Misconceptions about ‘Jihad’
7:56 PM | Author: Mohd Rosli B. Mohd Nordin

Dear friends and visitors,

Here I want to share with you about a very famous word or term for those who always care about the Islamic world and the ‘Islamophobia’ phenomenon in the western world specifically which is ‘JIHAD’. A lot of people had been misunderstood or maybe has used (manipulate) the term ‘Jihad’ to spread the ‘propaganda’ or the bad image of Islam throughout this world…

Jihad is almost always wrongly translated as "Holy War." The Arabic word Jihad actually means "to struggle" or "to exert one's utmost."

In the context of the Quran, Jihad means the struggle for good against all evil. This struggle also includes the suppression of the lower self in order to reach a state of higher God-consciousness that leads to a pure soul.

Jihad can take place in many forms, including speaking out against injustice or spending your wealth in the cause of public good, such as alleviating poverty. Jihad does also include armed struggle, which at times becomes necessary in order to protect the weak and to establish freedom of religion. (Jihad in the context of armed struggle is known as Qital.)

Critics of the Quran love to quote passages such as (9:5) of the Quran, which calls for taking up arms against those who assign partners with God. Most often, these critics fail to recognize the context of such passages. Cutting and pasting verses out of their context to lend credence to an argument clouds the more important overall picture.

All verses in the Quran that deal with armed struggle advocate the use of force only for self-defense in the widest sense possible, such as freeing the oppressed and establishing the freedom of worship.

The Scripture clearly says that fighting in the path of God does not include converting people by the sword. The Quran emphatically declares, "Let there be no compulsion in religion" (2:256).

All legitimate scholars recognize this essential ethic as one that Muslims must abide by, even during times of war.

i hope this can give you some ideas about what Jihad really means in Islamic perspective...

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football,books and me
9:12 PM | Author: Mohd Rosli B. Mohd Nordin
Salam and hello to all,

This time i will write a little bit about my personal life. something that i think good to share with you all...

Football...
i'm really fanatic about it.it's my passion... sometimes i feel that my life will be nothing if i don't play football/futsal. i think people around me know me from the football game. i got a lot of friends...what is in football game that we can take any lesson?...it's all about WORKING TOGETHER...we will never win any game if there is NO COOPERATION between the players!...the thing also apply in whatever we do in our daily activities.study,works etc...we cannot live this life alone...we will always need somebody's help in our life...so befriend with everybody and if God will your life will be easier...:-)

Books...
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. [1] Proclaim! (or Read!) In the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created, [2] Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood: [3] Proclaim! and thy Lord is Most Bountiful, [4] He Who taught (the use of) the Pen, [5] Taught man that which he knew not.

These were the verses from the holy Quran that mention about the importance of reading...i have read a lot of books recently which had given me a very significant impact on the way i think,my mindsetting about something etc...which makes me become more mature in thinking.maybe:-)
some books that i had read:
-Sirah Nabawiyah
-7 habits of highly effective people
-unlimited power
-why i embrace Islam
-life is an open secret
-tasawwuf moden
-cinta di rumah Hassan Al-Banna
-ayat2 cinta
-maria
and many more...

Dear friends and visitors,i just want to 'invite' all of you to use your free time to read something that can enhance yourselves,your daily life,your family,friends and your country and religion in a bigger scope...you will never ever regret!trust me...


Arsenal fanatic fan and a bookworm...;-)





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muslims o muslims...
8:05 PM | Author: Mohd Rosli B. Mohd Nordin
Salam and hello to all,

Dear friends and visitors, i felt really upset with what is going on in the muslim's world nowadays.Muslims all over the world are facing a lot of problems such as poverty and hunger in Darfur, inhumanly treat in Gaza by the Zionist, in south Thailand and Mindanao muslims are fighting to survive in their own land and the most crucial problem is the disunity among the muslims groups and countries such as what have happened in Iraq whereas muslims shi'ah are fighting with the sunnah muslims although the shi'ah muslim cannot be considered as muslims but this things had no beneficial input at all to the muslim community(ummah).
The mass media also make things worse by displaying the muslims as the 'problem-maker' to the whole turmoils, violence,terrorism and other problems that happened in our world today.This had created a bad image of Islam to the people all over the world...
As a muslim i feel that i am responsible to make things clearer especially to the non-muslims, ignorance peoples etc and i hope all of you which had declared yourself as muslim to come with me to reach them out to convey the beautiful messages of Islam or in other word to do da'wah by using whatever medium that you are able to use it.The best and easiest way for me in doing this is by portraying the best practice or behaviour of a 'true muslim' in our daily life but bare in mind that we had 'been assigned' to spread the teaching of Islam to all the humankind only and the guidance or hidaya is from our God which is ONE God...

The Koran emphatically declares, "Let there be NO COMPULSION in religion" (2:256).

Before i stop, lets keep in our mind that the work of conveying the messages of Islam will never be accomplished till we see the sun rise in the west...
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Became a blogger?
7:06 PM | Author: Mohd Rosli B. Mohd Nordin















Salam and hello to all...

 Yes definitely!...why i choose to be a part of the blogger community?...what i can say that this is a kind of trying something new in my life.A part from that, i will use this blog as a place to share some of the Islamic messages,my opinions or personal views on recent news and maybe a little bit about my personal feeling about anything that i think suitable to SHARE with you all as some people had said SHARING IS CARING...

Finally,i hope all of you feel free to visit this blog and have some comment to improve it...;-)
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