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Monday, August 27, 2007
Finally, exams are over. Thank Allah. Now i need to plan for ramadhan camp.

Hopefully it went on smoothly and mengikut sunnah rasulullah s.a.w. walaupun sedikit dan hindar daripada maksiat.. insya allah..
Exams are ok2.. Cant say much.. Nanti dpt result aru tau.. yippee...
This thurs ada bola friendly, (alamak, kasut aku da pecah, kene la beli baru.. tiap2 kali beli bole tahan brape bulan je... sakit hati jugak.. bole salahkan diri sendiri sahaja la..)
fri - kak sahidah nikah..
sat - walimah.

Ckp psl nikah bile aku nye turn??
Tkde duit jgn harap.. sob2.. heh..

Holidays, thinking of something to do..
Basically i'll b helping at home (biase la nanti mak suruh tolong kemas uma, uat kueh n many2 la)
Tolong kt masjid amk (ini da mcm suatu tradisi, tolong bubur, so sape2 nk jumpe time ramadhan insya allah i'll be at masjid from arnd 2-5pm..

Sebelum, tibanya bulan ramadhan yg penuh barakah ini, i really wanna go zoo.. Nk lihat haiwan..
Mcm gerek gitu sit there and observe.. C wad they do.. (Aku ni pun manusia biasa, ada nafsu, heh, nk observe btul2, kononnye aku ni zoologist gitu la, heh)

Ehem, going to help me change skin.. So just let her change skin 4 me la..
( I mean blogskin)

Now, ma adik da pester me g kedai.. I'll btr get goin. Btw.. kepada sape2 yg saya pernah buat salah dan silap maaf zahir dan batin.. (advance ni.. )
Sape tau ntah2 da Inna lillahi.............
heh

OK tats all for nw..

Assalamualaikum...


That's it for now.. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala knows best, 5:47 PM

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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Bismillahirahmannirahim..

Bile ana ckp mengenai bab Aqidah yg sensitive ini, tentu ramai yg menentang ana. Dan mereka juga akan mengatakan, biarkan sahaja pendapat mereka, tk kisahla mereka azzhohiriyah ke, sufi ke dan sebagainya..

Inilah jawapan ana. Moga antum membaca risalah ini dengan hati yg terbuka.

Aqidah seseorg menentukan tempat kembali seseorg insan.
Rasulullah s.a.w. pernah buat satu garisan lurus, kanan dan juga kiri. Baginda menyuruh agar kita mengikuti jln lurus yg dilalui oleh baginda dan jgn mengikuti yg kanan atau yg kiri krn ia adalah sesat. Sekiranya, jika jln yg dilalui oleh seseorg adalah kanan atau kiri, beliau telah melencong jauh dari apa yg dilalui oleh baginda rasulullah s.a.w. dan ia telah sesat. Wallahu a'lam. Moga2 kita dipelihara.

Timbullah masalah setengah muslim tdk suke pada wahabi. Mrk mengatakan wahabi suke carik kesalahan org dan wahabi sahajalah yg btul dan mereka slh.. Ginilah, sebenarnya mereka ingin antum kembalilah ke jln yg benar yg dilalui oleh rasulullah s.a.w. dan bkn krn ingin mencari kesalahan antum, bahkan mrk ingin antum senang dan hidup bahagia di kemudian hari dengan dpt memasuki syurga. Inilah yg dikatakan muslim yg baek krn telah menyelamatkan saudaranya. Malangnya, org sebegini dimaki dan adakalanya difitnah oleh org ramai mengatakan mereka ini sesat.
Tetapi kalo sekiranya ia masalah furu' ajakla berdiskusi.

