Terlalu banyak sekarang ini kita menerima email dan sms berantai, dan yang sedihnya, orang-orang Islam sendiri membantu penyebaran email dan sms seperti ini. Salah satu email atau surat yang ‘favourite’ adalah surat wasiat daripada, kononnya, penjaga makam Nabi Muhammad S.A.W. iaitu Sheikh Ahmad (Saudi Arabia). Mereka yang menyambung atau membantu dalam penyebaran ini, biasanya, mengambil sikap “manalah tahu kalau betul” lalu menyambung rantai penyebaran email, surat atau sms seperti ini.
Saya telah menjumpai ramai ulama-ulama Islam yang telah menyatakan larangan menyebarkan email, surat atau sms namun kebanyakannya dalam bahasa arab. Contohnya: di dalam siaran radio Nur ‘ala ad-Darb, oleh Shaikh Muhammad Saleh al-Uthaimin; Fatwa yang dikeluarkan oleh Shaikh Saleh al-Fauzan; Risalah yang dikeluarkan Shaikh Abd al-Aziz bin Abdullah bin Baz; Fatwa (no. 999) yang dikeluarkan oleh Jawatankuasa Tetap untuk Kajian Ilmiah dan Fatwa Arab Saudi; Soal&Jawab (no. 31833) dalam Islam Q&A di bawah pengendalian Shaikh al-Munajjid; dan fatwa (no. 51772) yang dikeluarkan oleh Dr. Abdullah al-Faqeeh di website Fatwa Center. Namun, seperti yang saya katakan tadi, perlu diterjemahkan.
Alhamdulillah, saya baru menjumpai artikel (ditulis: 27-06-2007) oleh Ustaz Zaharuddin tentang ini dan beliau telah menterjemahkan juga jawapan Dr. Yusuf al-Qardawi, dan menyertakan sekali fatwa Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan 1978. Saya telah menyalinkan artikel oleh ustaz Zaharuddin di bawah untuk pengetahuan semua. Diharapkan juga ianya disebarkan sepertimana surat-surat berantai lain disebarkan cuma kali ini untuk menyatakan kebatilan Surat Berantai, sebagai nasihat kepada semua umat Islam, khususnya yang berbahasa melayu.
Semoga Allah menerima usaha ini daripada semua sebagai sebahagian usaha dakwah di jalanNYa. Dan selawat dan salam untuk nabi Muhammad.
Abu Khadeejah
[http://www.abukhadeejah.blogspot.com/]
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Hukum Surat & SMS Berantai
Apa hukumnya menyebarkan sms ini : " Jurukunci makam Saidina Rasul dr Mekah tlh bertemu dgn Rasulullah sambil berpesan kuat-kuatlah beribadah kerana dunia sudh tua dan goyah. Sebarkn sms ini ke 10 orang, Dalam waktu 10 hari dapat rezeki besar. Kalau tak disebarkn maka dapat kesulitan yang tidak ada henti-hentinya. Ini amanah. wallahualam.."
Kita sering menerima surat tanpa nama pengirim ini dari semasa kesemasa. Surat ini juga ditabur di masjid-masjid dan tempat-tempat awam kononnya untuk menunaikan tanggungjawab menyebarkannya sebagaimana 'wasiat' di dalam surat tersebut. Amat malang dalam dunia maju sekarang ini, masih ramai yang jahil tentang perkara seremeh ini (tetapi mempunyai kesan yang amat besar kepada aqidah).
Berikut kami paparkan contoh surat berantai terkini (yang sentiasa diubah dan ditambah), fatwa dari ulama terkemuka Dr Yusof Qardhawi dan juga fatwa oleh Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan. Selain itu, sudah muncul juga SMS berantai yang tidak kurang banyak dan karut.
SURAT & SMS BERANTAI
Soalan Apa hukumnya menyebarkan sms ini : " Jurukunci makam Saidina Rasul dr Mekah tlh bertemu dgn Rasulullah smbl berpesan kuat-kuatlah beribadah kerana dunia sudh tua dan goyah. Sebarkn sms ini ke 10 orang, Dalam waktu 10 hari dapat rezeki besar. Kalau tak disebarkn maka dapat kesulitan yang tidak ada henti-hentinya. Ini amanah. wallahualam.."
Jawapan : Kita sering menerima surat tanpa nama pengirim ini dari semasa kesemasa.Surat ini juga ditabur di masjid-masjid dan tempat-tempat awam kononnya untuk menunaikan tanggungjawab menyebarkannya sebagaimana 'wasiat' di dalam surat tersebut. Amat malang dalam dunia maju sekarang ini, masih ramai yang jahil tentang perkara seremeh ini (tetapi mempunyai kesan yang amat besar kepada aqidah) .
Berikut kami paparkan contoh surat berantai terkini ( yang sentiasa diubah dan ditambah) , fatwa dari ulama terkemuka Dr Yusof Qardhawi dan juga fatwa oleh Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan. Komen saya Tidak dapat dinafikan naluri manusia memang ada kelemahan, akan mengalir pada dirinya suatu anggapan sial kerana sesuatu. Rasulullah s.a.w. pernah bersabda: "Ada tiga perkara yang sukar untuk dielakkan , iaitu: bersangka buruk, tathayyur (sial menyial) dan hasad. Oleh karena itu kalau kamu bersangka buruk jangan kamu percayainya dan laksanakan, dan kalau merasa sial jangan berhenti (dari buat kerja yang dilakukan kerana terpengaruh), dan kalau kamu hasad, jangan lanjutkan." (Riwayat Thabarani)
Oleh karena ketiga perkara ini hanya semata-mata perasaan yang tidak berpengaruh pada suatu sikap dan perbuatan, maka dimaafkannya oleh Allah. Dan diriwayatkan pula dari Ibnu Mas'ud, Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda: "Tathayyur (merasa sial) adalah syirik." 3 kali.
Dan Ibnu Mas'ud sendiri berkata: " Setiap orang akan ada perasaan-perasaan 'sial', dan lain-lain tetapi Allah akan menghilangkannya jika anda bertawakkal." (Riwayat Abu Daud dan Tarmizi)
Apa yang dimaksudkan oleh Ibnu Mas'ud itu, ialah: setiap orang di antara kita ini ada perasaan-perasaan seperti itu, tetapi perasaan semacam ini akan hilang lenyap dari hati orang yang selalu tawakkal dan tidak membiarkan perasaannya itu tinggal dalam hati. Sekian Zaharuddin Abd Rahman www.zaharuddin.net 27 Jun 2007
Bahagian 1: Contoh surat berantai
SURAT DARI ARAB SAUDI (WASIAT UNTUK UMAT ISLAM SELURUH DUNIA)
Assalamualaikum. Ini adalah surat wasiat dari penjaga makam Nabi Muhammad S.A.W. iaitu Sheikh Ahmad (Saudi Arabia) Pada suatu malam ketika hamba membaca Al-Quran di makam Rasulullah S.A.W. selepas membaca lalu hamba tertidur dalam tidur hamba bermimpi di datangi Rasulullah S.A.W. lalu bersabda kepada hamba dalam 60,000 orang yang meninggal dunia di zaman ini tiada seorang pun matinya dalam keadaan yang beriman.
a) Isteri tidak mendengar suami
b) Orang kaya tidak lagi bertimbang rasa kepada orang miskin
c) Orang tidak lagi berzakat dan tidak membuat kebajikan.
Oleh itu wahai Sheikh Ahmad hendaklah kamu menyebarkan kepada orang Islam yakni supaya membuat kebajikan kerana hari penghabisan (Qiamat) akan tiba di masa bintang terbit dari langit. Sesudah itu pintu matahari akan turun di atas kepala. Pesanan Hamba ini
a) BERSELAWATLAH kepada junjungan Nabi kita Muhammad S.A.W.
b) BERTAUBATLAH Dengan segera sementara pintu taubat masih terbuka.
c) BERSEMBAHYANGLAH Kamu sebelum kamu disembahyangkan
d) BERZAKATLAH Jangan tinggalkan
e) JANGAN MENDERHAKA KEPADA KEDUA IBU BAPA Hormatilah mereka.
f) MENUNAIKAN FARDU HAJI Bila berkemampuan.
UNTUK MAKLUMAT
1) Seorang saudagar dari Bombay telah menerima surat ini dan beliau telah mencetak sebanyak 20 salinan dan mengirimkan kepada orang lain. Dia kemudiannya dianugerahi oleh Allah dengan mendapat keuntungan yang besar dalam perniagaannya. Seorang hamba Allah telah menerima surat ini tetapi tidak mengindahkannya dan menganggap wasiat ini palsu. Maka selang beberapa hari kemudian anaknya meninggal dunia.
2) Tan Sri Ghazali Jawi, Bekas Menteri Besar Perak secara tidak langsung dipecat dari jawatannya kerana apabila menerima wasiat ini beliau terlupa mencetak sebanyak 20 salinan untuk disebarkan kepada orang lain tetapi beliau tidak menyedari kesilapannya lalu beliau mencetak semula wasiat ini dan terus mengirimkannya kepada orang lain dan selang beberapa hari kemudian beliau telah dilantik menjadi Menteri Kabinet Perdana Menteri.
3) Pada tahun 1977 Tun Dato' Mustafa bekas Ketua Menteri Sabah menerima surat ini kemudian mengarahkan setiausahanya mencetak sebanyak 20 salinan dan menghantar kepada orang lain maka selang beberapa hari kemudian dia telah mendapat hadiah pertama dari loteri Kebajikan Masyarakat Timur.
4) Zulfikar Ali Bhuto telah menerima wasiat ini dan tidak percaya akan kebenarannya dan menganggap palsu lalu dibuangkan kedalam tong sampah. Seminggu kemudian beliau telah dijatuhkan hukuman pancung sampai mati.
5) Di Terengganu, seorang pekerja bengkel kenderaan telah menerima wasiat ini dari pengirim yang tidak dikenali yang datangnya dari Perak. Lalu beliau membuat cetakan sebanyak 20 salinan seperti yang dituntut. Alhamdulillah dia dianugerahkan oleh Allah seorang gadis yang berakhlak mulia sepertimana yang dituntut oleh Islam. Baginya anugerah Allah ini paling agung dan tidak ada bandingnya.
6) Di Terengganu juga, seorang hamba Allah telah menerima wasiat ini dari orang yang tidak dikenali lalu beliau tidak mengindahkannya. Beliau mengatakan yang ianya bohong belaka dan sengaja diada-adakan untuk menakut-nakutkan orang yang membacanya. Beberapa hari kemudian dia telah mendapat penyakit yang ganjil dan penderitaannya amat menyedihkan. Setelah 3 minggu mendapat rawatan rapi di hospital, penyakitnya masih disimpannya lalu menyuruh sepupunya mencetak 20 salinan dan diedarkan kepada orang lain. Seminggu kemudian barulah beliau sembuh sehingga sekarang.
Banyak lagi contoh-contoh orang menerima wasiat ini dan tidak mempercayainya dan tidak mengedarkannya atau menyampaikannya kepada orang lain di mana mereka mendapat malapetaka. Setelah kejadian yang menggembirakan dan menakutkan ini, anda jangan lupa mencetak 20 salinan wasiat ini dan disebarkan kepada orang lain dalam masa 90 jam dari masa anda menerima wasiat ini anda akan memperolehi sesuatu dari ALLAH YANG MAHA ESA.
Bahagian 2: Fatwa Dr Yusof Qardhawi
WASIAT PALSU SYEKH AHMAD Dr. Yusuf Qardhawi
PERTANYAAN: Pada suatu saat secara kebetulan saya menerima sepucuk surat dan setelah saya baca, saya merasa bingung mengenai isinya. Karena itu, saya mohon kesediaan Ustaz untuk menjelaskan isi surat tersebut, apakah benar atau tidak.Surat tersebut ditandatangani oleh seorang fa'il khair (pembuat kebaikan, dermawan) yang berisi wasiat Syekh Ahmad, juru kunci makam (kubur) Rasulullah saw., yang ditujukan kepada segenap kaum muslimin di dunia timur maupun barat.Juga berisi macam-macam nasihat. Pada bagian akhir surat tersebut dikatakan, "Di Bombay terdapat seseorang yang memperbanyak surat tersebut dan membagi-bagikannya kepada tiga puluh orang, lalu Allah memberikannya rezeki sebanyak dua puluh lima ribu rupiah; ada pula yang membagi-bagikannya lalu ia mendapat rezeki dari Allah sebanyak enam ribu rupiah. Sebaliknya, ada pula orang yang mendustakan wasiat tersebut, sehingga anaknya meninggal dunia pada hari itu." Dalam surat tersebut dikatakan bahwa orang yang telah memperoleh dan membaca wasiat itu tetapi tidak menyebarkannya kepada orang lain, akan ditimpa musibah besar. Bagaimanakah pendapat Ustaz mengenai masalah tersebut? Apakah benar atau tidak?
