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Sesi kedua "Menjejaki Warisan" akan mengetengahkan perbincangan mengenai kehidupan, warisan ilmu dan pemikiran Shaykh Muhammad Arsyad al-Banjari. Ustaz Muhammad Hasyim Masnin juga akan memberi tumpuan kepada sumbangan beliau terhadap perkembangan ilmu fiqh di Nusantara, terutamanya melalui karya agungnya, iaitu Sabilal Muhtadin.

Biodata pembentang:

Muhammad Hasyim Masnin merupakan Mudir Sekolah Ugama Radin Mas dan ketua Tradisi Halaqah kelolaan BAPA. Selainnya juga sebagai anggota kehormat Majlis Tertinggi PERGAS. Beliau berminat dengan bahasa Melayu serta sejarah Islam di Nusantara.

Butiran Sesi:

🗓 : 2 Sept 2023

⏱: 10.30 pg - 11.45 pg

📍: 58 Bussorah Street, Tingkat 2 (masuk melalui Wardah Books)

Semua dipersilakan hadir. Tiada pendaftaran diperlukan dan sesi adalah percuma.

12/08/2023

12/08/2023

A collection of spiritual poetry by 9 authors, inspired from life's commentary and reflection. This book is a unique compilation of poems written both in English and Malay, with chapters ranging from Guidance, Hidden Treasure, to Rahsia Hati.

📖 Title: By The Way: A Spiritual Anthology in English and Malay (2021)
📝 Writer: Various (Compiled by Husain Abdul Rahim)
🔠 Language: English & Malay
📚 Publisher: Hadrah Press |

04/11/2021

Till we meet RabiulAwwal again…

Thank you for supporting HadrahPress’s Letters to the Beloved ﷺ. We will have an e-publication of Letters to the Beloved ﷺ. Do keep a lookout on future updates ✨🤍🌹

Featuring our last poem ~

*blinded by sunshine (a love poem)*

love is blind

(possibly)

only seen you in my mind

I hear of you so kind

I hear you're like sunshine

(definitely)

you're my quratu 'ayn ﷺ

*quratu 'ayn in Arabic means apple of my eye

Hafi, 27 Rabiulawwal 1443H



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Letters to the Beloved ﷺ is a short collection of poetry and prose addressed to the Prophet ﷺ. Inspired by 's writing workshop, we challenged ourselves to experience the power of putting emotions into words, to approach the Beloved One ﷺ who we believe, love and follow, to discover deeper unbroken bond of light that binds us with the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

Lend your hearts to our poets’ manifestation of love towards our Beloved ‎ﷺ, may this also be a vehicle for us to always connect to him ‎ ‎ﷺ 🤍

02/11/2021

Featuring poems of “Letters to the Beloved ﷺ in the last week of Rabi’ 🥺🌹

Peace and blessings be upon you, oh Messenger of Allah,
Oh how we all long to be in your company.
Can we just mention about the genuine love you had for your Ummah,
More fragrant than musk, much sweeter than honey.

You mentioned to the sahabah, that you missed your brothers,
They all were confused, but aren't we your brothers, ya Rasulullah?
You said, no, you're my companions who've met me, amongst others,
My brothers are those believe in me, yet they've never seen me, oh my Ummah.

In long nights you prayed, asking forgiveness from Allah to forgive us.
You cried and you cried, showering us with love, mercy and care.
So you ask yourself now, is it not that loving the Prophet is a must,
For without him, our guide, our Qudwah, we will all be in despair.

Do you know what it's like to fall in love before the first sight?
Though my eyes have never met yours, you're always in my mind.
Your guidance and teachings remain, for you are nur, you are light,
Now tell me, is there really any other like you that I can find?

When they ask why do we cry even at the mention of your name?
I get a little appalled, for do they know what you have done for us?
You always sought for the truth, not wealth, prestige nor fame.
You were called Al-Ameen, the one whom everyone can trust.

