Kahwin Masa Belajar

Q1: Madam Mona:
Fenomena kahwin awal sangat viral di media. Boleh madam ceritakan "secara ringkas" tentang persepsi masyarakat terhadap anak muda yang berkahwin awal, zaman dahulu dengan sekarang? (Soalan ni nk ringkas je, tak nak drag)

Q2: Bro Anwar:
Berkahwin umpama mendirikan baitul Muslim, rumah bagi para Muslim. Selaku orang yang berpengalaman, boleh Bro Anwar cerita sedikit detik bertemu isteri. Kalau ada cerita member boleh la share.

Q3: Madam Mona:
Pada pandangan madam, apakah faktor yang perlu dipertimbangkan sebagai seorang pelajar untuk berumah tangga? Cth: dari sudut kewangan, restu ibu bapa, faktor kematangan dll.

Q4: Sis Adilah:
Ada orang kata, kahwin masa belajar ini memberi kesan pada akademik, ada kata sebaliknya. Jadi pandangan sis bagaimana?
Cth: Prof Muhaya, Ustzh Siti Nor Baya, IM Asyraf.

Q5: Madam Mona:
Apakah saranan madam pada pelajar yang bercita-cita untuk berkahwin pada masa terdekat ini?
(sesi harus berakhir dgn madam)

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SSS Kahwin Masa Belajar

Q1: Adakah isu pemuda berkahwin awal menjadi satu kebiasaan? Apakah persepsi masyarakat yang berkahwin awal, berbanding zaman dahulu?

I think the guys should listen more than the ladies because it is the guy who proposed the girl first, right? In my generation, girl do not have much choice, either they do not go to higher education or they do not go to school at all? So it is a cultural norm to be married at very young age, and the women remain as housemakers. It was accepted at that time, but for now, women are given equal opportunity to further their studies. For now, people who do not want to pursue their studies culturally was unacceptable. Parents expect their children to study first, to have financial independent before they settle down. So I think that’s about it.

MOD: Jadi pada zaman dahulu, golongan wanita lebih mudah kahwin awal namun tidak pada hari ni kerana kaum wanita lebih mementingkan pelajaran. Jadi pada hari ni kahwin awal itu menjadi satu isu.

Q2: Selaku orang yang berpengalaman, bolehkah br Anwar menceritakan detik pengenalan dan memilih untuk berumah tangga?

Bagi saya detik pertemuan dengan isteri pertama saya agak romantik. Boleh buat novel. Saya start kenal dengan isteri saya start masuk uia kuantan. Masa first year, saya ditakdirkan dengan dia dalam grup lab. Masa tu saya kenal dia, dia seorang yang pemalu sebab dia pakai purdah. Second sem dia tak pakai purdah atas sebab tertentu. Pada suatu hari tu, saya tak datang lab. Saya terserempak dengan dia dan dia tanya, “Anwar, kenapa awak tak datang lab? Awak sakit ke?” Saya pula jenis yang cepat perasan, kawan-kawan saya pun tak ada yang concern pasal saya. Tiba-tiba saya rasa sakit tu hilang. Lepastu dia jalan, dia rushing tak tahu pergi mana.

Sem kedua pula, masa dia nak pinjam kereta sewa. Masa tu dia mula tak pakai purdah. Dia tegur saya macam dia dah kenal. Saya pun terpinga-pinga, “Siapa dia ni?” Masa tu saya dah start rasa nak berkenalan. Malam tu saya tanya, siapa drive kereta saya? Dia jawab dia. Sebelum tu ada perbualan dengan kawan, tentang ada seorang sister dalam kelas saya yang sebelum ni dia pakai purdah dan sem tu dia dah tak pakai purdah. Masa tu saya dah start nak approach dia. Saya kenal dia sebulan je, saya call ayah dia dan saya prepare atas kertas. Saya call ayah dia, ayah dia tanya sikit je dan dia terus terima. Semua perkara yang saya tulis panjang-panjang atas kertas tu, saya tak cakap pun pada ayah dia. Lepastu saya ambil keputusan untuk merisik. Saya orang Melaka, dia orang Penang jauh.  Tapi dia ada ayah sedara di Melaka, jadi saya datang merisik di rumah ayah sedara dia dalam pertengahan bulan empat, atau hujung bulan tiga. Seminggu sebelum habis final exam, saya pergi meminang dia. Kami letakkan tarikh 6/6 masa second year. Ada kawan yang tak habis exam lagi pun. Kemudian 6/6 tu terpaksa extend lagi seminggu sebab dalam kampung tu tak biasa ada banyak majlis kahwin. Kemudian rasa macam lama sangat extend seminggu tu, jadi extend sehari je. Begitulah detik pertemuan saya. Saya ringkas sangat cepat sangat mudah, insyaAllah.

Sedikit tip bagi lelaki, kalau nak approach tu kena berani. Buat persiapan mental dan fizikal supaya tidak cepat menggelabah dan kita tenang hadapi ujian itu, InsyaAllah. Dan jangan rasa perkahwinan tu sesuatu yang seronok, perkahwinan itu satu ujian yang akan membuatkan kita lebih matang, insyaAllah.

Q3: Apabila ada anak muda ingin berkahwin awal dalam satu kampung, pasti ada mulut-mulut makcik berkata, “Kamu nak bagi anak kamu makan apa? Pasir?” Jadi madam Mona, selaku lecturer parenting yang berpengalaman, apakah persediaan yang perlu dilakukan bagi para pelajar yang ingin berkahwin awal? Dari sudut kewangan, kematangan, dsb.

I didn’t say you should or shouldn’t marrying while studying. In fact, I’ve googled on experts on marrying at young age. They seemed can’t give me a satisfactory answer to it. It depends on you, whether you’re prepared mentally, physically, emotionally and financially, of course! If you’re matured enough to carry the responsibilities, then go and discuss with your parents. And go ahead with your plans. The factors that you must consider before getting married. First and foremost, you must know what is your responsibilities, and your must know what your responsibility is? As a husband later, and your wife also. And you must consider about your education, do you have enough time for studying, or how if you accidentally have child during your studying? Like you need to work during your study something like that. It’s like you do not want to depend on your husband entirely during your study to support you financially because both of you are studying. Alright?

Such Br. Anwar, he was very brave. He collabs with her father and I am sure it is not easy. You cannot sleep, thinking overnight but eventually your script do not work. You’re so lucky because you just talk a little bit and her father was convinced and accept you. Maybe he heard the way your maturity speaks. So these are some of the things that you need to conside before you have big things in your life.

Q4: Kita berminat untuk bertanya kepada Sis Adilah, ibu kepada Aryan. Bagaimanakah kesan selepas belajar terhadap akademik?

Bagi saya, prestasi selepas kahwin meningkat. Bukan meningkat sedikit tetapi meningkat banyak. Dalam kelas lebih fokus. Anwar yang ajar, kena fokus dalam kelas. Bila kahwin, orang kata banyak sangat tanggungjawab sampai tak boleh fokus dalam kelas. Bagi saya semakin banyak tanggungjawablah kita makin fokus dalam kelas. Sebabnya dalam kelas sahajalah waktu mustahak untuk kita belajar, sebab waktu lain dah tak ada masa dah. Sibuk dengan urusan suami, sibuk dengan urusan anak. Jadi dalam kelas sahajalah waktu kena fokus dalam kelas. Kita dapat didik kita tentang kepentingan masa. Kita study sama-sama, satu kelas lagi. Kalau tak faham tanya. Jadi bila dua-dua tak faham kena fokus dalam kelas la. Lelaki perempuan ni lain cara belajar. Kalau saya, kena baca banyak kali, kena renung, baru faham, kalau lelaki dia baca sekali dan fokus dalam kelas. Dia boleh faham dah. Bila belajar sama-sama, jadi markah kita berdua pun lebih kurang sama je. Satu dua markah je dengan dia. Secara tak langsung pun jadi persaingan suami isteri. Saya tak mahu kalah dengan dia, dia tak mahu kalah dengan saya. Siapa pointer lagi tinggi, dapat hadiah. Bergantung pada diri sendiri. Kalau sebelum kahwin malas, selepas kahwin tidak berubah pun sama je. Bergantung pada diri sendiri juga.

OTW nak pergi moto pun, kalau tak faham pun tanya suami. Masa berjalan pun tanya dia. Jadi bagi saya kahwin masa belajar ada banyak perubahan pada akademik.

MOD: Nikah Khitbah. Setuju atau tidak, nikah ini mampu menjaga kita daripada maksiat? Apakah hubungan Br. Anwar sesama member kawan selepas nikah? Boleh cerita sedikit?

