Malaysia a Christian Nation?

What do I think? What do you think I think? I am a Muslim. So again, what do you think I think? A yes? No?

Fiqh Medic

What are the legal maxims of Islamic Law (QAWA’ID FIQHIYYAH). Let's say, if a patient is having a colostomy bag (which contains his urine or feces), would the ablution be valid? How about, if a women is in labour (bear in mind that giving birth to the first child can be as long as 19hours); can she still performs Salah? (Let's find the answer here.)

Men VS Women

Let's think critically. Who is the one which better in governing this world!? Men, who have more influencing and have strong character or women, who have emotional values, and boundless cares and love?

Are You Ready to Fall in Love??

What is love to begin with? we might assume that we have that sort of wonderful love, unshakeable by no others even death. We may sacrifice anything to our beloved person. But, if we claimed that we love Rasulullah, where are the proofs? You are willing to sacrifice anything for his sake?

Does God need us?

Now, tell me, what are the differences between this human-made lego tree and the one who created by our almighty creator,our god?

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Orang Kaya Sahaja Masuk Syurga



Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum.

1. Saya bukan orang kaya. Saya amat takut kalau hanya orang kaya masuk syurga. 

2. Sebab saya tak tahu, mampu atau tidak saya menjadi kaya.


3. Tapi usaha itu penting. Kita tak disuruh meninggalkan dunia. Kita diminta mengambil sebahagian daripadanya.

4. Bezanya, yang di dunia itu kita hanya jadikan alat. Untuk membantu mencapai matlamat yang tepat. Yakni kesejahteraan dan kejayaan pada hari akhirat. Hari yang tiada hujung atau penamat.

5. Malah, setiap kali selepas solat, kita amat lazim membaca doa meminta kebaikan pada kedua-duanya, dunia dan hari akhir.


6. Maka, bukanlah Islam menuntut meninggalkan terus kekayaan dunia. Bahkan sahabat Nabi SAW yang digelar As-Siddiq pun seorang saudagar yang kaya raya. 

7. Beliau ialah Abu Bakar RA. Dan beliau dijamin masuk syurga!

8. Tunggu. Selidik dulu sirah. Tentang bagaimana Abu Bakar RA membelanjakan hartanya. 

9. Malah, tidak juga Islam menuntut kita 'mengejar' kemiskinan. Kerana bahkan kemiskinan itu kata Nabi SAW, boleh menyebabkan kekufuran. Wa na'uzubillahi minzalik.

"Hampir saja kemiskinan (kemiskinan jiwa dan hati) berubah menjadi kekufuran."
-HR. Ath-Thabrani-

10. Asalkan hati dan jiwa tak miskin dengan iman, insya Allah selamatlah kita daripada kekufuran. Ameen..

11. Tujuan sebenar penulisan ini adalah untuk mencadangkan para pembaca sekalian supaya membuat penilaian yang adil.

12. Pada pandangan saya (kalau tak setuju tak apa), seorang nelayan yang membantu orang lain dengan nilai RM1, lebih baik dan mulia daripada seorang jutawan dan hartawan yang membelanjakan hanya RM10 daripada hartanya.

13. Bukan nilaian yang menjadi persoalan sekarang. Tapi keikhlasan dan juga keadaan insan yang membuat kebajikan itu.

14. Kita tak boleh mengukur keikhlasan orang. Tapi bayangkan diri kita sebagai pelaku kebajikan itu, dan nilailah keikhlasan diri kita sendiri. Maksud 'keadaan' pula dalam konteks ini ialah kedudukan ekonomi seseorang.

15. Bayangkan seorang nelayan yang mempunyai 10 orang anak dan memperoleh tidak lebih RM1000 setiap bulan. Itupun tak menentu. Pada musim tengkujuh, mungkin langsung tiada pendapatan.

16. Maka RM1 itu cukup besar nilainya buat dia. Jika dia sanggup sedekahkannya, dia sudah tunjukkan satu bentuk pengorbanan dan jihad pada hartanya.

17. Berbanding dengan seorang jutawan, apalah sangat RM10 itu. Kalau nampak di tengah jalan pun mungkin tak heran. 

18. Bukanlah salah untuk menghulurkan RM10. Malah itu lebih baik daripada tiada langsung.

19. Namun jika mampu menderma RM1000, kenapa tidak? 

20. Dikhuatiri timbul di dalam benaknya, "Alah, yang penting aku dah sedekah." 

21. Atau "Eh orang dah bagi RM10 syukurlah ya, kan tak bagi langsung baru tahu."

22. Seolah-olah harta itu miliknya. Siapa yang tak bersyukur sekarang?

23. Alamak. Inilah kerdilnya saya. Perlukan ayat yang panjang untuk buat penjelasan di atas. 

24. Cuba baca Al-Quran. Kata-kata Allah ada sebenarnya menggambarkan hal ini. Cukup tepat, ringkas, padat dan kena pada maksud dan tujuan mesej itu disampaikan.

