A bank experience.

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I understood how much my ego had bloomed over these pased few years. Therefore, i always kept a close watch on her. Many a times i've let her get away with it. But today i decided to suck it up a bit.

I've always hated Maybank.

It started when i was in Uni a zillion years ago. I went to Maybank PJ with the intention of opening an account. Sangat inesen dan berniat suci. One kakak kaunter changed my preception of the bank forever.

"Nak bukak akaun ni kena ada dua RATUS lima PULUH ringgit. Awak ada ke?"

All i wanted to do was open an account. She had the cheek to ask me if i had dua RATUS lima PULUH ringgit?? Would i be there if i didn't? Ya Allah, I've never been spoken to like that. If only she knew.... Ni nak mula ni.. Kalau nak berlagak ada je 800 billion point, saja tak mau, tauuuuu!! sebab bukan dapat apa pun. kemewahan dunia yang telah dikurniakan Tuhan. Besides, buang karan je cakap dgn kakak tu. takda pekdahnya. Satu sen tak guna.

I was deeply offended by her and decided to not open the account that day.


A few years later, i started working in a multinational company. My work required me to cash cheques, arrange for salary and a whole lotta banking stuff. The very 1st time i stepped into HSBC, it was really an eye opener. They were extremely hospitable, kind and welcoming. Nobody said anything inappropriate and it was a pleasant experience. I didnt mind having to go there repeatedly because of that. even with the jam, traffic, whatever.. i didn't mind at all.

Then i went to CIMB, and they actually treated me like i mattered. The same goes for most of the banks that i had busniess with.. Public Bank, Hong Leong. all were great.

Following that incident, i've had more bad experiences from different Maybank branches.i have to say that most of them were arrogant and conceited, often forgetting that we are the customer. the very reason why people like them have jobs. It amazes me why only Maybank staff had a certain type of attitude towards their customers. Diorg tak pernah pergi bank lain ke? Beza macam langit dengan bumi.

Thats the only reason why now, about almost a decade snce the incident, i still refuse to open a Maybank account.

I would have been okay with it if not for a few matters that bugged me.

My first problem occured when i moved in my apartment. The owner only had Maybank account, so I've always had to pay extra charges each month just to clear my rent. Then there were lelong.com issues, (i had to find a working CDM ). One of the more serious problem was when i had difficulty to receive payment for the charity drive i organized a while back. Then recently, i coordinated the payment for a trip my friends are organizing and some of them are still yet to pay just because i didn't have a Maybank account.

That was where i drew the line.

I thought 10 years was enough for me to feed my ego after being looked down upon by the &%*# Maybank teller in PJ. So today i sucked my ego and finally went to open a Maybank account.

i was prepared mentally for anything that might happened.

happened, it did.

I'm pretty darned sure there's something wrong with the training because TODAY some 10 years after my 1st bad experience with the Maybank people, i still receive poor treatment from them.

i walked in, grabbed a number and sat. My number was called,

Me:"Saya nak bukak akaun boleh"
Teller 1: "Adik pergi je amik borang depan tu, pastu hantar kat sapa2 ada kat depan tu. takyah amik nombor."

(in my mind : Adik?? muka muda sangat ke? she doesn't look too old to me...)

Me: "Tapi saya nak buat bank draft skali. Boleh tak?"
Teller 1: "Adik pergi depan bukak akaun dulu, pastu ambik nombor buat bank draft pulak."

(Since i dah ambik nombor and was right in front of her face, apa salahnya process my bank draft dulu kan? *sigh*)

Anyway, i went and grabbed a form and started filling in. Then i went straight for the first table that was vacant.

Me: "Semekom, saya nak bukak akaun boleh?"
Teller 2: "Boleh. Akak ada IC yang elok tak?"
Me: "Scuse me?"
Teller 2: "IC akak tu.. elok lagi tak?"
Me: "err... elok. baru je buat ni.."
(dalam hati: apa relevannya? mintak IC suddaaa.. kecoh.)
Teller 2: "Ni kenapa nak bukak akaun ni? Nak tambah koleksi ke?"
Me: "Apa dia?"
Teller 2: "Kenapa awak nak bukak akaun ni.. Buat tambah koleksi keee?
Me: err.. tak. saya senang nak buat maybank2u nanti. (sgt inesen, didnt find her kerekness a bit amusing)
Teller 2: ooo.. ingat nak tambah koleksi. Akak duduk dulu. nanti saya panggil kawan saya.

