Jom Raya.....

Kumpulan Rabbani

 

Tangan dihulur

Tersusun cantik kesepuluh jari

Pandangan cerah menjadi kabur

Memohon maaf...  menginsafi diri

Terputus-putus kata-kata

Dek menahan sebak didada

Terbayang silap dan salah kita

Mengherdik dan berkata nesta

Teringat dibesarkan bersama satu ketika

Oleh Mak dan Abah yang sudah tiada

 

Kami rindui yang tidak  dapat bersama....
Kak Aton, Kak Aro, Kak Chah,
Kak Nong, dan
Sham

Pelbagai juadah disediakan

Asam Pedas Ikan Pari jadi pilihan

Asam Pedas Ikan Parang jadi igauan

Bubur Lambuk Mak jadi rebutan

Sup Gear Box jadi percaturan

Air tangannya saling tak tumpah

Terus terbayang wajah arwah Mak

Lirik mata dan seyumannya

Puas hati melihat anak cucu menjamu selera

 

Bersama Abang Man yang dah lama tak ketemu...

 

Ku amati wajah adik beradikku

Jelingan mata dan senyuman mirip siapa

Rindukan Mak.... lihat senyuman adikku

Rindukan Abah.... lihat wajah Abangku

Rindukan makanan ...... tahu-tahu sajalah

Kami sudah bertambah usia

Kudrat dan pergerakan tidak serupa

Anak-anak  dah besar belaka

Ada yang masih belajar, ada yang sudah bekerja

Namun kemesraan mereka tersangat nyata

Ikatan kekeluargaan utuhlah hendaknya

 

Ramai lagi yang tak ada niiii..... tapi tetap meriah!

Mak dan Abah

Walaupun kalian sudah tiada

Hilang di mata tapi tidak dihati

Tidak pernah putus kami doakan

Kami semua tetap bersama

Seketika berpisah ... kami bertaut kembali

Kami sedari anugerah Illahi

Pengorbananmu kami hargai

Pemergianmu kami ratapi

Kenangan bersamamu kami kenangi

Bila rindu....  pusaramu kami ziarahi

Kami berdoa buatmu setiap hari

Semoga Allah ampunimu

Semoga Allah merahmatimu

In sya Allah

 

Sup Gear Box ..... pecah kepala ! Sedap!

 

 Asam Pedas Ikan Parang dan Ikan Pari di makan bersama Nasi putih atau dicicah roti

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selamat tinggal Ramadhan dan Selamat Datang Syawal 1434H.......

                                  

Sepasang Kurung Biru

Khairil Johari

Tiada salam atau ucapan

Tiada pesan tanda ingatan

Suasana penuh keriangan

Ku teringat pada seseorang

oh…

Di hari yang berbahgia ini

Hatiku kosong dan sepi sekali

Betapa manis kenangi lalu

Menyambut raya bersama denganku

oh…

Tiada bisikan lembut yang ku dengar

Hanya suara azan sayup bergema

Masih kurasakan hangat tanganmu

Di pagi raya bersalam dengan ku

Tetamu datang tetamu pergi

Namun tak tiba orang ku nanti

Hanya sepasang kurung nan biru

Menjadi teman mengubat rindu ku

oh…

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri kepada semua teman setiaku.  Lagu raya 'Sepasang Kurung Biru' nyanyian Khairil Johari Johar adalah salah sebuah daripada lagu Hari Raya kegemaranku.  Liriknya menyentuh jiwa dan perasaan.  Aku terbayangkan wajah kedua arwah orang tuaku.  Alhamdulillah sempat juga aku menziarahi pusara mereka semasa  pertengahan Ramadhan.  Al Fatihah buat mereka. 

Takbir Raya

Takbir Aidil Fitri bermula dari Maghrib 1 Syawal sehingga selesai Solat Sunat Id.

