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0:16 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious 0:17 , the Most Merciful. Peace be upon you, 0:19 and Allah's mercy and blessings. Praise 0:22 be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and 0:24 may peace and blessings be upon our 0:26 master Muhammad and his family and 0:28 companions; O Lord, increase my 0:29 knowledge, and teach me what benefits 0:31 me. Brothers and sisters, may you be 0:34 blessed by Allah the Almighty. I am 0:37 very happy that this time, I, Angga 0:39 Aminuddin, can greet you once again 0:41 wherever you are during the suhoor hour 0:44 , keeping you company. We have entered 0:48 the final days of the month of Ramadan. 0:52 While accompanying you for your suhoor 0:55 meal, perhaps at this hour—it's 3:00 0:58 AM Jakarta time—there are mothers who 1:01 are still preparing the food. There are 1:05 also those who are already having 1:06 suhoor with their family, or some who 1:08 are still performing night prayers and 1:10 dhikr. For those who are still asleep, 1:13 we cannot greet them. But hopefully, 1:16 usually for listeners of Rasil, even 1:19 while sleeping, the radio is kept on. 1:22 So, it's heard faintly. Once the tahrim 1:25 voice is heard, they usually wake up. 1:27 Well, now the "Suhoor with a Figure" 1:29 program is on. So, it might be time to 1:31 wake up. Right, while accompanying your 1:34 worship during this suhoor, we are very 1:36 happy to be here again. And now, the 1:39 figure we are presenting, our guest, 1:42 usually fills the Rasil pulpit show. We 1:47 present the figure of K. H. Dr. Khairul 1:49 Huda Basyir. Alright, thank God he is 1:53 with me now. Peace be upon you, and 1:55 Allah's mercy and blessings, Ustaz. 1:57 And upon you be peace, and Allah's 1:59 mercy and blessings, Akang Angga. Are 2:01 you healthy, Ustaz? 2:02 Thank God, I am healthy. Fasting 2:04 actually makes one healthier, God 2:05 willing. 2:06 Even healthier. Counting the days, 2:07 Ustaz. 2:09 That is true. 2:09 Leaving our Ramadan behind. 2:11 People say it doesn't feel like it. 2:13 Yes. 2:14 Time flies so fast and now we are 2:15 almost at the end of Ramadan. 2:17 True. 2:18 Yes. 2:19 As Maher Zain says, "Oh Ramadan, don't 2:21 leave us.""Don't leave us." 2:23 Yes. And don't pass by too quickly. 2:25 Don't pass by too quickly. But that is 2:27 the journey of time, brothers and 2:29 sisters. We will soon leave Ramadan. We 2:33 will enter the month of Shawwal, marked 2:36 by Eid al-Fitr later. However, in these 2:39 final weeks and days, we will still 2:42 receive enlightenment and inspiration 2:44 typical of the "Suhoor with a Figure" 2:47 program. We will get interesting 2:49 stories, stories that, God willing, 2:51 will inspire you from the life journey 2:54 of a figure. And now we will listen to 2:57 the story and journey of Ustaz Khairul 2:59 Huda. Are you originally from this 3:02 region? 3:03 I am originally from the Bojonegoro 3:05 region, East Java. 3:06 Oh. 3:07 Specifically the village of Jipo, Kepoh 3:09 Baru. 3:10 Yes. 3:11 Jipo. 3:11 Jipo. Yes. 3:13 So, Ustaz, how old are you now? 3:17 Thank God, I have now entered 47. 3:21 47, right? 3:22 Because I was born in 1973. 3:24 Yes. 3:25 Supposedly, according to the birth 3:26 certificate. 3:27 Uh-huh. June 7, 1973. Only Allah knows. 3:32 It’s just a birth certificate. Is it 3:34 correct? I don't know. 3:36 June, Ustaz. Yes. 3:37 Legend has it that I was born on a 3:39 Friday, according to my mother's 3:40 stories. 3:40 Yes. Yes. So you spent your childhood 3:43 in Bojonegoro? 3:45 My childhood was up until I was about 3:48 12 years old. 3:50 I see. 3:51 Because at that time I finished my 3:52 primary school at a place called 3:54 Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Miftahul Ulum. It 3:56 was actually very close to home. 3:59 Coincidentally, my father was one of 4:00 the founders of this Madrasah 4:02 Ibtidaiyah. 4:03 So, the wall of our house was shared 4:06 with the school. This 4:08 I was there for 6 years. And then, 4:11 after graduating from the 6th grade of 4:14 elementary school or MI, 4:16 I went straight to an Islamic boarding 4:19 school in Jenu, Tuban, 4:21 at the Manbail Futuh boarding school. 4:23 You lived in the dormitory? Yes, lived 4:24 in the boarding school. So I spent 7 4:26 years there at the boarding school, 4:30 starting with 3 years of Sanawiyah, 4:33 then 3 years of Aliah, and during my 4:36 service, I was appointed as the head of 4:39 the boarding school, or the 'lurah' as 4:42 they call it. 4:43 I see. 4:44 That lasted until the year 1993. 4:49 I see. 4:49 Yes. 4:50 Was that your own wish at the time, 4:52 Ustaz? 4:52 Yes. It was my own wish, and thank God, 4:56 my parents were very supportive of 4:59 their children going to boarding school 5:02 , and let me tell you, among my large 5:05 family, in terms of numbers, 5:09 well, from a family of 11 children, 5:13 11. 5:13 I am the 10th. 5:15 Coincidentally, my younger and older 5:17 siblings have passed away, so in 5:19 Javanese terms, I am flanked by two 5:21 graves from childhood; yes, almost the 5:22 youngest. Now, almost all 11 of my 5:28 siblings, 5:31 all of them were in boarding schools. 5:34 There were two who didn't get to attend 5:37 , preferring public schools instead. 5:39 Yes. 5:40 But almost everyone went to boarding 5:42 school. 5:43 That’s right. Besides my parents ' 5:45 encouragement, it was indeed our own 5:48 desire as well. Earlier, Ustaz 5:51 mentioned that your parents started the 5:53 MI school there, right? Yes. Yes. 5:56 So, does that mean your parents' 5:57 background was indeed in education and 5:59 preaching? 5:59 Correct. Alhamdulillah, my parents were 6:02 community leaders and religious figures 6:05 who served as teachers, both my father 6:07 and mother, 6:09 who also took care of education back 6:12 then, managing the madrasa and the 6:14 religious study groups. Yes. 6:17 I still remember very well back then, 6:19 we were in a small village mosque, and 6:21 when I was little, there was no 6:23 electricity yet. Oh. 6:25 My parents would teach using a 6:26 pressurized kerosene lamp. Maybe some 6:29 still use the one you have to pump. 6:32 I was one of those who helped prepare 6:34 it. So when we studied, we used that, 6:36 and sometimes when we walked home, we 6:38 used a torch. 6:39 Torches, that's what 'ancor' means. Yes 6:41 , using torches. 6:42 So you were in a rural area, Ustaz? 6:44 Yes, rural. With rice fields and 6:46 gardens. Exactly. Rice fields. Now, 6:49 my parents were known as Quran teachers 6:52 in our village, and 6:56 from my grandparents, thank God, it is 7:00 said that they were pioneers of 7:03 preaching in our village in Jipo, 7:07 Bojonegoro. Good. 7:09 Yes. 7:10 And until now, thank God, that 7:12 initiative is still ongoing. Even 7:15 though both of my parents have passed 7:18 away, 7:20 the education initiative is continued 7:21 by my siblings in the village. 