Timbul lagi masalah bahawa, org muslim mahu hidup dlm aman dan damai tk kirela apa "ideology"dlm islam, asalkan bersatu. Seperti org syiah dgn org sunni. Kira-kiranya kalo antum yg mempunyai akal yg sihat rasanya bolehkah mereka hidup bahagia sedangkan mrk mempunyai ideology yg berbeza???
Bacalah sejarah jepun, krn jepun mempunyai ideology yg berbeda dgn amerika, mrk pun serang menyerang antara satu sama lain.
Dlm satu hadith sohih: Ummat islam akan berpecah menjadi 73 dan hanya satu masuk syurga. Wallahu a'lam.
Adakah ummat islam akan berjaya hidup aman dengan bermacam2 ideology??
Lihatlah, pd zaman rasulullah s.a.w., umat islam bersatu mengikuti satu aqidah, dan krn aqidahla yg membuat Islam maju, sehingga islam tersebar luas.
Bagaimana? Apakah punca kelemahan ummat islam selepas itu? Wallahu a'lam.

Inilah yg seberapa yg ana ingin sampaikan. Ana menyampai risalah ini ikhlas krn Allah s.w.t. krn ana rasa pentingnya Aqidah dengan mengikuti pemahaman org2 terdahulu. Malah, jika seseorg muslim yg dijarh (dicela) Aqidahnya, ulama' akan memberitahu sekalian org awam tentang kesesatan beliau, supaya org awam tdk terpengaruh dgn si dia. Bagaimana? Tetapi malangnya skrg sudah terbalik. Wallahu a'lam.
Sekiranya antum rasa ana ni sesat, doakan ana. Sekiranya antum rase pendpt ana ini merepek dan ana patut dikritik. Ajakla berbincang dgn ana tentang perkara ini.
Apa yg baek dtg dari Allah s.w.t. dan buruk dari diri ana sendiri..
Syukran.


That's it for now.. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala knows best, 12:48 AM

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Sunday, August 19, 2007
Innalhamdalillah Nahmaduhu wanasta`inuhu wanastagfiruhu wanaudzubillahiminsyuruuri Anfusina waminsyayyiaati `amalina Manyyahdillah falaamudillalah wamanyudlilfalahadiyalahu.
Wa asyhadu an laa ilaaha illahu wahdahu laa syariikalah, wa asyhadu anna muhammadan 'abduhu warusuuluh.

Segala puji bagi Allah s.w.t. yang masih memberikan kita nikmat iman dan islam serta nikmat umur sehingga hingga saat ini kita masih diberi kesempatan untuk tttp berakstivitas dan berbuat sesuatu untuk bekal kita di akhirat nanti.Insya Allah

Masalah ummat islam atau orang islam sering menjadi tanda tanya org2 kafir.. Adakah org islam tdk dpt menyesuaikan diri?? Adakah orang islam ini kuno??

Sedutan dari Berita Harian semalam, Haji Mohd Alami Musa, Presiden Muis berkata:
"Kita inginkan sebuah masyarakat Islam yang progresif, terbuka, inklusif dan juga selesa hidup dengan masyarakat lain, selain dapat menyertai sama arus kemodenan dengan tidak melihat ini bercanggah dengan Islam".

Apakah pendapat antum tentang ucapan sebegini?? Ana tdk menyalahkan beliau kerana beliau tertekan dengan bnyknya gejala sosial yg dilakukan oleh melayu/islam sendiri dan juga politik dari government yg menyuruh beliau membuat sedemikian..

Gejala sosial ini berlaku kerana Aqidah ummat islam sendiri yang tdk mantap.. Aqidah seseorg mesti selalu diasah kalo tdk akan ombang-ambing seperi ombak..
Dari itu, ummat Islam mestilah memantapkan aqidah masing2 supaya dpt menyesuaikan diri dan juga mempraktik Islam secara total.

Maaf kalo ana katakan bahawa, di Singapura ini tdk ada atau sngt sedikit sekali Usatdz/Ustadzah yg dpt mensyarahkan tentang bab Aqidah.. Jika ada ustadz yg mensyarahkan mereka akan dilabel oleh org islam sendiri, sebagai wahabi.. Mereka tdk akan dibenarkan mengajar lagi di masjid. Bila bertanya siapa itu wahabi?? Mereka kata wahabi sesat.. Bila tanya mengapa? Mereka sendiri tdk mengetahuinya.. Adapun Muhammad bin Abdul Wahab, beliau sangat berjasa kepada Negara Islam, bahawa beliau telah menentang tahayyul, bid'ah, syirik dan khurafat sebagaimana Rasulullah s.a.w. telah diutus utk menghapus perkara2 sedemikian..

