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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Kematian Satu Hadiah


Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum wbt.

"(Allah) yang menciptakan MATI dan hidup untuk menguji kamu, siapa di antara kamu yang lebih baik amalnya. Dan Dia Maha Perkasa, Maha Pengampun."
Surah Al-Mulk, ayat 2.


1. Saat saya menulis sekarang, kita sudah berada di tahun hijrah yang baru, 1 Muharram 1434 Hijrah. 

2. Saya bersetuju bahawa pengakhiran yang baik banyak bergantung kepada permulaan yang baik.

3. Semoga kita memulakan tahun baru ini dengan sebaiknya supaya kita menutup tahun ini dengan baik juga kelak.

4. Begitu juga kehidupan. Ada awal dan akhirnya. Dan ada hikmahnya kehidupan itu bermula dan berakhir. Telah disebut salah satu hikmahnya dalam ayat Al-Quran di atas.

5. Sebagai tambahan ada dua implikasi penting lain yang saya nak sentuh di sini.

6. Pertama, jika kita lahir Islam, tak ada jaminan kita mati pun Islam. Maka usahalah ke arah itu. Moga kita mati dalam keadaan yang terbaik dan diredhai-Nya, husnul khatimah. 


"...........Dan janganlah kamu mati melainkan dalam keadaan Islam."
Surah Ali-'Imran, ayat 102
7. Kerana itu juga kita sentiasa berdoa insya Allah:

8. Lebih kurang maksudnya doa di atas, "Ya Allah matikanlah kami dalam Islam, matikanlah kami dalam iman, dan jadikan pengakhiran (kematian) kami sebagai pengakhiran yang baik."

9. Insya Allah ameen! Implikasi yang kedua pula ialah, kita sedia maklum bahawa ada manusia di muka bumi yang lahir dalam keluarga bukan Islam. Maka menjadi tugas kita melakukan dakwah, supaya mereka menemui Islam lantas menganutinya dan berakhir (mati) dengan baik suatu hari nanti. Islam itu percuma di dunia, tapi tak ternilai pada hari akhirat!

10. Berdasarkan tajuk artikel ini, saya bertanggungjawab untuk menjelaskan bagaimana kematian itu satu hadiah.

11. Pertamanya, suka saya tegaskan, ia hanyalah hadiah buat mereka yang beriman kepada Allah dan hari akhirat.

12. Bagaimana pula satu ujian boleh menjadi satu hadiah?

13. Contoh mudah ialah, buat pelajar yang menduduki peperiksaan atau ujian.

14. Ujian itu akan memastikan hanya pelajar yang cemerlang mendapat hadiah.

15. Ujian itu menjadi wadah untuk menapis siapa yang bijak, dan siapa yang tidak. Siapa yang belajar dan mengulangkaji pelajaran, siapa yang tidak.

16. Demikianlah kehidupan manusia di muka bumi ini. Hanya yang berjaya mengharungi ujian itu, akan mendapat hadiah syurga kelak. Dan tidaklah dapat dimasuki syurga itu, melainkan selepas matinya dia di muka bumi. Sebab itulah mati itu untuknya satu hadiah! Dan tiadalah hadiah yang terbesar melainkan dapat bertemu dengan Tuhan yang Maha Agung!

17. Analogi yang kedua ialah sukan. Mana-mana sukan pun ada tempoh masanya.

18. Jika berterusan tanpa wisel penamat, maka pemain bola sepak misalnya, akan pengsan kepenatan.

19. Dan buat yang menjaringkan gol lebih banyak, tiupan wisel lah yang ditunggu-tunggu! Tiupan wisel kemenangan! Demikianlan hadiah buat yang menang. Sebagaimana mati itu hadiah buat yang beriman.

20. Konsep ini sudahpun digambarkan dalam satu hadis oleh Nabi SAW apabila baginda SAW menyebut tentang dua jenis kerehatan apabila seseorang meninggal dunia. Dua jenis itu seperti berikut.

21. Pertama, buat orang yang beriman, apabila dia meninggal dunia, dia akan direhatkan daripada pelbagai dugaan, cabaran dan fitnah dunia. 

22. Kedua, buat orang kafir dan zalim pula, kematian mereka akan memberikan kerehatan kepada planet bumi dan orang-orang baik yang mendiami dunia semasa ketiadaan mereka! 

23. Justeru kita orang beriman haruslah bersabar dalam menghadapi golongan yang zalim dan kafir di muka bumi ini. Masanya tidak lama. Ingat, kita akan mati dan mereka pun, namun takdir kita berbeza.

24. Firman Allah SWT:

"Dan janganlah engkau mengira bahawa Allah lengah daripada apa yang diperbuat oleh orang-orang yang zalim. Sesungguhnya Allah menangguhkan mereka sampai hari pada waktu itu mata (mereka) terbelalak."
Surah Ibrahim, ayat 42

25. Moga Allah SWT melindungi kita semua dan menjadikan mati sebagai kerehatan kepada kita insya Allah ameen ameen ameen.

26. Saya sebenarnya sudah lama ingin menulis tentang topik kematian ini. 

27. Dua faktor pencetus adalah seperti berikut.

28. Pertama, supaya ia menjadi satu perbincangan yang baik antara saya dan rakan-rakan yang lain.

29. Ada yang bertanya tentang apa pandangan saya tentang kematian.

30. Sudah lama tertangguh, saya ingin mohon maaf kepada dua sahabat yang saya muliakan, Dr Najwa Baizurah dan Siti Hajar Almuansyah. Moga kupasan saya dalam artikel ini boleh dijadikan pembuka kepada perbincangan kita selanjutnya (jika ada).

