Belasungkawa

My super super senior di KISAS, Mohd Zaki Ayub dan Nurul Hayati Bohari serta dua anak mereka meninggal dunia di Mesir pada 1 Ramadhan, Jumaat lepas. Mereka ditikam dan mayat mereka sekeluarga dibakar. Moga ruh mereka dicucuri rahmat, moga diletakkan dalam maqam syahid bi daf'i an-nafs wa al-maal. Buat Maryam dan Mu'az, kalian bakal terbang riang di syurga.

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Penyiasat membongkar kes pembunuhan keluarga Malaysia selepas 12 jam

Warganegara Indonesia : Bersalah dalam pembunuhan Nasr City kerana perselisihan kewangan - membunuh dan membakar kawannya sekeluarga untuk menghilangkan kesan jenayahnya.

Pegawai Penyiasat daripada pejabat Am Penyiasatan, Kaherah telah berjaya membongkar kes pembunuhan sekeluarga rakyat Malaysia dalam masa 12 jam selepas kejadian. Keluarga tersebut terdiri daripada Mohd Zaki Ayob (27 tahun) mahasiswa tahun akhir Jabatan Syariah Islamiah Universiti al-Azhar, isterinya Nurul Hayati bt Bohari (27 tahun) suri rumah dan 2 orang anak mereka Maryam (4 tahun) dan Mu'az (setahun).

Mereka dijumpai hangus terbakar dan terdapat beberapa kesan tikaman didalam rumah sewa mereka di No 51, kawasan Perumahan Swisry Nasr City.Pihak siasatan polis mengenalpasti tertuduh yang membunuh keluarga tersebut ialah Darman Agustari (33 tahun) warganegara Indonesia pemilik sebuah restoran yang merupakan kawan kepada mangsa. Tertuduh melakukan jenayah tersebut dengan membunuh mangsa dengan menikam menggunakan pisau selepas berlaku perselisihan diantara keduanya dalam perkara yang berkaitan dengan perniagaan pertukaran wang asing. Kemudian tertuduh telah membunuh isteri mangsa sewaktu beliau cuba untuk meminta tolong kepada jiran yang lain. Tertuduh meletakkan 2 mangsa yang dibunuhnya tadi dalam bilik tidur bersebelahan dengan kedua-dua anak mereka yang menangis ketakutan.

Tertuduh juga melarikan sejumlah wang dan 2 telefon bimbit seterusnya menyalakan api untuk membakar 4 ahli keluarga tersebut untuk menghilangkan kesan-kesan pembunuhan lantas menutup pintu dan melarikan diri dalam keadaan tenang dengan harapan tiada seorang pun menyedari tindakannya.Pihak polis telah berjaya menangkap tertuduh dan dia telah mengaku bersalah dan menceritakan secara terperinci apa yang telah dilakukannya.

Kejadian kebakaran dapat dikesan pada jam 10 pagi hari Jumaat ketika penghuni blok bangunan tersebut iaitu No 51, kawasan Perumahan Swisry,Nasr City menyedari ada kepulan asap yang tebal keluar daripada rumah mangsa (Mohd Zaki Ayob). Semua yang melihat kejadian itu terkejut dan mendapati api sedang marak menyala daripada rumah mangsa.

Kebakaran berlaku dalam masa yang begitu pantas dan mereka tidak mampu memadamkannya dan tiada seorang pun tahu kewujudan mangsa dalam rumah tersebut pada waktu itu.

Penduduk kawasan perumahan tersebut segera melaporkan kejadian ini kepada pihak polis dan bomba, dan tidak lama kemudian 3 buah kereta bomba sampai di tempat kejadian lalu mereka mengambil tindakan pantas memadamkan kebakaran disamping menutup mematikan elektrik dan saliran gas di blok bangunan tersebut.

Pihak bomba dengan pantas berjaya mengawal api dengan bantuan penduduk setempat. Dan mereka terkejut apabila mendapati terdapat empat jasad keluarga mangsa hangus terbakar dalam bilik tidur rumah tersebut di samping wujudnya kesan-kesan darah di dalam rumah mangsa yang mengambarkan terdapatnya unsur-unsur pembunuhan telah berlaku dalam kejadian kebakaran tersebut.Tertuduh mengambil jalan membakar rumah mangsa untuk menyembunyikan jenayahnya.

Tikaman Pisau

Ketua Polis Bahagian Penyiasatan dan pihak yang bertanggungjawab sampai ke tempat kejadian telah membongkar kes pembunuhan tersebut berdasarkan bukti-bukti yang boleh membantu siasatan mereka di antaranya wujudnya beberapa kesan tikaman di dada, tengkuk dan muka mangsa.Begitu juga yang terdapat di jasad isterinya, begitu juga pembakaran jasad mereka sekeluarga. Mereka juga mendapati tiadanya sebarang kesan ceroboh di pintu rumah dan tingkap rumah sewa mangsa.Ini menyakinkan lagi bahawa pembunuh adalah seorang yang dikenali oleh mangsa dan dia adalah tetamu kepada mangsa.

Kejadian ini sampai ke pengetahuan Ketua Polis Nabil Azby pembantu Menteri Dalam Negeri bahagian keamanan Kaherah lalu mengarahkan agar pembentukan satu pasukan penyiasat yang diketuai oleh Ketua Pejabat Am Siasatan untuk menyelesaikan kes ini dan menangkap pembunuh.Mereka telah menyoalsiasat kawan-kawan mangsa daripada mahasiswa-mahasiswi Malaysia dan sesiapa sahaja yang selalu datang ke rumah mangsa. Pihak berwajib mendapat maklumat hasil soal jawab tersebut bahawa mangsa datang ke Mesir bersama isterinya lebih kurang 5 tahun yang lalu untuk belajar di Universiti al-Azhar dan mereka berdua menyewa sebuah rumah dan tinggal di situ dan Allah mengurniakan dua orang cahayamata sepanjang tempoh tersebut.Untuk mendapatkan pendapatan tambahan mangsa telah menyewa sebuah rumah untuk dijadikan restoran makanan Malaysia dan cyber cafe serta pada masa yang sama telah membeli sebuah motosikal.

Pembunuh dikenalpasti.

Hasil siasatan mendapati mangsa yang dibunuh telah melakukan urusan perniagaan pertukaran mata wang asing tanpa permit dengan rakannya Darman Agustari (33 tahun) warganegara Indonesia pemilik Restoran makanan Asia di kawasan perumahan yang sama yang telah bersembunyi selepas kejadian.

Pihak penyiasat polis melakukan usaha pencarian untuk menjejaki rakan mangsa yang berwarganegara Indonesia ini dan berjaya menangkap dalam salah sebuah hospital swasta di Mohandesin,Giza yang sedang mendapatkan rawatan hasil kecederaan ringan tangan kirinya.

Pada permulaannya, semasa sesi soal jawab dijalankan tertuduh berusaha untuk menafikan dan mendakwa bahawa dia tiada kaitan dengan kejadian tersebut.Namun dia tidak mampu menjawab soalan yang diajukan berkaitan dengan kecederaan yang dialaminya. Setelah ditekan dan diajukan soalan yang bertubi-tubi akhirnya dia mengakui bersalah melalukan jenayah tersebut sambil menangis dan menjerit-jerit. Tertuduh berulangkali mengatakan "Ya akulah yang membunuh kawan aku rakyat Malaysia dan ahli keluarganya dan aku juga telah membakar mangsa di rumah mereka".

Tertuduh mengaku

Sambil mengingati detik-detik pembunuhan tersebut tertuduh menyatakan bahawa dia telah pergi ke rumah rakannya(mangsa) pada jam 9 pagi 1 Ramadhan untuk mendapat persetujuan urusan tukaran mata wang asing sebanyak USD 16,000 mewakili seorang kawannya yang lain.

Dan ketika perbincangan berlaku perselisihan faham di antara kedua-duanya dan ia bertukar menjadi pergelutan yang menyebabkan mangsa mengambil pisau dari dapur dan menyebabkan kecederaan di tangan tertuduh. Lantas tertuduh melawan kembali dan mengambil pisau dari tangan mangsa lalu menikamnya beberapa kali.

Mangsa mati dalam keadaan berlumuran darah di badannya, tiba-tiba isteri mangsa menyedari kejadian tersebut lantas menjerit meminta tolong sejurus selepas keluar daripada bilik tidur. Lalu tertuduh memegang isteri mangsa dan menutup mulutnya sambil menikamnya dengan pisau.

Kemudian tertuduh menarik kedua-dua jasad mangsa suami isteri dan meletakkannya disebelah kedua-dua anak mereka yang sedang menangis ketakutan.Kemudian tertuduh menggeledah rumah mangsa dan menjumpai sejumlah wang sebanyak 44,000 pound Mesir dan 2 telefon bimbit lalu melarikannya. Dalam keadaan marah tertuduh mengambil tindakan membakar rumah sewa mangsa, kemudian dia pun keluar melarikan diri dengan sangkaan tiada seorang pun yang akan mengetahui tindakan jenayah yang dilakukan.Seolah-olah kematian mangsa disebabkan oleh kebakaran ketika mereka sekeluarga sedang tidur.Namun segala-galanya terbongkar selepas beberapa jam sahaja, kejadian tersebut telah menghantui tertuduh sehingga dia tidak dapat tidur dengan lena.

Tertuduh menyambung dengan mengatakan " Sekarang saya sangat sedih kerana membunuh keluarga mangsa yang tidak berdosa". Tertuduh juga mengatakan bahawa dia bertanggungjawab sepenuhnya dan sanggup menerima sebarang tindakan atas perbuatan jenayahnya dan akan menunjukan tempat terletaknya pisau serta kedudukan barang-barang yang diambilnya.Tertuduh ditahan oleh pihak berkuasa untuk siasatan lanjut.

Sumber : Al-Gomhuria 17/10/2004
Tulisan : Aiman as-Sibaie
Terjemahan : Anhar Opir

Ramadhan Kareem

Ramadhan Kareem buat semua! Bulan yang diturunkan padanya al-Qur'an. Semoga ia menjadi bulan al-Qur'an buat kita semua insha Allah.

* my most favourite qurra', Muhammad al-Barrak reciting surah al-Fatihah and al-Mulk [on the right side of the menu]

MAWAS RAKSAKSA & SI PEMAKAI TOPENG
OLEH FAISAL TEHRANI

TUAN presiden bermimpi ngeri, Michael Moore telah memenangi anugerah tertinggi di Pesta Filem Cannes. Kemudian David Letterman telah mengundang lelaki gemuk itu untuk mentertawakannya di dalam rancangan lewat malam. Letterman dan Moore telah memanggilnya mawas dan penonton pun ketawa bersama-sama. Perkataan itu dieja lambat-lambat untuk tujuan mengejek: M-A-W-A-S.


Apabila tuan presiden terjaga, separuh menjerit, separuh tersedak dia mengejutkan isterinya Laura. Laura buat seketika terpisat, membetulkan fesyen rambutnya supaya kekal anggun. Seperti wanita-wanita pertama yang setia, Laura pun memujuk suaminya supaya tidak terlalu takut. “Ala nama pun mimpi. Kita mengantuklah, nak tidur lagi.” Laura menguap.

Tuan Presiden menempik kuat, bingung juga bengang dengan reaksi selamba Laura. Tempikan itu menggegar seluruh Rumah Putih.

“Okaylah. Suka buat bising pagi-pagi tau. Mimpi apa sayang?” Laura bangun seraya membetulkan gaun tidur yang nipis. Perempuan itu berjalan gemalai semula ke tubir katil membawakan segelas susu segar dari peti sejuk kecil.

“Kenapa madu?” Tanya Laura lagi. Sedikit mendesak. “Tadi terpekik-pekik macam king kong.”

