Apr 2, 2011
Jul 9, 2009
Mukmin sejati mesti sabar hadapi ujian
Bersama Dr Juanda Jaya
SUATU hari, tiba-tiba Allah SWT menentukan turunnya bala ke atas
diri dan keluarga kita. Hati dan perasaan kita mencari dan bertanya,
apakah salah dan dosa yang dilakukan? Mengapa begitu susah
mententeramkan hati dengan berprasangka baik kepada Allah SWT? Kita
berusaha memujuk diri dengan satu kefahaman bala dan ujian itu akan
Allah SWT balas dengan sesuatu yang lebih baik berbanding apa yang
hilang di tangan anda.
Allah SWT sentiasa memilih yang terbaik untuk diri kita. Adakah
patut kita mendahului Allah SWT dalam setiap pilihan-Nya? Manusia
berkata dalam hati: “Alangkah eloknya jika begini dan begini.” Adakah
manusia itu mengetahui seperti mana Allah SWT Mengetahui? Yang sehelai
daun gugur di serata bumi ini pun tidak akan gugur kecuali dengan
pengetahuan-Nya? Alangkah naif manusia jika ia merasa dirinya lebih
tahu apa yang terbaik buat dipilih.
Saidina Umar bin al-Khattab, pernah berputus asa ketika kemenangan
Islam tidak muncul. Pada hal di sisi beliau ada Rasulullah SAW.
Perasaan putus asa Umar ini jauh lebih bernilai daripada rasa putus asa
kita yang kehilangan dunia, anak atau isteri.
Perasaan putus asa Umar adalah mewakili Islam dan kesetiaannya kepada
Allah SWT dan Rasul-Nya. Manakala perasaan putus asa kita mewakili
kepentingan dan ego dalam diri sendiri. Umar meratap sedih: “Wahai
Rasulullah bukankah kamu utusan Allah? Bukankah Agama ini benar?”
Rasulullah menguatkan semangat sahabatnya: “Sesungguhnya Aku adalah
seorang hamba Allah dan sudah tentu Dia tidak akan membinasakan
diriku.” (Sirah Nabawiyah oleh Dr Mustafa al-Sibaie)
Kata-kata keramat Baginda ini sudah selayaknya menghiasi hati orang
mukmin yang bergantung sepenuhnya kepada Allah SWT. Jika kita mahu
menelusuri selok-belok kehidupan ini, ujian dan cabaran itu sebenarnya
membuat anda menjadi lebih kebal. Tidak mudah goyah dan mampu melompat
lebih tinggi.
Orang yang memenangi pertarungan itu sebenarnya bukan yang kuat
tetapi yang paling mampu menahan sakit. Lihatlah mereka yang berjaya.
Di atas kesakitan itu mereka membina kekuatan, rela tidak tidur untuk
kerja yang perlu diselesaikan. Mereka yang berjaya begitu disiplin dan
menghargai kesakitan yang diderita. Allah SWT menguji siapakah yang
paling baik imannya dan paling reda dengan qada dan qadar-Nya.
Dr Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, dalam kitabnya Al-Iman wal Hayah menyatakan:
“Tidak mungkin manusia dapat menghindarkan diri daripada pelbagai
kesulitan, begitulah kenyataan hidup, ramai yang bersua dengan
kegagalan, ditinggalkan kekasih, penyakit menyerang tubuh, kehilangan
harta benda dan seterusnya. Kemudian beliau mengambil hadis Rasulullah
bermaksud: “Perumpamaan orang beriman yang ditimpa ujian bagai besi
yang dimasukkan ke dalam api, lalu hilang karat dan tinggal yang
baiknya saja.”
Beliau juga meminjam kata-kata seorang ulama: “Setiap kali aku
ditimpa ujian duniawi, terbayang olehku tiga kurniaan Tuhan. Yang
pertama, cubaan itu tidak menjejaskan agamaku. Yang kedua, aku tidak
ditimpa bahaya yang lebih besar dari itu. Yang ketiga, aku mendapat
pahala dari Allah SWT kerananya.
