HADITS TENTANG KEUTAMAAN SHOLAWAT DAN SALAM ATAS NABI SAW

Dikutip dari hadits qudsi hal.457, terjemahan dari Drs.Muhammad Zuhri

(٢٨٦) عَنْ عَبْدِاللهِ بْنِ اَبِىْ طَلْحَةَ: عَنْ اَبِيْهِ رَّضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ اَنَّ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَاءَذَاتَ يَوْمٍ، وَالْبُشْرٰى فِىْ وَجْهِهِ، فَقُلْنَا: اِنَّالَنَرَى الْبُشْرٰى فِىْ وَجْهِكَ، فَقَالَ: اِنَّهُ اَتَانِى الْمَلَكُ، فَقَالَ: يَامُحَمَّدُ، اَمَايُرْضِيْكَ اَنَّهُ لاَيُصَلِّى عَلَيْكَ اَحَدٌ اِلاَصَلَّيْتُ عَلَيْهِ عَشْرًا، وَلاَ يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْكَ اَحَدٌ، اِلاَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ عَشْرًا (اخرجه الناسء)

286. Artinya:
Dari Abdullah bin Abu Thalhah dari ayahnya ra. berkata: Bahwasanya Rasulullah saw pada suatu hari datang dengan wajah gembira, lalu kami berkata: “Sesungguhnya kami melihat kegembiraan di wajah engkau”, Beliau bersabda: “Sesungguhnya datanglah malaikat kepadaku. Ia berkata: “Wahai Muhammad, bukankah menjadikan engkau ridha, bahwasanya tidaklah seseorang membaca sholawat (memohon rahmat) atas-mu melainkan Aku melimpahkan rahmat atasnya sepuluh kalinya, dan tidak seorangpun memohon keselamatan atasmu, melainkan Aku memberikan keselamatan atasnya sepuluh kalinya”.
Hadits ini ditakhrijkan oleh An Nasai ra dalam Sunannya: Bab keutamaan memohon keselamatan atas Nabi saw, jilid III, hal.44. 

FADHILAH DAN KHASIAT SURAT YA SIN

Dikutip dari MAJMU SYARIF penerjemah Abu Taufiqurrahman, hal. 12-18

Surat Ya sin merupakan jantung dari Al qur’an sehingga mempunyai fadhilah dan khasiat, yaitu:
1. Jika dibaca pada orang yang sedang sekarat, dapat mempermudah dan mempercepat keluarnya ruh.

اِقْرَءُوْايٰسٓ عَلٰى مَوْتَاكُمْ (رواه ابوداود)

Artinya:
“Bacakanlah untuk orang (yang akan) mati surat Ya sin”. (HR Imam Abu Dawud)
2. Dengan membaca surat Yasin Allah menetapkan pahala seperti membaca Al qur’an 10 kali.
Dari Anas ra. Ia berkata: Rasulullah saw, bersabda:
اِنَّ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍقَلْبًاوَقَلْبُ الْقُرْاٰنِ يٰسٓ وَمَنْ قَرَأَ يٰسٓ كَتَبَ اللهُ لَهُ بِهَاقِرَاءَةَالْقُرْاٰنِ عَشْرَمَرَّاتٍ.

Artinya:
“Sesungguhnya setiap sesuatu itu ada jantung hatinya, sedang jantung hati Al qur’an adalah surat Ya sin. Barangsiapa membaca surat Ya sin, maka Allah menetapkan baginya seperti membaca Al qur’an sepuluh kali”.
3. Dapat memberi syafaat bagi pembacanya, memberi ampunan pendengarnya, mendapatkan kebaikan di dunia, hilang ketakutannya di hari kiamat, menolak kejahatan dan didatangkan segala hajatnya.
Dari Aisyah ra. Bahwasanya Rasulullah saw bersabda:
اِنَّ فِى القُرْاٰنِ لَسُوْرَةً تَشْفَعُ لِقَارِئِهَاوَتَغْفِرُلِمُسْتَمِعِهَااَلاَوَهِيَ سُوْرَةُ يٰسٓ تُدْعٰى فِى التَّوْرَاةِاْلمُعَمَّةُ. قِيْلَ يَارَسُوْلَ اللهِ وَمَاالْمُعَمَّةُ؟ قَالَ: تَعُمُّ صَاحِبَهَابِخَيْرِالدَّنْيَاوَتَدْفَعُ عَنْهُ اَهْوَالَ اْلاٰخِرَةِ. وَتُدْعٰى اَيْضًاالدَّافِعَةُ وَاْلقَاضِيَةُ. قِيْلَ يَارَسُوْلَ اللهِ وَ كَيْفَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ: تَدْفَعُ عَنْ صَاحِبَهَاكُلَّ سُوْءٍوَتَقْضِيْ لَهُ كُلَّ حَاجَةٍ.

Artinya:
“Bahwasanya di dalam Al qur’an itu ada satu surat yang dapat memberi syafaat kepada pembacanya dan memberi ampunan pendengarnya, ketahuilah yaitu surat Ya sin, yang dalam Taurat dinamakan “Al Mu’ammah”. Ditanyakan: “Ya Rasulullah, Apakah Al Mu’Ammah itu? Beliau bersabda: “Yang menjadi penyebab bagi orang yang membaca dan mendengar mendapatkan kebaikan di dunia dan menghilangkan ketakutan di akhirat. Dan surat Ya sin itu juga disebut “Ad Dafi’ah” dan Al Qadiyah”. Ditanyakan oleh sahabat: “Ya Rasulullah, mengapa demikian?” Beliau bersabda: “Karena dapat menolak kejahatan dan dikabulkan segala hajatnya bagi orang yang membacanya”.



Chat with Your Customers on Social Media Pages

Now You Can Answer Questions Live on Facebook

Some of our clients have been taking customer service to a new level by offering live chat services with their customers on social media pages. By adding a chat button to their corporate Facebook page, they are making themselves more available to anyone interested in their services. With the ever-increasing importance of social media, company Facebook pages can be as important as your main website. This will allow your clients and visitors to ask questions and interact with your staff in a more personable way.

This icon will appear on your site
when you're available to chat live

Live Chat is an interactive web tool that was built for companies to use on their main website. It is an interactive and cost effective tool that helps you sell your product online and give superior customer support. With just the click of the mouse, your website visitors can contact your support team for live assistance through the Provide Support live chat system. This system also does more than allow you to provide the best customer service out there. It also gives you real-time monitoring; letting you see a visitor list, geo location maps, navigation history, referal url and much more. It also includes a large variety of useful traffic stats to help you learn more about where your visitors are coming from and for what.

Foremost Media offers these services to you to help you increase your level of customer service. Live Chat is an amazing way for you to make things easier on yourself and your company, as well as provide help to your customers like never before. You must have this program installed on your actual website to be able to incorporate it into your social media pages.

If you're interested in this service on your website or on your Facebook page, please contact our Social Media Expert Aaron Manogue at amanogue@media-info-net.com or call at (608) 758-4841. Even if you'd just like to talk about the service a little bit more and get more information, he'd be happy to talk to you.

HADITS QUDSI

21. PAHALA SABAR TERHADAP MUSIBAH (BENCANA)

Hadits pahala sabar terhadap hilangnya dua mata.

