Thursday, September 13, 2007

Oh Ramadhan..., Oh Tarawih

Ramadhan is back and solat sunat tarawih has started. seperti tahun tahun terdahulu, saya menunaikan solat sunat tarawih di masjid yang paling hampir dengan rumah - masjid universiti teknologi malaysia jalan semarak. selesai sudah solat sunat terawih yang pertama tahun ini. seperti yang dijangkan kehadiran jemaah untuk malam malam awal ramadhan sangatlah mengalakan. hampir 75% jemaah merupakan pelajar pelajar universiti dan selebihnya mereka mereka yang tinggal berhampiran. imam malam tadi adalah iman baru universiti (but personally i would prefer the imam who lead the prayers last year). eh, tak nampak pun imam tu malam tadi !, entah entah sudah bertukar ke tempak lain. actually i'm not looking much for this year's ramadhan. dah register dengan rayhar travel untuk menunaikan umrah akhir ramadhan tetapi dukacita kerana tiada kekosongan lagi, so nampaknya this year saya akan menghabiskan solat sulat tarawih di masjid ini saja. itulah al kisahnya kalau last minit baru nak buat booking. bukan tak teringat nak book earlier, tapi just take for granted sahaja kerana rasa confident boleh dapat pergi umrah lagi akhir ramadhan tahun ini.

tapi walau bagaimana pun rasa syukur juga kerana tahun lepas dapat menyempurnakan keseluruhan 10 malam terakhir sunat tarawih dan sunat tahajud di masjidi haram. dan seperti biasa, sekembalinya dari umrah atau haji dulu, sure kena upper respiratory tract infection. so last year berayalah dengan ubat batuk, antihistamine dan antibiotiks. the best thing about spending your last 10 days of your ramadhan in Mekah is that you can really devote yourself to Almighty Allah - don't have to worry about the job, the family or friends. Insyaalah, next year we'll book early. kesayuan serta kemerduan suara imam masjidi al haram (especially imam al saudis) benar benar memberi satu ketenangan dan keinsafan. dalam mengerjakan solat sunat tarawih dan tahajud, tanpa disedari air mata akan mengalir membasahi pipi. sesungguhnya terasa betapa kerdilnya diri ini disisi Allah SWT. on of my friend use to ask me, what is so special about performing umrah during ramadhan ? it's not cheap you know, you can spend that amount taking the who family to gold coast. my simple and sincere answer ... well, it's worth paying that amount to cry!

selesai solat tarawih malam tadi , saya di teguh oleh suatu suara yang memang rasa familiar. terus saya memaling muka dan memberi salam sebelum menghulurkan tangan. walaupun tinggal berjiran, tapi agak lama tak jumpa dia. Dato' Dr. MMN adalah merupakan merupakan mentor dan bos saya dulu (opps, i used to be so scared of him before, he's a man of principle and very strict. with him you has to be very punctual. athough officially we clock in at 8.00 am, he'll be in office by 7.00 am, and make sure you're there before he does). after his retirement, he seem to be more approachable. as usual he'll come to the masjid alone in his merc. as ever, his wife, Dato' Dr. SH, been a vice chancellor of a university in bangi is alway very busy.

1 comment:

hizwani said...

a'kum, found you blog via your daughter's. i kinda missed the opportunity to go for hajj this year but didn't think much of it really... . but after reading your blog.... I wish I could have had the chance to cry as well... Maybe next year InsyaAllah.