You were a servant of God, a father, a husband, a leader,
And you were perfect in all roles, all in their own right.
Is there anything more a lover wants than to be reunited with her lover?
May we be reunited in Jannatul Firdaus, oh I can't fathom the sight.

As I learn more about you each day, I fall in love more with your perfect being.
There is none other like you, for you are the best of mankind.
Until the day I get to meet you, despite my struggles, I'll keep on believing,
And I pray that Allah reminds me to keep my priorities aligned.

اَلصَّلاةُ و سَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حَبِيْب الله
habshi

02/11/2021

Featuring: Poems of the last week of Rabi’ 🥺

Peace and blessings be upon you, oh Messenger of Allah,
Oh how we all long to be in your company.
Can we just mention about the genuine love you had for your Ummah,
More fragrant than musk, much sweeter than honey.

You mentioned to the sahabah, that you missed your brothers,
They all were confused, but aren't we your brothers, ya Rasulullah?
You said, no, you're my companions who've met me, amongst others,
My brothers are those believe in me, yet they've never seen me, oh my Ummah.

In long nights you prayed, asking forgiveness from Allah to forgive us.
You cried and you cried, showering us with love, mercy and care.
So you ask yourself now, is it not that loving the Prophet is a must,
For without him, our guide, our Qudwah, we will all be in despair.

Do you know what it's like to fall in love before the first sight?
Though my eyes have never met yours, you're always in my mind.
Your guidance and teachings remain, for you are nur, you are light,
Now tell me, is there really any other like you that I can find?

When they ask why do we cry even at the mention of your name?
I get a little appalled, for do they know what you have done for us?
You always sought for the truth, not wealth, prestige nor fame.
You were called Al-Ameen, the one whom everyone can trust.

You were a servant of God, a father, a husband, a leader,
And you were perfect in all roles, all in their own right.
Is there anything more a lover wants than to be reunited with her lover?
May we be reunited in Jannatul Firdaus, oh I can't fathom the sight.

As I learn more about you each day, I fall in love more with your perfect being.
There is none other like you, for you are the best of mankind.
Until the day I get to meet you, despite my struggles, I'll keep on believing,
And I pray that Allah reminds me to keep my priorities aligned.

اَلصَّلاةُ و سَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حَبِيْب الله.
habshi

18/10/2021

Poems of 9-12th Rabi’

Mawlid Mubarak 🤍✨

My Confidant

heavy tongue and heart
they’re signs of a sinner,
Ya Rasulullah, I’m falling apart
can he hear this whimper?

اللهم صل عليه

maybe the weight of
sins & emptiness in this faqir,
can't withhold the weight of
your light and grandeur

اللهم صل عليه

so purely majestic your light
it was the first thing created,
the switch is in everyone’s hearts
turn it on & be with the Beloved

اللهم صل عليه

praises and tears fell like rain
It’s like velvet covering the glass,
you soothe pain and came,
comforting us that it’ll pass

اللهم صل عليه

like a rare gem
among stones
Indeed,
you’re the lamp
to Allah alone

اللهم صل عليه

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Letters to the Beloved ﷺ is a short collection of poetry and prose addressed to the Prophet ﷺ. Inspired by 's writing workshop, we challenged ourselves to experience the power of putting emotions into words, to approach the Beloved One ﷺ who we believe, love and follow, to discover deeper unbroken bond of light that binds us with the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

Lend your hearts to our poets’ manifestation of love towards our Beloved ‎ﷺ, may this also be a vehicle for us to always connect to him ‎ ‎ﷺ 🤍

18/10/2021

Poems of 9-12th Rabi’

Mawlid Mubarak 🤍✨

Dear Rasulullah

on the lips of others are your praise
wipes the tears off my face
there are times when I cry
and this heart can't lie
'cause you're the reason why
thank you for loving me so i love you
you don't even have to try
see you when I shut my eye

