9.12pm : Tawau Airport
Imigration Counter.
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Kita dalam perjalanan dari Tawau ke destinasi seterusnya. Perjalananmengambil masa selama 45 minit. Anda boleh menikmati panorama tempatyang akan kita lawati di screen video......( Azhar-SBM)
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Husayn refused to follow Hur's exhortations. Hur tried to show some firmness in his stance. The thing came to a head when Hur grabbed the reins of Husayn's horse. Husayn became angry and said:

"May your mother mourn for you, are you going to stop me?"

Hur replied: "If it was someone else in your place I would reply to him in the same tone but I cannot say those things for your mother."

This episode has been analysed by Shi'a scholars and they have explained that Husayn's statement in anger was actually a call to Hur and all those with him to come to the right path. And Hur did respond to that call. Only a few days later, Hur, his son and his personal servant would desert Yazeed's army at the battlefield of Karbala and fight protecting Husayn and give their lives.

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Kategori : AKIDAH Akhlak

Tajuk :
Larangan Duduk Di Atas Kubur

Hadith :
Dari Abu Hurairah r.a katanya, Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda:”Jika kamu duduk di atas bara api, lalu terbakar baju dan kulitmu, itu lebih baik bagimu daripada duduk di atas kubur.”

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Iraqi residents look to regain normality after more violence and clashes disturb Sadr City.

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Ibn Ziyad was well prepared for Husayn. Every road leading into Koofa was completely blocked. There were troops stationed at every key-position in and around town. Local leaders were made responsible for reporting any sympathies with Husayn, failing which they would be beheaded.

As soon as news arrived in Koofa of Husayn's approach to the city, a detachment of one thousand cavalry-men was sent to intercept him. The man commanding these troops was Hurr Ibn Yazeed Riyahi, a man of proven military exper-tise.

He also had a great regard for Husayn and the Prophet's family. When Hurr's company met Husayn's caravan, Hurr and his men had lost their way in the desert and both the soldiers as well as the horses were on the verge of dying of thirst in the scorching heat of the desert.

Husayn saw this and immediately ordered his caravan to stop. Water was provided freely and generously to man and animal alike. As soon as Hurr and his troops recovered from exhaustion, Hurr spoke to Husayn and said that his orders were to stop Husayn from entering Koofa at all costs.

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Kategori : IBADAH Solat

Tajuk :
2 Waktu Diharamkan Solat

Hadith :
Dari Ibnu Umar r.a katanya, Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda:”Janganlah kamu menunggu-nunggu waktu (solat) kerana sengaja hendak solat tepat pada waktu matahari terbit dan jangan pula pada waktu matahari terbenam.”

(Muslim)

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Against this background Husayn sent his cousin Muslim Ibn Aqeel to Koofa while he stayed in Makkah. In the meantime new developments in Makkah made him leave soon afterwards. It appears that Husayn travelled right across the subcontinent, from the Red Sea coast to the Gulf coast and then turned northwards along the shore. He then passed through the present-day Kuwait and then through Basra along the river Euphrates and ended up in Karbala. There is a mosque situated in a village on the East coast of present day Saudi Arabia, which is dedicated to Husayn, in memory of his visit there, en-route to Karbala. However, recent study by S.M. Raza Shabbar of London has shown that Husayn may have taken a much shorter and direct route to Karbala from Makkah.

While Husayn was on his way to Koofa, Muslim Ibn Aqeel was received with open arms by the Koofans. Eighteen thousand people swore allegiance to Husayn vicariously, on Muslim's hand. Yazeed's spies were at work and they were giving full reports about the comings and goings of Koofa. As soon as this news was brought to Yazeed he ordered Ibn Ziyad, the governor of Basra, to proceed immediately and take charge of Koofa. Ibn Ziyad was well known for his hatred for the family of the Proph-et. As soon as he arrived in Koofa, he summoned all the tribal leaders to his presence. When they came, they were arrested and put behind bars.

This was sufficient to deter the Koofans from hel-ping Muslim. That evening, several hundred people had gathered in the mosque to offer their prayers behind Muslim. When the prayers were over, only twelve people were left.

By the time Muslim was returning home, only three followed him. After a few minutes he was left alone in the back-alleys of Koofa. He took refuge in a woman's house, for the night. The woman's own son reported the whereabouts of Muslim for money. Seven hundred people led by Muhammad Ibn Ash'ath attacked the house where Muslim had stayed the night. Muslim came out with the sword in his hand, fought valian-tly and was wounded by trickery, arrested and pre-sented to Ibn Ziyad.

He ordered him to be thrown from the roof-top of the governor's palace. His dead body was dragged in the streets of Koofa. This was now the 9th of Zilhijj. The following day Husayn received the news of Muslim's brutal killing from travelling Bedouins. He was well on his way to Koofa. Obviously, the travelling Bedouins rep-orted both ways.

