Story about George, the Byzantine Roman

In the name of God, the most Gracious, the most Merciful,

iA (god willing) i will plagiarise (type down) a story on the above from the book Commanders of the Muslim Army by: Mahmood Ahmad Ghadanfar.

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There is another very interesting anecdote associated with the Battle of Yarmook. A Roman General by the name of Jarjah (I think this refer to George as the Arabs tounge can be a bit different than the Romans hehe) ask Khalid bin Waleed r.a. (ie may allah be please with him) if he could answer his question truthfully. Khalid bin Waleed answered that he would certainly do so.

He asked if his Prophet s.a.w ( ie blessings and peace be upon him) had received a special sword from heaven and given it to him, because his opponents always seemed to meet with defeat.

Khalid bin Waleed r.a. said that he had certainly not received any sword from heaven.

Jarjah then asked him:

"Why are you called Saifullah (Sword of Allah s.w.t ie grorified be He [from all flaws] the most high)"

Khalid bin Waleed r.a. said it was because Allah Almighty had sent a messenger to guide them. Some of the people has sworn allegiance to him and loved him with their hearts and souls and obeyed him implicitly; others had rejected him and chose to oppose him and his teachings. He, Khalid bin Waleed r.a. himself had been one of his worst enemies. Then Allah s.w.t. had inclined his heart towards Islam, and he had sworn allegiance to the Prophet s.a.w. in person and joined the band of Muslims. On one occasion, addressing, the Prophet s.a.w. had said:

"Khalid you are the sword of Allah Almighty which has been made to annihilate the kuffar (cruel, unjust disbelievers)"

Thus he came to be known as Saifullah (the sword of Allah). Khalid bin Waleed r.a. said they were preaching the unity of Oneness of the One True God (ie Allah in Arabic term), and inviting others to worship Him alone.

The Roman asked if a person pledged allegiance to Islam could he also earn the reward from Allah and reach the status of Khaleed bin Waleed r.a.?

Khaleed bin Waleed r.a. answered that he certainly could; in fact he could even be in a higher position. Moved deeply, the Roman said he wanted to swear allegiance to Islam and its Prophet s.a.w.

Following the guidance and instructions of Khalid bin Waleed r.a., he bathed and purified himself and read the words of acceptance, of the testimoney of faith on the Oneness on God, and two units of supererogatory (i think this means optional prayers). He bid farewell to his army and join the Mujahiden (people to strive hard purely for the sake of God). The Roman General now fought as an ordinary soldier under Khalid bin Waleed r.a. for the honour and love of Islaam, and gained martyrdom.

After coming to the fold of Islam he had had time only for those two units of prayer; how fortunate he was that his end was blessed as a submitter (Muslim).

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may allah make us like one of them.
ameeeeeeeen

Bila tarikh raya???

السلام عليكم (Peace be upon you all)

Saja nak kongsi findings ttg calculation for the month of syawal tahun 1431H ni :)

Based on web site http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?obj=moon&month=9&year=2010&obj=moon&afl=-11&day=1&n=136

Berikut merupakan summary

Jepun – Tokyo

Hari (Tarikh)	Iluminasi Bulan (Purata utk hari tu la ni rasanya)	Nampak ke Anak bulan sebelum maghrib?	Waktu maghrib ie sunset	Nampak ke Anak bulan selepas maghrib ?
Rabu (8/9/10)	0.3% *Bulan Baru mula 7.30pm*	✘ (moonset 5:32pm)	5.59pm	✘
Khamis (9/9/10)	0.90%	✓ (moonrise 5:59am)	5.58pm	✓ (moonset 6:06 pm)

So Raya Di Jepun based on calculation ni: JUMAAT la kan sebab kalender kita start maghrib.

Malaysia – KL

Hari (Tarikh)	Iluminasi Bulan (Purata utk hari tu la ni rasanya)	Nampak ke Anak bulan sebelum maghrib?	Waktu maghrib ie sunset	Nampak ke Anak bulan selepas maghrib ?
Rabu (8/9/10)	0.2% *Bulan Baru mula 6.30pm*	✓ (moonset 7.05pm)	7.15pm	✘
Khamis (9/9/10)	1.20%	✓ (moonrise 7.33am)	7.15pm	✓ (moonset 7.56 pm)

So Raya Di Malaysia – KL based on calculation ni: KHAMIS la kan sebab kalender kita start maghrib.

UK – London

Hari (Tarikh)	Iluminasi Bulan (Purata utk hari tu la ni rasanya)	Nampak ke Anak bulan sebelum maghrib?	Waktu maghrib ie sunset	Nampak ke Anak bulan selepas maghrib ?
Rabu (8/9/10)	0.2% *Bulan Baru mula 11.30am*	✓ (moonset 7.03pm)	7.31pm	✘
Khamis (9/9/10)	2.00%	✓ (moonset 7.23pm)	7.29pm	✘

So Raya Di UK – London based on calculation ni: KHAMIS la kan sebab kalender kita start maghrib.

In the end of the day والله اعلم (Definitely Allah knows better).

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Perangkap Syaitan

Assalamualaikum.

