tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15121661080572860592024-02-06T18:27:27.613-08:00The Voicessound of truthfaidhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319672085598558551noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512166108057286059.post-82228645975204277462009-06-10T08:57:00.000-07:002009-06-10T18:21:38.489-07:00Ilmu Itu Seperti Hujan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjywk9g9wYWnvGmQkYFAz4Et2F6HAbon6q5yaEE9rVarVq4AxZpnC11lY3x77iHqzfDfsEM0zb4eu5RDALDN3c3SLcxdIJ1-VDIEAZkjSLd0DmPa2a5Zuc0YV8uxPfqz8L5sJJI1HLglErH/s1600-h/rain+forest.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjywk9g9wYWnvGmQkYFAz4Et2F6HAbon6q5yaEE9rVarVq4AxZpnC11lY3x77iHqzfDfsEM0zb4eu5RDALDN3c3SLcxdIJ1-VDIEAZkjSLd0DmPa2a5Zuc0YV8uxPfqz8L5sJJI1HLglErH/s400/rain+forest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345873870418300850" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><br />Assalamualaikum wbt. semua kawan-kawan yang dikasihi Allah sekalian.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Sudah lama rasanya blog ini tidak dijenguk. Sudah pasti banyak sekali perkara-perkara yang berlaku sepanjang kelesuan blog ini. Terasa bersalah pula apabila terfikir mula-mula membuka laman blog ini apabila tidak diimarahkannya di kemudian hari. Maafkan saya atas apa yang berlaku. Kekangan masa, aktiviti-aktiviti, ditambah pula dengan kesibukan menghadapi first professional exam sejak beberapa bulan yang lepas sepatutnya tidak boleh dijadikan sebagai alasan atas kelembapan mengemaskini laman ini. Benarlah kata Asy-syahid imam Hasan Al-Banna "al-wajibaat aktsaru minal awqaat" (kewajipan lebih banyak daripada masa yang tersedia).</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Sudah lama tidak membuat masukan. Izinkan saya kali ini untuk satu masukan dalam bahasa melayu. Sekadar berkongsi satu hadith Rasulullah yang mulia dari satu kitab Ibnu Qayyim Al-Jauzi iaitu Buah Ilmu.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span></span>حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَبُو عَامِرٍ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ وَاللَّفْظُ لِأَبِي عَامِرٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ مَثَلَ مَا بَعَثَنِيَ اللَّهُ بِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْ الْهُدَى وَالْعِلْمِ كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أَصَابَ أَرْضًا فَكَانَتْ مِنْهَا طَائِفَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ قَبِلَتْ الْمَاءَ فَأَنْبَتَتْ الْكَلَأَ وَالْعُشْبَ الْكَثِيرَ وَكَانَ مِنْهَا أَجَادِبُ أَمْسَكَتْ الْمَاءَ فَنَفَعَ اللَّهُ بِهَا النَّاسَ فَشَرِبُوا مِنْهَا وَسَقَوْا وَرَعَوْا وَأَصَابَ طَائِفَةً مِنْهَا أُخْرَى إِنَّمَا هِيَ قِيعَانٌ لَا تُمْسِكُ مَاءً وَلَا تُنْبِتُ كَلَأً فَذَلِكَ مَثَلُ مَنْ فَقُهَ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ وَنَفَعَهُ بِمَا بَعَثَنِيَ اللَّهُ بِهِ فَعَلِمَ وَعَلَّمَ وَمَثَلُ مَنْ لَمْ يَرْفَعْ بِذَلِكَ رَأْسًا وَلَمْ يَقْبَلْ هُدَى اللَّهِ الَّذِي أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِ <br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">Disebutkan dalam sahih Bukhari dan Muslim hadith dari Abu Musa Al Asy’ari Radhiallohu ‘anhu yang berkata, bahawa RasuluLLAH SAW bersabda:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">“Sesungguhnya perumpamaan petunjuk dan ilmu yang diutus ALLAH kepada ku seperti hujan yang membasahi bumi. Ada bumi yang subur yang menerima air kemudian menumbuhkan rumput yang banyak. Ada bumi yang keras yang menahan air kemudian dengannya ALLAH memberi manfaat kepada manusia. Mereka meminum dari air tersebut, memberi minum haiwan ternaknya, dan bercucuk tanam. Hujan juga membasahi bumi yang lain, iaitu lembah yang tidak mampu menahan air dan menumbuhkan rumput. Demikianlah perumpamaan orang yang memahami agama ALLAH kemudian mendapat manfaat dari apa yang aku diutus dengannya. Ia belajar dan mengajar. Dan itulah perumpamaan orang yang tidak dapat diangkat kedudukannya oleh petunjuk ALLAH, dan tidak menerima petunjuk ALLAH yang aku diutus dengannya.” (Diriwayatkan oleh Bukhari dan Muslim)</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Rasulullah SAW mengumpamakan ilmu dan petunjuk yang di bawa baginda seperti air hujan, kerana masing-masing (ilmu, petujuk, dan hujan) mendatangkan kehidupan, makanan, ubat-ubatan, dan seluruh keperluan manusia yang lain. Semua itu diperoleh dengan ilmu dan hujan.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Rasulullah juga mengumpamakan hati manusia seperti tanah yang menerima siraman air hujan, kerana tanah adalah sesuatu yang menahan air hujan kemudian menumbuhkan pelbagai tumbuh-tumbuhan yang bermanfaat, sebagaimana hati yang memahami ilmu, maka ilmu tersebut berbuah di dalamnya, berkembang, terlihat keberkatannya dan buahnya.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Kemudian Rasulullah SAW dalam konteks ini membahagikan manusia kepada tiga kelompok sesuai dengan penerimaan mereka, dan kesediaan mereka menghafal ilmu, memahami makna-maknanya, mengeluarkan hukum-hukumnya , hikmah-hikmahnya dan manfaat-manfaatnya;</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);">1.</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">Pertama, orang yang mampu menghafal ilmu dan memahaminya. Mereka memahami makna-maknanya, mengeluarkan hukum-hukumnya , hikmah-hikmahnya dan manfaat-manfaatnya. Mereka ini seperti tanah yang menerima air kemudian menumbuhkan rumput yang banyak. Pemahamannya terhadap agama, dan istimbath hukum adalah seperti tumbuhnya rumput dengan kehadiran air.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);">2.</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">Kedua, orang yang mampu menghafal ilmu, menjaganya, menyebarkannya, dan mengendalikannya, namun tidak mampu memahami makna-maknanya, mengeluarkan hukum-hukumnya , hikmah-hikmahnya dan manfaat-manfaat dari ilmu tersebut. Mereka seperti orang yang mampu membaca Al Qur’an, menghafalnya, memperhatikan makhraj hurufnya, dan harakatnya, namun tidak dianugerahkan pemahaman yang khusus oleh Allah, seperti dikatakan Ali RA, “Kecuali pemahaman yang diberikan Allah kepada hamba-Nya di dalam kitab-Nya.”</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Tingkatan pemahaman manusia tentang Allah ta’ala , dan Rasul-Nya itu tidak sama. Kadang-kadang ada orang cuma mampu memahami satu atau dua hukum dari satu dalil, sedangkan orang lain mampu memahami seratus atau dua ratus hukum daripada dalil yang sama.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Mereka seperti tanah yang mampu menakung air untuk manusia kemudian mereka mendapat manfaat darinya. Ada yang minum daripadanya, memberi minum haiwan ternaknya, dan bercucuk tanam dengannya.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Kedua-dua kelompok tadi adalah kelompok orang-orang yang berbahagia. Kelompok pertama adalah kelompok yang paling tinggi darjatnya dan kebesarannya berbanding seluruh kelompok-kelompok manusia yang ada. Allah Ta’ala berfirman,</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">“Itulah kurnia Allah yang diberikan kepada siapa sahaja yang dikehendaki-Nya, dan Allah mempunyai kurnia yang sangat besar.” (Al Jumu’ah: 4)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);">3. </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">Ketiga, orang-orang yang tidak mendapat sedikit pun ilmu; baik hafalan atau pemahaman, atau periwayatan. Mereka seperti tanah lembah yang tidak dapat menumbuhkan tumbuh-tumbuhan dan menyimpan air. Mereka adalah kelompok orang-orang celaka.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Kelompok pertama dan kelompok kedua mempunyai ilmu dan mengajarkannya sesuai dengan ilmu yang diterimanya dan sampai padanya.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Sedangkan kelompok ketiga, mereka tidak mempunyai ilmu apatah lagi mengajarnya, mereka tidak dapat “diangkat” dengan petunjuk Allah, dan tidak menerimanya. Mereka lebih sesat dari haiwan ternak, dan mereka adalah bahan bakar api neraka.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Hadith mulia di atas menunjukkan kemulian ilmu, pengajarannya, tempatnya, dan kecelakaan orang yang tidak mempunyai ilmu.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Hadith ini juga mengklasifikasikan manusia menurut barometer ilmu ke dalam dua kelompok; kelompok orang-orang celaka dan kelompok orang-orang bahagia, dan mengklasifikasi kelompok orang-orang bahagia ke dalam dua kelompok pula; kelompok pemenang yang didekatkan kepada Allah dan kelompok kanan yang pertengahan.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Ini menjadi bukti, bahawa keperluan manusia kepada ilmu itu seperti keperluan mereka kepada hujan, bahkan lebih besar lagi. Jika mereka tidak memiliki ilmu, mereka tak ubahnya seperti tanah yang tidak mendapat hujan.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Imam Ahmad berkata. “Keperluan manusia terhadap ilmu itu lebih besar daripada keperluan mereka kepada makanan dan minuman, kerana makanan dan minuman hanya diperlukan sekali atau dua kali dalam satu hari, sedangkan ilmu itu diperlukan sebanyak mana jumlah nafas.”</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Allah Ta’ala berfirman,</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">“Allah telah menurunkan air (hujan) dari langit, maka mengalirlah air di lembah-lembah menurut ukurannya, maka arus itu membawa buih yang mengambang. Dan dari apa (logam) yang mereka lebur dalam api untuk membuat perhiasan atau alat-alat, ada (pula) buihnya seperti buih arus itu. Demikianlah Allah membuat perumpamaan (bagi) yang benar dan yang batil.” (Ar Ra’du: 17)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala mengumpamakan ilmu yang Dia turunkan kepada Rasul-Nya seperti air yang Dia turunkan dari langit, kerana masing-masing dari ilmu dan air hujan mendatangkan kehidupan dan kemaslahatan bagi manusia di dunia dan akhirat mereka.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Allah Ta’ala juga mengumpamakan hati manuia seperti lembah. Hati yang besar yang mampu menampung ilmu yang banyak adalah seperti lembah besar yang mampu menampung air yang banyak, dan hati yang kecil yang hanya mampu menampung ilmu yang sedikit adalah seperti lembah kecil yang hanya mampu menampung air yang sedikit. Alloh Ta’ala berfirman, “Maka mengalirlah air di lembah-lembah menurut ukurannya, maka arus itu membawa buih yang mengambang.” Itulah perumpamaan yang dibuat Alloh Ta’ala tentang ilmu, bahwa jika ilmu itu telah bercampur dengan hati, maka ilmu mengeluarkan buih syubhat yang batil dari hati kemudian buih syubhat mengapung di permukaan hati, sebagaimana arus di lembah mengeluarkan buih yang mengapung di atas permukaan air.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala menjelaskan, bahawa buih itu mengapung, berada di atas permukaan air, dan tidak menempel kuat di tanah lembah. Demikian juga syubhat-syubhat yang batil. Jika ia telah diusir oleh ilmu dari dalam hati, ia pun mengapung di permukaan hati, tidak menetap di dalamnya, bahkan kemudian pada tahap berikutnya terbuang, dan yang menetap didalam hati ialah apa yang bermanfaat bagi pemiliknya dan manusia secara umum, iaitu petunjuk dan agama yang benar, sebagaimana yang menetap di dalam lembah ialah air murni, sedangkan buihnya musnah kerana tidak ada harganya. Tidak ada yang memahami perumpamaan-perumpamaan Allah Ta’ala kecuali orang-orang yang berilmu.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Allah Ta’ala membuat perumpamaan yang lain dengan berfirman, “Dan dari apa (logam) yang mereka lebur dalam api untuk membuat perhiasan atau alat-alat, ada (pula) buihnya seperti buih arus itu.” Maksudnya, bahawa jika manusia membakar benda-benda padat dan mampat seperti emas, perak, tembaga, dan besi, maka benda-benda tersebut mengeluarkan kotoran dalam bentuk buih yang sebelumnya bersatu dengannya. Buih kotoran tersebut dibuang dan dikeluarkan, sedangkan yang tersisa adalah perhiasan yang asli saja.