Archive for February, 2005

Imam Shafi’i

February 27, 2005 by Blogger Indonesia

Muhammad ibn Idris ibn al-`Abbas, al-Imam al-Shafi`i, Abu `Abd Allah al-Shafi`i al-Hijazi al-Qurashi al-Hashimi al-Muttalibi. Al-Shafi’i belonged to the Qurayshi clan Banu Muttalib which was the sister clan of the Banu Hashim to which Prophet Muhammad and the Abbasid caliphs belonged.

Books written:

He authored more than 100 books. The most important of which are:

Al-Risala — The best known book by al-Shafi’i in which he examined usul al-fiqh (sources of jurisprudence): the Qur’an, the Sunnah, qiyas (analogy), and ijma’ (scholarly consensus). There is a good modern translation.

Kitab al-Umm – his main surviving text on Shafi’i fiqh

Musnad Ash-Shafi’i (on hadith) – it is available with arrangement, Arabic ‘Tartib’, by Ahmad ibn Abd-Ar-Rahman al-Banna

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sunnah.org
wikipedia.org

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Indonesia 2001 – 2003

February 13, 2005 by Blogger Indonesia

Gotong Royong: 2001 to 2003
July 2001
July 26 Abdurrahman Wahid leaves for Baltimore, Maryland, USA for medical treatment.

July 26 Hamzah Haz is selected Vice-President by the Assembly.

July 26 Supreme Court judge Syafiuddin Kartasasmita is assassinated by two gunmen on motorcycles in Central Jakarta.

July 30 Floods and landslides hit Nias; governor of Sumatera Utara province blames deforestation for the disaster.

July 31 Supreme Court rules that the charges against the Golkar party (which would have led to the dissolution of the party) should be dropped.
Help the People of Aceh

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Indonesia under Sukarno (1950 – 1965)

February 13, 2005 by Blogger Indonesia

The Sukarno years: 1950 to 1965
1950
September Natsir and the Masyumi party lead first government of fully independent Indonesia.

September 26 Indonesia is admitted to the United Nations.

Sumatra is reorganized into North Sumatra, Central Sumatra, and South Sumatra provinces. Aceh, which had been made into a separate province by the PRDI government of Prawiranegara in 1949, is incorporated into North Sumatra province.

Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta is created with provincial status, in recognition of the service to the Republic given by Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX.

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