 (١٩٨) حَدَّ ثَنَا عَبْدُاللهِ بْنُ يُوْسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا الَّليْثُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِى ابْنُ الْهَدِ، عَنْ عَمْرٍومَوْلَ الْمُطَلِّبِ، عَنْ اَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُوْلُ: اِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى قَالَ: اِذَاابْتَلَيْتُ عَبْدِىْ بِحَبِيْبَتَيْهِ فَصَبَرَ، عَوَّضْتُهُ مِنْهُمَا الْجَنَّةَ. (اخرجه لبخارى)

198. Artinya:
Abdullah bin Yusuf bercerita kepada kami, Al Laits bercerita kepada kami, ia berkata: “Ibnu Had bercerita kepada saya, dari Amr Maula Muthalib, dari Anas bin Malik ia berkata: “Saya mendengar Rasulullah saw bersabda: “Sesungguhnya Allah berfirman: ‘Apabila Aku menguji hambaKu dengan kedua kesayangannya lalu ia bersabar, maka Aku menggantikannya dengan surga’.
Hadits ini ditakhrijkan oleh Al Bukhari dalam kitab Ath Thib (kedokteran). Bab keutamaan orang yang hilang pandangannya. Jilid VII. hal:116
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Tell me what you want me to do!

Have you ever sat through one of those time share pitches?  I've had the privilege of sitting through several in my life time and each one wraps up with a clear message-  "BUY NOW".  Time share sales folks want you to sign up before you leave.  They know that if you leave the presentation and think it over you probably won't be back or you might go look at a competitor.  They wouldn't sell many time shares if they gave you a big sales pitch and never asked you to buy, but that is just what a lot of websites do.

Many website owners spend a lot of time and money getting people to their website but don't make it clear to the visitor exactly what they want them to do when they get there.  Should they call you?  Do you want them to make a purchase?  Should they download a demo, or watch a video?  Every page of your website should have a clear call to action!

Hold the spam when promoting your website

Almost every day I delete links from companies that are putting useless comments on our blog like:

Hello, I love reading through your blog, I wanted to leave a little comment to support you and wish you a good continuation. Wish you best of luck for all your best efforts. web designing companies Delhi, website making company in Delhi

this is really nice. thank you for sharing.By Tallahassee web design on Do Outside Blogs Help Your Websites Search Engine ...

As you can see the post aren't necessarily negative but one thing is consistent between all these "Spam Comments". They all have key word rich hyper-links that link back to their respective websites (I've removed the links for this post)

The purpose of this blog post is two fold:

1. If your a spammer please stop posting stuff like this on our blog. We will delete it. We welcome comments that add value to the conversation but if we think that the goal of the comment is to get a back link to your site your comment will be marked as spam and deleted promptly.
   
2. I wanted to answer the question- Why do companies bother posting comments on blogs as a way to build back links? I can sum it up in one word: Backlinks.
   
   Backlinks are the links from other sites which link to your blog or webpage. The major search engines view back links to your site as a vote of editorial confidence and good quality links from other sites can help boost your rankings in the search engines especially if that link is from a site that has related content themes to your site.

So comment spam is a good thing right?-- Wrong-  let me leave you with this little warning from the Official Google Webmaster Blog:

FACT: Comment spammers are often trying to improve their site's organic search ranking by creating dubious inbound links to their site. Google has an understanding of the link graph of the web, and has algorithmic ways of discovering those alterations and tackling them. At best, a link spammer might spend hours doing spammy linkdrops which would count for little or nothing because Google is pretty good at devaluing these types of links. Think of all the more productive things one could do with that time and energy that would provide much more value for one's site in the long run.

Promote your site without comment spam

If you want to improve your site's visibility in the search results, spamming comments is definitely not the way to go. Instead, think about whether your site offers what people are looking for, such as useful information and tools.

ذ كرالله (Dzikir)

Hadits tentang orang yang sibuk dengan Al Qur’an dan dzikir hingga lupa dari meminta kepada-Ku

(٣٥٨) عَنْ أَبِىْ سَعِيْدٍ اْلْخُدْرِىِّ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُوْاللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: يَقُوْلُ الرَّبُّ عَزَّوَجَلَّ مَنْ شَغَلَهُ الْقُرْآنُ وَ ذِكْرِى عَنْ مَسْأَلَتِى، أَعْطَيْتُهُ أَفْضَلَ مَاأُعْطِى السَّاءِلِيْنَ. وَفَضْلُ كَلاَمِ اللهِ عَلَى سَاإِرِالْكَلاَمِ كَفَضْلِ اللهِ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ. (أخرجه الترمذى)

358. Artinya:
“Dari Abu Sa’id Al Khudri ra berkata: Rasulullah saw, bersabda: Tuhan yang maha Mulia dan maha Besar berfirman: ‘Barang siapa yang sibuk membaca Al qur’an dan dzikir kepada-Ku dengan tidak memohon kepada-Ku, maka ia Aku beri sesuatu yang lebih utama dari pada apa yang Aku berikan kepada orang yang meminta’. Kelebihan firman Allah atas seluruh perkataan seperti kelebihan Allah atas seluruh makhluk-Nya.”
Hadits ini ditakhrijkan oleh At Turmudzi dalam Jami’nya sebelum bab Tafsir, jilid II, hal. 152 menurut Abu Isa At Turmudzi ra hadits ini Hasan Gharib.

What to Post on Your Company's Social Media Pages

It seems like more and more we get clients that are joining the trend and having us put together social media pages for their companies. This is such a smart thing for them to do. The only problem is, once they're all set up and looking great, what in the world are they supposed to post? What follows is my (Aaron Manogue, Search Engine & Social Media Marketing Expert) response to a recent email that I received. Take a look and learn a few tips that will help you know what to post and how.

Hi Aaron,

Now that our LinkedIn page is set up, how do we make the most of our company profile?  Do we put a LinkedIn button on our website?  How often should we post company updates? Are there ‘best practices’ to get the most from our profile?

Thank you,

"Client"

This was my response to their email:

Dear "Client",
What I always try and tell people is to post to their social media pages on Thursday or Friday of each week, or at least every other week. This includes LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter if you have them all. You don’t have to make 3 different posts to each one, just post the same thing to them all because your followers on Twitter may not follow you on Facebook or YouTube and vice versa. The reason I tell companies to do this is because they can sit down and think about a recap of what was going on in the company that week. Posting a link to a new product you’re working on or simply talking about what’s going on in the company (new products, expansions, community service, etc.) is exactly what you should post. And remember to be personable and professional. Write it like you’re telling your good friend about the exciting stuff that’s going on at work. Sometimes that’s hard to do because work isn’t always exciting, :) but if you write it like you’re talking to a friend, while staying as professional as possible, makes it easier and more interesting to read.

I would definitely put a linkedin button on your site as well as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube if you have them. Make a transition from your site to your (social media) pages and back again as seamless as possible, is great for getting people to follow you on social media.

Important Items Highlighted:

1. Post every Thursday or Friday (This depends on your industry as well. If you're a restaurant with daily specials, post them each day)

2. Be professional and personable

3. Talk about what's going on inside the company (New products, company/individual awards or certifications, involvement in the community, etc.)

4. It doesn't always have to be strictly business. Wish your followers a Happy Holiday or weekend or just plain tell them to have a great day! Being personable and not just being all about business shows customers that your care about them outside of sales.

Measuring Return on Investment on PPC

Everyone knows that using Google and Facebook advertising is a very effective way to get your products and services in front of your target market. Facebook is possibly the most targeted platform to advertise on because of the fact that 92% of the 800 million + users willingly submit personal data such as age, sex, race, etc. to it. Google is right on track with their advertising because of their in-depth program and years of experience. So given the fact that they are both very good forms of advertisement, which do you use? And how much do you spend each month? But most importantly, how do you figure out if you are getting a decent return on investment each month.

