Alhamdulillaah. Exams are over and I have an extended summer holiday..this is an excellent time to work on myself spiritually, psychologically, physically, etc. I really wanted to go on holiday abroad but since I went to Pakistan earlier this year, and Saudi Arabia last year for 'umrah and 2 years before that to 3 different continents...I can wait a while :P

I came across this recently...makes you think 'am I an oppressor without knowing it?':

Ten Oppressors
Imam as-Samarqandi

Tanbeeh al-Ghafileen
© 2003 Darul Ishaat

Sufyan ath-Thauri, may Allah have mercy on him, said that ten people are regarded as oppressors:

1. The person who prays for himself, but forgets his parents and other believers.
2. The person who does not recite at least a hundred verses of the Qur’an daily.
3. The person who leaves the Masjid without performing at least two raka’ahs of salah.
4. The person who passes a graveyard without greeting the deceased or praying for them.
5. The person who enters a city on a Friday and leaves without performing the Friday prayer.
6. That man or woman in whose vicinity a learned person comes and none acquires any religious knowledge from him.
7. Those two people who love each other for the pleasure of Allah but are unaware of each others names.
8. That person who is invited by another but does not accept his invitation (when acceptance does not contradict the Shari`ah).
9. That youngster that has no commitments yet does not acquire any religious knowledge or manners.
10. That person who has eaten to his fill while his neighbour goes hungry.

So, like, its smackbang in the middle of exam season and the pressure is on to get as much revision done as possible to get the highest grades possible. Up until this point, everyone has the same goal, i.e. to pass. The reasons for wanting to pass may be different, however: pleasing the parents; getting to uni; getting the best job; getting outta college as quick as possible; impressing peers etc. Personally, its a bit of everything for me (except the last bit - who cares?!).

I hate this time of year. Revising has got to be the most boring and tedious thing in the world, along with watching golf and clothes shopping. I fall asleep just thinking about it. On top of that, I'm a good few weeks behind on my revision timetable...blimmin' things...I make 'em every year but never ever stick to 'em. Aaaarrgghh!

I have an exam tomorrow, so if you're still reading this and haven't died of boredom yet, PLEASE PRAY FOR ME! Especially if anybody is setting out on a journey or something...since Allaah [swt] accepts that du'aas of a traveller. I need all the du'aas I can get. Whenever I say that, people tell me to tie my camel and trust in Allaah. I think, InshaaAllaah, I've done that...I'm still tryna tie that camel though...it keeps trying to kicking me and run away every time I try to tie it.

Anyways...look at me, I have an exam at 9 in the mornin and I'm sat here discussing camels! Before I go tackle another past paper, here's something I found amusing:

http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/oa/*http://uk.download.yahoo.com/ne/fu/oa/iraqreport.wmv
"Iraq report: In the [pathetic] battle for hearts and minds, some things get lost in translation."



As-salaamu 'alaykum wa Rahmatullaah.