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Ramadhan Report 1417H/2016

22nd August 2016 by Corp Comms

Hope it’s not too late to update Perdaus readers our busy Ramadhan month!

Food Aid Update!

Subhanallah, we had an exciting internal fundraising campaign for Food Aid this – all thanks to YOU, parents of our Madrasah students!

Our SMS appeal to parents of secondary students went viral because of your generosity and good-heartedness to spread the news to your family and friends. Within three days, we managed to raise quite a sum for our annual Food Aid project!

Alhamdulillah for the bounty of Ramadhan.

Ramadhan Food Aid 2016 front door recipient

One of our students distributing the goody bag to a recipient.

What is the Food Aid Drive?

Food Aid Drive is an annual project that our Secondary 2 Madrasah Perdaus students partake by as part of their curriculum in experiential and service learning.

With the funds that we raised and the in-kind donations, we distributed goodie bags each containing a Giant Supermarket voucher for groceries, and a container of Hari Raya cookies to spread the Eid cheer, to several low-income families in several areas in Bedok North.

In all, our students distributed 20 goodie bags to the families, with guidance from officers from Fengshan Community Club.

Additional goodie bags will also be distributed to the families of our low-income students from both Bedok and Bukit Batok centres.

Most humbly, we hope that this had been a good opportunity for our students to reach out to the community to be in their service.

 

Together, we make the world go round

Thank you to Fengshan Community Centre and the Social Service Office @ Bedok for their assistance and cooperation in this project.

And not least of all, our students who spent one fasting day to help the less fortunate. We are proud of what you have done, and we pray that this spirit of helping others will stay with you

To see photos from the Food Aid and Ihya’ Ramadhan, click here to go to our Facebook Album.

 

But we are not done yet – it’s Ihya’ Ramadhan!

Secondary students were invited for the Khatam Al-Qur’an session after the Food Aid Drive. It culminates with an Iftar session with Madrasah students, followed by a congregational Maghrib prayer. What a good end to the day, subhanAllah.


Let’s recap our other Ramadhan activities…

Iyad Perdaus visit Masjid Sembawang 2016

Iyad Perdaus children visiting Masjid Petempatan Melayu Sembawang.

 

  • We welcomed Ramadhan (“Tarheeb Ramadhan“) with our extended family of Perdaus at the Kg Siglap Mosque in end May. Ma sha Allah, we had a good response!
  • A life-affirming trip for our SPEX’16 youth participants at Pelepah Falls.
  • Just before Ramadhan started too, we had a Tahseen Al-Fatihah session by the Akademi Cordoba instructors for our Akademi Cordoba workshop participants and KAD participants as well – more than 100 people turned up!
  • Perdaus had a Ramadhan Food Drive with Hong Kah North Community Club on 5 June and an Iftar with the Community session the following week. Alhamdulillah we had student volunteers participating in both events.
  • The Family of Iyad fundraising drive coupons for the FOI Hari Raya Gathering were all sold out, Alhamdulillah! Thank you for your support! Let’s watch a video of the fun gathering here.
  • The annual Perdaus Klinik Ramadhan.
  • Iyad Perdaus Ramadhan field trips to mosques and primary school visits.

May our next Ramadhan be better than this, in sha Allah.

Filed Under: Updates Tagged With: fundraising, Iyad, Madrasah, mosque, Ramadhan, solat, SPIB

Ask Ustaz Haniff: I Can’t Recite the Qur’an Well; Can I Perform the Umrah?

5th August 2016 by Corp Comms

Worshippers and pilgrims at the door of the Ka'abah.

Worshippers and pilgrims at the door of the Ka’abah.

Republished from Ustaz Haniff’s Facebook with his kind permission. Edited by Perdaus and translated by Azma Abu Basri.

Ask Ustaz Haniff #4: I Can’t Recite the Qur’an Well; Can I Perform the Umrah?

Query:

I intend to perform the Umrah, and I am trying to save up for the trip.

Ustaz, I am not very fluent in reciting the Qur’an. Is it possible for me to perform the Umrah and read the supplications in romanised form (instead of reading it in Arabic)? Other than that, I am also putting in effort in attending classes to learn to read the Qur’an.

Response:

It is not a condition of Umrah for you to be able to read the Qur’an fluently, and it is not necessary for you to wait until you have learned to read the Qur’an before performing Umrah.

The rituals of Umrah do not require one to read the Qur’an. It is sufficient for you to recite zikr (remembrance) and supplications (while performing Umrah).

You may recite any zikr (remembrance) in Arabic that you are familiar with. For making du’a/ supplication, you can just read them out in Malay.

[Editor: Do consider the Qur’anic literacy and recitation programmes that Perdaus conducts for adults, Kelas Agama Dewasa, or the latest intake for Teknik Cordobana express course (coming soon).]

Tanya Ustaz Haniff #4: Tak Lancar Mengaji, Boleh Tunaikan Umrah?

Soalan:

Saya berniat untuk menunaikan umrah dan sedang berusaha menabung.

Ustaz, saya tidak lancar membaca Al-Qur’an. Boleh ke saya menunaikan umrah dan du’a-du’a dibaca dalam Rumi? Selain itu, saya juga sedang berusaha mengambil kelas untuk mengaji Al-Qur’an.

