Abstract: The converts (mualaf) are people who return back to Islam. As they are new to Islamic religion, they still need constant guidance and teaching, especially the Islamic teachings and Quranic understanding. Therefore, da'wah approach to this group, should be in accordance with the methods that suit their current situation and environment. Hence, the objective of this study is based on two main elements 1) to identify the factors of the Muslim Chinese society in general; and 2) study their learning resources of the al-Quran. This paper also discusses the history of migration as well as the migration factors of Chinese society from the Mainland China to Malaysia in general. In addition, researchers also listed some other research findings: the time period they took to learn Islam before converting to Islam, the challenges faced after their conversion and learning techniques used to study the al-Quran. This study uses a qualitative approach by analyzing documents and conducting semi-structured interview to a group of respondents in order to obtain premier data. Interview sessions were conducted to respondents who were selected from da'wah organizations in three states. The findings show that among the main factors of their conversion are due to the interaction with other believers as well as family members who have embraced Islam, and some of them converts by marriage factor. In the meantime, majority of them studied al-Quran through religious classes organized by da'wah institutions via Iqra 'books as a beginning and trying to understand the Quranic verse through the interpretation book. The time taken before embracing Islam and the challenges faced after the conversion was also explained. Hence, this study is expected to identify the problems and disadvantages in the effort to help these converts to Islam. Keywords: Cina Muslim Society, Mualaf, Learning al-Quran

Pentafsiran Al-Quran telah dilakukan oleh ulama-ulama terdahulu di Nusantara sehingga mereka menterjemahkan bahasa Arab ke bahasa Melayu, khusunya di Pattani mereka juga mengajar tafsir kepada masyarakat setempat sehingga berkembang pada hari ini. Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk mengkaji biografi tokoh dan membincangkan tentang methodologi pentafsiran dalam kitab Hidayatul Mutaa’lim. Method yang digunakan adalah analisis dokumen dan temu bual. Hasil kajian ini, mendapati bahawa kitab ini mengandungi ayat-ayat al-Quran yang berkaitan dengan kelebihan ilmu belajar dan mengajar, dan kisah-kisah yang berkaitan dengannya. Kajian ini juga mendapati pengarang merujuk kepada tafsir dalam menjelaskan ayat yang hendak ditafsir dan ayat-ayat lain dalam al-Quran yang mempunyai topik yang sama.

Penulis cuba membincangkan dan memperkenalkan sebuah kitab jawi iaitu Kitab al-Yawaqit wa al-Jawahir fi 'Uqubah Ahli al-Kabair, yang dikarang oleh Muhammad Ali Bin Abdul Rasyid Bin Abdullah al-Jawi al-Qadhi al-Sambawi ditulis sekitar kurun ke 19 Masihi. Kitab ini dianggap penting dan telah digunakan secara meluas sebagai bahan pembelajaran samada di masjid-masjid dan di sekolah-sekolah pondok. Kandungannya terdapat banyak hadith-hadith yang berbentuk galakan melakukan kebaikan dan amaran daripada kejahatan. Ia mengandungi 12 bab dimulakan dengan bab ancaman sesiapa yang meninggalkan sembahyang dan diakhiri dengan bab sifat syurga dan ahlinya. Berdasarkan kajian didapati kitab ini mempunyai kebaikan dan kekurangannya, hadith-hadith di dalamnya terdapat berbagai status ada sahih, hasan, dhaif dan maudu'. Kajian ini berbentuk kajian perpustakaan. Penulis membataskan kajian terhadap hadith yang berstatus maudu’ di dalamnya, jumlah keseluruhan hadith dalam kitab ini adalah 87 hadith dan hasil kajian mendapati sejumlah hadith maudu’telah ditemui iaitu sebanyak 32 hadith maudhu’.

Medical treatment is one of the most important means for preventing communicable diseases in the modern time. In this situation, a person is prevented from entering a location that is infected by this disease to prevent its spread. In equal vain, the people of that location are prevented from getting out of it; weather such a person is infected or not. However, Quarantine is considered in the contemporary time as one of the human preventative mechanism from the spread of infectious diseases and the reason being that it is used in containing and controlling the risk of outbreaks. This is one of the humiliating tests from Allah the Highest on human, and shows the mightiness of His mercy. Hence, the Use of Quarantine has achieved a great significance in preventing spread of diseases because it is a primary means for combating communicable diseases in the world. Our goal and objective are to provide access to scientifically sound and culturally acceptable information on health promotion and disease prevention, to all those who need it, using the information from Prophetic Traditions. The methodology in this research to examine the concept of infection and quarantine in the light of the Prophetic traditions so that the relationship between these two concepts and the Prophetic traditions will be distinctly explained by using the data from many Islamic books, journals and articles relevant to Prophetic Islamic medicine and contemporary medicine. The result of this study revealed that the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) was so concerned about every aspect of human life including that of health. This was yielded from prophetic traditions that infused preventive knowledge, which if humans could have made proper use of it, they would be prevented from many illness and healed others. In conclusion, the study addresses prophetic traditions that are related to preventive medicine about infection and quarantine, and support these prophetic traditions by contemporary doctors' opinions, which are attested by the fact, or are proved by experiments that accounts for non-violation of the Sharia.

