Alcohol and intoxicants

Assalamualaikum,

Today I would like to share about alcohol, liquor, beer or any other intoxicants. All of this drinks will be called as 'alcohol in this writing of mine.

Who doesn't know about this drink when taken excessively  can cause a person to be drunk causing the drinker to be physically and mentally impaired. It have so many forms, some are called beer, wine, araq and etc.

1. A person who takes wine moderately will benefit from it.

I totally agree on this. If wine were taken moderately, it will benefit the health of the drinker. But what most of us did not know is the benefit did not come from the alcohol in wine but rather from the grapes which were used to make wine.

A previous human clinical trial at Boston University found that Concord grape juice also increased HDL (good) cholesterol and significantly lowered two markers for inflammation. Historically such benefits have been credited to alcohol -- which, of course, is absent from grape juice -- suggesting that the anthocyanins found in both grape juice and wine deserve closer scrutiny. You do the maths.

By the way, which is cheaper wine or grapes?

2. A person who takes alcohol are healthier.

This is one of the most absurd claim ever. Research shows that people who takes alcohol regardless in small quantity or moderately or in large quantity have less fitness compared to the people who do not take any at all. Health experts agrees that consumption of this beverage carries health risks ranging from dependence to breast cancer to brain damage to stroke.

Up to 4% of breast cancers can be attributed to alcohol. According to a recent study in the British Journal of Cancer, every drink increases a woman's chances of developing breast cancer. In a recent summary of 63 published studies, 65% found an association between alcohol consumption and increased breast cancer risk

If having a few too many has become a regular habit, the brain-health hangover may last a lifetime. St. Louis University researchers published an animal study suggesting several years of heavy drinking could permanently impair memory--and slow down learning ability as well.

With all the ballyhoo over the heart health benefits of moderate wine consumption it's easy to lose sight of the much larger health risks of heavy alcohol consumption--such as dramatically increased stroke risk. Harvard researchers found that men who consume an average of three or more alcoholic beverages a day were nearly 43% more likely to suffer a stroke when compared to abstainers and men who had one to two drinks/day. The more you drink, the more likely you will get stroke!

Alcohol is not only a health hazard, it also causes you to be fat. A University of Buffalo study of 2,300 drinkers found that those who tended to consume their alcohol in 3-4 servings per sitting -- even if such excess was occasional -- tended to have more abdominal fat than those who drank small amounts on a regular basis. When you overload your liver with alcohol, all of the organ's resources are going to burning off the booze.Fat metabolism is put on the back burner, so to speak, the cumulative effect of which is more fat in the liver, under the skin and around other organs.

Not only can liver toxicity lead to excess weight -- excess weight can lead to liver problems, significantly increasing your risk of developing nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).NAFLD is the most common liver disorder in the U.S., afflicting 25% of the population (while about a third of Americans are obese).By raising LDL (or "bad") cholesterol and lowering HDL (or "good") cholesterol, NAFLD makes sufferers even more prone to heart disease.

Summary is alcohol consumption could cause cancer, memory lost, stroke, bigger waistline and even leads to heart disease.

3. Alcohol and social issues

In a nut shell, alcohol use can affect all areas of a person's life, including family, work and personal relationships.

• Family problems: arguments over someone's drinking can cause family and relationship problems that may lead to break up.
• Work problems: drinking alcohol at work and hangovers can lead to poor performance and accidents at work, while illness can result in absenteeism.
• Legal problems: drink-driving may lead to fines, loss of licence and even imprisonment.

4. Do religion allows or encourage alcohol drinking?

According to Islam, the Quran (translation) 5:90:

O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah ], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful.

According to Christianity, Proverb 20:1

Wine produces mockers; alcohol leads to brawls. Those led astray by drink cannot be wise.

According to Hinduism, The Rigveda (8.48.3):

We have drunk Soma and become immortal; we have attained the light, the Gods discovered. Now what may foe man's malice do to harm us? What, O Immortal, mortal man's deception?

All religion are against drinking alcohol, however there are only one religion which really holds on to their scripture and are totally against alcohol are Islam. The Christians and Hindus have gone astray from their scriptures and followed their carnal desire.

Reference:

http://www.webmd.com/cholesterol-management/news/20041119/grape-juice-raises-good-cholesterol-levels

http://www.nature.com/bjc/journal/v87/n11/abs/6600596a.html

http://envirocancer.cornell.edu/FactSheet/Diet/fs13.alcohol.pdf

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/ace-dfj060605.php

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/printerfriendlynews.php?newsid=18580

http://www.dole.com
http://www.mydr.com.au/addictions/alcohol-and-social-problems

Peranan Guru & Pendidikan

Assalamualaikum,

Apabila kita menyebut tentang guru, sentiasa kita ingat akan insan yang membakar dirinya untuk masa depan anak muridnya. Saya terpanggil untuk menulis tentang peranan guru pada hari in. Ingin juga saya sentuh sedikit tentang sistem pendidikan kita.

Apakah tugas guru/cikgu/ustaz/ustazah?

Pada pandangan saya yang daif ini, saya memandang tugas mereka adalah sebagai pendidik. Seorang pendidik ialah seorang pengajar, namun seorang pengajar tidak semestinya seorang pendidik. Seorang pengajar boleh menyampaikan segala ilmunya kepada muridnya, manakala seorang pendidik pula bukan sahaja boleh menyampaikan ilmu malah turut mengajar kepada muridnya kaedah memperoleh ilmu, kaedah untuk menilai ilmu itu samada adalah benar atau tidak, adab untuk memperoleh ilmu, akhlak, agama dan lain-lain lagi.

Senang saya katakan, untuk menjadi seorang pendidik, kebolehan untuk mengajar sahaja tidak mencukupi.
Seperti mana kata hikmat Cina seperti berikut:

“Give me a fish and I eat for a day. Teach me to fish and I eat for a lifetime.”

Jika sekadar menyampaikan ilmu sahaja tidak mencukupi. Ianya mungkin sekadar cukup untuk lulus peperiksaan tetapi realitinya menyampaikan ilmu begitu sahaja tidak akan membantu perkembangan dan kematangan pemikiran murid tersebut.


Murid/Hasil Pendidik yang Gagal

Mana ada seorang guru yang mahukan anak didikannya gagal? Namun sedar tak sedar, itulah hasil yang ada pada hari ini secara amnya. Saya senaraikan di bawah:

1. Murid tidak bertanya soalan di kelas.
-kebanyakkan murid tidak akan bertanya di kelas kerana rasa malu
-perasaan malu seperti ini dibangkitkan oleh guru yang tidak membangkitkan semangat ingin tahu murid
-murid akan meng'ia'kan segala apa yang diajarkan tanpa menilai dahulu.
-ada juga guru yang memaksa murid untuk mengikut sahaja tanpa pemahaman

2. Murid tidak mampu berfikir dengan kritis
-ini juga adalah antara sebab murid tidak bertanya di dalam kelas
-murid tidak diajar untuk bertanya 'kenapa begitu?', sifat ingin tahu tidak dibangkitkan guru
-ibu bapa tidak meransang rasa ingin tahu murid malah menyebabkkan murud menjadi pasif
-murid yang tidak pernah bertanya akan berasa malu dan sentiasa menjadi pak turut sahaja.
-ilmu yang diambil tidak dinilai dan ditelan bulat-bulat

3. Murid pak turut
-semua yang guru ajar akan diambil 100% betul
-murid ini yang diajar sedemikian rupa hanya akan membuat apa yang disuruh oleh gurunya
-mereka diajar untuk ikut sahaja dan jangan bertanya mungkin kerana ada guru yang ego
-akhirnya dalam realiti selepas persekolahan mereka menjadi 'Pak Turut Tegar'
-iaitu kalau tak suruh 100% mesti tak buat. Contohnya kalau suruh anak susun baju, dia hanya lipat dan susun sahaja tanpa masukkan dalam almari.
-kalau suruh makan, maka makan sahaja lepas itu pinggan mangkuk biar tak basuh.
-memang kalau tak ketuk maka tak jalan.

