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Tahlil at Maslan's -- more fotos

Quiz questions:

Whose son is this? Child number what of how many children?

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More fotos from tahlil session at Maslan's:

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Tahlil at Maslan's

Tajul came! The hero walked in last, arriving when there were only Nikron, Nasir and I remaining.

In the foto above, Maslan is clutching a box of SkyFruit just given by Nikron.

Over 20 Brothers came to this tahlil. Prayers continue for our 10 departed Brothers.

We are grateful to Maslan who initiatied the tahlil. Thank you to Nora, Maslan's wife for making sure there was a sumptuous spread.

Maslan and Nora have a fine mansion with a lovely lawn where we grouped under a tent after the tahlil. It wasn't hard to find the place for most of us, thanks to the host saying in his email invitation that the roundabout is now a traffic light junction. But if only he had alerted us that the important road to his house was closed, then some of us would not have been late!

Nikron gave the SkyFruit free-of-charge to Maslan! Why? Because it's Maslan's birthday! Yes, the BIG FIVE-O....

All together now, "Allah selamatkan kamu... Allah selamatkan kamuuuu.... Allah selamatkan kami semua ("kami semua" by Esham)... ALLAH SELAMATKAN KAMUUUUUU........!!!"

"Happy birthday to you... Happy birthday to youuu..... Happy BIRTHDAY TO MAAASLAAANN...... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOOOOO YOUUUUUUUUUU.........!!!!!"

Hearing us Brothers sing the 2 birthday songs, Nora and kids came out to join us at the tent, so we went on to song no. 3, "For he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow, for he's A JOLLY GOOD FELLLLOOOOWWWW...... that nobody CAN DENYYYYY.....!!!!!"

Maslan was speechless. In all his 50 years, nobody has ever sung him a birthday song!

The above and below fotos were the few I took using my phone camera. I will upload more fotos to this blog as soon as I figure out how to do it from the memory card Maslan asked me to take back from his digital camera.

Brothers who came to Maslan's: 1. Baw, 2. Esham, 3. Hafidz ,4. Hasan, 5. Hazizi, 6. Jasmani, 7. Nasir Ali, 8. Nikron, 9. Niza, 10. Pak Ngah 11. Rahman Bidin, 12. Radzi Othman, 13. Rahmat (Ben) Yahya, 14. Roslan Hussein, 15. Rozano, 16. Sies, 17. Tajul, 18. Wak, 19. Zamin, 20. Zaki Salleh, 21. Zubairi  ... (who did I miss?)

Rahman, Wak, Rahmat, Jas, Esham, Roslan, Baw.

Maslan Othman's Invitation to Kenduri Doa Selamat dan Tahlil

Maslan Othman emailed in Big-Tree egroup at 9:48am today:

All of you are invited to attend the 'Kenduri Doa selamat dan Tahlil' at my house,

Venue: No 14, SS4B/3, Kelana Jaya (Map attached)
Date : 8th April, 2006 (Saturday)
Time : 1pm.

We would appreciate if you could call or sms me at my mobile (0193834463) to confirm your attendance.

Looking forward to see you all...

Note: The Map attached shows a roundabout, which has now been recently replaced by traffic lights.

Download maslans_house.doc

Re: [Big-Tree] A real test of our friendship

Email from "Hashim Ahmad Mohamed" [email protected] sent to Big-Tree egroup today at 11:09am:

Masripan and Brothers All,

It is good to have the tahlil at arwah's home provided if the majority of us can make it to Kuantan. If not we can still have it here in KL, may be at the same venue i.e. at Mogah's college in MU. It is more convenient here as most of us are residing here or nearby. We can have the tahlil not only for arwah Kassim but for all of our beloved brothers who have left us. I attended the tahlil at arwah's house last Friday night which was organized volunteerily by his neighbours. The wife wish to express her gratitude as quite a number of us collegians manage to make it to the hospital and to the funeral.

Met Hj. Nazari Khalidun, his partner in MKH Runding, and he is trying his best and do whatever he can to help the family. While waiting for his company to sort out everything,for the time being it is good if we can help the family with some monetary assistance especially to his two little girls who miss their father very much. Thank you.

How Kasim inspires

We've been spotted again. Our one year juniors, "MCV75" just started their blog on 1st. March 2006, and they list our blog there (thank you, MCV75).

