Showing posts with label belief in prophets and messengers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label belief in prophets and messengers. Show all posts

Wednesday, 10 August 2011

Ciri-ciri Mencintai Rasul

Assalaamu'alaikum wa Rahmatullah!
  
"Alang-alang dah ter-update blog lusuh ni, ada molek bagi aku teruskan sahaja. Selain tajuk blog ni pon tak sempoi dan nyampah aku tengok sebab berkaitan dengan subjek aku pernah belajarq. Aku tak berasa tringin nak cakap lagi pasai hal-hal yang berkaitan dengan kehidupan rakan-rakan sekuliah. Depa tak dak signifikan dalam idop wa, wa pon tak dak signifikan ke sapa pon.

Tak laparq aku terlibat dengan mana-mana pihak yang bermusuh atau bersengketa. Creta dia, aku malaih nak teruskan benda yang sia-sia. Lagi bek aku sediakan catatan agama bagi ke diri aku sendiri menuju ke kubuq dan selepas tu ke akhirat. Mana la nak pi tau noh, kita ni tak menungkat langit. Esok-esok tak dan nak kata apa lupppp masuk dalam tempat kotoq yang ada cacin tu mai malaikat bawak rantai sebat muka kita.

Kat sini, aku nak rakamkan pemahaman aku serta perkara yang aku dengar tentang ceramah agama yang disampaikan di Radio Malaysia Pulau Pinang atau Radio Malaysia Kedah, haha. Jadi lepas ni aku ada banyak punca untuk rujuk dan buat muhasabah diri aku sniri selain daripada mempelajari balik perkara-perkara yang aku pernah tertinggal semasa aku sekolah dulu akibat benci aku kat sekeliling. Lawaknya aku sebelum ni malu nak dengar ceramah agama, tapi dalam masa aku balik ke jalan ni pun aku ada disedarkan lagi oleh bekas teman sebilik aku masa tahun dua dulu yakni saudara Zaidi. Aku berterima kasih sangat kat dia dan minta mahap gak kat dia kalu aku ada menyusahkan dia semasa jadi rakan sebilik. Mesti dia meluat kat aku, roommate ni prangai paling terok penah dia jumpa, haha. Aku saja nak test hang jah Zaidi oii, aku bukan saja-saja jahat kat hang. Dok nampak hangpa kat bahagian Mahasiswa Islam aku nak tengok gak la gena cara. Dah test tau la hang memang bek sungguh. Orang 'kapiaq' macam kami memang selalu wat macam tu nak tengok betui ka dak sebelom nak ikot apa-apa pun. Mintak ampun banyak-banyak, aku doa hang mana-mana pun.

Semalam tak silapnya aku dengar ceramah berkenaan ciri-ciri cinta rasul s.a.w. Ceramah ni aku ingat dirakamkan di Masjid Seberang Perai Selatan. Kata Ustad yang aku tak ingat nama dia, bahawasanya Nabi bersabda "tidak sempurna iman seorang itu sehinggalah aku lebih dicintai melebihi ibu-bapanya, anak-anaknya, hartanya, serta sebagainya." Kita (ustad kata bukan aku) ada mendengar lagu yang disampaikan oleh kumpulan nasyid Hijjaz:

Rasulullah dalam mengenang mu, pahit getir, engkau taburkan pengorbanan mu untuk ummat mu yang tercinta, biar terpaksa harungi rintangan.....

Arghhh, haku tak ingat la lirik neh. Aku bukan jenis orang yang dengar nasyid pon. Besa aku dok gelak ja kat adik pompuan aku bila dia nyanyi atau dengar nasyid sebab dia macam ortho sikit. Tapi aku ingat salah gak apa aku buat tu, padan la dok keja kena karmma buruk. Itu pilihan dia, patutnya aku hormat kat minat dia bukan mengutuk. Lagipun minat orang kan macam-macam. Tak boleh lah kita nak paksa orang suruh minat benda yang sama macam kita, ada betui ka?

