulu.

Sebelum berwuduk hendaklah membersihkan bahagian mulut terlebih dahulu dengan menggunakan kayu sugi atau berus gigi dan berkumur kemudian basuhlah kesemua anggota wuduk dengan sempurna tanpa pembaziran air.

Daripada Abu Hurairah r.a. Nabi Muhammad SAW bersabda: “Sekiranya aku tidak menyusahkan umatku, aku akan perintahkan umatku berwuduk pada setiap kali solat dan bersiwak (bersugi) pada setiap kali wuduk.” (Hadis Riwayat Ahmad)

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SUNAT-SUNAT WUDUK

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Baca Bismillah

Bersugi atau berkumur-kumur.

Membasuh jeri-jemari hingga pergelangan tangan.

Mencelah jari-jari tangan dan kaki.

Memasukkan air ke hidung.

Menyapu air ke seluruh kepala atau separuh kepala bagi wanita.

Membasuh ke dua belah telinga, luar dan dalam.

Menyelati janggut yang tebal.

Melebihkan kawasan basuh kaki hingga ke atas buku lali.

Dahulukan anggota kanan.

Menggosok-gosokkan anggota wuduk.

Membasuh setiap anggota wuduk sebanyak 3 kali.

Muwalat (berturutan), basuh anggota kedua sebelum pertama kering.

Mengucap dua kalimah syahadah sesudah wuduk.

Berdoa selepas wuduk.

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BATAL WUDUK

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Tidur baring dan tidur mengiring.

Tidur duduk yang tidak tetap punggungnya.

Hilang ingatan disebabkan gila, mabuk, atau pengsan.

Keluar benda pejal, cecair atau angin dari dubur atau qubul.

Bersentuh kulit berlainan jantina yang bukan muhrim tanpa berlapik.

Menyentuh kemaluan atau dubur dengan tapak tangan atau perut anak jari.

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Perhatian:

Menurut satu pandangan dalam Mazhab al-Shafie, wuduk hanya terbatal jika bersentuhan yang menimbulkan syahwat.

Pendapat yang kedua ini yang kita pakai ketika berada di Tanah Suci Makkah semasa melaksanakan ibadat haji kerana keadaan yang terlalu sesak yang menyebabkan sukar untuk mengelak daripada bersentuhan antara lelaki dan perempuan.

HIKMAT WUDUK

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1. Menghilangkan segala kotoran badan terutama anggota wuduk.

2. Mengembalikan kesegaran pada tubuh dan semangat beribadat.

3. Dapat menghadap Allah SWT. dalam keadaan suci, bersih dan sempurna.

4. Menzahirkan kesopanan hamba sewaktu menghadap penciptanya.

5. Membersihkan jiwa dan tingkah laku daripada sifat-sifat buruk.

6. Menghilangkan rasa letih dan malas.

7. Wajah menjadi lebih cerah, ceria dan berseri.

8. Menghapuskan dosa-dosa kecil yang dilakukan oleh anggota wuduk.

1.   Mulakan dengan bacaan  Bismillah beserta bacaan doanya:

Serulah Allah pada permulaan wuduk dengan berkata: “Bismillah” (perlahan atau kuat).

Nabi Muhammad SAW bersabda: “Tidak ada wuduk untuk mereka yang tidak menyebut nama Allah atasnya.” (Riwayat – Ibn Maajah, At-Tirmizi, Abu Daud, dan lain-lain).

2.   Membasuh jari-jemari hingga pergelangan tangan sambil membaca:

Humran r.a. meriwayatkan bahawa Uthman r.a. dipanggil untuk menunjukkan cara berwuduk lalu membasuh tangannya tiga kali … kemudian berkata, “Saya melihat Rasulullah SAW berwuduk, sama seperti yang telah saya berwuduk tadi.” (Riwayat Al-Bukhari dan Muslim)

3.   Berkumur-kumur dan membaca:

Nabi Muhammad SAW bersabda: “Apabila kamu berwuduk kemudian basuh mulut.”(Riwayat Al-Baihaqi)

4. Masukkan air ke dalam hidung dan keluarkannya kembali (istinsyaq):

     a.   Masukkan air ke dalam hidung sambil membaca;

b.   Mengeluarkan air dari hidung, membaca:

Rasulullah SAW bersabda: “Apabila salah seorang di antara kamu berwuduk, hendaklah dia memasukkan air ke dalam hidung, kemudian mengeluarkannya.” (Riwayat Al-Bukhari, Muslim dan Abu Daud)

Abd Khair r.a.berkata: “Kami sedang duduk melihat ke arah Ali r.a., dimana beliau berwuduk dan memasukkan air ke dalam mulutnya dengan tangan kanannya dan membasuh mulut dan hidung, kemudian dikeluarkan dari hidungnya dengan tangan kirinya dia berbuat tiga kali, kemudian berkata: “Sesiapa yang ingin melihat cara penyucian Rasulullah SAW, maka ini adalah penyuciannya.” (Riwayat – Ad-Daarimee)

5.   Membasuh muka 3 kali sambil berniat mengambil wuduk.

a.   Niatnya:

b.   Seiring itu disunatkan juga membaca:

c.   Bersihkan muka 3 kali dari atas dahi ke dagu dan dari telinga ke telinga.

Allah SWT berfirman: “Wahai orang-orang yang beriman! Apabila kamu berniat untuk mendirikan solat, basuh muka dan tangan sehingga ke siku, gosok (dengan melepaskan tangan basah ke atas) kepala kamu, dan (basuh) anda kaki sehingga ke buku lali … ” (Al-Ma’idah 5:06)

Humran Ibn Abaan r.a. meriwayatkan bahawa Uthman r.a. dipanggil untuk menunjukkan cara berwuduk sebagaimana Rasulullah SAW berwuduk. Humran r.a. berkata: “Kemudian beliau mencuci mukanya tiga kali.” (Riwayat Al-Bukhari, Muslim)

6.   Membasuh kedua tangan sampai ke siku, sambil membaca doa:

         a. Ketika membasuh tangan kanan:

b. Ketika membasuh tangan kiri:

Nu’aim Ibn Mijmar r.a.berkata: “Saya melihat Abu Hurairah berwuduk. Dia membasuh mukanya dan menyempurnakan wuduk, kemudian mencuci tangan kanannya sehingga dia sampai ke lengan, kemudian tangan kirinya sehingga dia sampai ke lengan.” dan pada akhirnya dia berkata: “Ini adalah bagaimana saya melihat wuduk membuat Rasulullah SAW.” (Riwayat – Muslim)

7. Menyapu air ke sebahagian kepala sambil membaca:

“Nabi Muhammad SAW menyapu kepalanya dengan dua tangan, menggerakkan ia ke hadapan dan ke belakang, bermula dengan bahagian depan kepala sehingga ke tengkuk Baginda, kemudian kembali semula ke tempat dari mana ia mula.” (Riwayat Al-Bukhari, Muslim, At-Tirmizi, dan lain-lain)

8. Membasuh bahagian luar dan dalam kedua belah telinga sambil membaca doa:

Daripada Abdullah ibn Amr r.a. tentang cara melaksanakan wuduk Rasulullah SAW:“Baginda SAW menyapu kepalanya dan memasukkan jari telunjuk ke dalam telinganya dan menyapu belakang telinganya dengan ibu jari.” (Riwayat – Abu Daud, An-Nasa’i, Ibn Maajah, Ibn Khuzaimah)

9.   Membasuh kedua belah kaki hingga ke buku lali.

       a. Semasa membasuh kaki kanan, disunatkan membaca:

b. Sewaktu membasuh kaki kiri disunatkan membaca:

Ibn Umar r.a. berkata; Rasulullah SAW dalam perjalanan, jauh di belakang kami dan kemudian datang kepada kami ketika sudah tiba masanya untuk solat Asar. Kami mula berwuduk dan lap kaki kami, kemudian baginda menyeru; “Celakalah buku lali dari api neraka. (Dua atau tiga kali).” (Riwayat – Al-Bukhari dan Muslim)

Al-Mustaurad r.a. berkata; “Apabila Rasulullah SAW berwuduk, Baginda akan memasukkan air antara jari-jari kaki dengan jari kecilnya.” (Riwayat – Abu Daud, At-Tirmizi dan Ibn Maajah).

10.   Doa Wuduk.

Menghadap ke arah kiblat dan membaca doa wuduk:

Daripada Uqbah bin Amir r.a., Nabi SAW bersabda: “Tidak seorang pun daripada kamu yang berwuduk dan melebihkan basuhannya kemudian berdoa: “Aku bersaksi bahawa tiada tuhan yang disembah melainkan Allah dan Muhammad adalah hamba Allah dan utusan-Nya”, melainkan dibukakan untuknya lapan pintu syurga, ia boleh memasukinya melalui pintu yang ia kehendaki.” (Hadis Riwayat Muslim).

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Tanda-tanda Kiamat

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Tanda-tanda kiamat kecil dan besar

Di antara tanda-tanda kiamat kecil ialah muncul banyak fitnah, banyak terjadi pembunuhan, perbuatan hina merajalela, perbuatan keji dan kemungkaran semisal zina, minum arak, perjudian, merasa bangga dengan perbuatan buruk dilakukan secara terang-terangan. Sehingga, orang yang berpegang teguh pada agamanya bagaikan orang yang menggenggam bara api.

Demikianlah pula termasuk di antara tanda-tanda kiamat kecil ialah dicabutnya ilmu, kebodohan nampak, kuantitas kaum perempuan banyak sekali, kaum laki-laki hanya sedikit, sutra banyak dipakai, banyak orang menjadi penyanyi, seseorang melewati kuburan orang lain, lalu dia berkata, “Seandainya saja aku berada di posisi dia.”

Termasuk di antara tanda-tanda kiamat kecil ialah muncul para dai yang menyesatkan, para pemimpin yang menyimpang, amanat disia-siakan dengan diserahkan kepada orang yang bukan ahlinya. Demikian pula minimnya kebaikan, jarang hujan, sering terjadi gampa, banjir, harga-harga barang melangit, kaum perempuan keluar dengan menanggalkan pakaian, berpakaian tapi telanjang.

Di samping itu, termasuk di antara tanda-tanda kiamat kecil ialah terjadinya peperangan yang menentukan antara kaum Yahudi dan kaum muslimin. Akhirnya kaum muslimin membunuh mereka sehingga orang-orang Yahudi bersembunyi di balik batu dan pohon, lalu pohon atau batu tersebut berbicara, “Wahai orang muslim, wahai hamba Allah! Ini orang Yahudi di belakang saya. Kemarilah, bunuh dia!” Kecuali pohon Gharqad, karena sesungguhnya pohon Gharqad termasuk pohon orang Yahudi.

Di samping itu, termasuk tanda-tanda kiamat kecil ialah waktu berjalan terasa cepat, sehingga setahun seakan-akan hanya sebulan, sebulan seakan-akan hanya satu jam, dan satu jam bagaikan bara api yang membakar.

Termasuk pula di antara tanda-tanda kiamat kecil ialah menyia-nyiakan shalat, menuruti hawa nafsu, Orang pendusta dibenarkan, dan orang yang jujur didustakan, orang yang berkhianat dianggap dapat dipercaya, orang yang dapat dipercaya dianggap berkhianat. Alquran menjadi lenyap. Yang tersisa hanyalah tulisannya, mushaf-mushaf dihias dengan emas, kaum perempuan jadi pembicara, dan masjid-masjid juga dihias.

Diantara tanda-tanda kiamat besar ialah sebagai berikut:

Terbitnya matahari dari arah barat

Rasulullah shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam bersabda, “Kiamat tidak akan datang sebelum matahari terbit dari arah Barat. Apabila orang-orang melihat hal ini, maka semua orang yang ada di atasnya beriman. Hal ini pada saat tidak berguna lagi iman seseorang yang memang belum beriman sebelum itu, atau (belum) berusaha berbuat kebajikan dengan imannya itu.”

Kabut

Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala berfirman:

“Maka Tunggulah pada hari ketika langit membawa kabut yang tampak jelas yang meliputi manusia. Inilah adzab yang pedih.” (QS. Ad-Dukhan: 10-11)

Yang dimaksud dengan dukhan dalam ayat ini ialah kabut tebal yang memenuhi antara langit dan bumi yang muncul sebelum kiamat datang yang mengambil nafas orang-orang kafir sehingga mereka hampir tercekik sedangkan bagi orang-orang mukmin seperti mengalami pilek. Kabut ini berlangsung di muka bumi selama empat puluh hari.

Munculnya Dabbah (binatang) yang dapat berbicara dengan manusia

Di antara tanda-tanda kiamat besar ialah keluarnya Dabbah (binatang) dari dalam bumi yang dapat berbicara dengan manusia dengan bahasa yang fasih yang dapat dipahami oleh semua yang mendengarnya. Dabbah itu mengabarkan kepada mereka bahwa manusia dahulu tidak beriman kepada ayat-ayat Allah. Dabbah ini muncul di akhir zaman pada saat manusia telah mengalami kebobrokan, mereka meninggalkan perintah-perintah Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala, dan mengganti agama yang benar. Lantas Dabbah berbicara kepada mereka, “Sesungguhnya manusia dahulu tidak yakin kepada ayat-ayat kami.” Dabbah ini keluar dengan membawa tongkat Nabi Musa ‘alaihissalamdan cincin Nabi Sulaiman ‘alaihissalam. Hidung orang-orang kafir diberi cap dengan cincin. Dan wajah orang mukmin menjadi terang berkat tongkat tersebut sehingga dapat dikenali antara orang mukmin dan orang kafir.

Munculnya al-Masih Dajjal

Dia dinamai al-A’war ad-Dajjal karena dia buta sebelah matanya yang kanan. Fitnahnya merupakan fitnah terbesar yang menimpa orang-orang di akhir zaman. Al-A’war ad-Dajjal tidak hanya mengaku-aku sebagai nabi, bahkan dia juga mengaku-aku sebagai tuhan. Muncul beberapa hal-hal yang luar biasa melalui kedua tangannya sebagai bentuk istidraj dari Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala kepadanya dan sebagai ujian bagi para manusia. Dia berkata kepada langit, “Hujanlah!” Maka langit pun menurunkan hujan. Dia berkata kepada bumi, “Keluarkanlah tanamanmu dan kekayaan yang kau pendam!” Maka bumi pun mengeluarkannya. Dia dapat membunuh manusia lalu menghidupkannya kembali. Dia mengelilingi seluruh permukaan bumi. Semua daerah yang dia masuki pasti dia berbuat kerusakan di dalamnya kecuali Mekah dan Madinah. Sebab, jika dia hendak memasukinya, dia menjumpai malaikat yang menjaganya, makanya dia kembali dan gagal. Dajjal kali pertama muncul di sebuah kota yang bernama Asfihan. Pada awalnya dia diikuti oleh tujuh puluh ribu orang Yahudi. Kemudian dia diikuti oleh orang-orang rendahan, orang-orang bodoh, dan rakyat jelata. Dia berada di muka bumi selama empat puluh hari. Ada sehari yang bagaikan setahun. Ada yang sehari bagaikan sebulan. Dan ada sehari yang bagaikan sepekan. Selebihnya, hari-hari sebagaimana hari-hari biasa.

Semua keterangan ini terdapat di dalam hadis-hadis shahih. Kami akan menuturkan sebagian di antaranya dengan pertolongan Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala.

Rasulullah shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam bersabda,

“Tidak ada seorang nabi pun melainkan memberi peringatan kepada umatnya mengenai orang buta sebelah yang pendusta. Ingalah bahwa dia buta sebelah. Sesungguhnya Rabb kalian tidak buta sebelah. Di antara kedua matanya tertulis ‘kafir’ yang dapat dibaca oleh semua muslim.”

Rasulullah shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam bersabda,

“Sesungguhnya Dajjal keluar dengan membawa air dan api. Maka, air yang dilihat oleh orang-orang sesungguhnya adalah api yang membakar. Sedangkan api yang dilihat oleh orang-orang, sesungguhnya adalah air yang dingin dan segar. Barangsiapa di antara kalian yang menjumpai hal ini, maka hendaklah dia menjatuhkan diri pada sesuatu yang dilihatnya api, karena sesungguhnya hal itu adalah air segar yang baik.”