JAWABAN: Memang ramai orang yang bertanya tentang wasiat tersebut. Dan sebenarnya kemunculan surat wasiat ini bukan saja baru-baru ini, tetapi saya telah melihatnya sejak puluhan tahun lalu. Surat tersebut dinisbatkan kepada seorang lelaki yang terkenal dengan sebutan Syekh Ahmad, juru kunci makam Rasulullah saw. Untuk memastikan kebenaran berita yang disampaikan dalam surat tersebut, saya pernah menanyakan kepada orang-orang di Madinah dan di Hijaz. Saya mencari informasi mengenai orang yang disebut Syekh Ahmad itu beserta aktivitasnya. Dari informasi yang didapat, ternyata tidak ada seorang pun di Madinah yang pernah melihat dan mendengar berita mengenai Syekh Ahmad ini. Tetapi sayangnya, wasiat yang menyedihkan itu telah tersebar luas di negara-negara umat Islam. Wasiat tersebut dengan segala isinya tidak ada arti dan nilainya sama sekali dalam pandangan agama. Di antara isi wasiat yang diasaskan pada pendapat Syeikh Ahmad yang katanya bermimpi bertemu Nabi saw. itu ialah tentang telah dekatnya hari kiamat.
Masalah berita kedekatan kiamat ini sebenarnya tidak perlu mengikuti pendapat Syeikh Ahmad atau Syeikh Umar, karena Al Qur'an telah mengatakan dengan jelas: "... boleh jadi hari kebangkitan itu sudah dekat waktunya." (Al Ahzab: 63) Begitu pula Nabi saw. telah bersabda: "Aku dan hari kiamat diutus (secara berdekatan) seperti ini. Beliau (mengatakan demikian) sambil memberi isyarat dengan jari telunjuk dan jari tengahnya." (Muttafaq 'alaih dari hadits Anas dan Sahl bin Sa'ad)
Hal lain dari isi wasiat itu ialah bahwa kaum wanita sekarang sudah banyak yang keluar rumah, dan banyak yang telah menyimpang dari agama. Masalah ini pun sebenarnya tidak perlu mengambil sumber dari mimpi-mimpi, karena kita sudah mempunyai kitab Allah dan sunnah Rasul yang sudah memuaskan untuk dijadikan pedoman. Allah berfirman: "... Pada hari ini telah Kusempurnakan untukmu agamamu, dan telah Kucukupkan nikmat-Ku atas kamu, dan telah Kuridhai Islam menjadi agamamu ..." (Al Maa'idah: 3) Orang yang beranggapan bahwa Din Islam yang telah disempurnakan Allah ini masih memerlukan keterangan yang diwasiatkan oleh orang yang tidak dikenal itu, berarti dia meragukan kesempurnaan dan kelengkapan Dinul Islam. Islam telah sempurna dan telah lengkap, tidak memerlukan wasiat apa pun.
Isi wasiat tersebut jelas memperlihatkan kebohongan dan kepalsuan wasiat tersebut. Sebab, pewasiat telah mengancam dan menakut-nakuti orang yang tidak mau menyebarluaskannya bahwa ia akan mendapat musibah dan kesusahan, anaknya akan mati, dan hartanya akan habis. Hal ini tidak pernah dikatakan oleh seorang manusia pun (yang normal pikirannya), terhadap kitab Allah dan Sunnah Rasul-Nya. Tidak ada perintah bahwa orang yang membaca Al Qur'an harus menulisnya setelah itu kemudian menyebarluaskannya kepada orang lain; dan jika tidak, akan terkena musibah. Begitu pula tidak ada perintah bahwa orang yang membaca Shahih Bukhari harus menulisnya dan menyebarluaskannya kepada khalayak ramai, sebab kalau tidak, akan tertimpa musibah. Kalau Al Qur'an dan Sunnah Rasul saja tidak begitu, maka bagaimana dengan wasiat yang penuh khurafat itu? Ini merupakan sesuatu yang tidak mungkin dibenarkan oleh akal orang muslim yang memahami Islam dengan baik dan benar.
Kemudian dalam wasiat tersebut dikatakan bahwa si Fulan di negeri ini dan ini karena telah menyebarluaskan wasiat tersebut ia mendapat rezeki sekian puluh ribu ringgit. Semua itu merupakan khurafat dan penyesatan terhadap umat Islam dari jalan yang benar dan dari mengikuti Sunnah serta peraturan Allah terhadap alam semesta. Untuk memperoleh rezeki, ada sebab-sebabnya, ada jalan dan aturannya. Adapun bersandar kepada khayalan dan khurafat seperti dalam wasiat itu adalah merupakan usaha untuk menyesatkan dan meyelewengkan akal pikiran umat Islam. Kita perlu menjaga dan mengawasi kaum muslimin agar tidak membenarkan dan percaya kepada khurafat seperti ini dan agar tidak mempunyai anggapan bahwa orang yang menyebarluaskan wasiat palsu tersebut akan mendapat syafaat dari Nabi saw. sebagaimana yang dikatakan oleh penulis surat yang batil itu. Sesungguhnya syafaat Nabi saw. juga diperuntukkan bagi umatnya yang pernah melakukan dosa-dosa besar. Hal ini sudah disebutkan dalam hadits-hadits sahih (dan tidak perlu bersumberkan pada wasiat melalui mimpi; pent.) bahwa Rasulullah bersabda: "Orang yang paling berbahagia akan memperoleh syafaatku pada hari kiamat ialah orang yang telah mengikrarkan laa ilaaha illallah dengan perasaan ikhlas dan lubuk hatinya." (HR Bukhari)
Kami mohon kepada Allah Azza wa Jalla semoga Ia berkenan menjadikan umat Islam mengerti tentang agama mereka. Semoga memberi petunjuk dan bimbingan kepada mereka ke jalan yang lurus, serta melindungi mereka agar tidak mempercayai berbagai khurafat, khayalan, dan kebatilan.
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Bahagian ketiga: Fatwa oleh Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan 1978
KHURAFAT DAN BOLEH MENJATUHKAN MURTAD
Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan 1978 mengesahkan surat ini ditulis oleh paderi-paderi biara Blessings of St Antonio, Texas, USA pada tahun 1974/75 untuk mengelirukan umat Islam. Penulis asal surat ini ialah mendiang Father Francis Jose de Villa, seorang paderi Katolik dari Argentina berketurunan Arab-Syria (bekas penganut Islam, nama asalnya Mohamed Elias Skanbeg). Dia pernah bertugas di Instituto Sacristo Convocione Reliogioso di Brindisi, Itali sebagai mubaligh Katolik antara tahun 1966-1968di bawah Cardinal Agostino Casaroli. Father de Villa meninggal dunia pada tahun 1980 di Texas dalam usia 54 tahun.
Menurut Allahyarham Sayyed Mohamed Raisuddin Al-Hashimi Al-Quraisy, penjaga makam Rasulullah SAW di Madinah antara tahun 1967- hingga 1979, tidak ada penjaga makam bernama Sheik Ahmad antara tahun 1881 hingga 1979. Penjaga makam di Madinah ialah: Sayyed Turki Abu Mohamed Abdul Razaque Al-Hashimi Al-Quraisy (1881-meninggal dunia 1932), anaknya Sayyed Hashim Abu Faisal Abdul Jalil Al-Hashimi Al-Quraisy (1932-meninggal dunia 1934), adiknya Sayyed Abdul Karim Mutawwi Al-Hashimi Al-Quraisy (1934-bersara 1966) dan anak saudaranya Sayyed Mohamed Raisuddin bin Mohamed bin Abdul Razaque Al- Hashimi Al-Quraisyi (1967-meninggal dunia 1979).
Bekas menteri besar Perak Allahyarham Tan Sri Mohamed Ghazali Jawi bertaubat dan mengucap kalimah syahadat sekali lagi di hadapan Kadi Daerah Kinta pada tahun 1976 setelah beliau mengaku pernah menerima dan mengirim surat ini kepada dua puluh orang kawannya. Peristiwa ini berlaku tidak lama sebelum beliau meninggal dunia. Bekas Kadi Daerah Kinta meminta beliau mengucap semula kerana bimbang beliau telah gugur syahadah (murtad). Allahyarham Datuk Shafawi Mufti Selangor mengisytiharkan bagi pihak Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan bahawa barang siapa dengan sengaja menyebarkan risalah ini adalah "melakukan syirik dan tidak mustahil jatuh murtad melainkan dia bertaubat dan menarik balik perbuatannya itu terhadap sesiapa yang telahpun dikirimkan risalah ini".
(Surat Keputusan Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan Malaysia Bil.7/78/I).
Keputusan ini diiktiraf oleh Majlis Raja-raja Melayu dalam mesyuaratnya di Pekan pada 16 Oktober 1978, dipengerusikan oleh Almarhum Sultan Idris Shah, Perak. Menurut Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan 1978, menyebar surat ini "termasuk dalam menyekutukan Allah S.W.T. dengan syirik yang amat besar (shirk-i-kubra) serta mempermainkan Rasulullah S.A.W. serta menyebar dengan niat tidak baik kekeliruan dan muslihat di kalangan umat Islam.". Lagipun,"surat ini menggambarkan pembohongan yang amat besar terhadap junjungan besar Nabi Muhammad S.A.W. serta ajaran baginda kerana menggambarkan SHEIK AHMAD sebagai perawi hadith sesudah kewafatan baginda". Allahyarham Datuk Sheik-ul-Islam Mufti Kedah dalam Risalat Al-Aman 1983/Bil 8, surat ini "paling kurang menimbulkan syirik kecil dan murtad secara tidak sengaja terkeluar dari Islam, serta syirik yang besar jika sengaja maka taubatnya tidak sah melainkan dibuat dengan sesungguhnya. Adapun jika seseorang itu menyalin surat ini kepada umat Islam lain, jatuhlah hukum ke atasnya mentablighkan perkara syirik dan khurafat. Sesungguhnya ulamak sependapat perbuatan itu sungguh besar syiriknya dan boleh mengakibatkan murtad walaupun tanpa sadar si-pengirim." Wassalam
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Friday, August 28, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Swine influenza (H1N1)
Swine influenza (H1N1), now a pandemic around the world has striked fear into our hearts. The total number of confirmed and reported pandemic 2009 influenza cases to date (24th August) is 253,169 including 2,572 deaths. The world continue to report new cases while predictions around the world paint a gloomy future. As muslims, we should all start with seeking help from Allah to face the pandemic, especially when we know that this tribulation, like others that have past, will not only hit the wrongdoers! Rather, it will be a tribulation that will engulf all in general.
[al-Anfal:25]
Shaikh Abu Bakr al-Jaza’iri said: “Fitnah means punishment that you will be tested with, for example: drought, illness or overcomed by the enemy.”
[Aysar at-Tafasir]
Why?
On the authority of Huzhaifah bin al-Yaman from the prophet (SAW) who said: “By He in Whose Hand is my soul! You will must enjoin righteousness and forbid evil (amar ma’ruf nahi munkar), or Allah will send a punishment upon you from Him; you will supplicate then to Him, but the supplication will not be answered for you.”
[Ahmad, Tirmizhi (no. 2095) – Hasan lighairihi]
Nevertheless, the following are some advices on how to minimise the spread of this pandemic:
“Say: ‘Nothing shall ever happen to us except what Allah has ordained for us. He is our Protector.’ And in Allah let the believers put their trust.”
[at-Taubah:51]
We are told that infection can occur through close contact (less than 3 feet or 1 meter) with the infected person or contaminated surfaces and that it is airborne. And we are also told by the one who was sent by the Creator of all creation:
On the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA): The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: “There is no infection and no evil omen”
[Sahih al-Bukhari (no. 5316)]
In other words, infection will not happen except with Allah’s will and permission. Hence, we should put our trust in Allah knowing that everything is within His Power and Will.
