WHAT IS THIS SITE ABOUT?


This site is dedicated to establish the fact that our ultimate success in this Dunia and Akhirat is only in religion - obedience to Allah s.w.t and following the Sunnah of Nabi s.a.w.

I think before we venture into a sacred and holy issue like religion, we should at least qualify ourselves, right? So, I have posted this three mind-boggling questions for all of us to answer or just ponder.

What is your purpose of life here on earth?
What are your necessities in life on earth and who fulfilled it?
What are your responsibilities in life here on earth?

This simple qualification is togauge our awareness on our purpose, neccessities and responsibilities.

In this blog, I shall commit to these basic tenets....

-I shall not dwell into hukum hakam, halal haram as those are better handled by an Ustaz or Alim. After all, hukum hakam is just 1/6 of the Quran! What is the other 5/6? Muslims are already engaged in thousands of arguments and we don't need to further fan the fire or "tragedy". I was told, even in Solat, there are more than 200 "point of disagreement"!

-I shall not dwell into furu', Fiqh and other intricacies. Islam has 2 major sects, 4 major Mazhabs, more than 20 types of fikrah, many ideologies, different political affiliations and other trends. Discussions on this is filled to the brim, some already exploded! So, I am not wasting time in any war of words on any issues with anyone.

-I shall dwell into sharing with you some food for the soul. As our body needs nutrients, our soul too needs nur (light) in the form of reminders from the Quran, Hadith, Hayatus Sahabah, provoking questions and fikir to enlighten our hearts! An enlightened heart ( heart filled with the Greatness of Allah and the love of Nabi s.a.w, virtues of amal and promises of Allah etc) will drive us to amal, insya Allah. It is all about our iman (faith) and our amal ( deeds)

-I shall dwell into instilling the fikir, risau and bimbang ( thoughts, worries and anxiety) of Nabi s.a.w towards his ummat and the fikir, risau and bimbang about the state of our iman and the quality of our amal.

-I shall dwell into imparting the virtues of amal ( fadhillat amal) so that we can value each amal and be convinced of the promises of Allah s.w.t behind each amal. Only when we know the virtues of amal would we be encouraged to amal!

-I shall qualify that most posts here are excerpts or notes dictated from the many sermons I attended the last fifteen years and books, audio and video presentations by many Ulama's, Hafiz, Muhaddith, Alims and Maulanas from all over the world. I shall also qualify that the posts here can be referred to many Muktabbar books on Islam.

-I shall qualify that our limited knowledge on Quran and the known Muktabbar books of Islam may lead us to perceptions, misinterpretation and assumptions on some issues. If to understand Quran needs 17 key ilm (knowledge) and with 300000 Hadith in different Books and 4 different Mazhabs with different interpretations, I think we can agree the huge task for all of us to grasp Islam. However, there is indeed, today, although very rare and few, people who are a Hafiz, a Muhaddith and an Alim of the four Mazhabs! Yes! We just need to "identify" their traits and if possible, muzakarrah with them. However, identifying that trait is a different ilm altogether!

-I shall ensure that contents of this blog is about self-correction, not correcting others! It was not intended to be educational nor producing decrees or fatwa! You can't be an Ustaz by visiting this Blog! It is for you and me to gauge the state of our iman and amal. When we know our state of iman and amal, measured against a certified yardstick i.e yardstick in the eyes of Allah swt and Rasulullah s.a.w, we will know "how good or bad we are"! So, from there we would begin to see what we need to do to enhance our iman and amal!

Agree? Are you with me?

I hope, from this blog, you would get that "food for your soul" and eventually be able to gauge your state of iman and quality of amal. Again, this blog is about self-correction, not correcting others!

I am also happy to hear your comments! By the way, for the benefit of all, I do mix English and Malay in my blog purely to maintain the authenticity of the notes and messages. Please comment...

May Allah give us hidayat. Doa...

Saturday, November 15, 2008

ADAKAH CUKUP KITA SEBAGAI SEORANG ISLAM (MUSLIM) SAHAJA?

