AMALAN PALING BAIK...

Salam to all, 

Surah Al Mulk ayat 2: "...kerana Dia (Allah) yang akan menguji kamu, manakah di antara kamu yang amalannya paling baik. Dan Dia adalah Maha Perkasa dan Maha Pengampun". 

Menurut Prof Dr. Hamka di dalam Tafsir Al Azhar (juzu' 29-30) amalan yang paling baik, biar pun sedikit, bukan amalan yang banyak tetapi tidak bermutu. Maka jangan beramal hanya kerana mengharapkan banyak bilangan (kuantiti) tetapi beramallah yang bermutu tinggi walaupun sedikit (kualiti). 

Sifat Allah Al 'Aziz (Yang Maha Perkasa) dijelaskan bahawa Allah tidak boleh dipermain-mainkan. Di hadapan Allah tidak boleh beramal dengan separuh hati dan ragu-ragu. Melainkan kerjakan dengan bersungguh-sungguh, hati-hati dan penuh disiplin. Kerana kalau tidak demikian, Allah akan murka... 

Tetapi Allah juga mempunyai sifat Al Ghafur (Maha Pengampun) atas hambaNya yang tidak sengaja melanggar hukumNya dan selalu berniat berbuat amalan yang lebih baik tetapi tidak mempunyai tenaga yang cukup untuk mencapai yang lebih baik itu. Pada waktu itulah Allah menunjukkan belas kasihanNya kerana Allah tidak memberati seseorang kecuali sekadar kesanggupan yang ada padanya (Al Baqarah: 286)❤️. 

Di dalam surah Al Kahfi ayat 46: "Harta dan anak2 adalah perhiasan kehidupan dunia tetapi amalan yang kekal (istiqamah) lagi soleh adalah lebih baik pahalanya di sisi Tuhanmu serta lebih baik untuk menjadi harapan (bila bertemu dengan Allah kelak).

Oleh itu amalan yang paling baik hendaklah memenuhi syarat: 1. Berkualiti (bermutu tinggi) biarpun sedikit.  2. Istiqamah (consistent).

Jangan jadi seperti peribahasa Melayu: "Hangat2 tahi ayam". Sebagai contoh: Solat tahajjud 14 rakaat selama sebulan...lepas tu xbuat dah...😀.

Ingat...Allah xakan sama sekali jemu melainkan kita yang jemu 🙂❤️.

Yuzita

JUSTIFIABLE PHOBIA

Salam to all,

Corona virus has a great impact on my life. I became more cautious of everything surrounding me...make sure everyone is at least 1m apart from me, wash or sanitize my hand regularly, looking suspiciously at everyone ("dia ni pembawa corona ke tak? 🤔") eventhough that person looks fine (hehe!), etc.

Why? Becoz I lost my spleen ten years ago in a tragic car accident. I was in a coma state for six days. The HKL specialist, Mr Zamzuri tried his best to save my spleen but failed...innalilla wainna ilaihi rajiun. Spleen is very important becoz it helps your body to produce antibodies to fight diseases like covid19.

As a result I feel reluctant to get out from my house unless for crucial stuff like going to HUKM to get my medicine. Also I don't want to be a burden to the doctors and nurses (i.e., frontliners) if I got sick with covid19...such as the nurses need to wear ppe to feed me or give me medicine. They have had enough patients to take care of...😀

So I have no choice but to apply for "work from home (WFH)"  from UKM. In order for UKM to approve my WFH I need to fill an application form and attach to it a letter from a medical officer (doctor) working in a government hospital. I decided to go to Pusat Kesihatan Universiti (PKU) UKM (after consulting my immediate superior, Associate Prof Dr Jamaiah) to get the letter.

The doctor at PKU UKM, Dr. Arif Nasar Sulaiman was very nice to me when I told him about my "phobia" problem. He said it is normal as I don't have spleen anymore and he called it "justifiable phobia". But I just need to not over do the feeling of phobianess...hehe!.