Nikah khitbah sesuai untuk orang yang berhubung jarak jauh. Cadangan saya pun begitu juga sebab kita masih belajar. Apabila saya lihat balik financial saya, cadangan saya terus nikah betul daripada nikah khitbah. Saya seorang yang panas baran. Keturunan panas baran. Isteri saya jenis lembut. Saya belajar lelaki perempuan ini ada persamaan, dua-dua ada ego. Saya belajar kita kena atasi ego sebab ego yang menyebabkan perkahwinan kita terumbang-ambing. Dua-dua kena turunkan ego dia. Kalau ada perkara yang saya tak suka dia buat, saya kena banyak belajar bersabar. Sekarang banyak perubahan dari situ. Dari sudut belajar pun, pelajaran saya terganggu sebelum kahwin. Selepas kahwin, saya tak perlu fikir dah benda tu. Belajar pun mudah dan tidak banyak halangan. Manage masa supaya lebih bermanfaat, jangan bazir masa. Saya lihat kawan-kawan ni banyak suka main games. Nasib saya bukan jenis ketagih games, jadi banyak masa boleh dimanfaatkan di situ. Alhamdulillah, banyak perkara positif berbanding perkara negatif.  

MOD: Apakah pandangan madam terhadap anak perempuan yang ingin berkahwin awal tetapi ada tentangan dari ibu bapa mereka?

I think most parents, especially mothers want their daughters to get married as soon as possible. When they met the criteria of a financially stable and religious men. I don’t think so this will happen. If you need a bit longer to convince your parents, then why not? Wait a bit longer. And you should mee your family’s son-in-law. I don’t have an experience getting married at young age because I’d married after studying, getting a child and getting back to study again. I don’t have financial problem because my husband is already working.

You have to be responsible and you have to ask yourself, why you want to get married? You have to do background check, you have to ask your friends. Can we afford to have a house? Should we live in a separate mahallah. Now there are ways to prevent pregnancy. And lastly, you need to know want the couples want and to make it work. 

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Moderator: Bro Luqman Suharni

Panelist: Sis Adilah & Bro Anwar

Sesi: Sembang Santai Sciencess, Edisi Rabu, 25th November 2015

Program: Wackos Lounge, KOS

Aku Pecinta Wanita

"AKU PENCINTA WANITA"
Date : 2 November 2015
Time : 1PM - 2PM
Venue : Wackos Lounge

Panelist: Madam Mahani & Bro Haiz Sokhini

Moderator: Sis Shafaw

Q1: Rasulullah sangat menyayangi kaum wanita. Mutiara dalam agama adalah wanita. Boleh Madam kupas dengan lebih lanjut tentang kedudukan wanita dalam Islam? – Madam Mahani

My first impression about the topic itself, “Aku Pecinta Wanita” is what? Am I going to talk about lesbian or feminism? I never thought about Ha’iz will be there as well. That was my first expression. When I saw Ha’iz (in the poster) and I said, “Owh… she’s talking about Ha’iz!” So it make sense for “Aku Pecinta Wanita” because he is a man. Thank God he’s a man! *laugh

When we talk about prophet in “Aku Pecinta Wanita”. We already knew that he was the most perfect sinless being. Maksum. So he should be taken as a role model when we want to do anything in this life. Don’t take others, such as batman, cicak-man, beruang-man, or kluang-man or whatsever. We have prophet to begin with! So especially when it comes to love and marriage, and what not. The prophet was good in everything. Since today the topic is “Aku Pecinta Wanita”, so we would focus on how prophet deal with women. Particularly with his wives.

Before that, at least we should try to know who are the wives? And I even do not know except for Khadijah and Aisyah. So if not because of this topic, I would not read about it either. So maybe we can share who are the wives? Who knows the twelve women, who used to be married to the prophet? Nobody right? So I can tell you who they are.

Okay, the first one of course. Khadijah binti Al-Khuwailid. And then Saodah Zama’ah, and then we have Aisyah Abu Bakr, Hafsah Omar, Zainab Khuzaimah, Ummu Salamah or Hind Uthbah, (in Malay we say Hindun), and Zainab binti Jahsy, Juwairiyah al Harith, Safiyyah Huyayy, Ummu Habibah Ramlah, Maria Syaman, and Maimunah al Harith. How many of you know all these? So he married to twelve women, I guess not the same time. So don’t get excited brothers, you cannot married twelve, you can only married four. BUT, I tell you married one wife is a headache enough! Don’t even imagine that you would have two, three or four. If you can find ONE! Then you can move on to the next, the next, and the next right…

Since we’re talking about “Aku Pecinta Wanita”, a prophet. So it is a good lesson for all of you men! Would like to be married someday insyaAllah. The prophet is so busy being everything in the world, he still have time for women. In fact, he spoke if I am not mistaken, correct me if I am wrong, he likes three things in life. Number one is solat, number two is women, and number three is perfume. I am not an ustazah, some of you is hafiz and hafizah. Correct me if I am wrong. I am a secular person! I do not know much about religion, except that I am learning. I’ve stumble upon himself so called an ex-muslim. He was belittering prophet, the fact that prophet loves women, food, perfume. There was no mentioning about food! In fact, the prophet never eat twice in a row with full stomach! How can he describe that he the prophet loves food?

Anyway, the prophet was very sensitive towards the feeling of women. He used to tell Aisyah, he said, “I know when you are mad at me, I know when you’re pleased with me.” So when Aisyah was very mad, she would say something like, “By the God of Ibrahim” but when she was pleased with something, she would say something, “By the God of Muhammad”. He was so sensitive towards the feeling of women, he could even tell that. So how many of husband today? Know the feeling of the wives? I guess you guys do not know because you are not married, so make sure you guys will have the sensitivity to know your wife, or your wives….And prophet knows how to stand the jealousy of women. Women by nature are very jealous. I do not know whether these girls are very jealous. Are you jealous girls? I am quite jealous, but I don’t show it. But I am jealous. 

And there’s a time where Ummu Salamah brought a dish to the companions. Aisyah saw that and she was very jealous that she broke the container. Prophet knows that women are jealous, so he took it and eat it, and brought some to the friends/companions. This is the jealousy of women, so make nothing out of it! Women don’t be too jealous, and men should understand the jealousy of women. He also understood the nature of women, because by nature the women are made of most crooked of the the rib right? If you try to straighten the rib in a haze manner, it will break! And if you leave like that, the women will remain crooked until she dies. So as a husband, you should learn that you should teach your wife, or advice, or love your wife, try to advice her in the best manner possible. Don’t be too harsh and don’t be too loose like you don’t care about your wife. And if they go out, doing sinful things, and then you say, “Owh, it’s okay and then it is 2000 now. Nobody really cares, the women have the right. No!” You should advice your wife. He also demonstrated love and royalty. Love of course to Aisyah, because he really loves Aisyah even he declared the facts that he really loves Aisyah. He was very loyal to Khadijah. He was married for twenty-five years, he was monogamous. He was not practised polygamy until Khadijah was dead. So if you guys ever think about polygamy. Wait until your first wife dies! Don’t you dare, until there is some reasons that you cannot avoid. When your wife is sick, and cannot do anything anymore. Then you can have second wife. Don’t have a second wife because you say that men can do so. Be loyal to your first wife, if you really want to follow the sunnah. Don’t say that you’re not following the sunnah, but you’re not really following. Don’t marry your wife, you have your children and you just leave, have another one, then you have children then you leave.  

He was also so very romantic. If you want to have a role model of a romantic man, you have to take the prophet. Not Brat Pitt, or Cluney, none of those. Aisyah narrated hadith said, “when she have a drink from a cup, prophet will drink from the same place where she puts her lip.” For now, I guess boyfriend and girlfriend, they share straws but when they get married, they even don’t want to share a kettle. They even have their own kettle. You have your own pot, I have my own pot, so don’t touch it! That’s terrible. So follow the prophet. Aisyah have a piece of meat, so Aisyah bite the meat, then the prophet put his lip where Aisyah bite the meat also. So that’s how romantic the prophet is. What else? So he also played. He ran along with his wives. Once you’re married, don’t be shy to hold your wife’s hand. Don’t hold her hand when you’re mingling. Might as well hold ‘babi’ is better. Touch the pig, is better than holding the girlfriend’s hand. Isn’t it?

In Malaysia, when you do this to your wife, people will look at you. “Hey, funny!” They expect for you to do that when you’re coupling. Isn’t it sad? And you have to treat your wife fairly even when you’re angry at her. And you have to think of something good. There must be something good about the person. Then why would you marry her in the first place? Then after five years of marriage, after you saw all bad things about the woman. When we go to the conference, what they asked us Ha’iz? “What is the difference between a girlfriend and a wife? About 25 kgs?” Just because she become so fat than you do not love her anymore! So even you’re mad at your wife, make sure you think something good about her. Otherwise, you’re wrong about her, because you’re marrying the wrong person. Give presents to your wife, or to your wife’s friends. I’ve a few more but we have to stop. Thank you very much.