Hafi, 12 RabiulAwwal 1443

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Letters to the Beloved ﷺ is a short collection of poetry and prose addressed to the Prophet ﷺ. Inspired by 's writing workshop, we challenged ourselves to experience the power of putting emotions into words, to approach the Beloved One ﷺ who we believe, love and follow, to discover deeper unbroken bond of light that binds us with the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

Lend your hearts to our poets’ manifestation of love towards our Beloved ‎ﷺ, may this also be a vehicle for us to always connect to him ‎ ‎ﷺ 🤍

18/10/2021

Poems of 9-12th Rabi’

Mawlid Mubarak 🤍✨

My Confidant

heavy tongue and heart
they’re signs of a sinner,
Ya Rasulullah, I’m falling apart
can he hear this whimper?

اللهم صل عليه

maybe the weight of
sins & emptiness in this faqir,
can't withhold the weight of
your light and grandeur

اللهم صل عليه

so purely majestic your light
it was the first thing created,
the switch is in everyone’s hearts
turn it on & be with the Beloved

اللهم صل عليه

praises and tears fell like rain
It’s like velvet covering the glass,
you soothes pain and came,
comforting us that it’ll pass

اللهم صل عليه

like a rare gem
among stones
Indeed,
you’re the lamp
to Allah alone

اللهم صل عليه

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Letters to the Beloved ﷺ is a short collection of poetry and prose addressed to the Prophet ﷺ. Inspired by 's writing workshop, we challenged ourselves to experience the power of putting emotions into words, to approach the Beloved One ﷺ who we believe, love and follow, to discover deeper unbroken bond of light that binds us with the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

Lend your hearts to our poets’ manifestation of love towards our Beloved ‎ﷺ, may this also be a vehicle for us to always connect to him ‎ ‎ﷺ 🤍

18/10/2021

Poems of 9-12th Rabi’

Mawlid Mubarak 🤍✨

Dear Rasulullah

on the lips of others are your praise
wipes the tears off my face
there are times when I cry
and this heart can't lie
'cause you're the reason why
thank you for loving me so i love you
you don't even have to try
see you when I shut my eye

Hafi, 12 RabiulAwwal 1443

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Letters to the Beloved ﷺ is a short collection of poetry and prose addressed to the Prophet ﷺ. Inspired by 's writing workshop, we challenged ourselves to experience the power of putting emotions into words, to approach the Beloved One ﷺ who we believe, love and follow, to discover deeper unbroken bond of light that binds us with the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

Lend your hearts to our poets’ manifestation of love towards our Beloved ‎ﷺ, may this also be a vehicle for us to always connect to him ‎ ‎ﷺ 🤍

18/10/2021

Poems of Rabi’ 9-12th

Mawlid Mubarak 🤍✨

made to love you

we were created to love you
because love came from you
we were invited to this world because of you
to fall in love with you
sollahu 3alaihi wassalam
welcome to us to your love
welcome us to your heart
sollahu 3alaihi wassalam

o Allah,
these eyes, these ears,
these tongues
they are of your servants, of the ummah of Muhammad
sollahu 3alaihi wassalam
these hands, these legs, these stomachs
belong to you,
o Allah, allow them to be in gratitude, allow them to leave transgressions
make us truly made to love you

is to love
the one who is created
for not the universe
would cease to exist
sollahu 3alaihi wassalam
o Allah, engrave these hearts
the love of the prophet
it is not us who loves him truly
but him who loves truly
to be made to love him
sollahu 3alaihi wassalam

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Letters to the Beloved ﷺ is a short collection of poetry and prose addressed to the Prophet ﷺ. Inspired by 's writing workshop, we challenged ourselves to experience the power of putting emotions into words, to approach the Beloved One ﷺ who we believe, love and follow, to discover deeper unbroken bond of light that binds us with the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

Lend your hearts to our poets’ manifestation of love towards our Beloved ‎ﷺ, may this also be a vehicle for us to always connect to him ‎ ‎ﷺ 🤍

