Always Invite

"And let them not divert thee from the revelations of Allah after they have been  sent down  unto thee; but call (mankind) unto thy Lord, and be not of those who  ascribe partners (unto Him)."

(Al-Qasas : 87)

"And there may spring from you a nation who invite to goodness, and enjoin right conduct  and forbid indecency. Such are they who are successful."

(Ali Imran : 104)

The glory and excellence of Islam as the way of life is indisputable. The challenge  mentioned in the Qur'an to make something similar to the Qur'an, even only one chapter for those who disbelieve, remains  untouched. And  those who tried only ended up in shame just like what  the fake prophets did in the beginning of the growing and spreading of Islam.

Indeed  the eminence of Islam is admitted by others when it reaches them  and if there are those who are consistent  in spreading  the teaching. This is where the Muslim preachers play an important role, those  who  call for others  who want  a more  beneficial  life  to embrace  Islam.

"And verily, the angels spread their wings with pleasure for one who seeks knowledge. Indeed the inhabitants  of the skies and the earth and the fish's in the depths of water, all supplicate forgiveness for  the  Aalim."  (At-Tirmidhi)

In reality human beings oftentimes forget their identity as a slave that God has created to come back to Him  in the  End. Demands and challenges in life has made humans  going adrift and crawl to reach a fake happiness,  and they have alienated  themselves in the worldly  matters that they  forget the reason why they were created in the first place. Such condition can be viewed as darkness where the light is much needed, and such light is those  who  keep  calling others to kindness and preventing others from evil deeds.

"Restrain thyself along with those who  cry unto their Lord at morn and evening, seeking His Countenance; and let not thine eyes overlook  them,  desiring the pomp  of the life of the world; and obey  not  him  whose  heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance, who followeth his own  lust and  whose  case hath been  abandoned." (Al-Kahf : 28)

Be a preacher; teach the knowledge we  have,  what  you can teach  you  can master! The fastest way to learn is by having the intention to teach the knowledge to others!

Bring your family members, your friends,  those  who  are close  to you to the gathering where knowledge is being taught. Keep making good deeds!

These are 5 Code of Conducts that shall be the spirit and identity  of IIBF members:

1. Always Learn

2. Always Participate

3. Always Energize

4. Always Help

5. Always Invite

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Always help

"And the believers, men and women, are protecting friends one of another; they enjoin  the right and forbid the wrong,  and they establish  worship  and they  pay the poor-due, and they obey Allah and His messenger.  As for these, Allah will have mercy  on them. Lo!  Allah  is  Mighty,   Wise." (At-Tawba :71)

"It is not righteousness that ye turn your  faces  to  the  East and  the West;  but  righteous  is he  who believeth in Allah and the  Last Day and the angels and the Scripture and the prophets;  and giveth wealth, for love of Him, to kinsfolk  and to orphans and the needy  and the  wayfarer and to those who ask, and to set" slaves free; and observeth proper worship and payeth the poor-due. And those who keep their treaty when they make one, and the patient in tribulation and adversity and time of stress. Such are they  who  are sincere. Such are the God-fearing." (Al-Baqarah : 177)

Anas, may God be pleased  with him, narrated that Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, said that: "None  of you [truly] believes  until he loves for his brother that which he loves for himself." (Bukhari and Muslim)

There's no one inthis world that doesn't need help because there's no one who can take care of all hisneeds and entirely dependant upon  himself.  He needs  others, thus helping others is one inevitable  matter.

The secret to getting things one wishes to have is to keep  giving, and the secret to getting helps one wishes  to get is to help  others. There's  never  been  a story  of someone going bankrupt because of giving too much,  nor there's a story of someone suffer due  to helping others too often.

The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon  him, said that: "The Merciful  One  shows mercy to those who are merciful (to others).  So  show  mercy  to whatever is on earth, then He who is in heaven  will show  mercy  to you." (Abu Dawood and at- Tirmidhi)

In a battle it is said that there was a dying  soldier and so he asked for water.  When  a companion showed  up and about to give him the water he requested, they heard another call for water, so the first soldier told him to bring the water to the second  soldier. When  the companion reached  the second soldier and about to give him the water, they heard another call from another direction  to which the second soldier asked the companion to give the water to the third soldier. And when  the companion reached the third soldier and about to give him the water, the soldier looked  at the first soldier and asked the companion to give the water to him instead as he, the first soldier, requested  it in  the  first place. When  the companion went  back to the first soldier, he died before getting the chance  to take a sip, and  so did  the  second  and  the third soldiers because they wanted to help and putting others' needs first before  theirs.  We  all shall learn from  this touching  story.

Islam demands  the presence of a Muslim  to be a blessing  for the entire universe so the help given by the Muslim isn't only for other Muslims  but  also for people  of other beliefs and even other creatures.

Another  well-known story is of a prostitute who ultimately  went to paradise because  she gave water to  a dog  dying  of thirst in the desert. This story inspires us that being helpful shall be the character of a Muslim to declare himself as the one who spread God's mercy in this universe.

Thus  be  a true  Muslim  who's always helpful and make helping others as a way of life as well as our identity.  Allah keeps track of those who love helping his brothers and sisters!

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Always energize

Energy is contagious,  so is moodiness.

The duty of a Muslim is encourage other Muslims  and that is a part of good deeds. When we encourage others then it will come back   to  us  ten   times   more.

"Whoso bringeth a good deed will receive  tenfold  the like thereof, while whoso  bringeth an ill-deed will be awarded but the like thereof; and they will not be wronged."   (Al-An'am   :   160)

Iman goes up and down,  so does passion. What we need is a supporting system from the people close to us as well as our environment so they can always bring back the passion that sometimes we  lack  of.  Build  a strong supporting  system  and be a strong supporting  system  for others. Once we're used to encourage others then everything surrounds us will encourage us as well. Only passionate and courageous  people  who are able to   reach   a   true   happiness!

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