Allah berfirman, yang ertinya: 

"....hendaklah kamu mencukupkan bilangannya (puasa 29 atau 30 hari) dan hendaklah kamu mengagungkan Allah (bertakbir) atas petunjukNya yang diberikan kepadamu."

(Surah Al Baqarah ayat 185 )

Seperti tahun-tahun yang lalu, sejak anak bujangku mampu membantu menggantikan tugas ayahnya sebagai tuan rumah di rumah neneknya di kampung untuk majlis takbir Raya Aidil Fitri, maka kami mengambil kesempatan untuk mengimarahkan lagi suasana Aidil Fitri di rumah kami pula di Shah Alam.  Alhamdulillah, sejak beberapa tahun ini, ramai teman-teman kejiranan lama kami datang berkunjung bertakbir ke rumah kami (selalunya rumah kami yang terakhir). 

Selepas solat Isya', jemaah Surau Al Islah di Worldwide@7, akan berpecah kepada dua kumpulan.  Setiap kumpulan punya ketua sendiri.  Satu kumpulan akan berkunjung ke selatan dan satu ke utara.  Sekiranya ada 10 orang setiap kumpulan maka sepuluh rumahlah yang akan dikunjungi. Bayangkan jika ada 20 orang! 

Namun kerana semangat kejiranan untuk mengeratkan silaturrahim dan menghidupkan malam Raya, penat dan lelah diketepikan. Oleh kerana rumah kami rumah yang terakhir disinggahi,  kedua-dua kumpulan bertaut kembali di rumah kami. Alhamdulillah! Tahun ini lebih dari 40 orang terdiri orang dewasa, anak-anak muda dan kanak-kanak diketuai oleh Ustaz Haji Shamsuddin Sidek telah datang bertakbir, memuji kebesaran Allah.  Meriahlah rumah kami. Syukur Alhamdulillah!

Menu 

Hidangan Juadah

Tetamu yang hadir pasti akan dijamu. Setiap rumah menghidangkan juadah yang enak dan lazat tetapi memadai.  Tahun ini, hidangan buffet di rumah kami adalah Ketupat Nasi, Ketupat Daun Palas Segitiga dan Panjang, Rendang Ayam,  Rendang Daging, Serunding Udang kering, Kek Lapis Sarawak, Buah-buahan dan air Teh Bunga.  Alhamdulillah, laku makanan makcik .... hahahahhahha.. Terima kasih aku ucapkan kepada kedua kekandaku Kak Chah dan Kak Nor yang membantuku menyediakan makanan.  Allah sahaja yang membalas jasa baik kalian.

Selepas bertakbir, sambil menjamu selera, selalunya mereka akan bersembang kosong.  Kali ini sessi sembang2 ini dimeriahkan oleh cerita-cerita oleh Abang Din Kangkung.

Tetamu terakhir yang meninggalkan rumah kami ialah pada pukul 1.30pagi selepas hampir dua jam di rumah kami. Bayanggggkannnn........

Selepas berkemas, masa untuk merehatkan dan meluruskan tulang- belulang kami.... Penat, letih tetapi puas hati dan penuh rasa kesyukuran.

Sekitar pagi Raya

Solat Sunat Id

Awal pagi selepas Solat Subuh, aku terlelap kerana kepenatan. Bangun dan berkemas untuk ke Masjid Negeri untuk Solat Sunat Aidil Fitri.  Ramainya umat manusia.  Sesak jalanraya kerana Shah Alam kini dipenuhi dengan orang-orang tua, pesara dan anak-anak yang tinggal jauh 'balik kampung ke bandaraya' menyambut aidilfitri bersama orang tua masing-masing.  Kenderaan diletakkan ditepi jalanraya, bas demi bas menurunkan penumpang yang hendak ke masjid.  Bukan hanya orang Melayu kita yang solat di Masjid Negeri tetapi pekerja-pekerja asing yang beragama Islam dari Afrika, Arab, Bangladesh, Filipina, Indonesia ini dapat dilihat dari cara mereka berpakaian.  Semua mengambil kesempatan untuk sama-sama menunaikan ibadah di masjid yang terkenal ini.  Masjid Negeri mampu menampung jemah bersolar seramai 25,000 jemaah.