An-Nawwas bin Sam’an radhiyallahu ‘anhu meriwayatkan,

“Rasulullah shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam menuturkan tentang Dajjal pada suatu pagi. Beliau merendahkan tetapi juga meninggikan suaranya, sampai-sampai kami menduga bahwa Dajjal berada di satu sisi pohon kurma.” (Maksudnya, beliau merendahkan suaranya dengan menyebutkan bahwa dia buta sebelah dan di antara kedua matanya tertulis ‘kafir’. Beliau juga memandang besar fitnah Dajjal karena mencakup hal-hal yang luar biasa. Artinya, bahwa Nabi shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallambersungguh-sungguh mengganggap dekat munculnya Dajjal. Beliau menggunakan redaksi yang bermacam-macam, baik yang merendahkan maupun yang meninggikan –redaksi sehingga kami menduga- untuk bersungguh-sungguh dalam menganggap dekat –bahwa Dajjal berada di satu sisi pohon kurma- di (Madinah).

Beliau bersabda, “Selain Dajjal yang lebih saya khawatirkan atas diri kalian. Apabila dia muncul sedangkan saya masih ada di antara kalian, maka sayalah yang akan mematahkan hujjahnya untuk membela kalian. Apabila dia muncul dan saya sudah tidak ada di antara kalian, maka tiap-tiap orang membela dirinya sendiri. Allah yang menggantikan diriku atas setiap orang muslim. Dajjal adalah pemuda yang berambut keriting, matanya sayu, seakan-akan saya menyamakannya dengan Abdul Uzza bin Qathan (seseorang yang binasa pada masa jahiliyah). Barangsiapa bertemu dengannya, maka bacakan kepadanya bagian pembukaan surat Al-Kahfi. Dia muncul di daerah antara Syiria dan Irak. Dia membuat banyak kerusakan di kanan dan di kiri. Wahai hamba-hamba Allah! Tetaplah (pada keimanan dan janganlah melenceng darinya).” Kami bertanya, “Wahai Rasulullah! Berapa lama dia berada di muka bumi?” Beliau shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam menjawab, “Empat puluh hari. Yang sehari bagaikan setahun. Sehari lagi bagaikan sebulan. Dan sehari lagi bagaikan sepekan. Sedangkan hari-hari lainnya seperti hari-hari biasa.”

Kami kembali bertanya, “Wahai Rasulullah! Pada sehari yang bagaikan setahun, cukupkah bagi kami melakukan shalat untuk sehari dalam hari tersebut?”

Beliau shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam menjawab, “Tidak. Perkirakanlah kadar waktunya.”

Kami bertanya lagi, “Wahai Rasulullah! Seperti apakah kecepatan Dajjal di bumi?”

Beliau shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam menjawab, “Bagaikan mendung yang ditiup angin. Dia mendatangi suatu kaum, lalu dia mengajak kaum tersebut, kemudian mereka beriman kepadanya dan menerimanya. Lantas dia memerintahkan langit untuk menurunkan hujan, maka langit pun menurunkan hujan. Dia memerintahkan bumi untuk mengeluarkan tanaman, lantas bumi pun menumbuhkan tanamannya, sehingga binatang-binatang ternak mereka kembali di penghujung siang dalam keadaan yang sangat baik, punuknya besar, serta gemuk dan kenyang. Kemudian dia mendatangi kaum lain, lalu dia mengajak kaum tersebut, dan ternyata kaum ini menolaknya (mereka masih teguh dengan ketauhidannya), lantas dia berpaling dari kaum tersebut, lantas mereka mengalami paceklik (tidak ada hujan turun di wilayah mereka dan rerumputan menjadi kering). Tidak ada harta apa pun di tangan mereka dan mereka berjalan melewati reruntuhan, kemudian Dajjal berkata pada reruntuhan tersebut, ‘Keluarkanlah harta pendamanmu,’ maka harta pendaman reruntuhan tersebut mengikutinya sebagaimana ratu lebah. Selanjutnya Dajjal memanggil seorang pemuda kekar, lalu dia membelahnya dengan pedang menjadi dua bagian yang terpisah jauh sejauh lemparan, kemudian dia memanggilnya lagi, lantas potongan tubuh itu menghadap dengan wajah yang berseri-seri sambil tertawa.

aDalam kondisi yang demikian, selanjutnya Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala mengutus Nabi Isa Al-Masih bin Maryam ‘alaihissalam. Beliau turun di menara putih sebelah timur Damaskus, mengenakan dua pakaian yang diwarnai, seraya meletakkan kedua telapak tangannya pada sayap dua malaikat. Ketika beliau menundukkan kepalanya, keringat bercucuran bagaikan permata. Orang kafir tidak mungkin mencium nafasnya kecuali langsung mati. Nafas beliau sampai sejauh mata memandang. Kemudian Nabi Isa mencari Dajjal sehingga beliau menemukannya di Bab Lud (nama tempat Syiria) lalu nabi Isa membunuhnya. Selanjutnya Nabi Isa mendatangi kaum yang telah dilindungi oleh Allah dari Dajjal, lalu beliau mengusap wajah-wajah mereka, beliau menjelaskan kepada mereka derajat mereka di surga.

Dalam kondisi demikian, Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala memberi wahyu kepada Nabi Isa ‘alaihissalam, ‘Sungguh, Aku telah mengeluarkan hamba-hamba-Ku. Tidak ada seorang pun yang mempunyai kemampuan untuk memerangi mereka. Kumpulkanlah mereka ini ke bukit Tursina (Jadikanlah bukit Tursina sebagai benteng).’ Selanjutnya Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala mengirim Ya’juj Ma’juj. Mereka turun dengan cepat dari seluruh tempat yang tinggi. Orang pertama di antara mereka melewati danau Thabariyah, lalu mereka meminum airnya. Orang terakhir juga melewatinya, lalu mereka berkata, ‘Sungguh, tadi ada di danau ini banyak airnya.’ Nabi Isa ‘alaihissalam beserta sahabat-sahabatnya semakin kepepet, sehingga kepala sapi bagi salah seorang di antara mereka lebih baik dari pada seratu dinar bagi kalian semua hari ini (lantaran mereka sangat membutuhkan makanan), kemudian Nabi Isa beserta sahabat-sahabatnya berdoa kepada Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala. (Mereka memohon kepada Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala agar gangguan Ya’juj Ma’juj segera dihilangkan), lalu Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala mengirim cacing di dalam hidung unta dan kambing pada leher-leher mereka. Lantas mereka pun mati sekaligus. Kemudian Nabi Isa ‘alaihissalam beserta sahabat-sahabatnya turun ke bumi. Ternyata mereka tidak menemukan tempat sejengkal pun di muka bumi kecuali dipenuhi oleh bau busuk. Lantas Nabi Isa beserta sahabat-sahabatnya memohon kepada Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala, kemudian Allah mengirimkan burung-burung semisal leher unta. Burung-burung itu membawa bangkai Ya’juj Ma’juj lalu dilemparkan sesuai kehendak Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala, kemudian Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala mengirimkan hujan yang tidak dapat ditahan oleh tanah keras dan gandum. Maka, bumi pun dicuci bersih sehingga seperti kaca. Kemudian dikatakan kepada bumi, ‘Tumbuhkanlah buah-buahmu dan kembalikanlah berkahmu.’ Pada hari itu sekelompok orang memakan delima dan mereka berteduh dengan kulitnya, air susu sangat diberkahi. Bahkan, seekor unta yang hampir melahirkan mencukupi untuk sekelompok orang banyak. Seekor sapi yang hampir melahirkan mencukupi untuk satu kabilah. Seekor kambing yanghampir melahirkan mencukupi satu suku. Dalam kondisi demikian, tiba-tiba Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala mengirimkan angin yang baik, lalu angin ini mengena mereka di bawah ketiak mereka, sehingga ruh setiap orang mukmin dan muslim dicabut. Yang masih tersisa tinggal orang-orang jahat. Orang-orang pun melakukan hubungan seks sebagaimana keledai (artinya, lelaki dan perempuan melakukan hubungan seks secara terang-terangan di hadapan banyak orang bagaikan keledai). Maka, dalam kondisi demikian datanglah hari kiamat.” (HR. Muslim)

Turunnya Nabi Isa bin Maryam ‘alaihissalam

Termasuk di antara tanda-tanda kiamat besar ialah turunnya al-Masih Nabi Isa bin Maryam‘alaihissalam. Alquran dan hadis-hadis telah menunjukkan hal ini. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’alaberfirman:

“Tidak ada seorang pun di antara ahli kitab yang tidak beriman kepadanya (Isa) menjelang kematiannya. Dan pada hari kiamat dia (Isa) akan menjadi saksi mereka.” (QS. An-Nisa: 159)

Artinya, tidak ada seorang pun dari ahli kitab melainkan akan beriman kepada Nabi Isa ‘alaihissalammenjelang kematiannya dan pada hari kiamat Nabi Isa ‘alaihissalam akan memberi kesaksian kepada mereka.

Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala berfirman:

“Dan sungguh, dia (Isa) itu benar-benar menjadi pertanda akan datangnya hari kiamat. Karena itu, janganlah kamu ragu-ragu tentang (kiamat) itu dan ikutilah aku. Inilah jalan yang lurus.” (QS. Az-Zukhruf: 61)

Sesungguhnya turunnya Nabi Isa ‘alaihissalam merupakan tanda-tanda kiamat sudah dekat. Terdapat beberapa hadis mutawatir mengenai turunnya Nabi Isa ‘alaihissalam. Sekarang ini Nabi Isa‘alaihissalam hidup di langit. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala mengangkat ruhnya dan jasadnya kehadirat-Nya. Beliau akan turun ke bumi sebagai hakim yang adil yang menetapkan hukum berdasarkan syariat Nabi Muhammad shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam.

Asy-Syaikhani meriwayatkan dari Abu Hurairah radhiyallahu ‘anhu bahwa Rasulullah shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam bersabda, “Demi Dzat yang menguasai jiwaku. Sungguh, putra Maryam akan turun kepada kalian semua sebagai hakim yang adil. Lalu dia menghancurkan salib, membunuh babi, dan meniadakan pajak. Harta pun melimpah-limpah sehingga tidak ada seorang pun yang mau menerima (pemberian orang lain). Sehingga sujud sekali lebih baik dari pada dunia dan isinya.” Terdapat di dalam hadis-hadis shahih pula bahwa Nabi Isa ‘alaihissalam adalah orang yang akan membunuh Dajjal. Dan setelah misi Nabi Isa bin Maryam ‘alaihissalam selesai, beliau meninggal dunia, lalu kaum muslimin menshalatinya dan dimakamkan di kamar Nabi shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam yang suci.

Keluarnya Ya’juj Ma’juj

Ya’juj Ma’juj disebutkan di dalam Alquran Al-Karim di dalam firman Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala:

“Hingga apabila dibukakan (tembok) Ya’juj dan Ma’juj, dan mereka turun dengan cepat dari seluruh tempat yang tinggi. Mereka berkata, ‘Hai Dzulkarnain, sesungguhnya Ya’juj dan Ma’juj itu orang-orang yang membuat kerusakan di muka bumi, maka dapatkah kami memberikan sesuatu pembayaran kepadamu, supaya kamu membuat dinding antara kami dan mereka?’.” (QS. Al-Kahfi: 94)

Ya’juj Ma’juj merupakan kabilah dari keturunan Yafits bin Nuh. Mereka keluar di akhir zaman setelah dinding penghalang yang dibuat oleh Dzulqarnain jebol. Lantas mereka membuat kerusakan di muka bumi dengan berbagai macam tindakan keji dan kerusakan. Saking banyaknya, mereka memakan makanan dan tanaman apa saja yang dijumpainya dan meminum danau Thabariyah sampai seakan-akan tidak pernah ada airnya.

Keluarnya api yang menggiring manusia ke padang Mahsyar

Api ini keluar dari tanah ‘Adn, yaitu api besar yang menakutkan. Tidak ada sesuatu pun yang dapat memadamkannya. Api ini menggiring manusia ke padang Mahsyar. Demikianlah di antara tanda-tanda kiamat besar. Kita memohon kepada Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala agar menyelamatkan kita dari api dunia dan akhirat dan semoga Dia menyelamatkan kita dari kengerian kiamat berkat anugerah-Nya dan kemuliaan-Nya. Sungguh, Dia Maha Mendengar dan Mahadekat.

Young wife’s gruesome murder in China

2013-05-11T10:05:00.001+08:00

Kesian nya perempuan nie..

The husband was young, rich, drove expensive cars and lived the high life. His wife was just 22, and the beautiful mother of his four-month old baby daughter.

The happily married couple seemed to live a perfect life – until young chinese wife Qi Kexin was found murdered in their home in Nanjing's Jianye District.

No arrest has been reported but according to Xian Dai Kuai Bao, a Nanjing newspaper run by national news agency Xinhua, local authorities suspect she was slashed to death by her drunk husband after a heated argument.

She had been attacked with a knife and sustained between 30 and 40 knife wounds on her body.

Her husband, 24-year-old Ji Xing Peng, had allegedly slashed Qi to death after an argument in which he accused her of infidelity and said that their daughter was not his.

Qi's horrific death has since attracted huge media and online attention in China, especially because her husband is from “second generation money”, a negative term used to describe a class of young rich who have inherited their money from parents but lead wasteful lives of excessive spending and irresponsible behaviour.

News reports following the murder revealed that Ji was a member of the Nanjing Super Car Club, drove a Lamborghini sports car and owned numerous luxury residences.

He was also described by friends and acquaintances as having hit his ex-wife after getting drunk and would refuse to work, instead spending up to RMB 100,000 a month playing video games and frequenting "gentlemen's clubs", where he would spend time and money on other women.

Netizens also unearthed Qi's microblog on popular China site "Weibo", where she uploaded photos of the couple in happier times at their lavish wedding and also snapshots of their four month daughter.

In one post, she writes about her New Year's wishes for 2013, saying that she hopes that her husband would love her more in the months to follow and that their daughter would grow up well.

The two are reported to have met about three years ago and were high school classmates who tied the knot after Qi found that she was expecting a baby.

Friends said that the marriage was unhappy, with Qi allegedly being locked up at her husband's family's home while he went out to gamble or to drink. They also said that domestic violence was common at their home as they quarreled about Ji's alleged extra-marital affairs and that Qi had asked for a divorce on more than one occasion.

moral: jangan didik anak jadik macam cerita "Anakku Sazali"..

Gambaran Hari Kiamat

2013-02-03T17:49:00.000+08:00

ASSALAMMUALAIKUM...

SAHABAT-SAHABAT ANA YG BUDIMAN

!!! Gambaran Hari Kiamat!!!
Mengalir air mata Ku tanpa Ku sedari ketika membaca kisah ini... Astaughfirullah!!!

- Selepas Malaikat Israfil meniup sangkakala (bentuknya seperti tanduk besar) yang memekakkan telinga, seluruh makhluk mati kecuali Izrail & beberapa malaikat yang lain. Selepas itu, Izrail pun mencabut nyawa malaikat yang tinggal dan akhirnya nyawanya sendiri.
- Selepas semua makhluk mati, Tuhan pun berfirman mafhumnya “Kepunyaan siapakah kerajaan hari ini?” Tiada siapa yang menjawab. Lalu Dia sendiri menjawab dengan keagunganNya “Kepunyaan Allah Yang Maha Esa lagi Maha Perkasa.” Ini menunjukkan kebesaran & keagunganNya sebagai Tuhan yg Maha Kuasa lagi Maha Kekal Hidup, tidak mati.

- Selepas 40 tahun, Malaikat Israfil a.s. dihidupkan, seterusnya meniup sangkakala untuk kali ke-2, lantas seluruh makhluk hidup semula di atas bumi putih, berupa padang Mahsyar (umpama padang Arafah) yang rata tidak berbukit atau bulat seperti bumi.

- Sekelian manusia hidup melalui benih anak Adam yg disebut “Ajbuz Zanbi” yang berada di hujung tulang belakang mereka. Hiduplah manusia umpama anak pokok yang kembang membesar dari biji benih.

- Semua manusia dan jin dibangkitkan dalam keadaan telanjang dan hina. Mereka tidak rasa malu kerana pada ketika itu hati mereka sangat takut dan bimbang tentang nasib & masa depan yang akan mereka hadapi kelak.