And the whole process went on. What made me uneasy was how superior they were acting. Jangan nak mintak jadi humble, hospitable pun susah.. haisyyy... anyway, that's me bing judgemental.. i was really hoping for a great service from them that day.

Another thing is, kena ke panggil dik/kakak? panggil cik/puan sudahlaa... (like other banks). They may offend somebody by generalizing like that.

Anyway, after that, the rest of the process weren't all that bad. Maybank Equine agak tersembunyi so tak banyak customers. And tahap kerek mereka masih di tahap boleh buat bodo lagi. Tak sampai tahap darah menggelegak.

Thing is, kena ke kerek? tak boleh ke tak kerek?.

Nanti i cerita my adventures to JPN (Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara) and Imigresen the other day YANG DEAL DENGAN JUTA-JUTA ORANG SETIAP HARI... takda pun kerek. smooth and efficient adala... that's another story. will write more about it later.

So although i hate Maybank due to personal reasons, i'm now a paying customer. It feels icky, but i'll live.

I've always believed in avoiding things that you hate. Buat sakit ati je. dah tau busuk, kenapa dekat? pastu nak komplen kenapa busuk sangat. On the brighter side, now they will have to listen to my complains because i'm now a paying customer.

...and i'm pretty sure i have a bit more that dua RATUS lima PULUH ringgit right now.


Disclaimer: The experiences are mine alone. Others may experience a more pleasant experience with the bank only because they've never been to other banks, are extremely tolerant or like to be treated like crap Opinions expressed are personal. i do have relatives and close friends working with the bank and i think that the're great people. I'm sure not all are kerek, it was just my luck that all 6 encounters were unpleasant ones.

Its stuck in my head~

This is just something that's fun to watch and sing along.
Full stop.
(Siapa terasa, too bad :P).

Wali - Cari Jodoh

Apa salahku Apa salah ibuku
Hidupku dirundung pilu
Tak ada yang mau dan menginginkan aku
Tuk jadi pengobat pilu
Tuk jadi penawar rindu
Tuk jadi kekasih hatiku

Timur ke barat selatan ke utara
Tak juga aku berjumpa
Dari musim duren hingga musim rambutan
Tak kunjung aku dapatkan
Tak jua aku aku temukan
Oh tuhan inikah cobaan

Reff:
Ibu-ibu bapak-bapak
Siapa yang punya anak
Bilang aku aku yang tengah malu
Sama teman-temanku
Karena cuma diriku yang tak laku-laku

Pengumuman-Pengumuman
Siapa yang mau bantu
Tolong aku kasihani aku
Tolong cari diriku kekasih hatiku
Siapa yang mau

*Crack*

December's being cruel to me yet again.

Buzz...

I'm a busy little bee.

Will update when i have an extra 10 minutes away from work.

Love.

fiah.

I'm living my life in reruns.

Same script, different players.

And somehow karma had come full circle.

Experiencing a whole lotta dejavu's lately.

How is it possible that i am facing the EXACT same situations as i did before?

i honestly thought that i've changed.

Maybe some things never do.

20032004

Yeah, yeah.. i'm feeling nostalgic.

This was the 1st post i wrote online.

Dated Saturday, March 20th 2004.

The very day Adni became a blogger.

:P

Lindt.

Became less of a camerahog lately.

Anyway, if anybody's interested in what I've been up to, here's something you can update in your Stalk-Adni Diary... :P

Work-wise, i feel the need to mature almost instantaneously. so many things i need to learn in sucha short time. i wished i was a sponge because the exposure that i got these past few days was fantastic. Other then a few hundred meetings that i attended, i was also involved with yet another function with the Minister as the Masters of Ceremony. I really do love being an MC, but last week i had to forgo something crucial for better understanding of what i do, just because i commited to that function first. anyway, thanks again to the organizers. although rehearsals went in late into the night, i appreciated the immense opportunity.