This study aims to identify the Indonesian liberal thinker, Ulil Abshar Abdallah, who is known for his enthusiasm and courage in promoting liberal ideas among the Muslim community in Indonesia and also to find out his attempts to spread liberalism in Indonesia. Liberalism was one of the challenges faced by Muslims in Indonesia that has sparked a debate between the scholars who support Liberalism (Pro-Liberalism) and the scholars who against it (Anti-Liberalism). This study is a library research where the researcher used the sources of the library, such as books or articles that were relevant to the subject of research. The researcher followed the analytical approach to show some of the liberal ideas which presented by Ulil Abshar Abdallah and then responded to them by relying on the evidence from the Holy Quran, the Sunnah of the Prophet and the scholar's view. The researcher came out with several results, and the most important is Ulil Abshar Abdallah is a prominent figure in Indonesia, especially among the liberal intellectuals. He was active in a number of social organizations in Indonesia and also the founder of Liberal Islamic Network (Jaringan Islam Liberal, JIL) which has become a major center of liberal Islamic thought in contemporary Indonesia. Also, his liberal Islamic ideas which were promoted in Indonesia were deviant, a contradicted with Islam and threatened the Muslims faith.

This research revolves around the study of the traditions of the prophet (pbuh) that relate to health in characteristics of instinct, and clear detection of its features from the scientific facts, and therefore, the researcher defines the characteristics of instinct, then extract specific traditions from both Prophetic practices books that relate to qualities of instinct, and then analyzed those prophetic traditions by mentioning their legal provisions in terms of soundness or weakness. Hence, relying on compilations of al-Jihabadhah; one of the major scholars in this aspect. He also studied medical issues derived from these prophetic traditions in the light of the characteristics of instinct, and supported it with statement of contemporary doctors and what can be done to cases with supported evidences from facts or proves from scientific experiment, taking into account non-violation of the law. The researcher has arrived at important results, among which includes that the Prophet (pbuh) attended to every aspect of human life, including the health, as reported in prophetic traditions that has pleasant medical indications which if taken to by people would have hadsignificant impact onprevention of many diseases, and healing of others, and these preventive medical information issued by the Prophet (pbuh)has been confirmed by modern medicine, and this is a clear indication of the sincerity of the prophecy of unlettered Prophet Muhammad bin 'Abdullah (pbuh), and finally, the researcher recommended for the Muslim doctors the need to know the prophetic medicine, because there are a lot of diseases and their medications which are explained by the Prophet (pbuh), and are yet discovered in the contemporary modern medicine.

This research focuses on the statements of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab (RDA) on usury and exposes its relationship with the contemporary economy. It defines usury with its categories, selects some Prophetic traditions related to it from several books of Hadith, the book of its commentaries and books of Islamic Jurisprudence (both early and contemporary). The Prophetic traditions that being collected were arranged by themes then analyzed their status of authenticity and weakness by carrying the principle of analyzation of hadith from the scholars. This research also tried to educe from the statement jurisprudential ruling then relates it with the current developments in commercial transactions akin to usury. The researcher concludes on identifying the jurisprudential leanings of ‘Umar (RDA) in the issues of Usury, stating that majority of his choices and leanings is accepted by many companions and Islamic scholars, and that ‘Umar (RDA), during his reign, explained practically how the Islamic Law could encapsulate all the new developments and occurrences of every age with all the evolving legal decisions on all aspects of life.

