I just realised there was a comment on my article “Dengarlah nasihat pakar...” by Anonymous (SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 3:39 PM). The following is my brief reply.
Anonymous said:
“First of all, you must remember that human are prone to making mistake in their life. Does not matter who they are, sahabat or imam, they will write Hadith according to his understanding and interest! Eventually, the content of the Hadith is contracdicting with the Koran. That is why you have many type of Hadith, Sahih and Not Sahih. And you also have Hadith Qudsi, and Nabawi! The only word from Allah is Koran, and Hadith is word from men. You cannot compare those two.”
Mr. Anonymous arrived to the wrong conclusions again. Yes, humans are prone to make mistakes. No one doubts this! So, do you reject all scientific experiments conducted by scientists around the world? If you cannot trust humans because they are prone to mistakes, why do you trust the banks to keep your money? Why drive a car since someone may have made a mistake in the braking system? Why do you go out of the house since people are prone to mistakes and may hit you with their car or motorcycle?
Why should you trust your own understanding of the Quran when you are also human and are prone to mistakes?
Hadiths are narrations of the trustworthy companions, who loved and adore their prophet more that you do! And out of their love, they convey whatever they know, saw or heard that will be beneficial to their students to understand the Quran, therefore Islam. Isn’t this logical? And every generation does the same to the next, until the hadiths are written in the books of hadiths.
We’re talking about scholars, known trustworthy people, with good memory or written documents.
Humans make mistakes! But, the likelihood that all of them made mistakes in everything while they were scholars with good memory and trustworthy, is very minimal.
To know the mistakes, and filter the mistakes out, I mentioned several conditions in my previous articles.
If you can trust your father and mother about who your real father and mother are, whereas they are no better than these scholars who have sacrifised their lives to learn and practise Islam, surely these scholars are more worthy of our trust in their memorisation and understanding. No doubt they do make mistakes, but the hadith science contain ways to filter them out, accurately!
Anonymous said:
“But, Koran is from Allah. Allah will protect the Koran forever til Kiamat. Therefore, we should not be spending too much time focusing on studying the Hadith, instead we should change our focus and study the Koran.”
The protection of Quran includes protection of its meanings, so by necessity, the correct understanding must also be preserved, mainly through these narrations!
If you focus on Quran alone, you will not be able to understand the Quran. Do you know that the Quran translations were done with a lot of help from hadiths? Many words are double, triple or more meanings, and there is no way of knowing this except by referring to these narrations!
So you reject the narrations while at the same time using them to understand Quran?!
Anonymous said:
“Can you imagine how great would it be if all the people in Malaysia or even Indonesia where they have the most Muslims in any Muslim country in thw world, study the Koran believe in His words. Alllah will bestow upon us great victory and we will be among the winners during the Day of Judgment. But if we choose not to believe in word of Allah, then we will surely suffer the retribution from Him right here in this world. That is why you see many Muslim in the muslim country do not get the blessing from Allah. Because we do not follow the Koran anymore, instead we follow the Hadith. We speak highly of Hadith, about the science of Hadith, and how good is Abu Hurairah of his narration. But we forget to worship Allah and study the Koran. We do not speak highly of Koran instead we said Koran is not complete, hard to read and not fully detailed. But Koran stated the opposite.”
Those who study hadith are the ones who respect Quran the most! Because they understand the Quran as it was revealed!
Just look at how the Quranites pray! You say the Quran described “solat” having “bowing” and “prostrating”. I ask you, which one comes first, “bowing” or “prostrating”? How do you move from a position to the other? What do you recite? How many times? You can say anything really, but it is all your assumption and conjecture! You are not understanding Quran with its correct meaning! If you say “solat” follows the same solat muslims are performing, then you are actually following hadiths, but denying it at the same time!
Anonymous said:
“Please study the Koran and forget about how great is Hadith and its narration system! Its human made books and not from Allah. Koran is from Allah that was sent down to us though Prophet Muhammad. So, if we love Muhammad, we follow Koran only.”
Ok, let’s follow the Quran! And the Quran says:
“Say (O Muhammad to the people): If you truly love Allah, then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive your sins, and Allah is All-Forgiving All-Merciful.” [3:31]
Wait a minute!? How can I follow Muhammad when I am supposed to reject narrations regarding him???!!!!
The word “follow” (ittiba’) means follow in every detail. This verse will be considered null and void if we put aside the narrations regarding him and try to follow the Quran alone. This verse does not limit the “following” to during his lifetime alone! It was left general, hence there is no evidence to say it applies only to during the prophet’s lifetime only!
Think about it....
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
NASIHAT: Jauhi Horoskop dan Ilmu Nujum
عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ اقْتَبَسَ عِلْمًا مِنْ النُّجُومِ اقْتَبَسَ شُعْبَةً مِنْ السِّحْرِ زَادَ مَا زَادَ
Daripada Ibn Abbas (RA): Rasulullah (SAW) bersabda: "Sesiapa yang mempelajari satu cabang daripada bintang-bintang (ilmu nujum) telah mempelajari satu cabang daripada sihir. Ianya bertambah dengan bertambahnya apa yang dipelajari."
