Curious Bruneian Muslim

We're back - Selamat Hari Raya

2011-09-08T20:23:00.001-07:00

Assalamu'alaykum semua. Wow it's been awhile i haven't post to this blog of mine. Reason being:

• Work is getting more demanding
• Too tired to blog aftet work
• Running out of idea at times when you have a lot of things in your mind

Alhamdulillah, just read a post on TUAW.com (http://www.tuaw.com/2011/09/08/google-releases-an-official-blogger-iphone-app/) that Google had release an iPhone version of Blogger. I was like "Yess, it's about time".

Now i can start blogging while i'm on the move :) and those three factors i mentioned above can easily be avoided. I just have to find time to blog between my busy schedule.

Anyway, i hope all of you are having a good time in this Syawal and may our Islamic practise during Ramadhan be consistent all throughout the year and yeara forward. Ameen.

Adakah kita membaca Surah Yasin terlalu cepat?

2010-02-20T07:36:00.000-08:00

I just realised something whenever kitani bertahlil ramai2 membaca Yasin baru ku realise that kitani membaca dengan laju bah. I used to think dulu that siapa laju membaca Yasin kira stedi lah tu. But now i question myself..lurus kah tajwid ku mbaca Yasin ani? Setau ku sesiapa yg membaca ayat-ayat Al-Quran ani dimestikan (wajib) membacanya dengan Tajwid.

Dan aku pernah membaca satu buku ani nda ku ingat apa namanya, it says sesiapa yang membaca Al-Quran dengan tidak bertajwid hukumnya adalah haram. I was like "woah! baru ku tau ni" can't remember the name and author of the book but i found it d bilik surau offshore di Fairley-4.

So yea now that i've mentioned it, what do you think? What i did i didn't recite Yasin with the crowds i actually membaca seorang. I was the last person to finish because i followed the tajiwid carefully especially bacaan panjang dan pendeknya. That's all for now

How Well Do We Know About Rasulullah? We Claim We Love Him But Some of Us Don't Know Him

2010-02-19T21:48:00.001-08:00

The Biography of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

1. When was the Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) born?

He was born on Monday, 9th Rabi Al Awwal, April 22nd, 571 AC.

2. Where was the Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) born?

In Makkah

3. What is the name of the Prophet's father?

Abdullah Ibn Abdul Muttalib.

4. What is the name of the Prophet's mother?

Aminah Bint Wahhab Ibn Abd Manaf Ibn Zahrah.

5. When and where did his (prophet's) father die?

He died in Makkah before Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) was born.

6. What is the name of the Prophet's grandfather?

Abdul Muttalib.

7. What was his grandfather's position?

He was the chief of his clan Bani Hashim.

8. What is the Prophet's (p.b.u.h.) lineage up to his fifth ancestor?

He is Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Ibn Abdul Muttalib Ibn Hashim Ibn Abd Manaf Ibn Qusai Ibn Kilab.

9. Who suckled the Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.)?

First Thuyeba, the freed slave girl of his uncle Abdul Uzza known as Abu Lahab, then Haleema Bint Abu Dhuaib, best known as Haleema Al Sadiyah.

10. Who named the Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.)?

Abdul Muttalib.

11. What did Muhammad's (p.b.u.h.) mother name him?

Ahmad.

12. Why did she (the Prophet's mother) choose this name?

Because she saw an angel in a dream calling the new-born baby Ahmad.

13. How old was Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) when his mother died?

Six years old.

14. Where did his mother take him?

She took him to Yathrib (Madinah) to visit her relatives.

15. Where did his mother die?

On her way back to Makkah, she died at Abwa and was buried there.

16. Who brought Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) back to Makkah?

His father’s slave girl, Umm Aiman (May Allah be pleased with her).

17. Who took the charge of his care?

His grandfather Abdul Muttalib.

18. How long did The Prophet's grandfather take care of the Prophet Muhammad?

For two years.

19. How was his (Abdul Muttalib's) behavior with Muhammad (p.b.u.h.)? He loved him very much and preferred him to his own sons.

20. What did Abdul Muttalib foretell about his grandson?

That he would hold a prestigious position.

21. Who took care of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) after the death of Abdul Muttalib?

His uncle Abu Talib.

22. How old was Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) when his grandfather Abdul Muttalib died?

About eight years old.

23. When did Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) travel to Syria and with whom?

He went to Syria with his uncle Abu Talib when he was twelve years old.

24. Who was Khadijah (May Allah be pleased with her)?

She was a wealthy merchant of Makkah.

25. Why did she (Khadijah) want to marry Muhammad (p.b.u.h.)?

Because of his truthfulness and good conduct.

26. When did she (Khadijah) marry Muhammad (p.b.u.h.)?

When she was 40 years old.

27. How old was Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) at the time of the marriage?

He was 25.

28. What did he (the Prophet) give her (Khadijah) as Mahr (dowry)?

Twenty camels.

29. Was Khadijah (May Allah be pleased with her) a widow?

Yes. The Prophet (p.b.u.h.) was her third husband.

30. How was Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) known in the society?

He was known as Al Ameen (trustworthy) and Al Sadiq (truthful).

31. Did he get any sort of education?

No, he didnt get any formal education from the society, rather he was taught by Almighty Allah.

32. What should one say when the Prophet's (p.b.u.h.) name is mentioned?

One should say صلى الله عليه وسلم (May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

33. How many times is the name of Muhammad mentioned in the Holy Quran?

Four times.

34. What are the names of the Prophet’s (p.b.u.h.) uncles?

They are: Harith, Zubair, Abu Talib, Hamzah (May Allah be pleased with him), Abu Lahab, Ghidaq, Maqwam, Safar and Abbas (May Allah be pleased with him).

35. Did his uncle Abu Talib accept Islam?

No, he died a polytheist.

36. In the New Testament by what name was the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) mentioned?

By the name of Paraclete.

37. What is Kabah?

It is the oldest house of worship on the earth.

38. Who built it?

The Prophet Ibrahim and his son Ismael (May Allah be pleased with them).

39. How did Quraish arrange rebuilding of Kabah?

They divided the work among various tribes. Each tribe was responsible for rebuilding a part of it.

40. Who laid the stones?

A Byzantine mason called Baqum.

41. Where did the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) go into seclusion?

To the Cave of Hira.

42. What was the fist stage of the revelation?

True dreams.

43. When did the first revelation come down to him?

On Monday, 21st of Ramadan, at night (August 10th, 610 AC). He was forty years then.

44. Who brought it?

Jibrael.

45. Who were the first to embrace Islam?

Four persons: Khadijah his wife, Zaid Ibn Haritha his freed slave, Ali Ibn Abi Talib his cousin and Abu Bakr his friend (May Allah be pleased with them).

46. Who accepted Islam at the instance of Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him)?

Uthman Ibn Affan, Zubair Ibn Awwam, Abdur Rahman Ibn Awf, Sad Ibn Abi Waqqaas, Talha Ibn Ubaidullah and Saeed Ibn Zaid (Umar’s son-in-law) (May Allah be pleased with them).

47. Who were the ladies to accept Islam at first?

Abbas’s wife Ummaul Fadl, Abu Bakr’s wife Asma Bint Umais, his daughter Asma Bint Abi Bakr and Fatimah Bint Al Khattab Umar’s sister (May Allah be pleased with them).

48. How was the Dawah done in the beginning?

It was done in secret.

49. How many people embraced Islam in the early stage?

About forty.

50. How many years did the call in secret continue?

For three years.

51. During this period, where would the Muslims gather secretly?

They would gather secretly in the house of a Muslim called Arqam to learn about Islam and the revelations sent down to the Prophet (p.b.u.h.).

52. When did the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) start to preach Islam openly?

After three years when he received the revelation to that effect.

53. What was the impact of his public preaching?

The people accepted Islam increasingly.

54. What was the main miracle of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.)?

The Holy Quran.

55. Did the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) perform other miracles?

Yes, the splitting of the moon was one of them.

56. Who was Hamza bin Abdul Muttalib?

One of the Prophet’s (p.b.u.h.) uncles.

57. Name some of the disbelievers of Makkah who supported the Prophet (p.b.u.h.), but did not embrace Islam until the end.

Abu Talib, Mutim Ibn Adi and Abul Bukhtari.

58. How long did Abu Talib protect the Prophet (p.b.u.h)?

For 42 years – from the Prophet’s childhood until he himself died.

59. Who was Mutim Ibn Adi?

A chief of Makkah.

60. When did he (Mutim Ibn Adi) give protection to the Prophet (p.b.u.h.)? When the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) returned from Taif and wanted to enter Makkah.

61. When did he (Mutim Ibn Adi) die?

He was killed in the Battle of Badr.

62. Who was Abul Bukhtari?

He was a poet.

63. How did he (Abul Bukhtari) support the Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.)?

He spoke out against the social boycott.

64. What lead the Muslims to emigrate to Abyssinia?

Their growing persecution at the hands of Quraish.

65. Which Surah lead to this emigration?

66. When was Abul Bukhtari killed?

In the battle of Badr.

67. Who was then the King of Abyssinia?

The King of Abyssinia, known as Najjashi (the Negus), during the time of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) was As'hama.

68. When did the first group of Muslims leave for Abyssinia?

In Rajab, in the fifth year of Prophethood.

69. How many persons were there in the group?

12 men and 4 women.

70. How were the emigrants received in Abyssinia?

They were received warmly and hospitably.

71. When did the second group of emigrants leave for Abyssinia?

In the fifth year of Prophethood.

72. How many people formed the group?

83 men and 18 women.

73. Name a prominent companion included in this group.

Ja'far Ibn Abi Talib (May Allah be pleased with him).

74. What did Quraish do?

They despatched two envoys to Abyssinia to demand the extradition of the emigrants.

75. How did the King respond?

He refused to extradite the Muslims and assured them of his full protection.

76. When did Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) accept Islam?

At the age of 27.

77. Who was Bilal Ibn Rabah (May Allah be pleased with him)?

He was a slave of Umayyah Ibn Khalaf.

78. What was his (Bilal Ibn Rabah's) origin?

He was of Abyssinian decent.

79. What was the name of Bilal's mother?

Hamama.

80. Who was Yaser (May Allah be pleased with him)?

He was a slave of Abu Jahl.

81. Who was Sumayyah (May Allah be pleased with her)?

She was Yaser's (a slave of Abu Jahl) wife.

82. Who was Ammar (May Allah be pleased with him)?

He was Yaser and Sumayyah's only son.

83. How did Summaya (May Allah be pleased) die?

Abu Jahl murderded her with a bayonet.

84. Who was Zaid Ibn Haritha (May Allah be pleased with him)?

He was a slave.

85. Who purchased him (Zaid Ibn Haritha)?

Khadijah's nephew Hakim Ibn Hizam purchased him and presented him to her.

86. What did Khadijah do with Zaid Bin Haritha?

She presented him to the Prophet who set him free.

87. Did Zaid Bin Haritha want to go to his parents?

No, he preferred to live with the Prophet (p.b.u.h.).

88. To whom was Zaid Bin Haritha married?

To Umma Aiman (May Allah be pleased with her).

89. Who was Ja'far?

He was the elder brother of Ali Ibn Talib (May Allah be pleased with him).

90. Where did he (Ja'far) emigrate?

To Abyssinia.

91. Who was Ali (May Allah be pleased with him)?

He was the son of Abu Talib and cousin of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.).

