Monday, December 26, 2005 

Kombinasi ...

Lately ni, macam-macam perkara berlegar di kepala fikiran....

Ada satu ketika, terfikir adakah ketidakpekaan ku membawa kpd kehilangan seorang sahabat....

Ataupun kehilangan itu hanyalah suatu ilusi ....

Namun, ku rasakan, jika memang ketidakpekaan dan kelalaian ku lebih menjauhkan seseorg insan drpd Allah swt, maka biarlah kehilangan itu menjadi suatu kenyataan... dan bukan suatu ilusi

Lately juga, ada perkara lain yg berlegar di kepala fikiran....
Pengalaman beberapa tempoh hari yg lepas memberikan pengajaran, kesedaran, kejutan
dan kerisauan... bahkan ketakutan ....

Kesudahan sebuah perjalanan ....

Ada 2 perkara penting:

1.Ujian .... Bukan setakat ujian yg sekali, tetapi berkali-kali
2. Tarbiyah ..... Bukan setakat tarbiyah,tetapi tarbiyah yg panjang

Begitula yg kita saksikan di zaman Rasulullah saw dahulu. Sewaktu pembentukan generasi unik ---

Sesungguhnya kejayaan Islam bukannya datang hanya drpd usaha menyampaikan risalah tetapi datang drpd Pembinaan rijal. Seperti yg dikatakan sudah, zaman pembentukan generasi unik, sulbiah.

Begitula yg kita lihat ... ujian demi ujian yang telah dilalui oleh Rasulullah saw dan para pengikutnya dalam usaha dan jihad menegakkan kalimah La ila ha illallah di muka bumi ini.

13 tahun kenabian, di Mekah ...jihad berbentuk jihad bil hujjah. Buktinya, ialah firman Allah yg diturunkan di Mekah sebelum terbentuknya Darul Islam di Madinah atau perkataan lain, ayat Makkiah,

25:52 Maka janganlah kamu mengikuti orang-orang kafir, dan berjihadlah terhadap mereka dengan Al-Qur'an dengan jihad yg besar.

walaupun Rasulullah saw kekasih Allah, baginda menerima ujian kerana sesungguhnya,

90:4 Sesungguhnya Kami telah menciptakan manusia berada dalam susah payah.

Oleh itu, jika Rasulullah saw yg merupakan kekasih Allah pun ditimpa susah payah, bagaimana pula dgn diri ni yg sgt jauh dibandingkan dgn Rasulullah saw. Moga ku tabah dan sabar mengharungi dugaan, menyambutnya dengan kegembiraan dan ketenangan dan kerelaan ....

Sesungguhnya ajakan Rasulullah saw utk kembali kepada Allah, kepada Islam bukannya utk menjanjikan manusia utk memperolehi kehidupan yg senang-lenang dan bermewah-mewahan tetapi, tetapi menjanjikan suatu kehidupan di akhirat yg lebih baik dan lebih abadi, suatu kehidupan yg dirahmati dan diredhai di sisi Allah swt.


87:17 Sedang kehidupan akhirat adalah lebih baik dan lebih kekal

Namun, ini bukanlah bermaksud manusia itu perlu mengasingkan diri nya dan meninggalkan urusan duniawinya. Kerana urusan akhirat itu juga menghendaki manusia utk menyempurnakan urusan dunianya seperti yg dikehendaki Allah swt.

Jalan dunia dan jalan akhirat merupakan satu jalan dan bukannya dua. Ianya merupakan suatu penyambungan. Dunia bagaikan suatu ladang utk bercucuk tanam yg hasilnya yg hakiki dikenal pasti di akhirat kelak. Subur atau tidak suburnya sebuah ladang merupakan suatu rahmat/anugerah daripada Allah swt yg Maha Mengetahui akan hasil/kesudahan yg terbaik, bukannya mencerminkan kuasa atau kehebatan diri mahupun ukuran kemuliaan seseorang.