1)Kadang2 ummat islam akan mengatakan "Mana mungkin mempraktik Islam secara total". Katakanla bahawa mereka boleh sekiranya mereka berusaha dan beristiqomah.. Buatlah perkara yg bermanfaat. Lihatlah sifat dan akhlak Rasulullah s.a.w. kerana beliau adalah suri tauladan dan manusia yg terbaik.

2)Walaupun dengan adanya pelbagai pengaruh ummat islam tdk seharusnya melakukan sesuatu yg tdk manfaat/sia2. Walaupun di singapura ini pelbagai pengaruh yg negatif, tinggalkanla. Dengan tdk melakukan perkara yg sia2 tentulah mereka akan mempunyai lebih bnyk masa utk mendalami dan mempraktik islam secara total dan juga mendalami ilmu duniawi. Dengan sedemikian, ummat Islam akan menjadi ummat tercontoh bag manusia lain..
Org2 kafir akan sentiasa tertanya "Whats your secret to success"?
Org2 kafir akan menganggap org islam inilah yg bagus.. Lama kelamaan, mereka akan memeluk Islam.. Insya allah.

3)Lihatla berapa mudahnya Islam. Buat perkara yg manfaat dan tinggalkanla yg sia2.. Sebagai contoh Shaikh Abdul Aziz Bin Baz, Matan Mufti besar seluruh dunia, moga Allah merahmati atas jasad beliau, walaupun beliau selalu sibuk dengan kerja2 di pejabat tetapi apabila ada sesuatu perkakas atau elektronik yg baru, beliau akan membelinya dan akan mempelajarinya supaya dpt memanfaatkan dari perkakas itu.. Lihatla ulama kibar seperti beliau, adalah contoh
yg baek. Beginila time management.

4) Agama Islam ini mudah.. Kadang2 org melayu kite yg menyusahkan.. Agama Islam kita sudah sempurna.. Sebagaimana firman Allah s.w.t. :
"Alyauma akmatulakum diinakum........"
Allah s.w.t. juga menyuruh kita supaya memasuki Islam secara total.

5)Ada satu ketika, apabila seorg pelukis, melukis gambar rasulullah s.a.w., ramai ummat Islam berasa marah dan tentu ada yg rase seperti mahu membunuh org sedemikian. Mereka menyatakan bahawa mereka mencintai Rasulullah s.a.w kerana itu mereka mahu membela. Adakah dengan membunuh org sedemikian perkara yg sewajarnya? Saya tidak menyatakan bahawa org itu tdk bersalah.. Tetapi beliau mungkin tdk tahu kerana dlm agama nasara kn ada patung2 dan sedemikian gambar2, jadi agaknya beliau rasa apa slhnya or even kerana beliau mahu menghasut agama Islam. Sepatutnya dengan ada perkara sedemikian, kita sepatutnye menguatkan Aqidah kita dan mempraktikkan sunnah baginda. Fikirkanlah, dengan membunuh, org2 kafir ini akan menganggap Islam ini agama yg extreme lag2 dengan berlakunya kumpulan terrorists yg bom berani mati. Mereka akan menganggap Islam seperti agama, suka bunuh org. Inilah yg membuat org nasara dan yahudu suke. Kalo sekiranya seorg2 itu benar mencintai Rasulullah s.a.w. beliau akan sentiasa mempraktikkan sunnah Rasulullah s.a.w. Sekiranya beliau tdk melakukan sunnah Rasulullah s.a.w. adakah boleh dikira beliau cinta? Wallahu a'lam. Bagi memboycott barang2 tersebut, ia sudah mencukupi.

6)Dengan berleluasanya fitnah, dan dangkalnya ilmu agama dlm diri muslim, sudah tentu mereka akan senang sahaja terpengaruh dengan manusia yg mrk anggap sebagai ulama. Ulama ialah pewaris Rasulullah s.a.w. Mereka akan menyuruh manusia kepada apa yg disampaikan oleh Rasulullah s.a.w. dan tdk berselisih dari Al-Quran dan sunnah. Sekiranya, berselisih adakah bole digelar ulama? Wallahu a'lam.