92. When did Ali (May Allah be pleased with him) accept Islam?

When he was 10.

93. What was he (Ali) called for his bravery?

The "Lion of Allah".

94. Whom did Ali first marry?

He first married the Prophet's (p.b.u.h.) daughter Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her).

95. How many sons did Ali have from her?

Two sons: Hasan and Husain (May Allah be pleased with them).

96. When did Sa'd bn Abi Waqqas (May Allah be pleased with him) become a Muslim?

When he was 19.

97. Where did Sa'd (May Allah be pleased with him) die?

He died in Al Madinah.

98. What was Sa'd's advice to Muslims?

To stand united.

99. Who was Abu Bakr's father (May Allah be pleased with him) and did he accept Islam?

He was Uthman (May Allah be pleased with him) (Abu Quhafah). Yes, he accepted Islam during the Conquest of Makkah.

Adakah Haram Bagi Perempuan Haidh Berzikir dan Membaca Al-Quran?

2010-02-10T17:32:00.000-08:00

Wanita yang sedang haid boleh berzikir, bertasbih (membaca Subhanalah), bertahmid (membaca alhamdulillah), membaca Bismillah ketika makan dan sebagainya. Boleh juga membaca buku-buku hadis, fiqh (buku agama), berdoa, mengaminkan doa dan mendengar bacaan a-Qur’an.

Jelas di dalam kitab Shahih al-Bukhari dan Shahih Muslim serta kitab-kitab hadis yang lain bahawa Rasulullah shalallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersandar di riba ‘A’isyah radhiallahu 'anha sambil membaca al-Qur’an padahal ‘A’isyah di saat itu sedang haid.
Di dalam kitab Shahih al-Bukhari dan Shahih Muslim, Umm ‘Athiah radhiallahu 'anha berkata, Rasulullah shalallahu 'alaihi wasallam pernah bersabda menyuruh keluar wanita-wanita dan anak-anak gadis yang berada di dalam rumah kepada solat dua hari raya (Solat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri dan Hari Raya Aidil Adha) supaya mereka dapat menyaksikan kebaikan dan seruan orang mukmin, dan jauhilah wanita haid daripada mushalla (tempat lapang solat Hari Raya).[1]

Juga diharuskan bagi wanita yang sedang haid untuk membaca al-Qur’an dengan cara melihat dengan mata atau menghayatinya dalam hati tanpa menutur dengan lidah. Boleh juga meletak mushaf al-Qur’an di hadapannya lalu melihat ayat-ayatnya dan membacanya dengan hati. Berkata Imam al-Nawawi rahimahullah dalam Majmu’ Syarh al-Muhazzab: Hal ini diharuskan tanpa perselisihan pendapat.

Adapun membaca dengan lidah bagi wanita yang sedang haid, maka terdapat perbezaan pendapat. Jumhur ilmuan berpendapat ianya dilarang. Imam al-Bukhari, Ibn Jarir al-Thabari dan Ibn al-Munzir berpendapat ia diharuskan. Demikian juga oleh Imam Malik dan Imam al-Syafi’e dalam pendapatnya yang lama. Ini sebagaimana yang disebut oleh Imam Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani dalam Fath al-Bari. Imam al-Bukhari mengemukakan sebuah riwayat daripada Imam Ibrahim al-Nakha’e (seorang tokoh tabi‘in) bahawa: “Tidak mengapa jika dibaca hanya satu ayat.”

Syaikh al-Islam Ibn Taimiyyah membahas persoalan ini dalam kitabnya Majmu’ al-Fatawa, jld. 26, ms. 191 :

Sejak asal tidak ada larangan daripada al-Sunnah (bagi wanita yang sedang haid) membaca al-Qur’an. Hadis: “Wanita haid tidak boleh membaca sesuatu daripada al-Qur’an” adalah hadis yang lemah (dha‘if) yang disepakati oleh para ahli hadis.

Lebih dari itu, diketahui wanita-wanita di zaman Nabi shalallahu 'alaihi wasallam sedia mengalami haid. Maka jika haram ke atas mereka untuk membaca al-Qur’an sepertimana haram ke atas mereka mendirikan solat, nescaya ia diterangkan oleh Nabi kepada umatnya dan dipelajari oleh para isteri baginda. Hal ini kemudiannya akan tersebar kepada manusia.

Namun tidak seorang jua yang meriwayatkan pengharaman seumpama daripada Nabi. Maka tidak boleh menghukum ia sebagai haram sedangkan baginda Nabi sendiri tidak pernah mengharamkannya. Justeru apabila Nabi tidak menegah daripada demikian padahal ramai wanita yang haid di zamannya, bererti diketahui bahawa tidaklah haram bagi wanita haid membaca al-Qur’an.

Di antara perselisihan pendapat ini, yang lebih utama ialah wanita yang sedang haid tidak membaca al-Qur’an dengan lidahnya melainkan jika perlu, seperti guru yang mengajar al-Qur’an, murid yang menduduki peperiksaan dan sebagainya.

source: http://resepirahsiaku.blogspot.com/2009/12/hukum-hukum-haid-wanita-islam.html

Forum Khas Mauludurrasul - Dato Dr Ustaz Ismail Kamus

2010-02-10T00:12:00.000-08:00

Seriously

2010-02-07T08:27:00.000-08:00

All i can say is Astaghfirullah! I mean seriously? This is one of the way women imitating the men. And we're supporting this?? what a shame.

Sifat Solat Nabi

2010-01-31T14:38:00.001-08:00

Alhamdulillah i'm glad to have been given this DVD called Sifat Solat Nabi by a good friend of mine at work. He bought this during his course in KL and Masya Allah this is one of the best gift I have ever received. May Allah reward him for his effort. The DVD last for more than 4 hours but slowly I have tried to extract little by little from the video and made it small small short clip based on different topics. The name of the is Ustaz Johari Abdul Wahab Al-Hafiz and this video was recorded by some of the local jemaah. Alhamdulillah. Insya Allah hopefully we can learn together from this and make our solat as closely as to how Rasulullah solat (before, during and after solat).

Actually this DVD initially touches on wudhu but then again I feel like most of us know the basic of wudhu already that is why i did not put it up here. So meaning to say the video that i have posted or i will be posting are based on my preference. Hopefully you feel the same way but if you feel I left out some major parts of our solat do let me know I could probably search through this 4 hours video. Insya Allah Ihdinassorotal mustaqim.

Bab Sutrah (Pendinding) - Part 1

Sembahyang Sunat (Menemani Saudara Yang Terlepas Berjemaah) - Part 2

Cara Sembahyang Dalam Kapal Terbang - Part 3

Solat Khauf (Dalam Ketakutan) - Part 4

Cara Penyusunan Sad - Part 5

"Kempunan"/"Sia sia pun"

2010-01-30T08:49:00.001-08:00

KEMPUNAN

“Eh tunggu, menjangkau nasi dulu, kempunan karang!..” "Sia sia pun saja!"

Sounds familiar? Adakah this practise kempunan ani ajaran Islam? Adakah ia sunnah Nabi Muhammad (S.A.W)? Or just adat urang melayu dari zaman dulu yang masih lagi di praktikkan sampai masa ani? What do you think? Dato Dr Ismail Kamus had actually touch on this isse very briefly but i am yet to get it uploaded to youtube. Insya Allah will try.

Basically he condemn on this practise. I'm not sure whether out respected Mufti Brunei has touch on this yet but i will try to find out from his fatwa archive database on his website.

I found one malaysian blogger who actually talks about this..shall i say "penyakit". Eventhough his view were not supported by any hadith or surah-surah from the Quran, for me his views should take into consideration. I mean for me what Ustaz Ismail Kamus comment was good enough for me.

Below is my edited version of the malaysian blogger comment.

Source: http://mistribikerz.multiply.com/journal/item/27

Kita sering diingatkan oleh ibu bapa supaya menjamah makanan sebelum keluar rumah supaya tidak kempunan. Berdasarkan pengalaman saya sendiri, bapa saya sanggup mengambil sekepal nasi dari periuk dan memberikannya kepada saya yang sedang memakai kasut tergesa-gesa kerana sudah lambat ke tempat kerja. Selalunya saya akan mengambil nasi sekepal itu dan memakannya di hadapan bapa untuk membuktikan padanya, nasi itu sudah saya jamah. Saya akan melihat senyuman pada wajah bapa saya, seolah-olah beliau sudah menyelamatkan saya daripada musibah berakibatkan kempunan.

Apakah sebenarnya pengertian kempunan? Kempunan adalah konsep menjamah makanan yang terhidang biarpun sedikit. Bagi masyarakat Melayu lama, selera seseorang tidak boleh dibuat main kerana jika dibiarkan makanan itu tidak tersentuh walaupun hati ingin merasainya, pasti akan berlaku malapetaka yang boleh mengakibatkan kematian.

Kita pasti pernah mendengar kisah-kisah wanita mengandung yang mengidam hendak memakan sesuatu. Apabila seleranya tidak terpenuh, wanita itu akan kempunan. Mengikut cerita orang-orang tua, wanita yang kempunan selalunya menghadapi masalah ketika bersalin kerana bayinya belum merasai apa yang dihajatkan. Kesukaran melahirkan itu boleh mengakibatkan maut atau kecacatan pada bayi. Sekiranya kelahiran itu sempurna, bayi itu dikatakan air liurnya sentiasa meleleh sehingga besar, kerana kempunan makanan sewaktu dalam perut si ibu.

Ada pendapat yang mengatakan kempunan hanyalah menurut kepercayaan orang-orang melayu sahaja dan merupakan suatu kepercayaan turun-temurun. Masyarakat Melayu dahulu tidak mendapat jawapan terhadap fenomena semulajadi alam sekitar dan kesannya terhadap hidup mati manusia lantas mengaitkannya dengan ‘kempunan’. Malah, kepercayaan kempunan boleh membawa kepada SYIRIK. Misalnya, seseorang tidak menjamah makanan dan kemudian meninggal dunia. Ada orang yang mengatakan, ‘kalaulah dia makan dahulu, dia mungkin tidak mati’. Tanggapan begini menjadi syirik kerana tidak mempercayai qadak dan qadar Tuhan. Kesimpulannya, tiada istilah atau konsep ‘kempunan’ dalam agama Islam.

Other News: Pig heads found at Malaysia mosques

2010-01-28T05:53:00.000-08:00

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703906204575028040817874812.html

Other News: Holy water puts 117 Russians in the hospital

2010-01-25T18:07:00.000-08:00

MOSCOW - More than 100 Russian Orthodox believers have been hospitalized after drinking holy water during Epiphany celebrations in the eastern city of Irkutsk, authorities in Siberia said.

A spokesman for local investigators told The Associated Press on Monday that 117 people, including 48 children, are in the hospital complaining of acute intestinal pain after drinking water from wells around a local church last week.

A total of 204 people required some medical treatment, although it is too early to say what caused the illness, Vladimir Salovarov said.
Many Russians consider any water obtained on Epiphany — which they celebrate on Jan. 19 — to be holy.

source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35054709/ns/world_news-europe/

News: Seminar Perubatan Islam

2010-01-21T07:13:00.000-08:00

Malaysia's Allah Dispute - what can we do to help the situation?

