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I am mother and father,but never birth or nurse.
I’m rarely still, but never wander.
ISLAMICSOCIETYINTRODUCING
FLOWER OF THE QURAISYMUS’ABBIN UMAYRFLOWER OF THE QURAISY THE BLACK SEED
HABBATUS SAUDA’
THE BLACK SEED
THE MESSENGERTHE MEANING OF THE LIFE
OF MUHAMMAD
THE MESSENGER
VOLUME 1 ISSUE 1 DECEMBER 15 2012isoc bulletin
DECEMBER 15, 2012
ISOC BULLETIN
VOLUME 1 ISSUE 1
Letter from Editor
CONTENTS
Letter from President
Introducing ISOC
News and Features
Tea Time Talk
Hijra by Dr. Mazry
Palestine Solidarity
Campaign
Verse of the Issue
Hadith of the Issue
Heroes of Islam
Medicine in Islam
Book Suggestion
Figs and Olives
Announcements
Dear readers,
Alhamdulillah, all praise is due to Allah, the Most Gracious, Most
Merciful, for giving us the opportunity to publish Islamic Society's
first ever bulletin. We, from the editorial team, are very excited to
share this with all of you!
The first bulletin mostly aims to introduce the Islamic Society to
everyone. Here, we inserted a letter from the president, the society's
objectives and the list of high committee members. Insya Allah, the
bulletin will feature the news and highlights of Islamic Society, as
well as light reading sections such as the Quranic verse and Hadith of
the issue, Heroes of Islam, Medicine in Islam and the Figs and Olives
section, which comprise submitted workpieces from you, our dearest
readers.
I would like to take this opportunity to extend my appreciation
towards the publicity team who has worked hard in making sure that
this first buletin is a success! And of course, thank you to those who
have submitted your workpiece, to you our deepest gratitude.
Furthermore, I would also like to apologize for any shortcomings. As
this is our first issue, we do hope and pray to improve for the future
publications. Do help us in getting better. Please share your
f e e d b a c k t o i s o c b u l l e t i n @ g m a i l . c o m .
I hope that this bulletin will serve its purpose to become the voice of
NUMed Islamic Society, as well as to portray the beauty of Islam.
May Allah accept our effort in conveying the message of ad-Deen,
and let this be our part of da’wah, insya Allah. Happy reading, and
enjoy your holidays!
Warmest regards,
Afiqah Moghni
Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullah hi wabarakatuh,
Before I start, let us first say our thanks to
Allah, for everything that He has granted us, for our
family and companions and for every second of our
life. May we stay consistent in our ibadah for Him,
and may we always be under the umbrella of His
blessings.
It has now been around three months since the
establishment of ISOC, the Muslim student body of
NUMed, and as the president, I can truthfully say,
that I am delighted by the commitment of all its
members.
All of us have pitched in our own effort, big or
small, in making all the events thus far successful,
though of course there is always room for improve-
ment! The Palestine awareness board, for exam-
ple, was superb! Although the Palestine Awareness
Week does not have any prior planning,
LETTER FROM PRESIDENT
due to the fact of it being a response type
event to the escalation of violence in Gaza,
we still managed to run the whole thing pretty
smoothly which proves the dedication that we
all have in spreading the truth to the world, or
at least to our friends in NUMed. May Allah
strengthen our spirit so that each of us would
always stay this dedicated in performing our
part for Islam.
Regarding the bulletin, I hoped that it becomes
an effective medium in spreading the message
about Islam and its beauty, not just to the Mus-
lim community of NUMed but also to the non-
Muslim community as well. May we all benefit
from its articles and content InsyaAllah, and
Kudos to the Publicity team for their effort and
for having the initiative to create this bulletin.
Lastly I hope and pray that all of our effort
translate effectively into our objectives.
InsyaAllah.
Shakir MazalanPresident,Islamic Society of NUMed Malaysia.
NUMed Islamic Society
NUMed Islamic Society, ISOC, is
one of the societies in Newcastle University
Medicine Malaysia which have been offi-
cially established in November 2012.
