Posted by: alfarhu on: August 23, 2011
‘Ramadhan: The Month of Blessings’ Campaign
Brought to you by IKRAM EMSY
–DAY 4–

Common Misconception about Ramadhan
The common misconception is that Ramadhan is only about fasting. Then you can ask yourself, what about people who are ill and unable or not strong enough to fast?
Look at ourselves when we fast. Do we only abstain from eating? What about talking badly about others? Are we spending our time performing zikrullah? Are we spending time our free time to read the Quran? (this precious guidance from Allah was revealed during Ramadhan after all)
Those are questions whom only we can answer to.
It’s not too late to learn about the true meaning of Ramadhan. We’re learning, everybody’s learning. And the most challenging part is to perform and practice what we’ve learnt.
It’s never too late so get your act together now and let’s make this Ramadhan a better Ramadhan than the previous Ramadhan.
Video of the day:
From the ‘Ramadhan: The month of blessings Campaign’ team
Usrah Fityan (Leicester) of IKRAM EMSY
Posted by: alfarhu on: August 22, 2011
‘Ramadhan: The Month of Blessings’ Campaign
Brought to you by IKRAM EMSY
–DAY 3–

Diazab kerana berbuka sebelum waktu..
Daripada Abu Umamah al-BahilibahawadiamendengarRasulullah saw bersabda yang bermaksud:
“Ketika aku tidur, dua orang lelaki datang kepadaku, mengangkatkedua-dua belah tanganku dan membawa aku ke sebuah gunung berbatu. Mereka berkata, “Dakilah!”.Aku berkata, “Aku tidak boleh melakukannya.” Mereka berkata, “Kami akan memudahkan untuk kamu mendakinya.”
Maka, aku mendaki sehingga ke atas puncak. Kemudian, aku terdengar suatu suara yang sangat kuat. Aku bertanya, “Suara apakah itu?”Mereka menjawab, “Itu adalah jeritan para penghuni neraka.”
Kemudian aku dibawa pergi dan aku melihat orang digantung pada buku lalinya, mulutnya terkoyak dan mengalir darah. Aku bertanya, “Siapakah mereka itu?”Mereka menjawab, “Mereka ialah orang yang berbuka puasa sebelum masa yang sepatutnya .” (Riwayat Al-Baihaqi)
Jika orang yang berbuka lebih awal menerima hukuman yang keras sedemikian rupa, bagaimana pula jika seseorang itu tidak berpuasa? Anak kecil yang belum mencapai usia baligh masih boleh dimaafkan lagi, tetapi ketegasan perlu ditunjukkan buat mereka yang berstatus mukallaf.
Rujukan: MajalahSolusiEdisiRamadhan, Isu No.34, mukasurat 113
Video of the day:
From the ‘Ramadhan: The month of blessings Campaign’ team
Usrah Fityan (Leicester) of IKRAM EMSY
Posted by: alfarhu on: August 21, 2011

Tiba-tiba ibadah digandakan…Tiba-tiba bangun qiamullail…Tiba-tiba tahap kesabaran meningkat…Tiba-tiba segala yang lagha semua ditinggalkan…
Tiba-tiba makan banyak…Tiba-tiba mendedahkan aurat…Tiba-tiba terlupa di mana al-Quran…Tiba-tiba meninggalkan amalan solat-solat sunat yang dikerjakan…Tiba-tiba memulakan kembali semua agenda lagha…
Rujukan: MajalahSolusi, Isu no 34, mukasurat 129
Posted by: alfarhu on: August 21, 2011
‘Ramadhan: The Month of Blessings’ Campaign
Brought to you by IKRAM EMSY
Starting this month, IKRAM EMSY will begin our monthly online campaign insyaAllah. As we are in the last few days of Ramadhan, we would like to motivate ourselves and others too to increase our good deeds in this blessed month in the hope of gaining His Redha and Pleasure.
Let’s take some time to read these daily reminders, which will go on for 5 days insyaAllah. Hopefully it will benefit us all so that we can get closer to Allah.
Feel free to share these with family and friends, through emails, via facebook or others. May the act of spreading good words and reminders will be rewarded by Allah.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LAYLATUL QADR
(by Anwar Ahmad, ref: http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2010/September/theuae_September95.xml§ion=theuae&col )
Laylat Al Qadr or the Night of Power — when the first verses of the Holy Quran were revealed to Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon him) — holds a very special significance for Muslims around the world.