2010-01-19T07:46:00.000-08:00

Remember my article dated 29th October 2009 with regards to the seizing of Bibles because they substituted the word God to Allah? Well i never expected it's going to be a big issue back then. And here we are after just a few months we heard attacks on churches and masjids. But again there from my point of view (again very limited), there must have been a mistake in the court when the court had decided to allow such substitution to be allowed on the bible as the direct translation of God. Subhanallah! What is happening here? I was not surprised with the protest made by our Muslim brothers in KL (see video below).

But i guess politically they have won when they raised the issue of the freedom of religion and also the usage of the word Allah during pre-Islamic time. What was our defenses to this? Muslim sensitivity? That is not enough. Indeed the word Allah has/is being used in the Arabic version of the bible.

For the case of the those extremist if i may, who have started the bombing of the churches, one thing i could ask them..siapa suruh?! Islam teaches us that we do not oppress until we are being oppressed. Lain lah hal with the swedish cartoonist yang membuat cartoon on our Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)..atu of course an insult, which is another form of oppression. And also these so called extremist...are they really practising Islam? are they really orang orang yang beriman? Are they really willing to participate or join for a real jihad??

So help me out here dear Muslim brothers and Islam. Why do they want to use the word Allah now? Why not few years ago or a decade ago? That is my only question. Apparently only Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak) and Indonesia churches has been using the word Allah all this time (baru ku tau jua) and yet there were no argument being raised! ani yang mbagi paning ni. Obviously there's some miscommunication breakdown here between East Malaysia and Sabah/Sarawak. If this is being successfully practised there and now they want to spread it to East Malaysia..who knows it could spread to Brunei? (nauzubillah)

Do not let this happen and let them produced that 'license' to spread to other countries.

Before i go i would like to share with you a lecture by my one of my favourite scholars Yusuf Estes on the topic called "Why Muslims Say Allah". Baik jua ku sampat mengupload ke youtube kan tetidur sudah..sikit. hehe. I don't want to explain to you what's the lecture about you just listen to yourself. Basically he will give you an introduction the origin of the word Allah.

You can download more lectures from him from iTunes...FOR FREE! What i like about him is that ia berdawah with humour. He is the only funniest scholars i've ever come across. For me he is the urang putih version of Ismail Kamus.

http://www.ipodislam.com/podcast.php

May Allah guided us. I love you Allah..more than anything.

So what are your thoughts brothers and sister (in Islam)? Apa comment biskita..

History: Letter of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) - Translated

2010-01-19T07:23:00.000-08:00

I'm sure you have seen this letter. Not just any letter but the letter sent from our Prophet Muhammad The Al-Amin to the Governor of Bahrain Munzir Bin Sawa Al Tamimi from than than 1400 year to invite him to Islam. But some of us just stop here and not bothered asking yourself this question..what does is say in the letter? Some of us always like to wonder about this kind of stuff. Well..wonder no more.

In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

From Muhammad, Prophet of Allah

To Munzir bin Sawa

May peace be on you! I praise Allah, Who is One and there none to be worshipped but except Him. I bear evidence to the Oneness of Allah and that I am a servant of Allah and His Prophet.

Thereafter I remind you of Allah. Whoever accepts admonition does it for his own good.

Whoever followed my messengers and acted in accordance their guidance; he, in fact, accepted my advice.

My messengers have highly praised your behavior. You shall continue in your present office. You should remain faithful to and His Prophet.

I accept your recommendation regarding the people of Bahrain. I forgive the offences of the offenders. Therefore, you may also forgive them

Of the people of Bahrain whoever want to continue in their Jewish or Majusi faith, should be made to pay Jizia.

Seal: Allah's Prophet Muhammad

Masha Allah! this is the word from Rasulullah himself! I can just imagine seeing him speaking those words! Insya Allah will see you face to face in Jannah ya Rasulullah! We love you so much!

Isbal (pakaian lelaki melebihi buku lali semasa solat)

2010-01-11T09:37:00.000-08:00

Assalamu'alaykum all, for now i'm just going to share with you this lecture by Ustaz Johari, whom i talked about recently in the chatterbox. I have managed to extract this part of Isbal from his 4 hours lecture. I would say this is one of the many videos which i have found online and soon there'll be more. For me, after doing some readings and watching our ulamas' video i'm quite convince dengan kesahihan hal Isbal.

Dan saya berharap agar Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala memberi hidayah kepada Muslim yang masih melakukan Isbal pada pakaian mereka unuk melaksanakan sunnah Nabi mereka, Muhammad Ibn Abdullah, yaitu dengan memendekkannya. Isbal dianggap salah satu dosa besar yang diancam dengan ancaman yang keras. Larangan untuk melakukan Isbal adalah larangan yang bersifat umum,apakah karena sombong atau tidak. Itu sama saja dengan keumuman nash. Tapi, bila dilakukan karena sombong maka hal itu lebih keras lagi kadar keharamannya dan lebih besar dosanya .

Isbal adalah suatu lambang kesombongan dan orang yang memiiki rasa sombong dalam hatinya walaupun seberat biji dzarrah tidak akan masuk surga, sebagaimana yang diterangkan dalam hadist yang diriwayatkan oleh Imam Muslim.

Wajib baginya untuk bertaubat kepada Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala dari maksiat isbal (memanjangkan seluar) dan maksiat lainnya. Hendaklah ia memendekkan pakaiannya di atas kedua mata kaki dan menyesali apa yang telah dia lakukan selama hidupnya.

Dan hendaklah ia bertekad dengan sungguh-sungguh untuk tidak mengulangi maksiat-maksiat di sisa umurnya yang singkat ini. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala akan menerima taubat bagi orang yang mau bertaubat. Seorang yang bertaubat dari suatu dosa seperti orang yang tidak memiliki dosa. Masha Allah!

I hope that Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala menjadikan mereka sebagai orang orang yang membimbing lagi mendapatkan hidayah.

Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala telah berfirman : “Dan janganlah engkau berjalan diats muka bumi ini dengan sombong, karna sesungguhnya Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala tidak suka kepada setiap orang yang sombong lagi angkuh.”( Luqman: 18 )

Dari Umar Radiyallahu ‘anhu, ia berkata : Rasullulah (S.A.W) bersabda :

“Siapa yang menyeret pakaiannya karena sombong, Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala tidak akan melihatnya di hari kiamat.” ( HR Bukhari dan yang lainnya ).

Dan dari Ibnu umar juga, Nabi bersabda :
“Isbal berlaku bagi sarung, gamis, dan sorban. Barang siapa yang menurunkan pakaiannya karena sombong, tidak akan dilihat oleh Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala di hari kiamat.” ( Hr Abu Daud, Nasa’i, dan Ibnu Majah. Dan hadits ini adalah hadits yang sahih ).

Dari Abu Hurairah, dari Nabi Shalallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam, beliau bersabda :

“Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala tidak akan melihat orang yang menyeret sarungnya karena sombong”. (Muttafaq ‘alaihi)

Dalam riwayat Imam Ahmad dan Bukhari dengan bunyi :

“Apa saja yang berada di bawah mata kaki berupa sarung, maka tempatnya di Neraka.”

Rasullullah Shalallahu ‘alaihi Wassalam bersabda :
“Ada tiga golongan yang tidak akan diajak bicara oleh Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala di hari kiamat. Tidak dilihat dan dibesihkan (dalam dosa) serta akan mendapatkan azab yang pedih, yaitu seseorang yang melakukan isbal (musbil), pengungkit pemberian, dan orang yang menjual barang dagangannya dengan sumpah palsu.” (Hr Muslim, Abu Daud, Turmudzi, Nasa’i, dan Ibnu Majah)

Rasullullah Shalallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam bersabda :

“Sarung seorang mukmin sebatas pertengahan kedua betisnya. Tidak mengapa ia menurunkan dibawah itu selama tidak menutupi kedua mata kaki. Dan yang berada dibawah mata kaki tempatnya di neraka. (HR Malik dalam Muwaththa’ ,dan Abu Daud dengan sanad yang sahih)

Other News: Ex-British Prime Minister condemn on the Iraq War

2010-01-02T21:11:00.000-08:00

I came across one very good story from The Brunei Times newspaper from the front cover. Finally some non-muslim saw what we saw on the war against Saddam Hossein. He explains how unfair was the war and he put it in a very simple english yet powerful statement. I mean c'mon it doesn't take a genious to think about the logic behind the war. It's true there are bad people, but what about other "bad people" from other areas and other countries? Nothing has been done to them!.

I know you guys must have lost interest on this story already but whenever news about our Muslim brother we have to know about it. Basically there's more to the wars than just capturing Saddam Hossein and the so called "weapon of mass destruction". Some people say they're going for the oil but who are we to say right? But definitely something needs to be done to those evil doers Tony Blair, Bush administration, and whoever who have supported the war.

Click the link below to read more on this particular article.

http://www.bt.com.bn/e-paper/main.html

Who were the son(s) of Prophet Muhammad?

2010-01-02T10:00:00.000-08:00

A good friend of mine once asked me if the Prophet ever had any sons. This question struck me and it made me realise I never thought about it that way because all I ever heard of was the Prophet's daughters (e.g Sayiditina Fatimah) and grandsons (Sayidina Hassan & Hussein). I believe this would be a great topic to be discussed and looked into because I have a great deal of interest and I feel my knowledge is limited on this topic. I also came across a few websites that did mention about The Prophet's sons. For example you can check out this website. However, this website stated below has no sources whatsoever and I am not very sure if it is reliable.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_are_all_the_Prophet_Muhammad's_sons

There was also another website I found which to me seems much more reliable. It says that the Prophet had three sons but they all died at infancy (all of them from Khadijah). You can read more on the website by clicking the URL below.

http://www.themodernreligion.com/prophet/prophet_mixed.htm

So what are your thoughts my dear avid readers? Do not hesitate to share them with not only me, but others as well who are on the same boat.

I also apologise for the lack of updates recently. My reason is simply because I have sold my computer and have not been able to log on but now I finally got myself a new one.

Doa before entering the grave area

2009-12-12T21:35:00.000-08:00

For some of you who goes to Solat Jumaah every Friday at Masjid Pekan Seria you should know by the name of Imam Muhammad Zulhilmi Bin Muhammad Jefri. If you don't know this guy he is one of the youngest Imam I have met whom I respect due to his contribution to Masjid Seria. Like any other Masjid in Brunei (from what i have observed) on Friday noon, if you come early you would not see many people in the Masjid but in Masjid Seria, as early as 11.50-12.00pm you would see lots of people already. Only for one reason, they want to attend ceramah by Imam Zulilhimli. What i like about his ceramah is that he convey the message with humour, with real situation in Brunei, with passion. Seria people knows that one of this particular Imam's passion is Astronomy.

I have come across a few lectures he made in the Masjid where he even use the projector (connected to his Laptop) he showed us and guide us how the earth and all the galaxies came about. I remembered i sat on the front row and looking at our planet and it felt like i'm 8 years old again. You would be amaze on how a local imam knows so much about the astronomy and how he links it with the creation of Allah. Subhanallah! May his work be rewarded by Allah.

Here I have uploaded one of the many of his ceramah:

Ok going back to our main topic here that is doa before before entering the grave. A lot of people (user to be me) are still practicing the wrong etiquete when entering the graveyard. Especially when people say Assalamu'alaykum Ya ahlil Kubur. Who came up with this idea?? By saying that isn't that indicating that they're the only one saja penghuni kubur and we're not? Soon enough we will join them and that needs to be mentioned as well. I have received a leaflet from Masjid Pekan Seria which was prepared by Imam Zulihilmi himself. It's a very informative leaflet. I have actually made lots of copies and actually distribute it in other masjid such as Masjid Serusop and Masjid Bunut. And of course to family members and close friends because I feel like I have the responsibility to pass the message.