7:23 So it is still running, then? 7:24 Still running. There are boarding 7:26 schools, there are schools, and there 7:28 are madrasas. Yes. 7:29 What are the levels, are they 7:30 elementary, junior high, to... 7:32 There is elementary, junior high, 7:33 senior high, and vocational school. 7:36 Oh, they have vocational school too, 7:37 huh. There is also a traditional 7:38 Islamic boarding school. 7:39 Hm. 7:40 At that time, how did you feel, Ustaz? 7:43 Oh, my parents are educators. So that 7:46 was my dream too. Now, back then as a 7:48 child, was your dream to become an 7:49 educator too? 7:50 Yes. Yes. Emm. Back then, having a " 7:54 dream" was still a bit wild, still 7:57 unimaginable, just free. But regardless 8:00 , the family environment shapes our 8:02 character and personality. We also 8:06 enjoyed studies and scientific 8:09 discussions. In fact, in the family, we 8:14 were used to reciting the Quran and 8:17 studying classical texts, especially 8:19 since my mother had also attended a 8:22 boarding school. 8:24 I see. 8:24 So I personally learned to recite the 8:27 Quran from my mother and father. 8:29 There is a funny story, my father would 8:31 have me and my sibling study together; 8:33 the age gap wasn't too far. 8:35 Since there were 11 of us, it was very 8:38 tight. Yes. Yes. 8:40 So my sibling and I were only one year 8:42 apart and studied together. 8:44 And as it happened, my sibling was 8:45 actually physically smaller than me. 8:47 Oh, is that so? 8:48 Yeah. And sorry to say, our abilities 8:51 were almost balanced, or sometimes I 8:53 was even faster. 8:54 Yes. Yes. 8:56 My late sibling, may they rest in peace 8:57 , exactly. 8:58 My father was quite disciplined and 9:00 strict, or by today's standards, maybe 9:02 it would be considered harsh. If we 9:05 studied, it was from dawn, after the 9:07 Fajr prayer. 9:08 Until sunrise, we had to remember, only 9:10 when the sun rose would we be done. 9:12 Yeah. 9:13 Now, if we made mistakes, sorry to say, 9:17 sometimes he would spit on us. Yeah. I 9:22 still remember that, so we were really 9:25 worried about being... 9:27 Sometimes if not that, he would use a 9:29 small cane, and if we were wrong... 9:32 We would get tapped. 9:34 That was back in the day. 9:35 Oh, I still experienced that in my time 9:36 . 9:36 Yes, yes, my sibling actually got that 9:39 more often than I did. 9:42 Sometimes I would even cry or sulk, 9:45 that was how our parents raised us back 9:48 then; we felt that even with the 9:51 atmosphere of strictness, thank God, it 9:54 became something that bore fruit for us 9:57 later on. 9:59 Yeah. So what was your dream when you 10:01 were little? 10:03 What was it back then? My dreams 10:04 changed a lot. 10:06 I didn't imagine too much; frankly, 10:08 what I wanted back then was just to be 10:10 able to help many people. 10:13 to be useful to many people, whatever I 10:17 pursue or undertake, I want to, you 10:20 know, contribute something to the 10:24 community and bring honor to my family. 10:28 That's in general. 10:29 Yes. 10:30 And one of my goals since long ago was 10:34 that I truly did not want to stop or 10:38 drop out of my studies. Yes. 10:41 I am very obsessed and deeply inspired 10:44 by my friends and people who have 10:47 succeeded. I also sometimes read books 10:51 about figures who were often born and 10:54 raised in families with all kinds of 10:57 limitations. 10:59 Yet they were capable, so I read a lot 11:01 of biographies of people like that and 11:03 feel inspired. In fact, my dream back 11:07 then was to study abroad. 11:09 Yes. 11:10 Although I almost made it, I didn't 11:12 proceed with it. Yes. 11:15 At the very least, my goal back then 11:18 was that I always had to be able to go 11:21 to school or university until the very 11:24 end. Even back then, when I chatted 11:27 with people, I was often, what is it? 11:30 Kind of teased, what do you call it? 11:33 Teased. 11:34 Cynical, what is it? 11:36 Sarcastic. 11:36 Yes, mocked. How could we, children of 11:39 farmers, village people, want to go to 11:41 school for a master's or doctorate? 11:43 Since long ago, I’ve felt a strong 11:46 conviction. 11:47 If I want to, if I am serious, 11:49 why can others succeed, but we can't? 11:52 And thank God, truly thank God. With 11:55 all the dynamics, challenges, and 11:58 struggles, thank God, I finally 12:01 finished at the highest level of 12:03 education in the doctoral program, 12:06 which I even just 12:09 finished. So, Ustaz, several listeners 12:12 who communicated with us while 12:13 listening to the 'Sahur with Figures' 12:15 program said it's very interesting when 12:17 you tell the story of your educational 12:19 background. Sometimes a mother would 12:22 say, "Hey, come here, listen to the 12:24 Ustaz's story about his schooling." So 12:26 sometimes it really provides 12:27 inspiration, Ustaz, to the listeners. 12:29 Could you tell us, Ustaz, about your 12:31 education journey after finishing 12:32 boarding school? 12:33 Yes, yes. Yes. Actually, there are many 12:36 long twists and turns, and it's quite 12:38 overwhelming if I have to tell it all; 12:40 sometimes I, uh, what is it? I also 12:43 want to make some kind of notes, a 12:45 flashback of my life's journey. I have 12:49 actually written a little bit. Yes. 12:51 Life's journey. 12:54 Life's journey. 12:55 Uh. From the educational aspect, as I 12:59 mentioned, I don't know, my mother is, 13:02 forgive me, in my opinion, a tremendous 13:04 inspiration, including my father. 13:07 They were very firm in indoctrinating 13:08 their children to go to school and send 13:10 them to Islamic boarding schools. Yes. 13:12 That is why my children, I mean my 13:14 siblings, almost all of them went to 13:16 boarding schools, despite the economic 13:18 limitations, as my father and mother 13:20 were just a farmer and a Quran teacher. 13:22 Yes. 13:23 Back then, I remember clearly, even 13:26 though I was still small, 13:28 my mother, because she wanted her 13:30 children to stay in boarding school, 13:32 raised free-range chickens. 13:34 Later, when the free-range chickens 13:36 have offspring, and some are laying 13:38 eggs, 13:39 some are sold, the eggs are also sold 13:41 to, uh, pay for their children's 13:43 boarding school. 13:44 That includes maybe rice for me, it was 13:45 like that too. My mother was indeed a 13:47 villager who didn't own enough rice 13:50 fields, you see. So sometimes, uh, she 13:53 would ask for a share; it happened that 13:56 my uncle—I call him 'Pakde'—he had 13:59 quite a, uh, decent-sized rice field. 