Thursday, August 6, 2009

Reminder from si kecik...

Yesterday, I arrived early at Shad's school to fetch him.. so had to wait for him to finish school. The moment he saw me, he ran towards me and said "Ibu, besok Shad nak puasa sunat". Oh I suddenly remembered, Nisfu Sha'ban. I said, "ok, besok kita puasa sama2 kay...".
Last night, before he went to bed, I asked him betul ke nak puasa. He replied, "Nak! Tadi masa Maghrib malaikat tukar buku baru". I asked him nak sahur apa, and he said "nak makan nasi goreng Thai". Actually nasi goreng Thai tu nasi goreng biasa-biasa je, but what makes it different from the other type of nasi goreng that I usually cook, is that this one I use chili paste + kicap & rencahnya daging + udang, pastu taburkan telur dadar yang dihiris nipis on top of it. Saja bagi nama glamer to differentiate from my other usual type of nasi goreng (cili api + telur pecah+ ikan bilis).
So.. bersahurlah kami pagi ini dengan nasi goreng Thai. I woke him up at 5.20 am. Lepas makan dia nak tido terus.. I asked him to wait for Subuh prayer, but he said ngantuk sangat. So I let him sleep lah..... Pukul 6.45am nanti baru kejut.
Some information on Nisfu Sha'ban:
"Malam Nisfu Syaban dikatan para malaikat akan memindahkan & menutup segala daftar amalan. Allah SWT Yang Maha Pengampun memberi peluang untuk hambanya membersihkan rekod amalannya pada setiap hari khasnya diwaktu asar, setiap minggu khasnya pada hari Jumaat , setiap bulan khasnya dimalam Nisfu Syaaban, Setiap tahun khasnya di bulan Ramadhan Al Mubarak.” (Source: http://www.baalawi-kl.com/)
More information, here and here.

2 comments:

  1. Neasuci,

    Syukur laa... Budak2 sekarang very knowledgeable.

    Masa I kecik2 dulu, tak tau apa2 pun.... Sekarang pun, kadang2 lupa, mujur la my Queen yang selalu dok remind ... :)

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  2. I pun sama... harapkan mak abah je yang ingatkan. Tapi skang dah jauh dari diorang, luckily ada budak kecik tu. And because he attends islamic school, sometimes we get reminders from the school. You're lucky to have your Queen near you.

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