4. Murid yang tak tahu membaca
-di sini bukan bermaksud dia tidak reti membaca, tetapi murid itu akan membaca tanpa pemahaman.
-contohnya belajar Biologi, guru memberikan kerja membaca, murid akan mengambil ringan dan membaca sahaja. Mereka tak kisah kalau faham atau tidak
-mereka juga tidak akan mengambil inisiatif untuk memahaminya pun.

5. Murid tiada sifat jaya diri
-mereka ini apabila tak faham sesuatu maka tiada usaha untuk memperbaiki diri
-contohnya kalau tak faham apa yang diajar oleh guru, tiada usaha untuk bertanya selepas kelas, tiada usaha untuk pergi berjumpa guru dan bertanya di bilik guru, tiada usaha untuk membuka buku teks/kitab untuk memahaminya, tiada usaha untuk bertanya rakan-rakan, tiada usaha untuk memcari kefahaman dengan membaca bahan-bahan di internet dll lagi.
-persoalannya mengapakah mereka begini? saya akan menulisnya selepas ini.

6. Murid tiada hormat pada guru
-disebabkan guru yang terlalu fokus untuk menghabiskan silibus sahaja maka banyak perkara yang diabaikan
-antaranya ialah proses pembelajaran murid, guru hanya fokus dalam proses pengajaran dan mengabaikan proses pembelajaran muridnya.
-folus guru adalah salah sebab yang penting ialah 'adakah murud dapat belajar' dan bukannya 'adakah sudah diajarkan'
-akibatnya guru dilihat hanya sebagai keldai sahaja yang membawa ilmu, padahal guru sepatutnya yang dilihat yang menghidupkan ilmu itu sehingga dalam difahami dan diterima murid.
-selain itu, guru lupa akan tugas untuk membina sahsiah muridnya sehinggakan tiada hormat kepada guru mahupun ilmu yang ingin disampaikan
-ini kerana ilmu itu dilihat tak penting nilainya kerana disampaikan dengan cara yang tak betul

Ada banyak lagi hasil/ murid yang saya anggap gagal digilap supaya menjadi permata.


Di manakah salahnya?

Kita ada begitu banyak murid seperti yang saya senaraikan di atas, maka persoalannya ialah di manakah salahnya?
Saya ingin mengajak saudara-saudari untuk melihatnya dalam beberapa perspektif seperti berikut:

1. Ibu bapa
-ke mana sudah peranan ibubapa dalam mendidik anak-anak mereka
-segala tugas dan tanggungjawab mendidik diletakkan pada guru
-mereka terlalu mengejar kebendaan sehingga pendidikan anak di rumah dilupakan
-ada juga yang menutup hati anak-anak mereka untuk berkembang dan berfikir dengan melarang anak-anak bertanya soalan, mungkin sebab ego
-ibubapa tidak tahu cara untuk mendidik anak mereka kerana mereka sendiri tiada ilmu dan tiada jaya diri untuk mencar ilmu itu.
-kadang-kala agama pun tak tahu nak jelaskan kepada anak.
-contohnya, kena pakai tudung/hijab tapi bila anak tanya kenapa kita jawab pakai aje la jangan banyak tanya, ini sekaligus menutup pintu pembelajaran dan berfikir anak

2. Guru
-Guru tidak berkebolehan dan tidak dilatih dengan baik untuk menjadi seorang pendidik
-Suka mengambil jalan singkat dan hanya melatih pelajar lulus ujian sahaja sekaligus mengabaikan tanggungjawab sebagai pendidik
-Guru kadang-kadang terpaksa menjadi guru kerana tiada pekerjaan lain?
-Guru bertindak sebagai Hitler di kelas dan memaksa pelajar ikut tanpa bertanya, akibatnya murid tiada sense untuk berfikir
-Guru anggap anak murid (terutama di sekolah menengah) sebagai tak matang lagi dan tidak mampu bertanggungjawab. Yang di sekolah menengah tu dah boleh membuatkan/mengandung ok.

3. Guru besar
-Hanya kisahkan student dapat A atau tidak. Yang lain dia tak kisah.
-Nuff said

4. Silibus pendidikan
-Saya lihat ada perkembangan untuk membaiki sistem dna silibus pendidikan kita.
-Silibus nampak ok tapi guru di sekolah tak ok. Semua benda tidak teratur dan nampak tergesa-gesa.
-Contohnya ajar sains dan matematik dalam Bahasa Inggeris tapi tiada latihan diberikan kepada guru di sekolah.
-Akibatnya cikgu sekolah tak reti ajar dalam Bahasa Inggeris
-Silibus ditukar supaya murid berfikit tapi guru sekolah tidak diberi latihan untuk mengajar dengan kaedah supaya murid berfikir.
-Silibus ok la (walaupun ada banyak yang saya tak setuju) tapi kualiti guru fail
-Apa kata kita suruh anak-anak menteri sekolah di Malaysia dengan silibus UPSR, PMR dan SPM?

APA PENDAPAT ANDA???

Tahlilan dan Maulidul Rasul

Pada malam yang indah ini sebelum hendak tidur ternampak pulak mesej ini di facebook:

Saya pohon hentikan saja da'yah sebegini kerana mengatakan buat tahlil bidaah, buat Maulidul Rasul bidaah dan sebagainya bidaah kerana ini semua adalah diperkenalkan oleh al-Ulamak muktabar yang mengatakan aktiviti tersebut tergolong dalam bidaah hasanah, bagaimana harus dibuang pendapat mereka , salahkah kita buat majlis memberi sadaqah makanan sedangkan itu tuntutan Rasul,salahkah kita mengadakan majlis mengingati hari lahir baginda sedangkan itu semua adalah sebagai peringatan akhir zaman ini yang dah semakin luntur!!!

Bila baca memang rasa pelik bin ajaib sebab masalah ini tidak selesai lagi. Bukankah sudah banyak penerangan yang sudah diberikan oleh para ulamak.



Apa itu bidaah?

Mari kira lihat kupasan ulamak zaman silam tentang apakah itu 'bidaah'.

Menurut Ibnu Taimiyah: ‘ Bid’ah dalam agama ialah sesuatu yang tidak disyari’atkan oleh Allah dan rasul-Nya yaitu tidak diperintahkan dengan perintah wajib atau perintah sunnah. Adapun yang diperintahkan dengan perintah wajib dan sunnah serta diketahui perintah-perintah tersebut dengan dalil-dalil syar’i, maka hal itu termasuk yang disyari’atkan oleh Allah, meskipun terjadi perselisihan diantara ulama di beberapa masalah dan sama saja, baik hal itu sudah diamalkan pada masa Rasulullah atau tidak.

Menurut As-Syahtibi: ‘ Bid’ah adalah suatu cara di dalam agama yang diada-adakan (baru) menyerupai agama dan dimaksudkan dalam melakukannya untuk bersungguh-sungguh dalam beribadah kepada Allah ta’ala.