Tetapi, usaha yg dicurahkan atas arahan Allah utk memastikan agar ladang itu subur demi kepentingan ummat dan manfaat Islam dan menyerahkan urusan samada ladang itu subur atau tidak kepada Allah swt merupakan ukuran kemuliaan yg sebenar. Di situla, seorang manusia menyedari hakikat pengabdiannya kpd Allah swt.

Dunia bukannya tujuan tetapi merupakan alat demi mencapai matlamat kita, Allah..
.Matlamat ukhrawi


Kerana maksud beribadat kepada Allah bukan bermaksud harus menjadi kaya, harus berkuasa, harus berharta byk, harus berasa senang, harus cantik, harus diminati, harus diagungi orang ramai, harus mendapat status, kehormatan, harus berat dr segi kuantiti....

Tetapi, maksud beribadat kepada Allah bermaksud, mencurahkan tenaga dan kudrat yg ada
di jalan Allah... bermaksud di segi kualiti, bukan kualiti pada pandangan manusia yg sempit pengetahuan dan penilaiannya tetapi kualiti pada pandangan Allah, yg Maha Tinggi, Maha Mulia, Maha Adil dan Maha Mengetahui

Ianya Bermaksud, beramal ikhlas kerana Allah, mengikut norma-norma dan peraturan yg dikehendaki Allah, sebagaimana yg disyariatkan di dalam Al-Quran, terkandung dalam ajaran Nabi kita, Nabi Muhammad saw.

Namun, wajar kita sedari di mana peranan beribadat ini memainkan peranannya.

Manfaat Beribadat kpd Allah tidak terbatas utk manfaat diri kita sahaja, tetapi sebenarnya utk manfaat semua makhluk di muka bumi ini ....

Termasuk di dalam ibadat, tanggungjawab utk menegakkan Islam di muka bumi ini agar semua makhluk merasai rahmat Allah, meyakini rahmat Islam, meyakini kemampuan Islam utk menyelamatkan manusia secara keseluruhannya... Menegakkan Islam sehingga tiada fitnah terhadap Islam. Oleh itu penting utk kita bersama-sama cuba memantapkan iman dan amal diri dan jama'ie. Kerana sesungguhnya Islam itu juga merupakan agama bermasyarakat, suatu sistem dan kerana sesungguhnya:

3:110, Kamu adalah umat yg terbaik yang dilahirkan utk manusia, menyuruh kpd yg ma'ruf dan mencegah dr yg mungkar dan beriman kepada Allah. Sekiranya Ahli Kitab beriman, tentulah itu lebih baik bg mereka, di ant. mereka ada yg beriman dan kebykan mereka adalah org2 yg fasik.

Bukankah saling tolong menolong itu suatu ibadat dan memerlukan hubungan lebih drpd satu hala?
Bukankah usaha tidak amalkan riba itu suatu ibadat dan memerlukan hubungan lebih drpd satu hala?
Bukankah setiap org memiliki kekurangan dan kelebihan yg menghendaki manusia utk memerlukan satu sama lain utk menjayakan suatu amal kemasyarakatan?

Oleh itu, penting utk kita sedari dan pertimbang sejauh mana amal kita itu membawa manfaat kpd Islam...

Adalah perkara yg menakutkan sekiranya kita menamakan amal kita "amal kerana Allah" sedangkan amal itu sebenarnya tidak memberi manfaat kpd Islam. Boleh jadi, takut2 jika amal itu dibuat hanya utk memenuhi nafsu diri.

"Matlamat tidak menghalalkan cara"- Cara yg tidak halal boleh menabur fitnah terhadap Islam.

Contohnya "Konsert Amal"

Cukup setakat sini....






