Question 1- Do you want to have true Iman (Faith) so that you are 100% convinced that only Allah s.w.t is Powerful?
Question 2- Do you want to have the strength to be able to perform your five mandatory prayers the way of the Sunnah of Muhammad s.a.w - right on time, at a place where azan is called, in congregation and able to get the 1st takbir with the Imam anywhere, in whatever situation, every single time, every single day till you die?
Question 3- Do you want to be able to learn, understand, be convinced and perform all ilm of deen or knowledge, be it masail or fadhail? Do you want to do all your amaal the way shown by the Sunnah of Muhammad s.a.w and be conviced of the promises of Allah s.w.t behind that amal?
Question 4- Do you want to cleanse your heart with regards to relationship with fellow Muslims? Would you like to be able to have good right thoughts about your Muslim friends, love and respect them purely for the sake of Allah s.w.t and Rasul s.a.w?
Question 5 -Do you want to amaal with ikhlas purely to please Allah s.w.t and rasul s.a.w?
Question 6 - Do you want to be able to sacrifice your life, your time and your wealth for Allah s.w.t and Rasul s.a.w?
What are all these questions? Whay was it being asked? Why is it that we were asked to emulate or gain those traits? Iman, steadfastness in solat, knowledgable on Allah 's commands, continuous remembrance of Allah s.w.t, ikraam other Muslims, ikhlasa and sacrificng for islam are traits of the Sahabah! This are actually the traits of the Sahabah of Nabi s.a.w those whom Allah s.w.t had rendered His pleasure, blessings and pleased with! In fact, some of the Sahabahs were promised Jannah even while they are still living on Earth! Shouldn't all we muslims follow them and emulate them?
If we were to attain those traits and with that we may be given the same treatment by Allah s.w.t, we must have one important ingredient-hidayah. Hidayah is very expensive and it is in the hands of Allah s.w.t. Allah s.w.t is the ultimate owner and giver of hidayah!
We may ask-aren't we with hidayah now? Yes, we do have but what we have is NOT hidayah nur! Is it right for us to ask? Let's see. Do we have any of the traits mentioned here? If we said we do, how could the help of Allah is not with us anymore? Is Allah pleased with us? How do we get hidayah then? What are the prerequisites to attain hidayah nur from Allah s.w.t? For this, we must refer to Al Ankabut 69. We must expeience mujahaddah! We must sacrifice our self, time and wealth in the path of Allah s.w.t inviting all towards Allah s.w.t. This is the same tertib and tarbiah the Sahabah went through! What did they do 23 years with Nabi s.a.w in Mekah and Madinah? Dakwah ilallah!
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...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
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