14:03 Some of it, uh, was farmed by my 14:05 parents. Yes. 14:06 Now, the results of this farming were 14:08 then, uh, partly used 14:10 to, uh, pay for their children. 14:13 Now, I remember exactly that after I 14:16 finished 6th grade of Madrasah 14:18 Ibtidaiyah, it was just 7 days after my 14:21 mother passed away. So, right when I 14:24 finished, uh, elementary MI, my mother 14:27 passed away. 14:28 And her passing, excuse me, was indeed 14:30 exactly on the 29th of Ramadan. 14:32 Oh. 14:32 So, it was right on the night, uh, 14:34 before Eid. Hehe. 14:36 Uh, that was '86, yes, the year '86. 14:42 Now, right after the 7th day, I then, 14:45 uh, went to boarding school. My going 14:50 to boarding school was actually a bit 14:53 forced, uh, although thank God it was 14:55 done well by, uh, my father's family. 15:00 H. 15:00 So, my, uh, aunt, my Bude, happened to 15:03 be in the boarding school area in Jenu, 15:06 Tuban. 15:07 Tuban. 15:08 It was a quite large boarding school 15:09 named Manba Futuh. Until now, uh, if 15:11 you're in Tuban, everyone knows the 15:12 boarding school is very big. 15:14 Uh, so I was invited to this boarding 15:17 school 15:18 uh, with the hope, uh, that I wouldn't 15:20 be a burden to the family. I. 15:21 Especially since I had just lost my 15:24 mother, and she was indeed, uh, willing 15:26 to take care of me, send me to school, 15:28 and send me to boarding school. And I 15:31 stayed with my Bude, her name was Bude 15:33 Masriah, may she rest in peace. Just a 15:36 few 15:37 uh, moments ago she passed away. Uh, 15:39 from there I then, uh, went to boarding 15:43 school. In this boarding school, I 15:45 entered Sanawiyah while staying with my 15:47 Bude, who was close to the boarding 15:49 school. 15:50 Now, that was about 2 years for me. 15:52 After 2 years, I then moved directly 15:54 into the boarding school. 15:56 Hm. 15:57 Now, until I finished Sanawiyah for 3 16:00 years, I entered Aliah for 3 years, and 16:04 then, uh, served. In Islamic boarding 16:08 schools in Java, usually, when you 16:10 graduate from Aliah, there is a 1-year 16:12 service period, uh, a service period at 16:15 the boarding school to teach whatever 16:17 is needed. 16:18 Yes. Teaching whatever. I still 16:19 remember, thank God, in the boarding 16:22 school back then, uh, not to brag, but 16:24 ...I did have many achievements, indeed 16:26 , 16:27 from the beginning. 16:29 Even though I am a villager, you know, 16:32 from the interior, but when I went out, 16:34 I don't know, from back then I was just 16:36 self-confident with what I had, what I 16:38 was capable of. Even though I was 16:41 struggling with some children who 16:43 perhaps had more ability. Because I 16:45 have always thought that everyone has 16:47 their pluses and minuses, everyone has 16:49 their own strengths and weaknesses, 16:51 which for us means how to strengthen 16:52 the advantages and then cover those 16:54 weaknesses. Back in boarding school, 16:58 for example, I was already accustomed 17:00 to, uh, what, lecture competitions, 17:03 muhadarah, things like that. Uh, then, 17:06 uh, MTQ competitions. 17:08 And the unique thing about my time at 17:11 the Islamic boarding school, if I may 17:13 say, was that after my mother passed 17:15 away, our family's economic situation 17:17 was quite challenging. I had many ups 17:20 and downs there at the boarding school. 17:22 Truly many ups and downs. Especially 17:24 since I was already living away from my 17:25 aunt at that time. I even had, well, 17:27 these are the painful stories from the 17:29 boarding school. Of course, there were 17:31 also stories of the dynamics, 17:33 of happiness. 17:35 My clothes were almost just enough. I 17:38 never had extra clothes to change into. 17:40 I didn't even change my school uniform 17:41 for nearly two years; it was just that 17:43 same one. 17:44 Then what do you call it? Meals were 17:46 also very limited. Unlike my friends, 17:50 there were times when no allowance or 17:53 provisions were sent from home at all. 17:57 I ran out completely. 17:59 I didn't have any money, and the rice 18:01 was gone. Back then, we had to cook our 18:03 own rice that was provided. Yeah. When 18:06 I was a student there, we still cooked 18:08 using one of those kerosene stoves. Yes 18:11 . It was called 'ngeliwet' earlier. 18:13 A wick stove. 18:14 Yes. A wick stove. When we cooked rice, 18:17 there would always be the 'intip' or 18:18 the burnt crust at the bottom, you know 18:20 . 18:22 There was a time—I rarely tell this 18:24 story, I don't know why I'm sharing it 18:26 spontaneously now— 18:28 yeah. 18:29 I once had to survive for nearly three 18:32 days at the school by eating the 18:34 leftover burnt rice crust in the 18:36 kitchen. 18:39 And many people didn't know; after 18:40 prayers, my friends would still be 18:42 doing dhikr, so I would do half of my 18:44 post-prayer litany quickly so I 18:45 wouldn't be noticed. I would go 18:47 straight to the kitchen. I would close 18:49 the kitchen door. I would search for 18:51 those burnt crusts and leftover rice 18:54 from my friends to gather. I would add 18:56 a little salt. Just imagine, I 18:57 experienced that for up to three days. 19:00 Surviving on just that. Only then would 19:04 some allowance come, but it was still 19:06 very limited. Yeah, that was part of 19:08 the ups and downs. Yes. I see. 19:10 But with the current conditions, Ustaz, 19:12 it seems that boarding school education 19:14 is becoming a very valuable education, 19:16 isn't it? 19:17 Yes, that's true, absolutely true. Now, 19:19 Islamic boarding schools have changed a 19:21 lot in their paradigm, their systems, 19:23 curricula, and even the facilities and 19:25 infrastructure have changed 19:26 significantly. 19:28 Yes. Yeah. 19:29 Yes. 19:29 Then, after the boarding school, where 19:31 did you continue your studies, Ustaz? 19:33 Well, after leaving the boarding school 19:35 , I had always dreamed of going to 19:36 college. A college that was 19:38 tuition-free or one where I could get a 19:39 scholarship. 19:40 Yes. 19:41 Because it was impossible for me to pay 19:43 for college. Who would pay for it? My 19:45 parents certainly didn't have enough. 19:48 My older siblings at the time were 19:49 still many in boarding school, and some 19:51 were still in that process as well. 19:53 In my estimation, based on purely 19:55 logical calculations, it was impossible 19:57 for me to attend college with 19:58 sufficient funding. So I searched for 20:01 information everywhere for a free 20:03 college, and one of those I found in 20:05 Jakarta— 20:07 was a college managed, founded, and 20:10 developed by Saudi Arabia called LIPIA. 