Menurut Ibnu Rajab: ‘ Yang dimaksudkan dengan bid’ah adalah sesuatu yang diadakan tanpa ada dasarnya di dalam syari’at. Adapun suatu yang ada dasarnya dalam syara’, maka bukan bid’ah meskipun dikatakan bid’ah menurut bahasa.’

Menurut As-Suyuti: ‘ Bid’ah ialah suatu ungkapan tentang perbuatan yang bertentangan dengan syari’at karena menyelisihinya atau perbuatan yang menjadikan adanya penambahan dan pengurangan syari’at. ‘

Yang paling senang nak hadam ialah apa yang telah dikatakan oleh As-Suyuti.
1. Perbuatan yang bertentangan dengan syari'at
2. Perbuatan yang menjadikan adanya penambahan dan pengurangan syari'at

As-Syahtibi pula kata benda baru ini yang bermaksud tak ada masa Nabi SAW dan zaman sahabat ini menyerupai agama dan dibuat bersungguh-sungguh  dalam beribadah kepada Allah SWT.

Bukankah semua perbuatan seperti 'tahlil' dan 'maulidur rasul' ialah sebijik 100% sama seperti yang dikatakan oleh as-Syahtibi. Iaitu ia merupakah bidaah.:
1. Tak ada zaman Nabi SAW dan Sahabat
2. Dibuat menyerupai agama seperti nak bersedekah makan
3. Orang buat dengan bersungguh-sungguh (Orang Melayu kat Malaysia memang sungguh2)

Kenapa tak boleh buat Bidaah?

Sabda Nabi SAW:
"Sesiapa yang membuat perkara baru dalam urusan kami ini (Islam) apa yang bukan daripadanya maka ianya tertolak"

Diriwayatkan oleh al-Bukhari dan Muslim. Rujuk Shahih Muslim – hadith no:  1718 (Kitab al-Aqdiyyah, Bab kritikan ke atas hukum batil dan perkara ciptaan baru).

Kalau buat benda yang bukan diajar oleh Nabi SAW tentang agama, maka ianya akan tertolak. Janganlah kita buat benda yang sia-sia. Itulah sebabnya orang kata kalau nak 'Amal' maka benda pertama yang perlu dicari ialah 'Ilmu'. Janganlah kita main ikut sahaja.

Kalau nak buat amal jariah buatlah macam yang Nabi SAW dan para Sahabat buat iaitu memberi kepada mereka yang betul2 memerlukan kerana itu ialah hak mereka. Bukannya macam majlis tahlil yang sebenarnya dibuat untuk baca Yasin kat orang mati, pastu bagi upah makanan kepada mereka yang membaca bersama-sama. Itu bukan sedekah namanya. Kalau niat sedekah tak perlu apa-apa terus bagi makan kat orang2 miskin.

Sabda Nabi SAW:
"Sesungguhnya sesiapa yang hidup selepasku akan melihat perselisihan yang banyak. Maka hendaklah kalian berpegang kepada sunnahku dan sunnah al-Khulafa al-Rasyidin al-Mahdiyyin (mendapat petunjuk). Berpeganglah dengannya dan gigitlah ia dengan geraham. Jauhilah kamu perkara-perkara yang diada-adakan (dalam agama) kerana setiap yang diada-adakan itu adalah bid‘ah dan setiap bid‘ah adalah sesat."

Diriwayatkan oleh Abu Daud dan al-Tirmizi, berkata al-Tirmizi: “Hadis ini hasan sahih”. Juga diriwayatkan oleh Ibn Majah dan al-Darimi dalam kitab Sunan mereka. Demikian juga oleh Ibn Hibban dalam Shahihnya dan al-Hakim dalam al-Mustadrak dengan menyatakan: “Hadith ini sahih”. Ini dipersetujui oleh al-Imam al-Zahabi (Tahqiq al-Mustadrak, 1/288).

Ada satu kumpulan kata jangan buat tahlil dan jangan buat Maulidur Rasul kerana bidaah. Manakala lagi satu kumpulan kata itu 'bidaah hasanah'. Saya cadangkan kita ikut Nabi dan pegang kepada Sunnahnya dan Sunnah al-Khulafa al-Rasyidin al-Mahdiyyin 100% sahaja.

Sebab benda-benda yang diada-adakan dalam agama itu bidaah dan setiap bidaah itu SESAT!

Poin paling penting di sini ialah 'IKUT SUNNAH NABI BUKAN SURUH IKUT SUNNAH USTAZ YANG BUAT BENDA-BENDA YANG NABI TAK AJAR PASTU KATA INILAH ISLAM'.
Jangan ada pula ustaz2 yang berani kata yang 'Tahlil' dan 'Maulidur Rasul' ini merupakan Sunnah Nabi Muhammad SAW. Jika berlaku itu bagi saya fitnah kepada Nabi dan saya agak pasti masuk neraka jahannam la orang itu.

Saya yakin mesti ada yang kata macam post ini yang kata 'bidaah hasanah'. Oleh itu, bacalah link ini sampai habis. Tengoklah kupasan ilmuan Islam tentang apa itu 'bidaah hasanah' sebelum gunakan perkataan itu:

http://www.hafizfirdaus.com/ebook/BidahHasanah/index.htm

Kalau nak sedekah makan maka IKUTLAH yang macam Nabi SAW atau Sahabat buat.

Nabi Tak sambut hari jadi sebab masa itu tak wujud lagi sistem kalendar. Ulamak pun tak ada yang sebulat suara kata Maulid Nabi ialah pada tarikh tertentu. Kalau tarikh pun tak boleh tentukan maka nak sambut camana. Namun begitu, Nabi SAW ajar berpuasa pada setiap hari Isnin sebab dia lahir hari itu. Kalau nak tunjukkan cinta dan kasih kepada nabi pada hari lahir baginda, puasalah setiap hari Isnin. Jangan nak gatal2 cipta benda baru!
Kalau setakat ceramah itu bukannya buat sekali setahun masa Maulid Nabi. Sepatutnya dibuat berkala dan berpanjangan.


Nasihat kepada pembaca dan diri sendiri

Setelah mengetahui bahwa begitu bahayanya bid’ah tersebut maka seharusnyalah kita menghindari dari hal tersebut diatas. Maka dari itu tetaplah berpegang pada Al qur-an dan Assunah, atsar dan ijma sahabat, Tabi’in dan tabi’ut tabi’in karena mereka orang yang dinyatakan Rasulullah sebaik-baiknya generasi. Berikut firman-firman Allah serta nasihat-nasihat yang diberikan oleh Nabi-Nya dan generasi terbaik yang telah tersebut diatas dan para salafus shalih untuk tidak berpecah belah lantaran perbuatan bid’ah diantaranya:

a. Firman Allah dalam Surah Ali Imran ayat 102 - 103

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ اتَّقُواْ اللّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلاَ تَمُوتُنَّ إِلاَّ وَأَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ - وَاعْتَصِمُواْ بِحَبْلِ اللّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلاَ تَفَرَّقُواْ وَاذْكُرُواْ نِعْمَةَ اللّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ كُنتُمْ أَعْدَاء فَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُم بِنِعْمَتِهِ إِخْوَانًا وَكُنتُمْ عَلَىَ شَفَا حُفْرَةٍ مِّنَ النَّارِ فَأَنقَذَكُم مِّنْهَا كَذَلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّهُ لَكُمْ آيَاتِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

