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What you love to have with you in the Hereafter you should advance today, and what you hate to have with you, you should abandon today.

- Salman ibn Dinar (radiAllahu anhu)

New years celebration and trumpet tradition, is it Islamic?

New years celebration and trumpet tradition, is it Islamic?

The day of the BC new year is ahead. It seems that all around the world gets too excited about it so do many muslims. We all know that trumpet has been something common in BC new year tradition. But there's one big question "Is it an islamic tradition?", shall we find out more where's the root of this habit came from?

New year trumpet tradition we know is very popular in the west that it spreads widely and becomes world's tradition so that everybody's enjoy to howl it including muslims nowadays. We can see many people sell and buy it everywhere. But the root of howling a trumpet actually came from Jewish tradition of Rosh Hashanah. What is Rosh Hashanah

"Rosh Hashanah" (Hebrew: literally "head of the year"), is the Jewish New Year. It is the first of their High Holy Days. Rosh Hashanah is a two day celebration which begins on the first day of Tishrei, the first month of the Jewish calendar. Rosh Hashanah customs include sounding the shofar (a kind of traditional trumpet which sounds similar to modern trumpet today) and eating symbolic foods such as apples dipped in honey. The common greeting on Rosh Hashanah is "Shanah Tovah", which, in Hebrew, means "(Have) a good year". So, sounding trumpet in Jewish tradition basically related to and has importance in their religious ritual.

Now after knowing this truth, as a true muslim is it appropriate for us to follow this tradition? The habit which is never been taught in Islam. Don't just because everyone is doing it without the proper knowledge then we also follow in this apostasy for it's something popular or trendy among the community. Not only sounding the trumpet in new year but also celebrating the BC new year or any other religions rituals or traditions are forbidden for us since those are the disbelievers habits.

Allah said in the Qur'an:
"O you who have believed, if you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, and you will [then] become losers. (QS:3:149)

Allah also reminds us in His ayah that we shall not follow traditions which has no clear basis since mostly they're done by our parents or our ancestors while they have no Islamic roots at all. We need to be aware of it since truly it's the way of shatan to misguide mankind and considered as sin.

And when it is said to them, "Follow what Allah has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that which we found our fathers doing." Even though their fathers understood nothing, nor were they guided? (QS:3:170)

It is prohibited for a Muslim to imitates, to greet, to accept invitations on such occasions, because it as implies taking part in their celebrations. Therefore, whoever does anything of this sort is a sinner, even if he does it out of politeness, friendliness, shyness, or for whatever other reason, because this is hypocrisy in Islam and it makes the Kuffaar feel proud of their ways and festivals.

Rasulullah Sal'Allahu Alaihi Wa Salam stated in the hadith:
Narrated by ibn Umar (ra) “Whoever imitates a group, then he is from amongst them”. (Abu Daw'ud)

Abu Said Al-Khudri reported that the Messenger of Allah (saws) said: "You will surely follow in the ways of those before you, span by span and cubit by cubit, so much so that if they were to enter an iguana's hole, you would follow after them." We said, "O Messenger of Allah, do you mean the Jews and the Christians?" He replied, "Then, who else?"
In another hadith of Imam Tirmidhi's Sunan it is reported on the authority of Abdullah Ibn Amr that the Prophet of Allah (saws) further said, "If there was a person among them who went unto his mother publicly, there will also appear some in my Ummah who will do the same."

Ibn Taymiyyah, in his beautiful and monumental book Iqtidaa’ as-Siraat al-Mustaqeem Mukhaalafatu Ashaab’il-Jaheem (In Pursuit of the Straight Path by Contradicting the People of the Hellfire), said: “Imitating them in some of their festivals implies that one is pleased with their false beliefs and practices, and gives them the hope that they may have the opportunity to mislead the weak.”