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala membuat perumpamaan berupa air, kerana ia memberikan kehidupan, mendinginkan, dan mengandungi manfaat-manfaat yang banyak sekali. Allah Ta’ala juga membuat perumpamaan berupa api, kerana api mengandungi cahaya, dan membakar apa saja yang tidak bermanfaat. Jadi ayat-ayat Al Qur’an itu menghidupkan hati sebagaimana tanah dihidupkan dengan air. Ayat-ayat Al Qur’an menyucikan kotoran-kotoran hati, syubhat-syubhatnya, syahwat-syahwatnya, dan dendam kesumatnya sebagaimana api membakar apa saja yang dimasukkan kedalamnya. Selain itu ayat-ayat Al Qur’an juga membezakan mana yang baik dari yang buruk sebagaimana api membezakan mana yang buruk dan mana yang baik yang ada pada emas, perak, tembaga, dan sebagainya.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Inilah sebagaimana ibrah dan ilmu yang ada dalam perumpamaan yang agung di atas. Allah Ta’ala berfirman lagi,</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">“Dan perumpamaan-perumpamaan ini Kami buatkan untuk manusia; dan tiada yang memahami kecuali orang-orang yang berilmu.” (Al Ankabut: 43)</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Jadi sama-samalah kita mengambil pengajaran dari sebuah hadith yang mulia ini. Janganlah jadikan bacaan ini sebagai bedtime story semata-mata. Maksudnya hanya baca sekadar membacanya tanpa ada usaha mempraktikkannya. Sebaliknya apa yang sebaik-baiknya adalah kita semua mengamalkannya dengan seikhlas mungkin. Wallahu a'lam. Moga bertemu lagi di lain entry.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Wassalam.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-style: italic;">Sumber: Buah Ilmu, Ibnu Qayyim Al Jauziyah</span>faidhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319672085598558551noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512166108057286059.post-80056819589628955762009-02-16T18:36:00.000-08:002009-02-16T18:44:09.301-08:00We Will Not Go Down<object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/E14b_9wStUU&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/E14b_9wStUU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><b style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">WE WILL NOT GO DOWN (Song for Gaza)</b><br /> <span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">(Composed by Michael Heart) </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);"> Copyright 2009 </span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">A blinding flash of white light </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"> Lit up the sky over Gaza tonight </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"> People running for cover </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"> Not knowing whether they’re dead or alive </span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">They came with their tanks and their planes </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"> With ravaging fiery flames </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"> And nothing remains </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"> Just a voice rising up in the smoky haze </span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">We will not go down </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> In the night, without a fight </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> But our spirit will never die </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> We will not go down </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> In Gaza tonight </span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Women and children alike </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"> Murdered and massacred night after night </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"> While the so-called leaders of countries afar </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"> Debated on who’s wrong or right </span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">But their powerless words were in vain </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"> And the bombs fell down like acid rain </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"> But through the tears and the blood and the pain </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"> You can still hear that voice through the smoky haze </span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">We will not go down </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"> In the night, without a fight </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"> You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"> But our spirit will never die </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"> We will not go down </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"> In Gaza tonight </span></span>faidhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319672085598558551noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512166108057286059.post-58161039020784655382009-01-27T02:26:00.000-08:002009-01-27T02:47:24.957-08:00We are Democrazy!!! Lets demo!! ALLAHUAKBAR!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy2_N3Owh3fKZKJ8drRpAXCLcUQS2GCX3aIpd1wPfk1gvBPMqVQpRPZqmzJWoFopJyDEGhPmcHMWTk8QRHNq_Pfku0GPDp_rVZDnpCBVUs0I1OAdnl8hPw18i06o2naepsTD8doplUtYu0/s1600-h/3183619534_2b81fbf3bc_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 446px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy2_N3Owh3fKZKJ8drRpAXCLcUQS2GCX3aIpd1wPfk1gvBPMqVQpRPZqmzJWoFopJyDEGhPmcHMWTk8QRHNq_Pfku0GPDp_rVZDnpCBVUs0I1OAdnl8hPw18i06o2naepsTD8doplUtYu0/s400/3183619534_2b81fbf3bc_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295920189378185122" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi34lelgztXWNHC7bM9cWA3qT8xqYz9fZOKMJjnGS9bNhkPga-76iuyTb4fHpJXHT_NRpXb_MEn3VuGMl_NqkdhArudYp9gmKPlnT46JeXzXlG_6xHR1aGF2iAsj26RMCY8L35HDwEI9sg7/s1600-h/3183566044_18dc08a300_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 433px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi34lelgztXWNHC7bM9cWA3qT8xqYz9fZOKMJjnGS9bNhkPga-76iuyTb4fHpJXHT_NRpXb_MEn3VuGMl_NqkdhArudYp9gmKPlnT46JeXzXlG_6xHR1aGF2iAsj26RMCY8L35HDwEI9sg7/s400/3183566044_18dc08a300_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295920187741233938" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Assalamualaykum w.b.t.,</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">Now who says Demonstration is useless, not professional, and so forth? In your eyes... maybe. In the eyes of Allah? </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Think longer and make reference deeper!!!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6RH_5qBx7kA4cMbpSlglxSSq0NFbx3_J0xBcHtbU7dfYrdIEIYfSvmg3Df_zlPYOr2_KmPfcXiitHFXwQPxe6jHThbWY-LjFJ2-c5sakWJA_FONK41d650V9MoqPpx8-KM6LK0728K3I/s1600-h/3181658259_bbb04faf93_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6RH_5qBx7kA4cMbpSlglxSSq0NFbx3_J0xBcHtbU7dfYrdIEIYfSvmg3Df_zlPYOr2_KmPfcXiitHFXwQPxe6jHThbWY-LjFJ2-c5sakWJA_FONK41d650V9MoqPpx8-KM6LK0728K3I/s400/3181658259_bbb04faf93_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295920185799505330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6v0wJxm0MpaAkYxLT2QF7XF9NLuZXlMI9DvMWNIEispvaJJD5M2UBEPq0es3UpkSBrY5d5OyZEfFpywMYn1KxI_KSNOXQD7_S-TLYGubr_tMxo-EHqs1QdeLZBEqHPCp-H_wUEExjZT47/s1600-h/3182754347_210fcd89b3_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 588px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6v0wJxm0MpaAkYxLT2QF7XF9NLuZXlMI9DvMWNIEispvaJJD5M2UBEPq0es3UpkSBrY5d5OyZEfFpywMYn1KxI_KSNOXQD7_S-TLYGubr_tMxo-EHqs1QdeLZBEqHPCp-H_wUEExjZT47/s400/3182754347_210fcd89b3_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295920185051944786" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0GSwQzSPv17GeO3ckMso6qrHZKpvyKFdRVx_6w7gpS-anDUGluANDPLOHKMurfWQWWrfFj4CSsMOfnGf8PRNt_hue01UTgftAHvnwBoBYJYTt9-L2cic8D8bIjXEp9-ykURIClMfaLVGa/s1600-h/demo+free+palestine.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 332px; height: 585px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0GSwQzSPv17GeO3ckMso6qrHZKpvyKFdRVx_6w7gpS-anDUGluANDPLOHKMurfWQWWrfFj4CSsMOfnGf8PRNt_hue01UTgftAHvnwBoBYJYTt9-L2cic8D8bIjXEp9-ykURIClMfaLVGa/s400/demo+free+palestine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295920180432493298" border="0" /></a>faidhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319672085598558551noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512166108057286059.post-53652274568449058052009-01-27T01:47:00.000-08:002009-01-27T02:25:02.745-08:00Boycott Boycott Boycott - Don't ye have sensitivity?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUHy_xdM4leInPk2H0m09z0SzLR9nEhMA1Q3AqnzZP1j7GuLY9y0fXg57A-o1Kso5qb4Xlgw0gTxon-qFzwBVfowGsHecrCbmPN8x7rbqbFRJsp893EHOTpMeV9KJLE6RE-e3Qx_js6f1/s1600-h/boycott-bullets.560x388.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUHy_xdM4leInPk2H0m09z0SzLR9nEhMA1Q3AqnzZP1j7GuLY9y0fXg57A-o1Kso5qb4Xlgw0gTxon-qFzwBVfowGsHecrCbmPN8x7rbqbFRJsp893EHOTpMeV9KJLE6RE-e3Qx_js6f1/s400/boycott-bullets.560x388.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295908884723192114" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qc96ymxphe4Tib5Le74XXdDm6_EKzkaqtPm4Rg8vB9sAtim-q-hoI5jkyXGTGl_Dpuk0ev3tONdpgmYZi7UnRtC2qa56Pyzixj_IPK_5z99i6B1SgS9mvhGKooYQgNOx7H0Fdwa9ZIOK/s1600-h/boycott_israel_2.jpgmid.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qc96ymxphe4Tib5Le74XXdDm6_EKzkaqtPm4Rg8vB9sAtim-q-hoI5jkyXGTGl_Dpuk0ev3tONdpgmYZi7UnRtC2qa56Pyzixj_IPK_5z99i6B1SgS9mvhGKooYQgNOx7H0Fdwa9ZIOK/s400/boycott_israel_2.jpgmid.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295908885652402530" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcOS87tpIxwn1H4CYIuIWJtH-We3F5NUDrwY8PvQ8Wf2V780QWd3aKbPF-mMh0bVp4cHL2zUDwPBaaJK4xl-FqLVp-QlWrJqH3AscltYvSg3wQA-2zleV9Xj66qQXfGRNjvO4ihvbMuZrA/s1600-h/boycott_israel_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcOS87tpIxwn1H4CYIuIWJtH-We3F5NUDrwY8PvQ8Wf2V780QWd3aKbPF-mMh0bVp4cHL2zUDwPBaaJK4xl-FqLVp-QlWrJqH3AscltYvSg3wQA-2zleV9Xj66qQXfGRNjvO4ihvbMuZrA/s400/boycott_israel_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295908875501851810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio86gVlNpcalTK8728F2ShM4Ee9kyl5XoIQLzNLuRoYycPG-9RTZa74VKk8JWNM6MvMvDe5x-FmgpKXd_40zaxpYxfggjN1zsseTnJXo6rUcbLgFDp4OXGOfYizmyh0OKMkZOiC1ws_NiM/s1600-h/Boycott+Israel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio86gVlNpcalTK8728F2ShM4Ee9kyl5XoIQLzNLuRoYycPG-9RTZa74VKk8JWNM6MvMvDe5x-FmgpKXd_40zaxpYxfggjN1zsseTnJXo6rUcbLgFDp4OXGOfYizmyh0OKMkZOiC1ws_NiM/s400/Boycott+Israel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295908872813255314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivt2F06459CkT2IoiXT7N724X8i16EGcl5arZ0sEi8WeMUM66oPTo2VrgVo17vIhNmiGA3GGKXvPqwbOrFlfem7Mht2J62ea0WfBtw0etWOXqmCqHghjifajU325IqdNE36AYkHJPIOxdW/s1600-h/a5-boycott-flyer-front-small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 351px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivt2F06459CkT2IoiXT7N724X8i16EGcl5arZ0sEi8WeMUM66oPTo2VrgVo17vIhNmiGA3GGKXvPqwbOrFlfem7Mht2J62ea0WfBtw0etWOXqmCqHghjifajU325IqdNE36AYkHJPIOxdW/s400/a5-boycott-flyer-front-small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295908873455160674" border="0" /></a>Assalamualaykum w.b.t.,<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">Look! How many must die before you act? I challenge those who said boycott is useless. Now who out there are still saying this effort is nothing but useless. Come turn yourselves in.