Below is the leftlet which I have just scanned:

I have also found one good document from Mufti Brunei's website, published under the "al-Hadaf" magazine. I have already downloaded the whole magazine and extracted the part about adab menziarahi kubur. I have saved it in my scribd account which is available for viewing and download:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/24029969/Adab-Menziarahi-Kubur

How to pray Solat Jenazah? - source: iPhone application

2009-12-11T04:51:00.000-08:00

I have come acrossed one good iPhone application which is called Janaza in the App Store. It cost me $0.99 US dollar but it's ok. I don't mind spending few brunei dollars just for this application i mean hey, we buy PS3 games we buy clothes but what about spending for the sake of reminding us of Allah? I pray for Allah that i will be guided to the straight path and Insya Allah by having this application I can memorise what surah recite during the Solat Jenazah. After all this time, to be honest i was stuck on the third takbir. Now that I know I'm going to let YOU know. Now that YOU know, it's your responsibility to tell the others. Islam call that AMANAH. Hope you can benefit from this as well as myself as a reminder.

This is one of the ways i use technology (iPhone) as a source of reminder to Allah.

Maybe for other iPhone users or ANDROID/DROID user could share their Islamic Application so i can post it here. Just to share.

Alhamdulillah

Is it Wajib for Men to pray in the Masjid?

2009-12-08T06:36:00.000-08:00

The Prophet (S.A.W) was so concerned that people should attend the congregational prayers (beimam) in the mosque that he wanted to burn down the houses of those who failed to join the congregation:

"By the One in Whose hand is my soul, I wanted to give orders that wood should be gathered and brought to me, then I would have ordered the call to prayer to be given, and would have appointed a man to lead the prayer, then I would have gone to the ones who were absent from the congregation and burnt their houses down around them," (Bukhari and Muslim).

I've got this from "The Ideal Muslim" book page 30. This hadith is really an eye opener for me. The first time i read it i couldn't believe it at once I had to read it for three time just to get it into my head. I mean this is narrated by one of the top Imam para-para Tabi'in. Who have not heard of Bukhari and Muslim. Mustahil inda tau. For us to heard a hadtih from them we know that it is Sahih (valid/authentic).

Alhamdulillah before coming across to this hadith from this book I have been reminded by a friend of mine, who have read a book which is published in Malaysia saying that those who lives around 40 houses away from the Masjid, their prayer in their houses will not be accepted. Subhanallah! Alhamdulillah right after he said this I started to pray at the masjid. And besides, who else will be the jemaah of our local masjid but not us the villagers? make sense right??

Probably what really motivates me to pray in the masjid comes from one Hadith Sahih narrated by Muslim (I also got it from The Ideal Muslim book),

"If he performs wudoo' properly, then goes out with the sole intention of going to pray in the masjid, then for each step he takes, his status in Paradise will be raised by one degree, and one of his sins will be forgiven. When he prays, as long as he remains in his place of prayer and his wudoo' does not become invalidated, the angels will continue to pray for him: 'O' Allah, bless him, O' Allah, have mercy on him,' He is regarded as being in a state of prayer so long as he is waiting for the prayer."

Our beloved Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) spoke of the promise of Paradise for the one who is keen to pray in congregation in the masjid morning and evening:

"Allah will prepare a place in Paradise for the one who goes to the mosque in the morning or in the evening, each time he goes to the mosque." (Bukhari and Muslim)

source: "The Ideal Muslim" book

Ada lagi satu hadith by Muslim. 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ood (RadiAllahuan) berkata:

.."Allah has shown your Prophet the way of guidance, and these prayers (in the mosque) are part of that way. If you pray in your homes like this man who stayed in his home, then you have abandoned the sunnah of your Prophet, and if you have abandoned the sunnah of your Prophet, then you have gone astray.."

Distance was never been a masaalah untuk para Sahaabah dulu atu, who would attend the mosque whenever they heard the call to prayer, no matter how far their homes were from the masjid.

Kitani ambil satu crita dari Ubayy ibn Ka'b berkata:

"There was a man of the Ansaar whose house was farther from the masjid than anyone else I knew, but he never missed a prayer! Someone asked him,'Why do you not buy a donkey to ride when it is dark or it is very hot? He said,'I would not like my house to be next to the masjid, because I want my walking to the mosque then back home to my family to be recorded among my good deeds.' (Muslim)

Makkah extension proposal leaked!!!

2009-12-03T11:19:00.001-08:00

Masha Allah! At first i can't believe my eyes! but man this is great news to all the muslim hopefully Allah would give us long life to have the opportunity to visit Mecca once the renovation has completed. Insya Allah. Allahu akbar! Besides what does King Abdullah have to worry about..with the country that is so rich in oil..I mean if you think about it..Allah has chosen the King of Arabia to be the host for the "guest of Allah" and this would mean money to manage all of the millions of people coming in and out of Mecca. It's amazing how coincidently that the country is so rich with oil automatically helping the King to manage the guests.

And now with the plan has been leaked, you could imagine how much it would cost King Abdullah to make it happen. We should thank Allah first of all for nourishing the land in Arab with oil.

What do you think of the new plan? Let's discuss. Post a comment.

How Shaykh Yusuf Estes Convert to Islam! MASHA ALLAH! It'll make you cry!

2009-11-29T03:00:00.000-08:00

If you have not heard of the name Yusuf Estes he is one of the prominent islamic scholars of our time. For more info please follow the link below:

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Estes

Islam Tomorrow (his own website)
http://www.islamtomorrow.com/

Masha Allah! From this video one lesson i've learned is that to do Daawah sometimes you don't really need to actually speak about Islam, speak about our Prophet, but actually i believe with the statement of "Action speaks louder than words". Thats what our brother Mohammad Abdul Rahman has shown to Shaykh Yusuf Estes before he converted to Islam. Spend a little bit of your precious time to watch this video hopefully it will bring benefit to you insya Allah.

If you somehow cannot play the video click the link below:

http://www.tubeislam.com/video/3222/Interview-of-sheikh-Yusuf-Estes--Huda-TV-channel

Alhamdulillah

Panduan Solat Sunat Hari Raya

2009-11-27T22:02:00.000-08:00

Cara:

-Solat hari raya dua rakaat dimulai dengan ihram diikuti dengan doa iftitah.
-Kemudian bertakbir sebanyak tujuh kali sambil mengangkat tangan selari dengan bahu sebagaimana takbiratul ihram
-Hendaklah diselangi di antara dua takbir sekadar masa membaca satu ayat sederhana dan sunat membaca di antaranya

" Subhanallah walhamdulillah wala ila ha illallah wallahuakbar "
(Yang bermaksud, Maha suci Allah, dan segala pujian bagi Allah dan tiada Tuhan melainkan Allah dan Allah Maha Besar.

-Seterusnya membaca "Auzubillahi minasy syaitonirrajim", Fatihah dan satu surah atau beberapa ayat.
-Selepas takbir ketika bangun pada rakaat kedua, hendaklah bertakbir sebanyak lima kali sebelum memulakan bacaan dan setiap takbir diselangi dengan bacaan tasbih sebagaimana yang disebutkan tadi.
Para ulama telah ijma' tentang cara-cara solat hari raya berdasarkan hadith;

Yang bermaksud, Amru bin 'Auf al-Muzani R.A meriwayatkan Nabi S.A.W bertakbir ketika solat dua hari raya (Aidil Fitri dan Aidil ADha) , pada rakaat yang pertama sebanyak 7 kali sebelum membaca Fatihah dan pada rakaat yang akhir sebanyak 5 kali sebelum membaca Fatihah.

PENGERTIAN HARI RAYA

Perkataan 'id berasal daripada 'aud bererti ulangan. Ini kerana sama ada hari raya itu berulang pada setiap tahun atau kegembiraannya berulang setiap kali menjelang hari raya atau banyak nikmat Allah dikurniakan kepad hamba-Nya pada hari raya tersebut.

PENSYARIATAN SOLAT HARI RAYA DAN DALILNYA

Solat 'Idil Fitri dan 'Idil Adha telah disyariatkan pada tahun Hijrah yang kedua. Solat hari raya pertama yang dilakukan oleh Nabi Muhammad S.A.W ialah solat 'Idil Firi pada tahun yang kedua Hijrah tersebut.

Sementara dalil pensyariatannya pula ialah firman Allah yang ditujukan kepada Nabi S.A.W

Yang bermaksud ;

"Oleh itu kerjakanlah sembahyang kepada Tuhanmu semata-mata dan sembelihlah korban (sebagai bersyukur)"

'Ulama tafsir menyatakan maksud sembahyang dalam ayat tersebut ialah solat 'Idil Adhha. Hal ini berdasarkan hadith,

Yang bermaksud ;

"daripada Abu Sa'id al-Khudri R.A katanya, "Rasulullah S.A.W pergi ke musolla pada hari 'Idil Fitri dan 'Idil Adha. Perkara pertama yang Baginda lekukan ialah solat. Kemudian Baginda berpaling menghadap orang ramai yang masih duduk di dalam saf mereka, lalu Baginda memberikan nasihat dan menyampaikan apa-apa arahan kepada mereka. Jika hendak menghantar pasukan pejuang atau menyampaikan apa-apa arahan, Baginda membuat keputusan dan mengarahkannya pada masa itu. Selepas itu Baginda pun bersurai.

HUKUM SOLAT HARI RAYA

Solat Hari Raya ialah sunnat muakkad. Ini kerana Rasulullah S.A.W tidak pernah meninggalkannya sejak mula disyariatkan sehinggalah Baginda wafat. Begitu juga para sahabat terus melakukannya selepas itu.

Berdasarkan hadith daripada Abu Sa'id al-Khudri yang terdahulu, solat hari raya disyari'atkan secara berjamaah namun sah dilakukan secara bersendirian.

Begitu juga ia disyari'atkan berjamaah ke[ada semua mukallaf sama ada lelaki, perempuan, bermukim, musafir, orang bebas atau hamba, kecuali perempuan yang berhias atau yang memungkinkan fitnah. Mereka hendaklah bersolat di rumah sahaja.
Solat hari raya tidak wajib berdasarkan hadith,

Yang bermaksud, sabda Rasulullah S.A.W kepada seorang yang bertanya tentang solat yang difardhukan, "Lima solat sehari semalam. Baginda ditanya lagi, adakah wajib atasku selain daripada itu? Baginda menjawab, tidak kecuali engkau ingin mengerjakan solat sunat".

WAKTU SOLAT HARI RAYA

Waktu solat hari raya bermula dari matahari terbit hingga gelincir.

Bermulanya hari adalah apabila fajar terbit. Pada waktu itu dilakukan solat Subuh sebelum matahari terbit dan solat Zuhur selepas mataharigelincir. Namun waktu solat hari raya yang afdhal adalah ketika matahari naik tinggi segalah. Ini kerana Nabi S.A.W sentiasa melakukannya pada waktu tersebut.