Here are some sample numbers that I'm using to make this a little bit easier. simply substitute your statistics to apply to you and your accounts:

Unique Visitors: April 1st - November 9th, 2011 = 19,815
Average Sale on the Site: $206.16
# of Sales on the Site (Given Date): = 622

# of Sales/Visitors= 3.1 % Conversion Rate

Google Pay-Per-Click ROI Calculation

Google PPC Clicks to the Site: 1290

Total Cost PPC Campaign: $1,290 @ $1/click

With 3.1% Site Conversion Rate: 38.7 Purcahses x $206.16 = $7,979.39 (Gross Sales) or $6,689.39 after cost of PPC

Let's assume you have a 40% Profit Margin = $4,013.63 net

Facebook PPC ROI Calculation:
Facebook PPC Clicks To The Site: 636
Total Cost PPC Campaign:  $750.48 @ $1.18/click
With 3.1% Site Conversion Rate: 19.7 Purchases x $206.16 = $4,061.359 (Gross Sales) = Net After PPC= $3,310.87
Lets assume you have a 40% Profit Margin= $1,324.34 Net

Is Social Media Necessary for Your Company?

Every day now it seems like we talk with a client or prospective client that asks us why it's important for "a company like theirs" to use social media. Most of them belong to major manufacturing or industrial companies, that if you think about it, might not make any sales off of a site like Facebook or Twitter. So why is it STILL important for companies like that to be involved in social media. It's because the amount of brand awareness, company exposure and potential client base that you can build essentially for free is limitless. We put together an infographic to visually express why we think it's important every company has some sort of presence on social media.

د كر الله

BACAAN DZIKIR SETELAH SHOLAT

Mendapatkan 5 hal melalui lima jalan:
1. Berkah rezeki akan diperoleh melalui sholat Dhuha;
2. Cahaya dalam kubur melalui sholat Tahajud;
3. Kemudahan dalam menjawab pertanyaan Malaikat Munkar dan Nakir melalui membaca Al Qur’an;
4. Kemudahan melintasi Siratal Mustakim melalui puasa dan sedekah;
5. Mendapat perlindungan Arasy Ilahi pada hari hisab melalui dzikrullah (dzikir).
Berikut di bawah ini bacaan dzikir:

(١) اَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ العَظِيْم لِيْ وَلِوَ الِدَيَّ وَلِا َصْحَابِ الْحُقُوْقِ الْوَاجِبَةِعَلَيَّ وَلِجَمِيْعِ الْمُسْلِمِيْنَ وَالْمُسْلِمَاتِ اَلأَحْيَاءِمِنْهُمْ وَالاَمْوَاتْ، وَأَتُوْبُ اِلَيْهِ ٣x

(٢) لاَاِلٰهَ اِلاَّاللهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَشَرِيْكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ يُحْيِ وَ يُمِيْتُ وَهُوَعَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْئٍ قَدِيْرٌ x ٣

(٣) اللّٰهُمَّ اَنْتَ السَّلاَمْ، وَمِنْكَ السَّلاَمْ، وَاِلَيْكَ يَعُوْدُالسَّلاَمْ، فَحَيِّنَا رَبَّنَا بِالسَّلاَمْ، وَاَدْخِلْنَا الْجَنَّةَ دَارَالسَّلاَمْ، تَبَارَكْتَ رَبَّنَاوَتَعَالَيْتَ يَاذَاالْجَلاَلِ وَالاِكْرَامْ ٭

أَعُوْذُبِااللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيْم .

(٤) بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ. اَلْحَمْدُ للهِ رَبِّ اْلعَالَمِيْنَ. اَلرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ. مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّيْنِ. اِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَاِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِيْنُ. اِهْدِنَاالصِّرَا طَ اْلمُسْتَقِيْمَ. صِرَاطَ الَّذِ يْنَ اَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ اْلمَغْظُوْبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لاَالضَّالِيْنَ. اٰمِيْن.

(٥) وَاِلٰهُكُمْ اِلٰهٌ وَّحِدٌ، لآَ اِلٰهَ اِلاَّ هُوَالرَّحْمٰنُ الرَّحِيْمُ، اللهُ لآَ اِلٰهَ اِلاَّ هُوَالْحَيُّ الْقَيُّوْمُ، لاَتَأْ خُدُهُ سِنَّةٌ وَّلاَنَوْمٌ، لَهُ مَافِى السَّمٰوٰاتِ وَمَافِى اْلاَرْضِ، مَنْ ذَاالَّدِى يَسْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ اِلاَّبِإِذْنِهِ، يَعْلَمُ مَابَيْنَ اَيْدِيْهِمْ وَمَاخَلْفَهُمْ وَلاَيُحِيْطُوْنَ بِشَئٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِٓ اِلاَّ بِمَاشَآءَ، وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَلاَرْضَ وَلاَيَؤُدُهُ حِفْظُهُمَاوَهُوَالْعَلِىُّ الْعَظِيْمُ.

سَبْحَانَ اللهُ ٣٣x

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهُ ٣٣x

اَللهُ اَكْبَرْ ٣٣x

اَللهُ اَكْبَرْ كَبِيْرًاوَّالحَمْدُلِلّٰهِ كَثِيْرًاوَسُبْحَانَ اللهِ بُكرَةًوَّاَصِيْلاَ. لاَاِلٰهَ اِلاَّاللهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَشَرِيْكَ لَهُ. لَهُ الْمُلكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ يُحيِ وَيُمِيْتُ وَ هُوَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْئٍ قَدِيْرٌ. لاَحَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّ ةَ اِلاَّ بِاللهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيْمِ. اَسْتَغْفِرُاللهَ الْعَظِيْم ٣، لاَاِلٰهَ اِلاَّ الله ٣ ، مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُوْ لَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.

الاَحَادِيْثُالْقُدْ سِيَّةُ

15. INFAQ DAN KEUTAMAANNYA

Sumber: Kelengkapan Hadits Qudsi, pengalih bahasa: Drs. Muhammad Zuhri, hal.274. Penerbit CV Toha Putra Semarang.

(١٤٦) حَدَّثَنَااِسْمَاعِيْلُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِىْمَالِكٌ، عَنْ اَبِىْ الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ اْلاَعْرَجِ، عَنْ اَبِى هُرَيْرَةَرَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ؛ اَنَّ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: قَالَ اللهُ: اَنْفِقْ يَاابْنَ آد َمَ، اُنْفِقْ عَلَيْكَ. (اخرجه البخارى)

146. Artinya:

Ismail bercerita kepada kami, ia berkata: Imam Malik bercerita kepadaku, dari Abu Zinad dari Al A’raj dari Abu Hurairah ra. Sesungguhnya Rasulullah SAW bersabda: Allah berfirman: “Wahai anak Adam belanjakanlah, maka Aku akan memberi belanja kepadamu”.

Hadits ini ditakhrijkan oleh Al Bukhari dalam kitab Nafaqah dan keutamaan nafaqah, jilid V halaman 72.

 

What the New Facebook Means for Businesses

Everyone that uses the "almighty" Facebook has definitely noticed their big changes that they implemented last week. And as many of you know, not very many people are happy about them. You are just worried about that business Facebook page that they've spent hundred of hours on building, maintaining and expanding. So what do all of these changes mean for you and your business page?

There are two major underlying changes that business owners need to be aware of when it comes to posting on their Facebook wall. Oversharing and overloading. They sound like one in the same, right? Not really. As always, being a business owner on Facebook is a challenging task. You must interact with customers on a personal and positive level, but you have to make sure that you don't over do it. Just like any other type of marketing material, people don't want to be flooded with hundreds of ads continuously. I always tell people, "Effective marketing messages with minimal contact." Make what you put out there such high quality that you don't need to contact potential customers 100 times to have them get the point. This goes the same for Facebook posts. Make your posts valuable and effective so you don't have to post every single day.

On the other hand, overloading is loading up your page with so many applications that when people come to your page, they are distracted by all the bright shiny lights, applications and games that have nothing to do with your products and services. Games and applications are great ways to get people to your page, don't get me wrong. But if you have so many that people have no idea what your products and services are, what's the point? My suggestion is to stick to the basics, be personable and give people quality.

