:: Pinjamkan ::

أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يُخرج الأبكار والعواتق وذوات الخدور والحيض في العيدين ، فأما الحيض فيعتزلن المصلى ويشهدن دعوة المسلمين، قالت إحداهن : يا رسول الله ، إن لم يكن لها جلباب ، قال : ( فلتعرها أختها من جلابيبها

Terjemahan hadith:

Sesungguhnya Rasulullah mengeluarkan (mengarahkan utk keluar) gadis2, dan yang sudah bernikah tetapi belum berpindah ke rumah suami, dan yang remaja (masih kecil tetapi yg sudah boleh dinikahkan), dan yang telah baligh, pada kedua-dua hari raya. Bagi yang sedang haidh hendaklah mengasingkan diri dari musolla tetapi tetap mendengar seruan (khutbah, tadzkirah) dari Muslimin. Maka berkatalah salah seorang perempuan dari mereka: “Wahai Rasulullah, kalau seseorang dari kami tidak mempunyai jilbab -istilah utk pakaian wanita, yang menutup seluruh auratnya-, (bagaimana dia bisa keluar?).” Jawab baginda (selawat dan salam ke atasnya): “Maka hendaklah saudaranya (yg seislam) meminjamkan salah satu jilbabnya kepadanya (yg tidak memiliki jilbab).

(Hadith Riwayat al-Tirmidzi, katanya hadith ini Hasan Sahih, juga diriwayatkan oleh al-Bukhari & Muslim)

Pengajaran:

Terdapat beberapa pengajaran dari hadith ini, tetapi yg ingin ditekankan adalah bahagian akhir hadith tersebut, iaitu: meminjamkan tudung bagi saudara perempuan kita yang tidak memilikinya. Jadi, seandainya kita terlihat sahabat2 muslimah kita yg tidak bertudung, tak usah mengata & ‘cakap belakang’ tentangnya. Hampirinya dan beramah mesra dengannya, sekiranya dikenal pasti dia tidak memiliki tudung utk dipakai, pinjamkanlah kepadanya, atau hadiahkan. :) Hadith ini juga menunjukkan bahawa seseorang muslimah perlu mengambil berat tentang muslimah yg lain dan membantunya dalam mentaati perintah ALLAH. :)

Indahnya Islam!

:: Hartaku Hartaku ::

عن أبي هريرة قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ( يقول العبد مالي مالي إنما له من ماله ثلاث ما أكل فأفنى أو لبس فأبلى أو أعطى فأقنى وما سوى ذلك فهو ذاهب وتاركه للناس)

Terjemahan hadith:
Daripada Abu Hurayrah RA, katanya: Rasulullah (selawat & salam ke atas Baginda) bersabda: “Berkata seorang hamba, {Hartaku! Hartaku!} Sesungguhnya (kebaikan) padanya daripada harta itu cuma tiga perkara; apa yang dimakannya lalu ia habis, atau apa yang dipakainya lalu ia lusuh, atau apa yang diberi (sedekahkan kerana Allah SWT) lalu itulah yg memberinya kebaikan (utk saham akhirat). Apa (harta) yang selebihnya maka ia akan pergi dan tinggalkan harta itu kepada manusia (wasiat, harta pusaka dll).

(Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Zuhdu wa al-Raqa iq, 14/208)

Pengajaran daripada hadith:

Difahami dari zhahir hadith di atas bahawa penggunaan harta yg membawa kepada kebahagiaan dunia akhirat hanyalah harta yg diinfakkan kepada manusia lain, semata2 utk mendapatkan redha ALLAH. Meski harta setinggi jabal Uhud, tanpa infak ke jalanNYA, tiadalah erti di sisi ALLAH, juga tidak langsung menguntungkan bisnes akhirat. Wallahua’lam.

JOM INFAK!

:: Yang diajar ::

Antara hadith yang dipelajari beberapa minggu sudah, untuk subjek "Qiraah Nassiyyah fi Kutub al Hadith".