Betapa indahnya ungkapan semangat yang mencerminkan kekerasan hati
orang beriman. Seperti mana kata-kata Saidina Urwah bin al-Zubair saat
menghadapi sakit sehingga anggota badannya diamputasi dan kematian anak
lelakinya: “Ya Allah, di atas kesedihan ini hamba memuji-Mu, Engkau
memberiku tujuh orang anak, lalu Engkau mengambilnya satu. Aku tidak
menyesal, bukankah Engkau tinggalkan untukku enam orang lagi? Kaki dan
tanganku semuanya empat dan Engkau hanya ambil satu saja daripada
mereka. Bukankah ada tiga lagi yang sepatutnya aku syukuri? Kalau
Engkau yang mengambil maka Engkau juga yang memberi. Kalau Engkau yang
menurunkan bala, sesungguhnya Engkau juga yang menyelamatkan.”
Itulah hikmah sebenar mengapa Allah SWT menguji, supaya tumbuh jiwa
hamba pada diri kita. Tiada ego melampau dan menganggap akulah yang
kuat lalu menzalimi orang lain. Kerana ada Yang Maha Kuasa yang serta
merta boleh merenggut ubun-ubunnya dan menghapuskan apa saja yang
dimiliki.
Firman Allah SWT bermaksud: “Katakanlah wahai Muhammad: Mahukah Kami
khabar kepadamu orang yang amat merugi perbuatannya? Iaitu orang sesat
perbuatannya sewaktu hidup di dunia sedangkan mereka mengira
perbuatannya itu adalah kebaikan.” (Surah Al-Kahfi: 103-104).
Manusia merancang, Allah menentukan. Jika seorang bapa kehilangan
anaknya nescaya Allah membalas dengan Baitul Hamdi (sebuah istana
khusus di syurga) kerana kesabarannya. Bagaimana pula orang yang cekal
di atas bala lebih teruk daripada itu? Balaslah ujian Allah SWT dengan
lafaz pujian dan syukur kepada-Nya, kerana ia tanda kasih sayang Allah
SWT ke atas diri kita.
Penulis ialah pendakwah dari Negeri Sarawak, boleh dihubungi melalui juanda@kutpm.edu.my
May 26, 2009
BALANCE SHEET OF LIFE ...........
Our Birth is our Opening Balance!
Our Death is our Closing Balance!
Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities
Our Creative Ideas are our Assets
Heart is our Current Asset
Soul is our Fixed Asset
Brain is our Fixed Deposit
Thinking is our Current Account
Achievements are our Capital
Character & Morals, our Stock-in-Trade
Friends are our General Reserves
Values & Behaviour are our Goodwill
Patience is our Interest Earned
Love is our Dividend
Children are our Bonus Issues
Education is Brands / Patents
Knowledge is our Investment
Experience is our Premium Account
The Aim is to Tally the Balance Sheet Accurately.
The Goal is to get the Best Presented Accounts Award
Some very good and very bad things.....
The most destructive habit....... .......Worry
The greatest Joy......... ......... .........Giving
The greatest loss.......Loss of self-respect
The most satisfying work........ .......Helping others
The ugliest personality trait....... .....Selfishness
The most endangered species ...... ...Dedicated leaders
Our greatest natural resource.... ......... ...Our youth
The greatest 'shot in the arm'........ .Encouragement
The greatest problem to overcome.... ......... ...Fear
The most effective sleeping pill....... Peace of mind
The most crippling failure disease...... . .......Excuses
The most powerful force in life........ . .......... .Love
The most dangerous act...... ..A gossip
The world's most incredible computer.... ....The brain
The worst thing to be without..... ......... ..... Hope
The deadliest weapon...... ......... ........The tongue
The two most power-filled words....... ......... 'I Can'
The greatest asset....... .......... ......... .....Faith
The most worthless emotion..... ......... ....Self- pity
The most beautiful attire...... ......... ........SMILE!
