Monday, December 03, 2007
It's holiday!
What does holiday means to you?
-movies?
-cooking?
-excessive eating?
-travelling?
It's typical.. that's what people always do during cuti-cuti. It's about how to spend your free time.
Alhamdulillah, now how I define holiday is different. Holiday should not be about relaxation. For one who want to work for the deen, holiday means work!
"Peliharalah Allah di waktu lapang".
"Tiada kerehatan bagiku melainkan setelah melangkahnya kakiku ke syurga (Imam Ahmad). "
Because of the limited time that God give to us, I should work really hard to use time effectively. I'm planning to read books "yg wajib-wajib" tuh. Allah only gave human around 60-100 years to do their responsibility as the vicegerent of earth and after that He will grant us paradise which is eternal. So it's better to give up some of the things that we love in this wordly life now than to lose them in the hereafter.
Stay away from those craps. I can't help but hate movie yang crap. (it does not benefit us at all). I remind myself first before others. I really hope by writing this down, it will make me do what I want to do as now that I am responsible for my own words.
Link menarik tentang masa:
http://bahantarbiyyah.info/v3/wordpress/?p=32
some of the excerpt:
"Oleh kerana peribadi ulama dan manusia sebegini, umat masih tetap bertahan ratusan tahun lamanya memimpin dunia dan menerangi gelapnya. Dan kita hanya mampu berkata,” Ini sesuatu yang luar biasa! Siapa yang sanggup melakukannya?!
Maka anda tidak harus melakukannya. Sekali-kali tidak. Tapi anda perlu menghabiskan masa anda sia-sia. Anda tidak harus duduk santai di kedai, café beberapa jam hanya untuk sekadar makan. Anda tidak harus meluang masa menonton telenovela dan drama. Anda tidak harus duduk bersembang perkara tidak berguna. Anda tidak harus menantikan bola yang disepak ke sana ke mari masuk ke dalam gol. Anda tidak harus bersolek di depan cermin seolah tiada hari esok. Anda tidak harus berpeleseran untuk window shopping di pasaraya dan mall. Anda tidak harus membicarakan artis itu memakai pakaian fesyen apa dan dengan siapa dia bercinta. Anda tidak harus buat begitu. Andai sahaja anda memahaminya, cukup untuk membuatkan umat ini berjaya.
Jika hal-hal itu kita lakukan kemudian kita bersedih dengan nasib umat, kita menghina saudara seIslam kita. Kemudian kita berseronok kembali. Maka insafilah diri kita!"
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Sunday, December 02, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007
My beloved sister came for her last visit. Happy :)
I always love it when someone whom I regard as one of my role models is around me. It motivates me.
These days, I've found that emotion has taken control over me. I know women and emotions are two things intertwined like a siamese twin but I hate it when it's too much. It's killing me and sometimes when it's too much you tend to put over emphasis on trivial matters.
I believe and try to adapt and to work out on my belief that women aren't meant to expect people around her to deal with her emotions all the time. Women, as someone who understand much about emotion as they have to learn to overcome it should be the one who console others.
It's fascinating how one of the greatest women in history, Khadijah R.A. actually the one who provided all the emotional support to the most influential person in the history of mankind ever the beloved Muhammad S.A.W. I keep thinking that it is amazing and that it is beyond the belief of the society that regards women as weak, fragile, too emotional and too sensitive etc. etc. In fact, it changed the world!
So, I really hope I will be wise in dealing with emotions. To be emotional is good, and it is in fact inside every women. It is just that we have to make it as our specialty instead of making it like one burden and problematic to others around us.
After all put your trust in the One and Only.
"Memang kadang-kadang emosi bising terlebih."
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Many are going back for good tomorrow (friends from other countries).
Perpisahan memang menyakitkan, tetapi dengan perpisahan kita kan lebih mengerti erti pertemuan. Saya sangat berbesar hati mengenali kalian.
us, sdg bz studi..