20:15 The Institute of Islamic and Arabic 20:17 Sciences. 20:17 Yes. this is one of those colleges that 20:22 is truly tuition-free and even provides 20:26 a scholarship called Mukafaah from 20:28 Saudi back then. Thank God, after 20:31 I also received a stipend if I'm not 20:32 mistaken, right? 20:32 There was what's called mukafaah, that 20:35 stipend 20:35 I spent 20:36 it used to be the target of students, 20:38 Ustaz. 20:38 I also experienced the tests, you know. 20:41 Oh, I see, I see. I was there for a 20:43 long time, starting from what they call 20:46 the preparatory class, with 2 years to 20:49 sharpen our language so it's more 20:52 fluent, plus another year of refinement 20:55 , which was through a selective test 20:58 it was a strict selection, from the 21:00 refinement program then to Sharia 21:01 i 21:02 now this Sharia part is the university 21:04 level, which thank God I passed and got 21:05 an LC degree 21:07 so I spent 7 years at LIPIA 21:11 7 But thank God, those 7 years were not 21:14 a burden on my family at all, and I 21:16 didn't have to pay, just as I had asked 21:19 of the Almighty. What became my dream, 21:23 even though the road was long, my 21:25 journey to Jakarta if told as a story, 21:28 it could probably even be made into a 21:30 soap opera, I think. 21:33 Yes. Just a little bit, what do you 21:36 call it, I'll open up; when I finished 21:38 my 1 year of service, I wanted to go to 21:40 Jakarta with nothing but determination 21:42 and sincerity. A boldness that might 21:46 have been excessive if I look back on 21:47 it, forgive me. 21:49 reckless 21:49 reckless, reckless, it was truly just 21:51 reckless. 21:52 How could I not be reckless, I had 21:53 never really been out of the boarding 21:54 school much. At most, just around the 21:56 Tuban area. 21:57 Yes, yes. 21:58 Let alone Jakarta, I had never even 21:59 been to Semarang. He. 22:01 Then I had the nerve to go to Jakarta 22:03 all by myself 22:04 alone. 22:04 And imagine at that time, forgive me, 22:06 I didn't have any contacts in Jakarta. 22:08 I had a friend's contact in Jakarta, 22:10 but as luck would have it—let me just 22:12 take a brief snippet of the story. 22:15 He gave me an address. The address was 22:18 just some general thing, not detailed 22:19 with a neighborhood block number. I 22:23 thought I would just ask people later, 22:25 and supposedly this friend of mine was 22:27 someone who taught and had a study 22:30 group in Jakarta and was a factory 22:32 employee. 22:34 I thought many people would know him. 22:37 So, I left from Tuban to Jakarta to try 22:39 my luck, just reckless because I wanted 22:42 so badly to study at LIPIA for free. 22:45 Yeah. 22:47 Until I thought long and hard about how 22:49 I could get to Jakarta. but for free, 22:52 without spending money, so that my 22:54 savings would be preserved and I could 22:56 use them later in Jakarta. 22:59 What did I then do? This is just a 23:03 story, who knows, maybe someone will 23:05 experience this later and it can be an 23:07 inspiration for recklessness for the 23:09 sake of a desire, right? He. 23:13 In Tuban, there were usually trucks 23:16 carrying mangoes. 23:18 Hm. they were called aromanis mangoes. 23:21 Around here, in Tuban, there are indeed 23:23 many good mangoes. They are called 23:25 aromanis there, or gadung mangoes. Here 23:28 they are called aromanis mangoes, taken 23:29 from Tuban and back and forth like that 23:31 . 23:33 Well, there was a neighbor next to the 23:35 boarding school whose job was driving, 23:38 delivering 23:40 mangoes from Tuban to Jakarta. So I got 23:44 to know him and asked if I could join 23:46 him in his truck. 23:48 Yeah. Hitching a ride. 23:49 And hitching was allowed. 23:52 So I rode the truck from Tuban to 23:55 Jakarta in the driver's cabin, you know 23:58 . You know how big trucks often have a 24:00 space behind the driver. Behind the 24:03 seat there's a space. There's a place 24:05 for the driver to rest. That's where I 24:06 was. 24:07 My God. Well, long story short, I 24:11 arrived in Jakarta, but back then I was 24:13 dropped off not in Jakarta, but in 24:16 Cikampek. 24:17 Wow, that's still so far. 24:19 Far. I didn't understand. He said it so 24:21 easily, maybe because he was used to it 24:23 . Later, Huda called me "Kang," the 24:25 term for a boarding school student. " 24:28 Just take a bus from Cikampek and get 24:30 off at Pulogadung." From Pulogadung, 24:32 there’s city transport, an angkot, 24:34 that heads to Cakung. The place I was 24:36 heading to was in Cakung. This friend 24:38 of mine, Ustaz Ahmad Saleh, is still 24:41 alive today. He might be listening and 24:43 watching this. 24:46 Now, a little more to the story. 24:48 Yeah. 24:49 When I got to Cikampek, I was carrying 24:51 a box of boarding school books. Oh, you 24:53 brought books too? I brought books 24:56 because I wanted to live like a student 24:59 , just like at the school, and I 25:02 carried a backpack I got from my nephew 25:04 —the one his father used for his Hajj 25:07 pilgrimage that he gave to me. 25:11 So, I brought that to Jakarta. 25:13 Now, the next part of the story, Akang 25:15 Angga. Masyaallah, this is truly a 25:17 miracle. I want to state that anyone 25:20 who I think has good intentions and 25:22 willpower won't always have a smooth 25:24 path. But sometimes God tests the 25:27 extent of one's sincerity and patience. 25:30 I experienced it. That's true. 25:32 So I arrived in Cikampek around...or 25:37 maybe 5:30, just after the dawn prayer. 25:41 Then, helped by the driver, the 25:43 neighbor from the school, I took a bus 25:45 to Pulogadung. Gadung. 25:48 As it turned out, I was given info by 25:51 someone on the bus, " 25:53 If you're going to Cakung, no need to 25:55 go to Pulogadung, you'll have to double 25:56 back, kid." He said. " 25:58 Better just get off in Cakung." 26:01 Uh-huh. " 26:01 It'll be easy to ask for directions to 26:03 the address." It’s true, I followed 26:06 the directions of the person on the bus 26:08 , who probably saw me looking around, 26:10 looking like a village kid, looking 26:12 lost. 26:13 It was obvious, very obvious. 26:16 My goodness, oh my God. It’s true, I 26:20 got off in Cakung, arriving at about 26:22 8:30 or so. 8:30. I still remember it 26:25 very clearly in my memory. But as it 26:28 happens, when I looked for that address 26:30 , almost everyone I asked didn't know 26:31 it. 26:33 Because there was no RT, no RW. Because 26:36 actually, it wasn't supposed to be in 26:37 Cakung. Cakung is a sub-district, right 26:39 ? 26:39 Yes. It's wide. 26:40 It should be in a village called Ujung 26:43 Menteng Dalam. 