On the authority of Abu Hurairah: The prophet (SAW) said: “Don’t let the sick go near the healthy.”
[Sahih al-Bukhari (no.5328)]
Stay away from the sick.
On the authority of Abu Hurairah who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (SAW) say: "Flee from the leprous (the way) you fear from a lion.”
[Sahih al-Bukhari, Ahmad (no. 9345)]
On the authority of Abu Malik al-Asy’ari: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: “Cleanliness is half of faith.”
[Sahih Muslim (no. 328)]
Islam even goes to the smallest detail as in the hadith:
On the authority of Abu Hurairah: The messenger of Allah said: "Faith is more than seventy or sixty branches, the best is saying ‘There is no deity except Allah’ and the lowest is removing harm from the road.”
[Sahih Muslim (no. 51)]
So, constantly clean yourself, as Islam recommends to continuously renew the ablution (wudhu), which includes entering the water into the mouth and nose unless during fasting.
“Verily, We sent (Messengers) to many nations before you. And we seized them with extreme poverty and loss of wealth so that they might believe with humility. When Our torment reached them, why then did they not believe with humility? But their hearts became hardened, and Syaitan made fair-seeming to them that which they used to do.” [al-An’am:42-43]
وَاتَّقُوا فِتْنَةً لَا تُصِيبَنَّ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنْكُمْ خَاصَّةً وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ
“And fear the Fitnah (affliction and trial) which affects not in particular (only) those of you who do wrong, and know that Allah is severe in punishment.” [al-Anfal:25]
Shaikh Abu Bakr al-Jaza’iri said: “Fitnah means punishment that you will be tested with, for example: drought, illness or overcomed by the enemy.”
[Aysar at-Tafasir]
Why?
عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ الْيَمَانِ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَتَأْمُرُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَلَتَنْهَوُنَّ عَنْ الْمُنْكَرِ أَوْ لَيُوشِكَنَّ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عِقَابًا مِنْهُ ثُمَّ تَدْعُونَهُ فَلَا يُسْتَجَابُ لَكُمْ
On the authority of Huzhaifah bin al-Yaman from the prophet (SAW) who said: “By He in Whose Hand is my soul! You will must enjoin righteousness and forbid evil (amar ma’ruf nahi munkar), or Allah will send a punishment upon you from Him; you will supplicate then to Him, but the supplication will not be answered for you.”
[Ahmad, Tirmizhi (no. 2095) – Hasan lighairihi]
Nevertheless, the following are some advices on how to minimise the spread of this pandemic:
1. We must always keep in mind that all matters are in the Hands of Allah. He may test us or He may keep us healthy.
قُلْ لَنْ يُصِيبَنَا إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَنَا هُوَ مَوْلَانَا وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ
“Say: ‘Nothing shall ever happen to us except what Allah has ordained for us. He is our Protector.’ And in Allah let the believers put their trust.”
[at-Taubah:51]
We are told that infection can occur through close contact (less than 3 feet or 1 meter) with the infected person or contaminated surfaces and that it is airborne. And we are also told by the one who was sent by the Creator of all creation:
عن أَبَي هُرَيْرَةَ قالُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا طِيَرَةَ
On the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA): The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: “There is no infection and no evil omen”
[Sahih al-Bukhari (no. 5316)]
In other words, infection will not happen except with Allah’s will and permission. Hence, we should put our trust in Allah knowing that everything is within His Power and Will.
2. This tawakkul (trust) in Allah should not make us neglect the universal rule of cause and effect (which is also created by Allah). We have to take steps to safeguard ourselves from being exposed to the virus.
Quarantine the sick.
عن أَبَي هُرَيْرَةَ قال قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يُورِدَنَّ مُمْرِضٌ عَلَى مُصِحٍّ
On the authority of Abu Hurairah: The prophet (SAW) said: “Don’t let the sick go near the healthy.”
[Sahih al-Bukhari (no.5328)]
Stay away from the sick.
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ فِرَّ مِنْ الْمَجْذُومِ فِرَارَكَ مِنْ الْأَسَدِ
On the authority of Abu Hurairah who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (SAW) say: "Flee from the leprous (the way) you fear from a lion.”
[Sahih al-Bukhari, Ahmad (no. 9345)]
3. Maintain general cleanliness as a preventive measure. It is well-known that Islam enjoins cleanliness, saying:
عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الطُّهُورُ شَطْرُ الْإِيمَانِ
On the authority of Abu Malik al-Asy’ari: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: “Cleanliness is half of faith.”
[Sahih Muslim (no. 328)]
Islam even goes to the smallest detail as in the hadith:
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْإِيمَانُ بِضْعٌ وَسَبْعُونَ أَوْ بِضْعٌ وَسِتُّونَ شُعْبَةً فَأَفْضَلُهَا قَوْلُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَدْنَاهَا إِمَاطَةُ الْأَذَى عَنْ الطَّرِيقِ
On the authority of Abu Hurairah: The messenger of Allah said: "Faith is more than seventy or sixty branches, the best is saying ‘There is no deity except Allah’ and the lowest is removing harm from the road.”
[Sahih Muslim (no. 51)]
So, constantly clean yourself, as Islam recommends to continuously renew the ablution (wudhu), which includes entering the water into the mouth and nose unless during fasting.
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَى أُمَمٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ بِالْبَأْسَاءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَضَرَّعُونَ فَلَوْلَا إِذْ جَاءَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا تَضَرَّعُوا وَلَكِنْ قَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
“Verily, We sent (Messengers) to many nations before you. And we seized them with extreme poverty and loss of wealth so that they might believe with humility. When Our torment reached them, why then did they not believe with humility? But their hearts became hardened, and Syaitan made fair-seeming to them that which they used to do.” [al-An’am:42-43]
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Relative Wants A Memorial For Tok Janggut?!
"By: Ramjit-->PASIR PUTEH, Aug 26(Bernama) -- A great grandson of Tok Janggut, one of the Malay warriors who fought the colonist in 1914, wants the government to honour the man for his deeds to the nation in conjunction with the country's 52nd Merdeka celebration. Sulaiman Ismail, 85, said his great grandfather should be accorded a similar honour like those made for his colleagues in Pahang, Perak and Negeri Sembilan where memorials had been erected in their honour."
This call is a dangerous call. These figures are remembered in the books of history without the memorials, so why the need for memorials? Who can tell the future, that matters will be taken several steps beyond, and these individuals will then be invoked in prayers?
This call is a dangerous call. These figures are remembered in the books of history without the memorials, so why the need for memorials? Who can tell the future, that matters will be taken several steps beyond, and these individuals will then be invoked in prayers?
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ وَقَالَ عَطَاءٌ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا صَارَتْ الْأَوْثَانُ الَّتِي كَانَتْ فِي قَوْمِ نُوحٍ فِي الْعَرَبِ بَعْدُ أَمَّا وَدٌّ كَانَتْ لِكَلْبٍ بِدَوْمَةِ الْجَنْدَلِ وَأَمَّا سُوَاعٌ كَانَتْ لِهُذَيْلٍ وَأَمَّا يَغُوثُ فَكَانَتْ لِمُرَادٍ ثُمَّ لِبَنِي غُطَيْفٍ بِالْجَوْفِ عِنْدَ سَبَإٍ وَأَمَّا يَعُوقُ فَكَانَتْ لِهَمْدَانَ وَأَمَّا نَسْرٌ فَكَانَتْ لِحِمْيَرَ لِآلِ ذِي الْكَلَاعِ أَسْمَاءُ رِجَالٍ صَالِحِينَ مِنْ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ فَلَمَّا هَلَكُوا أَوْحَى الشَّيْطَانُ إِلَى قَوْمِهِمْ أَنْ انْصِبُوا إِلَى مَجَالِسِهِمْ الَّتِي كَانُوا يَجْلِسُونَ أَنْصَابًا وَسَمُّوهَا بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ فَفَعَلُوا فَلَمْ تُعْبَدْ حَتَّى إِذَا هَلَكَ أُولَئِكَ وَتَنَسَّخَ الْعِلْمُ عُبِدَتْ
Ibn Abbas (RA) narrated: "All the idols which were worshipped by the people of Noah were worshipped by the Arabs later on. As for the idol Wadd, it was worshipped by the tribe of Kalb at Daumat-al-Jandal; suwa' was the idol of Huzail, yaghuth was the idol of (the tribe of) Murad and then by Bani Ghutaif at Al-Jurf near Saba; Yauq was the idol of Hamdan, and Nasr was the idol of Himyr, the branch of Dhi-al-Kala.' The names (of the idols) formerly belonged to some pious men of the people of Noah, and when they died Satan inspired their people to (prepare and place idols at the places where they used to sit, and to call those idols by their names. The people did so, but the idols were not worshipped till those people (who initiated them) had died and the origin of the idols had become obscure, whereupon people began worshipping them."
[Sahih al-Bukhari (no. 4539)]
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ أُمَّ حَبِيبَةَ وَأُمَّ سَلَمَةَ ذَكَرَتَا كَنِيسَةً رَأَيْنَهَا بِالْحَبَشَةِ فِيهَا تَصَاوِيرُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ أُولَئِكِ إِذَا كَانَ فِيهِمْ الرَّجُلُ الصَّالِحُ فَمَاتَ بَنَوْا عَلَى قَبْرِهِ مَسْجِدًا وَصَوَّرُوا فِيهِ تِلْكِ الصُّوَرَ أُولَئِكِ شِرَارُ الْخَلْقِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
On the authority of Aaishah (RA) that Umm Habibah and Umm Salamah mentioned a church they saw in Ethiopia which contained in it pictures of the messenger of Allah (SAW). The messenger of Allah said: "Verily those are the people when a righteous person among them dies, they will build on his grave a place of worship, and they will paint these pictures in it. These are the worst of creation in Allah's view on the Day of Judgment."
[Sahih Muslim (no. 822)]
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَقُمْ مِنْهُ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى اتَّخَذُوا قُبُورَ أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ مَسَاجِدَ قَالَتْ فَلَوْلَا ذَاكَ أُبْرِزَ قَبْرُهُ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ خُشِيَ أَنْ يُتَّخَذَ مَسْجِدًا
On the authority of Aaishah (RA): The Messenger of Allah (SAW) while he was suffering the ilness that he died from, said : "May Allah curse the Jews and the Christians, they took the graves of their prophets as places of worship."
She (Aaishah) said: "If it wasn't for this (hadith), his grave would have been made prominent except that it was feared that it will be taken as a place of worship."
[Sahih Muslim (no. 823)]
Especially worrying, when Tok Janggut is said to be 'kebal' (invincible), ie. cannot be killed using ordinary weapons! A sure recipe for future veneration, or shall I say, even more veneration since he is already worshipped! Subhanallah! I quote:
"HISTORY OF PANGKOR ISLAND The ancient name for this island is Spirit Island. The ancient islanders believed that this island is protected by the spirits of "Keramat Serban Hijau", "Keramat Serban Kuning" and "Keramat Tok Janggut". Fishermen claim to hear voices chanting verses from the Holy Quran and smell incense from the uninhabited Pulau Gedung hills."
[http://www.malaysiahotels.cc/pangkor.html]
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
HADITH: Rewards of Fasting
عَنْ أَبي هُرَيْرَةَ قال قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كُلُّ عَمَلِ ابْنِ آدَمَ لَهُ إِلَّا الصِّيَامَ فَإِنَّهُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ وَالصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ وَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ صَوْمِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلَا يَرْفُثْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَلَا يَصْخَبْ فَإِنْ شَاتَمَهُ أَحَدٌ أَوْ قَاتَلَهُ فَلْيَقُلْ إِنِّي امْرُؤٌ صَائِمٌ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ وَلِلصَّائِمِ فَرْحَتَانِ يَفْرَحُهُمَا إِذَا أَفْطَرَ فَرِحَ بِفِطْرِهِ وَإِذَا لَقِيَ رَبَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَرِحَ بِصِيَامِهِ
And on the authority of Abu Hurairah (ra) that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: “Allah ‘azza wa jalla said: ‘Every action of the son of Adam is for himself except fasting, for verily it is for Me and I will reward because of it. Fasting is a shield. When one of you is fasting, he must not speak indecently, quarrel. If someone abuses him or fights him, let him say: I am fasting I am fasting.. By the One in Whose Hands is Muhammad’s soul, the smell on the mouth of the fasting one is better in the sight of Allah on the Day of Judgment then the smell of musk. The fasting person has two joys: when he breaks his fast he is happy with it, and when he meets his Lord he will be happy with his fasting.’”
