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VALENTINE DAY IN ISLAM - SIN / HARAM

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
First of all, we’d like to shed light on the origin of this festival, known as "Valentine Day" or "Festival of Love":

The Festival of Love was one of the festivals of the pagan Romans, when paganism was the prevalent religion of the Romans more than seventeen centuries ago. In the pagan Roman concept, it was an expression of "spiritual love".

There were myths associated with this pagan festival of the Romans, which persisted with their Christian heirs. Among the most famous of these myths was the Roman belief that Romulus, the founder of Rome, was suckled one day by a she-wolf, which gave him strength and wisdom.

The Romans used to celebrate this event in mid-February each year with a big festival.

One of the rituals of this festival was the sacrifice of a dog and a goat. Two strong and muscular youths would daub the blood of the dog and goat onto their bodies, then they would wash the blood away with milk. After that there would be a great parade, with these two youths at its head, which would go about the streets. The two youths would have pieces of leather with which they would hit everyone who crossed their path. The Roman women would welcome these blows, because they believed that they could prevent or cure infertility.

The connection between Saint Valentine and this festival:
Saint Valentine is a name which is given to two of the ancient "martyrs" of the Christian Church. It was said that there were two of them, or that there was only one, who died in Rome as the result of the persecution of the Gothic leader Claudius, c. 296 CE. In 350 CE, a church was built in Rome on the site of the place where he died, to perpetuate his memory.

When the Romans embraced Christianity, they continued to celebrate the Feast of Love mentioned above, but they changed it from the pagan concept of "spiritual love" to another concept known as the "martyrs of love", represented by Saint Valentine who had advocated love and peace, for which cause he was martyred, according to their claims. It was also called the Feast of Lovers, and Saint Valentine was considered to be the patron saint of lovers.

One of their false beliefs connected with this festival was that the names of girls who had reached marriageable age would be written on small rolls of paper and placed in a dish on a table. Then the young men who wanted to get married would be called, and each of them would pick a piece of paper. He would put himself at the service of the girl whose name he had drawn for one year, so that they could find out about one another. Then they would get married, or they would repeat the same process again on the day of the festival in the following year.

The Christian clergy reacted against this tradition, which they considered to have a corrupting influence on the morals of young men and women. It was abolished in Italy, where it had been well-known, then it was revived in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when in some western countries there appeared shops which sold small books called “Valentine’s books”, which contained love poems, from which the one who wanted to send a greeting to his sweetheart could choose. They also contained suggestions for writing love letters.

The above quotation is excerpted, with slight modifications, from www.Islam-qa.com

As regards the Islamic stance on this festival, Dr. Su`ad Ibrahim Salih, professor of Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) at Al-Azhar University, states the following:

Indeed, Islam is the religion of altruism, true love, and cooperation on that which is good and righteous. We implore Allah Almighty to gather us together under the umbrella of His All-encompassing Mercy, and to unite us together as one man. Allah Almighty says: (The believers are naught else than brothers. Therefore make peace between your brethren and observe your duty to Allah that haply ye may obtain mercy.) (Al-Hujurat 49: 10)

Focusing more on the question in point, I can say that there are forms of expressing love that are religiously acceptable, while there are others that are not religiously acceptable. Among the forms of love that are religiously acceptable are those that include the love for Prophets and Messengers. It stands to reason that the love for Allah, and His Messenger Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) should have the top priority over all other forms of love.

Islam does recognize happy occasions that bring people closer to one another, and add spice to their lives. However, Islam goes against blindly imitating the West regarding a special occasion such as Valentine’s Day. Hence, commemorating that special day known as the Valentine’s Day is an innovation or bid`ah that has no religious backing. Every innovation of that kind is rejected, as far as Islam is concerned. Islam requires all Muslims to love one another all over the whole year, and reducing the whole year to a single day is totally rejected.

Hence, we Muslims ought not to follow in the footsteps of such innovations and superstitions that are common in what is known as the Valentine’s Day. No doubt that there are many irreligious practices that occur on that day, and those practices are capable of dissuading people from the true meanings of love and altruism to the extent that the celebration is reduced to a moral decline

 

Wassalam.

Noor Liza Abd Rahman.

