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Wednesday 29 December 2010

Fadhilat membaca surah Al-Mulk

Fadhilat membaca surah Al-Mulk


SURAH Al Mulk (beerti Kuasa Pemerintahan) merupakan Surah yang ke-67 di dalam Al Quran, mengandungi 30 ayat. Di antara isi kandungannya ditegaskan tentang kekuasaan mutlak Allah s.w.t. iaitu menguasai pemerintahan dunia dan akhirat. Seluruh alam telah diciptakan-Nya begitu rapi tanpa sebarang cacat celanya. Di akhirat kelak, mereka yang kufur ingkar akan mendapat balasan azab yang amat buruk dan menggerunkan. Mereka yang mentaati Allah akan mendapat keampunan dan balasan yang sebaik-baiknya.


Terdapat banyak hadis Rasulullah s.a.w. yang menyatakan tentang fadhilat, faedah dan hikmah bagi mereka yang mengamalkan membaca surah Al-Mulk ini. Di antaranya diriwayatkan oleh Abu Daud, At Tarmizi, An Nasa’i dan Ibnu Majah dari Abu Hurairah yang bermaksud:


“Sesungguhnya di dalam Al Quran terdapat tiga puluh ayat yang kandungannya akan memberi syafaat kepada orang yang membacanya sehingga ia akan mendapat keampunan dosanya iaitu Surah Al Mulk.”


Daripada Ibnu Abbas r.a., seseorang sahabat Rasulullah s.a.w. menceritakan ia telah mendirikan khemah di atas kubur yang beliau tidak ketahui. Dari kuburan itu beliau terdengar suara orang membaca surah Al-Mulk sehingga khatam; beliau lalu menemui baginda dan berkata: “Wahai Rasulullah, saya dirikan khemah di atas sebuah kubur yang saya tidak ketahui, saya mendengar seorang sedang membaca Surah Al Mulksehingga khatam.”


Maka Nabi s.a.w. bersabda: “Itulah yang menahan (Al-Maa’inah) dan yangmenyelamatkan (Al-Manjiah) dia dari siksa kubur.”


(HR At Tarmizi)


Daripada Jabir r.a., sesungguhnya Rasulullah s.a.w. tidak akan tidur sehingga baginda membaca surah Alif Lam Miim Al Sajdah dan Al Mulk.


(HR At Tarmizi)


Daripada Anas Ibnu Malik berkata, Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda: “Satu surah di dalam Al Quran menghadiahkan kepada pembacanya sehingga memasukkannya ke dalam syurga iaitu Tabarak-al-llazhi.”(Surah Al-Mulk)


(HR At Tabrani)


An-Nasa’i juga meriwayatkan dari Ibnu Mas’ud bahawa Rasullullah s.a.w. bersabda:“Sesiapa yang membaca Surah Al Mulk setiap malam maka Allah mencegahnya daripada azab kubur.”


Tentang surah ini ada satu riwayat yang lain menyatakan bahawa Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda: “Hatiku menghendaki supaya surah ini berada didalam setiap hati orang-orang yang beriman.”


Mengikut satu hadis, seseorang yang membaca dua surah iaitu Tabarak-al-lazhi dan Alif-Lam-Mim-Sajdah di antara sembahyang Maghrib dan Isya adalah seumpama sesorang yang berdiri sembahyang untuk sepanjang malam Lailatul-Qadar. Adalah diberitakan juga bahawa jika seseorang itu membaca dua surah ini, tujuh puluh kelebihan akan diperolehinya dan tujuh-puluh dosa-dosa akan dihapuskan. Mengikut riwayat yang lain, jika seseorang itu membaca dua surah ini, ganjaran pahalanya adalah menyamai orang yang berdiri sembahyang sepanjang malam ‘Lailatul-Qadar’. Ini juga telah disebutkan di dalam Mazahir.


Ta’us rahmatullah ‘alaih telah berkata: “Kedua-dua surah ini mendatangkan enam-puluh kelebihan-kelebihannya yang mengatasi daripada segala surah-surah.”


