8.7.2013.
The Holy Ramadan is here again - for me for the 68th time, all Praise to the Almighty. Today is the 29th Sya'ban 1434 Hijriah. That's 1,434 years since the Prophet Muhammad saw moved to the city of Madinah, from whence the Islamic world as we know it today spread.
As has been my practice in the years of my retirement, hopefully I'd be able to "immerse" myself in the spirit of Holy Ramadhan. I'll try to finish reciting the full 30 juzu' of Holy Quran before the last day of the month. I'll try to fill the nights with additional prayers. I'll try to rearrange my syari'ah lecture notes. I'll try to index some notes from the following books that I have collected over the years but have not really taken any serious notes from them:
"Ulum al Quran" ( von Denfer ),
"An Introduction to the Science of Hadith" ( Dr. Hasan ),
"Falsafah Perundangan Islam" (Mahmassani ),
"Sejarah Perundangan Islam dan Mazhab Fiqh" ( Abdul Latif ), "Basic Concepts of the Quran" (Syed Abduk Latiff ),
"Guidance from the Quran"( Salahuddin Ahmad),and
"Islam and the Modern World" ( Choudhury ).
To quote from my reading from somewhere:
"The truth about Islam is that Islam signifies striving for the ideal, and that the religion carries the name that comes from the word "peace" and its traditional greeting is "peace be with you" - totally contrary to the demonising of Islam as breeding terror. Muslims hold the Quran as the Word of God, and together with the examples and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad saw, are the guides to the lives of the ummah. To become a Muslim, one need only profess"There is no god but God: Muhammad is the Messenger of God".
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