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Buddhist Lodge Derma 25 Tan Beras Menjelang Ramadan

Semangat menghulurkan derma dan mengagihkan habuan kepada masyarakat Melayu/Islam Singapura bagi persiapan Ramadan sudah dimulakan sejak 2011 oleh badan agama Buddha, Singapore Buddhist Lodge.

Sejak enam tahun yang lalu, badan agama tersebut tidak putus-putus mendermakan beras berpuluh-puluh tan kepada beberapa buah masjid di sini.

Tahun ini tidak terkecuali. Badan agama tersebut mendermakan sebanyak 25 tan beras yang akan diagihkan kepada masjid-masjid bagi persediaan bubur menjelang bulan puasa nanti.

Jumlah itu juga lebih tinggi berbanding 23 tan yang diberikan pada tahun lalu.

DERMA BERAS SEBAGAI PERSEDIAAN JELANG RAMADAN

Acara pembahagian beras yang diadakan di Masjid Ba’alwi hari ini (17 Mei) turut dihadiri MUIS, yang akan mengagihkan beras tersebut kepada masjid-masjid di Singapura.

Encik Paiman Supangat, Pengerusi Eksekutif Masjid Al-Muttaqin, berkata bahawa secara purata antara 200 hingga 300 orang datang ke masjid setiap hari pada bulan Ramadan untuk berbuka puasa di masjid-masjid yang kecil.

Namun, bagi masjid yang lebih besar, bilangan mereka yang berbuka boleh mencecah hingga lebih antara 800 hingga 1,000 orang.

Bagi Masjid Ba’alwi, beras yang didermakan itu akan turut diberikan kepada keluarga miskin, di mana setiap keluarga akan diberikan 5 kilo beras.

SEMANGAT MEMBERI PERKUKUH HUBUNGAN SILANG AGAMA

(Gambar-gambar: BERITAMediacorp)

Habib Hasan al-Attas, imam Masjid Ba’alwi, berkata bahawa semangat memberi daripada badan agama lain kepada masyarakat Melayu/Islam adalah sesuatu yang membanggakan.

“Sebagai sebahagian daripada umat Islam Singapura dan organisasi-organisasi Islam yang lain, saya mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Buddhist Lodge kerana memberikan kami peluang untuk menerima sumbangan beras untuk diberikan kepada orang yang berpuasa dan mereka yang kurang berkemampuan.

“Pendermaan ini merupakan satu perkara saya berasa bangga kerana umat Islam di sini dihormati oleh kaum-kaum lain kerana mereka melihat umat Islam pada bulan puasa bekerja keras untuk memberi makan kepada orang-orang yang berbuka puasa, tidak kira mereka yang kaya mahupun yang kurang berkemampuan, dan juga tidak melihat kepada kaum yang berlainan. Semangat kekitaan inilah yang kita harus terus pegang, galakkan, dan kukuhkan,” katanya.

Cik Lee Chin Chin, seorang anggota Buddhist Lodge berkata, semangat memberi itu penting khususnya dalam konteks Singapura, di mana penduduknya datang daripada berlainan agama dan kaum.

Cik Lee juga percaya bahawa sebagai sebuah masyarakat majmuk, kita tidak harus membeza-bezakan agama antara satu sama lain.

Baginya: “Setiap masyarakat dapat melakukan yang terbaik, jika masyarakat secara menyuluruh melakukan yang terbaik.”

SEMANGAT MEMBERI KEPADA MASYARAKAT MELAYU/ISLAM BERMULA DARI AYAH

Tradisi dan usaha memberi kepada masyarakat daripada kaum dan agama yang berbeza itu dimulakan oleh mendiang Encik Lee Bock Guan, yang merupakan mantan pemimpin Buddhist Lodge, menurut Habib Hassan dan anak perempuannya, Cik Lee.

“Semangat ini bermula daripada usaha mendiang Encik Lee Bock Guan, yang merupakan mantan ketua Buddhist Lodge yang meninggal dunia beberapa tahun yang lalu. Tetapi kita bersyukur kerana puterinya dan persatuan ini tetap menegakkan apa yang beliau telah asaskan. Beliau cukup prihatin terhadap masyarakat Melayu/Islam di Singapura,” kata Habib Hassan.

“Bapa sangat terlibat dalam perkara- perkara silang agama dan keharmonian antara kaum. Beliau melihat betapa pentingnya masyarakat hidup bersama, terutamanya di Singapura, di mana masyarakatnya terdiri daripada pelbagai kaum dan agama,” kata Cik Lee.

Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

May 18, 2017
Malay Policewoman, SAC Zuraidah Abdullah, Conferred Her World Magazine’s Woman Of The Year Award

In the short span of five years, local fashion designer Priscilla Shunmugam has taken her eponymous label to Paris Fashion Week and the Audi Fashion Festival, boosting Singapore’s name on the world fashion map.

The 34-year-old former lawyer was named Young Woman Achiever by Her World magazine last night in recognition of her inspirational success and potential to go further in the design field.

In her acceptance speech, Ms Shunmugam said she felt her label Ong Shunmugam was not her greatest achievement so far, but rather her finding a way to “do what I really want to think about”.

“For a society at large which prizes results over anything else, I’ll take this (award) as a sign that we’re ready to respect those who try, no matter what the outcome.”

Ms Shunmugam was presented her award at a gala dinner at the Shangri-La Hotel Singapore.

Her World also named Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Zuraidah Abdullah as its Woman of the Year for her outstanding and well-respected achievements.

Last year, SAC Zuraidah, 53, became the first woman to be appointed Commander of the Airport Police Division. Earlier in her 29-year police career, she helped implement the ruling for children below eight to be seated in a child’s car seat. She is also chairman of the Malay Heritage Foundation.

“There is no reason for women to not also excel at the workplace if the organisation gives us the same opportunities,” she said in her speech. “But to excel, you must be prepared to work hard and grab the opportunities given to you.”

Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob, who was the guest of honour at the event, said she was confident that the two winners will be good inspiration to other women.

Both awards are given out annually by the magazine.

Source: www.straitstimes.com

August 23, 2015
Meet Singapore First F-16 Fighter Pilot Major Yusri Abu Bakar

Hello,

I want to share about a member of our Malay community whom I believe is a good example and many youngsters in our community look up to him as their idol and role model. He paved the way for us to dream big and give us hope that nothing is impossible.

He is MAJOR Yusri Abu Bakar the first Malay F-16 fighter pilot in the RSAF. Considering that only ONE in a thousand can make the cut to become a fighter pilot, he managed to overcome the odds stacked against him and show his ability to fly the war machine.

To earn his wings, Major Yusri had to go through 26 months of pilot training which included 11 months in France on the fighter plane. How many of us can endure and go through such long and tough training just to earn the right to be a pilot? After that only he can start his career as pilot. Because of this I really respect his hard work and belief.

Even though there are jealous people out there who will say this is about “batuk ditangga” but I hope they will change their mindset and not pull people who are successful down. For every one pilot who get his wings, 999 other pilot wannabeswho are Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasian fail to become pilots. This is the reality of wanting to be a pilot where only the best can succeed.

On a side note, after Major Yusri, there are more up and coming fighter pilots like Captain Azlan Latiff and Captain Iskandar Muhammad who managed to earn their wings and protect our Singapore skies too. See how Major Yusri blazed the way for more of our Malay brothers to become pilots!

I believe Major Yusri must be on your SG50 list without fail. He is an inspiration to us youngsters in the Malay community.

Hakim

Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

June 26, 2015
Dear Muslim LGBTQ Brothers And Sisters…

Bismilaahirrahmaanirraheem…

Assalamualaikum Wr. Wb.

Dear My Muslim LGBTQ Brothers and Sisters…

There’s something we need to confess to you. We, straight Muslims, do not hate you. In fact, we have never hated you. True, we may seem aggressive with our acts of eradicating LGBTQ from the society but it’s not because we hate you. You are our brothers and sisters and we love you for the sake of Allah SWT. We love you and we don’t want you to get punished for your act. We know we are no one to say that you’re going to Hellfire, but it’s already clear in the Qur’an when Allah SWT says:

“Know they not that for those who oppose Allah and His apostle is the fire of Hell? Wherein they shall dwell. That is the supreme disgrace.” (al-Qur’an 9:63)

We love you so much, my dear brothers and sisters. Hell is not the place that you wanna be. It’s that last place that you wanna be. We give you reminders because we understand how much pain one will have to suffer in Hellfire. Again Allah SWT says in the Qur’an:

“… fear the Fire (Hell) whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.” (al-Qur’an 2:24)

We know you feel the guilt. Keep feeling guilty, my brothers and sisters. Keep telling yourself that Allah SWT hates your action, cz you yourself know that it’s a sin. Don’t let anyone tell you that LGBTQ is acceptable in Islam. Know that you are better than those people who seem pious. Those “pious” people who are trying to re-interpret the Qur’an by saying that LGBTQ is acceptable in Islam, remember that it is just a deception of the devil. Know that these people can go up to kafir.

