My Sincere Invitation To You

Idris Tawfiq

Forewords 

This is an invitation to a whole new perception of life, death and delight. You don't have to agree with what I have been write and share, and I don't even begging for any tiny benefit from you. I have no intention in humiliate what your religion behold, and also not interested to debate with you in excessive language and unacceptable statement.

All I ask is please spend your few minutes in reading my article, the rest is up to you.

Say NO To Chinese New Year ?

Alhamdulilah since I have been jumped into the blogger field, I met a lot of new friends who are struggling towards Allah SWT. There was a question asked from my facebook's friend about celebration of Chinese New Year.

"Celebrating Chinese New Year is not allowed for Muallaf if the meaning behind that is contrary to the teaching of Islam( that is to cast away the "Nian" monster),is this true? What if we're trying to convey a message of our cultural background as an intention?"

The most ridiculous thing is there are message forwarding widely about don't ever greet someone with "Happy Chinese New Year", it's syirik. So I decided to write this small article on behalf of chinese muslim. It's not a question about "Yes" or "No", but "Why" and "How".

When Religion Being Exclusive

Preface 

I love blogging due to its two way interactions. Which mean I can interact directly with readers without any middleman. There was few comments really makes me think seriously about religion and life, and I would like to quote Mea comment from my post "Ana Masuk Majalah ?" as this article preface.

Fiqah Muallaf

"Ada tak buku yang senang difahami tentang Islam?"

Semenjak email saya dipaparkan dalam blog : lifemualaf@gmail.com  , saya telahpun menerima berbagai jenis email yang meminta tolong atas mendekati Islam. Antara soalan yang sering ditanya-tanya ialah ada tak buku yang senang difahami oleh pembaca mengenai Islam.

Criticism Rules And Influencing

The Meaning of Criticism In Dictionary
crit·i·cism

noun

1.the act of passing judgment as to the merits of anything.
2.the act of passing severe judgment; censure; faultfinding.
3.the act or art of analyzing and evaluating or judging the quality of a literary or artistic work, musical performance, art exhibit, dramatic production, etc.
4.a critical comment, article, or essay; critique.
5.any of various methods of studying texts or documents for the purpose of dating or reconstructing them, evaluating their authenticity, analyzing their content or style, etc.: historical criticism; literary criticism.
6.investigation of the text, origin, etc., of literary documents, especially Biblical ones: textual criticism.

Reference : http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/criticism


Disebabkan identiti saya sebagai cina muslim, maka semakin ramai orang ingin mengetahui lebih mengenai saya. Dalam masa yang sama mereka juga berkongsi cerita yang menarik juga. Lama kelamaan ia menjadi suatu artikel yang tertulis dalam hati saya, saya mengingati setiap cerita yang sudi dikongsikan oleh rakan baru.

The Myth Of "Bin Abdullah"

Preface 

There's one question that I have been asked by most people.
"Is it compulsory in Islam teaching that we must put bin Abdullah at behind our family name?"

Which means, do Islam forcing those who interested to embrace Islam let go of their name? Since you told me there are no enforcement in Islam, then why Islamic law causing such conflict between faith and name? 

This issue have been discussed and argued over and over again by Pendakwah Bebas, non muslim politician, NGO and also the minority Reverted Muslim. This issue can be very sensitive and I would like to explain the myth of "Bin Abdullah" in most perspective way. 

Fighting Islam or Finding Islam?

"How about I reading books about your religion, and you reading about Islam?"

"No way. You should forget everything about Islam, then come to study my religion."

The conversation between my friend who trying to preach Islam to other religion follower. That's what have been claimed by him.. Religion study can be studied for few century history, where we can read about religion comparison at The Big Religion Chart (However I should warning that this chart is not detailed in explaining Islam, especially they put moon and star as symbol of Islam.. Islam is not religion of praying moon.)

Being Debate About Purity Of Islam

 

Recently I have been debating by few people about Islam.

One of them is Mr. Jeff in previous post Ajaran Sesat comments, who claims as born muslim and finally found out Islam is wrong. 

Salam Ng,
You accused us the one who follow the ajaran sesat in your Blog. Can't we defend our self and explain why we act like that. Just like you, I used to pray 5 times a day, twice go to Mecca. But, after studying the Quran carefully for numbers of years, I found out that all religion are the same. They promote idol worshipping, follow their religious expert such as priest, ulamak, monk etc, and to do the silly ritual which did not bring any benefit to the community.

Chopstick - The State of Art

I still remember everytime Chinese New Year I was following family to my grand ma house. We spent 3-4 days staying at there and having lunch together at round table. Recalls my memory while I was just 7 years old, still learning how to use chopsticks.

"Grand Ma makan."
"Uncle makan.."
"Aunty makan..."
"Ayah Makan..."
"Mak Makan......"

Meal only can be started after younger siblings invite elders by "Jemput Makan".
Everyone were start eating their meal and my dilemma cames... A bowl of white rice and pair of chopstick put in front of me, I was gossip to my mother :" Why there are no spoon and fork ???" My mother was angry and put chopsticks in my hand :"Don't ask too much, your grand ma don't like people eating rice with spoon... Just use it."

The Redefinition Of Underground Muslim

Last year I have been written about my status as “Underground Muslim” in previous post. This term have been accidentally spread among reverts muslim to describe their sensitive identity. However from the word itself also caused some unnecessary misunderstand as if “Underground Muslim”  refered to some sort of terrorist activity.

So, I am hereby to redefine the meaning of Underground Muslim.

First, what is Islam?

Kalimat Islam bermaksud tunduk dan taat. Imam Qartubi dalam al-Jamik Li ah-kamil Quran semasa mentafsirkan ayat 19 dalam surah Ali Imran,

“Sesungguhnya agama yang di sisi Allah adalah Islam” berkata, “Islam dalam ayat ini bermaksud ‘iman dan taat’. Pendapat ini berpandukan tafsiran yang dibuat oleh Imam Abu al-Aliyah dan majority ulama mutakalimun”.

At Malaysia have been many people approach Islam slowly and realized Islam is more than what they thought before, it is not just a “Brand” or so called “Jenama” to wear by and live with. The real Islam is we obey and beriman to every commands of Allah SWT. It doesn’t mean Islam have been told us to “Wear like you are Malay” or “Eat what Arabians favorite”, but we all as servants of Allah SWT are given freedom to live what kind of lifestyle we prefer.. And don’t ever try to be close with anything that already forbidden by Allah SWT.