31. Faktor pencetus kedua pula ialah filem Perang Cina yang saya tonton.

32. Pernah dengar Red Cliff? Dah lama dah cerita ni tapi saya special sikit, sebab tu baru tengok hehe (sekadar gurauan untuk senyum-senyum kambing).

33. Saya yakin banyak lagi cerita kisah perperangan yang lain dan ada persamaan yang cukup besar dalam cerita-cerita dengan genre begini.

34. Persamaan ini yang asyik bermain-main di fikiran saya. Saya bertanya kenapa dan bagaimana.

35. Yakni, bagi pejuang yang berperang ini, mereka bukan sahaja tak takut pada mati, malah mereka mahu dan bangga jika mereka mati!

36. Sungguh. Saya tertanya-tanya. 

37. Jika dikaitkan dengan para syuhada' terutamanya pada zaman Nabi SAW dahulu pun, demikianlah sifat mereka.

Gambar hiasan
38. Mahu mencari kemuliaan dengan cara mati kerana Allah.

39. Kita?

40. Atau mungkin saya perlu tanya- Saya?

41. Sekaligus mengingatkan saya pada satu hadis Nabi SAW yang memberi jawapan yang jelas tentang keadaan umat Islam di dunia sekarang yang dibunuh sesuka hati dan dibenci.

42. Hadis itu menerangkan bahawa akan tiba satu zaman musuh umat Islam sudah hilang gerunnya pada umat Islam, walaupun pada ketika itu umat Islam cukup cukup ramai seperti sekarang.

43. Pada ketika itu kita (umat Islam) hanya ibarat buih-buih di lautan (yang hanya hanyut).

44. Kita bukannya tsunami yang kuat dan mampu menggertak, tapi hanya layak dilanyak dan digelak!

45. Puncanya apa?

46. Penyakit Wahn, kata Nabi SAW.

47. Apa itu penyakit Wahn? 

48. Jawab Nabi SAW kepada sahabat RA, Wahn ialah sayang dunia, benci mati!

49. Allah............

50. Di mana kita?

51. Ya Allah, jadikanlah kami orang yang sentiasa mengharapkan pertemuan dengan-Mu.

52. Dan jadikan waktu itu waktu paling gembira buat kami, tatkala kami menemui-Mu dengan hati yang bersih dan suci ameen ameen ameen.

"Pada hari (ketika) harta dan anak-anak tidak lagi berguna, melainkan orang-orang yang menghadap Allah dengan hati yang suci bersih (qalbun saleem)."
Surah As-Syua'ara, ayat 88-89

53. Sebagai penutup, suka saya petik kata-kata Saidina Ali RA.

54. Kata beliau, manusia itu tidur. Bila mati baru mereka terjaga!

55. Mengapa tidak kita kejutkan diri kita sekarang? Menyediakan diri sebelum 'hadiah' itu datang, dan semoga ia benar-benar datang sebagai satu hadiah.

56. Saya amat-amat syorkan rakan-rakan kalian untuk meneliti kata-kata seorang insan yang bukan Muslim (Allahuaklam) tetapi cukup dalam maksud perkataannya.

57. Boleh tengok versi kartun yang cukup cantik dan menarik di sini.

58. Di bawah ini pula adalah video asal apabila dia menyampaikan penyataan itu. Dia merujuk kepada hidup di dunia ini yang hanya satu pengembaraan dan ia akan berakhir. Cuba tonton video di bawah bertajuk, 'Bill Hicks- It's Just a Ride'.


59. Menariknya sudah lama dahulu Nabi SAW telahpun mengingatkan tentang perkara yang sama melalui kalamullah dalam Al-Quran. Subhanallah!

60. Firman Allah SWT:

"Dan kehidupan dunia ini hanya senda gurau dan permainan. Dan sesungguhnya negeri akhirat itulah kehidupan yang sebenarnya, sekiranya mereka mengetahui."
Surah Al-'Ankabut, ayat 64

61. Sekian sahaja untuk kali ini. Saya benar-benar mengharapkan agar ada sesuatu yang dapat dipelajari daripada artikel ini dan mohon doakan saya dan keluarga saya.

62. Mohon doakan juga peperiksaan akhir saya yang bermula pada hari Jumaat ini, 16 November 2012 insya Allah.

63. Saya tinggalkan anda semua dengan kata-kata Inggeris yang cukup dalam dan menarik maknanya seperti berikut:

"When you were born, you cry and everybody else smiles, live your life so that when you die, you smile and everybody else cries."

Allahu ta'ala aklam. Barakallahufikum. Wassalamualaikum wbt.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Gangnam Style: A Question of Originality


Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum wbt.

1. Much has been said about Oppa Gangnam Style. Some people opine that it is fun and likable, while some others prefer to think otherwise.

2. What is my response when people ask me mine?

3. Simple. I don't have problem with Oppa Gangnam Style. 

However....

4. Oppa Gangnam Style has a problem with me. Why?

5. Despite reaching millions of people and indulging a huge acceptance plus YouTube viewership across the globe, it is neither attractive nor enjoyable to me. It has failed to amuse me. Poor Oppa Gangnam Style. 