ISOC is supervised by Dr. Imam Shaik and
Dr. Nur Faraheen Abdul Rahman, two of
NUMed’s lecturer committed from the start
in the development of this society.
The objectives of this society are :
To encourage open discussion regarding the
interaction of Islam and medicine.
To be a medium for healthy and conducive
interfaith interaction.
To promote the spirit of inquiry and adven-
ture, in terms of acquiring new experience
and knowledge, among society members.
Even though ISOC is still very new, the high
committees and all the members of ISOC are
working hard in realizing the objectives of this
society by organizing and carrying out its
events.
ISOC
High Comittee
Shakir President
Syarifah Nurjannah Vice President
Asif Fahmy
Treasurer Hatim
Secretary
Vice Secretary:
Ruhiyati Suffi
Stage Representatives
Stage 4:
Zulhilmi and Siti Nurshafiqah
Stage3:
Danial Foo and Syazwanie Seri Buana
Stage 2:
Amiruddin and Wan Azza
Stage 1:
Azrin Fahrurruzi and Afnan Morad
What people do THINK about Tea Time Talk
Personally I think it is a good
platform for each member to share
their ideas, experience and
knowledge to discuss whatever
topic for that day
The event that is opened
to all NUMed student is an
excellent way for inter-religious
discussion which allow a wider
perspective for the topic
I brought a non-muslim
friend with me and she seemed
happy too
I like the fact that everyone can
speak openly without being judged
It was a good effort in trying to get
people voices and opinions heard
and respected
Teatime Talk is a very good
activity to release stress especially
among medical students
It helps us to grow as a person
as when we share idea among
each other and gain knowledge
from everyone
What do people think about
HIJRA
by Dr. Mazry
29 NOVEMBER 2012
JORDAN LT
“Hijra means to migrate. It is the
migration of the prophet & muslims
from Darul Kufr to Darul Islam”
“In Islamic context, hijra is
the migration from
[anything that is] bad to good”
And let there be (arising) from you a community
inviting to (all that is) good, enjoining what is
right and forbidding what is wrong, and those
will be the successful.
1. The verse illustrates the obligation of da‟wah
upon Muslims. There are two interpretations
of [ ة نكم أم :which are [ولتكه م
Every Muslims, as one ummah, must take part
in da‟wah (Fardh „Ayn).
Only a group/organization of Muslims are
obligated (Fardh Kifayah).
2. To achieve “success”, and to be among
“the successful ones” [ المفلحون], three
commitments need to be fulfilled; to invite to
good, enjoining the right and forbidding
wrongdoings.
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Abu Hurayra reported, that the Messenger of Allah ( صلى هللا عليه وسلم) said,
"Allah will make the path to the Garden easy for anyone who travels a path in
search of knowledge." [Muslim]
Knowledge (علم), are generally classified
as:
Naqliyyah - knowledge that is based
on revelations, such as aqidah, shari’a,
and akhlaq.
Aqliyyah - knowledge that is
apparently driven by intellect.
Knowledge, whether it is temporal or
spiritual, are integrated. This forms the
basis of the perception that life in the
dunya is a preparation towards the life in
the hereafter.
Islam encourages the pursuit of
knowledge, and it disparages against
ignorance. Islam promotes the
incorporation of knowledge within a just
and balanced value system, where
anything beneficial for one's spiritual and
worldly improvement is advocated.
Flower of the Quraisy He was born and brought up in wealth, pampered with the best of luxuries, became the
talk of the ladies, and nicknamed the prince of Makkah.
Rasulullah ( صلی ہللا علیہ وآلہ واصحابہ وسلم) described, "There is nobody more handsome in
Makkah than Mus„ab. There is no person in the city better clothed and fed than
Mus„ab. There is no child brought up with more affection and love than him."
Upon his acceptance of Islam, Mus‟ab faced a lot of hardships. He was
tortured, turned out of home and socially exiled. He then lived a hard life, nevertheless,
he neither care for the best of dresses, nor good food, nor luxuries. With the strength of
his faith, he is devoted to serve the cause of Islam.
