The Love Test

Sheikh Abdurraheem Green

One day, a sahabah came to Rasulullah and said,

“ya Rasulullah, I love you”

“Be careful of what you say”

“ya Rasulullah, I love you”

“Be careful of what you say”

“ya Rasulullah, I love you”

“Then expect poverty to come to you”

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Life = Test.

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Kita tahu, tiada siapa yang lebih berpegang pada janjinya selain Allah.

Dan antara janji2 Allah ialah,

“Do the people think that they will be left to say, "We believe" and they will not be tested?”

(Al-Ankabut, 29:2)

Allah telah berjanji, bahawa setiap orang yang percaya - beriman (a believer) akan diuji.

Are you a believer?

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Setiap satu inci kehidupan kita adalah satu dimensi ujian daripada Allah kepada hamba Dia. Subhanallah.

Whatever we hear, we see, we know, we achieve, we encounter. Whatever. Is a test from Him.

(Al-Mulk : 2)

Daripada lecture sheikh abdurraheem, it’s clearly stated.. yang sebenarnya, setiap benda adalah ujian sebenarnya. Bukan setakat benda yang terasa berat kepada kita. Bahkan satu nikmat atau kelebihan yang kita dapat dan sesuatu nikmat atau kelebihan yang orang lain dapat.

#1  Actions

“The love, the Sahabah had for Rasulullah, is a test for us. how we’re gonne act upon them”

“transformation does not come just from talking, we have to act”

Ha kita selalu cakap, orang cina pandai-pandai kan??

“the chinese are not any more intelligent than us.

They’re given the same brain, the same body

Bt the difference is just their culture”

And for every action, we have 3 conditions

1-      Iman

2-      Ikhlas

3-      According to the syari’ah

The first 3 to stand in front of Allah on the day of judgement are the mujahidun, those who give sadaqah, and those who read qur’an. Yet, all of them are thrown into jahannam. Because they did all those to please human. Not allah.

#2  Money

“How did we spend our money?

The sahabah don’t have much money to have thought of it,

But that’s what scared them most”

“what is our attitude to our wealth???”

#3   Islam

“Have you ever read the Qur’an cover to cover in a language you understand??”

“How much I spent studying secular subjects,

I should spend the same to study the book of Allah"

#4   Hardship

“Few months ago, my house burnt. I lost everything just like that.

I smile.

I know hundred percent, Allah will give me something better”

“If you push too much, it’s true you’ll break

But Allah will never break you”

“Through test, the most brutal extreme condition, we beacome better person.”

. . . . . . .

Tersangat merasakan sweetnya cara Allah memanifestasikan cinta Dia.

Tidak ada pada mana-mana hamba!

“the more Allah loves you, the more He tests you.

The one He loves most is the one he tests the most”

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dapat tak konklusi dia?

1. every single inch of our life. is a test. We have to expect to be tested.

2. tests are signs of His love. 

eh?

. . . . . . 

Terngiang-ngiang kata-kata seorang murabbi suatu masa dahulu

“jalan ini bukan jalan yang dihampari permaidani merah dan ditaburi kelopak2 mawar.

Orang2 yang berada di atas jalan ni pasti akan rasai bermacam2 kesusahan dan akan teruji. Siapa yang rasa perjalanan dakwah dia smooth je,

Mesti ada something wrong”

Ujian di jalan cinta. Para pejuang.

Yes, I will soon be tested with what I’ve just said.

by: Diyana Nas

DON’T FORGET YOUR HOME BY SHEIKH DAOOD BUTT

Allah S.W.T said in the Quran,

“O ye who believe! Save yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is Men and Stones, over which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe, who flinch not (from executing) the Commands they receive from Allah, but do (precisely) what they are commanded.”

(66:6)

In this ayat, Allah S.W.T clearly states that the fuel for the hellfire is human. The more men being threw into the hellfire, the more the fire’s flare. Allah states in this verse to save ourselves and our families from Jahannam. But that will only happen with His Command. If He does not want them to be saves, they will not be saved. Then, how do we want to help our families from the hellfire? Du’a. Always make du’a (prayer) to ourselves as well as for our families and what’s important is, trust Him.

Family. What obstruct our minds when we hear the word ‘family’? A warm relationship, the loves that spread among the family members, a close relationship with the one who knew us since the day we were born, that is what I’m thinking. What about you? 

But what happen in the real world today...

                In a restaurant, there is the father, the mother and the children. But each of them is busy with their gadgets. Every single one of them is with Iphone, smartphones, Galaxy Note, etc watching Youtube. The children are left and free to watch and to discover anything without boundaries. No communication as what we would expect. Kids today are so gadget-loving. If they are not controlled, it will be worse. Imagine a naive kid watch some brutal videos. What impact does that has on the kid’s mental development? While family, being in a restaurant should be happily chitchatting among each other, lively! That should be a stepping stone to enhance and strengthen the bond within the family members. But what happen in the world today?

