IBADAH Menuntut Ilmu Kepentingan Ilmu Hadith : Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda yang maksudnya:”Jadikanlah dirimu orang alim (berilmu) atau orang yang menuntut ilmu atau orang yang selalu mendengar pengajaran atau orang yang mencintai (tiga golongan yang tersebut) dan janganlah engkau menjadi dari golongan yang kelima, yang dengan sebabnya engkau akan binasa.” Riwayat al-Bazzar
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Hikmah of Hejaab
This is a translation of the Video titled Hikmah of Hejaab by the great late scholar Muhamad motawli alsharawi :
He said:
Insurance is taking something form someone and give it back to him or her when they need it, Allah almighty ordered women to wear Hijab for their own benefit,
He said I will give an example to prove it,
Look at your child (which you see every day) or your nephew,
Now tell me have you noticed him or her growing up? Most parents will tell people that to them their children never grow up. They are still children to us, why is that? Haven’t the children grow up?
No they did, and they will notice it only if they didn’t see them for around two months or so, only then they will notice it and they will say
, wow you have gotten taller,
Now the fact is these children have always been growing up, only slowly, too slow that it got lost in the time parting, they always have been growing up.
Now think about this,
you are getting married, so you see your young bride , so young and beautiful, you will look at her on the first day, the second day, the third day and nothing has changed , even for the first few years and yet, nothing has changed in her look. One day you are walking in the street and while that,
You spotted a young woman (not your wife) and you did not lower your gaze,
You sow her wearing no hijab, exposing parts of her body and chest, then you go home to your wife and you look at her,
She does not look the same anymore
, your subconscious mind is already doing a comparison, you look at your wife and you only see a woman who has given birth more than a one time and because of that her body has changed, maybe gain weight due to giving birth, she has exhausted herself for you and your children, she has grown up being a good wife to you,
But, you will not like that,
This is how problems men get too angry in arises because of something so silly,
Like dinner is late and he is too furious to be understood,
He is not angry because of a mere dinner
Or we are late or something like that, that is the sorry subconscious mind, only because he did not lower his gaze he cannot see his wife the same way again,
IT IS NOT HER FAULT
And that girl did not wear her scarf.
Allah made all these ruling for us to prosper and live happily and properly, not to oppress us men or oppress women
So let’s really get Islamic and stop domestic abuse.
Faris Alharbi
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Worship to Allah is a complete way of life.
The word worship/ ibadah are very complex in meaning but here I would like to emphasize on this meaning, “everything’s you do for the sake of Allah is a form of worship.” From this point, we say that once Muslim are worshiping Allah very sincerely, then his/ her life will guaranteed to be full of happiness. So what makes life happy? Physically, people feel happy once they able to fulfill their needs in this world in a very simple way, for example, your daily consumption. So, nothing guaranteed to this condition unless we worship Allah in all manner, because Islam is more than a religion, it complete way of life. Nothing is too small or too big to be covered by teaching of Islam. Rejoice and be happy, we must remain positive and be at peace. This Islam teaches us through Quran and teaching of our prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) every single one of God’s commandments aims to bring happiness to the individual. This applies in all aspects of life, worship, economics, and society.
“Whoever works righteousness - whether male or female - while he (or she) is a true believer verily, to him we will give a good life (in this world with respect, contentment and lawful provision), and We shall pay them certainly a reward in proportion to the best of what they used to do (i.e. Paradise in the Hereafter)” (An-Nahl 16: 97)
The key to happiness are know and worshipping God. When one worships and remembers the Creator as He should be worshipped and remembered, happiness can be observed all around us, at any given moment and even on the darkest night. It is there in the smile of a child, in the touch of a comforting hand, in the rain on parched earth, or in the smell of spring. These things can make our hearts truly happy because they are manifestations of God’s mercy and love. Happiness can be found in worship.
To find true happiness we must seek to know God, especially through His names and attributes. Seeking beneficial knowledge brings happiness. The angels flutter their wings and keep records of those who seek knowledge; the mere thought of this brings a smile of happiness to the face of a believer. Our righteous predecessors understood the inherent happiness and joy to be found in striving to be close to God.
Outstanding Islamic scholar, Ibn Taymiyyah, once said: “I once became ill and the physician told me that reading and giving talks on knowledge would only exacerbate my condition. I told him that I could not abandon these pursuits. I asked him whether the body becomes stronger and sickness is repelled if the soul feels happy and joyful. He replied in the affirmative, so I said my soul finds joy, comfort and strength in knowledge”.
Perfect happiness will only be available to us if we spend life everlasting in Paradise. It is only there that we will find total peace, tranquillity and security. It is only there that we will be free of the fear, anxiety and pain that are part of the human condition. However the guidelines provided by Islam allow us, imperfect humans, to seek happiness in this world. The key to being happy in this world and the next is seeking the pleasure of God, and worshipping Him, without associating partners with Him.