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Kategori : IBADAH Solat

Tajuk :
Solat Sambil Duduk

Hadith :
Daripada Abdullah bin Syaqiq r.a bahawasanya dia bertanya kepada Aisyah r.a, katanya:”Adakah nabi s.a.w solat sambil duduk?” Jawab Aisyah:”Ada! Iaitu di hari-hari tua baginda.”

(Muslim)

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There is only one explanation for this course of action. Husayn's move was political only in the sense that if he had been able to draw the support he needed, he would have overthrown the Umayyad rule. In the circumstances, regardless of the odds against him, he had to move to fulfill his duty as the rightful Imam. That makes Husayn's step fulfilling the duty he was assigned as IMAM MANSOOS MIN ALLAH. That is the spirituality in his actions. The overwhelming fact that comes out of this analysis is that the SPIRITUALITY OVER-RIDES THE POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS in the true Political Philosophy of Islam..

In the true political philosophy of Islam politics is subservient to spirituality. The law is governed by the Prophetic guidance and Qur'anic edicts. The Ahlul Bayt being the custodians of the Qur'an and the Prophetic Traditions are the true Imams of the community. Their claim to that high office would be proved not by brute force over the people neither by the hereditary principle but by the sacrifices they would make to protect the Qur'an and the Prophetic Traditions; and that would in effect protect the basic rights of the oppressed.

The Tragedy of Karbala is the epitome of that political philosophy.

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Kategori : IBADAH Solat

Tajuk :
Duduk Di Atas Kedua Tumit

Hadith :
Dari Thawus r.a katanya:”Kami bertanya kepada Ibnu Abbas mengenai hukum duduk di atas kedua tumit. Jawab Ibnu Abbas;”Hukumnya sunat.” Kami berkata:”kami lihat janggal (jarang) orang duduk seperti itu.” Jawab Ibnu Abbas:”Tetapi begitulah sunnah nabi s.a.w.”

(Muslim)

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This short episode gives us a very clear insight into the Shi'a theory of Imamat. Husayn himself was confident that he was the rightful Imam. His followers on the other hand were confident that they were following the right Imam. Now they were calling their Imam to come and relieve them of the misery of Syrian oppression. It was like a child in real distress calling his father for a rescue attempt. Husayn had to respond even though he knew that he would be jeopardizing the safety and security of his person as well as that of his family and friends. Husayn's historic step was very much like a father would try everything to save his own child from a dangerous situation even if his own life was endangered in that effort.

Husayn first sent his cousin, Muslim bin Aqeel, to Koofa on a fact finding mission. He was welcomed by the Shi'a of Koofa with open arms. Nearly 18,000 people pledged their support to him in the mosque . But only a few days later, Muslim was deserted by his supporters and brutally executed on Ibn Ziyad's orders . Husayn received the news of Muslim's killing while he was on his way to Koofa. If Husayn's move was for purely political purposes, any intelligent person would immediately turn back, or, at least stop and reflect. Husayn, on the other hand, continued towards Koofa. In that same journey he was met by the poet Frazdaq, who told him: "the hearts of the people of Koofa are with you but their swords are with the Banu Umayya." Such a clear warning would not deter Husayn from his advance. That simile of the child in distress calling his father explains Husayn's decision of continuing towards Iraq even after Muslim's Killing.

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Kategori : IBADAH Solat

Tajuk :
Elakkan Fitnah

Hadith :
Dari Zainab ats-Tsaqafiy r.a katanya:”Apabila kamu (para wanita) mengikuti solat Isyak berjamaah di masjid, maka janganlah memakai harum-haruman ketika itu.”

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KUALA LUMPUR: The move by Datuk Lee Kah Choon to accept the posts of director of Penang Development Corporation (PDC) and investPenang is opposed to the Barisan Nasional spirit, said party chairman Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Abdullah, who is also prime minister, said Lee cannot accept the two posts offered by the Penang state government before conferring with the Gerakan leadership.The former Gerakan deputy secretary-general must first seek the views and decision of the party leadership on the offer, he was quoted as saying by Bernama."I want to hear the views of Gerakan acting president (Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon) on this matter."Any subsequent action on Lee will be left to Gerakan to decide."

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All indications are that Husayn was still reluctant to go to Iraq. Finally, one day he received a letter from the people of Koofa which read as follows:

"We have been writing to you to come and lead us on the
right path. You are our Imam. If you still do not heed our
call we will complain on the Day of Judgement that we had
called our Imam and he had not responded to our call. "

Eyewitness reports tell us that as Husayn read that letter, he stood up shaking. It was at this point that Husayn finally decided to move towards Koofa.

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Kategori : IBADAH Solat

Tajuk :
Hanya Bila Sudah Jelas

Hadith :
Dari Abu Hurairah r.a katanya, rasulullah s.a.w bersabda:”Apabila kamu merasa ada angin dalam perutmu, kemudian kamu ragu adakah angin itu keluar atau tidak, maka janganlah keluar daripada masjid sebelum jelas terdengar suara (kentut) atau mencium bau.”