[Agreed upon]
Malay translation: Daripada Abu Hurairah (RA) bahawa Rasulullah (SAW) bersabda: Firman Allah: “Setiap amal manusia terdapat pahala yang terbatas kecuali puasa, sesungguhnya puasa adalah untukku dan aku yang membalasnya, dan puasa adalah perisai. Dan pada hari puasa janganlah kalian mengatakan atau melakukan perbuatan keji dan janganlah membuat gaduh, jika salah seorang kalian mencelanya atau membunuhnya maka hendaklah mengatakan : “Sesungguhnya aku sedang berpuasa , demi Dzat yang jiwa Muhammad berada ditangannya benar-benar bau mulut orang yang berpuasa lebih harum disisi Allah dari bau kasturi, bagi orang yang berpuasa ada dua kegembiraan yang ia gembira dengan keduanya : jika berbuka ia gembira, dan jika bertemu Allah dengan puasanya ia gembira”
I wish to convey here a brilliant explanation given by Shaikh Muhammad bin Saleh al-Uthaimin (rahimahullah) on the abundant rewards for fasting. He was explaining the portion of the hadith above where Allah said : "I will reward because of it", he said:
Malay translation: Saya ingin menyampaikan di sini satu keterangan yang sangat baik oleh Shaikh Muhammad bin Saleh al-Uthaimin (rahimahullah) tentang pahala puasa yang banyak. Ketika beliau menerangkan bahagian hadith di atas di mana Allah berfirman (dalam hadith Qudsi): "Aku yang membalasnya.", kata beliau:
فأضافَ الجزاءَ إلى نفسه الكريمةِ؛ لأنَّ الأعمالَ الصالحةَ يضاعفُ أجرها بالْعَدد، الحسنةُ بعَشْرِ أمثالها إلى سَبْعِمائة ضعفٍ إلى أضعاف كثيرةً، أمَّا الصَّوم فإِنَّ اللهَ أضافَ الجزاءَ عليه إلى نفسه من غير اعتبَار عَددٍ وهُوَ سبحانه أكرَمُ الأكرمين وأجوَدُ الأجودين، والعطيَّةُ بقدر مُعْطيها. فيكُونُ أجرُ الصائمِ عظيماً كثيراً بِلاَ حساب. والصيامُ صبْرٌ على طاعةِ الله، وصبرٌ عن مَحارِم الله، وصَبْرٌ على أقْدَارِ الله المؤلمة مِنَ الجُوعِ والعَطَشِ وضعفِ البَدَنِ والنَّفْسِ، فَقَدِ اجْتمعتْ فيه أنْواعُ الصبر الثلاثةُ، وَتحقَّقَ أن يكون الصائمُ من الصابِرِين. وقَدْ قَالَ الله تَعالى: إِنَّمَا يُوَفَّى الصَّبِرُونَ أَجْرَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ
So, He attached the recompense (for fasting) to His Noble Self, because good actions are multiplied by a certain multiple: A good deed multiplied by ten to seven hundred folds to many folds. As for (the reward) of fasting, Allah attached its rewards to Himself without any number, because He is the Most Noble of the nobles, and the Most Generous of the generous, the gift is measured by its giver. So the reward of someone who fasts is great and many without limit!
And fasting is patience on obedience to Allah, patience from the prohibitions of Allah, and patience on the pre-destination of Allah with regards to hunger, thirst, and weakening of the body and soul. So, all three types of patience gather in it, and hence realises that the person who fasts is among those who are patient. Indeed Allah said: "Indeed the patient ones are rewarded without limit."
[az-Zumar:10]
[az-Zumar:10]
[Quoted from one of his khutbah in Ramadan]
Malay translation: Maka, Dia mengaitkan ganjaran (puasa) kepada diriNya Yang Maha Mulia, kerana amalan saleh digandakan beberapa gandaan: Setiap amalan digandakan sepuluh sehinggalah tujuh ratus gandaan dan seterusnya. Manakala puasa pula, Allah mengaitkan ganjarannya kepada diriNya tanpa gandaan yang tetap kerana Dia adalah Yang Maha Mulia di kalangan yang termulia, dan Yang Maha Pemurah di kalangan yang paling pemurah. Pemberian mengikut ukuran pemberinya. Maka ganjaran seseorang yang berpuasa sangat agung dan banyak tanpa batasan!
Dan puasa adalah bersabar dalam melakukan ketaatan kepada Allah, bersabar daripada perkara-perkara yang diharamkan oleh Allah, dan bersabar dengan ketentuan Allah dari segi lapar, dahaga, lemah badan dan jiwa. Oleh itu, ketiga-tiga jenis sabar terhimpun di dalamnya, maka orang yang berpuasa adalah tergolong di antara orang-orang yang sabar. Sesungguhnya, Allah berfirman: "Hanyalah orang yang sabar diberikan ganjaran tanpa hisab (batasan)."
[az-Zumar:10]
[az-Zumar:10]
[Dipetik daripada salah satu khutbah Ramadannya.]
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Q&A: Selawat Munjiyyah
Soalan: Adakah harus dibaca doa Turud Tunjina (atau Selawat Munjiyyah) iaitu:
Mengenai doa ini, ada seorang tua yang buta yang dipanggil dengan nama Salih Musa, meriwayatkan ceritanya dalam perkara ini, berkata: Aku berada di dalam sebuah bot yang hampir tenggelam, dalam aku berada dalam keadaan antara sedar dan tidak sedar, menjelma di depanku Rasulullah (SAW) ketika itu. Baginda lalu mengajar saya doa Turud yang berikut (lalu dibaca doa di atas), seraya kata baginda lagi: Orang-orang yang musafir seharusnya mengulangi doa ini 1000 kali sedang mereka di dalam bot mereka. Dan tidaklah mereka sudah membaca 300 kali sahaja kecuali Allah akan menyelamatkan bot mereka dengan mukjizat doa ini. Dan doa Turud ini disebut di dalam kitab al-Fajr al-Munir oleh al-Fakihani (m. 734h). Adakah doa ini sahih untuk digunakan?
“Hari ini telah aku lengkapkan bagimu agamamu, dan Aku telah sempurnakan bagimu nikmatKu, dan Aku redha bagimu Islam sebagai agama.”
[al-Maaidah:3]
Lafaz Muslim pula:
Dan at-Tirmizhi (no. 3524) meriwayatkan daripada Anas bin Malik (RA): Nabi (SAW) apabila sesuatu perkara merungsingkannya, biasanya berkata:
Diklasifikasikan sebagai hadith hasan oleh al-Albani (RH) di dalam Sahih at-Timizhi.
اللهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَاةً تُنْجِيْنَا بِهَا مِنْ جَمِيْعِ الأَهْوَالِ وَالآفَاتِ وَتَقْضِيْ لَنَا بِهَا جَمِيْعَ الحَاجَاتِ وَتُطَهِّرُنَا بِهَا مِنْ جَمِيْعِ السَّيِّئَاتِ وَتَرْفَعُنَا بِهَا عِنْدَكَ أَعْلَى الدَّرَجَاتِ وَتُبَلِّغُنَا بِهَا أَقْصَى الغَايَاتِ مِنْ جَمِيْعِ الخَيْرَاتِ فِيْ الحَيَاةِ وَبَعْدَ المَمَاتِ
Mengenai doa ini, ada seorang tua yang buta yang dipanggil dengan nama Salih Musa, meriwayatkan ceritanya dalam perkara ini, berkata: Aku berada di dalam sebuah bot yang hampir tenggelam, dalam aku berada dalam keadaan antara sedar dan tidak sedar, menjelma di depanku Rasulullah (SAW) ketika itu. Baginda lalu mengajar saya doa Turud yang berikut (lalu dibaca doa di atas), seraya kata baginda lagi: Orang-orang yang musafir seharusnya mengulangi doa ini 1000 kali sedang mereka di dalam bot mereka. Dan tidaklah mereka sudah membaca 300 kali sahaja kecuali Allah akan menyelamatkan bot mereka dengan mukjizat doa ini. Dan doa Turud ini disebut di dalam kitab al-Fajr al-Munir oleh al-Fakihani (m. 734h). Adakah doa ini sahih untuk digunakan?
Jawapan:
Segala pujian bagi Allah.
Segala pujian bagi Allah.
Pertama, Ini adalah suatu bentuk selawat yang muhdath (diada-adakan), tidak ada di dalam Sunnah mahupun Athar (riwayat daripada sahabat). Hanyalah ianya disebut oleh empunya kitab “Nuzhat al-Majalis wa Muntakhab an-Nafa’is” (ms. 284), seorang ahli sejarah yang berpendidikan, Abd ar-Rahman bin Abd as-Salam as-Sufuri, yang telah meninggal dunia pada tahun 894h, dan Shaikh Umar bin Ali bin Saalim ah-Fakihani, seorang pakar Nahw, Faqih dalam mazhab Maliki (m. 734h) di dalam kitabnya al-Fajr al-Munir (ms. 31-32) berkata: “Shaikh, yang soleh, Musa ad-Dorir (rh) telah menceritakan kepadaku bahawa dia berada di laut, katanya: “Angin yang dinamakan al-Aqlabiyah, bertiup ke arah kami, dan jarang ada orang yang selamat daripada tenggelam disebabkannya. Semua orang menjerit-jerit kerana takut tenggelam, maka katanya lagi: Kedua-dua mataku tiba-tiba menjadi mengantuk lalu aku tertidur. Lalu aku melihat (dalam mimpi) Nabi (SAW) berkata: “Beritahulah kepada semua penumpang bacalah 1000 kali: [doa tersebut di atas]”
Katanya lagi: "Maka aku sedar dari tidur, dan memberitahu semua penumpang tentang mimpi itu, lalu kami membaca selawat itu lebih kurang 300 kali, maka kami terselamat."
Katanya lagi: "Maka aku sedar dari tidur, dan memberitahu semua penumpang tentang mimpi itu, lalu kami membaca selawat itu lebih kurang 300 kali, maka kami terselamat."
Sedia maklum bahawa hukum-hakam dan Fadha’il al-A’mal (kelebihan-kelebihan amalan) tidak ditegakkan dengan visi dan mimpi, maka tidak boleh bersandar dengannya untuk menetapkan sesuatu kelebihan bagi bentuk selawat ini.
Syariat Allah telah lengkap dan sempurna, seperti firmanNya:
الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمْ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًا
“Hari ini telah aku lengkapkan bagimu agamamu, dan Aku telah sempurnakan bagimu nikmatKu, dan Aku redha bagimu Islam sebagai agama.”
[al-Maaidah:3]
Dan Rasul (SAW) telah menyampaikannya dengan lengkap dan sempurna dan tidak menyembunyikan apa-apa pun, Maka memadailah seseorang muslim itu beramal dengan apa yang telah sabit daripada nabi (SAW) dan sahih daripadanya, tidak perlu lagi untuk mensyariatkan suatu ibadat (yang baru) atau membuktikan kesunatannya bersandarkan visi atau mimpi.
Nabi (SAW) juga ada mengajarkan doa-doa untuk ketika kesusahan, sekiranya dia menghadapi sesuatu keadaan.
Al-Bukhari (no. 6345) dan Muslim (no. 2730) telah meriwayatkan daripada Ibn Abbas (RA) berkata: Nabi (SAW) biasanya berdoa ketika kesusahan:
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ رَبُّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ
Lafaz Muslim pula:
وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الكَرِيْمِ...
Dan at-Tirmizhi (no. 3524) meriwayatkan daripada Anas bin Malik (RA): Nabi (SAW) apabila sesuatu perkara merungsingkannya, biasanya berkata:
يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ
Diklasifikasikan sebagai hadith hasan oleh al-Albani (RH) di dalam Sahih at-Timizhi.
