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...

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

ISLAMIC STATE - IS IT THE MAIN INTENT?

Questions or queries on "perjuangan" Islam for an Islamic State...
(key queries collected from many forums in many Islamic websites and verbal questions and it is summarised below for clarity)


1-Did Allah s.w.t specifically command us to establish an Islamic State or Allah s.w.t will grant it? Why isn't there a single ayat in the Quran and Hadith commanding it? In the Quran, there are eighty (80) ayats on Zikir, sixty (60) ayats on Dakwah and others but no ayat on setting an Islamic State. Why?


2- Is "menegakkan syariat" equated as "islamic law through power in a nation" by Ulama' who were living out of the times of the khairun qurun (300 years of the times of Nabi s.a.w-the Sahabah-the Tabien-the Tabit tabien)? Did the four (4) imam of jurisprudence passed any decree on the issue of setting up an Islamic State or was it ijtihad of later years "Ulama"? What is the basis of this question? Nabi s.a.w asked us to emulate those from khaIrun qurun only!


3-If "mendirikan negara islam" is that important, why didn't Allah s.w.t grant to Nabi s.a.w power, armies and weapons so that Nabi s.a.w can impose Syariah Law in Mecca and Madinah?


4-Is it the intent of Allah s.w.t that some of His slaves is void of iman (faith) and live in non-Islamic State? Isn't all Prophets and Prophet Muhammad s.a.w himself were sent to invite all humanity to iman (faith) regardless of race or location?


5-Was Nabi s.a.w sent for setting up one Islamic State or was he sent to the whole world as rahmatul alamin? In the Quran, surah Al Anbiya talks about the mission of all Nabi and Prophets and there was no mention whatsoever about Prophets sent, as their main mission, for stateship! In fact, Nabi s.a.w was offered a nation in place of dakwah ilallah and he declined!Why didn't Ibrahim a.s took over the reign of Namrud after Namrud dethroned? Why didn't Musa a.s. took over the reign of Firaun after Firaun died? This is the basis of this question.


6-Is "Perjanjian Hudaibiyah" and "Piagam Madinah" one of the same document? Is it being named Piagam Madinah by someone and "sold" as the perlembagaan of an Islamic State to jus tify their fight for an Islamic State? Is it the same document?


7-If it was a decree by the Ulama, what then is the proper way to gain Islamic State? Was it mentioned in that "decree" that "perjuangan" must be by politics only? What about those who fight through arms and revolution? Did they follow a different decree? What about those who fight through knowledge, preaching, books etc? Why isn't Muslims streamlined and coordinated in their efforst? How many decrees were passed or was there any decree at all in the first place?


Many more questions raised, discussed and debated but sufficed to say that these are the major ones I managed to recall and collect.


Wallah hua a'lam


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