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ISLAM dalam sejarah pembangunan dan kemajuannya sering dihubungkan dengan pembangunan sistem. Bukti lahirnya suatu tamadun sejak zaman Rasulullah SAW memberi fokus kepada pembangunan manusia dengan menghubungkan binaan Perlembagaan Madinah sebagai landasan membangunkan sistem yang dilatari masyarakat berbilang bangsa.

Perlembagaan Madinah memberi asas bagaimana kepemimpinan Islam dan misi pembangunan umatnya menjadi teras yang tidak saja membatasi ketrampilan faktor teras, tetapi memayungi kelompok bukan teras.

Pengalaman itu berjalan dengan baik di bawah suatu muafakat yang jelas arah tujunya, tetapi ia menampilkan masalah apabila wujud rasa ingkar terhadap apa disepakati.

Sesama golongan Muhajirin dan Ansar, muafakat yang lahir adalah berasaskan kesatuan akidah. Orang Nasrani dan Yahudi berasaskan latar agama yang diungkap daripada tradisi Nabi Allah Ibrahim.

Secara etika dan nilainya, banyak titik persamaan dan secara akidahnya ada asas perbezaan. Ia tentunya menuntut etika di mana yang berbeza biarlah berbeza dan yang bersama suburkan titik persamaannya.

Hakikatnya agama daripada tradisi Nabi Allah Ibrahim memberikan asas etika dan nilai yang mendukung nilai kemanusiaan tinggi. Sayangnya, ia tidak dimengerti oleh penganut yang melihat perbezaan sebagai isu pokok mempertajamkan hubungan keinsanan.

Hal yang menyangkut mengenai pasal membabitkan umat Islam diberikan asas teguh dalam Perlembagaan Madinah dan hal yang menyentuh masyarakat bukan Islam juga diberi diperuntukkan agak besar.

Pembangunan Islam sejak zaman Rasulullah SAW dan sahabat, zaman seterusnya sehinggalah kebangkitan tamadun Islam di Maghribi, Andalusia dan Eropah, tidak dapat mengelak daripada wujudnya interaksi tamadun dan budaya dengan masyarakat bukan Islam.

Pemerintahan Islam Maghribi sentiasa dirujuk mengenai bagaimana hubungan Eropah dan negara Arab dapat berlaku. Kehebatan Andalusia memperhalusi keupayaan agama terbesar dunia melakukan interaksi keinsanan menyebabkan mereka mampu membina muafakat dan berkongsi nilai ketamadunan untuk membina sistem.

Hakikatnya, Islam itu sendiri membawa ajaran mengenai memperkasa rahmah alamiah. Islam tidak diturunkan untuk mempertajam rasa perkauman dan menyulitkan keadaan. Penampilan Islam pada zaman berbeza yang dilatari masyarakat pelbagai dengan fahaman berbeza tidak dimaksudkan untuk menyulitkan hubungan, tetapi memudahkan interaksi ilmu, perkongsian etika dan nilai bermanfaat untuk pembangunan sistem.

Maksud amanah, adil, telus dan tulus dalam Islam umpamanya, tidak hanya berlegar di sekitar kepentingan umat dan agamanya, tetapi memberi kebaikan kepada yang lain. Ideologi yang terbangun hasil pemikiran manusia umpamanya mempunyai keserasian terhadap ajaran Islam jika pendukung ideologi berkenaan peka dengan usaha membangun nilai yang fitrah.

Tidak mungkin kestabilan boleh wujud jika faktor teras dalam latar budaya, sejarah dan agama di tolak semata-mata atas nama persamaan dan demokrasi. Tidak pula dikatakan adil jika kelompok yang lemah penguasaan ekonominya diajak bersaing di permulaan yang sama sedangkan banyak faktor dalam diri bangsa itu memerlukan fokus yang jujur dan peningkatan kualiti modal insan.

Malaysia yang menggunakan pendekatan demokratik dalam memahami maksud amanah, keadilan, kebajikan dan kesejahteraan memerlukan pedoman bagaimana dalam dunia persaingan terbuka memerlukan faktor teras yang sifatnya memayungi dan faktor bukan teras didekati secara santun, adil serta saksama.

Mendukung maksud adil dalam Islam menuntut faktor pemahaman makna rohaniah dan spiritual yang berupaya diterjemahkan dalam program dan sistem. Menangani isu kemiskinan, kecelikan ilmu dan minda, keutamaan nilai dan etika, kesalingan hubungan insan dan kejernihan sistem sosial, binaan prasarana yang dirasai semua dan fokus integrasi terpancar daripada keyakinan dan kepuasan terhadap kesaksamaan memerlukan upaya penterjemahan tinggi dan bijaksana.

Islam tidak harus didekati secara emosi, sentimen, retorik yang tinggi dengan hanya menggariskan pedoman umum serta harapan supaya orang lain melakukannya saja. Pencernaan maksud Islam dalam pembangunan dan sistem harus bermula dengan keupayaan menjana ilmu yang bersepadu supaya penampilan Islam dilihat mampu mengatasi masalah dan menghasilkan suasana kondusif dikongsi semua.