Siksaan di dalam kubur bukanlah satu perkara yang biasa. Setelah meninggal dunia, tingkat pertama seseorang itu mesti lalui ialah alam barzakh. Apabila Saidina Uthman r.a. berdiri diatas sebuah kubur, ia akan menangis dengan begitu sekali sehinggalah janggutnya dibasahi air-matanya. Seseorang telah bertanya kepadanya mengapakah menangis begitu rupa jika disebut kubur daripada disebutkan Syurga atau Neraka.


Ia menjawab, “Aku telah mendengar dari Rasulullah s.a.w. bahawa kuburlah tempat persinggahan yang pertama untuk menuju akhirat. Barangsiapa terselamat daripada azabnya , peristiwa-peristiwa selanjutnya akan mudah baginya. Dan sesiapa yang tidak selamat daripada azab di dalamnya, kepadanya peristiwa yang akan datang kelak menjadikan lebih sukar sekali. Dan daku juga mendengar bahawa tidak ada satu gambaran yang lebih menakutkan dan menggerunkan selain daripada apa yang ada didalam kubur.”


Ya Allah ! Selamatkanlah kami daripada azab-Mu dengan keampunan-Mu..

Monday 27 December 2010

Are Whole Eggs or Egg Whites Better for You?

Dear friends, an interesting and informative article for your reading pleasure.

Egg is now recognised as a superfood. So do not waste the egg yoke!!!

Are Whole Eggs or Egg Whites Better for You?

By Mike Geary, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer

I was on a weekend trip with some friends recently and one of my friends was cooking breakfast for the whole group. I went over to see what he was cooking and saw he was getting ready to make a big batch of eggs

Well, to my shock and horror, I noticed that he was cracking the eggs open and screening the egg whites into a bowl and throwing out the egg yolks. I asked him why the heck he was throwing out the egg yolks, and he replied something like this...

"because I thought the egg yolks were terrible for you... that's where all the nasty fat and cholesterol is".

And I replied, "you mean that's where all the nutrition is!"

This is a perfect example of how confused most people are about nutrition. In a world full of misinformation, somehow most people now mistakenly think that the egg yolk is the worst part of the egg, when in fact, the YOLK IS THE HEALTHIEST PART OF THE EGG!

By throwing out the yolk and only eating egg whites, you're essentially throwing out the most nutrient dense, antioxidant-rich, vitamin and mineral loaded portion of the egg. The yolks contain so many B-vitamins, trace minerals, vitamin A, folate, choline, lutein, and other powerful nutrients... it's not even worth trying to list them all.

In fact, the egg whites are almost devoid of nutrition compared to the yolks.

Even the protein in egg whites isn't as powerful without the yolks to balance out the amino acid profile and make the protein more bio-available. Not to even mention that the egg yolks from free range chickens are loaded with omega-3 fatty acids.

Yolks contain more than 90% of the calcium, iron, phosphorus, zinc, thiamin, B6, folate, and B12, and panthothenic acid of the egg. In addition, the yolks contain ALL of the fat soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K in the egg, as well as ALL of the essential fatty acids.

And now the common objection I get all the time when I say that the yolks are the most nutritious part of the egg...

"But I heard that whole eggs will skyrocket my cholesterol through the roof"

No, this is FALSE!

First of all, when you eat a food that contains a high amount of dietary cholesterol such as eggs, your body down-regulates it's internal production of cholesterol to balance things out.

On the other hand, if you don't eat enough cholesterol, your body simply produces more since cholesterol has tons of important functions in the body.

And here's where it gets even more interesting...

There are indications that eating whole eggs actually raises your good HDL cholesterol to a higher degree than LDL cholesterol, thereby improving your overall cholesterol ratio and blood chemistry.

And 3rd... High cholesterol is NOT a disease! Heart diseaseis a disease... but high cholesterol is NOT. Cholesterol is actually a VERY important substance in your body and has vitally important functions... It is DEAD WRONG to try to "lower your cholesterol" just because of pharmaceutical companies propaganda that everyone on the planet should be on statin drugs.

You can read the following article about why trying to attack cholesterol is a mistake, and what the REAL deadly risk factors actually are...

Cholesterol Myths In addition, the yolks contain the antioxidant lutein as well as other Antioxidants which can help protect you from inflammation within your body (the REAL culprit in heart disease, not dietary cholesterol!), giving yet another reason why the yolks are actually GOOD for you, and not detrimental.