<br /><br />To those who are so-called intelligent saying this effort is just going to give destruction to muslim economy, come show your face! How <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">sure</span> are you with that fact? Are you not <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">sure</span> with the punishment of Allah? O those who merely use your brain, dont ye read Quran? Or just read with no understanding? Where are your heart, eyes and ears? Have ye lost them all? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana,arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">"Many are the Jinns and men we have made for Hell: They have hearts wherewith they understand not, eyes wherewith they see not, and ears wherewith they hear not. They are like cattle,- nay more misguided: for they are heedless (of warning).</span> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-family:verdana;" >" <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">(Al-a'raf, 7: 179)</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">STOP PLAYING WITH WORDS! </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">DO</span> @ <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">DIE <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">!!!</span></span>faidhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319672085598558551noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512166108057286059.post-14222651101168394262009-01-27T01:37:00.000-08:002009-01-27T01:40:12.542-08:00Practical Ways to Support Gaza<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td width="100%"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table class="authorBox" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="Author">By <a class="Author" href="http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1230650262069&pagename=Zone-English-Living_Shariah%2FLSELayout#**1">Dr. Ahmed Al-`Assal Al-Muwallid </a> </p><p class="Author">Translated By Dr. Yusra Mustafa </p></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/trick.gif" width="1" border="0" height="5" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/trick.gif" width="1" border="0" height="5" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="epigraph" width="100%"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/trick.gif" width="1" border="0" height="5" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table width="100" align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <img src="http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=image%2Fjpeg&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1205760920042&ssbinary=true" alt="Image" /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><p class="imageCaption">Charity Organizations for Gaza</p></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">The words of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) rush to my mind as I watch the bloody scenes in occupiedGaza in what Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated about him saying, “<b>The nations are about to rally all over you like devouring eaters to their bowl. Someone said: And we are few then? He said, “You are but many then. But you are scum like the scum left behind after a flood. And Allah shall pull out from the hearts of your enemies any fear of you and will throw in your hearts weakness.” Someone said: O Messenger of Allah and what is weakness? He said: Loving life and hating death.</b>” (Abu Dawud)<br /></span><span class="BodyText3Char"><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="bodyContent" style=""> </span></span></span></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:+0;"><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">It rushes to my mind that the Muslim Ummah all over the world lives with souls and hearts clinging to their brothers and sisters in Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan; that jihad means exerting our utmost effort; and that there are many forms of jihad. We must hurry to do all we can to help. We must cut down on the amount of food we eat so we can donate to save the Palestinians by providing them with relief, aid and provisions. It should not escape our minds that whoever assists a</span><i><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">mujahid</span></i> <span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">has the same reward.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:85%;">Overall, we must give our brothers and sisters in Palestine, Iraq, and Afghanistan and in every place where there are freedom fighters that are defending their countries against aggressors and invaders, all that they need. Almighty Allah ordained that jihad can be done with both money and souls; He says,</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt 36pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:+0;"><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'AGA Arabesque';">(</span><b><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">O you who believe! Shall I lead you to a bargain that will save you from a grievous Penalty?-</span> </b><b><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">That you believe in Allah and His Messenger, and that you strive (your utmost) in the Cause of Allah, with your property and your persons: That will be best for you, if you but knew!</span></b><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'AGA Arabesque';">)</span> <span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">(As-Saff 61:10, 11)</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:85%;">The following are some of the ways in which we can support our brothers and sisters in Palestine and other countries where conflict has broken out between truth and falsehood:</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0cm 6pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:+0;"><b><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Supporting Them by Faith</span></b> </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:+0;"><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">We can make</span> <i><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">du`aa’</span></i> <span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">for <i> </i></span><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">victory and power, persistence and courage. This is the least we should do for them. We should never belittle the means of</span> <i><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">du`aa’</span></i><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">. It is Allah’s penetrating arrow against all people. He says,</span><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'AGA Arabesque';">(</span><b><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">And your Lord says: "Call on Me; I will answer your (Prayer): but those who are too arrogant to serve Me will surely find themselves in Hell - in humiliation</span></b><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">!</span><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'AGA Arabesque';">)</span> <span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">(Ghafir40:60</span> <span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">) <span style="font-size:85%;">and it is not outside Allah’s power to take vengeance on these aggressors and ward off their plots.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0cm 6pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;"><b><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Supporting Them Financially</span></b><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <table class="highlightBox" width="35%" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td><span class="highlight"><span style="font-size:85%;">The media war is also fierce and there are winners and losers. All media professionals should do jihad in their way: media jihad.</span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-size:85%;">We can donate money to them through safe, trusted sources. I can not forget when the doctors’ syndicate in Egypt declared the ‘One Billion Dollar Campaign’ to support the Palestinians in one night. Only three hours later, 7.5 million were collected with some women donating their jewelry, and some youth giving away their cell phones. <strong> </strong>This is a living Ummah! It is not dead as some may think.</span></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0cm 6pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:+0;"><b><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Supporting Them Medically</span></b> </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:85%;">We can provide them with the needed medicines and skilled doctors to treat their wounded, look after them, and aid them with everything that they need in this area.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0cm 6pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:+0;"><b><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Supporting Them with Food Provisions</span></b> </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:85%;">We can provide the food and drinks that are needed by them and their families who left their homes after being destroyed by criminal aggressors. We must provide them with food that sustains them to continue their jihad.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0cm 6pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><b><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:85%;">Supporting Them Technically</span></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:85%;">If we are allowed to, we can send them technical specialists and provide them with all we can in the field of technology to enable them to face the aggression and stop the military operations against them.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0cm 6pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:+0;"><b><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Supporting Them Through the Media</span></b> </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:85%;">We can give a voice to their cause and do the duty of spreading awareness about the reality of the war being launched by the enemies of Islam against the Muslims in Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan. We must show the world the degree of destruction that is being caused there, and how our brothers and sisters are suffering. The media war is also fierce and there are winners and losers. All media professionals – in audio, visual, written, and electronic media – should do jihad in this way: media jihad.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0cm 6pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:+0;"><b><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Supporting Them With Men if This Is Available</span></b></span></span></span></p> <table style="height: 24px;" width="123" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <img src="http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=image%2Fjpeg&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1205219336598&ssbinary=true" class="cov" /> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <span class="bodyContent">When the frontiers were open between us and Palestine,<span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Mujahideen</span><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">entered from Syria, Egypt, Iraq and many other places. People even came from Algeria to do jihad in Palestine.