18/10/2021

Poems of 9-12th Rabi’

Mawlid Mubarak 🤍✨

untitled

there is a space within this home
kept empty for silence to roam
with hopes that stillness carries a peaceful scent
of love and mercy
sincerity and belief
patience and guidance
cast in a light of great might that fills
every space within this home

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Letters to the Beloved ﷺ is a short collection of poetry and prose addressed to the Prophet ﷺ. Inspired by 's writing workshop, we challenged ourselves to experience the power of putting emotions into words, to approach the Beloved One ﷺ who we believe, love and follow, to discover deeper unbroken bond of light that binds us with the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

Lend your hearts to our poets’ manifestation of love towards our Beloved ‎ﷺ, may this also be a vehicle for us to always connect to him ‎ ‎ﷺ 🤍

15/10/2021

Poem of 8th Rabi’

Celebrating you ﷺ

Celebrate the Mawlid!
Qiyam! Stand up and sing!
Marhaban Ya Marhaban Ya Nur al-aini!
Welcome O the light of my eyes!
Marhaban Jaddal Husaini!
Welcome Grandfather of Hasan and Hussein!
Marhaban Marhaban!
Celebrate as much as we can!
Our celebrations would never compare
With the celebration of the Heavens
For him ﷺ on the night of the Ascension
The First to the Seventh
The Prophets and the Inhabitants
Together with all the Angels
They rejoice in happiness
Muhammad ﷺ has been sent!
Muhammad ﷺ is visiting us!

Celebrate his birth ﷺ !
On that blessed morn before fajr
The best of all creation of Allah was born
The idols around the Ka’abah fell
The palaces of Rum and towers of Kisra trembled
The thousand-year fire of the Magians extinguished
Light filled the horizon from the east to the west
Iblis cried as the Jins fled

Our Master Muhammad ﷺ
Sent as a mercy to all the worlds
Your mother never felt
Difficulty in pregnancy and birth
Blessings over blessings
Light over light
Glad tidings over glad tidings
If not for you ﷺ !
The whole universe would not be

Celebrate him ﷺ !
Our celebrations will never compare
To how Allah celebrates him ﷺ
On the day of Qiyamah
As we hope for his Syafaa ‘ah
All of creation will see his maqam mahmudah
You are the one who is praised
And gives the most praises for the Most Praised
On that day with a praise that no one knows but you ﷺ
Allahumma salli wa sallim ala sayyidina Muhammad!
The light of lights
The secret of secrets
Remover of grief and confusion
The key to the door of success

He is Muhammad, Ahmad, Hamid ﷺ
He is Mahmud, Mahi, Hasyir ﷺ
He is Aqib, Toha, Yasin ﷺ
He is Tohir, Mutahhir, Toyyib ﷺ
He is Muzzammil, Mudhatthir, ‘Abd ﷺ
He is Habib ﷺ
He is Nabi ﷺ
He is Rasul ﷺ
Our Prophet,
Muhammad ﷺ

Let us praise him ﷺ
Let us celebrate him ﷺ
Through your Mawlid and Dalail al-Khairat
Simthud duror and Sharaful Anam
Diya’ al lami' and Dibaie
Burdah and Barzanji
Marhaban Ya Marhaban Ya Nur al-aini!
Marhaban Jaddal Husaini!
Marhaban Marhaban!

HBAR

13/10/2021

Poem of 7 Rabi’ 🤍

How I wished to hold your blessed hand ﷺ

How I wished to hold your blessed hand beneath the tree
To witness you splitting the moon in half for Quraisyh to see
To drink from the waters that came forth from your fingers
Kissing your blessed hands softer than silk where blessings lingers

How I wished to see your beauty outshine a full moon
To see your blessed smile, and behold you shadowless in mid-noon
To run after you as the earth folded beneath your blessed feet
Gazing upon your blessed seal of prophecy a blessing so sweet