- Lalu datanglah api yang berterbangan dengan bunyi seperti guruh yang menghalau manusia, jin dan binatang ke tempat perhimpunan besar. Bergeraklah mereka menggunakan tunggangan (bagi yang banyak amal), berjalan kaki (bagi yang kurang amalan) dan berjalan dengan muka (bagi yang banyak dosa). Ketika itu, ibu akan lupakan anak, suami akan lupakan isteri, setiap manusia sibuk memikirkan nasib mereka.

- Setelah semua makhluk dikumpulkan, matahari dan bulan dihapuskan cahayanya, lalu mereka tinggal dalam kegelapan tanpa cahaya. Berlakulah huru-hara yang amat dahsyat.

- Tiba-tiba langit yang tebal pecah dengan bunyi yang dahsyat, lalu turunlah malaikat sambil bertasbih kepada Allah SWT. Seluruh makhluk terkejut melihat saiz malaikat yang besar dan suaranya yang menakutkan.

- Kemudian matahari muncul semula dengan kepanasan yang berganda. Hingga dirasakan seakan-akan matahari berada sejengkal dari atas kepala mereka. Ulama berkata jika matahari naik di bumi seperti keadaannya naik dihari Kiamat nescaya seluruh bumi terbakar, bukit-bukau hancur dan sungai menjadi kering. Lalu mereka rasai kepanasan dan bermandikan peluh sehingga peluh mereka menjadi lautan. Timbul atau tenggelam mereka bergantung pada amalan masing-masing. Keadaan mereka berlanjutan sehingga 1000 tahun.

- Terdapat satu telaga kepunyaan Nabi Muhammad SAW bernama Al-Kausar yang mengandungi air yang hanya dapat diminum oleh orang mukmin sahaja. Orang bukan mukmin akan dihalau oleh malaikat yang menjaganya. Jika diminum airnya tidak akan haus selama-lamanya. Kolam ini berbentuk segi empat tepat sebesar satu bulan perjalanan. Bau air kolam ini lebih harum dari kasturi, warnanya lebih putih dari susu dan rasanya lebih sejuk dari embun. Ia mempunyai saluran yang mengalir dari syurga.

- Semua makhluk berada bawah cahaya matahari yang terik kecuali 7 golongan yang mendapat teduhan dari Arasy. Mereka ialah:

ⅰ- Pemimpin yang adil.
ⅱ- Orang muda yang taat kepada perintah Allah.
ⅲ- Lelaki yang terikat hatinya dengan masjid.
ⅳ- Dua orang yang bertemu kerana Allah dan berpisah kerana Allah.
ⅴ- Lelaki yang diajak oleh wanita berzina, tetapi dia menolak dengan berkata “Aku takut pada Allah”.
ⅵ- Lelaki yg bersedekah dengan bersembunyi (tidak diketahui orang ramai).
ⅶ- Lelaki yang suka bersendirian mengingati Allah lalu mengalir air matanya kerana takutkan Allah.

- Oleh kerana tersangat lama menunggu di padang mahsyar, semua manusia tidak tahu berbuat apa melainkan mereka yang beriman, kemudian mereka terdengar suara “pergilah berjumpa dengan para Nabi”. Maka mereka pun pergi mencari para Nabi. Pertama sekali kumpulan manusia ini berjumpa dengan Nabi Adam tetapi usaha mereka gagal kerana Nabi Adam a.s menyatakan beliau juga ada melakukan kesalahan dengan Allah SWT. Maka kumpulan besar itu kemudiannya berjumpa Nabi Nuh a.s., Nabi Ibrahim a.s., Nabi Musa a.s., Nabi Isa a.s. (semuanya memberikan sebab seperti Nabi Adam a.s.) dan akhirnya mereka berjumpa Rasullullah SAW. Jarak masa antara satu nabi dengan yang lain adalah 1000 tahun perjalanan.

- Lalu berdoalah baginda Nabi Muhammad SAW ke hadrat Allah SWT. Lalu diperkenankan doa baginda.

- Selepas itu, terdengar bunyi pukulan gendang yang kuat hingga menakutkan hati semua makhluk kerana mereka sangka azab akan turun. Lalu terbelah langit, turunlah arasy Tuhan yang dipikul oleh 8 orang malaikat yang sangat besar (besarnya sejarak perjalanan 20 ribu tahun) sambil bertasbih dengan suara yang amat kuat sehingga ‘Arasy itu tiba dibumi.

- ‘Arasy ialah jisim nurani yang amat besar berbentuk kubah (bumbung bulat) yang mempunyai 4 batang tiang yang sentiasa dipikul oleh 4 orang malaikat yang besar dan gagah. Dalam bahasa mudah ia seumpama istana yang mempunyai seribu bilik yang menempatkan jutaan malaikat di dalamnya. Ia dilingkungi embun yang menghijab cahayanya yang sangat kuat.

- Kursi iaitu jisim nurani yang terletak di hadapan Arasy yang dipikul oleh 4 orang malaikat yang sangat besar. Saiz kursi lebih kecil dari ‘Arasy umpama cincin ditengah padang . Dalam bahasa mudah ia umpama singgahsana yang terletak dihadapan istana.

- Seluruh makhluk pun menundukkan kepala kerana takut. Lalu dimulakan timbangan amal. Ketika itu berterbanganlah kitab amalan masing-masing turun dari bawah Arasy menuju ke leher pemiliknya tanpa silap dan tergantunglah ia sehingga mereka dipanggil untuk dihisab. Kitab amalan ini telah ditulis oleh malaikat Hafazhah / Raqib & ‘Atid / Kiraman Katibin.

- Manusia beratur dalam saf mengikut Nabi dan pemimpin masing- masing. Orang kafir & munafik beratur bersama pemimpin mereka yang zalim. Setiap pengikut ada tanda mereka tersendiri untuk dibezakan.

- Umat yang pertama kali dihisab adalah umat Nabi Muhammad SAW, dan amalan yang pertama kali dihisab adalah solat. Sedangkan hukum yang pertama kali diputuskan adalah perkara pertumpahan darah.

- Apabila tiba giliran seseorang hendak dihisab amalannya, malaikat akan mencabut kitab mereka lalu diserahkan, lalu pemiliknya mengambil dengan tangan kanan bagi orang mukmin dan dengan tangan kiri jika orang bukan mukmin.

- Semua makhluk akan dihisab amalan mereka menggunakan satu Neraca Timbangan. Saiznya amat besar, mempunyai satu tiang yang mempunyai lidah dan 2 daun. Daun yang bercahaya untuk menimbang pahala dan yang gelap untuk menimbang dosa.

- Acara ini disaksikan oleh Nabi Muhammad SAW dan para imam 4 mazhab untuk menyaksikan pengikut masing-masing dihisab.

- Perkara pertama yang diminta ialah Islam. Jika dia bukan Islam, maka seluruh amalan baiknya tidak ditimbang bahkan amalan buruk tetap akan ditimbang.

- Ketika dihisab, mulut manusia akan dipateri, tangan akan berkata- kata, kaki akan menjadi saksi. Tiada dolak-dalih dan hujah tipuan. Semua akan di adili oleh Allah Ta’ala dengan Maha Bijaksana.

- Setelah amalan ditimbang, mahkamah Mahsyar dibuka kepada orang ramai untuk menuntut hak masing-masing dari makhluk yang sedang dibicara sehinggalah seluruh makhluk berpuas hati dan dibenarkannya menyeberangi titian sirat.

- Syafaat Nabi Muhammad SAW di akhirat :

ⅰ- Meringankan penderitaan makhluk di Padang Mahsyar dengan mempercepatkan hisab.
ⅱ- Memasukkan manusia ke dalam syurga tanpa hisab.
ⅲ- Mengeluarkan manusia yang mempunyai iman sebesar zarah dari neraka.

(Semua syafaat ini tertakluk kepada keizinan Allah SWT.)

Para nabi dan rasul serta golongan khawas juga diberikan izin oleh Tuhan untuk memberi syafaat kepada para pengikut mereka. Mereka ini berjumlah 70 000. Setiap seorang dari mereka akan mensyafaatkan 70 000 orang yang lain.

Setelah berjaya dihisab, manusia akan mula berjalan menuju syurga melintasi jambatan sirat. Siratul Mustaqim ialah jambatan (titian) yang terbentang dibawahnya neraka. Lebar jambatan ini adalah seperti sehelai rambut yang dibelah tujuh dan ia lebih tajam dari mata pedang. Bagi orang mukmin ia akan dilebarkan dan dimudahkan menyeberanginya.

Fudhail bin Iyadh berkata perjalanan di Sirat memakan masa 15000 tahun. 5000 tahun menaik, 5000 tahun mendatar dan 5000 tahun menurun. Ada makhluk yang melintasinya seperti kilat, seperti angin, menunggang binatang korban dan berjalan kaki. Ada yang tidak dapat melepasinya disebabkan api neraka sentiasa menarik kaki mereka, lalu mereka jatuh ke dalamnya.

Para malaikat berdiri di kanan dan kiri sirat mengawasi setiap makhluk yang lalu. Setiap 1000 orang yang meniti sirat, hanya seorang sahaja yang Berjaya melepasinya. 999 orang akan terjatuh ke dalam neraka.

Rujukan: Kitab Aqidatun Najin karangan Syeikh Zainal Abidin Muhammad Al- Fathani. Pustaka Nasional Singapura 2004.

Jika sekiranya kalian ingin mengumpul saham akhirat, sampaikanlah ilmu ini kepada sahabat² yang lain. Sepertimana sabda Rasulullah SAW: ❝ Sampaikanlah pesananku walaupun satu ayat. ❞ Sesungguhnya apabila matinya seseorang anak Adam itu, hanya 3 perkara yang akan dibawanya bersama :

① Sedekah/amal jariahnya.

② Doa anak²nya yang soleh.

③ Ilmu yang bermanfaat yang disampaikannya kepada orang lain.

SALAM UKHWAH FILLAH..Sebarkan Cinta Sebarkan Doa....

Mandi wajib

2013-02-03T17:43:00.002+08:00

Daripada Wikipedia, ensiklopedia bebas.

Mandi wajib ataupun mandi junub disebut juga mandi hadas besar adalah mandi yang perlu dilakukan oleh seseorang Muslim untuk membersihkan dirinya daripada hadas besar dan melibatkan perbuatan mandi dengan membasahi seluruh anggota badan.

Hukum mandi wajib

Mandi wajib ataupun mandi junub adalah wajib ke atas orang Muslim untuk membersihkan dirinya daripada hadas besar.

Perkara-perkara yang membawa kepada mandi wajib

Seorang Muslim perlu mengerjakan mandi wajib dalam keadaan berikut :

Jimak iaitu melakukan persetubuhan (bertemu dua khitan) apabila zakar dimasukkan ke dalam faraj walaupun tidak keluar air mani.
Keluar air mani walaupun zakar tidak dimasukkan ke dalam faraj. Begitu juga keluar air mani kerana bermimpi (wet dream)
Keluar darah Haid bagi wanita.

“Jika datang haid, maka tinggalkan solat. Dan jika telah lewat, maka mandi dan Solatlah” (HR. Al Bukhari no. 320, Muslim no. 333, Abu Daud no. 279, At Tirmizi no. 125 dan An Nasa’i I/186)”

Nifas iaitu darah yang keluar dari faraj wanita ketika melahirkan anak (Wiladah)
Wiladah - wanita yang melahirkan anak.
Mati.
Masuk Islam orang yang sebelumnya kafir.

Dari Qais bin Ashim, ia menceritakan bahawa ketika ia masuk Islam, Nabi SAW menyuruhnya mandi dengan air dan bidara (HR. At Tirmidzi no. 602 dan Abu Dawud no. 351, disahihkan oleh Syeikh Albani dalam Irwaa’ul Ghalil no. 128)

Rukun

Rukun mandi ada tiga perkara meliputi

Niat dengan tujuan membezakan ibadat dan adat. Niat ini sekadar dilafazkan di dalam hati dan tidak perlu dilafazkan secara zahir (secara lisan)
Menghilangkan kotoran dan najis pada badan.
Meratakan air ke seluruh anggota badan yang zahir termasuk segala lipatan-lipatan badan. (Sayyid Sabiq, Fiqh Sunnah)

Niat

Niat mandi wajib secara ringkasnya adalah "Sahaja aku mandi wajib kerana Allah Taala."Niat itu hendaklah disertakan ketika air sampai ke bahagian anggota badan. Lafaz niat yang lain "nawaitul ghusla liraf'il hadatsil akbari janabati fardlal lillaahi ta'aalaa" (Ertinya: Sahaja aku mandi wajib untuk menghilangkan hadas besar dan mandi wajib kerana Allah Taala)

Untuk wanita yang mandi wajib kerana hadas haid, niat mandi wajib adalah "Sahaja aku mengangkat hadas haid kerana Allah Taala." manakala bagi wanita yang habis nifas, niat mandi wajib ialah "Sahaja aku mengangkat hadas nifas kerana Allah Taala".

Niat mandi wajib hendaklah dilafazkan apabila mula terkena air kepada mana-mana bahagian anggota mandi. Sekiranya niat dilafazkan selepas dia telah membasuh anggota badannya, mandi wajibnya tidak sah dan dia mestilah memulakan kembali niatnya ketika dia mula menyampaikan air ke seluruh anggota badannya. Sekiranya dia berniat sebelum air sampai ke badan, niat itu juga tidak sah dan dia mestilah memulakan kembali niatnya ketika dia mula menyampaikan air ke seluruh anggota badannya.

Orang yang tidak berniat mandi wajib tidak memenuhi rukun mandi wajib dan dengan itu tidak boleh dikatakan telah mengerjakan mandi wajib. Dia hanya sekadar mengerjakan mandi biasa (mandi adat), dan masih terikat dengan larangan yang dikenakan ke atas orang yang berhadas besar.

Cara mandi wajib

Mandi wajib hendaklah dikerjakan menggunakan menggunakan air mutlak iaitu air yang suci lagi menyucikan, dan tidak sah jika menggunakan air yang bukannya air mutlak.

Cara mandi wajib paling afdal sekiranya mengikut sunnah Rasulullah SAW. Berdasarkan hadis dari Aisyah ra.,

“Dahulu, jika Rasulullah SAW hendak mandi janabah (junub), beliau membasuh kedua tangannya. Kemudian menuangkan air dari tangan kanan ke tangan kirinya lalu membasuh kemaluannya. Lantas berwuduk sebagaimana berwuduk untuk solat. Lalu beliau mengambil air dan memasukkan jari-jemarinya ke pangkal rambut. Hingga beliau menganggap telah cukup, beliau tuangkan ke atas kepalanya sebanyak 3 kali tuangan. Setelah itu beliau guyur seluruh badannya. Kemudian beliau basuh kedua kakinya”

(HR. Al Bukhari dan Muslim)

Cara mandi wajib yang paling baik adalah mengikut cara yang diriwayatkan oleh Imam At-Tirmizi.

Membaca bismillah sambil berniat untuk mengangkat hadas besar .
Membasuh tangan sebanyak 3 kali.
Membasuh alat kelamin dari kotoran dan najis.
Mengambil wuduk sebagaimana biasa kecuali kaki. Kaki dibasuh selepas mandi nanti.
Membasuh keseluruhan rambut di kepala.
Membasuh kepala berserta dengan telinga sebanyak 3 kali dengan 3 kali menimba air.
Menjirus air ke seluruh bahagian badan di sebelah lambung kanan dari atas sampai ke bawah.
Menjirus lambung kiri dari atas sampai ke bawah.
Menggosok bahagian-bahagian yang sulit seperti pusat, ketiak, lutut dan lain-lain supaya terkena air.
Membasuh kaki.

Jika dia mandi dengan menggunakan “shower”, tidak perlu tiga kali, memadai telah yakin air telah meratai seluruh badan dari kepala ke hujung jari.

Untuk wanita pula, oleh kerana rambut wanita lebih panjang, maka disunatkan diuraikan rambut. Jika rambut seseorang itu ditocang atau disanggul, sekiranya tak sampai air ke dalamnya, tocang atau sanggul hendaklah dibuka untuk membolehkan air sampai.

Seseorang itu elok memakai kain hingga ke lutut seperti yang diajarkan oleh Rasulullah s.a.w.

