wuduq
Saturday 03.27.04 [2:22 am]


tersentuh hati aku bile mendengar halaqah Imam Muktar tadi. kali ini beliau cuba menekankan semula kepentingan wuduq dalam menunaikan solah. beliau berkata yang wuduq ni membersihkan diri dari dosa. maybe kite rase biasa jer ayat ni. yelah semua org tahu dari segi pemahaman aqli yang wuduq membersihkan diri dari dosa.kite dengar ni dimana mana. kite kate memang la wuduq membersihkan kite dari dosa. tapi adakah itu sahaja maksudnye? dalam halaqah tadi beliau berkata bahawa kite should fell ashame or haya sebab mase kite amik wuduq tu dosa dosa kite berguguran didepan Allah swt. beliau cuba membawa satu metaphor yang mane kite ni seorang yang berpenyakit nak menghadap seorang yang terhormat. mestilah kite ni akan dipandang hina. bahkan bile kite pikir balik kalaulah wuduq tu tak dapat nak bersihkan dosa, maksud nye di badan kite masih lagi kekotoran dan kekotoran itu yang kite bawak semasa rukuk sujud dalam solat. betapa berani dan biadap nya kite bile berlaku sedemikian terhadap Tuhan yang Maha Pengasih terhadap kite selama ni. dalam solat pun kite masih lagi tak mampu nak buang ape yang Dia murka dari diri kite ni kan pulak dalam kehidupan yang diluar salat yang obviously tidak ingat kan Allah
wuduq juga mengajar kita tentang peace. kadang kdang aku suke ambil lewa tentang penggunaan air yang aku gunekan. Beliau berkata adalah satu perkara yang berbeza apabila mengambil dengan kuantiti air yang sikit dan yang banyak. benar sekali. malah die berkata yang membazir itu adalah haram. tambahnya pula bukankah ia menjadi suatu perkara yang ridiculous apabila mengambil wuduq utk membersih dosa sambil membazir yaqni membuat perkara yang haram yang membawa kepada dosa. SubhanAllah
Namun bile aku ponder balik aku rase yang Allah benar benar menunjukkan rahmah kepada hambaNya. kalau kite tengok tiap hari lima waktu Allah menyuruh kite membasuh diri kite dengan wuduq. malah Allah mengajar kite utk beristifar dan bertahmid kepadaNya. Adakah ni semua utk Dia? tidak sama sekali. sudah tentulah utk kite.dari solat puasa haji dan zakat Allah telah offer pelbagai cara agar hati kite tidak lagi dicengkam dosa yang menghalang kite utk merasa kemanisan hidup yang sebenarnye memberi faedah kepada kite.Sungguh benarlah kata Allah dalam AlQuran
tetapi ramai diantara nya tidak bersyukur

p/s utk diri yang lemah ini

From our usrahRPI brother, Rahmat's blog

The Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) said:

"My Lord offered to turn the mounts of Mecca into gold for me.
But my supplication to Him was; 'Oh, Allah! I like to eat one
day and feel hungry the next, so that I may cry before Thee and
remember Thee when I am hungry; and be grateful to Thee and
glorify Thee when my hunger is gone!"

Munchies from Imam Djafer's halaqah
Islamic History Discussion and Informational Session
Wednesday 6 pm
Lally 104

Allah purges the rank of the believers

On the day of Jummah, 6 Shawwal 0003, 1000 Muslims went to Uhud under the leadership of Rasulullah saw. They later camped near Mount Uhud where they could see the camp of the Quraish. At that time, Abdullah ibn Ubayy, the Chief of the Munafiq announces that he and 300 people would not like to join the war after all and will be heading back to Madinah. Abdullah ibn Ubayy claims that he is mad because Rasulullah saw listened to "the opinions of boys" rather than the elders of the community (himself) in deciding to go and fight the war outside of Madinah. Despite the protests of "shame on you" cried out by the true Muslims, these 300 people turned their backs on their prophet.

Imagine:
- you are at war where your enemy is currently 3 times your size and with better material equipment (which you can see from where you are camping in your sleeping bag)
- almost a third of your team mates decide to pack their stuff and leave (300 people! not 3 or 30, but 300)
- the havoc it could create

This is a psychological strategy used by Abdullah ibn Ubayy in trying to weaken the Muslims.. but Allah says that He gave them strength. Rasulullah saw told them not to worry, "This is a test, Allah is purifying the ranks," and maybe if the munafiq were among them, the quantity would only make them weaker.

*Always have trust in Allah, and do not turn back from the call of Allah and His messenger** pesanan membangkitkan bulu roma buat diri sendiri

Bite-ables from Imam Mokhtar’s halaqah
Discussion and presentation Tuesday 7 pm
Masjid al Hidayah

How do we use reason (dalil aqli) to disqualify the need for bidaah? (question from akh Rahmat)

1. Since people think that they can get closer to Allah through performing bid’ah, this means that they can postulate what is good and what is bad. They may prescribe to the notion that the mind is independent from revelation.