6. Hence, one point of demerit there for Oppa Gangnam Style. I assume it won't affect its rating though. After all, that doesn't really matter to me.

7. Let us now discuss Oppa Gangnam Style through my personal lens (please return my lens back after you finish. Thank you).

PART 1: Being Genuine 

8. I believe, we are actually dealing with a question of originality here. 

9. Beautifully enough, originality (according to English dictionary) has two meanings and both of them perfectly match the two different qualities I plan to elaborate in the first part of this article.

10. In general, originality can be defined as follows:

                         a) the quality or state of being original
                         b) the ability to think independently and creatively

11. Let's address each given definition above one by one.

First definition

12. With regard to being original, I would argue that we are most pure and original when we were born. Why? Because we were in the state of fitrah when we were still a baby. Fitrah means the innate nature of ourselves.


13. It is the environment and the process of our upbringing that shape us to be what we are today. So how do we maintain that fitrah we were born with?

14. Like all electronic devices that come with their own user manual, we were also created with our very own 'user manual', which in Islam we believe are the Quran and sunnah of Nabi SAW.

15. These two sources provide us the only ways to remain original as human being by living a way of life called Islam.

16. And why is it that Islam is the only way of life again? Because we are a creation. And definitely, Allah SWT as our Creator, He knows best and full well about what is best for His creation. And because He has made Islam as our way of life, we shall then submit to His perfect will.

17. Let's study the verse below from Surah Ar-Rum ayah number 30:


18. The above passage of the Quran clearly mentions that Islam is the way of life that suits our fitrah. It says, "So direct your face toward the religion, inclining to truth. (Adhere to) the fitrah of Allah upon which He has created (all) people. No change should there be in the creation of Allah. That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know."

19. So how do we assess Gangnam Style from here? Isn't Islam too narrow-minded if it prohibits Gangnam Style?

20. Firstly, I don't see any threat or disposal of originality if we don't want to do Gangnam Style. Meaning, without Gangnam Style, we are still original aren't we?

21. Secondly, if Gangnam Style is taken as a form of entertainment or a form of exercise, all of you would agree with me that even if Gangnam Style has never existed on earth, we have plenty other examples as alternatives (for entertainment and exercise).

22. The point I want to highlight here is that, those who can not live without Gangnam Style, they are actually narrow-minded, not Islam. Because they only keep one option in mind- Gangnam Style ;-)

23. Next, no one can live alone without searching for an example. 

24. I would strongly argue that even all inventions we have on earth until today, through the imagination of the great scientists and inventors, are inspired from what they see around them. These are examples that help them come up with new ideas and innovation.

25. Let's take a simple example. The aircrafts. The fact that they have wings, isn't that similar to a bird? Ask ourselves; Which one existed first, a bird (creation of Allah) or an aeroplane (creation of men)?

26. The point here is that we need to follow an example given by the original Creator, and in the case of BEING A TRUE MAN (woman included of course), we already have one.

27. It is the great Mercy of Allah SWT that He has chosen the best of creation, Muhammad SAW as the best good example (uswatun hasanah) for all of us mankind.

Second definition

28. So now we have come to the second meaning of the word originality above i.e to think independently and creatively.

29. To be independent and creative doesn't mean that we have to come up with something completely new, out of nowhere.

30. That is virtually impossible.

31. Of course, we are susceptible to the condition of our society, and peer pressure.

32. However, there's one way to be independent, creative and be the one who shapes the society instead.

33. That one way is through knowledge.

34. When it comes to Gangnam Style lyrics for instance, do we understand the lyrics?

35. If we don't, then we ignore this aspect of KNOWledge i.e do we even know what we are singing about?


36. Some may argue that they understand every single word in the lyrics, but the next question is, do we have any idea on what is behind the meaning?

37. Let me cut it short here.

38. I skimmed through the English version of the lyrics and would like to comment that it has this essence of making women as an object of sex (and the video clip undoubtedly testifies to this).

39. This is to me a complete disregard towards women, which I shall elaborate more about it in the second part below.

40. Just to end this part again, we as Muslims should learn and practice the sunnah of Nabi SAW because that is the knowledge we are looking for.

41. Being independent here means that whatever we do in life, we do it because we base it on a strong and pure knowledge of Islam and we are in no way affected or influenced by external forces, especially when they contain matters which are against our deen (Islam).

42. Before I begin the second part, please ponder on the profound saying of Nabi SAW below.

43. The prophet (S.A.W.) said, "You will surely follow the ways, steps, or traditions of those who came before you, span by span and yard by yard (very closely) even if they entered a lizard's hole you will enter it." The companions asked, "Oh prophet, you mean the Jews and Christians?" so he answered, "Who else!" 
(Reported by Imam Bukhari)


PART 2: Women as sex object

44. I think this is the most interesting part of the sharing I want to make in this article.

45. Once I posted on my Facebook wall, that I believe, Oppa Gangnam Style, like many other form of entertainment are not free from making women as an object of sex.

46. What this means is that, women are reduced, from a status of being a complete human, into a sub-human, or less a human, or an object- which in this case refers to an object of sex.

47. This is rampant almost everywhere.

48. On the billboards along the roads. On posters. On walls of shopping malls. Newspapers. Magazines. You name it, you get it.