Jika pencernaan itu gagal dirumus dan dilaksanakan, maka sebarang usaha pembaharuan hanya tinggal dalam dengungan slogan di tengah kerumitan serta kerencaman ideologi sekular dan liberal yang mencengkam.

Kebuntuan melakukan tajdid boleh menyebabkan gagasan umum mengenai Islam cair diserapi sistem yang sudah lama berjalan, malah menjadikan pendukung Islam lebih hampa dan masyarakat bukan Islam lebih kecewa.

Amat penting faktor teras diperkasakan supaya sifat memayungi menjadi suatu rahmah dan akhirnya Malaysia akan terus menjadikan model kepelbagaian berdiri atas teras yang adil, unik dan mensejahterakan.

BH 22 April 2008

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This letter was signed by seven men - Shabath bin Rab'i, Hijar bin Al-Jar, Yazeed bin Harith, Yazeed bin Royem, Ghurrah bin Qays, Amr bin al-Hajjaj Zubaydi, and Muhammad bin Umayr Tameemi. The Allama then continues to follow the end of those people who had actually signed those letters. It turns out that those who had urged Imam Husayn to come to Koofa because they were looking for their Imam to come and lead them on the right path, were the actual Shi'a.

Husayn himself being a man of wisdom and intelligence, knew the fickle nature of the Koofans. He had seen how they had deserted his father in the hour of need. He had seen how they had mistreated his brother, Hasan. On the other hand, he considered it his moral duty to respond to this call from the Koofans. Firstly, being the true representative of the holy Prophet, he felt responsible to lead the Muslims on the right path. Secondly, as a leader of men, from a truly human point of view, he felt obliged to help and lead those who sought justice while a tyrant was denying them their basic human rights, and that the oppressed looked up to him in this hour of need.

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Kategori : IBADAH Haji Umrah

Tajuk :
Tawaf Wada’

Hadith :
Dari Ibnu Abbas r.a katanya:”Orang ramai telah pulang ke negerinya masing-masing. Maka bersabda rasulullah s.a.w:”Janganlah seseorang pulang sebelum dia tawaf wada’ (akhir) di Baitullah.”

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This original was followed by 53 similar letters in the next few days. We can only surmise that not all of those people who eventually signed those letters were committed Shi'a. It was a matter of a popular movement of discontent against a tyrant. Many people just joined the movement because everyone else was doing it. Therefore, names are important, because that is how we will be able to identify the true Shi'a eventually.

There are various letters of similar sentiments that we can find in the books of history. All these letters show a general sentiment in the Koofan public of an open dissatisfaction with Yazeed, a show of wariness and anger against the oppression and hopefulness that if Husayn comes he will be able to free the people of Koofa from their misery.

The Allama then finds another letter of which the contents are totally devoid of those sentiments but, the letter does invite Husayn to Koofa. It reads:

"Fields are overflowing with vegetation and greenery, trees are loaded with fruits, ponds are filled to their brims. So come as and when you wish (fa iza sh'at fa-aqdam). There is a large group of people (ready to welcome you)."

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Kategori : IBADAH Haji Umrah

Tajuk :
Mencukur Rambut

Hadith :
Dari Ibnu Umar r.a katanya:”Bahawasanya Rasulullah s.a.w mencukur rambut ketika baginda haji wada’.”

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Both US Democratic presidential candidates vowed to support Israel against any possible Iran attack in Wednesday's presidential debate, although Barack Obama adopted a softer stance, as Al Jazeera's Nick Spicer reports.

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There is a curse in Malaysia, and it's called the delivery system. The MIC president says that
the government wants to give, but the man inbetween, does not want to let it trickle to the
ground.
Full Story in Malaysiakini.com
Reporter: RK Anand

Camera: Mohd Kamal Ishak

Editor: Indrani Kopal

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The other two groups have been identified as such by Allama Ali Naqi in his short paper titled: QATILAAN-E-HUSAYN KA MAZHAB. The Allama begins his research by looking at the letters that were sent to Imam Husayn from Koofa. He finds two very distinct types of letters. He quotes one of each kind as follows.

The first letter was received by Imam Husayn in Makkah on the 10th of the month of Ramadhan. This read as follows:

"There is no leader (imam) over us, you should therefore come. Perhaps through you we would be able to collect us on the right path. N'uman bin al-Basheer is in the governor's palace. However we do not attend the Friday prayers in his leadership neither do we go to the Eid prayers. If we get the news that you are coming here we will banish him (N'uman) towards Syria."

This letter was signed by Sulayman bin Surad, Musaiyyab bin Najaba, Rifa'a bin Shaddad, and Habeeb bin Mazahir. This letter was delivered by Abdullah bin Samee Hamdani and Abdullah bin Waal.