Firman Allah bermaksud: "Kamu sekali-kali tidak sampai kepada kebajikan (yang sempurna), sebelum kamu menafkahkan sebahagian harta yang kamu cintai. Dan apa sahaja yang kamu nafkahkan, maka sesungguhnya Allah mengetahui."
-Surah Ali-Imran: 92-

25. Demikianlah. Sudahkah kita mencapai tahap kesanggupan memberikan harta yang kita sayang kepada orang?

26. Bayangkan seorang miskin yang sangat gembira apabila kita hadiahkannya sepaket roti. Padanya mungkin, itu cukup berharga kerana sudah beberapa hari dia tak makan!

27. Bagi kita pula, bukan apa, roti tu dah nak sampai tarikh luput, daripada buang, kan ke lebih baik kita sedekah kat orang betul tak?

28. Alhamdulillah, baguslah bersedekah. Tapi cuba tanya balik, dalam kes ni, sayang tak kita pada roti tadi?

29. Astaghfirullah...

30. Berkenaan persoalan nelayan dan jutawan tadi, tidaklah saya mencadangkan bahawa menjadi nelayan lebih baik (melainkan dalam konteks sebenar yang saya sampaikan).


31. Bahkan bukankah jika kita banyak harta, lebih banyak manfaat boleh kita berikan pada orang sekeliling kita dek kemampuan dan kekayaan kita? 

32. Benar sekali. Cuma, jangan terlalu yakin. Tak ramai orang apabila kaya, pikirannya sama ketika dia masih 'miskin.' Anggaplah penyataan saya itu satu bentuk metafora, yakni satu perlambangan, atau simbolik.

33. Yakni dalam hidup ini, kita kadang-kadang (secara simboliknya) boleh menjadi seorang nelayan dan pada waktu yang lain menjadi jutawan pula. Pendek kata, kadang-kadang hidup senang, kadang-kadang sedikit malang.

34. Soalnya adalah, adakah kita mengelak berbuat baik jika kita dalam kesusahan? Padahal ketika susah itulah, pahalanya insya Allah lebih besar, dek perassaan berat dan perlunya 'jihad' untuk membuat baik dalam keadaan begitu.

35. Sebenarnya, sebelum saya terlupa, saya bukan sahaja nak bercakap tentang sang penderma atau yang menolong.

36. Saya rasa lebih penting juga, kita membayangkan diri kita sebagai seorang yang menerima derma atau yang ditolong.

37. Kadang-kadang kita jarang menghargai bantuan dan pertolongan orang pada kita.

38. Tanpa pula kita melihat kepada kesusahan yang dilaluinya.

39. Saya bagi satu contoh mudahlah untuk gambaran kita ya.

40. Pernah tak bila kita nak pergi ke mana-mana, ada sahabat kita datang ambik kita dengan kenderaan mereka?

41. Cuba ambik dua situasi. Kawan kita Man dan kawan kita Zack.

Situasi satu: Rumah Man

42. Kita nak ke rumah Man. Sampai di stesen LRT, Man datang ambil kita dengan motorsikal buruknya. Waktu tu hari hujan. Man berikan pada kita baju hujannya.

43. Sebab dia boleh tukar pakaian bila sampai rumah. Kita tidak. Tapi sampai di rumah, semestinya, ada la sikit basah-basah di badan kita kan? Mungkin kita pun merungut dalam hati. Tapi Man pula, basah kuyup letup tup tup..

Situasi dua: Rumah Zack

44. Kita nak ke rumah Zack, seorang anak jutawan. Sampai di stesen LRT, Zack datang dengan kereta Ferrarinya. Eh silap, kereta ayahnya.

45. Bukan dia pun yang memandu. Ada driver peribadi. 

46. Hari itu hujan juga. Namun kita sampai ke rumah tanpa setitik pun air hujan kena pada baju kita. Cuma mungkin beberapa titik air liur kerana terseliur dan tergamam pertama kali naik kereta Ferrari.

Man lebih baik atau Zack?

