first thing first, lemme say, ALHAMDULILLAH... what a success of an event. all the pre-event jitters, the challenges before that were all unfounded. The event was a full housed one, with amazing things happening all around SUBHANALLAH...
the day started very early for us one family. two driving trips to send the things to the event venue. picked the sis up before heading towards the event venue again. and the work eventually started.
stage decoration, chairs arrangement, doing up the bunga pahar, panjat sana panjat sini, decorating the makan area, packing the door gifts (berkats)... the work is endless...
oh, before i forgot. we were sponsored 100 packets of nasi briyani to be given to the 1st 100 jemaah who came to the event. the rest of the jemaahs got karipap. may Allah shower His Blessing upon the people who sponsored the 100 packets of nasi briyani, Inshallah, Ameen.
went home and changed to pretty clothes (mwahahahah..!!), and we were ready for the event.
solat maghrib in jama'ah
the qasidah group came before maghrib and they prayed solat Maghrib in jamaah in the void deck. i didnt join the solat, coz i was setting up my camera, so i solat later. mum said, she nearly cried while doing the solat coz never in the history of 10 years of doing Maulid, that we got this chance of having a strong nearly 50 people doing solat together before the event itself. she said too she felt a really peaceful gust of wind while doing the solat. subhanallah, might be Allah sending his angels to provide retreat for the jamaah, coz it was quite a warm night.
huge projector screens set up
after solat maghrib, the qasidah group which was also the students of our pensyarah, Ustaz TM Fouzy, set up the projector screens beside the stage. we werent informed of this beforehand, so we were quite taken aback. huh? screens for our event? never been done before. what an amazing change.
qasidah began
the event started with qasidah while waiting for people to fill up the open-field. at 1st the trickle of people were quite slow. cuak jugak sey. i was thinking, takde orang datang ke? but as the qasidah went on, more and more people came... in the end, the chairs were not enuff, and we had to spread canvas sheets on any free space we could find for the jama'ahs to sit.
the attar smell that shook me
when the salawat was being said, we all had to stand up. i was right at the back of the field, trying to capture the beautiful moment of everyone standing and saying the salawats. at one point of time, just as i had clicked a few pictures, i smelt a really sweet smelling attar passing by. i was thinking, "sapa punyer minyak attar ni, ya Allah, sedap betol bau." and i turned. NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME. and i stood frozen there, my knees nearly went weak. and the urge to cry suddenly came. what with the salawats are already being said. i walked away to calm myself down. and i told my family what i just experienced. Allah Subhanallah.
there is a hadith saying that when the salawats are being said, Allah will send his angels to spread their wings over all those in the majlis. maybe it might be the smell of an amazing being around us. Wallah, the smell was nothing i have smelt before.
syarahan
the syarahan was so overwhelming. we all know what a great speaker Ustaz TM Fouzy is. he made us cry buckets. i didnt even care if my make-up was smudged or i was looking so red with tears. EVERYONE CRIED, men women young and old. the last part when he said look at our right and left, our sisters and our brothers in Islam, hug them and make du'a upon them. and everyone did just that. hugged everyone left and right. i think everyone cried like yesterday was our last night together on Earth. the impact was Mashallah.
video died and the help that came
we saw a guy at the back of the event, he was video-recording the event. tengoklah, syaitan nak menyocok otak kita2 ni. we were afraid that he might record and then sell the syarahan without our permission. so we sent someone to talk to him. we didnt ask directly about what we thought lah. we just asked whether he was Ustaz's cameraman, but he said, he was recording for his own viewing je.
and just then, i turned to look at the camera that i had set up. IT HAD DIED A PREMATURE DEATH. memang tu camera dah sakratul maut lah, but i tot for the event, it can hold on. skali dia mati lah. nak tak, we had to go to the man again, to ask for his number, so that we can buy the videorecording from him.
MASHALLAH. again we saw Allah's blessings. what are the chances of my video dying and there was someone else who was videorecording the event? what are the chances?
end of syarahan
10.30pm the syarahan was done and everyone started dispersing. and yes, most were red-faced with tears. some even hugged us in uniform and thanking us for organising such an event.
in actual fact, we didnt expect it to be this huge a success. what with projector screens and the 1 hour-long qasidah session, with the wordings being shown on the screens for all to read and follow along. padahal yang bawak screen tu sumer bukan kita pihak penganjur, it was Ustaz and his students. but for the jama'ah who came, they thought we were the ones providing all these. Subhanallah.
dinner
dinner was served and although more VIPs turned out than we expected, the food was enough for all, got lebih for us to bring back also. for this one, i also wanna thank Dyann for the huge help rendered regarding the catering. Thank You Dyann. berkat betol makanan tu sumer, cukup buat sumer orang.
packing and clearing up
we finished everything up, i think about 12am. two trips again to bring the things home. i also wanna thank the extra pair of hands we had yesterday. Thanks Firman, you were a great help. Glad you were around to help. Hope you enjoyed the experience!
reached home at 1.30am after sending Naqi and after we sent Firman safely on a cab !! slept at 2.30am because we just couldnt stop talking about all the amazing things we experienced over the event.
i have so many people to thank but i'd rather not say the names fearing that i might miss out names. so to all who rendered their help, i wanna thank you from the bottom of my heart. may Allah provide you more than what you had rendered for the event, inshallah, ameen.
ALHAMDULILLAH. THANK YOU ALLAH.
Peace and Blessings upon the Prophet SAW
luv,
the one who is still feeling very overwhelmed...
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