7)Dlm hidup di singapura ini yg mencabar, pelbagai maslahah berlaku. Lag2, dlm bidang ibadah yg tdk disyariatkan oleh Allah s.w.t. Apakah dlm ibadah ada maslahah?? Sebagai contoh:
Sebahagian org sufi akan menghentak-hentak kaki mereka ketika berdzikir dengan berdalilkn bahawa ia dpt menggerakkan hati. Akan tetapi mrk terlupa, krn Rasulullah s.a.w. sebaik2 manusia. Sebagaimana dlm hadith sohih " Ni'mas salafi ana laki". Solat , puasa dan dzikir Rasulullah s.a.w. lebih bnyk dari kita.. Apakah mereka tdk mengetahui?
(Rasulullah s.a.w. sentiasa sentiasa menambah-nambah zikir-zikir dan amalan yg dpt mendekatkan diri kepada Allah s.w.t. Maka jika beliau terlupa daripada salah satu waktu atau tdk melakukannya, beliau menganggap itu sebagai satu dosa, oleh kerana itu beliau segera beristighfar. Lihat Jami'ul Ushuul' 4/386.) Apakah amalan ini tdk mencukupi?? Atau dgn niat bahawa mereka ingin merapatkan tali persaudaraan seperti tahlil? Walaupun utk merapatkan tali persaudaraan ia tetap tdk bole dilakukan kerana atas dalil bahawa jika sesuatu itu baik tentu org yg terdahulu akan melakukan.
Lihatla bagaimana, dlm pemerintahan Abu Bakar As Siddiq, kerana ramainya ummat Islam yg syahid, timbulla maslahah bahawa tkt2 nanti Al-Quran akan lenyap dan hilang dari org islam. Umar Al-Khattab memberitahu Abu Bakar tentang maslahah tersebut dan supaya Al-Quran dpt dikumpulkan utk dijadikan dlm satu mushaf. Akan tetapi Abu Bakar risau kerana perkara itu tdk dilakukan oleh Rasulullah s.a.w atau disuruh oleh baginda ketika hayat baginda. Selepas memujuk dan menyatakan tentang maslahah yg akan ditimpa ummat yg akan dtg barulah, Abu Bakar bersetuju dan para sahabat telah berijma' tentang perkara tersebut. Lihat lah Abu Bakar yg berasa tkt membuat sesuatu pembaharuan dlm agama, walaupun ia telah diconfirmkan masuk syurga. Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda: Ikutilah sunnahku dan Khulaf Ur Rasydin".
Maka ikutilah. Lihatlah betapa terorganisir ulama2 sedemikian.. Ulama tdk akan berijma' dlm perkara yg bathil.

Aqidah menentukan tempat kembali seseorg di syurga atau di neraka.. Dari itu, Kembalilah kepada Al-Quran dan Al-Sunnah Rasulullah s.a.w. mengikut pemahaman org2 yg terdahulu. Sebagaimana hadith sohih: Sebaik-baik manusia adalah pada kurunku, kemudian orang2 selepasnya, kemudian org2 selepasnya.

Ana memintak maaf bnyk2 jika ada membuat kesilapan atau mengguris hati pembaca. Moga2 kami diberi petunjuk dan hidayah Allah s.w.t. Ana hanya memberi nasihat or mayb pandangan ana sediri. Mereka yg rase ana ni seperti wahabi, yg kuno. Silakan. Ana hanya manusia biasa yg membuat kesilapan. Yg baik dtg dari Allah s.w.t. dan yg lemah dari ana sendiri.. Akhir kata "Moga2 MUIS akan membuat tindakan yg sewajarnya bagi menentukan nasib ummat Islam Singapura yg akan dtg".
Wallahu a'lam


That's it for now.. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala knows best, 1:19 PM

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Thursday, August 16, 2007
Napolean aka Mutah Beale

Advice to the muslims...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nFRMi0Wo9GM


That's it for now.. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala knows best, 10:12 PM

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Sunday, August 12, 2007
Tentu ramai teman2 bingung napa ana suka mengambil satu rujukan ulama yg dianggapi salafi atau wahabi (bag mrk yg benci) lebih dari ulama contemporar. Bagi saya siapa yg mengikut jejak para sahabat, tabien, tabi tabien merekalah yg lebih sempurna dari ilmunya, amalnya mengikuti sunnah dan lebih dekat dengan Allah s.w.t. Wallahu a'lam.
Inilah pandangan ana.