Najis di badan

Jika ada najis di badan, najis itu boleh dibasuh serentak dgn mandi wajib iaitu membasuh najis dgn mandi wajib itu boleh disekalikan (Imam Nawawi) untuk memenuhi rukun kedua mandi wajib.

Keperluan mengambil wuduk

Seseorang yang telah mengerjakan mandi wajib tidak perlu mengambil wuduk semula untuk mengerjakan solat dengan syarat dia tidak melakukan perkara yang membatalkanwuduk selepas dia mengerjakan mandi wajib. Jika terbatal, dia perlu hanya mengambil semula wuduknya sahaja.

Perkara-perkara sunat

Pada masa mandi kita disunatkan menghadap kiblat, membaca bismillah, membasuh tangan, mengambil wuduk, mengosok-gosok seluruh badan, tertib dan muwalat, iaitu berturut tanpa putus.

Bagi wanita yang mandi disebabkan haid dan nifas, disunatkan menggunakan perfume selepas mandi (afterbath perfume) supaya harum dari bau darahnya.

Perkara Berkaitan

Melewatkan Mandi Wajib

Mandi wajib boleh ditunda dari malam sehingga siang. Dengan itu, pasangan yang berjimak boleh melewatkan untuk mandi wajib sehingga pagi dan mengerjakan mandi wajib sejurus sebelum mengerjakan solat subuh, tetapi pasangan itu disunatkan berwuduk sebelum tidur jika ingin melewatkan mandi wajib mereka hingga ke pagi.

Orang yang melewatkan mandi wajibnya juga tidak membatalkan puasa dan boleh terus berpuasa, dan puasanya tetap sah selagi mana dia tidak membatalkan puasanya.

Seseorang itu boleh melewatkan mandi wajib sebelum solat. Setelah masuk waktu solat, ia wajib mandi sebelum boleh menunaikan solat.

Ragu-ragu

Jika seorang yang mengerjakan solat tetapi ragu-ragu sama ada dia sudah mandi wajib atau belum, maka seluruh solat yang telah dikerjakannya (selama itu) adalah sah, dan untuk solat-solat berikutnya, dia harus menunaikan mandi wajib dahulu, barulah solatnya dianggap sah.

Ketiadaan air (atau mudarat tidak boleh terkena air)

Menurut Syeikh al-Islam Ibn Taimiyah rh. (Majmu' Fatawa, 21/396) jika terdapat sebab untuk melakukan tayammum, seperti ketiadaan air, atau tidak dapat menggunakannya akibat sakit, maka tayammum akan menggantikan wuduk dan mandi wajib. Maka seseorang yang junub hendaklah bertayammum lalu bersolat, kemudian apabila ada air (diperbolehkan menggunakan air untuk yang mudarat), maka hendaklah mandi menghilangkan janabahnya tersebut.

Daripada Imraan ibn Hussain ra. "bahawa Rasulullah saw melihat seorang lelaki yang menjauhkan diri dan tidak bersolat dengan kaumnya, maka baginda berkata : Ya siFulan, apa yang menghalang kamu dari tidak bersolat dengan kaummu? Dia menjawab : Ya Rasulullah, saya dalam keadaan junub, dan tiada air. Baginda berkata : Kamu hendaklah menggunakan tanah yang bersih, kerana ia mencukupi untukmu..... di dalam riwayat lain Nabi saw menjumpai air dan memberinya kepada orang yang telah menjadi junub tersebut, dan berkata : pergilah siram ini keatas dirimu." [Hadith riwayat al-Bukhari #344 dan #348].

Tahniah Lyana Jasmay on ur Big day!!!!

2013-02-03T12:51:00.000+08:00

Selepas akad nikah..

The gang-rape on a bus that sickened India

2012-12-29T10:32:00.001+08:00

the real sad story..

AFP News - A police morgue vehicle is parked in front of the Mount Elizabeth hospital in Singapore on December 29, 2012, to retrieve the dead body of the Indian gang-rape victim. The 23-year-old woman died Saturday in Singapore after suffering severe organ failure, the hospital treating her said, in a case that sparked widespread street protests over violence against women

After spending her evening watching "Life of Pi" in a New Delhi mall, the 23-year-old student and her male companion were looking for a quick lift home when a bus with tinted windows pulled over.

The pair were then subjected to a catalogue of violence and sexual depravity which has evoked comparisons with Anthony Burgess's novel "A Clockwork Orange" and brought simmering anger over the plight of women to the boil across India.

The Indian news channel NDTV greeted news of her death in the early hours of Saturday in a Singapore hospital with the banner headline "RIP: India's Daughter", in a reflection of how her plight had moved the nation.

Ever since she was attacked on the night of December 16, the country's leaders have lined up to offer their prayers and condemn the attack as well as paying for her treatment in Singapore.

Although the identity of the young woman has not yet been released, reports have said she was a medical student who hailed from a rural area of Uttar Pradesh, India's largest state which borders the capital New Delhi.

Her parents, who had travelled to Singapore after she was flown out by air ambulance on Wednesday night, are said to have sold their small piece of land in order to fund their daughter's education, often limiting their own meals to little more than rotis with namak (bread with salt), according to NDTV.

"These are simple, rustic people, who have never dreamt of boarding an aircraft, much less travel to a foreign country in an air ambulance," a source at the hospital told Singapore's Straits Times after meeting her relatives.

Before flying out to Singapore, the woman had managed to give an interview to police at Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital about the events on the night of her attack.

Police and prosecutors have outlined how six men picked the pair up outside the mall in a school bus which they had taken for a joyride after drinking heavily.

Even before they stopped outside the mall, they had allegedly picked up another passenger and then forced him to hand over the contents of his wallet.

After getting into an argument with the woman's male companion, the group are then alleged to have lashed out at the pair before taking turns to rape the woman in the back of the bus while driving around Delhi for some 45 minutes.

They also sexually assaulted the woman with a rusting metal bar, leaving her with severe intestinal injuries, before hurling her out of the vehicle.

The bus would have had to cross numerous police checkpoints at that time of night but at no stage was the vehicle pulled over by officers.

After news of the attack emerged, small-scale protests quickly swelled and were then repeated across the country -- fuelled in part by anger at the police's use of teargas and water cannon.

The Indian government has set up a commission of inquiry to investigate what mistakes were made on the night of the attack and in its aftermath.

But in an address to chief ministers from the country's states who gathered in New Delhi on Thursday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh acknowledged that it was far from an isolated event.

"We must reflect on this problem, which occurs in all states and regions. It requires greater attention by the central government and states," he said.

Gang-rapes happen on such a regular basis that they are rarely reported in the Indian press although the attack in Delhi has led papers to shine a rare spotlight on such attacks.

On Thursday night, it emerged that a 17-year-old girl had committed suicide after police allegedly tried to persuade her to drop a complaint of gang-rape and instead either accept a cash settlement or even marry one of her attackers.

After quoting from the infamous gang-rape scene in Burgess's novel, a columnist for The Hindu wrote this week that "few Indians will need a dictionary of the teenage slang Burgess invented to grasp the horror of this passage".

"For progress to be made, we must begin by acknowledging this one fact: the problem isn't the police, the courts or the government. The problem is us," wrote Praveen Swami.

Doa Taubat - Ilahi Lastu Lil Firdaus

2012-12-17T00:04:00.001+08:00

Allahuakbar.. Ya Allah Ya Tuan ku sesungguhnya aku tidak layak untuk ke syurgamu.. tetapi aku juga tidak sanggup untuk ke nerakamu.. ampunkan dosa2ku Ya Allah..

dunia ini hanya pinjaman..

Janganlah terlalu megah dengan PANGKAT dan DARJAT,
kerana gelaran kita terakhir nanti adalah AL-MARHUM

Janganlah kita terlalu bangga dan berlagak dengan wajah yang CANTIK atau KACAK,
kerana rupa wajah kita terakhir nanti cuma TENGKORAK

Janganlah kita EGO dan bongkak kerana mampu memiliki RUMAH MEWAH seperti istana,
kerana rumah terakhir kita nanti adalah KUBUR

Janganlah teralu seronok dengan te
tmpat tidur yang EMPUK dan NYAMAN,
kerana tempat tidur terakhir kita nanti adalah LIANG LAHAD

Jangan bangga dan ACTION sangat dengan KENDERAAN mewah,
kerana kenderaan terakhir kita nanti adalah VAN JENAZAH dan PAPAN KERANDA

Jangan bangga sangat dengan pakaian CANTIK & MAHAL,
kerana pakaian terakhir kita nanti adalah KAIN KAPAN

Surah At Taubah Ayat 128 & 129..

2012-12-15T13:24:00.002+08:00

Surah At Taubah ayat 128 & 129 untuk amalan kita setiap hari..

Laqad jaakum rasoolun min anfusikum AAazeezun AAalayhi ma AAanittum hareesun AAalaykum bialmumineena raoofun raheemun

Fain tawallaw faqul hasbiya Allahu la ilaha illa huwa AAalayhi tawakkaltu wahuwa rabbu alAAarshi alAAatheemi

Terjemahannya:

Sesungguhnya telah datang kepada kamu seorang Rasul dari golongan kamu sendiri (iaitu Nabi Muhammad Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam), yang menjadi sangat berat kepadanya sebarang kesusahan yang ditanggung oleh kamu, (dan) ia pula menumpahkan perasaan belas serta kasih sayangnya kepada orang-orang yang beriman. Kemudian jika mereka berpaling ingkar, maka katakanlah (wahai Muhammad): "Cukuplah bagiku Allah (yang menolong dan memeliharaku), tiada Tuhan (yang berhak disembah) melainkan Dia, kepada-Nya aku berserah diri, dan Dia lah yang mempunyai 'Arasy yang besar."

Fadhilat Ayat 128-129 Surah at-Taubah

1. Ayat ini boleh memanjangkan usia dengan izin Allah jika dibaca secara berulang-ulang kali.

2. Jika dibaca tujuh kali setiap hari maka ia boleh memudahkan urusan dunia dan akhirat.

3. Jika dibaca pada pagi, ia boleh menjauhkan ancaman untuk hari itu, begitu juga jika dibaca pada waktu petang, boleh menghindarkan ancaman pada waktu malamnya. Insya-Allah.

4. Ayat ini juga boleh menambah keteguhan iman seseorang itu kepada Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala.

"Barangsiapa membaca ayat ini sebanyak 7 kali setiap kali selesai solat fardhu, dengan izin Allah :

1) Segala kelemahan bertukar kepada kekuatan
2) Kehinaan berganti dengan kemuliaan
3) Segala hutangnya dapat dijelaskan
4) Terhindar dari dukacita
5) Melimpah-limpah rezeki datang kepadanya "

Jom mengaji

1- Surah Al-Fatihah dapat memadam kemurkaan Allah SWT.

2- Surah Yasin dapat menghilangkan rasa dahaga atau kehausan pada hari Kiamat.

3- Surah Dukhan dapat membantu kita ketika menghadapi ujian Allah SWT pada hari kiamat.

4- Surah Al-Waqiah dapat melindungi kita daripada ditimpa kesusahan atau fakir.
5- Surah Al-Mulk dapat meringankan azab di dalam kubur.
6- Surah Al-Kauthar dapat merelaikan segala perbalahan.
7- Surah Al-Kafirun dapat menghalang kita daripada menjadi kafir ketika menghadapi kematian.
8- Surah Al-Ikhlas dapat melindungi kita daripada menjadi golongan munafiq.
9- Surah Al-Falq dapat menghapuskan perasaan hasad dengki.
10- Surah An-Nas dapat melindungi kita daripada ditimpa penyakit was-was.

A hero to the end: Fearless Mexican mayor who survived two assassination attempts is murdered

2012-11-27T23:55:00.000+08:00

Just want to share sad story of the Maxican mayor.. so sad.. =(

Courageous Mexican mayor Maria Santos Gorrostieta cheated death twice when she survived assassination attempts by druglords — but three times was too much.

Gorrostieta, dubbed a “heroine of the 21st century” for her refusal to be cowed by the ruthless cartels that rule much of Mexico, was kidnapped in broad daylight this month after leaving her home in the town of Morelia.

She was driving her daughter to school when thugs in another vehicle blocked her white van. They pulled her out and began kicking and beating her in front of passers-by.

The 36-year-old mother begged the men to spare her girl and appeared to get into the thugs’ vehicle voluntarily, witnesses said.

Gorrostieta, mayor of the town of Tiquicheo from 2008 to 2011, had previously had a police escort and government security assigned to her.

But despite the two ambushes — which killed her husband and left her horribly scarred — her protection was pulled after she left office.

“No one could do anything to help her,” newspaper El Universal said of her abduction two weeks ago.

Her relatives waited for a call from the kidnappers, hoping they would trade her for ransom.

No call came. The family alerted police, who launched a search.

Five days after her disappearance, farm workers found Gorrostieta’s body — stabbed, burned and beaten — in a roadside ditch in the town of San Juan Tararameo.

Her relatives identified the body of the mother of three the next day.

Parts of Mexico have become a no-man’s-land, where legal authorities fear to tread and death comes cheap.

Over the weekend, 19 bodies were found in the northern border state of Chihuahua, including those of eight people who had been tortured and killed on Friday.

Many of the dead have been victims of the drug cartels, which have increasingly included elected and appointed officials.

Since Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched a war on the cartels six years ago, about two dozen mayors have been murdered.

Gorrostieta was one of at least seven women who were willing to serve as mayors or police chiefs.

Two of them, Hermila Garcia Quinones and Silvia Molina, were assassinated. A third, Erika Gandara, was kidnapped and is feared dead, and a fourth, Marisol Valles Garcia, 21, left her job and fled to the United States.

Gorrostieta, a doctor who studied medicine in a university in Morelia, began getting threats after she ran for mayor of Tiquicheo and was elected as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 2008.

She ignored the threats — at her own peril. In October 2009, her car was attacked by gunmen in the town of El Limone. Her husband, José Sanchez — who had escaped a showdown with an armed mob that year — died in the fusillade.

Gorrostieta was seriously wounded but soon returned to work, as defiant as ever.

Three months later, in January 2010, she was attacked again, this time on a road between the states of Guerrero and Michoacan as she headed to a meeting.

Gunmen with assault rifles fired 30 bullets at her van. Three hit her, leaving serious wounds. Her brother and a reporter were wounded.

But Gorrostieta sought to use the publicity to get the public to join her war on drugs. She bared her scars in photos that appeared in a local newspaper.

“I wanted to show them my wounded, mutilated, humiliated body because I’m not ashamed of it,” she said, “because it is the product of the great misfortunes that have scarred my life, that of my children and my family.”

The wounds left her in near constant pain. She had to wear a colostomy bag.

Gorrostieta, a devout Catholic, said she couldn’t understand why she had been marked for death.

“I have a clear conscience,” she said.

“I have never had any issues of any kind, be it money, family or crime related, and I have never had any fights with any neighbors or residents of my town or any other town.”

After the second attack, she considered quitting — but couldn’t. She said she had an obligation to her town of 13,000-plus people as well as to the memory of her slain husband.

“At another stage in my life, perhaps I would have resigned from what I have, my position, my responsibilities as the leader of my Tiquicheo,” she said.

“But today, no.”

“It is not possible for me to surrender when I have three children whom I have to educate by setting an example,” she said.

“And also because of the memory of the man of my life, the father of my three little ones, the one who was able to teach me the value of things and to fight for them.”

She admitted to being plagued by the memory of the two attacks.

“I struggle day to day to erase from my mind the images of the horror I lived, and that others who did not deserve or expect it also suffered,” she said.

Nevertheless, Gorrostieta rebuilt her life. She married again, to Nereo Delgado Patinoran. She switched political parties.

After her stint at Tiquicheo was over, she ran in an election for Mexico’s legislature, the Congress of the Union, but failed to win a seat.

Her death is being investigated by Mexico’s Anti-Kidnapping and Extortion Institution.

The unit has another task: Gorrostieta’s second husband, Patinoran, vanished when she did and is still missing.

97% of Terminal Cancer Patients Previously Had This Dental Procedure

2012-11-25T14:52:00.001+08:00

Yesterday I went to dentist to extract my molar tooth.. the doctor then do an x-ray and the result showed that my tooth decayed. He consulted me, instead of extraction, I can do a root canal to save the teeth.. as there is an option, at the end I did not do anything, as I'm still thinking.. but then dentist consultation and x-ray alone cost me $50.. damn..