As we know, every single authentic hadith will go back to the people who were closed to Rasulullah s.a.w. This indicates that Rasulullah s.a.w maintain good relationship with families and friends. Why not us? We say that we love Rasulullah saw. But why don’t we follow the sunnah?

Another point to ponder is why we would dress up so well to go out but not at home with our family? It seems like we pleased those we don’t know and flatter the strangers but we don’t please or flatter the one that loves us the most. A wife or a husband that loves us the most we treated them like trash. Same goes to the way we treated our parents. We don’t treat them the way they are suppose to be treated.

There are several categories with whom that we must maintain good relationship. The first one is the father-in-law and son-in-law relationship. This kind of relationship is the relationship that most of us think that it’ll start after marriage. Well, it’s not. It must start before marriage. But it is not always colourful but it is important to get the blessing from the father-in-law. As we know, the father-in-law of Rasulullah pbuh was Abu Bakr as-siddiq. Abu Bakr r.a was Rasulullah pbuh best friend and the companion of the prophet during Hijrah. During the end of life of Rasulullah saw, Abu Bakr would read the Quran for Rasulullah and kissed the forehead of the prophet pbuh. But now, when the father-in-law passed away, the son-in-law would say, “Alhamdulillah”.

             The next category is the relationship between the wife and the husband. I know this has nothing to do with us. But, it’s worth knowing as it would be something useful when we want to get married. First thing first, do not ever raise our voices especially when the kids are around. This is a basic rule of establishing respect towards each other for the husband and the wife. As if you cannot sit down to talk and discuss nicely. Don’t just shout to the husband or wife when things are not the way you want. Just sit down together and relax when there is something that you do not favor of is done by the wife or the husband. You can just talk and discuss when there is something that you don’t see eye to eye. What important is, without the presence of the children. Not just that, you also cannot just order the wife or the husband to do something. That is disrespect to the partner, treating him or her like a slave. Instead, you can say something like, “I like it when you bring back flowers (or any other thing that might be done)”. For instance, our Prophet PBUH didn’t yell or scream, call her by her name or insult the wives even though when the time Aisya r.a broke the dish that is cooked by another wife due to jealousy. Subhanallah. Rasulullah even drink at the same spot where his wife drank on the same cup or vessel! See. Rasulullah s.a.w is so romantic. The best husband ever!

And for the last but not least category is the parents and children relationship. Mothers of Imam Syafi’e and Imam Malik taught their children ‘adab’ before learning. But now, the mothers urge the children to learn and acquire knowledge before ‘adab’. Now, we don’t even know how to correct people nicely. Mothers during Imam Ahmad days sent their children to other people to be taught with ‘adab’. How many of the mothers today raise up their children by their own? Very little. Mostly will send their children to the day care centre. Later in life, the children will send the parents to the old folks home. That is the karma. Ask ourselves, are we devoting ourselves to our parents? And parents, are you devoting yourselves to your kids? Look at the children. They should be taught with ‘adab’ from young age. And for the children, look at our moms. How many times they changed our diapers? How many times they woke at midnight just to take care of us when we are sick? How many times they made our milk when we were a baby? How many times they put up with us? Countless times right? But what have we done to them? What have we contributed to them are not much compare to what they have done for us. 

How many of us text their mother and say how much they love their mothers? Why don’t we text our mothers how much we love them? It is very simple. Just text her and say that we love her. Is that hard? 

Now that we have grew up, we cannot just lock ourselves in our room when we get home. Don’t just go home and keep ourselves quiet and not talking to our family especially to our parents. Don’t let silence make us the bystander. Islam teach us to be nice to our families. 

‘All of us are shepherd and we are responsible for each of the flock.’ That means that each of us as a caliph is responsible for others. We cannot just sit back without do nothing to others especially our family. We cannot just ignore them. They are our family.

There were three messages that were given by Sheikh Daood to us. Firstly, do deen at home. Don’t just go home and do nothing. Love our family. Secondly, care for educating the children and lastly, educate the wives.

 ~By: Yasmin & kak Cam~

Modern economics vs. Sacred Principles

Ust. Zaharuddin Rahman

written by : shikin & kak shasha

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim….

Panduan umum daripada Rasulullah mengenai perniagaan

--peringatan: kita x boleh pandang sesuatu hadith itu secara literal kecuali setelah diluluskan oleh  pakar hadis..

--hadis ni membawa maksud kita perlulah berbakti kepada tanah..dibenarkan membuka tanah dan mendapatkan hasil daripadanya tetapi mestilah mengikut asas undang2 islam..