The less you waste people's time and the more you seem like an actual person instead of a business, the more interaction you will receive. And interaction leads to relationships, and better relationships, lead to sales.

Facebook Edgerank: How to Get Your Posts to Appear More Often on Your Fan's News Feeds

You make interesting posts and you try to be as personable as possible, but it just seems like your posts aren't popping up on your fan's feeds very often. What is it that determines which posts appear more often and higher on news feeds? It's called Facebook Edgerank and the higher you can make your rank, the more exposure you'll get to your fans. It's a win/win. Edgerank is a complicated algorithm seen below, so what the heck does it mean to you?

Huh? You're still lost? Yeah, so are we.

Ue= affinity score between viewing user and edge creator

We= weight of this edge type (create, comment, like, tag, etc.) Essentially it means, how popular is the post

De= time decay factor based on how long ago the edge was created

Affinity

This is a score based on the proximity or how friendly you are with someone. You've probably noticed this before; checking out someone's page a few times within an hour and all of a sudden they are in your news feed more often

Edge (Post) Weight

This is a basic formula which determines the importance of a post. Pictures are more important than text posts, videos are more important than someone "liking" a page, etc. There's no set-in-stone hierarchy to certain types of posts, but there are certain types of posts that clearly do have higher Edgerank than others.

Recency

The final element of this equation is related to frequency, also known as time decay.  The longer a post has been up, the more it has "decayed." Newer posts have higher edgerank because of the fact that they're news! People want recent information, not something from two days ago.

Don't worry about the math, just do the following to up the "weight" of your edgerank and effectively increase your prominence on fan's feeds.

There are a few distinct post types you can use to raise your Edgerank and increase your visibility to your fans:

1. Videos Posting videos are seen as an action of high value and importance. People would rather watch videos than read long posts about your products. Let's face it...people like information to come easy.

2. Links Links automatically generate a short summary and picture from the page you're linking to, which makes your post stick out a ton more than a typical text post.

3. Encourage Interaction Asking for input, suggestions, or opinions is a great way to get your fans to interact with your page and company. Making sure people understand that you value their input is a huge part in the success of your business.

4. Be Personable It doesn't always have to be business! Wishing your fans a happy holiday or to have a nice weekend goes a long way to get people to value your company and it's products and services. Be a friend before you try selling them something and your sales pitches will go a lot further.

5. Post During the Social Media Rush Hour There have been thousands of studies on when the best time to post is, but in our experience, posting between 3 and 5 pm is by far the best time. We think this is true because people are getting done with work and logging into Facebook to check on what is going on. Numbers have shown that Facebook traffic almost doubles between these hours.

New .xxx domain names- How will they effect my business or trade mark?

ICANN (The domain name governing body) has recently announced the release of .xxx domain extensions. Members of the adult entertainment industry are now submitting registration requests for domain names with the new .XXX extension which correspond to their existing domain names and trademarks.

Many of our clients have received solicitations from domain registrars encouraging them to file an application to block their domain from the .xxx extension with costs for this service between $200-$1,000 per year.

I'm not a lawyer but here is my opinion on this:

As the Internet grows ICANN is going to keep coming out with extensions (.biz. net .xxx).  I feel that it's a waste of time and money to keep buying up extensions just to protect your brand. People looking for a legit product or service won't be typing in yourdomain.xxx they Google you or use the domain printed on your marketing materials.

At Foremost Media, we own the .com, .net and .biz extensions and we use them for different purposes like a support site, email and server routing. I wont be blocking media-info-net.xxx. In my opinion this is a tactic by domain registrars to get you to spend money. I would also believe that .xxx sites would be the subject of heavy filtering on search engines so unless your looking for porn they I just don't see .xxx domains popping up on a Foremost Media searches.

If you do decide to pass on blocking your the .xxx version of your trademark or domain ICANN also provides opportunities to challenge trade mark violations in domains down the road via their Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy ("UDRP").

الاحَادِيْثُا لقُدْ سِيَّة

16. PUASA DAN KEUTAMAANNYA

Sumber: Kelengkapan Hadits Qudsi, pengalih bahasa: Drs. Muhammad Zuhri, hal.281-282. Penerbit CV Toha Putra Semarang.

(١٥٦) حَدَّ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ ، عَنْ مَا لِكٍ ، عَنْ اَبِى الزِّنَادِ ، عَنِ اْلاَعْرَجِ ، عَنْ اَبِى هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ اَنَّ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمَ قَالَ: الصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ ، فَلاَ يَرْ فُثْ وَلاَ يَجْهَلْ ، وَاِنِ امْرُؤٌقَاتَلَهُ اَوْ شَا تَمَهُ، فَلْيَقُلْ: اِنَّى صَا ءِمٌ مَرَّتَيْنِ، وَالَّذِ ىْ نَفْسِى بِيَدِهِ لَخُلُوْ فُ فَمِ الصَّا ءِمِ، اَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللهِ مِنْ رِيْحِ اْلمِسْكِ، يَتْرُكُ طَعَامَهُ وَشَرَابَهُ وَشَهْوَتَهُ مِنْ اَجْلِى، الصِّيَامُ لِىْ، وَاَنَا اَحْزِىْ بِهِ، وَلْحَسَنَةُ بِعَشْرِ اَمْثَا لِهَا. .﴿اخرجه البخارى﴾

156. Artinya:

Abdullah bin Maslamah bercerita kepada kami dari Malik bin Abu Zinad, dari A’raj, dari Abu Hurairah ra, bahwasanya Rasulullah SAW bersabda: “Puasa itu benteng, maka janganlah berkata keji dan jangan berbodoh diri.

Jika seseorang menentang atau memakinya maka hendaknya ia berkata “Sesungguhnya saya sedang puasa” dua kali. Demi dzat yang diriku di tanganNya, bau busuknya mulut orang berpuasa itu lebih harum di sisi Allah dari pada bau kasturi. Ia meninggalkan makanan, minuman dan syahwatnya karena Aku. Puasa itu untukKu dan Aku membalasnya. Kebaikan itu lipat sepuluh.

Hadits ini ditakhrijkan oleh Al Bukhari dalam kitab Puasa. Bab Keutamaan puasa jilid III, hal. 24.

When to Tweet

I read a great article about when to tweet by Andrew Phelps who was basically reaping a presentation from Dan Zarrella so for those of you with  a short attention span like me here is my summary of Andrew's article that summarizes Dan's presentation.

When and how often to tweet - A few key takeaways:

• If your goal is more followers Tweet More: Twitter’s A-listers — those with the most followers — tweet an average of 22 times a day
• If your goal is more visitors to your site tweet less - accounts that share two or more links an hour show a dramatically lower clickthrough rate than those who share no more than one
• The trick is to reach people when the noise of the crowd has died down. - That time is the afternoon when news sites are slower and on the weekend
• Retweet activity is highest late in the work day, between 2 and 5 p.m.
• Check out TweetWhen to find out what time of day is the best time to tweet for you. Turns out my prime time is Thursdays at 10PM- I guess I have some late night followers @jonballard
• It's ok to tweet the same links two or three times a day- change up the verbiage and let it rip.

Here are Dan's Power Point Slides: The Science of Timing

 

اللاحا دِيث القُد سيه

2. MEMBENARKAN AKIDAH (KEPERCAYAAN)

Sumber: Kelengkapan Hadits Qudsi, pengalih bahasa: Drs. Muhammad Zuhri, hal.48-51. Penerbit CV Toha Putra Semarang.

