07.19.08

Istikharah nampak?

Posted in Islaamu diinii at 7:53 am by ummsofiyyah

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“Ya Allah, aku memohon petunjuk daripadaMu dengan ilmuMu dan aku memohon ketentuan daripadaMu dengan kekuasaanMu dan aku memohon daripadaMu akan limpah kurniaanMu yang besar. Sesungguhnya Engkau Maha Berkuasa sedangkan aku tidak berkuasa dan Engkau Maha Mengetahui sedangkan aku tidak mengetahui dan Engkaulah Yang Maha Mengetahu segala perkara yang ghaib. Ya Allah, seandainya Engkau mengetahui bahawasanya urusan ini (sebutkan urusan kamu.. eg memilih Sociology as a major ke kan) adalah baik bagiku pada agamaku, kehidupanku dan kesudahan urusanku sama ada cepat atau lambat, takdirkanlah ia bagiku dan permudahkanlah serta berkatlah bagiku padanya. Dan seandainya Engkau mengetahui bahawa urusan ini mendatangkan keburukan bagiku pada agamaku, kehidupanku dan kesudahan urusanku sama ada cepat atau lambat, maka jauhkanlah aku daripadanya dan takdirkanlah kebaikan untukku dalam sebarang keadaan sekalipun kemudian redhailah aku dengannya”.

 

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Beautiful isn’t it? Bila tengah pening2 tak tahu which course of action to take next, performing the istikharah would certainly do wonders, insyaAllah.

I remember a short but meaningful sharing session I had with an ustaz from one of my former madrasahs. He has never taught me before as he started teaching only after I’ve graduated, but on one of my visits to the school, I decided to ask him some questions, and istikharah being of them. He told me that one misconception about istikharah is the fact that we tend to think that the only ’sign’ of istikharah is through dreams. So many would wait for a ‘dream’ to appear like some sort of divine revelation or something.

Err. Not all the time. In fact, it might just be a lucky few yang dapat.

Ustaz told me that after our istikharah, we should just proceed with what we think is the better option. “If the thing is right for you, you will notice that everything will run rather smoothly. Allah will make it easy for you. If not, then you will find hindrances along the way. So you just do your istikharah and proceed in whatever you want to do.”

This reminds me of the verse.. “fa idzaa ‘azamta fatawakkal ‘alalLah” – maka apabila kamu sudah berazam (berusaha), maka bertawakkallah kepada Allah.

So we do our istikharah, proceed in giving the best in our next course of action and then we leave it to God.

What if, after we’ve given our best and we’re really convinced that it is really the best for us, but the outcome turns out to be the opposite of what we’ve always wanted and thought to be it? Jeng jeng jeng.. Janganlah sedih2.. Sedih boleh la.. Tapi takmu banyak2 sangat sampai makan tak kenyang tidur tak lena mandi tak basah kan.. Take comfort in the fact that we’ve done our istikharah earlier and for it to be the opposite of what we wanted, it must be because it is not the best for us. We might not be able to see it now, but it will certainly take effect later if we were to proceed with it.

” ..but it is possible that you dislike a thing which is good for you, and that you love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knows, and you know not” (Al-baqarah, 216).

 

 

Yes umm sofiyyah (monologue dalaman. harap maklum). You better get that right into your head. Stop mourning the fact that you’re stuck here while your friends are able to pursue their studies overseas. Walaupun memang macam NAMPAKNYA belajar kat Mesir ke Syria ke Malaysia mana2 ke tu lebih baik, but maybe it is not the best for YOU. At least not now. So stop sulking and prepare for the new semester ahead. Anyway sociology pun macam fun.. kan kan kan?

So istikharah -> usaha -> tawakkal -> outcome (and do know that it is the best for you, insyaAllah).