Artinya: Hai Orang-orang yang beriman, bertaqwalah kepada Allah dengan sebenar-benar taqwa dan janganlah kamu mati kecuali dalam keadaan muslim. Dan perpeganglah kamu semua dengan dengan tali Allah dan jangan berpecah-belah. Dan ingatlah nikmat Allah terhadapmu ketika kamu saling bermusuhan maka Dia satukan hati kamu lalu kamu menjadi saudara dengan nikmat-Nya dan ingatlah ketika kamu berada di bibir jurang neraka lalu Dia selamatkan kamu daripadanya. Demikianlah Allah menjelaskan kepada kamu ayat-ayat-Nya agar kamu mendapat petunjuk.

b. Firman Allah dalam Surah Al An’am ayat 153

وَأَنَّ هَـذَا صِرَاطِي مُسْتَقِيمًا فَاتَّبِعُوهُ وَلاَ تَتَّبِعُواْ السُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمْ عَن سَبِيلِهِ ذَلِكُمْ وَصَّاكُم بِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

Artinya: Dan sesungguhnya inilah jalan-Ku yang lurus maka ikutilah dia, dan jangan kamu mengikuti jalan-jalan (lainnya) sebab jalan-jalan itu akan mencerai beraikan kamu dari jalan-Nya. Demikianlah Allah berwasiat kepada kamu mudah-mudahan kamu bertaqwa.

Coretan ringkas  dan copy paste dari saya, Ng Chee Hong



Rujukan:
http://alhikmah.web.id/2009/06/pengertian-bidah/
http://www.hafizfirdaus.com/ebook/BidahHasanah/index.htm

Twins of Faith

Mari sama-sama kita join! Bawaklah anak-anak sekali pada waktu cuti ini. Kalau nak train anak-anak buat kerja amal pun boleh, jadilah sukarelawan/volunteer.

Ada begitu banyak aktiviti dan ceramah-ceramah hebat dari:

1. Dr Bilal Phillips
2. Dr Tawfique Chowdhury
3. Sheikh Navaid Aziz
4. Sheikh Yahya Ibrahim
5. Sheikh Alaa Elsayed
6. Abdurraheem Green
7. Sheikh Hussein Yee (Malaysia)
8. Dr Zaharuddin Rahman (Malaysia)
9. Dr Maszlee Malik (Malaysia)

Ada juga persembahan dari artis2 yang hebat seperti:

1. Abdullah Rolle
2. Boonaa Mohammed
3. Muslim Belal
4. Shinji Moriwaki
5. Mu’adz Dzulkefly (Malaysia)

Ada juga jemputan khas:
1. Faiz Khaleed (Malaysia)

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Aturcara untuk program utama boleh didownload dari sini:
http://my.twinsoffaith.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Prg-Schedule-24-09-11.pdf

Selain itu, ada program-program khas untuk ibu-ibu dan wanita yang akan dikendalikan oleh:

1. Datin Dr Nor Azizah Mohd Taib
2. Assoc Prof Dr Harlina Halizah Siraj
3. Wardina Safiyyah
4. Raya Shokatfard

Ada juga program untuk kanak-kanak, Kids Play Zone tetapi maklumat tentangnya tidak dipostkan lagi.

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REBUTLAH PELUANG INI UNTUK ISLAH DARIPADA ORATOR-ORATOR TERBAIK DUNIA!

Marah

Marah itu salah satu perasaan yang dipunyai manusia
Tidak patut dipandang negatif
Tapi marah perlulah bersebab
Marah perlulah dengan mata terbuka
Dengan tujuan membaiki
Bukan dengan hati yang membenci
Bukan dengan bisikan syaitan

Assalamualaikum,

Saya ingin melahirkan rasa marah saya kepada perkara-perkara berikut:

1. 'Awak peluk Islam sebab kahwin ke?'
Adakah patut persoalan ini ditujukan kepada mereka yang mualaf termasuk saya. Tahukah apa yang kami lalui untuk mengungkap kalimah syahadah ini? Tidak, mereka tidak akan tahu apa yang kami mualaf lalui. Ada antara kami yang dipulaukan keluarga. Ada yang bapanya tidak mengaku anak. Ada yang dihalau dari rumah sehingga kembali ke agama sebelumnya. Ada yang diludah di muka dan dilarang daripada berjumpa dengan ibu dan adik beradik oleh ayahnya. Namun disebalik semua itu, mualaf2 ini lebih sayangkan agama Islam dan lebih sayangkan Allah SWT. Dan setelah semua yang kami lalui, anggapan orang Islam ialah kami peluk Islam sebab nak kahwin?

2. Dakwah
Mula-mula setelah mengenal Islam dengan berbicara, mencari, membaca dan mengkaji. Saya mula menjadi marah kerana tidak didawah tentang agama Islam. Saya teringat rakan2 muslim di sekolah, ustaz di sekolah, dan semua orang Islam disekeliling yang tidak berdawah dan sekurang2nya menyampaikan mesej Islam kepadaku. Aku menjadi marah mereka yang bernama Muslim tidak menjalankan tanggungjawab malah ada yang menganggap itu kerja pendawah sahaja.

3. Masuk Melayu
Tidak ku lupa pada kata-kata ayahku bila dia meludah padaku semasa aku khabarkan beritaku memeluk Islam. Dia berkata 'masuklah Melayu'. Marahku bukanlah pada ayahku tetapi pada orang Melayu. Jarang sekali ada contoh yang baik daripada masyarakat Melayu. Semasa bulan puasa semasa mahu ke masjid, pasti ada yang membaling batu ke rumah ayahku yang membela anjing dan ada sekali itu dibalingnya mercun mengenai kereta sehingga patah wiper kereta. Makcikku pergi melapor pada imam masjid tapi tiada gunanya. Bukan sahaja memberikan imej buruk malah memburukkan imej Islam sekali. Aku sangat marah, ayahku tidak dapat menerima agamaku kini kerana mereka orang Melayu.

4. 'Pakaila Baju Melayu masa hari raya'
Aku orang Cina, buat apa pakai baju Melayu?

5. Apa awak nak di sini (masjid)? (dgn nada kasar dan sombong)
Bukan sahaja bahasanya kasar malah tidak berbudi pekerti. Hanya kerana aku Cina, tak bolehkah aku Muslim? Orang macam ini yang perosak agama, kalau saya tidak tahu pasti aku menilai agama Islam menggalakkan orang Islam macam orang ni.

.....Jika ku tulis pasti tiada kesudahannya....
Ini hanyalah secebis rintihan hatiku....

Anda mengambil Herbalife??!

Assalamualaikum,

Post saya hari ini adalah untuk menyedarkan tentang pengambilan produk Herbalife terutamanya ShapeWorks yang dikatakan mampu untuk membantu mengurangkan berat badan. Mula-mula saya ingin mengajak saudara/saudari untuk membaca sedikit informasi tentang produk ini dari website utamanya di:

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Saya ingin highlightkan ini
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Maksudnya: Produk ini tidak dievaluasi oleh FDA. Oleh itu, produk ini adalah tidak bertujuan untuk menyembuh mahupun mengelakkan apa-apa penyakit.



Jika dilihat dari segi sejarahnya, produknya pernah mengandungi 'ephedrine' yang berbahaya namun bahan itu tidak digunakan lagi. Bahan terlarang ini boleh menyebabkan masalah kepada jantung.

Pada Mac 2010, pemilik fasiliti penghasilan produk Herbalife menerima surat amaran daripada FDA tentang kekurangan kawalan kualiti dan menunjukkan integritii yang sedikit dalam keselamatan produknya. FDA hanya boleh mengambil tindakan hanya setelah produk Herbalife ini dibuktikan sepenuhnya adalah tidak selamat.