First Ambassador of Islam After the first Bai‟ah al-Aqabah, the Prophet appointed him with the greatest mission
of his life; to instruct the 12 Ansar who had pledged their allegiance to Rasulullah, to
teach and introduce others to Islam, and to prepare Yathrib (Madinah) for the day of
the great Hijrah.
MUS’AB IBN UMAYR
Mus‟ab was a man worth of the task as he is equipped with a brilliant mind and a noble character. He won the hearts of the
Madinites with his piety, uprightness, and sincerity. A few months later, Mus‟ab returned to Makkah with a delegation of 70 believing
men and women.
Matyr of Uhud Mus‟ab was chosen as the standard bearer during the Battle of Uhud. During the juncture of the fight, due to the archers violation to the
Prophet‟s order, is whence Mus‟ab glorious life reached a fitting culmination.
HEROES OF ISLAM
Ibrahim ibn Muhammad related from his father, who
said,
“Mus‟ab ibn Umayr carried the standard on
the Day of Uhud. When the Muslims were scattered, he
stood fast until he met enemy soldiers who struck him
on his right hand and cut it off. He then carried the
standard with his left hand, and when his left hand was
cut off, he leaned the standard to his chest, all the while
saying “Muhammad is but a messenger”, until an
enemy soldier struck a spear, right through him.”
After the battle, the Prophet and his companions came to the battlefield to bury the martyrs. Upon seeing Mus‟ab‟s
body, Rasulullah ( صلی ہللا علیہ وآلہ واصحابہ وسلم) recited: Among the believers are men true to what they promised Allah . Among
them is he who has fulfilled his vow (to the death), and among them is he who awaits (his chance). And they did not alter (the
terms of their commitment) by any alteration. [Al-Ahzab:23]
Born of Wealth, Death as a Poor, Glorious in the Hereafter Khabbab ibn Al-Arat narrated,
“We emigrated with the Prophet for Allah‟s cause, so our reward became due with Allah. Some of us passed away
without enjoying anything in this life of his reward, and one of them was Mus'ab ibn 'Umair, who was martyred on the Day of
Uhud. He did not leave behind anything except a sheet of shredded woolen cloth. If we covered his feet with it, his head was
uncovered, and if we covered his feet with it, his head was uncovered.”
It was this memory of Mus‟ab, that caused companions like Abdur-Rahman ibn „Awf to cry in fear of having no
share in the hereafter, as they had been granted a life of plenty and ease in this world. Mus‟ab passed away leaving the goods
of dunya, to the certainty of eternal pleasure of akhirah.
Peace be upon you dear Mus‟ab!
May the memory of you keeps us from getting astray in the dazzling lights of this temporary world.
HEROES OF ISLAM
The Battle of Uhud was fought on March 19, 625
(3 Shawwal 3 AH) at the valley in front of Mount Uhud.
Medicine Of The Prophet: Black Seed (Habbatus Sauda’)
Medicine in Islam
Hadith:
The Prophet
Muhammad once
said that
"Allah did not
create a
disease for
which He did
not also create
a cure."
The Prophet Muhammad once said that
"Allah did not create a disease for which He did not also create a cure." Muslims are therefore encouraged to explore and use traditional and modern forms of medicine, with faith that any cure is from Allah. Within Islam there are many herbs, plants and fruits that are believed to have medicinal and healing properties. Olive, pomegranate, dates and figs are amongst those that are directly mentioned in the Qur’an as blessed foods.
However, there is only one that can stake a claim as a super food and that is Black cumin or ‘Habbat ul Sawda’ as it is known in Arabic. Ac-cording to hadith, the Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) is believed to have said: “In the black seed is healing for every disease except death.” (Sahih Bukhari) Black seed is said to help with digestion, and also contains antihistamine, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, and analgesic properties. Since 1959, over 200 studies have been carried out at international universities and articles published in various journals have shown remarkable re-sults supporting its traditional uses.