47. Baik. Masa untuk penilaian sekarang. Kalau kita 'cacat' dalam menilai, pasti kita lebih menghargai Zack.

48. Lebih selesa, malah mengiurkan!

49. Tapi siapa yang harus lebih dihargai dalam hal ini?

50. Saya harap mesej saya sampai- tentang bagaimana kita betulkan cara kita menilai dalam menghargai sumbangan dan bantuan orang. Bukan sekadar pada kadar dan bentuk bantuan yang diberikan, tetapi juga mengambil kira 'keadaan' sang pemberi bantuan itu.

51. Sebagai penutup, sekali lagi saya mahu mengulangi mesej yang sama namun menggunakan contoh dan sisi pandang yang berbeza.

52. Umumnya, dalam dunia sekarang, siapa yang paling kaya harta dunia? Orang Islam? Tidak, bukan?

53. Jika orang bukan Islam yang kaya raya ini banyak menderma dan membuat kebajikan, pertamanya kita memohon agar Allah SWT melapangkan hatinya untuk menerima hidayah, agar segala amalnya diterima Allah SWT.

54. Namun bagaimana pula yang kaya raya dengan jalan menipu dan menjadikan amalan kebajikan dan dermanya hanya sebagai penutup kejahatannya? Mengaburi dan menyembunyikan kezalimannya?

55. Mana nilainya kebaikan mereka tanpa bersaksi bahawa Allah lah Tuhan mereka?

56. Sebab itu, jangan kita dikaburi mata dengan fitnah kekayaan ini. Sedangkan Al-Masih Al-Dajjal pun menggunakan taktik yang sama. 

57. Mendatangkan apa yang indah pada mata, tapi jahat pada intipatinya. Dunia menjadi taruhan. Akhirat dilupakan, ditinggalkan.

58. Demikian juga kita di Malaysia. Ya, kita bersyukur jika ada ramai dermawan. Tetapi berhati-hatilah dengan musang berjanggut. Janggutnya itu bukanlah sunnah!

59. Maksud saya, ada orang yang menjadikan hartanya sebagai alat menyembunyikan kejahatannya.

60. Jika menipu untuk mendapatkan wang, usahlah berterima kasih atas wang yang dia sumbangkan.

61. Begitu juga dalam menilai isu politik.

62. Jangan sekadar melihat habuan dunia sebagai kebaikan orang. Ada masa kebaikan itu adalah kewajipan pemerintah.

63. Kita bersyukur atas pelaksanaan tanggungjawabnya, bukan atas dasar 'pengorbanannya' pada rakyat.

64. Malah lebih teruk jika tanggungjawab itu dianggap sebagai satu bentuk 'hadiah' daripada diri mereka sendiri- sedangkan harta itu milik Allah, atau jika di dunia, milik negara dan rakyat, bukanlah mereka punya pun.

65. Berhati-hatilah ya? Telitilah dengan mata hati, jangan biarkan ia mati.

66. Firman Allah SWT dalam Surah Al-Kahfi, ayat 103-104 maksudnya:

"..............Apakah perlu Kami beritahukan kepadamu tentang orang yang paling rugi perbuatannya? (Yaitu) orang yang sia-sia perbuatannya dalam kehidupan dunia, sedangkan mereka sangkakan telah berbuat sebaik-baiknya."

67. Untuk tahu lebih lanjut siapa golongan yang rugi walaupun banyak buat baik ini, anda bukak Al-Quran dan sambung baca ayat yang berikutnya.

68. Saya tak nak tulis di sini sebab 3 perkara. 1) Sebab panjang sangat, 2) Sebab ini blog saya ikut suka hati sayalah! Jelez? Nak gaduh? (Baik yang ini gurauan sahaja ya huhu) dan 3) Supaya sekurang-kurangnya anda ada sebab untuk ambil wuduk dan baca Al-Quran.

69. Sekian sahaja untuk kali ini. Maafkan saya jika ada silap di mana-mana, mohon teguran daripada kalian.

70. Saya tinggalkan anda semua dengan satu hadis yang cukup awesome di bawah. Dalami dan selamilah maksudnya. Allahuaklam. Wassalamualaikum wbt.

Daripada Ibnu Abbas dan ‘Imran bin Hussain r.a, bahawasanya Rasulullah SAW telah bersabda: “Aku melihat ke dalam syurga, maka aku dapat melihat kebanyakan penghuninya adalah terdiri daripada kalangan orang-orang fakir miskin. Dan (apabila) aku melihat ke dalam neraka, maka aku dapat melihat kebanyakan penghuninya adalah terdiri daripada golongan perempuan.” 
-Hadis riwayat Muttafaqun ‘alaih-

71. Tidak, bukan orang kaya sahaja masuk syurga. Bahkan lebih ramai daripada yang miskin.

72. Yang tahu membezakan apa FUNGSI dunia, apa pula STATUS hari akhirat.

73. Moga Allah SWT membantu kita mengenal pasti dengan tepat: mana satu alat, mana satu matlamat.

Ameen ameen ameen~

Diconteng oleh:
Ex-IMU

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Battle of Gender



Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum wbt.