“Dan Kami berfirman :”Hai Adam diamilah oleh kamu dan isterimu syurga ini dan makanlah makanan-makanannya yang banyak lagi baik di mana saja yang kamu sukai dan janganlah kamu dekati pohon ini yang akan menyebabkan kamu termasuk orang-orang yang zalim.”

(Al-Baqarah : 35)

At the same time, Islam also is the religion which most seriously being criticized by Media and society. Not one or two years phenomena but way long ago before Islam was preached, Prophet who preaches Tauhid will be challenged and some of them even killed. Sounds ridiculous but in reality how many muslims have been killed without reason? Hatred and lust have been driven mad those who fight for treasure that never last.

Alhamdulilah, we live peacefully at Malaysia. No oil war and being independent country. But religion issue still arouse among us silently. Non muslim society is still staying at highest hatred stage against Islam. I even have been warned by my family that don’t get too close with Malays, “Otherwise you will be pulled into Islam forcefully...” They added. Although Islam is a universal religion, especially those famous reverts from foreign country like Cat Steven AKA Yusuf Islam, Michael Jackson, and also Peter Sanders… But these foreign reverts still failed to wipe out the most wrong conception in Malaysia that anyone who embrace Islam would turn into Bangsa Melayu.

Not only failed to wipe out, but it also worsen the situation when family member found out one of them embraced Islam. Before I explain more about how family relationship broken due to embrace Islam, I would like to share one real history from Zaman Nabi :

Ammar dan orang tuanya memeluk Islam sejak awal. Mereka memeluk Islam ketika Nabi memilih rumah Arqam bin Abi Arqam sebagai markas dakwah Islam. Ketika kaum musyrik mengetahui bahawa mereka sudah menganut agama Ilahi, para penyembah berhala itu tidak berhenti menyiksa dan menganiaya mereka. 

Ibnu Al-Athir berkata, “Kaum musyrik memaksa tiga orang ini meninggalkan rumah mereka di musim panas dan menghabiskan waktu di tengah angin gurun yang panas membakar. Penyiksaan ini dilakukan berulang kali sehingga Yasir mati kerananya. Suatu hari balunya, Sumaiyah bertengkar dengan Abu Jahal di sekitar masalah ini sehingga orang bengis itu menikam jantungnya dengan tombak. Sumaiyah pun syahid. 

Nabi sangat terharu terhadap penganiayaan mereka. Suatu hari baginda melihat mereka sedang disiksa. Dengan linangan air mata baginda berkata, “Wahai keluarga Yasir! Sabarlah, kerana tempat kamu adalah syurga.”

From many of the reverts friend I knew, most of them choose to hide their Islam identity for protecting their Iman. The main reason is pressure and objection from family will be ruin their Iman and also avoid any excessive acts from family, including being killed. Dignity of family will be totally ruined if one of the family member reverted, they will be insulted and humiliated by everyone. That’s why most of the non muslim family will do whatever it takes to stop family member from embrace Islam, so far what I heard including lock their son in room for weeks, force them to eat Ba Alif Ba Yaa, or even break away their family relationship.

Also some of their parents have heart disease or any kind of it, they are unable to accept any drastic changes in son/daughter religion status. Does anyone willing to kill their parent softly by telling things they most don’t want to hear?

Therefore, between the right and wrong… Islam or Kafir, those who didn’t born as Muslim have been given choice to choose. They have been realized the real meaning of Islam, at the same time Islam is not good to deal with in their own family.

Dan kami tunjukkan kepadanya dua jalan

(Al-Balad : 10 )

In love of Islam and feeling impressed of Allah SWT, they choose to embrace Islam silently without awareness of family. Being as “Underground Muslim”, hiding their kopiah secretly and always go to the most far masjid to sembahyang Jumaat. Pretending as vegetarian to avoid eating any pork or chicken that is not sembelih.. Love to read Islamic books but it always being hide at somewhere.

Back to the story of Yasir as mentioned above…

Setelah Yasir dan isterinya syahid, kaum musyrik menyiksa dan menganiaya ‘Ammar seperti yang mereka lakukan terhadap Bilal. Untuk menyelamatkan nyawanya, tidak ada jalan lagi kecuali berpura-pura membenci Islam. Namun setelah itu dia segera bertaubat. Dengan jantung berdebar dia menjumpai Nabi dan menyampaikan peristiwa itu kepada baginda. 

Lalu Nabi bertanya, “Apakah iman kamu pudar?” Jawabnya, “Hati saya beriman sepenuhnya.” Nabi pun berkata, “Jangan hiraukan kekhuatiran sekecil apa pun dalam benak kamu. Sembunyikanlah iman kamu untuk menyelamatkan diri dari kejahatan mereka.”

Ayat berikut diturunkan sehubungan dengan iman ‘Ammar tersebut :

Barangsiapa yang kafir kepada Allah sesudah dia beriman (dia mendapat kemurkaan Allah), kecuali orang yang dipaksa kafir padahal hatinya tetap tenang dalam beriman (dia tidak berdosa), akan tetapi orang yang melapangkan dadanya untuk kekafiran, maka kemurkaan Allah menimpanya dan baginya azab yang besar.

(An-Nahl : 106)

Underground Muslim is not Munafik, but they are the muslim who striving hard in protecting their Iman. The typical case about Underground Muslim would be Maniam Moorthy, also known as Mohammad Abdullah, was a corporal in the Malaysian Army and a member of the first group of Malaysians to successfully climb Mount Everest. A Malaysian Indian born and raised Hindu, a controversy about his religion arose after his death; he was buried as a Muslim against the wishes of his wife in accordance with a Syariah Court ruling that he had embrace Islam without the knowledge of his family.

Former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi mentioned few years ago that anyone who want to embrace Islam must be ask permission from their parent or family. Alhamdulilah the suggestion was not launched... Asking permission from family before embrace Islam doesn't solve the problem but worsen it. 

What Underground Muslim need is knowledge, time, money to survive and spiritual supports. Before they are going to expose themselves need lots of time in preparation. We shouldn't condemn them as not Ikhlas or Munafik because they are the one who striving very hard in approaching Islam. 