26:44 Ujung Menteng Dalam is now... 26:46 Well. That's still quite far from C. 26:48 That's quite far, Ustaz. It's closer to 26:49 Bekasi. I searched until around 11 a.m. 26:53 near noon and couldn't find it. Walking 26:56 here and there, back and forth. 26:59 I imagined, with myself, there was 27:01 nothing else to aim for but that. And 27:05 then, nobody knew the address. Then 27:08 there was no place for us to 27:11 communicate or lean on. None at all. 27:13 Don't. 27:14 What year was that, Ustaz? 27:15 That was '93. 27:17 '93. 27:17 '93. In '93, just after finishing at 27:21 Abdullah, late '93. 27:22 Uh-huh. 27:24 Now, imagine, the name was in Cakung, 27:26 people said, and on television, Jakarta 27:29 is a metropolitan city with grand 27:31 skyscrapers and all sorts of things. My 27:34 image was... 27:35 Why is Jakarta like this? 27:36 Cakung wasn't like that yet, Ustaz? 27:38 Yeah. Yes. Cakung in the old days. 27:41 There were still many ponds and rice 27:43 fields on the sides. 27:45 I was wearing sandals back then, not 27:47 shoes yet. 27:47 Hm. Well, after people pointed, "Maybe 27:51 over there is the address," I followed 27:54 it. 27:55 He. 27:55 That was crossing through the rice 27:57 fields. When I was crossing those rice 28:00 fields, my sandal even came off. It 28:03 came loose. 28:03 There were still many swamps back then. 28:04 Ustaz. 28:05 Oh my God. Still many swamps. Correct. 28:06 One of my sandals came off. Oh my God, 28:09 have mercy. Finally, I carried that one 28:11 remaining sandal. And it turned out, by 28:12 the time I reached the prayer room, it 28:14 was already late afternoon. Already 28:15 evening. 28:16 Approaching Maghrib, many people looked 28:17 at me, like, "Why is there this little 28:19 kid?" A little kid carrying a box, 28:21 looking for an address everywhere and 28:23 finding nothing. Until I stopped at a 28:26 prayer room. 28:27 Approaching Maghrib, I was tired while 28:29 reflecting. Oh. 28:30 Should I give up and fail? Is this life 28:32 ? I've barely started and the 28:33 challenges of Jakarta are already like 28:35 this. Yes. 28:35 I. 28:36 Should I go home, and how would I go 28:38 home? 28:39 How? Who to ask, what to ride, that's 28:41 it. It was getting dark for me. Oh God, 28:43 fortunately, I was educated in a 28:45 boarding school with all the 28:47 independence and perseverance. I leaned 28:51 on the Almighty. I had the belief that 28:55 God is just, God is all-seeing, and 28:57 it's impossible for God to wrong His 28:58 servant if they have good intentions. 29:01 That was my belief back then. Maybe 29:04 this is my trial and test. Finally, I 29:06 joined the Maghrib prayer in 29:07 congregation. After the Maghrib prayer, 29:10 I prayed earnestly, and I'm sorry to 29:12 say, my tears even fell. 29:14 Because of my sincerity. I still 29:17 remember very well asking to be shown a 29:19 way out and to find the address I was 29:21 looking for. In short, after the prayer 29:25 , I asked one of the congregants there, 29:27 "Sir, do you know this name? The name 29:30 is Ustaz Ahmad Saleh, Mr. Ahmad Saleh 29:32 who is in Cakung." At that time, there 29:34 weren't even RT or RW divisions yet. 29:36 There's no Friday. 29:36 Just that. 29:37 Uh-huh. As it turns out, this person 29:39 Uh-huh. 29:40 lived in the same rental, the same 29:42 boarding house as the kid who studies 29:44 with Ustaz Ahmad Saleh. 29:46 Oh, 29:47 wow, if I'm not mistaken, his name is, 29:49 well, back then I was told he was a 29:51 factory employee 29:53 uh, at this factory, you know. 29:55 Then, oh, it really seems to connect, 29:56 Sir. Uh, it seems this is a younger 29:58 brother or an older one, something like 29:59 that. Uh, what if I ask my friend? 30:02 Correct. It was asked to his friend in 30:04 the same boarding house near the prayer 30:05 room. Then it turned out when he came 30:08 to the prayer room where I was, he 30:10 guessed, oh yes, it's like this, then I 30:12 asked him, isn't this my teacher, this 30:13 problem, from the new tree, Bojonegoro 30:15 or close to the new one, oh yes, it's 30:17 the same as mine. 30:19 Finally, mashaAllah. 30:21 That is where God's power is, that is 30:22 where the power is. 30:24 Uh, then I was escorted by the kid who 30:26 studies with my friend to the house I 30:29 was looking for. 30:31 Without that, it would have been 30:33 impossible, for it was tucked so far 30:35 inside, and it was just a rented house, 30:38 friends. Almost no one knew about it. 30:40 Oh my. 30:41 So there, I heard and believed how 30:44 Allah sometimes tests His servants with 30:47 all their steadfastness, like what 30:51 yes 30:51 uh, their endurance. 30:53 And along with that patience, God 30:55 willing, if we truly surrender 30:57 ourselves, there is help. 30:58 That was without a phone, right? No 31:00 phone, nothing? Finally, I then lived 31:05 in that house until I registered for 31:07 Libya. Libya itself, subhanAllah, it 31:10 turned out to have quite a complicated 31:13 journey earlier. Uh 31:15 the Libya story is also already 31:16 extraordinary, you know. Finally, from 31:18 Libya, Ustaz, you continued to 31:20 Well, from Libya, thank God, it went 31:22 smoothly in Libya until I finished 31:24 Sharia. Uh, I left in the year 2000, 31:28 early 2000. Uh, got the LC degree. Then 31:32 2001 I was offered to enter the civil 31:37 service at the Ministry of Religion. 31:40 Hm. 31:40 So at the end of 2001, I thank God 31:42 passed to become a probationary civil 31:44 servant, and by 2002 officially became 31:46 a civil servant at the Ministry of 31:48 Religion. 31:48 Wow. 31:49 Uh-huh. 31:49 Seems like it went smoothly. 31:50 So thank God it went smoothly. already 31:52 graduated 31:55 graduated in late 2001, as it happened 31:57 I wanted to get married and met my 31:59 soulmate, in 2021 I did get married 32:01 even though I had no stability yet. 32:04 2001 32:05 Early 2001 32:08 Mid or near the end of 2001, maybe 32:10 month 7 or so, I was offered by one of 32:13 my seniors, Sir, who is still alive 32:15 until now, Mr. Abdul Aziz, thank you so 32:17 much, he still remembers me very well, 32:19 his services, uh, usually in studies in 32:21 the organization at that time he was 32:23 the one who liked 32:25 where, in what organization, Ustaz? I 32:28 was once, uh, in the NU da'wah 32:30 institute, then when I was a student I 32:32 was in PMII, the Indonesian Islamic 32:34 Student Movement, I have indeed liked 32:36 organizations since I was in school. 32:40 I was the student council president at 32:41 school. 32:42 Then at the Islamic boarding school, I 32:43 was the head of the boarding school. 32:46 Uh, then I was, uh, once also in PMI, 32:50 in, uh, in LDK, in, what, LIPIA, I was 32:53 also there. 