BismillahiRahmaaniRaheem.

Below is the entry I wrote for Dmasyq. Thought of sharing it here with all of you.



Pasti ramai sudah tahu sejarah di sebalik pengiraan kalender Islam bukan? Pada zaman pemerintahannya, Khalifah Umar Alkhattab telah mengambil keputusan untuk mencatit dan membuat pengiraan tahun bermula selepas penghijrahan Nabi.
Selalunya ramai yang akan memasang cita-cita untuk membuat azam baru pada tahun baru masihi. Apa kata, kita membuat sedikit kelainan tahun ini dengan memasang azam baru pada tahun baru hijrah?

Azam baru kita itu pula biarlah disandarkan kepada cerita disebalik penghijrahan Nabi Muhammad SAW ke Madinah. Nabi Muhammad SAW telah membuat pengorbanan terbesar untuk umatnya apabila Baginda berhijrah ke Madinah atas suruhan Allah SWT. Rasulullah SAW telah meninggalkan keluarga, kota tercintanya demi menyebarkan kalimah tauhid. Adakah anda sambut membuat pengorbanan yang sama?? Shollu ‘alal habeeb!!

Begitu juga dengan Sayyidina Ali RA. Beliau sanggup menggadai nyawa dengan mengambil tempat pembaringan Nabi Muhammad SAW pada malam penghijrahan Baginda SAW walaupun rumahnya dikepung pemuda-pemuda suku arab yang ingin membunuh Rasulullah.
Sayyidina Ja’far bin Abu Thalib juga sewaktu penghijrahannya ke habsyah telah membuat pengorbanan. Pernahkan anda terfikir, mengapa sayyidina Ja’far sanngup berhijrah ke habsyah walaupun bapanya, Abu Thalib yang ketika itu merupakan seorang yang terpengaruh dari suku bangsa quraisy, boleh melindunginya sewaktu bangsa Arab majoritinya membenci umat Islam?

Sanggupkah anda membuat azam baru dengan membuat pengorbanan dalam hidup anda? Seperti Rasulullah SAW? Sanggupkah anda membuat azam baru dengan berusaha sebanyak mungkin dan meletakkan keyaqinan 100% dan tawakal kepada Allah swt? Seperti Sayyidina Ali Ra? Sanggupkah anda membuat azam baru untuk meninggalkan kebendaan dunia (nama dan pangkat etc) demi menurut perintah Allah dan RasulNya? Seperti Sayyidina Ja’far?

Bagaimana?? Da bersedia?? Jom buat azam baru!! Insyaallah dengan adanya istiqomah yang kuat dan semangat. amiin.


May each and everyone of us is under Allah's guidance always~

Jaga diri jaga iman, jaga amal.

Ahli Syam,
Netland, Sahah Shamdeen
Kaki Bukit Jabal Qawsiyun

assalamualaikum my dear friends in Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Medina, Singapore and Malaysia...

i hope that everybody is in good health, great shape, both physically and mentally...
and i hope that everybody is doing fine whether you have examinations coming up or finished it..

here's a gentle reminder...
its xmas today, Jesus' birthday as the christians say... but they actually don't have a clue if its true or not.. yet everybody knows about it...

but let us all do something better... instead of remembering people's birthdays and the holidays, lets pay more attention on the sunnah to be done throughout the islamic calender...

its 10 muharram this sunday, 27 december...
the prophet pbuh said that whoever fasts on the 10th of muharram will have his sins of the past year forgiven by Allah..

this sunnah came to be when the prophet moved to Medina from Mecca.. he saw the yahudis fast on the 10th muharram... so he asked them why... and they told him that it is a holy day in which Allah helped Moses pbuh and saved him and his companions from pharoah, so they fast on this day...

then the prophet said that muslims are more obliged to Moses pbuh and this day than the yahudis because muslims believe in Moses pbuh and his teachings while the yahudis don't...

and so the muslims too began fasting on the 10th muharram...

and as we all know.. the prophet pbuh is always doing something different compared to all the ahlul kitab to distinguish the difference between muslims and the rest of the ahlul kitab...

so one day a sahabat-whom i don't remember his name.. pardon me for not being a hafiz.. i write these at the spur of the moment-pointed out to the prophet pbuh that fasting on the 10th muharram only is what the yahudis do... so the prophet answered:"if i could then i would fast on the 9th" or as he said... meaning that the prophet would fast on the 9th and 10th together just to differentiate between the muslims and yahudis... but the prophet passed away that year and didn't have the chance to fast on these days the following year according to this sahabat...

and if we add monday to the list for the monday-thursday sunnah the better... after all.. Muharram is one of the months in which the prophet pbuh fasts in most days...

and there are scholars who said that its better to fast on the 9th, 10th and 11th together...

and in the case of choosing 2 of the 3 days mentioned, fasting on the 9th and 10th together is better than fasting on the 10th and 11th together...

so prove your love to the prophet pbuh like you said you do!

its easy to say things but not doing anything to prove what we say... right...?

so if you could, fast then.... unless those of you who couldn't do so...

PROVE OUR LOVE TO HIM BY PERFORMING THIS SMALL SUNNAH... ONE OF HIS MANY SUNNAH...

