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This (private) blog created exclusively for Nurul Iiman Zhulkeflee, to aid her in learning, reciting & memorizing the Holy Qur'an and other Zikr & Du'a. Allah s.w.t. says:





فَٱقۡرَءُواْ مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنۡهُ‌ۚ -

Fa-aqra-'uu maa ta-sai-yara min-hu



" ... so, recite of it that which is easy for you.." (Qur'an: Muzzammil:73:20)

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DU'A - NUR

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اللّهُـمَّ اجْعَـلْ في قَلْبـي نورا ، وَفي لِسـاني نورا، وَاجْعَـلْ في سَمْعي نورا، وَاجْعَـلْ في بَصَري نورا، وَاجْعَـلْ مِنْ خَلْفي نورا، وَمِنْ أَمامـي نورا، وَاجْعَـلْ مِنْ فَوْقـي نورا ، وَمِن تَحْتـي نورا .اللّهُـمَّ أَعْطِنـي نورا .

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Allahummaj- 'al fee qal-bee noora, wa-fee lisa-nee noora, waj-'al fee sam-'ee noora, waj-'al fee ba-sa-ree noora, waj-'al min khalf-fee noora, wa-min a-ma-mee noora ,waj-'al min faw-qee noora, wa-min tah-tee noora, Allahumma a'-tinee noora.

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‘O Allah, place within my heart Light, and upon my tongue Light, and within my ears Light, and within my eyes Light, and place behind me Light and in front of me Light and above me Light and beneath me Light. O Allah, bestow upon (all of) me Light.’




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من سن في الإ سلام سنة حسنة فله أجرها و أجر من عمل بها بعده من غير ان ينقص من أجورهم شيء، ومن سن في الإسلام سنة سيئة كان عليه وزرها و وزر من عمل بها من بعده من غير أن ينقص من أو زار هم شيئا ـ رواه مسلم

Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) said:“He who inaugurates a good sunna (custom or ways, examplar) in Islam earns the reward of it and (the rewards) of all who perform it after him without diminishing their own rewards in the slightest; and he who introduces a bad sunna (custom or ways, examplar) is guilty of the sin of it and (the sins) of all who perform it after him without diminishing their own sins in the slightest.”

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(Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. reported by Imam Muslim)

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Friday, January 30, 2009

Du'a - by young Qari' Ahmed Saud




Meaning of the Du'a
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Oh Allah, have mercy on me in the name of the great Qur'aan,
make it for me a guide and light,
And guidance and mercy,

Oh Allah, make me remember that of it which I have forgotten,
Make me know of it, that which I have become ignorant of,
And make me recite it in the hours of the night and day,
And make it an argument for me, O Sustainer of all the worlds,


Oh Allah, set right my faith (religion) which is the safeguard of all my affairs,
And set right for me my world affairs wherein is my living,
And set right for me my Hereafter on which depends my after life,
And make my life a source of abundance for every goodness,
And make my death a source of relief for me,

protecting me from every evil,


Oh Allah! Make the best part of my life the end of it,
And the last of my deeds the best one,
And the best of my days, the day I meet You,


Oh Allah! I ask of You the best whilst living,
And ask for a good death,
And not a shameful or embarassing return,


Oh Allah! I ask you for the best in all affairs,
The best suplication,
The best success,
The best knowledge,
The best deed,
The best reward,
The best life,
And The best death.
Keep me upright,
Make my scale heavy,
confirm my faith,
raise high my status (in the hereafter),


Accept my Swolah,
And forgive my sins,
I ask You for high positions in Paradise,


Oh Allah! I ask You to oblige me with Your mercy,
And determination in getting Your forgiveness,
And the peace from (the effect of) every sin,
And the booty of every reward,
And Success in winning Paradise,
And triumph from (being put in) Hell,


Oh Allah! Make the result of all our affairs, good,
And deliver us from the disgrace of this world

and the torment of the hereafter,


Oh Allah! Distribute amongst us the heedfullness of You, necessary to come between us from the commision of any wrong against You,
The obedience towards You, necessary for us to gain admission into Paradise,
And the unswerving Faith in You, necessary to minimise for us the adversity of tribulations in this world,


Oh Allah! Allow us to enjoy (truly benefit) our hearing, our sight,
and our strength for as long as we live,
And make that enjoyment as our legacy (so that the people that we leave behind benefit from its effect and could continue to pray for us),

and we leave to You our vengeance upon those that have wronged us,
And give us victory over our enemies,
And try us not in our faith,
Neither make this world our greatest concern,
nor the extent of our knowledge,
Nor give to those who is merciless, power to rule over us (i.e. who would oppress us),