 

TA-DAA! It sure feels good to be a Muslim, isn’t it? :)

P/s: Just for our info, istikharah bukan untuk cari jodoh je. And istikharah is invalid for perkara2 yang tidak dibolehkan syara’ (Macam istikharah nak kerja kat ZOUK ke..). So, selamat beristikharah!:)

 

-Jaga diri, jaga iman-

 

 

 

14 Comments »

  1. Miss Farna said,

    July 19, 2008 at 1:48 pm

    hello my dearest.

    I was amazed and enlightened upon reading that post
    of yours. Very interesting indeed. However, i do feel
    alil disheartened ‘cos you din inform me with regards to your
    new blog. How sad. :( hee.. whatever it is, keep up the good work. :) Last but not least, be contented with what you have now, for ALLAH knows whats best for you. :)

  2. ummsofiyyah said,

    July 19, 2008 at 2:21 pm

    Hello loveliest.

    Thank you for kind words. And sorry laa tak bilang. memang nak bilang, sebab mana boleh tak bilang, memang da plan nak bilang, tak boleh tak bilang.. hehe. especially sebab dikau adalah di antara yang dearest to me.

    Jangan la merajok2, nanti ku belanje eskrim ok? :p

    uhibbuki jiddan jiddan :)

  3. Hafihz said,

    July 19, 2008 at 2:43 pm

    Salaam there,

    Nice site, and very nice posting too. You write well.

    As for where you are now, well, most of the time we count the dots only when looking backwards and not forwards now don’t we?

    So yup, as Miss Farna said too (and I’m sure you’d say the same thing to your friends and students too if they approached you with a similar situation, but hey that’s the shade of being human… we help and remind each other now don’t we? c”,) ….

    …It’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

    Thanks for the sharing.

    –
    Hafihz

  4. ummsofiyyah said,

    July 19, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    Wa’alaikassalam wr wb.

    Alfu syukran ya akh hafihz. Thank you very much for the reminder. Indeed, one should always be contented with one’s lot (after their usaha, of course) and it is a blessing for those who are able to do so.

    “lain syakartum laaziidannakum, wa in kafartum inna ‘azaabii la syadiid”.

    Thank you again. Jazaakallahu khairan :)

  5. dhuha said,

    July 19, 2008 at 7:35 pm

    Salam.. nah … nice post ! eh wordpress takde tagboard eh? leceh ah comment2 ni . heeee

  6. ummsofiyyah said,

    July 20, 2008 at 7:48 am

    Wa’alaikissalam wr wb.. Mekaseh fatya. Walaupun post ni tak seberapa la nak dbandingkan dgn post2 kat http://episod-cinta.blogspot.com kan? hehe.

    wordpress ade tagboard.. nanti akan ku letak, insyaAllah. tapi nanti bile dah letak tagboard jgn tak tag eh:p

    muhstaq ilaik jiddan :)

  7. Fadhilah said,

    July 20, 2008 at 1:13 pm

    Hi kak, hee.

  8. dhuha said,

    July 20, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    eh ,takde eh . post dalam blog ku pun tak seberapa jugak . kalam dhaif dari insan haqiir … tengah nak tunggu blog farna ni . Blog pelajar cemerlang mesti lagi best & masya Allah .

  9. ummsofiyyah said,

    July 20, 2008 at 3:53 pm

    Hi adek fadhilah:p

  10. ummsofiyyah said,

    July 20, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    hehe ya. ku pn tak sabar jugak. hihi.

    and takde eh, takde hina2 dhaif2.. pada ku tetap top-notch la ur posts. tak kire, nk ckp ape ckp. ku tetap rase cm tu. hihi. :p

  11. dhuha said,

    July 20, 2008 at 4:07 pm

    baru terfikir.. haha , confirm farna pressure habis nak uat blog tu kan.. ahakz

  12. ummsofiyyah said,

    July 20, 2008 at 4:11 pm

    pressure? hehe. jangan sampai tarik2 rambut sudah eh:p

    taklah mesti boleh nyer. kene bagi de moral support. terutamanya dari kau, wahai pemilik blog popular:p

    im seriously seriously thinking of adding a tagboard soon. lol.

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