MCV75, welcome to blogosphere and all the best!

According to the MCV75 blog founder stone'75, our updates here in our Big Tree blog on Arwah Kasim Junit motivated him to start their blog. Check out their blog and see their Fotopages -- I am sure you recognize many of them!

They also point out Arwah's website and stone'75 describes it, "The site talks about his dreams amongst others but the premature (or is it predestined) death in less than a year (after the dream was conceived) put an end to it all. That really put a perspective on life and dreams..."

Arwah inspires...

Kasim Junit: An Obituary

The last time I met him was a few years ago at a talk on Islam by one of the speakers from overseas. I think it was at the Kelab Shah Alam. He was wearing a beige jubah, I still remember, sitting on the chair half-smiling.

The first time I met him after we'd left MC was when we started working. One of the occasions was when he had just left JKR to join an engineering consulting firm in Subang Jaya, probably as an associate director. Also later when he's got his own firm, MKH Runding. We've got a mutual friend, Architect Samuel Zainuddin, with whom he shared an office once upon a time.

Samuel was my classmate in Kuantan from Forms 1 to 3. So within this triangle, we'd probably asked about each other quite a bit. But one thing surprises me. Samuel told me, on the day of Kasim's demise, that he'd just knew that Kasim was a MCOB.

Kasim never told him. Probably the occasion did not arise, and Kasim was a humble man who wouldn't care much about status. At MC, I got to know that his father was a religious figure in Pekan, probably a Kadhi (or the like). Curious as I was, I'd never ventured to ask more, even later. Knowing Kasim, I don't think he'd be interested to talk about those things.

Being his classmate for two years, I was able to interact quite a bit with him. He sat by the window, and I somewhere in the middle, of our classroom. During prep hours, most of the time, when not working,  he'd be looking inwards, towards others, instead of outside (it was dark anyway). To spice up the boring prep sessions, we'd be exchanging some friendly banters and he would join in too. He had a good sense of humour and he was quite playful, enjoying practical jokes once in a while, but it was all in the controlled, restrained, manner - sure to guarantee no one will get hurt. He also bursts into laughter easily - again controlled and restrained. But I don't remember seeing him burst into anger. Probably he was good in controlling it too.

Those were the days...

I thank Allah for having you, Kasim, as a friend and pray that He would bless your soul and accept you as being among His Righteous servants. May Allah give patience to your beloved Mum, wife and daughters, and help them continue this life with His Guidance.

May Allah help and bless us all, and our families, too. Ameen.

Ahmad Muslim Ali
6 Safar 1427
6 March 2006

My eternal friend Kasim Junit

Kasim,

The final days of your life will be permanently in my memory of you as my dear friend. I was shocked to receive a sms message from Hashim on the 28^th Feb at

1.00pm

. The message was that you had a stroke, warded in Kuantan GH and was dependent on a life support machine. That afternoon I made my way to Kuantan GH to pay you a visit. I saw you lying motionless on the bed with some occasional muscle spasm movements. I was saddened on seeing you in that condition. The only consolation for me is that all the while it looked like you were sleeping peacefully like a baby. I guess you were being spared from all the pain and suffering. I knew not if you were aware of my presence by your bedside but that did not matter much.

After that visit I was quite busy handling calls from our friends that were very concerned to know about your well-being. I was very much hoping for your recovery though it would require a miracle. The miracle I was praying for did not happen. I received the sad news of your death through Hashim at

6.30am

on the 2^nd March. Allah loves you more.

By

7.30am

I was set on my way to Pekan to bid you farewell. Till we meet again somewhere later. On the way there I was occupied with the memory of our friendship for the last 32 years. It was a joy having a friend like you and 32 years seem such a short time indeed. We had a lot of fun together and we had our squabbles. You had a lot of patience and toleration. You rarely lose your cool and you are always forgiving. Your weird sense of humour is quite an entertainment.  And that is why it is hard to lose a friend like you.

The funeral was done without any hitch. Hundreds of people turned up to bid you farewell. Rozano and I were there just in time. By

12.30pm

the funeral was over. Mae, Hasan, Halit, Norman and Razi came a bit later. Many more of our friends would like to come but circumstances forbid them. You are loved by a lot people. You are loved by your wife for being a good husband and by your daughters for being a good father. Your family, your friends, your neighbours and your staff are touched by all your good deeds.