“Aku telah bermimpi menjadi mawas. Seekor mawas yang hodoh, mawas raksaksa yang terlalu agam dan terkeruk-keruk seperti beruk. Itu mimpi yang sangat ngeri sekali.”

Tuan presiden mengesat peluh di dahi, mengemaskan ikal rambut yang kucar dan menggetap bibir dari terus terketar. Susu itu disuakan. Tuan presiden mengesip-ngesipkan mata, menyambut susu dan meneguk terburu-buru. Tertumpah sedikit susu membasahi kain seluar di bahagian kelangkang.

“Sayang minumlah perlahan-lahan. Macam monyet…” Laura mengusap rambut suaminya sambil ketawa lembut-lembut. Tuan presiden menepis tangan Laura. Perkataan ‘monyet’ dan ‘king kong’ menyinggung perasaannya. Senyuman manis seperti madu dikuntumkan membuatkan tuan presiden hilang gamam untuk seketika.

Tuan presiden menghela nafas. Cuba bertenang.

“Suka sangat bila minum ke atau makan ke dengan gopoh. Dulu nyaris tak mati tercekik biskut.” Laura menggigit bibir bawah semacam geram. “Buat malu dengan Saddam dan Osama saja tau.”

Tuan presiden dilanda geram. “Mimpi itu ngeri sekali!” Kata tuan presiden lagi, meski meninggikan suara ia lebih bertujuan untuk menagih simpati isterinya.

Laura menyeluruhi tuan presiden. Memegang pipi suaminya, mengelus lembut dahi dan memicit dagu. Tuan presiden membiarkan. Jantung berdebar. Laura perlu mendengar. Mimpi itu seperti sesuatu yang benar.

Laura membulatkan mata, membiar retina mata bertentangan. “Sayang, kau memang seekor mawas. Mawas raksaksa. Kenapa pula perlu berasa ngeri?” Laura ketawa kecil, semacam menggoda.

Tuan presiden terjegil sedikit, minum susu lagi dengan gopoh. Laura masih menggulakan senyuman yang dirasai masih tawar. “Cuba suluh depan cermin tu.”

Tuan presiden bangun terburu-buru, berdiri di hadapan cermin dan menggeletar cemas, paluan jantungnya melaju, gigi atas bawah berlagaan dan lutut terasa amat lemah. Imej yang terpantul di cermin ialah seekor mawas, berbulu perang menutup seluruh muka, sepenuhnya, dalam pijama yang basah di celah kelangkangnya. Dia lihat seekor raksaksa yang buruk, hodoh, bibirnya tipis, hidung itu pesek secara amat memualkan dan matanya kesepetan.Presiden meraung, menjerit, melaung,meronta-ronta dan terasa pandangan semuanya gelap. Pengsan.

Apabila dia terjaga semula, dia di atas katil dengan Laura duduk mengesat air mata di sisi, anak-anak yang terkebil kebil, doktor khas mengangguk-angguk seolah bersyukur, paderi gendut yang melekapkan kitab di dada dan Ketua Majlis Keselamatan berkulit hitam tetapi masih mahu bergaun merah cili. Presiden menyeluruhi mereka satu persatu.

Dalam gagap, sedikit tersangkak dan nada haru dipekati sebak bersuara getar, “Kalian telah lama tahu yang aku seekor mawas?”

Laura mengesat air mata pilu. “Dah lama dah.”

Tuan presiden pejam mata, kecewa, benar, ia bukan mimpi. Dia harus mendepani hakikat ini. Dia ialah seekor mawas raksaksa. Memang rasa hampa amat menekan tetapi dia berusaha memujuk hati. Ini ialah satu hukuman barangkali. Kebimbangannya ialah pilihanraya yang sudah terlalu dekat.

Dia tidak akan dapat memenangi hati rakyat tentunya. Orang ramai tidak akan mahu mengundi seekor mawas, siamang, beruk, kera, monyet, chimpanzee, ungka atau babun sepertinya. Manusia tentu sahaja mahukan seorang manusia yang manusiawi memimpin mereka. Mawas tidak akan dapat keluar berkempen memenangi hati rakyat, ‘Celaka, konvensyen Republikan sudah amat hampir’, getus hatinya gusar.

Terlalu banyak yang berbuncah bergalau bersesak menyesakkan ruang di dalam cepu fikir. Bagaimana menjadi seorang presiden begini? Dia tidak akan dapat berucap lagi di hadapan televisyen meskipun berkali-kali kesasar menyebut nama penjara Abu Gharib sebagai abugebu atau abugebeh atau abugebi atau abubabi.

Dia tidak akan dapat keluar ke mana-mana pun, tidak dapat ke Capitol Hill, dia tidak akan dapat memenuhi undangan pertemuan pemimpin Nato di Istanbul bulan hadapan atau mendakap hangat si pendek gemuk dari Tel Aviv, dia tidak dapat muncul di khalayak – dalam erti kata lain dia tidak dapat buat satu apa pun!

Buat seketika tuan presiden menangis semau-maunya. Air mata itu berjujuhan. Pulas dia menangis puas-puas sehingga merah-merah biji mata. Ketua Majlis Keselamatan Negara berdehem setelah kira-kira satu jam dia melalak tersedu-sedan sambil berpeluk-pelukan dengan Laura dan anak-anak.

“Tuan, hidup mesti diteruskan. Meskipun tuan seekor mawas tetapi tuan memerintah dan memimpin sebuah kuasa besar dunia. Jangan malu. Buatlah muka tak malu. Tuan tidak sepatutnya segan atau terkedu. Meskipun tuan punya banyak bulu, tuan tetap seorang presiden. Marilah bekerja terus untuk menguasai dunia ini sehingga tidak ada seinci pun yang tidak akan tunduk kepada kita. Tuan presiden, tuan tidak boleh berasa rendah diri. Lawan tuan dari parti Demokrat yang bernama John Kerry itu bukanlah hebat sangat.” Perempuan kulit hitam, bergigi besar dengan pakaian serba merah (warna cili) mengeluarkan ucapan yang berapi-api hingga tempias air liurnya berhujanan rebas menimpa muka tuan presiden yang masih mengugu kesedihan.

Tuan presiden seolah-olah menerima satu pencerahan yang penuh tanggungjawab lalu menyerap setiap kata-kata Ketua Majlis Keselamatan Negara. Dia berasa terpanggil untuk bangkit dari rasa rendah diri. Dia penah menjadi tukang sorak semasa di sekolah menengah, dia harus bangun dan kembali bersemangat. Maka tuan presiden pun keluar dari gebar tebal, berdiri di hadapan cermin.

“Betul, meskipun aku seekor mawas. Aku seekor mawas yang memimpin sebuah kuasa besar dunia. Sesiapa sahaja di dunia akan kecut perut mendengar namaku, aku berhak melabel sesiapa sahaja sebagai raksaksa…”

Laura mendekati suami. “Benar sayang. Abang bukan mawas raksaksa…orang lain sebenarnya mawas raksaksa…abang boleh tuduh siapa sahaja mawas, kabinet abang boleh membantu sepenuhnya. Manusia pun boleh abang katakan mawas kerana kuasa menuduh itu ada pada abang.”

Tuan presiden mengangguk. Mengemas-ngemas pijamanya, menyikat rambut ke belakang dengan tangan. “Betul…sekarang apa yang harus aku lakukan?”

Bertitik tolak dari pertanyaan itulah. Beberapa bulan kemudian dia menjadi kembali kuat dan ada keyakinan diri. Spin doctor juga cuba membantu. Peduli apa kalau aku seekor mawas pun? Pertanyaan keramat itu juga telah membolehkan tuan presiden memberanikan diri keluar di khalayak ramai untuk berucap secara siaran langsung kemudiannya: “Meskipun saya seekor mawas tetapi ada mawas lain yang mesti dibanteras!”

John Kerry yang berwajah manusia telah menuduhnya mawas yang sukakan perang. ‘Mawas dari parti Republikan memang sukakan perang. Jika saya dilantik sebagai pemimpin saya akan memanusiakan kembali semua ini. Saya akan bekerja rapat dengan Kyoto Protocol. Saya akan memperbaharui semula hubungan dan menghormati orang lain dan tidak akan sesuka hati lag menuduh sesiapa yang dikehendaki sebagai mawas.’

Tuan presiden sangat marah, tidakkah rakyat negara yang hebat ini tahu, atau tidakkah seluruh dunia tahu (khususnya bangsa Arab) bahawa parti Demokratlah parti mawas siamang ungka dan parti beruk yang paling hebat? Parti Demokrat ialah parti perang. Dalam perang Mexico, presiden James K Polk, ahli Demokratlah yang melancarkan perang. Perang dunia, kedua-duanya, dikerah oleh presiden dari parti Demokrat. Perang dingin, perang Korea dan perang Vietnam dicetuskan oleh presiden dari Demokrat. Krisis misil Cuba dimulakan oleh Presiden John F Kenndey juga seorang Demokrat. Bill Clinton yang menceroboh masuk Bosnia Herzegovina dan Kosovo tanpa mandat Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu juga dari Demokrat. Bill Clinton juga menyerang kilang susu di Khartoum Sudan dan kemudian menuduh ia sebuah kilang membuat senjata pemusnah besar-besaran. 22 perang besar dan kecil dimulakan oleh Demokrat. Republikan hanya memulakan tiga. Perang membebaskan Kuwait, perang ke atas Taliban di Afghanistan dan perang di Iraq sekarang.

Tiga sahaja. Siapa mawas perang?

Akan tetapi rakyat tidak makan hujahnya, bangsa-bangsa lain di dunia lebih menaruh harapan pada John Kerry. Dia manusia. Dia akan bawa perubahan, arghh kononnya!
Tuan presiden sekarang ialah seekor mawas. Mawas bukan manusia. Mawas tidak boleh memimpin manusia.

Tetapi dia menerima nasib seperti bapa mawas. Dia kalah. Beberapa bulan kemudian, John Kerry memenangi pilihanraya dan dia amat kecil hati kerana ditewaskan dengan tipis sekali. Dia pulang ke kampungnya di Texas sambil memujuk hati, meskipun dia mawas, dia adalah mawas yang bertanggungjawab dan hebat dalam mempertahankan negaranya dari serangan pengganas. Itulah yang dia semat di hati.

Pada pagi John Kerry mengangkat sumpah sebagai tuan presiden baru, di hadapan cermin, dia membetulkan tuxedo dan merapikan rambutnya. Teresa, isterinya datang dekat membawakan topeng. “Jangan lupa mengenakan topeng ini. Manusia dan seluruh dunia tidak perlu tahu yang awak seekor mawas sehingga tiba masanya nanti.”
John Kerry tersenyum simpul, mengucup dahi isterinya dan bersuara lembut. “Terima kasih sayang. Benar mawas yang bijak ialah mawas yang bertopeng. Kita tentu tidak mahu orang berasa takut awal-awal lagi bukan?”

Mawas bertopeng melangkah keluar dan bertekad untuk memimpin manusia. Dalam hati tersedik, ‘Fuhh alangkah bodohnya dunia!’

Cerpen ini tersiar di Mingguan Malaysia pada 11 Julai 2004

Ramadan Warriors
By Muhammad Al-Shareef

Sahl ibn Sa'd - radi Allahu 'anhu - narrates that An-Nabee - sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam - said, "In Jannah there is a gate called Ar-Rayyan, a door which the Saa'imoon will enter from, no one else except them. It will be announced, 'Where are the Saa'imoon?' and the Saa'imoon will stand. No one except them will enter from the Rayyan gate."