This study revolves around investigating prophetic sayings (a hadith) from Kutub al- Sunnah related to preventive medication, in terms of environmental health and cleanliness. It is therefore, explores the scientific facts of those a hadith. As such, the researcher defined the preventive medication, hence, studied these a hadith then chapterised them according their scientific implications. The researcher therefore analysed the authenticity and weakness of the a hadith in accordance with the rules governing the criticism of hadith by proponents of the discipline. As he investigated, matters driven from those a hadith with special reference to the preventive medication. Each hadith was then followed up accordingly with preventive scientific matters. This is then proven by contemporary scientists ' affirmations, coupled with what is empirically proven, taken into account its compliance with Shariah. Findings of the study revealed that the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) was so concerned about every aspect of human life including that of health. This was yielded from a hadith that infused preventive knowledge, which if humans could have made proper use of it, they would be prevented from many illness and healed others. This preventive scientific finding is affirmed by the modern science. As a result, the prophecy of the final prophet is clearly evident. Finally, the researcher recommended Muslim medical doctors to further explore knowledge of prophetic medication. Partly, because there are many illnesses and medications that prophet prescribed which were yet to be discovered in modern scientific discipline

The Sunnah has considered family with upmost care and attention that is equal to none, because the family plays pivotal role on the basis and composition of environment and society, it produces the future leaders, policymakers, and it also determines civilization and serves the first basic building block in the progress of nations. Hence, this shows the educational responsibility of the family towards the children as one of the most important responsibilities taken cared by the Sunnah as it outlines clearly in an accessible way to facilitate the task of the parents in discharging their responsibilities. The Sunnah also made clear to them the religious lofty landmark that can aid spirituality upliftment and virtuous characters. The significance of this study is shown as an Islamic educational study which addresses the role Sunnah in family health education, being a beacon of guidance to every Muslim family, it is therefore known for this proper educational curriculum laid by Allah the Lord of Glory and as precisely practiced by the Prophet (PBUH). And this study aims to reveals the validity of Islamic education, which derives its objectives and principles from the Sunnah for every places and time, and it is an upbringing that recognizes and acknowledges the needs and requirement of childhood, and attests most important educational foundations in raising children and directing them towards the virtues of work and generous qualities in the field of health education. Moreover, this study also aims to clarify that, the Sunnah prophet (PBUH) has a role in building and nurturing health education, mental wellbeing, emotional and fitness. Therefore, the methodology of this study is an analytical deductive approach, by tracking the hadiths related to the subject of research, analysing them, and extracting from them. The researcher has reached important results, including: that sound educational curriculum for the family according to the Prophetic tradition is an integrated and balanced approach to humanity which includes all the spiritual, physical, psychological health, mental and social aspects of both lives- this world and the hereafter.

This study deals with one of the important aspects of life. The study establishes one of the significant methodologies of the Prophetic teachings, which urges a man to be grateful to the Benefactor by narrating a true story that occurred to three people from the Children of Israel without mentioning their names. This is for those who hear it afterward to accede to that admonition, as there is no wisdom in mentioning name; it is rather in what happened to them. The problem was the reason for exclusively choosing these three afflictions. The study aims at encouraging the exercise of patience in the time of affliction, no matter how severe it is. The study also encourages a strong avidity for being indebted to the Benefactor, because blessings last eternally with gratefulness. Besides, gratefulness is one of the factors for the sustainability and increment of blessings. The research adopts the inductive analytical method. The research has been concluded with the most significant findings. Primarily, Allah exclusively singled out these ailments by making special reference to them, as they are incurable according to human capacity. Ultimately, the affliction is a continuous Divine decree that its occurrence is inevitable.                                                                                                                                                                                                              الملخصتتناول هذه الدراسة جانبًا مهمًا من جوانب حياة الإنسان حيث تكمن أهميتها بأنها أسلوب من أساليب التربية النبوية التي تحث الإنسان على شكر المنعِم من خلال سرد قصة واقعية حدثت في ثلاثة نفر من بني إسرائيل ولم يخبرنا الرسول الكريم بأسمائهم ليتعظ به من سمعه بعدهم إذ ليست الحكمة في ذكر الإسم وإنما في القصة التي حدثت فيهم، فهدفت الدراسة إلى معرفة منهج من مناهج التربية النبوية التي استخدمها رسولنا الكريم من خلال سرد قصص السابقين لأخذ العبرة والعِظة من قصصهم، فكان المنهج المتبع هو المنهج التحليلي الوصفي لهذه القصة ووصف حال النفر من بني إسرائيل، ثم المنهج المقارن للمقارنة بين هذه البلاءات التي ابتلى الله بها هؤلاء النفر من بني إسرائيل، وخَلُصَت الدراسة إلى مجموعة من النتائج، وهي: أن القصص طريقة من طرق التربية النبوية التي استخدمها الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم، وعلى الإنسان الإستفادة من قصص السابقين. وأوصت الدراسة على شكر المنعِم على نعمه في السراء والضراء، والتحلي بالصبر عند الشدائد.