So what do you think about Underground Muslim now?

Learning Islam, but not born as Muslim

What's the feeling of not learning Islam like born Muslim?

I mean.. I never attended any Islamic class before since kindergarden till graduated. No matter what student's religion except Islam we all have to learn Pendidikan Moral. The most neutral class for various kind of religion followers.. While I was standard 4 my friend keep on argue funny question with teacher in Moral Lesson :" Cikgu, kalao kita dah tahu orang tu mengejek-ejek kita bersama kawan.. Kenapa kita masih perlu memohon dia menjadi kawan baik kita supaya apa tu... 'Menjalin hubungan baik sesama kawan'?? Tak logik langsung pendidikan moral ini.. "

Finally my friend being scolded :" Kamu baca sahaja, jangan tanya banyak! Itulah jawapan yang dituliskan dalam buku teks, hafalkan saja!"

Although his question is very funny but what he really argue is : Do we need to follow something blindly while at the same time we are capable to think and make better decision?

My another friend also told me that he is very admire those who are born muslim. The reason he told me is :" You just look at those born muslim, they can learn Iqra and Tajwid at school, also many important thing like sembahyang and fardu ain. Look at us lah... We are already out of the school and hardly find islamic class, sometime we don't even have time to spend in learning more about Islam."

Sure it's very hard to learn Islam after step into University Pengalaman, everyday barely have time to learn more about Islam.  At the same time I realize that I am not just learn Islam on books but everything that surrounding me. Including how Syariah law controlling community and social conflicts, muslim way of giving blesses and cooperate in daily life, isu Riba and how we can avoid from it by choose the right bank scheme.. And many more. I learn Islam from book and find out more about how it works in reality.

Siapa sangka... Theory Gravati yang menggemparkan dunia itu datang daripada sebiji Epal?

Also what amazed me a lot is science.
Science is just like a spectacular which discover more and more about the myth of universe, surprise keep on coming to human when day goes by. The most typical case is how Isaac Newton found out his theory of Gravitation by watching the fall of an apple from a tree. (For me I would just eat the apple and get away)

Just an red apple but inspired Issac Newton a lot.
Do he create an apple from tree? Or is he just storyteller who beautify the falling of an apple? Nope, he was started to THINK about the creation of Creator. We all are able to think and act, but slowly we all stop asking question about everything around us and think it is very "normal". We get used to everything we have on this world and slowly forget about where it come from...

Learning is a very long journey.
While I was teenage indeed I was doing Religion Comparison under awareness (Except Islam and I wasn't know anything about it) , my father keep on give me input that Buddhism is the right religion. But there were a lot of doubtful statement makes me feel not confident with it, then I go to read a whole lots of book about Philosophy, Religion brief introduction and Science. I am not tend to insult any religion at Malaysia but in a matter of fact I was failed to find "god".

Just like a soul who lost his direction, I was flew to nowhere in this world. What is right or wrong? What is life and death? What is humanity and cruelty? There are just way too much of explanation but yet, there are just a "temporary answer". Today someone may give a statement that everyone agree about it, but tomorrow the same statement being denied and replaced with another "New statement" from human mind. "We are making the 'New World Order'." "We must be keep changing ourselves to stay up at the peak of centuries." "We are...... we must be.... we must deny..... "

"If you are the righteous one, then you will not keep changing your statement. Because the real Answer will be the fixed Answer forever. Especially those question who still not solved by human limited mighty. " I was thinking about it while reading various kind of statement.

When I met Islam, only Allah SWT realize how I was cried happily that I found the truth and God.

Yes, I was not born in Muslim family... I don't have any knowledge about Islam at young age. I don't even know if "god" is existed due to many different kind of religion statement. It's unexplainable experience, just like I have been being live at jungles for ages, suddenly there's a road sign telling where I was come and towards where I should be go.

More and more scientific proof stick itself to Islam, not Islam go to preach what science have proven. This is already a most firm proof that Islam is not from human's mind or mouth. After all when I remember back all those path that I have been walked through...

"Setiap anak dilahirkan secara fitrah, kedua-dua ibu bapanya yang menjadikannya Yahudi, Nasrani atau Majusi." (Hadis riwayat Bukhari dan Muslim)

Saya ditakdirkan untuk dilahir pada keluarga yang saya mempunyai sekarang, mereka bukanlah orang Islam. Tetapi adakah ini bermakna saya telah kehilangan fitrah untuk mencari Kebenaran?

I never blame on God that why I was born at non muslim family?
Because I am realize this is my fate to be born in their family, everyone doesn't have the choice to pick which family they want to go but Allah SWT arranging it for every Roh. Without realise, we even have been promised to Allah SWT that to Him we pray since before we were born.

Dan (ingatlah wahai Muhammad) ketika Tuhanmu mengeluarkan zuriat anak-anak Adam (turun-temurun) dari (tulang) belakang mereka, dan Ia jadikan mereka saksi terhadap diri mereka sendiri, (sambil Ia bertanya dengan firmanNya): “Bukankah Aku tuhan kamu?” Mereka semua menjawab: “Benar (Engkaulah Tuhan kami), kami menjadi saksi”. Yang demikian supaya kamu tidak berkata pada hari kiamat kelak: “Sesungguhnya kami adalah lalai (tidak diberi peringatan) tentang (hakikat tauhid) ini”.

(Surah Al-A'raf : ayat 172)

This doubt also asked by my mother : " I raised you up by let you eat Khinzir since small, what have been makes you abandon every chinese tradiontional foods?"

Sure it's weird for my dearest mother who take care of me since I was born, for her I have been let go a lot of things she teach me to do. I am totally changed till she feel that I was cursed by some kind of kampung black magic? The answer is very simple that I am muslim, and I obey to every Hukum Allah SWT. But it seems too hard to let my mother understand the real meaning of it.

When I look back the past path I walked, I have been realized that those childhood and teenage times is not pushing me away from Truth but I was striving hard to it. Due to I was finding the question in my heart and keep on deny the wrong answer, Alhamdulilah finally Allah SWT show me the right path. I would be very confident to say so not because I wasn't know anything about religion then suddenly Islam come to me, but it's simply because I have been read too much religion issue till I found Islam is the One among all of the religion on earth.

