1. Dalam perjalanan ke madinah, Nabi s.a.w sempat mengasaskan sebuah pembinaan masjid yang pertama di dalam sejarah perjuangannya yang dinamakan "Masjid Nabawi".
2. Dalam Perang Badar, Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. telah menawarkan kepada orang tawanan samada mahu membayar tebusan dengan wang atau meninggalkan kota madinah.

both are wrong dear~

the correct answer to the 1st one is :"Masjid Quba' " (p4)

> note that the mosque was built "dalam perjalanan ke madinah". meaning that it can't possibly be masjid Nabawi coz the latter is in Madinah. the Quba' Mosque is named after the place, Quba'.

while that of the 2nd one is :...."samada mahu membayar tebusan dengan wang atau mengajar tulis-baca kepada anak-anak Islam hingga mereka pandai". (p5)

> see how wonderful our beloved Prophet s.a.w is? he didn't kill those Prisoner of Wars, did he? nor did he force them to embrace Islam. instead, they were given a choice. so i really wonder where these (sorry to say, but i think the best adjective to describe such people would be "i-g-n-o-r-a-n-t") people get the idea that it was the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.'s "command to spread by the sword the faith."

hey. wait a minute. doesn't that sentence ring a bell?

oh yeah. it was what the Pope Benedict XVI cited from a Medieval text which, as we all know by now, had sparked an uproar among Muslims worldwide. oh okay, so he only "cited" it, and "stressed that the emperor's words did not reflect his own opinion.". (i wonder why he had to quote that Byzantine's emperor in the 1st place). and yeah, he was "deeply sorry" that Muslims took offense. (that's different from being "deeply sorry" for having cited the critical remark, u know...).

from what i still remember from all the Islamic History learnt thruout my 10 years in mwti, the Byzantine empire has never been on good terms with Islam. nak hancurkan Islam adelah... remember the wars they initiated against the Muslims?

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i'm still contemplating whether or not to just make full use of my MC and resume my SIP on next Tues OR to resume it on this Thurs instead. y? obviously NOT bcoz i miss doing the experiments nor am i missing the work environment (urgh). but bcoz i feel that i've recovered...

n to be honest, i feel guilty. coz i was able to 'travel' to Tamp last Sun to attend the RYC launch (thanks to the sisters who accompanied me thruout the event. *huGs*).. able to go to JB last nite with my bro's fiancee... had a great time eating many many things (loads of sushis, longan with pearls, pretzels, tahu bakar, mangga mude [i wish it was more sour. hmMph],etc. told u i get hungry faster these days... metabolic rate dah up habes~ ish.

...but i didn't go for my attachment! my only concern is whether i'm able to walk the long distance from the mrt station to d lab. naik bukit turun bukit...fuh! camne eh.... to go...or not to go~

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anw, just had my stitches removed this morning. the nurse 'complimented' my wound, saying that it's very well taken care of. tulah dier berkat pantang-memantang n 'jage makan' ni sumer...hehe =P

to Ukht Raihana Abdul Aziz, Ukht Hafizah Watib & Ukht 'Izzah Khamsani, ana masruurah haqqan bizziyaarah. thx for the great company last Sat nite @my place... will surely miss u guys when u have to return to Egypt in few weeks time... =(

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We forget that this Deen was once given Divine signs from Allah that were so clear as to inspire the soldiers of Islam to fight with a vigor and certainty that led a British prime minister to admit, “We cannot defeat a people who see the gates of Paradise down the barrel of our cannons.”

[Shaykh Hamza Yusuf]