49. Free show. Big show.


50. So what is the value of our women in our society nowadays?

51. Are they created only for the purpose of sex?

52. Excuse me if that sounds harsh, but the truth is even more harsh.

53. And I don't like this kind of harshness.

54. I believe women and their femininity are the greatest gift from God.

55. As a Muslim, I value women highly because Islam places the status of mother for instance, above all others.

56. And I tell you what. My mother, like yours, is a woman. We should never let them or even our sisters or even ourselves (if you are women) to be regarded only as an object.

57. In the video clip of Gangnam Style, the fact that the dance resembles riding a horse, symbolically makes women as the horses.

58. Seriously, do you not get it?

59. This is the biggest reason why I am completely switched off the moment I come across Gangnam Style. Really, I am not interested. May Allah protect us all ameen.

60. To end this part, let me share with you a study done in the West.

61. This is regarding women as an object.

62. Let say a chair, which is an object, if we just show a part of it, say, only the leg of the chair, we can still recognize it as a chair. This is because it is an object.

63. Even when we show a picture of a chair upside down, we can recognise that it is a chair.

64. However, it is quite different when it comes to human being, except that men and women are different in the way they are perceived.

65. In the research, when the picture of a man in underwear are shown upside down, it is difficult to recognise him as a man.

66. On the contrary, women in almost naked condition (seriously guys, I was not the participant of this research hehe) when shown in an upside down image, is still recognized easily as women.

67. Why?

68. Because certain body parts of women are easy to recognize in what ever position they are displayed!

69. And because of that, women are seen not as a complete human, but are focused at only on certain part of her sexy body and do you know what this means? It means that a woman is seen merely as an object!

70. Let me sum this up quickly for you.

Dear women,

71. You do have a dignity, honor and pride. Take good care of them.

72. You can choose to be sexy and display any part of your body to other people, but you know what? People may be interested in you (especially men), but not because they perceive you as a human (with rights, emotions, feelings etc), but only as an object (for sex etc) na'uzubillah!

73. So think again. Are you a human? Or just an object?

Conclusion

74. When I speak of issue that reminds women of what they should do, I always want to emphasize that the more serious attention should be made by people called men.

75. Why? Because men are created to be responsible towards women, and men have to protect and take care of women.

76. This means that all of us men, we have a mother. Also, we have sisters and aunties and many others who we love- and they are all women!

77. Therefore, the maintenance of women is the job of not only women, but also men.

78. The second conclusion is, I write this not to influence us to hate others (from different religions e.g the Jews and Christians), but the ultimate aim is to dilute the obsession, or even addiction (if any) in plethora of things that do not have any origin from Islamic teaching and traditions.

79. Lastly, let me say this.

80. We are entitled to ask the right question in life. When it comes to Oppa Gangnam Style, again, I would propose that rather than asking, is there any problem with Gangnam Style, the better question I think we should ask is that, is there any problem if we live without Gangnam Style? My personal answer is NO.

81. At the end of the day, with regard to the question of originality, we have to make a choice:

82. To either be an original or a print-robbed (read: cetak rompak). 

83. Thanks for your time and feedback is highly appreciated. Allahuaklam. Wassalamualaikum wbt.

The End..
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

When to Teach Our Children (About) Marriage


Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum wbt.

1. I am not (yet) married.

2. Maybe in the year 2015, I will be. And I am going to reach 25 (hopefully with more knowledge and money) by then anyway.

3. So.............. when do we teach our children about marriage? The following is my opinion. You may agree, and you may not (or you may add if you wish).

4. I would argue that the first step is being that children first. Meaning, we are the children we are talking about now. Being a good child to our parents, will appropriately be the earliest pre-requisite of having our own children who are also good to us. This is also known as reciprocity.

5. Next, it begins with finding the right spouse. I have made some related commentaries about this here. A born child has everything to do with who their parents are. This is why our beloved Prophet outlines family (being the descendant of pious ones) as one of the important criteria when it comes to marriage. Others, as we are already well-informed about, include wealth, religion and whether he or she is good looking or not.


6. After 'dating' the right spouse, then only we have the next step, which is to teach them about marriage, even before they have the desire to get married.

7. Yes. It is usual, yet uncalled for, to be parents, when our children have to bring a stranger back home and introduce them to us their future prince or princess during which we have to reject the choice they have made. And most of the time, it may be too late.

8. Therefore, it is good to teach them (since young) the 'tool' they may need to look for a life companion, rather than to be a supreme judge whose job is only to say YES or NO towards the choice they already made afterwards. It really doesn't work well that way.

9. This is all about good parenting. We should provide them a tool to choose, rather than an ultimate decision against their choice.

10. In addition, I really love a wonderful advice given by Ustaz Nouman Ali Khan. If we as parents are too busy with our jobs and professions, and consequently spend less time with our children when they are young and need so much of our intention, it is just a matter of time before the world turns upside down.

11. When they become a teenager or an adolescent, and we become very keen to know about their whereabouts and updates, in need of their attention etc., they will speak less to us instead, and most of the time ignore us too while spending most of the time with their friends, just like the way we treated them when they were young.

12. In conclusion, I am not here to lecture on marriage or even parenting, but I just want to reinforce the stance that I hold in life, that everything begins with us and within us.

13. In other words, let's look more inwardly rather than outwardly. See others as a mirror to us. If we are bad enough, then that's what we are going to see around us. Just like a mirror. We will only see a smile if we smile while looking at the mirror.

Wallahuaklam. Wassalamualaikum wbt. ;-)

P/S: In exam mood. Please keep me in your prayers. Thanks my love! =D
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Saturday, October 6, 2012

Antara Logik dan Magik


Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum wbt.

