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  • Putus Kaki, Tangan Digilis Kereta Api Bagi Pasangan Yang Bercumbu Di Landasan

    Putus Kaki, Tangan Digilis Kereta Api Bagi Pasangan Yang Bercumbu Di Landasan

    Sepasang belia yang sedang hangat bercinta maut dilanggar kereta api semasa mereka sedang berasmara.

    Dalam insiden yang berlaku di Kecamatan Lubuk Kilangan Kota Padang, Sumatera Barat, pasangan itu dilanggar kereta api yang mengangkut simen pada sebelah pagi semalam (26 Jun).

    “Insiden itu berlaku sekitar pukul 5.30 pagi. Jalam masih gelap dan pemandu kereta api tidak dapat melihat ada orang di landasan maka terus memandu laju setelah melanggar mereka,” kata seorang saksi, Masril, seperti yang ditukil Antara.

    Kedua-dua mangsa sudah dibawa ke hospital.

    Akibat pelanggaran itu mangsa lelaki, berusia 17 tahun, putus sebelah kaki sementara mangsa wanita pula, berusia 16 tahun, putus sebelah tangannya.

    Menurut Masril, sejak tiga hari lalu, beliau sudahpun mengingatkan pasangan kekasih berkenaan supaya tidak berdua-duaan sedemikian dalam bulan Ramadan, lebih-lebih lagi mereka sering bertemu pada waktu subuh.

    “Saya sudah mengingatkan mereka namun tidak diendahkan sehingga mereka ditimpa kemalangan seperti ini,” ujar Masril.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • Mufti Perak: Haram Beri Zakat Terus Kepada Asnaf

    Mufti Perak: Haram Beri Zakat Terus Kepada Asnaf

    PARIT BUNTAR, Jumaat – Umat Islam diminta tidak membayar zakat secara terus kepada asnaf kerana perbuatan itu hukumnya adalah haram, kata Mufti Perak Tan Sri Dr Harussani Zakaria.

    Beliau berkata, orang ramai dinasihatkan untuk membayar zakat kepada pusat zakat yang dilantik oleh kerajaan di setiap negeri.

    “Mengikut hukum syarak, apabila ada satu badan yang telah dilantik kerajaan untuk mengumpul zakat fitrah dan harta, setiap orang wajib mengeluarkan zakat kepada badan tersebut.

    “Ini kerana badan itu telah diperintahkan supaya mencari dan mengumpulkan asnaf yang ada untuk disampaikan secara adil hasil zakat itu,” katanya pada sidang media selepas majlis penyampaian bantuan Aidilfitri kepada 300 fakir miskin dan sumbangan kepada Majlis Agama Islam dan Adat Melayu Perak (MAIPk) oleh Yayasan Muhibbah Fng Ah Seng di sini, hari ini.

    Dr Harussani mengulas berhubung isu viral di Facebook di mana sebanyak 70 peratus orang ramai bersetuju membayar zakat terus kepada asnaf manakala 30 peratus lagi kepada badan pungutan zakat.

    Katanya, pembayaran seperti itu hukumnya tidak sah dan dikhuatiri asnaf yang menerima itu layak atau tidak menerima zakat.

    “Pendapat seperti ini salah kerana MAIPk memberikan zakat secara adil kepada asnaf yang layak menerima zakat. Pegawai kita masuk kampung untuk mengesan asnaf yang layak menerima zakat dan gaji mereka kita ambil dari bahagian amil dan bukan dari asnaf,” katanya.

     

    Source: www.ismaweb.net

  • The Halal Food Hunter: 5 Reasons Why Geylang Bazaar Is Not “Too Westernised”

    The Halal Food Hunter: 5 Reasons Why Geylang Bazaar Is Not “Too Westernised”

    IT’S ALMOST NOT  RAMADAN WITHOUT SOME SORT OF DEBATE WHERE A PURIST WAVES AN AYAM PERCIK FOR EMPHASIS AND SOMEBODY CRIES. THIS YEAR, THE GEYLANG BAZAAR TAKES THE HIT.

    Last week, Rilek1Corner served up some controversial fodder for the iftar table — the author opined that Geylang Serai Bazaar is too westernized, becoming more like pasar malam.

