14th post - dreams

i rarely dream and if i do, i even rarelier (i know. heh) remember, thus i put this percentage into the former. so when i do dream and remember upon waking, mashaAllah it means the dreams are THAT clear.

my collegues were in giggle fits when i told them of a recent dream i had, a couple of days ago. i dreamt of Habib Hasan Al-Attas, the good imam of Masjid Ba'alwie. in my dream, he simply said "ada.." means urm, "have" insinuating a yes "it" is available.. wonder what that "it" was.

Habib Hasan reminds me alot of Habib Umar Al-Hafiz, the dean of Dar Al-Mustafa & Dar Al-Zahra. to me, he is as close as it gets to a Habaib of Tarim, Singapore version. i was heartbroken when earlier this year i couldn't bring myself to go attend the kuliahs & haul that was held in conjunction with Habib Umar's visit to Singapore. i knew i could simply don the niqab and make myself invisible but i would still be a "hindrance" as i definitely knew for sure there will be alot of good pious men that will be in attendance. see good pious men maketh dora stare in awe.. Astaurghfirullah. also my dear companion, AnaBibi was at that time performing her umrah... and of course being car-less has never been so felt.

during the few days Habib Umar Al-Hafiz was visiting Singapore, i dreamt of him too! i think i was really sulky those few days as i "couldn't" go. in my dream, i stood in front of him trying to get words out but he just smiled and said, "InshaaAllah."

best kan. 

anyway a few days later, en route to a work function (ok, we were lost), we stopped for rmahgrib at Masjid Ba'alwie... all i had in my head was, "yea... i could have been here a couple days ago when Habib Umar was here.." then i swept that thought away and appeased myself that inshaAllah the baraqah is still present.

it was my first time making solah in the masjid and the first led by Habib Hassan, mashaAllah. his recitations were definitely alike Habib Umar's. i remembered kakAsiah wondering aloud as to why Habib Hassan was leading the prayers on a weekend. see, usually "part-time" volunteer imams are the ones leading prayers during weekends. anyway, the sujud syukur that followed was definitely of gratefulness to Allah for allowing me to make my solah there.

to be in bustling frenzy Singapore yet knowing there are good ulama-s around us... and more good ulama-s always visiting, subhanAllah. such a wonderous warmth just by the mere thought of it. to dream of a pious man... two at that... that's just Allah's way of telling me to stop sulking. heh.