".... maka tanyalah kepada orang yang berilmu jika kamu tidak mengetahui."
(Surah Al-Anbiya', akhir ayat 7)

1. Menjadi kelaziman dalam hidup kita seharian, kita mahu buat apa yang kita rasa ada sebab dan logiknya.

2. Maka apa jua yang tak tercapai dek logik akal, kita abaikan atau tinggalkannya. Ataupun, kita tak mempercayainya.

3. Contohnya, kita tak akan sanggup terjun ke dalam api kerana logiknya, kita akan mati hangus terbakar.


4. Pun begitu, setahu saya yang cetek ilmu ini, Islam memberi perspektif yang lebih baik dan rasional dalam berhadapan dengan isu logik akal manusia.

5. Pertamanya, ada beza yang besar antara (a) apa yang tak logik dengan (b) apa yang tak mampu difikirkan oleh logik akal kita.

6. Contohnya, adakah orang awam mampu menerangkan bagaimana pembakaran minyak petrol dalam enjin boleh menyebabkan kereta boleh bergerak?

7. Untuk orang awam yang tak mendalami ilmu itu, dia tak mampu memahaminya, namun dia harus bersetuju bahawa ia perkara yang logik. Adalah LOGIK bahawa dalam dunia ini, banyak perkara yang kita tak tahu. Mengaku bahawa kita tahu semua perkara itulah baru TIDAK LOGIK.

8. Justeru, tak bolehlah kita kata sesuatu yang kita tak ada ilmu padanya itu adalah tidak logik, kerana logik manusia amat terbatas berbanding dengan pengetahuan Yang Maha Mencipta lagi Maha Mengetahui.

9. Teliti potongan ayat Al-Quran berikut:

".....Tetapi boleh jadi kamu tak suka sesuatu, padahal ia baik untukmu, dan boleh jadi kamu suka sesuatu, padahal ia tak baik untukmu. Allah mengetahui, sedang kamu tidak mengetahui."
(Surah Al-Baqarah, ayat 216)

10. Sejurus selepas selesainya ceramah Dr Zakir Naik di UiTM Shah Alam baru-baru ini, saya dengan 2 orang sahabat lain sempat berbincang dengan seorang penganut agama Buddha, Richard, yang bertanyakan soalan kepada Dr Zakir Naik tentang isu ahli kitab.

11. Dalam perbincangan itu, Richard mahukan penafsiran yang berbeza tentang ayat Al-Quran kerana katanya, zaman sudah berubah, dan kita perlu memahami ayat Al-Quran dalam konteks yang boleh diterima logik akal manusia.

12. Maka baginya, tidak logik untuk penganut agama Buddha sepertinya tidak dapat berkahwin dengan seorang wanita Melayu Muslim di Malaysia, hanya kerana dia bukan seorang Muslim.

13. Maka di sinilah timbul isu logik. Richard meletakkan logik sebagai neraca utama dalam memahami ayat-ayat Allah SWT. Realitinya, Richard bukan keseorangan. Bahkan ada penganut agama Islam sendiri yang mengambil daripada agama hanya apa yang difikirkannya logik. Na'uzubillah!

14. Adakah hanya yang kita rasa logik sahaja yang benar dan sahih? TIDAK!

15. Sudah saya sebut di atas tentang keterbatasan akal manusia. Dan saya juga menyebut bahawa Sang Pencipta lebih tahu apa yang baik atau buruk untuk kita, melebihi logik akal kita yang tak mampu memahami semua perkara.

16. Nak tambah satu lagi. Sebagai umat Islam, kita beriman pada Allah, kekuatan-Nya dan kemampuan-Nya. Apa yang tak logik pada akal kita, Allah mampu lakukannya dengan izin dan kehendak-Nya.

17. Cuba teliti kisah Nabi Ibrahim. Baginda AS dicampak ke dalam api pun tak terbakar. Kerana yang menjadikan api itu panas ialah Allah SWT, maka Dialah juga yang mampu menjadikannya sejuk jika Dia mahu.

18. Ringkasnya, tiada batas dan had pada Allah SWT, tetapi manusia cukup terbatas dalam segala benda. Nota penting: Tak sama yang dicipta dengan yang mencipta.

19. Sebab itulah, Islamnya kita pertama-tamanya adalah dengan iman kita pada Allah SWT dan Rasul-Nya, diikuti ketaatan pada perintah-Nya dan Rasulullah SAW.

20. Apa jua yang sukar, atau mudah, berat atau ringan pada kita, semuanya adalah untuk kebaikan kita sendiri. Sedangkan kita diciptakan lemah. Lemah dalam membuat keputusan. Maka kita perlukan petunjuk, kerana petunjuk Allah SWT dan Rasul-Nya adalah sesuatu yang memudahkan kita, bukan sebaliknya.

"Allah hendak memberikan keringanan kepadamu, kerana manusia diciptakan (bersifat) lemah."
(Surah An-Nisa', ayat 28)

21. Tujuan saya menulis artikel ini adalah supaya kita mengingatkan diri kita bahawa logik akal bukanlah neraca UTAMA dan PERTAMA dalam kita membuat keputusan dalam kehidupan.

