Sehari dua ini kita dipaksa oleh media memberikan tumpuan kepada isu keengganan kerajaan Pulau Pinang mengadakan perarakan Maulidur Rasul SAW pada tahun ini. Soal betul atau salah dakwaan tersebut saya serahkan kepada Allah SWT Yang Maha Tahu setiap perkara. Cuma saya rasa soal berarak sempena Maulid ini tak perlulah diperbesarkan sangat kerana ada beberapa sebab, antaranya: 1) Ada negeri lainpun yang tidak buat perarakan Maulidur Rasul. 2) Berarak sempena Maulidur Rasul ini bukanlah sunnah Nabi SAW, cuma ia menjadi adat budaya orang Islam di Malaysia. 3) Menurut laporan Jabatan Meteorologi, cuaca sekarang sangat panas dan merbahaya terdedah begitu lama kepada cahaya matahari seperti berarak di tengah panas, maka dalam soal ini mengelakkan mudarat lebih baik dari mendedahkan diri kepadanya.
Oleh itu tak perlulah kita umat Islam menjadi begitu beremosi dan bertindak di luar kewarasan mengenai isu di Pulau Pinang ini. Lagipun yang buat cadangan itu orang Islam sendiri, manakala Ketua Menteri dahpun tarik balik cadangan tersebut dan InsyaAllah perarakan akan berlansung.
Pada hemat saya masih banyak isu-isu Islam yang lebih mendasar seperti gejala tidak solat, mendedahkan aurat di kalangan gadis-gadis Islam, berzina dan minum arak yang perlu ditangani secara lebih serius khusus di Pulau Pinang dan di Malaysia amnya.
Tidak mengadakan perarakan sempena Maulidur Rasul tidaklah mencacatkan imej Islam di Malaysia pada mata dunia. Malah negara-negara Islam seperti Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain, Maghribi, Arab Saudi dan lain-lain tak mengadakan perarakan seperti kita. Pada saya apa yang mencacatkan imej Islam di Malaysia bukanlah isu tidak berarak sempena Maulidur Rasul, tetapi isu pembukaan Kasino di Singapura yang di taja oleh syarikat Malaysia iaitu Genting Sdn Bhd, isu dadah di mana Malaysia sudah dianggap oleh sesetengah negara sebagai pusat transit penagih dadah antarabangsa, isu penangguhan hukuman sebat kepada peminum arak yang sudah merayu beberapa kali supaya dijatuhkan hukuman kepadanya, isu tuduhan liwat yang diolah secara tidak bermoral oleh media, isu bayi dibakar di dalam tong sampah dan bermacam-macam isu yang semakin menenggelamkan imej islamic Malaysia di mata dunia.....
Jadi bagi mereka yang mensensasikan isu ini bawak-bawaklah bertenang, buatlah muhasabah diri, sejauhmana kita benar-benar mempraktikkan sunnah Nabi SAW dalam kehidupan harian kita? Kalau solat masih tinggal, aurat anak isteri masih terdedah, fikiran masih sekular, masjidpun tak pergi, agak-agaknya sesuaikah kita begitu lantang mempertahankan isu berarak sedangkan ia bukanlah Sunnah Nabi SAW.....FIKIRKANLAH!
Dear brothers, the ummah of Prophet Muhammad s.a.w,
I remind myself and fellow congregation to be conscious of Allah s.w.t. at all times; in the open or when we are by ourselves. Do all that has been commanded by Allah with dedication and commitment. Refrain from all of Allah’s prohibitions with steadfastness and seriousness. May we be blessed with His blessings and pleasure throughout our lives, Ameen Ya Rabbal 'alamin
Fellow Muslims! Speaking about great scholars is not an easy task, for however you try to grasp the life of any of them you will not be able to do so. Even you may miss the most important and the most impressive aspect of his life.
The way of life of the earliest great Ulamaa is the exemplar par excellence and showing that is an encouragement to our youths in order to discourage them from imitating evil people who have either no positive role to play in this life nor any value in human history.
Our man of today’s talk is that great Imaam who grew up in the city of Al-Madeenah, whose mention is elevated and whose knowledge has filled the earth. He taught people in the corners ofmasjid al-Nabawi and became so popular with this so much so that when it is said: “ the scholar of Al-Madeenah” or “ the Imaam of the city of Hijrah” no one would think of any other person.
Maalik ibn Anas was born in the Prophet’s city and grew up there as a lover and seeker of knowledge in spite of his poverty. His mother gave him good upbringing by telling him:
“Go to Rabee’ah and learn from him manners before you learn knowledge”.
This woman knew her role in life and her mission of educating and grooming the youth. She knew that manners are good companions of knowledge and that knowledge is valueless without manners. This woman molded a man and as such molded a nation.
This was what actually happened in the life of Maalik and that was what made him a school in manners from whom students learn and the whole ummah benefits.
Imam Maalik once told a Quraishee youth:
“O my nephew, learn manners before you learn knowledge”.
Yahya ibn Yahya At-Tameemee said,
“I stayed with Maalik after the completion of my learning knowledge from him for a year in order to learn manners and good qualities from him. And the qualities are the same as those of the companions of the Prophet and those who followed them.”
Modern educational methods sometimes appear like mere texts that are devoid of any moral content thereby making knowledge losing its splendor and impact. If knowledge were to be separated from manners , you will see a huge defect in its influence on people’s conduct and purity of their deeds. Therefore, there is no good in a knowledge that does not earn one good morals.
Creating a gap between knowledge and manners breeds ill behaviors like attacking the Ulamaa, being rude to them, bad conduct, maltreatment of parents, blind imitation of unbelievers in matters of dressing and being hostile to teachers and educators either physically and verbally.
Brothers in faith!
