Which One?

Cat Stevens on Islam

Constantinople = Istanbul. How did the name changed?

When Mustafa Kamal Ataturk took over Constantinople he change its name to Turkey and the name of its capital to Istanbul. Why? It is simply because of this hadith

"Verily you shall conquer Constantinople. What a wonderful leader will her leader be, and what a wonderful army will that army be!"

No.1 - So that Muslims believe that this prophecy has been fulfilled.
No.2 - So that not many Muslims know where exactly is Constantinople, and couldn't relate the hadith above with any kind of situation.
No.3 - To confuse the Muslims - How could Muslim take over Turkey when its already rule by a 'Muslim' nation?

The mission of current Turkey government is to make the Muslim believe that this had happened when Mustafa Kamal took over Constantinople from Ottoman Empire which is the last Islamic Country practicing the Caliphate system.

The turning point is here - There's another hadith saying that Dajjal will appear 6 months after Muslims conquered Constantinople. But has Dajjal comes out after that incident? The answer is no. Which means the hadith above has yet to be fulfilled and it will soon Insya Allah when the real Muslim taking over Constantinople from the current 'Muslim' government of Turkey and restored Caliphate system. The name of Turkey has never been used by our beloved Prophet Muhammad SAW. It always been known as Constantinople and we Muslim must keep it that way.

He Shall Glorify Me!!

Jesus said his successor will be someone who will confirming him as prophet of God.

Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said not a Muslim the person who reject Isa Ibn Maryam (pbuh) as prophet of Allah.

Who are they, Rum?

Prophet Muhammad (SAW) has prophesied that:

'You will make an alliance with Rum'.  

The question is - who are they, the Rum?

Is this Rome of Italy?

Here is article written by Sheikh Imran N Hosein answering the above question:

Question: When Israel Wages Her Big Wars Would That Be The Time When Muslim Will Make An Alliance With Rum? Is This Rome, Italy?

"Nabi Muhammad (SA) has prophesised that

'You will make an alliance with Rum'.

Indeed there is a... Surah of the Qur'an which is entitled Surah Ar-Rum. And in that Surah, in the first Ayah, Allah speaks about Rum being defeated. If you believe that Allah (SWT) was referring to a city in Italy then you should buy a one way ticket to Disneyland.
When the Qur'an says that Rum has been defeated, was referring to a city in Italy called Rome? Oh come one, what kind of scholarship is that? And when the Qur'an refers to Rum you translate it as Romans? Is that the correct translation, Romans?

Rum in the Qur'an is easy to identify. It is the 'Eastern Orthodox Christian Church'; which had established the Byzantine Empire with Constantinople as its capital...
Prophet (SA) said 'You will make an alliance with Rum'. The Byzantine Empire has disappeared today, but the 'Eastern Orthodox Christian Church' has not. If we want to find Rum, where is the 'Eastern Orthodox Christian Church' today?

Answer, the headquarters is now in Russia. If I am wrong I invite you to correct me. And so when the Prophet (SA) said, 'You will make an alliance with Rum', my answer is its going to be an alliance with Russia. .." 

Written by Imran N. Hosein 

Source: http://www.imranhosein.org/faq/28-muslim-village/326-rum-rome.html
 

Journal: 7 August 2012

Salamun Alaykom,

It has been a very tiring day - with work and work and again work. Currently we are still waiting for the incorporation of Ummati Trading Sdn Bhd to be finalized. Yes we had signed the agreement and officially registered the company under SSM Malaysia still there is a process for the incorporation of the company. Insya Allah the process will be done by next week latest by early of September.

As much as we want to get started like right now but we got to be patience. It is not gonna make things any better if we just rush things up so okay we'll take our time. Insya Allah we can start sooner than later.

Well there's must be a reason, Ramadan is a holy month where we Muslim should be more focus on doing ibadah - let say we start to operates by this month maybe it get us distracted with work. Alhamdulillah - we're thankful for everything.