Pada hemat saya, adalah lebih baik elakkan sebelum terjadi apa-apa yang tidak diingini. Walaupun produk ini dikatakan 100% semulajadi, namun produknya seringkali dikaitkan dengan hepatotoxicity atau kerosakan pada hati.

Mari kita lihat bahan-bahan asasnya pula:
# Includes 19 vitamins and minerals.
# 9 grams of soy protein and 18 grams when mixed with milk or soy milk per serving plus fibre to help keep you full and satisfied.

Mengikut akal fikiran yang logik, adakah vitamin, mineral dan protein mencukupi untuk memenuhi keperluan badan kita? Saya rasa tidak cukup. Jika ada sesiapa makan milk-shake ini pasti akan turun berat badan. Saya yakin tentang itu tetapi adakah ianya baik untuk kesihatan, jawapannya adalah tidak.

Penurunan berat badan ini berlaku tanpa peningkatan/pembinaan otot. Ini adalah kerana diet Herbalife ini tidak cukup kalori untuk pembinaan otot-otot badan mahupun ianya cukup untuk menampung sistem imunisasi badan. Kekurangan otot atau muscle mass ini adalah penting sebagai pelindung pada hari tua kelak. So macamana nak dapat muscle? Jawapannya ialah senaman!

Bahan asas yang amat merunsingkan saya dalam produk ini ialah penggunaan soya. Walaupun ramai antara kita yang tahu tentang kelebihan mengambil kacang soya, saya yakin ramai yang tidak tahu tentang kesan buruk soya kepada manusia. Telah terlalu banyak kajian tentang soya ini, saya ingin kongsikan beberapa daripadanya:

1. Dalam soya ada bahan yang dinamakan asid phytic yang juga dikenali sebagai phytates. Asid organik ini juga didapati dalam bijirin yang lain tetapi tidaklah sebanyak yang ada dalam kacang soya.
Asid ini meransang dan menyebabkan badan tidak dapat menyerap mineral-mineral penting seperti kalsium, magnesium, zat besi dan zink. Phystate ini adalah sukar untuk dibuang walaupun dimasak dengan lama dalam api yang kecil.
Oleh itu, mineral yang ditambahkan dalam produk ini adalah sia-sia sahaja apabila soya digunakan sebagai bahan asas.

2. Kacang soya juga mengandungi perencat enzim yang kuat. Perencat ini menghalang pengambilan tripsin dan emzim-emzim lain yang diperlukan oleh badan untuk pencernaan protin. Kaedah masak yang biasa tidak mampu untuk memusnahkan perencat ini yang boleh menyebabkan gastrik, mengurangkan pencernaan protin yang boleh membawa kepada penyakit kronik lain yang berkenaan dengan kekurangan amino asid.
Oleh itu, tiada gunanya produk ini dikaitkan dengan kandungan protin yang tinggi tetapi menggunakan soya yang merencat penyerapannya oleh badan.

3. Di sebalik semua ini, kacang soya juga mengandungi 'hemagglutinin', bahan peransang penggumpalan yang menyebabkan sel-sel darah merah untuk menggumpal sekali. Penggumpalan menyebabkan sel darah tidak mampu untuk menyerap oksigen dengan baik untuk kegunaan tisu badan. Dan ini sekaligus tidak membantu dalam mengekalkan kesihatan kardiak/jantung yang baik.

Hemagglutinin dan perencat tripsin merupakan bahan yang merencat pertumbuhan. Walaupun kacang soya yang telah difermentasi/penapaian boleh memusnahkan kedua-dua perencat tripsin dan hemagglutinin, presipitasi dan memasak tidak memusnahkannya. Walaupun kadar perencat tripsin berkurang dalam produk soya yang dipresipitasi seperti tofu, ianya tidak dimusnahkan sepenuhnya. Hanya dengan cara fermentasi atau penapaian yang lama sahaja seperti tempeh dan miso mampu untuk memusnahkan bahan perencat tripsin dan hemagglutinin sepenuhnya agar manusia dapat menyerap khasiat dari kacang soya.
Sudah pasti, kacang soya yang digunakan dalam produk Herbalife ini tidak di presipitasi apatah lagi difermentasi untuk membuang bahan-bahan yang bahaya ini.

4. Kacang soya mengandungi goitrogen. Goitrogen adalah bahan yang menghalang sintesis hormon tiroid dan mengganggu metabolisma iodin yang akhirnya akan merencat fungi tiroid.

5. Soya adalah kaya dengan isoflavones genistein dan daidzein. Isoflavones adalah sejenis phytoestrogen, merupakan kompaun tumpuhan yang menyerupai estrogen tumbuhan. Kompaun ini yang menyerupai dan kadang-kala menghalang hormon estrogen dan telah didapati memberikan pelbagai kesan kepada tisu manusia. Phytoestrogen soya telah dikenali untuk merosakkan fungsi endokrin, menyebabkan kemandulan dan menggalakkan kanser payu dara pada wanita.

Meminum hanya dua gelas kacang soya setiap hari untuk sebulan adalah cukup untuk kompaun ini mengganggu kitar haid. Walaupun FDA meregulasikan produk yang mengandungi estrogen, tiada amaran diberikan pada kacang soya ini.

6. Kacang soya mempunyai risiko toksik aluminium dan mangan. Kacang soya yang diproses dengan basuhan asid dalam tangki aluminium boleh menyebabkan aluminium mencecah kadar yang sangat tinggi dalam produk akhir soya.

Menurut Dr. Kaayla Daniel, penulis 'The Whole Soy Story', mendedahkan ribuan kajian terhadap kacang soya dan kaitannya terhadap malnutrisi, masalah pencernaan, sistem imune rosak (breakdown), disfungsi tiroid, penurunan kognitif, masalah reproduktif, kemandulan, kanser dan penyakit jantung.

Berikut adalah sebahagian daripada masalah kesihatan yang dikaitkan dengan pengambilan kacang soya:
* Breast cancer
* Brain damage
* Infant abnormalities
* Thyroid disorders
* Kidney stones
* Immune system impairment
* Severe, potentially fatal food allergies
* Impaired fertility
* Danger during pregnancy and nursing

Saudara saudari sekalian, saya tidak membincangkan lagi tentang kacang soya yang telah dimodifikasi secara genetik dan kesan-kesannya lagi. Cukuplah setakat ini.

Saya harap artikel ini mampu memberikan kesedaran tentang bahayanya mengambil produk Herbalife. Saya juga harap selepas ini, jangan ada yang datang mempromosi produk yang saya anggap berbahaya kepada kesihatan lagi pada saya, keluarga saya, rakan-rakan saya dan pada pembaca blog saya.

Rujukan:

http://www.herbalifeww.com/my/products/xml/main_p.asp?loc=en-AU&pid=Id1_14&cid=Id1_11&nids=Id1_2|Id1_11
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/09/18/soy-can-damage-your-health.aspx

TSP: Faith & Reason: Friends or Foes - Hamza Andreas Tzortzis

A Radical Experiment in Empathy

Credits to http://hamzatzortzis.blogspot.com

Assalamualaikum,

This is just a hadith to ponder on. Especially if you are a boss.

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Anyone who has been a ruler over ten people will be brought shackled on the Day of Resurrection, until the justice (by which he ruled) loosens his chains or tyranny brings him to destruction."
Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 1037

Perlu atau Tidak?

