MERITS OF PRAYING AT THE STIPULATED TIME

He remembered his grandmother's warning about praying on time:

'My son, you shouldn't leave prayer to this late time'.

His grandmother's age was 70 but, whenever she heard the Adhan, she got up like an arrow and performed Salah.

He, however could never win over his ego to get up and pray.

Whatever he did, his Salah was always the last to be offered and he prayed it quickly to get it in on time.

Thinking of this, he got up and realized that there were only 15 minutes left before Salat-ul Isha.

He quickly made Wudhu and performed Salat-ul Maghrib.

While making Tasbih, he again remembered his grandmother and was embarrassed by how he had prayed.

His grandmother prayed with such tranquillity and peace.

He began making Dua and went down to make Sajdah and stayed like that for a while.

He had been at work all day and was tired, very tired.

He awoke abruptly to the sound of noise and shouting.

He was sweating profusely. He looked around. It was very crowded.

Every direction he looked in was filled with people.

Some stood frozen looking around, some were running left and right and some were on their knees with their heads in their hands just waiting.

Pure fear and apprehension filled him as he realized where he was. His heart was about to burst.

It was the Day of Judgment.

When he was alive, he had heard many things about the questioning on the Day of Judgment, but that seemed so long ago.

Could this be something his mind made up?

No, the wait and the fear were so great that he could not have imagined this.

The interrogation was still going on.

He began moving frantically from people to people to ask if his name had been called. No one could answer him.

All of a sudden his name was called and the crowd split into two and made a passageway for him.

Two angels grabbed his arms and led him forward. He walked with unknowing eyes through the crowd. The angels brought him to the centre and left him there.

His head was bent down and his whole life was passing in front of his eyes like a movie.

He opened his eyes but saw only another world.

The people were all helping others.

He saw his father running from one lecture to the other, spending his wealth in the way of Islam.

His mother invited guests to their house and one table was being set while the other was being cleared.

He pleaded his case, 'I too was always on this path. I helped others. I spread the word of Allah. I performed my Salah. I fasted in the month of Ramadhan.'

'Whatever Allah ordered us to do, I did.'

'Whatever he ordered us not to do, I did not.'

He began to cry and think about how much he loved Allah.

He knew that whatever he had done in life would be less than what Allah deserved and his only protector was Allah He was sweating like never before and was shaking all over.

His eyes were fixed on the scale, waiting for the final decision. At last, the decision was made.

The two angels with sheets of paper in their hands, turned to the crowd.

His legs felt like they were going to collapse. He closed his eyes as they began

To read the names of those people who were to enter Jahannam.

His name was read first.

He fell on his knees and yelled that this couldn't be, 'How could I go to Jahannam? I served others all my life, I spread the word of Allah to others.'

His eyes had become blurry and he was shaking with sweat.

The two angels took him by the arms.

As his feet dragged, they went through the crowd and advanced toward the blazing flames of Jahannam.

He was yelling and wondered if there was any person who was going to help him.

He was yelling of all the good deeds he had done, how he had helped his father, his fasts, prayers, the Noble Qur'an that he read, he was asking if none of them would help him.

The Jahannam angels continued to drag him.

They had gotten closer to the Hellfire.

He looked back and these were his last pleas.

Had not Rasulullah [SAW] said, 'How clean would a person be who bathes in a river five times a day, so too does the Salah performed five times cleanse someone of their sins?'

He began yelling, 'My prayers? My prayers? My prayers?'

The two angels did not stop, and they came to the edge of the abyss of Jahannam.

The flames of the fire were burning his face.

He looked back one last time, but his eyes were dry of hope and he had nothing left in him.

One of the angels pushed him in.

He found himself in the air and falling towards the flames.

He had just fallen five or six feet when a hand grabbed him by the arm and pulled him back.

He lifted his head and saw an old man with a long white beard.

He wiped some dust off himself and asked him, 'Who are you?'

The old man replied, 'I am your prayers.'

'Why are you so late?! I was almost in the Fire! You rescued me at the last minute before I fell in.'

The old man smiled and shook his head, 'You always performed me at the last minute, did you forget?'

At that instant, he blinked and lifted his head from Sajdah. He was in a sweat. He listened to the voices coming from outside.

He heard the Adhan for Salat-ul Isha.

He got up quickly and went to perform Wudhu.


Share this to your friends and family......

Maybe, you can help someone open their eyes.

And who knows?

Maybe, this is a good deed that can help you during The Day of Judgment. (INSYA-ALLAH)

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Enough of politics... here's something to share... got it from my friend today

ROMANCE MATHEMATICS

Smart man + smart woman = romance
Smart man + dumb woman = affair
Dumb man + smart woman = marriage
Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy
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OFFICE ARITHMETIC

Smart boss + smart employee = profit
Smart boss + dumb employee = production
Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion
Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime
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SHOPPING MATH

A man will pay $20 for a $10 item he needs.
A woman will pay $10 for a $20 item that she doesn't need.
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GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
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HAPPINESS

To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.
To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.
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LONGEVITY

Married men live longer than single men do, but married men are a lot more willing to die.
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PROPENSITY TO CHANGE

A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.
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DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE

A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
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HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUGGING YOU ABOUT GETTING MARRIED
Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, 'You're next.' They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.

