By performing fasting, the soul will be strengthen with self-refrain and self-control from the evil deeds towards a

more purposeful life, so that people achieve intimacy and closeness with the Creato

Fatah Yasin, Raudlotul Firdaus

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SHAS Mosque Bulletin No. 1 /2017 OFFICE OF SULTAN HAJI AHMAD SHAH MOSQUE, IIUM GOMBAK CAMPUS  WHAT’S INSIDE Foreword by the Director  .............................. p2 Foreword by Chief Editor  ............................. p3 World Qur’an Hour  ........................................ p4 Launching of IIUM Usrah for Staff  ............ p5 TOT  for  Nuqaba’  of  IIUM Usrah for                                           Staff 2017, Gombak Campus .......................... p6               TOT  for  Nuqaba’  of  IIUM Usrah for                                           Staff 2017, Kuantan Campus  ......................... p7              Calling For Subh (COSPAC)  ........................ p8 Organisational  Structure ............................... p9 Upcoming Event .............................................. p10 Ihya Ramadhan Programmes  ....................... p12 _____________________________________________  Patron Prof. Dato’ Sri Dr. Zaleha Kamarudin Advisor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdul Salam Muhamad Shukri Chief Editor Asst. Prof. Dr. Raudlotul Firdaus Fatah Yasin Editorial Ustadh Muhammad Ramadhan Subky Abdullah Syamsul Amri Abdul Rahim Suhairiza Deris Br. Muhammad Khairul Azri Sharuazhan SHASBulletin  No. 1 | 2017 “Surely those who are fasting will attain God’s consciousness, the core value of Islam and of every Muslim”.  The Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Mosque, IIUM Gombak Campus has planned Ihya’ Ramadan programmes 2017 including “Ahlan wa sahlan ya Ramadan”, iftar jama‘i, tarawih, moreh, tadhkirah Ramadan, tada-rus al-Qur’an, sahur, al-Qur’an memorization competition, Ramadan fund collection, counter for zakat collection, a special grand talk and others in order to fasten our belief in Allah, Prophets and the Hereafter as well as instill the value of taqwa in us.  Let’s us strive together in the spirit of unity and brotherhood, so that Is-lam will rise again and Muslims will be the upholder of justice and hu-mankind will return to the original nature by believing in the unity of Allah and worshipping Him alone.   Allah is the Greatest!  Ramadan Mubarak.   Director of IIUM Mosques Office of Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Mosque, IIUM Gombak Campus May 19, 2017 FOREWORD FROM THE DIRECTOR  The blessed month of Ramadan is coming again, and let’s us wel-come it with the spirit of taqwa (God’s consciousness) and keep it with a special relationship with the Qur’an. In fact, Ramadan is the month of Fasting, the month of taqwa and the month of al-Quran.  Fasting in the month of Ramadan is obligatory for every Muslim. Surely those who are fasting will attain God’s consciousness, the core value of Islam and of every Muslim. In deed, Ramadan is the month where the Qur’an was re-vealed. This blessed month has a special relationship with the Qur'an. "The month of Ramadan is the one in which the Quran was sent down, a guidance for man-kind, clear proofs for the guid-ance, the Criterion; so whoever amongst you witnesses this month, let him fast it." (Surah al-Baqarah 2:185). Let’s us take this advantage of the Qur’an to bring us higher in the eyes of Allah and humankind.  2 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdul Salam Miuhamad shukri  “By performing fasting, the soul will be strengthen with self-refrain and self-control from the evil deeds towards a more purposeful life, so that people achieve intimacy and closeness with the Creator Human being is born with a natural believe of Allah but may change due to environmental influences and parental educa-tion. The human’s soul might have inclination towards good and evil based on their rational (‘aql) and faith or based on their desire or whims (Hawa). Through fasting, the soul will be strengthen with self-refrain and self-control from the evil deeds towards a more purposeful life, so that people achieve intimacy and closeness with the Creator as enlighten by Allah SWT, “And that you fast, it is better for you if only you know”. (2:184).  