Perlukah aku memandang wajah-wajah mereka, lalu perlukah aku memberitahu mereka...

Bahawa amalan itu perlu didatangi dengan ilmu.
Amalan tanpa ilmu itu seperti orang yang memandu kereta tanpa belajar dahulu cara memandu.
Bagaikan orang yang meletakkan kail ke dalam air tanpa umpannya.
Perlukan aku bangunkan mereka yang sudah lama tidur dan nyenyak dengan mimpi-mimpi mereka?

Sudah pasti ada yang tidak suka jika aku mengganggu tidur dan mimpi mereka.
Sudah pasti mereka bilang amalan mereka itu sudah sempurna kerana mereka mengikuti kata-kata orang tua mereka dan sudah pasti mendapat syurga.
Mungkin juga syurganya itu dalam mimpi mereka sahaja.
Aku lihat mulut berkata-kata tetapi tangan, kaki dan badan lain pula ceritanya.

Mereka sudah tidak mahu belajar lagi. Apa yang mereka mahu hanyalah diterima.
Asalkan diterima oleh orang-orang mereka juga.
Buat sahaja asalkan tidak menjadi janggal.
Pada aku, orang begini tiada pendiriannya, hanyalah boneka sahaja.
Lebih baik mati daripada hidup begitu.

Mungkinkah ini adat mereka?
Biar mati anak jangan mati adat?
Mahu sahaja aku membuka mulutku, biar sahaja hati dan perasaan mereka aku calarkan.
Masakan aku mampu bersabar apabila agamaku dibuat mainan??
Asalkan sahaja hatiku tenang laksana tanggungjawabku.
Biarlah dunia aku tempuh dengan kesukaran.
Biar anakku ada masa depan.

Shah Rukh Khan is a Muslim? Guess again.

I just read the article at Mahaguru58 and I feel disgusted.:
http://mahaguru58.blogspot.com/2011/02/shah-rukh-khan-another-asoka-in-india.html


Why am I disgusted, please see the following video.




He said,'..... next to Ganesha and Lechumi, we put the Quran there.........' After that he even put something on the idol to show blessings. OMG!!!

That guy just made an idol out of the Holy Quran!!!

Not sure wether he is ignorance or a hypocrite. One of the most important and basic thing in Islam is not to make shirk with Allah SWT.


Allah will not forgive those who make shirk with him.

[004:048] In fact, Allah does not forgive 'shirk’ _ (an act of associating others as equal to Him). Baring that, He may forgive anything He wants, and whomever He pleases. The one who commits 'shirk’ has indeed invented a singularly sinister sin!

[004:116] Indeed, Allah does not (ever) forgive ‘shirk’ _ (the sin of associating partners with Him) _ anything else He will forgive for whomever He wills. He, who commits ‘shirk’ has in fact lost his way, and has gone far astray!

Good deeds will not be accepted is you shirk. All the good that you do will be nothing at the Day of Resurrection. Don't be a loser.

[039:065] “It has been revealed to you just as it had been revealed to those before you, that if you commit 'shirk’ (associate partners with Allah) your (good) deeds would surely come to naught, and you would definitely be the losers!”

Note: This could be the reason why the deeds of non-Muslims who associate partners with Allah SWT will not be accepted. They have done such injustice to our Creator!


Hell is the only place for people who shirk

Indeed they do blaspheme those who say that Allah is Jesus, the son of Mary, but Jesus said "O children of Israel! Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord". Whoever joins other gods with Allah, Allah will forbid him heaven and the fire will be his abode. (Al Maidah:72)


I shirk because my forefather shirk, what to do...

[007:173] Or lest you should say, “It was in fact our forefathers who started (practicing) 'shirk’ _ (accepted others as Allah’s partners). We were mainly the descendants who came much later. Will you then punish us for the deeds of the wrongdoers?”

[007:174] Thus do We explain the signs in detail; and perchance they may turn (unto Us).

[007:175] Relate to them the story of the man to whom We sent Our signs, but he passed them by: so Satan followed him up, and he went astray.

[007:176] If it had been Our will, We should have elevated him with Our signs; but he inclined to the earth, and followed his own vain desires. His similitude is that of a dog: if you attack him, he lolls out his tongue, or if you leave him alone, he (still) lolls out his tongue. That is the similitude of those who reject Our signs; So relate the story; perchance they may reflect.

[007:177] Evil as an example are people who reject Our signs and wrong their own souls.


What if my parents force me to do shirk?

[031:015] Yet if they, (your parents), compel you to commit 'shirk’ (associate partners) with Me _ something you have no knowledge of _ then do not obey. Deal with them in this life with kindness and courtesy, but follow the path of the one who turns to Me in repentance. Towards Me is your retreat! Then, I will relate to you what you used to do.

Note: Let me remind all reader that this happens often in our society. Examples of shirk includes 1. believe in 'azimat' or 'tangkal' (popular to be worn on babies),
2. believe in bomoh,
3. believe in horoscope,
4. believe in rituals which can control weather,
5. 'berzanji'
(comment please if you know more)


I have already shirk, so what should I do?

[008:038] Tell (all) those who have disbelieved, that (even now) if they give up (their skepticism), He will forgive their past deeds. However, if they persist then (remember): a precedent (for punishing the unbelievers) has existed since the earliest generation.

Note: As long as taubah before die, Allah SWT will forgive regardless wether its a small or big shirk.

Solat Reminder for Myself

In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

"Allah is He Who created you in (a state of) weakness, then gave you strength after weakness, then after strength gave (you) weakness and gray hair. He creates what He wills. And it is He Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful (i.e. Able to do all things)." (30:54)

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Allah's Messenger (pbuh) once said: "Prayer is the pillar of religion." (Al-Baihaqi)

The Prophet (pbuh) also said:

"Islam is erected on five pillars: to testify that there is no God but Allah and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger; to establish prayer; to pay Zakat; to perform Hajj to the Sacred House, and to fast in the month of Ramadan." (Bukhari, Muslim)

Prophet (pbuh) said: "Verily, between man and between polytheism and unbelief is the negligence of prayer." (Muslim)

"What has caused you to enter Hell?" They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer their prayers. Nor we used to feed the poor; and we used to talk falsehoods (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers, and we used to belie the Day of Recompense. Until there came to us (the death) that is certain." (72:42-47)

"Successful indeed are the believers. Those who offer their Salat (prayers) with all solemnity and full submissiveness. And those who turn away from Al-Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk, falsehoods and all that Allah has forbidden). And those who pay the Zakat. And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts, from illegal sexual acts). Except from their wives or (the captives and slaves) that their right hands possess, -for then, they are free from blame. But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors. Those who are faithfully true to their trusts and to their covenants. And those who strictly guard their Salat (five compulsory congregational prayers at their fixed stated hours). These are indeed the inheritors. Who shall inherit the Firdaus (Paradise). They shall dwell therein forever." (23:1-11)

"Verily, man (disbeliever) was created very impatient; irritable (discontented) when evil touches him; and niggardly when good touches him. Except those devoted to Salat (prayers), those who remain constant in their Salat (prayers), and those in whose wealth there is a known right, for the beggar who asks, and for the unlucky who has lost his property and wealth, (and his means of living has been straitened). And those who believe in the Day of Recompense, and those who fear the torment of their Lord. Verily! The torment of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure. And those who guard their chastity (ie, private parts from illegal sexual acts), except with their wives and the (women slaves and captives) whom their right hands possess, -for (then) they are not to be blames. But whosoever seeks beyond that, then it is those who are trespassers. And those who keep their trusts and covenants, and those who stand firm in their testimonies, and those who guard their Salat (prayers) well; such shall dwell in the Gardens (i.e. Paradise) honored."(70:19-35)

Allah's Messenger (pbuh) also said:

"The first thing about which a man is going to be questioned on the Day of Judgment is prayer. If it is found to be sound all his other reactions will be sound as well. If his prayer is not sound all his remaining actions would be spoiled." (Al-Tabarani)

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WHICH PRAYER IS ACCEPTABLE?