Nak share satu lg puisi :)

Hidup di dunia ini banyak dengan tipu daya syaitan,
harus kita berhati2 selalu,
Pastikan tidak terjerat ke perangkap syaitan
Membawa kehancuran dunia dan juga akhirat
Haruslah kita berpegang kepada 'tali' Allah setiap masa
Berpandukan kepada panduan alquran dan juga sunnah yg sahih

Ya Allah,
Dari Engkau sahajalah ketenangan haqiqi dapat dikecapi.

Hidup di dunia ini pastilah byk cabarannya,
Nak masuk syurga bukan boleh goyang kaki saja,
iA berkat ketabahan dan kecekalan kita,
akan diberi ganjaran ilahi

Ya Allah,
Dari Engkau sahajalah ketenangan haqiqi dapat dikecapi.

Gaza Freedom Flotilla

Gaza Freedom Flotilla – Update 25 May 2010 Ismail Patel , Antalya, Turkey As with all other carefully crafted plans, we are having to revise our schedule. The boats setting sail from Greece have been delayed and since we all need to travel in a group we need to extend our patience for a further 24 hours before setting sail from Antalya. Meanwhile the Israelis have announced several measures to counter the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. Apparently half of the Israeli navy has been placed on full alert to confront our peaceful mission to take humanitarian aid to Gaza. They also say spaces have been created in their prisons no doubt an implication to imprison the 700 foreign nationals who make up this contingent. All these threats from a heavily armed naval force against us civilians has simply further strengthened our resolve and we are more eager to set out earlier rather than later. Our spirits could not be higher and the Turkish team here is going out of their way to make our stay comfortable. The greatest concern is the announcement that Israeli ‘citizens’ are preparing to sail with hundreds of boats to confront us. This is of concern since this may provide an excuse for the Israeli navy to intervene under the pretext of aiding its citizens. However one can raise the legitimate question – are those Israeli’s without uniforms really civilians or soldiers disguised in civilian clothing? Stay up to date Regular updates will be posted on Facebook & Twitter/text Click here to Join the Friends of Al-Aqsa Fan Page on Facebook Get SMS updates by texting follow FriendsofAlAqsa to 86444 in the United Kingdom (powered by twitter) Itinerary Wednesday 26th May : Set sail from Antalya Friday 28th May : All 9 ships from the Flotilla to converge near Gaza waters in the Mediterranean, and dock at Gaza Port News Gaza Freedom Flotilla: Not Just another Middle East Crisis The Palestine chronicle 25 May 2010 The U.S. corporate media have provided little coverage on some important happenings in the Middle East during the past 18 months. You might ask what's the big deal -- bad stuff happens there all the time and it doesn't concern me. In this case, recent events have the potential to create an international crisis in the coming days. Before getting to the possible explosive situation, we first need some background information. Click here to read more Israel’s Navy will have its work cut out Al-Jazeera Ten thousand tons of cargo, 800 passengers, 50 nationalities, nine vessels - one aim - to break the siege on Gaza. Click here to read more Action Points The Israeli navy has declared that it will prevent the convoy from reaching Gaza at all costs. It has prepared half of its navy to intervene and stop the flotilla and has prepared special ‘prison’ spaces for what it calls ‘hundreds of protestors’, which seems to indicate that it intends to arrest all the peace activists and leaders who will be on the flotilla from 40 countries around the world. Please take action: 1. Contact your local MP NOW and inform them about the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and its aims. Put pressure on them to bring up a question in Parliament about what the British government will do to protect British peace activists on board. Also, contact the Prime Minister’s office and the Foreign Office. Click here to find your MP 2. Contact the Prime Minister David Cameron MP 10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA camerond@parliament.uk 3. Contact the Foreign Secretary William Hague MP Foreign Secretary King Charles Street London SW1A 2AH private.office@fco.gov.uk, fcoresponsecentre@fco.gov.uk, MSU.PublicIn@fco.gov.uk msu.correspondence@fco.gov.uk 4. Contact the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg MP House of Commons London SW1A 0AA cleggn@parliament.uk

Updated 22/5: Derma Kilat Muaz Firdausi Khairul Izham

Salam alaikum,

Summary payment untuk muaz:

1. Ikut Bank Account MSM Appeal, seperti yg tertera dalam poster di bawah
Account No : 31458272
Sort Code: 40-31-17
Account Name: MSM Appeal
Reference : Mu’az Firdausi

Boleh lawat blog Bapa Muaz, Khairul Izham @ Keyo di sini - KLIK

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[By Mohd Khairul Izham Musa, the dad]

Assalamualaikum wbt..

First of all, I would like to thank all of you who has already been helping us by making continous du’aa, monetary donations, as well as moral support to me,my wife Azila,and our young mujahid Mr Muaz Firdausi bin Khairul Izham. I can only hold my hands up and pray to Allah that He may grant all of you al-Jannah for the things that you have done in making this easier for us.

For those who doesnt know the story yet, my wife gave birth to our first son on the 19^th May 2010. However, it was a premature birth where our baby was delivered 13 weeks before my wife’s expected delivery date. This totally caught us by surprise as from the last check up that we had a week earlier we were told by the doctor that everything up to that point has been fine.