Q2: The problem with our society today. Women that wear tudung, but their not covering their aurah properly. How’s your comment? – Bro Haiz

Terima kasih kepada sis moderator. Saya sebenarnya tak layak bercakap depan ni. Sebab memang tak ustaz pun. But I will not be munafiq, I will be honest as a man. As a college student that honestly, we men, suka tengok perempuan tak pakai tudung. We need to respect women, treat them as queen, but of course, you can advise us to lower the gaze and all, but we still have the desire to see it. Right? Ada golongan lelaki yang baik-baik. There are men community when they avert their eyes when they see women. But in reality, bila kita tengok kat kedai mamak. Bila awek datang, tengok kepala lelaki. Even if you don’t want as men, you would eventually do as circumstance. In UIA, alhamdulillah we have so called ‘biah solehah’. Sisters di sini menutup aurat. Realiti kita duduk dalam TV Al Hijrah, belum keluar tengok tv3, astro dan semua kan. When you go to work, so you would eventually see this.

To emphasize, I followed Emma Maembong. When she starts to wear tudung, I unfollowed her. Sorry, I think some people might shine my opinion. So I will talk in seriousness pasal menutup aurat ni. Even there’s a women wear tudung, with tight clothes, but we have to understand that it might be her first step to cover her aurah. Maybe before this she’s wearing shorts, not wearing scarf, so you have to acknowledge that is her first trial. For all of women here, alhamdulillah everyone are covering well. When you see the girl just started off, you shouldn’t bashed her. I would also not saying loose, of course you have to cover your aurah from head to toe. The truth thing of course, you have to cover up because you’re a Muslim. For me, queen titled only for my mom. 

Q3: Feminism seperti Sisters in Islam. Mereka banyak tuntut pelbagai hak yang tidak layak bagi mereka. Apakah itu Feminisme? – Madam Mahani

Feminism is a range of movements, or ideologies share a common goal. So what is a common goal? Actually a common goal is to established an equal political, economical, cultural and social rights of women. So original idea of feminism is great, is noble. So but somehow along the way, it loses the focus. We would discuss about the three main phases of feminism. First one in 1800, I think in earliest 20^th century something like that. At that time, the concern of women is just something like having the right to vote! They’re going to vote men, but in that time it was important to vote! For truth, I will reach 54 years old soon and I have voted once in my life so far. Don’t follow me of course, that’s not good. You must vote!

Second phase, associate more with social and cultural equalities. After they have political right to vote, they want to have the cultural and social part of it.  They want to have as equal as men. So any symbol of men oppression women, such as wearing gurdle, wearing bra even wearing makeup, so they will throw away all things that symbolises oppression by men. So they went braless. It was during 1960’s. We don’t want to do it girls. The second waves, they stated that they do not want women to be an object! Because you supposed to portray your brain rather than your body. That was their second movement which that is also what Islam teaches us! Especially we’re not a sex object. So people don’t look at your body, they look at your mind also.

The third wave was the continuation of the second wave. They were not happy with what happen on the second wave. It is okay to use our body to gain whatever we want to gain. It is okay to wear push up bras, and we can still have our brain at the same time. That’s what happen to people like Beyonce, Shei Low, they say it is a symbol to empower women. “It is our body, come on girl! You can do whatever you like. Show it girls!” And men are looking for it. So Allah made us to wear hijab for our protection! Not to oppress us. Do you feel oppressed people? When you wearing your hijab? We are trying to cover our aurah right? Not to wrap our body. But still some women still supports the second wave, which to use the brain rather than to show off your body to attract men something like that!

On internet, there is a site where women against feminism. There is a facebook, “Women voice against feminism of its toxic culture”. They say that women don’t need feminism because there is not really a problem actually. So people are really confused. If we are not back to Islam, we are never going to be satisfied until the doomsday. Allah knows His creation, so He sends us the manual. If we do not follow the manual, at the end, we are going to spoil the machine. Right? We are the machine. We are going to destroy ourselves.

Especially due to some weakness of Muslim men. Listen up Muslim men! You are giving the wrong impression to the women. Not people in this room maybe, as you’re angels. *laugh Perharps the ustaz didn’t brief them correctly such as Sisters in Islam, they’re attacking Islam rather than the Muslim men. We should attack the Muslim men, not Islam. Men are not perfect, they’re human. In my point of view, Sisters in Islam is good if they lift the status of women but we do not need it because Islam already uplift the status of women. Prophet was sent to human, as a rahmat to the whole world! Because women in Europe were having the dark ages of Europe, coincide with the highest status of women in Islam. I have misconceptions that we were all having dark ages during that time, but eventually one the Europe having dark ages. That’s how bad secularism teaches us. I think we should educate men, and ustaz to teach back the truth regarding the right of women. Such as Irsyad Manji, and Marina Mahathir, they are attacking Islam. Islam is not fair because of the faraid system. Men get more, and we get less. Men get more but have to spend a lot more, but we get less and we get the whole thing! So Islam is fair. So many people do not know that. We need to learn about Islam, and not following the West teaching back in the dark ages. We have examples to follow. For men, we have prophets. For women, we have Khadijah, Aisyah and what not. Thank you.

Q4: As we reach 20s, we start to think about relationship goal. Apa pandangan Bro Haiz terhadap sikap anak muda masih belajar, tetapi sibuk mencari cinta? – Bro Haiz.

I would like to quote this in so many times. Ada tiga benda yang menjatuhkan negara iaitu, rasuah, tidak menepati masa, dan yang ketiga adalah ‘cingge’. Cingge tu awek atau perempuan. Zaman Islam dulu kalau nak pilih tentera, dia tengok kalau malam-malam menangis sebab perempuan alamat lingkup tentera tu. Kalau malam menangis sebab dosa-dosa dia, baru boleh menang pasukan tentera tu. First, kill those feelings. Do not lie to yourself. I will give you the anatomy of a guy approaches a girl. During first met, you would not eventually lose the battle. It will go slowly until you do not know where you are. It starts with a meeting with your group discussion. You enjoyed it. And you usually exchange your assignments at midnight. If you’re thinking you can outsmart syaitan! Who are you to think? You will lose this fight. On the girl side, she will start think about your sense of responsibility and kindness. Their imam! InsyaAllah Allah will give you more protection. I believe it is true. Everyone will gone through this in university. You will start texting, or having signals. Some of you might have the wrong signal, some having the right signal. Then you start hanging out together. When in UIA, you’re kind of trying to justify all of your actions by comparing to your friends’ mingling from other universities. You should be aware of this. Just beware guys!

To clean up all those leaks, you decided to get married. Perharps in future, you will meet other woman. You’ve been unjust to your future wife. If you have feelings to a particular girl, you have to amputate those feelings. Matikanlah benda tu. Ini kata-kata Umair Sulaiman. Amputate your feelings before it grows like a cancer in your heart, just stop! Stop talking to her, minimise contact and everything. You would know actually when you’re ready. You know when you’re ready. You can’t outsmart syaitan. 

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Moderator: Sis Shafiqa Shafawi

Panelist: Madam Mahani | Bro Haiz Sokhini

Documentation: Sis Najihah

Camera man: Bro Nu'man

Sesi: Sembang Santai Sciencess, Thursday, 1-2 pm, 5 March 2014

Program: Wackos Lounge, KOS

Special editor by  Otranscribe.com

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Apakah pendapat Dr tentang mahasiswa yang memberikan alasan mereka tiru, tidak merugikan sesiapa?

Meniru sudah menjadi sesuatu yang biasa dalam kalangan masyarakat. Bahkan sebenarnya, amalan meniru ini sudah dipupuk dari zaman sekolah. Bermula dengan hal-hal kecil seperti meniru untuk kerja rumah, meniru semasa kuiz dan dibawa ke dalam dewan peperiksaan. Semua ada akal waras dan sedar akan akibat buruk andai mereka terkantoi. Tetapi mereka endahkan.

Pada pandangan saya, mereka yang meniru dengan alasan tidak merugikan sesiapa telah berlaku tidak adil untuk orang lain yang jujur. Ye lah, orang lain bertungkus-lumus belajar, stay up sampai ke subuh hanya untuk mengulang kaji pelajaran dan memahami konsep pembelajaran dengan menyeluruh. Jadi, apabila ada yang mengambil jalan mudah, dengan hanya meniru mereka mampu memdapat keputusan yang cemerlang, seperti mana mereka-mereka yang sudah bertungkus lumus belajar, adalah tidak adil.

