Bismillah

bismillâh ir-rahmân ir-rahîm
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalamu'alaikum
May peace be upon you

The only way for you to succeed in both dunya(wordly) and akhirah(hereafter), is for you to cutoff time from your entertainment, from your sleep, and you have to do what you have to do. As a muslim you cannot afford to waste a single moment your lives, not a SINGLE moment. A MUSLIM CANNOT AFFORD TO WASTE ANY TIME, because the clock for you is ticking, and it is a countdown. For you its a countdown. You see the way the Kuffar or some of the Kuffar see it, is that we are in a fight with nature and every year that passes by, we have won against nature. At least that was the perception in 'old-europe'; Its a fight between us and nature. You know in some societies they use to view that they are in harmony with nature for example the native americans, their world view is that we are in harmony with nature. So they wouldn't touch the environment, they wouldn't harm it because they believe that they are all one. However in the western mind, its a challenge between us and nature. Its a fight, and that is why they celebrate birthdays. You find that birthdays is a big thing in the west, why? Because in the old days life was rough and you know you have a few months in the year where you cannot plant and you cannot farm in winter. So life for them was a struggle. So when they lived for another year, they said they have won against the forces of nature. So they celebrate birthday. I have lived for another year, I have defeated the forces of nature therefore I should celebrate my birthday.

But that is not the worldview of a muslim. A muslim believes that your life is already destined. Your not fighting with nature. Your life is already destined. Allah Azza Wa Jal has already ordained the exact time you will spend in dunya(world). So when a year passes by, the way you SHOULD see it as a muslim, you should see it that, I am one year closer to my death. I am getting closer to my grave. So it doesn't make any sense whatsoever for you as a muslim, to bring a cake infront of you and blow the candles and your smiling and so happy when your one year closer to your death. You should be making muhasabbah. You should be holding yourself accountable for that year, not celebrating and taking photos infront of the cake. You should be veiwing it with seriousness,'I AM ONE YEAR CLOSER TO MEETING ALLAH AZZA WA JAL, WHAT HAVE I DONE? DID I PREPARE MYSELF FOR IT?'. One of the statement of Umar r.a was "...hold yourself accountable before you will be hold accountable for what you did" (more or less).

Allahu'alam (Allah Azza Wa Jal knows best)

This is just a reminder for you and myself. May Allah Azza Wa Jal (Mighty and Majestic is He) protect us and guide to the righteous path, Ameen (May it be so).

May Allah Azza Wa Jal forgive me for the shortcomings from what I have wrote.

Glory be to Allah Azza Wa Jal, I testify that there is no diety that is worthy of worship accept Allah s.w.t and Muhammad s.a.w (peace and blessings be upon him) is the last and final messenger, I beg for His (Allah Azza Wa Jal) forgiveness in all the shortcomings that I have made.

Fi Amanillah,
Wassalamu'alaikum.

bismillâh ir-rahmân ir-rahîm
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalamu'alaikum
May peace be upon you

Dear Reader,
There is no compulsion for man to accept the TRUTH. But it is certainly a shame upon the human intellect when man is not even interested in finding out as to what is the TRUTH Islam teaches that God has given man the faculty of reason and therefore expects man to reason things out objectively and systematically for himself. To reflect and to question and to reflect.

Nobody should press you to make a hasty decision to accept any of the teachings of Islam, for Islam teaches that man should be given the freedom to choose. Even when man is faced with the TRUTH, there is no compulsion upon man to embrace it. But before you begin to form an opinion about Islam, ask yourself whether your existing knowledge of Islam is thorough enough. Ask yourself whether that knowledge has been obtained through non-Muslim third party sources who themselves have probably been exposed to only random glimpses of Islamic writings and have yet to reason on Islam objectively and systematically themselves.

Is it fair that one should form an opinion about the taste of a particular dish just by heresay from others who may themselves not necessarily have tasted the dish yet? Similarly you should find out for yourself about Islam from reliable sources and not only taste it, but digest it well before you form an opinion. That would be an intellectual approach to Islam.

