Entry Pendek Sekadar Bagi Melahirkan Rasa Terima Kasih Buat Semua, Semua, dan Semua

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Terima kasih kerana berbuat baik kepada saya. Terima kasih kerana berbuat baik kepada saya. Terima kasih kerana berbuat baik kepada saya.

Segala puji bagi Allah, Tuhan semesta alam. Segala puji bagi Allah, Tuhan semesta alam. Segala puji bagi Allah, Tuhan semesta alam. Segala puji bagi Allah, Tuhan semesta alam. Segala puji bagi Allah, Tuhan semesta alam. Segala puji bagi Allah, Tuhan semesta alam. Segala puji bagi Allah, Tuhan semesta alam.

Mungkin ada yang tertanya-tanya, "apa telah berlaku kepada Hafidz?".

- Nothing really happened.

Sekadar; tiba-tiba hati ini terasa terpenuhi oleh rasa tenang dan damai, sejuk serta bahagia. Bagai segala kotoran degil yang melekat di dalam hati selama ini tiba-tiba tertanggal oleh satu basuhan sakti di tangan Sang Pemilik Hati. Segala dendam dan kesumat, lesap tanpa meninggalkan barang satu bekas. Sehinnga tertimbul pula satu tanda tanya ganjil di benak fikiran, "apa guna aku berdendam?".

Maka sekali lagi, segala puji bagi Allah, Tuhan yang Maha Berkuasa manghidupkan semula hati-hati yang telah mati.

Sekian entry pendek yang tidak berapa pendek. Wassalaamu'alaikum wa rahmatullah. :)

Hafidz (｡◕‿◕｡)

LONELINESS AND OVER-SOCIALIZATION

I was thinking over what really kills the time of a student of knowledge and then it could be for everyone else as well; and I found this to be two things: loneliness and over-socializing.

We hate to be alone because it's scary, and that's why marriage is always on our mind. And when we escape loneliness we over do it with too much socializing. Even today, the social media and FB is an example of this false feeling of being with the others and hating of being alone (you comment on something and keep refreshing the page to see how many cared to like your comment so that you would know how many really are out there with you).

Suggested solution:

Fight loneliness with qiyamul layl (night prayer), and over-socializing with reading seerah and the biography of great people of all times. This was the befriending-technique of the past before the invention of FB. This way you will never feel lonely and you will never be overwhelmed with social obligations.

-Copy & pasted from Sheikh Yaser Birjas' Facebook status.

Galakan Membaca Al-Qur'an Walau Sesulit Gagap Sekalipun

Dari 'Aisyah r.a., katanya Rasulullah saw. bersabda: "Orang (mukmin) yang mahir membaca Qur'an, maka kedudukannya di akhirat di teman para malaikat yang mulia. Dan orang yang membaca Qur'an, padahal dia gagap sesulit baginya membaca, maka dia mendapat PAHALA GANDA." [Sahih Muslim, Jilid 2, No.0767]

Siapa Kata Mengedarkan Terjemahan Al-Qur'an Itu Sia-Sia?

Ada sorang brother dekat University of California, Berkeley ni. Dia ceritakan mengenai kisah -bagaimana dia tertarik untuk memeluk Islam- kepada Imam Anwar al-Awlaqi; dan saya dengar kisah brother ni direct dari Imam Awlaqi:

Brother ni seorang African American. Dan of course time tu dia masih seorang non-Muslim; dia pernah dengar tentang "Islam" tapi tak berapa tahu sangat secara mendalam.

He said:

One day, in the beginning of the semester, I was walking through campus; and a member of the Muslim Association was handing out copies of translation of Qur'an.

So I picked up a copy.

And on my way home, on the bus, I had nothing to do, so I opened up this book that was given to me as a gift. I had no idea what it is.

I opened up the first page (which is Al-Fatihah). I thought this is an introduction to the book, -and who reads introductions?-, so I skipped the page.

And I went straight to the body of the book (The beginning of Suratul Baqarah)

I began reading:

Alif Laam Meem. There is no doubt in this book.

I was shocked by that statement. Usually when an author writes a book, they would start by apologizing for their mistakes and shortcomings. But here you have an author who's so confident about himself, he's stating that there is no doubt in my book. And imagine, that is the first thing that you see in front of your eyes.

So I was quite amazed and I wanted to know who is the author of this book. I flipped the front cover, didn't see any name. Looked at the back, didn't see any name. I didn't know who wrote this book.

And I kept on reading. And then eventually I realized that this wasn't written by a man. This comes straight from God himself.