Kata ustaz lagi, orang jahiliah kata kat nabi macam-macam, songsang, sesat, gila, serta bermacam-macam kata nista seperti yang Allah SWT rakamkan dalam Surah Al-Qalam. Aku ingat nanti kot bleh bukak check. Ada ceramah Dr. Sepora kat Pusat Bahasa. Kesian lak kat dia kalo aku ponteng sebab dia dah susah-susah aturkan benda yang aku serta rakan sekelas tak payah bayar atau buat apa-apa melainkan dengar ja dan bagi sikit maklum balas atau keluarkan soalan kalau tak paham. Lagipun aku hormat sangat kat Dr. Sepora, aku anggap dia macam mak aku gak dan dia selalu cuba nak perbaiki mutu pengajaran. Ringkasan Surah al-Qalam tu ada sebut yang Allah sayang nabi s.a.w.

Semasa khutbah Jumaat juga ada selawat serta ayat Quran yang aku tak ingat Surah apa sebab aku tak hapai lagi surah tu mengatakan yang Allah dan para malaikat berselawat ke atas nabi s.a.w maka kita orang-orang biasa yang hina ni lagi lah kena banyak berselawat ke atas nabi s.a.w.

Selain itu kita perlukan penghayatan juga. Jika ada majlis ilmu atau ceramah keagamaan boleh lah kita dengar. Ku rasa tak mestinya pi mesjid jah, kat dalam bilik dengar radio ka tengok tv pon buleh macam aku dok perati Dr. Rokiah buat masa hari Jumaat masa consultation pukoi 10 tu. Dalam internet pon ada rakaman ceramah kalu dah maju siap boleh muat turun lagi.

Lani kalu ada ceramah bab nak ke akhirat tu jarang la kita jumpa beliawan ka beliawati mai. Aku teringat balik kat bekas teman sebilik aku dulu. Kagum gak aku dan agak terkejut sebab aku nampak ada lagi orang seusia aku yang dalam lingkungan 20-an ni yang dengar ceramah agama. Aku slalu dok ingat orang tua yang tunggu nak mati ja dengar ceramah sebelum ni pasai ramai orang dok kata lagutu. Kalu ada kursus uruskan jenazah yang diaturkan untuk golongan belia pon tak ramai la yang pi. Yang ni masuk lah aku pon. Yang hadir pun adalah golongan yang bakal jadi jenazah ja, kata ustaz tu.

Sekarang nih manusia dah jadi jahat sebab tidak ngaji ilmu agama sebaliknya lebih beratkan ilmu dunia, bak kata orang Kedah dok pulon tang tu ja la. Ilmu agama tu sekadar ada ja la, tau babi tu haram, anjing tu haram, tak leh menonggang botol arak ikutan ka apa nama. Agama diletakkan di belakang, yang diletakkan dan dijunjung di atas kepala tu wang ringgit, kawan-kawan, harta pangkat, keseronokan sementara yang berlebihan, dan lain-lain lagi. Ustad kata, Hindustan kata dil to pagal hai. Dalam surat-surat kiriman orang syariat lampau aku dok baca depa sebut benda ni berhala dalam hati buat hati jadi kotoq.

Ilmu pertama tu adalah dengar ceramah agama, dan jangan sia-siakan. Sayang nabi ni maksudnya kita sayang orang yang membawa pesanan dari Allah. Hari ni, kita pun harus sayangi tuk-tuk guru agama kita juga memberi hormat. Guru-guru agama yang 'ikhlas hati' ni adalah pewaris nabi.

Satu perkara lagi dalam cinta sayang kepada nabi ni adalah yakin. Kita harus yakin dengan sunnah nabi. Sunnah tu maksudnya cara hidup yang berasaskan contoh perbuatan nabi. Sunnah nabi tu ada terkandung dalam hadis-hadis nabawi yang diwahyukan juga oleh Malaikat Jibril a.s. Masalahnya sekarang ni, orang Islam tidak yakin lagi dengan sunnah serta tidak mengamalkannya. Setengahnya pula hanya mengambil sebahagian yang mereka boleh terima dan meninggalkan yang mereka tak boleh terima. Bila perintah disampaikan melalui rasul, kita ikut suruhan Allah Azza wa Jalla dan tinggalkan larangannya.