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What had happened to Media Pusaka Bangsa?

What had happened to Pemuda UMNO (media pusaka bangsa) blog?

They had been resting since July 2008... is this another 'hangat hangat taik ayam' project? Or couldn't take the bashing there through comment by fellow bloggers? or too busy with personal agenda i.e. UMNO election?

When they realised they need to reach voters more through blogging, they join in... but what happened a couple of months after that? How do you expect us the bloggers to decide properly on our votes when we only get one side of story? Where is the mission 'to answer all bias report'?

Others are consistantly posting their thoughts but Pemuda UMNO stay unrelevant and unreachable by 'resting' for a couple of months (or maybe till next general election)... sigh... Are they sending signal that what we read in the blog is right? to the extent they could no longer answer or giving their side of story? as much as I would like to be 'independent' but they are not feeding us with respectable & intelligent info for them to counter whatever against them... how do you expect us to act then?

I dread to think what will happen to 'Warkah untuk Pak Lah' and Najib's '1malaysia' web in a couple of months time...

Shah Rukh Khan (SRK)

What a joke! Melaka Government bestowing Datukship to him...

What have he done to deserve such award? According to CM (Ali Rustam), because he acted in a few movies in Melaka... hahahaha... typical UMNO leaders giving such a stupid reasons for us Malaysian to stomach!!! To fellow UMNO members, is this kind of leader you want to lead you to greater heights? Hahahaha.. these kind of leaders are the ones that bring UMNO's downfall...

Back to SRK, I don't think SRK is the one choosing the location... he's just a lead actor... in film production, there are many parties involve in determining the suitable locations and mostly lies with Director & Producers... who in return will also look at the sponsorship etc... Is SRK was one of it for all 6 films as claimed by CM? Hell NO!!! Then how do justify that? Mr CM? Even if you're right... then Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta Jones etc should be given same award for their role in Entrapment... plus many others like Anna & The King etc... It's sad to see leaders are blinded with their own personal agenda over the bigger picture...

What about other Malaysian that did well? Quite a number of them were not even awarded Datukship... some personality awarded earlier had gone missing like Datuk Azhar Mansor etc? So who deserve the real award actually? One time contributor over continuous contributor? There are many other deserving Malaysian been ignored... why? because they are not politician and do not have enough money... the award lately has became an exclusivity of certain people in the community to the extent the normal Malaysian has no more high regards to those carrying such title...these are the ones that pissed off normal Malaysian on the street... listen to us more to stay relevant mr CM...

Pak Lah

Finally..... after long wait and speculations... our PM, Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announce that he will step down next March... Thanks Pak Lah for being sensitive and put national interest above all...

I'm not incline to any party, be it PR or BN, even though most UMNO leaders really pissed me off with their greed and arrogant in the last couple of years... what I'm writing here is solely based on normal 'man on street' and non partisan Malaysian...

Going back to Pak Lah... as a person, I love him and admire him... he is a good person & administrator. BUT the bucks stop there... your down fall is your own family members and your short sighted thinking... you are not PM material that we expect... your leadership is always questionable and your overly trust to your 'General' rather than going down to grass root to hear for yourself is another factor...

Anyway, I do not wish to dwell further on this... I would rather look forward and hope for better... The main reason I'm writing here is just to say thanks to Pak Lah for listening to majority Malaysian wishes...

I do respect your decision and wish you happy retirement...

Jam.. Jam.. Jam...

Finally... after long week raya break... most people are rushing back to start working today...

I was one of anak rantau that went back to my hometown in Kedah to celebrate raya... it was good and enjoyable week until last saturday when I was on my way back to KL...

Never in my driving history to and from Kedah that took me more than 6 hours to reach my destination on paid highway... I was one of thousands that stuck in the bad jam from Gunung Semanggol right up to Jelapang Tol... that's more than 60km long!!!

What saddened me (other than those que jumping) is PLUS did nothing about it... where all the sweet talk of problem solving and plans etc? where is the contra flow promised? what improvement done at toll booth? this is the problem when you let them be the monopoly... they don't care less about all this because you like it or not, you still use their highway...

Suddenly news are no where to be seen, no more comments from PLUS nor minister's concerned!! What are we Malaysian going to do about it? this problem had been going in for too long without any concrete solutions, and I wonder why?

What bothering me is... why in the hell you need to have a break in toll? i.e. why there must be toll booth in Ipoh Selatan & Jelapang? why can' the governnment do away with it and built toll booth at respective exits like others? Traffic are all smooth from Ipoh Selatan to KL all the way... hence, the culpit every year is those two tolls... anybody care to explain? i've written years ago to minister concerned and as expected, you will never receive any reply...

What are we Malaysian gonna do about it?

Salam Aidil Fitri

Just to wish all readers and bloggers - Salam Aidil Fitri Maaf Zahir & Batin