Oh Allah! Leave no sins of ours in this assembly
except that You have forgiven them,
Nor leave any grief without it being relieved (by You),
Nor any debt without it being being paid (settled),
Nor any difficulty in this life or the hereafter without it being facilitated,
Oh! the Most Merciful of all that is merciful,


Our Lord! Give us the good of this world and the hereafter,
And save us from the torment of the Hell-fire,


Oh Allah! send peace and salutation upon Muhammed (PBUH) and his family, his companions and those that follow him,

AMEEN!

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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Brief Overview of our Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. :-Honourable Birth, Upbringing, Lineage, Names, Physical Description.

محمد رسول الله صلى الله عليه و على آله والسلام






Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, to Him belong the endowments and proper commendations. May Allah increase the honour and raise the rank of our Master Muhammad sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam and his kind Al and Companions and protect his nation from what he fears for it.

On the 12th of Rabi^ ul-‘Awwal of every year an honoured and glorified memory shines over the whole world, and is commemorated by the entire Muslim world. Every honest Muslim participates in celebrating such an honourable memory to praise Allah for the blessing and endowment of Prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him.

This occasion is the Honourable Birth of Prophet Muhammad sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam. How can one not celebrate a birth that has changed the face of history. This birth was one of the best gifts that one can ever receive. It is because of this Prophet may Allah raise his rank that we became Muslims. What is better than becoming a Muslim, remaining steadfast to Islam and dieing as a Muslim. We thank Allah for this birth and for making us among the followers of this great Prophet.

Only those who have darkness in their hearts deny the permissibility of celebrating such a birth, and forbid others from doing so. It is absolutely not unlawful (haram) to celebrate the birth of the Prophet sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, rather it is a rewardable deed. In fact it is the habit of hundreds of millions of Muslims all over Asia, Africa, Europe, India, Bangladesh, Fiji, Indonesia, Yemen, Turkey, Pakistan, and America. Only those who do not love the Prophet say that such celebrations are unlawful (haram).

THE YEAR OF THE ELEPHANT

Their lived once a king of both Yemen and Habashah who was a non-believer. His name was ‘Abrahah. When he realised that the people were visiting Makkah rather than his countries, and that good things were happening in Makkah, he decided to destroy the Ka^bah.*

* The Ka^bah is the cubic structure in the Holy Mosque of Makkah, originally built by Prophet ‘Adam peace be upon him in obedience to Allah.

‘Abrahah built a huge temple in order to divert the people from the Ka^bah. He tried to glorify this new temple by decorating it with lots of jewels and precious stones. After that, the king of Yemen and Habashah prepared a vast army with huge elephants led by his men. When the Arabian tribes heard about ‘Abrahah's plan to destroy the Ka^bah, they fought to the best of their abilities. The tribes however could not prevent the elephants or the army. The huge army kept going until they reached the borders of Makkah.

When ‘Abrahah was ready to destroy the Ka^bah, he directed his elephants towards it so that they would demolish it, the elephants refused to move and sat idly. They tried to force the elephants to move but they did not succeed. When they changed the direction of the elephants to south and away from the Ka^bah they obeyed. They tried the north, the elephants again obeyed. When they turned the elephants again towards the Ka^bah, it would not move an inch. The huge elephant refused to destroy the Ka^bah.

Allah then sent birds from the sea with rocks placed between their legs and in their beaks. Each and every rock had imprinted the name of the person it was going to strike. They dropped them on that army until they killed them all. Al-Qurtubiyy said that the army was of 60,000 soldiers. Due to this significant incident people named that year "The Year of the Elephant".

In that year Prophet Muhammad sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam was born. He was born in a place called "Suqul-Layl" in Makkah. According to the Roman calendar it was during the 6th century.


HIS MOTHER AND FATHER

‘Aminah Bintu Wahb was the name of the Prophet's mother. Many good things happened to ‘Aminah during her pregnancy with the Prophet:

· She never felt the weight of the fetus, which resulted in an easy carriage.

· She dreamt of a star falling in her lap, and when she sought interpretation, they told her that she will give birth to the master and leader of the people.

· If she ever sought water from a well, the water itself would rise up to her out of honouring the fetus inside her.