Allah said: O you who have believed, fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims [in submission to HimAnd hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided. (QS:3:102)

We can tell that a celebration or a holidays is an act of ibadah (worship) in Islam by following and understanding the sayings of prophet Muhammad SalAllahu Alaihi Wa Salam: Imams An Nesa’i and Ibn Hebban reported an authentic hadith narrated by Anas that at the time when the prophet (S.A.W.) came to Madina and saw people have two days in which they celebrate. He said (the prophet) "Allah (S.W.T.) did replace these two holidays with better ones. The day of fiter (after the month of Ramadan) and the day of sacrifice (in the pilgrimage season).

May Allah Azza wa jalla always give us guidance to follow the true Islamic values and may He Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala protects us from such kuffar practices and the misguidance of shatan and include us into those who revive His Qur'an and sunnah Rasulullah SalAllahu Alaihi Wa Salam correctly.

“ Robbi inni audzubika an as alaka maa laisalli bihi ilmun wa illam tagfirli watarhamni akum minal khosirin “
"My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking that of which I have no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have mercy upon me, I will be among the losers." (QS:11:47)

“ Robbana latuzig qullubana ba’daidz haddaitana wahabblana miladunka, rohmatan innaka antal wahab” (QS:3:8 )
"Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us and grant us from Yourself mercy. Indeed, You are the Bestower.

Rabbana Aatina fiddunya hasanah wa fil akhirati hasanah wa qina adhabannaar
"Our Lord! Give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter,
and defend us from the torment of the Fire!" (Qur'an 2:201)

♥ amiin ♥
Love you all in Allah ♥ نور

Allah Knows Best

Forgive me Allah

My Allah, my Kind Allah..
Truly every living souls shall taste death, And Your day of judgement shall must come
Thinking about showing in our real ugly appearance is hard
Thinking about punishment we'll get is hard
But it's hard more thinking about finally we facing you and your Messenger
In the worst face we'll have
In the most embarassed way we'll do
For the cause of our sins
It's hard my Lord
It's hard
My Allah, my Kind Allah..
Indeed we have done wrong ourselves
Then forgive us Ya Ghaffur
Ya Rahman Ya Rahim
Have Your mercy
Guide us always Ya Ilahi Rabbi
So we wont be those among the losers
Amiin :'(

{♥} Do not marry the Seven types of character of a man

{♥} Do not marry the Seven types of character of a man:
1. A man who is not a Muslim.
2. A man who cannot provide for your needs.
3. A man who does not pray.
4. A man who is not capable of loving you.
5. A man that is not a man (who can't stand/keep in his promises).
6. A man whose character and deen do not please you.
7. A man who does not love you for the sake of Allah, rather to show you off and to reveal your beauty to the other man (in boast). {♥}

stay positive

Don't feel hard on somebody's critics about you because perhaps Allah is reminding you through other. Keep calm and stay positive!

 الحسنة نور

forgiveness

In the kindness of dua to those who break your heart you find forgiveness for them and the mercy of your Lord. ♥

finding Allah

The good thing of hardship is finding who you are in the process of being strong but it is the best when you finding Allah, Whom you might have lost Him, in the process of seeking strength.

 الحسنة نور

Dream Fable -Rabi'ah al Adawiyya

Dream Fable
-Rabi'ah al Adawiyya

I saw myself in a wide green garden, more beautiful than I could begin to understand. In this garden was a young girl. I said to her, "How wonderful this place is!"

"Would you like to see a place even more wonderful than this?" she asked.

"Oh yes," I answered. Then taking me by the hand, she led me on until we came to a magnificent palace, like nothing that was ever seen by human eyes. The young girl knocked on the door, and someone opened it. Immediately both of us were flooded with light.

Only Allah knows the inner meaning of the maidens we saw living there. Each one carried in her hand a serving-tray filled with light. The young girl asked the maidens where they were going, and they answered her, "We are looking for someone who was drowned in the sea, and so became a martyr. She never slept at night, not one wink! We are going to rub funeral spices on her body."

"Then rub some on my friend here," the young girl said.

"Once upon a time," said the maidens, "part of this spice and the fragrance of it clung to her body -- but then she shied away."

Quickly the young girl let go of my hand, turned, and said to me:

"Your prayers are your light;
Your devotion is your strength;
Sleep is the enemy of both.
Your life is the only opportunity that life can give you.
If you ignore it, if you waste it,
You will only turn to dust."