Through worshiping Allah, it will lead better economics condition and societal development; because once people are Islamized then there will be no corruption taking place in this world because leaders have fear to violate the Allah guidelines. We can see nowadays in many part of the world are facing economics down-grading, mainly because a person who are leading the world is no fear to Allah and never consulting Allah in their daily life. The some results of this, the fighting are taking place anywhere. So, if leaders its follower have a strong connection to Allah then the people have peacefully doing thing to improve their social life and there will be free flow of conducting business activities that lead to improvement of economics condition.
Marriage (Nikah) in Islam
So... marriage....What is it? What does the Qur'an say about it?
The Prophet (pbuh) was once asked, "What is more important than prayer?" He replied, "The spirit of prayer" - the spirit that animates the prayer. He was asked what is more important than fasting - he replied, the spirit of fasting. For each question concerning an Islamic practise the answer was the same - because the spirit brings the action to life and unfolds its potentials. Without this animating spirit, the prayer is only movement, and the fasting only hunger. But when spirit enters, when a pure and concentrated intention enters, the action is transformed - the prayer gains the potential to become a mi’raj (an elevating spiritual journey), and the one fasting approaches towards the potential to witness lailatul qadr (the night of destiny - a night when blessings from the spiritual world descend to this world).
So what is more important than marriage? It is the spirit of marriage, the intention which underlies it, the treasures which it contains hidden within it but which must be brought out and realized by the married couple themselves.
The qur'an provides the signposts and way marks for learning about this potential. It says:
"It is He who created you from a single soul, And made its mate of like nature in order that you might dwell with her in love...."(7:189) So the male and female complete each other - together they make a single self and this is how they must strive to make their lives together - as if they are one being, one person, one spirit.
The Qur'an says: "Your wives are a garment for you, and you are a garment for them." (2:187) So a husband and wife complete each other - each one takes on a new aspect of their humanity, a new facet and depth to their personality by entering into marriage and this is symbolized in this verse. Garments also conceal the body and protect the wearer so that a husband and wife are each other's protectors and helpers and each of them safeguards their partner's honor shaping the state of marriage into a haven and a sanctuary where each should feel safe and secure, sheltered in one another's care and guardianship.
The qur'an also says "And of everything we created a pair, that happily you may remember." (Qur'an 51:49) The word for spouse, "zawj", (this is the word that is used in the marriage ceremony, the Nikah ceremony) - the word zawj literally means one part of a pair - and when the pair come together and act in concert with one another, then concealed potentials within them, potentials that were impossible to realize while they were apart make themselves evident. This is true throughout creation. And human marriage in the Qur'an is considered a reflection of a nature and tendency that exists at all levels of creation. When something is created as one part of a pair it is clearly incomplete without the other - as the Qur'an states, "He himself created the pair, male and female." (Qur'an 53:45)
The term nikah which is used for marriage is also used figuratively to describe the coming together of various aspects of creation. For example it says, in the Qur'an, that "the rain married the soil" and then it describes how, from this intimate mingling, something new springs forth - that the earth brings forth flowers and herbage, it opens to new creations, new life, new potentials. So the act of marriage, the mingling through nikah, according to Islam, courses through all things, through all of creation. Each pair of the marriage brings something necessary and something unique to the marriage. The pairs are not identical but complimentary to one another and their unique qualities when they are mingled together produce that which neither one alone could produce.
So each individual of the pair undergoes change and transformation when they come together in marriage because marriage is an intimate mingling of the selves, the souls, the personalities and the beings of two individuals.
In human marriage the change takes place at many levels - from a change in lifestyle, to changes in behavior, to changes in the very soul of the person. And there must be that willingness, on the part of both individuals, to allow this unifying transformation to take place. To accept the self the way it is, is to lock oneself into stagnation and narrowness and to remain an individual - not part of an intimately joined pair. It is to limit and lock up the potential, the beauty and strength that is capable of emerging from the intimate unity made possible through marriage.
Since "God created everything in pairs", as it states in the Qur'an, and since He "created the male and the female from a single nature, from a single self", it is God that is the point of reference for the married pair. "He has set up the balance..." of all things, so He is to be looked for to set all things in the right equilibrium. If the two partners of a marriage set themselves in correct relation to God then certainly a perfect balance will be realized within their lives together.
Love is a movement towards unity, towards oneness, and since God is One, "the closer the heart is to Oneness, the stronger the power of love is within it."
Love is a movement towards unity, towards oneness. "God made their hearts familiar" (8:63) through the light of Oneness that yields spiritual love and familiarity in the heart. For love is the shadow of Oneness, familiarity the shadow of love, and balance the shadow of familiarity."
