Minggu, 23 November 2008

61. HELLO BARRACK OBAMA

Dear:
Barrack Obama

Good luck, I am very happy because you can win the American Ellection, i hope you can bring the world peacefully.

excause me, and i remember the peace slogan "Say no to racism".

Best regard:

Ichsanuddin Kusumadi
from Indonesia

60. WITIR PRAYERS (part 1)

Witir prayer is one of the supererogatories which the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, had parctised and ebcouraged us to do.
It was reported by Imam Ali bin Abi Thalib (God Blessed him) that the witir was not obligatory though it was observed by the holy Apostle who said :"O people of the Qur'an observed the witir, as God Witir beloving the Witir".
The appoined time for Witir prayers start from shortly after the evening prayers and runs up to the break of down as defined by the Prophet, pece be upom him, who said: "Perform the witir prayers beween the evening and dawn prayers".
To be on the safe side, it would be better to perform the witir prayers early night to avoid oversleeping although it is much preferable to pospone it until after midnight, in complience with the Hadits related by Gabir (God blessed him) that the apostle said :" He who doubts to get up late by night may do the witir earlier at night, and he who certain to get up late is all the best, as prayers at a leater time of night are attended by angels". (Recorded by Muslim and Tirmizi).

60. WITIR PRAYERS

Selasa, 11 November 2008

59. SUPEREROGATORY PRAYERS (Nafl) part II

There are other supererogatory Prayers (Nawafil) which are observed voluntary by muslim without any obligations in line with precribed Traditions of the Prophet. These are signified as (sunna not Muakkada = Sunnah nmot Muakkada is unstressed Tradition carried out by the Holy Prophet, but left entirely as a voluntary act), such Nawafil include two or four bows of prayer early in the afternoon and two bow prayer before sun-set, Muhammad (peace be upon him), said :"Pray before sun-set, pray before sun-set, pray before sun-set as voluntarily for he who so wishes it". (Drawing the attention of Muslims not to consider it as a binding Sunnah).
A two bow prayer in the evening is also a Nafl in accordance with the abovementioned Traditions. The apostle said : "Between every two calls for prayer, there is a nafl".
The most preferable Sunna Prayer is that done at home, as explained by the Prophet, "The Supererogatory prayer of a man at his house is a light to any desiring to illuminate his home". In another Hadits, he was reperted as having said :"Make use some of your prayers at home otherwise, they will look like graves".