Doa before entering the grave area

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

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?

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!!!

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.



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