The most prized possession.. .......... ......Integrity
The most powerful channel of communication. ...Prayer
The most contagious spirit...... ......... ......Enthusiasm
Life ends;
when
you
stop
Dreaming,
Hope ends;
when
you
stop
Believing,
Love ends;
when
you
stop
Caring,
And Friendship ends; when you stop Sharing...!! !
Our Death is our Closing Balance!
Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities
Our Creative Ideas are our Assets
Heart is our Current Asset
Soul is our Fixed Asset
Brain is our Fixed Deposit
Thinking is our Current Account
Achievements are our Capital
Character & Morals, our Stock-in-Trade
Friends are our General Reserves
Values & Behaviour are our Goodwill
Patience is our Interest Earned
Love is our Dividend
Children are our Bonus Issues
Education is Brands / Patents
Knowledge is our Investment
Experience is our Premium Account
The Aim is to Tally the Balance Sheet Accurately.
The Goal is to get the Best Presented Accounts Award
Some very good and very bad things.....
The most destructive habit....... .......Worry
The greatest Joy......... ......... .........Giving
The greatest loss.......Loss of self-respect
The most satisfying work........ .......Helping others
The ugliest personality trait....... .....Selfishness
The most endangered species ...... ...Dedicated leaders
Our greatest natural resource.... ......... ...Our youth
The greatest 'shot in the arm'........ .Encouragement
The greatest problem to overcome.... ......... ...Fear
The most effective sleeping pill....... Peace of mind
The most crippling failure disease...... . .......Excuses
The most powerful force in life........ . .......... .Love
The most dangerous act...... ..A gossip
The world's most incredible computer.... ....The brain
The worst thing to be without..... ......... ..... Hope
The deadliest weapon...... ......... ........The tongue
The two most power-filled words....... ......... 'I Can'
The greatest asset....... .......... ......... .....Faith
The most worthless emotion..... ......... ....Self- pity
The most beautiful attire...... ......... ........SMILE!
The most prized possession.. .......... ......Integrity
The most powerful channel of communication. ...Prayer
The most contagious spirit...... ......... ......Enthusiasm
Life ends;
when
you
stop
Dreaming,
Hope ends;
when
you
stop
Believing,
Love ends;
when
you
stop
Caring,
And Friendship ends; when you stop Sharing...!! !
May 18, 2009
Didik Masyarakat Jadi Prihatin - Rosmawati
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Mei - Gejala pembuangan bayi yang baru dilahirkan nampaknya sudah menjadi sesuatu yang lumrah dalam masyarakat hari ini.
Pengarah Raudhatus Sakinah, Rosmawati Zainal (gambar) berkata, kekejaman berlaku bukan hanya kerana bayi itu dibuang, malah lebih dahsyat lagi, ia membawa kepada pembunuhan bayi yang malang tersebut.
“Kegiatan pembuangan dan pembunuhan bayi ini seolah-olah sudah menjadi kebiasaan dalam masyarakat lantaran hampir setiap hari kita mendengar berita-berita mengenainya dalam media massa. Namun hal yang menjadi tanda tanya ialah kegiatan tersebut berlaku dalam masyarakat yang bagaimana?” ujar Rosmawati ketika diminta oleh Malaysia Harmoni untuk mengulas kes pembuangan bayi yang berlaku di belakang sebuah kedai makan di Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock di sini pada malam 16 Mei 2009 yang lalu.
Dalam kejadian tersebut, mayat seorang bayi lelaki yang masih bertali pusat ditemui oleh salah seorang pekerja kedai makan tersebut dalam keadaan berbungkus dengan surat khabar dan masih terdapat kesan darah, dipercayai baru dilahirkan.
“Kita tidak tahu siapa yang melakukannya dan bagaimana bentuk pembuangannya. Namun kita bersyukur kerana masih ada ahli masyarakat yang bersikap prihatin walaupun kita tahu kebanyakan daripada mereka tidak tahu apa yang perlu dilakukan apabila berhadapan dengan situasi sebegitu,” tambah beliau.