Laylat Al Qadr falls on odd days in the last 10 days of the holy month of Ramadan, for example, on the 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th, or the 29th day of this month. This holiest night, when the faithful are advised to pray throughout, is revered by Muslims around the world as the reward for worship in this night is better than the worship of a thousand months.
This was the night when Quran was revealed to Prophet Mohammad while he was praying to God in Cave Hira, and hence the significance of this night.
According to Hadith, these odd nights must be searched in the last 10 days of Ramadan, albeit no particular night has been fixed so that the yearning for it sees people spending more nights in worshipping Allah.
From this aspect, the importance of ‘Itikaaf’ (seclusion) during the last 10 days of Ramadan is clear and highly rewarding.
The Prophet said: “The person who offered prayers to Allah in the Night of Power with faith and with hope of reward from Allah, all his past sins have been forgiven.” (Hadith: Bukhari)
The importance of Laylat Al Qadr can be realised from the fact that the Holy Quran contains a whole chapter on this night. The blessing of this night is equal to the blessing of thousand nights as angels descend on the earth to shower Allah’s blessings on the faithful.
According to the verses of the Holy Quran, “Verily! We have sent it (this Quran) down in the Night of Decree (Laylat Al Qadr). And what will make you know what the Night of Decree is? The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months. Therein descend the angels and the Rooh (i.e. Gabriel) by Allah’s permission with all Decrees, Peace! until the appearance of dawn.” (Surat Al Qadr: Quran)
Video of the day:
From the ‘Ramadhan: The month of blessings Campaign’ team
Usrah Fityan (Leicester) of IKRAM EMSY
Posted by: myshahira on: May 9, 2011
I was trying to get to know this really innocent-looking kid, aged around 10 years old or so.
We were doing medical check-up at that time, which was one of the activity arranged when we came to visit the Children’s Home – a home for about 120 orphans/sheltered kids.
“Adik, adik dah berapa lama duk sini dik?”
“Dari 2001.”
“Ohh.. mcm mana boleh duk sini ya?”
And his answer made me speechless.
“…kena buang kat tong sampah dulu.”
What..? How…? Why..?? Ya Allah.. How could his parents do something like that to him? (Presumably it was his parents who threw him away). How could they? Oh, poor boy.. I’m sooo sorry to hear that!
How is this boy going to live his life carrying the fact that he was once unwanted by his parents, who had treated him like rubbish and had actually thrown him near the rubbish area?? Unlike other babies whose births are joyously awaited and celebrated by their parents, his wasn’t
.
I didn’t know what to say to him in reply, I was still in shock hearing his answer. I wanted to say it’s allright, you’re a strong boy, Allah loves you so much and will take care of you always, but all I could speak to him at the moment was..
“Takpe dik..Allah ada..”
Yes, I pray Allah will always be there for you, dear, give you blessings, and I hope you will be a really soleh boy, and be successful in this life and the hereafter..
I think I was going to just cry at the moment then and there, but then, macam tak macho je. So I just bit my lip, held back my tears, and moved on to speak to the other kids. But my heart was aching for the boy…
There were kids who looked like they’ve got healing scars and bruises here and there, and I could only imagine how they could have gotten them from. There were many kids who are orphaned, and listening to them actually saying “mak bapak saya dah meninggal” or “bapak saya tinggalkan saya kat sini” was so heart-wrenching.
Auw, poor kids, having to grow up without parents to love and care for them….Who will stand up for them and protect them in bad times? Who will buy them birthday cakes and give them hugs and kisses on their special days? Would they get new baju rayas every Eid like other children? And em, would someone come to their school to collect the report cards like parents usually do?
Hm, anyway, after that, the children had to go to 3 other stations besides the medical check-ups. Hand-washing, mouthcare and a games station. After that, we were ushered to their hall, and guess what? They had performance in store for us!! They were so cute on stage, singing, playing musical instruments, dancing.
And then, this really talented 12-year-old boy just HAD to sing this very very sad song, Kasih Ibu. Hoho, that time, I cannot tahan anymore, tears were streaming down my face. I mean, most of them are orphans and this song must mean so much to them. And when I turned to my side, everyone else was in tears too!
And then the staff also had surprises for them, lots of balloons, KFC for everyone and the KFC mascot, Chicky came!! You can imagine how excited these 100+ kids were at that time. Such a happy moment. And I was so happy seeing them so happy
Alhamdulillah.
Alhamdulillah, the visit to the Children’s Home today was a great day with many great reminders for myself. To appreciate what I’ve got and always be thankful to Allah for the many blessings He has given me. To always love the less fortunate ones like the orphan/sheltered kids because they too are in need of love. A reminder for myself to do a bit more for them, now and in the future inshaAllah.