Ada juga ketaatan kepada perintah Allah dan larangan-Nya serta ikhlas mengikut suruhan Allah Azza wa Jalla yang disampaikan melalui rasul s.a.w. Ringkas ceritanya, Allah Azza wa Jalla berfirman bahawa tidak kami utus Rasul s.a.w kepada kamu kecuali sebagai rahmat atas alam. Bukan manusia saja bergembira, haiwan serta alam juga gembira kerana sebaik rasul s.a.w lahir sahaja, terpadam api orang majusi, bergegar segala berhala. Semuanya terasa rahmat kelahiran rasul s.a.w.

Selain itu, Allah Azza wa Jalla berfirman lagi, sesungguhnya bagi diri kamu rasul s.a.w sebagai contoh ikutan terbaik. Baginda dididik oleh Allah Azza wa Jalla sendiri. Tiada masuk mana-mana sekolah atau mana-mana universiti macam kita nih pun dia ada akhlak mulia. Akhlak dan adab sopan sungguh tip-top bukan macam orang sekarang nih yang belajar macam-macam ilmu tapi berlagak sombong bongkak lagi angkuh dok ada. Begitulah yang aku dengar adanya. Pengalaman aku masa aku sekolah dulu sampai ke lani pon sama ja la macam apa ustad kata dalam dok perhati keliling kita, moga jadi teladan buat sempadan sama kita lah hendaknya. - Tammat, 3 Rabi'uttaani 1430 H hari Isnin jam 20:40 (30th March 2009)"

This is actually imported from my previous blogs and I import it here before I wipe clean all of my previous track. Feel sick looking at them because some of them still have the configuration and links with my previous classmates during first degree time. I don't want anyone to know me or even imagine or remember my appearance anymore. Just want it to be like nothing ever happened and I am not existence.

I actually posted many things especially religious notes in non-centralized blogs last time when I was a roommate to Mijie in year 2009 but this note was with me since the previous semester I was with Zaidi. I was quite active last time in memorizing religious lectures and jotting them down when I return to my room cause I stay functioned like a primitive man and listened to them without any preparation such as when I was in the bus and had no pen or paper with me, lol.

This lecture was actually half typed in Kedah Malay and Standard one. Some people might understand or familiar, some may not because of structural difference. I was in the midst where I had problem with my classmates and some lecturers in that particular semester. They began to form groups and talking evil things about each other. I could only see Satan in it so I refuse to mix around and stay underrated. The God Will, we would try to make some English translation wherever possible on important points for others to get benefit. Lama tak tulis bahasa Melayu atau cakap bahasa Melayu betul-betul dok keja cakap Kedah and English jah, feel quite awkward and weird... haha.

Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'alaa aali Muhammad. Kamaa sallaita 'alaa Ibrahim wa 'alaa aali Ibrahim. Allahumma baarik 'alaa Muhammad wa 'alaa aali Muhammad. Kamaa baarakta 'alaa Ibrahim wa 'ala aali Ibrahim. Fil 'aalameena innaka hameedun majeed. Our Lord, please be in contact with our prophet Muhammad s.a.w and his family. As You had been in contact with our patriarch Abraham and his family. Our Lord, please bless our prophet Muhammad s.a.w and his family. As You had blessed our patriarch Abraham and his family. In the universe, You are the only worth praise and glory. Sealed with prayers for peace, mercy and love, amin!!! 

Thursday, 14 July 2011

Prophetic Timeline Project

Assalaamu'alaikum wa Rahmatullah!

We have a very good website to learn about noble prophet Muhammad s.a.w from a project developed by the Muslim Research and Development Foundation. It is to educate the world about the noble prophet Muhammad s.a.w after few misunderstandings had risen.

We may see how the project has started off here. There are 10 other more resources waiting to be developed such as the iPad Seerah application, state and independent school teacher resources and it need brothers and sisters support to make them a reality. Here is the link for donation and fundraising if interested for those in the UK or anywhere else. We may use this resource for our activity together with brothers and sisters to learn about prophetic timeline too. It is a fun activity, try it yourselves.

