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Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “No one who has the weight of a seed of arrogance in his heart will enter Paradise.” Someone said, “But a man loves to have beautiful clothes and shoes.” The Prophet said, “Verily, Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty. Arrogance means rejecting the truth and looking down on people.” [Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 91; Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim] . عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ قَالَ رَجُلٌ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَكُونَ ثَوْبُهُ حَسَنًا وَنَعْلُهُ حَسَنَةً قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَمِيلٌ يُحِبُّ الْجَمَالَ الْكِبْرُ بَطَرُ الْحَقِّ وَغَمْطُ النَّاسِ صحيح مسلم كتاب الإيمان باب تحريم الكبر وبيانه91

On 29th-30th November, 2017, the 12th ISDEV International Development Management Conference (IDMAC2017) was successfully held at Auditorium 1, Eureka Complex, Universiti Sains Malaysia. IDMAC 2017 follows the successes of the previous IDMAC which started in 2007 with various themes related to Islamic Development Management. This annually organised conference is an initiative to encourage research in Islamic-based social sciences. This year, the chosen theme for IDMAC is Halal-Green Development Management. The two days conference was held with the focus to provide a platform and opportunity for practitioners, scholars, researchers, academicians, graduate students, NGOs and others from all over the world to converge and be proactively engaged in an intellectual discourse on Halal-Green Development Management as well as to explore new ideas and solutions for Halal-Green Development Management such as the empowerment of communities and to promote a better environment for the future generat

The blame is only against those who oppress men with wrong-doing and insolently transgress beyond bounds through the land defying right and justice: for such there will be a Penalty grievous ( 1 ) [ Translation of al-Shuraa, 42:42 by Abdullah Yusuf Ali ]. Note (1) :  The fact that men seek the lower rather than the higher Law is itself a result of arrogant wrong-doing of which the type was the Pharaoh who claimed to be "your Lord Most High" and oppressed the Israelites, and kept his own people under slavery and subjection, and the false glamour of magic and deception.

On 1st December 2017, the celebration of Maulidur Rasul for Penang was held at Masjid Nurul Iman, Nibong Tebal. In conjunction with Maulidur Rasul celebration, the founder and former director of the Centre for Islamic Development Management Studies (ISDEV), Professor Dr Muhammad Syukri Salleh was announced as the recipient of the Penang state Maulidur Rasul Award 1439H/2017M. It was an honourable moment when Professor Dr Muhammad Syukri Salleh was chosen to be recipient of Maulidur Rasul Award 2017 by the Selection Committee based on his contributions in academic achievements and non-academic affairs related to Islamic-based development. Prof Muhammad Syukri Salleh posed with his award The career of Professor Dr Muhammad Syukri Salleh in Universiti Sains Malaysia as an academician and intellectual started more than 30 years ago. Prof Syukri passion in writing, exploring the Islamic development field and building networking in local and international level linking various institutions t

Aisha reported: A man sought permission to enter the home of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and the Prophet said, “ Admit him, for wretched is the son of a hostile clan and wretched is the man of a hostile clan. ” When the man entered, the Prophet spoke to him gently. Aisha said, “O Messenger of Allah, you said what you said about him and then you spoke to him gently.” The Prophet said, “ O Aisha, the worst of people in position to Allah on the Day of Resurrection are those whom people abandon or leave alone for fear of their vulgarity .” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5685, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2591 Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim Al-Qadi Iyad said, “Indeed, the Prophet spoke softly to him as a means of persuading him and being an example of Islam.” Source: Sharḥ al-Nawawī ‘alá Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2591 عن عائشة أَنَّ رَجُلًا اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ ائْذَنُوا لَهُ فَلَبِئْ

Leave alone those who take their religion to be mere play and amusement, and are deceived by the life of this world. But proclaim (to them) this (truth): that every soul delivers itself to ruin by its own acts: it will find for itself no protector or intercessor except Allah. if it offered every ransom, (or reparation), none will be accepted: such is (the end of) those who deliver themselves to ruin by their own acts: they will have for drink (only) boiling water, and for punishment, one most grievous: for they persisted in rejecting Allah [Translation of al-An'am, 6:70 by Abdullah Yusuf Ali] .

Al-Mughira ibn Shu’ba reported: On the day the Prophet’s son Abraham died, the sun eclipsed and the people said the eclipse was because of the death of Abraham. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The sun and the moon are two signs among the signs of Allah and they do not eclipse because of the death or birth of any person. When you see them, call upon Allah and pray until the eclipse is clear.” [Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1012, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 915; Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim] عن المغيرة بن شعبة قال انْكَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ يَوْمَ مَاتَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ فَقَالَ النَّاسُ انْكَسَفَتْ لِمَوْتِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ آيَتَانِ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ لاَ يَنْكَسِفَانِ لِمَوْتِ أَحَدٍ وَلاَ لِحَيَاتِهِ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُمَا فَادْعُوا اللَّهَ وَصَلُّوا حَتَّى يَنْجَلِيَ صحيح البخاري كِتَاب الْكُسُوف بَاب الدُّعَاءِ فِي الْخُسُوفِ1012