عن ابن مسعود قال،كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يتخولنا بالموعظة في الأيام
كراهة السآمة علينا


(Sahih Bukhari, Hadith no: 66, Bab Ma Kaana An Nabiy Sollallahu 'alaihi Wasallam, 1/121)


عن أبي وائل قال كان عبد اللهيذكر الناس في كل خميس فقال له رجل يا أبا عبد الرحمن لوددت أنك ذكرتنا كل يوم قال أما إنه يمنعني من ذلك أني أكره أن أملكم وإني أتخولكم بالموعظة كما كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يتخولنا بها مخافة السآمة علينا


(Sahih Bukhari, Hadith no: 68, Bab Man Ja'ala li Ahlil 'Ilmiy Ayyaaman Ma'luuman, 1/124)

Terjemahan hadith 1:


Daripada Ibn Mas'ud r.a katanya, Rasulullah (selawat dan salam ke atas Baginda) mengambil berat tentang kami dan telah menyediakan hari-hari yang tertentu untuk memberi peringatan & tadzkirah kepada kami, kerana takut kami berasa bosan (seandainya dilakukan setiap hari).


Terjemahan hadith 2:


Daripada Abi Waa'il katanya, Abdullah (ibn mas'ud) memberi tadzkirah/peringatan kepada orang ramai pada setiap hari khamis (sahaja), maka berkatalah seorang lelaki: "Wahai Abu Abd Rahman (Ibn Mas'ud), aku suka sekiranya kamu memberi kami peringatan pada setiap hari." (Kata Ibn Mas'ud), "Sesungguhnya apa yg menghalang aku daripada berbuat perkara itu (memberi peringatan setiap hari) adalah aku tidak suka untuk membuat kamu berasa bosan (oleh itu) aku memilih hari tertentu sahaja utk memberi peringatan, sebagaimana Rasulullah (selawat dan salam ke atas Baginda) memilih hari tertentu utk kami, (kerana) takut kami berasa bosan."


Pengajaran daripada dua hadith di atas:

1) Antara cara Rasulullah mentarbiyah sahabat, dengan tidak memberi peringatan (mengulang sesuatu -hal agama- yang sudah sedia diketahui) setiap hari kepada mereka kerana Baginda (selawat dan salam ke atas Baginda) amat memahami bahawa antara fitrah manusia adalah cepat bosan apabila sering diberi peringatan. Yang disampaikan oleh Rasulullah setiap hari adalah ilmu, iaitu sesuatu yg tidak diketahui sebelum ini.

2) Betapa sahabat amat syadid dalam mengikut sunnah & perbuatan Rasulullah (selawat dan salam ke atas Baginda).

3) Memberi peringatan itu tetap perlu, meski bukan setiap hari.


Kita sebagai ummat Muhammad (selawat dan salam ke atas Baginda), marilah mencontohi apa yang telah diajarkan kepada kita. Confirmed selamat dunia akhirat. :)

:: Coherence in the Quran (2) ::

Definition

An eloquent speech contains several components: 1) the central theme, 2) the preface, 3) the context, and 4) the conclusion. The Quran is undoubtedly the most eloquent speech. All of its surahs contain the above -mentioned four components.

Application of Nazm al-Quran in the interpretation of a surah requires the mufassir to identify these four elements through deliberation over each and single statement of the surah, on the one hand, and establish link among them, on the other.

The deliberation (tadabbur) needs to be done over and over again. Merely once or twice it may not do. As it appears from the term, Nazm al Quran is a theory advocating the fact that all the verses of a surah as well as the surahs of the Quran are closely connected to one another. The statements of the Quran, which, at times, appears to be incoherent as a matter of fact fully coherent. Nazm al-Quran may be defined as a theory confirming the existence of coherence in the Quran.


From Prof Israr Ahmad Khan's research paper.


To be continued...

:: Coherence in the Quran ::

An introduction

Hundreds of tafsir works have been produced by Muslims scholars with a view to make the message of the Quran accessible to the mankind. These works represent various trends, different approaches, diverse methodologies, multifarious objectives, and numerous schools of thought. Consequently, different, and at times, mutually conflicting interpretations of the words of Allah has caused Muslims to feel confused and dejected.

Interestingly, scholars who have applied one and the same methodology to unfold the truth of the divine speech have also miserably failed to maintain the unity of the message of the Quran, and come up with uncompromisingly contradictory interpretations. This situation serves as an obvious indicator that there is something wrong in the methodology of the interpretation of the Quran.

