Collected pearl and gem from ilmfest2014

With this i put all together some of the gems being shared by using #ilmfest
Barakallahu feek to the masyakh, scholars, volunteers and those who attend this amazing event.
i benefit a lot from u all

My notes a re also available, u can just scroll down all my notes label as ilmfest








Aishah M Nasarruddin

I was unable to stay until the very end but alhamdulillah, so many gems and reminders nevertheless. These are the ones that I find very beneficial and what I needed most:

1. On character: Rasulullah s.a.w used to treat other people as if they are the most beloved by the prophet (Dr. Reda Bedeir).

2. On criticising spouse: Doing it with hikmah - When Rasulullah s.a.w was upset with Aishah r.a regarding her comments about Khadijah r.a, he didn't direct his anger towards Aishah or criticise her for her mistake, instead he brought up the virtues of Khadijah (Sh Omar Suleiman).

3. On revival: We have all the resources- wealth, strategic location, youth, but we are going nowhere.
Empowered families are among what we need (Sh Abdullah Hakim Quick).

4. On disunity: Due to the disease of the heart - Many of the khilaf nowadays are not the khilaf of opinions, but the khilaf of the hearts (Sh Abdullah Hakim Quick).

5. On marriage: Our religion wants us to have happy marriage.
The 5 language of love:
-verbal.
Express love. It's sunnah.
Words of affirmation. It's allowed to lie.
-spend quality time with each other. Undivided attention.
-giving gifts. Contrary to women, men prefer receiving fancy and expensive gifts even it's only once in a while.
-help each other
-non sexual and sexual touch
(Dr Yasir Qadhi)

6. On da'wah: Never let anyone convince you that you are not important (Sh Saad Tasleem).

7. On sabr: We are full of impurities and dependence on other than Allah. Solat should be a refuge not a burden (Sis Yasmin Mogahed).

8. Ittiba' is higher than hubb. (Sh Omar suleiman)

And lastly:

The examples from sirah (or reminders) are not for entertainment. It's for us to change (Dr. Reda Bedeir).

‪#‎ilmfest

The Prophet as a Friend | Sh. Omar Suleiman

“The Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) made everyone feel like his best friend in his blessed presence without making anyone feel insignificant or left out. You would never see him without him smiling at you, and never go to him with a concern without him showing even greater concern for your concern.”

Mashaallah (':

Sheikh Muhammad Faqih adalah salah seorang 'speakers' untuk ‪#‎ilmfest yang sedang berlangsung di Putrajaya International Convention Center (PICC) & beliau adalah dari jalur keturunan Nabi Muhammad s.a.w... Menariknya ialah beliau begitu tekun mendengar ceramah dari Sheikh yg lain sambil mengucapkan SubhanaAllah dan fokus seolah-olah beliau tidak pernah mendengarnya sedangkan apa yang dikongsikan oleh Sheikh lain juga pernah dikongsikannya ketika sesi beliau?

SubhanaAllah. Ingat namanya iaitu Sheikh Muhammad Faqih bukan Al Habib Muhammad Al Faqih walaupun beliau dari nasab Nabi Muhammad s.a.w....

Ristina Hassan

Gems from Ilmfest Day 2. From left to right:

Sy Reda Bedeir: People are stressed because they try to find happiness and comfort in this dunya, but the dunya is only temporary and play. We need to focus more on hereafter which is better and everlasting.

Sy Muhammad Faqih: The most stingy people are those who don't offer salawat every time they hear Rasul's name being mentioned (totally agree! Malaysian Muslims need to improve more on this. Kena tegur dengan syeikh many times dah, on various events)

Sy Saad Tasleem: Syaitaan tricks us by saying: Hey at least watching tv/playing games/social media for hours is not haram, right?

Sy Abdullah Hakim: We need to have wisdom and balance (avoid extremism). Daawah is not only by giving talks, but also to provide needs (zakat and sadaqah!)

Sy Abdulbary Yahya: The most shy of our ummah is the Rasul, followed by Saidina Uthman (even the angels are shy when he is around). Shyness should not prevent you from learning the truth.

Sy Yasir Qadhi: My favorite part of the day hihihi. Basically Syeikh talked about The 5 Love Languages written by Dr John Gray (love this book) from Islamic perspective, in which he gave hadiths examples on the love languages. The 5 languages are: verbal, quality time, gift giving, helping each other and physical touch. Rasul did each one of the language with his wives. Married couples are highly encouraged to learn about this love languages to improve their relationship

‪#‎ilmfest

Abu Eesa

Just recovering from another amazing ‪#‎Ilmfest - now time to reminisce!

What were YOUR favourite moments?