    • He said it’s hard to find traditional kuih at the bazaar for buka
    • He tried to make the case that since the bazaar is in Geylang Serai, a hub for Malays, vendors should be selling traditional kuih, and not foreign snacks like churros and kebab.
    • He expressed his concern of the cultural erosion amongst Malay youths, forewarning the day when the spirit of Hari Raya will be forgotten.
    • Netizens immediately weighed in their two cents, both in support and opposition to the article.
    • The author agreed that everyone has their opinion. Here’s mine:

    SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES, NOT JUST SHOPS SELLING KUIH, ARE ALL STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE

    It is not a secret–running a business in Singapore is no easy task. There are many pressing factors that determine whether a business thrive or fail, but none is more of a headache than the cost of rental. Having a physical space can easily eat into at least half of a shop’s earnings, which probably explains why some of the vendors we see in bazaars or pasar malams don’t have one. Instead, they sustain themselves by setting up shop in more transient spaces like bazaars, pasar malams, corporate events, trade shows, and weddings. The more successful pasar malam veterans eventually go on to have permanent homes, but even then, they do not fold their kiosks and continue to set up shop where the crowds gather.

    To lessen the burden of costly overheads, businesses are increasingly sharing spaces instead of renting one all to themselves. This trend of a sharing economy, while unique and enterprising, also puts light on the severity of the underlying rent-seeking behaviour of the organizations behind these bazaars. Understandably, traditional kuih shops may not want to bear these very high costs which is why they are nowhere to be seen in the bazaar.

    KUIH VENDORS ARE NOT MARGINALIZED

    The Rilek1Corner article, in my opinion, would have held more weight than an Overdose drink if it showed that the bazaar organisers had refused food vendors traditionally found there (Ramly burger, vadai, deng deng) to make way for these so called westernised food vendors. That’s definitely something to cry foul about. I would even go so far as to call it a violation of tradition.

    Yet, this wasn’t the case at all. In fact, take up rate for the stalls in bazaar has been dismal for years now. I’m sure the organisers would gladly offer an entire tentage to house a mountain of kuih lapis…if someone had laid down the cash for it. Yes, while it may seem that Geylang Bazaar is just a huge food market for hipsters this year (damn you social media), the reality on the ground is that the old school vendors that I grow up with are still there! They just don’t make for viral content.

    PASAR MALAM IS NOT A WESTERN THING

    Sure, you can argue that it is based after the model of street food markets or night markets of (insert western country here) but our local pasar malam definitely has its own unique flavours and charms. I grew up begging my parents to bring me to the pasar malam downstairs every night, even to just see the sights. Before social media and my travels exposed me to the food/night markets of New York, Bangkok, Seoul and Melbourne, I regard our pasar malam as the original. In fact, I still do and I see no point in debating on its origins. So if someone were to say that the Geylang Bazaar is the mother of allpasar malams, they couldn’t be more further than the truth. It’s a marketplace of sorts. It opens primarily at night. It’s earned that pasar malam badge. If anything, I think the normal pasar malams in our neighbourhoods have a lot to learn from this year’s Geylang Pasar Malam, I mean, Bazaar.

    GEYLANG BAZAAR IS NOT JUST FOR THE MALAYS

    One of the points raised in the article was the crazy idea that the bazaar was situated in a Malay hub, hence the food items for sale should reflect that. Historically, Geylang may be a community centre for Malays, just like how Little India is for the Indians and Chinatown is for the Chinese. But the lines are blurred now. There are no boundaries as to where people of all races in Singapore dine and shop at. One of my favourite chapati stalls is along Norris Road, right in the middle of Little India. I think Chinatown in the lead up to Chinese New Year looks the best from the rooftop of People’s Park Complex. If the bazaar draws crowds of all races, isn’t that a good thing?

    For every Malay that complains about Geylang Bazaar being too crowded, there’ll be someone else who enjoys going there to bask in the vibrant, if stifling, atmosphere. Singaporeans are known to be ultimate foodies, so I say give them what they want. I’ve went to the bazaar with non-Malay friends. I also know of people who bring foreign visitors. There are also non-Malay vendors who are always present year after year. Where do you think I get a bottle of H20 or can of Coke from? All I’m saying is, let’s be more inclusive to all and sundry. The Geylang Bazaar is as much a contribution to the colourful urban fabric of Singapore as it is an iconic Ramadan event for us Malay-Muslims.