· One time she said: "While I was half asleep, someone came to me and asked me if I felt pregnant. I answered that I did not. Then he told me that I am pregnant with the master and the Prophet of this nation." That incident assured ‘Aminah that she was pregnant.

· It was also said that when the Prophet's mother gave birth to him a light came out with him, illuminating what is between the East and West. The Prophet sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam landed on the ground resting on his hands, with his eyes opened and looking towards the sky.

^Abdullah Ibn ^Abdul-Muttalib, the Prophet's father, did not live to see his son Muhammad. He died while ‘Aminah was still pregnant. His father did not get the opportunity to see the best and the last of all Prophets.

HIS NAME AND LINEAGE:

As for the name of the Prophet, many people do not realise how important it is to memorise his name and the name of his grandfathers. In Islam, it is considered an important issue to memorise the lineage of the Prophet up to 20 grandfathers.

He is Muhammad sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, the son of ^Abdullah, the son of ^Abdul-Muttalib, the son of Hashim, the son of ^Abdu Manaf, the son of Qusayy, the son of Kilab, the son of Murrah, the son of Ka^b, the son of Lu’ayy, the son of Ghalib, the son of Fihr, the son of Malik, the son of an-Nadr, the son of Kinanah, the son of Khuzaymah, the son of Mudrikah, the son of Ilyas, the son of Mudar, the son of Nizar, the son of Ma^add, the son of ^Adnan, and after that his lineage goes back to Prophet Isma^il the son of Prophet Ibrahim peace be upon them.


ON THE DAY OF HIS BIRTH


On the day Prophet Muhammad sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam was born, the huge fire of the fire worshippers which had been lit for 1000 years to that day died out. The water of Lake Sawah dried out. Also, the palace of the arrogant dictator Kisra trembled, and 14 of its balconies fell to the ground.


HALIMAH AS-SA'DIYYAH

It was the habit of the Arab women to breast-feed other than their own children. It is important to know that when a woman breast-feeds a child a certain amount of milk she becomes his foster mother and her children would become siblings of that breast fed child.

The story of how Halimah became the breast-feeding mother to the prophet is ironic and as told by Halimah as-Sa^diyyah herself: “It was the year of drought when I travelled to Makkah with other women from the tribe of Sa^d seeking to breast-feed babies. I was riding a donkey. Our camel hardly produced any milk, and my child kept us awake crying out of hunger. Even my breast hardly produced any milk for my child. We had nothing but hope. We reached the city of Makkah. When the breast-feeders realised that baby Muhammad was an orphan, none of the women accepted to breast-feed him. The breast-feeders were hoping for the financial generosity of the child's father and Muhammad was an orphan. Each of us thought that his mother would not be as helpful. We kept refusing to take Muhammad, until all of the other women found children to breast-feed except me. Hating to return empty handed, I told my husband that I will take that orphan Muhammad.


I swear by Allah, the moment I put him on my lap, my breast became full with milk. He took my breast for as much as he needed and my child did the same. That night my husband went out to check on our camel, and to his surprise its udder was full of milk. Soon we were both full and satisfied. My husband looked at me and said: " I swear by Allah, you have picked a blessed soul.””


HIS UPBRINGING

Halimah raised the Prophet until he was 2 years and 2 months old, after which she returned him to his mother. The Prophet’s growth was unlike any other person’s. He used to grow in one day as much as a regular child would grow in a whole month. He would grow in one month as much as a regular child would grow in a whole year.

One day while the Prophet was playing with his brothers (sons of Halimah) behind the house, an extraordinary thing happened. The Prophet's brother ran terrified to his parents and said: "Help my brother, two men came to him and opened his stomach." Halimah and her husband ran out to the Prophet. They found him standing with a pale face. Halimah hugged him and so did her husband who asked: "What's with you son?!!" The Prophet replied that two men wearing white clothes came to him, laid him down and opened his abdomen, but he did not know what they did.

The fact is that those two men were the angels Jibril and Mika’il who came in the shape of men. It was said that they opened his abdomen and washed it with Zamzam water, hail water, and snow water. Then they stitched it by the Will of Allah and stamped him on his back between his shoulders with an oval mark, which was the seal of Prophethood.

Even as a growing child, Prophet Muhammad displayed particular habits. If he ever wanted to urinate or defecate, he would go so far where no houses are in sight. When he used to go through the valleys and the mountains every tree and stone he would pass by would say: "Peace be upon you O Messenger of Allah." The Prophet would look left and right, but he would not see anyone.