Imaam Maalik sat to give fatwa (formal legal opinion) and did not do so until seventy scholars had attested to his worthiness of that. What a different between the one who praises and forward himself and the one who is praised and forwarded by the knowledgeable and distinguished people! Maalik said:
“It is not every one who would like to sit in the mosque and teach the hadeeth and give fatwa are worthy of that. Let the one who wants to sit for fatwa first seek for the advice of pious and distinguished people; if they see that he is fit for that, let him do that; for I did not sit to teach hadeeth and give fatwa until seventy scholars attested to his worthiness of that.”
Imaam Maalik also said:
“I am only human, I make mistakes and I do give correct opinions. As for my opinions, examine them, if they are in accordance with Sunnah, take to them.”
Whenever Maalik was asked a question, he would tell the questioner,
‘Go now and let me think over it.’ When the questioner was gone, Maalik’s students would ask him the reason for what he said and he would answer. “I fear a Day with the Questioner (Allaah) and what a (terrible) Day!”
He was also asked a question and he asked the questioner to give him time to make some research and the man said: ‘But the issue is very simple. Maalik retorted,
‘There is nothing simple in knowledge! Don’t you hear the saying of Allaah:
إِنَّا سَنُلْقِي عَلَيْكَ قَوْلاً ثَقِيلاً (5)
“ We shall send down to you a weighty word.” (Qur’aan 73:4)
Imam Maalik used to say,
“The people of knowledge and understanding that I have met in our country, when one of them was asked a question on an issue, he would feel like the one about to die. But the people of our own time love giving fatwaa (without hesitation). Had they know what they are going to face tomorrow (in the Day of Judgement) they would not have done that. Umar, Alee and ‘Alqamah are some of the best companions of the Prophet, yet when anyone of them was asked a question, he would consult his fellow companions before giving an answer to it. But it is unfortunate that fatwaa has become the pride for the people of our time”
These are the erudite and sagacious scholars who filled the world with their knowledge and good deeds and yet used to say, “I do not know”. You will however be surprised to see some people who know next to nothing about Islamic Law and yet desecrating it by speaking about the allowed and forbidden things. Even, a topic on Islamic law may come forth in a meeting and the meeting will not end before all the attendants -irrespective if their different fields of knowledge - give their opinions saying for instance, ‘According to my view . . .’ ‘As far as I belief . . .’ etc.
Subhaanallaah! When did the matter of legalizing and forbidding become a subject to ignorance and conjecture?!! If an engineer were to practice medicine and prescribe drugs, what are you going to say about him and what is going to be his fate?! What then about the one who dares to desecrate the Islamic law and speak about the lawful and forbidden things without knowledge particularly on special events that are so complicated that if Umar were to witness such events, he would have gathered all the companions who took part in the Battle of Badr to help solve the problem. But unfortunately fatwa in our age has become a spacious ground in which all those who wish to become popular or are seeking people’s pleasure at the risk of Allaah’s displeasure contest.
Issues pertaining to Islamic belief are static ones over which no one is allowed to give his independent judgement. Likewise are issues that have evidences in the Qur’aan and Sunnah and issues on which scholars have consensus. It is incumbent on all Muslims to leave the say on matters of knowledge to whom they are due and not to enter into the issues of halal and haraam on which they have no knowledge. Maalik said,
“Whoever wants to give answer to a question should first assume himself standing between Paradise and Hell and ponder about how he is going to be saved in the Hereafter before he answers.”
Brothers in faith!
Imam Maalik was sick for twenty two days and died at the age of eighty seven. Naafi’ (his famous student) said,
“Maalik died at the age of eighty seven and lived in Al-Madeenah as its Mufti for sixty years.”
May Allaah have mercy on Maalik, for he used to say
: “I met some people in Al-Madeenah who had no faults but they speak of other people’s faults, then people created fault’s for them. I also met other group of people in al-Madeenah, who had faults but kept away from speaking of other people’s faults and the people also keep off from speaking about their faults.”
Institut Perkembangan Bahasa (IfLA), Pusat Bahasa dan Pembangunan Akademik Pra-Universiti(CELPAD) Universiti Islam Antarabangsa
Adalah dimaklumkan, Institut Perkembangan Bahasa (IfLA), Pusat Bahasa dan Pembangunan Akademik Pra-Universiti ( CELPAD ), Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM), cawangan Kuantan, Pahang, akan mengadakan:
·Kursus-kursusseperti berikut:
1) Asas al-Quran: Bagi yang tidak tahu atau tidak lancar membaca al-Quran (3 semester)
2)Tajwid al-Quran: Teori dan Praktikal al-Quran secara menyeluruh (3 semester)
3)Qiraat ‘Asyarah (10): Pembelajaran Qira’at 10 imam secara teori dan Praktikal – ( semester ini akan dimulakan dengan qira’at Nafi’ dan Ibn Kathir bagi juzuk yang kedua)
·Kursus ini ditawarkan kepada warganegara Malaysia beragama Islam berumur 18 tahun ke atas.
·Kursus diadakan sekali seminggu selama 18minggu (36jam). Bermula pada 29hb Mac 2010 hingga31hb Julai 2010
·Masa kursus adalah seperti berikut :-
8:00 malam hingga 10:00 malam pada hari Isnin, Selasa, Rabu dan Khamis.
9.00 pagi hingga 11.00 pagi pada hari Sabtu
Lokasi kursus: Kampus Perubatan, UIAM, Bandar Indera Mahkota, Kuantan, Pahang
Untuk maklumat lanjut mengenai kursus sila hubungi:
Abu ‘Amru : Qaulan Waahidan padaهَؤُلاء إِنْpertemuan 2 hamzah yg sama barisdi baca dengan isqad hamzahpertama seperti huruf ya’[4], dan didahului dengan qasr dan mad[5]
