Monday, March 21, 2011

Why NIQAB?


Bismillah..

Assalamu'alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh..

"If you’re going to start ‘hooking up with your deen again’, take it step by step.."

A short advice i got from a blogpost.. So true indeed..

Check out these links advising our new-practising muslimaat on NIQAB. Since many are asking me how to start wearing niqab, maybe these links would b a bit of help. InshaAllah :)




Here some videos that i suppose will help to motivate my dear niqabis :)

Why Muslim Women are Beautiful? :)

Wny I Love Niqab..

And here's fatwa regarding Niqab, a scholarly view that takes Niqab as an obligation, given by Sheikh Muhammad Salih al-Munajjid:

And more dalil for Niqab according to Al-Quran and As-Sunnah:

To read and discover more of the scholarly arguments on why Niqab isn't an obligation, i suggest my dear sisters to read a book entitled "Muslim Women's Dress: Hijab or
Niqab" written by Syed Mutawalli ad-Darsh. Here some links you can refer to know more on this book:



And the most important thing is: DO THE RIGHT THING WITH THE RIGHT INTENTION AND RIGHT WAYS OF DOING IT



May Allah guide us to what pleases HIM.. Amin! (^_^)


~In Islam, women are precious~

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

STOP THAT!

STOP calling your sisters with bad names..
STOP classifying, judgementing them..
STOP hurting their feelings by any means!


START making friends with your sisters.
START loving them for Allah's sake!

Who knows if you could be the START for them to know/practise ISLAM BETTER THAN EVER?

SHARE the beauty of ISLAM-SISTERHOOD with every sister you know/ meet, even if it's to be a SIMPLE SMILE..

I love my sisters..
No matter where you are from..
Who you are..
Whatever you are..
However you are..


We are all here to help, complete each other..
InshaAllah..

~May our sisterhood brings us benefits in all of our affairs in this world and the hereafter. Aaaamin!~



Wassalamu'alaykum warahmatullahi wa barakatuh..



Saturday, January 8, 2011

Women-Beauty



ASsalamu'alaykum..

My dear sisters..

How could you refuse to wear hijab?
How could you refuse jannah?

If you are to be the Miss Universe, know that you are not as beautiful as Prophet Yusuf a.s..
If you are to be the MIss Popular, know that you are not as popular and great as Prophet Muhammad (saw)
If you are to be a millionaire, know that you are not as rich as Prophet Sulayman a.s..

Your beauty, popularity, money-none will remain forever!
So it's not worth it to forgo you obligations in covering your awra just for all these temporary pleasures?
I'd rather cover my awra for the sake of permanent pleasure: Jannah..

InshaAllah.. May Allah be pleased with all of our deeds fiddunya wa akhira.. :))

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Untukmu, Bakal Isteriku..


Assalamu'alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh..
Sekadar perkongsian daripada seorang sahabat ana yg dikasihi demi keredhaanNya..

Untukmu, Bakal isteriku..

Tangan ini mula menulis apa yang telah dikarangkan oleh hati ini di dalam kalbu. Aku mula tertanya-tanya adakah aku sudah seharusnya mula mencari sebahagian diriku yang hilang. Bukanlah niat ini disertai oleh nafsu tetapi atas keinginan seorang muslim mencari sebahagian agamanya. Acap kali aku mendengar bahawa ungkapan "Kau tercipta untukku."
Aku awalnya kurang mengerti apa sebenarnya erti kalimah ini kerana diselubungi jahiliyah. Rahmat dan hidayah Allah yang diberikan kepada diriku, baru kini aku mengerti bahawa pada satu hari nanti, aku harus mengambil satu tangungjawab yang sememangnya diciptakan khas untuk diriku, iaitu dirimu. Aku mula mempersiapkan diri dari segi fizikal, spiritual dan juga intelektual untuk bertemu denganmu.
Aku mahukan pertemuan kita yang pertama aku kelihatan 'sempurna' di hadapanmu walaupun hakikatnya masih banyak lagi kelemahan diri ini. Aku cuba mempelajari erti dan hakikat tanggungjawab yang harus aku galas ketika dipertemukan dengan dirimu. Aku cuba membataskan perbicaraanku dengan gadis lain yang hanya dalam lingkaran urusan penting kerana aku risau aku menceritakan rahsia diriku kepadanya kerana seharusnya engkaulah yang harus mengetahuinya kerana dirimu adalah sebahagian dariku dan ianya adalah hak bagimu untuk mengetahui segala zahir dan batin diriku ini.