Going down my checklist, I realized that i didn't follow up with another function of which i was supposedly involved as a committee member. When i called the organizer a night before the event, she elaborated what i needed to do, invitations and all and at the end of the conversation, she added.. "and oh, Adni, did i tell you that you're suppose to sing in that function as well?" yep, pleaaassseee tell me that one night before the actual event. hahahaha...

somehow i didn't panic as much. it was after all, an all female event. i just went with what i was familiar with. this time around, i was quite satisfied with what i gave. being me, i just had to take my performance up a notch. heheh.. Praise be to Allah, it went down pretty well. the feeling of having the whole hall just listening to you and you alone.. was scaary!! but i have to say that i loved every moment of it. their transfixed faces. the aura that i felt in that hall that day was fantastic. and the applause that came after... euphoric.

being up front speaking and being up front singing are two different things. when ur an MC, ur a filler. when u sing, ur a performer. there's more room for creativity. its not like i liked the spotlight. honestly i don't. i don't enjoy any type of spotlights. if i did i would have done different things with my life. i just enjoy making people happy. i like doing things differently. i like challenges. and i absolutely love to challenge my fears. God, i honestly love to sing. Is that so wrong?

I also paid a visit to The Comedy Club featuring Harith Iskander. Was heaps of fun. Not a big fan of the big guy, though, but i loved the performances by Akmal Salleh, the Aussie dude and vimpaired Chris from Liverpool. They had fantastic sets.

There's also futsal and some wallclimbing events in between.

Other than that, i went to 4 weddings last weekend. I had to forgo my Skytrex adventure because i made a decision. Among those who got married last weekend were some of my closest friends from UM. I guessed that last weekend was not for me. It was for my friends. This coming weekend would be for my family. probably i'll have the next one. the following would be for work... aannnyyywaaaayyy, i met with so many of my old friends. i missed each and every one of them.

oh, btw, the next time you meet friends whom you have not met in 5 years, do not do what i did.

i went straight up to a friend who looked like she was pregnant, put my hands on her belly and said.. "awwwww, are u pregnant now? congratulations!!"

she wasn't.

she's a single girl who hadn't had a relationship in 2 years.

i kicked myself repeatedly afterwards.

and oh, my parcel had arrived from Geneva!! woohoooo! yeay for the Swiss Postal Service!! So girls (ie: Syuhadah), we must meet up before i finish all those choccies myself! ngeh ngeh ngeh..

i also met up with an old fling last week to settle whatever-it-is-that-needed-to-be-settled-but-didn't-get-settled-anyway. Good thing is that i now know things that i wouldn't have known otherwise. As Yazmeen conveniently put it, I'm Good Luck Chuck. (Don't any of you dare to test that theory, though.)

Salam Zulhijjah.

Ihya' Zulhijjah

taken off this link

KULLU 'AM WA ANTUM BI KHAIRIN..

Bulan Zulhijjah, khususnya sepuluh hari awalnya adalah merupakan peluang kedua selepas Ramadhan untuk umat Islam mendapatkan gandaan keredhaan, keampunan dan pahala amalan.

Disebutkan oleh Nabi SAW :

"Sebaik-baik hari di dunia adalah sepuluh hari itu" (Riwayat al-Bazzar ; Albani : Sohih).

Allah SWT pula berfirman :

وَالْفَجْرِ وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

"Demi Fajar dan hari-hari yang sepuluh" ( Al-Fajr : 1).

Majoriti ulama menyatakan hari sepuluh itu merujuk kepada hari pertama hingga sepuluh Zulhijjah dan bukannya sepuluh terakhir Ramadhan. (Zad Al-Ma'ad, Ibn Qayyim).

Ia juga disebut oleh Nabi SAW dalam hadith lain :

"Tiada hari-hari yang lebih disukai oleh Allah SWT untuk hambanya memperbanyakkan amalan dari sepuluh hari ini" (Riwayat Al-Bukhari).

AMALAN-AMALAN UTAMA

Manakala amalan-amalan yang digalakkan sepanjang sepuluh awal Zulhijjah yang amat besar pahalanya ini antaranya :-

a) Zikir : Iaitu dengan memperbanyakkan zikir Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, La ilaha Illa Allah dan Allahu Akbar.