-KHUTBAH HARI RAYA-
Selepas selesai solat hari raya sunat melakukan dua khutbah. Secara ringkasnya adalah seperti berikut :

1) Khutbah hendaklah selepas solat hari raya. Ia berlainan dengan khutbah Jumaat
2) Semua rukun dan sunat khutbah Jumaat adalah sama digunakan pada khutbah hari raya
3) Khutbah yang pertama sunat dimulakan dengan takbir sebanyak 9 kali dan khutbah yang kedua dengan takbir sebanyak 7 kali

Sumber : Manhaj Fiqh I (m/s 511-521)

Free books at Scribd.com

2009-11-21T18:37:00.000-08:00

Assalamu'alaykum wrtb to all my respected brothers and sisters and Islam. I've been wanted to share with you a website which i have found a few years ago which is www.scribd.com. Basically this website is like a big universal library which stores electronic copy of books. Ranging from .doc, xls, ppt, pdf you name it all kinds of document data. Some even have scanned books which is converted to pdf files. And what i like about it is that it enables us to upload any of our document and quickly share it with others. It stores somewhere in the cloud and as far as i know they don't have any storage limitation .And you know what's great about this website? IT'S FREE TO DOWNLOAD! MASHA ALLAH!

It's funny how hard sometimes to get a particular book that you wanted to so bad but can't find it in your local book stores. I had one book which is called The Ideal Muslim which i've been looking for a long time (recommended by a friend) and during Umrah early this year finally got it from Medinah. Few months after that, remembering back that i had an account with scribd, who would have thought that this book that i just bought was/is available on this website (was just trying out typing "The Ideal Muslim"). And it's FREE to download! to any format you of your preference!!!

Here's the link if you don't believe me:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/9249582/the-ideal-muslim-by-muhammad-ali-alhashimi

You can also find a book called The Ideal Muslimah (which is for the female) under the same Author (Muhammad Ali- Al-Hashimi)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2218220/The-Ideal-Muslimah

From my opinion The Ideal Muslim is one of the must-read book for any Muslim.

So please bookmark this website to your Safari or IE browser. You can play around with it if you want simply by typing in the book that you want to look for or simply a subject (e.g. Solat Sunat Tahajjud or What is sunnah). Oh btw it also contains malay books as well. Lots of them.

Happy browsing

Sunnah

2009-11-21T06:51:00.000-08:00

Our Beloved Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W - Solollohu alaihi wassallam) leave TWO THINGS behind. WHAT ARE THOSE?? I let you hear from our Shaykh Imran Hosein himself.

Abdullah ibn Mas'ood said: "if you pray in your homes like this man who stayed in his home, then you have abandoned the sunnah of your Prophet, then you have gone astray".

source: The Ideal Muslim by Muhammad Ali Al-Hashimi.

So from this story we can conclude that SUNNAH is a must! But please do not get confuse between SUNNAH and SUNAT (Mustahabb). Those two are have totally different meaning.

Sunnah (سنة /ˈsunna/, plural سنن sunan /ˈsunæn/) is an Arabic word that means habit or usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. The Sunnah of Muhammad includes his specific words, actions, and practices. It is significant to the spirituality of Islam because it addresses ways of life dealing with friends, family, and government

Sunat on the other hand..

Sunat/Mustahabb (Arabic مستحبّ, literally "recommended") is an Islamic term referring to recommended, favored or virtous actions. Mustahabb actions are those whose status of approval in Islamic law (ahkam/hukum) falls between mubah (neutral) and wajib (actions which must be performed). One definition is "duties recommended, but not essential; fulfilment of which is rewarded, though they may be neglected without punishment" (Reuben Levy, The Social Structure of Islam, p. 202). Synonyms of mustahabb can be masnun or mandub. The opposite of mustahabb is makruh. In other words, di buat dapat pahala, inda di buat inda dapat apa apa (or inda papa).

Toilet Etiquette..in Islam

2009-11-16T13:09:00.000-08:00

It's a shame really on how we have not taken care of our toilet within our Masjid. Of all places we have left out and ignored or take lightly the cleanliness of our Masjids' toilet. This could give a wrong perception of Islam whenever a non-muslim happen to use them. We need to tackle this.

"The Pursuit of Cleanliness" by Baba Ali

Du'a before entering toilet

Du'a after leaving the toilet

The Islamic faith has particular rules regarding personal hygiene when going to the toilet. This code is known as Qadaahul Haajah (Qoda Hajat) and is extremely prescriptive.

Let's relate to what our brother Baba Ali has said to our Masjids toilet in Brunei. Let's put that in a test shall we? Below are some of the images of some of the toilets in our Masjid.

Thanks for the brother who had sent me this image. I'm not going to say much about this image or from which masjid it's taken from. I'll just leave it as it is.

Went to the toilet at one of the masjid in mmm somewhere during Jummah prayer. The funny thing about this toilet is that you were not allowed to wear any shoes or slippers and yet the floor was not clean. Not at all! So what i did i just used my shoes because i do care more about cleanliness than the already dirty toilet. I wish i could raise a fund raiser somehow to have this fixed. I mean look at the toilet at the hotels in our country! are you saying that those hotels are much more important than the masjid??

Are you saying we have all the money but we ain't got the money to fix our local masjids' toilet?? help me out here!! i think i really should raise a fund raiser. What say you? But before that I need you're support by taking pictures of your local masjid. See whether it's happening at your masjid or not.

Send them to hambaallah@me.com

Jazakallah khairan

to be continued..

- what are the rules set by our Prophet Rasulullah (S.A.W) whenever we're in the toilet

Our Local Masjid

2009-11-13T07:14:00.000-08:00

Assalamu'alaykum. I think maybe you all could contribute some pictures of your Masjid you normally go to, or any Masjid Insya Allah i will post it up here. (refer to the right pane of this blog).

My next topic would be "In Pursuit of Cleanliness". Have you ever visited to our toilet of our local Masjid recently?? You know what i'm talking about. We claim ourselves as Muslimc, but look at the toilet of our local Masjid? interesting huh. So before i post it up why don't you send me pictures of your local Masjid's toilet. I will try to take some pictures myself. See if this is truly the case for all the masjid within Brunie. This will be interesting. Insya Allah our effort here not to condemn our Masjid but rather to improve the situation.

email me at hambaallah@me.com

Identity Crisis

2009-11-12T06:49:00.000-08:00

Alhamdulillah, based on request from our brother 'Concern' luckily i have found one lecture from Shaykh Anwar Al-Awlaki regarding identity crisis. He stated that globally we muslim are suffering from a serious identity crisis.

Also I remembered a lecture by Ustaz Dato Ismail Kamus where he had also briefly touch on this matter from his lecture "Antara Sunnah & Bid'ah part 1". He mentioned that our youth know more about a singer than he knows about our Nabi. Think about this for a moment.

Below are the lineage of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) as mentioned by Ustaz Dato Ismail Kamus.

- Muhammad bin

- Abdullah bin

- Abdul Mutallib bin

- Hashim bin

- Abi Manaf bin

- Qusai bin

- Kilab bin

- Murra bin

- Ka'b bin

- Lo'i bin

- Ghalib bin

- Fahr bin

- Malik bin

- An-Nadr bin

- Kinana bin

- Khuzaiman

- Mudrikah bin

- Elias bin

- Nizar bin

- Ma Ad bin

- Adnan

I have also found our Prophet's lineage as a result from Google Image. This is more detail of Rasulullah's lineage which start from our Prophet Adam alaihissalam.

Click link below for a larger picture of the lineage
http://files.tmp.muxlim.com/photo/86213_4815_66791_0_1_800.jpg

Word of the Day: "Takwa"

2009-11-10T18:18:00.000-08:00

Takwa iaitu mengikuti segala perintah Allah dan menjauhi segala larangan-Nya.

Malay translation - "Kitab (Al-Quran) ini tidak ada keraguan padanya;petunjuk bagi mereka yang bertakwa."

English translation - "This is the Book; in it is guidance sure, without doubt, to those who fear Allah."

Source: Al-Baqarah (The Cow/Sapi Betina)- Ayat ke 2

Audio
http://globalquran.com/images/audio.gif

Shaykh Anwar Al-Awlaki - What happen to our soul once we died?

2009-11-07T04:40:00.000-08:00

Do you know what will happen to your soul once you die? Most of us know about the questioning of the two two angels, Munkar dan Nankir. But what happen just before that. Shaykh Anwar Al-Awlaki had briefly explained this just after our soul leaves our body.

Shaykh Anwar Al-Awlaki is one of the prominent American-Yemeni scholars in Islam in the United States. He was born in Yemen but then migrated to the US and now he is one of them Imam at one of the many mosque in the US (i think Imam of the one of the Masjid in California). I have listened to most of his audio lecture titles compared to other scholars due to his clear and easy-to-understand english.

This lecture i have extracted from his lecture with the title "The Importance of Death". It's a 2 hour + lecture but insya Allah i will try to extract the important bits off and share with you in the near future.

If you want to know more about him and you want to downlaod his many lectures (for free!!) please visit:
http://www.hoor-al-ayn.com/lectures/anwar-al-awlaki/

iPhone - Islamic Applications

2009-11-07T04:33:00.000-08:00

Assalamu'alaykum warahmatullah hiwabarkatuh,

iPhone
Most of you have heard of the iPhone before and some of you probably have the chance to own it by now. I have been an iPhone user since 2007 and Alhamdulillah it has made my life easier in so many ways. Especially from Islamic perspective.

Anyway as promised here are some of the many Islamic application that you could download. Some of them are free and some of them are not but most of them are free. Hopefully by sharing this application it would somehow strengthen our Imaan. Technology plays an important role too nowadays..even the Internet or blogging to be specific, we weren't be talking about Islam this easily. So let's make full use of the technology today to get us closer to Allah. Alhamdulillah hirobbil 'alamin (Segala puji pujian bagi Allah Tuhan semesta alam)

Of course there are lot's more in the App Store but so far these are my favorite. FYI there are 100,000 applications available for download. Imagine that! Insya Allah we'll go through with you what does each application can do.

illaliqo

When is the last time you cry for Allah or His Nabi?

2009-11-04T05:38:00.001-08:00

Updated on 06/11/2009 - 8am

Bisimillah hirrahmanirrahim, Assalamu'alaykum wrt to all readers,

This topic is very interesting to me but before we discuss it further let's just have a look at some of the many hadiths related to this topic.

Daripada Ibnu Abbas r.anhuma katanya, aku telah mendengar Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘Alaihi Wasallam bersabda;“Dua (jenis) mata yang tidak akan disentuh oleh api neraka: Mata yang menangis akibat ketakutan kepada Allah dan mata yang tidak tidur berjaga di jalan Allah.” (At-Tirmizi). Dalam satu hadith yang lain: “Wajah yang dibasahi oleh air mata kerana takutkan Allah s.w.t.., walau bagaimana sedikit pun air mata itu, terselamat dari api neraka.”Bukan sahaja wajah yang terselamat, tetapi seluruh badannya dan orang itu ialah ahli syurga. Airmata memberi syafaat kepada tuannya di hari kiamat dengan izin Allah.

Menangislah kerana Allah. Pelepah tamar dan buraq pun menangis. Pelepah tamar menangis kerana Nabi tidak lagi menggunakan sebagai mimbar masjid, akhirnya dimasukkan ke dalam syurga. Bura’ menangis kerana takut nabi tak pilih dia jadi tunggangan.