I've mentioned about work at the beginning of this post - that's actually for my other job. Besides Ummati, I'm currently still working in private sector. So once Ummati start to operates I will be doing 2 jobs, Insya Allah. Alhamdulillah. 

Currently I'm working on a big event which will take place on early September. That will be like 2 weeks after Eidul Fitr celebration. So I'm kind of stressed up + we got only like 1 week to get things done since on the 3rd week of August everybody will be away for the holiday for Eid. Insya Allah, things will go smoothly.

Another 2 days for the last 10 nights of Ramadan. Times fly very fast. It seems like we just started fasting like yesterday. Masha Allah. I still can remember when I was still young - a day feels like forever. When I was like 6 years of age - my parents got me to do fasting and waiting for Iftar its like forever. And now day past by just like that. Subhanallah.

That reminds me of the words of our beloved Prophet Muhammad SAW where he said:

"a day like a year, a day like a month, a day like a week, and the rest of his days like your days."

The full Hadith:

Anas reported that the messenger of Allah said: "The hour shall not come until time will be considered short, and a year will appear like a month, a month like a week, a week like a day, a day like an hour and an hour like a flash of fire." (Tirmidhi)

Indeed - the time fly very fast today, we can feel it.



Arafat of Team Oummati
Co-Founder
Ummati Trading Sdn Bhd 

Ghuraba

“ISLAM – This Religion in the beginning it came as a stranger, and it will return again as a stranger”

- Prophet Muhammad s.a.w

Prophet Muhammad (SAW) has prophesised that:

'You will make an alliance with Rum'.  

The question is - who are they, the Rum? 

Note from Team Oummati: So Far

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Alhamdulillah, praise be to Allah - we have reached 1087 page view (as at 31 July 2012 @ 2340 hours) so far since we've started this blogsite 2 weeks ago. So far most of our viewers are from America, Malaysia, Pakistan and Russia. We also have viewers from France, South Korea and Germany. Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah. We would like to thank all the readers for visiting our blog and we hope all the information we have published on this site benefits to all our readers.

The establishment of our company is not merely only for business, da'wah is one of our top priorities. We also would like to give an opportunity to every ummah to participate in our mission. That Da'wah is an obligation to every Muslims we hope, we could trigger new ideas to the ummah and encourage them in doing da'wah to mankind regardless wherever they are.

We would like the reader to know that currently our team is quite busy with the registration of our company. Insya Allah this it will be done by this week. As much as we want this blog to be updated from time to time, after all we all are only human beings we can't do anything that is beyond our limits. Verily man is always in loss (Surah Al Asr, Verse 2)

As long as we know our capabilities, we strive for our best. So far we are not able to put up our products yet, and we're still working on it. Trying our best to get it done as soon as possible. With all paper works need to be done, it takes time . . but we believe Insya Allah sooner than later we will be able to introduce our products to public.

Mightee Da'wah Project & Revival of Sunnah campaign will be our first of many projects. We expect to kick start both projects before mid-August 2012, Insya Allah. At the same time we are working on articles to be published from time to time. We are also working on our official website, but since our knowledge in web design is very limited (we need to get help from external party) it caused a little setback. But again Insya Allah it will be ready before year 2013. So far we will be updating all our stories, articles, works, events, and products via this blog.

We welcome your comments, ideas and also critics in order for us to improve. Anybody who would like to contribute i.e articles etc, you're most welcome. The concept of Oummati is simple, we want to connect with the ummah, to grow togetherness and the spirit of ummah. This is why we choose the name Oummati - Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) repeated 3 times 'Ummati, Ummati, Ummati,' calling on his ummah. The name is aligned with our mission and objectives that is to provide solutions, necessity, tools for da'wah and of course building strong networks within the Muslim Ummah.

Again, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all our loyal readers for bearing with us. Insya Allah we will keep you updated from time to time with our products, news and articles. Don't forget to suggest us to your family, relatives and friends regardless of their religion. Insya Allah we can lead to them to the route of Islam. We really appreciate your supports and your patience for bearing with us. May Allah make it easy for us to work on His path.

Till then, Salamun Alaykom Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.