Kedua, saya lihat tindakan meniru ini sebagai satu perkara yang merendahkan kualiti seseorang pelajar itu sendiri, merendahkan segulung ijazah yang dimiliki malah merendahkan juga kualiti sesuatu universiti. Ingat tujuan kita untuk masuk universiti, adalah untuk menuntut ilmu. Masyarakat melihat golongan yang berjaya menjejakkan kaki ke universiti ini sebagai satu harapan baru yang mampu mengubah dan mencorak masa depan negara. Kebanyakkan dari kita juga, apabila mendapat khabar berita bahawa kita berjaya mendapat tempat di universiti, pasti ibu dan bapa kita membuat kenduri doa selamat bagi meraikan kita. Betapa tingginya harapan masyarakat khususnya ibu bapa terhadap kita. Jadi, kalau kita meniru, dan andai kata suatu hari nanti kita terkantoi, pasti akan memalukan diri, keluarga dan saudara mara.

Ketiga, saya merasakan peranan pihak pengurusan dalam mengenakan tindakan tegas kepada mereka yang didapati bersalah dalam meniru, perlu ditekankan. Saya kira, apabila ada yang dikenakan tindakan serius atas kesalahan ini, ia akan menjadi pengajaran untuk pelajar lain supaya menjauhi tabiat meniru.

Boleh Dr. bandingkan cara-cara zaman Dr. meniru dengan zaman kami? Siapa yang lagi bijak meniru?

Tabiat meniru ini sebenarnya bersifat evergreen. Dari zaman ke zaman, tekniknya sama sahaja. Yang berbeza mungkin dari kemudahan seperti telifon. Banyak gelagat pelajar dalam meniru, antaranya bisik-bisik, jenguk-jenguk orang sebelah, pass note, tulis atas kaki, tulis nota kecil atau bawa toyol, tulis nota atas meja bagi yang sudah survey tempat duduknya di mana, dan paling terbaru mereka menggunakan kaedah memuatkan kesemua nota ke dalam telifon bimbit. 

Siapa lagi bijak meniru, itu tergantung kepada kepintaran dan kelicikan pelajar itu sendiri. Namun kini, pihak pengurusan sudah menetapkan beberapa garis panduan dalam mengawal pelajar di dewan peperiksaan. Antaranya, tidak boleh membawa kotak pensel, dilarang membawa telifon bimbit, tulis nama jika hendak ke tandas dan akan diiringi oleh pengawai yang bertugas, dan banyak lagi. Hal ini bagi mengurangkan statistik dan kebarangkalian pelajar meniru semasa peperiksaan.

Pada pandangan peribadi Dr. apakah alasan mahasiswa meniru?

Pada pendapat saya, banyak faktor yang mendorong mereka memilih untuk meniru. Antaranya, bebanan kerja yang terlalu banyak. Memang tidak boleh disangkal lagi yang mahasiswa ini sangat sibuk. Mereka terlalu banyak yang perlu di kejar, banyak subject yang perlu dipelajari. Jadi bagi yang tidak arif dalam pengurusan masa, mereka mungkin akan merasakan mereka tiada masa untuk study. 

Kedua, stress. Pelajar masa ini banyak benda yang mereka masukkan dalam fikiran. Contohnya, masalah percintaan. Selalu sibuk melayan buah hati dan ada segelintir yang meluangkan terlalu banyak masa berkomunikasi dengan teman lelaki atau teman wanita, berdating dan sebagainya. Ada juga yang mengalami masalah percintaan sehingga membawa kepada tekanan perasaan. Maka, datang perasaan malas atau tiada mood untuk study bagi peperiksaan akan datang. Pada akhirnya, mereka meniru.

Ketiga, kerana pekerjaa. Marketibility ini sememangnya setiap mahasiswa itu tahu. Apa yang perlu ada dalam diri seorang graduan  bagi memenuhi permintaan kerja di luar sana, dan apa yang menjadikan mereka setanding bahkan lebih baik daripada graduan universiti lain. Pointer. CGPA. Ya, mereka yang meniru ini mempunyai impian, visi dan misi untuk mendapat keputusan cemerlang dan mencapai target dean list atau ijazah kelas pertama. Mereka merasakan meniru adalah satu-satunya cara mudah untuk mendapatkan keputusan cemerlang. 

Seterusnya, financial. Ada di antara mereka merupakan pelajar tajaan. Jadi desakan untuk mendapat pointer yang baik bagi setiap semester menjadi pendorong mereka memilih untuk meniru selain dari faktor-faktor yang saya sebutkan di atas.

Terakhir, sikap mahasiswa itu sendiri yang malas. Mereka malas untuk mengulang kaji subject dari awal dan lebih suka untuk belajar di saat-saat akhir. Apabila masa semakin suntuk, dan mereka merasakan tiada harapan lagi untuk otak mereka menerima setiap satu informasi atay kita panggil otak tepu, jadi, mereka sekadar menyalin semua teori ke dalam satu kertas kecil dan membawa toyol exam ini ke dalam dewan peperiksaan.

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Moderator: Sister Anna

Panelist: Dr Normawaty (Head of Marine Department)

Sesi: Sembang Santai Sciencess, Edisi Rabu, 21st Oktober 2015

Program: Slot Bazaar KOSFEST, IIUM

#Berikut itu tadi merupakan sedikit isi yang diketengahkan semasa perbincangan. Setiap yang dicatit mungkin berbeza dengan ayat asal, namun masih berada dalam konteks pembawaan yang sama. Setiap kekurangan datangnya dari kami, setiap kelebihan datang dari Allah sendiri.

Bila Jesni Mula Berbicara

Sembang Santai Sciencess 2.0

BILA JESNI MULA BERBICARA

Moderator: Syed Dana

Speaker: Dr Jesni

Time: Thursday, 1-2 pm, 5/3

Q1: Bagaimanakah kualiti mahasiswa IIUM pada zaman dahulu, berbanding zaman sekarang?

Saya rasa dari segi kualiti dan atitud sangat berbeza. Nak soalan tutorial, zaman kami nak datang kelas dan tak nak datang kelas pun takpe. Internet takde, tapi fasiliti masih kira cukup. Zaman kita dah adult. Sikap ni akan dibawa sampai ke universiti. Zaman sekarang, you need to be independent. Dari segi pendidikan I think you guys goes stronger. Zaman dulu, lecturer belum masuk lagi dah fed up, zaman sekarang student lagi cepat pick up. You’re so lucky, you have more chances to learn more.

Q2: Apakah pendapat sir, terhadap pelajar-pelajar yang bercadang kahwin awal?

Bab ni sangat menarik. Kahwin tu seronok. Jangan salah faham, ia ada membawa tidak maksud setakat seronok sahaja. Seronok tu bermaksud companionship. It’s an institution of marriage, which also overlap with institution of parents and children. If you have PTPTN, you need to settle four years of study first. Tak study, tak kerja, tiba-tiba seorang lelaki nak ambil anak dara. Tapi perempuan masih dalam tanggungan mak ayah. So you take the risk of marriage. Then if the girl get pregnant. Lelaki buat tak tahu je.

Cinta ni membawa mandi tak basah, makan tak kenyang. Perasan kahwin ni disebabkan oleh cinta. At your age, the chemical is very high, but after two to three months, the chemical goes down. Then you no longer have that crazy feeling. Then it goes to a battle of raising a child. I’ve experienced watching my daughter being pushed out of my wife’s womb. Its so freaking me as a guy! And of course, my wife looks very tired looking, landing herself on the bed. You can see the head of the child coming out! I guess I still remember the moment. You if you a husband, you’d better be there. You will remember for the rest of your life. Then that love feeling will transform into affection, the feeling of caring, and responsibility towards your wife.

So, if you want to marry right away because of love, two months later down the road, I tell you that feelings will fade! Better you hold first. You’d try to blackmail the entire world, you fikir tak kahwin tak boleh study. Nak rompak bangunan. For those people, I’ve a very good advice for you. You need to see your counselor, you need to see your physchiatrist. 

Q3: Is there any girl in your time who got married?

Owh, there is only one girl in my faculty who got married. She took the longest time to graduate. After a while, she got morning sickness. My wife, alhamdulillah she’s very lucky. Dia takde morning sickness langsung. Both children. Takde nak minta bukan-bukan. Kalau gajah bunting dua tahun. Manusia biasa sembilan bulan, so after the first child, she gets pregnant for the second time. So she needs to take leave for a few times. So in my time, almost no one got married in my faculty. So I knew one woman only who actually got married during my study.

Q4: Exam oriented student? Apakah pandangan sir?