I also told him about my right leg :
I couldn't walk properly so thats why I use crutches. I had an operation at HUKM in 2018 to take out my brain tumor. Maybe this is the consequences of the operation...only Allah swt knows the reason why becoz the doctors at HUKM didn't know 🤔??? They did mri and ct-scan on my right leg and found nothing. Anyway this is not such a big issue becoz I can still be able to walk...alhamdulillah🙂.

My biggest issue is how to overcome my phobia of corona virus? My friend (*ustazah) suggested that I read after every solat **Hizbi Nawawi and alhamdulillah it works.

So what I need to do now is to istiqamah reading the Hizbi Nawawi and WFH to fight this corona virus until the vaccin is found...inshaAllah❤️😀



*Ustazah adalah anak murid kepada Tuan Guru Dato' Hj. Ismail bin Kamus (Pengasas dan penasihat, Persatuan Perubatan Islam DARUSSALAM Malaysia)

**Hizbi Nawawi ialah himpunan doa dan zikir yang dikumpulkan oleh Imam Nawawi (ra) sendiri.



Yuzita

FALLING IN LOVE...❤️ (PART 4)

Salam to all,

Most of you all must be thinking that I have fallen in love with computer algebra right? Well...only partially true. I think I love more the people who were involved in propagating the knowledge of computer algebra to the world. I could see the passion shown in their faces when presenting the outcome of their researh in conferences and seminars.

Most of the time I felt like an outsider...but they didnt treat me like one. They were friendly and helpful to me especially when they knew that I am all alone in this field in Malaysia (masih lagi ke?...he2). One of them (I forgot his name...we met at the University of Western Australia (UWA), Perth, Australia) taught me how to do programming in Mathematica. Dr Bernard Kutzler (Austrian) came to IIUM to give me a book on Computer Algebra System (CAS )...he came to Malaysia on a business trip and dropped by to see me at the Kuliyyah of Engineering, IIUM. Prof Stanley Steinberg and Dr Michael Wester helped me in completing my phd thesis without expecting anything in return and many more.

I love them all for their kindness and willingness to share their knowledge of computer algebra with me..."Miss Nobody"...he2. Thank you very much...from the bottom of my heart.

Allah ta'ala opened their heart to help me when I was in need...thank you Allah❤️.

Yuzita

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FALLING IN LOVE...❤️ (PART 3)

Salam to all,

2001...I arrived at the Albuquerque Airport, New Mexico, USA (late at night) and was greeted by Prof Steinberg. I spent the night at his house and met Rascal, Prof Steinberg's playful dog that kept sniffing at my shoes...he2.

Prof Steinberg introduced me to Dr Michael Wester, his former phd student. Later Michael took me to his house to meet his father, James, an 83 year old man but still healthy and strong. I remember him telling me (when I allowed him to drive me home after dinner at his house)..."Do you trust an old man like me to drive you home"...he2. He passed away 5 yrs ago😒.

I spent about 3 months with Prof Steinberg and Michael discussing the area that I would like to venture for my phd thesis. Finally we decided to look into Cylindrical Algebraic Decomposition (CAD) algorithms with substantial enhancement that suit a targeted industry (in this case, I chosed education industry).

Note: CAD algorithms can also be applied to other industries as well for various purposes...for more information refer to Yuzita Profile (ScFnd project).

2003...I went to the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) (Kulliyyah of Engineering) to further my phd studies in computer algebra (application of vector analysis in engineering problems using CAD algorithm) in "informal" collaboration with The University of New Mexico, USA...why informal? Becoz I didn't pay Prof Steinberg and Michael for their services...not a single sen...he2

Eventually I had to admit that I needed to have a grant to suport my phd research. So after a discussion with Prof Ahmad Faris Ismail (my phd supervisor) about my intention, I went to see madam Asnili, IIUM research management officer and began to work on applying for a research grant. Alhamdulillah...I succeeded in getting a SciFnd grant (RM100+K) with Prof Hamzah from the Kulliyyah of Engineering, IIUM as the project leader.

I used this ScFnd grant to go abroad to attend conferences, Applications of Computer Algebra (ACA) meetings and trainings, bought softwares, hardwares, books, etc. Alhamdulillah...😀 !!!

Again..."No money, no research"...he2.