Pelepah tamar menangis

Jabir RA meriwayatkan seperti disebutkan dalam hadith Bukhari, “Nabi SAW selalu bersandar pada sebatang pohon tamar, ketika menyampaikan khutbah Jumat, Sayyidina Abu Bakar mencadangkan agar dibina mimbar yang baru. Nabi SAW bersetuju dan sebuah mimbar yang terdiri dari 3 anak tangga dibangun.

Ketika Nabi SAW duduk di atas mimbar yang baru untuk berkhutbah, para Sahabat mendengar pelepah tamar itu menangis seperti anak kecil. Nabi SAW mendekati pelepah kurma yang sedang menangis ini dan bertanya kenapa ia menangis. Pelepah tamar tersebut mengatakania menangis kerana ia tidak digunakan lagi untuk mengingat Allah SWT.Rasulullah saw kemudian menyuruh agar dikafankan pelepah tamar dan mengatakan bahawa ia akan dibangkitkan di dalam syurga. Inilah satu-satunya pokok tamar di syurga yang berasal dari dunia.

Buraq menangis

Semasa peristiwa Israk Mikraj, Allah swt menyuruh Malaikat Jibrail memilih seekor Buraq untuk dijadikan tunggangan Baginda naik ke langit. Kemudian Jibrail A.S. pun pergi dan dia melihat 40,000 buraq sedang bersenang-lenang di Jannatu Adnin (taman Syurga) dan di wajah masing-masing terdapat nama Muhammad. Jibril bertanya kepada Allah, buraq manakah yang harus dipilih kerana semuanya elok, maka Allah menyuruhnya memilih Buraq yang menangis.

Di antara 40,000 buraq itu, Jibrail A.S. terpandang pada seekor buraq yang sedang menangis bercucuran air matanya. Jibrail A.S. menghampiri buraq itu lalu bertanya, “Mengapa engkau menangis, ya buraq? “Berkata buraq, “Ya Jibrail, sesungguhnya aku telah mendengar nama Muhammad sejak 40 tahun, maka pemilik nama itu telah tertanam dalam hatiku dan aku sesudah itu menjadi rindu kepadanya dan aku tidak mahu makan dan minum lagi. Aku laksana dibakar oleh api kerinduan.”Berkata Jibrail A.S., “Aku akan menyampaikan engkau kepada orang yang engkau rindukan itu.” Kemudian Jibrail A.S. memakaikan pelana dan kekang kepada buraq itu dan membawanya kepada Nabi Muhammad S.A.W. Buraq yang diceritakan inilah yang membawa Rasulullah S.A.W dalam perjalanan Israk dan Mikraj.

Para Nabi dan umatnya juga menangis

Nabi Adam adalah nabi yang paling banyak menangis, beratus-ratus tahun lamanya setelah dikeluarkan dari syurga. Nabi Yaakob juga menangis selama 80 tahun setelah kehilangan anaknya, Nabi Yusuf. Selain itu, umat Nabi Muhammad juga menangi seperti para wali iaitu Hassan Al-Basri dan Ali Zainal Abidin, anak kepada Sayyidina Hussin.

source: http://nasbunnuraini.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/menangis-kerana-allah/

Alhamdulillah hirobbil alamin (Segala puji pujian bagi Allah Tuhan semesta alah),

Let us recall back what we have cried for all these years. It's funny how we have cried so much for our love ones (family, girlfriend, boyfriend, worthless things) yes we cried so hard on these wordly things! It's a fact and you can't deny that. I'm speaking here not to remind you only but to remind myself also. I've been there..zaman Jahiliyah. Not just the old days during our Prophet days but until now we are still living in Jahiliyah without us realising it. Astaghfirullah.

Let's take the TV for example. TV could be a good thing (some scholars says it's Haram even to have a TV) and mostly could be a bad thing. Movies for example, some people likes to watch movies, well in fact most of us love movies, especially those Korean/Chinese movie fanatics. *cough* well i myself WAS one of them. (i don't want to be a hypocrite). It happened to me when i was a lot younger back when i was a teenager that was in 2004 when the korean movie called "A moment to remember". Man! that movie made me cry so hard sampai sidak sidak wah. But hey..those were the days I was a bit ignorant.

Listening to music

Now that I understand the real value of my tears Alhamdulillah crying for Allah Subhanahu wata'ala was i wouldn't say easy but doable. Started a few months ago when i first performed Umrah. Alhamdulillah. Listening to songs also could be very emotional specifically love songs. What you can do, you try to switch your mindset instead of thinking of your Gapren or Boypren, think of Allah. Remember this, whatever you do you always need to think of Him. 24/7! Of course listening to music as some scholars said it's Haram but i'm yet to investigate. But of course their argument was quite solid as one scholar said, music could prevent you from remembering Allah and by this way it could be haram. But for my case whenever i hear music, i relate it to Allah. You try listening to D'Masiv - Merindukan mu. You think of Allah! i'm telling you..you will cry your ass off.

Sujud

But again...there are many ways to cry for Allah especially in our last Sujud Prayer. Masha Allah some of our Imam Besar like Imam Muslim with his riwayah:

"Kedudukan hamba yang paling dekat dengan Tuhannya adalah ketika ia dalam keadaan sujud, maka perbanyaklah doa." (HR Muslim)

When you do your Du'a during this sujud make sure you do not move your mouth, yakni, berDu'a dalam hati. This is the time when you can cry like a baby..bila lagi tani kan menangis (menangis as in rasa takwa, rasa takut, rasa keAgunganNya, rasa tawaduk, rasa syukur dan sebagainya) Insya Allah with pure heart and intention..you will cry.

Rasulullah SAW bersabda: "Rabb (Tuhan) kita turun disetiap malam ke langit yang terendah, yaitu saat sepertiga malam terakhir, maka Dia berfirman: Siapa yang berdoa kepadaKu maka Aku kabulkan, siapa yang meminta kepadaKu maka Aku berikan kepadanya, dan siapa yang meminta ampun kepadaKu maka Aku ampunkan untuknya." (HR Al Bukhari)

Dari Amr bin Ibnu Abasah mendengar Nabi SAW bersabda: "tempat yang paling mendekatkan seorang hamba dengan Tuhannya adala saat ia dalam sujudnya dan jika ia bangun melaksanakan sholat pada sepertiga malam yang akhir. Karena itu, jika kamu mampu menjadi orang yang berzikir kepada Allah pada saat itu maka jadilah." (HR At Tirmidzi dan Ahmad)

Taubat

As i mentioned earlier, there are many ways and many reason for us to cry for Allah. Especially when you do your taubat. Some scholar say "One drop of your tears (tears for Allah) could put out the hellfire (Neraka Jahannam" MASHA ALLAH!!

Alhamdulillah

Memotong Kuki Cara Rasulullah (S.A.W) - is it really?

2009-11-02T05:38:00.000-08:00

I have to apologise to all because i have just found out there were lots of website out there saying different opinion on this referenced to different sources or Hadith. And by that I had to change to topic to a questionnaire. One colleague of mine argued about that saying that Imam Ghazali mentioned that was never been recorded and its not Sahih.

Some even recall the saying of our late Allahyarham Dr Saidun where he had once said that this is not true.

Here's one comment from our brother Ammatullah. Jazakallahu khair.

Assalamualaikum

looking at this picture, if I may, can I gently ask where did you get this? and do you know the 'dalil'?

because, so far, I have found no hadith for cutting nails.. and I really want to know.

Syukran wa jazakallahu khairan.

-Ammatullah

To answer your question Ammatullah, i've got it from one website that i was not sure of of its authenticity.

http://ahmadzaki.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/potong-kuku-cara-islam-sunnah/

It's funny from this website, the blogger even admitted that there's no hadith that is sahih about this topic. I was being ignorant Astaghfirullah! here's a little snapshot from the website.

I have to admit at first i was so sure that this is what Rasulullah used to do and also by recalling back those years when i was in the religious school, they actually post this picture on the notice board. Astaghfirullah. May Allah Forgive Me if i was being ignorant all this time.

But then again as i have mentioned earlier, this is debatable as i have found quite a number of website which contradicts with each other. I'll leave it to you to investigate. Let us discuss.

Who is Mahram?

2009-10-31T12:39:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Amatullah for giving some good comment from our previous topic "Bi'da dalam perkahwinan orang Melayu". He mentioned that Fatwa Mufti Kerajaan (1994-5) book had discussed about this and he had quoted word by word from the book. Very interesting indeed. Please see the comment from this topic.

http://worriedbruneianmuslim.blogspot.com/2009/10/bidah-dalam-perkahwinan-orang-melayu.html#comments

Amatullah had inspired ana to post another subject related to the previous topic. As ana have highlighted from the comment section with regards to privately holding a majlis bersanding where non-mahram are not allowed.

To continue discuss this matter, ana sure most of you know that does mahram means and some people don't. Honestly ana myself are one of the "some people". Ana not so sure who actually are those mahram people other than your immediate family such as brother, sister, uncle, aunties. I guess this is when wikipedia comes in handy. Before ana even discussed about the definition of Mahram, let's have a quick comparison between the word "Mahram" and "Muhrim"shall we?

Found one indonesian blog (Rahmat blog) which has briefly define these two words:

http://blog.re.or.id/siapa-saja-mahram-itu.htm

"Muhrim dalam bahasa Arab adalah muhrimun mim di-dhammah yg makna adalah orang yg berihram dalam pelaksanaan ibadah haji sebelum tahallul. Sedangkan Mahram bahasa Arab adalah mahramun mim di-fathah. Mahram ini berasal dari kalangan wanita yaitu orang2 yg haram dinikahi oleh seorang lelaki selama"

to be continued..

Bid'ah dalam perkahwinan orang melayu

2009-10-26T04:33:00.000-07:00

Assalamu'alaykum.

I'm not going to say much on this topic because i well let Dato Ustaz Ismail Kamus quickly brief you through all the Bid'ah activities that has been going on for centuries, especially in our country. You will find this lecture hard to believe but knowing that Dato Ismail Kamus is one of the leading one of the most well known malay Ustaz that we look up to and listen to, i'm sure whatever finding he has found as a result of his lecture, are all coming from Katib-kitab yang sahih and valid belaka.

Another video relating to Marriage in Islam. Baba Ali!

Questions that you want to post to your potential wive

Celebrating Birthdays is HARAM

2009-10-23T01:20:00.000-07:00

Assalamu'alaykum borthers and sisters,

Keifel hal? (How are you?) I hope all of you are in good health under the care of Allah Azzawajal. If you're not in good health then Salamtak (get well soon). This time i want to share with you about a topic known to many and celebrated by many, that is birthdays. I don't have elaborate much further as the subject speaks itself.

I have come acrossed a lecture by our Lebanon-Australian brother who have given a lecture on a topic called Forbidden Lecture. Masya Allah i wish i can share it with you and make you realise how far we have been deviated from the straight path, without us knowing Astaghfirullah. But for this particular topic on "Birthdays" i have managed to extract the part where he talks about birthdays. So without wasting any much of your time i have uploaded it to youtube. Enjoy and May Allah guide you Insya Allah. Ittaqillah (Fear of Allah).

Car loan - what happen if you die? Who is going to pay?