How I wished to hear the trunk whose longing for you cease
By your blessed touch that healed hearts and brought peace
To be transformed by your presence, words and exalted character
Your love and concern for your enemy and friend did not falter

How I wished I could be on the battle of Uhud as your shield
Covering your sides in Ta’if despite the rocks as you never yield
To see your wisdom manifest in Hudaibiyah as you signed the treaty
Hiding behind you in Badr and Hunain a safe haven from the enemy

How I wished I could see the tree walking towards you
Being an advocate for the weary camel, an animal, that's true
To see the Dhab testify your Risalah as the Chosen Messenger
And hear the wolf who spoke Arabic, miracles indeed O Listener!

How I wished to drink from your cup, the water tastes so good
Eating pumpkins and the lamb’s shoulder with bread your favourite food
Tying one stone around my stomach when you have two
Feeding the hungry with just one bowl your barakah flows through

12/10/2021

Featuring poem of 6 Rabi’

Following you ﷺ is what I must do

Let us follow you, in the perfect sunnah way
With sincerity in our hearts, every single day
With fear and hope, and hands raised above
With pure gratitude that leads to Divine love

Worshipping Allah, in Mercy's shower
Witnessing His Actions, the Creator's Power
Standing up at night, your feet swollen
To be a grateful servant as you have spoken

You have reminded us, “O Bilal give us rest!”
Through the prayer we overcome this heavy test
Until we can love, our faith has no resolve
Others above I, the ego will dissolve

To guide to the way with prophetic lights
Giving neighbours and guests their honoured rights
To remember Allah and preserve all His Commands
To refrain from His Prohibitions, saved from His Reprimands

If we can aspire, despite your high lofty station
To be with you, upon us be much prostration
No God but God upon our dying breath
To live together in Paradise with you, true life after death.

HBAR

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Letters to the Beloved ﷺ is a short collection of poetry and prose addressed to the Prophet ﷺ. Inspired by 's writing workshop, we challenged ourselves to experience the power of putting emotions into words, to approach the Beloved One ﷺ who we believe, love and follow, to discover deeper unbroken bond of light that binds us with the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

Lend your hearts to our poets’ manifestation of love towards our Beloved ‎ﷺ, may this also be a vehicle for us to always connect to him ‎ ‎ﷺ 🤍

11/10/2021

spring never left

it's still spring
let each moment of witnessing the clouds,
be witnessing the clouds the clouds that moved as the beloved walked,
the clouds that stopped when he stopped
o clouds that would shade him from the sun’s heat

sollallahu alaihi wassalam

ghamamah

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Letters to the Beloved ﷺ is a short collection of poetry and prose addressed to the Prophet ﷺ. Inspired by 's writing workshop, we challenged ourselves to experience the power of putting emotions into words, to approach the Beloved One ﷺ who we believe, love and follow, to discover deeper unbroken bond of light that binds us with the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

Lend your hearts to our poets’ manifestation of love towards our Beloved ‎ﷺ, may this also be a vehicle for us to always connect to him ‎ ‎ﷺ 🤍

10/10/2021

Featuring the poem of 4 Rabi’

Neighbours in Paradise

What does it take
For your companionship in paradise?

Flawed, hoping, salutations.
Seekers find solace in your name.
Healing, Calm, respair.

The crying tree,
Silenced only by your assurance of companionship.
Do I stand close to love?

Documented in pages,
hearts of man,
Breadth of remembrance.
Do I follow in your footsteps?

I was not with you,
But I am with you.
Through praises.
Gatherings.
Behind unshaken walls.

My flaws in knowing you.
Your perfection in knowing us.

Bring us close.
Intercede.
Allow us to drink from your river.
Extend your gaze on this sinner.
May our sight meet
In Paradise.
As Neighbours.