Jawapan:

Bukan syarat umrah perlu tahu membaca Al-Qur’an dengan lancar dan tidak perlu tunggu hingga pandai baca Al-Qur’an untuk tunaikan umrah.

Ibadah umrah tidak memerlukan seseorang itu untuk membaca Al-Qur’an. Memadai untuk anda membaca zikir dan du’a.

Mana-mana zikir yang anda tahu dalam Bahasa Arab, lakukan dalam Bahasa Arab. Manakala du’a pula boleh dilakukan dalam Bahasa Melayu sahaja.

[Editor: Anda dipersilakan untuk menghadiri kelas Asas Al-Qur’an bagi peserta dewasa yang dijalankan oleh Perdaus, Kelas Agama Dewasa, atau juga pengambilan terkini kursus ekspress Teknik Cordobana (akan datang).]

Filed Under: Malay/Melayu, Q&A, Ust Haniff Tagged With: Arabic, du'a, hajj, mengaji, Qur'an, solat, umrah

Ask Ustaz Haniff: Tarawih and Witr

14th June 2016 by Corp Comms

 

At a recent Perdaus event to welcome Ramadhan, at Masjid Kg Siglap.

Ma sha Allah, we are humbled and excited to introduce to you our Question and Answer series on religious queries on this blog.

Queries are answered by Ustaz Dr Muhammad Haniff Hassan. They were originally published on his Facebook and website. The original queries and their respective answers are edited for style and clarity and then translated from Malay to English. Both English and Malay content are published together to maximise its reach.

We hope that the general Muslim public will be gain some benefit and knowledge from this series, which we hope to publish at least twice a month, God willing.

In light of Ramadhan, the first post is related to one of the sunnahs of the Holy Month: solat tarawih. Let’s get to the first Q&A!


 

Republished from Ustaz Haniff’s Facebook with his kind permission. Edited by Perdaus and translated by Azma Abu Basri.

Ask Ustaz Haniff #1: Tarawih and Witr

Query:

My relative still has doubts on the number of rakaat of tarawih prayers and about performing witr prayers. He is of the opinion that it is not necessary to perform the witr after tarawih. I truly hope you could give me a very clear explanation from an Ustaz (on this matter) so that I could inform him.

Response:

On rakaats of tarawih

None of the religious scholars would dismiss the tarawih prayers even if they were two, four or six rakaats, nor would they rule the prayers invalid, nor unworthy of reward.

In fact, for the general masses, it is also acceptable to perform only two rakaats of tarawih, while the maximum number of rakaats is dependent on the abilities of each individual.

The much-heard ruling on twenty or eight rakaats serves as a general guideline for the general Muslim public to facilitate worship/ibadah, in accordance to the practices of the Prophet (PBUH) and his companions.

Both opinions are acceptable, and this guideline serves as a convenient reference to facilitate the ibadah for the masses – for those who are unable to pray twenty rakaats, they may pray eighteen, sixteen, ten or eight rakaats, or if not, they may do as many/as little rakaats as they are able to.

We should not dismiss any of the opinions in this matter.

On witr

The witr prayer is a sunnah (voluntary) prayer performed every night, and not specific only to Ramadhan.

The witr prayers are not necessarily performed immediately after the tarawih prayers. It is actually better to perform the Witr at the end of the night, before the start of the Subh/Fajr period, i.e. the period of Sahur/pre-dawn meal.

However, it is also not wrong to pray the witr right after tarawih prayers, as the period for the Witr prayers begins after Isha’, and ends at start of Subh period/azan.

 


Tanya Ustaz Haniff #1: Tarawih dan Witir

Soalan

Saya ada berdiskusi dengan saudara saya berkenaan solat tarawih dalam bulan Ramadan yang akan datang ini.

Saudara saya berpendapat witir tidak payah dilakukan bila bertarawih. Mohon sangat-sangat minta penjelasan Ustaz supaya saya dapat berkongsi jawapan yang terang dari seorang ustaz pada saudara saya nanti.

Jawapan 

Tarawih

Tiada para ulama yang akan kata siapa solat tarawih dua, empat atau enam sahaja rakaat pun akan sia-sia, tak sah dan tiada pahala.

Yang benar, bagi orang awam, boleh sembahyang tarawih walau hanya dua rakaat dan yang maksimum terserah pada kemampuan masing-masing.

Penentuan dua puluh atau lapan hanyalah bagi memudahkan orang awam sahaja berdasarkan amalan Nabi (SAW) dan sahabat-sahabatnya.

Dua-dua boleh kerana tujuannya ialah bagi kemudahan orang awam beribadah – yang tak mampu buat dua puluh, boleh buat lapan belas, enam belas, sepuluh atau lapan sahaja, dan yang tak mampu juga, buat berapa sahaja.

Sepatutnya kita tak perlu menyalahkan mana-mana pendapat dalam hal ini.

Witir

Witir adalah sunat diamalkan setiap malam, bukan hanya pada bulan Ramadhan.

Namun, memang tak mesti solat witir dengan segera lepas solat tarawih kerana yang afdhal ialah solat witir di hujung malam sebelum subuh i.e. waktu sahur.

Tapi tak salah juga untuk solat witir selepas solat tarawih kerana waktur solat witir ialah dari selepas solat isya’ hingga sebelum masuk waktu subuh.

Filed Under: Malay/Melayu, Q&A, Ust Haniff Tagged With: Ramadhan, solat, tarawih, witr

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