    If anything, the rainbow bagels and the churros and the sotong kings of Geylang Bazaar all reflect one underrated quality of the modern Malay–that we are an enterprising people!

    EVERYBODY WINS WHEN WE SUPPORT MALAY LOCAL BUSINESSES

    A big motivation of starting this blog was to support the wave of halal food options that has emerged recently, and by extension the businesses that provide them. The businesses that offer these halal food have, by and large, been owned by Malay-Muslims. Then there are also businesses that are not necessarily Muslim-owned but go to great lengths to ensure they get the halal certification by MUIS. All these great efforts benefit us, the consumers. However, to say that I only support Malay businesses is only selling the thriving local halal food industry short.

    In a virtual sea of “same old”, I appreciate something truly unique and delightful. I need not look further than our local small businesses. Whether they’re designing clothes or are on a mission to disrupt an entire industry, small businesses bring new ideas and innovation to our communities. Then, as they grow, they attract like-minded talent who invest even more to the business and the community, bringing the cycle full circle. The next time you want to bring down our local businesses trying to make a change, spare a thought for the community, focus on the good, and discard the bad.

     

    Source: http://thehalalfoodhunter.com

  • Ulamas Divided Over The Celebrating Of Mother’s Day, But Stresses Importance Of The Mother In The Quran and Sunnah

    Ulamas Divided Over The Celebrating Of Mother’s Day, But Stresses Importance Of The Mother In The Quran and Sunnah

    In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

    All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

    First of all, it goes without saying that every committed Muslim is supposed to pay his parents, especially his mother, due respect. One should try to show dutifulness to one’s parents, even if they happened to be non-Muslims, let alone being Muslims. What Islam goes against is to imitate non-Muslims by marking a special occasion such as celebrating the Mother’s Day in a way that shows that mothers do not deserve due respect and care save on this very day. If we are going to make the whole year a Mother’s Day, then Islam welcomes celebrating the occasion with open arms.

    Indeed, Muslim scholars have maintained various opinions regarding the issue. Here below we will attempt to furnish you with Juristic views as regard this issue:

    First of all, Sheikh Faysal Mawlawi, deputy chairman of the European Council for Fatwa and Research, states:

    Dutifulness to parents, especially the mother, and treating them kindly is an act of worship enjoined in both the Qur’an and the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Being dutiful to parents is not confined to a specific time. It is an obligation that should be observed every time, as all people commonly know.

    Yet, the Mother’s Day, as it’s known nowadays is a Western habit. The Westerners specified a day and called it the Mother’s Day. On that day sons and daughters show gratefulness to their mothers and offer them presents. It has become part of important feasts in the West, whereas we Muslims have no other festivals except the Lesser and the Greater Bairams. Any other celebrations are deemed mere occasions or anniversaries; and this is applied to the Mother’s Day.

    The Mother’s Day implies paying more attention and exerting more effort in expressing gratitude to mothers. So there is nothing wrong in that.

    However, there are two reservations worth mentioning; first, considering the Mother’s Day a feast; second, confining the task of showing dutifulness to mothers to that specific day, giving implication that throughout the whole year, just only one day is for showing love to parents. If such two anomalous points are addressed, then there is nothing wrong in considering the Mother’s Day a chance to give more care to mothers.

    Thus, we may take the Mother’s Day as a chance to lay more emphasis on our duty towards our mothers, as Islam enjoins us, because dutifulness to parents is a genuine Islamic teaching. But Muslims, in doing that, should never deviate from the Islamic teachings, they should do things in Islamic manners, not in Western manners. Hence, they would not be imitating the non-Islamic habits of the West.

    Hence, viewed in juristic perspective, we can say that celebrating the Mother’s day is controversial among the contemporary scholars. While a group of them consider it haram (unlawful) as a kind of blind imitation of the Western non-Islamic habits, which have no benefit for Muslims, another group see it halal(lawful) on condition that showing gratitude and dutifulness to parents should not be confined to that day only.

    Moreover, the well-known erudite scholar Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi states:

    The Arabs tend to blindly follow the Western in their celebration of the Mother’s Day, without trying to understand the wisdom behind inventing such an occasion.

    When the European found that children do not deal properly towards their parents nor give them their due right, they resorted to specifying an annual occasion for children to remedy the situation. But in Islam, mothers are to be given due respect and love every time, not only one day a year. For example, when one goes out, he kisses one’s mother’s hand seeking her pleasure and blessing.

