ISDEV News

8 Nov - 10th of Zulhijah would be a historical event for all Muslims. 'Sacrifice', is a word which carries multiple meanings and interpretations for each individual, but for sure the story behind that date would be a lessons for all Muslims. In conjunction with the recent Eid -al Adha that was celebrated by Muslims all countries in the world, Ustaz Yasir also took the opportunity by recalling the events that took place between Prophet Ibrahim As and his son Prophet Ismail AS that led to the events of the Sacrifice. The story started from the beginning till the end of the events of the Sacrifice which had involved them both. The session become calm and melancholy when each attendees began to feel the sacrifice made, and are aware of the lessons to be collected based on the story. For women, Siti Hajar's sacrifices taught one that a wife must be willing to sacrifice her feelings to her husband and son who both wanted to obey Allah's commandments, and striving for Allah

A lecture on animal slaughtering rules by Ustaz Mohd Shukri Hanapi After two semesters learning about Islam and the Islamic Development Management field academically, the Master students in Islamic Development Session 2010 (MISDEV10) finally had the opportunity to put theory to practice at the Sedim Eco Park, Kulim, Kedah Darul Aman. Together with ISDEV lecturers and its Academic Staff Training Scheme (ASTS) Fellows and a few of MISDEV11 students, the journey to Sedim started at 8.30 a.m with the USM bus ride. Practical lesson on Friday sermon The two days and one night programme was organised by a group of five from MISDEV10 as part of their assignments for the Human Capital Development course. While this group showed their capability in organising such programme, the others from MISDEV10 had to undergo several tasks throughout the programme. There were animal slaughtering, Friday sermons, supplications for good tidings, reminders ( tazkirah ), leading the congregational prayer (as

1 Nov - This week's lecture was held at C23, School of Social Sciences. As usual, the Tuesdays Teaching were divided into two sessions which started with the Tazkirah session followed by the lecture session. The Tazkirah session was delivered by Brother Ridwan Nurdin who talked on the topic pertaining to 'Wanton Wastefulness in Islam'. According to him, Ibnu al-Qayum al-Jauziah has said that there are 9 types of wastage in Islam such as wastage in knowledge, deeds, wealth, the heart, the body, love, time, the mind, and zikir (remembering of Allah SWT) if it does not give any effect to the heart. The second session then was led by Ustaz Yasir Yusuf who talked on 'Chapter of Marriage' with the focus on 'Personalities of Spouse'. The question and answer session which ensued as definitely lively as a number of queries were fielded to Ustaz Yasir who had managed to answer them all well.

28 October - On this blessed Friday morning, two PhD candidates presented their PhD thesis before a group of 40 attendees consisting of ISDEV lecturers and postgraduate students at the Conference Room of C06, School of Social Sciences. The two candidates were given 20 minutes each to present their PhD thesis. The first Phd candidate was Sunaryo (pic. above) who presented his thesis " Pengaruh Faktor-faktor Dominan Terhadap Kesetiaan Muslim di Perbankan Syariah Malang, Indonesia" (Influential Dominant Factors on Muslim Customers' Loyalty in Malang Syariah Banks, Indonesia) while the second PhD candidate, Suhrawardi presented on "Wakaf Tunai Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara: Kajian Hukum dan Potensi" (Northen Sumatera Muhammadiyah Cash Waqf: Study in Rulings and Potentials). Second PhD candidate- Suhrawardi Both of the these candidates tried their best to explain in details the contents of their theses. Scores of questions to them ensued their presentations which in

25 October - This week's lecture was held at C23 with more than 30 students including lecturers as well as Director and Deputy Director of ISDEV attending. The Tazkirah session was delivered by Ustaz Shahir Akram while the lecture session was given by Ustaz Syakir. The topics of the teachings for that day were linked to each other. The Tazkirah was about "knowledge". According to Ustaz Shahir, before making a decision to learn any knowledge, one must first identify that the knowledge is derived from true sources, as mentioned in famous saying which brings forth the meaning in " Do not follow a knowledge if you do not know because all will be asked and accounted for later in the Hereafter" ( Janganlah kamu mengikuti sesuatu ilmu sekiranya kamu tidak tahu kerana semuanya akan ditanya di akhirat nanti ). Ustaz Syakir then continued the lecture session with a reminder that once knowledge is obtained one had to be persistent ( gigih ), diligent ( tekun ) and stand fi