There’s a huge difference between a person who’s involved in LGBTQ but knows that it’s haram and a person who’s involved in LGBTQ but says it’s okay in Islam. The former, insyaAllah may Allah grant him Hidayah, but for the latter, it’s already clear in the Qur’an that whomever disregards any part of Allah’s commandments, he is a disbeliever.

“… And whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed – then it is those who are the disbelievers.” (al-Qur’an 5:44)

Interpretation by Ibn Abbas, recorded in Tafsir At-tabari: Whomever does not judge by the commands of Allah and he is against it, then he is a disbeliever. However, if he does not judge by the commands of Allah, yet acknowledges it, then he is a zalim fasik.

However my dear brothers and sisters, you still need to keep improving yourself. You need to keep seeking the truth. Don’t stop putting in effort to search for Allah SWT’s pleasure.

Haven’t you heard of Prophet Lut’s (peace be upon him) community? His community was involved in homosexual acts. Wild sex was widespread. They didn’t want to listen to Prophet Lut’s (peace be upon him) warnings and reminders. The situation was so bad, he prayed to Allah SWT to destroy his community. What happened to them after that? Allah SWT answered Prophet Lut’s (peace be upon him) prayers by commanding an angel to “scoop” the land they’re staying high up in the air and turn the land upside down, and within seconds the whole community was destroyed.

Haven’t you heard about the People of Pompeii? The community was similar to that of Prophet Lut’s (peace be upon him). They make a living from prostitution. Homosexuality was also widespread. It’s a city of sex. What happened to the community then? A nearby volcano erupted so violently, its lava destroyed the whole community yet Allah SWT preserved their body so perfectly so that we could learn from their mistakes. These are signs of Allah SWT’s anger.

So my dear brothers and sisters, how can homosexuality ever be acceptable in Islam?

Allah’s wisdom is so great that nothing can surpass it. We’re always talking about hijab. That’s why we even need to hijab when we’re in the same room with the same gender. Both men’s and women’s aurah when in front of the same gender are from the navel to the knees (knees included). We cannot be naked in front of anyone, except for your halal wife/husband. That’s the beauty of marriage. MasyaAllah. How much details Allah SWT has put into the rules and guidelines for us to live our daily lives and not even a single loophole in Islam.

Allah SWT even forbids us from cross-dressing. A lady can’t dress like a guy and a guy can’t dress like a lady. Even if a guy wears the headscarf just for sake of fun, it is haram. SubhanAllah. How strict our Lord is when it comes to this.

Again my homosexual brothers and sisters, we’re not against you. We will never humiliate you. Those who humiliate you are not one of us. We are here to give constant reminders to you. It may be hurtful going through the process of purification. No doubt, it will be very very hard to contain those urges and desires. But just think of your parents, if not for them, you’ll not see the world. You need both mother’s and father’s love and attention. You know both of them play very different roles. Can you imagine yourself being brought up by same sex parents? And knowing that you’re either adopted or your birth isn’t normal? Not knowing who’s your real parents or who your dad is? If you can’t imagine, then please spare the emotional torture from your future child(ren). Plus, you know how important breastfeeding is to newborn. How can you have the heart depriving a newborn of the best nutrition?

Allah is great. He wants to protect us. Have we not read of the statistic that proportionally, more homosexuals are infected by HIV than heterosexuals? Can’t you see how much Allah SWT, the One who created you, loves you? He knows you more than you know yourself. He forbids homosexuality as He knows how much detrimental effects it will bring to you, to the community.

It’s not too late, my dear brothers and sister. You may have a very dark past. You may feel that your sin is too big for Allah SWT to forgive. But know that the only sin that Allah SWT won’t forgive is syirk (associating partners to Allah SWT). Allah SWT says in the Qur’an:

“Allah says: “O My servants who have transgressed against their souls, do not despair of Allah’s mercy, for Allah forgives all sins. It is He Who is the Forgiving, the Merciful.” (al-Quran 39:53)

Remember that whenever you wanna repent and there’s something inside you saying that you’re not deserving of Allah’s forgiveness, that’s not your voice. That’s syaitan who’s whispering into your ears. You’re better than syaitan and iblis. Know that while you’re struggling to stop loving the same gender, there’s also a straight person who’s struggling not to be in a haram relationship.

