Sunday, August 10, 2008

Wanita Acuan Al-Quran



Wanita acuan Al-Quran ialah seorang wanita yang berimanYang hatinya disaluti rasa taqwa kepada Allah SWTYang sentiasa haus dengan ilmuYang sentiasa dahaga dengan pahalaYang solatya adalah maruah dirinyaYang tidak pernah takut berkata benarYang tidak pernah gentar melawan nafsuWanita acuan Al-Quran ialah wanita yang menjaga tuturkatanyaYang tidak pernah bermegah dengan ilmu yang dimilikiyaYang tidak pernah bermegah dengan harta dunia yang dicarinyaYang sentiasa berbuat kebaikan kerana sifatnya yang pelindungYang mempunyai ramai kawan dan tidak mempunyai ramai musuh


Wanita acuan Al-Quran ialah wanita yang menghormati ibubapanyaYang sentiasa berbakti kepada kedua ibubapanyaYang bakal membahagiakan keharmonian rumahtanggaYang akan mendidik anak-anak dan membantu suami mendalami agama IslamYang auratnya dikhaskan buat suami tercintaYang mengamalkan cara hidup penuh kesederhanaanKerana dunia baginya adalah rumah sementarta menunggu akhirat


Wanita acuan Al-Quran sentiasa bersedia untuk agamanyaYang hidup di bawah naungan Al-Quran dan mencontohi sifatRasulullah SAW sertaWanita sufi yang digariskan dalam kalamullahYang boleh diajak berbincang dan berbicaraYang sujudnya penuh kesyukuran dengan rahmat Allah ke atas-Nya


Wanita acuan Al-Quran tidak pernah membazirkan masaMatanya kepenatan kerana kuat membacaYang suaranya lesu kerana kuat mengaji dan berzikirYang tidurnya lena dengan cahaya keimananBangun subuhnya penuh kecerdasanKerana sehari lagi usianya bertambah penuh kematanganWanita acuan Al-Quran sentiasa mengingati matiYang baginya hidup di dunia adalah ladang di akhiratYang mana buah kehidupan itu perlu dibajai dan dijagaMeneruskan perjuangan Islam sebelum hari kemudianbersama lelaki…


Wanita acuan Al-Quran ialah wanita yang tidak pernahterpesona dengan buaian duniaKerana dia mengimpikan syurgaDi situlah rumah impiannyaBersama lelaki acuan Al-Quran ganjaran Allah SWTSemoga diri ini menjadi wanita acuan Al-Quran....

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Cinta yang Keciciran

oleh : Hafiz Iqtidar*

Antara debar dan derap perjuangan, peluh mula mengalir meracik kesabaran... Masih belum mengertikah sahabatku? Segala cinta dusta dan buta, kecuali cinta kepada Si Pencipta...DariNya kita datang, kepadaNya kita kembali, harapnya tidak dengan cinta yang keciciran dan hilang...Ketika meranduk sungai cinta yang palsu....Mudah benar kau tertipu wahai sahabat, dengan fatamorgana yang kau kejar dari kejauhan, hilang apabila hampir. Kau ditipu nafsu; lalu kau hamburkan perkataan sia-sia, lupa segala yang kau ucapkan, bakal menjadi saksi di mahkamah Tuhan Maha Adil.'Kehidupan dunia dijadikan indah dalam pandangan orang-orang kafir, dan mereka memandang hina orang-orang beriman. Padahal orang-orang bertakwa itu lebih mulia daripada mereka di hari kiamat. Dan Allah memberi rezeki kepada orang-orang yang dikehendakiNya tanpa batasan'(2:212)

Esok mungkin kau dihidupkan lagi, atau mungkin kau sudah tiada...mahukah lagi mencabar Tuhan?sedangkan maut sentiasa mengintai, dicelahan Qada dan Qadar.Usahlah terus tertipu, menjadi pengucap kata yang sia-sia atau pelanggar hukum Allah yang setia...kerana kau tidak mengetahui, bila maut akan menerkam.