Ia bersumber dari hadith riwayat At-Tabrani yang diakui sohih oleh Imam Al-Munziri. Allah SWT juga menyebut ertinya : "Supaya mereka menyaksikan berbagai perkara yang mendatangkan faedah kepada mereka serta memperingati dan menyebut nama Allah, pada hari-hari yang tertentu.." (Al-Hajj : 28).

Ibn Abbas r.a mentafsirkan erti ‘hari-hari tertentu' adalah sepuluh hari Zulhijjah ini dan inilah pendapat majoriti ulama jua.

b) Berpuasa : Amat digalakkan berpuasa pada satu hingga sembilan Zulhijjah bagi orang yang tidak menunaikan Haji. Hari Arafah (9 Zulhijjah ) pula adalah hari yang terbaik untuk berpuasa.

Nabi SAW bersabda tentang kelebihan hari Arafah :

"Tiada hari yang lebih banyak Allah membebaskan hambanya lebih dari hari Arafah" (Riwayat Muslim).

Nabi SAW juga bila ditanya tentang kelebihan berpuasa pada hari Arafah ini menjawab, ia menghapuskan dosa yang lalu dan tahun kemudiannya.

c) Melakukan lain-lain amalan seperti bersedeqah, membaca Al-Quran, solat sunat dan lain-lain. Ia semuanya termasuk di dalam umum hadith yang menunjukkan ianya amat disukai oleh Allah SWT.

d) Menjauhi maksiat dan masa terbaik untuk memulakan tawbat bagi sesiapa yang masih berfikir-fikir dan menangguhnya. Amat biadap jika umat Islam bersukaria dengan melampaui batas haram di hari yang amat agung di sisi Allah SWT ini.

Bertawbatlah dengan sebenar-benar tawbat dan sedarilah bahawa hidup ini sementara dan seluruh keseronokannya adalah tipu daya semata-mata.

e) Bertakbir : Ibn Abi Shaibah menyebut bahawa `Ali KW menunjukkan bahawa permulaan takbir bermula sejurus selepas solat Subuh hari Arafah sehingga hujung waktu ‘Asar hari ketiga Tashriq.

f) Berkorban : Allah SWT berfirman : ertinya : "dan berdoalah dan berkorban". Allah SWT juga menyebut :

وَمَنْ يُعَظِّمْ شَعَائِرَ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّهَا مِنْ تَقْوَى الْقُلُوب

Ertinya : "Sesiapa yang membesarkan syiar Allah (berkorban) mala ia adalah dari tanda ketaqwaan hati" (Al-Hajj : 32)

Sebuah hadis menyebut :

ما عمل آدمي من عمل يوم النحر أحب إلى الله من إهراق الدم

Ertinya : "Tiadalah amalan anak Adam yang lebih disukai oleh Allah SWT pada hari kurban kecuali berkorban ( dengan menyembelih binatang)" ( Riwayat At-Tirmidzi, Abu Daud ; Gharib, namun terdapat rawi yang dipertikaikan )

POTONG KUKU, RAMBUT & HUKUM QURBAN

Hukum berkorban adalah sunat muakkad (yang dituntut) bagi orang yang mempunyai lebihan dan kemudahan harta. Demikian pendapat majoriti ulama termasuklah sahabat besar seperti Abu Bakar as-Siddiq r.a, Umar al-Khattab r.a, Ibn Mas'ud r.a dan lain-lain, kecuali Imam Abu Hanifah berpendapat ianya WAJIB bagi mereka yang berkemampuan.[1]

Bagi menggandakan pahala korban, seseorang yang sudah berniat awal untuk melakukannya digalakkan menahan diri dari memotong rambut dan kuku. Ia berdasarkan hadith riwayat Muslim yang sohih, iaitu :-

من أراد أن يضحي فدخل العشر فلا يأخذ من شعره ولا من أظفاره شيئاً حتى يضحي

Ertinya : Barangsiapa yang ingin menyembelih ( berkurban ), dan telah masuk sepuluh awal Zulhijjah), maka janganlah dia memotong apa-apa rambut atau kukunya SEHINGGALAH sampai korban dilaksanakan" ( Muslim, 3/39 )

Justeru, majoriti ulama dari mazhab Maliki, Syafie dan sebahagian Hanbali menyatakan makruh hukumnya bagi melanggarnya.