2 days more before the final paper exam. All the best everyone! Semoga dipermudahkan Allah.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Monday, November 05, 2007
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
By Dr. Yusuf Al-Qaradawi
President — The International Union for Muslim Scholars
Some people mistake righteousness and piety with weakness and humiliation . In their view, being a devoted person implies taking a negative position and isolating oneself from the events of life. They have a distorted vision of the morals preached by Islam; for example, they understand submission as tantamount to passivity and fatalism. Humbleness, in this context, is taken to mean accepting oppression and giving up all means and manifestations of strength. Refuting this misconception, Dr. Ysusuf Al-Qaradawi states:
The true concept of Islam has nothing to do with such spiritlessness or weakness. In fact, iman (faith) has always been the source of strength and might, high morals, and strong personality.
Once `Umar ibn Al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) saw a man who, while performing Prayer, was totally withdrawn and dispirited, as if coming from among the dead. `Umar reacted angrily to such attitude and said to the man, “Do not incorporate into our religious rites aspects of death. Submissiveness is that of the heart not of appearance.”
`Umar was famous for his saying “O Allah! I seek refuge in You from fake submissiveness.” People said, “What is fake submissiveness?” `Umar replied, “To have a humble body, but not a humble heart.” Ash-Shifa’ bint `Abdullah saw some youth walking listlessly, so she asked, “Who are those people?” “They are ascetics,” was the answer. She commented, “`Umar, though a real ascetic, used to walk quickly, speak loudly, and hit severely,” indicating that he was strong.
While being the example of modesty and humbleness, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to walk quickly as if coming down from a hill. Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) described him: “I have never seen a person with a countenance more beautiful than that of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as if sun was shining in his face. I have never seen a person quicker in pace than him, as if land is folded before his feet.”.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
People all walking to the masjid.. subhanallah..such a touching moment
Syada & Rym at Lakemba Mosque..while waiting for the prayer
Lakemba Mosque
1 Syawal 1428..at teratak Nisa dan rakan-rakan at 82
2 Syawal
Eid Celebration on Syawal 4
Khas buat Ainee.. the cake i bake
I really love Eid this year. Probably this is the last chance for me to celebrate it overseas. Sad that it's the last. All I know is I'm going to miss this so much. The atmosphere is so different compared to celebrating it in Malaysia. Rym said that in her home country, Eidulfitr is more about eating sweets while in Malaysia it is about serving all kinds of different foods. That's why most of the shops opened in Lakemba on that day were only bakery shops. Even the way the takbir was uttered (Lakemba Mosque) was also different. It sounded more like celebrating a victory and not so melancholic like the way that I had always heard. And to see people from all walks of life regardless of their age, race, colour and gender all got together for the prayer really shows that Allah does what He wills.He made people leave their home to praise him. Beautiful indeed if the Ummah is always unites not only during Eid prayer, but all the time.
I miss to celebrate Eid in Malaysia, but I also love the celebration here. I guess tidak melampau kalau dikatakan this is the first time I understand about the hakikat sambutan 1 Syawal itu. Insya-Allah.
Only Allah knows.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
I love how Khalid Amayreh, the writer for palestine-info who is now in occupied Jerusalem, commenting and giving his own views and opinions on Zionist occupation of Palestine. Factual, accurate and honest. And also threateaning to the enemies.
These questions and other remarks made by the young Iranian leader shocked Israel's fanatical supporters and apologists in the US who, predictably, resorted to name-calling, personal attacks and red-herring tactics aimed at vilifying the elected president of 72 million people and diverting attention from Zionist savagery and brutality in Palestine. If anything, the vile response was a clarion testimony to the intellectual bankruptcy of Zionism.
Indeed, instead of objectively and honestly relating to Ahmadinejad’s logical remarks about Israel’s Gestapo-like tactics against the helpless Palestinians, Zionist leaders from Israeli-occupied Jerusalem to Israeli-occupied Congress were caught off balance by the audacity and shocking veracity of the Iranian leader’s speech."
check this site out:
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/en/default.aspx
Go under the 'comment' section. That's where most of his views are. It's best to read from someone who is actually there witnessing the real things.