1. When there is a conflict of interest that puts both men and women on the front line to battle for what people describe as human rights such as gender empowerment, we firstly have to know which group are against which other group.

2. Could it be a battle between all men and all women?

3. My conviction says BIG NO NO to the question stated above- which many of us may have overlooked.

4. To me, it is a battle between the guided men and guided women on one side, against the misguided men and misguided women  on the other side.

5. When a general comment or Islamic advice is made on the media about women, many women could wrongly take it as a symbol of oppression and discrimination towards them- then end up going against something they should have supported .

6. It is the same case for men. When men are condemned, we would stand up with all masculinity and aggressiveness to reject such condemnation. What a blame game.

7. Partly, the mistake may be attributed to the one who makes the statement, for making a random generalization- too bad, it hurts either all Adam species or all species of Eve.

8. My intention is to invite us to be on the right side and see things from a better perspective.

9. The battle of gender is never between the genders! It is between again, the group of believers and disbelievers!

10. Things that are regarded sinful in Islam has nothing to do with one's gender, instead, if consuming alcohol is forbidden or haraam, then it is so for both men and women- regardless of whether it's men or women that have a higher percentage in committing such sin!

11. Allah SWT already explicitly explains that the beautiful relationship of men and women in the Quran actually goes beyond only love and sexual relationship. The believing men and women join hands against evil too!

"The believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong...."
(Surah At-Taubah, verse 71)

12. As I will move on the next part of this article, let me end this first section by mentioning here that I have composed a hopefully interesting article related to the above part on my personal blog entitled Superwomen.

Ikhtilat (free mixing between genders)


13. No doubt.

14. Free mixing between men and women is an issue that is either controversial and popular among especially young Muslims in educational institutions, or a non-issue to some others who think it is their right to socialize in ways they like.

15. Islam is clear on its stance about this. Free mixing isn't really free. We have to pay- for the consequences- should we not be careful.

16. Of course Islam is not here to trouble us, and as it always suits people at all time and place, the question now is quite not whether free mixing is allowed, because it seems quite impossible to avoid it all the time in this modern world nowadays.

17. The bigger issue now is therefore, first- do we avoid it whenever possible and second- when it isn't possible and we are in an unavoidable free mixing, do we really observe the conditions and limitations we are entitled to follow?

18. I leave the question there for you my respected readers to answer.

19. Let me also present to you how serious Islam sees this issue- knowing how weak men can be when it comes to temptation- the following hadith perfectly describes that even when we are performing ibadah to Allah SWT, the limitation and guideline are still intact!

"Abu Hurayrah said that the Prophet (May peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best of the men’s rows is the first and the worst is the last, and the best of the women’s rows is the last and the worst in the first."
Narrated by Muslim under No. 664.

20. This simply suggests how even during our prayers (solah) we could be tempted to the opposite gender, so we are not only separated by saf (line) but also it is mentioned that the further away men from women and vice versa, the better it is.

21. Before I continue on this subject of ikhtilat, let us also go to one extreme of this subject- about a type of men-women relationship which is commonly termed as 'couple' that refers to one who has a boyfriend or girlfriend but without any legal relationship contract, otherwise known as nikah or marriage.

22. I am sure some of you here are in this circumstance- you are 'coupling'. But fear not, my dear. I'll be humble and gentle to you. Please keep on reading.

23. First- those who are not 'coupling' yet, the rule is simple- coupling is forbidden and haram for you. Yes, you.

24. Those who already are, I am not here to ask you to break up. 

25. But I'm here to speak up.

26. Think of Allah SWT. Pray a lot to Him. Ask Him for Guidance. Help. Assistance.

27. I believe, with sincerity and continuity in prayers, you'll hopefully come across one of these two whether sooner or later.

a) Your boyfriend/girlfriend leave you because they find someone else thinking that the newly-met is better than you, or because they read this article and decided to break up. I'm sorry I didn't teach them how to read, their teachers did.

OR

b) You are closer to marriage, and your family and you yourself are ready for it. Don't forget to send me a card too. I love nasi minyak- especially when it's free.