(١٦) حَدَّ ثَنَا الحُمَيْدِ ىُّ، حَدَّ ثَنَاسُفْيَانُ، حَدَّ ثَنَاالزُّهْرِىُّ، عَنْ سَعِيْدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ اَبِىْ هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: (يُؤْذِ يْنِى ابْنُ اٰدَمَ، يَسُبُّ الدَّهْرَ، وَاَنَاالدَّهْرُ، بِيَدِىْ الاَمْرُ، اُقَلِّبُ الَّليْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ) (رواه البخارى)

16. Artinya:

Humaidi bercerita kepada kami, Sufyan bercerita kepada kami, Az Zuhri bercerita kepada kami, dari Sa’id bin Al Musayyab dari Abu Hurairah ra berkata: “Rasullullah bersabda: Allah yang Maha Mulia dan Maha Besar berfirman: ‘Anak Adam (manusia) menyakiti Aku dengan mencaci maki tahun dan Akulah tahun. Dan ditangan Akulah segala urusan, Aku balik siang dan malamnya”.

Dipetik dari Shahih Bukhari – Kitab Tafsir jilid VI hal.133. Al Bukhari meriwayatkan juga dalam Bab: Janganlah kamu mencaci maki tahun, jilid VIII hal.41 pada kitab Adab.

(١٧) عَنْ اَبِىْ هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: قَالَ اللهُ: (يَسُبُّ بَنُوْ اٰدَمَ الدَّهْرَ، وَاَنَاالدَّهْرُ، بِيَدِ ى اللَّيْلُ وَ النَّهَارَ) (أخرجه البخارى)

17. Artinya:

Dari Abu Hurairah ra berkata: “Rasulullah saw bersabda: “Allah berfirman: “Bani Adam (manusia) mencaci maki masa, Akulah masa, di tangan Akulah siang dan malam”.

Ditakhrijkan oleh Al Bukhari dalam kitab Tauhid Bab firman Allah Ta’ala, mereka bermaksud mengganti firman Allah. Lafal haditsnya seperti lafal tersebut di atas. Dipetik dari kitab Tafsir.

Muslim, Abu Dawud mentakhrijkan hadits ini dalam Adab, dan An Nasai dalam tafsirnya. Menurut riwayat Muslim dengan lafazh sebagai berikut:

(١٨) يُؤْ ذِ يْنِى ابْنُ اٰدَمَ يَقُوْلُ: يَا خَيْبَةَ الدَّهْرِ، فَاِ نِّىْ اَنَا الدَّهْرُ، اُقَلِّبُ لَيْلَهُ وَنَهَا رَهُ (رواه مسلم)

18. Artinya:

“Anak Adam menyakiti Aku, ia berkata:”Hai tahun yang merugi, karena sesungguhnya Akulah tahun itu, Aku balik siang dan malamnya”. (HR Muslim).

Kelanjutan riwayat Muslim adalah seperti riwayat Bukhari sehingga tidak perlu disebutkan di sini.

Penjelasan hadits no. 16 s.d. 18.

Dari syarah Qasthalani.

Firman Allah: “Anak Adam menyakiti Aku” yakni pembicara berbicara kepadaKu dimana pembicara menyakitkan pendengarnya yang diajak bicara itu. Oleh karena itu, orang yang mengucapkan itu dikatakan menyakitkan orang yang diajak bicara dan mendengarnya, karena Allah Ta’ala Maha Suci (terhindar sama sekali) dari terkena yang menyakitkan dari pihak manapun. Sehingga yang dimaksudkan adalah: Orang tersebut menempatkan dirinya untuk mendapat hal yang menyakitkan dari Allah Ta’ala.

Firmannya: “Mencaci maki tahun” yakni apabila seseorang tertimpa sesuatu yang tidak menyenangkan maka ia berbicara: “Celaka kamu hai tahun”.

Firmannya: “Akulah tahun” yakni Aku adalah pencipta tahun dan segala peristiwa yang terjadi pada tahun itu. Oleh karena itu, Allah berfirman: “Di tanganKulah urusan itu” yakni segala urusan yang mereka kaitkan dengan tahun yang karenanya mereka mencaci maki tahun. Akulah yang mewujudkan dengan kekuasaanKu, sebab tahun itu sedikitpun tidak memiliki pengaruh terhadap sesuatu.

FirmanNya: “Aku balik siang dan malam” yakni Akulah yang mewujudkan peristiwa-peristiwa yang terjadi pada tahun itu.

القر ان الكَرِيْم

Doa untuk meminta anak yang soleh dan soleha
Pengen punya anak yang berbakti kepada kedua orang tua, patuh? Coba doa untuk mendapatkan anak yang soleh dan soleha menurut Anbiya (para Nabi as)
Al Baqarah 127 (doa Nabi Ibrahim)

127. dan (ingatlah), ketika Ibrahim meninggikan (membina) dasar-dasar Baitullah bersama Ismail (seraya berdoa): "Ya Tuhan Kami terimalah daripada Kami (amalan kami), Sesungguhnya Engkaulah yang Maha mendengar lagi Maha Mengetahui".
Ali Imron 38
38. di sanalah Zakariya mendoa kepada Tuhannya seraya berkata: "Ya Tuhanku, berilah aku dari sisi Engkau seorang anak yang baik. Sesungguhnya Engkau Maha Pendengar doa".
Ibrahim 35, 40-41
35. dan (ingatlah), ketika Ibrahim berkata: "Ya Tuhanku, Jadikanlah negeri ini (Mekah), negeri yang aman, dan jauhkanlah aku beserta anak cucuku daripada menyembah berhala-berhala.
40. Ya Tuhanku, Jadikanlah aku dan anak cucuku orang-orang yang tetap mendirikan shalat, Ya Tuhan Kami, perkenankanlah doaku.
41. Ya Tuhan Kami, beri ampunlah aku dan kedua ibu bapaku dan sekalian orang-orang mukmin pada hari terjadinya hisab (hari kiamat)".
Al Furqon 74

74. dan orang orang yang berkata: "Ya Tuhan Kami, anugrahkanlah kepada Kami isteri-isteri Kami dan keturunan Kami sebagai penyenang hati (Kami), dan Jadikanlah Kami imam bagi orang-orang yang bertakwa.
An-Naml 19

19. Maka Dia tersenyum dengan tertawa karena (mendengar) Perkataan semut itu. dan Dia berdoa: "Ya Tuhanku berilah aku ilham untuk tetap mensyukuri nikmat mu yang telah Engkau anugerahkan kepadaku dan kepada dua orang ibu bapakku dan untuk mengerjakan amal saleh yang Engkau ridhai; dan masukkanlah aku dengan rahmat-Mu ke dalam golongan hamba-hamba-Mu yang saleh".
Al Ahqaf 15

15. Kami perintahkan kepada manusia supaya berbuat baik kepada dua orang ibu bapaknya, ibunya mengandungnya dengan susah payah, dan melahirkannya dengan susah payah (pula). mengandungnya sampai menyapihnya adalah tiga puluh bulan, sehingga apabila Dia telah dewasa dan umurnya sampai empat puluh tahun ia berdoa: "Ya Tuhanku, tunjukilah aku untuk mensyukuri nikmat Engkau yang telah Engkau berikan kepadaku dan kepada ibu bapakku dan supaya aku dapat berbuat amal yang saleh yang Engkau ridhai; berilah kebaikan kepadaku dengan (memberi kebaikan) kepada anak cucuku. Sesungguhnya aku bertaubat kepada Engkau dan Sesungguhnya aku Termasuk orang-orang yang berserah diri".
Semoga الله meridhoi perjuangan anda. اللهم امين

