Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Fethiye Turkey 4 days Summer Holidays July 2018

Spending great time with Mustafa and Edibe with excellent group tour adventure World Ventures Turizm Istanbul. We went with private all Muslim family halal tour. Basically all forms of transportations from buses to cruise boat and ship and hotels are halal and free from mungkar. Alhamdullillah.











Friday, June 15, 2018

EIDUL FITRI/BAYRAM IN ISTANBUL USKUDAR 2018



Sunday, June 10, 2018

LAYLATUL QADR NIGHT IN TURKEY 2018

LAYLATUL QADR NIGHT IN TURKEY 2018




Allah ﷻ subḥānahu wa ta’āla (glorified and exalted be He) says in the Qur’an: The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months. The angels and the Spirit descend therein by permission of their Lord for every matter. Peace it is until the emergence of dawn. [Qur’an: 97:3-5]
The blessed Laylatul Qadr can be found in any of the last 10 nights of Ramadan, which are the most blessed nights of the year. As such, we should increase our worship and devotion during this period.
Aisha raḍyAllāhu ‘anha (may Allāh be pleased with her) reported: With the start of the last ten days of Ramadan, the Prophet ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) used to tighten his waist belt (i.e. work harder) and used to pray the whole night, and used to keep his family awake for the prayers. [Bukhari]
Abu Hurayrah raḍyAllāhu ‘anhu (may Allāh be pleased with him) relates that the Prophet ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “Whoever stands (in the voluntary night prayer of) Ramadan out of faith and in the hope of reward, his previous sins will be forgiven. And whoever spends the night of Lailat Al-Qadr in prayer out of faith and in the hope of reward, his previous sins will be forgiven.” [Sunan an-Nasa’i]
Subhan Allah! Such immense rewards are to be gained during these blessed 10 nights. How can we afford to miss out on them? Who is to say that we will live to see the next Ramadan? We MUST make the best of these 10 nights. If we cannot manage all of the 10 nights, then as many as we can manage, particularly on the odd-numbered nights: 21st, 25th, 27th and 29th. (Hadith of the Day)



To hear someone says 'Istanbul is the best place in the world after Mecca, Medina and Al Quds. It is full of life and culture, May Allah swt protect the muslim countries.' That's true to the words. Its amazing country mashAllah.

TRT World done a great job covering this holy event.

Tonight Sun 10 Jun 2018 is the night as we marked the 27th night of Laylatul Qadr in Turkey. Tonight is the night of power, the last few nights till we complete our Ramadan fasting month this coming Thursday the 14 June. After fasting for 16 hours you will see many devoted Muslims will rush to all mosques to take advantage of this night starting with free iftars (breaking of fast) at the mosques and pray in congregation both the magrib n isha n teraweeh . And this night the Imam will do collective prayer dua May our prayer, fasts and good deeds be accepted. So if you’re wondering why traffic is crazy tonight this is it. For me I’m just walking down to my local big Mihrimah Sultan mosque in Uskudar. 😊Super excited inshAllah.



Alhamdullillah its 1.22 am just came back from Mihrimah Camii, we are so blessed to witness the blessed beard of rasullullah (saw) .

The camii was packed with thousands of jemaah near, far and wide. 









Saturday, June 9, 2018

Who was Sultan Hamid the II









Abdülhamid II, (born Sept. 21, 1842, Constantinople [now Istanbul, Turkey]—died Feb. 10, 1918, Constantinople), Ottoman sultan from 1876 to 1909, under whose autocratic rule the reform movement of Tanzimat (Reorganization) reached its climax and who adopted a policy of pan-Islamism in opposition to Western intervention in Ottoman affairs.*Britannica

DIY RECYCLE BOTTLES

When you are so relax and got nothing to do and all these recycling bottles looking at you. So get creative and decorate them into an amazing vase for your interior decor. You dont need to buy any expensive flower vase/ Its great as gifts, Your personal touch. Try it out.







