Microblog Sirah
Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
Hello everyone, I’m now going to deliver another activity we’ve done in IDN which is a Microblog Sirah. Do any of you know what a microblog is? Or even what’s a Sirah? Here’s a simple explanation
Microblogging is an online broadcast medium that exists as a specific form of blogging. A micro-blog differs from a traditional blog in that its content is typically smaller in both actual and aggregated file size. Micro-blogs “allow users to exchange small elements of content such as short sentences, individual images, or video links”, which may be the major reason for their popularity. These small messages are sometimes called micro posts.
As with traditional blogging, micro-bloggers post about topics ranging from the simple, such as “what I’m doing right now”, to the thematic, such as “sports cars”. Commercial micro-blogs also exist to promote websites, services, and products and to promote collaboration within an organization. Some microblogging services offer privacy settings, which allow users to control who can read their microblogs or alternative ways of publishing entries besides the web-based interface. These may include text messaging, instant messaging, e-mail, digital audio, or digital video.
Here’s an example for one of my microblog themed Iman.
That’s what a microblog sounds like and what comes to your mind when you hear the word Sirah? Does it look strange on your ears? Here’s what’s a Sirah is
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Al-Sīra al-Nabawiyya commonly shortened to Sīrah and translated as prophetic biography, are the traditional Muslim biographies of our ptophet Muhammad from which, in addition to the Quran and Hadiths, most historical information about his life and the early period of Islam is derived. Not only for the story of the prophet himself but the journey of his friends including and even the Khalifah.
Khalifah is a name or title which means “successor”, “ruler” or “leader”. It most commonly refers to the leader of a Caliphate, but is also used as a title among various Islamic religious groups and others. Khalifa is sometimes also pronounced as “kalifa”. There were four khalifas after Muhammad died, beginning with Abu Bakr. This was a difficult decision for the people to make, for no one except Muhammad had ever thought with foresight about who would rule after he would die. The Khilafat (or Caliphate) was then contested and gave rise to the eventual division of the Islamic Umma into two groups, the Sunni and the Shi’a who interpret the word Khalifa in differently nuanced ways.
The earliest Islamic uses include in The Qur’an, 2:30, where Allah commands the angels to bow down to Adam which more clearly guides to the root Classical Arabic meaning of the word as “Vicegerent”, or divinely connected representative of Allah in the human form as a mercy to mankind. See also how this meaning interacts with the word, Shirk (associating a partner or partners to Allah ) by (for example) bowing down to them (in this case, Adam) with reverence. “Vicegerent”, therefore, is more at “divinely-guided spokesman” than “deputy” in this context and leads to the discovery of the role of Imam in Islam, from the Shi’i or Shi’a point of view where, it is claimed, the spiritual Khilaafat or designation of Khaleefa in this meaning of spiritual and temporal guide falls upon the first Imam, Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Here’s my microblog sirah about one of the prophet’s friends, Khalid bin Walid.
Khalid ibn al-Walid ibn al-Mughira al-Makhzumi // خالد بن الوليد بن المغيرة المخزومي was a 7th-century Arab military commander. He initially headed campaigns against Muhammad on behalf of the Quraysh. However, he later became a Muslim and spent the remainder of his career in service to Muhammad and the first two Rashidun successors: Abu Bakr and Umar. Following the establishment of the Rashidun Caliphate, Khalid held a senior command in the Rashidun army; he was a leading figure during the Ridda Wars against rebel Arab tribes in 632–633, and also initiated the Muslim conquest of Persia in 633–634, whereafter he was reassigned to lead the Muslim conquest of the Levant in 634–638.
That’s the whole article about Sirah Microblog from me, hope it’ll increase your knowledge about Sirah and others, wassalam!
