Disunting dan dipetik dari buku ‘ Para Sahabat yang Akrab dalam Kehidupan Rasul’, Pengarang: Khalid Muhammad Khalid

Suhaib ibnu Sinan ar-Rumi dilahirkan di dalam serba kemewahan. Bapanya adalah seorang gabenor di Al-Uballah, di bawah kerajaan Parsi dan adalah salah seorang bangsa Arab yang berpindah ke Iraq jauh sebelum datangnya sinar Islam. Istananya terletak di tepi sungai Efrat, berdekatan Mosul, dan mereka hidup dalam keadaan aman dan bahagia. Namun, keadaan itu tidak kekal lama, Parsi telah diserang oleh pasukan Rom ( Byzantium ) dan tentera Rom telah menahan sejumlah penduduk termasuk Suhaib serta menjadikannya hamba.

Beliau dijual oleh para pedagang hamba, sampai akhirnya dibeli oleh Abdullah ibn Jud’an. Oleh yang demikian, beliau menghabiskan masa kanak-kanak dan sebahagian besar masa remajanya di wilayah Rom, dimana beliau mengadaptasi dan menguasai bahasa serta budaya mereka.Disebabkan oleh kecerdasan, kekuatan dan kejujurannya, tuannya telah memerdekakan beliau serta diberi kesempatan berdagang dengannya.

Pada suatu hari… marilah kita semak apa yang diceritakan sahabatnya Ammar bin Yassir tentang kejadian hari itu: Saya bertemu Suhaib ibn Sinan di depan pintu Dar al-Arqam ketika RasululLah berada di sana. Saya bertanya “Apa yang anda inginkan?” Suhaib menjawab, “Dan apa yang kamu inginkan?” Saya berkata. “Saya ingin bertemu RasululLah dan mendengar apa yang disampaikannya.” Suhaib menjawab, “Saya menginginkan hal yang sama.” Kami berdua lalu masuk dan bertemu RasululLah. Baginda mengajak kami memeluk Islam dan akhirnya kami beralih ke agama Islam. Kami berada di sana hingga petang dan keluar secara sembunyi-sembunyi.

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Purification of the heart: Sign, Symptoms, and cures of the spiritual diseases of the heart
Translation and Commentary of Imam Maulid’s Matharat al-Qulub by Hamza Yusuf

In the day of judgment no one is safe the one who returns to god with a pure heart (26:88-89)

In waiting the time for maghrib in the chilling weather of UK’s spring evening, my sms alert rang and reads, “I’m in London BBC studio, forum with Sy Hamza Yusuf, tune on BBC, its live at 7.” The massage came from my close friends who live in London some years ago while I was in Scotland. Without knowing the name of the Syeikh, I presume that there must be something special about him. Knowing my friend he will not be so eager for something unless it is really significant. I ‘googled’ his name, watching the forum and start to know him more and more since. He is a great scholar with immense knowledge, and noble effort in bringing the message of Islam in America.

Purification of the heart is a really special book. The book is inspired from the poem of Imam al Mawlud, ‘Matharat al-Qulub’ which address the sign, symptoms and cures of the spiritual diseases heart. In this book, Syeikh Hamza translate verse by verse from the poem and you will find there is about 25 of heart diseases which include miserliness, hatred, iniquity, envy, heedlessness, anger just to name some of them. The commentary on each verse is very constructive. Each disease commented is supported by the quran verses, hadith and early scholar’s opinion. (more…)

Realiti

Kata-kata yang biasa kedengaran di saat-saat imtihan akhir (final exam) semakin hampir (2 hari atau lebih..subjektif) . Namun begitu, persoalannya, benarkah begitu mudah untuk melafazkan kalimah tawakal? Benar atau tidak persoalan ini bukanlah ditentukan oleh ana, tetapi biarlah sirah junjungan (saw) menjadi hakim terbaik kepada persoalan ini. Marilah bersama-sama menelusuri peristiwa hijrah baginda (saw). (more…)

Tonight issues on Dateline (SBS Channel) might be good to view by australian students, especially who most of them finished their exam early this week. Issues include;

Peace Fighters
Story about two men(Israeli) who carry a banner of ‘”Combatants for Peace”.
Watch them as they travel around Israel and the West Bank telling their stories and asking an end to the seemingly endless cycle of violence.

