Jaddidu imanakum! Perbaharuilah iman kamu! Inilah yang Nabi s.a.w anjurkan pada Sahabat-sahabat dalam satu Hadith. Iman dapat diperbaharui dengan apa? Dalam hadith itu, Nabi s.a.w guna perkataan aksiru: perkatakan. Nabi s.a.w tidak guna perkataan zikri atau zikirkan. Iman dapat diperbaharui dengan banyak memperkatakan mafhum kalimah - laa ilah hailallah iaitu tidak ada ilah (pemelihara) melainkan Allah s.w.t!
Ulama kata, kita perlu banyak cakap, dengar, fikir dan lihat tentang kehebatan Allah s.w.t. Kita perlu bawa perkara memperbanyakan cakap, dengar, lihat dan fikir tentang Allah s.w.t ini dalam kehidupan kita dan semua ummat Islan. Kita perlu jumpa petani dan berkata Allah s.w.t Maha Kuasa. Allah s.w. t tidak berhajat kepada pertanian kita sebaliknya kitalah yang berhajat pada Allah s.w.t! Kita perlu jumpa pekedai dan berkata Allah s.w.t Maha Kuasa. Allah s.w. t tidak berhajat kepada kedai kita sebaliknya kitalah yang berhajat pada Allah s.w.t! Kita perlu jumpa orang kerja pejabat dan berkata Allah s.w.t Maha Kuasa. Allah s.w. t tidak berhajat kepada pejabat kita sebaliknya kitalah yang berhajat pada Allah s.w.t!
"Mari duduk sebentar, mari kita beriman". Inilah kata-kata Abdullah bin Rawahah r.a. Dia sentiasa mengujudkan suasana iman di mana-dimana. Hari ini kita jarang dan tidak pernah jumpa kawan kita dan kata "mari duduk sebentar, mari kita beriman"! Kita kena banyak memperkatakan, menceritakan, melafazkan cerita-cerita tentang kehebatan, kekuasaan, qudrat, iradat, rahimnya Allah s.w.t dan lain-lain sifat Allah s.w.t! Kita jarang cerita "siapa Allah s.w.t". Hari ini, kalau ada pun yang cerita agama, mereka akan ceritakan tentang hukum hakam atau "apa Allah nak". Kita tidak suka ujudkan suasana di mana iman iaitu "siapa Allah s.w.t" diperkatakan seperti yang Nabi s.a.w ajarkan. Kata ulama, hari ini di hati kita tidak ada iman dan di lidah kita pun tidak ada iman! Nauzubillah!
Apa majlis yang banyak hari ini? Dalam Hadith beritahu sesuatu majlis yang Allah s.w.t dan RasulNya tidak disebut adalah majlis-majlis yang akan jadi bala' di Akhirat. Orang yang bangun dari majlis yang tidak cerita Allah s.w.t dan RasulNya ibarat bangun dari bangkai keldai yang mati! Di zaman Sahabat-sahabat suasana iman berada di mana-mana. Mereka akan adakan halqah-halqah iman, selalu muzakarrahkan iman dan bertanya-tanya pun tentang iman. Hari ini, suasana iman para Sahabat tidak ada dalam kehidupan kita hatta di dalam Masjid pun suasana iman tidak ada. Dalam masjid pun suasana dunia besar! Kenapa? Dalam masjid banyak cerita dunia. Dalam masjid pun tidak banyak cerita "siapa Allah s.w.t". Orang yang datang masjid tidak keluar dari masjid dengan iman yang bertambah. Suasana iman di luar masjid seperti yang diujudkan oleh Sahabat-sahabat tidak ada dalam masjid-masjid kita! Di zaman Sahabat-sahabat, suasana iman hebat di dalam masjid hatta di pasar-pasar pun suasana iman ada! KIta? Di masjid tidak ada suasana iman. Di pasar lagilah jauh....
Jadi? Jaddidu imanakum! Perbaharuilah iman kamu! Perkatakanlah tentang kehebatan Allah s.w.t di hadapan manusia dan di mana-mana, hari-hari!
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 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 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...
Thursday, December 4, 2008
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