Fasting seeks to educate people not only to control the desire over food and lust, it also aims at inculcating sympathy and understanding on the situation of the poor and needy with their feeling of hunger and pain. It is also a mean to invoke the forgiveness of sins and errors cause by the values of the animal in man, by Allah The Almighty as enshrined in the Quran:  “And do not have sexual relations with them (your wives) while you are in Itikaf in the mosques. These are the limits (set) by Allah, so approach them not. Thus does Allah make clear His signs to mankind that they may become Al Mut-taqun (the pious).” (2:187).   AHLAN WA SAHLAN YA RAMADHAN Ramadhan is the ninth month in the Hi-jri calendar which began when the Prophet Muhammad SAW migrated from Makkah to Madinah. It is a month of bless and mercy where every Muslim perform their ‘ibadah and their mere worship to the Creator. Depending on the sighting of the crescent moon, Ramadhan begins this year on 27th May 2017, Satur-day. The month of Ramadhan according to the lunar calendar comes ten days ear-lier every year as compared with the solar calendar.   The word Ramadhan literally derived from the Arabic word with the meaning of intense heat or burning. Among the most notable ‘ibadah specified during Ramadhan is performing the obligatory thirty days of fasting. Fasting in this month is connotated as burning or melt-ing of sin. By implementing the ‘ibadah, Muslims’ sins will be erased by The Al-mighty. It is prescribed to all humanity before the emergence of Islam, as well as to Muslims of the ummah of Muhammad SAW for the noble purpose of enhancing taqwa and God-Consciousness as en-shrined is Surah al-Baqarah, verse 2:183.   “O you who believe! Fasting is pre-scribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqun (the pious)”.  It is important to note that the Noble Quran, the Book of guidance for every Muslim was revealed from Lawh al-Mahfuz (The Safety Tablet) to the Heav-en of the Earth (samu’ al-dunya) during this month. It was later revealed to the Prophet Muhammad SAW in twenty years, thirteen years in Makkah and ten years in Madinah. The event is celebrated by Muslims in Malaysia through the re-membrance of Nuzul al-Qur’an . Allah SWT said in Surah al-Baqarah:  “The month of Ramadan in which was revealed the Quran, a guidance for man-kind and clear proofs for the guidance and the criterion (between right and wrong). So whoever of you sights (the crescent on the first night of) the month (of Ramadan), he must fast that month, and whoever is ill or on a journey, the same number (of days which one did not fast must be made up) from other days” (2:183).  3 Assist. Prof. Dr. raudlotul firdaus fatah yasin Deputy Director, Office of sultan haji ahmad shah MOSQUE, IIUM GOMBAK CAMPUS As a conclusion, it is worth to note that fasting is an ‘ibadah which is obligated by Allah for human’s benefit and spiritu-al education. Allah does not aim at making it as difficult burden for humanity, but it is rather an act of devotion to gain His pleasure and rewards in this world and the Here After. He said in Surah al-Baqarah:  “Allah intends for you ease, and He does not want to make things difficult for you. (He wants that you) must complete the same number (of days), and that you must magnify Allah for having guided you so that you may be grateful to Him”. (2: 185).  In conjunction of this blessful month, the IIUM SHAS Mosques (Gombak and Kuantan) will be organizing events and programmes to promote the spirit of ‘ibadah  and taqarrub ila Allah (to get closer to Allah) including weekly spiritual talks in collaboration with Management Service Division. It is very much hoped that the IIUM community will grab this opportunity to gain His rewards as well as seek the blessful night of al-Qadr.  Ahlan wa sahlan ya Ramadhan!   “The programme, which was held nationwide concurrent with 50 other countries set an objective to urge Muslims to return to the Qur’an and make it as a guide in their daily life”. In September 2016, Yayasan Warisan Ummah Ikhlas with collaboration with Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah (SHAS) Mosque, International Islamic University Malaysia  held a big and first ever programme called World Quran Hour.  This programme started at 9.00 in the morning until 10.00 and participated by more than 4000 participants from IIUM and public community in SHAS mosque main prayer hall.  