Bismillahirrahmanirrahim...
Assalamualaikum wbt.
Alahai kambing...nampaknya, memang konfom sebulan sekali aje teman dapat menjenguk kamu ye...kesian kamu...nampak tak bermaya...muka tak berseri...kusam..haa, apa kata teman rekemen tia amelia utk kamu...ya....!!tia amelia.....tia amelia!!! hanya tia amelia!!!!hahhahahhahahahhahahah....!!!
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teman sebenarnya bengkek benor mendengorkan iklan tu....merobek2 jiwa ku rasanya...dah la dok ulang 'tia amelia' tu berulang2 kali...yg teman paling tak tahan bila deme gelak tak tentu pasal kat hujung iklan tu...eeee...kenapa iklan radio byk yg mcm tu hah??ish...cuba encik kambing kasi idea skit kat deme nih...encik kambing lagi terrer mengiklan kan diri...siap dah main facebook skrg nih teman nampak...naik aeroplane kasi kad tesco lah...apa lah...hehehe...bagus en kambing...bagus...lepas ni bagi kad touch n go plak ye...
Okeh, hari ni teman nak cerita pasal sorang tokei baju muslimah ni...
Kedai baju muslimah ni dah lama teman suka pergi...banyaknya menjual jubah2 yg dibawa dari timur tengah...mmg cantik....mcm2 design...ada yg simple, elaborated..ada yg ada batu sana sini...ada yg tangan ropol2...mcm2 lah...
dan adat lah...baju2 import mcm ni dah tentunya mahal...majoritinya mencecah ratusan ringgit...teman selalu jamu mata aje...seronok tengok jubah cantik2 ni....dah la praktikal, mudah pakai...versatile plak tu..dan sesuai dipakai ke mana2...
selain jubah2 tu ada jugak blouse2 muslimah yg panjang2 sampai ke lutut..yg jugak cantik dan simple...dlm 2-3 bulan lepas, teman ada jugak beli blouse2 muslimah tu...hajat di hati pada mulanya nak ambik 4 pasang...
tapi masa nak bayar, alangkah terkejutnya teman bila pembantu kedai tu kata mereka tak ada kemudahan credit card..cash only....hmm, pelik jugak teman...sbb kedainya begitu exclusive...and baju2 n jubah2nya mmg mahal....mcm teman katakan tadi, jubahnya boleh mencecah ke ratusan ringgit...so...mcmmana org nak bawak cash byk2 kalau nak shopping kat situ???...hmm, tapi teman tak kata apa2...mungkin pada waktu tu, kedai tu baru dibuka..and kemudahan credit card tu tak sampai lagi....
Jadiknya, teman ambik 2 pasang je lah haritu..and bayar secara tunai....
Dlm 2-3 hari lepas, teman sekali lagi pergi menjamu mata dkt kedai tu...kali ni, berkesempatan pulak berjumpa dgn tuan punya kedai tersebut...teman tanya sikit ttg latar belakang kedai tu etc...beliau menjawab 'family business'...ooooo....
Setelah menerai satu lagi blouse yg teman mmg dah aim lama...teman pegi ke kaunter utk membayar...and sekali lagi teman notice yg mereka masih tak ada kemudahan credit cards...
Teman pun bertanya..sekadar ingin tahu:
Teman: U all, takde credit cards ye...?
Tokei: (memandang bawah).. Ha'ah...takde....
Teman: I see...ookay...
Tokei: Errmm....U tau kan kenapa??
Teman: (sekadar meneka...agaknya pasal taknak menggalakkan customer mereka berhutang dgn bank kot) Erm...maybe.......(sambil buat muka konpius...alaaa...muka yg mcm selalu tu...hehehheheheheheh)
Tokei: (senyum sambil angguk2 kepala)
Teman: ermmm....what about debit cards then?
Tokei: Well, debit cards are okay..but then u tau kan mereka ada some charges that we have to pay??
Teman: yeaa....well.......u use their facility..isnt it just logical that u have to pay them...?
This was when he smiled and asked me of my occupation...I told him i'm not in business line so, there's nothing to worry...he's not gonna insult me in any way....so he continued...
Tokei: Well, it's alright if u are paying the good guys..the thing is when we use their facilities...we are paying them- the bad guys....we are basically supporting them...and they are just manipulating the whole system so that we continue to support them (lbh krg mcm ni la ye yg teman ingat dan faham)
Teman: I see...
Tokei: Do you like working?
Teman: Yes.
Tokei: Do you know that many Muslims nowadays find it hard to get up for Subuh...but they make sure that they reach on time to their working place because they are scared of their bosses??
Teman: Okay...
Tokei: Dont you find that some sort of 'perhambaan' other than Allah and it's a form of syirik?
Teman: (terbeliak mata) Ohh??
Tokei: So, you see...to me....if something as simple as that is considered as syirik, apatah lagi directly supporting the bad guys by giving them money
Teman: Ehem...but you have a problem..u see....a small problem...
Tokei: Yes?
Teman: The thing is, the stuffs that u sell here are rather pricey and people generally do not carry too much money around to spend..