Exam oriented ni sebenarnya, bukan perkara baharu la. Konsep exam oriented ni sebenarnya, banyak pihak yang boleh dipersalahkan. You start to blame your brother, your sister, your parents, you start to blame your prime minister, just about anyone, everyone.  

You study for exam. Your study on the syllabus and every context, on how the questions is going to be asked. Ada banyak aspek boleh dibincangkan. I’m not going to discuss about that. Number one, its really hard to get pass year questions. How it could possibly you’ll be into exam oriented, as you never answer pass year questions? Then, number two, we rarely mention about exams, we asked you to gain that knowledge! You sendiri yang degil, “kalau fail exam ni susah ni!” As you realise, exam oriented is not the invention of the university, but we need exam for few reasons. I’ve discussed before with a deputy from a kuliyyah, which I don’t want to mention. He really don’t wish to conduct an examination, he prefer by just arranging classes, discussion, and gain new knowledges. Then, how we will know whether you will pass or fail the subject? Its hard to do check and balance. So if we conduct an examination, it would be easier to check your understanding. That all the reason. The mark is still there as long as you understand the topic. Lepas tu menangis sebab exam.

Exam-oriented. So I think the only person who can help you to get rid of this exam-oriented thing is you! You have to get rid of it! You just have to stop and learn.

VIDEO URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL2e0W_t8U0

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Moderator: Bro Syed Dana

Panelist: Dr Jesni (Physics Department, IIUMK)

Documentation: Sis Najihah

Camera man: Bro Nu'man

Sesi: Sembang Santai Sciencess, Thursday, 1-2 pm, 5 March 2014

Program: Wackos Lounge, KOS

Special editor by  Otranscribe.com

The 7 Wonders

"THE SEVEN WONDERS"

Date : 16 April 2015

Time : 1PM - 2PM

Venue : Wackos Lounge

Panelist: Bro Hirzie (PostGrad)

Moderator: Bro Muaz Azmi

Q1: Pesanan buat lelaki.

Rajinkan diri berjemaah di surau. Kalau tak sempat solat berjemaah di masjid pun, at least di surau. Untuk perempuan saya nasihatkan jangan lengahkan solat. Itu sahaja. Seboleh-bolehnya buat dalam waktu yang awal. Seterusnya, bagaimanakah kita boleh dapat kekuatan berjemaah di masjid atau di surau. Bincang pasal solat sunat pula berkait denga empat solat sunat utama, iaitu:

Solat sunat sebelum subuh.

Solat sunat dhuha

Solat sunat tahajud

Solat sunat witir (paling senang)  paling kurang satu rakaat.

Selain itu kita boleh buat solat sunat Tahiyatul Masjid, dan sebagainya. Antara solat Maghrib dan solat Isyak kita boleh buat solat sunat Witir. Ada sahabat Rasulullah buat sebelum tidur, ada sahabat buat selepas tidur. Sahabat buat sebelum tidur adalah sahabat yang berhati-hati, sahabat yang buat selepas tidur adalah sahabat yang kuat. Sebenarnya saya sendiri juga susah yang buat solat sunat Tahajud ni. Meskipun susah nak buat solat sunat sebelum Subuh, pastikan solat Subuh berjemaah jangan tinggal dan solat Isyak berjemaah jangan tinggal.

Kalau lihat hadith, solat Isyak berjemaah itu pahala dikira separuh malam, dan solat Subuh berjemaah pula pahala sepanjang malam. Oleh itu, hendaklah para lelaki menjaga dua waktu solat berjemaah ini.

Untuk kaum perempuan yang ingin mencari calon lelaki yang soleh, kamu mesti cari tiga ciri ini. Ciri pertama, lelaki ini mesti jaga betul-betul lima waktu berjemaah. Ciri kedua, lelaki ini mesti berbuat baik dengan ibunya. Ciri ketiga, kamu mesti cari lelaki yang kaki kuliah. Dia suka pergi kuliah agama.

Kemudian saya nak cerita pasal majlis ilmu. Sebelum tu saya nak cerita, ciri saya Kelebihan majlis ilm ada tiga. Yang pertama, malaikat melebarkan sayapnya. Yang kedua, Allah campakkan rahmat dalam majlis ilmu. Yang ketiga, Allah mencampakkan ketenangan dalam hati kita. Sebab itu, tok guru saya pernah berkata, cara terbaik untuk menenangkan hati kita adalah dengan duduk dalam majlis ilmu. Ok, cuba kita tengok cerita “Fast and Furious Seven”. Saya antara yang mengikuti cerita ini dari awal lagi. Apakah elemen yang ada? Ada elemen lumba, elemen bergaduh, elemen mencuri, ada elemen kata-kata yang tidak elok. Tapi yang peliknya, kenapa ramai orang suka tengok? Kalau ikutkan benda-benda efek tu benda tipu je. Ada olahan grafik semua. Nak kata di sini, kita ni bodoh. Bodoh kuasa dua. Kalau pelajar universiti Islam, kita bodoh kuasa tiga. Kalau hendak dicari nilai-nilai baik dalam cerita tu, tiada nilai baik bagi saya. Kita pergi beli tiket, dan balik rasa seronok. Kita rasa seronok dengan olahan jalan cerita dan pembawakan cerita itu. Kita suka pada perkara begitu. Tak salah rasa saya kata kita ni bodoh.

Biasa dengar kitab Bahrul Mazi, maksudnya rawatan madu. Ditulis oleh Syeikh Idris Nabawi. Dalam kitab ini diceritakan kelebihan orang yang menuntut ilmu agama. Tadi kita bicara pasal orang yang hadir majlis ilmu agama, dia datang untuk mendengar sahaja. Dia sudah dapat tiga kelebihan itu, tapi ditambah lagi dengan tiga kelebihan yang lain iaitu, malaikat mendoakan dia, yang kedua dapat pahala jihad fisabilillah, dan yang ketiga adalah dikafarahkan dosa-dosa yang lalu. Bagi lelaki yang hendak berkahwin, pastikan kamu tahu ilmu agama tu. Solat itu ada kehebatannya, tetapi kenapa kita tidak merasainya? Ini boleh dikatakan masih ada masalah dalam solat kita. Dalam kitab fekah ada dikatakan bahawasanya ada 21 perkara yang membatalkan solat. Takbiratul ihram ada 21 sah yang boleh membatalkan solat. Salah satu sebab kita ke majlis ilmu, yang pertama untuk mendengar, dan kedua untuk memperbaiki amal ibadat kita. Dengan ini, boleh menjadi satu kafarah dalam menghapuskan dosa kita yang sebelumnya. Di Kuantan hampir setiap masjid ada majlis ilmu. Surau di MKAW, masjid SHAS, masjid afzan, hampir semua ada setiap malam. Sekejap je, tak lama pun antara Maghrib dengan Isyak. Banyak peluang yang ada.

Bagi perempuan pula, kamu boleh ambil peluang solat berjemaah. Dengan cukupnya tujuh perkara ini, saya yakin ini bukan amalan yang susah. Ada seorang wali Allah di Kedah boleh dikatakan dia tidak puasa lima hari sahaja setahun. Iaitu dua hari raya, dan tiga hari tasyrik. Amalan setiap hari, dia sentiasa membaca Al Quran. Ini amalan wali. Sekurangnya saya membawa tujuh perkara amalan hebat ini yang boleh kita semua buat. Alasan kita untuk tidak buat amalan ini adalah, malas!

Bagaimanakah melawan malas? Paling mudah adalah paksa diri! Ada jiran saya bertanya, apakah cara supaya istiqamah solat berjemaah? Saya kata dengan dia, solat subuh tu pakai baju siap nak pergi kerja. Kalau sempat balik rumah, kalau tidak sempat terus pergi kerja. Ramai ada alasan tapi semua tak boleh terima, melainkan sakit tak boleh nak buat apa dah. Saya bukan hendak rendahkan sesiapa, saya nak bagi kekuatan. Apabila bercerita pasal amalan ni, semua boleh. Apabila dikatakan paksa, boleh ke paksa? Bila dikatakan ikhlas sahaja, mesti mereka fikir buat dengan suka rela.

Menurut Ustaz Hasbullah. Ikhlas ni kita buat kerana Allah walaupun kamu terpaksa. Bagi perempuan, kalau ada kawan kamu tidak menutup aurat, kamu cerita pasal benda ni. Jangan tunggu rasa ikhlas tu, rasa tak sedap buat kalau tak ikhlas la. Ikhlas ni kita buat walau dalam keadaan terpaksa. Ulama mengatakan kita perlu buat sekurang-kurangnya dalam masa 40 hari. Dan jangan tinggal walaupun sehari, kalau tinggal maknanya kita kena kira balik sebagai hari pertama. InsyaAllah kita akan ada kekuatan untuk buat semua tu.