Apabila diriku memakai kopiah, aku digelar ustaz. Diriku diselubungi jubah, digelar syeikh. Lidahku mengajak manusia ke arah makruf digelar daie. Bukan itu yang aku pinta kerana aku hanya mengharapkan keredhaan Allah. Yang aku takuti, diriku mula didekati oleh wanita kerana perawakanku dan perwatakanku. Baik yang indah berhijab atau yang ketat bert-shirt, semuanya singgah disisiku. Aku risau imanku akan lemah. Diriku tidak dapat menahan dari fitnah ini.

Rasulullah S.A.W pernah bersabda, "Aku tidak meninggalkan setelahku fitnah yang lebih bahaya untuk seorang lelaki melainkan wanita."

Aku khuatir amalanku bukan sebulatnya untuk Rabbku tetapi untuk makhluknya. Aku memerlukan dirimu untuk menghindari fitnah ini. Aku khuatir kurangnya ikhlas dalam ibadahku menyebabkan diriku dicampakkan ke neraka meninggalkan kau seorang diri di syurga. Aku berasa bersalah kepada dirimu kerana khuatir cinta yang hak dirimu akan aku curahkan kepada wanita lain. Aku sukar untuk mencari dirimu kerana dirimu bagaikan permata bernilai di antara ribuan kaca menyilau. Tetapi aku pasti jika namamu yang ditulis di Luh Mahfuz untuk diriku, nescaya rasa cinta itu akan Allah tanam dalam diri kita. Tugas pertamaku bukan mencari dirimu tetapi mensolehkan diriku. Sukar untuk mencari solehah dirimu andai solehku tidak setanding dengan ke’solehah’anmu. Janji Allah pasti kupegang dalam misi mencari dirimu.
"Wanita yang baik adalah untuk lelaki yang baik."

Jiwa remaja ku ini mula meracau mencari cinta. Matang kian menjelma dan kehadiran wanita amat terasa untuk berada di sisi. Setiap kali aku merasakannya, aku mengenangkan dirimu. Di sana engkau setia menunggu diriku, tetapi di sini aku curang kepadamu andai aku bermain dengan cinta fatamorgana. Sampaikan doamu kepada diriku agar aku dapat menahan gelora kejantananku disamping aku mengajukan sendiri doa diperlindungi diri.


Bukan harta,rupa dan keturunan yang aku pandang dalam mencari dirimu. Cukuplah agama sebagai pengikat kasih antara kita. Saat di mana aku bakal melamarmu, akan ku lihat wajahmu sekilas agar mencipta keserasian diantara kita kerana itu pesan Nabi kita. Tidak perlu alis mata seakan alis mata unta, wajah bersih seakan putih telur ataupun bibir merah delima tetapi cukup cuma akidah sekuat akar, ibadah sebagai makanan dan akhlak seindah budi.

"Kahwinilah isteri kerana empat perkara; keturunan, harta, rupa dan agama. Dan jika kau memilih agama, engkau tidak akan menyesal.” Jika aku dipertemukan dengan dirimu, akan ku jaga perasaan kasih ini supaya tidak tercurah sebelum masanya. Akan ku jadikan syara’ sebagai pendinding diri kita. Akan ku jadikan akad nikah itu sebagai cop halal untuk mendapatkan dirimu. Biarlah kita mengikuti nenek moyang kita, Nabi Adam dan Siti Hawa yang bernikah sebelum disatukan agar kita dapat menikmati kenikmatan perkahwinan yang menjanjikan ketenangan jiwa, ketenteraman hati dan kedamaian batin. Doakan diriku ini agar tidak berputus asa dan sesat dalam misi mencari dirimu kerana aku memerlukan dirimu untuk melengkapkan sebahagian agamaku.

