5 days before a real ADILLAH AL-AHKAM exam.
Yeha, how are you all?? Are you student? Will these 2 weeks be an exhausting one? I think so, here in IIUM we will be facing final exam, just counting down and you will feel the following below:
1. Screaming when you do not accomplish your task completely.
2. Rounding up or scratching your whole head while screaming loudly when you do not find what you want, such as methods, abbreviation of your math subject, etc.
3. Feel too lazy to go to canteen.
4. Consuming more NOODLE rather than having meal in canteen.
5. Listening to music then suddenly you become a SOLO SINGER without take a big deal with roommates who distracted by your terrifying voice tone.
However, do you know that exam is some kind of situation where you can be closer to your Creator?? did you realize it??
When exam comes, you will be free to:
1. Increase your pray and ask anything you want to him, in order to pass the exam perfectly.
2. Increase your recitation of qur'an.
3. Ask redha from your parents.
4. Practice tahajjud and hajat prayer.
5. Sodaqoh and shalawat
The Muslim students are supposed to put their trust in Allah when
facing the tests of this world as prescribed in Islam. Why? I will now let you know what Rasulullah said :
“The strong believer is better and is more beloved to
Allah than the weak believer, although both are good. Strive to attain that
which will benefit you and seek the help of Allaah, and do not feel helpless.”
(Sahih Muslim, hadits no. 2664)
Among those means are the following:
1.Turning to Allah by making du’a in any way that
is prescribed in Islam, such as saying,
“Rabbiy ishrah li sadri wa yassir li
amri (O my Lord, expand my chest and make things easy for me).”
2.Get used to sleep early and go to the exams on
time.
3. Preparing all required or permitted equipment such
as pens, rulers, etc.
4. Reciting the du’a for leaving the house:
“Bismillaah,
tawakkaltu ‘ala Allaah, wa laa hawla wa laa quwwata illa Billaah. Allaahumma
inni a’oodhu bika an adilla aw udalla, aw azilla aw uzalla, aw azlima aw
uzlama, aw ajhala aw yujhala ‘alayya (In the name of Allaah, I put my trust
in Allaah, and there is no strength and no power except with Allaah. O Allaah,
I seek refuge with You lest I should stray or be led astray, lest I slip
(commit a sin unintentionally) or be tripped, lest I oppress or be oppressed,
lest I behave foolishly or be treated foolishly).”
Do not forget to seek your
parents’ approval, for their du’aa’ for you will be answered.
5. Mention the name of Allah and shalawat Nabi before you start.
6. Fear Allah with regard to your classmates, and do
not be affected by their anxiety or fear just before the exam, for anxiety is a
contagious disease.
7. Remembering Allaah (zhikr) dispels anxiety and
tension. If something is too difficult for you, then pray to Allah to make it
easy for you. Whenever Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on
him) found something too difficult to understand, he would say,
“O You Who
taught Ibraaheem, teach me; O You Who caused Sulaymaan to understand, cause me
to understand.”
8. Choose a good place to sit during the exam, if you
can. Keep your back straight, and sit on the chair in a healthy manner.
9. Look over the exam first. Studies advise spending
10% of the exam time in reading the questions carefully.
10. Plan to answer the easy questions first, then the
difficult ones.
11. Answer questions according to importance.
12. Start by answering the easy questions which you
know. Then move on to the questions which carry high marks,
13. Take your time to answer, for the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Deliberation is from Allaah
and haste is from the Shaytaan.” (A hasan hadeeth. Saheeh al-Jaami,
3011).
14. Think carefully about the answer and choose the
right answer when answering multiple-choice questions. Deal with them in the
following manner. If you are sure that you have chosen the right answer, then
beware of waswasah (insinuating whispers from the Shaytaan).
15. Write the main points of your answer at the
beginning of the line, because this is what the examiner is looking for.
16. Devote 10% of the time for reviewing your answers. Resist the desire to hand in the exam papers quickly. Be confident without seeing others who submit earlier.
17. If you discover after the exam that you answered
some questions incorrectly, then take that as a lesson in the importance of
being well prepared in the future, and not rushing to answer questions. Accept
the will and decree of Allah and do not fall prey to frustration and despair.
Remember the hadeeth of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him), “If anything befalls you, do not say, ‘If only I had done such and such.’
Rather say, ‘Qadar Allaah wa maa sha’a kaan (the decree of Allah and what He
wills happened),’ for saying ‘if only’ opens the door for the Shaytaan.”
(Saheeh Muslim, and the first part of this hadeeth was mentioned above).
18. Note that cheating is haraam whether it is in
foreign language tests or any other tests. The Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Whoever cheats is not one of us.”
19. Remember what you have prepared for the Hereafter,
and the questions of the examination in the grave, and how to be saved on the
Day of Resurrection. Whoever is saved from the Fire and admitted to Paradise will indeed have succeeded.
We ask Allah to make us succeed in this world and
cause us to be among those who are victorious and saved in the Hereafter, for
He is the All-Hearing Who answers prayer.
So how we welcome our exam? do we put under pressure for our mind to always think? Have you left your bad procrastination skill? hehehe... just kidding. I am just an ordinary reminder who want to share with others and also remind my self.
Okay then, just relax, do not get stressed out because hope still abides. Turn everything to Allah and let Him decide what we deserve. Ah ya, have you downloaded previous year exam paper from digital library? InshaAllah it will help you to answer the exam. Happy exam week!
May Allah ease us to pass exam and get high CGPA and practice what we have learned. Aamiin Ya Rabb. We know undoubtedly that YOU are the best supporter, the best helper ever.
#convey from me even a single verse- Rasulullah SAW.
