Malam Nisfu Syaaban Tmrw =)

Alhamdulilah.. its the mid month of Syaaban which means that in the next 2 weeks we are off to fulfill our 3rd pillars of Rukun Islam which is Fasting in the month of Ramadhan.. i am looking fwd for Ramadhan.. altho' it has been 3 years now, we are celebrating our Ramadhan here in Brisbane.. And I am lucky enough last year, coz i managed to experience 10 days of Ramadhan in Brunei.. but it seems to be no chance for me to do that dis year.. I will talk more about our experience fasting in Brisbane when the right tym comes.. But Now, I want to share n inform my fellow fwens about one of the great day in Islam.. Malam Nisfu Syaaban..

My family back home never skips Malam Nisfu Syaaban.. Its one of the nights we have been waiting for the whole year.. and usually, every year, gilir2 th family kami tu mengadakan malam nisfu.. mcm dis year arah my place dn next year arah my uncle's and this thing goes round and round, and every family has their own turn.. My mum told me this year's its gonna be at my Uda's place.. So, selalunya.. my family punya style.. kmi sembhyang maghrib sama2, dn baca yaasin 3x, bis tu isya', yassin n tahlil.. and ecuknya puasa.. I dun remember if we were thought about nisfu syaaban masa skulah ugama n i dun tink i've asked why is it so special dat day.. so tonight, i spent some time reading about it and now, i am aware why we shud appreciate 15 syaaban and also we have to make use of the night and day to perbykkn tani punya ibadat..

here is a petikan from one of the readings:


Hari nisfu sya'aban adalah hari dimana buku catatan amalan kita selama setahun diangkat ke langit dan diganti dengan buku catatan yang baru. Catatan pertama yang akan dicatatkan dibuku yang baru akan bermula sebaik sahaja masuk waktu maghrib, (15 Sya'aban bermula pada 14 hb sya'aban sebaik sahaja masuk maghrib)

Berikut adalah antara amal ibadah di hari Nisfu Sya'aban:

1.Solat sunat nisfu sya'aban - terdapat dua cara mengerjakan solat sunat ini

Sembahyang 100 rakaat dengan memberi salaam selepas setiap 2 rakaat. Surah Al-Ikhlas dibaca sebanyak 11 kali setelah setiap rakaat setelah membaca surah al-Fatihah

Sembahyang 10 rakaat dengan memberi salaam selepas setiap 2 rakaat. Surah Al-Ikhlas dibaca sebanyak 100 kali setelah setiap rakaat setelah membaca surah al-Fatihah

2. Membaca Yasin 3x selepas solat Maghribnya


i) Yasin pertama : mohon dipanjangkan umur untuk beribadat kepada Allah

ii) Yasin kedua : mohon rezeki yang halal untuk beribadat kepada Allah

iii) Yasin ketiga : mohon ditetapkan iman dan Islam & mati di dalam iman


3. Berpuasa pada siangnya (mulai pagi esoknya-15 Syaaban)

Orites.. to summarize.. malam nisfu syaaban falls tmrw night, 15 syaaban bersemaan dgn 16th August 2008.. and puasa is afdhal on Sunday, 17th August 2008. May Allah bless all of us.. Wallahu Aklam..