Hendaklah seseorang muslim itu berhasrat untuk mengikut (ittiba’) nabi dan tidak mengada-adakan (amalan baru) dalam agama. Semoga Allah meredhai Abdullah bin Mas’ud yang berkata: “Ikutlah (Sunnah nabi) dan jangan melakukan bid’ah kerana (amalan-amalan telah lepas daripada sunnah nabi) telah memadai.”
[ad-Darimi (no.205)]
[ad-Darimi (no.205)]
Kami meminta kepada Allah agar memberikan tawfiqNya kepada amalan-amalan dan kata-kata yang baik.
Allahu a’lam.
[Diterjemah daripada http://www.islam-qa.com/ar/ref/128801]
Tambahan saya: Janganlah salah faham tujuan saya. Bukannya saya bencikan atau anti-selawat. Tetapi saya pro-Sunnah nabi. Dimanakan letaknya cinta kita kepada Allah dan nabiNya sekiranya kita mencari selain daripada petunjuk yang dibawa oleh nabi??! Susahkah untuk menerima amalan yang diajar dan dilakukan oleh nabi Muhammad (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) dan meninggalkan amalan yang tidak pernah diajarnya?
[Diterjemah daripada http://www.islam-qa.com/ar/ref/128801]
Tambahan saya: Janganlah salah faham tujuan saya. Bukannya saya bencikan atau anti-selawat. Tetapi saya pro-Sunnah nabi. Dimanakan letaknya cinta kita kepada Allah dan nabiNya sekiranya kita mencari selain daripada petunjuk yang dibawa oleh nabi??! Susahkah untuk menerima amalan yang diajar dan dilakukan oleh nabi Muhammad (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) dan meninggalkan amalan yang tidak pernah diajarnya?
قُلْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
"Katakanlah: Jika kamu (benar-benar) mencintai Allah, ikutilah aku (Muhammad), nescaya Allah akan mengasihi dan mengampuni dosa-dosamu. Allah Maha Pengampun lagi Maha Penyayang. "
[Aali Imran:31]
Imam Ibn Kathir (rh) di dalam tafsirnya terhadap ayat di atas, katanya:
هذه الآية الكريمة حاكمة على كل من ادعى محبة الله، وليس هو على الطريقة المحمدية فإنه كاذب في دعواه في نفس الأمر، حتى يتبع الشرع المحمدي والدين النبوي في جميع أقواله وأحواله، كما ثبت في الصحيح عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال: مَنْ عَمِلَ عَمَلا لَيْسَ عليه أمْرُنَا فَهُوَ رَدُّ
"Ayat yang mulia ini adalah merupakan hakim (mendedahkan kedustaan) bagi setiap seorang yang mendakwa cintakan Allah sedangkan dia tidak mengikut jalan (Sunnah) Muhammad, bahawa dia berdusta dalam dakwaannya dalam perkara itu sehinggalah dia mengikuti syariat (yang dibawa oleh) Muhammad dan agama Nabi di dalam segala kata-katanya dan keadaan-keadaannya. seperti yang telah sabit di dalam Sahih (Muslim) daripada Rasul (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) sabdanya: 'Sesiapa yang beramal dengan amalan yang bukan dari perintah kami maka ianya tertolak.'"
Friday, August 21, 2009
HADITH: Do'a Jibril tentang Ramadhan
Soalan: Tersebar luas baru-baru ini Do'a malaikat Jibril menjelang Ramadhan: "Ya Allah tolong abaikan puasa ummat Muhammad, apabila sebelum memasuki bulan Ramadhan dia tidak melakukan hal-hal yang berikut :
* Tidak memohon maaf terlebih dahulu kepada kedua orang tuanya (jika masih ada);
* Tidak berma'afan terlebih dahulu antara suami isteri;
* Tidak bermaafan terlebih dahulu dengan orang-orang sekitarnya.
Maka Rasulullah pun mengatakan Amiin sebanyak 3 kali. Dapatkah kita bayangkan, yang berdo'a adalah Malaikat dan yang meng-amiinkan adalah Rasullullah dan para sahabat , dan dilakukan pada hari Jumaat. Adakah hadith ini sahih?
Jawapan: Saya tidak menjumpai hadith ini dalam kitab-kitab hadith, mahupun kitab-kitab tafsir. Namun, yang dijumpai adalah hadith seperti di bawah:
Maksudnya: Daripada Abu Hurairah (RA) katanya: “Nabi (SAW) menaiki mimbar, kemudian baginda berkata: amin, amin, amin. Ditanya kepada baginda: “Wahai Rasulullah, tuan menaiki mimbar dan mengucapkan amin, amin, amin?” Baginda SAW menjawab: “Jibril (AS) datang kepadaku, dan berkata: “Sesiapa yang berada dalam bulan Ramadhan, lalu Allah tidak mengampunkan dosanya, dia akan dimasukkan ke dalam neraka dan akan dijauhkannya, katakan (wahai Muhammad) amin,” Lalu aku (Nabi ) pun menyebut “amin”. Jibril berkata lagi: “Wahai Muhammad, sesiapa yang memiliki dua orang tuanya atau salah seorang mereka, namun dia tidak berbuat kepada mereka berdua, dia mati, dia akan dimasukkan ke dalam neraka, dan Allah akan menjauhkannya, katalah amin.” Lalu akupun berkata: “Amin”. Berkata Jibril lagi: “Sesiapa yang mendengar namamu disebut, tetapi dia tidak berselawat kepadamu, dia mata, dia akan dimasukkan ke dalam neraka, dan Allah akan menjauhkanya, katalah amin.” Lalu akupun menyebut: “Amin.”
[Diriwayatkan oleh Tabarani, Ibn Hibban, Ibn Khuzaimah, al-Haakim, dan Imam al-Bukhari dalam al-Adab al-Mufrad, dengan teks yang berbeza-beza - Hadith Sahih, lihat Sahih at-Targhib, Sahih al-Adab al-Mufrad dan Sahih al-Jaami' as-Saghir (no. 75)]
Sekiranya ada sesiapa yang tahu hadith Jibril (dalam soalan) tersebut dalam bahasa arab, beserta sumbernya, maka boleh diperiksa samada sahih atau tidak. Saya nasihatkan agar jangan kita gunakan hadith yang kita tidak tahu asal usulnya. Quran dan hadith sahih sudah memadai untuk kita. Allahu a'lam.
* Tidak memohon maaf terlebih dahulu kepada kedua orang tuanya (jika masih ada);
* Tidak berma'afan terlebih dahulu antara suami isteri;
* Tidak bermaafan terlebih dahulu dengan orang-orang sekitarnya.
Maka Rasulullah pun mengatakan Amiin sebanyak 3 kali. Dapatkah kita bayangkan, yang berdo'a adalah Malaikat dan yang meng-amiinkan adalah Rasullullah dan para sahabat , dan dilakukan pada hari Jumaat. Adakah hadith ini sahih?
Jawapan: Saya tidak menjumpai hadith ini dalam kitab-kitab hadith, mahupun kitab-kitab tafsir. Namun, yang dijumpai adalah hadith seperti di bawah:
عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال : صعد النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم المنبر فقال : آمين ، آمين ، آمين ، قيل يا رسول الله إنك صعدت المنبر فقلت : آمين آمين آمين ، قال : أتاني جبريل عليه الصلاة والسلام فقال : من أدرك شهر رمضان فلم يغفر له فدخل النار فأبعده الله ، قل : آمين ، فقلت : آمين ، فقال : يا محمد ، ومن أدرك أبويه أو أحدهما فلم يبرهما فمات فدخل النار فأبعده الله ، قل : آمين ، فقلت : آمين ، قال : ومن ذُكرتَ عنده فلم يصل عليك فمات فدخل النار فأبعده الله ، قل : آمين ، فقلت : آمين
Maksudnya: Daripada Abu Hurairah (RA) katanya: “Nabi (SAW) menaiki mimbar, kemudian baginda berkata: amin, amin, amin. Ditanya kepada baginda: “Wahai Rasulullah, tuan menaiki mimbar dan mengucapkan amin, amin, amin?” Baginda SAW menjawab: “Jibril (AS) datang kepadaku, dan berkata: “Sesiapa yang berada dalam bulan Ramadhan, lalu Allah tidak mengampunkan dosanya, dia akan dimasukkan ke dalam neraka dan akan dijauhkannya, katakan (wahai Muhammad) amin,” Lalu aku (Nabi ) pun menyebut “amin”. Jibril berkata lagi: “Wahai Muhammad, sesiapa yang memiliki dua orang tuanya atau salah seorang mereka, namun dia tidak berbuat kepada mereka berdua, dia mati, dia akan dimasukkan ke dalam neraka, dan Allah akan menjauhkannya, katalah amin.” Lalu akupun berkata: “Amin”. Berkata Jibril lagi: “Sesiapa yang mendengar namamu disebut, tetapi dia tidak berselawat kepadamu, dia mata, dia akan dimasukkan ke dalam neraka, dan Allah akan menjauhkanya, katalah amin.” Lalu akupun menyebut: “Amin.”
[Diriwayatkan oleh Tabarani, Ibn Hibban, Ibn Khuzaimah, al-Haakim, dan Imam al-Bukhari dalam al-Adab al-Mufrad, dengan teks yang berbeza-beza - Hadith Sahih, lihat Sahih at-Targhib, Sahih al-Adab al-Mufrad dan Sahih al-Jaami' as-Saghir (no. 75)]
Sekiranya ada sesiapa yang tahu hadith Jibril (dalam soalan) tersebut dalam bahasa arab, beserta sumbernya, maka boleh diperiksa samada sahih atau tidak. Saya nasihatkan agar jangan kita gunakan hadith yang kita tidak tahu asal usulnya. Quran dan hadith sahih sudah memadai untuk kita. Allahu a'lam.
Monday, August 17, 2009
SAWM: Fasting - Its Virtues.
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ
On the authority of Abu Hurairah (ra) said: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: “Whoever fasts the month of Ramadhan, out of faith and in hope of rewards, all his past sins will be forgiven.”
[Agreed upon]
Malay translation: Daripada Abu Hurairah (RA): Rasulullah (SAW) bersabda: "Sesiapa yang berpuasa pada bulan Ramadan, (disebabkan) iman dan mengharapkan ganjaran, dosa-dosanya yang lepas akan diampunkan."
عَنْ أَبي هُرَيْرَةَ قال قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كُلُّ عَمَلِ ابْنِ آدَمَ لَهُ إِلَّا الصِّيَامَ فَإِنَّهُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ وَالصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ وَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ صَوْمِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلَا يَرْفُثْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَلَا يَصْخَبْ فَإِنْ شَاتَمَهُ أَحَدٌ أَوْ قَاتَلَهُ فَلْيَقُلْ إِنِّي امْرُؤٌ صَائِمٌ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ وَلِلصَّائِمِ فَرْحَتَانِ يَفْرَحُهُمَا إِذَا أَفْطَرَ فَرِحَ بِفِطْرِهِ وَإِذَا لَقِيَ رَبَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَرِحَ بِصِيَامِهِ
And on the authority of Abu Hurairah (ra) that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: “Allah ‘azza wa jalla said: ‘Every action of the son of Adam is for himself except fasting, for verily it is for Me and I will reward because of it. Fasting is a shield. When one of you is fasting, he must not speak indecently, quarrel. If someone abuses him or fights him, let him say: I am fasting I am fasting.. By the One in Whose Hands is Muhammad’s soul, the smell on the mouth of the fasting one is better in the sight of Allah on the Day of Judgment then the smell of musk. The fasting person has two joys: when he breaks his fast he is happy with it, and when he meets his Lord he will be happy with his fasting.’”