May the effort in educating the world about the Path of prophets goes well and being a way for everyone to please Him beside strengthening the brethren bond around the globe. Happy celebrating the Nus Sha'aban to Muslim Shi'ite and some Sufi brothers. Sealed with prayers for peace, mercy, and love for dearly brothers and sisters in faith, amin!

Monday, 30 May 2011

Characters of a prophet and a messenger of Allah

Assalaamu'alaikum wa Rahmatullah!

This is actually the session for us to recall what we had learned during our schooling time. I believe every muslims learned about these no matter they were schooled in religious schools or in secular schools especially in Malaysia where we have Islamic Education classes but I wonder how many of us bother to memorize all of these at least for their own selves and at least they could answer others' when they ask?

A prophet and a messenger of the God actually possess and displayed prophethood characteristics since their toddler time. The particular person already had those characteristics before he received revelation from the God. They must also possess these characteristics:

1. Siddiq (truth)
It indicates that a prophet and a messenger of the God must be speaking and acting the truth.

2. Amanah (trustworthiness)
He must be a person trusted by others, and trustworthy in keeping the trust of others.

3. Fathanah (intelligent)
He could comprehend everything that happened around him.

4. Tabligh (conveying)
A prophet and a messenger of the God must convey the message to others, so if they do not convey the message then they failed to fulfill the responsibility from the God for their ordination thus doesn't deserve to be known as a messenger of the God.

A prophet and a messenger of the God is impossible possessing these characteristics:

1. Kizzib (liar) 
A prophet and a messenger of the God is never a liar. 

2. Khianah (betrayer)
A prophet and a messenger of the God never betrays others.

3. Balid (imbecile)
The God would never ordain an imbecile to be a prophet and a messenger of the God but He knows who are the best person to be chosen in conveying His message and love to His slaves and servants.

4. Kitman (hiding)
A prophet and a messenger of the God would never hide the message of the God from others because he functions to transmit the teaching of the God to the nation.

Believing in the prophets and messengers of the God is the fourth pillar of sunnah orthodox Islamic faith. The God is protecting and guiding these people acts and words. They are ma'asum which means they are innocent and protected from sins and errors in every aspect of speech, morality, and daily life. But as to say, they are not gods. The God would never have to protect Himself from sins because He is the Most Perfect amongst all. How could we check all of these characteristics whether they fit or not to every individuals mentioned in few posts? We need the help of Quran and Qisaasul Anbiyaa'. Hope it benefits me myself and brothers and sisters that I love with all of my heart.

Sealed with prayers for peace and love. May Allah grants us some knowledge from His infinite knowledge. We pray so that Allah would guide everyone with His guidance and light of truth. May we learn the knowledge of Quran and Sunnah with our heart pure to receive His blessings and making us closer to Him. May He opens our heart to know Him and giving us the goodness in the world that would also be useful in the hereafter, aamin!!!

Ulul 'Azmi

Assalaamu'alaikum wa Rahmatullah!

When we already know about who are the 25 prophets and messengers of the God. So, what is this ulul 'azmi? I had stumbled on few complaints by some non-Muslim or revert brothers and sisters. Those in western world and english speaking world are alsoo complaining. What are the meaning of some terms used by these muslims while we couldn't understand what are they talking about. So, basically I am trying to help out those fellow brethren.

This is according to my understanding, but if they appear to be a bit wrong please forgive me dear brothers and sisters in Islam. I am also learning and I am not embarrassed of receiving comments and correction. I love those who help me out and correcting me. I understand how revert brothers and sisters feeling when we couldn't understand what are these terms mean because we just begin to learn about the religion. Even when we are exposed to the religion since our childhood time, that doesn't signify that we know everything, right?  

So, basically ulul 'azmi means the prophets and messengers of the God who works hard and facing difficulties with patience and great perseverance in their mission conveying the message of the God to the nation. They worked hard and performing jihad in implementing His teachings in their society although being mocked, laughed at, being accused as lunatics, accused as magicians, the people hurt their feelings, and etc. 