The seed itself contains numerous esters of structurally unusual unsaturated fatty acids and the chemical composition is very rich and diverse. Apart from its active ingredient, crystalline nigellone, it contains 15 amino acids (including eight of the nine essential ones), carbohydrates, fatty acids including linolenic and oleic, volatile oils, alkaloids and dietary fibre, as well as minerals such as calcium, iron, sodium and potassium.
Recent research on the black seed as an anti-biotic, anti-tumour, anti-inflammatory, anti-histaminic, anti-bacterial, anti-bronchial and immune boosting agent has shown great promise.
For centuries, the black seed and its oil has been used by people in Asia, Africa, the Mid-dle and Far East to promote health and fight disease. It has been traditionally used to treat a variety of ailments and conditions related to respiratory health, stomach and intestinal complaints, kidney and liver func-tion, circulatory and immune system support and to improve health in general.
Apart from other diseases which are cured by black cumin (habba soda), such as acidity, coronitis eye diseases, amoeba, bilharzias and other worms. It is also effective in cases of inflammation of the prostate gland, asth-ma, ulcer, cancer, sexual impotency, general fatigue, anorexia, sluggishness and laziness and enhances brain activity and quick mem-orization.
Black seed can also be used as a spice and particularly as a substitute to pepper- alt-hough with its additional properties it really does give flavour with added health benefits.
BY AFIQAH MOGHNI
I was telling my cousin “I feel far from Allah. Those trials made
me turn to Him like never before and now, when things are
great, I just feel far from Him. I cannot feel the excitement of
spiritual high anymore.” She replied “No, don’t. You need to
always feel Him near. Here, why don’t you read this book? One
way of getting closer to Him is by getting to know the
Messenger, Prophet Muhammad (saw).”
And she handed me the book,
‘The Messenger; The Meanings of the Life of Muhammad’ by
Tariq Ramadan.
Truth to be told, I have never read a book about our beloved
prophet. My existing knowledge about him came from my
Islamic education teachers and from the very small number of
Islamic gatherings that I have attended. Honestly, Prophet
Muhammad (saw) has always felt like a stranger to me; a role
model that I learnt about but never got to personally know and
understand.
Well, until I read that book.
Sure, this book does not discuss about the detailed account of
historical facts, great achievements or famous wars during our
prophet’s (saw) time. However, the author covers all aspects of
Prophet Muhammad’s (saw) life; from birth, to adulthood, to his
prophecy, to hijrah and his death, and explains the beautiful
reasons behind those events. I find it beautiful that for every
step that he took, Allah (swt) protected him and for every life
event, there are lessons that could be learnt by everyone. I was
touched to learn that the trials and hardships that Prophet
Muhammad (saw) went through from his early childhood were a
form of education, first-hand lessons from Allah, his primary
Educator, his Rabb to prepare him for his prophecy.
When he lost his parents, it taught him humility. For that reason
he is reminded and ordered never to forsake the
underprivileged and the needy. Humility is an important trait for
a leader. This is one of the traits that has made Prophet
Book Suggestion
“The desert is often the locus of
prophecies because it naturally
offers to the human gaze the
horizons of the infinite. For
nomads, forever on the move,
finitude in space is allied to a
sense of freedom blended, here
again, with the experience of
fleetingness, vulnerability and
humility. Nomads learn to move
on, to become strangers, and to
apprehend, at the heart of the
linear infinity of space, the
cyclical finitude of time. Such is
the experience of the believer’s
life, which the Prophet was later
to describe to young Abdullah ibn
Umar in terms reminiscent of this
dimension: “Be in this world as if
you were a stranger or a
wayfarer.”
- Tariq Ramadan in The
Messenger; The
Meanings of the Life of
Muhammad
Muhammad (saw) the greatest leader of all time. In
this book, Tariq Ramadan reflected on our Prophet’s
(saw) life and extracted the lessons that Allah (swt)
wanted Prophet Muhammad (saw) and us to learn.
I still have not finished reading the book but bit by bit,
I am learning more about our beloved prophet (saw).