Spooks manipulating the media?
Dateline reveals how Australian spy agency ASIO manipulated the media in the past and asks: is it still happening today?

for more info visit dateline

Enjoy holiday wisely…

Melihat alam yang taat perintah Allah, hati akan jadi tenang

Menjelang peperiksaan, saya ingin berkongsi sebuah hadith yang sering didengari tetapi dilupai akan kepentingannya, iaitulah hadith berkaitan dua nikmat terbesar yang sering dialpakan oleh kebanyakan manusia. Nikmat KESIHATAN dan MASA LAPANG. Saya kira, hadith ini amat releven dalam konteks kita yang sedang di ambang persediaan menjelang peperiksaan.

Saya akui, kedua-dua nikmat ini sememangnya sukar untuk dihargai tatkla kita sedang selesa berada di dalamnya. Pabila sakit tidak boleh berjalan misalnya,barulah terasa peri pentingnya berjalan walaupun jauh sedikit untuk ke kelas atau pun masjid. Ketika peperiksaan berbaki satu hari sahaja lagi, barulah menyesal akan masa yang panjang terbiar begitu sahaja berlalu meninggalkan kita, tanpa sempat melakukan apa-apa. Semuanya ini seolah-olah telah berulang kali berlaku kepada kita, setiap kali musim peperiksaan menyapa leka, dan kita pula seperti redha akan keadaannya seperti ini. Teringat pula saya kepada suatu hadith yang menyatakan, bahawa sesungguhnya beruntunglah mereka yang hari ini LEBIH BAIK daripada semalam, rugi pula mereka yang hari ini SAMA seperti semalam, dan celaka bagi mereka yang hari ini, LEBIH BURUK berbanding semalam. Persoalannya, di kategori manakah kita kala ini?..Fikir dan analisa sendiri..

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   Sheikh Fehmi al-Imam (left) and Sheikh Tajuddin Al-Hilaly

by Abu Fateh

The new mufti of Australia has been appointed last Sunday. Sheikh Fehmi El-Imam was appointed the new head cleric. Former mufti, Sheikh Tajuddin Al Hilaly was re-elected Mufti of Australia at a meeting of the National Council of Imams in Melbourne, but has declined to continue the job.

The new Mufti, who is from Melbourne’s Preston Mosque, is described as a moderate and says he hopes to foster good relations with the rest of the Australian community. However, in the press conference he insist that there is no such thing as moderate Muslims, instead he said that Islam is one, either you following Islam or not. Syeikh Fehmi was born in Lebanon and came to Australia in 1951. He is now a general secretary of the Board of Imams of Victoria.

The change of leadership, the first for Australia’s Muslims since the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils awarded Sheikh Hilaly the honorary title, role he has held since 1988. The former mufti also has been the attention of a media since his remark towards women, which he regards as ‘uncovered meat’, inviting rape. The interference from media and politician currently is believed to influence his decision

The current situation shows how important for every Muslims to demonstrate a true Muslims identity to the non-Muslims. Preaching the message of Islam is not only the task of a mufti, but to be incorporated by each Muslims in this country. Hence, not only a residence of Australia, but also the students who came from every part of the world, need to convey this massage.

And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah’s (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: “I am one of the Muslims.” (41:33)

Menjelang peperiksaan…

Study group atau belajar sendiri? Itulah persoalan yang sering timbul di benak
pemikiran ini. Sahabat seperjuangan sering mengajak… tapi…

“Tapi apa ya?”

Selalunya aku pergi ke study group, banyaknya membazir masa. Kurang efektif. Kenapa?

Aku tidak menjumpai apa yang akuperlukan… Jawapan buat setiap persoalan. Kalau dapat, mungkin 1 daripada 10. MUNGKIN inilah yang terdetik di hati kita acap kali diajak untuk belajar bersama terutama menjelang peperiksaan akhir semester.

Dalam hal ini, siapakah yang harus dipersalahkan? Ahli-ahli study group? Ataupun kita sendiri?

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The World from Islam
Author: George Negus

By: Abu Fateh

This is the first book I bought when I first came to Australia. I never know the name of the author, but should have realized it from one of the program from the SBS channel. It is hard to get a book by Australian journalist writing about Islam, and I am lucky to find one. First came to Australia, I always wanted to know the way Australian deal with the post September 11 wave, which radically have change the shape of socio-politics around the western country; home of minority Muslims. Browsing through the synopsis, I believe the reason of the author to present this book to the community of non-Muslim is enough to tell me how unclear they are.

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Program dianjurkan oleh rakan-rakan di Perth, WA. Bersempena dengan peperiksaan akhir dan juga majlis aqiqah. Pengisian tazkirah akan diberi oleh Syeikh Helmi.