Bagaimanapun ia tiadalah termasuk dalam kategori haram kerana Aisyah r.a pernah meriwayatkan bahawa beliau pernah menempah (menandakan dan membeli binatang) dan diniatkan untuk dilakukan Qurban, dan Aisyah r.a menyebutkan, tiadalah Nabi SAW mengharamkan apa-apa (semasa menunggu masa untuk menyembelih) sehinggalah sampai waktu sembelihan. Hadis tersebut adalah sohih riwayat al-Bukhari dan Muslim.

Oleh itu, adalah dibenarkan untuk memotong kuku jika ia boleh mengganggu kesempurnaan wudhu dan lain-lain kewajiban.

TIDAK DIBENARKAN juga berkorban hanya dengan membayar harganya atau membeli daging lembu yang telah disembelih dari pasar lalu disedeqahkan atas niat Qurban. Tatkala itu, ia dianggap sedeqah biasa sahaja dan bukannya Qurban yang disyariatkan di hari raya Aidiladha.

Pahala Qurban adalah jauh lebih hebat dari bersedeqah harganya sahaja. Ia adalah fatwa oleh majoriti ahli ilmu seperti Imam Abu Hanifah, Malik, Syafie, Ahmad dan lain-lain. [2]

Adalah diingatkan jua agar meniatkan Qurban itu adalah kerana Allah SWT semata-mata, menuruti sunnah Nabi SAW dan Nabi Ibrahim a.s dan bukannya untuk menyedeqahkan daging atau lain-lain niat.

Firman Allah :

لَن يَنَالَ اللَّهَ لُحُومُهَا وَلَا دِمَاؤُهَا وَلَكِن يَنَالُهُ التَّقْوَى مِنكُمْ كَذَلِكَ سَخَّرَهَا لَكُمْ لِتُكَبِّرُوا اللَّهَ عَلَى مَا هَدَاكُمْ وَبَشِّرِ الْمُحْسِنِينَ

Ertinya : Daging-daging unta dan darahnya itu sekali-kali tidak dapat mencapai (keridaan) Allah, tetapi ketakwaan dari kamulah yang dapat mencapainya. Demikianlah Allah telah menundukkannya untuk kamu supaya kamu mengagungkan Allah terhadap hidayah-Nya kepada kamu. Dan berilah kabar gembira kepada orang-orang yang berbuat baik. (Al-Hajj : 37)

KONGSI LEMBU

Harus hukumnya menurut majoriti ulama untuk berkongsi seekor lembu dengan dibahagikan kepada 7 bahagian atau seekor kambing berdasarkan hadith Nabi yang diriwayatkan oleh Jabir r.a. [3]

Adalah digalakkan juga untuk menyembelih sendiri (jika berkemampuan) atau menghadiri majlis sembelihan.

Sebuah riwayat hadith pernah mencatatkan nasihat Nabi SAW kepada Fatimah yang ingin berqurban :

احضري أضحيتك، يغفر لك بأول قطر من دمها

Ertinya : "Hadirkanlah dirimu di waktu sembelihan, diampunkan bagimu dari titisan darah sembelihanmu yang pertama"

BINATANG TERBAIK UNTUK KURBAN

Yang terbaik adalah unta, diikuti oleh lembu, kerbau, kemudian biri-biri, kambing dan jika tidak mampu bolehlah 1/7 dari unta, lembu, kerbau.

Yang terbaik sudah tentulah yang paling banyak dagingnya maka lebih ramai mendapat merasai dan manfaatnya.

PEMBAHAGIAN DAGING

Daging qurban yang telah siap dilapah bolehlah dibahagikan SEPERTI BERIKUT :

1/3 (sepertiga) kepada tuan rumah yang berqurban,

1/3 (sepertiga) kepada faqir miskin termasuklah jirannya dan saudara mara dan

1/3 (sepertiga) lagi bagi sesiapa yang memintanya.