After Halimah returned the Prophet to his mother ‘Aminah, he stayed with her till the age of five. ‘Aminah then took him to see his uncles in al-Madinah. She stayed there for one month. On her way back she died leaving the Prophet to be raised by his grandfather ^Abdul Muttalib. It was said that when the Prophet's mother died his grandfather hugged him and showed feelings towards the Prophet that he never showed towards his own son.

When his grandfather ^Abdul-Muttalib was dying, he recommended to the Prophet's uncle Abu Talib to take care of the Prophet. The Prophet's uncle used to love Prophet Muhammad sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam very much, and he used to favour him over his own children.


HIS FIRST WIFE - KHADIJAH

Prophet Muhammad stayed with his uncle Abu Talib and went out with him to trade caravans. When the Prophet became 25 years old, he was offered to marry lady Khadijah. She was the owner of some caravans and at that time the Prophet used to work for her. The Prophet accepted to marry Khadijah who became his first wife.


Lady Khadijah Bintu Khuwaylid was highly respected, honourable and a patient woman. She was the richest amongst her people. Lady Khadijah was presented with many suitors for marriage but she refused in spite of all generous offers she had.


SOME OF THE MIRACLES OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD S.A.W.

- The crying of the tree trunk

- The camel speaking and seeking refuge in him

- The speaking of the wolf and his testimony

- The water coming out from between his fingers

- Returning Qatadah's eye

- The testification of the tree and its speaking up


PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

The Prophet was not extremely tall, nor was he short. He had a white complexion and black hair. The Prophet's hair was not straight rather it was slightly curly and long down to his shoulders. His aroma was nicer than the pure musk itself. He had a clear forehead, long eyelashes, broad shoulders and a firm stomach. The Prophet was fast in his walk, and it was narrated that seeing his face one would think that the sun is rising from it.


HIS DEATH

Prophet Muhammad sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam immigrated to al-Madinah in compliance with the orders of Allah and he lived there for ten years after which he died at the age of sixty three. He was buried there in the chamber of his wife ^A’ishah, may Allah reward her greatly and raise her rank. Muslims all around the world believe that it is highly rewardable to visit him at his grave and send their salam (salutations) to him.

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This is for my TEACHER, My LOVE, my PROPHET. PEACE BE UPON HIM - UNKNOWN ARTIST

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Biography : "IMAM ash-SHAFI'E rahimahulLaah" - (By Sheikh Gibril Haddad)

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Muhammad ibn Idris ibn al-`Abbas, al-Imam al-Shafi`i, Abu `Abd Allah al-Shafi`i al-Hijazi al-Qurashi al-Hashimi al-Muttalibi (d. 204), the offspring of the House of the Prophet , the peerless one of the great mujtahid imams and jurisprudent par excellence, the scrupulously pious ascetic and Friend of Allah, he laid down the foundations of fiqh in his Risala, which he said he revised and re-read four hundred times, then said: "Only Allah's Book is perfect and free from error."

He is the cousin of the Prophet - Allah's blessings and peace upon him - descending from al-Muttalib who is the brother of Hashim, `Abd al-Muttalib's father. Someone praised the Banu Hashim in front of the Prophet , whereby he interlaced the fingers of his two hands and said: "We and they are but one and the same thing." Al-Nawawi listed three peculiar merits of al-Shafi`i: his sharing the Prophet's lineage at the level of their common ancestor `Abd Manaf; his birth in the Holy Land of Palestine and upbringing in Mecca; and his education at the hands of superlative scholars together with his own superlative intelligence and knowledge of the Arabic language. To this Ibn Hajar added two more: the hadith of the Prophet , "O Allah! Guide Quraysh, for the science of the scholar that comes from them will encompass the earth. O Allah! You have let the first of them taste bitterness, so let the latter of them taste reward." Another hadith of the Prophet says: "Truly, Allah shall send forth for this Community, at the onset of every hundred years, someone who will renew their Religion for them." The scholars agreed, among them Abu Qilaba (d. 276) and Imam Ahmad, that the first narration signified al-Shafi`i, and the second signified `Umar ibn `Abd al-`Aziz and then al-Shafi`i.

He was born in Ghazza or `Asqalan in 150, the year of Abu Hanifa's death, and moved to Mecca at the age of two, following his father's death, where he grew up. He was early a skillful archer, then he took to learning language and poetry until he gave himself to fiqh, beginning with hadith. He memorized the Qur'an at age seven, then Malik's Muwatta' at age ten, at which time his teacher would deputize him to teach in his absence. At age thirteen he went to see Malik, who was impressed by his memory and intelligence.