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BULAN ISLAM - MUHARRAM / THE MONTH OF ISLAM - MUHARRAM

BULAN MUHARRAM * THE MONTH OF MUHARRAM

• Tanggal 1-9hb disunatkan berpuasa (puasa Tasua')
• 1-9th Muharram commendable to fasting (Tasua')

• Tanggal 10hb disunatkan berpuasa (puasa Asyura)
• 10th Muharram commendable to fasting (called as Ashyura).

• Dalam bulan ini disunatkan agar memperbanyakkan amalan bersedekah kepada fakir miskin
• Encourage people to free the alms to the poorer & the needy

• Disunatkan supaya melebihkan perbelanjaan dalam keluarga
• Commendable to spend more expenses to families & relatives
• Mengusap kepala anak yatim dan menaruh perasaan belas kasihan terhadap mereka
• Touch the orphanage heads & feel sorry to them

• Memperbanyakkan bacaan zikir dan selawat
• Recite more 'zikrullah' and 'salawat'

• Sesiapa yang berbuat baik kepada anak yatim seolah-olah ia telah berbuat baik kepada semua anak-anak yatim.
• Who ever been nice to the orphan just like he/she been nice to all the orphanage.

• Sesiapa yang bersedekah pada hari itu maka seolah-olah ia tidak pernah menolak permintaan orang yang meminta-minta selama hidupnya
• Who ever give the alms (sadaqah) its like he/she never neglect the wish from the needy for entire of his/her life

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MENANTI DI ALAM BARZAKH / WAITING IN THE SENTENCES

MENANTI DI ALAM BARZAKH

Aku Merintih, Aku Menangis,
Aku Meratap, Aku Mengharap,
Aku Meminta Dihidupkan Semula,
Agar Dapat Kembali Ke Dunia Nyata,

Perjalanan Roh Ku,
Melengkapi Sebuah Kembara,
Singgah Di Rahim Bonda,
Sebelum Menjejak Ke Dunia,

Menanti Di Barzakh,
Sebelum Berangkat Ke Mahsyar,
Diperhitung Amalan,
Penentu syuga Atau Sebaliknya,

Tanah Yang Basah Berwarna Merah,
Semerah Mawar Dan Juga Rindu,
Tujuh (7) Langkah Pun Baru Berlalu,
Selesai Talkin Penanda Syahdu,





Tenang Dan Damai Di Pusara Ku,
Nisan Batu Menjadi Tugu,
Namun Tak Siapa Pun Tahu Resah Penantian Ku,

Terbangkitnya Aku Dari Sebuah Kematian,
Seakan Aku Dengari,
Tangis Mereka Yang Aku Tinggalkan

Kehidupan Disini Bukan Suatu Khayalan,
Tetapi Ia Sebenar Kejadian,
Kembali Oh Kembali
Kembalilah Kedalam Diri,

Sendirian ... Sendiri,
Sendiri Bertemankan Sepi,
Hanya Kain Putih Yang Membaluti Tubuhku,
Terbujur Dan Kaku,
Jasad Terbujur Didalam Keranda Kayu,

Ajal Yang Datang Dibuka Pintu,
Tiada Siapa Yang Memberi Tahu,
Tiada Siapa Pun Yang Dapat Hindari,
Tiada Siapa Yang Terkecuali,

Lemah Jemari Nafas Terhenti,
Tidak Tergambar Sakitnya Mati,
Cukup Sekali Jasad Ku Untuk Mengulagi,

Jantung Berdenyut Kencang,
Menantikan Malaikat Datang,
Mengigil Ketakutan Gelap Pekat Dipandangan,
Selama Ini Diceritakan



Kini Aku Merasakan,
Di Alam Barzakh Jasad Dikebumikan,
Aku Merintih, Aku Menangis,
Aku Meratap, Aku Mengharap,

Aku Meminta Dihidupkan Semula,
Agar Dapat Kembali Ke Dunia Nyata.