[Sahih - Abu Daud, Ibn Majah dan Ahmad]
Ilmu nujum ada tiga jenis:
1. at-Tanjeem - Iaitu mempercayai bahawa bintang-bintang ada kesan atas kejadian-kejadian di dunia. Pendek kata, mereka yang mempunyai kepercayaan ini akan menyembah bintang-bintang dan lain-lain kekufuran berkaitan dengan penyembahan bintang-bintang. Jenis ini disepakati ulama adalah kufur yang mengeluarkan seseorang itu dari Islam.
2. at-Ta'theer - Iaitu menggunakan pergerakan bintang-bintang sebagai tanda apa yang akan berlaku di masa depan. Pengamal jenis ini adalah serupa dengan tukang tilik kerana dia mendakwa ilmu ghaib dengan menggunakan pergerakan bintang-bintang sebagai petanda. Jenis inilah yang banyak dimuatkan di dalam majalah-majalah, suratkhabar, dan lain-lain, lebih dikenali sebagai horoskop!
عَنْ بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَنْ أَتَى عَرَّافًا فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ لَمْ تُقْبَلْ لَهُ صَلَاةٌ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً
Daripada salah seorang isteri nabi: Nabi (SAW) bersabda: "Sesiapa yang mendatangi seorang dukun dan bertanya mengenai sesuatu, tidak diterima solatnya 40 hari."[Sahih Muslim]
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَالْحَسَنِ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَنْ أَتَى كَاهِنًا أَوْ عَرَّافًا فَصَدَّقَهُ بِمَا يَقُولُ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
Daripada Abu Hurairah dan al-Hasan: Nabi (SAW) bersabda: "Sesiapa yang mendatangi seorang tukang tilik (al-Arraf) atau dukun (al-Kaahin) kemudian mempercayai kata-katanya maka dia telah kufur dengan wahyu yang diturun kepada Muhammad."
[Sahih - Musnad Ahmad]
Membaca horoskop boleh dikiaskan dengan berjumpa dengan tukang tilik yang mendakwa mengetahui apa yang akan berlaku di masa depan, ertikata lain, mendakwa ilmu ghaib. Sesiapa yang bertanya tukang tilik sahaja, tidak diterima 40 hari solatnya!... Belum lagi mempercayainya! Begitu juga horoskop, membacanya sahaja adalah serupa dengan bertanya tukang tilik, walaupun tidak percaya! Apatah lagi bila kesamaan dirasai dan dia mula mempercayai apa yang dibaca, maka dia telah jatuh kufur, terkeluar daripada agama Islam. Na'uzubillah!
3. at-Tasyeer - Iaitu ilmu mengenai bintang-bintang dan pergerakannya untuk mengetahui kiblat, masa dan lain-lain yang bertepatan dengan sunnah Allah, atau sebab musabbab. Ilmu ini dibenarkan oleh sebahagian ulama.
NASIHAT
Saya ingin menasihatkan semua umat Islam agar menjauhi dukun, tukang tilik, peramal nasib dan sebagainya yang mendakwa pengetahuan ilmu ghaib, termasuk horoskop, agar tauhid kita tidak rosak dan jatuh ke kancah kebinasaan!
Dan kepada pemilik-pemilik blog, buangkanlah horoskop (atau astrological sign) daripada profile kamu! Ianya seolah-olah membenarkan horoskop, atau sekurang-kurangnya memberi gambaran horoskop tidak bercanggah dengan Islam!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Importance of Purification in Islam
Purification (Taharah) is very important in Islam, for the following reasons:
1. It is half of Iman, as the prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) said: “Purification (at-Tuhoor) is half of Iman.”[1]
2. It is a condition of one of the pillars of Islam, as he (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) said: “Salaat will not be accepted without purification”[2]
3. It is a way to the love of Allah, as Allah (subhanahu wa ta’ala) said: "Verily Allah loves those who constantly repent and loves those who purify themselves.”[3]
4. It is one of the means for forgiveness, as the prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) said: "He who performs the Wudu' perfectly (i.e., according to Sunnah), his sins will depart from his body, even from under his nails.''[4]
5. Its reward is paradise, especially when performed perfectly, as the prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) said, "Shall I not tell you something by which Allah expiates the sins and elevates ranks (in Jannah)?'' The Companions said; "Certainly, O Rasulullah.'' He (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) said, "Performing the purification (wudhu) thoroughly in spite of difficult circumstances, walking with more paces to the mosque, and waiting for the next Salat after observing Salat; and that is Ar-Ribat, and that is Ar-Ribat.''[5] Ar-Ribat means watching the frontiers or battlefront against enemy invasion.
And he (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) also said, "Whoever of you performs Wudu' carefully and then testifies saying: ‘I testify that there so no true god except Allah Alone, Who has no partners and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger,' the eight gates of Jannah are opened for him. He may enter through whichever of these gates he desires.''[6]
6. It is the adornment of the believer in the Hereafter, as he (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) said: "The adornment of the believer (in Jannah) will reach the places where the water of Wudu' reaches (his body).''[7]
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