Makanan 5 thumbs-up! Yang paling saya suka air. Air cikang yang berais. Padahal hari tu batuk-batuk. Kesannya batuk semakin melarat. Tapi kerana air yang hanya boleh didapati di pasar-pasar malam di Malaysia, saya gagahkan jua. Makanan Malaysia dan Indonesia lebih kurang sahaja. Benar!
Sambil-sambil menunggu solat jemaah maghrib, sempat juga saya berkenalan dengan mereka yang saya belum berkenalan dengan mereka di Uni. Sekadar senyum-senyum sahaja. Ris, gadis yang ala-ala pelakon filem Indo yang cantik. Pernah ke Malaysia tahun lepas menemani abangnya menonton F1 race di Sepang. Lagi bertambah ciri-ciri watak yang sering kita lihat di movie. Ika, sudah berusia dewasa. Amirah, Mirah dan banyak lagi yang lain. Juga tuan cateirng yang menyediakan masakan yang lazat. Mereka semua dari peringkat usia yang berbeza. Tapi keramahan mereka sama. Melayani kami berdua bagaikan sama asalnya. Ini sungguh membuatkan kami terharu. Sweet.
Kelakarnya, mereka berbicara dengan kami dengan menggunakan bahasa inggeris. Mungkin takut kami tak faham sedangkan saya boleh faham hampir setiap butir perbualan mereka. Lain la kalau saya bercakap bahasa Melayu, pasti mereka sukar untuk faham. That's always the case. Really.
Jadi, apa kesimpulannya saya menceritakan ini? Saya merasa sedih untuk meninggalkan bumi Australia ini kerana mungkin di tanahair saya tak dapat merasai pengalaman beriftar atau bermajlis bersama-sama dengan saudara seakidah saya dari negara lain. Di musolla, beriftar dengan mereka yang berbangsa Arab, Turki, India dan lain-lain dan di majlis iftar ini. Suatu pengalaman manis tinggal di rantau orang adalah merasai perasaan berummah atau perasaan kesatuan ummah itu sendiri yang mungkin kurang 'feel' nya di negara sendiri kerana sekelilling kita orang-orang Melayu.
Kata Prof Ungku Aziz, yang mungkin applicable juga untuk bangsa-bangsa lain.
"Orang Melayu tidak berfikir seperti satu ummah. Orang Melayu individulistik." We mean kommunistik.
Ada kebenarannya kata-kata itu. Bukan sekadar untuk orang Melayu, tapi juga buat bangsa-bangsa beragama Islam lain di dunia ini. Nasionalism membunuh kesatuan ummah ini. Di mana kepentingan bangsa teratas dari segalanya. Padahal bila menyatakan Allah sebagai ilah yang satu, perbezaan ini secara geografiknya terhapus. Semua jadi sama.
Mungkin ada yang kata nasionalisme ada baiknya dan selariannya dengan Islam, tapi saya kurang gemar dipeningkan. Pernah terbaca artikel bagaimana penulis itu menerangkan konsep liberalisme, kapitalisme dan nasionalisme sebagai suatu yang memang terdapat di dalam Islam, tapi minda kecil saya tidak suka dikelirukan.Biarlah Islam itu Islam. Tidak perlu ditabalkan dengan nama-nama lain.
Jadi, malam itu, Ika menghantar saya dan Syada pulang. Indahnya persaudaraan. Hingga hari ini hangatnya kemesraan mereka melayani kami berdua masih terbayang-bayang di ingatan. Australia yang bakal ku rindui.
Monday, October 08, 2007
Sunday, October 07, 2007
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Words from a western thinker,
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Assalamualaikum...
ADAKAH rahsia yang tersimpan di antara diri kita dengan Allah Taala? Menyembunyikan amal kebaikan dari pengetahuan orang lain. Sungguh berat untuk dilakukan kerana lumrahnya manusia memang suka kepada puji-pujian. Berbeza jika seseorang itu melakukan kejahatan, dia akan bersusah-payah menyembunyikan kejahatannya itu daripada pandangan manusia.