It is up to you to make the next move.

In making your move, Islam continuously reassures you that your rights to freedom of choice and freedom to use that Godgiven faculty of thought and reason will be respected. Every man has that individual will. No one else can take away that will and force you to surrender to the will of God. You have to find out and make that decision yourself.

May your intellectual journey towards the TRUTH be a pleasant one.

Fi Amanillah
Wassalamu'alaikum wa rahmatuLLAH hiwa barakatuh

bismillâh ir-rahmân ir-rahîm
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

AsSalam Alaikum warahmatullah.

Begin with all praise is due to Allah s.w.t, we seek his help and we ask for His foregiveness. And we seek refuge from Allah s.w.t from the evil of ourselves and for the evil consequence of our evil actions. Whomsoever Allah s.w.t guides, there is none to misguide, and whomsoever Allah s.w.t leaves to fall astray, there is none to guide. And I testify that there is no diety that is worthy of worship accept Allah s.w.t and Muhammad s.a.w is His last and final messenger. After that, the best speech is the book of Allah s.w.t and the best guidance is Muhammad s.a.w. And the worst of all the affairs are the matters that are newly introduced in the religion. Every matter that is newly introduced is an innovation, all of the innovation is misguidance, all of the misguidance is going astray, and all the going astray is in the fire.

I have something in mind that I wish to put into discussion insyaAllah and perhaps I can share with some of the brothers or sisters out there insyaAllahu ta'ala.

Before I begin, what is 'fitna'? I think it is imperative for us to understand or at least get an idea of what it means. Well I am not a linguist or fluent in arabic, just to share a thing or two and perhaps you can share of what you know and insyaAllah we can have a better understanding in this matter insyaAllah. Let us do our best.

Fitna - Masses of people in Malaysia, understaands the word 'fitna' by a slander. Slander in brief is charging falsely or with malicious intent towards another person, group, party, etc. It is also understood as making accusation without any solid evidence. Well it is how I understand 'fitna' as I grew up here in Malaysia. However, Alhamdulillah with the more reading and research that I have made, the meaning of the word 'fitna' expands and in fact it actually carries a very broad implication. 'Trials and tribulations' can also be a 'fitna' as defined from other people from different parts of the world. This word 'fitna' were mentioned on and off in Islam. Therefore it is best to understand the word in arabic for the word is arabic to begin with. Feel free to post in any resources regarding on the definition of the word and share it with us for the benefit of all insyaAllah.

Many muslims in various parts of the world are undergoing a terrible fitna. What do we mean by 'fitna' from this statement? Trials and tribulations, SubhanAllah. What kind of trial? What kind of tribulation? Allahu'alam. Different people undergo different trials, at least we have a common agreement on that insyaAllah. Some may have financial problems, family problems, partner in life conflicts, loss of love one's, and so forth. It is not rocket science to figure out that life is filled with trials and tribulations disregard whether you are a male or female, parents or children, teacher or student, rich or poor, young or old, simply 'fitna' does not discriminate between any of these attributions of ours as a human becoming. Approaching from that view, we are on a common yet unique ground each and everyone of us, SubhanAllah. Often we take routes that benefits us with all our might.

How indeed do we face 'fitna' today? As we all know today, especially in the world of psychology there are indeed loads categories of emotional instability, inconsistency, etc. which brings about depression, stress, anxiety, and even to solitude. Today, alhamdulillah there are experts existing today in this particular field which one may go and consult with them. These experts have studied in a field which not many people would even have interest to dive in due to the job prospect in Malaysia especially. Although I have heard that this field is a field which will bloom in the future, well Allah knows best. There are many classes of people existing in our countries, disregard of where we are. Since that this area of profession professes to be an expert involving our behavior, our emotions, and such. Allow me to bring forward a question, does it cater to all classes of people indiscriminate of races, ethnicity, culture, different background, the rich or the poor, the young or the old, or even those who do not have the understanding of the english language (since this field was introduced by the western people). Not many people understand how important it is to guard our inner us, our soul.

we feed daily and almost all the time with the food which our body requires from the soil. Certainly, we need it to keep the body up and running for our daily lives and no doubt about that. When we are deprived from having the delicious foods that we daily consumed, and when we turn sick, there are clinics available all over. Doctors who have studied for years and plenty of time spent to just serve in the hospital. Also it is one of the most favored profession in the world today.