القر ان كريم

Supaya rumah kebal dari gangguan Syetan
Anda tahu apa yang anda harus lakukan supaya rumah kebal dari setan jahannam. Bacakan selalu surat Al Baqarah. Kalo bisa semua ayat dalam surat Al Baqarah. Tapi kalo tidak sempat minimal baca sepuluh ayat dari surat Al Baqarah, yaitu: empat ayat pertama dari surat Al Baqarah, ayat kursi dan dua ayat setelah ayat kursi. Terakhir tiga ayat terakhir dari surat Al Baqarah.
Berikut petikan ayat dari surat Al Baqarah:
Ayat 1-4 1. Alif laam miin.
2. Kitab (Al Quran) ini tidak ada keraguan padanya; petunjuk bagi mereka yang bertaqwa,
3. (yaitu) mereka yang beriman kepada yang ghaib, yang mendirikan shalat, dan menafkahkan sebahagian rezki yang Kami anugerahkan kepada mereka.
4. dan mereka yang beriman kepada kitab (Al Quran) yang telah diturunkan kepadamu dan Kitab-Kitab yang telah diturunkan sebelummu, serta mereka yakin akan adanya (kehidupan) akhirat.
Ayat kursi dan dua ayat setelahnya (ayat ke 255-257):
255. Allah, tidak ada Tuhan (yang berhak disembah) melainkan Dia yang hidup kekal lagi terus menerus mengurus (makhluk-Nya); tidak mengantuk dan tidak tidur. Kepunyaan-Nya apa yang di langit dan di bumi. tiada yang dapat memberi syafa'at di sisi Allah tanpa izin-Nya? Allah mengetahui apa-apa yang di hadapan mereka dan di belakang mereka, dan mereka tidak mengetahui apa-apa dari ilmu Allah melainkan apa yang dikehendaki-Nya. Kursi Allah meliputi langit dan bumi. dan Allah tidak merasa berat memelihara keduanya, dan Allah Maha Tinggi lagi Maha besar.
256. tidak ada paksaan untuk (memasuki) agama (Islam); Sesungguhnya telah jelas jalan yang benar daripada jalan yang sesat. karena itu Barangsiapa yang ingkar kepada Thaghut dan beriman kepada Allah, Maka Sesungguhnya ia telah berpegang kepada buhul tali yang Amat kuat yang tidak akan putus. dan Allah Maha mendengar lagi Maha mengetahui.
257. Allah pelindung orang-orang yang beriman; Dia mengeluarkan mereka dari kegelapan (kekafiran) kepada cahaya (iman). dan orang-orang yang kafir, pelindung-pelindungnya ialah syaitan, yang mengeluarkan mereka daripada cahaya kepada kegelapan (kekafiran). mereka itu adalah penghuni neraka; mereka kekal di dalamnya.
Tiga ayat terakhir dari surat Al Baqarah (ayat ke 284-286):
284. kepunyaan Allah-lah segala apa yang ada di langit dan apa yang ada di bumi. dan jika kamu melahirkan apa yang ada di dalam hatimu atau kamu menyembunyikan, niscaya Allah akan membuat perhitungan dengan kamu tentang perbuatanmu itu. Maka Allah mengampuni siapa yang dikehandaki-Nya dan menyiksa siapa yang dikehendaki-Nya; dan Allah Maha Kuasa atas segala sesuatu.
285. Rasul telah beriman kepada Al Quran yang diturunkan kepadanya dari Tuhannya, demikian pula orang-orang yang beriman. semuanya beriman kepada Allah, malaikat-malaikat-Nya, kitab-kitab-Nya dan rasul-rasul-Nya. (mereka mengatakan): "Kami tidak membeda-bedakan antara seseorangpun (dengan yang lain) dari rasul-rasul-Nya", dan mereka mengatakan: "Kami dengar dan Kami taat." (mereka berdoa): "Ampunilah Kami Ya Tuhan Kami dan kepada Engkaulah tempat kembali."
286. Allah tidak membebani seseorang melainkan sesuai dengan kesanggupannya. ia mendapat pahala (dari kebajikan) yang diusahakannya dan ia mendapat siksa (dari kejahatan) yang dikerjakannya. (mereka berdoa): "Ya Tuhan Kami, janganlah Engkau hukum Kami jika Kami lupa atau Kami tersalah. Ya Tuhan Kami, janganlah Engkau bebankan kepada Kami beban yang berat sebagaimana Engkau bebankan kepada orang-orang sebelum kami. Ya Tuhan Kami, janganlah Engkau pikulkan kepada Kami apa yang tak sanggup Kami memikulnya. beri ma'aflah kami; ampunilah kami; dan rahmatilah kami. Engkaulah penolong Kami, Maka tolonglah Kami terhadap kaum yang kafir."
Demikian anjuran membaca surat Al Baqarah di rumah ini sesuai dengah hadits yang shahih. Supaya rumah kita menjadi baiti jannati, bukan kuburan.

Hadits Qudsi

Sekelumit perkenalan dengan para penyusun kitab hadits yang menjadi sumber pengambilan hadits-hadits qudsi ini – Bagian 5, 6 & 7
Dikutip dari buku hadits qudsi, penterjemah Muhammad Zuhri. Penerbit CV Toha Putra Semarang. (1982:15-17)
5. Imam At Tirmidzi
Ia adalah Abu Isa Muhammad bin Isa bin Surah At Tarmidzi. Dilahirkan tahun 200 H, dan meninggal di Tirmidz pada malam senin 13 Rajab tahun 279 H.
Ia salah seorang ulama huffazh (penghafal hadits) dan ia bertemu guru-guru ranking pertama seperti Qutaibah bin Sa’id, Muhammad bin Bisyar, Ali bin Hajar dan imam-imam hadits lain.

Orang-orang yang banyak belajar darinya, dan ia mempunyai karangan-karangan yang banyak dalam bidang ilmu hadits. Kitab shahihnya adalah sebaik-baik kitab, banyak faedahnya dan paling sedikit pengulangannya.
At Tirmidzi berkata: “saya kemukakan kitab ini atas ulama Hijaz, Iraq dan Khurasan. Lalu mereka menyukai dan memandangnya baik. Barang siapa yang di rumahnya ada kitab itu maka seolah-olah di rumahnya ada Nabi bersabda”.

6. Imam An Nasa-i
Ia adalah Abu Abdur Rahman Ahmad bin Syu’aib bin Ali bin Bahr An Nasa-i. Ia dilahirkan pada tahun 215 H dan meninggal di Mekah tahun 303 H. Ia salah seorang penghafal hadits.
Ia belajar dari Qutaibah bin Sa’id, Ali bin Khasyram, Ishaq bin Ibrahim, Muhammad bin Bisyar, Abu Dawud As Sijistani dan lain-lain. Dan orang banyak mengambil (belajar) kepadanya. Ia menyusun beberapa kitab hadits dan bermadzab Syafii ra. Ia seorang wara’ yang terus menerus. Ibnu Umar Hafizh berkata: Abu Abdir Rahman An Nasa-i terkemuka atas setiap orang yang disebutkan pada masanya dalam bidang ilmu hadits.

Sekelompok guru dan huffazh (penghafal hadits) berkumpul padanya antara lain: Abdullah bin Ahmad di Tharsus, dan mereka menulis seluruh hadits-hadits dengan pilihannya.
Sebagian para amir bertanya kepadanya tentang kitab susunannya, apakah seluruhnya shahih.
Dijawabnya bahwa di dalamnya terdapat hadits shahih, hasan dan yang mendekatinya. Sebagian amir-amir itu berkata: “Tulis yang shahih saja untuk kami”. Lalu ia menyusun “Al Mujtaba minas sunan” dengan meninggalkan setiap hadits yang di dalamnya sanadnya ada illatnya.

Berkatalah pengarang Taisirul wusul yang menjadi sumber penukilan riwayat-riwayat hidup ini: “Inilah sekilas peri keadaan imam-imam itu yang menunjukkan atas kebesaran derajat dan ketinggian martabat mereka ra dalam bidang ilmu hadits”.

