Maal Hijrah

May I wish all my muslim readers a Prosperous and Blessed New Year 1425 beginning tomorrow 22/02/2004!

The above is a special rose that blooms in my wife's garden beginning yesterday. I seldom see yellow roses in her garden(only about twice a year) and I believe this is a special occasion to herald a new year..

Reminder to muslims: It is sunnah to fast on the 9th and 10th of Muharam.

Comments

[Kura-Kura]

Adib

I wish you and family a blessed and peaceful New Year.

Mrs Reader yellow rose is exquisite. She is a very talented gardener.

KK

[awan]

happy new year to you pak adib!

roses are yellow
tulips can be black
never be shallow
as new year is back!

my house is full of bunga melur. wangi sgt.

[Adib]

Awan,
My house also has a dozen of bunga telur,but no smells;-)

[Yazmeen Edina]

Uncle Adib...happy new year to you too. Btw, I've responded to your previous post in my blog.

[awan]

eh, tak kan bunga melur umah pak adib tak wangi. maybe that's bunga maling kot. same shape + size, but different type.

i think so lah.

[afghanistan]

Believing "La ilaha il Allah" (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah)

To be a muslim is to pledge the above covenant with Allah, the Creator of the heavens and earth, the Ruler of all that exists, the Lord of Majesty and Highness, stating La ilaha il Allah, Muhammad -ur-Rasool-Allah, but first one must understand what this means.

Tauhid-ar-Rububiyya

Tauhid-al-Uluhiyya

Tauhid-al-Asma was-Sifat

Believing "Muhammad-ur-Rasool-Allah" (Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah)"

A confession with your heart that you have to say: "O Allah! I testify that Muhammad is Your Messenger." That means that none has the right to be followed after Allah, but Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, as he is the last of Allah’s Messengers. As Allah said: "Muhammad (saaws) is not the father of any man among you but he is the Messenger of Allah and the last (end) of the Prophets and Allah is Ever All-Aware of everything.’ (v.33:40).

"And whatsoever the Messenger (Muhammad, saaws, gives you, take it and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain from it." (v. 59:7)
And Allah said: "Say (O Muhammad to mankind): ‘If you (really) love Allah, then follow me.’" (v. 3:31)

Point 1: Tauhid-ar-Rububiyya
A confession with your heart that the Creator (of everything) is Allah, subhana watala, it is that you have to say: "I testify that the Creator of all the universe, including the stars, the planets, the sun, the moon, the heavens, the earth with all its known and unknown forms of life, is Allah. He is the Organizer and Planner of all its affairs. It is He Who gives life and death, and He (i.e. Allah Alone) is the Sustainer, and the Giver of Security, etc." And this is called your confession for the "Oneness of the Lordship of Allah," Tauhid-ar-Rububiyya.

Point 2: Tauhid-al-Uluhiyya

A confession with your heart that you have to say: "I testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah Alone." The word "Worship" (i.e. Ibadah) carries a great number of meanings in the Arabic language: It conveys that all kinds of worship are meant for Allah (and none else, whether it be an angel, Messenger, Prophet Isa (Jesus) - son of Mary, Ezra, Muhammad, saint, idol, the sun, the moon and all other kinds of false deities). So pray to none but Allah, invoke none but Allah, ask for help from none (unseen) but Allah, swear by none but Allah, offer an animal as sacrifice to none but Allah, …etc. and that means, -- all that Allah and Allah’s Messenger, saaws, order you to do (in Qur’an and in As-Sunna [legal ways of Prophet Muhammad SAW]) you must do, and all that Allah, s.w.t, Allah’s Messenger SAW forbid you, you must not do. And this is called (your confession for the) "Oneness of the worship of Allah", Tauhid-al-Uluhiyya. And that you (mankind) worship none but Allah, subhana watala.
Those whom they invoke besides Allâh have not created anything, but are themselves created. [The Noble Qur'an 16:20]

Point 3: Tauhid-al-Asma was-Sifat

A confession with your heart that you have to say: "O Allah! I testify that all the best of names and the most perfect qualities with which You have named or qualified Yourself in Your Book (i.e. the Qur’an) or as Your Prophet Muhammad (saaws) has named or qualified You, with his statement, I confirm that all those (names and qualifications) are for You without changing their meanings or neglecting them completely or giving resemblance to others." As Allah, swt, said: "There is nothing like unto Him and He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer." (v.42:11)

This holy Ayat (verse) confirms the quality of hearing and the quality of sight for Allah, subhana watala without resemblance to others, and likewise. Allah, subhana watala, also said: "To one whom I have created with Both My Hands," (v.38:75)
and Allah also said: "The Hand of Allah is over their hands." (v. 48:10)

This confirms two Hands for Allah, swt, but there is no similarity for them. Similarly Allah, swt, said: "The Most Beneficent (Allah) Istawa (rose over) the (Mighty) Throne." (v.20:5)

So Allah rose over the Throne really in a manner that suits His Majesty. And Allah is over Allah’s Throne over the seventh heaven, as the slave-girl pointed towards the heavens, when Allah’s Messenger (Muhammad, saaws) asked her as to where Allah is? He only comes down over the first (nearest) heaven to us on the day of ‘Arafat (Hajj, i.e. the 9th of Dhul-Hijja), and also during the last third part of the night as mentioned by the Prophet saaws, but Allah is with us by His Knowledge only, not by His Personal-Self (bi-Dhatihi). It is not like that, as some people say that Allah is present everywhere here, there, and even inside the breasts of men. He sees and hears all that we do or utter, etc. And this is called (your confession for the) "Oneness of the Names and Qualities of Allah" Tauhid-al-Asma was-Sifat and this is the right Faith, the Faith which was followed by the Messengers of Allah (from Nuh, Ibrahim, Musa, Dawud, Sulaiman, Isa to Muhammad, peace be upon them all, and the companions of Prophet Muhammad SAW and the righteous followers [i.e. the salaf ] of these Messengers, saaws.

wasalaam