Tepat jam 8.30 pagi, Dato Mufti Selangor, Dato Setia Muhammad Tamyiz memulakan Solat Sunat Id sebagai imam.  Di dalam khutbah Hari Raya beliau selepas solat sunat Id, banyak perkara yang disebut sebagai ingatan kepada umat Islam tentang nikmat berpuasa Ramadhan dan ganjaran yang dijanjikan Allah dengan ganjaran yang berlipat kali ganda dari bulan-bulan yang lain.  Segala amal jariah seperti sedekah, bertadarus, menjauhi sifat-sifat buruk seperti berbohong, mencuri, cuai solat dan sebagainya hendaklah diteruskan.  Beliau juga mengingatkan agar berusaha untuk berpuasa selama 6 hari dalam bulan Syawal. 

Aku kagum kerana, semasa beliau berkhutbah, semua orang termasuk anak-anak kecil khusyuk mendengarnya dan tiada yang bangkit meninggalkan dewan solat!  Bangga aku dengan warga Shah Alam atas disiplin mereka. Syabas! 

Maaf bermaafan

Selesai solat, orang ramai mengambil peluang bersalaman sesama jemaah.  dikesempatan ini juga berderetan panjang jemaah bersalam dengan baginda Sultan Selangor serta Raja Muda Selangor. Walaupun aku anak kelahiran Johor tapi aku bangga dengan baginda Sultan Selangor yang sangat menitikberatkan soal agama.  Di sepanjang bulan Ramdhan, sejak menjadi Sultan Selangor, setiap malam baginda sentiasa berbuka di masjid-masjid di seluruh Negeri Selangor yang diikuti menunaikan solat sunat Terawih.  Baginda menyempurnakan solat Terawih sebanyak 20 rakaat dan 3 rakaat solat Witir.  Baginda sememangnya Sultan yang berjiwa rakyat.  alat Tuanku. Allahuakbar.

Sementara menunggu reda kesesakan, kami mengambil peluang Solat Sunat Dhuha dan kemudian bertemu sahabat dan kenalan untuk bermaaf-maafan atas segala kesalahan dan kesilapan dari segi tuturkata dan lagak gaya yang mungkin tidak disenangi mereka.  Tidak lupa bergambar kenangan  

Abang Adam dan Kak Norliah

Kunjung Mengunjung Aidil Fitri

Kemudian, kami terus memulakan kunjungan ke rumah teman-teman rapat kami. Bermula dengan rumah Abang Adam dan Kak Norliah.  Mereka kami anggap seperti saudara sendiri.  Rumah mereka tak pernah lekang dari makanan kerana mereka menjalankan perniagaan katering untuk majlis-majlis kecil mahu pun besar.  One Adnor Catering adalah nama syarikat mereka..... terkenal di Shah Alam.  Harga sangat berpatutan dan yang penting rasanya sentiasa sedap dan kualiti hidangannya nya terjamin......... 

Selesai satu rumah, kami ke rumah jiran-jiran kami yang kami anggap orang tua kami.  Kunjungan pertama adalah ke rumah Tan Sri Raja Alias (bekas Pengerusi FELDA) dan Puan Sri Habsah.  Dalam keadaan kesihatan yang kurang, Puan Sri tetap mesra melayan tetamu.  Itulah kelebihan keluarga ini.  Anak-anak dan cucu-cucu mereka juga begitu.  Kami berdoa semoga Puan Sri sembuh segera.

