‫السالم عليكم ورحمة اهلل وبركاته‬

This is the beginning of my life journey

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USRAH I
“Every next level of your life
will demand a different you.”
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Me, Myself & I COLLABORATION

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HOPE GOAL
1 ME, MYSELF & I
Assalamualaikum. My name is Faridah binti Mohamad Yaakob. A short name
right? But it was the beautiful name with the deepening means. Faridah stands
for “the only one that is special”. On September 25, 2002 at exactly 10.15 a.m. I
was born in a Hospital Teluk Intan Hilir Perak, Perak and stayed at Selangor
since childhood until now. Yeah, maybe I can be called as a ‘Anak Jati
Selangor’. My primary school was SK and SRA Sungai Limau and it was the
best ever school for me. Meanwhile, SAM Tengku Ampuan Jemaah was my
secondary school and I have been studied there for 5 years thus it actually
shows that I’m a loyal person. Accounting was my favorite course because I
have been dreamed to be Islamic Finance in the future. Now, I pursue my
education at CFS IIUM Gambang, Pahang and take ECONS program in order
to catch my ambition successfully. During the leisure time, I love cycling by the
rice field to rejuvenate myself as well as release all the tension that have
burdened me a whole day. Don’t too focus on completing an abundant
assignments or other tasks, as a human we need have a rest and enjoying
what we love and like in this life despite we said the we are able but not for our
body. Next, I was stayed in the village atmosphere since childhood, thus village
cuisine became the main menu that captivated my appetite. I do not deny the
deliciousness of other foods, but if I have been asked to choose either fast food
or village cuisine, of course village cuisine is number one in my heart.
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2 THE CONCEPT OF
PRAYER
Prayer is an essential part of being a Muslim. It is also one of the fifth pillars of Islam and more
specific, the second pillars of Islam after admission of the Unity and Prophethood. On the other
hand, prayer can be defined as the act of offering prayers to Allah. Literally translated, prayer is a
call or supplication and is generally considered the act of worshipping Allah. Besides, it is also
having a linguistic connection by establishing a prayer for the strengthening that connection with
God. Therefore, prayer is obligation upon all Muslim above mature age regardless of skin colour,
poor and rich, as long as we are considered as a Muslim, prayer is obligatory upon us. Allah said in
the Quran in Surah An-Nisa (4:103)

‫ِين ِك ٰ َتبًا م َّْوقُو ًتا‬

َ ‫ت َعلَى ْٱلم ُْؤ ِمن‬
ْ ‫إِنَّ ٱلصَّ لَ ٰو َة َكا َن‬
Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times

When we look in other perspective or positive view, prayer is actually to ensure Muslim to maintain
their faith and devotion to Allah. In addition, prayer is a pillar of religion, so whoever establishes it,
indeed he has established religion and whoever leaves it, then indeed he has demolished religion.
Based on the hadith, prayer plays a fundamental role has been divider between Muslim and Kafir.
Leaving the five daily prayers on purpose is the greatest sin & those who leave it will get punishment
and wrath of Allah and also get humiliation in this world and hereafter.
2 THE CONCEPT OF
PRAYER
By performing an act of worship which is prayer, Muslim can attain Ihsan. For example, establish a
prayer five times a day is an obligatory. However, to beautify this form of submission, we could
perform the prayer with full of Khusyu’ , to worship Allah as we sees Him for, verily, even though we
don’t see Him, Allah surely see us. No one can accomplish it until he perform his act of worship in a
state deeply submersed in awareness of Allah’s observation of him, being cognisant that Allah is
looking at him. Someone must at least sense within himself that Allah is watching over him. This is
the only way we would be able to perform our worship in the state of Ihsan and protect it, and fulfil
what is sought from Him in the most complete fashion.

