A NAS A WEEK - 15 RAJAB 1431H

"... and never give up hope of Allah's soothing Mercy: truly no one despairs of Allah's soothing Mercy, except those who have no faith." [Yusuf, 12:87].

ISDEV ACTING DIRECTOR IS BACK

ISDEV Acting Director Dr Fadzila Azni Ahmad who was away from 1st May, 2010 as a Visiting Researcher at the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is finally back on 16th May 2010.

Upon her return she had briefed ISDEV members of the positive aspects that awed her, during her two weeks’ stay, pertaining to the work ethics and daily lives of the people in the sacred land. She recounted that in IRTI the staff’s time management was most notable as they were very much immersed in their work from 8:00am to 4:00pm - resting only for the daily prayers of Zuhr and Asr and of course lunch. There was no such thing as a morning break or tea break.

As to the obligatory prayers’ time of Zuhr and Asr the whole building becomes a musolla. Once the adhan is heard the staff irregardless of where they were would spread the prayer’s rug and perform the solat almost immediately. Usually the solat is performed congregationally. This sight in fact is not confined to within the building of IDB but also to that throughout the sacred land. Walkways and the car parking area, or any other open area for that matter becomes the make-shift place for congregational prayer.

Another trait that should be emulated by the ISDEV fraternity is the tradition of giving salam to everyone and anyone. They really practised the sunnah of Rasulullah salallahu ‘alaihi wassalam as she recalled having to greet the salaam of almost everyone she met whilst conducting her research there.

Dr Fadzila Azni hoped that these positive traits she had shared with ISDEV members can be emulated and be part and parcel of ISDEV’s working culture.

A NAS A WEEK - 8 RAJAB 1431H

Narrated Ibn Mas'ud: A man asked the Prophet "What deeds are the best?" The Prophet said: (1) To perform the (daily compulsory) prayers at their (early) stated fixed times, (2) To be good and dutiful to one's own parents. (3) and to participate in Jihad in Allah's Cause." [Hadith from Sahih Bukhari,Volume 9, Book 93: Oneness, Uniqueness of Allah (Tawheed), Hadith No. 625].

PANDANGAN TERHADAP JUDI - MOHD SHUKRI HANAPI

Akhbar : Sinar Harian
Tarikh : 04 Jun 2010
Tajuk : Pandangan Terhadap Judi - Mohd Shukri Hanapi

Felo Rancangan Latihan Kakitangan Akademik ISDEV, Mohd Shukri Hanapi baru-baru ini telah ditemubual oleh Sinar Harian untuk mendapat pandangan beliau tentang isu perjudian. Di bawah adalah keratan akhbar temubual tersebut.

A NAS A WEEK - 1 RAJAB 1431H

Surely Allah loves those who fight in His way in ranks as if they were a firm and compact wall [al-Saff, 61:4].

A NAS A WEEK - 14 JAMAD AL-THANI 1431H

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (salallahu 'alaihi wassalam) said: If anyone continually asks pardon, Allah will appoint for him a way out of every distress, and a relief from every anxiety, and will provide for him from where he did not reckon [Hadith from Sunan Abu Dawud, Book No. 8: Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr, Hadith No. 1513].

GISTS OF ISDEV DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE AT MISDEV08 GRADUATION NIGHT

During the MISDEV08 Graduation Night, a brief message from ISDEV Director Professor Muhammad Syukri Salleh, who is currently a Visiting Scholar at Islamic Research and Training Institute, Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, was aired via a video recording.

The gists of his message are as follows:

I am confident that everyone is happy tonight because of at least 4 reasons:-

1. MISDEV08 because you have passed and received your Master.
2. Parents because of your children’s success.
3. Lecturers because of your success in teaching till the end.
4. MISDEV09 because of your ability to contribute to celebrate MISDEV08.