</span></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0cm 6pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><b><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:85%;"><span class="bodyContent">Giving Support by Standing by Them</span></span></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:85%;">If the frontiers are not opened, the public must show their anger through all available means by going in crowded demonstrations and protests that call on those with a free conscience, and who love peace and justice to rise to defend the people who have been wronged in the face of occupation; to stop this aggression, and to end this tyrannical siege. Yet the gathering crowd must demonstrate and protest so as to communicate the problem. They should have the aim of creating a positive effect and achieving the sought after relation between the occupier and the occupied, the besieger and the besieged, the oppressor and the oppressed, and the painful and the source of pain. Non-violent resistance – which does not negate the choice of armed resistance in occupied countries – is employed by many groups. This is of utmost importance in awakening the Ummah and delivering the message, in addition to working on upgrading the forms of protest to suit the moment.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0cm 6pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:+0;"><b><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Raising Our Children Upon Faith in Allah and Love of jihad</span></b> </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:85%;">These are the certain ways that the Ummah can return to its previous strength after the enemies of the Ummah have been able to penetrate to the sources of its strength. They have been able to freeze the development of weapons in its armies, stop the manufacture of arms, and divide them into regional countries where each one lives individually.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:+0;"><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">We must remember that whoever stands in the battlefield needs seven behind him, so we have to do our duty toward the</span><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Mujahideen</span><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">by collecting and delivering all that the Palestinians need, and observing necessities like vaccines and medicines. The arena of jihad is vast and broad and Almighty Allah accepts from each servant all that he or she gives.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:85%;">Anyone who is weak or has backtracked on his fellow Muslims must remember the words of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) that, “<b>There will be things that you know then you condemn. They said: Then what do you command us to do, O Messenger of Allah? He said: Fulfill your duties and ask Allah for what is yours</b>” (Ahmad). Therefore, the Muslim must have strong morale, a strong will, be aware of Almighty Allah as much as he can, and leave nothing that he can do without doing it!</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;"><span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="bodyContent"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:85%;">I advise myself, my brothers and sisters, and my children to hold on to hope, and to leave desperation aside. Despair has no place in the dictionary of a conscious Muslim. The original rule for us is that “<b>If Judgment Day comes and in the hand of one of you is a palm tree plant, they should plant it.</b>” (Authenticated by Al-Albani). This is our religion and this is our understanding.</span></span></span></span></p> <span class="bodyContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="bodyContent"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:85%;"><span class="bodyContent">Finally, there is no way to continue except through jihad. In this context, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “<b><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:85%;">No people will give up jihad but they will be humiliated</span></b> ”. The only hope that Israel has is for Palestinian fighters to lay down their arms. As long as there is a prisoner of war from our women, young and sick people in Israeli prisons, jihad should never stop until we are all free!</span></span></span></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"><hr size="1" width="25%" align="left" color="#cc0000"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="AuthorProfile"><a name="**1"><span class="authorProfile"><b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">Dr. Ahmed Al-`Assal Al-Muwallid</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">, is a renowned Egyptian Islamic Di`yah, and a consultant to the International Islamic University in Islamabad, Pakistan. He obtained his PhD in usul al-fiqh with a specialization in Islamic culture, and has a long expertise in the formulation of Islamic syllabuses. He has authored many published works in the different Islamic fields.</span></i></span> </a></p></td></tr></tbody></table>faidhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319672085598558551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512166108057286059.post-22214218162626125992009-01-27T01:25:00.000-08:002009-01-27T01:27:55.768-08:00Merah Saga<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0jeDu92HTHo&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0jeDu92HTHo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Merah Saga</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Album : Tak Kenal Henti</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Munsyid : Shoutul Harokah</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">http://liriknasyid.com</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Saat langit berwarna merah saga</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Dan kerikil perkasa berlarian</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Meluncur laksana puluhan peluru</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Terbang bersama teriakan takbir</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Semua menjadi saksi</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Atas langkah keberanianmu</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Kita juga menjadi saksi</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Atas keteguhanmu</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Ketika yahudi-yahudi membantaimu</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Merah berkesimbah ditanah airmu</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Mewangi harum genangan darahmu</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Membebaskan bumi jihad palestina</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Perjuangan telah kau bayar</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Dengan jiwa, syahid dalam cinta-NYA </span>faidhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319672085598558551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512166108057286059.post-51427733936768104402009-01-27T00:37:00.000-08:002009-01-27T01:18:46.605-08:00Salam. Anybody Home??Assalamualaykum w.b.t.,<br /><br />Meeting my brothers and sisters again, after long long silence. Firstly, sorry seems to be the hardest word ever pronounced at this moment. So many things happened in the last few months. When few seconds are enough to produce grave changes, this is months we are talking about. Perhaps I have also changed in some angles. And lot of you readers and readers-to-be have changed somehow (maybe), or probably are changing, while the rest, in their calm state, are happilly unchanged.<br /><br />Being a very slow so-called blogger was never my intention. But, the truth speaks louder than high decible sound. Or thinking it similarly, I, without being mentioned, was/am very slow in writing. Hopefully, as time goes by, improvement is with me, us all.<br /><br />A lil bit on what happened. As many of you are aware of, I truly have been very busy with a lot of busy things - not to mention what sort of things they are. Above all things, I apologize! That is why I said 'sorry seems to be the hardest word'. Or better 'sorry seems to be the hardest and the most suitable word'.<br /><br />About one week and a half from now, we will be having the Y2b3 End Block Examination for 3 days inshaALLAH. This block is quite interesting but poor me I didnt make full use of it. So, please pray for me, for us. I am not talking about scoring. I am talking about surviving ;-p.<br /><br />For now, this is it I wanted to tell you. Following this post are some more entries, InshaALLAH.faidhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319672085598558551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512166108057286059.post-86569274504301372882008-10-18T07:53:00.000-07:002008-10-18T09:00:42.027-07:00Raya Greeting: Who Deserves It?<span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;" >Assalamualaykum w.b.t.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);">Meeting my brothers and sisters fillah again. The leaving of Ramadhan, we hope, has gifted us a vastly increased level of iman and amal insyaAllah. And today is the 18th day after Ramadhan left us. Actually I wanted to post this entry much earlier than this i.e. the first week of Syawal but we cannot accomplish something without the ‘approval letter’ from Allah S.W.T. We just plan and it is He who determines. I had been busy with a number of activities and events that required a deep commitment. What made me feel like writing this entry is still related with Ramadhan and Syawal. Maybe some have heard and digested enough the subject matter. But again, like I have been saying in my previous posts, let’s take this as a refresh button to our brain. Letting our brain flow is much better than letting it be stagnant. Probably, actively utilizing our brain helps prevent thrombosis of the brain vessels.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Now, what is the big deal about the issue I am trying to bring about? And I will begin with a fact that there are several misconceptions that many Muslims have with regard to Hari Raya. However, these are the flaws of views and thoughts. Such views are floated primarily due to the ignorance of religious value. Moreover, those are the people, on the forefront of such theories, who do not even fast during Ramadan, but are very ‘concerned’ about certain facts with regard to Hari Raya. And what are those facts?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" >The very first misconception these folks have is that, for them, Hari Raya is a festival akin to Christmas, Holi or Diwali or it is a national festival that is manifested as a symbol of unity for Muslims. However, Hari Raya (Eidulfitri to be exact) is essentially related to supplication that commences at the beginning of Ramadhan and culminates after the end of Ramadhan, by thanking Allah, with special Eid prayers.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);font-family:verdana;" >There one more question is. And this is the main issue of this entry. Who truly deserves Hari Raya greetings? After necessary clarification on this subject, I extend my greeting to you and to all of my Muslim brothers and sisters. People who genuinely deserve the greeting of Hari Raya are those who fasted for the whole month of Ramadhan; who endeavoured to take maximum benefit from the instructions of Qur'an ; who tried to read, understand and take guidance from Qur'an and took advantage of the character-building exercise which Ramadhan seeks to impart to every Muslim. Qur'an explains only two primary objectives of the month of Ramadhan: firstly, Muslims should build their character. And secondly, Muslims pay gratitude to Allah for the favour He has bestowed on Muslims, in the form of revealing Qur'an, during the month of Ramadhan.