Team Oummati
(Bilal, Mehdi, Ihsan & Arafat)

Ummati Trading Sdn Bhd

31 July 2012 @ 2340 Hours

The Last Ummah

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

If you do not aid the Prophet - Allah has already aided him when those who disbelieved had driven him out [of Makkah] as one of two, when they were in the cave and he said to his companion, "Do not grieve; indeed Allah is with us." And Allah sent down his tranquillity upon him and supported him with angels you did not see and made the word of those who disbelieved the lowest, while the word of Allah - that is the highest. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.

(Al-Quran Surat At-Tawbah, Chapter 9 Verse 40)

Before we get into details, here are the things that we already understand. To make sure the message to be very clear, I have to start with these matters.

Jews - is not a religion. It is a race. Judaism is the religion of Jews. Although majority of them follow Judaism but there are also Muslim Jews and Christians Jews. The thing is Juda-Jews believe they are the followers of Moses. Judaism somehow based very much on the race of Jews. To believe in Judaism the person must be a Jew as Judaism is only for Jewish people.

Christians - It is not based on races. Any race can be Christians as long as they believe Jesus is Son of God / God, believe in Trinity Concept, believe that Jesus died for the sins of the world. Whoever believes in this concept and claimed to be the follower of Jesus - they are Christians. Trinity is the catechism of Christians.

Muslims - Is the one who submit to the will of God. Anyone who is submitting to the will of God and firmly believes God is one, they are Muslims. For every Muslims they must believe in all the prophets that send by Allah that includes Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad (peace be upon them all). There are 25 names of Prophets mentioned in the Quran. We must believe in them all. Not Muslim the person is if he or she refuses to.

Here, name of Prophets mentioned in the Quran not only acknowledge us about the names of the righteous Prophets, but also helps us to know the age of time. The beginning starts with Adam and the last will be the time of Muhammad s.a.w (peace be upon them). And Muhammad s.a.w marks the end is near. Which means Qiamat surely will come after the time of Muhammad s.a.w.

By time, Indeed, mankind is in loss, Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience. (Al-Quran Surah Al-'Asr Chapter 103 Verse 1-3)

"In this Surah, Allah is making an oath by Al'Asr, by Time. Some scholars, like Malik, say that 'Asr here means the time of the 'Asr prayer. Other says that it means Time through the ages.

Time is one of the creations of Allah. All other creations are affected by time including us. Every day we grow older, every day we come closer to our destiny, to the Day of Reckoning. On that day, everyone will find out through his final account and last Balance Sheet whether he or she is in profit or in loss.

The subject of the oath is that mankind, or Al-Insan is in loss; except those who believe and do righteous deeds. Allah excludes those who believe with all their hearts and do good deeds and also exhort (or urge) one another to Truth and Patience or constancy." - Khutbah by Omar Tarhuni

According to some scholars like Malik, say that the time when the Surah was revealed to Prophet Muhammad s.a.w to indicate that at that time the world was in the time of 'Asr. So if this surah which has been revealed about 1400 years ago, what is the current time of the world today? Maghrib? Could be Isya'. Only Allah knows that.

Back to the main topic, about the Jews claimed themselves as the follower of Moses and Christians claimed themselves as the follower of Jesus (peace be upon them all). How exactly for us to know that? Well, this is how it works.

Muslims are not only the ummah (people) of Muhammad s.a.w. Muslims also can be the ummah of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Lot, Moses, David, Solomon, Jesus (peace be upon them all) and so on. These are the righteous prophets selected by Allah Ta'ala to lead every mankind. It’s just all depend which age of time we are living in.

So this is how it works, if you're born and living through times of Adam, then you're the ummah of Adam(pbuh). If someone were born and live during times of Abraham, then they were the ummah of Abraham(pbuh). Same goes with other prophets. When you're born during the time of particular prophet and live through that time then you are the ummah of that particular prophet. Anyone can deny as they want, but fact doesn't lie.