Let this married couple be helpers and protectors of one another, let them be a refuge and a comfort to one another, let them be beautiful garments for one another, and let them together experience the many treasures and beauties of marriage.
By Irshaad Hussain
Sadaqah and Riba
In Surah al Baqarah the holy Quran discusses both Sadaqah (charity) and Riba (interest) one after the other under the same order of Qur’an. The first verses deal with the importance and supremacy of Sadaqah. Immediately after are mentioned the collective and individual losses caused by Riba, vicious reasoning of usurers, their mental and psychological state and the announcement of war against them by Allah and His Messenger. It is clearly defined that Allah decreases the wealth of one who takes interest and increases the wealth of one who gives Sadaqah. One who receives interest thinks that interest increases his wealth while Sadaqah decreases. Many people who see only the apparent state of interest-takers are caught in their trap but they don’t know that Allah Almighty says that wealth is increased by Sadaqah and decreased by interest. This reality is far away from the approach of interest-takers because their wisdom. We are discussing here the second type of wisdom which is not enjoyed by those who have lot of money. Wherever the Holy Quran addresses the people of wisdom, it actually means the people having the second type of wisdom.
Wisdom behind Sadaqah and prohibition of riba:
1) The bank balance and lockers of the interest-takers is full of wealth but as soon as he meets the end of life, he sees that his account for the life hereafter is empty. There is no good deed in his account but there is a pile of sins. On the other hand, those who believed in Sadaqah and followed the divine orders during their life would see that Allah has changed their little amount Sadaqah into huge volume of good deeds in their account. They earned millions of good deeds against what they gave in shape of Sadaqah. This increase and decrease would be visible on the Last Day.
2) The interest-taker has a lot of money and wealth but without any blessing. Such wealth gives him no peace of mind and comfort in the life, but brings about restlessness, sleepless nights, disobedient wife, stubborn children, and mismanagement in the house and a number of incurable physical, mental and psychological problems. Since such a person is Allah’s detested person, other human beings also hate him in his life. On the contrary, those who give away part of their earnings as Sadaqah enjoy Allah’s blessings and love from other human being. It is claimed and believed that those who extend Sadaqah are never found poor and they never experience hard time in their life. Giving in the way of Allah gives unending luxury and wealth. Such a person is dear to Allah and human being as well. Hundreds of thousands of poor people pray for his well-being and long life.
Actually Sadaqa and Riba are two opposite systems. There is no similarity in these systems as far as morality and Shari‘ah are concerned. Sadaqah is a show of kindness, purity and cooperation while interest is a show of selfishness, corruption and miserliness.
There is never a thought of taking back the thing given in Sadaqah while under interest-based system, one always thinks of taking back the money along with additional charge. Countries, which extend loans to the developing or poor countries facing difficult time due to war or famine, never miss the opportunity of taking benefit of the plight of the poor countries. They extend loans with heavy charge of interest.Such countries are never desirous of pulling the poor or under-developed countries out of financial crisis but they want to turn the poor into poorer in order to increase their capital. Such countries make policies that bring every citizen, man, woman, elderly person and child under the burden of heavy debt. Regret to mention, we are witnessing such a situation in our beloved country. Under the Islamic system of finance the borrower is given time to repay the loan and the lender never puts pressure on the borrower, so long as he is not in a position to repay the loan. Islam directs to write off the loan if the debtor is not in a position to repay, as long as his financial state is not changed.
According to Abu Huraira (radhiallahuta‘ala ‘anhu), Muhammad (sallallahu ‘alaihewasallam) said that a Muslim who helps removes any other Muslim’s problem, Allah Almighty would remove any of his problem on the Last Day.”Those who take/give interest would never understand such Ayaat and Hadiths because their hearts are sealed and they only see the lust of illegally earned wealth. They always wait for the bad time so that they could take benefit of people’s difficulties.
Today when almost the entire world is raising voice against the interest-based system of economy, it is the duty of our rulers and governments to come forward and help the oppressed come out of the curse of interest. The day the Muslims would implement the Riba-free system, they would get rid of hefty foreign debts which are a product of the interest system.
Thousands of Indonesian children and babies are chain smokers.