Hentian seterusnya adalah ke rumah Captain Mohd Ibrahim dan Bonda Hajjah Salmah.  Mereka adala ibubapa kepada teman karib kami iaitu Hajjah Shamshihar.  Kebetulan semasa kami sampai, kesemua anak-anak mereka masih di rumah dan bersiap sedia untuk ke rumah mertua masih-masing. Malangnya kami tidak sempat berjumpa dengan Captain Mohd Ibrahim kerana beliau ke hospital dengan anak bongsunya untuk rawatan biasa.  Doa kami semoga beliau bertambah sihat dan kuat.  In sya Allah.

Yang ini wajib ada atas meja!

Akhir sekali, kami ke rumah OBD (Orang Besar Daerah) Petaling iaitu Dato Haji Emran Kadir dan To' Puan Hajjah Normah yang kami anggap seperti abang dan kakak kami.  Ramai tetamu yang hadir termasuklah tiga orang OBD dari daerah lain iaitu Tengku Dato Dr Jamaluddin bin Tengku Mahmud Shah Al-Haj (OBD Sepang), Tan Sri Haji Wan Mahmood bin Pa'wan Teh (OBD Gombak), Dato Haji Aman Shah bin Mohd Shahar (OBD Hulu Selangor) keluarga Kak Zaleha Muhammad (rakan masjid kami). Meriah sungguh dengan masakan To' Puan Hajjah Normah.



Balik Kampung

Perut kekenyangan maka jadilah kami seperti ular sawa.  Terlelap sehingga lewat petang barulah kami pulang ke kampung halaman di Hulu Bernam, Hulu Selangor untuk beraya bersama anak bujang kami Haji Ahmad Azman serta seluruh keluarga suamiku. Terima kasih kepada Azman dan sepupunya Abdul Qayumm yang sudi menjadi tuan rumah semalam.  Katanya, ramai orang-orang kampung yang sudi datang bertakbir di rumah walaupun nenek sudah tiada.  Perlunya anak-anak lelaki di rumah adalah kerana kakak iparku sendirian dan jika tiada kaum Adam di dalam rumah, kemungkinan tiada yang akan bertakbir.  Terima kasih kepada yang hadir dan syabas untuk dua anak muda kebanggaan keluarga.

Sempena hari lebaran ini, aku menyusun sepuluh jari memohon ampun dan maaf atas segala kesilapan dan kesalahanku dari segi penulisanku yang lepas-lepas yang mungkin ada yang mengguriskan hati dan perasaan kalian. Maafkan daku. Yang baik itu semuanya dari Allah dan yang buruk itu adalah dari perbuatanku sendiri. Percayalah, niatku tidak begitu.....

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri.
MAAF ZAHIR BATIN

Selamat Berpuasa 6 hari di bulan Syawal

Frozen in time.....

Mount Vesuvius and its surroundings.

Things got worst. Many times the earth tremors but they just simply washed it off.  But this time, it was something else. Something different.  Something unthinkable ... terrible!  Many were in the state of panic but some just took it very lightly .... "Oooooo it will go, no worries!"  They just denied.  Some just took off and left their homes to somewhere safe.  But some insisted on staying back in their homes, and into their daily lives.  It was a chaos.  Babies shrieking, mothers crying, husbands calling wives , masters looking for their slaves and so on.  Thousands of people were running up and down the streets not knowing what to expect, not knowing where to go.  It had been dark pitch black for many days now.  The sun was not visible anymore.  What went wrong? Maybe the Gods were angry!  Maybe something that we did!  They prayed to Jupiter and they asked help from their God Apollo  or God Isis...... no answer.  They were on their own now!  Totally lost.

2,000 years ago, one of  the greatest empire known to the world, the Roman Empire were shaken to it's core by the natural disaster, eruption of a volcano.  It had been sleeping for 1,500 years and none of the people knew that the majestic looking mountain was actually a volcano.  It was in Naples and the town is Pompeii. 

@The fierce eruption that cost the lost of Pompeii.