Although I am not born Muslim, but I am fully understand at the moment  I was recite Kalimah Syahadah is due to I keen on finding God since I was kid. It doesn't matter that I was born as muslim or not because what most important is am I finding God?

Ehh? Abang cina tu datang dari mana ni?

One day... I decided to learn more about Islam.

So I have been join this primary school Islamic class.. As you can see I was sitting quietly among all of these kids, trying to focus on what ustaz teaching about Islam. I was get special offer in join this lesson..

Hehe no la actually I was in charge officer in managing Camping program for those kids.. I was just Solat Jemaah then standing by to assist ustaz if he need any help while giving speech. When my colleagues taken photo I found out I was accidentally pay too much attention in Tazkirah till I was sit at the same row with kids. Perhaps this is the chance of experience how it feel to be a little kid listen to Tazkirah? 

It doesn't matter that I am born muslim or not.

Because everyone is born in Fitrah, no matter born muslim or non muslim. 

Tanpa Ilmu Hilang Akidah

 

Reading is the best activity..
There are various kind of book at market, cooking, history, machinery, IT, and many more..

A good book can be a good guide for cherish your life, but a wrong book also can be a toxic in your mind. It is just like having the right and wrong food in daily life, there's vegetables food that seems not attractive but it is good for our health.. At the same time the delicious Fast food service that amazed most of us also can be a threaten cause of Cancer Disease. 

There's too many conflict in this world. Everyone have their own perception in explain specific things... Only by reading more and more Islamic book can build up muslim's Iman and Strenght. However there's one thing already forgotten by most people that's "Akidah".

"Alaa... Akidah tu dah lama saya belajar kat sekolah, ok je..."
"Akidah bukan untuk saudara baru saja ke? Tak berminat la.."

I guess that would be the first thought while everyone look at this book's cover.
However while I flipped this book, I found out that this book is actually explaining about Religion Comparison between Islam and Christian. Unlike other books which insult Islam (Santanic Verse) or trying to explain god in philosophy (The history of god).. This book is explain more about Akidah in Islam.

Iman (Aqidah) :

Iman menurut bahasa ialah al tasdid ertinya pembenaran. Menurut syarak adalah pengakuan dan amalan, yang mana ia boleh bertambah dan berkurang, ertinya iman itu adalah pengakuan hati dan lidah serta menjadi amalan hati, lidah dan anggota badan yang lain. Iman boleh juga diertikan sebagai tunduk patuh, mengikhlaskan diri, taat, penuh rasa cinta dan berkeinginan mengerjakan amal soleh. 

There are so many things and people trying to distract us from Akidah, means believe into other god.
As muslim, we must be reading Sifat 20, Al-Asmaul Husna (99 Nama Allah SWT). Learn more and strengthen our faith into the one and only God. Apparently "Isu Penggunaan Nama Allah" is the most serious issue in Malaysia ever due to Akidah too, the definition of Allah SWT is can't be explained from other religion's spectacles.

A lot of answers is already inside Al-Quran and Hadith, and also a lot Islamic books to explain further about it. If most muslim nowadays willing to learn more and read more, I believe there's a lot of religion conflicts can be settled easily.

Sebenarnya yang menaruh bimbang dan takut (melanggar perintah ) Allah dari kalangan hamba-hambaNya  hanyalah orang-orang yang berilmu. 

(Surah Fatir : 28)

Unfortunately, among reprinted books in Karya Bestari Carta Reprint (Link) , the "Akidah Kita Nyawa Kita" is not listed. Seems like muslim readers more interested in "Hati" and "Maksiat" topic. Are muslim nowaday already forgotton that Allah SWT forgive every sin we have if He will, but there's one sin that Allah SWT never forgive.

ALLAH pengamun segala dosa. Jangan putus harap dengan ALLAH.

Az-Zumar [53] Katakanlah (wahai Muhammad): Wahai hamba-hambaKu yang telah melampaui batas terhadap diri mereka sendiri (dengan perbuatan-perbuatan maksiat), janganlah kamu berputus asa dari rahmat Allah, kerana sesungguhnya Allah mengampunkan segala dosa; sesungguhnya Dialah jua Yang Maha Pengampun, lagi Maha Mengasihani.

Semua dosa diampunkan kecuali dosa syirik.

An-Nisa [116] Sesungguhnya Allah tidak akan mengampunkan dosa orang yang mempersekutukanNya dengan sesuatu (apa jua) dan akan mengampunkan yang lain daripada kesalahan (syirik) itu bagi sesiapa yang dikehendakiNya (menurut peraturan hukum-hukumNya); dan sesiapa yang mempersekutukan Allah dengan sesuatu (apa jua), maka sesungguhnya dia telah sesat dengan kesesatan yang amat jauh.

That's why we must be very careful with Akidah, Syirik is the most terrible sin. As muslim we should read the right book, know the right friends and behave the right way like what Islam been told. I was raised up in non muslim family, I don't know anything about Islam while I was teen. There's already too much different aspect religion I listen, too many definition of "god". It could be funny when someone come to me and trying to explain his "god" while I already been believe in Allah SWT, but I also realize it could be a hazard if the same statement goes to other muslim who never know much about other religion.

These days, I keep on thinking about this Akidah issue..
How can be Akidah problem solved while some people not willing to read? Are they going to depend on "speech" from someone that might be influenced with his emotion or misunderstand in specific statement? Just like one of my friend told me people nowadays are more interested in "Listening to someone" instead of reading, it's more easily absorbed by mind. I am wondering... is this also the reason of why history of Prophet Muhammad SAW is "more interesting" while it transform into cartoon in youtube instead of reading Sejarah Nabi books? or does muslim need Documentary about Prophet Muhammad in youtube which narreted by many different people including non muslim (Karen Armstrong, Author History of god?) instead of reading Hadith Sahih which narrated by Prophet Muhammad SAW followers?

Menuntut ilmu adalah fardu kepada setiap muslim, lelaki mahupun wanita. 
- Riwayat Ibnu Majah

I am not a expert in religion issue, also not Pakar Perbandingan Agama.
When I have questions about Islam, the first thing I look for is my islamic books. Alhamdulilah, most of the answer already printed in these islamic book. It's even surprising while I go to library and reading 90's islamic book, most of the knowledge is remain the same but it never outdated.