32:56 So, where is your spouse from, Ustaz? 32:57 Uh as it happens, if I trace it, to put 33:03 it briefly, my wife's parents are 33:05 originally from Pekalongan. I see. 33:09 Uh, but they have lived and settled in 33:11 Jakarta. So we met in Jakarta. 33:13 Uh, as it happens, she also went to a 33:15 boarding school, in Jombang at Bahrul 33:18 Ulum. Uh, then, well, you know how the 33:21 introduction process goes, there was a 33:23 way, and as fate would have it, I did 33:25 have the intention not to wait too long 33:27 . I was about 27 at the time, I 33:30 remember, 27 years old, yes. I see. 33:33 I got married, and coincidentally, 3 33:35 months after the wedding, that job 33:37 offer came. That's why I also believe 33:39 that marriage is a gateway to 33:40 sustenance. 33:41 Without much trouble, I became a civil 33:43 servant, I was immediately asked for my 33:45 diploma, asked for 33:48 what do you call it, my birth 33:49 certificate and, uh, my biography, my 33:51 application, and I met Mr. Aziz, who at 33:53 that time was the director at the, uh, 33:55 Directorate of Islamic Boarding Schools 33:57 at the Ministry of Religious Affairs. I 33:59 see. 33:59 My files were taken and handed over to 34:01 his staff to be processed. Suddenly, I 34:04 got a call for an exam, and after the 34:05 exam, I passed. So in 2000, uh, two, I 34:08 started working, 34:10 started being active at the Ministry of 34:11 Religion, yes. 34:12 And then continued in the year, uh, 34:16 2004 or 2005, something like that. 34:20 Because I graduated in 2007, yes, I 34:22 continued my master's at UI. 34:25 UI. 34:25 Yeah. at the University of Indonesia, 34:27 uh, in Middle Eastern studies. At that 34:29 time, I took, uh, Islamic psychology at 34:31 UI. I finished in 2007 because I was 34:34 working while studying, uh, I couldn't 34:36 finish it in what should have been 2 34:38 years, it took me, uh, 3 and a half 34:40 years to finish. 34:41 I see. 34:42 Uh, only after I finished my master's 34:45 did I, uh, focus first on my work tasks 34:49 , and finally in the year, uh, 2012. 34:55 Yeah. 2012, 2013, I just continued my 34:58 doctoral studies again. 35:01 PhD. 35:01 at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah State 35:03 Islamic University Jakarta 35:05 to take my PhD in, uh, the field of, uh 35:09 , da'wah and communication sciences 35:12 concentration. I see. 35:14 Well, I am indeed a person who has 35:15 liked to delve into the world of da'wah 35:17 since a long time ago. Uh, and this 35:19 took a long time, uh, my studies, 35:21 because it coincided with work, yeah, 35:23 coincided with work, and as luck would 35:26 have it, I, uh, entered in 2013, then 35:30 in 2000, uh, late 2014 or, to be 35:32 precise, maybe the beginning of 2015, I 35:35 was, uh, appointed to the position of 35:38 Head of Administrative Division for the 35:40 leadership, as secretary to the 35:42 minister. 35:43 At that time, the minister was Mr. 35:45 Lukman Hakim Saifuddin. 35:46 Yeah. uh, until then, uh, he completed 35:50 one 5-year term. 35:51 I see. 35:53 And then I continued serving as 35:55 secretary for the next minister's term, 35:58 General, uh, Fachrul Razi. I was his 36:01 secretary for 1 year. I see. 36:03 Now, in between my time as secretary, I 36:06 , uh, followed and completed my studies 36:09 . I see. 36:10 So it was, uh, neglected for a long 36:11 time in terms of finishing my 36:13 dissertation writing for those years. 36:15 until it took 6 and a half years, 36:17 almost 7 years. Finished just recently, 36:21 uh, at the end of 20, to be precise 36:24 last October, I was reassigned, 36:26 currently as Head of Foreign 36:28 Cooperation Division. 36:31 Uh, and finally, I had the chance to 36:33 finish the dissertation that I had 36:35 actually been writing for a long time, 36:37 I'd been working on it, but it hadn't 36:39 received a serious finishing touch. 36:41 Yeah. 36:42 So for 3 or 4 months I struggled with 36:45 it, and thank God, I just finished it 36:47 last February. 36:51 In 2021, precisely on February 9th, 36:53 thank God, I took my doctoral promotion 36:57 exam and was declared passed with 36:59 honors. 37:01 My GPA, thank God, was 3.74. 37:04 Extraordinary. 37:05 Thank God. Thank God. So back when you 37:08 were contemplating with your broken 37:09 sandals, you couldn't have imagined 37:10 this. 37:12 Yes. Yes. Couldn't have imagined it. 37:14 Couldn't have imagined it. 37:15 Just being able to reach LC was already 37:17 extraordinary. That's it, oh God. 37:18 But just have faith. 37:20 Just have faith. So, brother, there is 37:23 a video recording from yesterday, right 37:26 when I finished the preliminary exam, 37:29 the open doctoral promotion exam. 37:33 At the end, I was given the opportunity 37:35 to convey, "Uh," words of gratitude and 37:38 appreciation. I couldn't hold back my 37:40 tears, I cried. I really couldn't hold 37:43 it back, I was truly sobbing. I 37:45 couldn't speak for a long time, because 37:48 what you said was right, even though 37:50 there were dreams and desires, it felt 37:52 like a dream, sir. Yeah. 37:55 And how I, someone from a remote area 37:58 who didn't understand anything back 38:01 then, then had a desire like this, and 38:04 finally God made that dream come true. 38:09 With all sorts of challenges and 38:11 dynamics, and then it brought me a 38:13 sense of gratitude, masyaallah, it was 38:16 truly unimaginable. Because of that, 38:20 whenever I go to the village now, if I 38:23 meet children and teenagers, I always 38:25 give them opportunities and motivation. 38:29 Never ever feel inferior for being a 38:32 village kid. Never ever have, uh, 38:36 short-sighted desires or dreams. 38:40 Yeah. 38:41 We would be at a great loss. We can 38:42 actually do anything. And I then want 38:46 to share the experiences that I have 38:48 personally gone through. So, Ustaz, 38:51 everyone can actually do it, even 38:53 though external factors back then, the 38:55 environment and all, certainly had many 38:57 challenges. Even now, for the current 39:00 generation, the environment and 39:01 conditions certainly have many 39:02 challenges. 39:03 But anything can be done, right? 39:04 Exactly, exactly. I don't know, I've 39:08 always been someone who, thank God, has 39:09 had a lot of optimism in life despite 39:11 all the limitations. So I want to tell 39:14 everyone that this attitude of optimism 39:17 is something we must always nurture and 39:20 develop. That is what, God willing, 39:22 will guide our mindset, our patterns of 39:25 action, and lead us to what we desire. 