28. Ouch! Is there a third choice?

29. Yes there is. Please break up. Period.

30. But I promised not to mention breaking up? Yes I did, but sorry, you just asked for the third option. Thanks for asking.

31. Let me leave you there on this subject. I shall continue on ikhtilat now. 

32. It is explained in a paperwork (link below) that through several verses in Surah An-Nur (verses 30-31) and Surah Al-Ahzab (verse 52), the following are among a few general guidelines provided when it comes to ikhtilat.

33. First of, one must lower or protect their gaze. In other words, do not attempt or let the eyes induce temptation when speaking to a Muslim or Muslimah.

34. Secondly, the clothing must be proper and decent. I would like to quote a very good statement which says that the best clothing to wear is the clothing of taqwa i.e having fear towards Allah as a means of protection for ourselves.

35. The last that I will mention here is the adab, the way or behaviour we have when speaking to others. Never use words or voice intonation that can trigger any dirty intention from the hearts of the listener, no matter how much we may like it (because we usually like attention)- due to the whispers of the shaytan.

36. In a wonderful writing by Ustaz Maszlee Malik entitled Cinta Anta dan Anti, he reminds us of the trick and attempt that some of us make to justify the Islamic love that they live with.

37. Nowadays, it may be easier because such 'Islamic' relationship can be made through online media such as email, Yahoo Messenger and many more. 

38. It is also mentioned in the article that some of us use the opportunity during a meeting of say, Islamic society, to entertain the feeling of missing 'somebody' we are interested with, na'uzubillah.

39. This is a huge tragedy for people who call themselves a dai'e because it's like playing with the rules of Allah and what is more scary about that is that we fear any chance of getting closer to hypocrisy i.e nifaq.

40. Remember, nifaq (hypocrisy) is one of the sins with the most severe punishment in the Hereafter, may Allah safeguard us from it ameen ameen ameen.


41. Do not ever disguise the ill intention we may have with phrases such as ukhwah fillah, I love you because of Allah and many more, because Allah SWT knows what is really in our heart and within our chest. Watch out!

42. The rule of thumb is quite simple and straight forward. 

43. Sometimes it's a noble intention that we have to help our own friends to become a better Muslim.

44. But (for a guy) if that friend of ours is a girl or muslimah, why don't we ask someone from the same gender to do the job for us? The same goes for the opposite case- muslimah having a guy friend. 

45. If we keep saying that that friend of ours will only trust us- that might as well be just another hidden trap that we are blinded from.

46. And what an irony! If he/she really has trust in us, why then that he/she does not have trust in our decision to let someone of the same gender to guide him/her? 

47. Remember again, Allah SWT knows well what's in our heart.

48. And seriously, a Muslim guy becoming an alarm clock for his girlfriend? So that she can wake up and perform the Fajr (Subuh) prayer? Seriously?

49. There's no reward in doing goods through ways that are sinful. This again, also applies the other way around- a Muslimah becoming an alarm clock for his boyfriend.

50. Please please please do not try to 'islamify' sins. We can not make pork halal just because we wash it with seven buckets of water- you know what I mean.

51. Similarly, pork is not halal if we recite Bismillah and slaughter a pig in an Islamic way, or even if we ask the pig to say shahadah before we slaughter it! 

52. In another article I read about fornication of the heart, it is suffice to mention here that what the author basically suggests is to understand it in an acceptable way- not to make our life too difficult about it, but at the same time, do not take it very lightly too.

53. It is a well-known approach in Islam that we shall resort to the middle path (wasatiyyah).

54. Love is not haraam or forbidden. In fact it is encouraged and allowed because our fitrah (innate nature) as a human being- we love to love.

55. However, there's a proper channel. That's about it.

56. I particularly love the part when the author says that it's normal to miss other people or love them or have feelings towards them, but what we have to be careful about is the action we may take from such a feeling, and also the kind of imagination that we may have in our weak mind- please avoid any intention of fornication- it's a recipe to disaster and thinking about it is  considered a form of fornication of the heart.

57. Let us pray that we can play our best roles whether as a Muslim or a Muslimah, so that one day (or the day) when we get married, we will build an awesome Baitul Muslim that will be responsible for the production of an Ulul Albab generation which has high quality in their Islamic knowledge and practice ameen.

58. Let's help spread the love and show the beauty of Islam to the world. I shall end this with a beautiful and rather hilarious quote that reads:

"Gravitation is not responsible for people FALLING in love."


59. Wallahuaklam. Wassalamualaikum wbt.

By:
Ex-IMU

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