So, western civilized and french secular friends, jihad doesn't always mean holy war as what had been notoriously popularized in the media today. When the Catholic's Jesuit and Franciscan missions coming to South East Asia and evangelizing the natives around 15th C, they were also performing jihad to ungodly people who doesn't believe or doesn't even know about the crucifixion of the Christ according to Catholic creed.  When the Portuguese trying to evangelize and converting the Nazarenes of Malabar Coast in Southern India because they are not Christians according to Latin rites, the Portuguese were also performing jihad.

This is what happened when we teach arabic to people while we do not even know the root word that forms the verb in certain language or its grammar let alone being the believer in the religion.  I don't have to be a Hindu to understand their philosophies and I would never lie about them nor insult their intelligence like what I had seen in few silly websites regarding Islam when the heart is full of hatred and ignorance.

Who are the ulul 'azmis? They are:

1. Nuh (Noah) 
2. Ibrahim (Abraham)
3. Musa (Moses)
4. Isa (Jesus)
5. Muhammad (saw)

Why they are classified like this? Because they had faced difficulties and tests from the God with great patience and perseverance. The tests and difficulties faced by them are actually unbearable and greater compared to what had been faced by other prophets and messengers of the God. How do we know? Very long story where we need to read the Qisaasul Anbiyaa and then we would know why. As for prophet Muhammad (saw), his life is so interesting. He has no close friends too when he was a young man, meditating alone in Hiraa' cave and when I read about him as a seven years old kid, I had great faith but I didn't know how my faith slipped away from my heart when I began to grow up and I didn't know how I could forget the sufferings and torment faced by this great prophet that I read from the kitaab when I was a kid. 

I regret many kids today know about Justin Bieber or other artists but when we ask them about these basic things regarding our religion, they would hesitatingly answer us. It's not only others but also myself. I would spit myself for neglecting these basic things first and praying for His love and mercy to others may everyone be blessed with knowledge, guidance, and success.    

Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aali Muhammad ka-maa sallaita 'ala Ibrahim wa 'ala aali Ibrahim. Wa baarik 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aali Muhammad ka-maa sallaita 'ala Ibrahim wa 'ala aali Ibrahim. Fil 'aalamiina innaka hamiidum-majiid! Allah please be in contact with our holy prophet Muhammad (saw) and his family as You had been in contact with our patriarch Ibrahim and his family. Allah please bless our prophet Muhammad (saw) and his family as You had blessed our patriarch Ibrahim and his family. In our knowledge and be known to the world, You are indeed the One entitled for the praises and nobility!!!

Iman in prophets and messengers of Allah

Assalaamu'alaikum wa Rahmatullah!

Iman or faith in the prophets and messengers of the God is among the conclusion in our pillars of faith. In arabic, prophet is called as nabi. While for the messenger of the Lord, we call it as rasul.

A prophet basically means someone who has the ability to see or perceive whatever behind the metaphysical boundary of other fellow human-being. He is a person who has the connection or contacts with other supernatural entity. In english, the translation for nabi is prophet.  

In Islam, prophet terminologically means a man who receives the revelation from the God but was ordered to practice what had been revealed among their family members, clan, and tribe. They were not ordered to spread the teaching to other nations or the whole world.

Some people might call these kind of people as sages or teachers. As for the hindus and the buddhist, they are calling these kind of people as the teachers or sages who talked or inspired by the devas (gods and angels). For example they have maharishi Vaalmiki who composed the Ramayanna Kawiyam

For Siddhartha Gautama who had challenged the authority of Brahmannau (Brahmins) who generally controlled the ritual life of the people around the Ariya Varttam and Indus civilization during his enlightment period. As in Buddhism, Buddha has another title which is khuru (guru) which means someone who tries to enlight others in the darkness after they received enlightment. The God is out of any mention by Buddhists but only on morality. Siddharth Gautama only reached buddhahood or enlightment after a long tapa (meditation) under a Bodhi tree.

There are many teachers, rishis (sages), saints in Hinduism. So does Buddhism where there are many gurus and buddhas but Buddhism is considered as anastika (agnostic) Hinduism. And Hinduism means anything that emerges from Indus civilization whether it is in the form of culture, customs, beliefs, philosophies and others. Before Buddhism, there was actually another teaching known as Jaina taught by a person whose name is Mahavira. Enough said about the comparison on what I understood from my experience as a confused young man.