39:27 We've been chatting away, Ustaz, it 39:29 didn't even feel like it. 39:30 It's been almost an hour. 39:31 Masyaallah. So, so that is what then... 39:36 Uh, since I was young, I still remember 39:38 my mother advising me, "Don't worry, if 39:41 you're in an Islamic boarding school, 39:43 if you are sincere, there will be a way 39:45 , the costs can be arranged." The 39:48 important thing is to be obedient to 39:49 the teacher and to love knowledge. God 39:51 willing, there will be a way. 39:53 I still remember a verse my late mother 39:55 used to teach me. 39:57 Yes. Yes. She stated this is a verse 40:00 she taught me, and it still inspires me 40:03 to this day. She said: "Nauzubillah 40:06 minasyaitanirrajim, walladzina jahadu 40:09 fina lanahdiyannahum subulana." 40:11 Yeah. 40:13 Those who truly strive and work hard on 40:16 the path of goodness, on the path of 40:19 Allah, surely Allah will provide the 40:22 way. 40:23 That is what I always hold onto. After 40:25 all, even people who don't necessarily 40:27 intend to do good can achieve their 40:30 goals. 40:31 Sometimes, even the bad things work out 40:34 , so how much more so for the good ones 40:36 . 40:37 And Allah is the Most Gracious, the 40:40 Most Merciful, the Most Just. It is 40:42 certain, though sometimes it just takes 40:45 a process, courage, and perseverance 40:48 that we must have. 40:49 That's it. Right, we are reaching the 40:52 end of our time, Ustaz, due to the 40:54 limitations of our time regarding... 40:57 The month of Ramadan now, Ustaz. If we 41:01 chat during "Suhoor with a Figure," we 41:04 usually talk about suhoor habits. 41:07 Yeah. 41:08 Suhoor menus in the month of Ramadan. 41:09 Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. I see. 41:12 Stories about that. Wow, that's 41:14 extraordinary. 41:14 Very, very interesting. Yeah. 41:17 This, brother Angga, coincidentally we 41:19 are filming this at a...pesantren, 41:21 right? 41:23 Pesantren Tahfidz Alkaukab, which 41:25 coincidentally also, the students have 41:27 already gone home, they left on the 41:29 20th of Ramadan. Thank God, here... 41:31 There are around 250 male and female 41:33 students, right. 41:35 Ustaz, when did you build this? 41:37 I built this starting from a small 41:39 prayer room in 2011. 41:41 2011. 41:42 2011, that's interesting. I named it 41:44 Pesantren Alkaukab. 41:46 Yeah. 41:46 Which actually means "the star." 41:49 Yes. 41:49 It started from the name of the prayer 41:51 room, Mushola Alkaukab, in 2011. I 41:54 still remember it was built at 11:00 on 41:57 the 11th of the 11th month, 2011, and 42:00 coincidentally I am one of 11 siblings. 42:03 That was the laying... 42:04 The laying of the first stone. 42:06 It was Friday. I still remember it was 42:08 10:00, approaching Friday prayer. 42:09 Now, 42:10 I actually chose the 11th on purpose. 42:11 That's why I was inspired; it wasn't 42:13 intentional. I only realized it after, 42:16 "Oh, this is interesting, it fits 42:18 perfectly." After Friday prayers, we 42:20 were chatting with the friends who 42:22 built the prayer room together. " 42:24 Hey, this date is really nice.""Oh, 42:27 yeah, right, it was 11:00, and it's the 42:29 11th month, 11th day, oh my God." Oh, 42:31 yes. 42:32 Then I thought, what should I name this 42:33 prayer room? I then tried searching for 42:36 a name in the Quran related to the 42:38 number 11. 42:39 Hmm. And I found the verse in Surah 42:42 Yusuf, the number 11, which is 42:44 mentioned as "ahada asyar.""Inni 42:47 ra'aitu ahada 'asyara kaukaban 42:50 wasy-syamsa wal-qamara ra'aituhum li 42:54 sajidin." 42:57 There is a long story in Surah Yusuf 42:59 which is very, what should I call it? 43:01 Very detailed. This surah is indeed my 43:03 favorite. This is... 43:04 The only surah that is complete, 43:06 telling the story from the name, where, 43:09 and when; it is the most complete. So, 43:12 there, in Yusuf's dream, he saw 11 43:15 moons, representing his 11 brothers. 43:19 And the sun and the moon bowed to him, 43:21 because Prophet Yusuf would later be 43:23 appointed as a messenger and prophet. 43:26 Then I found "ahada asyar," the 11 43:28 stars, and the coincidence of the 43:31 number 11 with the founding date, so I 43:33 named it Kaukab. 43:35 It is very rare to find an Islamic 43:36 boarding school named Kaukab. So if you 43:38 search for "Pesantren Tahfid Alkaukab" 43:40 on Google, God willing, our school will 43:43 appear. Alhamdulillah, we hope they 43:46 will truly become kaukaban, sirajan, 43:48 misbah—becoming lights and 43:51 illuminators. 43:53 For the ummah and the surrounding 43:54 community. 43:55 Speaking of sahur, it led me to think 43:57 about, what do you call it, the 43:59 boarding school. It was interesting, 44:01 yesterday I spent 2 or 3 days having 44:04 sahur at 44:05 the boarding school and stayed the 44:06 night. It seems the friends there were 44:10 already waking people up at 2:00 AM. 44:12 Yeah. 44:13 And I find that in society, sometimes 44:15 it's even more extreme. 44:16 Yeah. 44:17 At 1:30 AM, they are already shouting " 44:19 Sahur!" Sahur. 44:21 I think this is something that, in my 44:23 opinion, doesn't quite fit or align 44:24 with Islamic teachings. 44:26 Sahur is a sunnah, right? 44:28 A sunnah muakkadah, and the sunnah of 44:30 sahur is to delay it as much as 44:31 possible. If it's still 1:30 AM and 44:33 people are being woken up, in our 44:35 modern city environment where 44:36 everything is convenient, you just need 44:37 to heat up food and so on. 44:39 I apologize, but maybe this can be an 44:41 inspiration; please, when waking people 44:43 for sahur, I think it should be done 44:44 with good manners. 44:47 Islam teaches morals, and previously, 44:49 in this boarding school, it was 44:50 practiced in an improper way. So I 44:53 decided to change it. I myself just 44:55 found out how it is with the children, 44:56 you know. Yes. 44:57 And in our neighborhood, people like to 44:59 shout "Sahur, sahur, sahur!""Sahur or 45:02 not?""Sahur or not?" It feels really 45:05 disruptive. 45:06 And I am convinced that it doesn't 45:09 reflect Islamic sharia or Islamic 45:12 ethics at all. 45:14 There must be etiquette to it. 45:15 There is no Islamic etiquette in that. 45:17 We can certainly change it for the 45:19 better. 45:20 Regarding memories of sahur, I think 45:22 they are indeed extraordinary. 45:24 Especially during childhood, with all 45:26 its twists and turns. But, however it 45:29 may be, ladies and gentlemen, the 45:31 sunnah of fasting is to delay sahur, so 45:34 in my opinion, 30 minutes for sahur is 45:37 enough. 45:40 It's enough to then have sahur for 15 45:43 minutes, then shower, tidy up, and 45:45 prepare to go to the mosque or musalla 45:48 for Fajr prayer. So 45:51 30 minutes before Fajr is enough. 