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Kategori : IBADAH Haji Umrah

Tajuk :
Masuk Ke Dalam Baitulllah

Hadith :
Dari Ismail bin Abi Khalid dia bertanya kepada Abdullah bin Aufa seorang sahabat rasulullah s.a.w, katanya:”Adakah nabi s.a.w masuk ke Baitullah ketika umrah?” Jawab Abdullah:”Tidak!”

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We would like to pause here and give our readers a glimpse of the political situation in Koofa at this time, and the motivation behind those letters received by Husayn, and who actually were the writers of those letters.

The people of Koofa consisted of three very diverse groups of people. The first one were the tribal leaders. These were only paying lip service in inviting Husayn to Koofa. The second were the true Shi'a who had accepted Husayn as their rightful Imam, and the third group were openly hostile to Ahlul-Bayt. The third group was easily identifiable. It were these people who had formed the bulk of the army who fought Husayn at Karbala. These cannot, by any stretch of the imagination, be called Shi'a.

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Kategori : IBADAH Qurban

Tajuk :
Bersekutu Tujuh Orang

Hadith :
Dari Abu Zubair, dari Jabir bin Abdullah r.a, katanya:”Kami pernah menyembelih korban bersama-sama rasulullah s.a.w di tahun perjanjian Hudaibiyah untuk korban seekor unta atau korban seekor lembu, kami bersekutu tujuh orang.”

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The news of Yazeed's misdeeds were reaching far and wide. The more Muslims came to know of his every-day life the more disgusted they became. However, the fear of the Syrian army kept them from taking any action. There were groups of people who wanted somebody to rise up against Yazeed and bring back the golden age of the Prophet of Islam. There was no one better suited for this than the Prophet's own grandson Husayn. The people of Koofa, a garrison town in Iraq near the Iranian border, was rife with this feeling. Mostly because Ali, the fourth Khaleefa and Husayn's father, had made Koofa his capital. Koofans remembered the just and puri-tan rule of Ali. Naturally, they were inclined to the son of their previous leader.

At the same time the people of Koofa had been suffering at the hands of the Syrian terrorists, organized and paid by Muawiyah during his reign, only because they were the followers of Ali. In this background, the tribal leaders in Koofa started sending letters to Husayn in Madinah that he should come and take charge of the people of Koofa and restore a just and peaceful society, and that they were willing to fight against the Syrians. Husayn received several thousand of these letters.

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Kategori : IBADAH Haji Umrah

Tajuk :
Talbiyah Tanpa Henti

Hadith :
Dari Fadhal r.a katanya:”Rasulullah s.a.w sentiasa membaca talbiyah sehingga tiba waktu melontar Jumrah.”

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During his stay in Makkah, close to the days of Hajj, Husayn got wind of profe-ssional killers being sent for him in the dis-guise of pilgrims to Makkah. He immediately left Makkah, for two reasons.

• He knew at the meeting with Waleed that there was no way he was going to escape death in the near future, because he was never going to swear allegiance to Yazeed. He also knew that those hired killers had no scruples and they would not respect the sanctity of Makkah (where even the killing of a pest is not allowed). Therefore, he decided to choose a place for himself.
• He wanted to make his death as public as possible, so that he could leave a legacy of sacrifice and martyrdom for all time to come. Husayn wanted to bring about a revolution in human philosophical thought by his martyr-dom.

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Kategori : IBADAH Qurban

Tajuk :
Hari Tasyrik; Hari Makan Minum

Hadith :
Dari Nubaisyah al-Hudzali r.a katanya:”Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda:”Hari-hari Tasyrik (11,12 dan 13 Zulhijjah) adalah hari-hari makan minum.”

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• Alangkah susahnya mendapatkan syurga dunia. Padahal ia jauh lebih hina daripada syurga akhirat.
• Untung atau rugi, bahaya atau aman, kaya atau miskin, pintar atau bodoh, menipu atau tertipu, zalim atau dizalimi, iman atau kufur - semua atas pilihan masing-masing.
• Demi mendapatkan dunia, manusia sanggup melakukan apa saja untuk membina empayar kekayaan dan kuasa, anak dan isteri yang menjadi cahaya mata, keluarga dan hamba yang sedia menolong menjaga nama baik mereka.
• Hidup sebagai orang kaya mempunyai risiko menjadi lalai. Hidup miskin mendekatkan manusia dengan kekufuran. Bagi mereka orang miskin jangan menyesal dilahirkan ke dunia, kerana di situlah medan pergelutan nasib baik dan buruk.
• Rasulullah SAW pernah bersabda yang bermaksud: "Sesungguhnya kekayaan yang sebenar itu ialah kaya hati."

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MUSLIM BIN AQEEL AND HURR

This is very significant. There were three groups of people in that community of Banu Israel who had broken the covenant of al-Sabt. One party were the actual transgressors, they were intent on breaking the law. The others were trying to stop them and they were fewer in numbers. The third party was the largest in number but they tried to remain neutral saying that they did not want to become controversial. If we look at Koofa, Makkah and Madinah, we will find those three parties among them. There were the Banu Umayya who were intent on harming Husayn and his family. There were those who were going to help Husayn, and they did. But they were only 72 in number. Then, in the middle, there was the large majority who did not want to become part of a controversy. At the head of this third group was Abdullah bin Umar and the rest of the people of Makkah and Madinah.