Thursday, December 08, 2005 

Takwa, Taat, Al-Qur'an dan Sunnah, Menjauhi bid'ah

Daripada Abi Nijih 'Irbadh bin Sariyah r.a. berkata, "Telah menasihati kami oleh Rasulullah saw. akan satu nasihat yang menggetarkan hati kami dan menitiskan air mata kami ketika mendengarnya, lalu kami berkata, Ya Rasulullah! Seolah-olah ini adalah nasihat yang terakhir sekali maka berilah pesanan kepada kami." Lalu baginda pun bersabda, "Aku berwasiat akan kamu supaya sentiasa bertakwa kepada Allah dan mendengar serta taat (kepada pemimpin) sekalipun yang meminpin kamu itu hanya seorang hamba. Sesungguhnya sesiapa yang panjang umurnya daripada kamu pasti ia akan melihat perselisihan yang banyak. Maka hendaklah kamu berpegang teguh dengan sunnahku dan sunnah para khulafa Ar Rasyidin Al Mahdiyin (Khalifah-khalifah yang mengetahui kebenaran dan mendapat pimpinan ke jalan yang benar) dan gigitlah sunah-sunah itu dengan gigi geraham dan jauhilah perkara-perkara yang baru (bid'ah) yang diada-adakan, kerana sesungguhnya tiap-tiap bid'ah itu adalah sesat."

H.R. Abu Daud dan Tirmizi

 

Iraq War "Blatant State Terrorism": Nobel Laureate

"The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law," Pinter said in a pre-recorded Nobel prize lecture broadcast by the Swedish Academy, Agence France Presse (AFP) reported Wednesday, December 8.

"The crimes of the United States have been systematic, constant, vicious, remorseless, but very few people have actually talked about them."

"You have to hand it to America. It has exercised a quite clinical manipulation of power worldwide while masquerading as a force of universal good. It's a brilliant, even witty, highly successful act of hypnosis."

"How many people do you have to kill before you qualify to be described as a mass murderer and a war criminal?" Pinter asked.

"One hundred thousand? More than enough, I would have thought. Therefore it is just that Bush and Blair be arraigned before the International Criminal Court of Justice," he added.

Pinter, son of a Jewish dressmaker in Hachney, east London, is known for his campaigning against the US-led war in Iraq, calling Bush a "mass murderer" and Blair a "deluded idiot".

Source: http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2005-12/08/article03.shtml

- The Truth Prevails -




Monday, December 05, 2005 

Allah: Pemberi Mudharat dan manfaat

6:71-72

Apakah kita akan menyeru selain drpd Allah, sesuatu yg tidak dpt mendatangkan kemanfaatan kpd kita dan tidak (pula) mendatangkan kemudharatan kpd kita dan (apakah) kita akan dikembalikan ke belakang, sesudah Allah memberi petunjuk kpd kita, spt org yg tlh disesatkan oleh syaitan di pesawangan yg menakutkan; dlm keadaan bingung, dia mempunyai kwn2 yg memanggilnya kpd jln yg lurus (dgn mengatakan): "Marilah ikuti kami". Katakanlah: "Sesungguhnya petunjuk Allah itulah (yg sebenarnya) petunjuk; dan kita disuruh agar menyerahkan diri kpd Tuhan semesta alam, dan agar mendirikan sembahyang serta bertakwa kpdNya" Dan Dialah Tuhan yg kpdNyalah kamu akan dihimpunkan

Ya Allah, alangkah indahnya pabila hati hambaMu sering husnozon terhadapMu,
Pabila dunia dan harta bukanlah pokok utama yg dikejari dlm hidup ini....

Kerana apabila diri tidak kembali kepadaMu...
apabila diri lupa utk serahkan urusan terhadapMu...
Hubungan bisa putus dan hambar.... begitu sahaja
Disebabkan pahit mengenangkan harta dibawa pergi... begitu sahaja...



Thursday, December 01, 2005 

Abdul Rahman bin 'Auf


Abdul Rahman bin 'Auf r.a, salah satu dari sahabat Rasulullah SAW yg dijanjikan utk masuk ke syurga oleh Allah SWT.

Kisah Sahabat, merupakan satu contoh generasi unik.