22. Sebaliknya, Al-Quran dan Sunnah yang datang dahulu dan mengatasi segala-galanya.

23. Tapi itu sahaja tak cukup. Malah untuk memahami Al-Quran dan Sunnah pun kita lemah dan serba kekurangan. Sebab itulah kita perlukan para Nabi AS dan juga pewaris mereka, para ulama' yang telah Allah SWT muliakan dan anugerahkan ilmu kepada mereka. Rujuklah mereka. Hormati mereka. Kasihi mereka. Doakan mereka.

24. Sebagai penutup, mari saya bawa saudara dan saudari meneliti situasi berikut.

25. Kita maklum bahawa makan daging khinzir diharamkan dalam Islam. Bayangkan jika 50 tahun dahulu kita wujud di muka bumi ini dan berpegang teguh kepada pengharaman ini.

26. Dan jika orang bukan Islam mahupun orang Islam sendiri tanya kenapa diharamkan daging khinzir, lantas kita mengambil SENJATA LOGIK kita untuk memberi jawapan.

27. Kita kata, ia haram kerana khinzir binatang yang kotor, duduk di tempat yang kotor, dan makan makanan dari sumber yang tak bersih. Kita tak makan daging khinzir kerana takutkan penyakit.

28. Sekarang, kembali kepada tahun 2012. Era moden. Khinzir kini diternak ditempat yang cukup bersih (bahkan boleh jadi lebih bersih daripada tempat tinggal manusia). Daging khinzir juga kini cukup bersih dan menggunakan teknologi bioteknologi yang tercanggih, tidak ada seekor kuman pun dalam daging khinzir.

29. Soalnya, adakah sekarang DAGING KHINZIR MENJADI HALAL?

30. Jawapannya YA, jika kita fikir secara logik. Dan jawapannya TIDAK jika kita faham bahawa ARAHAN ALLAH SWT melebihi segala-galanya, mengatasi kemampuan logik akal kita.

Gambar hiasan
31. Tidaklah salah menggunakan fakulti akal dan intelek yang Allah kurniakan. Namun, ketahuilah bahawa ia ada batas dan hadnya dan janganlah sampai ia menjadi punca kita melanggar perintah Allah SWT.

32. Bukanlah kita mengajak manusia menjadi pengikut agama yang buta dan tak perlu berfikir. Tetapi, kita mengajak untuk menukarkan sedikit soalan yang nak diajukan. 

33. Contohnya, daripada kita tanya, kenapa daging khinzir diharamkan, kenapa tak kita lebihkan masa bertanyakan soalan seperti siapa yang mencipta aku, siapa yang lebih tahu apa yang baik untukku dan siapa yang harus aku taati.

34. Seperti jika kita sakit, kita tak perlu termakan dengan kebodohan sendiri mencari sebab kenapa ubat A lebih baik berbanding ubat B (jika kita orang awam), sebaliknya bukankah lebih baik kita kaji siapa doktor yang terbaik untuk mendapatkan nasihat, siapa yang paling boleh dipercayai dan diyakini?

35. Tidaklah ia bermakna kita buta. Sebaliknya kitalah yang celik kerana bertanyakan soalan yang lebih wajar dan rasional. Allahuaklam. Moga Allah SWT kekalkan kita dalam hidayah dan rahmat-Nya ameen...

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Bajet 2013


Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum wbt.

1. Bajet 2013 telah disampaikan oleh YAB Perdana Menteri dan Pakatan Rakyat diwakili Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim juga telah mengeluarkan Belanjawan Pakatan Rakyat sebagai satu rujukan alternatif.

2. Sebagai anak watan negara yang rasional dan matang, ayuh kita membuat perbandingan dan penilaian dengan adil dan saksama. Moga dengan itu kita menjadi lebih bijak dalam membuat keputusan.

3. Sila muat turun dokumen berkaitan di bawah.

Wallahuaklam. Terima kasih ;-)

Perhatian: Jika ada masalah untuk muat turun, sila emel saya di jako_imp[at]yahoo.com. Insya Allah saya cuba emelkan secara peribadi kepada saudara/ri =D

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Sunday, September 23, 2012

Just Push the Button!


Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum wbt.

1. I am here to address the issue of Muslim outrage around the globe in response to the filming and screening of a controversial short film entitled 'Innocence of Muslims'.

2. And for that, I'll create an analogy for you my dear.

3. Let's say I have a button, which will give me a million of money every time I push it once.

4. I'll surely push the button more and more.


5. Now the act of pushing the button is likened to the insult other people make towards our beloved Prophet Muhammad SAW.

6. And the millions of money is likened to our outrage, anger and all other form of emotional extremism.

7. The message is rather straight forward. The more we show our anger for being insulted, the more these people will insult us because they really 'enjoy' looking at us being put 'on fire'.

8. The solution? Let them strain their fingers and regret for pushing the button. They'll get sick of waiting for the money to come out, just like how they'll get sick of waiting for us to get angry.

9. We don't have to struggle to remove or destroy the button. Instead, all we need to do is not to be the button, which dispenses money when it is pressed.


"So be patient (O Muhammad) over WHATEVER they say, and exalt (Allah) with praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting."
(Surah Qaf, ayah number 39)

10. Muslims' greatest weapon in this circumstance is our great patience showing how we are not at all affected by whatever they say about our prophet SAW.

11. The dignity and greatness of beloved Muhammad SAW are from Allah, and nobody can take them away from him SAW, not even their ridicule or insults. Never!

12. Instead, we take a more proactive means to double our work of dakwah and communicate more with non-Muslims, distributing the words and message of Islam such as by distributing more free copies of the Quran in the public.