    A Muslim must not allow any gap between him and his mother, he must offer her presents every time. This indicates that Muslims can dispense with such an occasion, the Mother’s Day. Unlike the case in the West, where it’s a vogue for some children to show indifference to their mothers’ feelings, and, what’s more, it is so common to see some parents being dragged to infirmaries (as their kids have no time for them), dutifulness to parents in Islam, alongside with worshipping Allah, is a sacred duty.

    In this concern, Almighty Allah says: (And We have commended unto man kindness toward parents. His mother beareth him with reluctance, and bringeth him forth with reluctance, and the bearing of him and the weaning of him is thirty months, till, when he attaineth full strength and reacheth forty years, he saith: My Lord! Arouse me that I may give thanks for the favor wherewith Thou hast favored me and my parents, and that I may do right acceptable unto Thee. And be gracious unto me In the matter of my seed. Lo! I have turned unto Thee repentant, and lo! I am of those who surrender (unto Thee).) (Al-Ahqaf 46:15)

    Reflecting on the aforementioned Qur’anic verse, we find it stressing both parents’ right, but reviewing the following verses we find them paying special care to the mother and tackling the hardships she suffers in pregnancy, fosterage and rearing children.

    In this verse, Almighty Allah informs man of the debt he owes his mother since he was a fetus, passing by the process of childbirth, infancy, childhood until he comes of age. A child normally forgets the hardship which his mother underwent during pregnancy. Hence Almighty Allah draws his attention to such hardships, laying emphasis on her great status in Islam.

    Finally, Dr. `Abdul Fattah `Ashoor, professor of Qur’an Exegisis at Al-Azhar University, concludes,

    Holding celebrations in honoring others and commemorating anniversaries are neither feasts nor Islamic. But one may seize any chance to express gratitude to those who deserve it. This is how we should consider the Mother’s Day. The mother has a special place in the Islamic culture, and all other civilized cultures. So it is something good to do anything to please her and show gratefulness to her.

    So dedicating a day to showing good feelings towards parents, especially the mother, is by no means blameworthy as it does not contradict the Islamic teachings, nor can it be merely considered a form of joining the Western vogue of making celebrations. Conversely, it is a kind of devotion to Allah’s orders that we should be dutiful to our parents.

    Allah Almighty knows best.

     

    Source: www.onislam.net

  • Yuna: It’s My Choice To Cover Up My Body, I’m Not Oppressed, I’m Free

    Yuna: It’s My Choice To Cover Up My Body, I’m Not Oppressed, I’m Free

    It’s afternoon rush in Los Angeles, and Yuna is cruising through Mid-Wilshire in a black SUV with the windows rolled down. At a stoplight, the singer-­songwriter, who left her native Malaysia for the land of movie stars and pricey green juices in 2011, cues up Snapchat and flips the camera to selfie mode. “Some guy on the street just shouted, ‘You’re ­beautiful!’ ” she says, letting out a pinched giggle. “That just made my entire day!”

    Los Angeles looks good on Yuna, even if she doesn’t fit the Hollywood standard for pop star — hair always wrapped in a hijab (she’s a devout Muslim); a stylishly chaste wardrobe that ­covers her from turtleneck on down; a label home, Verve, known for legacy jazz and adult contemporary artists like Barry Manilow. The 29-year-old born Yunalis Zarai is a long plane ride from her homeland, where not so long ago she posted shy folk-pop songs to MySpace and, warmed by the feedback, hit the reset button to move to America and meet her mentor, Pharrell Williams. Today, she’s markedly different: Her third and best album, Chapters (May 20), is edgy alt-soul featuring Usher,Jhene Aiko and DJ Premier. The songs — ­including “Crush,” her first Billboard chart hit — are inspired by a wrecked relationship and powered by Yuna’s new ­confidence in herself and her opinions. “I was a timid girl before,” says Yuna hours earlier, perched at a table in a ­warehouse photo studio and dressed in all black. “A lot of people said, ‘Your problem is always ­holding back.’ I didn’t want to hold back anymore.”

     

    “Yuna thinks differently than a lot of people — she has something to say, and she won’t compromise,” says Verve chairman David Foster, who has won 16 Grammys producing and writing for Whitney Houston, Celine Dion and others. “I’m much older than her, but I relate to her lyrics, and my ­stepdaughters, Gigi and Bella [Hadid], they’re crazy for her too. She’s speaking to a lot of generations.”