I went home and searching for this "root canal" thing.. cos I'm not so sure if this is safe to do.. actually I'm looking for the root canal process.. to know if the process is pain or not.. but I found out something else, which I would think, it's very important in making the decision and wish to share with everybody, in case they have the same problem with me.. actually my tooth not so much in pain, only when I 'm chewing food, it's not comfortable.. so I've made up my mind, I'll not do the root canal.. and only extract my tooth once it's really pain and wake me up in the middle of the night.. hehe..

Do you have a chronic degenerative disease? If so, have you been told, "It's all in your head?"

Well, that might not be that far from the truth… the root cause of your illness may be in your mouth.

There is a common dental procedure that nearly every dentist will tell you is completely safe, despite the fact that scientists have been warning of its dangers for more than 100 years.

Every day in the United States alone, 41,000 of these dental procedures are performed on patients who believe they are safely and permanently fixing their problem.

What is this dental procedure?

The root canal.

More than 25 million root canals are performed every year in this country.

Root-canaled teeth are essentially "dead" teeth that can become silent incubators for highly toxic anaerobic bacteria that can, under certain conditions, make their way into your bloodstream to cause a number of serious medical conditions—many not appearing until decades later.

Most of these toxic teeth feel and look fine for many years, which make their role in systemic disease even harder to trace back.

Sadly, the vast majority of dentists are oblivious to the serious potential health risks they are exposing their patients to, risks that persist for the rest of their patients' lives. The American Dental Association claims root canals have been proven safe, but they have NO published data or actual research to substantiate this claim.

Fortunately, I had some early mentors like Dr. Tom Stone and Dr. Douglas Cook, who educated me on this issue nearly 20 years ago. Were it not for a brilliant pioneering dentist who, more than a century ago, made the connection between root-canaled teeth and disease, this underlying cause of disease may have remained hidden to this day. The dentist's name was Weston Price—regarded by many as the greatest dentist of all time.

Weston A. Price: World's Greatest Dentist

Most dentists would be doing an enormous service to public health if they familiarized themselves with the work of Dr. Weston Priceⁱ. Unfortunately, his work continues to be discounted and suppressed by medical and dental professionals alike.

Dr. Price was a dentist and researcher who traveled the world to study the teeth, bones, and diets of native populations living without the "benefit" of modern food. Around the year 1900, Price had been treating persistent root canal infections and became suspicious that root-canaled teeth always remained infected, in spite of treatments. Then one day, he recommended to a woman, wheelchair bound for six years, to have her root canal tooth extracted, even though it appeared to be fine.

She agreed, so he extracted her tooth and then implanted it under the skin of a rabbit. The rabbit amazingly developed the same crippling arthritis as the woman and died from the infection 10 days later. But the woman, now free of the toxic tooth, immediately recovered from her arthritis and could now walk without even the assistance of a cane.

Price discovered that it's mechanically impossible to sterilize a root-canaled (e.g. root-filled) tooth.

He then went on to show that many chronic degenerative diseases originate from root-filled teeth—the most frequent being heart and circulatory diseases. He actually found 16 different causative bacterial agents for these conditions. But there were also strong correlations between root-filled teeth and diseases of the joints, brain and nervous system. Dr. Price went on to write two groundbreaking books in 1922 detailing his research into the link between dental pathology and chronic illness. Unfortunately, his work was deliberately buried for 70 years, until finally one endodontist named George Meinig recognized the importance of Price's work and sought to expose the truth.

Dr. Meinig Advances the Work of Dr. Price

Dr. Meinig, a native of Chicago, was a captain in the U.S. Army during World War II before moving to Hollywood to become a dentist for the stars. He eventually became one of the founding members of the American Association of Endodontists (root canal specialists).

In the 1990s, he spent 18 months immersed in Dr. Price's research. In June of 1993, Dr. Meinig published the book Root Canal Cover-Up, which continues to be the most comprehensive reference on this topic today. You can order your copy directly from thePrice-Pottenger Foundationⁱⁱ.

What Dentists Don't Know About the Anatomy of Your Teeth

Your teeth are made of the hardest substances in your body.

In the middle of each tooth is the pulp chamber, a soft living inner structure that houses blood vessels and nerves. Surrounding the pulp chamber is the dentin, which is made of living cells that secrete a hard mineral substance. The outermost and hardest layer of your tooth is the white enamel, which encases the dentin.

The roots of each tooth descend into your jawbone and are held in place by the periodontal ligament. In dental school, dentists are taught that each tooth has one to four major canals. However, there are accessory canals that are never mentioned. Literally miles of them!

Just as your body has large blood vessels that branch down into very small capillaries, each of your teeth has a maze of very tiny tubules that, if stretched out, would extend for three miles. Weston Price identified as many as 75 separate accessory canals in a single central incisor (front tooth). For a more detailed explanation, refer to an article by Hal Huggins, DDS, MS, on the Weston A. Price Foundation website.ⁱⁱⁱ (These images are borrowed from the Huggins article.)

Microscopic organisms regularly move in and around these tubules, like gophers in underground tunnels.

When a dentist performs a root canal, he or she hollows out the tooth, then fills the hollow chamber with a substance (called guttapercha), which cuts off the tooth from its blood supply, so fluid can no longer circulate through the tooth. But the maze of tiny tubules remains. And bacteria, cut off from their food supply, hide out in these tunnels where they are remarkably safe from antibiotics and your own body's immune defenses.

The Root Cause of Much Disease

Under the stresses of oxygen and nutrient deprivation, these formerly friendly organisms morph into stronger, more virulent anaerobes that produce a variety of potent toxins. What were once ordinary, friendly oral bacteria mutate into highly toxic pathogens lurking in the tubules of the dead tooth, just awaiting an opportunity to spread.

No amount of sterilization has been found effective in reaching these tubules—and just about every single root-canaled tooth has been found colonized by these bacteria, especially around the apex and in the periodontal ligament. Oftentimes, the infection extends down into the jawbone where it creates cavitations—areas of necrotic tissue in the jawbone itself.

Cavitations are areas of unhealed bone, often accompanied by pockets of infected tissue and gangrene. Sometimes they form after a tooth extraction (such as a wisdom tooth extraction), but they can also follow a root canal. According to Weston Price Foundation, in the records of 5,000 surgical cavitation cleanings, only two were found healed.

And all of this occurs with few, if any, accompanying symptoms. So you may have an abscessed dead tooth and not know it. This focal infection in the immediate area of the root-canaled tooth is bad enough, but the damage doesn't stop there.

Root Canals Can Lead to Heart, Kidney, Bone, and Brain Disease

As long as your immune system remains strong, any bacteria that stray away from the infected tooth are captured and destroyed. But once your immune system is weakened by something like an accident or illness or other trauma, your immune system may be unable to keep the infection in check.

These bacteria can migrate out into surrounding tissues by hitching a ride into your blood stream, where they are transported to new locations to set up camp. The new location can be any organ or gland or tissue.

Dr. Price was able to transfer diseases harbored by humans to rabbits, by implanting fragments of root-canaled teeth, as mentioned above. He found that root canal fragments from a person who had suffered a heart attack, when implanted into a rabbit, would cause a heart attack in the rabbit within a few weeks.

He discovered he could transfer heart disease to the rabbit 100 percent of the time! Other diseases were more than 80 percent transferable by this method. Nearly every chronic degenerative disease has been linked with root canals, including:

Heart disease

Kidney disease

Arthritis, joint, and rheumatic diseases

Neurological diseases (including ALS and MS)

Autoimmune diseases (Lupus and more)

There may also be a cancer connection. Dr. Robert Jones, a researcher of therelationship between root canals and breast cancer, found an extremely high correlation between root canals and breast cancer.^iv He claims to have found the following correlations in a five-year study of 300 breast cancer cases:

93 percent of women with breast cancer had root canals

7 percent had other oral pathology

Tumors, in the majority of cases, occurred on the same side of the body as the root canal(s) or other oral pathology

Dr. Jones claims that toxins from the bacteria in an infected tooth or jawbone are able to inhibit the proteins that suppress tumor development. A German physician reported similar findings. Dr. Josef Issels reported that, in his 40 years of treating "terminal" cancer patients, 97 percent of his cancer patients had root canals. If these physicians are correct, the cure for cancer may be as simple as having a tooth pulled, then rebuilding your immune system.

Good Bugs Gone Bad

How are these mutant oral bacteria connected with heart disease or arthritis? The ADA and the AAE claim it's a "myth" that the bacteria found in and around root-canaled teeth can cause disease^v. But they base that on the misguided assumption that the bacteria in these diseased teeth are the SAME as normal bacteria in your mouth—and that's clearly not the case.

Today, bacteria can be identified using DNA analysis, whether they're dead or alive, from their telltale DNA signatures.

In a continuation of Dr. Price's work, the Toxic Element Research Foundation (TERF) used DNA analysis to examine root-canaled teeth, and they found bacterial contamination in 100 percent of the samples tested. They identified 42 different species of anaerobic bacteria in 43 root canal samples. In cavitations, 67 different bacteria were identified among the 85 samples tested, with individual samples housing between 19 to 53 types of bacteria each. The bacteria they found included the following types:

Capnocytophagaochracea^vi

Fusobacteriumnucleatum^vii

Gemellamorbillorum ^viii

Leptotrichiabuccalis

Porphyromonasgingivalis ^ix

Are these just benign, ordinary mouth bugs? Absolutely not. Four can affect your heart, three can affect your nerves, two can affect your kidneys, two can affect your brain, and one can infect your sinus cavities… so they are anything BUT friendly! (If you want see just how unfriendly they can be, I invite you to investigate the footnotes.)

Approximately 400 percent more bacteria were found in the blood surrounding the root canal tooth than were found in the tooth itself, suggesting the tooth is the incubatorand the periodontal ligament is the food supply. The bone surrounding root-canaled teeth was found even HIGHER in bacterial count… not surprising, since bone is virtual buffet of bacterial nutrients.

Since When is Leaving A Dead Body Part IN Your Body a Good Idea?

There is no other medical procedure that involves allowing a dead body part to remain in your body. When your appendix dies, it's removed. If you get frostbite or gangrene on a finger or toe, it is amputated. If a baby dies in utero, the body typically initiates a miscarriage.

Your immune system doesn't care for dead substances, and just the presence of dead tissue can cause your system to launch an attack, which is another reason to avoid root canals—they leave behind a dead tooth.

Infection, plus the autoimmune rejection reaction, causes more bacteria to collect around the dead tissue. In the case of a root canal, bacteria are given the opportunity to flush into your blood stream every time you bite down.

Why Dentists Cling to the Belief Root Canals are Safe

The ADA rejects Dr. Price's evidence, claiming root canals are safe, yet they offer no published data or actual research to substantiate their claim. American Heart Association recommends a dose of antibiotics before many routine dental procedures to prevent infective endocarditis (IE) if you have certain heart conditions that predispose you to this type of infection.

So, on the one hand, the ADA acknowledges oral bacteria can make their way from your mouth to your heart and cause a life-threatening infection.

But at the same time, the industry vehemently denies any possibility that these same bacteria—toxic strains KNOWN to be pathogenic to humans—can hide out in your dead root-canaled tooth to be released into your blood stream every time you chew, where they can damage your health in a multitude of ways.

Is this really that large of a leap? Could there be another reason so many dentists, as well as the ADA and the AAE, refuse to admit root canals are dangerous? Well, yes, as a matter of fact, there is. Root canals are the most profitable procedure in dentistry.^x

What You Need to Know to AVOID a Root Canal

I strongly recommend never getting a root canal. Risking your health to preserve a tooth simply doesn't make sense. Unfortunately, there are many people who've already have one. If you have, you should seriously consider having the tooth removed, even if it looks and feels fine. Remember, as soon as your immune system is compromised, your risk of of developing a serious medical problem increases—and assaults on your immune system are far too frequent in today's world.

If you have a tooth removed, there are a few options available to you.

Partial denture: This is a removable denture, often just called a "partial." It's the simplest and least expensive option.

Bridge: This is a more permanent fixture resembling a real tooth but is a bit more involved and expensive to build.

Implant: This is a permanent artificial tooth, typically titanium, implanted in your gums and jaw. There are some problems with these due to reactions to the metals used. Zirconium is a newer implant material that shows promise for fewer complications.

But just pulling the tooth and inserting some sort of artificial replacement isn't enough.

Dentists are taught to remove the tooth but leave your periodontal ligament. But as you now know, this ligament can serve as a breeding ground for deadly bacteria. Most experts who've studied this recommend removing the ligament, along with one millimeter of the bony socket, in order to drastically reduce your risk of developing an infection from the bacterially infected tissues left behind.

I strongly recommend consulting a biological dentist because they are uniquely trained to do these extractions properly and safely, as well as being adept at removing mercury fillings, if necessary. Their approach to dental care is far more holistic and considers the impact on your entire body—not JUST your mouth.

Chinese man sues wife for being 'ugly'

2012-10-31T21:31:00.003+08:00

Unbelievable rite.. ader ke husband sue wife coz she's ugly.. born ugly also is a crime??!!..haizzzss.. why la this thing happened..

Before (left) and after (right) surgery..

London, Oct 27 (ANI): A man from northern China, who divorced and sued his wife for being ugly, earlier this year, has won the case after the court agreed with him.

According to Fox 31, Jian Feng has been awarded a little under 75,000 pounds by the court, the Daily Mail reported. He win the case some more.. crazy world..

Feng said he took issue with his wife's looks only after the couple's daughter was born. He said that he was taken aback by his daughter's appearance, calling her "incredibly ugly," and saying that she looked like neither one of her parents. The guy really not worth it.. how can he called the baby "incredibly ugly".. so bad.. pity the baby.. I do not have the husband pic.. he must be damn good looking..

Feng was so outraged that he initially accused his wife of cheating on him. Faced with the accusation, his wife confessed to spending around 62,000 pounds on plastic surgery that altered her appearance drastically. She had gone under the knife before she met her hubby and never told him about it after they met. One of the comments which I totally agreed with him.. "This plastic surgery is giving me a headache... I also don't know who is right and who is wrong. Maybe the woman shouldn't have gone plastic in the first place, then she will be able to find the man who truly loves her.."

Feng filed for divorce saying that his wife had deceived him and convinced him to marry her under false pretense. The judge agreed with Feng and awarded him the damages. (ANI)

Hurricane Sandy - Photo Statue of Liberty goes viral

2012-10-30T23:11:00.001+08:00

Sila jangan tertipu dengan photo ini yer.. it's fake..

This supposed image of Hurricane Sandy over the Statue of Liberty has been proven a fake

As residents along the Eastern Seaboard batten down the hatches in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy, a doctored photo of the storm hovering ominously above the Statue of Liberty has started to make the social media rounds.

While it's tempting to believe the Armageddon-style image is the real deal, myth busting website Snopes.com already debunked the photo as skilled manipulation two years ago.

The swirl of dark clouds actually belongs to a much different storm. Back in 2004, photographer Mike Hollingshead captured these impressive shots of a supercell thunderstorm over the Nebraska skies.

Since then, the picture has been used as the go-to Photoshop image for famous storms around the world, including Hurricane Katrina and even summer rumblers across Alberta and Ontario.

At the end MoneY is not everything...

2012-10-29T23:35:00.001+08:00

Just share Dr Richard Teo story.. hope we can learn something out of it..

Singaporean Dr Richard Teo, a successful opthamologist-turned-cosmetic surgeon, succumbed to Stage Four terminal lung cancer earlier this month at the age of 40.

But since his death, a 22-minute heart-wrenching video featuring his thoughts on life and the ceaseless pursuit of materialism and success is going viral online.

During the talk given to class of medical students, the former Raffles Junior College and National University of Singapore student shares with painful, brutal honesty how his driving ambition since childhood was to be successful at all costs.

Hi good morning to all of you. My voice is a bit hoarse, so please bear with me. I thought I'll just introduce myself. My name is Richard, I'm a medical doctor. And I thought I'll just share some thoughts of my life. It's my pleasure to be invited by prof. Hopefully, it can get you thinking about how... as you pursue this.. embarking on your training to become dental surgeons, to think about other things as well.