Whilst we felt very thrilled and grateful that Allah has given us our eagerly-awaited young mujahid in the shape of the little Mu’az Firdausi, the timing of it did caught us by surprise as we were actually planning to deliver the baby in Malaysia. In Czech, all pregnant women must have a pregnancy insurance cover which would entitle them to care and treatment in the hospital. However, the insurance was quite expensive and we have decided against taking the insurance as we would not be able to bear the financial side of it,plus we were planning to have our baby delivered in Malaysia anyway.Little did we know that The Almighty has had a different plan.

As with other premature babies,our little Muaz Firdausi would need to be cared for in a special unit with an incubator and everything for about 40 days if everything goes smoothly.Without the insurance, we are going to have to bear all the cost ourselves..and the cost for using the incubator per day is 25000kc which would translate into around EUR1000 per day. So in total we are looking at a figure of EURO 40 000 just to make sure that our little Muaz get every little help he needed to survive this test Allah has given him(and us) since day one of his life.

Therefore, we would really appreciate if any of you who would be willing to contribute financially to lessen our burden here though this centralized appeal account organized by Majlis Syura Muslimun UK who has kindly agreed to act as a donation point for us.Even if you cant help out financially and making du’a is pretty much the only thing u can contribute, we would still be eternally grateful for that as well.So the account details are:

Account No : 31458272
Sort Code: 40-31-17
Account Name: MSM Appeal
Reference : Mu’az Firdausi

Finally, thank you so much for your time reading this appeal…on behalf of our little family I thank you in advance for each and every little help that you’re giving us, may Allah reward all of you with His Jannah ameen

Assalamualaikum wbt..

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Mesej dari Dr Syed Jefrizal Syed Jamal, Specialist Registrar Neonatalogist, QMC, Nottingham:

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A'kum semua, minta maaf pakai channel nie.

Untuk makluman semua, ada seorang sister kita (4th year medical student) sudah selamat melahirkan seorang anak di Prague. Namun begitu, anak beliau dilahirkan premature 27 minggu.

Di Czech Republic, Malaysians kena bayar kos perubatan. Dianggarkan, kos sehari untuk anak beliau adalah sekitar GBP 900.

Kalau kat UK, babies hanya boleh discharge ke rumah sekitar 34 minggu.

Semoga kita semua dapat contribute sedikit bantuan kewangan kepada saudara kita ini.

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Mesej dari Firdaus Rahim (diedit sedikit):

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Salam,

Sahabat-sahabat yang dimuliakan,

Alhamdulillah, salah seorang sahabat kita baru sahaja melahirkan seorang anak lelaki yang dinamakan Muaz Firdausi. Namun begitu, anak beliau lahir secara premature (tidak cukup bulan). Beliau, Hazilawaty, merupakan pelajar Malaysia yang merupakan bekas pelajar Kolej Yayasan UEM yang sedang menuntut di dalam jurusan perubatan tahun ke-4 di Republik Czech.

Oleh kerana anaknya lahir tidak cukup bulan, maka kos tambahan yang diperlukan amat tinggi (mencecah 25000Kc@GBP900. 00@EUR1000. 00 per day). Untuk pengetahuan lanjut, bolehlah dibaca secara first hand daripada blog suaminya, saudara Khairul Izham Musa, pelajar Mechanical Engineer tahun ke-4 di University of Nottingham.

Semoga anak ini dapat membesar dengan sihat berkat sumbangan ikhlas anda semua.

Terima kasih kerana sudi membaca dan syukran.

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jz semua

Segala us-haku hanyalah kepadaMu

Ya Allah,

Coretan ini hanyalah untukmu,

Sebagai saksi bahawa segala2nya dalam hidupku yang kerdil ini hanyalah untukMu, tuhan yang satu-satunya tuhan sekalian alam,

Tidak kira apa jua yang telah engkau tentukan untukku,

Ku terima dengan redhanya,

Kerna Engkaulah segala2nya,

Ya Allah, Ya Rabbal Alamin.

Sajak release stress

Salam alaikum kawan2,

Saja nak tulis sajak seket, luah perasaan tatkala stress exam ni dan pelbagai cabaran2 lain dalam kehidupan.

Bismillahirrahmanirraheem . Dengan Nama Allah Yg Pemurah Yg Pengasih

Hidup dunia ini sungguh sementara,
Walau sementara byk cabaranya,
Godaan syetan sentiasa mengganggu,
Imaan taqwa kena dijaga senantiasa,

Ku rindu,
Ku rindu,

Ingatan kepada mu sudah cukup pengubat diriku,

Ku yakin iA,
Ku yakin iA,

Hidup akhirat mmg kekal abadi,
Baik dan buruk, akan dihitung semuanya,
Hamba setan diheret sekali ke neraka,
Mereka yg berjaya, kebahagiaan haqiqi hadiahnya.

Ku berusaha,
Ku berdoa,

Moga Mu menempatkan daku di tempat yg berjaya.

Ya Rabb, kepada mu kami berserah.