Yuzita

FALLING IN LOVE...❤️ (PART 2)

Salam to all,

2004...The two master students under this IRPA grant, Noraini and Khairina Atika, completed their master thesis...alhamdulillah. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Prof Tengku Muhammad Tengku Sembok for being my "malim" (mentor) and for his guidance and advice to ensure the success of this project. 

We produced some papers from the outcome of this project and contributed some new stuff to a Computer Algebra System (CAS) namely Mathematica. For example, Noraini and Khairina Atika in their work succeeded in developing step by step technique which a user can do the input in a pop up box using Mathematica linked to Visual Basics.

I presented this new technique in a conference at the University of Vienna, Austria where the representatives from Wolfram Research Inc, USA  (developer of Mathematica) were present. Wolfram Research Inc. later incorporated this technique in their latest version of Mathematica (without link to Visual Basics) and produced Mathematica's own pop up box (2003).

2020...Khairina Atika is currently doing her phd thesis under my supervision, inshaAllah. We are now looking for a research grant...(again!!!)...like some people say: "No money no research"...he2!

Yuzita

FALLING IN LOVE...❤️ (PART 1)

Salam to all,

1999....Prof Abdul Rahman Abdullah, head of Industrial Computing dept, called me to see him in his office. He wanted me to look into the area of "symbolic computation" for my phd thesis. I said to myself: "Apa kebendanya tu...🤔"...never heard of it before ...

So i began to do some searching and found out that mathematicians called this area "symbolic computation" but computer science people called it "computer algebra". But actually it is about the same...

This area is a combination of maths and computer science. I love to call it computer algebra...maybe becoz of my educational background (i.e., Bsc in maths, Bsc in computer science, Msc in maths with minor in computer science...and later Phd in engineering (computer algebra).

So i started to read papers (scientific) in computer algebra and most of the time got stuck...and asked around (mostly lecturers in the local universities) for guidance. But nobody could help me...sob2.

I decided to seek help from oversea lecturers and started to contact them via emails but i didnt receive any reply. Until finally, alhamdulillah....Prof Stanley Steinberg from The University of New Mexico, USA responded to my email and clarified to me the problems that i got stuck with (...which i have now forgotten what it was all about...he2).

I asked him if he was willing to supervise me on my phd thesis in computer algebra and he agreed.
He said: "So far none of my phd students have failed". My reply: "I might be your first one"...he2.

He invited me to go USA to discuss further this matter. But i didnt have any research grant
to support my going there...sob2.

So what to do???
I applied IRPA grant and was successful...alhamdulillah. I received RM 256K and hired 2 master students by research in Computer Algebra System (CAS)...and off i go to USA !!!😀

What happened next???
Stay tuned....🙂

Yuzita

THE COMPANIONS OF THE PROPHET

Salam to all,

The Prophet Muhammad saw said:
"My companions are like the stars. Whichever of them you follow, you will be guided."   

The inspiring aspects of the lives of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad saw should be highlighted mainly for the young people nowadays especially in Malaysia. The Companions were the chosen people by Allah swt to assist the Prophet Muhammad saw in spreading Islam to the world. Their various paths to Islam...sometimes direct, mostly long and tortuous, their devotion to the noble Prophet saw, their endeavours in peace time and their exploits in war...all serve to cast them in a heroic mould. They sacrificed everthing they had to ensure the survival of Islam in this world.

We need to emphasize on the young generation in Malaysia to follow the footsteps of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad saw in order to produce a "khairul ummah" that will benefit our beloved country. They should be exposed to the struggle of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad saw since they were very young, perhaps three years old or the sooner, the better... 

Names of some of the Companions (radiyallahu anhuma):
Abu Bakr, Umar ibn al-Khattab, Uthman ibn al-Affan, Ali ibn Abu Talib, Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah, Khabbab ibn al-Aratt, Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, Umayr ibn Wahab, Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, Muadh ibn Jabal, Zayd al-Khayr and many more...I believe a few hundred thousands of them...radiyallahu anhuma.

Note:
I would like to dedicate this very short article to my dear brothers from the Ixora Apt, Kajang, Selangor: Abu Mustofa, Mustofa & Ibraheem... "Jazakumullahu khairan kathira for everything".

Yuzita