The most essential about prayer is, by performing it we actually seeking the Divine Protection. As a
human that also entitled as a best creature, we are not immunity from doing mistake and sin which
is end up we become the slave in our own desires. Therefore, by doing prayer, it remind us to the
presence of Allah constantly thus it turn shields for us from committing those evils and shameful
deeds. Therefore, it will lead to the True Human Freedom where by worshipping absolutely to Allah,
it frees us from being enslaved by other creations. This is because, we worship Allah alone and
become the servant for Allah only, not for others.
3 WHAT I HOPE FROM JOINING THIS USRAH SESSION
When first time I know that the organization of CFS’s Masjid had organized the usrah session for all
CFS students, I believe that this is the valuable chance for me to keep motivated me in order to
strive in attaining Allah’s pleasure. As we already know, as a vicegerent as well as the slave of Allah,
the ultimate goal in our live of course to seek ]]]‫ مرضاة هللا‬because at the end of the day, we will return
to Allah. Even though I had been studied at the religion school in a secondary school, but as a
Muslim we had encouraged and recommended to gain any knowledge in order to strengthen the
faith as well as maintaining it from being decreasing and thus will lead to be a slave for our desire.
By joining usrah, I learnt an abundant and new knowledge like Ihsan, ‘adab’ towards parents,
neighbours and also when having an online learning and not to forget the eschatology knowledge. I
take one topic which is Ihsan as an example that usrah guiding me to be the better person. In Ihsan,
it means that doing things excellently and beautifully and also establishing what is good and
beautiful in life. Therefore, in ourselves need to have the quality of being good and beautiful like
pleasantness, desirability and beauty. This characteristics of Ihsan not only towards other creation
but also when worshipping and glorify Allah. When I learnt about Ihsan, I struggle to beautify my
actions especially when worshipping Allah. I know it is to hard to worship Allah with the sense of
]]]‫مرا]قبة هللا‬, but I put all of my effort to attain this level of Ihsan despite it maybe consume a long time. I
also try to consistent in performing act of worship correctly by fulfilling its conditional, the element of
sunnan required in it with the proper etiquette. Usrah totally change my life 360 degree where before
this I didn’t know how to beautify my action either towards creation or worshipping Allah.
4 GOALS
As I stepped into the CFS IIUM Gambang, I felt like butterfly in my stomach not only because
I will live far away form my parents but at the same time, I realize that I will bear a great
responsibilities either as a child, student and also as a Muslim. The journey to this
institutional education not a stones throw away from my house and took almost 6 hours to
arrive there. I know that this is a tiring journey for my parents and thus it motivated me to
strive for infinite excellence. Of course, my target, same as other students in CFS which is to
get 4 flat in each semester. But it is not easy as ABC, too many difficulties I need to face in
order to balance between the assignments and also activities that had organized by the
association. However, this did not break my spirit to achieve my ambitions and get an
excellent result as a present for my parents. This is the only way to return the favor of my
parents that taking care of me since childhood until now. Instead of struggling to success in
life, I will not forget and ignore the responsibilities towards Allah as His slave. Prayer on time
have been my prioritized despite having an abundant tasks and assignments that need to
complete it. Based on my experience, when we perform prayer on time, we will feel that
actually we have an adequate time to do anything. As a Muslim also, I try to spread the
positive vibe and encourage others to do a good deeds as well as advising each other when
someone commit a mistake. We play an essential role not only as a slave of Allah but also as
His vicegerent in delivering the dakwah to the entire Muslim. When we put Allah as our
ultimate, Insya Allah, He will make it easy for us to accomplish any tasks or problems.
E-PORTFOLIO
USRAH II
HADITH NAWAWI : NIYYAH PRAYER FASTING

ZAKAT PILGRIMAGE HAVING A GOOD NIYYAH

HADITH OF NAWAWI: NIAT

ِ ‫ َو ن َّ َما ِللُك ِّ ا ْم ِرى ٍء َما ن ََوى فَ َم ْن اَك ن َْت جِه َْرتُ ُه ىَل‬،‫ات‬
‫هللا‬ ِ ‫ن َّ َما اَألمْع َ ا ُل اِب لنِّ َي‬
ٍ‫هللا َو َر ُس ْوهِل ِ َو َم ْن اَك ن َْت جِه َْرتُ ُه دِل ُ نْ َيا يُ ِص ْيهُب َا َأ ِْإو ِا ْم َرَأة‬
‫ِإورسوهِل ِ فَ ِه ْجرتُ ُه ىَل ِإ‬
َ ْ ُ ََ
‫ِإ‬
‫ي َ ْن ِك ُحهَا فَهِ ْج َرتُ ُه ىَل َما َها َج َر لَ ْي ِه‬
‫ِإ‬ ‫ِإ‬

Meaning: “Indeed, every practice is based on intention and indeed everyone follows his
intention. So, whoever migrates to Allah and His Messenger, then he migrates to Allah
and His Messenger, and whoever migrates because of the world for him to find or a
woman to marry, then he migrates according to what he migrated to him ”.
WHAT YOU GAIN:
FIRST
Sincere intention to be rewarded by God.
Among the purpose of the intention is to
distinguish between custom and worship,
if worship will be rewarded by Allah
SWT.
SECOND
Need for us to migrate from good to
better and use migration to improve our
lives. History has proven the beginning of
the success of Prophet Muhammad SAW
and his companions after migration.
 DEFINITION

