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Solat is Miraj

Isra miraj

Time flies so fast. Its getting faster each day without us realizing it. It was just last week we were learning from Shaykh Ninowy when he was in Singapore. A week gone by without us realizing it. A split seconds move and this is why Allah said in the Quran By (the Token of) Time (through the ages), Verily Man is in loss, (Surah asr) . Today its a unique blessed day, we had haul of Habib Isa al Haddad and tonight in 1  hours time, we will be commemorating Isra Miraj. Most of us will probably reading mawlid or burdah. Alhamdulilah, we thank Allah for making us being part of the Ummah of Prophet sallahu alaihi wa salam. However, I reminded myself, the whole purpose of devotion shouldnt be an act of being exclusiveness. If someone doesnt belong to a group, it doesnt mean he or she is deprive of spirituality. Prophet salahu alaihi wa salam was alone by himself during Isra Miraj. A sacred journey Allah brought him to discover many things in which was stated in the hadith of Prophet sallahu alaihi wa salam. Therefore, there are those individual who are alone but was never alone cause in their hearts Prophet sallahu alaihi wa salam was alive and they know Allah make them alone for them to focus on their journey to HIM.

The Salaf often reminded us that our Isra Miraj is from our solat since it was in this miraculos sacred journey Prophet sallahu alaihi wa salam reveal to us about solat thus it was obligation upon us to pray 5 times a day. We probably heard many sufistic wonderful stories about Isra Miraj and each one of it is unique in is own way. I am not here to argue its authenticity. Nevertheless, the wisdom of Isra Miraj is to remind us how Allah had perfected the Prophet sallahu alaihi wa salam in HIS own ways.Hes the best creation and the greatest gift to mankind.  To love Prophet sallahu alaihi wa salam is not just to attend majlis of mawlid and burdah but to live the life of Prophet sallahu alahi wa salam characteristic in us. So it become part of us. Its how we deal with people each day. Be patience, be humble, be helpful, be generous, be courteous, be tactful in dealing things with people and many more positive things. There was a saying if you love someone, you would imitate the person in each movement. So how about us? Is our love for Prophet sallahu alaihi wa salam is sorely base on intellectual or its in our hearts?

What really matter in our hearts, is the drive to have the burning desire to live like Prophet sallahu alaihi wa salam which inshaAllah the burning factor will burn our ego, hatred, jealous, envy and all other negative elements in us. May we be like Prophet sallahu alaihi wa salam who is the symbol of servanthood. The sacred journey of Isra Miraj make us realize that our life is indeed a journey. We move from time to time on having different aspect understanding to what we understand today. And Allah is showing us to witness his sign and manifestation of  Glory so do we deny to be in the art of gratitude?. Prophet sallahu alaihi wa salam used to say to his beloved wife Syaidatina Aisha radiaAllahuanha Am I not a thankful servant? Let us think again all this while, have we ever thought about our gratitude to Allah swt. Do you think our daily amal is enough to thank Allah. If not for Allah who give us guidance and help, will it be possible for us to know HIM? Let us do our istigfar to compensate what we missed in  the past as a duty of a servant to Allah swt. Our sins are like foams in the oceans and as high as the mountain touching the sky but we know Allah is the forgiver of all sins. 

Allah said I am the hidden treasure so I created creations so that they know (worship) me. (Hadith Qudsi) Isra miraj also reminded us about solat (prayer) For most of us who are born into a muslim family, we may find solat as a routine, a part of culture but for those who are sincerely seeking Allah, they find solat  as a reality in finding Allah. Allah said And HE (Allah) found you lost and guided you. Quran (Surah Duha) You will find nothingness in you when you performing solat cause you are in the presence of your creator, Allah.  This why solat leads to marifahtullah, a knowledge of Allah. Solat should be a forceful shield for you not to commit any sins, refrain you from backbiting and other calamities for the tongue except remembering Allah swt and reading selawat for Prophet sallahu alaihi wa salam. The haqiqah Muhammadiyah (reality of Prophet sallahu alaihi wa salam) is to make your hearts connect to Allah in solat and at all times. This is why the wirid of istigfar, La Illa ha Il la Allah, selawat upon Prophet sallahu alaihi wa salam became the manual for many servants for them to reach the path of Allah. may Allah guide us and forgive us. may Allah increase our love for his beloved Prophet sallahu alaihi wa salam so that we can enter his domain as Prophet sallahu alaihi wa salam is our door to Allah swt.