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-family:verdana;" >If there is one biggest favour Allah has done to the humanity, it is the revelation of Qur'an. This is the greatest divine blessing, because, you see, food and other resources, for instance, oxygen, water, food grains and similar sources of economy, through which man earns the bread, constructs house, provides clothing, though these provisions too are the blessings and kindness of Allah, but they are merely meant for the human body. Holy Qur’an is the blessing which is conceived for the soul of man, for his character and essentially for his real altruism, is the ultimate blessing. A Muslim can offer true gratitude to Allah only in a situation when he thanks on the food provided by Him and also on the gracious commandments which have been issued to him in the form of Qur'an. The most appropriate way to thank Him is not just verbal appreciation like ‘thank you Allah for giving us Qur'an’, rather the precise approach for doing that is to acknowledge Qur'an as the wellhead of guidance; recognize it as a true navigator and take practical advantage of its counseling.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;" >Qur'an gives us instructions about our personal life that how should we lead a devout life. It forbids us from deeds that are harmful in shaping a character full life. It gives us guidelines, by pursuing which, our personality will develop in an upright manner and we could become an exemplary human being. It also provides extensive guidance about our collective life. How to shape our social life and our domestic life? What should be the outline of our culture and civilization? How should we conduct the affairs of our state? What would be our constitution? How should we manage the social life? What should be the avenues to earn our bread and butter? Where should we and should not spend our earned money? How should be our relation with Allah? How should be our relation with our own conscience? What should be the nature of our relationship and behaviour with other human beings, our spouse, our off-springs, our parents, our folks, members of our own society and the entire human population of the earth, even with plants and animals, and with various blessings of Allah? Qur'an gives us specific instructions about each of these aspects of life. The obligations of every Muslim is to accept it as real fountain head for guidance; turn towards it for counseling; truly recognize those instructions, directions and principles which it is dispensing. Muslims should reject all those beliefs and practices which contradict them, whatever is the source.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" >Going back to the subject, I would say if an individual has, during the month of Ramadhan, read through Qur'an and understood it from this perspective and has endeavoured to absorb its teachings and instructions, to the maximum possible extent, in his life and character, then he/she has offered true gratitude to Allah for this divine blessings – in the form of Qur'an. For this, he/she literally deserves the greetings that he/she has completely fulfilled the responsibility, which the month of Ramadhan placed on him/her.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:verdana;" >An equally important objective of fasting, in the month of Ramadhan, for which it has been made mandatory is that we should lead a pious and righteous life. If we consider the reality of fasting, then we would know that righteousness and piety cannot be injected in a better and more effective way than this. And what is righteousness and piety? Righteousness is, essentially, to refrain from violating the commands of Allah and adhere to His guidelines. Fasting allows us to continuously practice this for a month.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);font-family:verdana;" >Deeds which are usually permissible in our life, they too are forbidden during fasts, by the order of Allah, and continue to be so until they are again permitted by Allah only. Even water which is pure and permissible, during fasting when Allah instructs us not to consume this, then not a single drop can be swallowed down the throat, even if the throat begins to crack by thirst. However, the moment drinking of water is allowed by Allah, then we tend to rush towards it as if we were tied down and we have just been released. This process of caging and freeing persists, for a month, so that we are prepared for the total submission to Allah. You get used to stay away from those activities, which are banned by Him and undertake things, which are permitted by Him. We manage to exercise full control over our inner-self that it could not force us to carry out its unwarranted demands, against the will of Allah. This is the second real motive for which fasting is made mandatory for us.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">If during the month of Ramadhan any individual has imbibed this spirit of fast, then he truly justifies the greetings of Raya. And the one who does not throw up this month-long training on the very first day after Raya, but keeps benefiting from this for the remaining eleven months of the year, he is even more worthy for Raya greetings.</span> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">:-)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Let us imagine this analogy. Consider a situation where an individual eats highly lavish food, which is extremely nutritious for him, but immediately after feeding, he vomits it out by putting a finger into the throat. If it is so, then there will be no benefit of this diet, because he has not allowed the food to digest and translate into blood. On the contrary, if an individual eats and digests food and then blood is made which circulates in his body, then this the actual reward of eating which he has gained. Or thinking it similarly, eating and digesting simple food is better than eating very lavish food and throwing it up. This is the case of fasting during Ramadhan. The real payoff of Ramadhan can be gained only when, after Raya, we do not puke the vigorous training, imparted to us for a month. Rather, for remaining eleven months, allow its effects to work on our life. It one can achieve this goal from Ramadhan, then he truly deserves hearty greetings; that he has bagged a very precious blessing of Allah.</span> </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">:-)</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">:-)</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:verdana;" >And I hate to say this. Unfortunately, a large number of people among us are those who do not turn towards Allah even during Ramadhan. The holy month comes and goes but their homes do not indicate any sign that these are inhabited by Muslims, for whom this month has any special significance. Leave fasting, they do not even care to show any respect for this month. Their eating and drinking persists even during Ramadhan, like any Christian, Hindu or Sikh.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" >Let us imagine another analogy. This analogy I got from an article by Syeikh Al-Maududi. It says those who behave like this are akin or similar to a situation of a barren land that, even during monsoons, when every inch of land turns lush green and the crop blooms and flourishes, does not produce a single leaf of grass. The way monsoons are a season of cultivation and growth for land, similarly Ramadhan is an era of sprouting and flowering of the spirit of Islam. If Allah had issued the directive of fasting, giving an option to Muslims to keep 30 days fasts at their own convenience, then there would have never been this season-like feeling in our religious life. But, the direction of Supreme Sage has been that all Muslims fast together, in one particular month only. This move has created the feeling of a season. When the season comes, leave aside high quality fertile land, even those pieces of land which have limited level of fertility, buds of vegetable begin to sprout even in those lands. The bounty of season is such that land with even limited potential of growth is not deprived from its blessings. And the land that does not grow even a bud, during monsoons, is indicative that it is free from the faculty of growth. Similarly, Ramadhan is such a period that those Muslims having a ray of faith and a shred of Islamic emotions, comes this month and the deeply buried faith in them becomes restless, however, insensitivity has been their lifestyle during remaining eleven months.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;" >And pray to Allah S.W.T that we are not and will never become one of them. Having said all these, have we refreshed enough our brain?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span>faidhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319672085598558551noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512166108057286059.post-28815206613970606112008-09-29T20:09:00.000-07:002008-09-29T20:55:51.139-07:00Demi Matahari<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rRWxwdL44cFe05mYEVTnXHQO-BfeQ6okUqNnpTN75DtnSi5HE7LG803c3n04dFgiZsgoCtMfGjb7JuzGOmW0qsZ5GaHRhI9Xzw_IT7fONks8mla1GXoXE9Y2szrEiEirqhu_MRcPOxdr/s1600-h/070907sun.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rRWxwdL44cFe05mYEVTnXHQO-BfeQ6okUqNnpTN75DtnSi5HE7LG803c3n04dFgiZsgoCtMfGjb7JuzGOmW0qsZ5GaHRhI9Xzw_IT7fONks8mla1GXoXE9Y2szrEiEirqhu_MRcPOxdr/s320/070907sun.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251654292855765378" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Assalamualaykum w.b.t.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">Today is Ramadhan 30, 1429. What does that indicate? I guess many muslims especially Malaysians are already in their Raya mode. And now the traffics all over Malaysia are in their worst condition. I am afraid that mosques gradually lose their visitors today. Tomorrow morning, the mosques will be like a big complete set of crayons – colourful. Well, lets not imagine the situation first because when you start doing it, stopping will be difficult.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">As you can see very clearly (I guess), I am not in a good mood to write. So, I just want to share a surah with you which really touches and pulls me deep into it. Read the translation below then only enjoy the video.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">In The Shade of The Quran. Fi-Zilaalil Quran – <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">by Sayyid Qutb.</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">………………………………………………………………………………………………………………</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Surah Asy-Syams (The Sun), 091 : 1-15. Surah Makiyyah.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">………………………………………………………………………………………………………………</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">1</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">By the sun and his morning brightness,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">2</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">by the moon as she follows him,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">3</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">by the day which reveals its splendour,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">4</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">by the night when it enshrouds him,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">5</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">by the heaven and its construction,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">6</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">by the earth and its spreading,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">7</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">by the soul and its moulding</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">8</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">and inspiration with knowledge of wickedness and piety. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">9 </span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Successful is the one who keeps it pure,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">10</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">and ruined is the one who corrupts it.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">11</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">In their insolence the people of Thamoud denied the<br /> truth, </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">12</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">when their most-wretched broke forth. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">13</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">The Messenger of Allah said to them: "The she-camel of<br /> Allah, let her have </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">her drink".</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">14</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">But they cried lies to him, and hamstrung her. For that sin<br /> their Lord let loose </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">His scourge upon them, and razed their city to the ground.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">15</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">He fears not what may follow.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">………………………………………………………………………………………………………………</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic;">This surah, which maintains a single rhyme and keeps the same musical beat throughout, starts with several aesthetic touches which seem to spring out from the surrounding universe and its phenomena. These phenomena form the framework which encompasses the great truth which is the subject matter of the surah, namely, the nature of man, his inherent abilities, his choice of his line of action, and his responsibility in determining his own fate.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-style: italic;">This surah also refers to the story of the tribe of Thamoud and their negative attitude to the warnings of Allah's messenger to them, and their killing of the she-camel; and finally the collapse of Thamoud and their complete annihilation. This comes as an example of the unpromising prospects which await those who corrupt their souls instead of keeping them pure and do not confine themselves within the limits of piety. "Successful is the one who keeps it pure, and ruined is the one who corrupts it." <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">- Sayyid Qutb.</span><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">………………………………………………………………………………………………………………</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">I like this video very much. <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: italic;">~credits to my brother <span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Ahmad Fitri</span></span> </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153); font-style: italic;">Snada - Demi Matahari (Asy-Syams)</span><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3UGbppb1LrY&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3UGbppb1LrY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /></span></span><div style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" class="title">Demi Matahari</div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" class="attr">Album : Di Pintu Langit<br />Munsyid : Snada<br />http://liriknasyid.com </div><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Demi matahari dan sinarnya di pagi hari</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Demi bulan apabila ia mengiringi</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Demi siang hari bila menampakkan dirinya</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Demi malam apabila ia menutupi</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Demi langit beserta seluruh binaannya</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Demi bumi serta yang ada di hamparannya</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Demi jiwa dan seluruh penyempurnaannya</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Allah, Subhanallah … Allah, Subhanallah</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Allah, Subhanallah … Allah, Subahanallah</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Allah mengilhamkan sukma kefasikan dan ketaqwaan</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Beruntung bagi yang mensucikan-Nya</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Merugi bagi yang mengotori-Nya ... Subhanallah</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><br /><br /></span></span>faidhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319672085598558551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512166108057286059.post-35579644487621802822008-09-28T21:49:00.000-07:002008-09-29T00:01:53.131-07:00Don't Stop Coupling? - Love and Romance.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRhc2dlqCZ6gTBldqXNw2t5mDstR9AXy8wVNDpj2na59COeV9slX19yPtTMRY0_eruDclzog2ZMhTIXDo1_3eRWlAA9JXULaI3TugjRsH-WXHn9uO4E4nbl1i90RuP9STwJRfAHS5kOF1/s1600-h/KnowLove1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRhc2dlqCZ6gTBldqXNw2t5mDstR9AXy8wVNDpj2na59COeV9slX19yPtTMRY0_eruDclzog2ZMhTIXDo1_3eRWlAA9JXULaI3TugjRsH-WXHn9uO4E4nbl1i90RuP9STwJRfAHS5kOF1/s320/KnowLove1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251333497806559714" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:arial;" >Assalamualaykum w.b.t.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span><i style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Alhamdulillaahillazii allafabaina quluubinaa fa asbahnaa bini'matihii ikhwaanaa.</i><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);font-family:arial;" >Greetings to all of my brothers and sisters in Islam. Today is <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Ramadhan 29, 1429</span> equivalent to <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">September 29, 2008</span>. 29 Ramadhan and 29 September. SubhanAllah, beautiful! This helps many muslims to answer the question </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >''</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >What day of Ramadhan is today?</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >''</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);"> . Thinking it deeply, so sad. Is it not? We claim so proudly that we are muslims yet we do not know our own calendar. Oh, I am wrong. There are a number of days in Hijr calendar that many muslims never forget: 1 Syawal, 1 Muharram, and some more (in order of decreasing popularity). Why? It is because they are given days off. Well, that is not a big issue (is it?). </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Forgive me for the very not soothing introduction. Perhaps realizing that Ramadhan is reaching its end in few days, my heart is somekind of not feeling well. Questions keep flooding in my mind. Have I done well? Have the objectives been fulfilled? Have all my sins been forgiven? Lets leave those questions for a moment. Just a moment. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">I want to draw our attention to a matter. This matter never ends, although having been explained and posted in many places many times. But, now I want to share a thought. It is about <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">LOVE</span>. After reading the previous sentence, now some might say</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">''Oh, love again. This guy is going to urge everybody to say NO to coupling again bla bla bla...''</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">.</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">To those who might have said that - NO. I am not going to ask you to stop coupling this time (in the future? Lets see, huhu). My primary concern is to describe the difference between <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">love</span> and <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">romance</span>. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Romance</span>, if not checked, may mean wasting time, effort and dignity. Islam teaches us to be truthful and realistic. Besides, the concept of </span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">love</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> in Islam is very unique, when a Muslim loves something or somebody, it must be for the sake of Allah; the same applies to hatred. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Islam teaches us that marriage is the finest, purest and permissible relationship that should exist between a male and female. There is no room in Islam for illicit affairs or the Western vogue-word of <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">boyfriend</span> and <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">girlfriend</span>. All those stories of media and movies are not helpful to make a person comply with the teachings of Islam.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, says that there are three qualities, if found in a person, will help him have perfect faith</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:arial;" ><b>:</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><b><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-style: italic;">1. Having Allah and His Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, as the most </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-style: italic;"> beloved ones,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-style: italic;">2. Loving a person only for the sake of Allah and </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-style: italic;">3. Hating getting back to </span><i style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-style: italic;">Kufr</i><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-style: italic;"> (disbelief) the way one hates to be thrown into fire.</span><br /><br /></b><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">That means love is a fruit of piety. Love without piety is mischief. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);">There is no concept of courtship in Islam as it is practiced in the West. There is no dating or living in</span> <i style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">de facto</i> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);">relationship or trying each other out before committing to each other. There is to be no physical relationship whatsoever before marriage. The romantic notions that occupy the mind of young people often have proven in most cases to be unrealistic and harmful to those involved. We only have to look at the alarming divorce rate in the West to understand this point. To give an example, the couple know each other for years, are intimate, live together and so on. Yet somehow this does not guarantee the success of the future marriage. Romance and love simply do not result in an everlasting bond between two people. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">In most cases, romance and love die out very quickly when couple find themselves with the real world. The unrealistic expectation that young people have is what often contributes to the failure of their relationship. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">You know the West is making fun of the Islamic way of marriage, in particular arranged marriage. Yet, the irony is that statistically arranged marriages prove to be more successful and lasting than romantic types of courtship. This is because people are blinded by the physical attraction and thus do not choose the compatible partner. Love blinds people to the extent of overlooking potential problems in the relationship. There is an Arabic proverb that says:</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">"Love is blind, it makes zucchini turn into okra"</span>. <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Arranged marriages, on the other hand, are based not on physical attraction or romantic notions, but rather on critical evaluation of the compatibility of the couple. That is why such marriage often proves successful. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:arial;" >I still remember of an article explaining about this. It says from an Islamic perspective, in choosing a partner, the most important factor that should be taken into consideration is <i>Taqwa</i> (piety and consciousness of Allah). </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"><br /><br />Though love is something nice, and it is recommended for a man to marry a woman whom he loves, because the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: </span><b style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">“There is nothing better for two who love each other than marriage.”</b> <span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">(</span><i style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">Sahih Al-Jami`</i><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">, 5200)<br /><br />However, this love should not be overwhelming and cause a person to forget other characteristics which he should look for in the person he wants to marry. The most important characteristic is religious commitment. The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, says:</span> <b style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204); font-style: italic;">“A woman may be married for four things: her wealth, her lineage, her beauty and her commitment to religion. Choose the one who is religious, may your hands be rubbed with dust [i.e., may you prosper]!”</b> <span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">(Agreed-upon Hadith). </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Dear my brothers and sisters, I hope that the main points of the issue have become clear. Now, let’s assume that you are the subject: On what basis would you like to choose your partner? Wouldn’t you look to his/her commitment to Islam – does he/she pray regularly, for example? Does he/she adhere to the Islamic teachings?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">If the gentleman/lady you want to marry is religious, of good manners, and obeys Allah and His Messenger, and both of you want to please Allah in this world in order to earn reward in the Hereafter, then you have made a perfect choice, and we ask Allah to fulfill your hopes and bring you together in a good way. If she is not, then you should reconsider your choice. May Allah help you to do what He loves and what pleases Him! </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">And I did not urge you to</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">STOP COUPLING</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">right?</span> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255);">:-)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span>faidhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319672085598558551noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512166108057286059.post-27842889233932646602008-09-15T16:50:00.000-07:002008-09-17T20:30:37.889-07:00Kullu Nafsin Zaaiqatul Maut !<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0H5dPcsqMAvAK0x6tZayAcWsR5fc0Eg0uqQ0eGvRjWvj4n2UMNcvbsNyEjb8m2EBiJBddfc3KFd0sAcFpGuTW9wLN4WPQt8rlb2qgyvmlcuRvXGm4tY0uGturD5NL44sRpzpq3pSUela3/s1600-h/1_04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0H5dPcsqMAvAK0x6tZayAcWsR5fc0Eg0uqQ0eGvRjWvj4n2UMNcvbsNyEjb8m2EBiJBddfc3KFd0sAcFpGuTW9wLN4WPQt8rlb2qgyvmlcuRvXGm4tY0uGturD5NL44sRpzpq3pSUela3/s320/1_04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246881028466505170" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" class="hyg">Assalamualaykum w.b.t,</p><div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="hyg"><i style="">Alhamdulillaahillazii allafabaina quluubinaa fa asbahnaa bini'matihii ikhwaanaa.<o:p></o:p></i></p><div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="hyg"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Brothers and sisters rahimakumullah, I am sure all of you are in a great Iman, greater than yesterday, InsyaAllah.</span> </p><div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"> </div><p style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class="hyg">One Q:</p><div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"> </div><p face="georgia" style="text-align: left;" class="hyg"><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">Why are we asked and ordered by Allah S.W.T to do good deeds and not to postpone them until we are really ready for it e.g. when we are old? What is the big deal about ‘NOW’ and not ‘TOMORROW’ or ‘NEXT WEEK’?</span> </p><div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"> </div><p style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="hyg">Owh, two questions already. Nevermind. Try to think it as one.</p><div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </div><p style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="hyg"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Everyone knows why. But, why we still have an I-will-do-it-later type of habit, especially when it comes to doing good deeds? Some may answer</span> <i style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">“because it’s HABIT, hard to change. If not, it’s not habit anyway”</i>. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Yes, it’s true. But habit can be changed. Do you still remember when you were a small child? You always put your thumb into your mouth. When you grow older and older. There is no more finger-licking-good habit. Or you still do that now?</span> </p><div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"> </div><p style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;" class="hyg"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Coming back to the discussion. Two events are responsible for the above question. One, we do not know when Qiyamah will occur. Another is that we do not know when</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">death</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">will come to us.</span> </p><div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"> </div><p style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="hyg">Death may catch up with us at any time. Who knows, perhaps this is the moment. Or, it may be much closer than we have ever expected.</p><div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"> </div><p style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="hyg">These lines may be the last opportunity, the last reminder, the last warning before death comes upon us. As we proceed with these lines, we can never know that we will still be alive in the next hour. Even if it proves to be so, nothing can guarantee us another hour. Let alone an hour, not even after a single moment, is it certain that we will be still living. There is no guarantee that we will ever finish reading this post. Death will, most likely, come upon us at a time when, only a moment before, we never thought about dying.</p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:arial;" class="hyg"><span style="font-size:130%;">قُلْ إِنَّ الْمَوْتَ الَّذِي تَفِرُّونَ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ مُلَاقِيكُمْ ۖ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ</span></p><p style="text-align: left; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" class="hyg"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i>“</i><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>Say: The Death from which ye flee will truly overtake you: then will ye be sent back to the Knower of things secret and open: and He will tell you (the truth of) the things that ye did!<i>” (Al-Jumu'ah, 62:8)<br /></i></span></p> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ ۗ وَإِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوْنَ أُجُورَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۖ فَمَنْ زُحْزِحَ عَنِ النَّارِ وَأُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّةَ فَقَدْ فَازَ ۗ وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span> <div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">“</i><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Every soul shall have a taste of death: and only on the Day of Judgment shall you be paid your full recompense. Only he who is saved far from the Fire and admitted to the Garden will have attained the object (of Life): for the life of this world is but goods and chattels of deception.</span><i style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">” (Aali-Imran, 3</i><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >:185)</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" > </span><br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:georgia;" >We will most certainly die, as will all our loved ones. Before us or after us, they will certainly die. A hundred years from now, there will not be a single soul we are familiar with in this world.</span> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:georgia;" class="hyg">Endless aims pertaining to life occupy man's minds; <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">to finish high school</span>, <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">to enter university</span>, <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">to graduate</span>, <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">to have a respectable occupation</span>, <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">to marry</span>, <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">to bring up children</span>, <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">to lead a peaceful life</span>. These are among the broadest, most ordinary and most common plans of man. These aside, there are thousands of others devised to address one's personal circumstances. </p> <p style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="hyg">Death is one of the few things in life certain to occur. This is a 100% certainty. </p> <p style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="hyg">After years of hard work, a student succeeds in entering the university, yet dies on the way to class. Unpredictable isn’t it? Someone who has recently been hired for a job loses his life on his first morning commute to his work. A traffic accident ends the lives of a newly married couple on their wedding day. A successful businessman prefers to fly to save time, not knowing that that very flight will put a horrible end to his life. We heard all these so often. But the stories flew by just like they never existed.