Membaca kisah Abdul Rahman bin 'Auf, hati tersentuh. Malah, bacalah kisah mana2 sahabat, mana2 hati, jika diizinkan Allah, boleh tersentuh. Mana2 hati, busuk mana pun hati seseorang, mati beribu kali pun jiwa seseorang, masih ada fitrah murni yg terpendam yg masih rindukan kebaikan. ... yang apabila dibuka, mampu dsn mustahil utk menconthi para sahabat, generasi unik.

Abdul Rahman bin Auf,
Berhijrah ke Madinah dlm keadaan serba kekurangan,
Namun gol Ansar sanggup demi menjaga ukhuwwah, sanggup menawarkan isteri...
Tetapi, Abdul Rahman malu dan menolak tawaran itu,

Kemudian, bermulalah langkah Abdul Rahman membuka perniagaan,
Dengan punca yg sedikit, perniagaan berkembang dengan cepatnya,
Dengan hasil yg diterima, Abdul Rahman berjaya mendirikan rumahtangga, menghulur mahar,
Duit sara yg pertama,


Peniagaan Abdul Rahman begitu maju sekali sehinggakan harta yg diperoleh begitu byk sekali,
Bukanlah byknya harta itu yg menyentuh mana2 hati,
Tetapi, begitu byknya harta itu digunakan utk Islam....
Bukan sahaja jihad harta yg diberi ttp jihad badan juga,
Abdul Rahman bin 'Auf menyertai perang Badar dan Perang Uhud,
Di Uhud saja, lebih 20 luka cedera, beliau peroleh

Sewaktu menghadapi Perang Tabuk,
Sekali lagi Abdul Rahman, memberi sedekah
Sehinggakan Saidina Umar risau jika
Abd Rahman membuat salah... kerana tidak meninggalkan sesuatu utk keluarga
Namun, Abd Rahman, menjawab,
... bahawa telah beliau tinggalkan sesuatu yg lebih berharga.
Tak lain dan tak bukan, janji Allah dan Rasulullah saw bhw keluarga peroleh balasan, kebaikan

... Alhamdulillah....

Tidak ada taranya pulangan ini kalau dibandingkan dengan harta yg ada...
Harta yg diperoleh bukan disalurkan utk diri ttp utk kesejahteraan umat, di jln Allah...

Abdur-Rahman bin A'aowf


He was one of the first eight persons to accept Islam. He was one of the ten persons (al-asharatu-l mubashshirin) who were assured of entering Paradise. He was one of the six persons chosen by Umar to form the council of shura to choose the Khalifah afte r his death.

His name in Jahiliyyah days was Abu Amr. But when he accepted Islam the noble Prophet called him Abdur-Rahman - the servant of the Beneficent God.

Abdur-Rahman became a Muslim before the Prophet entered the house of al-Arqam. In fact it is said that he accepted Islam only two days after Abu Bakr as-Siddiq did so.

Abdur-Rahman did not escape the punishment which the early Muslims suffered at the hands of the Quraysh. He bore this punishment with steadfastness as they did. He remained firm as they did. And when they were compelled to leave Makkah for Abyssinia because of the continuous and unbearable persecution, Abdur-Rahman also went. He returned to Makkah when it was rumored that conditions for the Muslims had improved but, when these rumors proved to be false, he left again for Abyssinia on a second hijrah. From Makkah once again he made the hijrah to Madinah.

Soon after arriving in Madinah, the Prophet in his unique manner began pairing off the Muhajirin and the Ansar. This established a firm bond of brotherhood and was meant to strengthen social cohesion and ease the destitution of the Muhajirin. Abdur-Rahman was linked by the Prophet with Sad ibn ar-Rabi'ah. Sad in the spirit of generosity and magnanimity with which the Ansar greeted the Muhajirin, said to Abdur-Rahman:

"My brother! Among the people of Madinah I have the most wealth. I have two orchards and I have two wives. See which of the two orchards you like and I shall vacate it for you and which of my two wives is pleasing to you and I will divorce her for you."