Dunia sekarang lebih mencabar dan lag2 dgn terpengaruhnya manusia trhadap gobalisasi..

Bacalah suratkhabar, tentu antum smua dpt informasi yg mampat.. Dunia penuh dengan fitnah, bencana alam sering berlaku, peperangan dan permusuhan kerap berlaku. Dunia akan kiamat tentunya. Itulah yg ada dlm benak fikiran saya.. Tanda2 kiamat kecil itu sudah bnyk berlaku.
Zina semakin berleluasa.. Sedih2.. Apakah kita layak mendapatkan syafaat rasulullah s.a.w. ketika di hari perhitungan nanti?

Saya dibesarkan dengan ibu bapa yg hidup sederhana.. Ibubapa selalu mendidik saya dengan sifat qanaah (puas). Mereka juga saling menasihati saya tentang perkara ini dan jgn tamak haloba terhadap harta. Adakah harta akan menjamin kita ke syurga??
Tetapi malangnya ramai manusia skrg, mrk tiada berasa puas dengan apa yg dimiliki (harta).
Mereka ingin lebih dari itu. Mereka ingin rumah mewah, kereta mewah dll.. Luxury kate org..
Kalo kita patah balek ke zaman sahabat atau tabien, mereka hidup dlm keadaan yg kurang luxuriness akan tetapi ilmu mereka subhannallah.. Sungguh bnyk sekali. Mereka seperti dahagakan ilmu. Ilmu agama terutamanya.. Tanpa ilmu agama yg kukuh bagaimana mereka ingin menyampaikan dakwah islam.. Ilmu engineering pun ada jgk.. Nk buat kapal perang.. Doktor pun ada.. Dan bnyk lagi.. Tetapi mereka sedikit pun tdk riya' dan mencari kemewahan berlebih-lebihan.. Mereka tawadhu.. Wallahu a'lam

Peperangan antara org syiah dan sunni dll. Inilah yg akan menghancurkan umat islam sendiri.
Rasulullah s.a.w. telah bersabda umat islam akan berpisah menjadi 73 golongan dan hanya satu masuk syurga.. Wallahu a'lam..

Dari itu, risalah ini hanya sebagai suatu peringatan bag saya dan antum. Agama itu nasihat. Saya minta maaf kalo sekiranya menyinggung perasaan antum.. Apa yg baik dtg dari Allah dan yg buruk dtg dari saya... Sekian terima kasih.


That's it for now.. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala knows best, 7:42 AM

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Friday, August 10, 2007
Hayatilah hadits ini:

"Sungguh kalian akan mengikut cara orang2 sebelum kalian sejengkal demi sejengkal, sehasta demi sehasta, hingga seandainya mereka masuk ke dalam lubang dhabb, kalian akan mengikuti
mereka. Para sahabat bertanya: Apakah orang yahudi dan nasrani? Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda: Sape lagi."
(HR bukhari no.7320, diambil dari buku adab menguap dan bersin oleh ismail bin marsyud bin ibrahim ar-rumaih)

Cakap mengenai wanita dan cinta.
Teringat pulak ada satu peringatan oleh imam al-ahnaf bin qais
Beliau berkata:
"Jauhkanlah majlis kita dari menyebut-nyebut wanita dan makanan, saya benci seorang laki2 yg suka membicarakan kemaluan dan perutnya"
(Diambil dari kitab syarh adab dan manfaat menuntut ilmu oleh syaikh muhammad bin salih al-uthaimin)

Wallahu a'lam. Mane yg buruk dtg dari saye, yg baek dtg dari Allah s.w.t.
Terima kasih atas membaca.