Malik ibn Anas and Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Shaybani were among his most prominent teachers and he took position against both of them in fiqh. Al-Shafi`i said: "From Muhammad ibn al-Hasan I wrote a camel-load." Al-Hakim narrated from `Abd Allah ibn `Abd al-Hakam: "Al-Shafi`i never ceased to speak according to Malik's position and he would say: 'We do not differ from him other than in the way of his companions,' until some young men spoke unbecomingly at length behind his back, whereupon al-Shafi`i resolved to put his differences with Malik in writing. Otherwise, his whole life he would say, whenever asked something: 'This is what the Teacher said' - hâdha qawl al-ustadh - meaning Malik."

Like Abu Hanifa and al-Bukhari, he recited the entire Qur'an each day at prayer, and twice a day in the month of Ramadan.

Al-Muzani said: "I never saw one more handsome of face than al-Shafi`i. If he grasped his beard it would not exceed his fist." Ibn Rahuyah described him in Mecca as wearing bright white clothes with an intensely black beard. Al-Za`farani said that when he was in Baghdad in the year 195 he dyed his beard with henna.

Abu `Ubayd al-Qasim ibn Sallam said: "If the intelligence of an entire nation was brought together he would have encompassed it." Similarly, al-Muzani said: "I have been looking into al-Shafi`i's Risala for fifty years, and I do not recall a single time I looked at it without learning some new benefit."

Al-Sakhawi in the introduction to his al-Jawahir wa al-Durar and others narrate that someone criticized Ahmad ibn Hanbal for attending the fiqh sessions of al-Shafi`i and leaving the hadith sessions of Sufyan ibn `Uyayna. Ahmad replied: "Keep quiet! If you miss a hadith with a shorter chain you can find it elsewhere with a longer chain and it will not harm you. But if you do not have the reasoning of this man [al-Shafi`i], I fear you will never be able to find it elsewhere." Ahmad is also related by his students Abu Talib and Humayd ibn Zanjuyah to say: "I never saw anyone adhere more to hadith than al-Shafi`i. No-one preceded him in writing down the hadith in a book." The meaning of this is that al-Shafi`i possessed the understanding of hadith after which Ahmad sought, as evidenced by the latter's statement: "How rare is fiqh among the scholars of hadith!" This is a reference to the hadith: "It may be one carries understanding (fiqh) without being a person of understanding (faqîh)." Sufyan himself would defer to al-Shafi`i in matters of tafsîr and fatwa. Yunus ibn Abi Ya`la said: "Whenever al-Shafi`i went into tafsîr, it was as if he had witnessed the revelation." Ahmad ibn Hanbal also said: "Not one of the scholars of hadith touched an inkwell nor a pen except he owed a huge debt to al-Shafi`i."

Al-Shafi`i was known for his peculiar strength in Arabic language, poetry, and philology. Bayhaqi narrated:

[From Ibn Hisham:] I was al-Shafi`i's sitting-companion for a long time, and I never heard him use except a word which, carefully considered, one would not find (in its context) a better word in the entire Arabic language. . . . Al-Shafi`i's discourse, in relation to language, is a proof in itself.

[From al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Za`farani:] A group of bedouins used to frequent al-Shafi`i's gathering with us and sit in a corner. One day I asked their leader: "You are not interested in scholarship; why do you keep coming to sit with us?" They said: "We come to hear al-Shafi`i's language."

Al-Shafi`i trod the path of the Salaf in avoiding any interpretation of the verses and narrations pertaining to the divine attributes. He practiced "relegation of the meaning" (tafwîd al-mi`na) to a higher source, as established in his saying: "I leave the meaning of the verses of the Attributes to Allah, and I leave the meaning of the hadiths of the attributes to Allah's Messenger." At the same time, rare instances of interpretation are recorded from him. Thus al-Bayhaqi relates that al-Muzani reported from al-Shafi`i the following commentary on the verse: "To Allah belong the East and the West, and wheresoever you turn, there is Allah's face (wajh)" (2:115): "It means ­ and Allah knows best ­ thither is the bearing (wajh) towards which Allah has directed you." Al-Hakkari (d. 486) related in his book `Aqida al-Shafi`i that the latter said: "We affirm those attributes, and we negate from them likeness between them and creation (al-tashbîh), just as He negated it from Himself when He said: {'There is nothing whatsoever like unto Him'} (42:11)."