Christian Ronaldo dan Linsley menjadi kegemaran ramai peminat bola sepak meskipun tidak pernah menang piala dunia. Dia mengetuai pasukan sebanyak 23 orang selama 8 tahun. Suatu jangkamasa yang lama. Sultan Muhammad Al Fatih mengetuai pasukan 200 ribu orang pada usia 24 tahun untuk melawan Kostantinopel. Rahsia kejayaan adalah agama, kerana beliau tidak pernah meninggalkan solat sebelum baligh. Dan apabila dia mengimami 200 ribu tentera itu seolah-olah semua sama mengikut. Ada dalam hadith mengatakan, “Dialah sebaik-baik raja, dan tenteranya adalah sebaik-baik tentera”. Selalunya saya akan cerita dengan budak-budak sekolah. Kita akan tengok orang yang boleh bagi contoh atau rujukan pada kita.

Tujuh perkara yang saya sebutkan ini antara tujuh perkara yang kita boleh buat. Malu kalau universiti Islam tapi masjid tak penuh, surau tak penuh. Saya pernah pergi kolej Islam Selangor, masjid dia memang hebat. Penuh orang. Kita boleh dapatkan semangat daripada kawan yang rajin solat berjemaah.

Tujuh perkara itu adalah:

1-      Solat

2-      Doa

3-      Zikir

4-      Selawat

5-      Baca AlQuran

6-      Sedekah

7-      Majlis ilmu

Isu sahabat bangunkan romat solat Subuh.

Isu berjalan sambil tengok handset.

Isu palestin saudara kita.

Sekian, wassalam.

VIDEO URL: -

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Moderator: Bro Muaz Azmi

Panelist: Bro Hirzie (PostGrad)

Documentation: Sis Najihah

Sesi: Sembang Santai Sciencess, Thursday, 1-2 pm, 16 April 2015

Program: Wackos Lounge, KOS

Special editor by  Otranscribe.com

Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nmLhNs1wnw

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Moderator: Bro Muaz Azmi

Panelist: Muhd Hirzie, Postgrad KOS

Documentation: Sis Najihah

Camera man: Bro Nu'man

Sesi: Sembang Santai Sciencess, Thursday, 1-2 pm, 16 April 2015

Program: Wackos Lounge, KOS

Special editor by  Otranscribe.com

Wait A Minute! Are You A Student?

Wait a Minute, Are You A Student?

Moderator: Farid Abd Ghani

Speaker: Dr AbduRezak Abdullahi Hashi

Time: Thursday, 1-2 pm, 5/3

First son of Madam Mahani, also I can’t see any S3 members here, but I can see brother Firdaus, we have brother Firdaus, sciencess exco back there, Zainab from IAB, and fellow brothers and sisters. Welcome, welcome to sembang santai for today, my heart felt gratitude for you to be with us today. Most of us felt granted to ustaz rezak today, and we will discuss a lot later on. Before that, I'll introduce myself, I'm Farid, today's moderator insyaAllah. 

Without futher a do, I would let ustaz to introduce himself before we go into questions.  Ok ustaz.

Ok, thank you very much for inviting me to this lunch hour discussion. We always have classes a formal, a subject is already there, but a sometimes in a classes, when you're in classes you feel very formalized  and then the content is already selected, the course content is already specify for you to talk about, and what not to talk about, and therefore sometimes you need go to some informal discussion..1:42 

So, I think that you want to have lunch and discussion at the same time haa..  Two in one, dua dalam satu. So which is good actually, how we talk about informal discussion while we don't have depression of taking no ye know, of whatever so.. I think I agree with that spirit, so sometimes you need more wider discussion in a topic.

So I think in my discussion, my introduction, I think we all know each other, either you nor me. Department of Biotechnology, lecturer of UNGS, and philosophy of Islam and Science as well as other subjects, while I think we generally we know each other. When you asked me to introduce myself, I generally don't know where to start unless you want to know whether I'm married or not married, as a very prefer..2:41 

So, I think we straightforward we go to the discussion. We're better, I think better.

I think we don't need to go to introduction, as we know already Ustaz Rezak. and InsyaAllah for today's discussion I try to put this in a very interesting way exactly like Ustaz Rezak used to say it. So, Wait A Minute. Are You A Student, InsyaAllah, it's our topic today. Wait a minute 2.0, considering that we couldn't manage to have our Sembang Santai last week so we try to manage it this week insyaAllah, and Ustaz Rezak manage to be here this week, Alhamdulillah, so my first question. 

Q1: We would like to ask ustaz to share on his extensive study experience, insyaAllah

Bismillah, first of all  I would like to apologize about my absence last week, because I totally forgot, and I think if I was correct, Al-Insan is Insan. ye know, we sometimes forgot. I still enjoy somewhere in Kuliyyah of Medicine. When I came here, there are teacher reminding me, ye know.. 

I choose to dancing somewhere there ye know,  

And don't you remember, actually you have a..

Wait a minute, [sigh] it's that true,

then, I remember, but that time I was already late. So , I apologized, for not coming or being absent last week, so this week i'm around.

Number two, talking about what's student's life is actually meant. 4:36 and how I experience it in my life. In my experience,  I studied in IRK, I did my Bachelor, Master and PhD in Faculty of Islam, Revealed Knowledge, and Human Sciences in Gombak IIUM. Therefore sometimes I introduce myself as I am, as normally we say saya anak UIA. I am child of IIUM, just to say even I started my English languange, I started in here. and came to here, my English languange is very.. poor. You cannot imagine, it's like almost flat ye know. Can say it's know. My teacher said, "why you didn't pass my classes?" ye know. 

And I came remember, in 1996 I think most you at that time are either two years or three years old or some of you are not yet born. [sigh]

In 1996 so, I attended. I sit for English Placement Test, so how we called it, EPT and APT, Arabic Placement Test. APT I didn't have problem with it, I passed. I came from Arabic background, so I was ok with it, Tilawah I was also ok with it, just to show off. [sigh] 

but English, I remember I was looking for EPT. And then I wrote my name, and matric number. Nothing else, I left it blank and I meant it. The reason is because I wanted to start from scratch. from zero, because sometimes I tried. I could have try, because from my previous of secondary study, English, which is very poor and general. Very poor. So if try, at least I could get two or three or forth level of English, so when I consulted and chit chat with my friends.

Hey wait a minute! They told me you that if you want to study English properly, well this is your chance. So they adviced me to start form zero, take your time, study properly and see how it goes. I took that advice, I felt that advice was useful not to delay my study but at that time, I was allowed to study about one to two years in English, depending on the level. So, what I did like it's better to start and to start it properly. Give time, relevant time, normal time. So, I wrote my name, I wrote my matric number. I tried to read the paragraphs and questions. Some of them are familiar to me, and then I thought I have to study English. This is my chance! 7:35 

Because my Arabic background, my Arabic life ye know was almost dominating everything in my mind. If I started back, I studied two things in Saudi Arabia before I came to Malaysia, I studied cerficate in Maahad Imam Syatibi and there they called it as certificate in Islamic Studies, and Arabic Language. Maahad Imam Syatibi and before that I studied in Jamaah At-Tahafuzul Qur'an Al-Karim which I don't want to mentioned which you guys insisted to mentioned. That is a group of halaqat. It's like a halaqat class, they're dedicated for memorization of Quran. 8:31 

So, back home. When I was in my hometown, I studied Quran, but it was not through tajweed and ye know, so when I came to Saudi Arabia I felt this is my chance to improve the Quran studies, and I spent almost one year to review naad update my memorization of Quran and I did. Not to mentioned, I was awarded, in Quranic memorization, but which grade not to mentioned there. there came to my show off! 8:59 So when i finished and we were offered to join studies in ye know they called, Egypt Training Certificate. Because we were trained because we won the Quranic memorization there, the tahfiz. They selected almost 30 of us. from that, ye know contest, that the first 30 students, they selected them to become teachers, but before we become teachers of Quran and Arabic language, they say, they offer us the Egypt Training Programme, like a certificate. And there also I performing well and then I go well. And then from there, I say hey wait a minute! Now, I need to go for, to studying for my.. There I comformed two things:

Number one, I updated my Arab 9:53 languange, number two I have updated also my memorization of the Quran. So it was a chance for me, and that time I applied a few universities, because when you did your secondary school back home, when you finish your secondary school, sometimes you straightforward go to university is good. But sometimes, it's good to have some kind of like, we called reaching some places, some places they called surfaces they called, I advised at least one or two years to have some updates there. That was a very good experience to me already. Why? Because a part from updating Quran studies and Arabic studies there, I also updating myself at least try to teach and share ye know the Quranic studies there.