(Noor Liza Abdul Rahman)

Waiting In The Sentences

I'm Mourn, I'm Crying,
I'm Lament, I'm Hoping,
I Asked For An Enabled,
To Get Back Into The Real World,

Journey Of The Spirit,
Completing An Adventure,
Stopped In Bondage Of Mother's Worm,
Prior To World tracking,

Waiting In The Sentences,
Prior To Departing Together,
Kindness Had Been Judge,
Paradise Or Otherwise,

Wet Sand Red Colours,
Likes Roses And Missing,
Seven (7) Steps ...Walk Away,
So Touch once 'Talkin' done,

Peace And Calm In Grave,
A Memorial Stone Of  The Headstone,
But Nobody knows i'm anxious waiting,

Wake Me Up From The Death,
As I Heard,
I Left Them Crying,

Life Here Is Not An Illusion
But It's Real,
Come Back...
Come Back Into My Self




Alone.... Lonely,
Alone....., Accompany By Lonely .....,
Only White Clotes Wrapping My Body,
Lying And Rigid,
My Body Lying In A Wooden Coffin

The Next Death Opened The Door,
Nobody Tells That...,
Nobody Can Avoid It,
No One Is Immune,

The Weak Fingers Stopped The Breathing,
The Penalty Of Death Is Not Envisaged,
It Is Enough For Just Once Of Repeat Of My Body,

The Fast Heart Beating.....,
Waiting For The Angels To Come,
Trembling Fear Of The Dark That Thick The Viewed,
During This Narrated,



Now I Felt It,
Bodies Had Been Buried In  A Partition,
I'm Mourn, I'm Crying,
I'm Lament, I'm Hoping,

Again I Asked To Reborn,
To Return To The Real World.

Alone..... Lonely....,
Alone.....Accompany By Lonely,
Only White Clothes Wrapping My Body,
Lying And Rigid,
My Body Lying In A Wooden Coffin

The Next Death Opened The Door,
Nobody Tells That,
Nobody Can Avoid It,
No One Is Immune,

(Noor Liza Abdul Rahman)

Stress Lawannya Solat

Stress Lawannya Solat
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(Cemerlang, Management, Solat, Dakwah)

Solat fardhu lima waktu dan solat sunat (nawafil) berkeupayaan memberi ketenangan dan mengawal tekanan hormon dalam badan manusia. Solat yang khyusuk mampu memberi kesegaran kepada anggota badan dan membina kecergasan minda. Solat yang khyusuk adalah solat yang sempurna yang melibatkan tumpuan penuh fizikal dan hati kepada Allah SWT. Dalam usaha mencapai hakikat khyusuk ini, maka kita hendaklah bermula dari amalan mengambil wudhuk dengan sempurna, melaksanakan solat dengan cermat dari segi bacaan, qiyam, rukuk, iktidal, sujud, thoma’ninah serta memahami isi bacaan.

Firman Allah SWT dalam surah al-Ma’aarij ayat 19-22:

 

Maksudnya: ”Sesungguhnya manusia itu dijadikan bertabiat resah gelisah. Apabila ia ditimpa kesusahan, ia sangat resah gelisah. Dan apabila ia beroleh kesenangan, ia sangat kedekut. Kecuali orang yang mengerjakan sembahyang.”

Berdasarkan ayat ini, ternyata keistimewaan amalan ibadah khusus membuktikan bahawa Islam telah menyediakan pakej penjagaan kesihatan fizikal (jasmani) dan spiritual (rohani) yang begitu diperlukan oleh manusia tanpa perlu taksub kepada konsep penjagaan kesihatan yang lain.

Wadaan / Selamat Tinggal / Good Bye

Wadaan (وَدَاعًا )
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وَدَاعًا دُنْيَا اْ لأَ حْزَانِ
وَأَهِلِّيْ دُنْيَا اْلإِ يْـمَا نِ
وَالطَّيْرُ اْلمَكْسُوْرُجَنَاحًا
مَاعَادَفَقِيْدَ الجَرْحَانِ


يَاقَلْبِي اْلمَهْمُوْمُ طِنَاعًا
قَدْرَحَلَتْ عَنِّي أَحْزَانِي
سَأَ طِيْرُ إِلىَ دُنْيَا أَهْوَاء
أَنَامُسْلِمُ أَغلُوبِإِيْمَانِى


عُنْوَانِي اْلمُسْلِمُ وَكَفَانِي
أَ نِّيَ مِنْ جُنْدِ اْلإِيْمَانِى
قُرْآنُيْ نُوْرٌوَضِيَاءٌ
إِسْلاَمِيْ حُبِّي وَحَنَابِي