    “Trump’s out there promoting hate,” says Yuna.

    “Trump’s out there promoting hate,” says Yuna Ramona Rosales.

    ​Yuna was raised in Alor Setar, Malaysia, by her legal-adviser father and chemistry-teacher mother. “It was a very ­conservative environment — we watched what we said.” Yuna spent her childhood focused on her ­education, set on becoming a lawyer. As a hobby, in between poring over textbooks, she taught herself guitar watching YouTube, writing songs in both Malay and English, inspired by her heroes Lauryn Hill (“she was life-changing for me”) and Feist. Music started taking priority a year before she graduated from university in 2009, when she self-released EPs to local acclaim and won second place in a national ­songwriting contest. At first, she felt like an outsider in the country’s music biz. Malaysia may be predominantly Muslim, but much like in America, “women singers are seen as sexy here — you have to let your hair out and be beautiful,” she says. “I struggled with that.” Instead, Yuna shrouded her image in mystery, ­letting her music speak for her. “I didn’t put up a proper photo of myself — it was cropped, up until my nose. People didn’t know what I looked like until my first show. They were shocked in the beginning, but they accepted me.”

    Her music began attracting ­international fans online as well — including her now manager Ben Willis, who encouraged her to chase bigger dreams and start over in Los Angeles. Things began quickly: Fader Label, the influential ­magazine’s indie imprint, signed Yuna and introduced her to Williams, who produced much of her 2012 self-titled global debut (it peaked at No. 19 on the Heatseekers chart). In 2013, Yuna signed with Verve and released Nocturnal, which featured cutting-edge R&B producers like Om’Mas Keith (Frank Ocean).

    Yuna and Usher on the set of the video for “Crush.”

    Yuna and Usher on the set of the video for “Crush.” Courtesy of Verve Music Group 2016.

    But despite the warm welcome, Yuna still sometimes deals with criticism and condescension when it comes to her image. “People say, ‘You should let your hair out; you shouldn’t be oppressed — you’re not in Malaysia anymore. You should show your curves and be proud of it.’ But I am proud — it’s my choice to cover up my body. I’m not oppressed — I’m free.”

    Yuna loves Rihanna‘s music, praising several tracks from Anti, but doesn’t feel the need to dress (or undress) like her. “It’s easier to just be me and not try to look like her,” she says. “I have nothing against Miley Cyrus onstage being herself, but girls like Adele andAndra Day, we don’t get enough credit. We have talent; we don’t count on the extra stuff. We just want to play music.”

    Yuna is On the Run in Her ‘Places to Go’ Video

    Chapters is a breakup album, inspired by the crumbling of a real-life relationship, although Yuna doesn’t offer many details in person. On the album, however, she puts it all out there, wondering aloud how he’s moving on when she’s stuck behind — particularly on “Used to Love You,” featuring Aiko, who pushed Yuna to come out of her shell. “She’s very blunt and direct — she expresses what other girls are feeling,” Yuna says of Aiko. “I see her as a big sister. When I go through stuff, I listen to her music. The last two years of my life, she played a huge part in it.”

    Suddenly alone in Los Angeles, Yuna had to learn how to be “more tough” like Aiko, she says. “I used to be dependent on my ex. I didn’t know how to love myself. So I made a mental note: ‘In 2016, I’m going to be single.’ When this album comes out, I want to be in a good place.”

    Yuna smiles when discussing her plans to push Chapters on tour in Europe and the States through May, and just bought a piano for her ­apartment to start work on a new album, which she says won’t wallow in the sadness of the past. “Crush,” featuring Usher, is her first song to crack U.S. radio, rising 22-18 on the April 30 Adult R&B chart. She says she feels at home in the Los Angeles soul scene, and America overall — even as she warily eyes the anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim fervor stoked by Donald Trump and others. “He’s out there promoting hate, violence,” she says. “It’s really weird that this is acceptable in a ­modern, advanced country.

    “But I’m not too worried about it,” she adds. “I think you can soften people’s hearts, even if they have a lot of hate. Music can do that, if it’s beautiful and honest. If I can do that — soften just one person’s heart — I consider myself successful already.”

     

    Source: www.billboard.com