Then the young girl disappeared.

♥ The Risalah of Women of Paradise (Al-hoor al-‘iyn) ♥

Thus. And We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.

(QS:44:54)

They will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.
(QS:52:20)

In them are good and beautiful women -
(QS:55:70)

Fair ones reserved in pavilions -
(QS:55:72)

Indeed, We have produced the women of Paradise in a [new] creation.
And made them virgins. Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age.
(QS:56:35-37)

Ibn Abid Dunya reported from Hawari, he said: Women of paradise were created directly (kun fayakun). Once their creation completed, then camps was installed over them. Therefore, Ibn al-Qayyim said that the tents are not ghuraf (rooms) or qushur (palaces), but it is a tent in the gardens and on the rivers.

Rasulullah Salallahu alaihi Wassallam said:

1. Hadith Abu Sa’id al-Khudri Rodiallohu 'anhu :

"The Messenger of Allah (Salallahu alaihi Wassallam) said: “The humblest of the People of Paradise shall have eighty thousand servants and seventy-two wives. A palace of pearl and peridot(a: A pale green variety of chrysolite; used as a gemstone) and sapphire shall be erected for him as wide as the distance between al-Jabiya [a valley about 70 kms. East of Makka] and San`a’ [in Yemen].”

2. Hadith Anas Rodiallohu 'anhu :

He Salallahu alaihi Wassallam said:

“The servant in Paradise shall be married with seventy wives.”

"Behold, the angels will be singing in heaven: We are the beautiful fairies is hidden specially for noble husbands." (Shahih al-Jami’: 1602)

3. Hadith Abu Hurairah Rodiallohu 'anhu :

He Messenger of Allah (Salallahu alaihi Wassallam) said:

"Each man among them shall have two wives, the marrow of each of the two wives' shanks will be seen glimmering under the flesh, and there is not in all Paradise a single unmarried man. They will have up to a hundred concubines in Paradise while the Shuhada shall have seventy-two wives, numbers indicating abundance rather than an exact quantity, and Allah knows best.

“The humblest of the People of Paradise in rank shall have seven levels and as he will be on the sixth, below the seventh, he will have three hundred servants, every morning and evening three hundred dishes of gold shall be brought before him, every dish carrying something the other does not. He will taste pleasure as sharply with the first dish as he will with the last. He shall say, ‘My Lord! If you gave me permission, I would feed all the people of Paradise and water them from what I have and nothing should go missing from it.’ He will most certainly have seventy-two wives from the wide-eyed maidens of Paradise, the couch of only one of whom is as wide as a square mile on earth.”

"Surely the first group who enter heaven is like the full moon at night. Next is like the brightest star in the sky light. They do not urinate, defecate not, and do not spit. Their combs made of gold, their oil is musk, the smoke is sandalwood, their partner is an angel, their akhlaq as the akhlaq of one person. Shape (posture) of Prophet Adam Alaihi salam as they like; 60 arms in the sky. "(Bukhari, Muslim etc.. Al-Jami 'al-Sagheer: 3778, Sahih al-Jami': 2015)

4. Al-Miqdam ibn Ma`dikarb Rodiallohu 'anhu said:

He Messenger of Allah (Salallahu alaihi Wassallam) said: “For the Shahid in the Divine presence there will be six qualities: [1] he will be forgiven from the first moment his blood is spilled; [2] he shall see his seat in Paradise and be protected against the punishment of the grave; [3] he shall be safe from the Greatest Terror [the rising of the dead]; [4] he shall be crowned with the diadem of dignity, one ruby of which is worth more than the entire world and its contents; [5] he shall be coupled with seventy-two spouses from the wide-eyed maidens of Paradise; and [6] he shall be granted to intercede for seventy of his relatives.”