Finally you were laid to rest at the place of your choice at the Ketapang Hilir cemetery. I was told that you had earlier requested to be buried by a big tree in that cemetery. There you lay peacefully in your final resting place by a big tree. I wonder whether this is your way of telling us in the Big Tree that you will always remain close to us all.

REST IN PEACE, MY FRIEND. MAY ALLAH BESTOW YOUR SOUL WITH HIS BLESSINGS. AL-FATIHAH 

 

Best Regards,

Nikron Ruzaidi

From Nikron: A real test of our friendship

Nikron emailed in Big-Tree egroup on Friday, 3 March 2005, at 8:51pm:

Subject: A real test of our friendship

Dear Brothers,

With the demise of our brother Kasim Junit, I am proposing that we organize a Tahlil session to be held at our brother Kasim’s house in Kuantan next week on Sunday 12th March after Zohor. I will liase with Kasim’s wife once we agree to go ahead.

What say you?

Best Regards,

Nikron Ruzaidi

Nikron-Forizen Technologies JV
Tel:         +60-9-845 8381
H/P:       +60-19-913 1218
E-mail:     [email protected]
Web-site:  www.nikron.com.my

Re: TRIP TO PEKAN

Salam to all my Friends,

It is sad to see another friend leave us form this world. Year by year, satu demi satu. Tapi kat akhirat lah tempat yang selamanya........

We have all entered this new phase of our lives so just take care.  I am grateful we do have this big-tree to hang out, for at least we know we are all together and when we need to, we can get together.

I also appreciate the occasional gatherings we had, jadi tak terkilan sangat kalau sahabat pergi sebab kita dah bertemu semasa beliau hidup lagi.  Namun kehilangan sahabat itu adalah satu kepastian yang menyedihkan. Tambah bila mengenangkan anak-anak dan isteri yang di tinggalkan terpaksa mengharung hidup, membela nasib tanpa ayah dan suami.

Dari Allah kita datang dan kepadaNya kita kembali.....

alfatihah.

rahmanbidin

From	arb74 <[email protected]>
Date	Friday, March 3, 2006 12:07 pm
To	[email protected]
Subject	Re: [Big-Tree] TRIP TO PEKAN

TRIP TO PEKAN

Salam,

Yesterday, Thu 2nd March 2006, 6 of us made a trip to Kampong Ketapang Tengah, Pekan, Pahang to pay our last respects to our Brother Hj Kassim Junit. We left at approx 10.40 in Hasan's S80 and arrived Pekan at around 2.00 pm. Nikron (and wife) who were from Kemaman were already there earlier and just managed to witness Arwah Kasim's jenazah being taken from his mother's house for an early burial.

We met Arwah's wife Zaitun (017-977-0009) and his two daughters - Maryam Khalisah (13) and Halimaton Saadiah (11) and his mother (in her early 90's) and his elder brother at the house. Even though we missed the burial, we managed to talk to the wife and daughters - they seemed to be in control of the situation and were in good spirits. The two daughters, Maryam and Halimaton took it well. It seems somehow Arwah Kassim has "prepared" them for the moment.

By the Grace of Allah, a few days earlier, Kassim did show some "signs" that he was going away... at the office and at home - he was saying "This is the last time I'm eating with you...", the lights in his office went out (which never happened before), he talked about "death" to his younger daughter Halimaton... and a few other little signs that everybody did not notice and took for granted - until he passed away on Thursday.

The most intriguing and perplexing thing that he did was to post the message to our blog on Big Tree - where he chose the category "AL-FATIHAH" - and wrote :

Wednesday, 15 February 2006

BRU

Assalamualaikum

BRU is still alive and kicking, getting clearer and steadier in its final mission and meaningful journey beyond lifetime. Enlightenments will cheer us all.

Posted by kasimjunit at 05:41 PM

SUBHANALLAH.... it was as if he knew...

Let's all put our hearts and soul together and make do'a to Allah s.w.t. that all his past sins be forgiven and may his soul enter the Jannah.... Amiiiin...

Assalamualaikum

BRU is still alive and kicking, getting clearer and steadier in its final mission and meaningful journey beyond lifetime. Enlightenments will cheer us all.

BRU

Assalamualaikum

BRU is still alive and kicking, getting clearer and steadier in its final mission and meaningful journey beyond lifetime. Enlightenments will cheer us all.