From there, I met a good friend of mine who came from Saudi Arabia, he came with me and we pray in the mosque together. I was a student of IIUM so he did mentioned to me that, "Oh well, there is a university called IIUM ye know. International Islamic, Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiyah Bi Maliziya (Malaysia)."

 I was like, and then I said, "Oh well, ok can I send my certificate with you and then you applied for me, well then we connected and then he say.."

"Well done, and give your documents and then I will see. And just present there"

That is how I came to know IIUM. 

Then sometime, after sometime I got the admission offer letter, then I started my English here, they called it CELPAD. I remember, I almost confused to wrote 'P' and 'B'. When it comes to Quran recitation, we will struggle with A and 'A. Then I will enjoyed there. [sigh] 

And then last night, I saw my son, he need to struggle with ha and ha'. Alhamdu.. Alhamdu... Alha'mdu.. ye know this latinized pronounciation they always have ye know, this latin, they always have challenge with ha and ha'. Those who grow in primary school, in a halaqat, they always have these pronounciation corrections. They studied with tajweed, then it is easier for you to distinguished between ha and ha', a and a'.

Anyway, we still struggling in Arabic. And in Arabic we have 'ba' and we still struggling with 'pi' and  'p', 'p' and 'b'. Anyway. I came to say that, and then I studied my English, our imam is already having fun, [sigh] so that I where I started my bachelor. Well, to say with you that I got some challenges, with the English languange I have to share with you but alhamdulillah it managed well, I finished within one year, and then after that I started my bachelor while I still have some skills, reading skills. So I started my bachelor together with ye know, well challenge might experience I can share with you. It was numerous, but one of the challenge

in the student's life in how to manage my time. That was a big challenge! Big challenge!

Generally that was a challenge, especially at that time, internet was becoming popular, and handphone were coming at 1996, 1997. So, now of course it's more challenge I think. That was a challenge, courses, and then you have spent some time with your friends, spent some time with your internet friends. That time, there was no Facebook, 14:20 but now I think that things are getting complicated. So, alhamdulillah I managed. I finished my bachelor, I finished my master, and then I finished my PhD. And then everything has gone well, and then I am will you. I still a student, I'm not proud. [sigh]

I'm still a student, I'm still learning   (14:39) , I'm still reading. 

Q: So, thank you to ustaz for sharing his experience. I think it is very interesting that ustaz left his EPT blank, I think most of us does the same thing right. Almost! Almost! Ok, so on to the next question, we see now that ustaz is very familiar with IIUM. He has been as a student and lecturer in IIUM. 19 years, I mean, I could remember ustaz mentioned about that. So, could ustaz share us the challenges that student generally face and how to overcome them. How we basically as a student, based on your experience.

A: Well, actually that is a very good question, it effects student's behavior and performance. But, in my experience as I said, ye know. It all depends on how you manage yourself. One of the thing that you learn in study life, or student life or university is ... Well a part of is that you attend a part of your assignments that you prepare, is how you manage yourself independently. Because before this, when you're doing your secondary, primary, basically you're dependent on your parents or your guardians. When now you come to this level of study, this is the level of study whereby you're no longer spoon fed, ye know. No more spoon feeding. 

But here, in this level you are now assumed to be mature and independent, and here is our change to perform in a time management, forming good relationship, normally ye know when you're with friends, and especially trainings. So you'll be disciplined. Because when you're young, when you're still young in secondary school, `ye know people always tell you what to do, and you just follow the instructions, but at this age, this is the age that you'll start feeling like you're the one basically make decisions. What to do? Everything belongs to you, and if you notice we are in classes, unlike secondary school and primary school, where you're in university level, mainly we're associate duties to you. We asked you to write assignment, to do this, to do that, have you done this. We require more from your side, because we assumed that you are mature and independent in decision making, So, as long that you're in secondary school, we prefer for you, do this one, memorize and write it! Primary school we  help you a lot. 

Yes, in primary school and secondary school there are homeworks, but here we have assignments. You're assigned to a task to do. So, one of the thing that a part from your subject from your specialization. One of the thing that learn is how to do responsible, independent and ye know thing, making your own 18:00 decision.  There is one thing that I've noticed ye know sometimes when I was a student, and I experienced a student life which I think it needs to be corrected. That is sometimes you feel like, you are not the decision maker, sometimes you feel like you're having less responsibility. In other words, you're a student. Even when it comes to social affairs or public affairs or public duties. You feel that some sort of techniques and the head of department, the dean, and director, and rector, those leading the institutions that you're studying are responsible for the institutions. Other institutions, they're also responsible, and the criteria they're supposed to be responsible and the ummah has responsible again to responsible people. But if you noticed that you're one of the ummah, as a student and you have the responsibility. It is true that you're the decision maker from now in a given institution, but you have friendly spoke, yes you have other duty or actual duty or whatever19:04. Before this you have duty, you have the responsibility which indeed to learn. I've noticed that today, and I always mentioned in the classes. 

Today, yes you're a student. In a student life, you're doing a job for your family, for your tribe, for your nation or whatever.. Today, we need several people who supposed to learn and study. That is what we were gifted. Studying and learning is a duty itself. 19:38 Before it becomes a right, it is a right and it is your right to study. But it is a duty also. Why? Because nation needs future leaders. So, in order to have good future leaders, we need to have good student today. So, you're a student of today, children of today if you wish. If you're from mind, where you're children of today and you're the decision makers of tomorrow. I've remember of my teacher in Saudi Arabia. He came from Al-Azhar who taught me in that. He was used to say:

"Ya Aulad!” We were not aulad. We were not children actually, we're self-matured like you guys. 19.. 20.. 21 years old, but he used to say, 

"Ya Aulad (Arabic Quote)"20:29 which sounds very meaningful ye know.. It's like you're the children of today, but you're the decision maker of tomorrow. When you don't prepare yourself today, you don't feel responsibility of tomorrow today, of course you cannot perform well tomorrow. And that is what we want students to realize. So if you're realize that you're going to be generation of  tomorrow, decision makers of tomorrow, you'll prepare yourself now! Studying, doing your field well. Realizing your surroundings. 21:07 What are when missing. So, this are the things we need our student to do be mindful of. You need to be mindful of our responsibility. 

Why?   

Because, yes now your decision based on your university, your department, for your kulliyah you are in. There are some people who make decisions, but tomorrow you're going to be the decision maker so we need student student to think and see what you're doing whether it is ummatic duty or family duty, self duty. So, let us be mindful of our responsibility. Let us study back, that's the point I wanted to make.

Q3: Thanks ustaz for the advice. So, Alhamdulillah when ustaz answers the first question, it brings to the next question. We see throughly in our previous discussion, ustaz has been studied in IIUM. So, he have choices to choose universities, other universities according to his friends. So, why why IIUM ustaz? How IIUM Kuantan can reflect on your experience on how to contribute to the ummah. I believe you've mentioned last time. 22:42 

A3: How IIUM Kuantan can contribute to the ummah huh.. I think you have many ways. You can contribute to the ummah in many ways. Number one, we need to start from your study first. If you improve your study, and help yourself, you're already have contributed to the ummah. Do you noticed that? 

Hightlight>> "If you improve your study, and yourself already have contributed to the ummah. Do you noticed that?"

You're one member of the ummah. I think you feel that well you see, the Muslim ummah is one billion and half ye know. And I am one of them, so who am I? ye know. Nothing! My view kind of 'dot' (so tiny) ye know of the Moslem. If you think you're so little and you make no difference. You see sometimes they joke about this, and I wanted you to think about this. If you think you're so little and you cannot make difference. Think about the mosquito. 

Mosquitoes are very small right, but it prevent you to sleep well at night, right. They make differences. Mosquitoes are very weak actually, by one touch, it dies. But ye know the noises they make at night. Very biteful and painful also. Very hard. When it bites, ya salam.[sigh].   

At night you cannot sleep, it bites. Even it doesn't bite but it makes a loud noise. And you cannot sleep when it make noises. It just one 'makhluq'. Have you seen it? So you cannot see it even without microscope. Right? 

But, it make difference. You see, no one is worthless. Everyone is worth. And it is worthy in its own way. So, based on that I think an individual, you can contribute to the society in a positive way. 

Number one, you do yourself well in study. 

That is already contribute to the ummah. Why? Because we don't want anybody to fail in the ummah. If you fail in the study, one of the ummah will be failed. So if you do well in your study, almost 1.5 billion Moslems, one half billion Moslems already successful. 

Number two, your friends.