5. Hadith Mu’adz ibn Anas Rodiallohu 'anhu ;

He Messenger of Allah (Salallahu alaihi Wassallam) said:
"Whoever is able to hold the anger when he was able to take it out, then Allah called him in the front of the creatures until He give him the right to choose whom he likes from the angels." (Abu Daud, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, hadith hasan. See Sahih al-Jami ': 6518)

6. Hadits Mu’adzt;

He Messenger of Allah (Salallahu alaihi Wassallam) said:
"No wife who hurt her husband's in the world but an angel who become her partner said:" Do not hurt him, may Allah curse you - in fact he was only visiting (at your home), he was about to leave you to our parting. "(Sahih al-Jami ': 7192)

7. Imam Ibn Qoyyim said:

"If you ask about the bride and the wives of the people of Paradise, they are teenage girls are plump and peers. In them young blood flowing, smooth and refreshed their cheeks like flowers and apples, they are firm and round breasts like pomegranates , their teeth are like diamonds quality, beauty and tenderness they always become the center of attention.

Beautiful face like a bright sun, the glint of light emanated from her teeth when she smiles. If you get her love, then say all you want about the two loves that bind. If you are talking to him (of course you once flowering), how well it was when the conversation between two lovers (the full persuasion, humor and praise). The beauty of her face was full cheeks, as if you look in the mirror is shiny clean (ie, describing the similarities between the beauty of an angel face with a mirror sparkling clean after being washed and cleaned, so it seems obviously beautiful, and pretty). The inside of the calf could be seen from the outside, if not hindered by the skin, bones and jewels.

Had she appeared (appears) in the world, surely the whole earth from west to east will smell her, and every living creature will say tahlil, tasbih, and takbir as shocked and amazed. And the two horizons will be decorated with a beautiful glow. Each eye will be blind, the sun will fade as the sun's rays beat the star. Surely all who saw her on earth will have faith in Allah Almighty, The Al-Qayyum. Veil on her head is better than everything in the world. Her desire to her husband transcends all her own desires and ideals. Not a day passes but will further add to the beauty and her pretty. Nothing but the distance that adds a sense of love and desire. Angel is a girl who was released from pregnancy, childbirth, menstruation and childbirth, purified from mucus, saliva, urine, feces and water, and all the dirt.

Her adolescence will not fade away, the beauty of her clothes will not wear out, her beauty will not fade, desires and passions will not weaken, her eyes are just drawn to her husband, never wants another. Similarly, the husband will always be on her. Woman of paradise (Al Hoor Al-'ayn) is the culmination of the dreams and desires. If she saw him, she would make him happy. If he asked her, she would be obey. If he is not in place, then she will look after it. Her husband is always with her, wherever he is. Her husband is the culmination of every wishes of hers and her sense of peacefulness.

In addition, this angel has never been touched before, either by the human and the ginny. Every time the husband look at her, the feeling of pleasure and joy will fill his heart. Every time he talked to, the beauty of the diamond quality will meet to her hearing. If she appears, the whole palace and every room in it will be full of light.

If you ask about her age, then they are young girls who are equal to age and bloom.

If you ask about the beauty of her face, so have you seen the beauty of the sun?!

If you ask about the dark of her eyes, hhe is the best that you see, the eyes are white with black spots which are very captivating dark eyes.

If you ask about its physical feature, have you seen the most beautiful tree branch that you ever find?

If you ask about the color of her skin, so bright as Rubies and Marjan.

If you are asking about the beauty of her akhlaq, they are girls who are very kind and benevolent, which combines the beauty of face and politeness. So they are awarded by the beauty inside and out. They are the happiness of the soul and the jewel of the eye.

If you ask about the good relationships and their services, it is no longer delights in others. They are girls whom really loved by the husband as a plenary worship and ministry, who live full time with the husband, full charm of harmony and romance.

What do you tell if a girl laughs at her husband, then the heaven shines beautifully? When she moves from one court to another court, you will say: "It's the sun that moves on its orbit." If she is joking, run and chase with her husband, O ... how beautiful ...! (From the Book of Hadil Arwah Ila Biladil Afrah (h.359-360)*

sources:
*http://quran.com/
*http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Authenticity_of_72_Virgins_Hadith
*http://www.webcitation.org/64zXNO08I
*other sources

note: some sources were translated and shared from a page in Bahasa Indonesia to English, and some sources added and taken from the webs mentioned above. ^_^