Bersyukurlah kerana Allah SWT menghijab segala aib kita daripada mata manusia. Apakah rahsia yang anda sembunyikan itu? Jika ia suatu kejahatan, maka banyakkanlah istighfar, kalau rahsia itu adalah amal ibadat yang ikhlas, maka bersyukurlah kerana Allah SWT menunjukkan diri anda.
Al-Shaikh Muhammad Salih Al-Munajjid menukilkan dalam kitabnya Silsilah A’mal al-Qulub: “Imam al-Mawardi menghasilkan penulisan yang banyak dalam bidang tafsir al-Quran, fiqah dan cabang ilmu lainnya. Namun tiada satu pun karyanya yang diterbitkan semasa hidupnya, melainkan ketika saat akhir hayatnya. Beliau berkata kepada sahabatnya “Semua buku itu adalah hasil karyaku, aku berwasiat kepadamu jika aku sedang menghadapi nazak, letakkanlah telapak tanganmu pada telapak tanganku. Jika aku menggenggamnya ketahuilah bahawa tidak ada satu pun daripada hasil tulisanku itu diterima oleh Allah Taala. Bawalah buku-buku itu ke sungai Tigris dan campakkanlah ia semua ke dalamnya. Sebaliknya, jika aku membuka tanganku, maka ketahuilah bahawa semuanya diterima Allah Taala sebagaimana yang kudambakan dari-Nya.” Ternyata Imam al-Mawardi membuka tangannya dan sesuai dengan wasiatnya buku beliau telah diterbitkan.
Cukuplah hanya Allah SWT yang tahu segala amal baik yang dilakukan. Ini bukan bermakna kita tidak boleh menghebahkan amal berkenaan. Ia tidak salah jika diniatkan untuk memberi teladan kepada orang lain dan supaya syiar Islam dapat dijadikan contoh manusia seluruhnya.
Tetapi bagaimana dengan risiko sifat riak yang merosakkan amal?
Jika kita tidak mahu terjebak oleh penyakit berbahaya ini, sebaiknya kembalilah mengulang kaji pelajaran ikhlas yang pernah membuat Saidina Abu Hurairah RA amat tertekan ketika menyebut tentang hadis Rasulullah SAW berikut ini. Dikatakan bahawa beliau kerap menangis kerana takut ketika membacakannya.
Sabda Rasululllah SAW yang bermaksud: “Sesungguhnya orang yang pertama kali diputuskan hukumannya pada hari kiamat kelak ialah seorang lelaki yang mati syahid, dia akan dihadapkan kepada Allah SWT, kemudian Allah SWT mengingatkannya akan nikmat yang pernah dianugerahkan kepadanya sewaktu di dunia dulu, maka dia pun kembali mengingatinya, kemudian Allah Taala bertanya “Apa yang engkau lakukan dengan nikmat yang Aku anugerahkan kepadamu? Ia menjawab “Nikmat itu saya pergunakan untuk berperang kerana membela agamaMu sehingga aku mati syahid. Allah SWT berfirman “Engkau dusta! Engkau telah berperang dengan tujuan supaya disebut sebagai orang yang berani (pahlawan) dan perkara itu telahpun diperkatakan orang sebegitu ke atas mu.” Kemudian dia diheret di atas mukanya dan dicampakkan ke dalam neraka.
Kemudian dihadapkan pula seorang yang alim, dia mengajar ramai manusia dan banyak membaca al-Quran. Allah SWT bertanya “Apakah yang engkau telah lakukan dengan nikmat-ku itu? Ia berkata “Aku belajar ilmu dan mengajarkannya kepada orang lain dan banyak membaca al-Quran demi keredaan-Mu. Allah berfirman “Engkau dusta! Sebenarnya engkau belajar dan mengajarkan ilmu supaya disebut sebagai orang alim, dan engkau membaca Al-Quran supaya mendapat gelaran Qari’ dan semua itu telahpun disebut orang sebegitu kepadamu.” Orang itu kemudian diheret dan dihumban ke dalam neraka.