Although I am physically distant from you, I too share this happy moment, even though I feel that I am at the losing end because I am unable to be with you. 5 reasons I feel as if I am at the losing end:-

1. Because this is the first MISDEV group – which is historical.
2. Because I am unable to celebrate MISDEV08 success together.
3. Because I am unable to witness how MISDEV09 celebrate MISDEV08 as a token of friendship.
4. Because I am unable to see the first product of 30 years of striving.
5. Because I am unable to meet the parents to congratulate and seek forgiveness, if what is hoped for we are unable to fully deliver, for example not only the Master degree but also the improvement in Iman and Akhlak – becoming better of becoming even worse.

We, the lecturers had tried our best, but because we too are not perfect, thus our teachings are also not perfect. We sincerely apologise.

If I am able to follow my heart, definitely I do not want to be away from ISDEV. But for the sake of Islam and ISDEV, I have to travel to at least do the following 4 things:-

1. Muhasabah (Retrospect) and see ISDEV from outside to arrange the next strategy.
2. Search for new friends and to build a broader network.
3. Explore new experience to strengthen ISDEV.
4. To be closer to Allah in this sacred land that is full of history.

Thank you for giving me the chance.

A NAS A WEEK - 7 JAMAD AL-AKHIRAH 1431H

Therefore stand firm (in the straight path) as thou art commanded, thou and those who with thee turn (unto Allah); and transgress not (from the path); for He seeth well all that ye do [Hud, 11:112].

ISDEV FIRST (MIXED-MODE COURSE) BATCH GRADUATES

Praise is indeed to Allah SWT. After going through the mixed mode programme for 3 semesters, 15 MISDEV ’08 students succeeded to complete their studies. That means 100% of ISDEV pioneering students who are in receipt of their Master in Social Science (Islamic Development Management) degree had made an indelible mark in the history of ISDEV. To commemorate such a feat, a dinner gala was held on 19 March, 2010 at USM Banquet Hall.

The momentous occasion also honoured four MISDEV’08 students who had won the distinctive “Anugerah Disertasi Terbaik ISDEV” which was held for the very first time this year. Besides that, the night also celebrated Pak Sukiman (now Dr Sukiman), ISDEV PhD candidate who had also succeeded to complete his studies at the PhD level.

In all 16 students under the guidance of ISDEV commemorated their accomplishment at the USM 41st Convocation Ceremony held at the Engineering Campus, Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang the next day.

A NAS A WEEK - 9 JAMAD AL-AKHIRAH 1431H

'A'isha reported: The Messenger of Allah (salallahu 'alaihi wassalam) said: Ten are the acts according to fitra: clipping the moustache, letting the beard grow, using the tooth-stick, snuffing water in the nose, cutting the nails, washing the finger joints, plucking the hair under the armpits, shaving the pubes and cleaning one's private parts with water. The narrator said: I have forgotten the tenth, but it may have been rinsing the mouth [Hadith form Sahih Muslim, Book 2: The Book of Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah), Chapter 11: Characteristics of Fitra, Hadith No. 0502].

A NAS A WEEK - 2 JAMAD AL-AKHIRAH 1431H

We do relate unto thee the most beautiful of stories, in that We reveal to thee this (portion of the) Qur-an: before this, thou too was among those who knew it not [Yusuf, 12: 3].

MISSIONS ACCOMPLISHED

After being in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for about two weeks, the Acting Director of ISDEV Dr Fadzila Azni Ahmad and Associate Researcher Br. Ahmad Azrin Adnan have finally left for Malaysia this evening.

Dr Sukainah and Br. Azrin with Prof Syukri (middle) at IDB entrance

Their missions at the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) were concluded on Wednesday 12 May 2010 with a presentation at IRTI Staff Seminar. Dr Fadzila Azni Ahmad presented a paper on Fundamentals of Islamic Management Methods while Br. Ahmad Azrin Adnan on Theoretical Framework of Islamic Consumer Behaviour.

The IRTI Staff Seminar

Prior to that, Dr Fadzila and Br. Azrin held discourses with prominent Islamic economists Dr Muhammad Umer Chapra and Dr Salman Syed Ali on their respective papers related to the above topics, while simultaneously undertook library research at the IDB library.

Dr Muhammed Umar Chapra commenting on Br. Azrin's paper

In between their missions at IRTI, they also have chances during the weekends to perform umrah in Mekkah and visit Masjid Nabawi in Madinah.