Untuk itu, beliau memberikan saranan agar seluruh ahli masyarakat harus terus dididik dalam menangani gejala sedemikian.
“Mereka yang melakukannya adalah mereka yang jahil. Justeru, dengan didikan yang betul, mereka mampu keluar daripada kejahilan tersebut. Mereka yang lain juga harus turut dididik agar menjadi ahli mayarakat yang prihatin dengan suasana yang berlaku di sekeliling mereka,” tegas beliau lagi.
Dalam pada itu, Raudhatus Sakinah yang merupakan sebuah pusat perlindungan dan bimbingan remaja puteri kini sedang giat menjalankan kempen “Anda Bijak Jauhi Zina”, sebuah kempen yang mula dilancarkan pada tahun 2007 dengan menjadikan para pelajar sekolah-sekolah menengah serta institusi pengajian tinggi sebagai golongan sasaran.
“Kita harap kempen sebegini bukan dilakukan oleh pihak Raudhatus Sakinah sahaja, namun harus turut digerakkan oleh semua pihak, termasuk agensi kerajaan dan swasta. Kita laksanakannya adalah untuk membantu golongan remaja, belia dan masyarakat seluruhnya daripada terus terjerumus ke lembah dosa dan noda,” kata beliau.
Pengarah Raudhatus Sakinah, Rosmawati Zainal (gambar) berkata, kekejaman berlaku bukan hanya kerana bayi itu dibuang, malah lebih dahsyat lagi, ia membawa kepada pembunuhan bayi yang malang tersebut.
“Kegiatan pembuangan dan pembunuhan bayi ini seolah-olah sudah menjadi kebiasaan dalam masyarakat lantaran hampir setiap hari kita mendengar berita-berita mengenainya dalam media massa. Namun hal yang menjadi tanda tanya ialah kegiatan tersebut berlaku dalam masyarakat yang bagaimana?” ujar Rosmawati ketika diminta oleh Malaysia Harmoni untuk mengulas kes pembuangan bayi yang berlaku di belakang sebuah kedai makan di Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock di sini pada malam 16 Mei 2009 yang lalu.
Dalam kejadian tersebut, mayat seorang bayi lelaki yang masih bertali pusat ditemui oleh salah seorang pekerja kedai makan tersebut dalam keadaan berbungkus dengan surat khabar dan masih terdapat kesan darah, dipercayai baru dilahirkan.
“Kita tidak tahu siapa yang melakukannya dan bagaimana bentuk pembuangannya. Namun kita bersyukur kerana masih ada ahli masyarakat yang bersikap prihatin walaupun kita tahu kebanyakan daripada mereka tidak tahu apa yang perlu dilakukan apabila berhadapan dengan situasi sebegitu,” tambah beliau.
Untuk itu, beliau memberikan saranan agar seluruh ahli masyarakat harus terus dididik dalam menangani gejala sedemikian.
“Mereka yang melakukannya adalah mereka yang jahil. Justeru, dengan didikan yang betul, mereka mampu keluar daripada kejahilan tersebut. Mereka yang lain juga harus turut dididik agar menjadi ahli mayarakat yang prihatin dengan suasana yang berlaku di sekeliling mereka,” tegas beliau lagi.
Dalam pada itu, Raudhatus Sakinah yang merupakan sebuah pusat perlindungan dan bimbingan remaja puteri kini sedang giat menjalankan kempen “Anda Bijak Jauhi Zina”, sebuah kempen yang mula dilancarkan pada tahun 2007 dengan menjadikan para pelajar sekolah-sekolah menengah serta institusi pengajian tinggi sebagai golongan sasaran.
“Kita harap kempen sebegini bukan dilakukan oleh pihak Raudhatus Sakinah sahaja, namun harus turut digerakkan oleh semua pihak, termasuk agensi kerajaan dan swasta. Kita laksanakannya adalah untuk membantu golongan remaja, belia dan masyarakat seluruhnya daripada terus terjerumus ke lembah dosa dan noda,” kata beliau.