I know this post may not change you, but my only hope is that for you to keep seeking the truth. My only advise is that to not miss any prayers. I remembered at one point of time how far I was from Allah SWT, but I keep telling myself that I should never miss any prayers. How difficult it was to find the time or place to pray, I still struggled hard to stop making excuses for myself. At that moment, I didn’t know what actions will make Allah SWT happy, but I knew the things that Allah SWT hated. So I tried my best to refrain from doing things that brought pleasure to me, but hatred to Allah SWT.

If you always club, drink, smoke, have promiscuous sex, or any sinful acts, avoid it one by one. No one is asking you to change drastically. For drastic change will bear drastic impact. If you can handle the drastic impact, then Alhamdulillah for you. If not, then do it one at a time. What’s most important is that you have the intention to change, only for the One. Keep making do’a to the Lord of the universe. Know that if He can control the entire universe, controlling your heart is just a small matter. Just ask for it. He doesn’t need you to survive, you need Him to survive.

Life is just a challenge. Everyone has their own challenges. If you think your challenge is the biggest, know that there’s someone else in this world who’s struggling to live; no food, no place to sleep, no parents, don’t know if tomorrow a bullet gonna pierce through his/her head.

You can be the happiest person. You don’t need a human’s love to make you feel complete. All you need is Allah SWT’s and Rasulullah SAW’s love. To have your halal spouse to love you, is a bonus. You choose your own happiness.

“A happy person once said: “The beautiful day is the day on which we have control of our affairs and our affairs do not control us. It is the day on which we control our desires and we are not controlled by them like slaves.”” (extracted from the book ‘You Can Be The Happiest Women In The World’)

Last not but not least, be friends with those who love Allah SWT. Be in the environment that gives you the positive vibe. Know that if someone loves Allah SWT, it doesn’t only come from the heart. If someone truly and sincerely loves Him, from the heart it will automatically show through from one’s appearance and actions. Be with those who truly and sincerely love Him.

How contradictory and hurtful it may sound, but know that those who support your sinful acts are actually the one who don’t love you. Those who stop and acknowledge you are the ones who truly love you. Life is temporary and we don’t want you to live “happily” only for a short period of time. We want you to be happy forever, now and till the Hereafter. InsyaAllah.

May Allah SWT guide us always and never make us go astray.

WallahuAlam.

Source: https://nurashikinsalim.wordpress.com

June 13, 2015
Implementation Of Hudud Law Places Kelantan At Risk Of Being Overrun By Paedophiles

Paedophiles will overrun Kelantan if it implements hudud as the Islamic law is open to abuse and rejects using scientific evidence to prove crime, says a spokesperson for the group of eminent Malays, or G25.

Datuk Noor Farida Ariffin said since it would be difficult to prove crimes like adultery, rape of children and adults will abound.

“This is the nature of PAS’s hudud,” she said.

Farida said Kelantan’s hudud rejected the use of scientific methods such as DNA testing and fingerprints, instead requiring the evidence of four witnesses of the alleged crime.

“They are using evidence used in the 12th century to prove adultery, pushing out scientific methods.

“They are asserting that is the only way to prove the crime of adultery, which does not make sense,” she said, adding that PAS leaders travelled in cars and planes but did not want to accept scientific evidence.

She added that Prophet Muhammad had also told his people about the importance of acquiring knowledge.

“The Prophet said that we should go in search of knowledge even up to China.

“If hudud is implemented in Kelantan, paedophiles will abound in the state,” she said.

Farida added that the structure of society was not suitable for the implementation of hudud.

She said Islamic scholars were of the view that many conditions needed to be fulfilled before the Islamic law can be introduced.

“We need a just society, a smaller gap between the rich and the poor. But here, even among the Malays, there is a divide.

“The problem is that the ustaz in the villages are spreading the message that hudud is God’s law which cannot be questioned,” she said at a forum on economic freedom and globalisation today.

The forum was organised by think tank Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs.

PAS’s plan to implement hudud in Kelantan has been strongly opposed by its Pakatan Rakyat coalition partner DAP.

Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yesterday urged PAS to table the proposed amendments to the Shariah Criminal Code Enactment 11 at the Pakatan presidential council meeting tomorrow before taking it to Parliament.

But Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob responded by saying that the Islamic enactment could only be tabled at the state assembly sitting or Parliament as it is under embargo.

“However, we have discussed at the technical committee state, which included legal experts, lecturers and NGOs including parties within Pakatan.

“So this Sunday, we cannot table the enactment, the next stop is Parliament,” he said after the Friday sermon in Kota Baru.

Source: www.themalaysianinsider.com

February 9, 2015