[Agreed upon]
Malay translation: Daripada Abu Hurairah (RA) bahawa Rasulullah (SAW) bersabda: Firman Allah:“Setiap amal manusia terdapat pahala yang terbatas kecuali puasa, sesungguhnya puasa adalah untukku dan aku yang membalasnya, dan puasa adalah perisai. Dan pada hari puasa janganlah kalian mengatakan atau melakukan perbuatan keji dan janganlah membuat gaduh, jika salah seorang kalian mencelanya atau membunuhnya maka hendaklah mengatakan : “Sesungguhnya aku sedang berpuasa , demi Dzat yang jiwa Muhammad berada ditangannya benar-benar bau mulut orang yang berpuasa lebih harum disisi Allah dari bau kasturi, bagi orang yang berpuasa ada dua kegembiraan yang ia gembira dengan keduanya : jika berbuka ia gembira, dan jika bertemu Allah dengan puasanya ia gembira”
عَنْ سَهْلٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ بَابًا يُقَالُ لَهُ الرَّيَّانُ يَدْخُلُ مِنْهُ الصَّائِمُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لَا يَدْخُلُ مِنْهُ أَحَدٌ غَيْرُهُمْ يُقَالُ أَيْنَ الصَّائِمُونَ فَيَقُومُونَ لَا يَدْخُلُ مِنْهُ أَحَدٌ غَيْرُهُمْ فَإِذَا دَخَلُوا أُغْلِقَ فَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ مِنْهُ أَحَدٌ
On the authority of Sahl bin Sa’d that the Prophet (SAW) said: “Verily the Paradise has a door called ar-Rayyan, those who fast enter through it on the Day of Judgment, none others will enter through it. It will be said: Where are the ones who fast? They will then stand and none enters through it apart from them. When they have entered, it will be closed and no one will enter through it.”
[Agreed upon]
Malay translation: Daripada Sahl bin Sa'd bahawa Nabi (SAW) bersabda: "Sesungguhnya Syurga ada sebuah pintu yang dinamakan ar-Rayyan, orang-orang yang berpuasa akan masuk melaluinya pada Hari Akhirat, tidak yang selain daripada mereka. Akan dikatakan: 'Dimanakah orang-orang yang berpuasa?' Maka mereka akan bangun dan tiada yang akan masuk selain mereka. Apabila mereka sudah masuk, (pintu itu) akan ditutup dan tidak ada lagi yang akan melaluinya."
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
SAWM: Fasting - Its Ruling
Fasting of Ramadhan is one of the pillars of Islam.
Malay Translation: Berpuasa di bulan Ramadan adalah salah satu daripada rukun Islam.
Allah ta’ala said:
Malay Translation: Firman Allah ta'ala:
“O you who believe! Fasting has been prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you in order that you may attain taqwa. [Observing Saum (fasts)] for a fixed number of days. And as for those who can fast with difficulty, (e.g. an old man, etc.), they have (a choice either to fast or) to feed a Miskîn (poor person) (for every day). But whoever does good of his own accord, it is better for him. But if any of you is ill or on a journey, the same number (should be made up) from other days. And that you fast, it is better for you if only you know. The month of Ramadhan in which the Quran was revealed as a Guidance to all mankind and clear proof for the guidance and criterion. So whoever witnessed the month he must fast...”
[al-Baqarah : 183 – 185]
Malay Translation: "Hai orang-orang yang beriman, diwajibkan atas kamu berpuasa sebagaimana diwajibkan atas orang-orang sebelum kamu agar kamu bertakwa, (iaitu) dalam beberapa hari yang tertentu. Maka barangsiapa diantara kamu ada yang sakit atau dalam perjalanan (lalu ia berbuka), maka (wajiblah baginya berpuasa) sebanyak hari yang ditinggalkan itu pada hari-hari yang lain. Dan wajib bagi orang-orang yang berat menjalankannya (jika mereka tidak berpuasa) membayar fidyah, (yaitu): memberi makan seorang miskin. Barangsiapa yang dengan kerelaan hati mengerjakan kebajikan, maka itulah yang lebih baik baginya. Dan berpuasa lebih baik bagimu jika kamu mengetahui. (Beberapa hari yang ditentukan itu ialah) bulan Ramadhan, bulan yang di dalamnya diturunkan (permulaan) Al Quran sebagai petunjuk bagi manusia dan penjelasan-penjelasan mengenai petunjuk itu dan pembeda (antara yang hak dan yang bathil). Karena itu, barangsiapa di antara kamu hadir (di negeri tempat tinggalnya) di bulan itu, maka hendaklah ia berpuasa pada bulan itu..."
And on the authority of Ibn Umar (ra) who said: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said:
Malay translation: Daripada Ibn Umar (ra) yang berkata: Rasulullah (SAW) bersabda:
“Islam is built upon five (pillars): Witnessing that none is worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; establishment of prayers; giving of zakat; pilgrimage to the House of Allah; and fasting of Ramadhan.”
[Agreed upon]
Malay translation: "Islam terbina di atas lima (rukun atau tiang): bersaksi bahawa tiada tuhan yang berhak disembah melainkan Allah, dan Muhammad adalah Rasullah; mendirikan solat; mengeluarkan zakat; melakukan haji; dan berpuasa di bulan Ramadan."
The ummah have a consensus (Ijma') with regards to the obligation of fasting in Ramadhan, and that it is one of the pillars of Islam that is known in the religion by necessity, and that whoever denies it is a kafir murtad. [Fiqh as-Sunnah (1/366)]
Malay translation: Umat Islam bersepakat (ijma') mengenai kewajipan puasa di bulan Ramadan, dan bahawa ianya salah satu daripada rukun Islam yang mesti diketahui, dan sesiapa yang mengingkarinya adalah telah kafir murtad.
Malay Translation: Berpuasa di bulan Ramadan adalah salah satu daripada rukun Islam.
Allah ta’ala said:
Malay Translation: Firman Allah ta'ala:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ أَيَّامًا مَعْدُودَاتٍ فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ يُطِيقُونَهُ فِدْيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسْكِينٍ فَمَنْ تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَهُ وَأَنْ تَصُومُوا خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ هُدًى لِلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِنَ الْهُدَى وَالْفُرْقَانِ فَمَنْ شَهِدَ مِنْكُمُ الشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ
“O you who believe! Fasting has been prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you in order that you may attain taqwa. [Observing Saum (fasts)] for a fixed number of days. And as for those who can fast with difficulty, (e.g. an old man, etc.), they have (a choice either to fast or) to feed a Miskîn (poor person) (for every day). But whoever does good of his own accord, it is better for him. But if any of you is ill or on a journey, the same number (should be made up) from other days. And that you fast, it is better for you if only you know. The month of Ramadhan in which the Quran was revealed as a Guidance to all mankind and clear proof for the guidance and criterion. So whoever witnessed the month he must fast...”
[al-Baqarah : 183 – 185]
Malay Translation: "Hai orang-orang yang beriman, diwajibkan atas kamu berpuasa sebagaimana diwajibkan atas orang-orang sebelum kamu agar kamu bertakwa, (iaitu) dalam beberapa hari yang tertentu. Maka barangsiapa diantara kamu ada yang sakit atau dalam perjalanan (lalu ia berbuka), maka (wajiblah baginya berpuasa) sebanyak hari yang ditinggalkan itu pada hari-hari yang lain. Dan wajib bagi orang-orang yang berat menjalankannya (jika mereka tidak berpuasa) membayar fidyah, (yaitu): memberi makan seorang miskin. Barangsiapa yang dengan kerelaan hati mengerjakan kebajikan, maka itulah yang lebih baik baginya. Dan berpuasa lebih baik bagimu jika kamu mengetahui. (Beberapa hari yang ditentukan itu ialah) bulan Ramadhan, bulan yang di dalamnya diturunkan (permulaan) Al Quran sebagai petunjuk bagi manusia dan penjelasan-penjelasan mengenai petunjuk itu dan pembeda (antara yang hak dan yang bathil). Karena itu, barangsiapa di antara kamu hadir (di negeri tempat tinggalnya) di bulan itu, maka hendaklah ia berpuasa pada bulan itu..."
And on the authority of Ibn Umar (ra) who said: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said:
Malay translation: Daripada Ibn Umar (ra) yang berkata: Rasulullah (SAW) bersabda:
بني الإسلام على خمس: شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله ، وإقام الصلاة، وإيتاء الزكاة، وحج البيت، وصوم رمضان
“Islam is built upon five (pillars): Witnessing that none is worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; establishment of prayers; giving of zakat; pilgrimage to the House of Allah; and fasting of Ramadhan.”
[Agreed upon]
Malay translation: "Islam terbina di atas lima (rukun atau tiang): bersaksi bahawa tiada tuhan yang berhak disembah melainkan Allah, dan Muhammad adalah Rasullah; mendirikan solat; mengeluarkan zakat; melakukan haji; dan berpuasa di bulan Ramadan."
The ummah have a consensus (Ijma') with regards to the obligation of fasting in Ramadhan, and that it is one of the pillars of Islam that is known in the religion by necessity, and that whoever denies it is a kafir murtad. [Fiqh as-Sunnah (1/366)]
Malay translation: Umat Islam bersepakat (ijma') mengenai kewajipan puasa di bulan Ramadan, dan bahawa ianya salah satu daripada rukun Islam yang mesti diketahui, dan sesiapa yang mengingkarinya adalah telah kafir murtad.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
PREVENTIVE ACTION - Home Safety according to the SOP
عن أَبي موسى - رضي الله عنه - ، قَالَ : احْتَرقَ بَيْتٌ بالمَدِينَةِ عَلَى أهْلِهِ مِنَ اللَّيلِ ، فَلَمَّا حُدِّثَ رسولُ الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - بشَأنِهِمْ ، قَالَ : (( إنَّ هذِهِ النَّارَ عَدُوٌّ لَكُمْ ، فَإِذَا نِمْتُمْ ، فَأطْفِئُوهَا عَنْكُمْ )) مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيهِ
Abu Musa (RA) reported: A house in Madinah burnt down upon the occupants at night. When this was reported to Messenger of Allah (SAW) he said, "Fire is your enemy; so put it out before you go to sleep."
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
Commentary: This is a clear hadith showing the prophet giving on instruction to take preventive measure before going to sleep, as a reaction to the accident that happened in Madinah. Clearly, the instruction was an SOP. What does SOP means? In modern language, it refers to STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. I used the abbreviation 'SOP' to mean SUNNAH OF PROPHET.
But, did the prophet only reacted, or was he pro-active too?
عن جابر - رضي الله عنه - ، عن رسولِ اللهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم - ، قال : (( غَطُّوا الإنَاءَ ، وَأَوْكِئُوا السِّقَاءَ ، وَأَغْلِقُوا الأَبْوَابَ . وَأطْفِئُوا السِّرَاجَ ، فإنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لاَ يَحُلُّ سِقَاءً ، وَلاَ يَفْتَحُ بَاباً ، وَلاَ يَكْشِفُ إنَاءً . فإنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ أَحَدُكُمْ إلاَّ أنْ يَعْرُضَ عَلَى إنَائِهِ عُوداً ، وَيَذْكُرَ اسْمَ اللهِ ، فَلْيَفْعَل ، فإنَّ الفُوَيْسِقَةَ تُضْرِمُ عَلَى أهْلِ البَيْتِ بَيْتَهُمْ )) . رواه مسلم
Jabir (RA) said: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said, "Cover up the containers (pots, pans, etc.), tie up the mouth of the water-skin, lock up the doors and extinguish the lamps, because Satan can neither untie the water-skin nor open the door nor uncover the containers. If one can cover the cooking pot even by placing a piece of wood across it, and pronounce the Name of Allah on it, let him do it. A mouse can sometimes cause a house to burn along its occupants.''
[Muslim]
Commentary: Another instruction which is pro-active rather than reactive. There was no mention of any incident that happened, but he nevertheless instructed clearly to take safety preventive measures before going to bed, and explained that even a mouse can cause an accident. This gives out a clear message to eradicate unsafe conditions that may still be around the house and a small cause, like a mouse, can cause a major accident.
Of course, in the modern world nowadays, certain things have changed and become more sophisticated. However, the objective or goal remain the same. Nowadays, we don't use fire for light, but we use bulbs. But, bulbs are still fire hazard. Rather, the whole electrical circuitry at homes and workplaces is a fire hazard. We need to take extra precautions to keep everything safe and sound. This means awareness of potential hazards at home and workplace.
Important Note: I mentioned above that this was the SOP. My intention is, as the english says: Killing two birds with one stone. I would like to point out that most of us, if not all, have been looking after the safety aspects at home and workplace. Why?
1) It may be due to concern which is usually out of a person's good heart.