Have you ever heard of a weekend warrior? They are employees who sit in cubicles and relax at a coffee station weighed down with donuts all week long. Then on the weekend they rip off their suits bearing their Reebok gear underneath and spend the entire weekend playing basketball, hang gliding, and mountain climbing. What happens? They break their knees, pull a dozen muscles, and are hospitalized on Monday.

This is in relation to the physical body. But there are people that should be known as Ramadan warriors. They are those that haven't fasted all year long and then shock their bodies with a whole month. Or haven't prayed in the Masjid or haven't woken up to pray in the night all year long. What happens to them? As one Muslim doctor said, "In normal days, we have about 5 - 7 patients a day. On the first day of Ramadan,the patients increase to over 50!"

Ramadan warriors were rare in our Islamic history. To illustrate, let's all remember where we were at the beginning of Safar - corresponding this year to the second week of May. We were probably praying for work to end, or just finished up with exams, or looking through brochures for a holiday getaway.

Interestingly, if we were sitting beside a taabi'ee over a thousand years ago in a simple Masjid, we would have heard him raising his hands asking Allah to grant him the blessing of being around when a guest comes, a guest called Ramadan!

There are different ways that we can 'warm up' for Ramadan. One of those ways is by increasing the frequency of our Du'a:

Allah ta'ala says in the Qur'an ... the verse before it is talking about Ramadan and the verse after it is speaking about Ramadan, and right in the middle we read: [And when My servants ask you, (O Muhammad), concerning Me - Indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me (by obedience) and believe in Me that they may be guided.]

- Surah Al Baqarah 2/186

Every goodness on earth is from Allah. And one of the most exclusive blessings is Ramadan. So let us ask the Lord of Ramadan to help us find His Mercy in the coming days.

Last year, we gave a khutbah here on Hajj entitled 'The Call of Ibraheem'. A brother just a few weeks ago told me that during that Khutbah he raised his hands to Allah and asked Allah to find him a way to make Hajj. He said that he had no money to make the trip, but that night more then one brother approached him with the offer, "Brother we have a Hajj program for new Muslims, would you like to come!" Alhamdulillah, that brother made Hajj last year from a Du'a that came straight from the heart - in sha' Allah.

The early generations of the Ummah used to make Du'a 6 months after Ramadan that Allah accept their deeds in Ramadan. And for the next 6 months, they would make du'a to Allah to grant them the blessing of being alive in the coming Ramadan.

Cleanliness - Whenever a guest comes, we prepare in advance for his arrival by vacuuming the carpet, dusting the shelves, and scrubbing the sinks. We should do this for our guest called Ramadan. But the scrubbing should not just be of our physical surroundings, it should include the scrubbing of our sins.

Listen to the words of an-Nabee - sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam - speaking about those people that don't want to clean up for Ramadan, "Whoever doesn't desist from speaking falsehood and acting upon it, Allah has no need that he desist from his food and drink." - Bukhari

Fasting in Sha'baan (this Month that we are now in) - The biggest downfall of the weekend warriors was that they were not properly warmed up for the exercise which caused the injuries. Similarily, when Fasting, some people only do it once a year making their bodies very foreign to going without food and drink.

From here we see the following Sunnah: Umm Al-Mu'mineen Aisha - radiAllahu 'anha - observes, "Allah's Messenger never fasted an entire month other than Ramadan and I haven't seen him fast more than he did in Sha'baan."

A poet said: Oh ye who isn't satisfied with his sins in Rajab / so much so that you continued disobedience in Sha'baan / The month of fasting has now come upon you / so do not convert it also to a month of disobedience.

Part II
When we look at the celebrations, 'the holy days' of this country, we see that they put all their time and effort and spirit in preparation. I tell you, go to any store outside this Masjid and you will see preparations of Candy Canes, red and green bouquets, even Eggnog all in the wait for the annual celebration of the birth - as they falsely claim- of Prophet 'Esa (alayhis salam.) They are preparing for their falsehood almost 2 months in advance! One of the ways to prepare for Ramadan is to educate ourselves in the Fiqh of Ramadan. Alhamdulillah - sitting in this Masjid today are many brothers and sisters for whom this will be their first Ramadan. Allahu Akbar! May Allah accept it from them and allow them and us to share in the blessing of Ramadan for many years to come. Let us briefly review what fasting is:

Fasting Ramadan is not optional - it is a must. The evidence for this is found in the Qur'aan and Sunnah. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

"O you who believe! Observing al-sawn (the fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become al-muttaqoon (the pious)." [al-Baqarah 2:183]

The Prophet said: "Islam is built on five [pillars]..." among which he mentioned fasting in Ramadaan. - Bukhari

The Arabic word for fasting is Sawm. In Arabic it literally means to abstain from something. And in Islamic Law it is to abstain from those things that break the fast starting from dawn (Fajr Prayer) and ending with sunset (Maghrib prayer) having first made the intention to do so.

The things which break ones Fast, the things which he or she must abstain from from dawn to sunset are as follows:

(a) Eating and Drinking

(b) Marital Relations

These apply if 3 conditions are met (1) That the person is not ignorant that this thing breaks ones fast (2) That he is aware that he is doing something that breaks his fast (meaning he did not do so in forgetfulness) (3) He does so out of his free will and no one forced him to break his fast.

In conclusion, as the month of Ramadan draws nearer, we should prepare for this special guest by preparing a Ramadan program *Operation: Valuable Time* in our homes and at our Masjids. The program should in sha' Allah include:

1. Locked times of the day when we will consistently recite Qur'an, learning it's meanings and memorizing new Sur'ahs.

2. Something useful for the time before Taraweeh prayers and the time after Taraweeh. And how to increase our worship in the last ten nights - i.e. what will we do extra.

3. We should make sure that there are days of this month when we feed people. Bring dates or milk to the Masjid for Maghrib. Invite people over to have dinner with your family. Organize a dinner in the Masjid and invite people that don't normally get invited because they are new. Take care of the New Muslims in your community and for the sake of Allah ta'ala make their Ramadan special.

4. Make the intention to double and triple the amount of Sadaqah we give, the worship we normally do, the Dhikr we do, and the deeds that'll help us purify our souls, etc.

And finally, for those that can afford it plan a Umrah to the Ka'bah in Ramadan!

After returning from the farewell Hajj, Rasul Allah - sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam - saw an Ansari women who had not made the Hajj. He asked her, "What kept you back from joining in the Hajj?" She said, "We had a camel that we used to ride which Abu Fulan and his son went on, and another we used for farming." So Rasul Allah - sal Allahu alayhi wa
sallam - said, "Verily, Umrah in Ramadan is the same (reward) as performing Hajj with me!" - Bukhari and Muslim

Source: Khutbah.com

It's a Land to Humble the Soul



pssstt .. i posted some new pictures up ^_^

Semerbak Haruman Ikhlas

Antum ingin merasai betapa manisnya menghirup haruman ikhlas? Dipersilahkan saban hari, atau paling kurang sepekan sekali .. melawati laman orang orang soleh :

http://risvya.blogspot.com/
http://helvytianarosa.com/dyna/catatan/default.asp

nahsabuhum kazalik, wala nuzakki 'ala Allahi ahada.

* posting dialih bahasa ke bahasa indonesia agar bersesuaian dengan link di atas.

.. to forgive and forget
to stop giving yourself excuses ..

Forgive and Forget Not .. But Give Excuses

The Taste and The Weather.

When a relationship turns sour, people say let's just forgive and forget.

Yes, I know it's hard and tough. At times it's harder than a rock and tougher than steel.

So I say, let's stop doing that. But instead, let's forgive and forget not. For to forgive is divine, and to forget not creates a sunshine. It lights the path, to cease us from falling into the same hole twice.

For only the one who remembers the dark stormy days in the winter would appreciate the warmth of the blazing sunshine on a bright summer day. And the one who has just tasted bitterness, would appreciate more that taste of sweetness.

Flip and Flop

Things flip and flop.

And at times it flops, and flops, and keeps on flopping. Tired of getting ourself out from the mess by covering it up with our excuses?

Instead, let's put our skills of excuse-making somewhere else. Give it to someone who is more in need of it than we are.

For when our brother(s) or sister(s) do something which is wrong or unacceptable, create an excuse for them. If that excuse doesn't work, create another one, and another, and another.

Maybe he/she just didn't know ..
or maybe he/she wasn't aware of it ..
or maybe he/she didn't remember at that time ..
or maybe he/she just had a really bad day ..
or maybe he/she was brought up that way .. etc.

If those excuses still doesn't work, then we should scold our own self. For our beloved mu'allim s.a.w. taught us to make 70 excuses for our brother(s) and sister(s). But we only came up with less than twenty? Shame on ourselves.

If we have created 70 excuses, yet in our heart there still remains a feeling of uncontent, then we should weep for ourselves. For there's a possibility our heart is on the verge of dying or has a fatal permanent disease.

Weep. And pray that Allah gives us another heart.

* bismillahi awwaluhu wa aakhiruhu *

Intima'

Bismillah Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Raheem

Imam As-Syahid Hasan Al-Banna rA ada mengatakan yang lebih kurang bunyinya:

"Mereka (yang terikat dengan amal jama'ie) mampu untuk harungi jalan ini tanpa kita, tapi siapalah kita tanpa mereka?"

Kata-kata yang mengandungi seribu satu hikmah yang tersembunyi. Dan sememangnya kata kata ini benar.

Dalam usaha dakwah dan tarbiyyah mahupun harakah dan tazkiyyah ataupun ta'lim dan tazkirah, jika kita tercicir dari landasan tersebut maka gerabak gerakan itu akan terus bergerak tanpa henti. Memang itu sunnah Allah, seperti bergeraknya bumi mengelilingi mentari.

Usaha dakwah tidak akan cacat tanpa kita di sisi. Bahkan yang bakal tempang sebenarnya adalah diri kita sendiri.

Nah, persoalan sebenarnya sekarang, yang perlu kita tanyai diri sendiri adalah .. siapakah kita tanpa mereka?

Siapakah kita tanpa mereka?

Jawapannya mudah. Jika kita tidak lagi bersama kelompok orang-orang yang soleh dan musleh, maka kebarangkaliannya ada dua.

Pertama; samada memang kita ini seorang individu perkasa yang mampu menjalankan tazkiyyah diri dan islah alami secara bersendirian. Ataupun kedua; kita tidak lagi bersama mereka kerana karektor soleh dan musleh itu sudah tidak lagi melekap dalam jiwa kita, sehingga yang tersisa cuma bayangan silam yang gelap dan tidak lagi bercahaya.

Intima' sesama muslim

Ikhwah akhawat yang dikasihi,

Intima' kita sesama kumpulan orang orang yang soleh dan musleh amat perlu dipelihara. Intima' atau dengan kata lain keterikatan atau keterlekatan; adalah suatu eleman yang mahu atau tidak mahu tidak dapat kita elakkan dari bermain dalam kehidupan kita.

Justeru adalah bijak jika sedari awal, kita sendiri yang membuat pilihan dengan siapa kita mahu berintima'. Ini lebih baik dari kita tertekan dan terperangkap dengan 'peer pressure' atau norma sosial setempat dan persekitaran yang belum tentu sihat dan menyihatkan.

Ulama' haraki telah menyatakan bahawa intima' yang kita kongsi sesama muslim terbahagi kepada 3:

Intima' Aqidah

Pertama adalah ikatan aqidah. Ini adalah asas kepada segala intima' kita sesama muslim. Umat yang satu, menyembah Tuhan Yang Satu.

Atas dasar ini lah kita dapat menghubungkan diri kita menjadi satu umat yang global. Sebab apa kita prihatin dengan isu di Palestina, Chechnya mahupun Indonesia? Kerana ia melibat kan isu umat Islam, yang ter-intima' dengan ikatan aqidah uluhiyyah.

