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A VISIT
TO PUSAT
PENJAGAAN BAITUL QURAN
ON 17 JUNE 09 (by LanK) |
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I seldom have the chance to meet
someone who devotes and sacrifices much or all of his/her time
towards taking care of orphans and needy children. So when I
found out that our brother Ismail Jusoff (Wae, see photo, top
right) and his wife, Rosminah Atan owned and managed two (2)
teenage homes known as "Pusat Penjagaan Baitul Quran" (Baitul
Quran Care Center), I did not hesitate to visit the care
center to
find out more about it.
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It was at about 9.30am on Wednesday, 17th June 2009 that my eldest son, Johan and I left our home at Taman Kosas
in Ampang to go to Masjid Mu'az
Jabal at Taman Setiawangsa to meet Ismail. Johari Amat (JoeMat), who was
staying near the mosque, was there to greet us. Together with
him, we proceeded in my car to a mamak restaurant which was
located a few minutes' drive away. Even though Johan and I
already had a hearty breakfast that morning, we nevertheless
joined JoeMat and Wei for a brief "teh tarek" session there.
JoeMat was kind enough to pay for the bill, citing the area as
being his "territory" and he has therefore, the "full right" to
pay for the bill.
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The Muaz Jabal Mosque at
Taman Setiawangsa |
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L-R : Johan, JoeMat,
Ismail Wae & LanK at the mamak restaurant |
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After having a short discussion and
a light meal, we proceeded to the teenage boys' home at Jalan
Setiawangsa 2A, which was not far from the restaurant. After
reaching the home, Johari had to excuse himself for another
appointment and Ismail then took us to visit the home.
According to him. there were 20 boys in the home and that was
the maximum number that it could accomodate. Located at a corner lot, the house
was rented at RM3,000 per month. The house had plenty of land
area, which according to Ismail, was convenient for the boys
to play football or other games during their free time.
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We observed that there was a group of four (4) boys
at the car porch taking lessons in reading and writing from a tuition teacher,
who was specially employed by the Care Center to provide the
lessons. Inside the house, the other boys were occupied with
reciting verses from the Al-Quran with an Ustaz to teach and
guide them along. |
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View
of the Boys' Home from across the road |
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The boys learning to read and
write at the car porch |
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The boys reciting the Al-Quran
under the guidance of an Ustaz |
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I left my car at the boys' home and went into
Ismail's car to visit the girls' home located a few
minutes' drive away at Taman Keramat. There we met
Ismail's wife, Rosminah and we sat together to listen
and find out about their purpose of setting up the homes
and their experience in running it.
According to her, there were 36 girls in the home and
that was about the maximum number that the house could
accomodate. The blessed couple explained why they
started the homes. According to them, Muslim parents
play a very important role to ensure that their children
are raised in accordance with the teachings of the
Qur'an and the Sunnah. The status of the teenagers
nowadays are that normally they have working parents who
are always too busy that the teenagers have nobody to
talk to or receive advice when they encounter problems.
Their actions are not supervised and therefore, they are
prone to be negatively influenced by their surroundings.
They are exposed to bad elements from watching TV
(television) and other media. They have no positive role
model, except for artistes and sport personalities. They
are badly influenced by the "lepak" culture which wastes
their precious time away. As a result, many teenagers
got themselves involved in crimes and immoral
activities. Many of these teenagers are orphans or come
from less fortunate families or financialy disadvantaged
working parents, especially single working
parents.
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L-R : Johan, Ustaz
Sadiqun & Ismail Wae at the Boys' Home |
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In view of the above, the couple came up with the idea of
providing a "home" with Islamic environment to assist parents
in bringing up their children according to the teachings of
the AL-Quran and Sunnah. Their objectives are to instill a
love of the Quran and abide by the Sunnah of the Prophet
(prayers and peace be upon him) for guidance during the
tumultous period of a teenager's life, to instill Islamic
values, inner strength and a sense of self-worthiness within
themselves, to teach and guide them through love and awareness
of their purpose in life.
In 2002, the couple started to set up the home modestly with eight (8) "totally loss" teenagers from parents
who could not afford to care for them the Islamic way. The
parents were more than pleased to have their teenaged
daughters and sons being brought up by the couple in the
Islamic way. These teenagers were at first accomodated at a
double-storey linked house but as their numbers increased, due
to the effectiveness of the programme that the couple
implemented at the Care Center, the teenagers had to be
moved to the existing bigger house, which is more spacious
and can accomodate more people. Soon after, this bungalow
house became over-crowded too and the couple had to rent a
corner-lot house at Jalan Setiawangsa 2A to accomodate the
boys only, whereas the girls remained at the bungalow.