PRAYER Salah is defined

as the act of
ADVANTAGES OF
offering prayers to
KHUSYU’ Allah SWT.
Literally
I. Get rewarded translated, salah
can mean prayer
or supplication
ATTAIN KHUSYU’ ‫ِين ُه ْم فِي‬ َ ‫َق ْد أَ ْف َل َح ْالم ُْؤ ِم ُنو‬
َ ‫]ن الَّذ‬
and is generally
َ ‫صاَل ت ِِه ْم َخاشِ ع‬
‫ُون‬ َ   considered the act
I. Perfect ablution
of worshipping
II. Lead to Mujahadah Allah SWT an act
II. Fulfil the legal requirement
of prayer (entering the which is
time, covering the aura, III. Always self-reflection specifically
facing the Qibla) mentioned in the
IV. Refrain from Holy Qur’an with a
III. Perform circumcision committing immorality variety of rules
prayers (tahajjud, hajat, and guidelines
dhuha) surrounding it.
 BENEFIT OF FASTING

SCIENCE CONTEXT
Fasting helps detoxify our body and
SPIRITUAL CONTEXT removing the toxic elements introduced by
Makes one closer to Allah and the food we eat and cleanses our bodies as
cleansing the soul. It creates well as help us to achieve the natural
stronger piety  and fear of Allah. balance that can be lost through modern
Fasting with Ihsan makes one closer diets and medicines.
to Him because it is a personal
spiritual act of worship between one
and Allah ONE’S MORALITY
one should also stay away from all kinds of sins
in order to achieve piety. It is also important for
us to avoid prohibited actions ( haram ) such as
lies, cheating, backbiting, negative thoughts etc
 ZAKAT

Benefits of Zakat for the

Individual

 Purifies and promotes Benefits of Zakat for Society

assets.
 Minimizes the feeling of envy
 Develops gratitude for among those who are less
Allah's bounty. well-to-do.

 Brings about a sense of  Makes it possible for part of

peace and well-being. the wealth of the rich to be
distributed among the poor.
 Social Impact of Hajj
Hajj is the largest annual gathering of
people anywhere in the world. People of
all colors, backgrounds, and wealth
come together as equals in front of their
creator. Once you're there, there is no
white, brown, or black; there's no rich or
poor; there's only Muslim. Everyone
wears the same ihram to signify that no
one is better than his Muslim brother.
This creates unity among the Muslims of
the world, it fosters brotherhood and love
for the sake of Allah.
Seek Absolution from Sins
We are all sinners, there is no
denying that. One of the most
important reasons to perform Hajj is
to seek forgiveness from Allah. The
best part is that the sins of a
BENEFIT
believer whose Hajj have been
OF accepted is wiped clean entirely.
PILGRIMAGE How merciful is our Lord!
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Spiritual Benefits of Hajj

As Muslims, we need to always remember Allah in
all stages of our life. We must remember him in our
homes, our businesses, and even just walking down
the street. But most of us give in to the pressures of
the world and fail to remember our creator. Hajj is
the ultimate reminder of Allah.
 HOW TO HAVE A GOOD
NIYYAH
"A virtuous intention is the source of all goodness." The heart is where intentions are formed. Hence as the heart
and mind are interconnected, what we intent will influence our thoughts and then our actions.

1. Doing anything 'lillathi taala

For Muslims, any good deed that is done for the sake of Allah regardless of its quantity, will definitely be rewarded. To
ensure that we gain rewards from our good deeds, it is important that we keep our intentions pure and sincere. Therefore,
by doing anything because of Allah, we will struggle and strive to have a good niyyah.

2. Using intentions as anchors to our actions

Indeed, when we are aware of the intentions of our actions and goals, it helps us to be objective. With intentions, we tend
to be more conscious of the things that will help us to achieve our goals and things that hinder them. Our intentions also
help direct us on what needs to be done and how things should be done.

3. Being God-conscious (takwa, piety

Natural that we only act upon something that brings benefit and comfort to others, and not otherwise. This is related to this
word ‫ ف]]]إنل ]م] ت]]]كنت]]]را]ه] ف]]]إنه] ي]]را]ك‬،]‫ أ]نت]]]عبد هللا]]] ك]]أنك ت]]]را]ه‬it is defined as to worship Allah as if you see him for, verily, even though
you do not see Him, He surely sees you. Therefore, this will lead to the sense of muraqabatillah when one feels of being
observed by Allah and as consequences we will have a good intentions to do anything.