Al-Shafi`i's hatred of dialectic theology (kalâm) was based on his extreme caution against errors which bear heavy consequences as they induce one into false beliefs. Among his sayings concerning this: "It is better for a scholar of knowledge to give a fatwa after which he is said to be wrong than to theologize and then be said to be a heretic (zindîq). I hate nothing more than theology and theologians." Dhahabi comments: "This indicates that Abu `Abd Allah's position concerning error in the principles of the Religion (al-usûl) is that it is not the same as error in the course of scholarly exertion in the branches." The reason is that in belief and doctrine neither ijtihâd nor divergences are permitted. In this respect al-Shafi`i said: "It cannot be asked 'Why?' concerning the principles, nor 'How?'" Yet al-Shafi`i did not completely close the door to the use of kalâm in defense of the Sunna, as shown below and in the notice on Ahmad ibn Hanbal.

Yunus ibn Abi Ya`la narrated that al-Shafi`i defined the "principles" as: "The Qur'an, the Sunna, analogy (al-qiyâs), and consensus (al-ijmâ`)"; he defined the latter to mean: "The adherence of the Congregation (jamâ`a) of the Muslims to the conclusions of a given ruling pertaining to what is permitted and what is forbidden after the passing of the Prophet , blessings and peace be upon him."

Al-Shafi`i did not close the door on the right use of kalâm as is clear from Ibn Abi Hatim's narration from al-Rabi` of his words: "If I wished, I could produce a book against each one of those who deviated, but dialectic theology is none of my business, and I would not like to be attributed any part in it." Similar to it is his advice to his student al-Muzani: "Take proofs from creation about the Creator, and do not burden yourself with the knowledge of what your mind did not reach." Ibn Abi Hatim himself spoke similarly when he was told of Ibn Khuzayma's unsuccessful attempt at kalâm: "It is preferable not to meddle with what we did not learn." Note that al-Shafi`i also spoke of his wish not to have a single letter out of all his works attributed to him, regardless of topic.

Al-Shafi`i's attitude towards tasawwuf was as strict as with kalâm, and he both praised it and denigrated its abuse at the hands of its corrupters. In criticism of the latter he said: "No-one becomes a Sufi in the morning except he ends up a dolt by noon" while on the other hand he declared in his Diwan: "Be at the same time a faqîh and a Sufi." In Mecca al-Shafi`i was the student of Fudayl ibn `Iyad. Imam al-Nawawi in his Bustan al-`Arifin fi al-Zuhd wa al-Tasawwuf ("The Garden of the Gnostics in Asceticism and Tasawwuf") narrated from al-Shafi`i the saying: "Only the sincere one (al-mukhlis) can recognize self-display (al-riyâ')." Al-Nawawi comments: "This means that it is impossible to know the reality of self-display and see its hidden shades except for one who resolutely seeks (arâda) sincerity. Such a one strives for a long time, searching, meditating, examining at length within himself until he knows, or knows something of what self-display is. This does not happen for everyone. Indeed, this happens only with special ones (al-khawâss). But for a given individual to claim that he knows what self-diplay is, this is real ignorance on his part."

Al-Shafi`i deferred primacy in the foundations of fiqh to Imam Abu Hanifa with his famous statement: "People are all the children of Abu Hanifa in fiqh." Ibn Hajar al-Haytami mentioned in the thirty-fifth chapter of his book on Imam Abu Hanifa entitled al-Khayrat al-Hisan: "When Imam al-Shafi`i was in Baghdad, he would visit the grave of Imam Abu Hanifa, greet him, and then ask Allah for the fulfillment of his need through his means."

Two schools of legal thought or madhahib are actually attributed to al-Shafi`i, englobing his writings and legal opinions (fatâwa). These two schools are known in the terminology of jurists as "The Old" (al-qadîm) and "The New" (al-jadîd), corresponding respectively to his stays in Iraq and Egypt. The most prominent transmitters of the New among al-Shafi`i's students are al-Buwayti, al-Muzani, al-Rabi` al-Muradi, and al-Bulqini, in Kitab al-Umm ("The Motherbook"). The most prominent transmitters of the Old are Ahmad ibn Hanbal, al-Karabisi, al-Za`farani, and Abu Thawr, in Kitab al-Hujja ("Book of the Proof"). What is presently known as the Shafi`i position refers to the New except in approximately twenty-two questions, in which Shafi`i scholars and muftis have retained the positions of the Old.