A lovely quote from Karem Salama’s video A Land Called Paradise that I found inspiring, may it be an inspiration to all of us inshaAllah..
“When I die, I hope the poor, the weak and the oppressed miss me”
Salam wbt
Posted by: alfarhu on: May 7, 2011
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim…
“Gunakan kesempatan untuk kebaikan
sebelum segalanya terlepas dari genggaman
Kelak menyesal nanti tak berkesudahan
apa guna sesalan hanya menekan jiwa…
Ujian adalah tarbiyah dari Allah
Apakah kita kan sabar atau sebaliknya??”
(Lagu: Kehidupan oleh Inteam + Nazrey)
Sama-sama kita hayati dan renungkan liriknya….
Allah berfirman:
“Wahai orang-orang beriman! Mengapa apabila dikatakan kepada kamu, ‘Berangkatlah di jalan Allah,’ kamu merasa berat dan ingin tinggal di tempatmu? Apakah kamu lebih menyenangi kehidupan dunia daripada akhirat? Padahal kenikmatan hidup di dunia ini (dibandingkan dengan kehidupan) di akhirat hanyalah sedikit.” 9:38
“Jika kamu tidak berangkat, nescaya Allah akan menghukum kamu dengan azab yang pedih dan menggantikan kamu dengan kaum yang lain, dan kamu tidak akan merugikanNya sedikitpun. Dan Allah Maha kuasa atas segala sesuatu.” 9:39
“Berangkatlah kamu baik dengan rasa ringan mahupun dengan rasa berat, dan berjihadlah dengan harta dan jiwamu di jalan Allah. Yang demikian itu adalah lebih baik bagimu jika kamu mengetahui.” 9:41
Wa Allahu a’lam…
Posted by: alfarhu on: May 5, 2011
Alhamdulillah, hari ini Allah tunjukkan sesuatu yang sangat baik untuk dimuhasabahkan.
Petang tadi, ada klinik gastro dengan seorang gastroenterologist. Dengan izin Allah, Allah kurniakan seorang lagi pelajar perubatan muslim yang turut serta dalam klinik tersebut.
Akhlaknya sangat memikat hati ini; setiap kali pesakit hendak keluar, dia akan cakap ‘take care’ dan tolong buka pintu. Tiap kali pesakit nak masuk bilik, dia akan bangun dan cakap ‘hello’.
Subhanallah…sangat jelas kelihatan betapa apa yang dilakukannya datang tanpa perlu berfikir terlebih dahulu. Kata orang, dah jadi ‘second nature’… Itulah akhlak..masha Allah…
Menurut sarjana islam, berikut merupakan definisi akhlak:
a) Imam Al-Ghazali menyebut akhlak ialah suatu sifat yang tertanam dalam jiwa . Daripada jiwa itu ,timbul perbuatan-perbuatan dengan mudah tanpa melakukan pertimbangan fikiran.
b) Prof. Dr. Ahmad Amin mendefinasikan akhlak sebagai kehendak yang dibiasakan . Maksudnya, sesuatu yang mencirikan akhlak itu ialah kehendak yang dibiasakan. Ertinya, kehendak itu apabila membiasakan sesuatu, maka kebiasaan itu dinamakan akhlak. Ahmad Amin menjelaskan erti kehendak itu ialah ketentuan daripada beberapa keinginan manusia. Manakala kebiasaan pula ialah perbuatan yang diulang-ulang sehingga mudah melakukanya. Daripada kehendak dan kebiasaan ini mempunyai kekuatan ke arah menimbulkan apa yang disebut sebagai akhlak.
c) Ibnu Maskawayh mengatakan akhlak ialah suatu keadaan bagi diri atau jiwa yang mendorong (diri atau jiwa itu) untuk melakukan perbuatan dengan senang tanpa didahului oleh daya pemikiran kerana sudah menjadi kebiasaan.
Rasulullah saw. bersabda, “Perumpamaan orang beriman itu bagaikan lebah. Ia makan yang bersih, mengeluarkan sesuatu yang bersih, hinggap di tempat yang bersih dan tidak merusak atau mematahkan (yang dihinggapinya).” (Ahmad, Al-Hakim, dan Al-Bazzar)
Rasulullah saw. bersabda, “Manusia paling baik adalah yang paling banyak memberikan manfaat bagi manusia lain.”
Marilah kita sama-sama mendidik diri untuk berakhlak mulia inshaAllah…
Wa Allahu a’lam…
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