The programme, which was held nationwide con-current with 50 other countries set an objective to urge Muslims to return to the Qur’an and make it as a guide in their daily life. WORLD QUR’AN HOUR 2016  IIUM Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Mosque has achieved most of his mission by contributing to-wards an efforts and providing many prominent programmes and activities which were orga-nized in both university and national level for years. The high level of commitment and pas-sions are mostly directed to-wards achieving visions in play-ing roles as an immaculate cen-ter for Tarbiyyah Ruhiyyah. This is eventually to  promote the culture of Islamic intellectual-ism and Ummatic consciousness in line with IIUM’s vision. As for 2016, IIUM Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Mosque once again with glory had initiated a grand event known as the World Quran Hour 2016.  SCHOOL HOLIDAY  PROGRAMME During the school holiday, IIUM SHAS Mosque also organized School Holiday Programme from 19 to 22 November 2016 for the children of IIUM staff. There were about 100 participants involved in this pro-gramme.  The activities such as Quran memo-risation, Murajaah session, and Quiz were included in the programme. The objective of this programme is to train the participants in memoris-ing the Quran, preparing the future Quranic generation.  4 Prepared By: Mohamad Syarifudin Bin Sabri  5 Usrah Launching for IIUM Staff by the Honorable Rector,  YBhg. Prof. Dato’  Sri Dr. Zaleha  Kamarudin in Utusan Malaysia Newspaper. TOT FOR NUQABA’ OF IIUM USRAH  FOR STAFF - GOMBAK CAMPUS  On 24th February 2017, SHAS Mosque office in collaboration with Centre for Is-lamization (CENTRIS) had organized a training for trainers among nuqaba’ for an Usrah programme for IIUM Staff. Around 50 trainers attended the training which started as early as 9:00 am. The event was initiated with a welcoming remark by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdul Salam Muhamad Shukri, the Director of IIUM Mosques, SHAS Mosque Gombak campus.  He urged the trainers to look at the Usrah programme managed by IIUM SHAS Mosque and CENTRIS as an initiative for IIUM Staff to improve themselves, not only as a person but also towards becoming a murabbi and daie’ for the ummah and IIUM community, per se. The training was conducted by the Director of Cen-tre for Islamization (CENTRIS), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Akmal Khuzairy Abd. Rahman. He gave the briefing to the trainers about the Usrah programme which comprised the explanation about the modules, the schedule and the strategy to conduct an Usrah.  Apart from that, he reminded that the trainers should take it easy on the participants of the Usrah Programme due to the diversity of IIUM Staff’s background. He encouraged the trainers to be more creative and flexible when conducting the Usrah in order to achieve the objectives at the end of the programme. The Usrah programme will be targeting IIUM Staff specifically as targeted partici-pants. This is the first collaboration between SHAS Mosque and CENTRIS in or-ganizing an Usrah programme after the success of Ibadah Camp and Al-Liqa’ pro-gramme which follow the same idea of Usrah but in a bigger and general group. With the implementation of Usrah, the grouping will be more systematic and smaller. Hence, the organizers are confident the Usrah programme is a necessity towards achieving the objective of IIUM, which is to produce individual who is capable to work for the world and to the way of Allah –  THE TRUE SUFI   BY: JALĀL AD-DĪN MUHAMMAD RŪMĪ  “What makes the Sufi? Purity of heart; Not the patched mantle and the lust perverse Of those vile earth-bound men who steal his name. He in all dregs discerns the  essence pure: In hardship ease, in trib-ulation joy. The phantom sentries, who with batons drawn Guard Beauty's place-gate and curtained bow-er, Give way before him, un-afraid he passes, And showing the King's arrow, enters in.”  