Al-Subki related that the Shafi`i scholars considered al-Rabi`s narration from al-Shafi`i sounder from the viewpoint of transmission, while they considered al-Muzani's sounder from the viewpoint of fiqh, although both were established hadith masters. Al-Shafi`i said to al-Rabi`: "How I love you!" and another time: "O Rabi`! If I could feed you the Science I would feed it to you." Al-Qaffal al-Shashi in his Fatawa relates that al-Rabi` was slow in his understanding, and that al-Shafi`i once repeated an explanation forty times for him in a gathering, yet he did not understand it then got up and left in embarrassment. Later, al-Shafi`i called him in private and resumed explaining it to him until he understood. This shows the accuracy of Ibn Rahuyah's statement: "I consider the best part of me the time when I fully understand al-Shafi`i's discourse."

Al-Shafi`i took the verse {"Or if you have touched women"} (4:43) literally, and considered that contact between the sexes, even accidental, nullified ablution. This is also the position of Ibn Mas`ud, Ibn `Umar, al-Sha`bi, al-Nakha`i, al-Zuhri, and al-Awza`i, which is confirmed by Ibn `Umar's report: "Whoever kisses or touches his wife with his hand must renew his wudû'." It is authentic and related in numerous places including Malik's Muwatta'. Al-Shafi`i said: "Something similar has reached us from Ibn Mas`ud." They all read the above verse literally, without interpreting "touch" to mean "sexual intercourse" as do the Hanafis, or "touch with pleasure" as do the Malikis.

A major contribution of al-Shafi`i in the foundations of the Law was his division of innovation (al-bid`a) into good and bad on the basis of `Umar's words about the tarâwih or congregational supererogatory night prayers in the month of Ramadan: "What a fine innovation this is!" Harmala narrated that al-Shafi`i concluded: "Therefore, whatever innovation conforms to the Sunna is approved (mahmûd), and whatever opposes it is abominable (madhmûm)." Agreement formed in the Four Schools around his division, as illustrated by the endorsement of some major later authorities in each school. Among the Hanafis: Ibn `Abidin, al-Turkumani, and al-Tahanawi; among the Malikis: al-Turtushi, Ibn al-Hajj, and al-Shatibi; consensus among the Shafi`is; and reluctant acceptance among later Hanbalis, who altered al-Shafi`i's terminology to read "lexical innovation" (bid`a lughawiyya) and "legal innovation" (bid`a shar`iyya), respectively û although inaccurately û matching Shafi`i's "approved" and "abominable".

Among al-Shafi`i's other notable positions: Al-Muzani said: "I never saw any of the scholars make something obligatory on behalf of the Prophet as much as al-Shafi`i in his books, and this was due to his high remembrance of the Prophet . He said in the Old School: 'Supplication ends with the invocation of blessings on the Prophet , and its end is but by means of it.'" Al-Karabisi said: "I heard al-Shafi`i say that he disliked for someone to say 'the Messenger' (al-Rasûl), but that he should say 'Allah's Messenger' (Rasûl Allah) out of veneration (ta`zîm) for him."
Among al-Shafi`i's other sayings:

"The study of hadith is better than supererogatory prayer, and the pursuit of knowledge is better than supererogatory prayer." Ibn `Abd al-Barr in Kitab al-`Ilm listed the many hadiths of the Prophet on the superior merit of knowledge. However, al-Shafi`i by this saying meant the essence and purpose of knowledge, not knowledge for its own sake which leads to Satanic pride. The latter is widely available while true knowledge is the knowledge that leads to godwariness (taqwa). This is confirmed by al-Shafi`i's saying: "Knowledge is what benefits. Knowledge is not what one has memorized." This is a corrective for those content to define knowledge as "the knowledge of the proof" (ma`rifa al-dalîl). {"He gives wisdom to whomever He will, and whoever receives wisdom receives immense good."} (2:269)

"You [the scholars of hadith] are the pharmacists but we [the jurists] are the physicians." This was explained by `Ali al-Qari in his book Mu`taqad Abi Hanifa al-Imam (p. 42): "The early scholars said: The hadith scholar without knowledge of fiqh is like a seller of drugs who is no physician: he has them but he does not know what to do with them; and the fiqh scholar without knowledge of hadith is like a physician without drugs: he knows what constitutes a remedy, but does not dispose of it."