That's it for now.. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala knows best, 6:52 AM

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Thursday, August 02, 2007

Spiderman, spiderman.. Look at that spider web.. fuiyoo.. mcm power g2.. Look hw strong it is..
Spider silk is a strong material..It has a tensile strength up to 1.3Gpa - about 1.65 Gpa..
Structure of spider silk. Inside a typical fiber, one finds crystalline regions separated by amorphous linkages. The crystals are beta-sheets that have assembled together.
Properties:

1) ductile - stretch up to 40% of original length w/o breaking
2)low in density
3) five times as strong as steel of the same density..


Currently, artificial spider silk is being used to stitch up surgeries or wound which will help heal w/o leaving a scar..
The spider silk is being produced in alfalfa (a name of a plant) and the silk protein in goats milk..
Who knows in the near future it would be used to mix with other composite such as titanium diboride to produce new armory..

http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/new-injury-healing-scaffolds-surgical-sutures-from-spider-web
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_silk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfalfa







That's it for now.. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala knows best, 12:35 PM

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Itulah belt conveyor.. This pic was taken few weeks back at woodlands' mrt station.
Here u can c only one pulley. Bt initially it consists of two. The pulleys are powered, moving the belt, and the material on the belt forward.

reference- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conveyor_belt


That's it for now.. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala knows best, 12:23 PM

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Celebrating the night of al-Israa. and al-Mi'raaj

All praise is for Allaah; and may Allaah send prayers and salutations upon the Messenger of Allaah, his family and his companions.

There is no doubt that the incident of al-Israa. and al-Mi'raaj is (from) among the great signs of Allaah, indicating the truthfulness of His Messenger, Muhammad (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam), and the greatness of his position with Allaah. It is also among the evidences showing the ability of Allaah (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala) and it is proof that Allaah is above all His creation.

Allaah has said:
{Glorified be He Who took His slave for a journey by night from al-Masjid al-Haraam to the Farthest Masjid (in Jerusalem), the neighbourhood whereof We have blessed, in order that We might show him of Our Aayaat (proofs, evidences, lessons, signs, etc.). Verily, He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer}, [Soorah al-Israa., Aayah 1].

It has been narrated from the Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) that Allaah (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala) ascended him to the heavens, and it's doors were opened for him through to the seventh heaven. Therein His Lord spoke to him what He intended and prescribed upon him the five (daily) prayers.

Initially, Allaah (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala) obligated fifty prayers, however our Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) did not cease to demand and ask ease (for his ummah) from Him, until Allaah (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala) made it five (in number). Hence there are five prayers prescribed, but fifty in (number) reward; for every good action is equivalent to ten of its like. For Allaah (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala) is all praise and thanks for all His blessings.

This date on which al-Israa. and al-Mi'raaj occurred has not been established in the authentic ahaadeeth, neither during the month of Rajab nor in any other month. All that has been mentioned concerning the date of occurence of al-Israa. and al-Mi'raaj is deemed among the scholars of hadeeth to be unauthentic. Indeed, Allaah has great Wisdom in causing the people to forget the date of its occurrence. However, even if its date was confirmed, it would nonetheless be impermissible for the Muslims to distinguish that night from other nights by doing anything from among the acts of worship. Neither it would be permissible for them to celebrate it, as the Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) and his companions neither celebrated it nor did they distinguish it with any special acts of worship.

Should such a celebration of that night be lawful, the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) would have clarified it to the people either by word or deed. And had such a thing occurred, it would have become known and common, and the companions would have transmitted it to us. The companions passed on from their Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) everything which Muslims are in need of. Never were they negligent with regard to the religion. Indeed, they were the first to lead the way to every good. If the celebration of this night had been lawful, they would have been first to do it. The Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) also is the most sincere in guiding people. He most truly fulfilled his mission, and performed his noble duty. If the glorification and celebration of that night had something to do with Islaam, the Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) would never have neglected it nor concealed it. Since nothing about this was narrated from the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) and his companions, therefore glorification and celebration of that night has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with Islaam, as Allaah has perfected for this nation its religion, completed His favor upon it and rebuked and refuted the innovators who introduce into the religion that which Allaah has not allowed.