Writing

I always said to myself  I should write more often than ever before. This is one of the ways I could improve my writing in English. Yeah my writing is bad. Somehow, i am glue to facebook and i cant remove the stick as I always wanted to divide the time among the social media, be it facebook, blogging, twitter. Well it doesnt work well for me. I guess I need solid disciplinary action on myself so I am being able to do blogging as i am always in facebook. I really dunno when people tend to ask me, why do you write? Though some perception around me probably have this right in your face tendency well we wanna make awareness. But I realize, do I really kidding myself about awareness? What awareness? Argghh...I just write when I seriously felt like writing. It doesnt matter what is it about. However I realize whenever I write, I think too much..Milo ice everyone? Have a pleasent weekend. Jumaah Mubarak to you and your love ones

Its monday, we say alhamdulilah

Today is Monday, indeed a blessed day. A day our Beloved Prophet sallahu alaihiwasalam was born and Abu Jahl, his uncle was spared from the punishment in the grave due to his happiness when the Prophet sallahu alaihiwasalam was born and he freed 2 slaves. It is because of this he was spared from the hellish torment. Can you imagine how about the Sahaba radiaAllahuanhum ajmain? They sacrifice their lives, their wealth and they will do anything out of love for the beloved Prophet sallahu alaihiwasalam even it meant to cost their life and losing every single thing they owe be it materialistic or family.

For us its easier to say 'oh we love the Prophet sallahu alaihiwasalam' but we are not going through the same experience like how the family and companions of Prophet sallahu alaihiwasalam did as we read in history. The pain, the suffering and bitterness in life. The war, the hunger, the strike and the humiliation in 'Taif whereby the Prophet sallahu alaihiwasalam was stone and cast away and yet HE sallahu alaihiwasalam told Syaidina Gibril alaihisalam not to destroy the community and HE sallahu alaihiwasalam prayed for them in saying also if they are not going to be Muslims perhaps their upcoming generations will be. It was through the trials and tribulations, they got the strength in their certainty with Prophet sallahu alaihiwasalam to be closer to Allah swt.

We learn the 'seerah' of Prophet sallahu alaihiwasalam through the reading of Manuals such as the Mawlid Dibai, Barzanji, Simtud Duror and Burdah (I know there are many Mawlid out there). The purpose of reading these Blessed manuals which were composed by the people of God who came after the time of Prophet sallahu alahiwasalam and the companions who express their desire and loveliness to love the Prophet sallahu alahaiwasalam is that we understand the journal and biography of our Beloved Prophet sallahu alaihiwasalam. So we are able to cultivate the blessed characteristic of Prophet sallahu alaihiwasalam into ourselves, molding it to be part of us. The blessed beautiful characther of Prophet sallahu alaihiwasalam is a manifestation of a servanthood. A servant required to obtain such noble character such as humility, perseverance, patience. Prophet sallahu alaihiwasalam himself declared I am here for noble character.

To learn what the Prophet sallahu alaihiwasalam went through and yet HE sallahu alaihiwasalam is thankful to Allah swt for everything, is a lesson to us to reflect on the important of being shukr (gratitude) Isnt the Prophet sallahu alaihiwasalam said to his Beloved wife Syadatina Aisha radiaAllahanha Am I not a thankful servant? After SHE radiaAllahuan saw the blistered leg of Prophet sallahu alaihiwasalam when he prayed all night. To be able to pray and praise Allah swt is already a big nikmah which require one to be shukr. Shukr leads you to greater understanding of who is Prophet sallahu alaihiwasalam who many think is a man but he is more than just being merely a man like you and me.