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Kategori : IBADAH Haji Umrah

Tajuk :
Tempat-tempat Wukuf

Hadith :
Dari jabir r.a, dia menceritakan dalam hadithnya bahawa Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda:”Aku menyembelih korban di sini, dan Mina seluruhnya adalah tempat menyembelih. Kerana itu sembelihlah korbanmu di tempat kenderaanmu berhenti. Dan wukuf di ‘Arafah, maka ‘Arafah seluruhnya adalah tempat wukuf. Dan aku wukuf pula di Muzdalifah, maka Muzdalifah seluruhnya adalah tempat wukuf.”

(Muslim)

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Kategori : IBADAH Puasa

Tajuk :
2 Hari Haram Berpuasa

Hadith :
Dari Abu Hurairah r.a kataya:”Rasulullah s.a.w melarang puasa pada dua jenis hari. Iaitu pada hari raya Idul Adha (10 Zulhijjah) dan hari raya Idul Fitri (1 Syawal).”

(Muslim)

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MUSLIM BIN AQEEL AND HURR

When Waleed asked Husayn for Yazeed's Ba'ya (allegiance to one's authority), Husayn very diplomatically refused to do that. The next morning Husayn left Madinah with nineteen male and twelve female members of his family and a number of children. First he headed towards Makkah. He left Madinah on the 28th day of Rajab in the 60th year of Hijra.

He arrived in Makkah a few days later. He wanted to perform the Hajj, which was a few months away as yet. Two other important people were in Makkah. One of them was Abdullah bin Zubayr. He too was being pressed for Yazeed's bay'at. However, he escaped from Madinah before the governor could summon him. Before the arrival of Husayn, he was the center of people's attention in Makkah. After Husayn arrived in Makkah, Muslims were naturally attracted to him. Husayn's own Mu'azzin would call for prayers and people would gather to offer prayers in his leadership. He talked to people at a personal level and also made speeches in which he explained why he had left home. The other person was the aging Abdullah bin Abbas. When he met Husayn he advised him not to take his women and children with him. He also warned Husayn that people of Koofa were unreliable and that they had mistreated his brother and had disobeyed his father. To this Husayn replied that all matters were in Allah's command and that the Banu Umayya would transgress in Zulm with him exactly like the People of Sabath.(he referred to Qur'anic verses 2:65, 7:166 and 16:124)

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Mu'awiyah died in the month of Rajab, in the 60th year of Hijra (April 680 A.D.). Husayn had now reached the mature age of 57.
Soon after Mu'awiyah's death Yazeed succeeded to the throne of Damascus. One of the first things he did was to order Waleed, the governor of Madinah, to summon Husayn to his presence and ask him to swear allegiance to Yazeed. Waleed did this. Husayn came to his presence with his brothers and nephews. Waleed stated the purpose of the meeting. Husayn very diplomatically refused to oblige.

When Waleed asked Husayn for Yazeed's Ba'ya (allegiance to one's authority), Husayn replied that since he was the senior most member in the Prophet's house at that time, his Bay'a should be much more publicly acknowledged. Therefore, it would be more appropriate to ask the question again in the mosque at a general gathering. Waleed agreed to this. Marwan, another infamous Umayyad, was sitting there. He said to Waleed:

" If Husayn is allowed to leave now, you shall never get hold of him. Either ask him to swear allegiance to Yazeed now or have him killed."

Husayn became angry at this and asked Marwan to shut up. When Husayn's voice reached outside of the house where his relatives were waiting, they all rushed into the house. Both Waleed and Marwan were intimidated and Husayn and his family members left the house.
This scene is not very different from what happened fifty years ago at the door of Fatima Zahra. Husayn was being threatened for his life for ba'ya exactly like Imam Ali had been threatened for his life for bay'a.
Times had changed but policies remained the same. Faces were different but questions and answers remained the same.

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Kategori : IBADAH Haji Umrah

Tajuk :
Hari Nahar (10 Zulhijjah)

Hadith :
Dari jabir r.a katanya:”Aku melihat nabi s.a.w melontar dari atas kenderaannya pada hari Nahar (hari menyembelih korban iaitu 10 Zulhijjah). Lalu baginda bersabda:” Hendaklah kamu sekelian pelajari dengan bersungguh-sungguh bagaimana caranya aku mengerjakan haji, kerana aku tidak tahu barangkali aku tidak akan sempat lagi mengerjakan haji sesudah hajiku ini.”

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The fate of the world's only Hindu monarch is about to be decided. Elections are being held in Nepal on Thursday, but if Nepalis vote to abolish the monarchy in the Himalayan kingdom, some Nepalese politicians are vowing to fight to the death in a religious war. Al Jazeera's Jane Dutton reports.