Dariku, Bakal suamimu..


Thursday, September 16, 2010

Nouman Ali Khan : Lolzzzzzzzz...Funny , But True

Assalamu alaykum..

A very funny video (A very good reminder as well) showing how important understanding the Al-Quran (learn the arabic!) is..

May Allah bless this brother.
MashaAllah.. A MUST_WATCH

Friday, September 10, 2010

Today you can, Tomorrow you Cannot by Nouman Ali Khan

Bismillahirrahmnanirrahim..

My dear brothers n sisters,
here're tips for you to deal with difficulties in practising ur deen in your life..
Towards your family, loosing ur former friends, ur primary mad'u..
You must watch this! MashaAllah..
May Allah bless our muslim brothers n sisters..


For my sisters who r teachers n mothers, n to me too..

Raising Children




Providing children with Islamic education and raising them up as good practicing Muslims are essential duties of parenthood. Rightfully fulfilling these duties will lead to the Pleasure of Allah and good for the parents and the child in this life and the Hereafter. However, ignoring these duties would lead to the destruction of the child's Hereafter and the Wrath of Allah will befall the parents for not protecting their child from the traps of Shaytan and allowing him to choose the path of destruction.

Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Each of you is a shepherd and each of you is responsible for his flock. The leader is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock, a man is the shepherd of his family and is responsible for his flock; a woman is the shepherd in the house of her husband and is responsible for her flock, the servant is the shepherd of his master's wealth and is responsible for it. Each of you is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock." [Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim]

Allah says in the Quran:

"O you who believe! Save yourselves and your family from a fire whose Fuel are men and stones." [Noble Quran 66:6]

One of the ways of protecting your children from the Fire is to let him memorize the Words of Allah.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

"If the Quran is gathered in a body (i.e. a person), Allah will not burn him with the Fire." [al-Baihaqi, Authenticated by Sheikh al-Albani]

"Teaching the children the Quran is a fundamental from the fundamentals of Islam. By it the child will grow upon the Fit rah (natural Islamic monotheism) and the lights of wisdom will rush to their hearts before the desires are able to settle in them and darken them with the cloudiness of disobedience and misguidance," said al-Hafidth as-Suyooti.

This is because the child from the early age will be protected from the temptations of the world and whispers of the Shaytan, he will live and grow up among the gathering of Dhikr (remembrance of Allah) where tranquility and the mercy of Allah of descends, and as a result Allah will preserve his Fit rah (natural inclination of Islamic Monotheism)

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

"No people gather in a house of the houses of Allah (i.e. Masjid) reciting the Book of Allah and studying it among themselves, except that the tranquility descends upon them, and Allah mentions them to those who are with Him (the lofty gathering of Angels)." [Sahih Muslim]

Your child will be given a position in Paradise according to the number of verses he memorizes from the Book of Allah, it will be said to him on the Day of Judgment as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

"'Read, ascend and recite with slow, rhythmic chanting just as you used to recite in the worldly life. For verily, your position (in Paradise) will be at the place of the last verse that you recite." [Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi]

Every time your child goes to the Masjid to learn the Quran he will have the reward of a perfect Hajj. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

"Whoever goes to the Masjid in the morning having no intention except to learn something good or teach it he will have the reward like the person who performs Hajj." [At-Tabari. Authenticated by Sheikh al-Albani]

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Abu Dharr,

"O Abu Dharr! That you set out in the morning and learn one verse from the Book of Allah is better for you than if you prayed one hundred Rak'ahs (units of prayer)." [Ibn Majah]

The Quran will intercede for your child on the Day of Judgment, Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

"Recite the Quran for verily it will come on the Day of Judgment as an intercessor for those who recited it." [Sahih Muslim]

Your child will be given to wear garments and a crown of honor on the Day of Judgment. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