RAMADAN IN TURKEY 2018

Assalamualaikum

Alhamdullillah my dua has been answered as I always wanted to spend one whole month in Turkey Istanbul. Ramadan 2018 here started on May 15 and will ends on the evening of Thursday 14 June inshaAllah. Turkey we dont follow the moonsighting unfortunately. We live in Uskudar the Asian Side in Istanbul as you know Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and the fifth-largest city in the world by population, is considered European, yet it occupies two different continents. One part of Istanbul lies in Europe and the other part lies in Asia. Istanbul’s European part is separated from its Asian part by the Bosphorus strait, a 31-km-long waterway that connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara, and forms a natural boundary between the two continents. Two suspension bridges across the Bosporus - the Bosporus Bridge and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, also called Bosporus Bridge II, connect the two sides, yet many tourist prefer to visit the European side of Istanbul because of its historical significance. The European side is also the city’s commercial center with banks, stores and corporations and two-third of its population. The Asian side feels more relaxed, with wide boulevards, residential neighbourhoods and fewer hotels and tourist attractions.

Anyway Ive been to many masjids especially built by the Ottomans architects Mimar Sinan and others. Check out these magnificent masjids MashAllah. The teraweeh here I just love it 20 rakaats with 3 witr. Most masjids are usually packed with jemaah. Tourist and visitors are allowed to visit these mosques outside prayer times. Free entry and of course modest attire is highly recommended.


This is Mihrimah Masjid It is the first of two mosques built by Mihrimah Sultan, daughter of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and wife of Grand Vizier Rüstem Pasha. It was designed by Mimar Sinan and built between 1546 and 1548. The picture below a dear friend from Melbourne visited us after Umrah and Im so glad to take them around Istanbul to show the amazing places here in Uskudar.










Name of Monument:
Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque Complex

Location:
Aksaray, Istanbul, Turkey

Date of Monument:
Hegira 1288 / AD 1871

Architect(s) / master-builder(s):
There are different opinions regarding the identity of the architect. Some researchers think it was the Italian architect Montani Effendi, while others believe the architect was Sarkis Balyan. It has also been suggested that Agop Balyan participated in the design, and that the designer Osep assisted with construction.

Period / Dynasty
Ottoman

Patron(s):
Pertevniyal Valide Sultan (the mother of Sultan Abdülaziz, d. AH 1301 / AD 1883).

Source: [http://www.discoverislamicart.org/database_item.php?id=monument;isl;tr;mon01;30;en&cp]







Yeni Valide Camii Uskudar

The Yeni Valide Mosque is an 18th-century Ottoman mosque in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul, Turkey.
Address: Mimar Sinan Mahallesi, 34664 Üsküdar/Istanbul
Opened: 1710
Architectural style: Ottoman architecture
Groundbreaking: 1708
Number of minarets: 2

It was built between 1708 and 1710 on the iskele (pier) road by Emetullah Râbi'a Gülnûş Sultan, mother of SultanAhmed III. The main part of the building is square-shaped and covered with a flattened main dome and four half domes. The mosque has two minarets with two balconies each. Calligraphy inside the mosque is the work of Hezarfen Mehmet Efendi.







Ortakoy (Ortaköy) Mosque
Located just before the Bosphorus Bridge, the Ortaköy Camii, Turkey (Ortaköy Mosque Turkey) has to have one of the most picturesque settings of all of the Istanbul mosques. Indeed, Ortaköy Mosque photos, with the bridge the background are often used to demonstrate that particular Istanbul juxtaposition of traditional and modern.

Built on the sight of an 18th century mosque (built by Mahmut Ağa, the son-in law of Grand Vizier Ibrahim Pasha), the current building was completed in 1855, to serve as the Büyük Mecidiye Camii (Grand Imperial Mosque) to the Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid. It was designed by Armenian architect, Garabet Balyan, and his son Nigoğayos Balyanl, who were also responsible for the nearby Dolmabahce Palace.




to be continued .....