وَاحْوِيْنِي يَادُنْيَا الطُّهْرِ
فَهَوَاكِ عَيْلاَٴوُجْدَانِي
إِخْوَانِي طُهْرٌوَعَفَافٌ
أَبْطَالٌ جُنْدُالرَّحْمٰنِ


فِي ظِلِّ الدِّ يْنِ أَنَاأَحْيَا
أَفْدِ يْ إِسْلاَمِي مُتَفَانِي
حَتَّى أُسْتَخْلَفَ فِي الدُّنْيَا
وَلِتَعْلُورَابَةُقُرْآنِي
 
( نور ليزا  عبد الرحم
 

                              

 

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WADAAN (SELAMAT TINGGAL)

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Selamat tinggal wahai dunia duka
Dan selamat datang wahai dunia iman
burung yang patah sayapnya
Takkan mati kerana lukanya

Wahai hatiku yang sedih perangainya
Sungguh kesedian itu telah meninggalkan diriku
Kan terbang aku kedunia cinta
Kerana aku seorang muslim
yang berbumbungkan dengan iman


Gelarku adalah muslim dan itu cukup bagiku
Aku termasuk kedalam tentera keimanan
Al Qur'an adalah cahaya dan sinar
Islam adalah kecintaan dan kerinduanku


Dakaplah wahai dunia kesucian
Sehingga sentuhan kasihmu menemui perasaanku
Temanku adalah kebersihan dan kesucian
Pahlawan tentera ar Rahman


Dibawah naungan agama Islam aku hidup
Untuk menebus keislamanku yang nyaris sirna
Sehingga aku menjadi khalifah di dunia
Dan mengibarkan tinggi - tinggi panji Al Qur'an

(Noor Liza Abdul Rahman)

                  

                                                  
 
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WADAAN (GOOD BYE)

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Good Bye To The Sad World

And welcome to the world of faith

broken bird wings

Will not dying of his wounds

O my heart sad behavior

The willingness that themselves have left me

Will fly me over to the earth of love

Because am a MUSLIM

Which roofted by faith

I am a Muslim and the title is enough for me

I am including the faith into the Islam army

Quran is a light

Islam is my love and longing

Hugging the world with purity
Up to touch feelings I find your love Ya Rabb
My friend is cleanliness and purity
Military heroes ar-Rahman

I live in the shadow of religion
To redeem my submission which almost brighten with light
Until I became caliph in this world
Flying higher and higher for the Greatest of Al-Qur'an

(Noor Liza Abdul Rahman)

                                                  

 

YA ALLAH KU MEMOHON PADA MU / O ALLAH, I BEG TO YOU

Ya Allah Ku Memohon Padamu *  O Allah, I Beg To You                                   

                            

Tersepit di antara dua cinta

* Caught between two love
Kau memberikan ku satu harapan
* You give me a hope
Kini kau menghancurkan segalanya
* Now you destroy everything
Dia antara kita
* She is among us



Inikah dugaan yang ku terima?

* Is this the fate that I’ve got?
Menyintai mu sepenuh jiwa
* For loving you whole hearted
Untuk bersama mu
* In order just to be with you
Kesabaran membakar fikiran
* The patience really been tested

                                             

Rinduku embunan di lautan
* The missing, I’ve felt just like the ocean dew    
Cintamu debunga berterbangan

* Your Love flying pollen
Tak pernah mempeduli kasih sayang
*The Love that you’ve never care
Yang aku korbankan
*I sacrificed for the sake of Love


Ku merelakan semua yang berlaku

*I accept what was happened
Kau mencintai dan menyakitiku
*You said love me but in the same time hurting me
Kini ku redha dengan segalanya
*Now I am pleased with everything
Tuhan yang menentu
*Lord of the certainty

Ya Allah Ya Tuhanku

*O Allah My Lord
Teguhkan rasa cinta padamu Ya Allah
*Strengthened my love on you O Allah
Ya Allah Ya Tuhanku
*O Allah My Lord
Pinjamkan aku kekuatan darimu
*Lend me your strength


 Ya Allah, Ku Memohon Padamu

*O Allah, I beg to you