Ia berdasarkan firman Allah SWT :

فَكُلُوا مِنْهَا وَأَطْعِمُوا الْبَائِسَ الْفَقِيرَ

Ertinya : "Dan makanlah ia, dan berikanlah ia kepada orang yang susah dan faqir." (Al-Haj : 28) dan juga firman Allah :

فَكُلُوا مِنْهَا وَأَطْعِمُوا الْقَانِعَ وَالْمُعْتَرَّ

Ertinya "Dan makanlah ia, dan berikanlah kepada orang yang memintanya dan yang tidak memintanya" (Al-Haj : 36)

Inilah yang dilakukan oleh Nabi SAW sebagaimana riwayat Ibn Abbas r.a dan Ibn Umar r.a. Namun demikian HARUS (DIBENARKAN) untuk tidak mengikut cara pembahagian ini SAMADA UNTUK MAKAN KESELURUHANNYA ATAU KEBANYAKKANNYA. [4]

Bagaimanapun DILARANG untuk memberikan tukang-tukang lapah dan penyembelih upah atas usahanya (iaitu dengan ditetapkan dari awal), bagaimanapun ia harus jika dia termasuk dari kalangan faqir miskin atau diberikan secara sukarela orang ramai sebagai hadiah.

TIDAK DIBENARKAN juga sepakat ulama untuk menjual dagingnya.

Namun tidak sepakat berkenaan penjualan kulit, bulunya dan tulang hasil Korban. Majoriti mazhab termasuk Syafie tidak membenarkan. [5]

DIBENARKAN untuk menyimpan daging-daging kurban walaupun melebihi 3 (tiga) hari berdasarkan hadis Nabi s.a.w yang diriwayatkan oleh Muslim.

MEMBERI DAGING KORBAN KEPADA ORANG KAFIR

Ulama berbeza pendapat dalam hal ini, sebahagian mazhab mengatakannya HARAM, ada yang mengatakannya MAKRUH dan Mazhab Hanbali, Hanafi mengatakannya sebagai HARUS kerana ia bukannya sedeqah wajib. [6]

Namun tiada khilaf, mendahulukan umat Islam adalah lebih utama dalam hal ini.

BERKORBAN ATAU MEMBAYAR HUTANG

Bolehkah seorang yang dibebani hutang bank dan rakan berkorban sekali setahun demi tawaran pahalanya?.

Saya telah banyak mengulas berkenaan hutang dan pendirian Islam berkenaannya. Sila rujuk di sini. Justeru, untuk menentukan keutamaan samada menjelaskan hutang atau melakukan ibadah kurban kita perlu melihat kepada jenis hutang, tempoh janji bayaran semula dan kemampuan orang yang berhutang.

Jika ia adalah dari jenis hutang yang telah terancang pembayarannya seperti hutang bank dan selepas ditolak semuanya masih ada baki wang, tatkala itu individu tersebut sewajarnya melihat dan memikirkan berkenaan hutang tidak rasmi dari individu lain atau rakan-rakan serta tempoh yang dijanjikan.

Jika tempoh langsaian hutang masih jauh dan diyakini pendapatan akan datangnya boleh menampung semunya tanggungjawab wajib itu. Di ketika itu barulah ibadah kurban menjadi utama untuk dilaksanakan.

Ia amat jelas kerana ibadah kurban hanya sunat muakkad sahaja menurut majoriti mazhab mankala langsai hutang dalam tempohnya adalah wajib.

Jika disebabkan oleh ingin berkorban sehingga menyebabkan rakan pemberi hutang pula ‘TERKORBAN', hubungan persaudaraan ‘terkorban', atau hingga menyebabkan pihak bank mengenakan penalti kerana lewat bayar, tidak wajar sama sekali untuk berkorban juga. Keutamaan tetap bagi pelangsaian hutang berbanding berkorban. Demikian pandangan ringkas saya.

KORBAN OLEH ORGANISASI & SYARIKAT?

Ramai yang bertanya dan ramai juga yang melakukan amalan ini. Adakah sebuah syarikat boleh mengeluarkan budjet tertentu untuk membeli dua puluh ekor lembu dan berkorban atas nama syarikat?

Jawab ringkas saya:

"tidak boleh !"