Shukr leads you to the reality of Prophet sallahu alaihiwasalam.The reality of Prophet sallahu alaihiwasalam is not about seeing him in dream or awake. It is an opening in the heart that lead you to an act of steadfast and sincerity trying to be like Prophet sallahu alaihiwasalam which will lead you to the reality. A reality that enhance the heart to be present in prayer, not to miss prayer, pray the sunnah, reading the Quran daily, remembering Allah swt constantly. The reality of Prophet sallahu alaihiwasalam is to be able cry in the middle of the night when everyone asleep. To feel everything that you do and gain is the meryc of Allah. To love your brother more than you love yourself. To be with those who are poor, orphan and oppressed. It drew you closer to Allah swt. This is why Awliyah and Ulama feel the nikmah, mercy of solat. Praise be only to Allah for HIS guidance as we are unable to worship him if not for the guidance and strength that He had inspired and gave us from each moment of our breath without asking anything in return except to be thankful to HIM.

May we gain the reality of Prophet sallahu alaihiwasalam through the virtue of cultivating the noble charactheristic of Prophet sallahu alaihiwasalam in ourselves by reading the Mawlid, Burdah and Qasidah. May Allah guide our hearts to remember HIM only.

p/s: Forgive me for the bad English.

Focus

Oh gosh! Its been a very long time since I had posted something here..Oh my..how time flies. I am not sure if I should continue this blog or changing it to a new name but my wife often refused to allow me to do so for some nostalgia moment. Well, in life we always have this moment of nostalgia, phrasing from one stage to another. My English is not good enough for me to write even though I am trying hard enough to be a writer. I realize passion alone wont be able to make you a good writer. One thing I learn for sure, when you discpline yourself well and focus on things you need to achieve. You will get the result through certainty which you gain from the journey you are going through from time to time. In the end what matter the most is that we realize it is Allah who make things happen. So discipline and focus. Biznillah

Sacred Path Of Love :Gateway To Gratitude Conference 2011

Bismillah

Alhamdulillah wa shukrulillah.

Following last year’s highly-acclaimed inaugural conference, we are pleased to announce details of the second Sacred Path of Love conference to be held on Saturday 10 December 2011 and Sunday 11 December 2011, inshaAllah.

The theme for this year’s conference is “Gateway to Gratitude“.

The conference seeks to address the role of spirituality in the life of a Muslim and how we can attain felicity here and in the Hereafter by embracing the virtue of gratitude [shukr].

In times of trials, tribulations and uncertainty, it is human nature to ignore and forget the many blessings that Allah has bestowed upon us. Nevertheless, it is in the station of gratitude that we may find an oasis on the journey to Allah.

Scholars / Speakers:

Shaykh Ahmed Tijani Ben Omar

Shaykh Muhammad Yaqubi

Shaykh Ebrahim Schuitema

Professor Zachary Wright

Professor Osman Bakar

Dr Christoph

Ustaz Leyaket Ali

Ustaz Muhammad Zahid

Ustaz Noor Deros

There is a serious need to explore the wealth of knowledge in spiritual sciences, a heritage of wisdom written and taught by learned scholars of the past and present. From this treasure, we can bring about great spiritual affluence and refinement of character. We must also strive to develop the fabric of acceptance and understanding between human beings, regardless of their race, language or religion.

Amongst the most critical need for Muslims today is to understand the meaning of gratitude as exemplified by Prophet Muhammad (s) and his pious followers. Through gratitude we can enhance human values, character, spirituality and our relationship with society, community and the world. We must learn to assimilate traditional and spiritual values in the modern world.

Join us in Singapore for what promises to be two unforgettable days in the company of leading scholars and masters of Islamic spirituality who will share their journey on the sacred path of love and entering the gateway to gratitude.

Tickets: $45.00 (Students) $65.00 (Adults)

(Fulltime students need to produce their pass when purchasing the tickets and also during the event upon arriving)

If you are keen to purchase the ticket online: http://sacredpath.eventbrite.com/ or visit Wardah Books, No 58 Bussorah Street, near Sultan Mosque. Do call them at 62971232