The book ‘al-Jami as-Saghier’ of Al-Suyuti has become the major source for scholars, jurists, and preachers regarding the Prophet’s narrations. The reason for that is the easy access to the narration in it, with the addition of Al-Suyuti's classifications, and followed by the sources of the narration. But unfortunately, there occurred some differences in the manuscript copies regarding Al-Suyuti’s symbols, whether for sources or for strength and weakness of the narrations, which distracts the reader of this book. And caused the scholars to differ about these symbols and giving them lack trust. That is why this study came with the aim of choosing a scientific methodology to reach the rulings of Al-Suyuti, relying on the inductive approach in collecting texts. And it was found that the differences were caused by omission and misspelling, as well as the additions of some scholars such as Ibn Maghlabai and Sharif. And accordingly, the scholars’ approach towards these symbols differed: some of them removed them, like Al-Albani and Al-Nabhani. And others took the path of probability and likelihood, such as Al-Manawi and Al-San’ani, using correspondence between copies and the author’s handwriting, but their results are different. Therefore, I took what Al-Alqami mentioned as my main source, but since his explanation did not cover the whole book, we also relied on the copy of Testarbiti, due to its closeness to the author’s era and his acknowledgement of the copier. However, it contains blur and blanks, and a similarity between the two symbols of strength and weaknessص, ض) ) which affects the knowledge of the symbol. If Al-Alqami did not transmit anything, and we found an obliteration in the copy of Testarbiti, and the copies differed, then what Al-Manawi and Al-San’ani agreed upon is chosen. And even in the occasion one of them made a unique choice, because they took care of the book regarding their explanation and in comparing the copies. If Al-San’ani and Al-Manawi differ, or one of them is unique in contrast to the rest of the copies, as well as when there is a fear that a correction may occur in a copy of Testarbiti, then what agrees with the rule mentioned by Al-Suyuti in Al-Jami’ Al-Kabeer is given preference regarding the degree of the narration above the symbol of its correctors, or by Al-Suyuti’s statement in his other books as Al-Alqami used to do when giving preference.

This research deals with the comparison of symbols in the manuscripts for Al-Jami Al-Saghir on hadiths (401-430). This study deals with an important book from the hadith compilations, which is the book of Al-Jami’ Al-Saghir fi Al-Bashir Al-Nazir hadiths by al-Hafiz al-Suyuti. This book is a summary of his book al-Jami’ al-Kabir and is considered one of the most important Hadith compilation books. Al-Hafiz Al-Suyuti called this book the collection of collections in which he intended to collect the entire prophetic Sunnah (including Prophet sayings and actions). The aim of the study is to identify manuscripts of the Al-Jami Al-Saghir. The study relied on an inductive approach to the selected hadiths and a descriptive-analytical method in reading the symbols of different copies. In short, the study will compare symbols used by Al-Hafiz Al-Suyuti in explaining al-Jami’ al-Saghir because there is a difference between the symbols Al-Hafiz Al-Suyuti in selected versions. The study concluded that the percentage of agreement between the copies is 79.3%, which means the difference ratio is 20.6%. The analysis proceeds to recommend a complete comparison between all copies of the Al-Jami’ Al-Saghir of Al-Suyuti to be done within a scientific project adopted by a scientific authority or institution to reach accurate, comprehensive results, the impact of which is known as the value of the copies and the quality of the transcription.

The Sunnah of the Prophet has honored people with special needs, raised their destiny and provided them with complete care, called for equality between them and other people, and made differentiation based on piety and faith, not on shapes and colors, and stated that in many hadiths, what happened to people with special needs is the judgment and Divine decree of Allah, and that the calamity in faith is greater than the calamities of the bodies, and therefore called them to patience and contentment with what happened to them to raise their ranks and then obtain the mercy of Allah and enter Paradise. It also called for their respect and integrates them into society, meeting their demands and mitigating them. This study aims to show how the Prophet’s Sunnah was concern about the position of people with special needs, and also aims to benefit from the hadiths mentioned in their affairs in dealing with the challenges and contemporary problems towards them. The methodology of this study is an analytical deductive approach, by tracking the hadiths related to the subject of research, analyzing them, and extracting from them. Finally, some of the findings are that Islam is a religion of mercy. In the Sunnah of the Prophet many hadiths call for respect for people with special needs and provide them with full care, and that people with special needs possess potential capabilities and energies that sometimes exceed the capabilities of the people of wellness, and that these capabilities and energies were not invested at the present time correctly.