However, this is wrong because every good thing that we know by reason, is actually known from revelation.

Why?

Allah taught Nabi Adam a.s. the names and meanings of things
-> this was then conveyed to his descendants
-> after an amount of time, people still received the definition of things (+ what is good/bad) but they started to disassociate the description from revelation.. they forgot that the knowledge of the originated from the Owner of All Knowledge, Allah subhanaHu wa ta’ala
-> for instance, how do we know that killing is bad? Across cultures, time, etc.. everyone agrees that killing is evil. How did everyone come to subscribe this idea?
-> Conclusion: everything good we know is traceable to Adam a.s, thus it is from revelation that we know what is good and bad (the ultimate definitions)

2. Oftentimes, (or all the time!) human reason is unable to know whether something in the future will be good or not. For example, we try to decide whether to take class A or B which seem on the surface to offer the same benefits.. we do not know if in the near future which one will be more beneficial in the long term.

If man/woman cannot even see what will happen tomorrow, how can he/she know what will be good in the unseen world of akhirah? We only know what is good for us through that which Allah tells us.

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pesanan penting imam Mokhtar..

What I learn is first of all, for me to keep conscious of daily, not for me to use in ridiculing or judging others. Maybe Allah will forgive them, but maybe He will not forgive me because I know and they do not know.
**

This is just one of the many things touched upon yesterday, but one of the best things of all is to spend time with our beloved teacher, alhamdulillah :)

*disqualifier: there may be mistakes in my notetaking and understanding. Please correct them inshaAllah.

Abu 'Ubaidah al Jarrah
Truncated top (only the ending is present) :)

When Khaalid Ibn Al-Waliid was the commander of the Muslim armies in one of the great decisive battles, the first action of 'Umar Ibn Al-Khaftaab, the new caliph at the time, was to dismiss Khaalid and assign Abu 'Ubaidah in his place. When Abu 'Ubaidah received the message from 'Umar he decided to conceal its purport. He pleaded with the messenger to keep it a secret with great admirable asceticism, intelligence, and fidelity. When Khaalid achieved his great victory, and only then, did Abu "Ubaidah relay to him the message with extraordinary politeness. On reading the message Khaalid asked him, "May Allah bestow His mercy on you, Abu 'Ubaidah. What made you keep that message from me?" The Trustworthy of the Nation answered, "I was afraid lest it should cause any confusion that might affect the army's morale. We do not crave life or its splendor. We are brothers before Allah."

Thus, Abu 'Ubaidah was assigned as the commander-in-chief in Syria. His army was the mightiest and best equipped among the Muslim armies. You could hardly distinguish him from the rank and file of the army. He was always unassuming. When he heard that the people of Syria were infatuated by him and by his new rank, he asked them to assemble, then addressed them saying, "Fellow men, I'm a Muslim from the Quraish tribe. I will follow any of you like his shadow regardless of the color of his skin, if he is more pious and righteous than me."

May Allah greet you, Abu 'Ubaidah. May Allah bless the religion that refined you and the Prophet who instructed you. He said that he was a Muslim from the Quraish. His religion was Islam and his tribe was Quraish. For him, this sufficed as an identification. His being the commander-in-chief, the leader of the greatest Muslim army in number, equipment, and victory and the obeyed and respected ruler of Syria were not privileges in themselves. He was not ensnared by the web of conceit or haughtiness. As a matter of fact, all these titles and high positions were the means to a sublime ultimate end.

One day, the Commander of the Faithful visited Syria and asked those who were at his reception, "Where is my brother?" They asked, "Who do you mean?" He answered, "Abu "Ubaidah Ibn Al-Jarraah." Soon Abu 'Ubaidah arrived and hugged 'Umar, then he invited him over to his house, where he had no furniture. In fact, he had nothing but a sword, a shield, and a saddlebag. "Umar asked him, smiling, "Why don't you furnish your house as people do?" Abu 'Ubaidah readily answered, "O Commander of the Faithful, as you see, I have a room to sleep in and that is enough for me."

One day as the Commander of the Faithful 'Umar 'Al-Faruuq" was conducting the affairs of the vast Muslim world, he received the sad news of Abu "Ubaidah's death. He tried to control himself, but his sadness got the better of him and his tears flowed. He asked Allah to bestow His mercy on his brother. He recalled his memories with Abu 'Ubaidah (May Allah be pleased with him) with patience and tenderness. He exclaimed, "If I were to make a wish, I would have wished a house full of men just like Abu 'Ubaidah."

The Trustworthy of This Nation died in the land which he had purified from the paganism of the Persians and the oppression of the Romans. Today in Jordan lie his noble remains which once were full of life, goodness, and satisfaction. It does not matter if you know where he is buried or not, for if you want to find his grave, you will need no guide; the fragrance of his remains will lead you to it.

radhi Allahu anh :: May Allah give us strength to be like His servants of the early generation, amin

Taken from http://www.iberr.co.za/sahaba.htm