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Friday 25 October 2013

The Al-Qur'an Answers ALL of Your Questions.

Why am I being tested so much?
Quran answers: “Do men think that they will be left alone saying, ’We believe’, and that they will not be tested? We did test those before them, and Allah will certainly know those who are true from those who are false.” [29:2-3]

Why do I never get what I want?
Quran answers: "It is possible that you dislike a thing which is good for you, and that you love a thing, which is bad for you. But Allah knows, while you know not.” Surah Al-Baqarah [2:216]

Why am I burdened this way?
Quran answers: “Allah does not place a burden to a soul greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns.” Surah Al-Baqarah [2:286] AND“So verily, with every difficulty there is relief: (repeated) Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.” Surah Al-Insyirah [94:5-6]

Why do I lose hope?
Quran answers: “So lose not heart, nor fall into despair…” Surah Al-Imran [3:139]

How can I face the problems in life?
Quran answers: "O you who believe! Persevere in patience and constancy; vie in such perseverance; strengthen each other; and fear Allah that you may prosper.” Surah Al- Imran [3:200] AND“And seek (Allah’s) help with patience, perseverance and prayer: It is indeed hard, except to those who bring a humbly submissive (to Allah).” Surah Al-Baqarah [2:45]

What do I get for all these I'm going through?
Quran answers: “Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and properties (in exchange) for that they will have the garden (of Paradise) …” Surah At-Taubah [9:111]

On whom can I depend?
Quran answers: “(Allah) suffices me: there is no god but He: On Him is my trust- He the Lord of the Throne (of Glory) Supreme.” Surah At-Taaubah [9:129]

But I can’t take it anymore!
Quran answers: “…and never give up hope of Allah’s Soothing Mercy; truly No one despairs of Allah’s Soothing Mercy except Those who have no faith.” Surah Yusuf [9:87] AND“Despairs not of the Mercy of Allah: for Allah forgives All sins for He is Often- For giving, Most Merciful.” Surah Az-Zumar [39:53]

Source copied from:
Niqabi Nuances - The beauty and freedom of Islam from a Niqabi's perspectives. Accessed on 25th Oct 2013. http://niqablovers.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-quran-has-all-answers.html

Thursday 10 October 2013

Rahsia Surah at-Tawbah (The Repentance) - Ayat 128-129 (The Secrets of Surah at-Tawbah - Verses 128-129)

Dinamakan juga dengan Baraah yang bermaksud berlepas diri yang di sini, maksudnya pernyataan pemutusan perhubungan, disebabkan kebanyakan pokok pembicaraannya tentang pernyataan pemutusan perjanjian damai dengan kaum Musyrikin.  

Surah ini diturunkan di Madinah sesudah Nabi Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wassalam kembali dari peperangan Tabuk yang terjadi pada tahun 9H. Pengumuman ini disampaikan oleh Saidina 'Ali r.a. pada musim haji tahun itu juga.

AYAT 128-129 :



Bacaan Rumi : Laqad jaakum rasulun min anfusikum AAaziizun AAalayhi ma AAanittum hariisun AAalaykum bilmu' minina ra ufur rahiimFain tawallaw faqul hasbiya Allahu la ilaha illa huwa AAalayhi tawakkaltu wahuwa rabbu alAAarshi alAAaziim

Terjemahannya : Sesungguhnya telah datang kepada kamu seorang Rasul dari golongan kamu sendiri (iaitu Nabi Muhammad Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam), yang menjadi sangat berat kepadanya sebarang kesusahan yang ditanggung oleh kamu, (dan) ia pula menumpahkan perasaan belas serta kasih sayangnya kepada orang-orang yang beriman. 

Kemudian jika mereka berpaling ingkar, maka katakanlah (wahai Muhammad): "Cukuplah bagiku Allah (yang menolong dan memeliharaku), tiada Tuhan (yang berhak disembah) melainkan Dia, kepada-Nya aku berserah diri, dan Dia lah yang mempunyai 'Arasy yang besar."

RAHSIA & FADILATNYA SURAH AT-TAUBAH :-

1. Membaca Surah At Taubah akan terselamat dari kemunafiqan dan akan mencapai hakikat iman.

2. Barangsiapa membaca ayat 111 dari surah At Taubah, di kedai atau di tempat perniagaan, nescaya akan maju perniagaannya itu.