Ibadah korban adalah ibadah yang dilakukan oleh individu tertentu atau untuk individu tertentu. Ia bukan untuk organisasi yang bukan manusia. Justeru, ia sebuah organisasi ingin melaksanakannya, ia MESTI menghadiahkannya kepada mana-mana Pengarah atau kakitangannya.

Ketika itu korban barulah sah dan ia menjadi korban oleh individu yang ditentukan namanya sahaja dan bukan atas nama syarikat. Pihak syarikat terbabit boleh bergilir-gilir menghadiahkan lembu tertentu dan bahagiannya DIHADIAHKAN kepada kakitangan secara khusus UNTUK DILAKSANAKAN sembelihan atau korban, pahala korban akan hanya diperolehi oleh individu dan pihak organisasi pula (iaitu pemilik organisasi iaitu manusia) hanya mendapat pahala kerana ‘menghadiahkan' lembu atau bahagiannya kepada kakitangan sahaja.

Jika pihak syarikat tidak mahu berbuat demikian, bermakna ia mestilah meletakkan secara specific 20 ekor lembu itu, untuk para lembaga pengarahnya secara khusus juga. Ia bukan atas nama syarikat tetapi individu.

APAKAH HAJI AKBAR ?

Nabi SAW menamakan hari sembelihan iaitu 10 Zulhijjah sebagai Haji Akbar. (Riwayat Abu Daud dengan sanad sohih : Ibn Qayyim dan Albani).

Sayyidina Ali Abi Talib juga pernah ditanya tentang apakah itu Haji Akbar, beliau menjawab:

"Ia adalah hari sembelihan (iaitu haji raya pertama). (Riwayat at-Tirmidzi)

Menurut Ulama itulah yang dimaskudkan di dalam ayat surat At-Taubah.

Bagaimanapun sesetengah ulama membawakan hujah mereka mengatakan Haji Akbar itu adalah Hari Arafah [7]. Setengah ulama pula bersama sahabat seperti Ibn Abbas r.a dan Ibn Umar r.a yang menyatakan bahawa Haji Akbar itu adalah hari arafah yang jatuhnya pada hari Jumaat dan pahalanya disebut sehebat 70 kali pahala Haji biasa, Ia juga disebut oleh Imam al-Ghazzali, ini bermakna pada Haji Akbar, semua orang yang berada di Arafah akan diampunkan. Ia berdasarkan satu hadith yang diriwayat oleh Razin dalam Tajrid as-Sihhah, bagaimanapun al-Munawi menolak hadith itu dengan katanya "tiada asalnya".

Kesimpulannya : Terdapat para sahabat mengatakan Haji Akbar itu adalah hari Arafah yang jatuh pada hari jumaat, mankala Ali k.w pula mengatakan ia adalah hari Qurban pada 10 zulhijjah dan setengah yang lain pula menyebut ia adalah semua hari-hari wuquf di Mina ( hari Tasriq).

Akhirnya, adalah amat perlu dipastikan bahawa tarikh hari raya ‘Idil adha ini menurut ijtihad pemerintah kerajaan Saudi bagi menyatukan umat Islam di seluruh dunia ( kecuali jika benar-benar sesebuah Negara itu mengikut rukyah), tanpa rukyah maka kiraan yang terbaik adalah dengan menuruti Saudi. Dengan itu, kekeliruan yang sering berlaku sebagaimana mencari Lailatul Qadar dan hariraya idilfitri akan berterusan. wallahu 'alam

Nota Adni: 10 Zulhijjah jatuh pada 27 November 2009, hence, 9 Zulhijjah 1430 adalah pada 26 November 2009. 1st day of Zulhijjah is on the 18th November 2009.

5-in-1.

Last weekend was orite. Not too bad.

Friday went wall-climbing again, but because i went alone (kamil came by a hour late) i was forced up a whole lotta walls by the trainers there. So far, alhamdulillah, i was able to climb each and every obstacle asked by them. Semua wall yg diorg suruh, i complete tau... right to the top. heheh.. *bangga dengan diri sendiri*

Right after that (as in half-an-hour later), i immediately went for my weekly badminton practice with the boys. i totally suck at badminton! hahahaha... being the only girl, i get bullied week in and week out. i think i did mention before that i've never played badminton in a real court until recently. as a kid it was always at the gates for me. sedangkan mereka semua dari dulu dah super terror main wakil rumah, wakil itu, ini dan segala bagai. nonetheless, i enjoy being 'bullied' like that. Helps me tremendously to improve my game.