It was 24th of August 79AD, Vesuvius came roaring to life!  Explosions happened, spewing tons of molten ash, pumice and sulfuric gas miles into the atmosphere with a supersonic speed.  Within minutes the column of smoke were visible from afar.  As it go higher, the columns started to spread like branches of a pine tree.  Nobody knew what it was.  The sighting triggered a response more of curiosity than of alarm.  The people of Pompeii did not know what it was and what was going to happen, so they just watch.  The wind blew towards Pompeii making the smoke and the ashes stole the daylight of Pompeii.  The cloud of ashes turned days into nights. They were in darkness, blacker and denser than any ordinary night. They relieved by lighting torchers and various kinds of lamp. Pompeii was in total darkness for 5 days.  Tons of falling debris filled the streets and in every nooks and corners.  Those who stayed in their home thought that their roof were strong enough to shelter them but was wrong.  The debris were so much that it was too heavy and the roof collapsed.  Nothing was spared. What was once a thriving communities, now silence and history.  Since that day Pompeii was buried for 1,600 years under 4 to 6 meters of ashes and pumice ...... vanished from the face of the earth until an excavation in 1748 AD.

@The excavation which awakened the world.

@The proud Vesuvius still standing
watching over the ruins of what was once
a city..... the ancient Pompeii

My earlier visit to Naples, I missed Pompeii.  I visited Island of Capri instead.  I wanted to see this place so much that I made it a point to visit this time ..... glad I did!  I remembered reading about Pompeii in a book written (the translation) in Bahasa Melayu by Harun Yahya, Kaum-kaum Yang Pupus (The Lost Civilisation). I watched the film ''Pompeii: The Last Day'' (2003 BBC production) and even got informations from watching National Geographic on television and even googled.  That shows how much interest I was to visit this place.  No doubt!

When I first set my feet in Pompeii, I was in mixed feelings. Happy and glad to be there but at the same time I felt sad and pity for the victims and furthermore through the Holy al-Quran, Allah SWT promised that whoever goes against His Will will be punished.  That sent a feeling of eerie and fear in me. 

   

The Entrance to City of Pompeii

Pompeii is an ancient Roman city.  It was said that the wealthy Romans built their big highly decorated villas there.  That was in the era of Pax-Romana.  No more wars.  No more conquering.  A time to enjoy the fruit of their hard work  centuries earlier.  They built  places for entertainment, sports like a gymnasium, fountains as their water system and  a port for trading.  As we approached the city, I noticed the cobbled-stoned streets.  The entrance was once the gate to enter the city from the port.  I imagined many people come and go through this street.  The sailors from near and afar, the locals who worked at the port, the buyers and the sellers doing their trading at the port.  It must have been a very busy port because  we were shown the trails of the wheels of the horse cart that was left on the streets.  This shows that the goods brought in and out of the port must be in large amount and many carts used the same trail.  Amazing!

Look at the trails made by the carts. That shows how prosper
Pompeii was those days.

We visited the House of Senate where leaders sat and discussed.  Further up was a square with an open area in the centre.  That was where they found the most stoned corpses after the excavation of the city by the archaeologists.  The four sides were situated the temples.  Believe it or not, even at that time, they already have a double storey building.  It was the Forum. The Forum was the economic, religious and political center of Pompeii.  On the right was the Temple of Jupiter and followed by the Temple of Apollo and Temple of Isis.  Further behind the square, lies the non-sleeping volcano, Mount Vesuvius.  It was so majestic, looks powerful but never trust her!  

@Temple of Apollo

@Temple of Isis

@Temple of Jupiter overlooking Vesuvius

We then walked around the ancient city and it is truly amazing to see what is still left from 2,000 years ago.  The market place with shops selling olive oil, household gadgets and many more, still intact.  Rows and rows of jars can be seen.  Their wheel barrow made of wood with  carvings is still there.  There were two corpses in the area.  One was sitting as if praying and the other was lying on the table.  

One of the many bakeries.