And Allaah (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala), said:

{This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islaam as your religion}, [Soorah al-Maa.idah, Aayah 3].
And Allaah (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala), has also said:
{Or have they partners with Allaah who have made laws for them in religion that which Allaah allowed not? And had it not been for a decisive word, the matter would have been judged between them. And verily for wrongdoers is a painful torment}, [Soorah ash-Shooraa, Aayah 21].

The Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) said:
((He who innovates something in this matter of ours that is not of it will have it rejected)), [Saheeh al-Bukhaaree 2697 and Saheeh Muslim 1718].

In another wording reported in Saheeh Muslim:
((He who does an act which our matter is not (in agreement) with will have it rejected)), [Saheeh Muslim 18].

And in the narration of Saheeh Muslim on the authority of Jaabir (radhi-yallaahu 'anhu), who said: The Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) used to say in the Jumu'ah khutbah:
((To proceed: Indeed the best of speech is the Speech of Allaah, and the best of guidance is the Guidance of Muhammad (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam), and the most evil of affairs are the newly invented ones, and every innovation is misguidance)), [Saheeh Muslim 867].
An-Nasaa.ee added, with a good sanad:
((…and every misguidance leads to the (Hell-) Fire)), [an-Nasaa.ee, Volume 3, Page 188; Saheeh Sunan an-Nasaa.ee 1487].

It is reported in the Sunan of Abu Daawood and at-Tirmidhee that al-'Irbaadh Ibn Saariyah said: The Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) gave us a sermon by which our hearts were filled with fear and tears came to our eyes. We said, "O Messenger of Allaah, it is as though this is a farewell sermon, so counsel us." He (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) said:
((I counsel you to fear Allaah and to give absolute obedience even if a slave becomes your leader. Verily, he among you who lives (long) will see great controversy, so you must keep to my Sunnah and that of the rightly guided (in beliefs and actions) Khulafaa after me; cling to them stubbornly. Beware of newly invented matters, for every invented matter is an innovation and every innovation is going astray and every going astray is in the Hell-Fire)), [Musnad Imaam Ahmad, Volume 4, Page 126; Abu Daawood 4607; at-Tirmidhee 2676; Ibn Maajah 42; Saheeh al-Jaami' 2546].

The narrations of such meaning are numerous. And indeed it has been confirmed that the companions of the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) as well as the early generations of pious scholars who followed, cautioned and warned against heresies and innovations. These warnings were not mentioned by them except for the fact that innnovations are unnecessary additions to the religion. Innovations are something new to Islaam which Allaah has not given permission for.

Also in performing these affairs, a resemblance of the enemies of Allaah (from the Jews and Christians) occurs; in that, they added and innovated in their religions something that they had no permission from Allaah. In addition, any innovation in the religion is implied by the person performing it that Islaam is incomplete and has faults because by innovating and adding to Islaam one accuses Islaam of not being complete. This, of course, is well known to contain a great deal of gross corruption, vile actions, and a contradiction to the saying of Allaah:
{This day, I have perfected your religion for you...}, [Soorah al-Maa.idah, Aayah 3],
...as it is also an obvious contrast to the traditions of the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) that caution and warn against innovations.

I hope that what was mentioned from the evidences is sufficient and convincing enough for the seeker of the truth in rejecting this innovation (bid`ah) of celebrating the night of al-Israa. and al-Mi'raaj and warning against it because it has nothing to do in anyway with the religion of Islaam.

Since Allaah has obligated to give Muslims sincere advice, to elucidate the Divine laws for them, and has forbidden concealing knowledge, I felt it necessary to call to attention my Muslim brothers against this innovation (bid`ah) which has spread throughout many cities so much so that the people thought it to be part of Islaam.

Allaah is responsible to correct the affairs of all the Muslims and grant them success in comprehending the religion and to give us, along with them, success in holding firm to the truth, ascertaining it, and leaving what opposes it; for Allaah is Capable over all.

May Allaah bless and be merciful upon His Slave and Worshipper and Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam), his family, and his companions.

Shaykh Ibn BaazMajmoo' Fataawa wa Maqaalaat Mutanawwi'ah - Volume 1, Page 188;al-Bid'u wal-Muhdathaat wa maa laa asla lahu - Page 588


That's it for now.. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala knows best, 12:19 PM

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