2) It may be due to a person's job because he is the Safety & Health Officer
I suggest here the most noble of intention that you can have and that will earn you rewards in abundance!! Yes, and that is you do it because it is the SOP (Sunnah of Prophet) Muhammad (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam). Once you know the hadiths above (or others within my blog), and while doing those things concerning Safety & Health at home or at workplace, think about these hadiths... think about the instructions of the prophet and that you are doing all these things related to Safety & Health to follow his instructions and attitude towards Safety & Health, you will get your rewards from Allah for following the prophet's Sunnah and for the love of prophet Muhammad too! And Allah will love you....
قُلْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
"Say (O Muhammad!): If you truly love Allah then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive you sins. And Allah is All-Forgiving All-Merciful."
[Aali Imran:31]
Saturday, August 8, 2009
SOLAT: Not to resemble animals in solat
Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) prohibited the muslims from resembling the animals in positions of solat. The video below shows the positions and mistakes with some notes of what was said in the video:-
1) Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) prohibited from kneeling like the camels, so place the hands first before the knees.
2) Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) prohibited from pecking like the pecking of a cockerel, or a crow. Pecking of a cockerel refers to position of ruku' and the pecking of a crow refers to position of sujud.
3) Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) prohibited from looking around like a fox.
4) Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) prohibited from spreading of the arms the way a beast of prey does.
5) Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) prohibited from squatting like the squatting of a dog.
Note: In sujud, Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) said: "When one of you performs sajdah (from position of standing), he should not kneel like a camel, but he should place his hands before his knees."
[an-Nasaa'i - Sahih]
So, when one performs the sujud, starting with his hands then his knees, this way he has differed from the camel's kneeling. The camel when it kneels, it starts with its knees before the rest of its body. So, performing sujud by going down on one's knees first will be resembling the camels.
1) Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) prohibited from kneeling like the camels, so place the hands first before the knees.
2) Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) prohibited from pecking like the pecking of a cockerel, or a crow. Pecking of a cockerel refers to position of ruku' and the pecking of a crow refers to position of sujud.
3) Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) prohibited from looking around like a fox.
4) Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) prohibited from spreading of the arms the way a beast of prey does.
5) Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) prohibited from squatting like the squatting of a dog.
Note: In sujud, Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) said: "When one of you performs sajdah (from position of standing), he should not kneel like a camel, but he should place his hands before his knees."
[an-Nasaa'i - Sahih]
So, when one performs the sujud, starting with his hands then his knees, this way he has differed from the camel's kneeling. The camel when it kneels, it starts with its knees before the rest of its body. So, performing sujud by going down on one's knees first will be resembling the camels.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
TAHARAH: How to perform Wudhu and Tayammum
هذه ما وجدت في الإنترنت وهي من أحسن ما رأيت في تعليم كيفية الوضوء والتيمم وأحكامهما على سنة المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم لشيخنا محمد إبراهيم شقرة حفظه الله. أرجو الله أن ينفع بها الجميع والحمد لله رب العلمين
How to perform wudhu and Tayammum 1
How to perform wudhu and Tayammum 2
How to perform wudhu and Tayammum 3
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
MARRIAGE: Ruling of a Syed marrying a non-Sharifah and vice versa
Question: What is the ruling of a Syed (prophet Muhammad's descendant) marrying other than a Sharifah (prophet Muhammad's descendant) and vice versa?
Answer: All praises due to Allah. The muslim jurists differ with regards to considering Kafa'ah (equality) of nasab (descent) in marriage. Those who say it is a condition of marriage, then they say a marriage of prophet Muhammad's descendant to a non-descendant is not binding. But the correct view is that kafa'ah is not a condition in a total sense. A Muslim cannot marry a kafir (non-believer), a chaste person cannot marry an adulterous person, and this is the extent of kafa'ah required in the Quran and the Sunnah.
If we look at books of Seerah and Islamic history, you will find a lot of instances as proofs. Zainab binti Jahsh, the prophet's aunt's daughter, who was from the noble family of Quraish, married Zaid bin Harithah, who was his liberated slave. The prophet's daughters married Othman bin Affan who was not from Bani Hashim, but from Bani Abdushams. Ali (RA) gave away his daughter, Umm Kalthum daughter of Fatimah az-Zahra, in marriage to Umar bin al-Khattab who is not from Bani Hashim. Bilal bin Rabah, the liberated slave, married the sister of Abd ar-Rahman bin Auf who was from Quraish.
Criteria to Choose a Spouse
On the authority of Abu Hatim al-Muzani who said: Rasulullah (SAW) said: "If someone whom you are pleased with his religion and character comes to you (seeking your daughter in marriage), then marry him (to her)."
[Tirmidhi]
On the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA): The prophet (SAW) said: "A woman is married for four (traits): her wealth; her status; her beauty; and her religion. So, look for the one with religion you will be successful."
[Sahih al-Bukhari]
Shaikh Ibn Uthaimin (rahimahullah) said in Sharh al-Mumti': "If beauty, wealth and status are with a religious woman, then that is light upon light. If otherwise, then the one that should be sought after (for marriage) is the religious woman."
[Sharh al-Mumti' ala Zad al-Mustaqni' (12/13)]
We do not deny the status of the Ahl al-Bayt, but the status goes hand in hand with their religious conviction. If they are non-believers, then they will be in the Fire forever. But if they are muslims, they are loved and respected as much as they follow the best of them, ie. prophet Muhammad (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam). Allah Almighty said in the Quran:
"And Nuh called upon his Lord and said, "O my Lord! Verily, my son is of my family! And certainly, Your promise is true, and You are the Most Just of the judges.'' He said: "O Nuh! Surely, he is not of your family; verily, his work is unrighteous, so ask not of Me that of which you have no knowledge! I admonish you, lest you should be one of the ignorant.''
Answer: All praises due to Allah. The muslim jurists differ with regards to considering Kafa'ah (equality) of nasab (descent) in marriage. Those who say it is a condition of marriage, then they say a marriage of prophet Muhammad's descendant to a non-descendant is not binding. But the correct view is that kafa'ah is not a condition in a total sense. A Muslim cannot marry a kafir (non-believer), a chaste person cannot marry an adulterous person, and this is the extent of kafa'ah required in the Quran and the Sunnah.
If we look at books of Seerah and Islamic history, you will find a lot of instances as proofs. Zainab binti Jahsh, the prophet's aunt's daughter, who was from the noble family of Quraish, married Zaid bin Harithah, who was his liberated slave. The prophet's daughters married Othman bin Affan who was not from Bani Hashim, but from Bani Abdushams. Ali (RA) gave away his daughter, Umm Kalthum daughter of Fatimah az-Zahra, in marriage to Umar bin al-Khattab who is not from Bani Hashim. Bilal bin Rabah, the liberated slave, married the sister of Abd ar-Rahman bin Auf who was from Quraish.
Criteria to Choose a Spouse
عَنْ أَبِي حَاتِمٍ الْمُزَنِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا جَاءَكُمْ مَنْ تَرْضَوْنَ دِينَهُ وَخُلُقَهُ فَأَنْكِحُوهُ
On the authority of Abu Hatim al-Muzani who said: Rasulullah (SAW) said: "If someone whom you are pleased with his religion and character comes to you (seeking your daughter in marriage), then marry him (to her)."
[Tirmidhi]
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ تُنْكَحُ الْمَرْأَةُ لِأَرْبَعٍ لِمَالِهَا وَلِحَسَبِهَا وَجَمَالِهَا وَلِدِينِهَا فَاظْفَرْ بِذَاتِ الدِّينِ تَرِبَتْ يَدَاكَ
On the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA): The prophet (SAW) said: "A woman is married for four (traits): her wealth; her status; her beauty; and her religion. So, look for the one with religion you will be successful."
[Sahih al-Bukhari]
Shaikh Ibn Uthaimin (rahimahullah) said in Sharh al-Mumti': "If beauty, wealth and status are with a religious woman, then that is light upon light. If otherwise, then the one that should be sought after (for marriage) is the religious woman."
[Sharh al-Mumti' ala Zad al-Mustaqni' (12/13)]
We do not deny the status of the Ahl al-Bayt, but the status goes hand in hand with their religious conviction. If they are non-believers, then they will be in the Fire forever. But if they are muslims, they are loved and respected as much as they follow the best of them, ie. prophet Muhammad (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam). Allah Almighty said in the Quran:
وَنَادَى نُوحٌ رَبَّهُ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ ابْنِي مِنْ أَهْلِي وَإِنَّ وَعْدَكَ الْحَقُّ وَأَنْتَ أَحْكَمُ الْحَاكِمِينَ قَالَ يَا نُوحُ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ إِنَّهُ عَمَلٌ غَيْرُ صَالِحٍ فَلَا تَسْأَلْنِ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ إِنِّي أَعِظُكَ أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنَ الْجَاهِلِينَ
"And Nuh called upon his Lord and said, "O my Lord! Verily, my son is of my family! And certainly, Your promise is true, and You are the Most Just of the judges.'' He said: "O Nuh! Surely, he is not of your family; verily, his work is unrighteous, so ask not of Me that of which you have no knowledge! I admonish you, lest you should be one of the ignorant.''
[Hud:45-46]
Ponder these verses... Prophet Nuh asked Allah to rescue his son, with the argument that his son is his Ahl al-Bayt. But look at how Allah replied! He replied in no uncertain terms, saying that "He is not of your family"!
So, even the prophet's direct son was not considered from Ahl al-Bayt because he was not righteous! Similarly, prophet Muhammad's descendants are noble and deserve respect as much as they follow the religion. If they are following the Sunnah, then they are the noblest of men.
But even so, they are not prohibited from marrying outside of Ahl al-Bayt as we have showed above that there was no such prohibitions or taboos even among the companions during the prophet's time, and after his time. And they choose their spouse based on their partners' commitment in religion.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Mazhab - Follow or not to follow?
Mazhab (School of Jurisprudence).... Follow or not to follow? This is a very delicate issue. I would like to share my thoughts on it, hopefully to get the correct message across. Firstly, I’d like to say: Please do not belittle the mazhabs! The mazhabs are guides for muslims to understand Islam. It is part of fulfilling the command of Allah: "So ask the people of knowledge (Ahl al-Zikr) if you do not know." [17:36] The people of knowledge, are well-trained and knowledgable people, who master the tools of ijtihad, not for anyone to delve into.
So, the big question: must we follow the mazhab? Are we prohibited from deviating from our mazhab? What I’d like to say here was inspired by the statement of Imam ash-Shawkani (rahimahullah), available at length in his book (Al-Badr at-Taali’ bimahasin man ba’da al-Qarni as-Saabi’), a great scholar of Yemen (d. 1250h):
“By Allah, How strange when the beginning of a scholar is like his final, and the end of his affair is like his start. So tell me: What is the benefit of wasting time in learning these knowledge (tools of ijtihad) then!?”
My comment: That was in response to one saying door of ijtihad is closed and stick to the four mazhabs. Scholars of the past and present have written many books detailing the traits of a mujtahid. Scholars of the past and present have written many books detailing the tools of ijtihad. Scholars of the past and present have written many books detailing fiqh issues, often commenting on the Imams’ positions in all matters of fiqh. Scholars of the past and present have never stopped teaching their students these traits of mujtahid, tools of ijtihad and detailed fiqh issues and arguments.
Can you imagine a student of knowledge who went through all the levels of studies to obtain vast knowledge and understanding of Islam, and details of its fiqh, going through all the books scholars have written in the past and present, under guidance and supervision of scholars (teachers). But at the end, when he has reached a very high level and become a scholar in his own right, he is not allowed to use those tools and knowledge to derive from the sources of shariah?! In other words, if after all that, he still must taqlid one of the 4 Imams, then what’s the difference between his start and his end? What’s the difference between him and the layman?
Yes, I’m talking about scholars who have mastered the tools of Ijtihad, they must follow the truth when they know a certain mazhab or opinion he has been following is contradicting clear text. They must make ijtihad when they face new issues without clear texts. And they must give the correct opinion according to the knowledge and ijtihad when asked by a layman. Yes, a layman must ask the people of knowledge, based on the verse mentioned above:
"So ask the people of knowledge (Ahl al-Zikr) if you do not know."
[17:36]
Question: When the layman asks a scholar, what must the scholar do? Answers based on the layman’s mazhab or answer truthfully according to the correct opinion in his view?