The power and confidence that faces you as soon as you open the book.

And that brother said: It made my heart...shake.

Dan dia kata itulah reason dia memeluk Islam. Just that verse, "There is no doubt in this book."

Dan Imam Awlaqi sempat memberi pengajaran dari kisah brother tu: bahawa orang yang dok giving out Qur'an dekat campus tu mungkin dok pikir "Nobody's gonna read this. I'm just wasting my time. I'll just do it because they ask me to" blablabla gitu. Tapi kerana Qur'an yang diedarkan itulah brother African American ni memeluk Islam, dan bukan sekadar memeluk Islam malah kini menjadi seorang Imam yang sangat aktif berdakwah, bahkan ramai lagi yang memeluk Islam melalui Imam baru ni.

And that is the product of very small effort.

So guys, never belittle anything.

Maybe there's a small thing you will do here and there, and that will be the cause of your salvation on The Day of Judgement. And this is something that is in the hands of Allah s.w.t. so you'll never know. Therefore you should do whatever good you can. And leave it out there. Just throw the seeds and Allah s.w.t. will make them grow.

So do not belittle anything. Walau an talqaa akhaaka bi wajhin hasan - Even if it is as much as smiling in the face of your brother. [Al-Hadith]

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Imam Anwar Al-Awlaqi's lecture: [The Life of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.), Makkan Period: Part 11: The Early Immigrants Part 1]. 【MP3】

Door to Door

Soar to the Sky in my Wheelchair

Buat Yang Masih Keliru Antara Istilah Jin, Syaitan, dan Iblis

As you can see, bukan semua Jin adalah Syaitan, dan Iblis ≠ Syaitan. I mean, Iblis < Syaitan < Jin, dari segi bilangan.

Penerangan:

"Jin". Ermmmmmmmhhhhh... You know him. Makhluk ghaib yang....... hidupnya macam kita manusia jugak. Ada puak Muslim, ada puak Kafir, ada yang baik, ada yang jahat, ada yang berakal macam manusia, ada yang macam 'haiwan' dalam dunia kita.

So yang jahat dari kalangan jin tu lah yang kita panggil "Syaitan". Sama jugak manusia. Kalau manusia tu jahat kita panggil dia "setan" kan? Lol. But seriously. Dalam Qur'an pon, walaupun most of the time bila Allah 'Azza wa Jal sebut "Syaitan" tu, memang ia merujuk kepada Syaitan-dari-kalangan-Jin, tapi ada juga pernah dirujukkan kepada "Manusia" (Qur'an, 2:14). Yup. Manusia-yang-jahat/against-Allah.

And then last sekali: "Iblis". Iblis wujudnya hanya seekor/seorang sahaja. Yang menghasut Nabi Adam untuk memakan Buah "Khuldi", dan berjaya mengeluarkan Nabi Adam dari Syurga itu adalah Iblis. Iblis adalah ketua para Syaitan. Iblis akan terus hidup sehingga Hari Kiamat, kerana Allah s.w.t. telah perkenankan doanya untuk terus hidup sehingga Hari Kiamat (Qur'an, 7:15).

SPEAK TO PEOPLE ACCORDING TO THEIR LEVEL

Rafi' bin Amr At-Tha'i was a thief.

He was the type of thief who would raid caravans alone.

You had gangs/groups that would attack caravans; and then you had these lonely figures who would do their own thing; They don't need any gangs, they would just attack on their own. They have enough confidence in themselves to do it by themselves.

Rafi' bin Amr was one of these characters, who would go on his own; he is his own army, and he would go and raid caravans.

This (Rafi') was the best -guide- that the army of Islam could find at the time (in the context of this story).

Rafi' bin Amr was the best guide; for he knows his way around the path of the desert very well. — Because that's his job.

So the army of Islam hired Rafi' to take them around. So Rafi' spent time with this Muslim army. And Rafi' was quite impressed with what he saw.

And he narrates this following story himself:

I saw this man — who had this cloth on; Whenever he is riding, he would hold the cloth with a pin; and then whenever he sits down, he would take out that pin and take off the cloth. (Who he meant by that is Abu Bakr As-Siddiq r.a.)

So I went to him and said, "O you, the one with the pin (Abu Bakr). I can see on you some marks of intelligence. And I'm choosing you out of all of the people, coz I have a question for you".

Abu Bakr As-Siddiq says, "What do you want?"

Rafi' said, "I want you to teach me something, so I can be like you. BUT DON'T MAKE IT LONG because then I'm gonna forget."