      2)  “barangsiapa yg menjual rumah, kemudian hasil keuntungan itu tidak digunakan utk membeli sesuatu yg lebih baik maka jual beli itu tidak mendapat keberkatan”

-- Rasulullah saw sentiasa menggalakkan kita utk melakukan sesuatu yg lebih baik dari semalam.sebagai contoh,apabila kita menjual rumah,kita hendaklah menggantikannya dgn sesuatu yg lebih baik bukan jual rumah semata—mata utk beli kerata baru yg lebih mahal.hal ini kerana harga kereta akan jatuh saban tahun manakala harga rumah akan meningkat saban tahun.so, jgn lakukan sesuatu yg hanya akan merugikan kita..

Mengenai riba’   

Kenapa wajib jauhi riba’?

--sebab riba punca rezeki jadi haram
--rezeki haram=doa x diterima = solat x khusyuk=ibadah x diterima=mcm mana nak dpt kebahagiaan hidup??

--Allah berfirman. 

“ maka sesiapa yg x taat perintah-ku dan tidak menjauhi riba’ maka dengan itu kamu telah mengisytiharkan perang terhadap-Ku dan dan rasul-Ku”.  

(Al-Baqarah:278)

Apa yang sedang berlaku di Malaysia sekarang?

Tapi apa yg berlaku pada hari ini, majority bank di Negara kita banyak yg terlibat dengan riba’..atau dipanggil ‘interest’…antaranya system kad kredit dan pinjamaan beli rumah. Hampir semua terlibat dgn riba’. Ini adalah reality. Jadi utk mengubah reality ni,kita SEPATUTNYA berada diatas dalam dunia perniagaan. Jadi menyumbanglah dalam membangun ummah dgn cara:

1)sokong penggunaan matawang islam seperti dinar

2)sokong prinsip islam dalam aspek perniagaan dengan menyokong system perbankan dan kewangan islam

See?? Semuanya perlukan SOKONGan kita..tapi perkara yg paling penting dlm mewujudkan system islam yg sempurna, kita sendiri perlulah memahami apa itu system kewangan islam yg sebenar..sokong dalam erti kata lain juga bukanlah bermaksud bermati-matian menyokong..perlu guna ‘kaedah fikriah’ yg membenarkan kita bertindak mengikut keadaan..

Apa yang sedang berlaku di luar Negara ?

Ambil German sbg contoh,ada 2 billion umat islam di sana..ketika permintaan mewujudkan system kewangan islam ,pemimpin German bersetuju mewujudkannya ANDAI ada sokongan dari rakyat..tapi malangnya tiada yg menyokong…apa yg berlaku? 

Wallahua’lam..

Kesimpulan

“please learn how can you get away from riba’ transaction,be a better muslim à mu’min à muttaqin àmuhsin”

The building blocks

 Sheikh Alaa ElSayed

written by : shikin & kak shasha

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..

knowledge without action  cannot be

action without knowledge is insane

Dalam usaha membina ummah komponen kedua terpenting selepas pembinaan individu adalah pembinaan keluarga.. .dan untuk itu,kita perlu kembali semula kepada konsep asas iaitu ILMU dan AMAL…buktinya, perkataan pertama ketika bermulanya islam adalah 'iqra' yg bermaksud bacalah..

Kemudian dari ilmu yg diperoleh,maka beramallah dengannya..WALK THE TALK...dalam surah  Az-Zumar ayat 9 Allah berfirman,

Adakah sama orang-orang yang mengetahui dengan orang-orang yang tidak mengetahui? 

Sesungguhnya orang-orang yang dapat mengambil pelajaran dan peringatan hanyalah orang-orang yang berakal sempurna.

Antara perkara-perkara yang perlu dilakukan dalam pembinaan keluarga:

1) Pilih pasangan yang betul. 

Kriteria dalam memilih calon suami:

      1)kuat(strong)-dari segi kewangan,fizikal, intelektual

      2)benar(trustworthy)

      3)latarbelakang(background)

      4)akhlak(moral)

Criteria memilih calon isteri:

      1)kecantikan

      2)harta

      3)latarbelakang

      4)Agama

Note:Pilihlah isterimu kerana agamanya maka selesailah kedua tgnmu(taribat yada)…
           taribat yada disini membawa dua maksud iatu:
               1) Positif-andai ada agamanya maka urusanmu akan mudah dalam membina keluarga

               2) negatif – andai tiada agama maka rugilah kamu

2) Didikan keatas anak-anak dgn cara yg betul. 

Anak-anak merupakan bukti kejayaan dalam pembinaan sebuah keluarga…salah didikan maka rosaklah mereka..antara soalan yg perlu ditanya pada diri sendiri dalam memastikan pembangunan sahsiah anak2 adalah…

1.Legasi apakah yg bakal aku tinggalkan setelah aku pergi meninggalkan  dunia ini selamanya?