Some people even criticized muallaf is being "Brainwashed".
There's no such thing in Islam, those who get Hidayah is mostly knowledge seekers... Who are able to think wisely and love to read the right book. (Also they must be have ustaz/mentor who willing to guide them or following Islam Class)



And the most important is Muslim found God without human's self perception.

Dia lah yang telah mengutuskan dalam kalangan orang-orang (Arab) yang Ummiyyin, seorang Rasul (Nabi Muhammad s.a.w) dari bangsa mereka sendiri, yang membacakan kepada mereka ayat-ayat Allah (yang membuktikan keesaan Allah dan kekuasaanNya), dan membersihkan mereka (dari iktiqad yang sesat), serta mengajarkan mereka Kitab Allah (Al-Quran) dan Hikmah (pengetahuan yang mendalam mengenai hukum-hukum syarak). Dan sesungguhnya mereka sebelum (kedatangan Nabi Muhammad) itu adalah dalam kesesatan yang nyata.

(Al-Jumu'ah : ayat 2) 




Recommended Article :  


Self-perception Theory
Konsep Ummi Nabi Muhammad

 

Dua Kalimah Syahadah (Revised)

 PREFACE : 

There's a stories shared by a professor in his lecture about "Being a Mediator". 

"Let's say one day your eldest and youngest sons are fighting over a toy. They argue with each other until youngest son being pushed away and crying. After you approach to them, you realize the situation is youngest son is trying to grab eldest son's toy.. However he failed and fall on floor, so who do you going to scold between them? The eldest son... or the youngest son?"

Everyone were whispering : Must be the eldest son's fault, how can he fight with youngest son? 

Professor was smiling and said: "The answer is you must scold the youngest son."

Everyone was shocked with his answer, we didn't understand why professor said so... 

"Because your emotion and prejudice have been mislead your mind in understand the real situation. All of you are feeling pity of the youngest son and ignore eldest son. But the truth is youngest son is the one who grab the toy, so he is the one who start the argument. Whenever you judge any situation as a mediator, you must clear your mind totally before judging who is right or wrong. Self assumption and prejudice is the faulty way to let you see the "Real Picture". "

That was a most meaningful speech. 

I written this as my preface because what I am going to share can be annoying or uncomfortable to some people. Especially the word "Non Muslim", it can be different aspect to different people. As I have been written in my post Bagaimana Berdakwah Kepada Non-Muslim , there are many kind of non muslim like those who are not aggressive and being nice with muslim, those who are atheist but in searching of God, and those who are love to fight over religion issue. 

Those "non muslim" who mentioned in this article are those who debate that "Islam is not true religion", or may be they are muslim who have been disbelieved in Islam due to their knowledge in Al Quran verse and some of the hadis they written. It can be seen in Cari.com.my forum post Soalan dari non-muslim . 

My Final Declaration : Those Non Muslim who mentioned in this article is "Disbeliever about Islam" (Not Included Non Muslim who know nothing about Islam or never againts Islam), and my points is only related to the Forum Post "Soalan dari non-muslim" .   

 Orang Islam tidak menyembah Bulan, kerana Bulan juga merupakan ciptaan Allah SWT

Bulan senantiasa menurut perintah untuk mengeliling bumi tanpa perlanggaran antara 2 planet atas Kebijaksanaan Allah SWT

While I was browsing through Islamic Forum, there's one weird question from so called Soalan dari non-muslim forum post

"Sekiranya sabar ialah separuh daripada Iman,

dimanakah SEPARUH lagi Iman ???"

There were a lot of muslim willing to debate for it, writing away a lot of facts and factual. However, is there an answer for such question? Would non muslim just accept it while they never feel impressed with any of the Al Quran verse and Hadis?

These non muslim able to quote a lot Al Quran Verse but in negative perspective. They doesn't feel impressed with Islam but to find "mistakes" and "conflict" (Al Quran bebas daripada sebarang kecacatan dan tiada versi Al Quran yang berlainan di atas dunia) Sometime the reason would be they believe that religion other than Islam are more perfect, and they are trying to dip their head in Islamic books for their preaching purpose. Especially while some of the muslim doing any criminals they would points at Islam and say : "See, that's the real facts about muslim and Islam. Islam who teach them to do so."

Muslim try hard to dakwah, explaining all of the hukum hakam and Istilah. But non muslim doesn't accept it and finding another conflict point in Islam. Proof and Science seems like not even mean anything to them, Alam Ghaib like how syaitan and Malaikat/Angels looks like would be their favourite question too as well. Because their religion also have different way in describing Alam Ghaib. Apparently that's a blind-spot because human are impossible to prove something that our eyes can't even see or I should say Alam Ghaib that not even in the Dimension we can reach or understand.

So while muslim vs non muslim...
Muslim are striving to explain all of the question refer to Al-Quran and Hadis. But does it help to non muslim with intention of breaking the barrier of Islam? Or more terribly, those ignorant muslim who want a "Change" in Halal Haram so they would enjoy what they desire officially and following "Syariat Islam". (Like drinking beer, Kahwin Bidaah menurut ajaran Syiah)

INTENTION/Niat does rule everything:

Daripada Amirul Mukminin Abu Hafsin 'Umar ibn al-Katthab r.a. beliau berkata: Aku mendengar Rasulullah SAW bersabda:

Bahawa sesungguhnya setiap amalan itu bergantung kepada niat, dan bahawa sesungguhnya bagi setiap orang apa yang dia niatkan. Barangsiapa yang hijrahnya menuju kepada Allah dan RasulNya, maka hijrahnya kepada Allah dan RasulNya. Barangsiapa yang hijrahnya kerana dunia yang dia mahu mencari habuannya, atau kerana seorang perempuan yang dia mahu kahwininya, maka hijrahnya ke arah perkara yang ditujuinya itu.

And also while Islam being preached, some of the non muslim behave like what in Surah Yunus Ayat 42-43 :

Dan di antara mereka (yang ingkar) itu, ada yang datang mendengar ajaranmu (dengan tidak mendapat faedah sedikitpun sebagai orang pekak); maka engkau (wahai Muhammad) tidak berkuasa menjadikan orang-orang yang pekak itu mendengar, juga kalau mereka menjadi orang-orang yang tidak mahu memahami perkara yang didengarnya. Dan di antara mereka pula ada yang memandang kepada perkara-perkara yang engkau tunjukkan (tetapi mereka tidak nampak kebenarannya sebagai orang buta); maka engkau (wahai Muhammad) tidak berfaedah menunjuk jalan kepada orang-orang yang buta, juga kalau mereka menjadi orang-orang yang tidak mahu melihat (perkara yang engkau tunjukkan itu).