With every page, my heart fills with warmth and love
towards this great man with outstanding
characteristics and virtues. With every page, Prophet
Muhammad (saw) is less of a stranger to me.
“There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of
Allah an excellent pattern for anyone whose hope is
in Allah and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allah
often.” (Al-Ahzab: 21)
Abdullah There was a man named Abdullah, who no one understands,
For through all his hard times he still stands,
When asked by his friends, how is he such a happy man?
He answered simply “Alhamdulillah my life has not end,
And all my sins I could still repent”,
At times his life was good, having more than what he had in mind,
But still tears he shed, confusing all those whom he had met,
When asked by his friends, why is he such a sad man?
He answered simply “Astaghfirullah I’m afraid that I might forget,
To thank God… for all that I had”,
And so he lived until came the time,
For him to finally return to The Most Divine,
On that day came his family and friends, and to their surprise,
He smiled a smile so joyous and fine!
With one last breath said the man,
“Alhamdulillah, praise The Most Kind, for giving me the chance,
To see all of you one last time,
May peace and blessings be upon you ,
Granted by Him who wields this holy plan,
For there is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is His messenger!”
By: Kir
FIGS AND OLIVES
What is X?
“I am mother and father, but never birth or nurse.
I'm rarely still, but I never wander. What am I?”
Everybody loves X but nobody seems to
think it’s their responsibility to take care of X.
We waste the use of X day in day out by throw-
ing it away and never thinking that the more
waste we make, the more of X we need to use
and the less X will remain on earth till one day
there won’t be an X to see. But nobody seems
to care. So is X important?
Well, let’s see if the Quran mentions X…
It does! In surah Ibrahim verse 24 to 26, Allah
uses X to show the strength of a pure word
and fragility of an evil word. It is believed that
the pure word refers to one’s belief in the One-
ness of God. So how important is X if Allah
uses it to explain something as important as
Tauhid? Quite important I’ll say. However, one
might question “That’s it? We’re going
through all this trouble trying to save X just to
learn the strength of Tauhid.” Do not fret my
brothers and sisters, for our Prophet has men-
tioned in a hadith that we can use X as a chari-
table deed. The following is the hadith and the
answer to the riddle.
Anas also reported that the Prophet said, "If a Muslim
plants a tree or sows seeds, and then a bird, or a person
or an animal eats from it, it is regarded as a charitable gift
(sadaqah) for him." (Bukhari)
Here’s a riddle for everyone to try out. The answer is a 4
lettered word and is the essence of this article. I shall call it X
for the sake of keeping you guys wondering. Have fun guessing!
FIGS AND OLIVES
“According to the Quran, this saying and
creed are the acceptance of the doctrine of Tauhid,
belief in Prophethood and
revelation, and in the life of
the Hereafter, for it de-
clares these things to be the
fundamental truth. This is
to show the strength and
extent of the pure word.” (http://islamicstudies.info/reference.php?sura=14&verse=24-27)
Tree; something we see every day and
think nothing of. But it’s not just about
trees, it’s about nature. Nature is such a
big part of faith that
Allah uses it time and
time again to make us
think and wonder about
His greatness. We are
reminded of Him every
time we see the clouds,
the rain, the birds flying in the sky, the
spiders, the bees, and yes ;the trees. But
how is mankind supposed to appreciate
nature and strengthen their Tauhid if
they can no longer see the beauty of na-
ture? In years to come, the environment
is going to be grave enough
for everyone to blame the
earlier generations; us. So
please, I urge all of us to
appreciate nature and do
our part to preserve what
we haven’t lost yet. It’s as
simple as ABC, you just need to reduce,
reuse and recycle. Please, Stay Green.
Ibrahim: 24 till 26
14:24 Have you not considered how Allah presents an ex-ample, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky? 14:25 It produces its fruit all the time, by permission of its Lord. And Allah presents examples for the people that perhaps they will be reminded. 14:26 And the example of a bad word is like a bad tree, up-rooted from the surface of the earth, not having any stability.
by SOFIA FADZIL
FIGS AND OLIVES