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Many well known Companions of the Prophet who were known as the Qurra (those who had learnt Qur'an by heart), were killed, their properties plundered and their families harassed into silence or submission. Money was used for the purpose of fabricating Hadeeth. People like Abu Hurayra, a mere beggar on the streets, became so rich in the process that his inheritance, a mound of gold, had to be chiselled with axes to be distributed among his next of kin, after his death.

Mu'awiyah did not stop here. He went on to appoint his debauch son Yazeed as his successor and asked the governors in the provinces to promise him that they would support Yazeed after his death. Husayn at this time, was forty-six years old.

Husayn being a man of principles, kept a quiet watch on the course of events. He was bound by his own convictions to respect and honour the treaty signed by his brother, although the other party was a defaulter all the way.

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Tajuk :
Mencium Hajarul Aswad

Hadith :
Dari Jabir r.a katanya: “Tatkala Rasulullah s.a.w tiba di Mekah, mula-mula baginda mendatangi Hajarul Aswad lalu baginda cium. Kemudian baginda berjalan ke kanan lalu berlalri-lari kecil tiga kali putaran dan berjalan kaki empat kali putaran.”

(Muslim)

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Ali was assassinated during prayers in the mosque of Koofa in Iraq in the 40th year of Hijra. Mu'awiyah was now free to do anything he wanted. Ali's followers in Koofa elected Hasan to become the Khaleefa. Hasan saw the dwindling support in his camp and decided that it was futile to fight Mu'awiyah. He was more concerned about safety and security of the remaining few of his followers.

He thought it prudent under the circumstances, to come to terms with Mu'awiyah. Together they signed a treaty. Hasan gave up any claim to temporal power but secured the promise that his followers will not be harassed or molested, and that the succession after Mu'awiyah will be left to general consensus among the Muslims. Mu'awiyah agreed in principle to these conditions. But, in practice he did what he wanted. Hasan died mysteriously of poisoning, in the 50th year of Hijra.

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Tajuk :
Tawaf Dengan Kenderaan

Hadith :
Dari Ibnu Abbas r.a katanya:”Ketika haji wada’ Rasulullah s.a.w tawaf di atas unta. Lalu dia menyentuh hajar aswad dengan tongkatnya.”

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The Olympic torch relay that's supposed to symbolise peace and world unity is instead turning into a parade of protest across London.

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While Mu'awiyah was busy paving the way for his own son Yazeed's succession to the throne of Damascus, the excesses by Uthman reached to such an extent that people from the provinces gathered in Madinah first, as delegations with genuine complaints, and then they turned into a lynching mob which eventually killed Uthman and then forced Ali to accept the position of Khaleefa. Husayn was now thirty-two years old. Iran was conquered by the Muslim armies during Umar's reign. At that time the family of the defeated king, Yazdigard, went into hiding. During Ali's reign they reappeared and were sent to cAli by his governor in the Eastern provinces. The daughters of the Iranian king, Yazdigard, were brought to Koofa and presented to Ali ibn Abi Talib. One of them known as Shahr Banoo, was later married to Husayn and bore him his eldest son Ali Zaynul Abideen. He was 24 years old at Karbala.

Ali ibn Abi Talib was a man of a different temperament and principles. He was the closest to the Prophet and his teachings. He immediately put radical reforms in action; he removed all those governors in the provinces who were appointed by Uthman and were reported to have oppressed the people unjustly and
plundering the treasury. This, obviously, hurt the Banu Umayya in general because, Uthman had distributed these lucrative positions to his clansmen.
Mu'awiyah refused to give up his post and accept Ali as Khaleefa. There was a battle at the banks of the river Euphrates in Iraq, which ended in utter confusion and without result, mainly because of the lack of wit among the people who were representing Ali during negotiations.

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Umar appointed the elder son of Abu Sufyan, Yazeed, as the governor of Syria. Yazeed did not live very long and soon after his death the Khaleefa appointed his younger brother Mu'awiyah to that same post. Mu'awiyah turned out to be a shrewd politician who would use any means to get what he wanted. He used terror to subdue those who were foolhardy enough to raise a voice of dissention and money to buy those off who were greedy.

Husayn attained manhood during Umar's reign. Umar remained as Khaleefa for ten years. During this period Mu'awiyah had really become a monarch. When Umar visited Damascus, he saw all this. But he also saw that Mu'awiyah had become so strong militarily as well politically that if he was checked now, he would revolt.

After Umar's assassination, Uthman, a prominent member of the clan Banu Umayya, became Khaleefa. This removed all obstacles from Mu'awiyah's path. Uthman himself had no scruples when it came to favours for his relatives. He misused the treasury. He had two prominent Companions of the Prophet beaten up when they questioned him. This was sufficient evidence for Mu'awiyah to persue his own ambitious plans, which he did.(Read, Taha Husaain's Al-Fitnatul Kubra, for details. Also see:Madelung, Succession to Muhammad, Cambridge University Press)

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On Umar bin Khattab's advise, Abu Bakr collected an armed party and surrounded the house of Fatima Zahra where most of the men of Banu Hashim were gathered. According to the report in Ibn Qutayba Daynoori's al-Imama was-Siyasa, it could have been just a few days after the Saqeefa event.
When Ali heard the disturbance, he came outside and a dialogue ensued between him and the gathering outside.

