Once, Umar r.a saw that Sulaiman Abi Hatmah didn't come for the Fajr prayers congregation at Masjid Nabawi. After prayers, he went to Sulaiman's house to enquire why Sulaiman didn't come! Umar r.a asked the mother and the mother said: Sulaiman was in deep prayers almost all the night and sleepiness had caught him! So, he couldn't make it to the Masjid. Umar r.a replied: I prefer him to pray the Fajr prayers in congregation more than him praying all night long!
That was how concerned the Sahabah was to one Fajr prayers in congregation! What a high virtue placed upon performing one Fajr prayers in congregation by the Sahabah! Today, if we were to do that i.e visiting Muslim homes for able-bodied men who didn't come for Fajr prayers, what would happen? Do you think our act will be accepted? It may not be accepted even by the Muftis and Kadhis because solat in congregation to them is Fardhu Kifayah, nauzubillah! Muslims in general doesn't even know the virtues of Fajr prayers in congregation, let alone doing it!
It was reported that the Sahabah will mourn for three days if they missed one rakaat or masbuq! If they missed one prayer, they would be in deep sorrow and mourn for a week! That was how prudent and meticulous they were when it comes to obeying the commands of Allah s.w.t the way shown by Muhammad s.a.w! Instead, how are we today? We are not only missing one rakaat or one prayer in congregation but 20 years, 30 years we didn't even pray in congregation and we didn't feel guilty, sinful or wrong! We didn't feel a bit of sadness let alone sorrow.
What do we feel sorrow over? What do we mourn for? How "high" have we placed solat in congregation in our list of important things in our life? When was the last time we prayed Fajr in congregation? Is solat in congregation Fardhu Kifayah?
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...
Friday, January 9, 2009
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