Fajr By Candle Light

Bismillahi walhamdulillahi 'alaa rasulillah..

" When the night is completely dark,

It finds them staying up in the night.

Fear has chased away their sleep.

So they stay up,

While those who feel secure in this life,

Quietly sleep on."

Abdullah Ibn Mubarak

well, when was the last time you prayed the early morning fajr solah in the dark, with no artifical lights, only using one or two candles to light up the room?

I try to do that every so often to remind myself of what it must have been like in the days before electricity, at the time of the Prophet sallallahu 'alahi wa sallam, and in modern times in places that do not have stable supplies of electricity.

It’s a humbling experience, and reminds me to be thankful for the blessings great and small that I take for granted every day.

One of the awe-inspiring thoughts that would often come to my mind was the image of Muslims all over the same geographic locality and community, people I didn’t know and have never met and maybe a few that I did know, in their houses and in masjid are praying at the same time or in the same period of time, leaving off worldly matters to turn in private conversation with their Lord. SubhanAllah.

Another nice thing to do is to call or SMS someone at fajr time, not to chitchat but just to say salaam, alhamdulillah for another day, send short tazkiyah from Quran or Ahadeeth or asalatu khairun minan nawm - prayer is better than sleep. I think I might start doing that again, so if you’re in my cellphone phonebook, don’t be too surprised or angry with me if I call you at fajr time...;-)

ps : sorry halaqian of halaqah.net, its been a while since i sent you people tazkiyah as a wake up call..i must admit that i am lazy! :P

Kesan selepas 8 rakaat santai...

Salam,

Teringat tazkirah di surau selepas 8 rakaat tarawikh..., kata ustaz tu :

" kita pi kedai tayar, nak balancing tayar sahaja. Cina tu kata tayar dah rosak - beralun alun dan bahaya. kita risau..., dan tukar tayar.

Kemudian pomen tu kata minyak hitam (injin) pun dah pekat, nanti balik raya jalan jauh tak elok pada injin. kita pun tukar minyak hitam (pastinya dengan filternya sekali--duit lagi! ). Cina tu cakap, kita percaya. Tak mushkil pun. Yakin. haqqul yakin? Orang pomen kafir kata, jarang kita bantah...

Tapi bila Allah SWT kata 10 hari pertama ramadhan adalah keberkatan-- ramai yang macam tak percaya. Masih ada berlegar di Chow kit sebab kata masih ada masa nak terawikh 20 hari lagi.10 hari ke dua adalah keampunan Allah, pun ramai yang macam tak dengar sahaja.., bahkan untuk 10 hari yang ketiga adalah pelepasan dari api neraka - lagi lah ramai yang macam dengar tak dengar sahaja ( maklumlah dah sibuk persediaan raya, pakaian, kuih-kuih, hiasan, dah sampai di kampung dan melayan ahli keluarga). maka di mana kita???... ".

Tersentuh ana !.. maka dibawa kongsi di sini...

Ana memanjangkan sahaja ceramah ustaz itu agar samada menjadi orang yang mengajar @ orang yang mendengar @ yang menyampaikan...

petikan dari Naqibnet - jazakallahu wa khairan akhi Ibn Khalid

Welcoming the Month of Ramadhan

The Sermon Given By The Prophet (s) On The Last Friday Of Sha'ban On The Reception Of The Month of Ramadhan.

O People!
Indeed ahead of you is the blessed month of Allah.
A month of blessing, mercy and forgiveness.
A month which with Allah is the best of months.
Its days, the best of days, its nights,
the best of nights, and its hours, the best of hours.

It is the month which invites you to be the guests of Allah
and invites you to be one of those near to Him.

Each breath you take glorifies him;
your sleep is worship,
your deeds are accepted
and your supplications are answered.

So, ask Allah, your Lord;
to give you a sound body
and an enlightened heart
so you may be able to fast and recite his book,
for only he is unhappy who is devoid
of Allah's forgiveness during this great month.

Remember the hunger and thirst of the day of Qiyaamah (Judgment)
with your hunger and thirst;
give alms to the needy and poor,
honor your old,
show kindness to the young ones,
maintain relations with your blood relations;
guard your tongues,
close your eyes to that which is not permissible for your sight,
close your ears to that which is forbidden to hear,
show compassion to the orphans of people
so compassion may be shown to your orphans.