Kemudian dihadapkan pula orang yang dermawan yang diluaskan rezekinya oleh Allah Taala dengan pelbagai macam harta benda. Kemudian Allah bertanya “Apa yang engkau telah lakukan ke atas nikmatKu? Ia menjawab “Tiada satu jalan pun yang Engkau suruh supaya diberikan derma kepadanya kecuali saya telah dermakan harta saya di sana. Allah SWT berfirman “Engkau dusta! Engkau menderma supaya disebut sebagai orang yang dermawan dan ia telahpun disebut orang begitu kepadamu. Kemudian ia diheret ke neraka.” Hadis riwayat Imam Muslim
Bolehkah kita terhindar daripada niat yang lain selain untuk Allah SWT? Betapa ruginya jika amal itu bagai debu yang berterbangan. Firman Allah Taala yang bermaksud ”Dan kami tunjukkan segala amal yang mereka kerjakan, lalu kami jadikan amal itu bagaikan debu yang berterbangan.” (Surah Al-Furqan: Ayat 23)
Hasutan syaitan ke atas orang yang beramal tidak akan berhenti. Adakalanya kita berasa malas melakukan ibadat kerana ada bisikan yang mengatakan “Untuk apa beramal jika hati tidak ikhlas, tentu tidak diterima oleh Allah”.
oleh: Dr. Juanda Jaya
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Once, I complained to a friend that I am tired of learning all the educational and linguistic theory invented by the humans . I couldn't see the rational of learning about all those for I was assured that I do not even realise or even care about what approach to be applied when I will be in teaching career. And studying about those is still okay, the part that I dislike is when doing the assignments: everything needs to be justified and critical. I would say a very intelligent people who posses higher order thinking skills will excel in this course without the need to study hard. Because the more critical are you, the greater marks you will get for the exam/assignments. And this course is not really about drilling and memorizing facts. And definitely, just like other courses you need the understandings of all the theories.
That's the reason for me to dislike studying if viewed from the pessimisit mind of mine. Hehe. But if viewed from the perspective of me having the opportunity to learn how education is viewed Islamically, I tend to be bias towards what I learnt formally now. The influence of the other education sometimes penetrate my mind deep into the fact that the words of God is the first thing that complement everything (But it's true!). I was having this perception that what I learnt now is something that I shouldn;t learn. Yes, it sounds extreme that I was only interested to learn everything Islamic-based.
However, I was absolutely wrong. And I know it myself even when I was having that kind of perception.
I came across few articles. One says that the reality of today demands for an individual who possess knowledge not only on one side, but also the opposite site meaning that knowledge itself is changing through time but that does not mean we also need to change the teachings of the Quran and Sunnah to suit for the current time. That is the mistake. Islam is about practising it completely wholeheartedly and absolutely any changes to it cannot be tolerated. In my own opinion as someone who is learning so little, what people can change is the approach. Not the content. When I relate this to teaching, I realised that what I have been learning all this while is the approach, not the content. And the approach is vary that it is impossible for teachers to stick to only one approach, if they want the outcomes of learning to be achieved successfully.
So, how does this relate to 'tarbiyyah Islamiyyah' and 'what I am learning now?'
What I am learning now is the suggestions of what skills or approach that I can implement in my future classroom. When I learn about tarbiyyah, I realised that the same method that I kept mentioning in my assignment is also applicable to it. People are different that expecting the same approach to work on these differnet people is totally not within the realms of possibility. For example, in teaching, it is always expected that students come into the classroom with their own prior knowledge, that they are not an empty vessel to be filled in. So, the responsibility of the teachers it to help students and scaffold them so that they will move forward to the next level of learning. This is my understanding on how expectations can change the students. However, in terms of 'tarbiyyah', it is the same case. We should expect that the Mad'u already have or perhaps been informed about what this 'thing' is all about. And unfortunately, most of the information they got from people are negative. Therefore, we should not let this negative perceptions surrounds them, in any way we can as long as it is not against the syariat. And I personally believe that, it is not wrong to let loose some of the approach that most people tend to stick into by adopting rare approaches as long as it is assured that the end product is satisfactory.