Hhhh. I think he meets the profile of a thief. Not interested in a lot of education. Hhhh.

~Give me something brief and fast, I wanna be like you. But make it easy~

So Abu Bakr As-Siddiq made it as easy as he could.

Abu Bakr said, "Do you remember that your hand has five fingers?". Hhhh.

Rafi' said, "Yes, I do".

Abu Bakr said, "Then remember this:

1. The first finger. أشهـد أن لا إله الا الله وأشهـد أن محمد رسـول الله
2. The second finger. You pray five times a day.
3. The third finger. You pay zakah if you have money.
4. The fourth finger. You fast in the month of Ramadhan.
5. The fifth finger. You make haj to the House of Allah.

Did you remember that?"

Rafi' said, "Yes".

Abu Bakr said, "Then I will add something else: "Never assume a position of authority, even over two people"".

Rafi' said, "We have given all position of authority to you, the settlers".

[A little background information]: In Arabia, the Bedouins used to have this respect for the settlers/people-of-the-urban-towns; And they would give them the authority.

And thus Rafi' said, "We don't take authority. You know that. The authority is for you, the urban people".

So Abu Bakr As-Siddiq said, "A time will come, when they will be so many positions of authority, that it will reach you and it will even reach the people who are below you. And when you are a leader among people, and there is any oppression that goes on, you will be asked about it on the Day of Judgement".

And what Abu Bakr As-Siddiq said came true: The Muslim Khilafah grew so fast and it expanded with a swift speed, that there were so many post that needed to be filled. And it reached the people like Rafi', and the people who are lower than him.

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Lessons from the conversation between Abu Bakr and Rafi' bin Amr At-Tha'i:

Number One

Speak to the poeple according to their level.

-This- is a thief. He didn't go to school. He has no education background. Don't give him Bukhari and tell him to memorize it; and don't tell him "you have to go on a syari'ah course for a few years and study 'ilm".

People have different capabilities.

Not everybody will become a great Sheikh and scholar. And not everybody will become an Imam.

Imagine if Abu Bakr As-Siddiq r.a. recite to this man Suratul Baqarah and told him to memorize it. He could barely remember the five fingers. That's it.

So with the gangsters and brothers from that background, take it easy with them.

Take it easy with them in your da'wah.

And Alhamdulillah. Some of these brothers turned out to be wonderful brothers when Allah guides them to the truth.

The spirit that they have is sometimes a spirit that you cannot find with the scholar. It happens that it's a rizq from Allah. I mean, Imam Ibn Hambal once he heard somebody speaking about Bishr Al-Hafi; People said, "Bishr Al-Hafi is not a scholar".

Bishr Al-Hafi wasn't a scholar in terms of memorizing a lot of Hadith; He's nothing to compare to Imam Ahmad Ibn Hambal. But what did Imam Ibn Hambal said? Imam Ibn Hambal said, "He (Bishr Al-Hafi) already has the fruit of knowledge. Which is: The Fear of Allah".

What does the ayah say? إنما يخشى الله من عباده العلماء

"The ones who have fear of Allah, the scholars". [Qur'an, 35:28]

So Allah s.w.t. is saying that the fruit of knowledge is The Fear of Allah.

There is no benefit in knowledge that's not make you fear Allah.

If you have all the knowledge in the world, but if you don't fear Allah 'Azza wa Jal, then it's worthless.

Imam Ahmad Ibn Hambal's saying, "This man already has the fruit of the knowledge. Therefore, really in this situation (knowledge is important, but) Bishr Al Hafi is a scholar in that sense. He has The Fear of Allah 'Azza wa Jal.

[Back to the point]: Rasulullah s.a.w. would speak to people differently. And the sahabah understood that. Now Rasulullah s.a.w., when he's speaking to Ibn 'Abbas (even though he was a child, but because he had a mind of a scholar) Rasulullah s.a.w. would speak to him on a very high level. While a Bedouin would come to Rasulullah s.a.w., he would give Bedouins very brief orders that are easy to remember.

So you have to have hikmah in da'wah. Speak to the people according to their abilities.

Number Two

Be honest.

Abu Bakr As-Siddiq r.a. did not hold back anything. He said, "Don't be a leader".

And this is the first conversation he's having with the man. Abu Bakr doesn't even know him well.

—Don't be a leader—

Abu Bakr As-Siddiq, for some reason or another saw some things in this man that do not be fit position of authority, so he was very honest with that man. He told the man, "Don't be a leader".

So also when you see something wrong in your brother, correct them. It's fine. It's okay. Do it in a very nice way.