If he answers according to the weaker opinion (if his mazhab is the weaker opinion), then he has betrayed Allah for hiding the truth! So he is required to answer the correct or best opinion, even if it goes against his own mazhab.
Question: After hearing the answer, can the layman refuse to follow the scholar’s answer?
No, he must follow even if it contradicts his mazhab. Makes no sense that Allah commands the layman to ask the people of knowledge and not be binded by the answer. Because the layman simply does not know. Any mistake (if intentional) is upon the scholar, not the layman.
And the qualified scholar, after striving to attain the truthful answer, will attain two rewards for correct answer and one reward for incorrect answer. Whereas the layman has done what is required of him when he asked and followed the answer of the scholar.
Students of knowledge are in different levels between the layman and scholars. They follow not mere statements, but they need to know the proofs from Quran and Sunnah. They may reach position of ijtihad in specific matters if well-researched and understood, under proper supervision.
In short, man fall under three categories with regards to knowledge:
1) Layman – must ask scholar whom he trusts (measured based on the scholars knowledge and taqwa) and must follow.
2) Student of knowledge – learn by seeking proofs of scholar’s opinion and follow the best opinion if able to differentiate and understand specific issues completely.
3) Mujtahid (Muslim Jurist) – must take from the sources and make ijtihad, unless in dire necessity. Mujtahid can be divided into several levels too.
Note: Usually layman starts of within a school of jurisprudence or mazhab (although not necessarily), then becomes a student of knowledge as he continues to learn the knowledge of the Deen, and then slowly developing knowledge of comparison between mazhabs, and then, if given the tawfiq by Allah, he will move to the next level, the Mujtahid.
And I say not necessarily to start with a mazhab, because some scholars started off learning Quran and Hadith instead of mazhab. We cannot prohibit this way because this was the way the salaf learnt Islam. Later, when the mazhabs became known, the students of knowledge started learning within a school of thought and develop to be mujtahidun (jurists).
In any case, they learn how to understand the religion benefiting from all the Imams of mazhabs and other scholars.
My advice: Engage in learning the religion, and make yourself either a student of knowledge or a scholar, to the best of your ability. Why? The prophet’s advice:
“This world is cursed, and cursed are those things (that take you away from Allah) in this world, except for remembrance of Allah, and whatever brings you closer to remembrance of Allah, or the ‘aalim (scholar) or the student of knowledge.”
[Tirmizi, Ibn Majah and al-Bayhaqi]
I end here with the statement of Imam an-Nawawi, the great Shafie scholar, in al-Majmu’ Sharh al-Muhazzab:
Shaikh Abu ‘Amr (Ibn as-Salaah) says: “Whoever among the Shafi’is found a hadeeth contradicting his mazhab, he would consider whether he fulfilled the conditions of ijtihad generally, or in that particular topic or issue, in which case he would be free to act on the hadeeth. If not, and he found it hard to justify for opposing the hadeeth after further research and he did not find a convincing answer, then he can act upon it (the hadeeth) if an independent Imam other the Shafi’e had acted on it, and this would be justification for his leaving the Mazhab of his Imam in this issue.”
What he (Abu ‘Amr) said is correct and binding. Allah knows best.
[End of quote]
So, the big question: must we follow the mazhab? Are we prohibited from deviating from our mazhab? What I’d like to say here was inspired by the statement of Imam ash-Shawkani (rahimahullah), available at length in his book (Al-Badr at-Taali’ bimahasin man ba’da al-Qarni as-Saabi’), a great scholar of Yemen (d. 1250h):
“By Allah, How strange when the beginning of a scholar is like his final, and the end of his affair is like his start. So tell me: What is the benefit of wasting time in learning these knowledge (tools of ijtihad) then!?”
My comment: That was in response to one saying door of ijtihad is closed and stick to the four mazhabs. Scholars of the past and present have written many books detailing the traits of a mujtahid. Scholars of the past and present have written many books detailing the tools of ijtihad. Scholars of the past and present have written many books detailing fiqh issues, often commenting on the Imams’ positions in all matters of fiqh. Scholars of the past and present have never stopped teaching their students these traits of mujtahid, tools of ijtihad and detailed fiqh issues and arguments.
Can you imagine a student of knowledge who went through all the levels of studies to obtain vast knowledge and understanding of Islam, and details of its fiqh, going through all the books scholars have written in the past and present, under guidance and supervision of scholars (teachers). But at the end, when he has reached a very high level and become a scholar in his own right, he is not allowed to use those tools and knowledge to derive from the sources of shariah?! In other words, if after all that, he still must taqlid one of the 4 Imams, then what’s the difference between his start and his end? What’s the difference between him and the layman?
Yes, I’m talking about scholars who have mastered the tools of Ijtihad, they must follow the truth when they know a certain mazhab or opinion he has been following is contradicting clear text. They must make ijtihad when they face new issues without clear texts. And they must give the correct opinion according to the knowledge and ijtihad when asked by a layman. Yes, a layman must ask the people of knowledge, based on the verse mentioned above:
"So ask the people of knowledge (Ahl al-Zikr) if you do not know."
[17:36]
Question: When the layman asks a scholar, what must the scholar do? Answers based on the layman’s mazhab or answer truthfully according to the correct opinion in his view?
If he answers according to the weaker opinion (if his mazhab is the weaker opinion), then he has betrayed Allah for hiding the truth! So he is required to answer the correct or best opinion, even if it goes against his own mazhab.
Question: After hearing the answer, can the layman refuse to follow the scholar’s answer?
No, he must follow even if it contradicts his mazhab. Makes no sense that Allah commands the layman to ask the people of knowledge and not be binded by the answer. Because the layman simply does not know. Any mistake (if intentional) is upon the scholar, not the layman.
And the qualified scholar, after striving to attain the truthful answer, will attain two rewards for correct answer and one reward for incorrect answer. Whereas the layman has done what is required of him when he asked and followed the answer of the scholar.
Students of knowledge are in different levels between the layman and scholars. They follow not mere statements, but they need to know the proofs from Quran and Sunnah. They may reach position of ijtihad in specific matters if well-researched and understood, under proper supervision.
In short, man fall under three categories with regards to knowledge:
1) Layman – must ask scholar whom he trusts (measured based on the scholars knowledge and taqwa) and must follow.
2) Student of knowledge – learn by seeking proofs of scholar’s opinion and follow the best opinion if able to differentiate and understand specific issues completely.
3) Mujtahid (Muslim Jurist) – must take from the sources and make ijtihad, unless in dire necessity. Mujtahid can be divided into several levels too.
Note: Usually layman starts of within a school of jurisprudence or mazhab (although not necessarily), then becomes a student of knowledge as he continues to learn the knowledge of the Deen, and then slowly developing knowledge of comparison between mazhabs, and then, if given the tawfiq by Allah, he will move to the next level, the Mujtahid.
And I say not necessarily to start with a mazhab, because some scholars started off learning Quran and Hadith instead of mazhab. We cannot prohibit this way because this was the way the salaf learnt Islam. Later, when the mazhabs became known, the students of knowledge started learning within a school of thought and develop to be mujtahidun (jurists).
In any case, they learn how to understand the religion benefiting from all the Imams of mazhabs and other scholars.
My advice: Engage in learning the religion, and make yourself either a student of knowledge or a scholar, to the best of your ability. Why? The prophet’s advice:
“This world is cursed, and cursed are those things (that take you away from Allah) in this world, except for remembrance of Allah, and whatever brings you closer to remembrance of Allah, or the ‘aalim (scholar) or the student of knowledge.”
[Tirmizi, Ibn Majah and al-Bayhaqi]
I end here with the statement of Imam an-Nawawi, the great Shafie scholar, in al-Majmu’ Sharh al-Muhazzab:
Shaikh Abu ‘Amr (Ibn as-Salaah) says: “Whoever among the Shafi’is found a hadeeth contradicting his mazhab, he would consider whether he fulfilled the conditions of ijtihad generally, or in that particular topic or issue, in which case he would be free to act on the hadeeth. If not, and he found it hard to justify for opposing the hadeeth after further research and he did not find a convincing answer, then he can act upon it (the hadeeth) if an independent Imam other the Shafi’e had acted on it, and this would be justification for his leaving the Mazhab of his Imam in this issue.”
What he (Abu ‘Amr) said is correct and binding. Allah knows best.
[End of quote]
Sunday, August 2, 2009
ISA demonstration - Is this the correct way?
It is not my intention here to support or criticise ISA. But I feel sad to see muslims calling for reforms by disobeying authorities. Is this the correct way?
The prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) was told of what will happen to the muslims approaching the Last Day (al-Qiyamah), and in fact, he mentioned to the companions that there will be a period where the muslim rulers will be oppressive!
Why didn't he advise the muslims clearly of what to do when they are in this period?? How can the prophet forget?!!!..... Or did he forget?!
NO! The prophet did not forget nor did he leave this matter unaddressed...
So what was the prophet's advice to the muslims when they are in this period (I mean generally)?
قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ بْنُ الْيَمَانِ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا كُنَّا بِشَرٍّ فَجَاءَ اللَّهُ بِخَيْرٍ فَنَحْنُ فِيهِ فَهَلْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ شَرٌّ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ هَلْ وَرَاءَ ذَلِكَ الشَّرِّ خَيْرٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ فَهَلْ وَرَاءَ ذَلِكَ الْخَيْرِ شَرٌّ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ قَالَ يَكُونُ بَعْدِي أَئِمَّةٌ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ بِهُدَايَ وَلَا يَسْتَنُّونَ بِسُنَّتِي وَسَيَقُومُ فِيهِمْ رِجَالٌ قُلُوبُهُمْ قُلُوبُ الشَّيَاطِينِ فِي جُثْمَانِ إِنْسٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنْ أَدْرَكْتُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ تَسْمَعُ وَتُطِيعُ لِلْأَمِيرِ وَإِنْ ضُرِبَ ظَهْرُكَ وَأُخِذَ مَالُكَ فَاسْمَعْ وَأَطِعْ
Translation: Huzaifah ibn al-Yaman said: I said (to the prophet): “O Messenger of Allah, we were in evil times, then Allah brought us with good we are in now. Then will there be evil after this good?” He replied: “Yes.” I said: “Will there be good after this evil?” He said: “Yes.” So I said: “Will there be evil after this good?” He said: “Yes.” I said: “How?” He replied: “There will come after me Rulers who do not follow my guidance, and do not follow my sunnah. There will be among them people whose hearts are the hearts of satan in the body of men.” I said: “What shall I do, O Messenger of Allah, if I reach it?” He replied: “Listen and obey your ruler, even if your back is beaten, and your wealth is taken (oppressively), so listen and obey!”
[Sahih Muslim]
مَنْ رَأَى مِنْ أَمِيرِهِ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَصْبِرْ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ فَارَقَ الْجَمَاعَةَ شِبْرًا فَمَاتَ إِلَّا مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً
Translation: “Whoever sees in his ruler something he dislikes, then he should be patient, verily whoever breaks away from the Jama’ah (Muslim Nation) the span of a hand, then dies, except that he died the death of the time of ignorance (Jahiliyah).”
[Sahih Bukhari]
And I don't mean to delve into this matter in details. The above narrations are sufficient to give us the correct muslim position with regards to rulers and authorities. Of course, it doesn't mean one should not advise the rulers, rather, the advice should be done in the islamic manner. Demonstration is not the Islamic way. Look at the result! Can we blame the authorities for taking action? Didn't they warn not to do it? So, those who demonstrated have disobeyed the ruler/authorities!! And disobeyed prophet Muhammad (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam)!!!
Why do we follow the non-muslims by demonstrating for reforms?!
Didn't the prophet say:
"Whoever resembles a people (in actions, sayings or attributes) then he is from them."
[Abu Daud]
Have they ever thought that if any one time the authorities allow a demonstration, others will follow in the future. There will surely be chaos!! How can muslims allow themselves to be the beginning of chaos!?
"Whoever resembles a people (in actions, sayings or attributes) then he is from them."
[Abu Daud]
Have they ever thought that if any one time the authorities allow a demonstration, others will follow in the future. There will surely be chaos!! How can muslims allow themselves to be the beginning of chaos!?
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