To help bring even more proof that whole eggs are better for you than egg whites, I recently read a University of Connecticut study that showed that a group of men in the study that ate 3 eggs per day for 12 weeks while on a reduced carb, higher fat diet increased their HDL good cholesterol by 20%, while their LDL bad cholesterol stayed the same during the study. However, the group that ate egg substitutes (egg whites) saw no change in either and did not see the improvement in good cholesterol (remember that higher HDL levels are associated with lower risk of heart disease) that the whole egg eaters did.

So I hope we've established that whole eggs are not some evil food that will wreck your body... Instead whole eggs are FAR superior to egg whites.

Also, your normal supermarket eggs coming from massfactory farming just don't compare nutritionally with organic free range eggs from healthy chickens that are allowed to roam freely and eat a more natural diet. Your typical cheap grocery store eggs will have lower nutrient levels and a higher omega-6 level and lower omega-3 level. On the other hand, the cage-free organic eggs from healthier chickens allowed to eat more natural feed and roam freely will have much higher vitamin and mineral levels and a more balanced healthier omega-3 to omega-6fatty acid ratio.

I recently compared eggs I bought at the grocery store with a batch of eggs I got at a farm stand where the chickens were free roaming and healthy.

Most people don't realize that there's a major difference because they've never bought real eggs from healthy chickens... The eggs from the grocery store had pale yellow yolks and thin weak shells. On the other hand, the healthier free range eggs from the local farm had strong thick shells and deep orange coloured yolks indicating much higher nutrition levels and carotenoids... and just a healthier egg in general.

So next time a health or fitness professional tells you that egg whites are superior, you can quietly ignore their advice knowing that you understand the REAL deal about egg yolks.

And can we all please STOP with this silliness about eating an omelet with 4-5 egg whites and only 1 egg yolk.... If you want real taste and real health benefits, we'd all be better off eating ALL of our eggs with the yolks.

Another interesting thing about eggs...

I read a study recently that compared groups of people that ate egg breakfasts vs groups of people that ate cereal or bagel based breakfasts. The results of the study showed that the egg eaters lost or maintained a healthier bodyweight, while the cereal/bagel eaters gained weight.

It was hypothesized that the egg eaters actually ate less calories during the remainder of the day because their appetite was more satisfied compared to the cereal/bagel eaters who would have been more prone to wild blood sugar swings and food cravings.

Enjoy your eggs and get a leaner body!

Eat the Damn Yolks! Eggs Are Good For You

Despite what you may have heard, eggs do NOT raise your cholesterol. They do NOT cause heart disease.

Tuesday 21 December 2010

What if the market is projected to be increasing but seems to be going down first?

 
The projected return is supposed to be high. At first it seems to be getting higher but in the middle of the way, it went downwards for a while and is lower than the price at the time of purchase. Towards the end, the price recovers and is actually (as projected) higher than the price at the time of purchase. How do we manipulate this situation?

Option 1: Do a regular savings or auto-debit from your savings account. If you make sure that every scheduled investment is the same every time. You will get the above profit. If this happens in 3 years, average annual return would be 14.67%. But if this happens in a 5 year term, average annual return would be 8.8% a year.

Option 2: This option is almost the same as the above option, except that be purchase the units based on the price. The profit would be higher. If this happens in 3 years, the average annual return would be 19.67%, but if this happens in 5 years, the average annual return would be 11.80%.

Note: Sometimes this can actually happen within a year. Especially in a very aggressive fund. 

Wednesday 8 December 2010

Smart Unit Trust Investing.

This is an example of the unit trust's price (NAV).
The "V" events in unit trust's graph is common. Why not use it wisely?


If a "V" happens in a graph, this is what happens when autodebit or regular monthly investment of RM1000 is done. Look at the profit. What do you think? This is actually the safest way to invest in unit trusts.


Let us see what happens if we add in a little more value every time the price goes down go back to the initial investment value every time the price goes back up. Is that not a better profit?

Want to see that value in millions? Or lets just put hundred thousands...


However, this may take years to complete. Sometimes a few months. It depends entirely on which funds you put your money into. There are three types: Very aggressive funds, Moderately aggressive funds, balanced funds, non-aggressive funds (bonds or money market which only goes up surely but slowly).