Same case for Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them all). Allah sent a prophet to lead their own nation and tribes. But the last, Muhammad s.a.w was not only sent for the people of Arab, he was sent for all the humanity who living through the times of Muhammad s.a.w. How can we confirm that? Easy, go back to the book. Let see some of the verse we can find in the Quran to confirm this statement.

"We have not sent you (O Muhammad) but as a universal (Messenger) to men giving them glad tidings and warning them (against sin) but most men understand not"

(Al-Quran Surah Saba' Chapter 34, Verse 28)

"O mankind! Verily, there has come to you the Messenger (Muhammad) with the truth from your Rabb (Sustainer). So believe in him, it is better for you. But if you disbelieve, then certainly to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. And Allah is Ever All-Knowing, All-Wise"

(Al-Quran Surah An-Nisa Chapter 4, Verse 170)

Islam also firmly tells us that differences of races, gender, and nationality are nothing but only for human recognition. All mankind are equal and same, only good deeds differ one from another. In the Quran again say:

O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted.

(Al-Quran Surah Al-Hujurat Chapter 49, Verse 13)

It doesn't matter what races we belong to, or which generation we come from. It is the time when we were born that will indicates us which ummah do we belong to. You can be Jewish, English, American, Chinese, Malay, African, Japanese etc., you can be born as white, black, brown, Caucasian or yellow, you can be born from Muslims, Christians, Jewish, Buddhist, Atheist, Hindu family but as long as you were born during the time of Muhammad s.a.w the fact stands that you are the ummah of Muhammad s.a.w.

Muhammad s.a.w was chosen by Allah Ta'ala to lead all mankind to the right path and Muhammad s.a.w just like the other Righteous Prophets - they are all Muslims which means - the one that submit to the will of God. Allah Ta'ala sent down revelation and guidelines to Muhammad s.a.w so that he can lead mankind by example. Muhammad s.a.w task was bigger to compare with other prophets, and the impacts are greater too. Muhammad s.a.w was sent not only for one nation or tribes but for the whole mankind. As we can see today there are more and more people converting to Islam regardless of their backgrounds. As Muhammad s.a.w is the last prophet, which also means that we are the last ummah.

Islam is a simply way of life and is the true religion. Islam provides solution to any kinds of problems. If anyone would like to live a good life, then take Islam and don’t substitute it with any other rules. By right, which rules are better; rules created by man or by the Creator?

"This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion."

Al-Quran Surah Al-Ma'idah Chapter 5 Verse 3

The Full Verse of Surah Ma'idah 5;3:

"Prohibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah , and [those animals] killed by strangling or by a violent blow or by a head-long fall or by the goring of horns, and those from which a wild animal has eaten, except what you [are able to] slaughter [before its death], and those which are sacrificed on stone altars, and [prohibited is] that you seek decision through divining arrows. That is grave disobedience. This day those who disbelieve have despaired of [defeating] your religion; so fear them not, but fear Me. This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion. But whoever is forced by severe hunger with no inclination to sin - then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."

We can consider ourselves lucky to be part of Ummah of Muhammad s.a.w as we were born during the time of Muhammad s.a.w. This is because there are lots of benefits given to the ummah of Muhammad s.a.w.

One day the Messenger was sitting in sadness, then Jibrail A.S (Gabriel) came and asked:

"O Muhammad why are you so sad, but God has given five things that have never given to anyone before you, they are:

1. Allah always hears someone, as long as the person has no doubt in Allah,

2. Who would cover the embarrassment of others, surely Allah will cover the embarrassment of his on the Day of Judgment,

3. The door of repentance remains open until sakaratul maut (last hour) came,

4. Who recites the shahadah, would be forgiven all of his sins even the sins are as big as the size of the earth,

5. Punishment of those who have died can be removed by the prayer of those still living in the world"

Another hadith also reported that Moses (Peace be upon him) while he was at Mount Sinai, he was told about the benefits for ummah of Muhammad s.a.w by Allah Ta'ala. After heard of all the benefits, Moses asked if he can be one of the ummah of Muhammad s.a.w. Allah reject his wish:

"O Moses, I have chosen you to accept my words, so take what I give thee, and thou be among those who are grateful .."

