Haifa Shaheera: Twins Of Faith '12

A'uzubilallahiminassyaitonirrajim,
Assalamualaikum w.b.t,

Alhamdulillah all praises to Allah, we have been given another day to be alive. I am so grateful to have this chance so I can share and spread the knowledge and the love I got from this amazing event. Truthfully, I feel that two whole days are not enough, I want more and more. It's just that this event is sooooo awesome amazing. I don't know how to make it into words, I just can't describe how I'm grateful to be chosen to attend this lovely event. Alhamdulillah, again all praises to Allah 'Azza Wa Jala, He's The Most Amazing :)

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The speakers were truly amazing. I just fall in love with their way of disseminate da'wah. Truthfully, I am not the one who knew this international speakers, that was the first time I listened to them, but when I listened to their lectures, one by one, Subhanallah, I felt that I will follow their lectures after this. They are totally an inspiring dae'i who will make a betterment for this ummah, Islam. Sheikh Daood Butt, Sheikh Omar Suleiman, Sheikh Tawfique Chowdhury, Brother Abdurraheem Green are parts of the speakers. Google them, and listen to their lectures, people. You will find that they are truly amazing.

Program schedule, click to open.

Okay so let's start the story. The conference opened with Quran recitation fro Brother Akbar, so here's a part of the beautiful recitation,

Then, we move on to the first lecture which was

'What is love?' by Sheikh Daood Butt

"Love is been hijacked by culture" - Sh. Daood Butt

"Gain Allah's love and you will gain love from others " - Sh. Daood Butt

Sheikh said that maybe some of us think that love is to be obedient. But let's look at an example. There's a person who follow the rules of police to be obedient of the speed at the high way, but the person hate the police, can this be concluded that the person love the police ? No, right ? So, love is not to be obedient. If you love something or even someone, you surely can't wait to do things for them, right ? This means that what you love to do is what you tend to do. Ask yourself, do you love Allah ? If you love Allah, you will spend more time on doing ibadah and can't wait to do good deeds for the sake of Allah. It's not just being obedient, but you will allocate much more time on doing something that pleased Allah then everything else. That's what we called love to our Creator, Allah SWT.

When you love someone, you will know everything about them, but the question is, how much do we know about our most beautiful Creator, Allah SWT ? It's the time to know Allah so He will love us even more, insyaAllahuta'ala.

Rasulullah SAW once said,

"Allah loves His slave who is pious and free from all the wants"

There are 3 elements to gain the highest level of Iman, which are :

Love Allah and His Messanger more than anything
Love the human being for the sake of Allah
Hate to be turned away from Allah

How big your sins are, know that Allah is the Most Forgiveness, the Most Merciful, so search for His forgiveness and let's aim for Jannah, InsyaAllahuta'ala.

Next slot,

'Exemplary love' by Sheikh Omar Suleiman

Heart is the ocean of love. Every single human being has the feeling of love towards something. Evan the bad person love something.

"When I love a person, I hear what he hers, I see what He sees" - Allah SWT

"A woman is normally saught as a wife for her wealth, beauty, nobility, or religiousness (adherence for Islam), but choose a religious woman and you will prosper" - Rasulullah SAW, from Hadeeth Muslim.

This hadith stated that choose the deen one for your benefit.

When we want something, we called upon Allah. But the question is, when we are in good condition, do we search for Allah ? Rasulullah SAW stand up and do qiamullail until his legs swollen. Allah doesn't ask him to do that. This is despite his former and latter sins (if he was to commit any) were forgiven. Sayyidatina Aisha r.a said in a Hadeeth authenticated by Imam(s) Al-Bukhari and Muslim that :

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُومُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ حَتَّى تَتَفَطَّرُ قَدَمَاهُ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: لِمَ تَصْنَعُ هَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَقَدْ غُفِرَ لَكَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ؟ قال: أَفَلا أَكُونُ عَبْداً شَكُوراً؟

It means, “Rasulullah s.a.w. kept standing in Qiyamillail so long, that the skin of his feet would crack. I asked him: “Why do you do this, while you have been forgiven of your former and latter sins?” He said, “Should I not be a grateful slave of Allah?”

That is the exemplary love to Allah should we follow, let's pray for our istiqamah in doing ibadah, InsyaAllahuta'ala.

Solat is hard, but if you have the quality of love toward Allah, it is easy. Love towards Allah will give you strength that no one can gives you.

"Hardship is what determines love" - Sh. Omar Suleiman

Allah never shut the door for someone who is searching for Him, so search for Allah. Whoever aim for mardhatillah will eventually get Jannah for return.

Then, me and my friends went to the Marriage Corner :) IT WAS FULL HOUSE, you know ? Haha. The topic is,

'Free, Single and Available' by Sheikh Daood Butt

It was actually planned to be conduct by Brother Yusha Evans, but he cannot make it because his father is sick. Let's make dua to his father's health and may Allah give him hidayah to say syahadah and become a Muslim insyaAllahuta'ala.

So, here's the tip for looking a spouse, people :)

Look for someone who is compatible with your lifestyle.
Go to your parents and introduce her/him and said that you want to get married. Don't be shy.
Prove to your parents that you are capable to get marry even at the young age.

How to prepare mentally and spiritually to get marry ?

Look for someone who will work to earn for our family but not for his entire life. Means that he will come back home and help you and etc.
Make du'a to Allah SWT.

Okay, here's the funny thing, a guy asked Sheikh,

Guy : 'What is the best age to get marry ?'
Sheikh : 'How old are you ?'
Guy : 'I'm 22 years old'
Sheikh : 'Oh, you're 4 years late'

And everyone was like whoaaaaaaaa, hahahaha. It was funny, even Sheikh said that if he has the chance to get marry in the age of 16, he will marry at that time. Whoa, shocked right ? But, that is the right thing to lessen the maksiat rate.

How do you want to know someone thoroughly before marriage ?

Find a middle person and go out with them to get to know her/him. Find ou about her/him. Ask questions.

Tips for marriage, put it o your mind, peeps, insyaAllah for the lasting marriage amiin >.<

First six month : Honeymoon time
Next six month : Compromise time
Next year : Buid love time, trust each other time
After 2 years : The best time to have cute little babies

Then, we went back to main hall to listen to the next lectures,

'Give a little love' by Sheikh Abdul Rahman Chao

Allah said,

"My mercy is beyond my anger"

Show mercy even to the sinner. When you show rahmah to other things, Allah will show rahmah to you. When you show love, then the world will show love to you.

"When you show mercy, you are renewing hope for humanity" - Sheikh Abdul Rahman Chao

Next lecture,

'What can you give for the love of god' by Mufti Sheikh Omar Sheriff

Everything we own belongs to Allah.

What had Allah gives us ?

Live
Body
Wealth

Then,

'Loving me, loving you' by Sheikh Abdurrahman Murad

If you want something, two things you need to do.

Du'a
Strive

'Caring means sharing' by Abdurraheem Green

Allah has given you something which is Islam. Islam is the most precious thing to us. There are out they who doesn't know about Islam. So, how can we do ? If you truly love Islam, spread Islam. There are many ways to spread Islam. Blogging also is one way of spreading Islam. Facebook and Twitter also can be a medium for us to spread Islam. Do you think Allah loves people who is selfish and uncaring ? So, let's be caring to each other and enter Jannah together.

There's also halal entertaintment by Omar Regan, Omar Esa and loads more. Omar Regan is spectacular ! He's awesoooome and funny !