2009-10-13T22:14:00.000-07:00

Have you actually check you car insurance coverage lately? or probably never. I strictly recommend you to revisit your insurance with your car insurer (bank). Alhamdulillah i just found out about this. Just ask your self this..what happen if you die? (NOT but car accident but other causes) what will happen to the loan that you currently having with the bank for the first time you bought your car? do you think the bank will just let it go and pity you? the answer is NO! that is the reason why they have the Next of Keen field in the form the first time you applied your car insurance. I guess.

However some car insurer, like IDBB Takaful sendirian berhad they do cover and pay the remaining loan for your car if you are destined to die before you finish paying your monthly car loan. Shaykh Khalid Yasin had once said, "everyday you wake up, you are not closer to your goals, to your objective in life in Dunya (dunia), but you are close to death. Everyday you are closer to death. Even babies, orphan dies. Let alone us who have lived here for 20-60 years. From the womb to the tomb!"

Alhamdulillah both of my car got covered by IDBB Takaful.

WHAT ABOUT YOURS? Please check. May Allah guide all of us. "Ihdinassirotal mustaqim" Amin.

"To Allah (Almighty God) we belong, and to Him is our return." (Holy Qur'an 2:156)

Imam Ali (pbuh) says: "If man will see how speedily his death is coming toward him he will abhor ambitions and will give up admiring the world."

Below i have taken the information from Mufti's book (Monetary Issue published in 2000). Here's what it says hukm of car insurance in Islam.

Series: 29/1991

Question: Life and Car Insurance

Can we buy insurance, for example, life insurance and car insurance, managed by non-believers (kafir) or by Muslims and what is the hukm (ruling) on it?

The justification: In order to comply with the traffic laws and to provide aid and assistance to the family of the deceased who may be poor or facing difficulties with regards to the future of their children.

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It is acceptable to buy car insurance so as to comply with the laws of the country because to do so is considered an exigency.
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Life Insurance - is it Haram?

2009-10-13T21:59:00.000-07:00

At the moment i'm reading a book by our Mufti Kerajaan specifically on the life insurance area. From my reading so far I can conclude that it's haram. But let me just finish it first.

You can check out at Mufti's homepage at the link below:

http://www.brunet.bn/gov/mufti/terbitan/t_isu.htm

Ok done! Here i will post you the exact content from the book wrt to life insurance from Mufti's perspective. I leave it to you to judge.

Reference: Monetary Issue

Year of published: 2000

Published by: State Mufti's Office

ISBN: 99917-33-22-1

Starting page: 493

Series 17/1973

Question 1: The Hukm on Life Insurance

What is the hukm (tuling) in Islam with regards to life insurance?

According to those well-informed on matters of life insurance"

The insurance company repays to the insurance policy holder all payments he has made to the company plus an amount exceeding these payments.

(This happens) when the insurance policy holder lives to pay all payments due from the beginning to the end (until the policy matures).

Undoubtedly, the payment made by the company to the insurance policy holder, apart from being repayment of the payments made from the beginning to the end, is riba (usury) or interest.

The insurance company has used part of the money paid by the insurance policy holders to give loans to others by charging interests and making profits. Insurance policy holders are therefore helping insurance companies to carry our riba.

Due to the above two reasons, insurance is not accepted in Islam. Wallah hu'alam.

Series 40/1975

Question 2: Involvement In Life Insurance

What is the hukm (ruling), from the point of view of shara', on any kind of insurance, including a Muslim who is involved in life insurance matters.

The insurance available today is a western method of transaction, implicit within it are gambling and usury. Therefore, those who are involved in insurance groups are either partaking in riba or receiving wealth from gambling.

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If the insurance policy holder lives to an age agreed upon between him and the insurance company (until the policy matures), and he has paid all premiums that were due, the insurance company will then repay all premiums paid by him, plus a certain amount based on a certain rate, together with the premiums. This must surely be riba and interest. Should the insurance policy holder die before the agreed date, (before the policy matures), the compaby will pay to the heirs an amount similar to that agreed upon even though he has not paid any premium yet. According to hukm, this is gambling.

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Furthermore, the company invests the premiums, or part of it, in riba practices such as issuing loans with interest or riba. The person paying the premiums is therefore helping the company to carry out riba or charge interests and riba. Interests are transgressions and are great sins, and Allah has threatened war against the perpetrators of riba.

According to the Hanafi school, entering into a contract involving riba or gambling, and similar activities, is prohibited in Islam and is clearly haram (unlawful) but if it is in a kafir (non-believers') country, and the payments are also received in the kafir state, then it is permissable and possible, should there be a willingness amongst the Muslims (those allowed to enter the kafir state) and the kafir, but it is haram and it is not permissable to enter into a fasid (immoral) contract, a gambling and riba contract, and other similar contracts, among Muslis and the kafir, and to receive the payments whilst both are residing in a Muslim state. This is because a Muslim country is where Islamic hukm is practised. That is what we understand from what was said by Sheikh Fuqaha' Mesti Al-'Allamah Ash-Sheikh Muhammad Bakhit, Mufti of Egypt, who dies in the year 1345 Hijrah Rahimahullah Ta'ala.

To buy a life insurance policy on a whim and fancy while expecting profits and benefits from it is wrong and batil (invalid) and a sin because life insurance and assuring the life of a person cannot be done by a company or a doctor or an economist. Only Allah Ta'ala knows the life span of a person and no other being has knowledge of it. Everybody knows this.

The company is actually trying to get business and profits by means of gambling, guessing and speculating and therefore their effort is batil and wrong from the point of view of Islam. It is the devouring of the wealth of others through riba (usury) and gambling.

Life insurance is a contract which is fasid (void), it cannot be included in dhaman (guaranty) or kafalah (bail) contracts and to practise a contract which is fasid is a great sin, as stated by Al-Imam Ibnu Hajar and other iama; while halal wealth is blessed.

So what do you think? I have withdrawn all my life insurance and investment policy from this life insurance company in Brunei (don't want to mention the name of the company).

But the funny thing is, i have heard from some people, even the insurance company agent himself told me that Life Insurance company such as AIA, was actually approved by the State Mufti Office and they do regular visits on these companies now and then to see their way of transactions. Wallahu 'alam. Not sure to believe it or not.

Another thing he mentioned that Brunei Life Insurance company such as AIA is not Takaful certified, not like AIA in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Here's a link wrt to AIA Malaysia get international takaful operator licence:

http://islamicfinanceupdates.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/aia-first-to-get-international-takaful-operator-licence-in-malaysia/

This is all so confusing for me. Takaful operator licence????

I mean aren't all life insurance all are Haram?? as mentioned in the Mufit's book??

What about the Islamic bank such life insurance?? like in TAIB or BIBD? i heard it's compliant with the syariah (islamic ruling)

Anyway i have given you all the best insight of our life insurance in Brunei. Whether we're gaining or loosing for not joining it, i'll leave it to you to judge. I have raised every known issue that i can think of on the table. Insya Allah will pray Solat Istikharah to let Allah decide and bring guidance to our daily life transactions. (Who knows best).

Jazakallah

The many ways to ask for Allah's forgiveness

2009-10-08T09:26:00.000-07:00

I would like to share with you only some of the many ways for Allah to forgive your sins, whether in past or in the future. Of course, we're as a human being cannot escape from doing sins, those that we are aware of, and of course those that we're not aware of. But will our 5 daily prayers would be enough to forgive all of our sins? Will Allah forgive for all the sins that we have done, whether it's a major sins or minor sins. We do not know. It all depends on our SINCERITY masa kitani berdu'a. Even our daily prayers itself, some of it are in the form of Du'a. If not Du'a is puji pujian bagi Allah.

In Solat/Salah/Sembahyang

Let's take for example, 6th verse of Surah Al-Fatihah - "ihdinassirotal mustaqim" - "Tunjukkanlah kami ke jalan yang lurus (benar). Another one is bacaan semasa duduk antara dua sujud - "rabbigh firli warhamni" = "Ya Tuhanku! Ampunkanlah dosaku dan rahmatkan aku". These are Du'a, and by knowing the meaning we should be able to feel Khusyuk and really feel that we need His forgiveness.

In Dzikir - before you sleep

There are many Dzikir that you can recite on a daily basis. For example, before we sleep we can recite "Astaghfirullah halladzim alladzi la ilaha illa huwalhayyul qayyum wa atubu ilai ih" - siapa yang membaca sebelum tidur, nescaya Allah akan menghapuskan dosanya, walau banyaknya seperti buih-buih di laut. MASHA ALLAH!! Guys just take a moment and remember this dzikir because it's just too easy! You say Allah is Ar-Rahman (Maha Pemurah), now tell me how pemurah Allah Subhana Wata'ala atu! It's just beyond our imagination! This is one quick reminder for you and for myself betapa Pemurahnya Allah atu. We Dzikir is actually part of our wirid if you don't realise it! so you should know it by now.

In Dzikir - before Asar prayer and after Asar prayer

Alhamdulillah who wants to know a secret which you can practice that would clear your sins the past 7 days or your next 7 days? An Ustaz told me a treasure in the form of information. He said to me by reciting these Dzikir 70 times, Allah will forgive your sins the last 7 days and also your future 7 days (from the day you recite the Dzikir) insya Allah.

Sins from past 7 days will be forgiven insya Allah by reciting:
Astaghfirullah hal adzim (70 times) - Before Asar prayer

Sins for the next 7 days will be forgiven insya Allah by reciting:
KhasbunAllah wani'mal wakhil (70 times) - After Asar prayer

For now thats all i can remember for ways that would clear our sins, the practical way. In the mean time i need your input on this to put more stuff so that you can share with me and others and i will post it up here. Barang ani barang bepahala - ingat Sabda Rasulullah (S.A.W)?

"Sebarkanlah ajaranku walau satu ayat pun"

"Nescaya Allah memperbaiki bagimu amalan-amalanmu dan mengampuni bagimu dosa-dosamu. Dan barangsiapa mentaati Allah dan Rasul-Nya, maka sesungguhnya ia telah mendapat kemenangan yang besar." (Surah Al- Ahzab:71)

to be continued..

Raudah - Satu satunya kebun syurga di dunia

2009-10-05T15:46:00.000-07:00

ImHalal the new Google yo!

2009-10-05T10:34:00.000-07:00

For the first time now, there is an Islamic search engine which aims at providing a general purpose search that is free of "haram" content, i.e. offensive contents (ehem ehem) that contradicts with Islamic laws and beliefs. The search engine is wisely called ImHalal.com, and i bet we will see widely increased interest in such a service from conservative people, and parents who wants to keep their kids off the harmful web contents.

There's an article from Times Online which has an interesting article about ImHalal. It says "a new search engine designed to help Muslims navigate the web without running into potential "sinful" material. So guys you better be careful better take a note on this yea.

The service was developed by the Dutch company AZS Media Group. Hehe. You hear that? A Dutch company! I bet they're muslims. Currently ImHalal functions in 15 different languages, and the developers expect it to really take off in the Middle East.

ImHalal works like any other search engine, you type in a keyword and hit enter, except, here if you enter a potentially risky word you will get a message telling you the level of risk you will be exposed to if you run the search. Results deemed to level 3 out of 3 will not run at all.

To reach it's HALAL goal, the site seems to be using two method. One is by filtering out "Haram" sites and contents, and this can be seen clearly from the image search, which is still in Beta. When searching for various keywords or celebrity names for example, results from ImHalal.com are much more decent in this regard than Google and Yahoo in their strict mode.