Then we proceed to the market place.  One of the building with paintings of fish is still there. must be the wet market.  The victims were now stoned, looked exactly like us.  One was with a row of healthy set of teeth.  Both were put in a glass case.  The market must be the busiest area of the city.  Many kinds of goods sold here because people from elsewhere brought goods from afar to do trading in Pompeii.  Because it was a port, many sailors come and go.  Some stayed for a while but some stayed for many months.  Another trade that made fast money was the prostitution.  At night the whore will be howling like a she wolf and those who wanted their services  followed the trail by listening to the howling .... a kind  of communication! By the way, prostitution was made legal  and were given license and that was why there were quite a number of whorehouses in the city. One of the high end was Lupanare, a two storey building with many small cubicle rooms for the walk-ins and ample space on the top floor for holding private parties!

  

Place of prostitution with  an erotic sign. @On the right is Lupanare, a high class whore house in the city.

It was even said, that it was expensive to keep a daughter at home because it will cost the parents to pay large amount of dowry to marry them.  So, the best option is to sell their daughters to the whorehouse!   I was sad but then realised that we should not put their situation in our world today.  I can understand now why during the Arab Jahilliah era (before Islam), newborn baby girls were buried alive.  Maybe because of the dowry .... who knows? That was their way of judging, their life!  They have their own reasons which to them was necessities but to us is cruel and totally madness!

Fast food corner..... maybe they sold  pizzas and pasta  here.

Looking at the buildings and the infrastructure of a 2,000 years old city, I can say that the Romans did well.  I was wondering how they managed everything.  They not only built but they have the system. The aqueduct that brings fresh water throughout the city, the forum for the rulers to run the city, the temples, the houses, the sculptures, the paintings and not forgetting their fast food corner and their public toilets, theatres, amphitheatre, hotels..... they have everything!  But in spite of everything that they have, they were unable read the earth movements beneath them nor to avoid the natural disaster!  It was right in front of them.  They were unprepared for the eruption of Mount Vesuvius eventhough many little signs of tremors and earthquakes happened.  So ignorance that they  just continue with their busy daily lives. sometimes wealth makes people overlook things.  The destruction not only occurred in Pompeii alone but the near towns as well.  Traces of victims were found in Herculaneum and Stabiae too. 

The murals showed how artistic the people of Pompeii were.

Public toilets where they sat side by side without
any dividers. Could they have done any business
talk while doing their business? hahhhaaa

We spent two hours in the ruin ancient city of Pompeii but I knew there were still many places that we missed.  Too many things to see, too many stories of life, pain and disaster to listen to but too little time.  I told myself that someday, when I come back, I will revisit.  Pompeii may be left as ruins but because of  this, it became famous.  Preserved under ash, Pompeii laid buried for 1,600 years.  The discovery of the city provided the world a glimpse of the daily life of the once known Roman Empire!

  

@The Roman Baths

Mount Vesuvius still stands and dominates the Bay of Naples. Around 20,000 inhabitants stayed in Pompeii before the eruption. It was known more or less 5,000  died.  Since then, there were no more eruptions of Mount Vesuvius but now at present 3.5 millions are staying there.  According to the experts, the next cycle of eruption will be after 2,000 years and the time is due ....

@The great theater.

Ruins of villas and mansions.

@The mosaic flooring shows how artistic and how wealthy the owner was.

@Ruins of the house of gladiators.

@The amphitheater for the gladiators. 

At the end of the tour, as I was leaving Pompeii, after walking for two hours uphills and downhills and looking at the luxurious life they led 2,000 years ago, I realized that nothing last forever.  No matter how strong, how well planned or how good you are .... you are just human.  Arrogance and pride belongs only to Allah, the merciful and the most compassionate.

  The way of life led by the people of Pompeii, goes against the words of Allah.  Even after thousands of years laid buried underground, untouched and well preserved ..... truth revealed.  It was a total humiliation seeing their sexual activities from the murals and painting and from the position of the corpses when found.  So shameful that those corpses in their sexual positions were brought back to the Museum and was shown for adults only.  Sexual activities took place almost everywhere may it be with the different sex, same sex or with animals!  Humiliation  even after death!  In maintaining a straight path in life, we need to have Khauf (fear) and Rajan (hope) towards Allah SWT.  Alhamdulillah, I am born a Muslim and I truly believe what happened to Pompeii is the fulfilling of the promised words of Allah SWT.