45:53 And there's no need to wake people up 45:55 at 2:00 AM. Everything we have now is 45:57 ready-to-serve. If you really must wake 46:01 people up, maybe 3:30 AM is reasonable 46:04 to wake those who haven't had sahur. 46:08 Actually, they don't even need that 46:09 anymore; they have alarms. Wake them up 46:12 with the early adhan. 46:13 Ah, that would be fine. That. 46:15 So, once the early adhan sounds. But 46:17 sometimes, uh, if the traditions are 46:19 different like this, it can confuse 46:22 people too. 46:23 They might think it's the dawn call to 46:25 prayer, the Fajr adhan. 46:26 Yes. Yes. All right, Ustaz. Oh, what an 46:28 extraordinary story this is. Hopefully, 46:30 it inspires us, though time is limited. 46:32 In closing, Ustaz, a brief piece of 46:33 advice 46:34 for the final week of Ramadan leading 46:36 up to Eid al-Fitr. What would it be, 46:37 Ustaz? Keep it brief. 46:38 Approaching Eid al-Fitr. Yes, well, 46:40 ladies and gentlemen. I think we should 46:43 make the most of these last two or 46:46 three days of Ramadan. Who knows, 46:50 perhaps in these final deeds, Allah 46:52 will grant us His mercy, blessings, and 46:55 forgiveness. With Lailatul Qadar, 46:59 surely Allah's mercy will never cease, 47:01 just as we are asked never to despair 47:04 of His grace, forgiveness, and 47:06 blessings. Let's imagine, surely no one 47:11 can guarantee that we will be able to 47:14 see the coming Ramadan. Many of our 47:18 brothers and sisters, people around us 47:20 —pardon me, especially in this Covid 47:22 pandemic situation—with our prayers, 47:25 we hope Allah continues to grant 47:27 protection, safety, and health. But as 47:31 scholars teach us to observe Ramadan 47:34 with devotion, so it truly touches us 47:38 and provides optimal reflection, 47:41 consider this Ramadan the last one for 47:45 us. Because there is indeed no 47:48 guarantee we will see the next Ramadan. 47:50 There is also no guarantee from anyone 47:52 that we will experience the next 47:54 Lailatul Qadar. Therefore, while Allah 47:58 still gives us the opportunity and 48:00 permission to experience this Ramadan, 48:03 as we have prayed since the month of 48:05 Rajab. Then let us optimize this time 48:10 that Allah has granted us. It’s fine 48:14 to be busy once in a while with Eid 48:17 preparations, but don't let that become 48:20 the main priority. And then let the 48:24 duties of Ramadan be neglected. 48:27 Let us spare time at night for our 48:29 night prayers. Let us perform itikaf, 48:33 recite the Quran, and don't forget to 48:36 donate and give charity to others as 48:38 the spirit of Ramadan, along with our 48:40 zakat and so on. And finally, I also 48:44 want to provide some motivation to 48:47 everyone that this life is indeed full 48:51 of dynamics and we surely follow that. 48:56 Life will never always be in a safe 48:58 zone, or a comfortable zone. That is 49:01 indeed how Allah matures us. People who 49:05 always look for a safe zone will surely 49:07 never find the sensation in their lives 49:09 . Ah, that is just its nature. People 49:15 who never endure hardship in their 49:18 lives will never find true pleasure or 49:22 authentic enjoyment in their lives. 49:27 That is why I have always motivated 49:30 students and everyone, especially those 49:33 who still have a long opportunity ahead 49:36 . Since long ago, I have been teaching. 49:41 Among the things that motivate my life 49:44 is a verse from a book formerly called 49:47 Alala, the Alala poem composed by 49:50 Sheikh Azzarnuji; one of the verses 49:52 reads like this. Wakun mustafidan kulla 49:58 yaumin ziyadatan minal ilmi wasbah fi 50:02 buhuril fawaid. Wakun, be you, be 50:07 someone who is able to take benefit, 50:12 gain advantage, take something positive 50:16 , kulla yaumin, every day, every moment 50:21 , even every time, ziyadatan to 50:25 increase, to enhance our knowledge. 50:30 So, we should constantly have no time 50:31 except for learning, for increasing our 50:33 knowledge, enhancing our insight 50:35 because this is the provision for 50:36 everything. Wasbah fi buhuril fawaid, 50:40 and make yourself continue to strive to 50:43 swim in the ocean of goodness and 50:45 benefit. Because our presence, our 50:48 existence here will be evaluated by 50:50 everyone, and certainly by Allah. 50:53 Especially with the benefits we provide 50:56 to the people around us, with the 50:58 goodness we bring to our environment. 51:01 So, that is what in religion is called 51:03 khairun nas anfauhum linnas, the best 51:04 of people are those who are most 51:05 beneficial to others. Let us strive as 51:09 much as possible to become people who 51:11 can always be useful and provide 51:14 positive benefits in our surroundings. 51:18 And this is indeed what always 51:21 motivates and inspires me to keep 51:24 striving, including in managing and 51:28 serving at this Alkaab Tahfid Boarding 51:32 School. While certainly asking for 51:36 prayers from all listeners and viewers 51:39 of Radio Rasil, may the Alkaab Tahfid 51:42 Islamic Boarding School, which 51:44 continues to struggle to love, study, 51:46 and develop the Quran, truly be blessed 51:49 , graced, and favored by Allah. I also 51:54 extend my deepest appreciation and 51:56 gratitude to anyone who has contributed 51:58 and provided extraordinary benefits to 52:01 the existence, development, and 52:02 construction of this Alkaab Tahfid 52:05 Boarding School. And I am certain that 52:09 our deeds, our contributions, will 52:11 become a heavy weight of good deeds 52:13 before Allah when we are in the 52:14 Gathering place later. And God willing, 52:18 we will be classified as servants of 52:20 Allah Ta'ala among the inhabitants of 52:21 His paradise. Amen, O Lord of the 52:24 worlds. 52:24 Amen, O Lord of the worlds. That is 52:27 extraordinary, Ustaz. Thank you very 52:29 much for the conversation during this 52:30 Suhoor time. I hope it is beneficial. 52:32 May you always be healthy, Ustaz. 52:33 Alhamdulillah. Thank you, Akang Angga. 52:36 God willing. Thank you for the prayers. 52:38 It is indeed approaching the time for 52:40 Subh prayer as well, isn't it. Thus, 52:44 brothers and sisters who are blessed by 52:46 Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. 52:47 Alhamdulillahi rabbil alamin. Sahur 52:48 with a Figure, this edition accompanies 52:50 your Suhoor time. I hope it is 52:52 beneficial. Please forgive any mistakes 52:54 in my words. Angga Aminuddin bids you 52:56 farewell. Billahi taufik wal hidayah. 52:58 Subhanakallahumma wabihamdika ashadu 53:00 alla ilaha illa anta astaghfiruka. 53:03 Wassalamu alaikum warahmatullahi 53:04 wabarakatuh. 53:05 Wa alaikumussalam warahmatullahi 53:07 wabarakatuh. 