Whether I like it or not, I shuld appreciate this chance to learn about how education is viewed from both sides. Sometimes, not everything from the Western cannot be applied into the Muslim way or system of life, it is just that the Westerners give them a new name and claim that its theirs, despite that Islam has introduced those concept thousand years ago.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Janganlah lemah wahai jiwa
Kuatkan semangat dan tekad
Cetuskan keazaman
Tinggalkan angan-angan yang tak pasti
Yang remeh-temeh bukan keutamaan
Sekadar mainan penghalang cita-cita
Janganlah kerdil wahai jiwa
Jangan rendahkan dirimu dengan perkara-perkara hina
Tujuan kita
Tegakkan kalimah Lailahaillallah
Di atas muka bumi ini
Kerana redha Mu Allah yang kami damba
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Besides its cuteness, there are lots of reasons which contributes to my liking towards penguin . Yesterday, attending an event organised by akhawat of Sydney City, "Ramadan Awareness Day" at Zetland Mosque, added to my enthusiasm towards this special creature. During the event, there was a short slideshow about the fasting animals which was taken from the Islamonline.net. I am amazed with the fact that penguins actually fast.
So here is the article,
With the advent of spring, the ice melts and the eggs are incubated reproducing those young penguins. The secret behind this strict kind of fasting is that the (penguin’s) eggs require this specific degree of coldness. Practically, when the young penguins grow up, they start observing fasting through abstaining from food until their down falls out and their bodies are covered with feathers. At this very moment, they rush into water declaring the end of this fasting through having food and drink.
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Dia: Farah!!! Salam
Aku: Salam.
Dia: Apa khabar? Dah lama ye tak ym.
Aku: Haah. Baik.Alhamdulillah. You? Apa kabar jasmani dan rohani?
Dia: Jasmani sihat alhamdulillah. Rohani tak berapa sihat.
Kemudian, itu terjustify dengan sekeping gambarnya yang ku lihat di profilenya. Sedang menikmati sesuatu yang ‘keburukannya lebih banyak dari kebaikan’. Saat itu hati mengucap panjang dan sedih akan dirinya yang begitu. Lagi pula, kemungkaran sama sekali tidak boleh diredhai. Aku benci apabila aku terpaksa men'kerangbusuk'kan muka sendiri terhadap perkara-perkara yang salah kerana takut hati manusia itu terguris. Dalam erti kata lain, malu menegakkan kebenaran. Oh, kadang-kadang itu sering terjadi. Padahal konsepnya adalah biarlah seisi dunia membenci kita, asalkan Allah sama sekali tidak membenci kita.
Kawan ku tadi itu. Bukan aku prejudis terhadap dia. Ini bukan soal prejudis. Ataupun merasakan aku ini lebih baik. Ini bukan tentang perasan baik. Ini soal yang benar tetap benar. Yang salah, harus tidak patut ada toleransi terhadapnya. Cuma di sudut hatiku hanya berharap Tuhan beri dia petunjuk. Kerana doa itu sahaja yang aku mampu. Dalam hati, aku sentiasa berharap Tuhan akan menemukan dia dengan seorang penjual minyak wangi kerana dia tidak layak diciptakan untuk terus hidup dalam kebusukan lumpur-lumpur itu.
Saat banyak rakan-rakan di alam sekitarku bertransformasi ke arah kebaikan, kadang-kadang aku terlupa yang ada juga saudara-saudaraku berjalan ke arah yang bertentangan.
Kisah di atas salah satu kisah daripada beberapa kisah mereka yang aku kenali memilih arah berlawanan itu.
"Let’s go another round, I will follow you down and out".
