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...

Sunday, December 14, 2008

CAN HUMAN INTELLECT COMPREHEND DEEN?

Allah s.w.t is the creator of everything that exists. Allah s.w.t has created every entity. Everything besides Allah s.w.t is the creation of Allah s.w.t. Amongst the creation of Allah s.w.t, Ulama says, besides Insan and Jinnat, all the other creations of Allah s.w.t have what we called “muqammi khauf” i.e they have within them the inherent fear of Allah s.w.t which compels them to obey every order of Allah s.w.t. All the other creations of Allah s.w.t at any given moment of time is carrying out exactly the order of Allah s.w.t.


Insan and Jinnat, Allah s.w.t said: “We have guided them, we have shown them the road, either they will adopt the way of life where in they will be grateful or prove to be ungrateful”. Insan will either choose to live his life based on his own intelligence, his own perception, his own understanding, his own intelligence or on the other hand, as a requisite and the demand of kalimah of tauhid laailah hailallah muhammad darasulullah, which in reality, Ulama explained, is a verbal attestation or declaration that my desire, my will, my logic and my thinking have come to an end and I hand myself completely and totally over to Allah s.w.t and His Rasul s.a.w! This Insan will either follow his intellect on will hand himself over to that knowledge that eminated from Allah s.w.t through the agency of Nabi s.a.w!


The intellect of Insan, his perception, his conclusion, his logic and his understanding is defective, deficient, bathil, deviation and incorrect. There are various phrases in the Quran that Allah s.w.t who created Insan, describes the basic defects that are found in the human psyche and intellect! Some of it are as follows:


wakaanal insanu aksara syai in jadallah – very argumentative, quick to start fighting

innahu kaa nazaluman jahullah – they are oppressive and ignorant

innal insan huliqah haluah- indeed insane has no patience

iza masharu shahru jazuah- when hard time comes they become hasty, erratic.

hulikal insanu dhaifah - weak

zalumah - oppressive

kafurah – ungrateful


How can the conclusions of such an intellect ever be correct? In fact one of the the weakest of all creatin is Insan! His claims are many! I am a Professor! I studied in Harvard! I have a Degree from Oxford! I am an intellect!. I am an enlightened thinker! How pride and arrogant ever come to a human? What knowledge does he have? Allah s.w.t said: You are given very little knowledge!

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