May 15, 2009
15th May, A Day of Remembrance of Nakbah
Assalamualaikum and Salam Sejahtera,
PACE (Palestine Centre of Excellence, Malaysia) declaration of support for the Palestinian cause in conjunction with the 61st remembrance of an-Nakbah (the catastrophe of 15th May 1948)
15th May, a day of remembrance of Nakbah
The tragedy of an-Nakbah or catastrophe officially unfolded on the 15th May of 1948 with the birth of the illegitimate state of Israel. It was the culmination of the systematic usurpation of Palestinian land by Jewish settlers since the 1920’s and ended with the mass exodus of more than 800,000 Palestinians vacating their homes and land to save dear life. Sixty one years have past to date, and these displaced Palestinians or their children and children’s children are still living in refugee camps across the middle east, longing to return to their homes in historic Palestine.
It all started with the notorious Balfour Declaration passed in the British House of Commons in 1917, giving the rights to the people of Jewish descent to migrate and populate the British mandated territory of Palestine. It marked the success of the International Zionist movement started and led by Teodor Hertzl in 1897, which after much consultation settled for Palestine for the Jewish National Home. They came and settled in Palestine, buying over land or taking over from absentee landlords. Thanks to the great Mufti of Palestine, al-Haj Amin Husaini, a religious edict was passed by the council of muslim scholars which forbade Palestinians from selling their lands to Jewish settlers. Things came to a head after the Second World War, when displaced jews of Europe as a consequent of Hitlers pogrom, or the Holocaust, flocked to Palestine in their hundreds of thousands. They formed armed groups like Haganah and Irgun, terrorizing Palestinians by conducting raids and massacres in their villages. To resolve the situation in Palestine, the United Nation formed the UNSCOP (United Nation Special Committee on Palestine) to preside over the issue, and they came up with the Partition Plan, whereby historic Palestine was divided into Arab and Jewish territory. Fifty five percent of Palestinian territory was carved up for the Jewish immigrants from Europe. The Partition Plan was tabled in the United Nations General Assembly in 1947 and was passed as the Resolution 181 with majority votes. As Arab and Islamic countries have yet to become members of the United Nation, as they were still under the colonial yoke, the outcome of the vote was a forgone conclusion. What’s worst was the Palestinian people, the rightful owner of the land was ignored as if they were non existent.
Nineteen years later, the zionist State of Israel annexed the remaining 23% of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the East Jarusalem (Baitul Maqdis), what’s left of the Arab territories from the first Arab-Israeli War of 1948. Right to this day, every single inch of these remaining territory has been under occupation. Despite of repeated calls by the United Nations to withdraw to the Green Line of 1967, as stipulated by the UN Resolution 242 and 338 Israel remain defiant. The longstanding occupation now has lead to other more demeaning and sinister moves by the Zionist regime to carve up more land by buiding jewish-only settlements on Palestinian lands, constructing the notorious wall that snakes through the West Bank from north to south, disrupting daily movements of the Palestinian people and blocking access to schools, farms and water sources. Against every sense of justice and international laws and convention, Israel has been laying siege on the densely populated Gaza strip since 2006, turning it into the biggest terrestrial prison on earth. The population of Gaza was collectively punished for putting up a resistance against the occupation, an act that is sanctioned even by the United Nations and the Geneva Conventions. The siege was than followed by a massive military strike against a deprived population that lasted for 22 days with the aim of breaking the spirit of the Palestinian people. But the Palestinian people survived the terrible ordeal and came out stronger.
These episodes only prove one thing i.e. no power can put down a national aspiration for freedom. The Palestinian people will continue to remain steadfast in their struggle to liberate their land and restore their dignity in the face of the most oppressive regime the world has ever known. They have put up sixty one years of honourable fight to regain their freedom and they are showing no signs of letting up.
PACE proudly stood by the Palestinian cause. The Palestinian people deserve a standing ovation for such an increadible feat.