13. Also as found in the above verse, let's just increase our remembrance towards Allah by saying subhanallah (exalted is He) and alhamdulillah (all praise be to Allah SWT).

14. In other words, we have alternative in ways we could respond to such incident.

15. Lastly, let me quote Boonaa Mohammed who beautifully says the following:

"They insult our prophet with the things they say, we do it (insult our prophet) by not following his way (sunnah)."

16. It's always necessary to look inwardly in our life, the fact that maybe the trouble that we see around us comes from our own weaknesses and mistakes.

17. We have to uphold justice even if that means that we have to go against ourselves (please read Surah An-Nisa', ayah number 135).

18. We as Muslims should always begin from inside when we react. Always look at problems around us as a mirror, because what it appears (on the mirror) could be a reflection of what we are.

19. Really, with this in mind, pushing the button will never have any impact on Islam. We shall respond, but in a better way, and let them do it; just push the button!

20. Allahuaklam. Please enjoy the video below by Ustaz Nouman Ali Khan. 

21. Wassalamualaikum wbt.. 

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Friday, September 14, 2012

Blog Baru


Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum wbt.

Blog baru: Islam Pilihan
1.  Saya merancang untuk melancarkan projek ke-3 sebagai kemuncak kepada aktiviti peribadi bulan Ramadhan yang lalu (yakni kedatangan Syawal) selepas poster Ramadhan (projek 1) dan BURAK (projek 2).

2. Namun, apakan daya, saya tak sempat. 

3. Sekarang memandangkan Syawal hampir berlabuh, saya ambik keputusan untuk umumkan sahaja projek jangka masa panjang ini walaupun mungkin hanya baru 70% siap.

4. Projek ini adalah untuk menulis artikel-artikel menggunakan 100% Bahasa Melayu berkaitan isu-isu dan ilmu Islam yang ringkas dan bersahaja buat orang awam seperti saya.

5. Ia akan banyak menumpukan kepada dua perkara seperti berikut:

a) Kecantikan dan keindahan Islam
b) Perbandingan agama (comparative religion)

6. Buat masa sekarang, hanya 3 artikel sahaja yang sudah berjaya disiapkan alhamdulillah. 

Sembelih dan Makan Binatang Korban: Kejam?
Konsep Triniti Dalam Quran?
Benarkah Allah Wujud?

7. Akhir sekali, saya mohon rakan-rakan sebarkan dan turut serta dalam satu program terbesar tahun ini buat kita umat Islam dalam dakwah. Sila rujuk poster di bawah.


8. Untuk mendaftar, sila ke pautan ini. Ia free sahaja. Maka free kanlah juga diri untuk hadir ya?

9. Sekian sahaja untuk kali ini. Untuk melawat blog saya yang terbaru itu, boleh klik di bawah. Terima kasih.

Wallahuaklam. Wassalamualaikum wbt.

P/S: Blog baru tersebut bukan sebagai ganti, tetapi tambahan kepada blog sedia ada. Ia lebih objektif, dan tiada artikel Bahasa Inggeris. Pun begitu, semua artikel di sana akan juga disiarkan di blog yang lama ini. ;-)
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Friday, September 7, 2012

Ibnu Hanaffi Wears Hijab


Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum wbt.

1. This entry has nothing to do with Devil Wears Prada. Except that I am an angel (It's a joke ok) =p


2. But we are talking about hijab here.

3. How come a guy like me wears hijab then?

4. No I do not.

5. But this entry is about hijab. Basically hijab is the scarf, or piece of cloth Muslim women put over and around their heads to cover their hair and neck (not face).

6. And it is an obligation in Islam, not an option, nor a choice.

7. The question of hijab is one of the most asked questions especially by non-Muslim women. One of them is an American whom I met during Ramadhan. (Please refer Dakwah and Me)

8. While many would question Islam as truth, it is still the fastest growing religion in the West.

9. And while people may argue about hijab, out of all those who reverted to Islam, most of them are women- which proves that hijab, in and of itself is never a problem.

10. So what really is the problem?

11. Our belief in God.

12. Hijab (like many other compulsory things in Islam) has everything to do with the belief in God.

13. We can argue on plethora of reasons and logical explanation for hijab, from being a tool for women protection, to worldly thing such as fashion demand.

14. But all those can be rebutted. In many ways.

15. But who are we to deny the greatness of our Creator the Most High?

16. We were created from tiny sperm and ovum, yet now we deny the Creator and His instruction, whose words can shatter the mountains?

17. That is far too much.

18. The climax of this article is this.

19. I am not addressing this article to those not wearing hijab. I am addressing this to one who does instead.

20. Ask this question to yourself: Why do I wear hijab?

21. Is it because that's the piece of cloth you used to live with since you were young?

22. The true piety of somebody is not judged by the length of her hijab, but by the strength of her eeman (faith).

23. I have met people, who refuses to wear hijab, because she herself couldn't find a good example from women with hijab. Some are even worse (in words and actions) than those without hijab.

24. I believe many sisters out there have been encountering the same excuses from their 'non-hijabi' friends.

25. But I am not here to blame the 'hijabis'. I am here to invite you re-investigate the concept of hijab.

26. In my opinion, the word hijab must be understood beyond the need to 'hide' the appearance of certain parts of the body.

27. Because it has much to do with modesty, decency and as mentioned earlier, a sign of piety towards Allah the Creator.

28. And these things (modesty, decency and piety) are themselves not something that we can see or touch, but they should appear to be obvious, 'worn' by every men and women.

