alhamdulillah, i'm back in Malaysia, n we're in a new home now, i named it Baitul Asma, which means High House, or maybe also House in the Sky, n it has my Mum's name in it as well, so i think it's a perfect name for this house~ lol.
this is the view from Baitul Asma. SubhanAllah.. this was taken on a fine day (no rain).. one can actually see the Kelantan River from our windows n verandah. so in the monsoon season such as now, i can monitor the level of the Kelantan River, which i hope you can vaguely see in the panorama image above.
now, referring to my previous entry, about the ni'mah of having lots of free time n how to use that free time as an ibadah to Allah. i know some friends are doing summer school back in NZ, n mashaAllah that's a great thing to do in order to fully occupy yourself with digging into knew knowledge in search of Allah's Greatness n His Pleasure. well to those at home, don't lose hope! don't get bored! there's loads to do!
so, back to the core business, in everything we do, it is really important to purify our niat (intentions), n try our best to have goals/objectives that we would like to achieve, n then try our best to achieve them. in terms of arts, there are lots of activities/projects we can do. alhamdulillah, Allah gave me an idea to do Art Projects with my youngest sister, who also likes arts. our first project is making a 'Tabung Infak' for our house, The 'Tabung Infak' Project. it's a container, where anyone can donate money, which would be given to those in need, in the cause of Allah.. or in other words, to give alms.
using a used container, we just stuck some colourful ice-cream sticks (which i got from a camp i went in Wellington - Mukhayyam Al-Badr ;). my sis also had some too. hehe)
together, we painted a strip of paper, to be lined around the wall inside the container, to make it more colourful n attractive!
but wait! we need something that people can read to know what infak is all about.. the 'educate n create awareness' objective! remember?? hurm..
...n wrote some important notes about INFAK. with some nice quotes from the Holy Quran, to explain the virtues of INFAK.
Alhamdulillah, we were satisfied with the outcome, n i hope it would be a long lasting 'Tabung Infak'.. inshaAllah, the money collected would be donated to any mosque/Islamic institution/Muslim in need.. for the cause of Allah..
finally, i would like to say that, anyone can do da'wah (inviting one to Islam.. embracing Islam as a way of life).. one just needs the urge to do it, Islamic knowledge, some brains n a good heart in attracting one's attention to Islam. Allah didn't give brains n hearts to us for no purpose~ so use them wisely! in the case of an eight-year old who likes arts, like my li'l sis, I chose Arts to win her heart.. =D
inshaAllah, you can do it too!
next project, some done n more to go, inshaAllah: The 'Decorating-our-house-with-Zikrullah' Project.. =]