Since young, I am a typical product of today's society. Relatively successful product that society requires.. From young, I came from a below average family. I was told by the media... and people around me that happiness is about success. And that success is about being wealthy. With this mind-set, I've always be extremely competitive, since I was young.

Not only do I need to go to the top school, I need to have success in all fields. Uniform groups, track, everything. I needed to get trophies, needed to be successful, I needed to have colours award, national colours award, everything. So I was highly competitive since young. I went on to medical school, graduated as a doctor. Some of you may know that within the medical faculty, ophthalmology is one of the most highly sought after specialties So I went after that as well. I was given a traineeship in ophthalmology, I was also given a research scholarship by NUS to develop lasers to treat the eye.

So in the process, I was given 2 patents, one for the medical devices, and another for the lasers. And you know what, all this academic achievements did not bring me any wealth. So once I completed my bond with MOH, I decided that this is taking too long, the training in eye surgery is just taking too long. And there's lots of money to be made in the private sector. If you're aware, in the last few years, there is this rise in aesthetic medicine. Tons of money to be made there. So I decided, well, enough of staying in institution, it's time to leave. So I quit my training halfway and I went on to set up my aesthetic clinic... in town, together with a day surgery centre.

You know the irony is that people do not make heroes out average GP (general practitioner), family physicians. They don't. They make heroes out of people who are rich and famous. People who are not happy to pay $20 to see a GP, the same person have no qualms paying ten thousand dollars for a liposuction, 15 thousand dollars for a breast augmentation, and so on and so forth. So it's a no brainer isn't? Why do you want to be a gp? Become an aesthetic physician. So instead of healing the sick and ill, I decided that I'll become a glorified beautician. So, business was good, very good. It started off with waiting of one week, then became 3 weeks, then one month, then 2 months, then 3 months. I was overwhelmed; there were just too many patients. Vanities are fantastic business. I employed one doctor, the second doctor, the 3rd doctor, the 4th doctor. And within the 1st year, we're already raking in millions. Just the 1st year. But never is enough because I was so obsessed with it. I started to expand into Indonesia to get all the rich Indonesian tai-tais who wouldn't blink an eye to have a procedure done. So life was really good.

So what do I do with the spare cash. How do I spend my weekends? Typically, I'll have car club gatherings. I take out my track car, with spare cash I got myself a track car. We have car club gatherings. We'll go up to Sepang in Malaysia. We'll go for car racing. And it was my life. With other spare cash, what do i do? I get myself a Ferrari. At that time, the 458 wasn't out, it's just a spider convertible, 430. This is a friend of mine, a schoolmate who is a forex trader, a banker. So he got a red one, he was wanting all along a red one, I was getting the silver one.

So what do I do after getting a car? It's time to buy a house, to build our own bungalows. So we go around looking for a land to build our own bungalows, we went around hunting. So how do i live my life? Well, we all think we have to mix around with the rich and famous. This is one of the Miss Universe. So we hang around with the beautiful, rich and famous. This by the way is an internet founder. So this is how we spend our lives, with dining and all the restaurants and Michelin Chefs you know.

So I reach a point in life that I got everything for my life. I was at the pinnacle of my career and all. That's me one year ago in the gym and I thought I was like, having everything under control and reaching the pinnacle.

Well, I was wrong. I didn't have everything under control. About last year March, I started to develop backache in the middle of nowhere. I thought maybe it was all the heavy squats I was doing. So I went to SGH, saw my classmate to do an MRI, to make sure it's not a slipped disc or anything. And that evening, he called me up and said that we found bone marrow replacement in your spine. I said, sorry what does that mean? I mean I know what it means, but I couldn't accept that. I was like “Are you serious?” I was still running around going to the gym you know. But we had more scans the next day, PET scans - positrons emission scans, they found that actually I have stage 4 terminal lung cancer. I was like "Whoa where did that come from?” It has already spread to the brain, the spine, the liver and the adrenals. And you know one moment I was there, totally thinking that I have everything under control, thinking that I've reached the pinnacle of my life. But the next moment, I have just lost it.

This is a CT scan of the lungs itself. If you look at it, every single dot there is a tumour. We call this miliaries tumour. And in fact, I have tens of thousands of them in the lungs. So, I was told that even with chemotherapy, that I'll have about 3-4months at most. Did my life come crushing on, of course it did, who wouldn't? I went into depression, of course, severe depression and I thought I had everything.

See the irony is that all these things that I have, the success, the trophies, my cars, my house and all. I thought that brought me happiness. But i was feeling really down, having severe depression. Having all these thoughts of my possessions, they brought me no joy. The thought of... You know, I can hug my Ferrari to sleep, no... No, it is not going to happen. It brought not a single comfort during my last ten months. And I thought they were, but they were not true happiness. But it wasn't. What really brought me joy in the last ten months was interaction with people, my loved ones, friends, people who genuinely care about me, they laugh and cry with me, and they are able to identify the pain and suffering I was going through. That brought joy to me, happiness. None of the things I have, all the possessions, and I thought those were supposed to bring me happiness. But it didn't, because if it did, I would have felt happy think about it, when I was feeling most down..

You know the classical Chinese New Year that is coming up. In the past, what do I do? Well, I will usually drive my flashy car to do my rounds, visit my relatives, to show it off to my friends. And I thought that was joy, you know. I thought that was really joy. But do you really think that my relatives and friends, whom some of them have difficulty trying to make ends meet, that will truly share the joy with me? Seeing me driving my flashy car and showing off to them? No, no way. They won’t be sharing joy with me. They were having problems trying to make ends meet, taking public transport. In fact i think, what I have done is more like you know, making them envious, jealous of all I have. In fact, sometimes even hatred.

Those are what we call objects of envy. I have them, I show them off to them and I feel it can fill my own pride and ego. That didn't bring any joy to these people, to my friends and relatives, and I thought they were real joy.

Well, let me just share another story with you. You know when I was about your age, I stayed in king Edward VII hall. I had this friend whom I thought was strange. Her name is Jennifer, we're still good friends. And as I walk along the path, she would, if she sees a snail, she would actually pick up the snail and put it along the grass patch. I was like why do you need to do that? Why dirty your hands? It’s just a snail. The truth is she could feel for the snail. The thought of being crushed to death is real to her, but to me it's just a snail. If you can't get out of the pathway of humans then you deserve to be crushed, it’s part of evolution isn't it? What an irony isn't it?

There I was being trained as a doctor, to be compassionate, to be able to empathise; but I couldn't. As a house officer, I graduated from medical school, posted to the oncology department at NUH. And, every day, every other day I witness death in the cancer department. When I see how they suffered, I see all the pain they went through. I see all the morphine they have to press every few minutes just to relieve their pain. I see them struggling with their oxygen breathing their last breath and all. But it was just a job. When I went to clinic every day, to the wards every day, take blood, give the medication but was the patient real to me? They weren't real to me. It was just a job, I do it, I get out of the ward, I can't wait to get home, I do my own stuff.

Was the pain, was the suffering the patients went through real? No. Of course I know all the medical terms to describe how they feel, all the suffering they went through. But in truth, I did not know how they feel, not until I became a patient. It is until now; I truly understand how they feel. And, if you ask me, would I have been a very different doctor if I were to re-live my life now, I can tell you yes I will. Because I truly understand how the patients feel now. And sometimes, you have to learn it the hard way.

Even as you start just your first year, and you embark this journey to become dental surgeons, let me just challenge you on two fronts.

Inevitably, all of you here will start to go into private practice. You will start to accumulate wealth. I can guarantee you. Just doing an implant can bring you thousands of dollars, it's fantastic money. And actually there is nothing wrong with being successful, with being rich or wealthy, absolutely nothing wrong. The only trouble is that a lot of us like myself couldn't handle it.

Why do I say that? Because when I start to accumulate, the more I have, the more I want. The more I wanted, the more obsessed I became. Like what I showed you earlier on, all I can was basically to get more possessions, to reach the pinnacle of what society did to us, of what society wants us to be. I became so obsessed that nothing else really mattered to me. Patients were just a source of income, and I tried to squeeze every single cent out of these patients.

A lot of times we forget, whom we are supposed to be serving. We become so lost that we serve nobody else but just ourselves. That was what happened to me. Whether it is in the medical, the dental fraternity, I can tell you, right now in the private practice, sometimes we just advise patients on treatment that is not indicated. Grey areas. And even though it is not necessary, we kind of advocate it. Even at this point, I know who are my friends and who genuinely cared for me and who are the ones who try to make money out of me by selling me "hope". We kind of lose our moral compass along the way. Because we just want to make money.

Worse, I can tell you, over the last few years, we bad mouth our fellow colleagues, our fellow competitors in the industry. We have no qualms about it. So if we can put them down to give ourselves an advantage, we do it. And that's what happening right now, medical, dental everywhere. My challenge to you is not to lose that moral compass. I learnt it the hard way, I hope you don't ever have to do it.

Secondly, a lot of us will start to get numb to our patients as we start to practise. Whether is it government hospitals, private practice, I can tell you when I was in the hospital, with stacks of patient folders, I can't wait to get rid of those folders as soon as possible; I can't wait to get patients out of my consultation room as soon as possible because there is just so many, and that's a reality. Because it becomes a job, a very routine job. And this is just part of it. Do I truly know how the patient feels back then? No, I don't. The fears and anxiety and all, do I truly understand what they are going through? I don't, not until when this happens to me and I think that is one of the biggest flaws in our system.

We’re being trained to be healthcare providers, professional, and all and yet we don't know how exactly they feel. I'm not asking you to get involved emotionally, I don't think that is professional but do we actually make a real effort to understand their pain and all? Most of us won’t, alright, I can assure you. So don't lose it, my challenge to you is to always be able to put yourself in your patient's shoes.

Because the pain, the anxiety, the fear are very real even though it's not real to you, it's real to them. So don't lose it and you know, right now I'm in the midst of my 5th cycle of my chemotherapy. I can tell you it’s a terrible feeling. Chemotherapy is one of those things that you don't wish even your enemies to go through because it's just suffering, lousy feeling, throwing out, you don't even know if you can retain your meals or not. Terrible feeling! And even with whatever little energy now I have, I try to reach out to other cancer patients because I truly understand what pain and suffering is like. But it's kind of little too late and too little.

You guys have a bright future ahead of you with all the resource and energy, so I’m going to challenge you to go beyond your immediate patients. To understand that there are people out there who are truly in pain, truly in hardship. Don’t get the idea that only poor people suffer. It is not true. A lot of these poor people do not have much in the first place, they are easily contented. for all you know they are happier than you and me but there are out there, people who are suffering mentally, physically, hardship, emotionally, financially and so on and so forth, and they are real. We choose to ignore them or we just don't want to know that they exist.

So do think about it alright, even as you go on to become professionals and dental surgeons and all. That you can reach out to these people who are in need. Whatever you do can make a large difference to them. I'm now at the receiving end so I know how it feels, someone who genuinely care for you, encourage and all. It makes a lot of difference to me. That’s what happens after treatment. I had a treatment recently, but I’ll leave this for another day. A lot of things happened along the way, that's why I am still able to talk to you today.

I'll just end of with this quote here, it's from this book called Tuesdays with Morris, and some of you may have read it. Everyone knows that they are going to die; every one of us knows that. The truth is, none of us believe it because if we did, we will do things differently. When I faced death, when I had to, I stripped myself off all stuff totally and I focused only on what is essential. The irony is that a lot of times, only when we learn how to die then we learn how to live. I know it sounds very morbid for this morning but it's the truth, this is what I’m going through.

Don’t let society tell you how to live. Don’t let the media tell you what you're supposed to do. Those things happened to me. And I led this life thinking that these are going to bring me happiness. I hope that you will think about it and decide for yourself how you want to live your own life. Not according to what other people tell you to do, and you have to decide whether you want to serve yourself, whether you are going to make a difference in somebody else's life. Because true happiness doesn't come from serving yourself. I thought it was but it didn't turn out that way. With that I thank you, if you have any questions you have for me, please feel free. Thank you.

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NTUC fires Assistant Director for racist comments

2012-10-08T21:50:00.000+08:00

Nie topik paling panas kat Singapore sekarang nie.. and sungguh hot.. Assistant Director you yang bagi komen berbau perkauman tuh.. bukan kuli pencacai.. nie one step to become Director.. besarkan post tuh.. tapi di sebabkan jari yang sedap mentaip.. badan yang binasa.. nah amek ko..

ari Ahad buat posting kat Facebook.. pepagi senin dah kena buang kerja.. tapi takpe lah kan, I bet she got a lot of money already and for her to find a new one super easy laa.. not like us, have to struggle for everything kan..

Nak tau apa yang di komen sampai di buang kerja dan menjadi kes polis?? haaa sila nengok kat bawah nie.. dia bengang katanya tak cukup rest sebab kat bawah blok ada orang melayu sedang buat kenduri kawen .. ehh tradisi lah tu.. orang melayu kawen bawah blok, tak payah nak kutuk2 bagai.. macam la dia tu baguih sangat.. agaknya dia tak dijemput kot.. tu yang meroyan & panas satu badan.. bila badan tengah hot.. apa lagi tulis lah status yang membahankan diri.. aduhaii Ah Soo nie, memang carik penyakit, kan dah jadi isu hangat, pandai pulak nak mintak maaf.. sorry naik lori.. apo nak buek, nasik dah jadik bubur.. sorry no cure.. damage has been done, dah termaktub kat Facebook, dah tak boleh nak tarik balik.. dah tulis macam2.. remarks yang kurang hajar..bigot.. Full Stop..

Permohonan maaf yang takde maknanya:-

Former NTUC Membership Assistant Director Amy Cheong, who was earlier Monday dismissed from her post for offensive comments she made against Malay weddings, sent the following statement to the media on Monday afternoon, as reported by Channel NewsAsia:

To all I've hurt and offended:

I am terribly sorry to all who were affected emotionally, mentally and in all other aspects. I am aware of the pain I've caused through my insensitive remarks on social media. Please see me as a person offering my most sincere apology.

There was no racism intended in my post. I was trying to rest and the noise was affecting me greatly however I do understand that this is not a valid reason to post what I did. I was wrong and am repentant.

As soon as I realised how it has affected Singaporeans, I promptly took down my post and issued my apology. I apologised through Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, hoping that you could see my immediate genuine regret.

I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me for my mistake.

Yours in repentance,

Amy Cheong

A police report was made against a former NTUC employee over racist remarks posted on Facebook

The Amy Cheong saga… fast, furious, unbridled

Faster than you can say "Amy Cheong", her recently vacated job is up for grabs -- on the same day she was dismissed.

Super efficient on the part of her employers, labour union NTUC? Or maybe a tad insensitive?

In a post that is making its rounds online, local news satire blog The New Nation pointed out how career site, Jobstreet, began advertising a vacancy for "Assistant Director (Service Quality), Membership" on Monday afternoon -- the same post that Amy Cheong held before her infamous Wedding-Gate post.

Call it the nature of social media or the way news spreads lightning quick in this day and age but that about sums up the Amy Cheong saga.

By Monday morning, Facebook, Twitter and other blog, news and social media sites were lighting up, triggering a firestorm of online and offline reaction to her offensive post.

Consider the timeline of events.
Late on Sunday (07.10.2012) evening: Amy Cheong makes Facebook post
Monday (08.10.2012), around 3am: First petition calling for Amy Cheong to be fired springs up on Facebook
7am: Her post starts going viral on Facebook, Twitter and social media
9am: Mainstream, online media and local blog sites begin to pick up on the story
10am: NTUC chief Lim Swee Say makes first public comment
1030am: Police report filed against Amy Cheong by member of the public
1230pm: NTUC issue statement of Cheong's dismissal
Sometime in the afternoon: Vacant position advertised on Jobstreet
530pm: Amy Cheong issues full statement of apology

Served you right Dol.. Within a space of less than 24 hours, her world has collapsed -- she's lost her job, her career, her reputation and maybe even her friends. She is also potentially facing criminal charges and a fine or jail time.

It's not the first time, and my guess is it won't be the last. Earlier this year, two 17-year-olds were also arrested after making racist remarks online.

But this is news in the social media age. Fast, furious and unbridled when unleashed.