</p> <p style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="hyg">At such a stage, plans no longer avail. Leaving behind plans doomed to remain unfinished for all eternity, they head for a point of no return-and yet it is a destination they never planned for. Ironically, for years, they spent too much time detailing plans which would never be put into operation, yet never gave a thought to the one certain thing that would happen. </p> <p style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="hyg">How then should a man of wisdom and conscience establish his priorities? Does he have to make his plans for the one thing certain to happen or for something unlikely to happen? The majority, it is evident, give priority to goals which they can never be certain of accomplishing. No matter which phase of life they are passing through, they resolutely plan for a better and more fulfilling future. </p> <p style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="hyg">This tendency would be quite rational, if man was immortal. Yet the fact remains that all plans are doomed to that absolute end, called death. Thus it is irrational to disregard death, which is certain to occur, and devote all one's attention to all those things which may or may not materialize. </p> <p style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="hyg">Yet, owing to an incomprehensible spell enslaving their minds, human beings fail to notice this obvious fact. </p> <p style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="hyg">This being the case, they can never become acquainted with their real life which is due to start with death. They simply do not prepare themselves for it. Once they are resurrected, they head nowhere but hell, a place specially designed for them! </p> <p style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="hyg">The intention in writing this post is to make us ponder over an issue which we avoid thinking about and warn us against an imminent and ineluctable event.</p> <p style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="hyg">Avoiding thinking about it cannot, by any means, provide a solution. Take some time to really reflect on this internal issue.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-family:georgia;" class="hyg">Allah knows best. Wassalamualaykum w.b.t.<span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" class="hyg"><br /></p></div></div>faidhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319672085598558551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512166108057286059.post-57966763033707600622008-09-14T08:30:00.000-07:002008-09-27T23:49:55.702-07:00Ramadhan - 15 days left 15 days to go, Hurry up!<p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Assalamualaykum w.b.t,</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p>How are you doing my dear brothers and sisters? Wishing you all a greatly great level of iman. Today, we are in the halfway of Ramadhan, 15 days left 15 days to go. So, how was it so far? Did you complete reciting at least half of the Quran? Did you stand (qiyam) everynight? Did you make donation? Did you utter zikr? Did you utter solawat? Did you make repentance? All these questions are for me too. The most important thing is the effort we put to achieve something. But the problem lies on how much the effort we put. Don’t get frustrated. Don’t give up hope. There is still time. Make full use of the remaining days. This Mega Sale from Allah S.W.T only comes once a year. Are we so sure that we are going to meet the next Ramadhan?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p>You know, for over one billion Muslims throughout the world, Ramadhan is a special month of the year, a "month of blessing" marked by prayer, fasting, and charity. In many places this month has become widely commercialized. In my village, it is very easy to recognize the month of Ramadhan (I don’t know if other places are the same). Say if tourists from other countries come to my village, I am sure they are able to guess this is the month of Ramadhan. You know why? The mosques are crowded with people including those who have never shown up before! And guess what, it is increasingly true that the non-muslims are the ones who are extremely eager to welcome Ramadhan. Yes, it is (increasingly) true. For them, it is the month of food. I thought there would be less food during the month of fasting. I might have a false definition of fasting or they might have wrongly pronounced ‘fasting’ with ‘wasting’. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p>However, Alhamdulillah, for some people Ramadhan retains its focus on self-sacrifice and devotion to Allah S.W.T</span><span style="font-size:100%;">.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" > During the month of Ramadhan, Muslims fast from dawn to sunset every day. Ramadhan was the month in which the first verses of the holy Qur'an were revealed to our beloved Prophet Muhammad SAW. It is a time for inner reflection, devotion to God and self-control. The sighting of the new moon at the end of Ramadhan heralds the celebration of Eid ul-Fitr.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">Hmm why this month?</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">We believe that during the month of Ramadan, Allah revealed the first verses of the Quran, the holy book of Islam. Around 610 A.D., the prophet Muhammad SAW used to go out to the desert near Mecca to think about faith, society and God. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">One night a voice called to him from the night sky. It was the Jibril, who told Muhammad he had been chosen to receive the words of Allah. In the days that followed, The Prophet SAW found himself speaking the verses that would be transcribed as the Quran. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">At many mosques during Ramadhan, about one thirtieth of the Quran is recited each night in Tarowih. In this way, by the end of the month the complete scripture will have been recited. In my village? No comment.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">Why do we fast?</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">We muslims practice Sawm, or fasting, for the entire month of Ramadan. This means that we may eat or drink nothing, including water, while the sun is up as well as making a special effort to avoid sins. Fasting is one of the Five Pillars (duties) of Islam. As with other Islamic duties, all able Muslims take part in Sawm from about age 7. Do you agree? I started at 8 though :).</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Fasting serves many purposes. While we are hungry and thirsty, we are reminded of the suffering of the poor. Fasting is also an opportunity to practice self-control and to cleanse the body and mind. And in this most sacred month, fasting helps us feel the peace that comes from spiritual devotion as well as kinship (close connection) with fellow believers. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">During Ramadhan in the Muslim world, most restaurants are closed during the daylight hours. Families get up early for sahur (a meal eaten before the sun rises). After the sun sets, the fast is broken with a meal known as Ifthar. I guess for some people this is the most exciting part of Ramadhan. Ifthar usually begins with tamar and sweet drinks that actually provide a quick energy boost. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">A sense of generosity and gratitude colors these festivities. Although charity and good deeds are always important in Islam, they have special significance at the end of Ramadhan. As the month draws to a close, Muslims are obligated to share their blessings by feeding the poor and making contributions to Mosques.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;">So, let us exponentially increase our level of ibadah. All out!!!<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Well, that is a brief view of Ramadhan. There are many more things about Ramadhan. What I potray is just the tip of the iceberg. I think that’s it for now. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Assalamualaykum w.b.t.</span>faidhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319672085598558551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512166108057286059.post-50759894892132121632008-09-14T02:28:00.000-07:002008-09-14T16:15:22.250-07:00Pre-amble<span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><br />Assalamualaykum w.b.t.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);">May this post reach you with high level of Iman and Islam.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);"><br />We believe that there is one true God and that it's our duty to submit to his will. Life may be trying, unfair, or painful here on earth. But we are waiting for the Paradise in the afterlife. Religion is the most important thing in our life, and we are fully devoted to God. We are willing to fast, pray often, and follow all of God's rules to make sure we have a place in heaven.<br /><br /></span><div style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);">Greetings to all readers. Yes, it's been a long time. After months with intention to set up a blog, I finally--alhamdulilah--made one. And thank Allah I created this first post in the month of Ramadhan. Actually this blog was created before Ramadhan. But this very first post is published in Ramadhan.<br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">The objective in my life (as well as others) is to spread the message of Islam, and to invite others to it. Somehow, the truth shines clear, even without words. Allah guides whom He wills to this deen. We are blessed to have a small hand in this matter.</span><br /><div style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);"><br />Last time I had a trip to somewhere that is still fresh in my mind. To cut the story short, a brother reminded me on one verse in the Holy Quran:<br /><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلًا مِمَّنْ دَعَا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا وَقَالَ إِنَّنِي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ </span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">“</i></span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >Who is better in speech than one who calls (men) to Allah, works righteousness, and says, “I am of those who bow in Islam?” (Fussilat,41</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><span style="font-size:85%;">:33)</span><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">Well, let us think of it.</span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><br /></span><br /></span></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);">A Happy Ramadhan, full of blessings, mercy and guidance from our Lord. It is said the devils are chained during Ramadan. Therefore, any sins and evil acts we commit are from our own selves--from our own character flaws. Therefore we ask Allah to make our shortcomings known to us...so that we can work on correcting them.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);">Wishing you all a blessed month of fasting and prayer. May the peace, blessings and mercy of Allah be with us all.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);">May this blog benefit all of us, InsyaAllah. Fi amanillah, ameen.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">-</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Faidhi</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">MBBS, </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">11th colony, </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">IIUM Kuantan Campus</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">faidhi@gmail.com</span><br /></span>faidhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319672085598558551noreply@blogger.com0