Sources Translated by: R. A. Nicholson 'Persian Poems', an Anthology of verse translations  Astonishing Dedication: The trainers were taking notes on the briefing 6 Prepared By: Fakhrullah Zulkifli Above: Dr. Akmal gave the briefing 7 Above: Energetic speeches given during the “LIFE’S QUOTES”   “The greatest virtue is not in forgiving those who apologize, or in being kind to those who are kind to you. The biggest virtue is in forgiving even those who never apologize, and in being kind to even those who are not kind to you.” - Yasmin Mogahed   “When people turn their backs on you & you feel the weight of the world on your shoulders, turn to the Almighty. HE will  never forsake you.” - Mufti Ismail Menk   “Worrying about the world is a darkness in the heart, while           worrying about the Hereafter is a light in the heart.” - Uthman ibn Affan (RA)  TOT FOR NUQABA’ OF IIUM USRAH  FOR STAFF - KUANTAN CAMPUS  March 2, 2017—Masjid Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, IIUM Kuantan Campus had orga-nized the Training for the Trainers pro-gramme for the Nuqaba’ of IIUM Usrah Programme for Staff.  The aim of this programme was to brief all trainers of IIUM Usrah Programme on the background, objectives on the content of the IIUM Usrah Programme in order to coordinate and implement the usrah pro-gramme for IIUM staff.  The programme was held from 09:00 am  to 01:00 pm in Mini Auditorium, level 2, Office of Campus Director, IIUM Kuantan. Around 48 participants involved in this programme.   Life’s Innovation:  Participants’ immense focus   during the programme  Sheer Diligence:  The vast amount of support from partici-pants through the entire programme By: Ustadh luqman al hakim mohamad yunos “The objective of this campaign is to enliven the Sunnah of Prophet Mu-hammad Salallahu ‘alaihi wasallam in which to perform congregational prayers at the mosque.” SHAS MOSQUE, IIUM GOMBAK: Calling for Subh (COSPAC) was organized by SHAS Mosque and Imaratul Masjid Group (i-Masjid) in collaboration with Student Representative Committee (SRC) IIUM, Mahallah Representative Coordination Council (MRCC) IIUM and Da’wah Based Societies IIUM. This programme has started  since last year (2016) where the Jamaah performed a Congregational Subh Prayer at Prayer Hall of SHAS Mosque, IIUM Gombak Cam-pus. It is an initiative due to increase the number of attendance of Subh prayer at the Mosque. With tagline #SubhWarrior and #IIUMRapatkanSaf, the organization involved keep struggling on conducting this programme in a massive scale during a long semester. In addition, the mosque held Subh Lecture every week to attract people to perform Subh prayer congregationally at the mosque, followed by Grand Congregational Subh Prayer once per month during semester. “This campaign to some extent been realized by many of its importance in society. The main aim of this programme is to encourage IIUM Community to perform their Subh prayer congregationally at the mosque. The organization of this pro-gramme took this responsibility in order to increase the number of members of congregational Subh prayer at the mosque.” said Helmi, President of i-Masjid 16/17 IIUM.  “The objectives of this campaign are to enliven the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad Salallahu ‘alaihi wasallam in which to perform congregational prayers at the mosque. Other than that, it aims to encourage the whole community of IIUM to perform congregational prayers at the mosque and strengthen the relationship between student societies, Mahallah, staffs of IIUM and IIUM Community at large. Then, it is to instill the value and virtue of punctuality in every individual of IIUM community.” He added. The speaker of Subh Lecture invited is among the famous fig-ure who are might attract people to come to the mosque. Alhamdulillah, based on the previous programme, COSPAC has achieved around 500 to 900 participants among IIUM Community. Apart from that, this programme had provided transportation from Mahallah to SHAS Mosque for to ease and to guarantee students safety while attending the congregation-al subh prayer. IIUM shuttle bus with Calling for Subuh sign-age will come and pick them at their respec-tive mahallah in a specific time and place that were readily in-formed through social media. R e m i n i s c i n g  t h e achievements of CO-SPAC in general, this p r o g r a m m e  h a d achieved an unex-pected amount of goals. Only God can reward with the best of rewards to those involved. We hope this programme gives a great impact and con-tribution towards creating a successive Islamic environment in IIUM. CALLING FOR SUBH (COSPAC)   8  PROF. DATUK DR. MIZAN HITAM Supporting COSPAC Prepared By: Dzhafiera  9  10  11 

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