Moses was satisfied and pleased with the answer of Allah Ta'ala.

(Source: Abu Laits a.s Assamarqandi as reported by Sanadnya and Muqatil bin Sulaiman)

Here we can see there are lots of advantages given to us (Ummah of Muhammad a.s) which even Moses (pbuh) as one of the greatest prophets of Allah would like to have. We cannot afford to take things for granted; we must work towards the blessings of Allah. Among all of the prophets, there will be only one of them that will be accepted to be as the Ummah of Muhammad s.a.w and that prophet will be Jesus or better known as Isa Al-Maseeh ibn Maryam (peace be upon him) amongst the Muslims. Jesus (peace be upon him) will be back to this earth to lead the believers to the right path and fights Dajjal and his followers (the unbelievers). And on his second coming, all teachings spread by Jesus (peace be upon him) will not be based upon Gospel or Injil but instead it will be based on the last revelation that Allah has send down to Muhammad s.a.w 1400 years ago: that is Al-Quran.

It is not an option for us to choose which prophet we want to follow. It’s our destiny. But it is for us to choose to obey or to reject.

Moses was born as Jew but his faith made him Muslim. Jesus was born as Jew but his faith made him Muslim. This is because both of them are those who submit to the will of God.

Jews today claimed to be followers and their loyalty towards Moses (pbuh) was down because of racial issues. They cannot accept the idea being the ummah of Muhammad s.a.w since Muhammad s.a.w was not a Jew but an Arab. According to Jewish beliefs, they – the Jews are the best of the best people. And they labelled non-Jews as Goyim - unclean people. Therefore they don't like the idea to be followers of Non-Jews. So they deny Muhammad s.a.w and claimed to be the followers of Moses (pbuh).

Christians today chose to be followers of Jesus (pbuh) is because the idea of Jesus had died for their sins, therefore as long as they believe in Jesus as God / Son of God, no matter what sins they have committed they will be still heading towards Heaven. Easy as A B C. No need to work hard to earn themselves a spot in heaven. This idea is so good to be true and indeed, it is a very good deal for them. Who doesn’t want to go to heaven? And here Christianity offers the simplest way, just believe and you will earn your spot. They reject Muhammad s.a.w and labelled him as false prophet and blindly claimed to be the followers of Jesus Christ. Astagafirullah. The fact is they - Christians today, are not the ummah of Jesus since they were born during time of Muhammad s.a.w.

Al-Quran was not written by Muhammad s.a.w. but he received the revelation from Allah Ta'ala through arch-angel Jibrail a.s (Gabriel). And Muhammad s.a.w is the last messenger of Allah. And we today are all belongs to the ummah of Muhammad s.a.w which makes us the last ummah regardless which nation or tribes we came from.

The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Everyone of my Ummah will enter Jannah except those who refuse.” He was asked: “Who will refuse?” He (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Whoever obeys me shall enter Jannah, and whosoever disobeys me refuses to (enter Jannah).” [Sahih Bukhari]

Allah knows best.

Revive the Sunnah: Tarawih

Narrated Abu Salama bin ‘Abdur Rahman: that he asked ‘Aisha “How was the prayer of Allah’s Apostle in Ramadan?” She replied, “He did not pray more than eleven Rakat in Ramadan or in any other month. He used to pray four Rakat —— let alone their beauty and length——and then he would pray four ——let alone their beauty and length ——and then he would pray three Rakat (Witr).” She added, “I asked, ‘O Allah’s Apostle! Do you sleep before praying the Witr?’ He replied, ‘O ‘Aisha! My eyes sleep but my heart does not sleep.”

Revive the Sunnah: Sahur

Revival of Sunnah Campaign

 

Heads up, Oummati new upcoming project - Revival of Sunnah Campaign will kick off soon. Insya Allah.

Project Overview:

Events & campaign will be held to create awareness for the Ummah in practicing the Sunnah by our beloved Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.  

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