Allah knows best...

i have nothing to do....
so to those who haven't read this...
i'd like to present it to you people...
to me it is one of the most interesting things my friend in Medina has ever wrote about...
so here goes...
hope we gain some knowledge from what my friend here wrote..

In the name of Allah most gracious most merciful

All praise be to Allah and may his blessings be upon Rasulullah.

It's amazing how this issue is so 'hot' at the Islamic university of Madinah that we see students get into an unfathomable demur of wether photography or Tasweer is permissible or not. It's a deplorable reality that needs rectification. No doubt, this is due to the lack of knowledge of either party as the saying goes, 'empty vessels makes the most noise'. It's distressing to see brothers impose others to be upon that which even the scholars differ.

To address this issue, i would like to start by mentioning the fact that it is a matter of difference of opinions amongst the scholars. The likes of shaykh Alalbani, shaykh Bin Baz and shaykh Muqbil.. rahmatullaah 'alaihim rahmatan waasiah have prohibited tasweer based on the many hadeeth which state the forbiddence of depicting any live forms. eg the hadith of Ibn 'Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him and his father) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Every image-maker will be in the Fire, and for every image that he made a soul will be created for him, which will be punished in the Fire." Ibn 'Abbaas said: "If you must do that, make pictures of trees and other inanimate objects." (Reported by Muslim, 3/1871)

but there are others amongst the scholars like shaykh ibn uthaymeen, shaykh abdus salam burjies rahmatullah alaihimaa and shaykh abdul aziz ar-rajieh together with many others who expound further on the issue, below is the statement of shaykh ibn uthaymeen rahimahullaah

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said:

With regard to pictures (of Makhluq with soul) made in the modern fashion, they fall into two categories:

The first category is those which have no tangible substance (and can only be seen by running them through a machine), as I was told is the case with pictures on video tapes. There is no ruling at all concerning these, and they do not come under the prohibition at all. Hence the scholars who forbid making pictures with cameras on paper (photographs) permitted this (video pictures), and said that there is nothing wrong with this. Then it was asked, is it permissible to film lectures which are given in the mosques? The (scholarly) view was that it is better not to do that, because it may disturb the worshippers and because they may film things that may not be appropriate, and so on.

The second category is fixed or still pictures on paper (photographs) … But the matter needs further discussion if one wants to make these kind of permissible pictures. For they are subject to five rulings which depend on the intention. If the intention is something forbidden, then it is haraam. If he intends something waajib (obligatory), then it is waajib. Sometimes pictures may be essential, especially moving pictures. For example, if we see someone in the act of committing a crime against a person’s rights, such as an attempt to kill and so on, and we cannot prove it in any way but by taking pictures, then in this case taking pictures becomes waajib, especially in cases where pictures may decide the case. The means are subject to the rulings on the ends. If we make these pictures in order to prove the identity of a person for fear that someone else may be accused of the crime, this is also acceptable, indeed it is essential. But if we take these pictures just to enjoy looking at them, this is undoubtedly haraam... And Allaah knows best.”

(See Al-Sharh al-Mumti’, 2/197-199)

Understand carefully what the shaykh mention above, "those which have no tangible substance" which are the likes of video camera, digital camera are definitely halal or permissible in the opinion of shaykh ibn uthaymeen, infact even if the the picture/photo is tangible then it depends on the niyyah or intention of the photographer if the usage is for that which is waajib then the ruling is waajib unless of course if the picture (of the live form) is being printed and mounted on the wall for frivolous purposes (according to shaykh ibn uthaymeen) is impermissible. Again, there are many other opinions which are way more flexible that this.

I believe this explains the broadness of this issue and upon each and everyone of us to practice what we believe to be right and not impose our personal opinion upon others. If you dislike it then reject it nicely by telling your brothers of your opinion and it does'nt have to turn into an endless commotion of who's right and who's wrong.

May Allah grant us the ability to practice what is right based upon the Quran, sunnah and the opinions of trustworthy scholars.. and may Allah swt protect us from arrogance and ignorance..
and with this i end. Allah knows best.

may peace and blessings be upon our prophet Muhammad, All praise be to Allah.

Khairul Anwar
13/12/1430H
Madinah Al Munawwarah

assalamualaikum semua...
apa khabar?
mcm nk pengsan je blog ni... eh.. ke da nazak?
huahuahuahuahua

kkk..
tahun ni alhamdulillah yang ada kat madinah pergi ke tanah haram yang lagi satu pula utk tunaikan haji pada raya haji kemarin tu....
alhamdulillah tak ada yg pelik2 sgt terjadi...
dan org pula tk seramai tahun2 sudah sebab H1N1 kn..
alhamdulillah sebab semuanya dimudahkan untuk kita....

masalahnya skrg skola bukak immediately lepas balik dari haji...
so ada sikit terencat sikit...
lebih2 lagi saya ni la yg mmg da terkenal dgn kemalasan tahap maksima..
mmg berat sungguh nk ke sekolah lagi2 dgn sakit2 sikit ni..

jadi yg lain2 ape plak yg interesting jadi kat diri masing2 eh??
cuba la cerita sikit.......
nk juga saya kepo....
kwangkwangkwang....

-apiz-