"The Quran will come on the Day of Judgment and say, 'Oh Lord! Adorn him.' So the person will be made to wear the crown of honor. Then it (the Quran) will say, 'Oh Lord! Increase him.' So the person will be made to wear the garment of honor. Then it will say, 'Oh Lord! Be pleased with him.' So Allah will be pleased with him. Then it will be said, 'Recite and ascend.' And the person will receive an extra good deeds for every verse (that he recites of the Quran.)" [Sahih at-Tirmidhi]

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

"Whoever recites the Quran, learns it and acts upon it will be given a crown of light to wear on the Day of Judgment and its light will be like the light of the sun." [Sahih al-Hakim]

So, why not encourage our children to memorize the Quran and make them one of the best individuals of this Ummah. Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

"The best of you are those who learn the Quran and teach it." [Sahih al-Bukhari]

Allah, the Exalted, has also promised abundant rewards for those parents who guide their children to memorize the Quran. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

"Whoever recites the Quran, learns it and acts according to it will be given a crown of light to wear on the Day of Judgment whose light will be like the sun. His parents will be clothed in two garments that did not exist in this worldly life. So they will say, 'What has caused us to be clothed (in these garments)?' It will be said, 'Your child taking hold of (i.e. memorizing) the Quran has caused this.'" [Al-Hakim graded it authentic]

When the parents leave a righteous child behind them, the child will be a source of reward and blessing for them after their death, for Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

"When a man dies, all his good deeds come to an end, except for three cases; the charity of continuous blessings, beneficial knowledge which he leaves behind and a righteous child who prays for him." [Sahih Muslim]

The parents will also receive equal amount of reward that the child receives by memorizing or reciting the Quran, for the parents guide him to this good act and instill in his heart the love for Islam, and the love for the Book of Allah.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

"Whoever guides to something good is like the one who does it." [Sahih Muslim] and:

"Whoever invites to guidance will receive the reward like the rewards of those who follow him and that will not diminish anything from their rewards..." [Sahih Muslim]

The parents should also send those children who are intelligent and bright to learn the Quran and Islamic education. It should not be that only those children who when are unsuccessful in worldly studies are sent to Madras as for religious studies. The parents should realize the importance of Islamic education for their children and raising well-educated Muslims who would in the future work for the Cause of Islam.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

"The example of guidance and knowledge with which, Allah has sent me is like abundant rain falling on the earth, some of which was fertile soil, absorbed rain water and brought forth vegetation and grass in abundance. (And) another portion of it was hard and held the rainwater and Allah benefited the people with it and they utilized it for drinking, making their animals drink from it and for irrigation of the land for cultivation. (And) a portion of it was barren which could neither hold the water nor bring forth vegetation (then that land gave no benefits). The first is the example of the person who comprehends Allah's religion and gets benefit (from the knowledge), which Allah has revealed through me (the Prophet) and learns and then teaches others. The last example is that of a person who does not care for it and does not take Allah's guidance revealed through me (He is like that barren land.)" [Sahih al-Bukhari v.1 no.79]

Those parents who give the excuse that their child is weak or does not have good memory or 'he is not gifted', should know that Allah has said in the Quran:

"And indeed we have made the Quran easy to remember." [Noble Quran 54:17]

And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

"Whoever treads on a path in search of Islamic knowledge, Allah will ease the way to Paradise for him. The Angels will lower their wings, pleased with this seeker of knowledge, and everyone in the heavens and on earth will ask forgiveness for the knowledgeable person, even the fish in the deepest of waters will ask for his forgiveness." [Sahih Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah and at-Tirmidhi (2835)]

It is not mandatory for your child to memorize the complete Quran. If he is not able to memorize the complete Quran then know that only attending daily circle for memorization will suffice your child for it will accustom him to frequent the places of worship rather than visiting evil gatherings. Your child will find good companions which will protect him from deviating and adopting evil habits and practices. Allah says:

"And keep yourself patiently with those who call on their Lord, morning and afternoon, seeking His Face and let not your eyes overlook them, desiring the pomp and glitter of the life of the world; and obey not him whose hearts We have made heedless of Our Remembrance, one who follows his own lust and whose affairs (deeds) have been lost." [Noble Quran 18:28]

Khadejah Jones
Share Islam Team
ShareIslam.com