2. apakah yang anak-anakku sedang lakukan saat ini?

3.muzik apa yang dia selalu dengar..?

4. benda apa yang dia selalu tonton?

5.lagu apa yg sentiasa meniti di bibirnya?

6. bagaimana cara aku bertutur  dengannya?

7.sudah cukupkah persediaan yg aku lakukan utk menjadikan mereka mampu berdikari?

8.Am I building a nation maker or a nation braker??????

*Hati yang terluka kerana kata-kata adalah lebih menyakitkan berbanding kecederaan fizikal.

*They say” my dad is my hero but my hero says that I’m a loser and everything that my hero says is     true!!.so yeah, I admit it that I’m totally a loser..”

*Kisah anak gajah yg terikat pada seutas rantai sejak kecil…kerana terlalu penat berusaha melepaskan 

  diri tetapi gagal,akhirnya dia mengaku kalah dan berhenti berusaha.walaupun saat dia dah cukup besar

  dan kuat…MENTALLY BLOCK!!

*kuncinya -- > beri mereka harapan, Tanya pendapat mereka, beri sokongan ,beri penyelesaian masalah

  bukan penambah masalah, jangan pernah berputus asa terhadap mereka kerana setiap anak itu

  istimewa..

*Kisah ketegasan suffiyah dalam mendidik Zubair bin Awwam R.A—zubair ditinggalkan didalam sebuah

   bilik yg gelap keseorangan selama beberapa ketika..apabila ditanya kenapa, Sufiyyah menjawab itu

   adalah untuk mendidik Zubair menjadi seorang pemuda yang kuat dan berani..

*ketegasan itu perlu tetapi bukan dgn tujuan menyakiti sepeti yg diajarkan dalam islam mengenai

   kewajipan solat…ajarkan anakmu solat ketika umurnya 7 thn dan pukullah jika mereka tidak mahu

   solat ketika umurnya 10 thn..

REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE…YOU ARE THE NATION MAKER NOT THE NATION BRAKER…..

                      

THE BALANCED NATION

By: Sheikh Tawfique Chowdury

Sheikh Tawfique Chowdury began by emphasizing the importance of seeking and having knowledge in life by revising the story of our Prophet Yusuf a.s.

THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWLEDGE

When he was a child, Yusuf a.s was thrown into a well by his own brothers. He was rescued by a passing caravan, which then sold him into slavery in Egypt to a rich man referred to as ‘Aziz. Yusuf a.s was described as a very attractive man that Zulaikha trapped and attempted to seduce him, causing him to spend his life in prison. After being imprisoned for a few years, Allah had granted him the ability to interpret dreams, a power in which he became popular amongst the prisoners. With this gifted KNOWLEDGE, only then Yusuf a.s was brought to the king and at Yusuf’s a.s request he was given Egypt’s warehouses to look after.

SubhanAllah! Amazing..isn’t it?? Can’t you see where the power of knowledge had brought Yusuf a.s to??

We seek knowledge because it is an obligation.

We need knowledge to be close to Allah.

We educate ourselves so that we can help His Deen.

ALLAH’S PROMISE

"…Verily, Allah will help those who help His (Cause). Truly, Allah is All-Strong, All-Mighty. Those (Muslim rulers) who, if We give them power in the land, (they) order the establishment of the Salaah, to pay the Zakaah, and they enjoin all good, and forbid all evil. And with Allah rests the end of (all) matters (of creatures)." (22:40-41)

Sheikh Tawfique had also brought us to see and asked us to look into history. Look what Allah had done to help this Deen.

SPREAD THE KNOWLEDGE

“I swear by (the angels) who stand in ranks. By those who drive away devil (to protect our revelation). And those who recite Our revelations.” [al-Saffat, 37;1-4]

“Demi (rombongan malaikat) yang berbaris bersaf-saf. Demi (rombongan) yang mencegah dengan bersungguh-sungguh. Demi (rombongan) yang membacakan peringatan.” 

[al-Saffat, 37;1-4]

He quoted a hadith reported by Mua’wiyyah bin Qurrah that Prophet s.a.w said,

“There will not cease to be a taai’fah from my Ummah (who are) helped (mansooreen) and they will not be harmed by those who desert them until the establishment of the hour” (Ibn Maajah)

Generally, this hadith tells us that there will always be a group of people that will be helped by Allah. Nothing to fear as Allah help is near, as simple as raising hands to the heaven.

So brothers and sisters, let us walk the talk! =D

Rise of the nation that later leads to the Best of the nation indeed depend on Us as WE ARE PART OF THE BALANCED NATION!!

Written by: CamAlia