Semakin kuat ikatan uluhiyyah kita, maka semakin kuatlah resonan ukhuwwah kita. Justeru, pabila wujud sedikitpun kocakan pada umat Islam di negara lain, gelombang demi gelombang akan terhasil dalam hati kita. Ini bersesuaian dengan kefahaman yang disimpulkan dalam mutiara hikmah ar-Rasul saw bahawa umat Islam adalah umpama satu jasad, yang jika salah satu anggotanya menangis sakit, maka seluruh anggota yang lain bakal merasai penderitaan.

Intima' Fikriyyah

Ikatan yang kedua adalah ikatan fikriyyah. Sememangnya ini fitrah manusia. Rambut sama hitam, hati lain lain. Natijahnya lahir pemikiran dan personaliti yang pelbagai warna. Justeru, tercabang fikrah salafiyyah, sufiyyah, ikhwaniyyah dan lain lain. Namun ranting ini berasal dari akar yang sama iaitu ketauhidan kepada Allah swt.

Intima' fikriyyah ini penting kerana ia adalah tambahan kepada intima' aqidah. Kita menyedari bahawa dengan tertegaknya ranting intima' fikriyyah maka ia akan membuka pintu kepada buah yang lebih baik. Jika sekelompok individu yang sama frekuensi pemikirannya terkumpul, pasti gelombang yang lebih hebat akan terhasil. Kuasa berganda juga bakal terbit.

Intima' Tanzimiyyah

Intima' tanzimiyyah memerlukan komitmen dan tenaga yang lebih besar. Ia merupakan buah dari intima' fikriyyah atau wihdah al-fikr (kesatuan pemikiran), lantas terhasil wihdah al-amal (kesatuan amal).

Alangkah indahnya apabila kesemua individu muslim mampu untuk terikat dengan intima' tanzimiyyah (ikatan organisasi atau tanzim). Ini adalah ultimate goal, di mana wujud satu isi kerangka sistematik. Wujud dalam intima' tanzimiyyah pemimpin yang adil dan pengikut yang taat, dalam biah (suasana) nasihat dan syura.

Ada wadah dan wajihah yang bersesuaian dengan kondisi masyarakat pada tempat dan ketika itu. Idealisasi intima' tanzimiyyah ini pada tahapan paling tinggi dengan kata lain adalah tanzim Khilafah Islamiyyah.

Pada hari ini, realitinya terwujud tanzim tanzim atau organisasi organisasi atau jamaah jamaah yang pelbagai, kita yakin adalah bagi mengisi kekosongan yang ditinggalkan dengan ketidak hadiran tanzim khilafah itu sendiri.

Dan kita juga yakin bahawa insha Allah, tanzim khilafah itu akan tertegak kembali. Ini bakal terjadi, apabila umat islam memahami betapa pentingnya konsep intima' ini dan mempraktikkan intima' tanzimiyyah dalam diri dan secara amali.

Dengan tu, insha Allah warna dunia Islam kan mencorak kembali alam ini, memimpin manusia menuju ke arah ukhrawi. Insha Allah.

Allahu a'lam.

I Want to Learn Arabic .. But ..

A lot of muslim want to learn Arabic. I mean who deosn't? It's the language of the Qur'an, plus it's the language which we use in solaah. As for myself, I just couldn't imagine how someone could have full khushu' in solaah without understanding some words from the Qur'an or the recitals we do inside the prayer.

Unfortunately, often times we hear someone say, "Man .. I'd love to learn Arabic .. but I just don't have enough time" or .. "I wish I could learn Arabic .. if only we have good Arabic teachers around here".

Enough said, here I will show how to master 80% of the vocabularies in the Qur'an. I repeat, 80% of the words in the Qur'an. I myself is not a master in the Qur'anic Arabic, but as a student of knowledge I testify that this thing really works! Insha Allah.

This book that I will show you, has already been printed more than 40 times! (Now you know what you've been missing). There are altogether only 38 tables for you to learn from. Once you've gone through the 38 tables that's almost it.

The link to the site: http://www.emuslim.com/quran/English80.asp

So, seriously .. now that I have broken your ifs and buts .. it's all up to you now whether you want to build a new if and buts strings all over again .. OR you want to take up the challenge and know 80% of the words in the Qur'an!

Say bismilllah, start on it and make tawakkul. For God's sake .. just do it!

* man jadda wajada, wa man zara'a hasoda.

Perahu Kau, Perahu Aku

Perahu kau, Perahu aku
Kau dengan perahu kau, aku dengan perahu aku,
Kau kata perahu kau yang paling cantik, aku kata perahu aku yang paling baik,
Aku kata kata perahu aku tidak mudah terbalik, kau kata perahu kau yang paling terbaik.

Kau dengan perahu kau, aku dengan perahu aku,
Kita mahu tiba di lokasi yang sama, tapi perahu kita berbeza,
Kau kata aku curi penumpang kau, aku kata kau yang curi penumpang aku.

Kau dengan perahu kau, aku dengan perahu aku,
Bila bah melanda, khidmat kita tiba,
Tapi kenapa kita selalu tidak sekepala,
Kau kacau perahu aku, aku kacau perahu kau.

Kau dengan perahu kau, aku dengan perahu aku,
Di depan kita menanti mangsa yang hiba,
Menanti kita membawa perahu menyelamatkan mereka,
Bila perahu tiba mereka bersorak gembira.

Kau dengan perahu kau, aku dengan perahu aku,
Tapi mereka terpinga-pinga,mahu guna perahu siapa,
Perahu kau, perahu aku, perahu aku, perahu kau

Kau dengan perahu kau, aku dengan perahu aku,
Ada yang naik perahu kau, ada yang naik perahu aku,
Kau cuba curi penumpang aku, aku cuba curi penumpang kau,
Kau marah, aku geram.

Kau dengan perahu kau, aku dengan perahu aku,
Kau simbah air dalam perahu aku, aku tuang air dalam perahu kau,
Kau bocorkan perahu aku, aku kopakkan perahu kau,
Siapa salah, salah kita.

Kau dengan perahu kau, aku dengan perahu aku,
Mereka yang ada semuanya karam, hanya yang tinggal yang pandai menyelam,
Perahu aku tenggelam, perahu kau karam,
Penumpang aku mati tak pandai menyelam, penumpang kau mati sebab tenggelam,
Siapa salah, aku salah, kau salah.

Kau dengan perahu kau, aku dengan perahu aku,
Kenapa kita tak pernah sekepala, Sedangkan matlamat semuanya sama,
Menyelamatkan mangsa bah yang melanda,
Tapi kenapa kau asyik dengan perahu kau, aku asyik dengan perahu aku,
Kenapa aku, kenapa kau, Kau kenapa, aku kenapa.

[ Oleh: Masri / Negeri Sembilan ]

I am compulsive,
neurotic.
antisocial,
odd,
manic depressive,
paranoid,
psychopathic,
schizophrenic ..

.. but basically happy ^_^

A Polished Structure

Bismillahi awwaluhu wa aakhiruhu, amma ba'd

Have you ever seen a bulding extremely polished up and amazingly spotless? The floor sparkles by the bright light, the air smells sweet with fragrance and the furnitures are well organized.

Do you feel that the building is being cleaned each and every week? Most people would undoubtedly arrive to that conclusion.

Unfortunately, that assumption is devoid from the truth.

The fact is, a building that is cleaned weekly during a Sunday, would not be as nice when Friday or Saturday approaches. Whoever does careful observation, would finally realize the truth, that that polished building is not being cleansed once a week, but in reality each and every single day.

I understand that we are all busy with work and stuffs. But to only cleanse our heart once a week and to do maintenance on our qalb only during the weekends with the hope that it'll last a weeklong period is a grave injustice. And trust me, it just won't work out. It just won't work out.

Allahu ta'ala a'lam.

Old Memories Die Hard

*sigh*

I'm still so much in love with this nasheed (again) .. ^_^



Seerah Classes Resume Today!




Assalaamu 'Alaykum,

This is a reminder that we will be beginning the Seerah: Life of the Prophet- The Madinah Period class starting tomorrow, Friday September 17th. Arabicwill begin on Saturday September 18th. Again,

WHAT:
-Seerah: Life of the Prophet - The Madinah Period
-Arabic: Beginner and Advanced Levels

WHEN:
-Every Friday, starting tomorrow September 17th from 6:30-8:30pm For Seerah
-Every Saturday, starting September 18th from 10am-1pm for Arabic

WHERE:
Madrasa-tul-Ilm School Basement, 2846 Cold Spring Rd Indianapolis

WHY: To strengthen our hearts and souls with the knowledge of the best ofcreation, the Prophet Muhammad (saws), and to rejuvenate our spirits bybeing with our brothers and sisters.

A few points to note:

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-We will continue with the Seerah of the Prophet (saws). However, there is atime change for this class. It will now be Fridays from 6:30-8:30pm. Notethat during part of the semester, both Maghrib and Isha prayers will beduring the window of the class. Therefore, adjustments to the course timingsin order to maximize instructional time may be necessary.

-Arabic class will still be held on Saturdays from 10am-1pm. We will behaving two sections, one for advanced students and one for beginners.Students with some background in Arabic, but who have not been in ourprevious Arabic courses, are welcome to try the advanced section. Pleasereply with an email if you are planning to enroll in the Arabic class so wecan get an idea of the number of students that will be in each section.

-Beginning this semester, the fees for the courses have been reduced to $20per credit hour. Thus, the Seerah class will now cost $40 per person up to 2people in a family with a maximum of $100 per family. Arabic class will cost$60 per person up to 2 people with a maximum of $140 per family. Need basedscholarships are available. In addition, MTI Islamic school teachers andAl-Ilm Weekend school teachers are exempt from tuition charges. However,donations are welcome in order to provide scholarships to other students.

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BABYSITTING!!! We still need to hear from the people who would benefit fromthe use of a babysitting service during class time. For those that wantthis, please reply to this email or give me a call and let me know, so we can plan accordingly.

Jazak Allah Khair,

How We Do Dzikrullah :: Istighfar

Bismillah Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Raheem

That sweetful bond

It is mentioned in saheeh ahadeeth that the Prophet s.a.w. made istighfar more than 70 or 100 times per day. Imagine the noble prophet s.a.w. who Allah swt has already forgiven his past and future sins would make istighfar that much, then how many istighfar should we as a sinful 'abd do to wash away our sins?

Rooting from the act of istighfar by the noble prophet s.a.w, we could derive that istighfar is not confined only to wiping away the sins, since the prophet s.a.w. didn't had any. More importantly, it brought with it a deeper meaning of conviction and a sweetful bondage with Allah swt.

Allah s.w.t. has reserved a special love for the ones who makes often istighfar and the ones who makes often purification. Inna Allaha yuhibbu at-tawwaabeen wa yuhibbu al-mutatahhireen. Don't we all want Allah swt to love us?

Therefore, strive to do istighfar. For verily it washes away the sin and stregthens the bondage with Allah swt.

Additionally, Allah swt has abundant love for the ones who are repentant, to the extent that if all the people in the world has stopped sinning, then He would create another creation so that they could make tawbah to Allah swt.

Tips on reaching the numbers

To make istighfar more than 70 or a 100 times is not in reality as hard as or as time consuming as several people would imagine, especially living in our day and age. Since ma'siah is so rampant everywhere and at every time, our lips should've been moist with istighfar. Start the initiative to make it a habit to immediately plead istighfar when a ma'siah inputs through our ears or our eyes.

At the point we see something haram. Istighfar.

At the instance we hear something haram. Istighfar.

And of course, we as a sinful 'abd who makes mistake often, and is unmindful of Allah nearly all the time, should make istighfar for every iota of that action and for every sinful action that we make, when it occurs. Every sinful movement of our eyes, every bad utterance of the tongue, every evil whisper of the heart, every time when our minds are unmindful of Allah.

