Assalamualaikum warahmatuallahi wabarakatuh, today I would like to share about my experience and knowledge about usrah for sem 2 session 2021, namely usrah 51 and 52. My usrah, usrah 51 combined with usrah 52 makes our group members at least 40 students in our usrah. Our usrah is led by madam Asmiza Binti Shamshi or we called her as madam Mimi. The usrah session should actually be made as soon as we enter this 2nd semester but had to be postponed first.
FIRST MEETING
So, at our first usrah meeting, madam mimi suggested us to do ice breaking to get to know more about other friends considering we each have different course. Based on my experience, I found madam is a person who really understands the situation of her students and really likes to chat and share her experiences with students. Madam is also good at capturing the hearts of her students by being loving to her students. In this meeting I also found many of my friends who are very committed in giving a very good response to the question of madam.
SECOND MEETING
For the second
meeting, we were exposed to the topic of kindness, sincerity and manners which
we all know these things but we still forget about these things that cause us
to easily neglect the things of the world. We should be sincere in doing all
things because of Allah SWT so that our hearts are always in a state that
always remembers Allah SWT this makes us far from evil, be kind to all
creatures of Allah. We are also reminded not to be arrogant in helping others
because if we always help others, Allah will surely help us. Every thing we do
every day must have the right manners where this manners have been taught by
the Qur'an and Sunnah so that people always tolerant of others in addition to
doing work for yourself.
THIRD MEETING
For the third week meeting, many of our friends who could
not attend usrah because there was a physic test during usrah caused us to have
to use the whatsapps platform as a platform to communicate so that people who
could not attend could still read the info given in usrah. I think if we use
the whatsapp platform as our meeting place it becomes a bit boring, but in fact
this method is more popular than students, especially students who are quite
shy to speak, but at this time we can express our opinions more easily and
clearly. Many students gave a response to the discussion of the topic this time
which is arkanul iman specific to believe in Allah SWT, angels and al-quran.
Through usrah this time, I can input on why people still commit sins even
though they believe in the presence of god and angels. Humans are always being
forgetful and should be reminded at all times of the basic things such as the
pillars of faith and the pillars of Islam, therefore we need to keep listening
to religious knowledge even though we have known about it so that we are always
aware of the presence of Allah and the angels who are always watching us. This
can keep us from committing destructive vices such as stealing, supposedly we
remember if others do not See us commit the sin, it does not matter, we need to
remember that Allah always sees us and knows every thing from the smallest
things because god is omnipotent knowing all things and omnipotent. We also
need to constantly read the Qur'an and translations to increase our knowledge
of religion, in addition to giving warnings and lessons to us to always do the
commandments of Allah and stay away from the prohibitions.
For the fourth week of the meeting, we discussed the topic
of believing in the prophets, the Day of Judgment and qada and qadar where I
got a lot of knowledge about the prophet that Allah sent the Injil to him that
is, the Prophet Isa. I also have a question about the Prophet Isa should we
equate the Prophet Isa with Jesus who is considered by Christians to be a god?
From usrah this time, I find many opinions on this matter, some agree and some
do not, but some agree that what he named is different in each religion and
interpreted in different ways. Madam also said that the same person but for
Muslims we call the prophet Isa which is the better one. I believe that
everything is in fact Allah has arranged for us what is best for us. Therefore,
we should not stop praying to Allah because Allah loves His servants who like to
ask for help from him. We also need to always think well of Allah's plan that Allah
has arranged for the best for us. We also need to always believe in the Day of
Judgment where doomsday will definitely happen. Only we do not know when the date,
the time of the Judgement Day will occur which makes us always continue to do
good and follow the command of Allah.
For this fifth usrah meeting, we held a usrah at noon where
the topic this time was related to courtesy and eschatology. Ihsan means we
perform worship as if Allah sees us which this matter creates sincerity in
ourselves when worshiping Allah and does not arise a sense of ripples When
performing worship to Allah in addition to avoiding ourselves from doing things
that Allah does not like. While eschatology is meant by the signs of the
Judgement Day that are getting closer to us as humans begin to develop tall
buildings, children begin to disobey their parents and people commit many sins
such as throwing away babies. Through this discussion, I was able to remind
myself of the nearness of the Day of Judgment which evokes a sense of
self-realization.
For the sixth meeting, we discussed manners with neighbours,
parents and manners When seeking knowledge. Through this usrah, I get a lot of
info and reminders about manners with parents where we need to always do
parental instructions as long as it does not violate Islamic Shariah and treat
parents with good treatment. We are also advised to always pray for the best
for our parents and cherish them while they are still alive. Madam also told about
the story of madam, where this story gave me a lot of awareness to always
prioritize parents over personal needs, where for a while madam wanted to buy
something for madam's mother and at that time, Allah helped madam which is greater
than madam do to her mother. In addition, we are also advised to be civilized
with neighbours, for example if we have cooked extra foods, we are encouraged
to share with neighbours to strengthen human relationships. We are also
required to be civilized when seeking knowledge where we are required to always
sincerely study simply because of God so that our knowledge is always a
blessing and not rippling with the knowledge we have and diligently teach
others about the knowledge we get. We should also read the study prayer before
starting learning so that we can remember and use that knowledge for good
things.
For our seventh
meeting, we discussed about manners with the current environment through usrah
this time, I can remind myself to always take care of the environment and our
ecosystem as mentioned by the Prophet in the hadith which the Prophet stressed
to us to always maintain the cleanliness of the environment unlike feces in
shady places. Madam also advised us to always maintain the cleanliness of
public toilets that will be used by others. During our usrah, there was a
friend of mine who expressed her feelings of unbearable loneliness that sounded
disappointed with herself. Through this activity, I was impressed with my wife
and friends who never stopped giving words of encouragement to my friend. At
this time there was also a friend of mine who asked a question about the state
of her family at home which at this time made me realize that there are many
people who are more difficult for those related to my current situation that I
feel grateful for what I have now. Madam also gives a lot of advice to my
friends which makes me think that madam is very good at giving words of
encouragement and advice to students and do the best to understand the students.
Madam also told about the story of her friend who made my heart very sad to
hear it. I also found that madam sounded very sad when she told us about her friend’s
story.
For our assignment group role play, we are the first group
and we choose to make posters and slides. We divided the task equally where 2
people made posters, 2 people made slides and 3 people presented them as we
have a large group of members which is 7 people. We agree to divide the task by
drawing using the wheel on google so that it is fair. I was assigned to prepare
the poster as below. It took me three days to complete it as I was not good at
producing posters. I was able to complete the poster with the help of my friend,
Nik Umairah who was also assigned to complete the poster. I also feel very happy to finish up my assignment!!!
Through this usrah, I can feel the bitter sweetness with my
friends and madam Mimi who made me determined to transform myself into a human
being who is useful to others and change for the better than now while trying
to get Allah's blessings. I also hope I can feel again the pleasure I felt
during this usrah and do not forget the purpose of my life which is to worship Allah.
I also find that this life is like a wheel, there is part of the sadness and
happiness, yet we should always be grateful for the trials and tribulations
that Allah has given because it is the best thing for us to grow up to be a
good believers.
