It is a small village in the kecamatan of Tambusai, Kabupaten Rokan Hulu in the Province of Riau, Sumatra. During the Padri Wars of 1830's , Tuanku Tambusai (aka known as Fakeh Hj Muhammad Salleh ) fought the Dutch forces together with Imam Bonjol and Tuanku Rao in West Sumatra and in Northern Sumatra .The last defence was in Benteng 7 Lapis,Daludalu which fell in 1838. He escaped capture and came to Malaya. He was buried in Rasah in 1882.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Al-Fatehah to My Mak Teh
I had been expecting the inevitable for some time since I visited Mak Teh last at the University Malaya Medical Centre slightly less than 3 weeks ago where she lay on the hospital bed for I guess for the umphteenth time and this time and cousin Zakiah said that she had a mild stroke and she was not able to talk nor recognise anyone, that she would bid us farewell for " Alam Barzakh ". When Mona phoned me one day after she came back from her German trip and paid a visit for her usual nursing routine she felt rather awkward when Mak Teh was reluctant to let her go her hand and cried. Mona had been attending to her for some time and tried her best to manage her bedridden situation. She had been weakened by the numerous blood tranfusions that she had been on for several months and the last visit for the blood transfusion was supposed to be on the morning of 22 March 2010 when she passed away. Mak Teh as she's known to all her nephews and nieces had been a caring and wonderful woman and lived to a ripe age of 91, just a year older than my father. I remembered she would always remind us to complete the recitation of the Al-Quran and she was responsible for me continuing my lessons at Pondok Rasah where the late Tuan Haji Mohamad Noor, the brother of the Mufti Negeri then was teaching. We all adored her and she became the repository of all the stories about Tok Ungku ( Tuanku Tambusai)whenever the rest wanted to know more,especially Ayahsu Ghazali who began compiling the family tree more than 8 years ago. Al-Fathehah and may her soul be blessed and placed amongst the pious, Amin!
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Dear Hal,
Inalillah wa innalillah hirojiun Takziah dan semoga rohnya di tempat kan di kalangan org2 beriman. Amin.
Heartfelt condolences on the demise of ur Allahyar'mah Mak Teh
Dear Hank,
Thank you for the kind thoughts.
May ALLAH be our Saviour and Protect us from Hellfire.
Salam takziah juga dari saya AHS, muga-muga Allah mencucuri rahmat ke atas ruhnya. Alfatihah. Kenapa Hank tak mau letak gambar? nanti jumpa tak kenal pulak.
Terima Kasih kerana menghantar ucapan takziah diatas pulangnya keRahmatullah Mak Teh saya dan semoga Rohnya ditempatkan bersama mereka yang solihin.
Tentang Hank belum letak gambar tu, katanya dia tak tahu nak buat. Nanti saya ingatkan dia supaya minta anaknya masukkan gambarnya. Salam.
Dear Hal,
Yes, that reason plus d fact that d photos kept getting outdated d moment they r snapped. Will make do with an old photo then. It's coming!
Bro, I got problem with Hank punya blog. Bila nak komen komputer terus hang. Kenapa tu? Sampai la ni
tak dapat nak komen apa=apa.
Sdr Norzah,
I had no problem with my comments on Hank's blog. Anyway I have alerted him and if you want to email him, it is mhmp77@gmail.com
Ok, Hal, sudah boleh masuk dan tak tergantung lagi. Don't know what happened. tq.
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