Repent to Allah for your sins
and raise your hands in dua during these times,
for they are the best of times and
Allah looks towards his creatures with kindness,
replying to them during the hours
and granting their needs if he is asked...

O People! Indeed your souls are
dependant on your deeds, free it with Istighfar (repentance)
lighten its loads by long prostrations;
and know that Allah swears by his might:
That there is no punishment for the one who
prays and prostrates and he shall have no fear of the fire on the
day when man stands before the Lord of the worlds.

O People! One who gives Iftaar to a
fasting person during this month will be like one who has freed
someone and his past sins will be forgiven.

Some of the people who were there then asked
the Prophet (s): "Not all of us are able to
invite those who are fasting?"

The Prophet (s) replied: "Allah gives
this reward even if the Iftaar (meal) is a drink of water."

One who has good morals (Akhlaq)
during this month will be able to pass the
‘Siraat’...on the day that feet will slip...

One who covers the faults of others
will benefit in that Allah will curb
His anger on the day of Judgment...

As for one who honors an orphan;
Allah will honor him on the day of judgment,

And for the one who spreads his kindness,
Allah will spread His mercy over him on the day of Judgment.

As for the one who cuts the ties of relation;
Allah will cut His mercy from him...

Who so ever performs a recommended prayer in this month
Allah will keep the fire of Hell away from him...

Whoever performs an obligator prayer
Allah will reward him with seventy prayers [worth] in this month.

And who so ever prays a lot during this month
will have his load lightened on the day of measure.

He who recites one verse of the holy Qur'an
will be given the rewards of reciting the whole Qur’an during other months.

O People!
Indeed during this month
the doors of heaven are open,
therefore ask Allah not to close them for you;
The doors of hell are closed,
so ask Allah to keep them closed for you.
During this month Shaytan (Satan) is imprisoned
so ask your Lord not to let him have power over you."

"O Allah!
Bless our beloved prophet Muhammad sallalahu 'alaihi wassalam
and his family and shower them with peace."

Happy Ramadhan to all...

salamullahi 'alaikum wabarakatuhu,

bismillahi walhamdulillahi 'alaa rasulillah,

O Allah!
on this day make our fasts the fasts of those who fast (sincerely),
and our standing up in prayer of those who stand up in prayer (obediently) ,
awaken us in it from the sleep of the heedless, and forgive us our sins ,
O God of the worlds, and forgive us, O one who forgives the sinners.

O Allah!
on this day,
take us closer towards Your pleasure,
keep us away from Your anger and punishment,
grant us the opportunity to recite Your verses (of the Qur'an),
by Your mercy,O the most Merciful.

O Allah!
on this day, grant us wisdom and awareness,
keep us away from foolishness and pretension,
grant us a share in every blessing You send down,
by You generosity, O the most Generous.

O Allah!
we beg from You.
Please let us see the light as light, and the darkness as darkness.
Let not our hearts deviate Now after Thou hast guided us,
But grant us mercy From Thine own Presence;
For Thou art the Grantor Of bounties without measure.
Grant unto us wives and offspring who will be the comfort of our eyes,
and give us (the grace) to lead the righteous.

O Allah!
Bestow on us mercy from Your presence
and dispose of our affairs for us in the right way
cover (us) with Thy Forgiveness
me, my parents, and (all) Believers,
on the Day that the Reckoning will be established!

O Allah!
Grant us good in this world
and good in the life to come
and keep us safe from the torment of the Fire

O Allah!
Bless our beloved prophet Muhammad sallalahu 'alaihi wassalam
and his family and shower them with peace.

Praise be to Allah,
for truly our Lord is He, the Hearer of Prayer!

Amin ya Rabbal Alamin.

ps : let the picture speaks on behalf of me ;-)
happy ramadhan to all muslims araound the world anyways ;-)
and let the 'ibadaa fest begin...

from : syed bashir ahmad and all his companions to Jannat inshaAllah ameen :)

banner for our Jamaah ;)

salam to all,
on behalf of Pertubuhan Jamaah Islah Malaysia Daerah Bintulu, we wish every muslims happy ramadhan and may this ramadhan brings a lot of barakaa to you and your family, inshaAllah ameen ;-)

My Allah I Praise You

My Allah
I praise You,
and You are worthy of praise
for Your benefaction toward me,
the lavishness of Your Favours toward me,
and Your plentiful bestowal upon me,
and for showing bounty towards me through Your Mercy
and lavishing Your Favour upon me.
You hast done well towards me
and I am incapable of thanking You.

