Praise be to God, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds;
Most Gracious, Most Mercifuls;
Master of the Day of Judgement.
You do we worship, and Your aid we seek.
Show us the straight way,
The way of those on whom You bestowed Your Grace,
those whose (portion) is not wrath,
and who go not astray.
I think it is most appropriate to begin with Al-Fatihah which means The Opening as it is also called the Essence of the Book.
Glory to Allah Most High, full of Grace and Mercy that I finally managed to open up the e-shop bookstore which is called EL-WARRAQ BOOKSHOP.
For a start, EL-WARRAQ BOOKSHOP IS AN ONLINE BOOK RENTAL SITE.
YES!!!! TO ALL BOOK FANS OUT THERE, INSTEAD OF BUYING BOOKS, NOW YOU CAN READ BOOKS BY RENTING FROM EL-WARRAQ BOOKSHOP AT AFFORDABLE FEES!!!
WHAT'S BEHIND THE NAME?
First of all you might wonder what EL-WARRAQ means!
Well, I am not an expert but from the consultation that I’ve made, EL-WARRAQ Insya-Allah could have few meanings, among them is Bookseller or an Author. In old days where photocopy machine is still not available, a person who has a job copy reading materials is also called as El-Warraq.
Having EL-WARRAQ BOOKSHOP
Reading is like breathing to me. Since I was small, I have always surrounded by books and I grow up with that habit. When I got married and had babies, I cultivated the same passion to my children and Alhamdulillah, it seems that I am reaping what I sowed earlier. All my four children love to read. Hopefully, the habit stays with them forever. As an avid reader myself, I have collected quite a lot of books and after observing for so many years, it is sad to found out that not many Malaysians are readers! Most of us would love to eat more than to read!
Hence, with the launching of EL-WARRAQ BOOKSHOP, it is one way of sharing the collection of books that I have.
Now, you can rent books in the comfort of your home. We will send the book to your doorstep.
Having an online store (not only bookstore) is an advantage. You do not have to pay a parking fee and also the risk of buying “not-in-the list things” will be minimized. I am sure you understand what I am talking about, don’t you?
For more info on the EL-WARRAQ BOOKSHOP, PLEASE CLICK HERE
For now, I am renting a lot at iSHOPPEVILLE.com. Hopefully, in the near future EL-WARRAQ BOOKSHOP will have it's own web page, insya-Allah.
I am in the midst of adding the booklist to the shop, please be patience with me and thank you so much for your support!
Other than EL-WARRAQ BOOKSHOP you can also do your window shopping at other shops. Overthere, we have STEAM SAUNA (do it at home), ORGANIC FOODS, BATIK SUTERA, INDONESIAN BATIKS, ETC ETC.
CHECK IT OUT AND HAPPY SHOPPING!
Kepada semua rakan-rakan bloggers, mari sama-sama kita gunakan kemudahan yang ada disamping kita membantu rakan-rakan Muslim menjana ekonomi ummah. Saya memang berhasrat untuk mengembangkan lagi cabang e-shop ini supaya nanti kita ada lebih bermacam-macam produk untuk dikongsi bersama. Sokongan anda semua sangatlah diharapkan. Ribuan terima kasih di atas sokongan anda!
Sesiapa yang berhasrat untuk berniaga dan menyewa lot-lot di iSHOPPEVILLE, penyertaan anda amatlah dialu-alukan. Sangat MUDAH dan MURAH!
JANGAN TAKUT UNTUK MENCUBA! Insya-Allah, I will share more of this from time to time.
Feel free to leave a message or your respond in the forum. Any suggestion is most welcome.
A small discussion at the comment box of RotiNina spurs me to write about this.
Sekarang ni ramai parents merasakan anak-anak kita sangat tertekan mengharungi syllabus mereka di sekolah. Kalau anak-anak yang dah "smart" rasa tertekan untuk maintain peatus markah mereka. Anak-anak ni rasa they always have to be at the top 5 (for example). Kalau anak-anak kita average and a little behind from their peers, as parents we also worry what's gonna happen to our children. Some of us will send our children to tuition centres, others ajar sendiri, others panggil tutors datang rumah. Selalu saja kita risau hal-hal akademik anak-anak kita. Saya kira itu lumrah.
Tapi, saya perhatikan tak ramai antara parents masakini risau tentang bab solat anak-anak mereka. Solat tidak diberatkan sebagaimana mereka memberatkan hal-hal akademik anak-anak.
To me, our children should be trained from young. We are talking about TIANG AGAMA here. So, we MUST train them from young, otherwise macamana nak lekat ibadat yang satu ni?
Ramai yang hafal pepatah kita "Melentur Buluh Biar Dari Rebungnya" dan ramai juga yang tahu "Anak-Anak Ibarat Kain Putih, kitalah yang mencorakkkannya sama ada mahu jadi...."
Tapi berapa ramai yang praktikkan?
Ramai yang menyerahkan bulat-bulat tanggungjawab mengajar anak-anak solat atau mengajar anak-anak mengaji kepada guru KAFA (kalau yang dah sekolah).
Kalau kita pergi shopping, atau jalan-jalan rumah kawan kita saja yang solat. Anak-anak kita tak galakkan langsung mereka solat. Lambat dan leceh kata kita, walhal anak-anak mesti di latih menghadapi suasana susah dan leceh ni.
Berapa ramai daripada kita kalau keluar rumah nak pergi mana-mana, yang angkut telekung solat anak-anak?
