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Hijrah

Salam all, The Prophet Muhammad SAW and his companions moved from Mecca to Madinah, move for a better living. That is the kind of hijrah that Allah SWT wants from us. And Hakim made a small hijrah to another school. Even though leaving the previous school is hard to come by when he was happily there, but this precious hijrah is for the sake of ummah. He is now in Pondok Modern Al-''Abaqirah (PMA), a school designed to accommmodate 4 streams of learning: (i) KBSM; (ii) Thurath (Arabic) (iii) Thurath (Jawi); and (iv) Quran. Currently the school resides at Darul Kifayah a complex built by Majlis Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (MAWIP) for the orphans. However, we were informed, it will soon moved to its official location in Putrajaya. The curriculum is what enticed me. It prepares the student for both worlds: the world that we are currently living in and the eternal world. As a muslim, to seek knowledge is a compulsory. Learning the Quran, the teachings, the legislation i

Farewells .... MTAF

Salam all, Good byes is the hardest thing to do. 18 January 2018, Hakim is bidding farewell to his friends after their 3 long years being together. They spent time together more than they spent time with their family. They are at the hostel most the days in the year ... all are only for one reason, to get the knowledge of Al-Quran. Alhamdulillah. And today, he is leaving his friend, life requires 'hijrah', moving from one place to another, to find something in preparing to be a better muslim.  His three years in Maahad Tahfiz Al Furqan (MTAF) was well spent. He learnt a lot from the school. In other words, the school taught him a lot. From a timid and shy lad to a more confident teenager. Hakim is not leaving MTAF because it is not good. Hakim is leaving MTAF because we hope for him to learn something more. In MTAF he was taught to be confident. In his first year he was already exposed to national level competition in musabaqah. Even though he did not win any, but