7. Imam Ibnu Majah
Ia adalah Abu Abdillah Muhammad bin Yazid bin Majah penyusun kitab Sunan yang terkenal.
Ia menunjukkan atas amalnya, ilmunya, pendalaman dan penelaahannya dan dalam mengikuti As Sunnah dalam pokok dan cabang.

Kitab itu memuat 32 kitab, 1.500 bab yang terdiri dari 4.000 buah hadits, seluruhnya baik kecuali sedikit saja.
Ibnu Majah memiliki tafsir yang banyak dan Tarikh yang sempurna sejak sahabat sampai masanya.
Imam-imam besar Dima’ telah meriwayatkan dari padanya yakni Ibnu Sibawaih, Muhammad bin Isa Ash Shaffar, Ishaq bin Muhammad dan Ali bin Ibrahim.Ia ra meninggal pada tanggal 8 Ramadhan tahun 273 H dalam usia 64 tahun. (Dari Al Bidayah wa Nihayah karya Ibnu Katsir Jilid XI, hal 52.)

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Hadist Qudsi

Sekelumit perkenalan dengan para penyusun kitab hadits yang menjadi sumber pengambilan hadits-hadits qudsi ini – Bagian 1
Dikutip dari buku hadits qudsi, penterjemah Muhammad Zuhri. Penerbit CV Toha Putra Semarang. (1982:10-12)
Imam Malik ra
Ia adalah Abu Abdillah Malik bin Anas Al Ashbuhi Imam Madinah. Dilahirkan pada tahun 95 H dan meninggal di Madinah tahun 179 H. Dengan demikian ia berusia 84 tahun.
Ia adalah Imam Hijaz bahkan imam manusia dalam fiqh dan hadits. Dan cukup sebagai kemegahannya adalah Imam Asy Syafi’I ra adalah muridnya.

Ia belajar dari Ibnu Syihab Az Zuhri, Yahya bin Sa’id Al Anshari, Nafi’ maula Ibnu Umar ra dan lain-lain. Ia menjadi tempat belajar dari orang-orang yang tidak terhitung banyaknya antara lain Asy Syafii, Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Dinar, Ibnu Abdur Rahman Al Makhzumi, Abdul Aziz bin Abu Hasim mereka ini dipandang sebagai teman-temannya. Ma’in bin Isa Qazzaz, Abdul Malik bin Abdul Aziz Al Majisyun, Yahya bin Yahya Al Andalusi, Abdullah bin Maslamah Al Qa’anbi, Abdullah bin Wahab, Ashbu’bin Faraj, mereka adalah guru-guru Al Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, At Tarmidzi, Ahmad bin Hambal, Yahya bin Ma’in dan imam-imam hadits lain.
At Tarmidzi meriwayatkan dalam kitab Jami’nya dari Abu Hurairah ra berkata:
Rasulullah saw bersabda:

يُوْشِكُ النَّاسُ اَنْ يَضْرِبُوْااَكْبَادَاْلاِبِلِ يَطْلُبُوْنَ الْعِلْمَ فَلاَ يَجِدُوْنَ اَحَدًَااَعْلَمَ مِنْ عَاِلمِ الْمَدِيْنَةِِ

Artinya: “Manusia hampir-hampir mengorbankan hati onta (sulit sekali) untuk mencari ilmu dan mereka tidak menjumpai orang yang lebih pandai daripada orang alimnya Madinah”.
Menurutnya hadits ini hasan.
Abdul Razzaq dan Sufyan bin Uyainah berkata: bahwa orang tersebut adalah Malik bin Anas.
Malik ra berkata: “Sedikit yang mana saya mencatat ilmu daripadanya meninggal sehingga ia datang dan meminta fatwa kepadaku.

Pada suatu hari ia berhadits dari Rabi’ah bin Abu Abdit Rahman lalu kaum itu minta tambahan haditsnya. Ia berkata:”Apakah yang kamu perbuat dengan Rabi’ah padahal ia masih tidur pada kain bayi!”
Lalu Rabiah datang dan ditanya: ”Kamu Rabi’ah yang mana Malik mengambil hadits dari padamu?”
Ia menjawab: “Ya”. Ditanyakan kepadanya: “bagaimana bagianku padamu Malik? Padahal kamu belum memberi bagian pada dirimu?” Ia menjawab: “Tidakkah kamu mengetahui bahwa seonggok kekuasaan lebih baik dari pada satu muatan ilmu?”

Malik ra sangat mengagungkan ilmu. Apabila ia mau berhadits maka dia wudhu lalu duduk dengan terhormat dan wibawa dan menggunakan minyak harum.
Ia seorang yang berwibawa. Sebagian orang-orang Madinah berkata:

يَدَعُ الْجَوَابَ فَلاَ يُرَاجِعُ هَيْبَةًَ.وَالسَّائِلُوْنَ نَوَاكِسُ اْلاَذْقَانِ
اَدَبُ اْلوِقَارِوِعَزُّسُلْطَانٍِ التُّقٰى. فَهُوَالمُطَاعُ وَلَيْسَ ذَاسُلطَانِ

Artinya:
Ia meninggalkan jawaban dan tidak mengulang-ulangnya dengan penuh wibawa.
Sedang orang-orang yang bertanya menggerak-gerakkan dagunya (tanda setuju).
Adab kewibawaan dan mulianya kekuasaan adalah ketakwaan.
Ia ditaati padahal tidak mempunyai kekuasaan.

Yahya bin Sa’id Al Qaththan berkata: “Di dalam kaum itu tidak ada orang yang lebih shahih haditsnya daripada Malik”, Asy Syafii ra berkata: “Apabila menyebut ulama maka Malik adalah bintangnya”.
Diriwayatkan bahwa Mansur melarang Malik dari periwayatan hadits tentang perceraian orang yang dipaksa, kemudian orang yang bertanya itu membuat tipu daya.
Lalu Malik meriwayatkan dikalangan orang banyak:

لَيْسَ عَلٰى مُكْرَهٍِ طَللاَقٌُ

Artinya: “Tidak ada perceraian atas orang yang dipaksa”.
Lalu Malik dipukul dengan cemeti namun ia tetap tidak mau meninggalkan periwayatan hadits.

Ketika Harun Ar Rasyid menunaikan ibadah haji. Harun mendengar Muwaththa’ dari Malik, dan Harun memberinya 3.000 dinar. Kemudian Harun berkata kepadanya: “Seyogyanya bagimu untuk keluar (dari Madinah=pen) bersama kami, karena saya sungguh ingin membawa manusia kepada Muwaththa’; sebagaimana Utsman ra membawa manusia kepada Al Qur’an”. Ia (Malik) menjawab: “Adapun membawa manusia kepada Muwaththa’ adalah tidak ada jalan, karena para sahabat Nabi SAW telah bertebaran di beberapa Negara seperti penduduk Mesir, sedangkan Nabi SAW telah bersabda:

احْتِلاَفُ اُمَتِىْ رَحْمَةٌٌ

(Perbedaan umatku adalah rahmat).
Adapun keluar bersamamu maka tidak ada jalan. Juga Rosulullah bersabda: “Madinah itu lebih baik bagi mereka seandainya mereka mengetahui. Inilah dinar-dinar kamu sebagaimana sedianya. Saya tidak mengutamakan dunia dari pada Madinah Rasulullah SAW (Madinah)”.