In the meanwhile, rasul in Islam means a man who receives revelation from the God but was ordered to universally convey the teachings of the God to the whole nations and the world for a certain period or era so that everybody receives the message from Him. In Islam, there are men who are just a prophet but not a messenger of the God and there are also a man who holds these two titles like where they were a prophet and also a messenger of the God.

Sometimes brethren in humanity, we may hear that muslims including myself calling the holy prophet Muhammad (saw) as rasulullah. It means that he is the messenger of the God. He is the prophet and the messenger of the God for this period and era which is known as the period or era of near resurrection. The teachings transmitted through him will be valid from the time he received gradual revelations from the God period until the resurrection happens according to the prophecy in our scripture which is the noble Quran. That is also why he is called as the seal of the nubuwwah (prophethood). The period of near resurrection is actually marked just after the era of prophet Isa (as).

We do not only believe in the prophethood of Muhammad (saw). We believe in others' prophethood as well. Some of them are from the children of Israel while others are from the ancient Arab tribes and nations. As a Muslim, how many prophets and messengers of the God that I need to at least know and recognize? I need to at least know about 25 prophets and messengers. These 25 people are in the same time, a prophet and also a messenger of the God. These names of prophets and messengers of the God are also good names for a muslim's sons.

1. Adam 2. Idris (Enoch) 3. Nuh (Noah) 4. Hud 5. Saleh 6. Ibrahim (Abraham) 7. Lut (Lot) 8. Isma'il (Ishmael) 9. Ishaq (Isaac) 10. Ya'akob (Jacob) 11. Yusuf (Joseph) 12. Ayyub (Job) 13. Zulkifli 14. Syu'aib (Jethro) 15. Musa (Moses) 16. Harun (Aaron) 17. Dawud (David) 18. Sulayman (Solomon) 19. Ilyas (Elijah) 20. Ilyasa' (Elisha') 21. Yunus (Jonah) 22. Zakaria (Zechariah) 23. Yahya (John) 24. 'Isa (Jesus) 25. Muhammad (saw).  

These 25 prophets and messengers of the God are the ones that we have faith in according to our articles of faith in the pillars of faith. Others are only prophets of the God which their names are not mentioned in the Quran but they were also prophets of the God to their tribes and nation during their era and period of time.

One thing that I would like to mention here. Not all in the 25 prophets and messengers of the God in the list displayed here are from the children of Israel. From Adam (as) to Nuh (as), these prophets have no racial or tribal identification. Nuh was the father of the Semites. Hud and Saleh are both of ancient Arab tribes and classified under Semitic branch of people. They are not Israelites. Hud was a prophet and messenger of the God to the 'Ads whom are an Arabian tribes in southern Arabia. While Saleh was ordained by the God to the Tsamud in northern part of Arabian peninsula. Syu'aib was from ancient Arab nation called classified as the Levants. All of these prophets and messengers of the God are the Semites but I am not sure about Ayyub because some mufassirin (commentators) said that he is the father of the Romans.

Once upon a time during my childhood time, I love to read the translation of Qisasul Anbiyaa' (the stories of prophets) and I still remember some of the stories. Later when I was sent to Perlis and feeling angry with my family for sending me away that I began to approach jataka tales learning about the avataram (incarnations) of the Buddha before he ends his samsara cycle, lectures about the teachings from phra acharn (teachers), and phra phor (fathers) to forget my sadness because I was not so close to relatives there.  So, I tried to find other alternatives and those who could accept me without criticizing me for my pathetic self because folks in the village have this attitude where they could be destructive when they have evil intention to anyone, they would try to harm others even with their words and I was just a 13 years old lil' kid.

Then I also began to be exposed to Advaita teachings and philosophies when I was in upper six because I had contact with Indian students as the majority of my classmates were hindus but at that time I had already return to the religion and the faith of our fathers, Islam. I learned many things from the hajj rituals, praise be only to Allah, my dear Lord!!!!

May Allah forgives us our sin. May He place our souls among the souls of the faithful servants and fearful to Him. I am looking to see other servants of the God who sacrificed for His sake with love and peace. May He accept our humble du'as, aaamin!!      
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