3. Barangsiapa yang setiap harinya membaca dua ayat yang akhir dari surah At Taubah iaitu ayat 128 & 129 sebanyak 7 kali ulang sesudah solat fardu, atau sekurang-kurangnya selepas solat Subuh dan Maghrib, maka :-

       a. Jika dia seorang yang lemah, maka akan menjadi kuat       
       b. Jika dia seorang yang hina, maka akan menjadi seorang yang mulia            
       c. Jika dia seorang yang kalah, maka akan segera mendapatkan pertolongan       
       d. Jika dia seorang yang berkesempitan, maka akan mendapat kelapangan       
       e. Terhindar dari sihir.     
       f. Jika dia seorang yang berada dalam kesusahan, maka akan hilang kesusahannya     
       g. Jika dia seorang yang sulit dalam penghidupan, maka akan segera mendapat kelapangan kehidupan.       
       h. Jika dia seorang yang berhutang, maka akan segera dapat melangsaikan hutang-hutangnya.       
       
Sabda Rasulullah SAW yang maksudnya: "Berhati-hatilah kamu dalam berhutang, sesungguhnya hutang itu mendatangkan kerisauan di malam hari dan menyebabkan kehinaan di siang hari.” Riwayat al-Baihaqi

4. Ayat 128 – 129 hendaklah dibaca sekali setiap selesai melakukan solat fardhu, insyaAllah orang yang mengamalkannya akan memperolehi syafaat Rasulullah s.a.w. di hari perhitungan kelak.

5. Mengamalkan ayat 128 – 129 sangat baik kesannya untuk menolak sebarang penyakit.

6. Laits bin Sa’ad r.a. meriwayatkan: Ada seorang yang patah paha dalam satu kemalangan, mendapat mimpi seseorang menyuruhnya meletakkan jarinya di atas paha yang patah itu sambil membaca ayat 129 seratus kali. Setelah orang tersebut terbangun, dia melakukan sebagaimana yang dianjurkan mimpinya. Tidak berapa lama kemudian, dia merasakan pahanya yang patah itu sudah sembuh.

7. Ayat 129 adalah doa bertawakal kepada Allah SWT supaya mencukupkan keperluan diri dan keluarga. Amalkannya ayat ini dengan membacanya tujuh kali selepas Solat Subuh dan tujuh kali selepas Solat Maghrib dengan yakin bahawa Allah SWT sahaja yang dapat memberi pertolongan. InsyaAllah, Allah SWT akan mencukupkan segala urusan dunia dan akhiratnya.

8. Ayat 129 ini adalah ayat pendinding.

9. Ayat ini boleh memanjangkan usia dengan izin Allah jika dibaca secara berulang-ulang kali.

10. Jika dibaca tujuh kali setiap hari maka ia boleh memudahkan urusan dunia dan akhirat.

11. Jika dibaca pada pagi, ia boleh menjauhkan ancaman untuk hari itu, begitu juga jika dibaca pada waktu petang, boleh menghindarkan ancaman pada waktu malamnya. Insya-Allah.

Monday 7 October 2013

The Significance of Zulhijjah

 ۗ وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا ۚ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ عَنِ الْعَالَمِينَ 
“And pilgrimage to the House is incumbent upon men for the sake of Allah, (upon) everyone who is able to undertake the journey to it.”  (Ali-Imran,3:97)

The Month of Zul-Hijjah

HIJJAH means: YEAR. “Zul-Hijjah ‘The Month of Hajj’ ” is the 12th& last month in the Islamic Calendar. It's called this because the Muslims complete the Greatest Annual Worship “HAJJ.” This is the way Allah rewards & honors the Muslims at the end of the year. This month is full of blessings.

Abu Saeed Khudri (RA) relates that The Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wassalam said: “The month of all the months is Ramadan and the month with the most honors is Zul-Hijjah.”
  
Significance of First 10 Days
  • Allah (SWT) says:“وَالْفَجْرِ      , By the dawn. “وَلَيَالٍ عَشْر     , By the ten nights (i.e. first 10 of Zul-Hijjah {according to a narration}.)” (Al-Fajr,89:1,2).
  • They are the most significant days, most beloved to Allah (SWT) & The Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihi wassalam testified to that. He has said: “There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah (SWT) than these ten days.” (Bukhaari)
  • Salmah (RA) Narrates that the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wassalam has said: "When the 1st-10th days of Zul-Hijjah start, one who intends to offer a sacrifice (of an animal) should not have his/ her hair/ nails trimmed until he/ she has offered his/ her sacrifice." (Muslim)
  • So once the moon is sighted until the sacrifice is done of the animal (whether that be on the 10th,11th or 12th) it is MAKRUH to cut nails & hair.

  
 Fast all 9 days and stand in Prayers (Tahajjud,Nafl,Qiyamul-Layl,etc.)
  •  It comes in a Hadith-e-Qudsi: "All the deeds of the son of Adam are for him, except fasting, which is for Me and I shall reward for it."
  •  Abu Huraira (RA) narrates that Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wassalam said: “On no days is the worship of Allah desired more than in the first ten days of Zul-Hijjah. The fast of each of these days is equal to the fast of a whole year & the Ibaadah (worship) of each of these nights is equal to the Ibaadah of Laylatul-Qadr. (Tirmidhi & Ibne-Maajah).