So.. for those yang tengah mencarik kerja atau nak bertukar kerja.. nie ada kekosongan untuk di isi.. baru dipostkan di Job Street to fill up bigot position.. =D

Plastic surgery.. anyone? aduhaiii

2012-09-29T22:13:00.001+08:00

Pagi tadi, baru je post pasal manusia yang nak dahi berlubang.. tapi yang nie lain pula ceritanya.. yang dah sedia cantik.. tapi nak lagiiii cantik.. macam2 lah.. sampai sanggup menanggung sakit.. hishhh tak sanggup mak nengok Jah oiii.. meh kita sama2 baca cerita2 depa nie..

Singapore’s ‘Go Plastic’ phenomenon: In pursuit of plastic perfection

Jacqueline Koh before (left) and after (right) plastic surgery (Photo courtesy of Jacqueline Koh)

Plastic surgery in 2012 is hot, especially among the young. Fast becoming a topic discussed as flippantly as what to have for lunch, non-invasive procedures like fillers can be done in less time than it takes to finish your meal. 8 out of 10 women in Singapore aged between 20 and 25 will soon have had some form of aesthetic work done to their faces or bodies, doctors told Yahoo! Singapore. In the second and final part of our series on the 'Go Plastic' phenomenon, ELIZABETH SOH and GAIL CHAI speak to local bloggers Peggy Heng and Jacqueline Koh about their costly pursuit of (plastic) perfection.

They are both attractive female bloggers in their 20s, self-employed and happy with where they were in life.
Confident, well-spoken, and positive about life, both young women have supportive families and stable friendships.

But here's something else they have in common -- Peggy Heng and Jacqueline Koh, both left Singapore for the land of K-pop and kimchi, underwent tens of thousands of dollars worth of plastic surgery, and came back new girls. In Jacqueline's case, she has shelled out over S$130,000 over the years in a radical, plastic makeover to transform her body and face.

An endorsement for one, a quest for perfection for the other

For blogger, model and pageant contestant Peggy, 22, the decision to have plastic surgery came after she was approached by Seoul-based aesthetic centre Item Plastic Surgery.

She accompanied a good friend to the centre's Singapore branch -- her friend was there for a pre-trip consultation and she had come along to offer support.

"The clinic manager recognized me and they asked if I wanted fully sponsored plastic surgery to enhance my face," said Peggy, "I thought, since I was tagging along with my friend to Seoul anyway, why not?"

Her parents respected her decision and were supportive after she explained to them that the clinic was an established and well-known one. Less than a week later, she was on a plane and on her way to South Korea.

Full-time blogger Jacqueline, on the other hand, had been planning and saving for months before deciding to take the plunge.

"I already felt before my surgeries that I was very pretty — I just wanted to be even prettier. From 10/10 to 100/10 to even a million out of ten," she said, explaining her decision to undergo extensive surgery.

"I also felt I had some lines on my face, and I'm paranoid about ageing. I have applied facial masks every single day since I was 18, I take any kind of collagen, powder, bottled drinks," said the 29-year-old.

Her then-boyfriend meticulously researched medical journals, testimonials, and different procedures before helping her decide on a clinic and the number of surgeries she would undergo.

Both girls went with friends who also underwent plastic surgery, and both said that it helped make them more comfortable with the idea as well as supported during the post surgery healing process.

Transformation vs enhancement

Peggy and Jacqueline both went to their Korean surgeons knowing what they wanted fixed. Peggy, who had been teased and called "horse-face" when she was young for her pronounced underbite, wanted a more "three-dimensional face shape" and sharper side profile, as well as bigger eyes and a higher nose bridge.

"To be honest, I was already very confident in my looks. I just thought, why not, if I can be even prettier. Even if I had not done the surgery, I wouldn't feel ugly or bad about myself," said Peggy during a recent interview at the Yahoo! Singapore office.

"I wanted an enhancement, not transformation. I still want to look like Peggy, like myself." She decided to go for epi and lateral canthoplasty to widen her eyes for a "doll-like" expression, as well as cheek and forehead implants using fat from her own body to give her face more definition.

To correct her underbite, she underwent a procedure to trim her chin line, and rhinoplasty to raise her nose bridge.

Jacqueline, on the other hand, wanted a more "cute and pretty" look.

"I wanted a cute face more than a pretty face — although guys like sexy more than cute but I was doing it for myself.. and I wanted something cute, like Angela Baby," she said with a laugh, referring to the Hong Kong model-cum-actress.

Jacqueline wanted to look like Angela Baby (Photo courtesy of Jacqueline Koh)

Unfortunately, Jacqueline's surgeon told her that her face shape would not be suited to Angela Baby's features, but suggested procedures which would give her the look she wanted.

Jacqueline also underwent the same procedures for her eyes and nose, but decided to go for the full works, also doing chin augmentation, otoplasty to push back her ears, a zygoma (cheekbone) reduction to make her face smaller, and double eyelid surgery.

"Did I want a transformation? Yeah, why not? "I don't mind if it's going to be awesome," said Jacqueline with a laugh.

What they also agree on is that nothing prepared them for what they looked like, post-surgery, and after the anaesthesia wore off.

Jacqueline Koh in the early days post surgery (Photo courtesy of Jacqueline Koh)

Peggy post-surgery (Photo courtesy of Peggy Heng)

"My whole face was super badly swollen and my eyes could barely open," said Peggy.
"I felt like I was in a daze, and it was totally surreal, I couldn't believe that it had happened."
But unabashed, she was out the next day exploring Seoul -- bandages and all -- shopping, eating, and enjoying the city to the horror of friends and family.

"My doctor actually told me that moving around after the operation would help the healing process and improve my circulation. I wasn't in much pain at all, in fact moving around helped distract me," said Peggy, who remained unfazed despite receiving many curious looks from Seoul-ites in public.

"At one barbecue place, the Koreans at the next table even congratulated me on my surgery and treated us to an extra plate of meat!"

Jacqueline, on the other went into a panic post surgery and became depressed. 'I felt ugly and suicidal'
"I started freaking out and telling the doctor, can you reverse this? Oh my god, why do I look like that, I don't want the surgery anymore, can you make me what I looked like before?" said Jacqueline.

"I looked like a pig, I totally couldn't imagine that I would look better after the bandages came off. I felt 'cheated' and depressed about my swollen face."

Unhappy with the look of her chin, she decided to undergo an additional procedure the day after her operations to get it fixed.

"I didn't take many pics up close because I felt ugly and suicidal," blogged Jacqueline.

For Peggy, the most agonizing part of the surgery was removing her stitches... and not being able to wash her face for four days.

"When my eye stitches were being removed, wow, that was painful. I was tearing non-stop and crying out in pain. But the worst part was not being able to wash my hair. I ended up getting ripped off and paying $40 to get it washed at a salon -- they knew I was desperate," she said.

Danger of plastic surgery addiction?
Post-Korea, both Jacqueline and Peggy told Yahoo! Singapore that they do not intend to get any more procedures, dismissing the idea that they would become "addicted" to plastic surgery.

"Been there, done that, I'm really happy with my face. The thought of getting anymore done never crossed my mind -- that's why I did so many things at one go -- so I don't have to undergo anything else," said Peggy.

"I don't think I will undergo anymore procedures," said Jacqueline, who added that she saw her transformation as the end of a long, painful, and bumpy journey towards reaching her ideal look.

"My husband worried about complications, like risk of cancer, health problems, so he is not supportive of me going for more surgery."

No stranger to going under the knife, Jacqueline had previously received breast implants and undergone Vaser liposuction here in Singapore, which turned out to be a nightmare experience.

"The liposuction was the worst. The doctor was really terrible — the Vaser liposuction left me with "wavy" arms because the fat was not distributed properly," said Jacqueline, "I didn't know then that it was a very common problem, but even a GP can do Lipo, and if they do not have an aesthetic eye, it can become a disaster."

"I even woke up halfway during my operation and I started screaming from the pain. I was under twilight local anaesthesia, meaning the area is numb, but I'm half asleep."

Hate mail
Both girls have blogged extensively about their plastic surgery experience at their blogs jacquelinekoh.com and thy-dowager.blogspot.com, responding to floods of enquiries and e-mails from curious readers.

"When I was doing my research, I was looking for a real-life experience but there was nobody. Forums were not detailed and the information on forums can be fake. I had a very difficult time doing my research -- every girl was unwilling or evasive. So if I can share my experience and help others, why not?" said Jacqueline, who receives over 200 e-mails a day asking for advice and help.

However, she is also worried about how young some of her readers asking questions are -- some just 14.
"The first thing I ask (my readers) is how old are you — it's very very important that you don't undergo surgery because it's a trend. It doesn't work like that -- what if you're older and you don't want to look like that anymore?" said Jacqueline.

"In your teens, you can't see the consequences — they want instant results, think everything is going to be fine and dandy, but it's not like that."

And while she gives advice, she refuses to disclose the name of the clinic where she had her surgery done.
"I don't want random people to flood his (her doctor)'s office and blame me if there's a bad job. Queries from readers can get invasive, if it's too much I just block them."

Peggy Heng pouts and frowns to show her face's flexibility (Yahoo! Photos / Gail Chai)

Peggy says that 9 out of 10 of her readers and feedback has been positive. For haters, she's learnt to simply brush them off.

"I've always been controversial, there are always people criticizing me, my face, my looks. In my line (as a model and pageant contestant), this is something you have to deal with, so I am not worried," said Peggy, who used to be bullied as a child.

"I recently won a beauty pageant, and of course people said I'm fake so it's not "real", but who cares, I won anyway, not them."

Likewise, Jacqueline says that "a very thick skin" has helped her ignore naysayers, despite her husband's concern about some of the nastier e-mails calling her "fake", "plastic", and some even threatening her.

"He's protective about me -- he doesn't want other people to think badly of me, but I'm happy go lucky, and I tell him it doesn't affect me at all."

Both girls said that their decision to go public about their surgery, however, is not for everyone, especially if one has low self-esteem.

"There are definitely still social taboos against plastic surgery. But you don't owe anyone an explanation --the surgery was done to yourself," said Jacqueline.

I would say don't talk about it or confess anything unless you're very very secure, because the criticism can be really bad."

"At the end of the day, you have to love yourself first. I know it's cliche, but if you don't already love yourself, no plastic surgery in the world will make you more confident or feel truly more beautiful," said Peggy.

'Bagel-heads' are latest trend in Japan

2012-09-29T08:02:00.001+08:00

Ko baca tu Jah tajuk berita terkini.. "bagel-heads".. bagel tu apo ehh?? macam donut gitu kan.. macam tak caya lah pulokk.. tapi percaya lah.. bukan cuaca sekarang je tak menentu.. pemikiran manusia pun tak menentu.. dari yg elok2, nak di tambah sana sini.. aduhaiii.. katakan kita kalau terjatuh ke.. terhantuk ke.. terkena dahi, benjol dahi, malu kan nak keluar, takut orang nampak dahi benjol.. tak pun jerawat yang tumbuh kat muka.. tu pun rasa tak keruan.. abis segala mak nenek ubat letak nak kecut kan jerawat tu..

tapi la nie lain.. kat Jopun yg penduduk dia maju tuh.. ceritanya terbalik lah pulak.. muka yg cantik2 sanggup dia letak mende2 yang mengarut tu Jah.. seram mak ehh.. maju sangat la tu.. kata nya trend.. kang kalu di soal, mak raso dio akan cakap balik.. "ko ado.." hehehehe.. sila tengok kalau tak percaya..

Having a doughnut-shaped protrusion on your forehead may seem horrifying, but in Japan, that's just what some people are doing.

According to citizen journalism site, Stomp, the latest facial modification trend requires saline solution to be pumped into your forehead for two hours.

Then, pressure is applied to the centre of the swollen area to form an indent. The lump is said to last only for a day, before the solution is absorbed into the body. And it is not just men who are sporting the extreme look.

Whether it is to look attractive or different, some people just want to stand out from the crowd.

Another reported trend are girls who go to great lengths to look like plastic dolls.

Besides spending hours putting on make-up, some even undergo cosmetic surgery to widen their eyes and sharpen their features.

From China, the UK and Ukraine, these girls' amazing yet bizarre looks have garnered significant attention.

To get this kind of face.. memula dorang akan suntik saline tu.. bukan sikit tau.. banyak..

sampai kena gantung peket tu.. untuk dapat bentuk yang menarik lak kan.. ehh menarik ke??? to them lah yer.. mak tak sanggup nyah.. acu tengok gambar kat bawah nie.. takde kerje kan.. hahahahah

then.. the result.. abeh semua dahi berlubang.. ada beran???

UK royal couple win French injunction on Kate topless photos

2012-09-18T22:57:00.000+08:00

Kesian betul kat couple nie.. tak pasai2 private moment dorang di hijack ngan paparazzi.. and the mag yg publish kan gambar2 nie memang carik peluang nak buat duit.. sungguh kurang ajar kan.. though they win in court, but it's too late.. the pics are widely available in the internet.. sungguh kesian..

Copies of the celebrity magazine Closer, which published topless pictures of Prince William's wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, are displayed at a newsstand in Paris on September 14. A French court on Tuesday banned Closer magazine from reselling topless pictures of Prince William's wife Catherine

A French court on Tuesday banned Closer magazine from any further publication or resale of topless pictures of Prince William's wife Catherine.
An injunction granted by the court also ordered the magazine to hand over all files of the pictures in its possession to representatives of the royal couple within 24 hours and said it would be fined 10,000 euros ($13,000) for every day's delay.
The ruling prevents Closer, which published the pictures on Friday, from reusing them in print or on its website, as well as from selling them to markets where they have not been published.
The pictures are already widely available on the Internet and have been printed in Ireland's Daily Star newspaper and Italy's Chi magazine.
The royal couple have initiated criminal proceedings over the topless pictures with the aim of securing the prosecution of Closer's editor and the photographer or photographers who took the pictures.
A French prosecutor on Tuesday began a preliminary investigation into the criminal complaint.

Royal Couple Prince William and Duchess Of Cambridge, Catherine is in Malaysia!!!

2012-09-14T23:06:00.002+08:00

.. and now they're in Malaysia.. Hello Malaysia.. Royal couple in the house.. Princess Catherine, you are so beautiful.. !!!

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Britain's Prince William declared on Friday that he is no fan of durian, the spiky and notoriously pungent South-east Asian fruit, after sampling it on a visit to Malaysia.

The future king and his wife Catherine were served durian, revered in the region as the "king of fruits", during a welcome lunch with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak after their arrival on Thursday for a three-day visit.

But during a lunch on Friday with business executives in the capital Kuala Lumpur, he quipped: "I'd just like to say how delicious lunch was, but I was delighted to see that durian wasn't on the menu."

"Having tasted it yesterday, I feared for the safety of the people I met thereafter," he said, causing the crowd of more than 1,000 business figures to erupt in laughter.

Prince William and Kate in Singapore!!!

2012-09-12T23:54:00.000+08:00

Mak suka sangat ngan pasangan di raja nie.. bestnye kalau dapat jumpa in person..sweet couple .. =D

The signatures of Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, are pictured in a guest book at a British Gala reception at the Eden Hall in Singapore September 12, 2012. Britain's Prince William and Catherine are in the city-state for a three-day visit that started on Tuesday.

Prince William (L) and his wife Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, tour the Cloud Forest at Singapore's Gardens by the Bay on September 12. The couple planted a sapling in the Colonial Garden section.

Arrive at a British Gala reception at the Eden Hall in Singapore, September 12, 2012. The couple are in the city-state for a three-day visit as part of a tour to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.

Selamat Hari Raya Maaf Zahir & Batin

2012-08-28T00:15:00.001+08:00

Salam Syawal kepada sesiapa yang terjengok.. ter"kelih".. terbaca laman blog hamba yang tak seberapa nie.. Selamat Hari Raya maaf zahir dan batin, seandainya ada coretan yang menguris hati atau menyemak minda..

Dah masuk hari raya ke-10 baru mak ucap selamat ngan mintak maaf Jah.. haru betol.. mak sebenarnya busy (buat2 busy pun ada gak) sepanjang Syawal nie.. tak sempat ke nak meng"update" kan laman sesawang nie.. tu yg banyak sawang.. adehhh..

Takde apa lak yang nak di updatekan setakat nie.. dari takde langsung, mak nak sharekan video pasal PM Singapure, Mr Lee berucap semperna rapat umum hari merdeka Singapura semalam.. yang nak disharekan nie ucapan beliau dalam bahasa Melayu.. pandai Jah dia cakap Melayu.. tak pelat langsung dengar cerita dia pandai gak baca tulisan Jawi dan berbahasa Rusia..