Happy "safe" searching guys! literally for guys! haha but yea this is serious! Internet could be one place where most of the syaitan are now usually hang out especially in this modern world! Allahuma ajirnie minnannar (Jauhkan kami dari Neraka jahannam)

The meaning of "Keluar" for Tabligh

2009-10-04T21:04:00.000-07:00

Para Sahabah "Keluar" di jalan Allah

Sebanyak 150 jemaah telah dihantar dari Madinah dalam masa 10 tahun tersebut. Baginda s.a.w. sendiri telah menyertai 25 daripada jemaah-jemaah tersebut. Sebahagian jemaah tersebut terdiri daripada 10,000 orang, ada yang 1,000 orang, 500 orang, 300 orang, 15 orang, 7 orang dan sebagainya. Jemaah-jemaah ini ada yang keluar untuk 3 bulan, 2 bulan, 15 hari, 3 hari dan sebagainya. 125 jemaah lagi sebahagiannya terdiri daripada 1000 orang, 600 orang, 500 orang dan sebagainya dengan masa 6 bulan, 4 bulan dan sebagainya.

Sekiranya kita menghitung dengan teliti maka akan didapati purata masa yang diberikan oleh setiap sahabat untuk keluar ke jalan Allah dalam masa setahun ialah antara 6 hingga 7 bulan.

Sahabat keluar 5 tahun

Pada tahun 627M satu rombongan sahabat-sahabat Nabi S.A.W yang diketuai oleh Wahab bin Abi Qabahah dikatakan telah mengunjungi Riau dan menetap selama 5 tahun di sana (sebelum pulang ke Madinah)

(dipetik dari kitab 'Wali Songo dengan perkembangan Islam di Nusantara', )

Sahabat keluar 6 bulan
Bara’ Radiyallahu 'anhu meriwayatkan bahawa Rasulullah Sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam telah mengutus Khalid ibne-Walid Radiyallahu 'anhu kepada penduduk Yamen untuk mengajak mereka masuk Islam. Bara berkata: Aku juga termasuk dalam jamaah itu. Kami tinggal di sana selama 6 bulan. Khalid radiyalaahu anhu selalu mengajak mereka untuk masuk Islam, tetapi mereka menolak ajakannya.

Kemudian Rasulullah Sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam mengutus 'Ali ibne-Abi Talib Radiyallahu 'anhu ke sana dan memerintahkan kepada Khalid r.a. untuk kembali dengan seluruh jamaah kecuali salah seorang dari jamaah Khalid r.a. yang mahu menemani Ali r.a, maka ia boleh ikut serta dengan Ali r.a. Bara r.a berkata: Akulah yang menemani Ali r.a. selama di sana. Ketika kami betul-betul dekat dengan penduduk Yaman, maka mereka keluar dan dan dating kehadapan kami. Lalu Ali r.a. mengatur shaf mereka untuk mengerjakan solah dan Ali yang menjadi imam dalam solah kami.
Selesai solah, Ali r.a membacakan isi surat Rasulullah Sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam kepada mereka. Setelah mendengar isi surat Rasulullah sallalaahu alayhi wasalam itu maka seluruh Bani Hamdan masuk Islam. Kemudian Ali r.a. menulis surat kepada Rasulullah Sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam yang isinya memberitahukan tentang ke-Islaman mereka kepada baginda. Setelah isi surat tersebut dibacakan kepada Rasulullah Sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam, maka baginda langsung sujud syukur kepada Allah Swt. Setelah mengangkat kepala, baginda berdoa: Keselamatan bagi Bani Hamadan. Keselamatan bagi Bani Hamadan. (Bukhari, Baihaqi, Bidayah-wan-Nihayah)

(Dipetik dari kitab Muntakhab Ahadith, bab Dakwah dan Tabligh,)

Keluar 4 bulan
Ibn Juraij berkata: “Ada seseorang yang menceritakan kepada saya bahawa pada suatu malam ketika Umar radiyalaahu anhu sedang berkeliling (ghast) di sekitar lorong-lorong kota Madinah, tiba-tiba beliau mendengar seorang wanita sedang melantunkan sya’ir:
”Betapa panjang malam ini dan betapa gelap di sekelilingnya, Daku tidak boleh tidur kerana tiada yang tersayang yang boleh ku ajak bercumbu Andai bukan kerana takut berdosa kepada Allah yang tiada sesuatu pun dapat menyamaiNya Sudah pasti ranjang ini di goyang oleh yang lainnya."

Ketika Umar r.a. mendengar sya’irnya itu, maka dia bertanya kepada wanita tersebut, “Apa yang terjadi padamu?” Wanita itu menjawab, “Saya sangat merindukan suami saya yang telah meninggalkan saya selama beberapa bulan.” Umar r.a. betanya, “Apakah kamu bermaksud melakukan hal yang buruk?” Wanita itu menjawab, “Saya berlindung kepada Allah.” Umar r.a. berkata, “Kuasailah dirimu! Sekarang saya akan mengutus orang untuk memanggil suami mu.”
Setelah itu Umar r.a. bertanya kepada anak perempuannya Hafsah r.anha, “Aku akan bertanya padamu mengenai sesuatu masalah yang membingungkan aku, mudah-mudahan kamu boleh memberi jalan keluar untukku. Berapa lama seorang wanita mampu menahan kerinduan ketika berpisah dari suaminya?” Mendengar pertanyaan itu, Hafsah r.anha menundukkan kepala merena merasa malu. Umar r.a. berkata, “ Sesungguhnya Allah tidak pernah merasa malu dalam hal kebaikan.” Hafsah menjawab sambil berisyarat dengan jari tangannya, “Tiga sampai empat bulan.” Kemudian Umar r.a. menulis surat kepada setiap amir (pimpinan) pasukan tentera Islam supaya tidak menahan anggota pasukannya lebih dari 4 bulan.”

(Riwayat Abdur Razzaq dalam kitab Al-Kanz Jilidl VIII, m/s.308).
Ibnu 'Umar (Radiallahu'Anhu) mengatakan bahawa pada suatu malam Umar r.a. keluar (untuk melihat ehwal orangramai), tiba-tiba beliau mendengar seorang wanita sedang bersya’ir:

"Betapa panjang malam ini dan betapa gelap di sekelilingnya Aku tidak boleh tidur kerana tida yang tersayang yang boleh kuajak bercumbu."
Kemudian Umar r.a. bertanya kepada Hafsah r.anha, berapa lama wanita dapat bertahan tidak bertemu dengan suaminya?” Hafsah r.anha menjawab, “Enam atau empat bulan.” Maka Umar r.a. berkata, “Untuk selanjutnya saya tidak akan menahan tentera lebih dari masa itu.”

(Hr. Baihaqi dalam kitabnya jilid IX m/s 29)

[seperti yang dipetik dari kitab Hayatus Sahabah, bab Al-Jihad]

Keluar 40 hari

"Seorang lelaki telah datang kepada Saiyidina Umar ibnu Khattab r.a. maka Saiyidina Umar r.a. pun bertanya: Di manakah engkau berada? Dijawabnya: Saya berada di Ribat. Saiyidina Umar r.a. bertanya lagi: Berapa hari engkau berada di Ribat itu? Jawabnya tiga puluh hari. Maka berkata Saiyidina Umar r.a.: Mengapa kamu tidak cukupkan empat puluh hari?

(Kanzul Ummal, Juzuk 2 muka surat 288, dipetik dari kitab 'Risalah ad Dakwah)

Keluar 3 hari

Daripada Ibnu Umar r.a. berkata: Nabi SAW telah memanggil Abdul Rahman bin Auf r.a. lalu bersabda: Siap sedialah kamu, maka sesungguhnya aku akan menghantar engkau bersama satu jama'ah maka menyebut ia akan hadis dan katanya: Maka keluarlah Abdul Rahman hingga berjumpa dengan para sahabatnya, maka berjalanlah mereka sehingga sampai ke suatu tempat pertama bernama Daumatul Jandal, maka manakala ia masuk ke kampung itu ia mendakwah orang-orang kampung itu kepada Islam selama tiga hari. Manakala sampai hari yang ketiga dapat Islamlah Asbagh bin Amru al Kalbi r.a. dan adalah ia dahulunya beragama Nasrani dan ia ketua di kampung itu.

(Hadith riwayat Darul Qutni, dipetik dari kitab 'Risalah ad Dakwah)

Dipetik dari blog http://azharjaafar313.blogspot.com/

The "100"

2009-09-17T09:04:00.000-07:00

The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History is a 1978 book by Michael H. Hart. It is a ranking of the 100 people who most influenced human history. Since publication, the book has been hotly debated and its concept widely copied.[citation needed]

What mainly surprised readers was the first person on Hart's list.[citation needed] Hart decided to choose Muhammad over Jesus or Moses. Hart attributes this to the fact that Muhammad was successful in both the religious and political realms. He also writes that Muhammad's role in the development of Islam is far more influential than Jesus's collaboration in the development of Christianity. He attributes the development of Christianity to St. Paul, who played a pivotal role in the dissemination of Christianity.

The book was reprinted in 1992 with several notable revisions made to the original list of 100 people and their associated rankings.

Indeed Rasulullah (S.A.W) is indeed the greatest man ever live on earth. Please follow the following link to have an electronic copy of the book via Scribd.com:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/4757863/The-100-A-Ranking-of-the-Most-Influential-Persons-in-History

Al-Quran in Brunei masjid not so practical to be used?

2009-09-15T08:35:00.001-07:00

During my umrah few months ago, i can still recall the atmosphere inside Masjid Nabawi and notice one thing in common, lots of people read the Quran. This is one of the best amal that one could do to receive Allah’s reward and one of the easiest. And yet, coming back to Brunei i just realised, you don’t see very often a person opening the big green Al-Quran and recite it within the masjid. IT’S JUST TOO BIG! that’s one problem, the other problem is that you hardly see any rehal available (for some masjid). Imagine placing the big quran on your own lap, it would be very heavy. You can see from the below picture the difference between our quran in Brunei and in Mecca/Medina.

I totally have nothing against the green version of our Quran that was probably dikurniakan by his majesty our Sultan, in fact probably it’s being used by other country as well. My concern is just the practicality. The be honest i never touch these green Quran in the masjid except when i went for my Majlis Khatam Al-Quran in my old religious school. That's it! Now whenever i wanted to do iktikaf in masjid and one of them is to recite the Quran i would bring my own average size Quran Al-Karim. I remember that one time i wanted so much to use the green Quran when i forgot to bring my own, it was hard for me to do. It's too big for me, in addition to that there's no rehal around. And so i decided to go back home and read at home.

There's a reason why people go to the Masjid you know. We need to change our mindset, especially during this blessed month of Ramadhan. I'tikaf is the key word here. The difference between reciting it at home and in Masjid is that when you read in the masjid, you will not just the receive the reward of reciting the Quran but also for your i'tikaf (with niat/niah of course because without niat/niah your i'ktikaf will not be valid).

Again please bare in mind this is just of personal opinion and i might be wrong at some extent. Only Allah Knows Best (All glory is due to Him the Most High).

Al-Quran mostly used in most Masjid in Mekah and Medinah

Green version of Al-Quran used in most of Masjid in Brunei

So let me know what you think of this brothers and sisters. Jazakallahu khair

Out next topic

Bruneian perception on Tabligh
Al-fatihah - are we reciting it correctly?
IMHALAL.com the new google?
Close all shop every Azan?
8 rakaat terawih a new trend?