If we are seriously practicing this, then from the moment we begin our walk to campus and by the time we finish our first class period, we should have at least uttered more than twenty istighfar, especially during the summer when our eyes are intoxicated with temptation.

Gradually insha Allah, as a person grow, he or she will be able to feel that sweet love for istighfar. He'll be able to sit down and do nothing but istighfar with full concentration. At least a 100 times in the morning and a 100 times during the night.

For that utterance of istighfar is not one with absent mindedness and not merely the movement of the lips nor the fast counting with the fingers. But, for each and every istighfar there's a weight that comes with it. Gradually, we'll understand that the istighfar is not only for the sins we've accumulated, but with the inclusion for the things that we could have done better.

"O Allah. I could've waken up earlier today." Istighfar.

"O Allah. I forgot to supplicate after I woke up." Istighfar.

"O Allah. I missed the first takbeer during the fajr jama'ah." Istighfar.

"O Allah. I didn't concentrate fully during the fajr prayer." Istighfar.

"O Allah. I yawned during the fajr prayer." Istighfar.

"O Allah. I didn't pay attention to what the Imam had recited." Istighfar.

The weight of the istighfar is something we should work on. An istighfar without gravity is weightless.

The famous istighfar of Rabi'ah al-Adawiyyah should be treated as an examplar to all of us, when she said "Astaghfirullah, min qillati sidq bi qauli astaghfirullah." Which means, "O Allah, I ask forgiveness for my shortcomings in truthfullness in my utterance of astaghfirullah".

Astaghfirullah min qillati sidq bi qauli astaghfirullah.

I sayang dia dari jauh

Hishamuddin Rais
Sep 3, 04 1:17pm

Selama lima minggu, setiap hari Rabu jam 6.00 petang, saya dan beberapa orang murid tua dan murid-murid yang tidak mahu dituakan dari Kolej Melayu Kuala Kangsar telah membuat ritual di perkarangan Hospital Kuala Lumpur.

Kami memilih hari Rabu kerana hari Rabu ialah hari kabinet kerajaan bermesyuarat. Tradisi hari Rabu ini adalah tradisi Kolej Melayu.

Ritual ini cukup senang - kami hadir dengan berjacket, memakai tali leher Kolej Melayu, berbaris sambil menyanyikan lagu Kolej Melayu dan kemudian melaungkan sorakan resmi MCKK. Ritual ini kami lakukan tidak melebihi dari sepuluh minit.

Ritual ini dilakukan untuk menunjukkan setiakawan kami kepada Anwar Ibrahim yang juga seorang murid dari MCKK yang sedang dituakan politiknya. Ritual yang kami lakukan ini hanya untuk lima Rabu sahaja, tidaklah bertahun-tahun seperti yang telah dilakukan oleh Mothers of Plaza Mayo di Argentina.

Ibu-ibu di Argentina datang ke Plaza Mayo kerana mereka ingin mencari anak dan menantu mereka yang telah hilang dicolek oleh soldadu ditahun 70'an dahulu ketika Argentina dibawah regim militer. Berbanding dengan perjuangan Mothers of Plaza Mayo, apa yang dilakukan oleh murid-murid tua MCKK samalah seperti memakan kueh apam.

Rabu lalu adalah kali akhir kami beritual di hadapan Hospital Kuala Lumpur. Kelmarin, hari Khamis, Anwar Ibrahim yang sedang dirawat di Hospital Kuala Lumpur telah dibebaskan. Dia pulang ke rumahnya di Bukit Damansara. Anwar Ibrahim bebas bukan kerana adanya beberapa orang murid tua dari MCKK yang bertali leher merah-putih-hitam-kuning berani tampil ke pekarangan hospital.

Atau kerana Abdullah Badawi gerun mendengar laungan gempita sorakan resmi MCKK. Juga bukan kerana bil perubatan hospital Anwar terlalu tinggi. Anwar dibebaskan kerana dia tidak bersalah.

Agenda rakyat

Kami yang datang ke Hospital Kuala Lumpur sebenarnya tidak ada tali persaudaraan dengan Anwar. Kami juga bukan bekas ahli Umno, atau ahli Parti Keadilan Rakyat atau bekas calon pilihanraya yang lalu. Kami juga bukan penginding kontrek, bukan bekas atau bakal contract junkies atau penginding tempat dalam Parti Keadilan Rakyat. Kami hanya datang dari sebuah sekolah yang sama. Tetapi apa yang lebih penting disini ialah kami adalah para reformis yang menyokong agenda perjuangan rakyat yang telah di war war oleh Anwar Ibrahim.

Untuk kami agenda rakyat inilah yang maha penting - lebih kuat ikatannya dari ikatan tali leher pengenalan identiti kami.

Kami tidak pernah datang ke mahkamah semasa Anwar dibicarakan. Telinga kami tidak memiliki ruang untuk mendengar persewelan hakim dan para pendakwa.

Tetapi kebanyakan kami akan hadir disetiap perhimpunan haram - ( baca: perhimpunan yang tidak disembelih) - semenjak demo reformasi bermula di Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman pada tahun 1998 dahulu. Semua ini adalah tanda setiakawan kami kepada perjuangan rakyat.

Bila Anwar dibebaskan pada pagi Khamis ini, saya sebenarnya sedang nyenyak tidur. Saya tidak pergi ke mahkamah. Saya tahu bahawa kali ini adalah keputusan rayuan akhir untuk Anwar Ibrahim. Dalam masa yang sama saya juga sedar bahawa kali ini dengan desas desus yang kuat tentang kemungkinan Anwar dibebaskan pastilah akan lebih ramai orang-orang yang ingin menunjukkan diri/muka ke muka Anwar Ibrahim.

Di pagi Khamis kelmarin talipon di rumah saya tidak putus-putus berbunyi. Tetapi saya mempunyai displin diri, bahawa saya hanya akan mengangkat talipon selepas jam sebelas dan sesudah saya meminum kopi. Sebenarnya saya ini insan dari jenis dracula yang bagitu 'alergic' kepada matahari pagi.

Malah, sekiranya revolusi berlaku diwaktu pagi pasti saya akan ketinggalan. Lalu saya membiarkan deringan talipon berlalu. Kerana terlalu banyak deringan kedengaran saya menganggap pastilah ada berita baik tentang Anwar Ibrahim. Jangkaan saya ini betul. Saya mendapati ada lima pesanan dalam talipon bimbit saya. Semuanya datang dari murid tua MCKK memberitahu berita baik ini.

Kemudian saya mendapat laporan berita melalui talipon dari beberapa anak muda yang hadir di mahkamah.

Apabila saya membuka BBC di Astro saya melihat laporan dengan lebih jelas. Dari klip berita jam 1.00 tengah hari saya ternampak beberapa muka-muka para reformis yang amat saya kenali. Dan dikeliling mereka saya ternampak muka-muka baru yang amat jarang saya lihat.

Membuka ruang demokrasi

Ah! Apakah ini satu pertanda baik. Lalu saya bertanya apakah gerakan reformasi bahagian kedua akan bermula.

Persoalan ini sering berligar dalam kepala saya. Ini kerana saya menyedari bahawa agenda rakyat - perjuangan yang saya sokong - masih jauh dari tercapai. Untuk saya dan kawan- kawan dalam gerakan reformasi pembebasan Anwar Ibrahim hanyalah sebahagian dari agenda perjuangan.

Untuk kami perjuangan awal ialah untuk menolak buka dinding ruang demokrasi dalam negara ini. Memecah tembok autokrasi dan membuka luas ruang demokrasi adalah induk kepada perjuangan reformasi. Sesudah menonton kesahehan berita dari BBC, saya tidak putus-putus menerima panggilan talipon dari kawan-kawan. Semua ini mengingatkan saya kembali kepada tahun 1998 dan permulaan gerakan reformasi.

Kini Anwar Ibrahim telah dibebaskan setelah enam tahun dalam penjara. Mahathir Mohamad aka Mahafiraun kini telah tidak lagi menjadi Perdana Menteri.

Tetapi saya merasakan semua ini seolah-olah hanya berlaku semalam dan bukan enam tahun yang lalu. Dan saya telah bersedia sekali lagi untuk turun ke jalan raya untuk memperluaskan ruang demokrasi.

Bila panggilan talipon mula mereda saya teringat kembali kepada satu tulisan saya yang pernah meramalkan apa yang akan berlaku jika Anwar Ibrahim dibebaskan. Mengikut tulisan saya itu, saya wajib duduk di warong Bangsar Utama untuk memerhatikan berapa banyak kereta yang akan menghala ke Bukit Damansara. Untuk membuktikan kesahehan tulisan itu saya telah menapak ke Bangsar Utama.

1998 berulang lagi

Memang betul ramalan saya itu. Di Restauran Maidin di Bangsar Utama tangan saya telah dijabat dengan ucapan terima kasih oleh para pelayan restauran seolah-olah sayalah Tok Hakim yang telah membebaskan Anwar. Tiba-tiba tanpa diminta seorang pelayan telah membawa minum kegemaran saya. Dari sini dapat saya rasakan bahawa gerakan reformasi adalah gerakan popular dan garis perjuangan rakyat masih tepat.

Saya memerhatikan kereta-kereta yang melintasi Bangsar Utama. Sebenarnya amat senang untuk mengenali kereta penyokong reformasi. Mereka tidak pernah berselindung - ada pelekat gambar Anwar, ada pelekat anti ISA, ada logo Parti Keadilan Rakyat, ada logo boikot Utusan Melayu, ada pelekat Press Freedom, ada pelekat malaysiakini, ada tanda bulan - semua ini adalah tanda-tanda kaum kerabat saudara mara dan anak pinak reformasi. Kecuali pelekat wajah Nurul Izzah telah menurun sahamnya dikalangan Mat Rempit. Ini mungkin kerana Puteri Reformasi telah berumah tangga.

Memang banyak kereta para reformis bergerak menuju ke arah Bukit Damansara. Untuk memastikan kesahehan ramalan tulisan saya itu, pada jam lapan malam saya telah pergi berkereta ke Bukit Damansara. Memang betul apa yang saya ramalkan, kereta telah mula bertimbun tambah berbaris-baris mengelilingi perkarangan rumah Anwar.

Di sekitar masjid dan pekan Damansara kereta-kereta telah bersusun. Polis trafik pula telah mula mengarahkan lalu lintas yang semakin sesak.

Seperti yang telah pernah saya ramalkan, Pak Cik penjual burger telah membawa kereta dan membuka perniagaannya betul-butul dipersimpangan Jalan Setia Murni - jalan rumah Anwar. Beberapa buah warong berkereta telah mula dikerumuni pelanggan. Saya juga ternampak tiga orang anak muda Tionghua sedang menjual akhbar Cina keluaran petang.

Orang berjalan kaki bertali arus ke perkarangan rumah Anwar. Ha! Ha! Ha! 1998 sedang berulang sekali lagi.

Saya tidak singgah di Bukit Damansara kerana kami para 'ritualis hari Rabu' dari MCKK telah membuat janji untuk bertemu di pusat kota. Walau pun kami jauh tetapi kami terus diberitahu tentang apa yang sedang berlaku di Bukit Damansara. Terima kasih kepada teknoloji talipon bimbit.

Media membodek?

Di pusat kota saya secara tidak sengaja terjumpa akhbar Star cetakan khas yang melaporkan berita pembebasan Anwar yang diedarkan secara percuma.

Saya juga telah diberitahu bahawa Nanyang Siang Pau juga telah membuat lebih awal cetakan yang sama. Wow! Jeritan ini bukan kerana saya terperanjat. Saya tidak pernah terperanjat apabila membaca tajuk akhbar. Saya menjerit wow kerana saya 'gembira' melihat telatah dan perangai para contracts junkies, para bakal kroni dan para pombodek telah mula hidup semula.