In the twentieth century some Muslims scholars such as al-Farahi and Islahi proposed and also practically demonstrated a new methodology of tafsir known as Nazm al-Quran. To them, it is not merely an excellent miraculous feature of the Quran but also a methodology. Application of this methodology in the Quranic tafsir leads to the unity of message in the Quran. This methodology may enable the commentators of the Quran to develop various meanings of verses but there is no possibility of conflict among scholars while interpreting the Quran in terms of ideas.


To be continued..

:: Think in English or Arabic ::

Beberapa hari lepas, dapat mid term paper Coherence in The Quran. Soalannya hari tu sangat senang & sangat direct tapi jika jawapan tak menepati cara Sir, memang bahaya.. Siap adaa yang dapat 2/20. Sir pentingkan 3 perkara: 1) Point utama + metodologi jawapan 2) explanation + concrete argument (examples) 3) Language!

Bab language tu memang susah la. Sir suruh jawab guna english 'level' sir. Susah tu... Apapun, sir ada bagi petua untuk kuasai sesuatu bahasa dengan cepat. Satu hari cuma perlu 10-15minit sebelum tidur, atau bila-bila. Caranya mudah sangat: Think in that particular language. Kalau bahasa Arab, fikir dalam bahasa Arab, dan seterusnya...

So, sebelum tidur, sebelum baca doa, cuba cerita balik apa yang kita lalui sepanjang hari tu dalam bahasa inggeris atau arab atau apa2 bahasa yang kita nak kuasai. Sebut kat mulut atau dalam hati. It really helps. terutamanya untuk kenal pasti vocabulary yang kita tak ada. :) Selamat mencuba!

:: Misleading Images ::

The Misleading Images of Sociology.

Why do you think some people go to university and devote themselves to study sociology? Most people might have the perception that when you learn sociology, it indicates that you are truly concern to help the society, offering humanitarian services to them, as well as being benevolent. But, what many people will never think of it is that in the real life, some are studying sociology as a tool to equip themselves with countless information about society, so that they can plan a better criminal steps, or briefly, being malevolent.

In sum, Peter L. Berger mentioned this situation in one remarkable sentence: ‘working with people’ can mean getting them out of slums or getting them into jail, selling them propaganda or robbing them of their money, making them produce better automobiles or making them better bombing pilots.

That is one of the misleading images of Sociology, starting almost a hundred years ago up to recent era. Another misleading image portrayed is, sociologists never attempt to understand the society, and instead they tend to practice more. This is what people say, but the truth is vice-versa. Sociologists are not social reformers which intend to change to whole society institution; indeed they strive to an uphill battle sequentially to understand the society better.

There’s another misleading perception which -for me- is quite interesting and appealing. It’s about a deceptive image toward sociology of more recent date and more recent development in discipline. It sounds a bit like this: sociologist is a gatherer of statistics about human behaviors. Yes, it is true that many sociologists use statistics in developing theories and to understand what’s actually happening. However, it is to be born in mind that statistics or numbers alone are not sociology. Numbers become a part of sociology only when they are interpreted sociologically. It can be explained using this example:

Today, in IIUM Gombak, the percentage of male students is only 35% whereas female students have reached 65% in quantity. Had this percentage is left with no interpretation from sociological views, it will remain as numbers and insignificant. However, to make it a part of sociology and possessing a bigger meaning, the above percentage has to be interpreted this way:

1. Now women got more chances to study even to a higher level education institution, compared to our ancestors’ time.

2. Women are predicted to get married late. Pursuing studies seems to become the prioritized event in life.

3. Late marriage means children will ‘come’ later.

4. Women with degree/master degree tend to involve in career world, living the housewife title behind, which usually will force them to not to have much children.

[Back then, for Malay women, when they are asked about the quantity of the children, and the answer is 6, people will react by saying, “only six???!!!” but nowadays, when the answer is 6, people are more likely to say, “Six???!!! How do you take care all of them simultaneously??” It normally happens in urban lives.]

5. Smaller amount of children will lead to the decreasing population of society.

Now 35:65 becomes more noteworthy and essential. :)