Kau sudah lama benar tertipu duhai sahabat, lupakah kau pada kata-kata Ruhul Qudus, Jibril as kepada Rasulullah, 'cintailah segala yang kau miliki semahumu, akhirnya kau terpaksa berpisah dengannya.'Gengamlah tanganku ini, kita lestarikan cinta yang lama terkubur...Marahkah dikau sahabat, andaiku cuba mengajak kepada yang makruf? Mengertilah,aku tidak lagi mampu bersabar,bimbang... esok bukan lagi hari yang dijanjikan buatmu...kerana aku benar-benar mencintaimu, cinta kerana Si Pencipta....

Sunday, August 3, 2008

WHY ARE MUSLIMS DIVIDED INTO SECTS/ DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT?

Question
When Muslims follow one and the same Qur’an, then why are there so many sects and different schools of thoughts among Muslims?

Answer)
1)Muslims should be united.
It is a fact that Muslims today, are divided amongst themselves. This tragedy is that such divisions are not endorsed by Islam at all. Islam believes in fostering unity amongst its followers.

The Glorious Qur’an says:

“ And hold fast,
All together, by the rope
Which Allah ( stretches out for you),
And be not divided among yourselves:”

( al-Imran 3: 103)

All Muslims should follow the Qur’an and authentic Ahadith and be not divided among themselves.

2) it is prohibited to make sects and division in Islam.
The Glorious Qur’an says:

“ As for those who divide , The religion and break up
Into sects, thou hast, No part in them in the least,
Their affair is with Allah, He will in the end
Tell them truth of all that they did.”

( Al-An'am 6: 159)

In this verse, Allah s.w.t says that one should disassociate oneself from those who divide their religion and break it up into sects.

But when one asks Muslim, “ what are you?”, the common answer is either ‘I am sunni or I’m shia’h. some call themselves Hanafi or Shafi’e or Maliki or Hanbali.

3) Our Prophet was a Muslim.
One may ask such Muslims, “ What was our beloved prophet (pbuh)? Was he a Hanafi or a Shafi’e or a Hanbali or a Maliki?” No! He was a Muslim, like all the other prophets and messengers of Allah before him.

It is mentioned in chapter 3 verse 67, Al-Quran says that Ibrahim (pbuh) was not a Jew or a Christian but was a Muslim.
4) Quran says call yourselves Muslim
If anyone poses a Muslim the question what are you, he should say “ I’m a MUSLIM, not Hanafi or a Shafi’e”. Surah al Fussilat chapter 41 verse 33 says:

“ Who is better in speech ,Than one who calls ( men)
To Allah, works righteousness And says, I am those who bow in Islam ( Muslim)?”
( Fussilat 41: 33)

The Prophet (pbuh) dictated letters to non-Muslim kings and rulers inviting them to accept Islam. In these letters, he mentioned the verse of the Quran from Surah Ali Imran chapter 3 verse 64:

Says : “ Bear witness that we (at least) are Muslims ( bowing to Allah’s will).”

(Al-Imran 3:64)

5. Respect all the Great Scholars of Islam
We must respect all the great scholars of Islam, including the four Imam Abu Hanifah, Imam As-Shafi’e, Imam Ibn Hanbal and Imam Malik ( May Allah be pleased wth them all). They were great scholars and may Allah reward them for their research and hard work. One can have no objection if someone agrees with the views ang research of Imam Abu Hanifah or Imam Shafi’e etc. but when posed the question, ‘what are you?’, the reply should only be ‘ I’m a Muslim’.

6. Some may argue by quoting the hadith of our beloved Prophet from Sunan Abu Daud Hadith No. 4579. In this hadith the Prophet ( pbuh) is reported to have said, “ My community will be split up into seventhy-three sects.”

This hadith reports that the Prophet predicted the emergence of seventhy-three sects. He did not say that Muslims should be active in diving themselves inti sects. The Quran commands us not to creat sects. Those who follow the teaching of the Quran and Sahih Hadith and do not creat sects are the people who are on the true path.

According to the Tarmizi Hadith no. 171 the Prophet (pbuh) is reported to have said,
“ My Umma will be fragmented into seventhy-three sects and all of them will be in Hellfire except one sect.” The companions asked Allah’s messenger which group that would be. When upon he replied: “ It is the one to which I and my companions belong.”

::Passage from the book “20 Most Common Questions About Islam”by Dr. Zakir Abdul Karim Naik