Sebelum ini saya telah diberitahu bahawa beberapa orang tokan, para cukong, para peniaga atas angin dan para commission agents telah mula berligar-ligar mencari tempat yang stratejik untuk meletakkan diri sambil meletakkan kereta atau meletakkan kereta untuk sambil meletakkan diri di Bukit Damansara.

Terlonjaknya bursa saham Kuala Lumpur pada hari Anwar dibebaskan ini pasti mendebarkan hati para cukong yang kerja mereka hanyalah mencari untung dan menimba kekayaan.

Cuba fikirkan selama enam tahun tidak ada pun satu surat khabar, baik akhbar Melayu mahu pun akhbar Cina yang telah melapor secara jujur terhadap apa yang berlaku keatas Anwar Ibrahim. Dan apa pula kata-kata hikmat mereka terhadap gerakan reformasi - semua akhbar menuduh gerakan reformasi sebagai pencetus hura hara.

Tup tup bila Anwar Ibrahim keluar dari penjara ada pula yang membuat akhbar edisi khas konon. Ada gambar Kak Wan dan Abang War sedang tersenyum ranggi terpampang lebih besar dari gambar Mahafiraun. Akhbar ini pula bukan untuk dijual tetapi untuk diberi percuma. Kalau ini bukan langkah membodek namanya mungkin inilah yang wajib kita nobatkan sebagai khidmat para cukong untuk nusa dan bangsa.

Pastilah kita dapat melihat ada kondom MCA disebelah bantal orang Melayu.

Untuk mendapat lebih kepastian, walau pun telah tengah malam, saya telah sekali lagi berkereta menuju ke Bukit Damansara. Saya nampak pelbagai jenis kereta masih banyak tersusun. Orang ramai masih bertali arus - ada yang pulang dan ada yang datang. Kerana saya telah sampai lewat tengah malam maka para penceloteh retorik politik telah berundur mencari air assam jawa kerana suara mereka telah serak.

Saya tidak ternampak susuk Anwar mungkin dia telah berundur rehat. Saya datang kerana ingin melihat dan membaca ambiance politik. Saya amat senang hati bila bersalaman dengan kawan-kawan para reformis yang menganggap pembebasan Anwar ini sebagai satu kejayaan reformasi.

Para reformis kelihatan berkeliaran bebas di sekitar perkarangan rumah Anwar. Pada hemat saya ini satu pertanda yang baik. Atau saya salah baca, mungkin ini hanya berlaku pada hari permulaan sebelum para bakal calon, pengimpit dan penginding tempat politik mengembangkan sayap dan mengenepikan para reformis yang dianggap tidak berkualiti untuk menjadi YB. Mungkin.

Jumpa boss

Saya juga diberitahu tentang kemunculan beberapa ekor politikus bilik mesyuarat. Politikus jenis ini pada satu ketika dahulu amat suka 'menembak' rancangan para reformis yang ingin turun ke jalan raya. Politikus jenis ini telah mula berkeliaran menunjukkan ekor mereka di Bukit Damansara.

Ada beberapa ekor politikus bilik mesyuarat ini yang telah mula berani mengeluarkan celoteh retorik secara terbuka sambil melaung-laungkan slogan reformasi agar didengar oleh Abang War dan Kak Wan.

Alahai, saya ini agak sinikal, seharusnya saya wajib merasa gembira kerana politikus jenis ini telah mula tidak takut kepada ribuan susuk rakyat yang akan merempuh tembuk autokrasi. (Betul ke harapan saya ini.)

Sebelum saya meninggalkan Bukit Damansara saya juga diberitahu tentang kehadiran beberapa watak bekas Umno-bekas Keadilan-kini ahli Umno yang ingin jumpa 'Boss Kita'. Mungkin kerana pesanan talipon bimbit mereka tidak dilayan maka tukang lawak ini telah menebalkan muka untuk hadir ke Bukit Damansara. Atau apa yang dilakukan oleh tukang lawak ini adalah strateji memasang lukah disetiap kangkang.

Tetapi penampilan yang sure heboh sekali dari Bukit Damansara pada malam Khamis ini masih datangnya dari seorang murid tua MCKK. Si Mamat ini adalah seorang bekas menteri kabinet. Tetapi si Mamat ini tidak berani meletakkan jawatan untuk menyokong Anwar. Dia terlalu cintakan kabinetnya sehingga sampai satu ketika dia mula dipinggirkan dalam Umno.

Lalu si Mamat ini mengancam untuk keluar dari Umno. Mengacah-acah untuk menyebarkan berita rasuah. Tetapi ini hanyalah hangat-hangat kencing kuda.

Si Mamat murid tua dari MCKK ini pasti tidak berani menyertai ritual mesyuarat kabinet hari Rabu kami di Hospital Kuala Lumpur. Bila ditanya kenapa sekarang baru berani muncul di Bukit Damansara. Kenapa setelah tidak mendapat kerusi YB baru hendak menunjukkan muka.

Si Mamat ini menjawab, “ sentiasa sokong Anwar, I sayang dia dari jauh.”

Pooorah.


HISHAMUDDIN RAIS adalah seorang manusia baru dengan roh yang bebas. Beliau merupakan pendukung dan pengembang asal mazhab NGI (non-governmental individual). Dipengaruhi oleh fahaman Marxis jenis Groucho, Isham adalah lulusan daripada sekolah pemulihan pemikiran politik seperti Melbourne Tellamarine Center, Bombay Arthur Road, Ayer Molek dan Dang Wangi. Kolumnya di malaysiakini - DOTMAI - terberhenti sejak April 2001 selepas penahanannya di bawah Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri. Isham dibebaskan Jun lalu selepas dua tahun di Kem Tahanan Kemunting. Kini Isham muncul semula dengan kolum DOTMAI KEMBALI di mana beliau akan menulis mengenai isu-isu politik semasa, filem, seksualiti hingga kepada isu estetika kebosanan hidup.

Court frees Anwar!

Sep 2, 04 9:01am

In a 2-1 decision, the country’s highest court today set former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim free after quashing his sodomy conviction. Also freed was his adopted brother Sukma Darmawan Sasmitaat Madja who had been convicted of the same offence.

A three-man Federal Court bench - consisting of Abdul Hamid Mohamad, Rahmah Hussein and Tengku Baharudin Shah Tengku Mahmud - delivered the stunning decision at Putrajaya’s spanking new Palace of Justice.

Justice Abdul Hamid said that the High Court had misdirected itself in convicting and sentencing Anwar. He also said that the evidence of the prosecution's main witness Azizan Abu Bakar was uncorroborated.

“We’re not saying Azizan is an outright liar but he certainly is not the kind of witness the lower court said him to be,” said Abdul Hamid.

“He cannot be credible as he had given three different dates involving three different years (on when the alleged act of sodomy took place).

He added that Azizan was an accomplice to the alleged act because there was no evidence of protest.

Tengku Baharudin was also in favour of Anwar, while Rahmah dissented.


Anwar, upon hearing the judgment, gave his family and reporters a tired smile.

Later, he thanked Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for not interfering in the judiciary, unlike his predecessor Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Anwar also brushed aside rumours of a secret deal with Abdullah which resulted in today’s decision.

Meanwhile, outside the court, Anwar’s supporters were seen hugging and shouting in jubilation.
They had been waiting outside the court building since early this morning, and reacted with joy and jubilation. A small number of police personnel kept a watchful eye on the crowd.

The 57-year-old ex-politician had arrived at 8.45am and was taken into the courtroom in a wheelchair. He came in an ambulance from Hospital Kuala Lumpur where he had been warded since July 12 due to a chronic back ailment which had worsen in recent weeks.

Fly to Munich

He is expected to fly to Munich, Germany later in the week for an urgent operation to treat a long standing spinal disc injury, which he said was aggravated by a police beating after his arrest in 1998.

Anwar’s appeal on both conviction and sentencing was made on the grounds that the conduct of the High Court trial four years ago was deeply flawed.

The High Court on Aug 8, 2000 had found Anwar and Sukma guilty of sodomising Anwar’s former family driver Azizan.

Their application to the Court of Appeal was rejected on April 18 last year.

Anwar has already completed more than one year of his nine-year jail sentence for sodomy, as well as an earlier six-year sentence for corruption.

Meanwhile, Sukma who had been serving his six-year sentence since last year, will be released from Kajang prison.

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Time Travel

Bismillah wa alhamdu lillah wa assolaatu wassalamu 'ala rasulillah

Believe it or not, each and every one of us could do some time travelling to a certain extent. Now, hold on tight to your seats. Is everyone ready for a ride?

Before we start, let's have a quick glance of time and space. Us humans as we all know live in a three dimensional and four dimensional

Hikmah Kembara



By Mirwana G4

The Sins of Double Standards
8/30/2004 - Political Social - Article Ref: IC0408-2434
By: S. A. Abidi
IslamiCity* -

Wars indeed bring out the best and the worst in the combatants and then some surprises. A nation may win on one ground but lose on another that was not even the issue of war. The armies of Germany and Japan were obviously vanquished, but the nations emerged as economic powers doing better than some of the victors. The current conflict may be seen as clash of civilizations, an attempt to grab the Iraqi oil fields or overpowering an enemy of Israel, but the end results are altogether different. They have exposed the superpower's feet of clay, bringing shame of guilt of deceit and fraud to its leadership. They were caught in the act red handed doing exactly what the claimed they stand against.

To speak the truth is a divine virtue, but in the last analysis it is also the practical wisdom that is often forgotten in the hurry of pursuing greed. A lie may pay off in the short term, but takes its toll in the long run, ---- as the policies of Tony Blair and George Bush are proving to their utter mortification. Truth was also known to be the first casualty in war, but now it can survive, ---- as it did not when the world soon found out the lie of the Weapons of Mass Destruction. You can fool some people for sometime but not all of them all the time, ---- as the BJP learnt to their grief in the last Indian elections.

The enlightened segment of humanity has always known the truism about truth, but we owe its renewed revelation to the event of the information explosion, as though information had broken out from the state controls. Thanks are due to the growing technology of information that defies borders and defeats tricks like the 'embedded reporters', and make reporters vie with each other for being the first one to bring the true story to the world.

In the gloomy outlook of the present day world, information is spreading like light in the darkness. Science and technology, which armed the oppressor to wreak havoc on humanity, may have taken a full circle and returned to the basics of morality to ameliorate its sufferings through information.

When the American founding fathers wrote in the Declaration of Independence (1776) - " We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable RightsÉ..", they had in their minds their own rights that were usurped by the British oppressors. Little did they know that the Americans, after they were fed on these noble sentiments for 228 years, would include the Iraqi prisoners at Abu Gharaib in the same category of 'men created equal' too! The graphic information of the indignities perpetrated by their government on other human beings, provided by the information media, shocked the Americans beyond belief and put them to shame. Hats off to the God fearing British girl who was developing and printing pictures in a photographer's shop and could not stand the horror of sadistic torture she saw in them. She found it fit to betray the confidence of the customer and report the crime to the Police. Credit also goes to the Police who did not hush up the matter and swallowed their national pride by bringing the guilty British soldiers to trial.

Does it mean that the days of the rulers, who professed one thing and practiced another, are coming to an end? Maybe it is the first ray of hope. Double standards (munafiqat) is the greatest curse that has been the bane of humanity on earth. Much more grievous in - justices are inflicted covertly on the poor and the hungry of the world, that never see the light of the day. The media with commercial interests is averse of showing the unsightly images of famine stricken cadaverous children on TV for fear of disturbing the appetite of their viewers having dinner and losing their patronage.