Asy Syafii ra berkata: “Saya melihat tempat air minum kuda-kuda Khurasan, dan keledai Mesir yang mana belum pernah saya melihat kuda dan keledai yang lebih baik dripadanya. Saya berkata kepadanya: “Alangkah baiknya”. Ia (Malik) berkata: “Ia adalah hadiah dari saya untukmu”. Saya berkata kepadanya: “Biarkanlah untukmu hewan itu untuk kau naiki”. Ia menjawab: “Sesungguhnya saya malu kepada Allah manakala saya menginjak tanah yang di dalamnya ada Rasulullah SAW dengan naik hewan (kendaraan)”.
Riwayat hidupnya sangat panjang. Semoga ia selalu mendapat rahmat Allah, Amin.

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Facebook Losing Millions of Users

Over the past month, there have been several national publications that have been reporting on the decline in user on the infamous social networking site Facebook. In response to the growing reports, Facebook released the following statement.

"From time to time, we see stories about Facebook losing users in some regions. Some of these reports use data extracted from our advertising tool, which provides broad estimates on the reach of Facebook ads and isn't designed to be a source of tracking the overall growth of Facebook. "

Recently, CNN interviewed social media expert and author Paul Gillin about the sudden decline in the social media outlet that has changed our lives more than we know. Gillin doesn't agree with Facebook's claim that these reports are inaccurate based off of their methodology stating, 

"Facebook has never criticized the methodology before. The fact is that the methodology that was used to determine these numbers has been consistent and has shown about a 4% decline in U.S. membership over the last month."

So if not for the inaccurate methodology, and Facebook really is losing ground, what could be the possible factors? 

College Graduates: Originally, Facebook was actually limited to college students.  You needed an active college email address to become a member. College age students also now make up a vast majority of the active users on Facebook. So why would they delete their accounts? Graduation! Each year, Facebook experiences a loss of users due to the fact that students who are graduating college are on the job hunt, and don't want potential employers seeing pictures of them doing keg stands on the internet.

Privacy and Bullying Concerns: There is a growing number of parents that are concerned with their children being on the internet and having pictures and tons of information about them out there for anyone to see. The trend has been parents refusing to let their children even be part of Facebook until they are of legal age. Bullying online has also become a growing concern for children and parents alike. Access to a child's interests and every move is perfect ammunition for bullies to hound and badger fellow classmates online.

Law of Diminishing Returns: Facebook has reached every nook and cranny of the world, especially the United States.  Over half of the U.S. population has a Facebook account currently, meaning the room for growth has started to hit it's sealing meaning Facebook has had to focus on expanding overseas to other markets.

Spam: We all have experienced this in some way or another on Facebook. We don't want to see our friends high scores on Farmville or Mafia Wars 30 times in an hour. Facebook has started to implement privacy and publishing restrictions customizable by individual users as to what is posted on their wall or Status Feed to help reduce this, but it's inevitable to continue.

So our fellow Facebook junkies, what do you credit for the diminishing users on the world's #1 social media site? 

How much traffic do you need to make money with Google AdSense?

Recently we have built quite a few sites that offer freeware software or free content on a subject matter with an advertiser monetized publishing model and the majority of these clients are looking to AdSense as their revenue source.  For those of you that don't know Google AdSense is:

"Google Ad Sense As defined by Google- An ad serving application run by Google Inc. Website owners can enroll in this program to enable text, image, and video advertisements on their websites. These advertisements are administered by Google and generate revenue on either a per-click or per-impression basis"

One question I often here is:

How much money will I make with AdSense?

With our clients permission we took a look at the Click Through Rates and the Cost Per Click on 3 different sites (Golf, Health and Wellness and Hunting) going back to 2007.  We averaged the Cost per click and the Click Through Rates across the three sites.  It is important to note that the placement of the ads and the color of the ads is different on each site but all 3 sites have ads on all the pages in very visible areas.

Year	Click Through Rate (CTR)	Clicks/ 20,000 Page Views	Cost Per Click	Earnings/20,000 Page Views
2011	1.13%	226	.30	$67.80
2010	1.58%	316	.32	$101.12
2009	1.22%	244	.28	$68.32
2008	1.93%	386	.21	$81.06
2007	3.00%	600	.18	$108.00

So what is this chart telling us?  For one thing people are clicking on far less ads today then they were in 2007.  The second big thing that jumped out to me is that cost per click is way up from .18 cents in 2007 to .30 cents in the first quarter of 2011 (Across these three sites anyway).

So back to the original question (How much money can I make with AdSense?)-  The three sites we looked at average around 3 pages per visit so it takes around 6,666 people to the site to generate 20,000 page views.  In 2011 that is about a penny per visitor.

Why Facebook Fans are Valuable and How to Properly Supply Them with Marketing

They are as common in every day life now as eating, sleeping, and breathing. They are in magazines, on commercials, in stores; literally, everywhere we go. They are the begs and pleas from companies of all types to become a fan or "like" their Facebook page. Most people just tend to think, "What are we in high school again where everything is a popularity contest and the more people you know the better?" Well, in a way, yeah.

What good can having more Facebook "likes" do for you business? So, someone takes a mere 2 seconds out of their day to click "Like" on your page. Big deal, right? It is a big deal! These people are voluntarily electing to opt-in to your future posts.  This means they are subjecting themselves to your marketing efforts at your will. So every time you make a post or an update on a special, all of your fans are given the opportunity to see the special, and then they can easily, with just a few clicks, post it for their friends to see as well.

"Expand the reach of your business beyond the reaches of you location and much further than traditional advertising could ever take you with a Facebook Fan Campaign from Foremost Media"

If their friends like the deal that means a few things:
1) They'll more than likely participate in the deal and spend money with you
2) They'll "like" your page on Facebook, further expanding the reach of future posts
3) They'll share future deals or news with their friends, and the cycle continues.

• -On average, fans spend an extra $71.84 they would not otherwise spend on products they describe themselves fans of
• -Fans are 28% more likely than non-fans to continue using a specific brand
• -Fans are 41% more likely than non-fans to recommend a product they are a fan of to their friends

Keep Fans Interested!
Now that we know why these fans and likes are important to your online success, what are the best practices to continue to keep fans interested and entice other people to become fans.

1) Be Personable: You're running a business, but you're on Facebook, a SOCIAL network.  Make posts like you would on your own personal Facebook page. Make posts that aren't always about business.  Wish them a good weekend or a Happy Holiday! Be funny (without being offensive), be inviting, and most of all, just talk like you're a human and NOT marketing verbiage read off of a piece of paper.

For Example:
-Don't: "Our 3400 Series of Swing Sets are built with durable wood and quality metal parts. Visit our website to purchase today!"
-Do: "The weather this weekend is supposed to be sunny and warm!  Get your kids out of the house and try out our 3400 Series of Swing Sets. 10% this week only! Now that's what we call a great family weekend!"

2) Be Professional: After all, you are running a business. Make sure your spelling is accurate and you always present yourself as a high quality company. If I'm someone who's never heard of your company, what am I going to think the very first time I visit your page and read your posts?

3) Entice Interaction: The most successful Facebook campaigns are those that get fans to interact with the page. Ask questions about things having to do with your company, or be personable (again) and ask questions like "It's going to be a gorgeous weekend! What does everyone have planned?"  The more you can entice readers to respond and interact with you on a positive note, the more likely they'll remember you when they need your goods and services.

4) Be Interesting: Don't post things that don't make any sense to anyone that isn't in your industry.  Speak to people using the most understandable terms. Use things that are unique and interesting to catch their attention and again entice them to interact. Your company is special, make sure people can see why you're different than the rest.

5) Do NOT Overdo It:  People have chosen to be submitted to your marketing and thoughts at YOUR will. But this doesn't mean you want to flood their Facebook Pages with updates from your company. Making a schedule or at least a pattern of releasing posts or updates is very important.  Give people what they want, but don't force feed them. Making a schedule to post something new 2-3 times every week is good for some companies, but once a day may be more appropriate for others.  Getting a feel for the type of information people want and the frequency they want to receive it is essential.

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