Malaysian astronaut Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor travelled to space as the ninth Muslim astronaut to show how a prayer could be made in space.
“Everyone who goes to space feels a miracle. During my trip in space that took place in the holy month of Ramadan, I heard a ‘call to prayer’ in the Space Station,” Shukor said in an interview with Anatolia news agency.

“Time for fasting and prayer depends on where you are situated in space. As the space shuttle was launched from Kazakhstan, we took into consideration the local time in Kazakhstan. I prayed five times a day by taking into consideration the time in Kazakhstan. You had to turn your face toward the earth in order to pray in the direction of Mecca. The Space Station was in a position from where you could see the earth directly,” said Shukor who has visited Turkey as the guest of Turksat Corporation.

“Malaysia aims to send humans to space in order to encourage the youth to work on space issues. Malaysia wishes to train more doctors and scientists in the next 5 to 10 years. This was the main goal of the program.”

Out of 11,435 individuals, only three men and one woman were selected for the space trip.

Shukor said they had worked in space on cancerous cells. About 80 percent of their experiment has been completed, he said. “Once the results have been reached, we will inform the public about our study that will be published,” he added.

Source: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com

Some of his mind blowing videos from Space:

My dear brothers and sisters, Have you ever thought about standing in front of Allah Ta’ala on the day of Judgment waiting for our Book and our Questioning?

It is said that we will be shivering like a little lamb in front of Allah Ta’ala and on this day and the Almighty will be Angry like never before. On this day the Ambiya, the infallible Prophets, the best of people will be tensed, so what will be our state be on that day?!!

Most of us have passed through the scenario I am about to mention when we were young. While studying in school sometimes we have a really bad exam and after a few weeks the day that we get the report card, the teacher is calling names to give the report card. Our hearts will be beating like anything and we will be tensed in anticipation. Once we get the report card, then we are more tensed on how to show the bad marks to our parents while we reach home.

It is a similar situation on Yawm Al qiyamah, we will be waiting for our ‘report card’ which will have ALL our actions in it, and the thought of Allah Ta’ala questioning us will be so dreadful that a mother won’t even recognize her own child.!

We know all this is coming up, yet we are in a state of heedlessness. We keep on sinning and sinning, our hypocrisy is too much. Please spend a few minutes sitting alone, contemplating about that dreadful day that even the Prophets will be shivering. Perhaps we might change our way for the sake of Allah 

O Allah save us from the trails of Yawm Al Qiyamah.
Give us the book in the right hand and make the reckoning easy for all of us.
Ameen.

@Sunniforum

The Meaning of the Word “Rabi-ul-Awwal”:- The first month of spring.

Auspicious Occasions:-

The Holy Prophet was born in this month as mercy for all and departed from this world 63 years later

Events of Rabi-ul-Awwal

* The Holy Prophet migrated from Makkah to Madinah Munawwarah.
* Battle of Buwaat took place in the year 2 A.ll.
*Battle of Saf’vaan took place in the year 2 A.H.
*Abu Bakr’s(R. A~) daughter, Asma (R.A.) was born 6 years before Prophecy.
* Ruqayyah (R. A.) the daughter of the beloved Prophet was born 7 years before Prophecy.
*Abu Bakr (RA.) was appointed Caliph.

Matrimonies within Rabi-Ul-Awwal:-

Hadhrat Umme Kulthum was married in this month to the third Caliph; Uthman (R.A.) in 3 A.H.

Deaths in Rabi-Ul-Awwal:-

Mother of the believers, wife of the Holy Prophet Zainab (RA.) passed away in the year 4 A.H.
Ibrahim (RA.) the son of Maaria Qibtiya & of the Holy Prophet passed away in the year 1O A.H.

Source: Interislam