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Long time ago which was few months back, I attended a talk organised by the Affinity Club and Student Life. The talk was about 'in pursuit of happiness". It was interesting and such an eye-opener indeed. One muslim representative, Saddiq Ansari, who never fails to amaze the audiences, talked about how human will never be able to fulfill his nafs, desire. Human's desire has no end to satisfy it. Like women who never stop buying clothes and so do like men who are always attracted by the beauty of other women even though they already have spouses. Unfortunately, we will never have enough resources to satisfy our needs. This ephemeral life never allow us to do so as the saying goes, 'hidup ini adalah ladang untuk akhirat'. As the vicegerent of earth, Allah has provided us the earth to be used to opt for his mercy and keredhaan, pleasure. By instilling in our mind that this life is temporary and does not deserve the fulfillment of our own nafs' satisfactions, we are the most happiest person in the world. This life is all about contributing as much as possible to the humanity for the sake of obeying Allah's rule. If we live for ourselves, then we will in the hereafter forever. In surah Az-Zuhkruf, Allah has mentioned about the fact that all kinds of relationship in this world will not be permanent ones in the hereafter except the relationships among those who fear him, and is based on taqwa and love for Allah. That is why the sahabah listed one of the three things that makes the worldly life pleasant and beautiful to them is the brotherhood relationship among them besides Al-Quran and the Qiyamulail. In fact, the sweetness of iman is attained when someone loves Allah and the prophet (pbuh) more than anything else, and when he or she will love only for Allah's sake, and he or she hates to turn to the old ways (kufr) like the way they hate being thrown into the hell. Therefore, how assured are we that we love Allah more than anything else when the love or the liking is not abided by the syariat? Young people should research more about this as we have came to a phase in this era where there is a mixture of true and false. This causes confusions that e.g. Allah's command in the Quran like 'La Takrabbu Zina' is taken literally in its meaning despite that simple things that can lead to such a thing is also considered as takrabbu zina. Therefore, the fact that our nafs can never be satisfied is enough to make us realize that it is always the best decision to follow the path as outlined by the Creator in the Al-Furqan. The promised jannah is the place where all our desires that are not satisfied due to the limited resources that the wordly life can provide, are fulfilled and pleased there.
To live life to the fullest is to live life in accordance with the Quran. That is a true happiness and what differs Islam than other religion is the fact that worshipping and getting closer to God in order to show love towards Him is not merely something to be felt mentally or spiritually, it is also involves something practical such as the 5 times daily prayers. That was one of the points in the talk that strikes me and something that I never think of before. Meaning that to love Allah requires actions, not only words. This leads me into thinking that, loving the Creator is easy to be uttered, but what makes it difficult is to actually practise what He asks us to do as outlined in the Quran . Even the Prophet also said that to love him, is to follow his sunnah. And how many actually really follow those two?
So, a self-note, let's walk the talk. No use at all writing here is the amal is not equal to it.
Monday, August 20, 2007
“Saya tak peduli, saya nak kacau juga. Tapi, sebelum tu, erm nak chips sikit boleh?”.. Lapar la bang.
“Ye, silalah wahai cik Amrien. Kacau la. Saje je tadi, biasalah senda guraukan membawa bahagia." Durra berkata dalam ketidakpastian adakah itu merupakan suatu yang lawak atau pun tidak.
Durra termangu sebentar. Itulah perkara yang sangat sering berlaku di Malaysia. Apabila agama disamakan dengan politik. Dia kadang-kadang tidak faham kenapa perlu menyamakan politik dengan agama. Hakikatnya politik bukanlah agama. Tapi cuma sebahagian daripada agama Islam yang syumul. Dia cuma merasakan adalah sangat jumud pemikiran yang menganggap agama itu sama dengan politik kerana hakikatnya agama Islam itu adalah meliputi seluruh aspek kehidupan. Amat malang andainya agama dikaitkan atau dipergunakan untuk motif politik semata-mata. Sangat cetek pemikiran itu. Tidak hairanlah ada segelintir yang berdemonstrasi inginkan kerajaan melaksanakan hukum hudud, tapi masih tidak merasa apa-apa di hati saat menyaksikan perkara mungkar di depan mata atau mungkin lebih teruk melakukan sendiri mungkar tersebut. Dia percaya segala-galanya bermula daripada individu muslim sebelum melangkah ke tangga seterusnya. Kerana tabiat agama ini adalah begitu mengikut kata-kata Syed Qutb. Mengikut logika akal pun, manusia hanya akan memiliki keyakinan yang utuh terhadap individu yang berakhlak mulia. Mana mungkin manusia akan meletakkan kepercayaan kepada mereka yang kurang akhlak Islaminya. Tambahan pula, setiap perkara harus dilakukan secara berhikmah dan mengikuti sunnah Rasulullah saw.