Ready for umrah [at al-Waleed Royal, al-Ghazza, Mekkah]

At Masjid Nabawi, Madinah

To them, their missions at IRTI were indeed very interesting and fruitful. They are hoping to come again to IRTI and stay for a longer period.

A NAS A WEEK - 26 JAMADIL AWWAL 1431H

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Musa Ash'ari that a desert Arab came to the Holy Prophet (salallahu 'alaihi wassalam) and said: Messenger of Allah, one man fights for the spoils of war; another fights that he may be remembered, and another fights that he may see his (high) position (achieved as a result of his valour in fighting). Which of these is fighting in the cause of God? The Messenger of Allah (salallahu 'alaihi wassalam) said: Who fights so that the word of Allah is exalted is fighting in the way of Allah [Hadith from Sahih Muslim, Book No. 020: Kitab al-Imara, Hadith Number 4684].

DR SUKAINAH & BR. AZRIN CURRENTLY AT IRTI-IDB, JEDDAH

Br. Azrin and wife (left) and Dr Sukainah (right)

with Prof Syukri and wife (middle) at Masjidil Haram, Makkah

Two ISDEV members have been accepted as Visiting Researchers at Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. They are ISDEV Deputy Director Dr Fadzila Azni Ahmad (a.k.a Dr Sukainah) and Associate Researcher Br. Ahmad Azrin Adnan. They arrived in Jeddah safely on Wednesday 28 April 2010 and went to Makkah the next day for their first umrah. They reported for duty at IRTI on Saturday 1 May 2010 and will InshaAllah be here for about two weeks, until 15 May 2010.

Dr Sukainah & Br. Azrin reported for duty to IRTI Director
General Prof. Dr Bambang P.S. Brodjonegoro

Dr Sukainah is working on Philosophical Underpinnings of Islamic Management Method: Worldview, Epistemology and Ontology, while Br. Azrin is on Islamic Consumer Behaviour: The Need For and Position of Its Theoretical Framework. While here, they will undertake library research at the IDB library, hold discourses with IRTI scholars, especially with the prominent Islamic economists Dr Umer Chapra and Dr Salman Syed Ali, and on Wednesday 12 May 2010, present their research papers at IRTI Internal Seminar .

Introductory meeting with Dr Umer Chapra

We pray that all other ISDEV members too will be given opportunities by Allah swt to be at prominent international institutions such as IRTI-IDB all over the world, InshaAllah. ISDEV Director, Professor Muhammad Syukri Salleh is also currently attached to IRTI-IDB as a Visiting Scholar. He is working on Islamic Management of Poverty.

A NAS A WEEK - 18 JAMADIL AWWAL 1431H

So patiently persevere: for verily the promise of Allah is true: nor let those shake thy firmness, who have (themselves) no certainty of faith [Al-Ruum, 30: 60].

A NAS A WEEK - 11 JAMADIL AWWAL 1431H

Jarir b. 'Abdullah reported: I asked Allah's Messenger (salallahu 'alaihi wassalam) about the sudden glance (that is cast) on the face (of a non-Mahram). He commanded me that I should turn away my eyes [Hadith from Sahih Muslim, Book No. 25: The Book on General Behaviour (Kitab Al-Adab), Hadith Number 5372].

SEMINAR DALAMAN ISDEV

Title : Institusi Wakaf: Antara Harapan Dan Realiti
Speaker : En. Razali Othman (Felo Bersekutu ISDEV dan Ketua Bahagian Pentadbiran Dan Kewangan MIROS)
Date : Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Time : 10.00 Pagi
Venue : Bilik Latihan, Institut Pengajian Siswazah USM

1. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD1 Part 1/11

2. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD1 Part 1/11

3. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD1 Part 3/11


4. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD1 Part 4/11


5. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD1 Part 5/11


6. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD1 Part 6/11


7. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD1 Part 7/11


8. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD1 Part 8/11


9. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD1 Part 9/11


10. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD1 Part 10/11


11. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD1 Part 11/11

12. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD2 Part 1/2


13. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD2 Part 2/2


14. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD3 Part 1/7


15. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD3 Part 2/7


16. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD3 Part 3/7


17. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD3 Part 4/7


18. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD3 Part 5/7


19. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD3 Part 6/7


20. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD3 Part 7/7


21. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD4 Part 1/7


22. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD4 Part 2/7


23. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD4 Part 3/7


24. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD4 Part 4/7


25. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD4 Part 5/7


26. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD4 Part 6/7


27. Seminar Dalaman ISDEV CD4 Part 7/7

A NAS A WEEK - 4 JAMADIL AWWAL 1431H

Then We have given the Book for inheritance to such of Our servants as We have chosen: but there are among them some who wrong their own souls; some who follow a middle course; and some who are, by Allah's leave, foremost in good deeds; that is the highest Grace [Faatir, 35:32].

PERUCAPAN DR. FADZILA AZNI MENGENAI ANUGERAH TESIS TERBAIK ANJURAN KANITA, USM

1. Perucapan Dr. Fadzila Azni mengenai Anugerah Tesis Terbaik anjuran KANITA,USM-CD1 Part 1/4


2. Perucapan Dr. Fadzila Azni mengenai Anugerah Tesis Terbaik anjuran KANITA,USM-CD1 Part 2/4


3. Perucapan Dr. Fadzila Azni mengenai Anugerah Tesis Terbaik anjuran KANITA,USM-CD1
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4. Perucapan Dr. Fadzila Azni mengenai Anugerah Tesis Terbaik anjuran KANITA,USM-CD1 Part 4/4


5. Perucapan Dr. Fadzila Azni mengenai Anugerah Tesis Terbaik anjuran KANITA,USM-CD2 Part 1/4


6. Perucapan Dr. Fadzila Azni mengenai Anugerah Tesis Terbaik anjuran KANITA,USM-CD2 Part 2/4


7. Perucapan Dr. Fadzila Azni mengenai Anugerah Tesis Terbaik anjuran KANITA,USM-CD2 Part 3/4

8. Perucapan Dr. Fadzila Azni mengenai Anugerah Tesis Terbaik anjuran KANITA,USM-CD2 Part 4/4


9. Perucapan Dr. Fadzila Azni mengenai Anugerah Tesis Terbaik anjuran KANITA,USM-CD3 Part 1/4


10.Perucapan Dr. Fadzila Azni mengenai Anugerah Tesis Terbaik anjuran KANITA,USM-CD3 Part 2/4


11.Perucapan Dr. Fadzila Azni mengenai Anugerah Tesis Terbaik anjuran KANITA,USM-CD3 Part 3/4


12.Perucapan Dr. Fadzila Azni mengenai Anugerah Tesis Terbaik anjuran KANITA,USM-CD3 Part 4/4


13. Perucapan Dr. Fadzila Azni mengenai Anugerah Tesis Terbaik anjuran KANITA,USM-CD4Part 1/4

14. Perucapan Dr. Fadzila Azni mengenai Anugerah Tesis Terbaik anjuran KANITA,USM-CD4 Part 2/4

15. Perucapan Dr. Fadzila Azni mengenai Anugerah Tesis Terbaik anjuran KANITA,USM-CD4 Part 3/4

16. Perucapan Dr. Fadzila Azni mengenai Anugerah Tesis Terbaik anjuran KANITA,USM-CD4 Part 4/4

17. Perucapan Dr. Fadzila Azni mengenai Anugerah Tesis Terbaik anjuran KANITA,USM-CD5

ISDEV DIRECTOR FOR A SECOND TERM

Professor Muhammad Syukri Salleh has been given the mandate to continue to head ISDEV for the next three years. In a letter dated 14 December, 2009, the Vice-Chancellor’s office confirmed Professor Syukri’s appointment for a second term as ISDEV Director to take effect from 1 January, 2010 until 31st December, 2012. ISDEV fraternity is confident that the timely appointment provides the impetus to the continuity of the development and success of ISDEV.

Congratulations Prof. Syukri!