Muslim able to preach in precise way, but muslim is not the one who force someone embrace Islam. Tiada istilah "Mengislamkan si polan" dalam agama Allah SWT, kita hanyalah manusia yang serba lemah untuk menyampaikan mesej Allah SWT berdasarkan Wahyu yang diturunkan dalam Al-Quran dan Hadis. Sekiranya seseorang ingin mengenali Tuhan Semesta dan berbuat baik, maka dia akan memperoleh petunjuk Hidayah untuk memeluk Islam. Dan sebaliknya jika dia memilih hawa nafsu di atas dunia yang begitu fana, maka kekufuran tetap susah dikikiskan dari hatinya. 

Oleh sebab itu jika mereka berhujah (menyangkal dan) membantahmu (Wahai Muhammad), maka katakanlah: “Aku telah berserah diriku kepada Allah dan demikian juga orang-orang yang mengikutku”. Dan bertanyalah (Wahai Muhammad) kepada orang-orang (Yahudi dan Nasrani) yang diberi Kitab, dan orang-orang yang “Ummi” (orang-orang musyrik Arab): “Sudahkah kamu mematuhi dan menurut (ugama Islam yang aku bawa itu)?” Kemudian jika mereka memeluk Islam, maka sebenarnya mereka telah memperoleh petunjuk; dan jika mereka berpaling (tidak mahu menerima Islam), maka sesungguhnya kewajipanmu hanyalah menyampaikan (dakwah Islam itu). Dan (ingatlah), Allah sentiasa Melihat (tingkah laku) sekalian hambaNya.

(Surah Ali Imran : ayat 20)

Sekiranya ingin berdakwah kepada Non Muslim, sebenarnya sangat mudah sahaja. Usah menyahut setiap soalan yang extreme dan penuh konfliks ataupun menjelaskan hukum hakam dengan huraian yang panjang. Apa yang perlu disampaikan ialah Kunci kepada Islam, Rukun Islam yang paling pertama iaitu Dua Kalimah Syahadah. (Rukun ialah sendi atau sandaran)

Aku bersaksi bahawa tidak ada Tuhan (yang disembah) selain Allah dan bahawa aku (juga) bersaksi bahawa Muhammad adalah utusan Allah .

Sungguh senang kan? Tetapi mengucap Dua Kalimah Syahada juga perlu memenuhi antara beberapa syarat yang penting iaitu :

1. Tertib lafaz syahadah seperti yang dinyatakan.
2. Melafazkan kedua-dua kalimah syahadah dengan berturut-turut (tanpa diselangi perbuatan lain)
3. Mamahami makna kedua-duanya.
4. Mendustakan perkara yang menyalahi atau bertentangan dengan maksud syahadah.
5. Menggunakan perkataan "asyhadu" (ﺃَﺷْﻬَﺪُ) pada keduanya.
6. Tidak syak atau ragu-ragu akan kedua-duanya.

Bagaimana non muslim yang didakwahkan boleh memahami makna kedua-duanya dan tidak syak atau ragu-ragu akan kedua-duanya? (Bukannya semata-mata membaca Kalimah Syahadah dengan membuta tuli atau sebutan sahaja) Ia amat bergantung kepada kebijaksanaan pendakwah. Kenapa Allah SWT ialah Tuhan? Kenapa Nabi Muhammad ialah Utusan Allah? Sila Buktikan... 

Sumerian Ziggurat. Ziggurats were a form of temple common to the Sumerians, Babylonians and Assyrians of ancient Mesopotamia.The earliest examples of the ziggurat date from the end of the third millennium BCE and the latest date from the 6th century BCE.

 The Choice : Dialog Islam & Kristian ( Terjemahan Bahasa Melayu)

Muslim sendiri yang perlu mengambil langkah inisiatif untuk melontarkan persoalan supaya non muslim berfikir. Bukannya asyik menjawab soalan hukum hakam kepada non muslim yang tiada dasar Rukun Iman dan Rukun Islam. Saya percaya Arwah Ahmad Deedat juga menjalankan urusan dakwah sepanjang hayatnya berdasarkan konsep ini... Kerana beliau sering mencabar Christian seperti soalan berikut : "Kenapa kamu berkata Jesus ialah Utusan yang dijanjikan? Sila buktikan. Apakah konsep Triniti dan kepentingannya? Buktikan.." Beliau bukannya mencaci atau menghina agama sesiapa sebaliknya menunjukkan jalan menuju Kalimah Syahadah. Persoalannya mungkin amat menyinggung perasaan non muslim tetapi niat beliau adalah mengajak masyarakat supaya Berfikir. Cara berdakwah ini amat sinonim dengan Nabi Ibrahim yang menyampaikan mesej Tauhid kepada kaum Sumerian yang membina Ziggurat untuk mengagungkan Bulan sebagai Tuhan, Ibrahim berkata kepada mereka seperti apa yang terkandung dalam Surah Al- An'am ayat 76-79 :

Maka ketika ia berada pada waktu malam yang gelap, ia melihat sebuah bintang (bersinar-sinar), lalu ia berkata: “Inikah Tuhanku?” Kemudian apabila bintang itu terbenam, ia berkata pula: “Aku tidak suka kepada yang terbenam hilang”. Kemudian apabila dilihatnya bulan terbit (menyinarkan cahayanya), dia berkata: “Inikah Tuhanku?” Maka setelah bulan itu terbenam, berkatalah dia: “Demi sesungguhnya, jika aku tidak diberikan petunjuk oleh Tuhanku, nescaya menjadilah aku dari kaum yang sesat”. Kemudian apabila dia melihat matahari sedang terbit (menyinarkan cahayanya), berkatalah dia: “Inikah Tuhanku? Ini lebih besar”. Setelah matahari terbenam, dia berkata pula: ` Wahai kaumku, sesungguhnya aku berlepas diri (bersih) dari apa yang kamu sekutukan (Allah dengannya). “Sesungguhnya aku hadapkan muka dan diriku kepada Allah yang menciptakan langit dan bumi, sedang aku tetap di atas dasar tauhid dan bukanlah aku dari orang-orang yang menyekutukan Allah (dengan sesuatu yang lain)”.