They now have a total of 20 boys + 36 girls = 56 teenagers
under their care. |
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View of the
girls' home at Taman Keramat |
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Due to the big demand by
other parents to request to accommodate their own teenagers into the home,
the couple had to look for another place to accommodate them. They soon found a house at Taman Permata for this purpose. This house had been recently renovated and they said
that as soon as they had found suitable and reliable staffs to assist them
in running this new place,
they would take in new inmates. In the meantime, they allow the place to be
temporarily used to accommodate single mothers who were in desperate need of
shelters.
When asked how they
educate and bring up the teenagers in the home and ensure that the
teenagers become good Muslims one
day, the couple said that they implement the following programme
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1. There is 24-hour
counselling - a place to turn to in times of trouble and provide guidance towards
becoming a good Muslim.
2. Teach them to read, memorise and
understand the meaning of the Al-Quran and the Sunnah. They also provide advice
and support to other Islamic schools - for example, when the
Care Center receives
bags and bags of rice from generous donors, they give some of the
bags of
rice away to them.
3. They also fill the
teenagers' time with healthy activities and get them involved in charity work,
such as visiting the less fortunate people to instill the spirit of
sacrifice and volunteerism in them.
4. Provide training
skills such as cooking, sewing, hair styling, facial and body care, massage and
personal grooming.
5. Provide "Tarbiah"
(education and training) through love and good examples and use the Quran and
Hadith to develop a good "Akhlak" (character, moral) and "Akidah" (belief,
faith) in them.
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L-R : Rosminah, Ismail Wae &
LanK |
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When asked how they managed to run
their organisation successfully without financial support from the Government or even the
Baitul Mal, they said that they survived on
donations from friends and friends of friends. They say Allah is
Great, Who always ensures that there is a source of financial
support from the public, either in cash or in kind. For
example, they were paying rental for the present bungalow house and a
few months later, the owner decided to let them stay there
for free. We were told that as a result of this
good deeds, the owner's business also subsequently improved.
The couple said that their average
monthly expenses was about RM13,000.00 per month and
most of it go towards paying salaries to the
staffs, teachers and ustazs. They said it was difficult to look
for staffs who are dedicated and yet prepared to work for
lesser salaries, but Alhamdulillah they
still managed to find them.
We were served a plate of delicious meehun goreng, cooked by one of
the inmates, and a glass of cool thirst-quenching drink while we
were there. Not wanting to take up more of their precious time,
we finally bid farewell to Ismail and his wife. On the
way back to Taman Kosas, Johan and I were mostly silent in the
car, each immersed in our own deep thoughts about the
meeting with this fantastic couple, who sacrifice their time
and money to take care of these teenagers and to train them to
become better persons one day.
In an effort to acquire as much wealth as possible to
improve their lives in this world, most modern-day parents
not only tend to neglect the affairs of their own children
but also neglect to do something about their own lives in
the next world (Hereafter). Life in this world is just a transition,
in anticipation of another life in the next world, which is
more secure and permanent. The accumulated wealth in this
world will not help us in guaranteeing a better life in the
next world, but the accumulated good deeds and sacrifices that we do in this
world in the path of Allah SWT, will certainly help us to have a better permanent life
in the next world, insyaAllah.
It's not easy to find a dedicated couple like Ismail and
Rosminah, doing what they are doing now. We pray that Allah repays Ismail and his wife tremendously for the
great efforts and sacrifice that they have done and are doing
taking care of the orphans and the other less-fortunate teenagers.
Ameen... As related by Sahl bin Saad, that the
Prophet (prayers and peace be upon him) had said, "The
orphan's custodian and me are like 'this' in Heavens." He said
it while showing his two fingers, one was the index finger and
the other was the middle finger."
However, Ismail and Rosminah could not have done what they
have achieved if there are no generous and charitable
contribution from people like you and me. And for people who
contribute generously towards a good cause, Allah has promised
a good return, as said by Him in Surah Al Baqarah : 261 of the
Al-Quran, "The likeness of those who spend their wealth in the
way of Allah is as the likeness of a grain of corn; it grows 7
ears and each ear has a 100 grains. Allah gives multifold
increase to whom He will. And Allah is All Sufficient for His
creatures' needs, All Knower".
The Baitul Quran Care Center is run by the couple on volunteer
basis and therefore
welcomes any contributions if any, be it in monetary form or in
kind. There is also a scheme where if anyone is interested to
sponsor a student, his/her "investment for the
Hereafter" is only RM250 per month for the student's food and lodging.
You can contact the Baitul Quran Care Center by calling
Rosminah at 013-3460580/012-640 5008 or Ismail at 019-2511792 and if you wish to contribute
directly into their account, you can do so at Bank Muamalat
Berhad, Account No: 14030004456713.
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