Abdur-Rahman must have been embarrassed and said in reply: "May God bless you in your family and your wealth. But just show me where the suq is.."

Abdur-Rahman went to the market-place and began trading with whatever little resources he had. He bought and sold and his profits grew rapidly. Soon he was sufficiently well off and was able to get married. He went to the noble Prophet with the scent of perfume lingering over him.

"Mahyarn, O Abdur-Rahman!" exclaimed the Prophet - "mahyam" being a word of Yemeni origin which indicates pleasant surprise.

"I have got married," replied Abdur-Rahman. "And what did you give your wife as mahr?" "The weight of a nuwat in gold."

"You must have a walimah (wedding feast) even if it is with a single sheep. And may Allah bless you in your wealth," said the Prophet with obvious pleasure and encouragement.

Thereafter Abdur-Rahman grew so accustomed to business success that he said if he lifted a stone he expected to find gold or silver under it!

Abdur-Rahman distinguished himself in both the battles of Badr and Uhud. At Uhud he remained firm throughout and suffered more than twenty wounds some of them deep and severe. Even so, his physical jihad was matched by his jihad with his wealth.

Once the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, was preparing to despatch an expeditionary force. He summoned his companions and said:

"Contribute sadaqah for I want to despatch an expedition." Abdur-Rahman went to his house and quickly returned. "O Messenger of God," he said, "I have four thousand (dinars). I give two thousand as a qard to my Lord and two thousand I leave for my family. "

When the Prophet decided to send an expedition to distant Tabuk - this was the last ghazwah of his life that he mounted - his need for finance and material was not greater than his need for men for the Byzantine forces were a numerous and well-equipped fo e. That year in Madinah was one of drought and hardship. The journey to Tabuk was long, more that a thousand kilometers. Provisions were in short supply. Transport was at a premium so much so that a group of Muslims came to the Prophet pleading to go wit h him but he had to turn them away because he could find no transport for them.

These men were sad and dejected and came to be known as the Bakka'in or the Weepers and the army itself was called the Army of Hardship ('Usrah). Thereupon the Prophet called upon his companions to give generously for the war effort in the path of God an d assured them they would be rewarded. The Muslims' response to the Prophet's call was immediate and generous. In the fore front of those who responded was Abdur-Rahman ibn Awl. He donated two hundred awqiyyah of gold whereupon Umar ibn al-Khattab said to the Prophet:

"I have (now) seen Abdur-Rahman committing a wrong. He has not left anything for his family."

"Have you left anything for your family, Abdur-Rahman?" asked the Prophet.

"Yes," replied Abdur-Rahman. "I have left for them more than what I give and better." "How much?" enquired the Prophet.

"What God and His Messenger have promised of sustenance, goodness and reward," replied Abdur-Rahman.

The Muslim army eventually left for Tabuk. There Abdur-Rahman was blessed with an honor which was not conferred on anyone till then. The time of Salat came and the Prophet, peace be on him, was not there at the time. The Muslims chose Abdur-Rahman as the ir imam. The first rakat of the Salat was almost completed when the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, joined the worshippers and performed the Salat behind Abdur-Rahman ibn Awl. Could there be a greater honor conferred on anyone than to have been the imam of the most honored of God's creation, the imam of the Prophets, the imam of Muhammad, the Messenger of God!

When the Prophet, peace be on him, passed away, Abdur-Rahman took on the responsibility of looking after the needs of his family, the Ummahaat al-Muminin. He would go with them wherever they wanted to and he even performed Hajj with them to ensure that a ll their needs were met. This is a sign of the trust and confidence which he enjoyed on the part of the Prophet's family.

Abdur-Rahman's support for the Muslims and the Prophet's wives in particular was well-known. Once he sold a piece of land for forty thousand dinars and he distributed the entire amount among the Banu Zahrah (the relatives of the Prophet's mother Aminah), the poor among the Muslims and the Prophet's wives. When Aishah, may God be pleased with her, received some of this money she asked:

"Who has sent this money?" and was told it was Abdur-Rahman, whereupon she said:

"The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: No one will feel compassion towards you after I die except the sabirin (those who are patient and resolute)."