VIDEO: PM Singapura Fasih Bercakap Melayu

PERDANA Menteri Singapura, Encik Lee Hsien Loong, memuji masyarakat Melayu/Islam atas kemajuan besarnya sejak negara mencapai kemerdekaan.

Kemajuan ini kata beliau, harus didukung masyarakat Melayu/Islam selain terus berganding bahu bagi menghuraikan isu-isu masyarakat secara harmoni dan bersepadu.

Berucap dalam bahasa Melayu, Encik Lee turut mengalu-alukan pencapaian golongan belia Melayu/Islam, menyifatkan golongan itu sebagai harapan bangsa yang sedang menunjukkan prestasi yang baik.

“Memang tidak boleh disangkal lagi anda sudah mencapai kemajuan besar sejak kita merdeka,” kata Encik Lee di Rapat Hari Kebangsaan, malam tadi.

Berucap di Pusat Budaya Universiti (UCC), Universiti Nasional Singapura (NUS) itu, Encik Lee menyenaraikan beberapa contoh belia Melayu/Islam cemerlang.

Antara contoh yang beliau kemukakan ialah dua penghuni Rumah Tumpangan Darul Ma’awa – Encik Sufian Anwar dan Encik Zulfadli Nazaluddin.

Encik Sufian seorang pemain bola sepak pasukan Singa XII manakala Encik Zulfadli pula penganalisis satelit SingTel lulusan politeknik yang kini mengejar ijazah di NUS.

Perdana Menteri turut menukil kisah Encik Muhammad Kamal Jauhari Zaini, yang ketika remaja, gemar menghisap rokok, ponteng sekolah dan sering dirotan.

Beliau berubah dan baru-baru ini lulus dengan ijazah kepujian kelas pertama dan menerima Pingat Emas Lee Kuan Yew.

Seorang lagi yang menerima perhatian Perdana Menteri dalam ucapannya ialah penerima Biasiswa Presiden, Aidil Hakeem Mohamad Rafee.

“Semua kejayaan ini terpampang depan mata kita. Ia membuktikan orang Melayu boleh melakukannya,”ujar Encik Lee.

Ucapan Perdana Menteri dalam bahasa Melayu awalnya menyentuh mengenai hala tuju negara ini dan bagaimana masyarakat Melayu/Islam dapat maju bersama.

Encik Lee berkata, dalam mengejar kemajuan, negara perlu menghuraikan masalah utama iaitu kadar kesuburan yang rendah.

“Pemerintah akan cuba sedaya upaya menggalak pasangan-pasagan supaya berumah tangga dan mempunyai anak.

“Pendek kata saya berharap dapat mendengar lebih banyak paluan kompang dan tangisan bayi daripada anda tidak lama lagi,” kata Encik Lee.

Perdana Menteri yakin rakyat inginkan negara ini kekal sebagai kediaman yang terbaik – yang membolehkan generasi seterusnya mencapai impian masing-masing.

Bagi mencapai matlamat itu, Encik Lee berkata negara ini harus mengamalkan dasar berbilang kaum.

Membuat gesaan sedemikian khususnya kepada badan-badan Melayu/Islam dan para aktivis Encik Lee berkata semangat gotong royong perlu dikekalkan demi kemajuan masyarakat yang sehaluan dengan kemajuan negara.

“Sebenarnya saya gembira kerana ramai yang berbuat demikian menerusi Forum Pemimpin Masyarakat (CLF).

“Anda harus kekalkan semangat gotong royong ini. Gunakanlah sumber dan bakat anda sebaiknya supaya kita dapat hasilkan kemajuan yang lebih bermakna.

“Bak kata peribahasa, bulat air kerana pembetung, bulat manusia kerana muafakat,” kata Encik Lee

Menyentuh mengenai budaya Melayu pula, Encik Lee mengumumkan pertandingan mereka bentuk bangunan Wisma Geylang Serai.

Beliau berharap masyarakat akan mengambil peluang memberikan idea bagi menjayakan projek tersebut. (Berita Harian Singapura)

Why are Malays having more babies? in Singapore

2012-08-16T21:56:00.000+08:00

Jahhh.. mak dah agak dah.. topik yg LKY keluarkan pasal S'pore need to have more babies tu.. mesti dapat reaksi hangat kannnn.. memang pun.. hari2 mesti ada je orang akan komen tapi kan cuba tengok paper The Strait Times nie..

Sebab birth rate malay babies more than other races.. keluar pulak tajuk yg kelakar tu.. adehhh macam2 lah.. nak tergelak pun ada.. kesian pun ada ..

The best part is.. because of this forum.. so many people commented and only one simple comment really catch my eyes.. comment from Zuikei.. Alhamdullilah Syukran..

30 users liked this comment 5 users disliked this comment
Zuikei • 4 hours ago

Happiness for Malays - Faith, Family, Relationship, Grateful, Happiness & Harmony.

Happiness for Chinese - Car, Condominium. Credit Card, Career & Company.

This is the article from Yahoo:

A letter on The Straits Times forum page has gone viral, with the author questioning why Malay Singaporeans are having more babies than the rest of the other races in Singapore.

The provocatively headlined letter, “Do Malay husbands know something the Chinese don’t?”, appeared on The Straits Times Forum page on Wednesday. The online version of it has been Facebook-shared over 8,000 times to date.

In an eight-paragraph letter, writer Ivan Goh compares the total fertility rate of Chinese in Singapore (1.08), Indians (1.09) and Malay Singaporeans (1.64) and essentially asks why the TFR rate for Malays is so much higher.

“Perhaps the Government should find out why Malay women are more willing to have babies,” he wrote.

He continued: “Are Malay men more romantic, persuasive and less stressed out by life’s perceived demands than Chinese men? Do Malay couples have a more viable network of caregivers?”

Reaction to the letter has been mixed, with some praising it for sparking debate on what is generally a taboo topic, while others said it displayed great ignorance of the issue.

ST reader Luzanne wrote, “Nice catchy title but the article displays great ignorance of the issue… Just like Catholicism, Islam strongly emphaises on kids and family above material acquisition and selfish ambition. But more importantly , it forbids abortion and contraceptives. Malay culture encourages early marriages. High divorce and remarriage rates also increase the total number of kids in a family. THOSE are the main reason for Malays’ higher fertility rates.”
When asked about the letter, 26-year-old project manager Nur Anisa told Yahoo! Singapore she agrees with the point Goh made about having a strong network of family caregivers.

"Grandmothers, aunts and even neighbours are willing to take care of the children if the mothers have to work, and we do have a very close-knit community--that really does help," she said, adding that Malays place a great amount of value and emphasis on the family and in having families.

She stressed that Malays do not dismiss the importance of career progression and financial security, but said simply that they typically value their families much more.

"So having a family isn't seen as a burden for most of us -- we see children as a 'blessing from God', even if they might be unplanned during a marriage," she said.

She pointed out, however, that contrary to what Goh wrote, confidence isn't necessarily the key factor to having more children.

"I don't think it's much about what Malay men have in terms of confidence, it's just the values that the Malays hold on to," she said, adding that Malay men are happy with and tend to find contentment in having families, as well as being able to provide for the family, more than anything else.

This thinking may be changing, though. For 28-year-old Muhammad Adil, the importance of career and financial stability come much more into play in current times.

“I think for the upcoming generation and mine, we are quite balanced in a way that we put the importance of family on the same level as career since the cost of living is much higher now,” he said.

“That said, I think we will still lead (as a community) in producing the most babies, since family will always be important in the Malay community!”

Copy editor Yusuf Abdol Hamid disagreed with the idea that any traits Malay men might have could impact their birth rates.

"I think birth rates don't come down to how romantic someone is, or spontaneous even--to say that Malay men are more successful at getting their wives pregnant because of that is illogical," said the 27-year-old.

He pointed out that contrary to what Goh wrote, policies in the past made no difference to child-bearing behaviour in the Malay community, where during the two-child policy years, he said his mother never knew anyone who went to get themselves sterilised.

"Everyone (Malay Muslim families) continued having children, even with the financial penalties that came with them, and none of them were too bothered by the policies that discouraged having more," he said.

But he said things might change as Singapore's society matures, and the next generation of Malay parents may be clearly pulling away from previous ones.

"We're all still chasing the same things -- money and career first, and the rest (such as family) simply facilitate our journey there."

Muslim girl finds out Disney not the 'happiest place on earth'

2012-08-14T23:09:00.000+08:00

Lepas baca berita kat bawah nie.. rasa macam bersyukur sangat sebab dipermudahkan Allah dalam menjalani kehidupan harian sebagai seorang muslim.. Alhamdullilah.. syukran..

Los Angeles Times,

LOS ANGELES, Aug 14: Imane Boudlal got a job two weeks after moving to California, a hostess position at a Disneyland Resort cafe.

She didn't log many hours at first — it was April, the slow season — but as the summer of 2008 progressed, the 24-year-old worked more frequently as the Grand Californian Hotel & Spa's Storyteller's Cafe drew more tourists.It was also, Boudlal (pic) alleges in a lawsuit filed Monday, when her co-workers began taunting her, calling the Moroccan-born Muslim a "terrorist," a "camel" and someone who learned how to make bombs at her mosque. She complained to her managers verbally and in writing, she said, with no results.

Now, Boudlal is suing Walt Disney Corp. in federal court, saying that she was discriminated against and harassed for her religious beliefs. She also alleges that she unfairly lost her job in 2010 after refusing to remove her head scarf at work.

"It's been hard," Boudlal said in an interview. "I thought it was just a matter of complaining and a few days, and it wouldn't affect my life, but it turns out … nothing has been done."

The lawsuit charges that Boudlal, who is a naturalized U.S. citizen, decided to wear her hijab full time in 2010, about eight months after she began wearing it publicly. She contacted her supervisors at Disneyland to request an exemption to the company's "look" policy — general appearance guidelines that, according to a Disney website, touch on items ranging from contact lens color and visible tattoos to personal hygiene.

After weeks of discussions with company officials, the lawsuit says, Boudlal received initial approval to wear a Disney-designed scarf, but she was told it would need corporate approval before she could wear it to work. Not wanting to wait to mark Ramadan, Boudlal wore her own hijab to work Aug. 15, 2010, when she says she was told she could either remove the scarf, cover it with a hat or work in a job out of public sight.

She refused and, after a few additional meetings with Disney, filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The agency awarded Boudlal a notice of right to sue earlier this month, opening the door for litigation.

Disney spokeswoman Suzi Brown said the company tried to accommodate Boudlal's needs — as it has with religious requests from other employees from various faiths.

"We presented Ms. Boudlal with multiple options to accommodate her religious beliefs, as well as offered her several roles that would have allowed her to wear her own hijab," Brown said. "Unfortunately, she rejected all of our efforts and has since refused to come to work."

Mark Rosenbaum, an attorney from the ACLU of Southern California who is representing Boudlal, said his client has not been scheduled to work at the cafe since Aug. 21, 2010. He said Boudlal was suffering from "one of the byproducts" of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

"I think her experience is not unlike that of many Muslims," he said. "America was invented based on our commitment to religious freedom and that got lost or shredded after 9/11." The lawsuit, he said, "is an attempt to recapture this."

"If you're a Muslim," he said of Disneyland, "It's not the happiest place on Earth."

Shortly after Boudlal's dispute with Disney went public in 2010, another Muslim employee said she was also told that she would have to work out of sight if she chose to wear a hijab. Disney officials said they were able to reach a compromise with Noor Abdallah, then a 22-year-old intern from Chicago, and allowed her to wear a fitted blue scarf topped by a beret-style hat.

The lawsuit seeks damages for Boudlal, as well as harassment and discrimination training for Disney employees. It also asks the court to order Disney to allow Muslim employees to wear hijabs in public roles without a hat or other cover.

Boudlal has a degree in hotel management, an industry that she thought would allow her to travel the world and meet people. Now, after a quick Google search turns up news of her dispute with Disney, she doesn't think she will be hired. She said she is taking classes at Cal State Fullerton in hopes of finding a new career path.

"I just want to pick something that will get me a job," she said.

Lee Kuan Yew OOhhh LKY

2012-08-12T23:40:00.002+08:00

Haaaaa kau tajuk.. tetiba jerkk terkeluar pasal Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) yerr.. hahahaa.. almaklum le mak kan tinggal sini Jah.. kena le ikuti perkembangan semasa, yer dak..

Sehari sebelum hari kemerdekaan Singapura (here they called it NDP - National Day Parade on 09.08.2012.. mak ingat sgt ari tu ... sbb Public Holiday nyahh.. ) sibuk ada rumours cakap LKY dah mati.. main2 ko letak rumors camtu kat FB.. seb baik takde yg kena tangkap kau Jah.. =)).. the fact is he still alive and kicking.. then.. disebab kan rumors tu.. bila dia muncul di NDP.. semua org bersorak riang.. can you imagine.. yup.. every bodies cheers in relief.. kelakar kan.. ok, kita tinggal kan topik tu..

Nie ada lagi topik Panassss kat s'pore nie.. pasal Foreign Talent (FT).. iyer orang luar yg memberi sumbangan kat s'pore.. yang terhangat dipasaran, pemain ping pong wanita Tiangwei Feng yg baru menang pingat gangsa kat Olympic baru2 nie.. dia berasal dari China, org2 singapore semua not so happy about it.. kenkununnya si Tiangwei nie not true blue Singaporean.. duhh.. after checked, dia baru je moved to S'pore in 2007, and got her citizenship in 2008, so fast kan.. coz she got talent.. that's why lah..

Banyak lagi case pasal FT yg org2 singapore tak suka.. tu lah LKY nie punya pasal lah.. last time sapa yg beranak lebih dari dua kena penalty, ada ke patut.. kelakar kan.. so, bila rules macam tu ada, pekembangan rakyat singapore terbantut lah.. last time tak nampak impact dia (kita sangkakan LKY cerdik kan.. part nie dia teramat kurang cerdik).. sekarang mengagau carik sesapa yg dapat kerja kat sini & can contribute.. dan rakyat bertambah bising sebab banyak lambakan pekerja asing.. and now baru dia suruh rakyat singapore beranak banyak2.. camana tu.. adehhh.. kelakarkan..

bawah nie keratan dari yahoo info utk tatapan bersama:-

Singapore ‘will fold up’ if citizens don’t reproduce: Lee Kuan Yew

Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has stressed once again the need for Singaporeans to procreate.

Speaking publicly for the first time after National Day at a constituency national day celebration dinner on Saturday, Lee warned of adverse consequences if the country’s declining birth rates continue.

“If we go on like that, this place will fold up, because there’ll be no original citizens left to form the majority, and we cannot have new citizens, new PRs to settle our social ethos, our social spirit, our social norms,” he said, noting that Chinese reproduction rate is now at 1.08, Indians at 1.09 and Malays at 1.64.

“So my message is a simple one. The answer is very difficult but the problems, if we don’t find the answers, are enormous,” he added.

Lee acknowledged the pivotal role that work permit holders have played in building Singapore’s infrastructure, and the contribution of permanent residents, without which he said the country’s population would be older, smaller and would lose vitality.

Further, he noted that in the long term, Singapore’s “educated men and women must decide whether to replace themselves in the next generation”. Currently, 31 per cent of women and 41 per cent of men are choosing not to do so, he noted.

“But we’ve got to persuade people to understand that getting married is important, having children is important,” he said. “Do we want to replace ourselves or do we want to shrink and get older and be replaced by migrants and work permit holders? That’s the simple question.”

MSF to tackle problem: Chan Chun Sing

Responding to Lee’s call for solutions to Singapore’s citizen population crunch, current acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Chan Chun Sing, who will be taking on the newly-established Ministry of Social and Family development (MSF), said the latter will pursue efforts to encourage younger Singaporeans get married and start families earlier.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the same event, Chan acknowledged that the issues are “challenges that cut across different ministries”, and said there are two aspects to the population situation — material and economic, which the government will work on, reported Channel NewsAsia.

“But like what Mr Lee said, the most important aspect has to do with the less tangible... (what) we value as a society — the institution of the family,” he said as quoted by the media outlet. “How do we see the institution, and the family... these are things we really need to work on as a society because it concerns our common future.”

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2012-08-09T16:37:00.000+08:00