"Those who offer their Salat (prayers) with all solemnity and full submissiveness." (23:2)

"So woe unto those performers of prayers (hypocrites), who delay their Salat (prayer) from its stated fixed time, " (107:4,5)

Allah's Messenger (pbuh) was once sitting in the mosque at Al-Madinah when a bedouin entered and began to pray. He prayed so quickly, that when he had finished, the Prophet (pbuh) asked him to repeat the prayer. His second attempt was just as hurried, so the Prophet (pbuh) asked him to repeat it again. After a third hurried prayer, the bedouin said: "O Messenger of Allah. I cannot pray better than this." The Prophet (pbuh) then showed the man how to pray. He instructed him to recite Surah Al-Fatiha while in the standing position, then to say Tasbih in the Ruku position, to stand upright saying Rabbana lakal hamd, to go down with Sajdah and recite Tasbih, and to sit between the two Sajdah and recite a Du'a. The Prophet (pbuh) advised the bedouin to do this in each Rakaa. (Musnad Ahmad)

Allah's Messenger (pbuh) used to spend a lot of time on each prayer, so that each movement of the prayer could be offered slowly and properly. He once said: "A man's lengthy prayer and short sermon shows that he has a good understanding of the religion." (Muslim, Abu Dawood)

"O you who believer! Seek help in patience and Salat (prayer). Truly! Allah is with the patient." (2:153)

"...and establish prayer for My Remembrance." (20:14)

"...Verily, As-salat (the prayer) prevents from Al-Fahsha (i.e. great sins of every kind, unlawful sexual intercourse etc. ) and al-Munkar (i.e. disbelief, polytheism, and every kind of evil wicked deed etc.)..." (29:45)

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PRAYER AS AN EXPIATION OF SINS

"Verily, the good deeds remove the evil deeds (i.e. small sins), " (11:114)

As prayer is the best of all good actions, it can erase many sins. 'Ali narrated that Abu Bakr heard Allah's Messenger (pbuh) saying:

"Whoever commits a sin, but performs ablution in the best way, then offers two Rakat prayer, and he asks for the forgiveness of Allah, Allah almighty forgives his sins." (Ahmad)

In Surah Al-Furqan repentance is described as a way out for those who commit major sins:

"And those who invoke not any other Ilah (god) along with Allah, nor kill such life as Allah has forbidden, except for just cause, nor commit illegal sexual intercourse - and whoever does this shall receive the punishment. The torment will be doubled to him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein in disgrace. Except those who repent and believe (in Islamic Monotheism), and do righteous deeds, for those, Allah will change their sins into good deeds, and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. And whosoever repents and does righteous good deeds, then verily, he repents towards Allah with true repentance. " (25:68-71)

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WHY DOES MAN ABANDON PRAYER?

Allah Almighty says:

"Then, there has succeeded them a posterity who have given up prayers (i.e. made their prayers to be lost, either by not offering them or by not offering them perfectly or by not offering them in their proper fixed times, etc.) and have followed lusts. so they will be thrown in Hell. Except those who repent and believe (in the Oneness of Allah and His Messenger Muhammad {pbuh}) and work righteousness. Such will enter Paradise and they will not be wronged in aught." (19:59, 60)

Preceding this verse, the Quran gives the example of many previous Prophets and their guided followers. This particular verse explains that the people who abandon prayer are those who follow their own selfish desires. A man can either obey Allah, or he can obey his own wishes; and this obedience is equated to worship by the Quran:

"Have you (O Muhammad {pbuh}) seen him who has taken as his Ilah (god) his own desire? Would you then be a Wakil (a protecting guide) over him?" (25:43)

Allah's Messenger (pbuh) described such people as the sales of Dirhams and Dinars, and things have not change much since his time. Today, the Americans are described by a western author as - 'people who worship the dollar for six days a week, and then they turn to God on the seventh day!"

When a heart is filled with love for money, it has no room for God, and prayer is the first thing to be abandoned.

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PRAYER: AN EVERLASTING PRESCRIPTION FOR PURITY, CLEANSING OF SINS AND ENTERING PARADISE

(Some Ahadith on prayer)

1. Abu Huraira narrated that Allah's Messenger (pbuh) said:

"Just see, can anything of his filthiness remain on the body of anyone of you if there were a river at his door in which he washed himself five times daily?" They said, "Nothing of his filthiness will remain (on his body)." He said, "That is like the five prayers by which Allah obliterates sins." (Bukhari, Muslim)

2. Abu Huraira narrated that Allah's Messenger (pbuh) said:

"Five (daily) prayers and from one Friday prayer to the (next) Friday prayer, and from Ramadan to Ramadan are expiations for the (sins) committed in between (their intervals) provided one shuns the major sins." (Muslim, Tirmidhi)

3. Rabia bin Kab narrated:

I was with Allah's Messenger (pbuh) one night, and I brought him water and what he required. He said to me: "Ask (anything you like)." I said, "I ask your company in Paradise." He said, "Or anything else besides it?" I said, "That is all what I require." He said, "Then help me to achieve this for you by devoting yourself often to prostration." (Muslim)

4. Abu Dhar narrated that Allah's Messenger (pbuh) came out in winter when the leaves were falling. He took hold of a branch (and shook it) and its leaves started falling. Then he said:

"O Abu Dhar!" I said, "Labbaik, O Messenger of Allah!" He said, "Whenever a Muslim prays seeking the Pleasure of Allah, his sins start falling like the leaves of this tree." (Musnad Ahmad)

5. 'Uqba bin Aamir narrated that the Prophet (pbuh) said:

"Your Lord is amazed by that shepherd who is at the top of a mountain (with his sheep) and who calls for prayer and then offer his prayers. Allah Almighty says: Look at this slave of Mine who calls for prayer, then says Iqamah for the prayer, and then prays as he is fearful of me. I have forgiven my slave and admitted him to Paradise." (Abu Dawood, Nasai)

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PRAYER: A DUTY ON EVERYONE

A child born into a Muslim family begins his life hearing the Adhan in his right ear and the Iqama in his left ear. From his childhood, he should be taught the importance and method of prayer.

'Abdullah bin Amr bin Aas narrated that Allah's Messenger said: "Command your children to pray when they reach the age of seven and admonish them by beating (if they don't pray) at the age of ten. And keep them (i.e. boys and girls) apart in their beds." (Abu Dawood)

Abu Malik Al-Ashjai narrated on the authority of his father that the first thing the Prophet used to teach a new Muslim was the prayer. (Al-Bazzar)

Prayer is just as obligatory for women as it is for men. It is recommended that women should pray at home, but if they wish to attend the mosque for any obligatory prayer, they should not be prevented from doing so.