The prayer of the noble Prophet that Allah should bestow barakah on the wealth of Abdur-Rahman appeared to be with Abdur-Rahman throughout his life. He became the richest man among the companions of the Prophet. His business transactions invariably met with success and his wealth continued to grow. His trading caravans to and from Madinah grew larger and larger bringing to the people of Madinah wheat, flour, butter, cloths, utensils, perfume and whatever else was needed and exporting whatever surplus pr oduce they had.

One day, a loud rumbling sound was heard coming from beyond the boundaries of Madinah normally a calm and peaceful city. The rumbling sound gradually increased in volume. In addition, clouds of dust and sand were stirred up and blown in the wind. The peo ple of Madinah soon realized that a mighty caravan was entering the city. They stood in amazement as seven hundred camels laden with goods moved into the city and crowded the streets. There was much shouting and excitement as people called to one another to come out and witness the sight and see what goods and sustenance the camel caravan had brought.

Aishah, may God be pleased with her, heard the commotion and asked: "What is this that's happening in Madinah?" and she was told: "It is the caravan of Abdur-Rahman ibn Awl which has come from Syria bearing his merchandise."

"A caravan making all this commotion?" she asked in disbelief."

"Yes, O Umm al-Muminin. There are seven hundred camels."

Aishah shook her head and gazed in the distance as if she was trying to recall some scene or utterance of the past and then she said:

"I have heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, say: I have seen Abdur-Rahman ibn Awl entering Paradise creeping."

Why creeping? Why should he not enter Paradise leaping and at a quick pace with the early companions of the Prophet?

Some friends of his related to Abdur-Rahman the hadith which Aishah had mentioned. He remembered that he had heard the hadith more than once from the Prophet and he hurried to the house of Aishah and said to her: "Yaa Ammah! Have you heard that from the M essenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace?"

"Yes," she replied.

"You have reminded me of a hadith which I have never forgotten," he is also reported to have said. He was so over-joyed and added:

"If I could I would certainly like to enter Paradise standing. I swear to you, yaa Ammah, that this entire caravan with all its merchandise, I will giver sabilillah."

And so he did. In a great festival of charity and righteousness, he distributed all that the massive caravan had brought to the people of Madinah and surrounding areas.

This is just one incident which showed what type of man Abdur-Rahman was. He earned much wealth but he never remained attached to it for its own sake and he did not allow it to corrupt him.

Abdur-Rahman's generosity did not stop there. He continued giving with both his hands, secretly and openly. Some of the figures mentioned are truly astounding: forty thousand dirhams of silver, forty thousand dinars of gold, two hundred awqiyyah of gold, five hundred horses to mujahidin setting out in the path of God and one thousand five hundred camels to another group of mujahidin, four hundred dinars of gold to the survivors of Badr and a large legacy to the Ummahaat al Muminin and the catalogue goes on. On account of this fabulous generosity, Aishah said:

"May God give him to drink from the water of Salsabil (a spring in Paradise)." All this wealth did not corrupt Abdur-Rahman and did not change him. When he was among his workers and assistants, people could not distinguish him from them. One day food was brought to him with which to end a fast. He looked at the food and said:

"Musab ibn Umayr has been killed. He was better than me. We did not find anything of his to shroud him with except what covered his head but left his legs uncovered. . Then God endowed us with the (bounties of) the world... I really fear that our reward h as been bestowed on us early (in this world)." He began to cry and sob and could not eat.

May Abdur-Rahman ibn Awl be granted felicity among "those who spend their substance in the cause of God and follow up not their gifts with reminders of their generosity or with injury. For them their reward is with their Lord, on them shall be no fear nor shall they grieve". (The Quran, Surah al-Baqarah, 2: 262).

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