(According the Natural News) and the translation of video titled Baby smoking tells us that:
Aldi Rizal one of the youngest child from Indonesia who started to smoke when he was the age of 2 years old he maintains to smoke 4 packets of Cigarettes daily. Also, the reporter tell us that thousands and thousands of babies and children in the South Asian Countries are involving with smoking due to lack of roles and regulations system in their Countries which it’s may help them to control their children with this kind of situation. Since the International Medias started to show off (display) the movies of the youngest Indonesia’s smoking through their different world Channels, the commission for Child protect move for wad in the Capital City of Indonesia (Jakarta) for the rehabilitation (treatment, cure) Audit. At that time Jakarta got the chance to lunch the smoking campaign in order to avoid this bad situation. Furthermore, thousands of children in the hall countries already affected by the smoking habits and most of them already realized this bad condition but they are having lack of motivation how they can go away from smoking. According to (Natural News) reporter said that at least a quarter of Indonesian children over the age of 3 years already tested smoking and most of them already are became a regular smoker. By the witness of one of the reporter his name is Mary Schiavocampo, said that ten (10) years of Indonesian Children is normal go to any shop to buy his own Cigarette without any problem. Due to this, Indonesia’s Medias taking part by their advertisements.
The reason for this, Indonesia is the most popular place which is selling Cigarettes by cheaper compares the other places. For Example, one packet of Cigarette its cost $1and there is no any limitation to buy it.
By the witness, one of the reporter his name is Mary Schiavocampo, said that ten (10) years of Indonesian Children is normal go to any shop to buy his own Cigarette without any problem. Highly, Indonesia’s Medias taking part by encourage them through their advertisements.
The most problem their parents are encourage them to do smoking by give them money to buy it. One child age of five was asked by a journalist how does come up with smoking? Simply answer that I follow my mom.
Some thinker people started to think how to reduce tobacco regulations in the country. All people suggested that the only way the campaign should be started from their parents to restrict their children's smoking habits.
Sacred Wisdom of Eating Pork
History of Pigs tragedy Borne Diseases
In 1918 the influenza virus has killed more than 20 million people around the world. And some estimate that more than 40 million are the victims. Among the reasons, when the study is that germs are actually coming from pigs in the United States, which infect the American troops in World War I. And these forces lead to the epidemic over the place in various countries around the world.
It is said the number of deaths occurred within a short time and then the disease is one of the fatal disease that is large enough compared to other modern epidemics at the time. And having made a detailed study, it appears the cause of this outbreak is the virus that comes from pigs.
(Source: The Civil Aboliotionist, New Pig Virus Infecting Human capable of, New York, 1998)
In 1957 an epidemic known as Asian flu and the plague that attacked Hong Kong in 1968 was likely caused by the animal, before it can infect pigs. In pigs, the virus mutate into a form more dangerous, before it spreads to humans. These epidemics claimed the lives of more than 2 million people.
(Source: Sun March 26, 2000, The 1918 flu pandemic: What Have We Learned From This? Pg 1)
Virus Can Change In true form of a More Dangerous In Pig?
The answer to this question has been answered by Alex Fano, the author of a famous book Lethal Laws - Animal Testing, Human Health and Environmental Policy. He is also the Director of Medical Research Modernisation Committee. In the book, he was confirmed, the germs of a pig virus could change and become more dangerous or mutations, from time to time.
While in the vicinity in the 50's, we were shocked by Trichina worms from pigs that causes the disease Trichinusis. There is no medicine that can cure it at the time. And therefore, a warning has been issued in the United States about the dangers of eating pork. Warnings were issued in the Washington Post dated May 31, 1952 and issued by Dr. Glen Shepard.
(Source: Washington Post, May 31, 1952)
Viruses from Pigs
Apparently the warning issued from the word of God has come to grateful by those who believe and obey the laws. Various studies began to be made ??in more detail.
Journal of Virology in 1997, reported a study conducted by the 12 scientists led by Dr. Yoshihiro Kawaoka, of the University of Wisconsin. Meeting clearly shows, the pigs throat are certain cells that could change the shape of a variety of viruses that are dangerous to humans. Scientists consider pigs as mixing vessels or 'place of many germs gathered to change the shape of a dangerous'.
(Source: The Detroit News, Scientists Discover the Infection Route Between Viruses and Pigs Bird, Robert Cooke, Oct. 20.1997)
BBC News in hand, on October 29, 1999, scientists have focused on the discovery of the show, pig viruses as the causes of the plague of the worst in the history of the modern medical world in 1918. Scientists found that the plague that attacked Hong Kong in 1968 also resulted from the swine virus.
According to the study also, the animal viruses that infect humans are usually turned into a dangerous bacteria that infect humans, after entering the cells in the pig. These findings provide answers to the cause of mampi four colds, flu epidemics which attack and kill millions of people in the 20th century.
These diseases attack began with Spanish flu in 1918, followed by Asian flu in 1957 and the Hong Kong flu in 1968 and the Russian flu in 1977. Studies by scientists showed these killer germs produced by pigs before infecting humans worldwide, especially in 1918.
(Source: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention, traditional medicine, USA, 2000)
- Article iluvislam.com
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