Tokei: Yes, i know...and i take it as a sacrifice to Allah...
Teman: Ah..??Really? How?
Tokei: Ya, like the other day...we had this lady who wanted to buy RM3000 worth of jubahs...and she got angry with us because we didnt have credit card facilities...she ended up leaving the store just like that....without buying anything in the end...and it was hard for us to see her go away..but then....that's the sacrifice that we make, u see...maybe it was not our rezeki that day, maybe not hers as well...tapi rezeki Allah ada di mana2....
I nodded...understood his family's noble intentions...but i still had that unsettled feeling deep down in my heart...After paying the price of my blouse (CASH- i got RM2 discount for listening hehe) i drove slowly back home...all the while thinking bout the conversation i had...
Well, i must applaud the noble intention's of making the best out of the business you own...u want rezeki yg purely halal...and surely yg mendapat keberkatan drp Allah SWT...
and i applaud the sacrifice that the family went through in obtaining these objectives in their business...tak ramai yg boleh buat mcmni tau...really clear with their mission and fullheartedly practice what they believe...Alhamdulillah...masih ada manusia di luar sana yg tidak memikirkan keuntungan semata2 dan dgn secara senyap2 berjihad di jalan Allah...insyaAllah, ganjarannya pasti berlipat ganda di akhirat kelak...
Cumanya I would feel a whole lot better if there is a way that customers are able to shop in big amounts in this store without resorting to credit/debit cards or having to carry huge amounts of money in their handbags which is a BIG no-no due to the crime rates these days....i've been cracking and cracking my head over this issue...and found only one solution...
hehe...maybe not a very good one...as it involves lots of trust...but then again, rezeki ni kan semuanya Allah yg punya...
so my suggestion is: bagi je customer bawak balik dulu jubah2 tu...lpstu bagi number akaun bank kedai tu and suruh customer tu transfer in je...hehheheh...boleh pakai tak suggestion ni...??teman pernah buat...sbb tu berani suggest...
anyone else ada idea yg bernas yg boleh dikongsi???would be good if we could help this budding islamic bussiness yg berkobar2...mana tau kita pun boleh berkongsi syafaatnya di akhirat kelak?? :)
Thank u peeps!!
Wasallam.
p/s: is it time to gunting my credit cards into 2???????huhuhu~~
Thursday, March 3, 2011
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hehe... kinda risky for him. Or he can set a computer with internet connection.. ask customer to use inprivate browsing to login to their online banking and transfer direct to his account. Chup... I am not good with financial stuff.. don't online banking charge certain amount for transactions as well?
ReplyDeleteHis intention is noble, but I dont think I'll be able to gunting my cc to follow his path... maybe im just too gullible :| (I was never into using CCard before, but had to get one finally coz I need travel out of country... and it is kinda important and helpful to have one given my condition)
but in general, everything / whatever we buy, some kind of money will be used for good/bad stuff later, and we are not in position to trackdown where our money goes. And we can't stop ourselves from buying things coz we are not in position to make/build/cucuktanam stuff on our own. Every product has its own story, every marketing stragey has its own...even the smallest simplest transaction we make kt kedai runcit ahsiong or pak ali. i.e. kalau coklat tu 10 sen, encik X caj kt kedai dia xtra lg 15sen, hasil untng dia malam tu pi wat main judi misalnya... :-? hmmm... i donno wat im saying now haha... tiba2 tokei kedai busana ni wat aku tpikir mcm2 angle plak. maybe point tokei tu, if u know it's bad, then u should not cooperate with it... but sometimes its not dat u want to but u have to in order to survive today's world. coz there's a lot more things out there which are more "lagha" and indirectly wrong dat we dont realise we are coorperating with. Or maybe yg penting niat kita...bagi tiap kerja dan perlakuan kita, and in first dgree urusan kita tu bukan urusan yg salah. Yang lain tu kita berserah... ye tak? melainkan mende tu memang sangat clear depan mata kita membawa ke arah keaiban dan kerosakan and if we really have other options yang terang2 lebih baik dari yg sedia ada? I donno... wat u think? please enlighten us if u have more insight abt this. seriously, money matters make me go #$%##$
Btw, Respek the tokei busana's choice, but i am not as strong as him.
Assalam sister...tu lah...respect kan tokei tu...??i myself have not have thought bout it like that..but i guess he's doing his best to do whatever that's within his power to help in jihad fi sabilillah...btw, i love LOVE ur idea bout the online transfer in money thingy..and no, there's no extra charge if it's from the same bank account..hehe..nanti i suggest pada dia next time i pegi menjamu mata ye...thanx sister!!
ReplyDeletei think if ada atm machine dekat2 must be a big help kan?heheh
ReplyDeleteDayah: hmmm....betul betul betul!!!kena suggest kat maybank suruh letak atm satu kat tepi kedai tu...hehe
ReplyDeleterasanya xperlu ATM, kedai tu sediakan PC/laptop with internet connection.. skrng kan dah blh internet banking.. terus transfer je kt kedai tu.. hehehe
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