Abdullah bin Umar once quoted this saying of the Prophet (pbuh) to his son: "If your wife asks permission to go to the mosque you should not stop her." His son Bilal replied: "By Allah, we will stop them." Abdullah was so displeased at this that he criticized his son in strong terms, adding: "I quote to you what Allah's Messenger (pbuh) has said and you say 'we will stop them'. (All report this except Nisai)

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I pray to Allah SWT so that he will engrave this to my memory. I hope this reminder will be fresh in my mind everyday when I wake up and everyday before I sleep.

-A reminder to myself

Muhammad Ng

Maulidur Rasul?

Assalamualaikum,

Its here again this year and I am not celebrating it in any way. (even so if there are good lectures, I am sure to attend)

Here is the reason:

1. Are you sure that it is 100% the correct date when our Prophet Muhammad SAW was born? If so what is the proof? From what I read, scholars have different views on the date.

2. The Prophet never celebrated it, the Sahabats never celebrated it. Then why are we celebrating it? Claiming something to be a Sunnah without a proof or support from any hadith is a bidaah. And the Prophet warned us about bidaah, the only place for people of bidaah is Hell.

RasoolAllah {sallalahu alayhi was'salam} informed the Sahabah, that they must adhere to his Sunnah and Sunnah of Khulfa Rashideen, and told them that avoid newly invented matters, because every reprehensiable novelty is reprehensiable Biddah, and every reprehensiable Biddah is error:

Sunnan Abu Dawood, Book 40, Number 4590: "Narrated Irbad ibn Sariyah: Abdur Rahman ibn Amr as-Sulami and Hujr ibn Hujr said: ... He then said: I enjoin you to fear Allah, and to hear and obey even if it be an Abyssinian slave, for those of you who live after me will see great disagreement. You must then follow my sunnah and that of the rightly-guided caliphs. Hold to it and stick fast to it. Avoid novelties, for every novelty is an innovation, and every innovation is an error."

Sahih Muslim, Book 4, Hadith 1885:Jabir b. Abdullah said: ... He would also say:" The last Hour and I have been sent like these two." and he would join his forefinger and middle finger; and would further say: "The best of the speech is embodied in the Book of Allah, and the beet of the guidance is the guidance given by Muhammad. And the most evil affairs are their innovations; and every innovation is error." He would further say:, I am more dear to a Muslim even than his self; ..."

Sahih Bukhari, Book 92, Hadith 382: "Narrated 'Abdullah: The best talk (i.e. speech) is Allah's Book {i.e. Quran}, and the best way is the way of Muhammad, and the Worst matters are the heresies (i.e. those new things which are introduced into the religion); and whatever you have been promised will surely come to pass, and you cannot escape (it)."

Prophet {sallalahu alayhi was'salam} warned, that one who intorduces a Biddah {not in harmony with principles of deen, withoud valid reason of Sharia, and without aproval from Prophet, Sahabah} such a person is cursed by Allah as well as one who shelters him:

Sunan Abu Dawood, Book 39, Hadith 4515: "Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: Qays ibn Abbad and Ashtar went to Ali and said to him: Did the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) give you any instruction about anything for which he did not give any instruction to the people in general? He said: No, except what is contained in this document of mine. Musaddad said: He then took out a document. Ahmad said: A document from the sheath of his sword. It contained: The lives of all Muslims are equal; they are one hand against others; the lowliest of them can guarantee their protection. Beware, a Muslim must not be killed for an infidel, nor must one who has been given a covenant be killed while his covenant holds. If anyone introduces an innovation, he will be responsible for it. If anyone introduces an innovation or gives shelter to a man who introduces an innovation (in religion), he is cursed by Allah, by His angels, and by all the people. Musaddad said: Ibn AbuUrubah's version has: He took out a document."

Sahih Muslim, Book 7, Hadith 3159: 'Asim reported: I asked Anas b. Malik whether Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had declared Medina as sacred. He said: Yes. (the area) between so and so. He who made any innovation in it, and further said to me: It is something serious to make any innovation in it (and he who does it) there is upon him the curse of Allah, and that of the angels and of all the people, Allah will not accept from him on the Day of Resurrection either obligatory acts or the surpererogatory acts. Ibn Anas said: Or he accommodates an innovator.”

Sahih Muslim, Book 7, Hadith 3166: “Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: Medina is a sacred territory, so he who made any innovation in it. or gave protection to an innovator, there is upon him the curse of Allah, that of the angels and that of all the people. There would not be accepted on the Day of Resurrection either obligatory acts or supererogatory acts from him.”

Mubtadi {Innovator's}and one who accommodates him are cursed by Allah his angles, and all the people, Messenger of Allah further revealed that Allah will not accept the obligatory acts of worship etc … nor will He accept supererogatory acts, i.e. nawafil prayers, Taraweeh, etc … on the day of judgement, hence without acceptance of Farahid, and Nawafil, person has no basis to enter paradise, he will be sent to fire of hell.

RasoolAllah {sallalahu alayhi was'salam} foretells that on the day of judgement Allah subhana wa tallah will grant him honour on Al Kauthar, and a group of people will come to Messenger of Allah asking for the water, and angles will remind him that they are innovator's and Messenger of Allah will send them away:

Sahih Muslim, Book 30, Hadith 5706 : “Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: Some persons from amongst my associates would turn to my Reservoir {Al Kauthar}; when I would see them and they would be presented to me, they would be detained in the way while coming to me. I would say: My Lord, they are my companions, they are my companions, and it would be said to me: You don't know what innovations they made after you?”

Sahih Muslim, Book 30, Hadith 5690: “'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying; I shall be there at the Reservoir {Al Kauthar} before you, and I shall have to contend for some people, but I shall have to yield. I would be saying: My Lord, they are my friends, they are my friends, and it would be said: You don't know what innovations they made after you?”

Sahih Muslim, Book 30, Hadith 5686: “Umm Salama, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), said I used to hear from people making a mention of the Reservoir {Al Kauthar}, but I did not hear about it from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). One day while a girl was combing me I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) say:" O people." I said to that girl: Keep away from me. She said: He (the Holy Prophet) has addressed the men only and he has not invited the attention of the women. I said: I am amongst the people also (and have thus every right to listen to the things pertaining to religion). Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: I shall be your harbinger on the Resevoir {Al Kauthar}; therefore, be cautious lest one of you should come (to me) and may be driven away like a stray camel. I would ask the reasons, and it would be said to me: You don't know what innovations they made after you? And I would then also say: Be away.”

3. Its a good time or opportunity to change or educate the Muslim.
My comment is its been more than 50 years and Muslims in Malaysia should have been educated enough. It is not the responsibility for each Muslim to seek knowledge? Dont tell me we only do so during Maulid?

4. Its good to remember our Prophet and his sacrifice. My comment is dont we do that in everyday in our solats? Come on, what type of person remembers his Prophet and his sacrifice only once a year? We should do it everyday.

5. Its just a birthday celebration. What is wrong with you?
My comment: Even if its a birthday, its a Western culture. To be exact it originated from Druid religion and later became a part of Western culture. So you still want to follow something which originated from a Pagan religion? Plus even if I do not consider that, who would celebrate a dead man's birthday? Who is sick enough to do that? Imagine your family who passed away, do you celebrate their birthdays? We only pray for them like how we pray everyday for our Prophet SAW.

6. We have to show to the non-Muslim our religion.
My comment: What do you want to show them? Do we want to show that out religion promotes parades? Come on la, what we need to do is da'wah which is to tell or explain to them the religion it self. No need for parades, I dont see it as a way of da'wah from any angle at all.

I will not stop anyone from celebrating but remember, in the eyes of a non-Muslim it might look like this pictures and they might have the idea that Islam is not so different from their religion after all....