Guiltier than the developed countries, who oppress the third world covertly are the rulers of the poor countries who allow it and indulge in overt oppression of their own county men. While shedding crocodile tears on the plight of their subjects and electorate, they live in lavish styles and transfer millions to foreign banks in secret accounts.

Whereas the information age brings hope to the suffering humanity, it delivers warning to the autocrats, potentates, oligarchs and also the leaders who wear the halo of democracy around their heads. It tells them to beware of practicing double standards, be it in the matters of their own nations or the affairs of the world. Information age knows no borders and is already a global phenomenon and it will see through their deeds and misdeed just the same.

It may be to soon to celebrate the power of information, but we can help by acquiring it, demanding it and spreading it as much as we can.

Wherever information flows freely, there will be light, and wherever there is light there will be hope.

The author is an independent commentator based in Karachi, Pakistan

Understanding Patterns of Life
Memahami Pola Kehidupan

Dengan nama Allah, Tuhan semesta alam, selawat dan salam atas nabi junjungan

Periodicity, patterns and series are in reality essential in ones perspective of the world and is linked intrinsically on how someone views life.

When someone is able to identify the periodicity and pattern of a certain series or sets then clarity would emerge, calmness would seep in and anxiety would be wiped out.

Take for example the set of alphabets; a-n-g-k-u-h .

For an american, the phrase above is only a set of jumbled words that makes no sense and has no meaning whatsoever. On the other hand, if this set of alphabets is being given to a Malaysian, then in several milliseconds straight away he understands what it represents and a light bulb would appear above his head. This is due to the understanding of what the alphabets in a collective level means. It is true that lack of knowledge is sometimes hurtful.

Lets take another example; someone's desk.

Sometimes we often see that there are so many things on top of someones desk that we ourselves would call it a mess. But hold on a minute. You may call it a mess, because you don't understand the structure and pattern of the things on the table. Amazingly, for the desk owner, his desk is perfectly in order because he understands and has the knowledge of where everything's place is.

For the non-desk owner, if the desk owner himself asks him to grab the punch holder from the desk, he would frantically start to rummage the things on the desk, open up drawers, turn them upside down just to search for the punch holder. Upset and defeated he couldn't find it. Then comes the desk owner, calmly opens up a specific drawer and out comes the punch holder.

These are things that happen in our daily life level. Now, if we want to look at it more theoretically, a set of numbers say: 27 - 53 - 279 - 28 - 55 - 289 .. it doesn't make any sense! What do these numbers represent? These are nonsensical numbers.

But then someone comes and whispers to you ..
53 = (27 + 1) x 2 + 3
279 = (53 + 4) x 5 + 6
55 = (28 + 1) x 2 + 3
289 = (55 + 4) x 5 + 6
... you would say "Ahhhhh .. i see."

So you see. What do you see?

If you enhance your understanding, you would start to comprehend that :

1. the numbers are not dependant on itself, but are also dependant on its past values.
2. Not only that, observing it deeper would result in an enlightenment that values in this particular set of numbers is also dependent on other set of numbers which in this case is 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 and also the set of operations +, x, -, +, x, - and so forth.

So finally, what do we quench out of this theory? By the way, this is a powerful theory.

The quench is :

"Bear in mind that life is also a cycle. Bak kata orang roda kehidupan. Life too has its own patterns, including my life and yours. Therefore, when some bad glitches appear in some period of your life just remember that it didn't happen out of nowhere. It may be due to:

1. your past actions
2. dependant on how you relate and treat others

And once you could identify and understand the pattern, its a beauty .. since patterns are always beautiful and understanding is an awe.

The second take home message is that if you remember that this is not a desk owner who designs the pattern, but its the owner of time and the owner of every-thing and every-one who calls the shot. So be calm, because He knows what He is doing."

Allahu ta'ala a'lam.

Smiling is Contagious

Bismillah wa alhamdu lillah wa assolaatu wa assalaamu 'ala rasulillah

We have often heard that a smile is contagious, but have you ever noticed that being rude also has it's own 'infection'.

Imagine you're starting your new day, a new semester, full of enthusiasm and spirit, and in that same morning a person you encounter acts unbelievingly rude towards you. How would you feel?

Some people would just shrug it off and continue that day with a full bright day. Unfortunately, most people gets turned off by it and in effect transforms their mood into a dull and ugly one. Then they react rudely towards another person, who then reacts rudely towards another person .. and yeah, you get the idea .. the cycle keeps going on and on and on .. until one nice person breaks it off.

So, take this as a personal message for yourself. You don't have to make the day worse for anyone. A little bit of smile wouldn't hurt. ^_^

p/s:
[ Teka teki ] :: Apa benda yang tikus suka makan tu, yang warna kuning yang ada lubang lubang tu?
[ Answer ] :: Cheeeeeeeesssseee !!! ^_^

Bismillah wa alhamdu lillah, thumma alhamdu lillah, thumma alhamdu lillah ..

Alhamdu lillah, baru balik dari California. Will update and post some awesome pictures masa dekat sana when everything is settled down insha Allah.

Obsession of the Heart 1 

Excerpted From al-‘Ubûdiyyah
by Shaikh ul-Islâm Ibn Taymiyyah

By way of introduction it should be pointed out, both to muslims and non-muslims alike, that this treatise was originally written in Arabic to an audience consisting predominantly of men. Furthermore, it was presented to a culture which did not analyse human behaviour on the basis of “sexism", or "feminism", but to an environment which was free of these modern day innovations. This is, perhaps, why the discussion is referred primarily to men. It should be pointed out that whenever the shaikh (scholar) refers to "men" that the discussion can be extended to incorporate a similar, if not the same, observation for women. Although during his life the great shaikh was taught by at least eleven female scholars of religion and would often refer specifically to women in many of his essays, perhaps, on the occasion of this dissertation, he was mainly involved in the sphere of men. Nevertheless, when one is involved in understanding Islam one should never allow anything to enter into discussion which does not have a basis within the Qur’ân and the Sunnah (authentic narrations).

Shaikh-ul-Islâm Ibn Taymiyyah says:

When a man’s heart becomes attached to a woman, even though she is lawful for him, his heart will be her captive. She controls him and manipulates him as she wills. In appearance he is her lord because he is her husband or her possessor.

However, in reality, he is her captive and is possessed by her especially when she knows his need and his passion for her. Then she will control him in the same way in which a conquering, aggressive master controls an overpowered slave who cannot escape from his master.

Even worse than this is the captivity of the heart; this is more severe than the captivity of the body, and enslavement of the heart is much more severe than the enslavement of the body. Verily, whoever’s body is subdued, enslaved and captivated will not care so long as his heart is reassured and is serene. In this way, it is possible for him to escape.

In the other case though, when the heart, which dominates the body; is subdued, enslaved and enthralled by love for other than Allâh, then, this is indeed mere humiliation and captivity. It is the humiliating Ubûdiyyah (enslavement) that has subdued the heart.

The Ubûdiyyah of the heart and its captivity form the basis on which good reward or bad punishment will be incurred. If a Muslim is captivated by a kâfir or is enslaved by a profligate and given no rights, it will not harm him so long as he can fulfil his duties to Allâh Azzawajall. Whoever is lawfully subdued and fulfils the rights of Allâh Azzawajall and the rights of his master will be rewarded twice.

Even if he is forced to pronounce Kufr (disbelief), pronouncing it with his tongue but keeping Îmân (conviction, faith) in his heart, the utterance will not harm him. But the one whose heart is subdued and becomes an ‘abd (slave) for other than Allâh will be harmed by that even if he is a king.

Freedom is the freedom of the heart and al-Ubûdiyyah (enslavement) is the Ubûdiyyah of the heart. Similarly, well-being is the well-being of the soul. The Messenger of Allâh (sallallahu-alaihi-wasallam) said: “Well being is not how much wealth you have; but it is the well-being of the soul.”

This, by Allâh, is the case when a lawful image has enslaved one’s heart. But whoever’s heart is enslaved by an unlawful image will earn a torment more severe than any known torment.

These people who are obsessed by images are of the most severely punished and the least rewarded. For if one is obsessed by an image and his heart remains attached to it and subdued by it, he will be surrounded by so many kinds of evils and corruption that they cannot be counted but by the Lord of al-Ibâd (the servants) even if he were safe from committing the greatest Fâhishah (obscenity i.e. az-Zina - fornication).

Continuous attachment of the heart[1] without committing al-Fâhisha is more harmful for him than it is for the person who commits a sin and repents of it. Since, after true repentance the attachment and affection vanishes from his heart.[2] These people are likened to drunk people or the insane. It has been said:

“They said you were driven insane by that which you have a passion for. I replied to them that passion causes more harm than insanity”

As for this passion, the one who is obsessed by it will never awake until the end of time. However, the insane only exhibit their madness during certain periods.

Of the greatest causes of this affliction is the heart’s turning away from Allâh for when the heart senses the taste of worshipping Allâh and sincerity towards Him, nothing will be more tasty to it than that; and nothing will be more delightful and enjoyable than that.

A human being will not leave a lover except to replace him with another lover more beloved to him than the former, or he can leave a lover fearing some harm. Verily, the heart will turn from a corrupt love to a righteous love, or from fear of imparting harm.

Allâh Ta‘âla said concerning Yûsuf: “Thus (did We order) that We might turn away from him evil and al-Fahshâh (illegal sexual intercourse)”[3]

Thus, Allâh turns away from His ‘abd (servant) that which could be evil for him from the inclination towards images and the attachment to them. He also turns al-Fahshâh (the blatant sin) away from him when he is sincere to Allâh.

Hence, before he tastes the sweetness of al-Ubûdiyyah (Enslavement) to Allâh and sincerity for Him, he will be forced by his soul to follow it’s own passion. But once he obtains the taste of sincerity and becomes strong in his heart, then h is passion will submit to Him (Allâh) without any effort. Allâh Ta‘âla said: “Verily, As-Salât (the prayer) prevents the committing of Al-Fahshâh (the obscene, blatant sin) and al-Munkar (the evil) and the Remembrance of Allâh is the greatest.”[4]

Indeed, in As-Salât (the prayer) there is repulsion of harmful things, i.e. Al-Fahshâh (the obscene blatant sin) and Al-Munkar (the evil conduct) and there is attainment of a beloved thing, the remembrance of Allâh. The attainment of this beloved thing is greater than the repulsion of the harmful things.

Verily, the remembrance of Allâh is, by itself, a worship of Allâh; and the heart’s worship of Allâh is sought for itself, whereas the repulsion of evil from the heart is sought for other than itself. Instead, it is needed for something else. The heart has been created loving the truth, seeking it and striving for it; but w hen the will of evil confronts it, then the heart demands the repulsion of the evil will because the latter spoils the heart as a plantation is spoiled with weeds. That is why Allâh Ta‘âla said: “Indeed he succeeds who sanctifies it (his own soul) and indeed he fails who corrupts it (his own soul).”[5]

And He, Azzawajall, said: “Indeed he shall achieve success who sanctifies himself and brings to mind the name of Allâh and performs salât (prayer).”[6]

And He, Azzawajall, said: “Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and to protect their private parts from sin. That is more sanctifying for them…”[7]

And He, Azzawajall, said:“And had it not been for the grace of Allâh and His mercy upon you, not one of you would ever have been sanctified.”[8]

Thus Allâh Ta‘âla made the lowering of the gaze and the protection of the sexual organs from Az-Zina (fornication) as the strongest sanctification of the soul.

He also showed that avoiding blatant sins is a part of the sanctification of the soul. The sanctification of the soul comprises keeping away from all evils including blatant sins, injustice, shirk (associating partners with Allâh Azzawajall) and lying.

