The Ulul Albab

Behold! In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of night and day, - there are indeed Signs for men of understanding, - Men who celebrate the praises of Allah, standing, sitting, and lying down on their sides, and contemplate the (wonders of) the creation in the heavens and the earth, (with the thought): "Our Lord! Not for naught have You created (all) this! Glory to You! Give us salvation from the penalty of the Fire"

Quran | Surah Ali Imran | Verses: 190 - 191

Tutorial 1: How to Draw a Basic Hijabi Doodle Using Ms Paint

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

Assalamu'alaikum wbt.

Some of you had asked me how did I draw the doodles and asked me to teach them. They also asked me about the software that I use..

I use Ms Paint which I guess, it should be available in every laptop and PC. Then, I add the wording and edited the pictures using Microsoft Power Point. Though it is quite tiring, but it could give you a satisfying result if you're really focusing on what you are doing.

I don't use advance software like Adobe Photoshop because I don't have it. I've tried to search for free download on the internet, but I end up with downloading a virus! Ooopssie!!!

  

 This is how I draw my doodles.. You can always create your own doodle with your own style. Try not to follow 100%. Try to do something unique instead.

To create something different, all that you need is an imagination and lots of experiments and practices. 

If you are a muslim, try to make a doodle that could be a tool for the da'wah. Add some advices.. or maybe a Quran verse or an authentic hadith from Rasulullah saw.. Anything.. as long as it can benefit others.

Alright, let us jump into the real business!

Here is my first tutorial video uploaded on Youtube. Hope this will help you! inshaAllah..

Good luck! :)

Quran or Music?

O Muslim, lawful things have good attributes
Where is the good in singing, dancing and listening to flutes?
Can we compare the words of singers and sounds of Musicians
To the Glorious Qurʾān, its lessons, wisdoms and admonitions?
How many singers do you know and give admiration,
And how many do you know of the companions and the following generation?
How much do you spend on singers from your dollars?
Compared to how many you know of Islamic Scholars.
Do you see how much is memorized of Music songs?
While you ignore the book to which memorization belongs?
How much do you memorize of these incantations?
And swayed back and forth in intoxication?
Have you not seen those who follow the misguided?
And increase the loudness of the Music, when they should hide it?
And who writes their songs? thinkers, or men of academia?
Or maybe scholars, like Ahmad, Malik or maybe ibn Taymiyah.
O you who listens to music..
Don't you see that All the songs of the world and all the lyrics you've seen
Wouldn't compare in reward to Alif Laam Meem

~Poem by Shaykh Kamal Al-Mekki (al-Maghrib Institute)~