Well, nowadays surau dan masjid merata-rata. Anytime boleh singgah untuk solat. Kita sendiri kalau rasa leceh nak bawak telekung, senang saja. Pakailah pakaian yang menutup aurat - baju tak ketat dan jarang, tudung tak jarang. Lepas tu cuma perlu bawak sarung tangan (kalau lengan baju tu agak luas) dan stokin saja. Sama juga dengan anak-anak, kalau anak2 dah berpakaian tutup aurat, lebih senang. Tapi kalau tidak, bawaklah telekung mereka - belikan beg telekung yang cantik sikit as galakan (boleh order dari Mak Lang).
Kita lah yang kena asuh dan didik anak-anak walau kemana saja kita pergi jangan tinggal solat. Macam juga balik kampung or long distance travel, ajar anak-anak untuk solat jama' dan qasar.
This is also serves as a reminder to me.
Anak-anak memang secara nature ni suka main-main, tapi itu tak menjadikan alasan kita untuk tidak train anak-anak dari kecil untuk solat. Masa anak2 dah boleh tiru perbuatan kita, ajaklah depa solat sama-sama. Belikan sejadah kecil untuk mereka. Pakaian masa tu may be still in their pyjamas (kalau sebelah malam). For girls, for a start, just belikan tudung kecil comel tu. Nanti dah besar sikit belikan telekung juga.
Sekarang Fathini dah 10 dan Faeqah dah 9. So, for these two girls, tak ada dah istilah main-main untuk solat. Kalau tertidur sebelum solat Isyak kami kejut jugak supaya solat. Kemana-mana pergi mesti bawak telekung. Nak pegi rumah kawan ke, atau kemana sajalah. Kalau hari sekolah, sometimes van sekolah datang ambik cepat - kadang2 tak sempat nak solat Zohor, so I asked them supaya solat kat surau - terlupa bawak telekung, pakai jer stokin dan solat (tudung dah memang pakai). Tak susah pun sebenarnya nak solat.
Yang dua orang kecik kat rumah ni Faris is 6 and Feryal is 4 plus. Faris nampaknya Alhamdulillah dah lekat solat dia. Subuh tu, kalau dia agak terlambat bangun misalnya at 7, we still ask him to perform solat Subuh. Feryal pulak masih lagi ikut mood, so pandai-pandai kitalah nak pujuk dia solat. But most of the time, I belum paksa lagi dia kalau dia nampak reluctant - just encourage by saying for example "orang tak tinggal solat, Allah sayang". Of course, bacaan belum sempurna kan? Later, we can teach them slowly the details.
Normally anak-anak will follow our example. They will copy-cat us. Kalau si Ayah rajin ke masjid, boleh ajak anak teruna ke masjid sama. Dan Ibu pulak boleh solat berjemaah dengan anak-anak perempuan kat rumah.
Tapi kalau anak-anak tengok kita bangun solat Subuh pun dah dekat pukul 7 pagi, how-lah??? Ayah pun waktu Maghrib dok mengadap depan TV, camana??
This is contoh melalui teladan.
Sama-sama kita didik kita menghormati waktu solat. Waktu Maghrib tu sepatutnya TV dah off. Sangat menyedihkan bagi kelihatan kalau waktu Maghrib anak-beranak dok mengadap TV lagi. Sepatutnya kita dah siap-siap nak solat sama-sama.
We are not saying we are better from others, just to remind ourselves. Kadang-kadang pun lupa jugak tu!
Zaman yang anak-anak kita bakal hadapi sangat-sangat merisaukan jadi hanya dengan agama sajalah kita boleh didik anak-anak kita mudah-mudahan nanti berada di jalan Allah, berada di paksi yang betul. Tapi kalau solat pun tak kukuh, macamana kita nak harapkan perkara2 lain??
My friends pernah anjurkan kursus Fardhu Ain dan ramai parents hantar anak2 remaja ke sana. My friends menangis bila tengok these teenager didn't even know how to "mengucap" sebaliknya baca doa lain!!! Ambik wudhu' pun tak tau!! So, adakah kita nak anak-anak kita jadi macam ni??? Na'uzubillah!!!
One more thing, please check anak2 remaja ni sama ada solat ke tidak dalam bilik mereka. Fathini's best friend has a teenage brother. One day she cried and cried at school. So Fathini tanya, kenapa? Dia cakap, Abang dia selalu tipu ayah dan ibu kata dah solat padahal belum solat and Abang dia dah pandai bawak balik porn CD!!! The brother told her sister to keep mum! The girl is quite matured, so dia bagitau cikgu kat sekolah.
So, you see it is very, very important untuk didik anak2 kita dengan agama!!! Kita tau dan faham tu, tapi kita lalai nak praktikkan. Sibuk lah, tak sempatlah, dan macam-macam alasan lagi. Ada banyak lagi perkara kalau nak cakap but cukuplah kita cakap bab SOLAT ni.
Ramai parents nak train anak-anak solat bila dah masuk darjah satu. Semua nak buat masa darjah satu. Puasa tunggu darjah satu, solat tunggu darjah satu...sedangkan hanya ada 2 atau 3 tahun sahaja lepas tu kita nak bagi dia mantap solatnya sebelum masuk umur mumayyiz.
Jadi, sama-sama kita balik dan check diri kita sendiri. Mana lagi ruang yang kita boleh improve, kita improve. Sama-sama ya?