You share ideas. You talk to them. Some of them might facing difficulties, family difficulties. Some friends already having some physiological trauma because of some pasts that they recall or hear or maybe some of them are not feeling well, to be duty to help reasons. Or maybe some of them are not there to help because some conflicts. You can start from yourself and then you go to your neighbour or your hostel.26:03your friend, your clerk. And what assumption that you feel better within your small community. Your friends. Then, you can think about the society as a student. 

In terms of helping, so especially when there are floods [sigh]. So when there is flood, and of course people become weak and they need help. So, when you're still young. I'm no longer valid, I'm old you know it. I don't have muscles. It seems when you're still young and your healthy is fresh, insyaAllah you can always be healthy. You can contribute to the ummah by helping those in natural disaster ye know. Whenever they were bleeding, ye know. Or maybe you can go to community service in natural environment, especially student in 'Plant Science' you can check whether our rivers are being handled in a healthy way, ye know water contaminating. Why people still use the dustbin. You know that are so many ways you can help the ummah apart from your study. But for me, I always say like from beginning you need to think on how to be successful in your study. To be a student communicator to the environment. 

First, community service come as fardh kifayah. Fardh ain now, focus on your study. When we say about study here, it's not meaning that you need to go to the class and do assignment. You can study in many ways, especially nowadays we are lacking the culture of reading. The culture of reading is missing. Why I say this? I say this because have you noticed in our library here, unless there is a midterm exam, our librarian are jobless do you know that. Nobody comes to borrow a book, very calm (the environment), only a few guys one there and another there. You can count the guys in the library ye know. Then you feel like where are the students, are they alright? Well, you can find them somewhere outside the library. 

I see library because the library is the house of knowledge, whereby books, articles and journals are there. What I want to say here is, having an empty library whereby students are there only in midterm exam, reflect for sure is that our culture of reading is falling down or decreasing. 

Why? 

Because you see, because why only during midterm and final exam only then the library in crowded. Because we are becoming the student of exam, we're in need of pressure. Something that you need to study by itself. Itself is an object, kind of aiming things that we need for.

"Ustaz Razak, need for us to do assignment,         

Dr wants me to do assignment,

midterm exam are tomorrow..

and I have to make sure that I get a good grade"

So we are more consider about grades, rather than knowledge as a measure, as an aim or as a major objective. 

How many of you remembered about the story that I tell you in the class about when one man is passing away, I think you know the culture. He said one known statement say that "I die while I can't place the word 'hatta'. How many of you don't bother about the gramatition, 30:08 dissimilation and discoverage of knowledge as today. How many of you are worried to unsettle the given issue in your field. All fields has issues that was certain, whether in marine, in  biotech, in cts, in plant science. Wherever you go, there is certain issue that need to be settled down. So how many of you are worried about what we have contributed here. How many of you are worried about whether we've chit-chatted about it  with our friends in Facebook and Whatsapp. That is how I want to advice you, that I expect the contribution from you, only ONE contribution that is  let us read together. study. reading [sigh].

MOD: Alhamdulillah, thank you to ustaz on how they share on how to contribute to the ummah with knowledge. So, we're near to our end of discussion. So, I would like ustaz to give on how he propose a minor in Islamic studies.   

Ustaz: Actually there is because in IIUM, we aim to integrate knowledge especially in reason and revelation. So I think most of you are aware that one of main aim of university is integration of knowledge. 

Integration, Internationalization, Islamization, Triple ICE. 

For example, integration of knowledge derived from reason and derived from Islamic revealed studies. That is the concern. Some kuliyyahs in IIUM, they've done something about it. For example, Kuliyyah of Arabic, Kuliyyah of Law, Kuliyyah of Ahmad Ibrahim Law, I suppose I've corrected. Kuliyyah of IRKHS, Kuliyyah of Revealed Knowledge and Human Science. They combined the integrated Islamic revealed knowledge and human sciences subject. In a way that when you admitted to the kuliyyah, you've been given a choice to study in human science or Islamic science. Islamic studies. When you choice Islamic studies, you have three major choices in Islamic studies, meaning you have Usuluddin and Comparative Religion, major, or you major in Quran wa Sunnah, or you major in Sunnah and Fiqh ala Sunnah Fiqh.

So let us say you choose three of these majors. Then you have by right to take minor from human science. Either you take education or journalism. or you take sociology or psychology as a minor. Or you take a history or language. You have choice to choose field as a minor. Or you choose to take major in  human science, as major in psychology for example, or sociology or communication and journalism, or other field in human science. Then by right, you may take minor from IRK, either Quran and Sunnah, Usuluddin and Comparative Religion or Fiqh and Usul Fiqh. 

In other words, they are putting these two fields, Human Science subjects and IRK subject together. You have also a choice for example in my case. I took IRK as a major, Islamic Revealed Knowledge and I took Usuluddin and Comparative Religion as a major. My minor was Communication and Journalism. So when I graduated, the university give me a choice to do one more year and have another degree in Communication and Human Science. Which in one year, you top up, and then you have a double degree. One degree from IRK, one degree from Human Science. That choice is available. But for me, I like more in Comparative Religion and Philosophy for the master in my major. Later on when you do major here in Human Science, they give you a choice whether to do master in IRK or in Human Science. 

Why?

Because now, we have double degree here. Kuliyyah of Law also have double degree. They have what we called, sharia laws, and conventional laws. So  basically you'll find four years mainly you concentrated on conventional law then add one more year, if I not mistaken. Later on you can check from the website, and then it gives you double degree, same like it close to IRK. You can check from the website. Kuliyyah of Economics also same, Islamic Muamalat and Conventional Economics. They jumped twice, they combined together. So here, based on that experience based on that suggestion, I don't remember but there is a suggestion in our campus here (IIUM Kuantan) to have minor in Islamic studies and offer to our students here. Science basic facults. So, in a way let us see the degree in Science 36:24 , so degree in Science, it is based on any other degrees in other universities. But in meantime the university will give you a choice,  to do one more year in Islamic studies, let us say you choose Fiqh and Usul Fiqh. Let us say you choose Biotechnology, haram and halal issues are always very much relevant in bioethical studies. So for example, fiqh and usul fiqh minor. So when you graduate, of course you know how to apply in the kuliyyah ye know. So, you'll graduated in five years but with Islamic studies degree. Major in Science degree, then you top up one more year, or maybe there are suggestion that the Islamic studies are offered in short semester. That time we don't have courses right. So, we'll finished within four years. Within short semester, you'll utilize it to have Islamic studies. That was the suggestions. We've preparing the course outline, somehow it stucks somewhere ye know. We also get tired [sigh], even we submitted for several approval, but after that there was no one is pushing hard, it stucks somewhere. And we still have the minor. 

To my understanding, in my opinion, being the product of integrating curriculum, because myself as I graduated from IRK as I told you, which has integration of knowledge. It is better for you to have, as I say minor in Islamic studies. Therefore, they are told you to being integrate. And if you ask me, I will support further and I agreed. How do we achieve ye know, it is the matter of balancing the courses sometimes, but I advice you if possible within this campus if we can go with the help of student community, if we could have minor in Islamic studies for Science based students. I think if we achieve that will be a very brilliant and adviced comanded by walk. Thanks you very much. 

MOD: Syukran to ustaz. So, we would briefly highlight some of the major points. So, ustaz has been educated from tahfiz school in Saudi, also ustaz manage to get his bachelor and PhD in IIUM Gombak. Also I've another question on how students can manage without having to spoonfeeding? like in school, our number one priority is to study well as we are now today in IIUM Kuantan, the culture of reading is missing. Our library is empty, yes ustaz. And finally regarding the proposal minor, we want to clarify whether it is still in the proposal level.

We already proposed, and if I not mistaken, there is some progress. I want to double check again how far it is approved, after being proposed and finalised. It needs to be pushed an often.

So, we still pushed it in order, with the help of student society.

MOD: So maybe IAB would do something about it insyaAllah.  Thank you ustaz for the sharing. So, I want to welcome you for any question, please. If no question, I would like to thank you all to join our sharing discussion, to Madam Mahani, Sciencess EXCOs, SRCs, especially to ustaz. Although it is brief within one hour, we pray for Allah on what is rightful to us for being in this session , InsyaAllah. So , I would end our discussion with tasbih kafarah and surah Al-Asr.

VIDEO URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8bxrLIlepk

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Moderator: Bro Farid Abd Ghani

Panelist: Ustaz AbduRezak Abdulahi Hashi 

(Islamic Revealed Knowledge, IRKH and Biotechnology Department, IIUMK)

Documentation: Sis Najihah

Camera man: Bro Nu'man

Sesi: Sembang Santai Sciencess, Thursday, 1-2 pm, 5 March 2014

Program: Wackos Lounge, KOS

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