Fauzi Azman

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Letters to the Beloved ﷺ is a short collection of poetry and prose addressed to the Prophet ﷺ. Inspired by 's writing workshop, we challenged ourselves to experience the power of putting emotions into words, to approach the Beloved One ﷺ who we believe, love and follow, to discover deeper unbroken bond of light that binds us with the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

Lend your hearts to our poets’ manifestation of love towards our Beloved ‎ﷺ, may this also be a vehicle for us to always connect to him ‎ ‎ﷺ 🤍

09/10/2021

Featuring the poem of 3rd Rabi’

Falling in love with you ﷺ

Loving you more than life itself
Yet I cannot fathom my self
I lost myself and I lost them
I go for walks and I see you
In the number of leaves and the drops of dew
In the clouds where they shade us all
In the friend who exist when I fall
It is the love where you exist in people
And the kindness of words rather than those of evil
The light of the Moon and the gentle breeze
What about the guilt I feel when I feast
I left them and I flee me
So what can I make of this empty
When I am out of ways
In so many comforts I tried to pursue
But I am always falling back to you

ﷺ

Hafi, 17 Safar 1443
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Letters to the Beloved ﷺ is a short collection of poetry and prose addressed to the Prophet ﷺ. Inspired by Baraka Blue's writing workshop, we challenged ourselves to experience the power of putting emotions into words, to approach the Beloved One ﷺ who we believe, love and follow, to discover deeper unbroken bond of light that binds us with the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

Lend your hearts to our poets’ manifestation of love towards our Beloved ‎ﷺ, may this also be a vehicle for us to always connect to him ‎ ‎ﷺ 🤍

08/10/2021

08/10/2021

Featuring our poem of 2nd Rabi’,

How was it possible for you to live among us ‎ﷺ?

by Mohamed Jeeshan

Letters to the Beloved ﷺ is a short collection of poetry and prose addressed to the Prophet ﷺ. Inspired by Baraka Blue's writing workshop, we challenged ourselves to experience the power of putting emotions into words, to approach the Beloved One ﷺ who we believe, love and follow, to discover deeper unbroken bond of light that binds us with the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

Lend your hearts to our poets’ manifestation of love towards our Beloved ‎ﷺ, may this also be a vehicle for us to always connect to him ‎ ‎ﷺ 🤍

07/10/2021

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم

Assalamualaikum wrb, HadrahPress presents a short poetry collection to celebrate the birth of our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and his seerah.

Letters to the Beloved ﷺ is a short collection of poetry and prose addressed to the Prophet ﷺ. Inspired by Baraka Blue's writing workshop, we challenged ourselves to experience the power of putting emotions into words, to approach the Beloved One ﷺ who we believe, love and follow, to discover deeper unbroken bond of light that binds us with the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

Featuring Labbayk Ya Rasulullah ‎ﷺ ✨ by HBAR

03/09/2021

By Farhana Bibi Mahmud MunshiBismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm All praises to Allah who sent His prophet as a teacher to mankind, and decreed that the first word of the Qur’an sent to him to be “Read!” And may Allah’s mercy and salutations be on the prophet Muhammad ﷺ, the greatest teac...

02/08/2021

Tune into ’s commentary on his poems:

My Murobi, My Compass

29/07/2021

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About ‘By The Way: A Spiritual Anthology in English and Malay’ by Husain Abdul Rahim (Compilation) //


This is an anthology of spiritual verse by a group of Singaporean seekers – the work is dedicated to their teachers. Most of the poems are in English while some are in Malay. Covering themes such as seeking knowledge and God-consciousness (taqwa), the poems are of varying lengths and styles, but all seem to come from conversations with the inner heart and are consequently meditative, brimming with soft intimations of insight.

28/07/2021

Hadrah Press is a dedicated platform for our present and future generations to connect to their spirituality and provide greater accessibility to the tradition of Nusantara scholars in the past, with English translation of Malay/Jawi books.

23/07/2021

By The Way: A Poetry Recitation

No Regrets
By Jeeshan

23/07/2021

By The Way: A Poetry Recitation

I was warned by its Keeper
By Jeeshan