Imam Zainul Abideen

Think about it…

a Chinese proverb once said,

When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them

And I totally agree with it.

It is quite clear that this proverb was very much talking about the recipient of the good deeds, you agree? The recipient should always remember the person who had done the good things for them. This is called gratitude.

Just like how we should be thankful to our parents who had raised us up, teachers who taught us A-B and C to the ones who taught us wisdoms in life and friends who woke up middle of the night to listen to our songs of joys and sorrows relentlessly.

Of course we should always thank them for what they had done for us. In fact, Prophet Muhammad sallallahu ‘alaihi wassalam had asked us all to thank the favour done by others for us.

He (sallallahu ‘alaihi wassalam) said,

Whoever does you a favour, then reciprocate, and if you cannot find anything with which to reciprocate, then pray for him until you think that you have reciprocated him.
( Narrated by Abu Dawood )

So, yes, we should reciprocate equally. If we could not find a way to return the favour equally, then Prophet (sallallahu ‘alaihi wassalam) said that we should thank him by praying for goodness for this person, inshaAllaah.

But this is not the point in this story.

The point here is this- What if the ones who did the good deeds are the ones who reminded us of their own good deeds? What if they are the ones who constantly and repeatedly demanded that we should remember their deeds? What about the people who are given the responsibilities to perform those so-called-deeds and then, demanded that others thank them for doing their job and responsibilities?

It made me question their sincerity and honesty in performing those deeds.

I could not help but wondered if they knew the consequences of reminding others of their good deeds.

A hadeeth from our beloved Prophet Muhammad sallallahu ‘alaihi wassalam crossed my mind:

Muslim recorded that Abu Tharr, may Allaah be pleased with him, said that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam) said:

There are three people that Allaah will not speak to on the Day of Judgement, will not look at them, will not purify them; and for them is a painful punishment: one who lets his Izar hang below his ankles, the Mannan with what he gives, and the Munffiq who does his business with false oaths.
(narrated by Muslim)

(A mannan is one who always remind others of the favours and good that he has done for them)

Our beloved Prophet Muhammad sallallahu ‘alaihi wassalam has said that Allaah would not speak to 3 types of people on the Day of Judgment.

He, the Al Mighty will not speak, will not look, will not purify and will punish these 3 types of people on the Day of Judgement.

And one of these 3 is the people who always reminded others of the favors and good they had done for them…

Astaghfirullaah, this very statement made my tummy squirmed.

Just look at what Allaah has said.

Isn’t it scary when the only One that could help us on that Day refused to not only speak; but He would not even to look at us?

Imagine Allaah turning away His face from us. Na’uzubillaah….

It felt bad enough if our parents, friends or even stranger turned their faces away when they saw us, right? What more if it was Allaah, our Creator, who turned His face?

Ya Allaah, I beg and seek protection from such behaviour.

I felt sad thinking of the deed-reminders. Do they know and are aware of the severity of their acts?

Don’t they remember that they are able to do all the good deeds just because of Allaah’s blessings on them? Don’t they feel that instead of asking human to thank them, they are the ones who should be thanking Allaah instead? Don’t they feel that instead of reminding their good deeds to others, they should remind themselves of the goodness in life and favours that Allaah has given them? Do they actually think that they could perform all their so-called good deeds without Allaah’s Permission? Don’t they, instead of being proud and announcing to the world their good deeds, be humble and make sincere prayers that Allaah accepts their good deeds as a preparation for their hereafter?

I wondered what are they actually looking for when doing good to others? Perhaps name and fame? Maybe honor and respect? What about recognition, credit or admiration? Could it be for appreciation and acknowledgement? Or possibly be for influence, control and power?

Astaghfirullaah, astaghfirullaah, astaghfirullaah…

Let me share with you this one powerful quote by Syeikh Muzeffar Ozak(from the book Wisdom from World Religions) for us all to think, reflect and ponder upon….

If someone gave you a beautiful, expensive new hat, wouldn’t you be grateful for the generous gift? But shouldn’t you be even more grateful for the One Who gave you the head to put that hat on.

Shouldn’t we, my brothers and sisters?

More importantly, shouldn’t they too?

Think about it…