My personal favs (although frankly, and I'm not just saying this for the sake of saying it, but the whole thing was truly awesome because we all work very hard behind the scenes to ensure that) were:

- Just how incredible it is to be in the company of the most naturally happy, smiley, positive, disciplined and adab-filled people in the world. Malaysia, wallahi we love you krazy kats!

- Sh M. Ibn Faqih with his beautiful voice and nasheeds mA. I could "Ya Rabb" alongside him all day man.

- Sh Kamal el-Mekki every time he took the stage or opened his mouth. Had me crying in the aisles. A total beast mA. 

- Sh YQ for being such a good sport and munching fermented krill. Clearly desperate to increase his international fan base because nobody in their right minds would sit blindfolded at a Malaysian food table. 

- Finally getting the lecture on the Prophet (s) done and khalas. I doubt if I ever could do it again and it's taken me nigh on 15 years to gee myself up just for last night, however fractured it was. Alhamdulillah 'ala kulli haal.

- Sh WB's lecture on being the husband I could only dream of being. Lots of quality tips mA.

- And last but not least, finally achieving recognition that after I did my personal behstee, threw my 'izzat in the bin, and sacrificed every ounce of remaining self-respect I had left in my body, that we were finally crowned as undisputed world Charade Champions for every #Ilmfest in history. I did it for my Queen. I did it for my country. And I did it for my little Iman who told me in the last #Ilmfest in Manchester when we suffered a controversial setback, "Baba, you were still amazing. Please do it again."

I did it honey! Champion! Hahahahaha 

Hana Hadzrami

TO THE SISTERS 

The best question I heard Sy Yasir Qadhi asking the ladies at the ‪#‎IlmFest;

"When you ask for gender equality in Islam, in actual you are asking for less. Why ask for equality when Islam has already given you more than equal?"

He is very right!!

Here we go!!

1. Islam recognized the difference between men and women and celebrated the difference.
We are encouraged to embrace our feminity. We are allowed to dress up, or wear as many jewelleries as we like. We are also allowed to have mood swings and even temper tantrum once in a while!

2. The right of a mother is 3 times more than a father.

3. Paradise lies under the feet of a mother.

4. Be very blessed if you have 3 or 2 or even a daughter. She will be your ticket to Jannah!!! Not your son!

5. When a man does charity, goes for jihad or haj or umrah, prays in congregation while his wife is at home guarding his property, all the ajar the husband gains will go into his wife's account too. With no extra sweat!!! And the housework done by the wife is considered a charity (more ajar!) and also has to be paid by the husband!

6. The caption "My money is my money, my husband's money is ALSO my money!" is SO LAME!
In Islam, my husband's money, my father's money, my grandfather's money, my brother's money and my uncle's money is MY money too!!!
All of them, one after another are obliged to provide for us as long as we live. Even in their inheritance, there is our share in them.
And no, they do not have the right to take even a single cent from us!

7. The men in our family are obliged to provide guardian and protector for us. Have you ever seen princesses or queens walk in the public without their bodyguards?
Yes, that is our status!

And many more!
I am indeed very blessed to be a woman in Islam!!

Riffa Hazman

‪#‎Throwback ‪#‎IlmFest ‪#‎MercyToMankind
Tips to get to Jannah:
(1) Go back to Allah SWT now and reject the temptations of the world.
(2) Be ready all the time to meet Allah SWT. None knows that will happen tomorrow.
(3) Live the life of Prophet Muhammad SAW. Make him your example in every single aspect of life.

Kamaliah Abbas

 [Sleep versus Solah]

We are all enjoy sleep. A good and long one. We never get tired of sleeping. Why? Because we enjoy sleeping. We are so happy about it.

Why Prophet Muhammad and his companions can pray all night long? They never get tired of solah.
Why? The same reason. They enjoy praying. They are so content with the solah. Solah become a solace.

How can we enjoy solah? Pray a long and excellent one. It's training. Years of training!

So, let's kick start the training. Choose one solah in a week. Make it long and excellent one. Do it for a year.

Riffa Hazman

‪#‎IlmFest You and I share the same GOAL = JANNAH and we have the same ENEMY = SHAYTAN.

"The remembrance of Allah SWT is our shield against everything. It is the protection and the cure. It is our shield against Shaytan. Shaytan can only call you. It's you who decides to act. Protect yourself with the remembrance of Allah SWT"
"Shaytan has a special skill, has only ONE GOAL that is, to trap us all to the hellfire together with him, to make the Haram seem beautiful and the halal seem ugly. To make what is black into white and what is white into black. Protect yourself by holding onto the rope of Allah." Hence be focused on our GOAL!