But what about the soul?

Forget about meeting a psychologist or also known as a shrink. I don't have enough money to just get their consultation. I think my situation is not too serious to meet a shrink. Furthermore my level of english is very low! How am I going to be able to comprehense what the shrink might say to me?! To whom shall I turn to? I cannot go to the normal doctor, i'll end up getting the weird medicines which has nothing to do with what I need!

What is the food to the soul? Are we ignorant about this when it is indeed an important aspect of our lives?

Most of the causes for our psychological instability is due to the lack of this 'food' for the soul. We may take anti-depressant which may put our stress away for awhile, but after it is no longer in effect, it becomes more severe. Or we will dependent to the anti-depressant that we took. Either way, it does not feed the soul.

So to whom indeed do we turn to? And why?

O' Allah! Please don't make us among those who are ingorant, don't leave us astray. Grant us the desire to gain knowledge, guide us to the straight path and show us the light when we are lost in the darkness, Ameen ya Rabb.

It is not my intention to belittle the field of psychology or anything that is associated with it. It is a very good field for one to study, but not everyone is able to gain such knowledge untill it spreads to other languages (which may consumes a considerable amount of time) and untill it reaches to every classes of people that exists in the world today, indiscriminating races, color, etc.

Allah knows best.

This is just to remind my self.

Wassalamu'alaikum wa rahmatulLah

bismillâh ir-rahmân ir-rahîm
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalamu'alaikum
May peace be upon you



Have you ever really wonder why? Well if u haven't then perhaps just think about it insyaAllah. Everyday, we go through numerous endevours and the things that are mentioned in the video could be one of the few things that a person is enduring at this very moment, Allahu alam (Allah knows best). To strive for the very best should be our goal, why do we do what we do indeed.

Glory be to Allah Azza Wa Jal, I testify that there is no diety that is worthy of worship accept Allah s.w.t and Muhammad s.a.w (peace and blessings be upon him) is the last and final messenger, I beg for His (Allah Azza Wa Jal) forgiveness in all the shortcomings that I have made.

Fi Amanillah
Wassalamu'alaikum

bismillâh ir-rahmân ir-rahîm
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalamu'alaikum
May peace be upon you



This is Sheikh Yusuf Estes from Texas, America. Sharing a bit of his experiences and his stories with us insyaAllah. May we benefit from it insyaAllah. Funny guy =).

Sheikh Yusuf Estes - Biography

Yusuf Estes is very loved by the young Muslims and the young-at-heart Muslims, who call him the "Funny Sheikh". Children and adults all delight to hear Yusuf Estes talk about coming to Islam while trying to convert a Muslim from Egypt to be a Christian, an amazing story, it makes you laugh and cry at the same time. www.YusufEstes.com

Raised a strong Christian, educated in Texas, he became very successful owning music stores, TV shows and was a music minister and preacher of the Bible.

He explains how priests and preachers come to Islam when they learn the truth. www.BibleIslam.com

He was a U.S. federal chaplain and Delegate to United Nations Peace Summit for Religious Leaders. He now runs hundreds of websites for Islam.

His lectures in universities are for all faiths and even rabbis, ministers, preachers and priests compliment his way of presenting a fresh and enlightening picture of the world's fastest growing religion - Islam.

He works to share the correct message of Islam to our youth, new Muslims and non-Muslims in simple English terms, making it enjoyable and even humorous at times while referring to Quran and teachings of Islam.

