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 Not wanting to miss a point, ISDEV students diligently taking down notes of the lecture This month’s ISDEV Monthly Supervision was held at the Dewan Kuliah A of Universiti Sains Malaysia on Friday, 25 April 2014. Dr. Fadzila Azni Ahmad served as the Chairperson throughout the session. Instead of the usual "Tarbiyah Pengarah ISDEV” series delivered by ISDEV Director Professor Muhammad Syukri Salleh, the session was replaced with a final briefing on the upcoming academic trip to Medan, Indonesia on 4 until 9 May 2014 for the 7th Workshop Antarabangsa Pembangunan Berteraskan Islam (7th WAPI). Prof Syukri provided a verbal checklist to ISDEV members on the "what needs to be done" and on the "what needs to be brought" for the trip. Prof. Syukri providing a brief to ISDEV members on the upcoming trip to Medan for the 7th WAPI In addition Prof Syukri shared some interesting experiences of the previous few trips ISDEV made to Medan for WAPI.  He also reminded ISDEV m

And it is He who has made you successors upon the earth and has raised some of you above others in degrees [of rank] that He may try you through what He has given you. Indeed, your Lord is swift in penalty; but indeed, He is Forgiving and Merciful [al-'An'aam, 6:165] .

One of MISDEV'13'student's slide presentation The last three weeks of this April is akin to a nightmare to all MISDEV'13 (Postgraduate Mixed-Mode) student because each of them has to present the proposal of their dissertations. A total of 36 MISDEV'13 students have been divided into six groups consisting of six students in each group. The first two groups have presented their proposals on 16 April 2014 and on 23 April, 2014. Mahirah Ramli (right), a MISDEV'13 student presenting her dissertation proposal while Dr Shukri Hanapi (left) listens    Todate two groups have presented their proposals while three groups are anxiously awaiting their turn. A total of 12 students have presented at the Conference Room C06 of the School of Social Sciences, starting at 9.30 am and ending well after 1.30 pm. ISDEV Director, Prof. Syukri (centre) giving some pointers to MISDEV'13 students These two groups of MISDEV'13 students presented their dissertation proposals in fro

Ustaz Shahir Akram (right) receiving the 3rd place prize from Pusat Islam Director,  Prof. Dato' Muhammad Idiris Saleh On Saturday 19 April, 2014 ISDEV sent two teams to participate in the Sukan Rakan Masjid 2014 organised by Pusat Islam, USM. The  ISDEV Team comprised of the ISDEV Futsal Club (IFC) as well as the ISDEV Netball Club (INC) team. The  ISDEV Team was only assembled on the Tuesday before the event. However despite the short notice and an almost non-existant training schedule both team had done tremendously well!  The determined-to-win attitude of the ISDEV Futsal Club players The IFC headed by Ustaz  Shahir Akram played against four teams in Group A comprising of Rakan Masjid Al-Malik Khalid, Qaryah 1 Sungai Dua, Pusat Sukan USM and IPPT (Institut Perubatan dan Pergigian Termaju). The team managed to practise only once before the big day. IFC was in high spirits that day as family members were also roped in to cheer the team on. A jubilant  ISDEV Team with their winnin

Anas Radiyallahu 'anhu reports: A woman came to Rasulullah Salallahu 'Alayhi Wasallam and said: I would like to speak to you in private'. Rasulullah Salallahu 'Alayhi Wasallam replied: 'Sit on any street of Madinah and I will come there and listen to you'" [Reference: Shama'il Muhammadiyah, Book 47: The Humbleness of Sayyidina Rasoolullah, Hadith 314].

ISDEV brothers - ready to be intellectually captivated “Good proposal with minimum of errors”. Those were the comments received by RISDEV (Postgraduate Research Mode) student, Shereeza Mohamed Saniff regarding her PhD proposal presented on 24 March 2014 at C06, School of Social Sciences. She was one of the two RISDEV candidates who presented their PhD research proposals. The other candidate was Nurbani Md. Hassan. Knowing her stuff - Shereeza (in green headgear) presenting her PhD proposal Shereeza presented on the title A Conceptual Analysis of the Islamic–based Development Actor for Contractual Documents in Islamic Asset Management received positive comments from ISDEV lecturers especially the evaluator, Dr. Zakaria Bahari. Dr. Zakaria commented that except for the slight technical errors in her PhD proposal, the meticulous writing coupled with the determination in her work left hardly any room for arguments to deny the facts used in her writings. Nurbani's (second from right) a

An attentive audience at the packed conference room of C23 As usual, the ISDEV Monthly Graduate Supervision for March was divided into two sessions. It was held on 25 March 2014 at C23, School of Social Sciences. The first session was the Tarbiyyah Pengarah ISDEV delivered by Professor Muhammad Syukri Salleh. The second session continued with an introductory explanation of ATLAS.ti (computer software program) by a RISDEV (Postgraduate Research Mode) student, Razali Othman.  Prof. Syukri giving his monthly address on " Pautan Hati " (Bondage of the Hearts) For this month's Tarbiyyah Pengarah ISDEV, Prof. Syukri addressed ISDEV members on another element of importance to the ISDEV fraternity ' Pautan Hati ' (Bondage of the Hearts). It is a continuity of his address on the need for ISDEV members to venture out with "Oceanic Intellectual" capability thus enabling ISDEV to be a "Magnetic Institution" by attracting all those who are passionate about

Then We will surely relate (their deeds)  to them with knowledge, and We were not (at all)  absent [al-A'raaf, 7:7].

The presentation slides prepared by Prof. Syukri  On 8 April 2014,  12 ISDEV members consisting of two lecturers and ten RISDEV (Postgraduate Research Mode) students attended a Roundtable Discussion organized by the School of Finance, Economics and Business (SEFB), College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah Darul Aman.  The academic staff of UUM with ISDEV members were eager to listen and gain knowledge from Prof  Syukri Salleh (with a white cap) The delegates were led by ISDEV Director Professor Muhammad Syukri Salleh who received the invitation to address the faculty members of SEFB. The talk on "Integrating Islamic Perspective in Economics?" started at about 9.00 am and ended about 1.00 pm that day.  Prof Syukri (left) with the chairperson for the discussion, Mohamad Helmi (right)  After the talk, a question and answer session followed whereby a few faculty members revealed to Prof. Syukri on their realization for the need to include the Islamic perspect

After Suraya Ismail passed with flying colours in her viva voce in February 2014, three other RISDEV (Postgraduate Research Mode) students have also done ISDEV proud. They are Wan Anisah Wan Endut, Radieah Mohd Nor and Mohamad Helmi Hidthiir who had received outstanding accolades for their theses not just well-written and researched but excellently defended as well. A prepared and composed Wan Anisah Wan Endut (front) On 14 March 2014, located at C23, School of Social Sciences, Wan Anisah Endut had to defend her thesis entitled " Perakaunan Zakat Saham di Malaysia: Asas dan Kaedah Amalan "  (Zakat Accounting of Shares in Malaysia: Fundamentals and Methods of Practice). The tense atmosphere while Wan Anisah answered the questions posed by the examiners     Her viva session was chaired by Datuk Dr. Abdul Khalil Shawkataly from the School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia while her internal examiners were Professor Muhammad Syukri Salleh and Dr. Zakaria Bahari.

('Abdullah) Ibn Abi Al-Awfa narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "(Indeed) Allah is with the judge as long as he is not unjust. So when he is unjust, He leaves him and he is attended by Shaitan." [Grade: Hasan, Reference: Jami' al-Tirmidhi, Vol 3, Book 13, Hadith 1330].