Ali asked as to why they had gathered. They said (mainly the dialogue was held by Umar) that he (Ali) should do Abu Bakr's ba'yat like everybody else.
Ali asked:'And if I did not?'
Umar said:"You will be beheaded, if you didn't"
Ali said: "Will you kill someone who is ABDULLAH (a worshipper of Allah) and AKHU-RASOOL ALLAH (brother of the prophet of Allah)?
Umar said: "Yes, you are abadullah, that we accept, but we don't accept you as a brother of the Prophet.

The situation grew uglier. However, Fatima Zahra came to the door and protested. Umar threatened to burn the house down. Soon people came to their senses and on extreme protest from Fatima Zahra, the armed party left.

Abu Bakr remained full of remorse for the rest of his life for violating Fatima Zahra's home. He lived for only 3 years as Khaleefa. He is reported to have nominated Umar as his successor on his death-bed. Husayn was now ten years old.

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Kategori : IBADAH Haji Umrah

Tajuk :
Haidh Ketika Haji

Hadith :
Dari Aisyah r.a katanya:”Kami pergi bersama-sama nabi s.a.w, tiada niat kami selain haji. Setelah kami sampai dekat Sarif) tiba-tiba aku haidh. Ketika nabi s.a.w masuk ke dalam khemahku, didapatinya aku sedang menangis. Lalu beliau bertanya:”Apakah kamu haidh?” Jawabku:”Benar Ya Rasulullah.” Sabda beliau :”Haidh adalah perkara yang lumrah bagi puteri-puteri Adam. Kerana itu kerjakanlah apa yang seharusnya dikerjakan oleh orang haji kecuali tawaf di Baitullah sehingga engkau mandi (suci) lebih dahulu.” Kata Aisyah:”Kemudian beliau menyembelih lembu untuk korban para isterinya.”

(Muslim)

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Tajuk :
Binatang Yang Boleh Dibunuh Ketika Sedang Ihram

Hadith :
Dari Zaid Ibnu Zubair r.a katanya ada seorang lelaki bertanya kepada Ibnu Umar, katanya:”Binatang apakah yang boleh dibunuh ketika sedang ihram? Jawab Ibnu Umar:”Salah seorang isteri Rasulullah s.a.w memerintahkan supaya membunuh anjing gila, tikus, kala jengking, helang, gagak dan ular walau dalam solat sekalipun.”

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Kategori : AKIDAH Akhlak

Tajuk :
Sama Ada Jin Atau Syaitan

Hadith :
Dari Abu Said al-Khudri r.a katanya, Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda:”Sesungguhnya di Madinah terdapat sekelompok jin yang telah Islam. Maka sesiapa yang telah melihat jin-jin ini, beri izinlah dia tinggal selama tiga hari. Jika sesudah tiga hari telah diperingatkan supaya pergi, tetapi dia masih kelihatan, bunuhlah. Kerana itu adalah syaitan.”

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A BRIEF REVIEW OF EVETS STARTING FROM THE DEMISE OF THE PROPHET AND THE ENTHRONEMENT OF YAZEED TO KHILAFAT

The Prophet of Islam (pbh) passed away in the 11th year of Hijra. Imam Husayn was only seven years old at that time. Abu Bakr became the first Khaleefa after Muhammad amid some confusion, disagreements and political manoeuvering. The ruling party at this point in time felt politically insecure in view of the way they had taken power. It was, therefore, necessary to control all those areas where trouble was expected. One of those areas was the family of Banu Hashim, the Prophet's own people. The central figure there was the surviving daughter, Fatima Zahra. While the politicians were busy securing their hold on the community, the family of Banu Hashim were busy performing the funeral rites of the Prophet.

NOTE: According to Islamic law, if a Muslim dies in the community, it is a wajib kifa'ee (collective duty of the community) to complete the funeral rites. If no one does it, the entire community commits a sin. However, if any one or a few persons take care of it, the entire community is absolved of the responsibility.

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Kategori : IBADAH Akidah

Tajuk :
Membunuh Ular Ketika Ihram

Hadith :
Dari Abdullah r.a katanya:”Rasulullah s.a.w pernah menyuruh orang yang sedang ihram membunuh seekor ular ketika di Mina.”

(Muslim)

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Kategori : AKIDAH Akhlak

Tajuk :
Kusta

Hadith :
Dari Amar bin Syarid, dari bapanya r.a katanya:”dalam deligasi Tsaqif (yang akan dibai’at Rasulullah s.a.w) terdapat seorang lelaki berpenyakit kusta. Lalu Rasulullah s.a.w mengirim seorang utusan supaya mengatakan kepadanya:’Kami telah menerima bai’at anda. Kerana itu anda sudah boleh pulang.”

(Muslim)

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