29. And I mention men too, because men are not allowed to appear naked in the public. There is 'hijab' for men too of course.

30. In short, when we are talking about hijab, I prefer to put it this way.

31. The wearing of hijab is not only about hiding. It's about showing.

32. What is hidden (covered) is the body parts, but what is shown is modesty, decency and piety.

33. The implication is obvious. Wearing hijab without being modest is a strong indication that one has not fully grasped the real concept of hijab.

34. In short, if you wear hijab, make sure you are not doing so as though you are still naked.

35. Wallahuaklam. Wassalamualaikum wbt.


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Monday, September 3, 2012

How to Defeat the Zionists


Bismilllahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum wbt.


1. That guy above has a beard. But that's besides the point. He is Theodor Herzl, a Jew, and the father of modern political Zionism.

2. And he is dead. So if we want to be afraid, let's be afraid of his ghost instead. After all, many ghosts had just been released on Syawal 1st recently.

3. Do you know what is more ghostly?

4. A ghost with no fingers. No, I mean, pointing fingers. Meaning, putting the blame always on others.

5. Back to case in point. We are surely interested in the same question: How do we defeat the Zionists?

6. Asking such question, in and of itself, may be a sign of defeat already. 

7. Why do we want to defeat the Zionists in the first place?

8. Is winning (read:victory) always about defeating others?

9. Wrong. The true victor is one who wins over his own self!

10. And Islam teaches us that jihad, which means to strive or struggle, begins from overcoming the inner self of us. And this may be the biggest enemy (hence challenge) we have to face.

11. The real freedom (independence) therefore is the freedom from this greatest enemy, known in Arabic as the nafs which simply means 'self'. To exaggerate it in an image of enemy, nafs would rather be understood or defined as EGO.

12. My message here is simple. It is so naive on our part to expect that people won't make use of our weaknesses (assuming that weakness here refers to our subversion or surrender to our nafs).

13. Why? Because it is almost natural (though not permissible, from moral and religious point of view) for people who have advantage  against others to use that advantage as a tool to victimize.

14. So, the fact that Muslims and the whole humanity are suffering are not primarily because there exist the number one world criminals like Zionists and armies of Dajjal, but because we are too weak to fight them, to a point that we lose even before the battle begins.

15. They don't have any advantage over us, except that that advantage come from our weaknesses. Getting rid of our own weaknesses will therefore mean that we also get rid of their advantage, hence cruelty, manipulation and evil control over us.

16. In other words, let's not strive to shout and spit out voices of anger merely in the air (with no eventual desired result), but let the heart shout instead because genuine change would start from WITHIN, and then action follows.

17. My second message to bring forward here is rather simpler. Let's come back to Islam. Let's come back to the Quran and Sunnah and take them seriously.

18. Rendering them as absent in our life is the biggest mistake and the most enormous weakness we could ever have.

19. Muhammad SAW, our beloved prophet made it very clear when he said that we are not going to be astray in any way so long as we hold on to two things aforementioned i.e the Quran and Sunnah (prophetic traditions).

20. It doesn't simply mean go and read books about them. Rather, it very importantly includes our interaction with Allah SWT and the prophets and the people who tread on the same path (the companions and the ulama').

21. In the Quran, it mentions that the disbelievers will laugh at us. 

"The wicked used to laugh at the believers."
(Surah Al-Muthoffifin, ayah number 29)

22. And in the Hereafter they will be the ones we will laugh at.

"So today the believers are laughing at the disbelievers."
(Surah Al-Muthoffifin, ayah number 34)

23. We unfortunately are unaware of their plot to make us follow them in whatever way they want.

24. Let me illustrate one simple example.

25. Most people nowadays can hardly live without Facebook. At least to communicate instantly.

26. Hence we have put too much reliance upon it, to an extent that we let it controls us.

27. Remember when Facebook changed its layout to timeline format? Many Facebook users complained and made noise about it.

28. However at the end of the day, there's nothing can be done except to just live with it (the change).

29. We are not Mark Zuckerberg are we? 

30. The message is simple. Take money for instance. This is why we have to be careful not to invest our whole life into it.

31. There may come a time when we shall do something that we should not do, and do not want to do, but are forced to do, because we can't live without money. This, is the false servitude that we should be very careful at.

32. The choice (hence solution) is none other than shifting the servitude to Allah SWT the most High, who is the best of Protector, the best of Provider and Sustainer.

33. Think about it. Ask questions. Why are we here on earth? What is the purpose of living here while we see more and more people leaving and dying, if not as a sign that our turn will soon come too?

34. Are we prepared?

35. Happy independence day everyone. Remember, the true freedom is by subscribing ourselves to Allah SWT and being His true servant. Rely on Allah SWT, as He is indeed free of all defects, free of all needs.

Allahuaklam. Wassalamualaikum wbt =D
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The Colours of Life

The Colours of Life
Picture taken on Syawal 1, 2009

THE BELOVED FAMILY-Hey, do the maths!

Dad: Mohd Hanaffi bin Hassin
Mom: Noorma bte Mamat

Siblings:

Mohd Ridzwan
Nurul Shuhada
Mohd Amirul Asyraf (blog owner)
Fatihah Sakinah
Nurul Ain Afifah
Ilyana Nazlin
Nur Amira Mawaddah
Mohd Aizat Aiman
Nur Anis
Mohd Amri Afiq