As Islam overtakes Christianity as the world's biggest religion, Sheikh Yusuf uses the latest in websites on the Internet and hi-tech in DVDs, CDs to encourage us all to share the message of "Peace, Surrender and Obedience to God" (Arabic = 'Islam'). www.ShareIslam.com

Sheikh Yusuf brings many new people to Islam using straight talk and funny jokes, while answering many of the harsh attacks against Islam and the Muslims. He makes it fun and easy for all to understand.

May Allah Azza Wa Jal reward him for his efforts and may Allah Azza Wa Jal guide us to the straight path, Ameen(May it be so).

Glory be to Allah Azza Wa Jal, I testify that there is no diety that is worthy of worship accept Allah s.w.t and Muhammad s.a.w (peace and blessings be upon him) is the last and final messenger, I beg for His (Allah Azza Wa Jal) forgiveness in all the shortcomings that I have made.

Fi Amanillah
Wassalamu'alaikum

bismillâh ir-rahmân ir-rahîm
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

AsSalam Alaikum warahmatullah.

Begin with all praise is due to Allah s.w.t, we seek his help and we ask for His foregiveness. And we seek refuge from Allah s.w.t from the evil of ourselves and for the evil consequence of our evil actions. Whomsoever Allah s.w.t guides, there is none to misguide, and whomsoever Allah s.w.t leaves to fall astray, there is none to guide. And I testify that there is no diety that is worthy of worship accept Allah s.w.t and Muhammad s.a.w is His last and final messenger. After that, the best speech is the book of Allah s.w.t and the best guidance is Muhammad s.a.w. And the worst of all the affairs are the matters that are newly introduced in the religion. Every matter that is newly introduced is an innovation, all of the innovation is misguidance, all of the misguidance is going astray, and all the going astray is in the fire.

Just abit of something that we ought to respond to. Manners that is performed in our solah(prayers) and how it should be done, Allahu'alam. May Allah Azza Wa Jal increase us in knowledge and our Eeman to practise this deen, Ameen(may it be so).

Note: The manner of performing the prayer is same for men and women. So the following is valid for all i.e both for men and women


What is Tawarruk ?
To sit in such a manner that the left shin is not under the left thigh, shifting it towards the right, with the buttocks on the ground.

i.e the tawarruk position is when a person sits with the left posterior (buttock) on the ground; his right foot placed vertically with toes pointing towards the qibla; and the left foot on its side emerging from under the right foot.


Position of Tawarruk in Salah:

Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked in Liqa' al-Baab il-Maftooh: When should a worshipper sit mutawarrikan in prayer, and in which prayers?

He replied: Tawarruk is done in the final tashahhud of every prayer that has two tashahhuds, i.e., the last tashahhud in Maghrib, and in 'Isha', and in 'Asr, and in Zuhr. As for the two-rak'ah prayers, such as Fajr, and the regular Sunnah prayers, there is no tawarruk in them. So tawarruk is only in the last tashahhud of every prayer that has two tashahhuds.


What is Iftirash?

Iftirash means to place the left foot on the ground and sit on its ankle, while keeping the right foot standing vertically on its toes, which are pointed towards the direction of prayer.

When to sit for Iftirshah


"when the Prophet (Salllahi alahi wasallam) sat after two rak`ahs, he would sit on his left foot and stand up his right foot [i.e., sit in iftirash], and when he sat in the last rak`ah, he moved his left leg forward, stood up his right foot, and sat on his buttock [i.e., sat in tawarruk]." (Bukhari and others)

The wisdom behind these two positions


Imam Nawawi says that one of the wisdoms behind these two manners of sitting is that it is easier to stand up from the iftirash position than the tawarruk position, so the iftirash position was legislated for points in the prayer that have to be stood up from, and the tawarruk position was legislated for the final sitting in order to encourage one to sit for a long time and make much supplication to Allah in the final sitting.

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Wassalamu'alaikum