Assoc Prof Dr Hafidzi Mohd Noor
Director PACE
PACE (Palestine Centre of Excellence, Malaysia) declaration of support for the Palestinian cause in conjunction with the 61st remembrance of an-Nakbah (the catastrophe of 15th May 1948)
15th May, a day of remembrance of Nakbah
The tragedy of an-Nakbah or catastrophe officially unfolded on the 15th May of 1948 with the birth of the illegitimate state of Israel. It was the culmination of the systematic usurpation of Palestinian land by Jewish settlers since the 1920’s and ended with the mass exodus of more than 800,000 Palestinians vacating their homes and land to save dear life. Sixty one years have past to date, and these displaced Palestinians or their children and children’s children are still living in refugee camps across the middle east, longing to return to their homes in historic Palestine.
It all started with the notorious Balfour Declaration passed in the British House of Commons in 1917, giving the rights to the people of Jewish descent to migrate and populate the British mandated territory of Palestine. It marked the success of the International Zionist movement started and led by Teodor Hertzl in 1897, which after much consultation settled for Palestine for the Jewish National Home. They came and settled in Palestine, buying over land or taking over from absentee landlords. Thanks to the great Mufti of Palestine, al-Haj Amin Husaini, a religious edict was passed by the council of muslim scholars which forbade Palestinians from selling their lands to Jewish settlers. Things came to a head after the Second World War, when displaced jews of Europe as a consequent of Hitlers pogrom, or the Holocaust, flocked to Palestine in their hundreds of thousands. They formed armed groups like Haganah and Irgun, terrorizing Palestinians by conducting raids and massacres in their villages. To resolve the situation in Palestine, the United Nation formed the UNSCOP (United Nation Special Committee on Palestine) to preside over the issue, and they came up with the Partition Plan, whereby historic Palestine was divided into Arab and Jewish territory. Fifty five percent of Palestinian territory was carved up for the Jewish immigrants from Europe. The Partition Plan was tabled in the United Nations General Assembly in 1947 and was passed as the Resolution 181 with majority votes. As Arab and Islamic countries have yet to become members of the United Nation, as they were still under the colonial yoke, the outcome of the vote was a forgone conclusion. What’s worst was the Palestinian people, the rightful owner of the land was ignored as if they were non existent.
Nineteen years later, the zionist State of Israel annexed the remaining 23% of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the East Jarusalem (Baitul Maqdis), what’s left of the Arab territories from the first Arab-Israeli War of 1948. Right to this day, every single inch of these remaining territory has been under occupation. Despite of repeated calls by the United Nations to withdraw to the Green Line of 1967, as stipulated by the UN Resolution 242 and 338 Israel remain defiant. The longstanding occupation now has lead to other more demeaning and sinister moves by the Zionist regime to carve up more land by buiding jewish-only settlements on Palestinian lands, constructing the notorious wall that snakes through the West Bank from north to south, disrupting daily movements of the Palestinian people and blocking access to schools, farms and water sources. Against every sense of justice and international laws and convention, Israel has been laying siege on the densely populated Gaza strip since 2006, turning it into the biggest terrestrial prison on earth. The population of Gaza was collectively punished for putting up a resistance against the occupation, an act that is sanctioned even by the United Nations and the Geneva Conventions. The siege was than followed by a massive military strike against a deprived population that lasted for 22 days with the aim of breaking the spirit of the Palestinian people. But the Palestinian people survived the terrible ordeal and came out stronger.
These episodes only prove one thing i.e. no power can put down a national aspiration for freedom. The Palestinian people will continue to remain steadfast in their struggle to liberate their land and restore their dignity in the face of the most oppressive regime the world has ever known. They have put up sixty one years of honourable fight to regain their freedom and they are showing no signs of letting up.
PACE proudly stood by the Palestinian cause. The Palestinian people deserve a standing ovation for such an increadible feat.
Assoc Prof Dr Hafidzi Mohd Noor
Director PACE
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