Napoli Cruise Terminal and our Norwegian Spirit on the right.

Walking around  visiting places in Napoli under the hot summer tires us. We sweat a lot.  Glad that we made the choice of wearing cotton.  Even though I was very tired, I enjoyed the trip because I was well prepared with loads of information regarding the ancient city of Pompeii.  I can easily visualized from my readings about this busy city when disaster striked.  It must have been very scary for them to see death approaching . It must be very sad to say goodbye to their love ones, their homes and their wealthy life!  That is the power of reading .... to be able to see through words.  But if you are not prepared , you will not enjoy and what you saw meant nothing.... just another visit ! It will be a total  waste.  Trust me!  

My references and sources besides side stories by our tour guide
Magarieta.

We headed back to our floating hotel, the MV Norwegian Spirit which docked at the Napoli Cruise Terminal.  What a relief to see her there.  I was looking forward to go back to my 8020 stateroom to take a long cold shower to cool my body.  Our steward, Rhoderick surprised us with a rabbit figure from the towel foldings.  So sweet of him.  Got dressed up and off to dinner at The Windows Restaurant.  The rest of the Yunos's were already there.  We had a long chat about the places we visited.  We talked about our feelings and gave opinions.  There were so much to talk about.  After dinner, all of us went around looking  for our favourite kind of entertainment onboard.  May it be the pianist with songs from our era or maybe the irresistable Latin Express that made our body swayed to the music. Wow....I just love this vacation !

Our floating hotel.

Feeling belonging......heheheheh

Dinner is served!

It took me quite sometime to finish my story about Pompeii. Actually, we  visited Positano and Sorrento after Pompeii........ two of most beautiful picturesque places I have ever seen. I will share my experiences to those two places in my next blog with more  photographs.......mostly photographs! InsyaAllah.

Lastly, I would like to wish all of my Muslim readers, Happy Eid Mubarak..... Maaf Zahir dan Batin.

Goodbye Vesuvius. Good luck Pompeii.

"Buonanotte. Ci vediamo a Sorrento  e Positano!"

Melepas rindu ...... Muar

Sejak bulan Syaaban lagi, hati ini sentiasa berkata-kata dan fikiran tidak putus bertanya.... bilakah masanya? Soalan yang sebenarnya senang untuk dijawab tetapi yang menyusahkan ialah masa.....

Masa, kalau kita fikirkan kembali, Allah beri kita masa selama 24 jam sehari semalam. Selalu kita kata tak cukup masa, tak ada masa tetapi sebenarnya kita banyak buang masa . Kita tak bijak mengendalikan masa. Bayangkan masa yang banyak Allah berikan tetapi kita yang sia-siakan. Malu aku!

Hari ini, pagi tadi seawal jam 8.30 pagi aku bertolak ke Muar bersama anak sulungku Hana dan kedua cucuku A'mmar dan 'Aafi. Sepatutnya aku pergi bersama Kak Chah tapi dia demam selsema pulak. Semoga kakakku segera sembuh dan sabar dengan dugaan ini. Nasib baik ada anak dan cucu yang sanggup menjadi mangsa. Hahahahhahaha.

Muhammad A'mmar mononton Boboboy!

Muhammad 'Aafi yang comot dengan coklat..

Siti Nurhana

Kami bernasib baik kerana tiada kesesakan lalu lintas. Lebih kurang jam 11pagi kami selamat sampai di Tanah Perkuburan Batu 6,  Bakri,  Muar. Di situlah bersemadinya kedua orang tuaku. Rindu yang tak tertahan ni, terubat sedikit setelah melihat pusara mereka. Adikku Han dan kakak sulung kami Abang Ani, sudah pun menunggu aku di situ. Kami sama-sama menghadiahkan kedua orang tua kami dengan bacaan Yasiin dan doa buat mereka.