The same is true for one who is seeking leadership and dominion on earth. His heart is a slave to those who help him with his aim although he, in appearance, is their leader and the obeyed one among them. In reality he has hope in them and fears them.

He would offer them wealth and countries, and would overlook what they have wrongly committed so that they would obey and help him with his aims. In appearance he is an obeyed leader while in fact he is their obedient slave.

The fact of the matter is that both of them manifest worship for each other and both of them have gone away from the actual worship of Allâh. Moreover, if their mutual help is for an unjust dominion on earth, then they are on the level of those who mutually help each other to commit al-Fâhishah (the blatant sins) or to cut off the way. Hence, each one of them, who originally was a slave and obsessed by his passion, becomes subdued by the other.

The same is the case of the one who strives for wealth; this wealth can obsess and subdue him. However, wealth is of two types: one type is that for which al-‘Abd (the servant) has a need, such as food, drink, shelter and marital life. This type should be asked for from Allah and should be sought for His pleasure.

Thus, this wealth, which a person uses for his needs, is of the same level as his donkey which he rides, or his mat, on which he sits. Furthermore, it should be regarded on the same level as a water closet in which he satisfies his need without becoming subdued or dismayed by it. Allâh Ta‘âla said: “Irritable (discontented) when evil touches him and niggardly when good touches him.”[9]

The other type of wealth is that which al-‘Abd (the servant) does not need for his necessities. He should not attach his heart to this type of wealth. For if he does attach his heart to it, he becomes subdued by it. Furthermore, he might begin relying upon other than Allâh. Then, nothing of the actual worship which is due to Allâh nor of the true reliance upon Allâh will remain with him. Instead, he will be pursuing a branch of worship of other than Allah and a branch of reliance upon other than Allâh. This person is the most deserving of the saying of the Messenger of Allâh (sallallâhu-alaihi-wasallam): “May the worshipper of ad-Dirham be wretched. May the worshipper of ad-Dinâr be wretched. May the worshipper of velvet cloth be wretched. May the worshipper of silk cloth be wretched.”[10]

This person is indeed a slave of these objects. For if he asks Allâh for these objects and if Allâh grants him what he has requested, then he is please d. But if Allâh denies him what he has asked for, he is upset. However, the true ‘abd (servant) of Allâh is the one who is pleased with what Allâh and his Messenger love and hates what is hated by Allâh and his Messenger and will make allegiance with the Awliyâ Allâh (those near to Allâh) and take for enemies the enemies of Allâh.

This is the person who has completed his Imân (faith, conviction) as narrated in the hadîth: “Whoever loves for Allâh, hates for Allâh, and gives for Allâh and denies for Allâh has indeed completed Imân.”[11] and he said: “The most strong of al-Imân’s (Faith’s) ties is loving for the sake of Allâh and hating for the sake of Allâh.”[12]


Notes:
[1]That is when the person is not mindful of Allâh and not even striving to remove it (the image) from his own soul so that his Ubûdiyyah becomes purely sincerely for his Lord. Thus in this case it cannot be considered an absolute evil and, hence, it cannot be more harmful than that which was mentioned about the other case. (Al-Albânî).
[2]That is because the continuous attachment of the heart to the image, according to the above detail, must force the person to disobey the Sharî‘ah even in an aspect which is not directly related to the greatest Fâhisha (blatant sin) such as neglecting some of his own personal obligations or those of whom he supports. (Al-Albânî).
[3]Sûrah Yûsuf 12:24
[4]Sûrah Ankabut 29:45
[5]Sûrah Shams 91:10
[6]Sûrah Alâ 87:14-15
[7]Sûrah Nûr 24:30
[8]Sûrah Nûr 24:21
[9]Sûrah Ma’ârij 70:20-21
[10]Reported by [Bukhârî & Ibn Mâjah] from Abû Hurairah.
[11]Reported by [Abû Dâwûd] and it has good isnâd (chain of narration).
[12]Reported by [Ahmad & at-Tabarânî] and it is Hasan.


http://www.angelfire.com/al/islamicpsychology/general/obsession1.html

Whilst I Was Waiting

Huh .. waiting again .. well last week, since Kara was so serious about late attendance, I found myself arriving at Guilford House about half an hour early.

The sun was so bright and it was such a beautiful day. Taking a nap was all I could think about at that time. Unfortunately, that couldn't be possible since I still had 3 pages of grammar assignment to be dealt with.

Enjoying the sweet calmness that enveloped, I looked outside through the window and gazed at a tree. It was unique. It seemed just like any ordinary tree yet there was a difference that made it special.

My heart whispered, "Let's draw it .." and my hand gripped a pencil and started its motion.

Fifteen minutes passed, yet despite my scrupulous effort, the sketch didn't even looked like a tree.

Then i thought, "SubhanAllah, I can't even draw the tree.. but He creates it. "

SubhanAllah.

-I am writing this mostly for myself

by: Alha (with slight modifications)

Mengapa sesetengah ulama' tidak berkahwin
Exemplars From The Scholars 3

( .. a continuation of the series :
Exemplars of the Scholars 1 : Mengapa Sesetengah Ulama' Tidak Berkahwin dan
Exemplars of the Scholars 2 : Mengapa Sesetengah Ulama' Tidak Berkahwin )
 
Perhatian dan penerangan [hasil dari soalan para pembaca] : Contrary to pupular belief ^.^ - the objective of this writing is NOT to encourage people to tread the path of andartu or bujang lapuk, rather it is the opposite. The main purpose is so that the readers would sow the seed of love towards 'ilm and to rekindle that flame of love towards it, in a time where our ears our being made deaf with slogans of love between the opposite sex hence we get intoxicated by it.

Bismillah wa alhamdu lillah allazi laa ilaaha siwaah wa as-solaatu wa as-salaamu 'ala rasulillah
 
Imam Abu Ja'far Ibn Jarir At-Tabari rA

Mana mungkin sesiapa di kalangan kita yang tidak pernah mendengar nama Imam Al-Tabari? Ulama' yang tersohor ini dilahirkan di dalam sebuah keluarga yang amat mendalam cinta mereka terhadap ilmu.

Bilamana kita meniti kembali liku liku sejarah seperti memori kisah hidup Imam At-Tabari ini, antara perkara yang perlu sentiasa diingati adalah pada zaman tersebut belum wujud teknologi mesin cetak.

'Cetakan' buku

Yang wujud hanya lah kertas dan pena (by the way, orang orang Islam lah yang telah memperkenalkan kertas kepada masyarakat Eropah). Kesan dari ketiadaan teknologi mesin cetak ini maka semua 'buku' perlulah disalin secara tangan.

Satu persatu abjad, perkataan demi perkataan perlu disalin semula dengan penuh ketelitian dan kepayahan. Jika anda seorang pelajar, anda tentu masih ingat bagaimana terkadang tangan kita menjadi lenguh yang teramat bilamana menyalin nota guru/pensyarah sewaktu kelas/kuliah. Maka bergandalah keperitannya apabila yang disalin itu bukan nota untuk kuliah selama satu jam, tetapi bayangkan jika yang terpaksa disalin itu adalah buku teks bagi setiap subjek yang kita daftar bagi setiap semester! Ini lah realiti yang timbul sewaktu zaman ulama' terdahulu seperti Imam At-Tabari.

Justeru, terdapat individu yang kerjaya mereka khas bagi menyalin 'buku' apabila timbulnya permintaan. Maka tidak hairanlah jika buku pada waktu tersebut mempunyai harga yang agak tinggi dan dalam masa yang sama bukanlah sesuatu yang begitu mudah diperolehi.

Jika anda benar benar menghayati fikiran ini, iya, jangkaan anda benar. Maka apabila kita bicarakan bahawa kerajaan Baghdad dahulu memulakan idea perpustakaan umum yang pertama di dunia dengan ribuan buku di dalamnya, dan dalam masa yang sama wujud begitu banyak perpustakaan peribadi yang juga mempunyai beribu ribu buku, kita sedang bicarakan buku buku yang ditulis tangan setiap persatu! Dalam era yang sama di Eropah, satu satu gereja itu sudah dikira beruntung jika mempunyai lebih dari 10 buah buku di dalamnya. SubhanAllah.

Kehidupan Sewaktu Kanak-Kanak

Kembali kita pada liku memori Imam Al-Tabari rA. Di dalam buku seerah menceritakan bahawa ayah beliau amat menitik beratkan tarbiyyah dan ilmu. Sejak usia Imam At-Tabari rA mencecah 3 tahun, ayah beliau sudah mula menyalin buku buku untuk pembacaan Imam Al-Tabari rA pada masa mendatang. Tiga tahun! Suatu pengajaran bagi tarbiyyah dalam keluarga du'at kita.

Selain itu, Imam At-tabari rA telah menghafal seluruh al-Qur'an sewaktu usianya lima setengah tahun. Lihat dan renungkan peranan ibu bapa nya dalam hal ini. Tentunya kejayaan ini tidak akan dicapai tanpa keterlibatan yang besar dan keprihatinan yang langsung dari mereka.

Beliau mendapat ijazah hadith semasa umurnya 9 tahun. (Di manakah kita sewaktu kita berusia 9 tahun?)

Kembaranya dalam menuntut ilmu

Imam At-Tabari mula kembara dalam mendalami ilmu agama semasa usianya 12 tahun. Telah dicatatkan bahawa beliau telah melawat dan belajar di 120 bandar besar. Dan kesemua bandar besar ini dilawati beliau secara berjalan!

Beliau juga dikenali sebagai Al-'Ilm Al-Mufrad, yang lebih kurang maksudnya .. a vast ocean of knowledge embodied in a single person.

Penulisan

Antara dua penulisan beliau yang dikenali ramai adalah Taareekh At-Tabari dan Tafseer At-Tabari. Buku Tareekh At-tabari ini setebal lebih kurang 30,000 muka surat dan dibukukan dalam 24 jilid! Buku ini diajar oleh beliau dalam tempoh 7 tahun.

Menjadi kebiasaan bagi beliau untuk menulis sejam sebelum waktu sahur setiap hari. Antara bukti keberkataan Allah dalam insan ini adalah terlalu banyaknya jumlah penulisan beliau selama sejam itu. Sehinggakan penyalin buku (read: pencetak buku)terpaksa mengambil masa 8-10 jam bagi menyalinnya semula.

Jumlah Tafseer At-Tabari pula lebih kurang 30,000 muka surat juga. Dan beliau mengambil masa 9 tahun bagi tamat mengajarkan kitab ini kepada muridnya.

Dapat disimpulkan bahawa hakikatnya, seluruh kehidupan beliau telah dicurahkan dan di'devote'kan untuk pencarian, pengkajian dan pengembangan ilmu. Sebagaimana ulama' ulama' yang lain siri ini, disebabkan fokus mereka yang jitu terhadap sfera ilmu, beliau tidak berkahwin. Beliau akhirnya pergi menghadap Allah swt dalam umurnya 86 tahun.

Jika dihitung, hasil jumlah penulisan beliau dengan nisbah umur beliau, maka dia perlu menulis 40 muka surat setiap hari sejak usianya satu tahun. Perlu diingat bahawa ini bukanlah penulisan santai, penulisan artikel, penulisan cerpen mahupun penulisan blog, ini adalah penulisan mengenai tafseer, seerah, fatwa, hukum hakam dan sebagainya yang memerlukan pengkajian dan penelitian sepenuhnya.

Nahsabuhu kazalik, wa la nuzakki 'ala Allahi ahada. 

(bersambung .. )

When the Darkness Seems So Strong

.. cause when the darkness seems so strong
and I couldn't go on
to the sky I raise my hands
making right what was so wrong
I found the strength to carry on
up to heaven where I belong ..

Vividly beautiful, and so true are the words. From Zain Bikha's song - "Where I Belong".