Tentu sesiapa yang berani menolak agama sesiapa pun akan dibantah sekeras-kerasnya. Apa yang disampaikan oleh Nabi Ibrahim ialah Ajaran Tauhid.. Maka beliau menjawab pada surah seterusnya : 

Dan ia dibantah oleh kaumnya, ia pun berkata: “Patutkah kamu membantahku mengenai Allah, padahal sesungguhnya Ia telah memberi hidayah petunjuk kepadaku? Dan aku pula tidak takut (akan sebarang bahaya dari) apa yang kamu sekutukan dengan Allah, kecuali Tuhanku menghendaki sesuatu dari bahaya itu. (Sesungguhnya) pengetahuan Tuhanku meliputi tiap-tiap sesuatu, tidakkah kamu mahu (insaf) mengambil pelajaran?

“Dan bagaimanakah aku hendak takutkan apa yang kamu sekutukan dengan Allah itu (yang tidak dapat mendatangkan sesuatu bahaya), padahal kamu tidak takut bahawa kamu telah sekutukan Allah dengan sesuatu yang Allah tidak menurunkan sebarang keterangan kepada kamu mengenainya? Maka yang manakah di antara dua puak itu yang lebih berhak mendapat keamanan (dari bahaya), jika betul kamu mengetahui?”

Orang-orang yang beriman dan tidak mencampur adukkan iman mereka dengan kezaliman (syirik), mereka itulah orang-orang yang mendapat keamanan dan merekalah orang-orang yang mendapat hidayah petunjuk.

Dan itulah hujah (bukti) Kami, yang Kami berikan kepada Nabi Ibrahim untuk mengalahkan kaumnya. Kami tinggikan pangkat-pangkat kedudukan sesiapa yang Kami kehendaki. Sesungguhnya Tuhanmu Maha Bijaksana, lagi Maha Mengetahui.

(Surah Yunus : 80-83)

Muslim tidak sepatutnya bersikap pasif menyahut persoalan non muslim semata-mata sehingga mengelirukan rakan-rakan lain yang masih cetek ilmunya dalam hal ehwal Islam. Persoalan tersebut boleh memerangkap muslim agar terpesong Akidahnya sehingga meninggalkan Agama Islam yang sungguh mementingkan ajaran Tauhid.


Persoalannya bukan : "Bagaimanakah saya menjelaskan hukum tersebut kepada non muslim"
Sebaliknya ialah : "Bagaimanakah saya membuktikan bahawa Allah SWT ialah Satu, dan Nabi Muhammad ialah Utusan Terakhir?"

Ia melibatkan kebijaksanaan orang islam masing-masing. Juga merupakan Entry kepada Islam...
Zaman sekarang science telahpun memainkan peranan yang penting kerana ia membuktikan Kalimah Allah SWT dalam Al-Quran adalah benar, selain itu perilaku muslim, sistem bank yang mengharamkan riba untuk kestabilan ekonomi, cara makan yang sihat dalam sunnah Nabi, Hak wanita dalam perkahwinan, pengurusan Harta Pusaka, ataupun sekadar senyuman manis juga merupakan ajakan non muslim ke arah tuju Kalimah Syahadah. Tentu ada sesuatu yang menarik perhatian non muslim mengenai Islam walaupun sekadar kita bersenyum dengan mereka. 

Berdakwahlah Dua Kalimah Syahadah kepada non muslim, kerana itulah akar tunjangnya dalam membentuk Keimanan dan Amalan seseorang muslim.


It's easy to say so
But's it's very challenging to do so

Solving 9-11: The Deception that Changed the World by Christopher Bollyn

What does this pic means to whole world? Islam = Terrorist?
I'm still recalled how shock I was while I woke up by family, they urge to look at TV News. Two building at USA were being Bombed !! Newspaper headline written 911 crisis, and a muslim named Osama Bin Laden claimed his organization is responsible for the attack.

It happened at 11 September 2001.
I was shocked with that tragedy, till I was afraid with muslim at Malaysia. Whenever I went out I must be asking myself why muslim did that to USA? Newspaper keep on publishing how Osama was hiding himself at cave, USA Troop was chasing at nowhere of Middle East.

Year 2004, I met my wife at school.
She told me 911 is a HOAX, Yahudi who did the job. The most apparent reason is non of the Jewish died in this tragedy. I was still hesitated.

Year 2008, Alhamdulilah I embraced Islam.
The beauty of Islam and truths doesn't stopped me from embrace Islam. I found out there's a very thick wall build by arrogant people at the entry of Islam, they are using lots slander as their brick, racist follower as wall builder. However I was breakthrough it, ignoring what society criticize on me. At this very moment, I still don't know much about 911.

Untill year 2010, I was accidentally found Solving 911 Online Book written by Christopher Bollyn .

http://www.bollyn.com/solving-9-11-the-book

An American who loves his country more than anyone.
When talk about 911, you or me also not qualified to talk about it. Because we are not American who lives there, we don't how what's really going on at USA land. Just like Malaysia politic, do you think foreign people knows more than Malaysians? There are a lot of dark side in politic which only local people understand it, Newspaper is failed to telling the truth. (Alhamdulilah Malaysia is not too complicated like America where Jewish controlled their country)

While reading through his article, I found out a lot of interesting facts.
He is definitely qualified to discover truth about 911, and the truth he founds can be annoying and disgusting. I would quote some of his article as a brief intro :

Jews from Eastern Europe created an empire of their own in Hollywood in the early 1900s and have influenced how Americans see the world ever since.

Indications of Israeli Involvement

The first indication that the attack on the World Trade Center was an elaborate "false flag" operation came with the arrest of the five men on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River. These men, described as "Middle Eastern" in the first media reports, were later identified as Israelis.  A false flag operation is a crime which is designed and carried out so that another party or nation is blamed.

That the five jubilant Middle Eastern men, who had photographed themselves smiling and celebrating with the burning World Trade Center in the background, were indeed Israelis (namely Sivan and Paul Kurzberg, Oded Ellner, Omer Marmari, and Yaron Schmuel) and that two of them were known to U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies as agents of Israeli intelligence, was ignored by the mass media. 