Amrien membalas,” Benar itu. Mungkin saya saja yang takut lebih-lebih. Setiap kita adalah dugaan sendiri. Cuma mungkin dalam bentuk yang berbeza. Seorang muslim bukanlah penakut. Betul tak?
Teringat kata-kata Ibnu Sina. "Orang arif (orang yang mengenal Allah) adalah pemberani, kerana ia selalu jauh dari rasa takut akan mati. Ia adalah orang yang saleh, bagaimana tidak? Kerana ia selalu jauh dari mencintai barang dan perbuatan yang batil. Ia adalah pengampun, bagaimana tidak? Kerana jiwanya lebih besar dan ampuh untuk dilukai oleh kesalahan seseorang. Ia bersih dari dengki, mendendam, benci. Bagaimana tidak? Sedang fikirannya selalu terisi oleh hak dan kebenaran."
“Benar, mungkin ini peluang untuk kita menguji sejauhmana kekuatan kita. Sejauhmana kita merdeka dari perasaan takut. Ingat tak kadang-kadang kita cuba sedaya mungkin mencari tempat tersorok untuk bersolat. Sedangkan kita sebagai mukmin seharusnya pemberani. Yang penting kita bangga dengan keislaman kita. Insya-Allah auranya agar terkena dengan orang lain. Yang penting kita usaha sedaya upaya untuk menjadi yang terbaik di mata Allah. Mungkin setakat ini hasilnya tak seberapa dan tak nampak sangat lagi, tapi kita cuba dan terus cuba. Bukan mudah kan?" Durra berkata dengan semangat.
Amrien membalas, “Tegakkan Islam dalam dirimu, Islam akan tertegak di sekelilingmu bak kata Hasan Hudaibi. Mungkin kita sendiri dalam proses menegakkan Islam dalam diri dan ini bukan mudah. Yang penting kita support each other, ok?”.
“Insya-Allah. Segala yang terbaik dari Allah. Kita sama-sama dalam proses itu. Sama-samalah kita mengingatkan. Kalahkan syaitan dalam dan luar diri. Kalahkan gozwatul fikr* (perang pemikiran) !Allahuakbar!”
Bersemangat kedua-dua mereka pada hari itu. Di luar perkampungan Macquarie University riuh rendah suara jiran-jiran ‘mat salleh’ dan mungkin juga yang tidak berapa nampak 'kemat sallehannya-tapi-perasan-mat salleh’ yang setia melakukan rutin harian hujung minggu yakni qiamulaill . Kepada syaitan tentunya. Rimas juga dibuatnya tapi mereka berdua sudah terlalu biasa dengan keadaan itu. Andainya mereka memahami kebebasan yang mereka miliki itu sebenarnya bukanlah kebebasan sebagaimana yang sering mereka bangga-banggakan dalam ideologi liberalisme, sekularisme, kapitalisme dan isme-isme ciptaaan mereka yang lain, tetapi hakikatnya itu hanyalah ikatan perhambaan kepada kehendak hawa nafsu sendiri. Dan sesuatu yang paling indah adalah tunduk hanya kepada sesuatu yang paling cantik , sempurna dan mulia di dunia ini yakni Allah yang menciptakan. Andainya diri punya kekuatan mengatakan yang haq kepada mereka. Sungguh, hati sangat dicengkam pilu dengan keadaan itu.
"Sesungguhnya Allah telah mengutus kami untuk membebaskan sesiapa yang dikehendakiNya dari pengabdian kepada manusia kepada pengabdian hanya kepada Allah, dari kesempitan dunia kepada keluasan dunia dan kelapangan akhirat dan dari kezaliman agama/ideologi (songsang) kepada keadilan Islam." Kata-kata Rub'iyy(tentera Islam) ketika menjelaskan hakikat merdeka kepada Rustum(panglima tentera Parsi).