The next morning, i went to show my support for the Coalition of Malaysian NGOs against Persecution of Palestinians (COMPLETE). They were having their family day and one of my friends invited us to join in the fun. Although there wasn't any formal talks or speeches or anything like that, i did manage to learn some stuff through the pamphlets distributed. May Allah bless the Palestinians.


We first played bowling. I wasn't at the top of my game due to injuries sustained during wall-climbing the previous evening, but collectively we did okay. Nama pun friendly, so takdela kiasu sangat nak menang. We were there for the fun.


Then came the more interesting part, we all were invited to play ice-skating! that was my first time ever on ice. i was soooo excited (ya, saya memang peghak atau bahasa pasarnya jakun.) sebab tak pernah ice-skate. each time i wanted to go, ada je halangan and most of my friends weren't keen on skating. So that Saturday was the perfect time for me to touch ice for the first time.


I had the time of my life. i'm telling you, i was born to skate. hahahaha! I managed to keep both feet on the ground at all times (even though the ice had puddles of water here and there, the skates weren't properly maintained and there were a whole bunch of kinds who were also obviously first timers skating around madly.. heheh.. Alhamdulillah, tak tergolek.) i think i skated rather confidently for a first timer. I certainly hope it won't be my last one because ice-skating rocks, y'all.

Right after skating, we had tea and moved on for dinner and karaoke. I knew it was late but i do think that it would be rude for me to leave just like that. I am a lot of things but rude is not one of em. nope. so i joined in for some dinner and music with the lot. adni dan karaoke adalah sinonim. so obviously i had me a ball that night.

The next day, i accompanied my housemate to see Adzlin's little newborn. They had an akikah ceremony for him. Being in the same neighbourhood, made it convenient to go. Strangely enough, most of the guests were familiar faces. Her parents even recognized me as being my dad's daughter. It seems like they have been to my house many times before. heheh.. (and i barely recognized them.. haha.. rasa keji gila..) not a huge surprise, though. Our housing community is a close-knit one and everybody knows everybody somehow or rather.

Anyway, that was my weekend. I slept late on Sunday night with sore everything. This week's gonna be another hectic one. There goes my November... wohooo!!! sikit je lagi.. i soooo can't wait for January.

p/s: If you guys are interested, do pick up a copy of Metro Ahad, flip to page C4. There's a nice centrespread about the boys in Pusat Sukan Lasak Putrajaya. and do keep a lookout in Berita Harian today, there's a write-up on the COMPLETE event. Spot me if you can. :)


p/s/s: Yantie, i'm still waiting for you to take me wall-climbing/badminton-ing/bowling/ice-skating/karaoke-ing. jom!

:)

People like me, you see, have a lot of things to say about a lot of things. I'm highly opinionated. I read a lot and i make a lot of conversations to understand the world that i live in. So when the occassional friends come by with certain perplexions, i would be more than happy to share a few things that i've learned along my journey so far.

unfortunately, sometimes i need to hear those advice myself.

Once in a while, i do need to have some sense knocked into me. What i tell people is logical and digestable. but i can't advice my own self. i need a voice from the outside to echo me. I need friends to tell me what i already know because hearing it from another party somehow makes more sense. Things are absorbed more rapidly. I understood better hearing something from another person, even if what is said did originally come from my own lectures.

The other day, right after wallclimbing, i had an interesting session with a friend at the mamak stall in Precinct 9. She told me exactly what i have been saying and hearing for the longest of time. but somehow, that night, given the circumstances, i actually understood.

"Find someone who loves you for who you are. Even if your butt is big, he would love it because its yours. Even if its triangular, he would love it because its yours. He loves you just the way you are."

All these while, i've been whining about what i am lacking. maybe its time to stop thinking about all that... and just be. If someone can't accept me for who i am and expects me to change to his suiting, then it might not just work out. i don't have to pretend anymore. I can be me.

That gave me a feeling of liberation because for the first time in my life, i finally understood what it meant when people say just be yourself.