The Holy Prophet (S) used to fast so therefore, it is a Sunnah to fast first 8 days & Mustahab on the 9th.

Increase in all good deeds
"So whosoever does good equal to the weight of an atom, shall see it; And whosoever does evil equal to the weight of an atom, shall see it." [Al-Zalzalah, 99:7-8]

  • Hazrat Ibne Abbas (RA) relates that The Holy Prophet (saw) said: “No days are as weighty with Allah and so liked by him for good deeds than the first ten days of Zul-Hijjah. So in these days increasingly read:
  • Tasbeehسُبْحَانَ الّله)     ), Tahleel (لاَاِلٰهَ إلّا الّله    ), Tahmeed (اَلْحَمْدُلِلّه    ) and Takbeer  (  الّلهُاَكْبَرْ    )." (Tabraani)
  • Send Salaam (Durood) on The Holy Prophet (saw) & The people of his family.
  • Use these 10 days to pray the Qur’an, pray it with meaning, reflect on it, understand it, and then implement it in your daily life.
  • We should repent sincerely to Allah (SWT) and to give up all kinds of disobedience and sin right away.
  • One of the best forms of worshipping Allah is to thank Him deeply and sincerely.
  • Give charity, honour parents, uphold ties of kinship, enjoin good & forbid evil.


The fast of The 9th of Zul-Hijjah "Yaumal Arafah (The Day of Arafah)"
  • Abu Qatadah Al-Ansari (RA) relates that The Holy Prophet (S) was asked about the sawm (fast) on the Day of Arafah (i.e. the 9th Zul-Hijjah). He (S) said: “It compensates for the minor sins of the past year and the coming year”. (Muslim)
  • The fast of ‘Yaumal Arafah’ has been emphasized by the Holy Prophet as a Mustahabb (desirable act) for those not performing Hajj. Therefore, it is extremely important that one fast.
  • On this day the Hajj pilgrims gather at Arafat, where they perform the most essential part of the prescribed duties of Hajj, namely, the ‘Wuqoof of Arafat’ (the stay in Arafat).
  • Rasoolullah (S) has said: “The most acceptable Du’aa is that which is made on the day of Arafat, and the best dua which the Prophets before me and I have said is:

 لاَاِلٰهَ إلّا الّلهُ وَحْدَهٗلَا شَرِيْكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَ هُوَ عَليَ كُلِّ شَٸٍ قَدِيْر
There is no God besides Allah. He is alone. He has no partner. His is the Kingdom and for Him is all praises. And He has power over everything.”  (Tirmidhi)


The Takbiraat of Tashreeq
  • It is Waajib for every adult Muslim (male & female) to recite the “Takbiraaat of Tashreek” after every Fardh Salaah, from the Fajr of the 9th of Zul-Hijjah upto the Asr of the 13th of Zul-Hijjah (a total of 23 Salaahs).
  • Males should recite it loudly and females should recite it softly.

The Takbiraat of Tashreeq are:
اللهُ اَكْبَرْ و لِلهِ الْحَمْدْ لاَاِلٰهَ إلّا اللهُ واللهُ اَكْبَرْ  اللهُ اَكْبَرْ  اللهُ اَكْبَرْ

Translation: “Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, There is no God except Allah and Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest and to Him belongs all praises. “


Eid-ul-Adha
  • Rasoolullah (saw) said: “Whoever stays awake & makes Ibaadah on the nights of Eid-ul-Fitr & Eid-ul-Adhaa his heart will not die on the day when all the hearts will be dead. (Targheeb)
  • Muaaz (RA) relates that Rasoolullah (S) said: “Jannah is Waajib for those who stay awake with the intention of making Ibaadah on the following nights: 8th,9th,10th of Zul-Hijjah, the night of Eidul Fitr & the night of the 15th of Sha’baan. (Targheeb)

Sunnahs of Eid-ul-Adha
1.    Wake up earlier than usual
2.    Brush the teeth with Miswaak
3.    Have a Ghusal (bath)
4.    Be well dressed in an Islamic manner. Dress in ones best clothes, not necessarily new
5.    Avoid eating before Eid Salaat -- it is best on Eid ul Adha that the first thing eaten should be the animal that that person has slaughtered. However, if slaughtering is not being done at home, then one should just wait until after the Eid Salaat to eat anything in order to get the reward of the Sunnah Insha Allah.
6.    MEN should go to the place of Eid Salaat early, walking if possible. Recite the Takbeeraat (of Tashreeq) aloud on the way to the place of Eid Salaat. Use different routes to and from the place of Eid Salaat. Use athaar.
.~~> And Allah knows best!


So why do we miss this golden opportunity? Seize the chance NOW and expose ourselves to His Divine Generosity and Mercy, ask Him to forgive us and guide us and set things aright. He will surely listen.