Bagi sesiapa yang memeluk agama Islam, seseorang itu akan bersyahadah. Maka dengan itu dia dikatakan masuk Islam. Mengapa tidak dikatakan masuk Iman? Dengan syahadah, seseorang itu dianggap Muslim sahaja, bukan Mukmin sedangkan Mukmin itulah yang diterima oleh Allah s.w.t. Islam tidak disebut pun tidak apa kerana secara sendirinya, Islam itu ada di dalam Iman. Tetapi kalau dia tidak Islam bermakna dia tidak ada Iman. lni menunjukkan orang yang masuk Islam, belum tentu masuk Iman. Sebab itu tidak dikatakan seseorang itu masuk Iman. Ini seolah-olah Allah s.w.t mempunyai satu taman yang indah dan cantik kemudian ada satu pintu masuk yang besar. Masuk Islam itu hanya seperti masuk pintu dan masih tidak tahu lagi apa yang ada di dalam taman itu sedangkan di dalam taman itu ada bermacam-macam keindahan - keindahan rasa, keindahan akal, keindahan pandangan, keindahan pendengaran dan lain-lain lagi. Bila masuk Islam, keindahan-keindahan itu belum dapat dirasakan lagi.


Jika Islam itu diibaratkan seperti taman yang disebutkan, bermakna seseorang itu baru melepasi pintunya. Jika sudah memasuki pintu, sudah berpeluang menjelajah taman dan dapat merasa segala nikmat-nikmat yang ada di dalam taman itu barulah seseorang itu dikira sudah beriman. Bila seseorang itu sudah bebas dalam taman, dapat merasai pelbagai kenikmatan dalam taman itu, barulah dia dikatakan seorang Mukmin.

Sebab itu beza antara Muslim (orang Islam) dan orang Mukmin terlalu jauh. Ciri-cirinya juga terlalu banyak. Kalau wujud ciri Mukmin maka secara sendirinya ciri-ciri Islam itu akan wujud. Bagaimanapun kalau ciri Muslim wujud pada seseorang, belum tentu ciri Mukmin juga ada. Kerana itu Iman perlu dicari! Dengan kata lain, Iman itulah Taqwa. Kalau begitu, tidak cukup hanya menjadi Muslim (orang Islam) sahaja tetapi mesti menjadi orang Mukmin.

Ciri-ciri orang Mukmin sangat-sangat perlu diketahui supaya dapat diusahakan agar ciri-ciri itu menjadi pakaian diri kita. Untuk menjadi Muslim (orang Islam) mudah kerana apabila seseorang itu sudah bersyahadah, dia tidak boleh dikatakan kafir lagi walaupun dia tidak bersembahyang sekalipun. Jadi, di sini dijelaskan tentang ciri-ciri orang Mukmin berdasarkan satu ayat Quran supaya dapat dilihat apa sebenarnya sifat-sifat orang Mukmin. Kemudian, sifat-sifat itu boleh diusahakan agar kita dapat menjadi orang Mukmin. Di antara ayat-ayat Quran tentang sifat Mukmin ialah Surah Al-Anfal Ayat 2:


8:2 Sesungguhnya orang-orang yang beriman itu adalah mereka yang apabila disebut nama Allah gemetarlah hati mereka, dan apabila dibacakan kepada mereka ayat-ayat-Nya bertambahlah iman mereka (karenanya) dan kepada Tuhan-lah mereka bertawakal.


Sama-sama kita ukur diri kita dengan sifat-sifat Mukmin yang dinyatakan oleh Allah s.w.t ini. Bagaimana hati kita dengar nama Allah s.w.t? Bila dengar ayat-ayat Quran, bertambahkah iman kita? Tawakkal kita kepada siapa selalunya?


Sifat-sifat itu mesti diusahakan agar kita menjadi orang Mukmin. Kenapa? Semua janji-janji Allah s.w.t seperti pahala, kebaikan dan Syurga ditujukan kepada Mukmin, bukan Muslim. Inilah hakikatnya!


Kita wajib bertanya: ADAKAH CUKUP KITA SEBAGAI SEORANG ISLAM (MUSLIM) SAHAJA?

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