The men had been observed taking video or photos of themselves with the World Trade Center burning in the background.  Sivan Kurzberg told the police that the men had been driving in their van in the immediate vicinity of the towers that morning.  He was photographed flicking a lighter with the burning towers behind him. 

A woman who had observed the jubilant Israelis said she was struck by the expressions on the men's faces. "They were like happy, you know," she said.  "They didn't look shocked to me. I thought it was very strange." 

When they were arrested, Sivan, the driver of the van, told the police, "We are Israeli. We are not your problem. Your problems are our problems. The Palestinians are the problem."

Odigo Warnings 

In the first days and weeks after 9-11, I paid very close attention to the large number of Israeli terror suspects arrested, which was more than two hundred by November 2001, and investigated the published reports that an Israeli instant text message service had been used to warn Israelis of the attacks in New York, hours before they occurred.  Many Israelis were evidently forewarned of the attacks through an Israeli instant messaging service called Odigo. This story, which presents the clearest evidence of Israeli prior knowledge of the attacks, was reported only very briefly in the U.S. media – and then forgotten. 

According to the published reports, Israel-based employees of Odigo reported having received warnings of an imminent attack at the World Trade Center hours before the first plane hit the north tower.  Odigo, an Israeli-owned company, had its U.S. headquarters two blocks from the World Trade Center, but the forewarned Odigo employees did not pass the terror warning on to the authorities in New York, an act that would have saved thousands of lives.
 

Two weeks after 9-11, Alex Diamandis, Odigo's vice president, said, "The messages said something big was going to happen in a certain amount of time, and it did – almost to the minute."  "It was possible that the attack warning was broadcast to other Odigo members, but the company has not received reports of other recipients of the message," Diamandis said.  Four thousand Israelis were expected to have been working at the World Trade Center on 9-11, yet only one was reported to have died at the complex.  Based on the Israeli government figure that 4,000 Israelis were expected to have been at the World Trade Center at the time of the attacks, it seems evident that many Israeli Odigo users got the message of warning.

ISRAEL - A TERRORIST STATE 

Israel is a nation which was founded by terrorists, ruthless men with histories of committing genocidal crimes and false flag terror attacks.  Israel was created in 1948 in Palestine on land that had been "ethnically cleansed" of its indigenous Christian and Muslim inhabitants.


The Terror Drills That Became Real


"The easiest way to carry out a false flag attack is by setting up a military exercise that simulates the very attack you want to carry out," Captain Eric H. May, a former military intelligence officer from the U.S. Army wrote in a recent article entitled "False Flag Prospects, 2008 - Top Three U.S. Target Cities."
"This is exactly how government perpetrators in the US and UK handled the 9-11 and 7/7 'terror' attacks," May writes, "which were in reality government attacks blamed on 'terrorists'."

THE 9-11 FAIRY TALE – The alleged hijackers, according to the government and media version. But why has the mass media shown no interest in interviewing the families of these men in order to document and support the official story? How can it be than several of them are even reported to be alive and the media doesn't investigate?

The BBC's Jane Standley reported that Larry Silverstein's Salomon Brothers building (WTC 7) had collapsed 30 minutes before it fell straight into its foundation.  The BBC later said it had destroyed all of its original tapes of 9-11 broadcasts.

I have a very hard feeling while reading through Solving 911, I would say I can't even continue to read more. I can't accept how cold-blood a race would do for their "Holy Land". I can't clapping hands and yelling like them when I was looking at thousands of innocents life being killed. 

Allah SWT already warned us beware of Yahudi, long ago before Islam become the last and the only religion for mankind. How could we forget the history of Prophets and Quran Verse that condemn Yahudi? How are we going to stop Islam being "defined" as Terrorist through Movies and "terrorist attack"?

Sungguh engkau akan dapati manusia yang keras sekali permusuhannya kepada orang yang beriman ialah orang Yahudi dan orang musyrik. Dan sesungguhnya engkau akan dapati orang yang dekat sekali kasih mesranya kepada orang yang beriman ialah orang yang berkata: Bahawa kami ini orang Nasrani. Yang demikian itu, disebabkan ada di antara mereka pendeta dan ahli ibadat, dan kerana mereka tidak berlaku sombong.

(Surah Al Maa'idah ayat : 82 )

Alhamdulilah now we have the connection of Internet. 

Through Internet we may find lots of info easily, especially those news who "blocked" by jewish.  Alhamdulilah. Insyaallah one day, whole world would know that 911 actually is a "Hollywood Terrorist Show" who directed by Jewish. 

I put these link as my conclusion and condolence for those who passed away in 911 tragedy, and also Palestine civilians who fight for their beloved country. Assalamualaikum.

Permusuhan Yahudi Terhadap Islam Dalam Sejarah

http://muslim.or.id/manhaj/yahudi-islam-dalam-sejarah.html

Solving 911 PDF Format (Recommended/Easier to read)
http://www.bollyn.com/public/Solving_9-11_-_The_Deception_That_Changed_The_World.pdf

The Reason I am remain silent on Hukum Allah SWT

Wahai orang yang beriman, taatlah kamu kepada Allah dan Rasul dan kepada Ulil-Amri dari kalangan kamu. Kemudian jika kamu berselisih dalam sesuatu perkara, maka kembalikanlah ia kepada Allah (Al-Quran) dan Rasul-Nya (Hadis) jika benar kamu beriman kepada Allah dan hari akhirat. Yang demikian adalah lebih baik (bagi kamu), dan lebih elok pula kesudahannya.

[Surah An Nisaa' Ayat : 59]

I do accept all kinds "Points Of View", but I can't say something is "Halal" or "Haram" in my personal opinion. The only thing I can do is suggest which book or Surah Al-Quran to refer.

"Ragu-ragu" or Scepticism.... May demolish our Iman without notice.
I have been fed up with info from internets, too many traps and mislead info by anonymous blogger. I was once cheated by a blog who mentioned fasting before Ramadhan is Haram, because "No hadis said so". However I found out the truth is that blog "Anti-Hadis".


But how about if someone feel like want to follow their desire on world? Do whatever they like and having fun with anyone?? Well... They may find thousand excuses and reason to ignore what Islam told, But there's only Two Reason to find the way back as a Muslim.