Kubur Mak yang terletak di bahagian yang rendah dari kubur abah menyebabkan ia ditenggelami air banjir. Maka, banyaklah kubur yang terjerlus tanahnya. Kami bertiga bersepakat dan berkongsi mengupah si Penjaga Kubur mengambuskan balik tanah kubur Mak dan menambah batu kecil atas kubur Abah. Alhamdulillah kedua pusara dikemaskini dengan baik.

Tanah pusara Mak terjerlus dilanda banjir...sedang dibaiki

Setelah semuanya beres, kami bertiga mengambil peluang untuk bersembang kosong. Banyak yang kami berkongsi cerita tentang diri dan keluarga masing-masing. Begitulah nampak gayanya kesibukan kami hinggakan nak berjumpa adik beradik pun cuma sekadar beberapa minit sahaja dibawah sebatang pokok kuini berdekatan pusara Mak dan Abah. Namun, kami bersyukur kerana dapat juga kami bertemu dan melepaskan rindu. Terima kasih aku ucapkan kepada Abang Ani yang membawa telur asin dari Pontian dan terima kasih kepada Han kerana membawa sebekas Asam Pedas Ikan Parang dan  belikan ikan segar dari Pasar Besar Muar. Terima kasih juga pada adik bongsu kami Intan yang berkirimkan sos Mee Bandung jualannya. Itulah kelebihannya punya adik-beradik yang ramai dan bersatu hati. Alhamdulillah.
                   

Abang Ani, Han dan aku.

Sebelum berpisah, kami mengambil peluang untuk bermaaf-maafan serta mengucapkan Selamat Beribadah dalam baki bulan Ramadhan dan selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri. Aku dan waris-warisku meneruskan perjalanan kami untuk pulang tetapi kami mengambil masa menyusuri jalan-jalan lama yang pernah aku lalui dahulu. Nostalgia sikit.Sempat juga kami melepaskan rindu pada rumah tua di Jalan Duku. Teringat aku macamana arwah Mak dan Abah akan sibuk bila anak cucu mereka pulang. Seolah-olah ternampak-nampak mereka duduk atas tembok depan rumah melambai-lambai kami. Itulah sebenarnya saat paling bahagia untuk mereka kerana itulah aku rasakan kini bila anak cucuku pulang ke rumahku.

Satu hari nanti, kita akan ke sini juga.
 Menziarahi pusara akan mengingatkan kita.....

Al Fatihah buat arwah Mak dan Abah serta arwah-arwah  yang sudah mendahului kita.

Doaku semoga Allah ampunilah dosa-dosa kedua orang tuaku. Murahkanlah rezeki mereka di alam barzakh berkat pahala dari segala kebaikan yang aku dan adik beradikku kerjakan selagi ada umur kami. Lapangkanlah dan terangilah kubur mereka Ya Allah dengan pahala sedekah dan amal jariah kami. Kesihanilah mereka sebagaimana mereka mengasihi kami semasa kami kecil dahulu... Semoga dapat kita semua berjumpa dan bersama di Syurga nanti...InsyaAllah.

Kami pun meneruskan perjalanan pulang ke Shah Alam. Puas hati dapat menziarahi pusara kedua orang tuaku dan lebih lagi ialah bersyukur dapat bertemu dua dari adik beradikku yang seramai 11 orang......  sebenarnya sedozen tetapi seorang meninggal kecil. Perjalanan pulang tanpa kesesakan lalu lintas berjalan lancar. Sempat beli kupang dan buah-buahan di tepi jalan. Sempat masakkan untuk berbuka  dan dengan izin Allah, masih ada kudrat untuk berterrawih penuh! Syukur kepada Illahi....... Alhamdulillah.....

Sempat juga beli kasut Raya.