"Malik was asked about kalâm and [the Science of] Oneness (tawhîd) and he said: 'It is inconceivable that the Prophet should teach his Community hygiene and not teach them about Oneness! And Oneness is exactly what the Prophet said: 'I was ordered to fight people until they say 'There is no God but Allah.' So, whatever makes blood and property untouchable û that is the reality of Oneness (haqîqa al-tawhîd).'" This is a proof from the Salaf against those who, in later times, innovated sub-divisions for tawhîd or legislated that their own understanding of Allah's Attributes was a precondition for the declaration of Oneness. Al-Halimi said: "In this hadith there is explicit proof that that declaration (lâ ilâha illallâh) suffices to extirpate oneself from all the different kinds of disbelief in Allah Almighty."

"Satiation weighs down the body, hardens the heart, does away with sagacity, brings on sleep, and weakens one from worship." This is similar to the definition of tasawwuf as "hunger" (al-jû`) given by some of the early masters, who acquired hunger as a permanent attribute and were called "hungerers" (jû`iyyûn). A notable example is al-Qasim ibn `Uthman al-`Abdi al-Dimashqi al-Ju`i (d. 248), whom al-Dhahabi describes as "the Imam, the exemplar, the wali, the muhaddith, the shaykh of the Sufis and the friend of Ahmad ibn al-Hawari."

"I never swore by Allah - neither truthfully nor deceptively." This is similar to the saying of the Sufi master Sahl ibn `Abd Allah al-Tustari narrated by al-Dhahabi: "Among the manners of the truthful saints (al-siddîqîn) is that they never swear by Allah, nor commit backbiting, nor does backbiting take place around them, nor do they eat to satiation, if they promise they are true to their word, and they never speak in jest."

Al-Buwayti asked: "Should I pray behind the Rafidi?" Al-Shafi`i said: "Do not pray behind the Rafidi, nor behind the Qadari, nor behind the Murji'." Al-Buwayti said: "Define them for us." He replied: "Whoever says 'Belief consists only in speech' is a Murji', and whoever says 'Abu Bakr and `Umar are not Imams' is a Rafidi, and whoever attributes destiny to himself is a Qadari."

Abu Hatim narrated from Harmala that al-Shafi`i said: "The Caliphs (al-khulafâ') are five: Abu Bakr, `Umar, `Uthman, `Ali, and `Umar ibn `Abd al-`Aziz." In his Diwan he named them "leaders of their people, by whose guidance one obtains guidance," and declaimed of the Family of the Prophet :

"The Family of the Prophet are my intermediary to him! (wasîlatî)

Through them I hope to be given my record with the right hand."

and:

"O Family of Allah's Messenger!

To love you is an obligation which Allah
ordained and revealed in the Qur'an.

It is enough proof of your immense glory that whoever invokes not blessings upon you, his prayer is invalid."


Ibn Hajar said that the first to write a biography of al-Shafi`i was Dawud al-Zahiri (d. 275). Al-Nawawi in Tahdhib al-Asma' wa al-Lughat (1:44) mentioned that the best biography of al-Shafi`i was al-Bayhaqi's for its sound chains of transmission. Ibn Hajar summarized it and added to it al-Shafi`i's Musnad in his Tawali al-Ta'sis fi Ma`ali Ibn Idris.

In the introduction of his compendium of Shafi`i fiqh entitled al-Majmu` al-Nawawi mentions that al-Shafi`i used a walking stick for which he was asked: "Why do you carry a stick when you are neither old nor ailing?" He replied: "To remember I am only a traveller in this world."

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Main sources:

al-Shafi`i, Diwan; Abu Nu`aym, Hilya al-Awliya' 9:71-172 #442; al-Nawawi, Tahdhib al-Asma' wa al-Lughat 1:44-67 #2; al-Dhahabi, Siyar A`lam al-Nubala' 8:377-423 #1539, 10:79, 10:649; al-Subki, Tabaqat al-Shafi`iyya al-Kubra 2:133-134; Ibn Hajar, Tawali al-Ta'sis p. 3-157.

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SEBUAH KHUTBAH : "Tujuh golongan yg mendapat lindungan ..."

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قال رسول الله صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :سَبْعَةٌ يُظِلُّهُمْ اللَّهُ فِي ظِلِّهِ، يَوْمَ لَا ظِلَّ إِلَّا ظِلُّهُ، الْإِمَامُ الْعَادِلُ، وَشَابٌّ نَشَأَ فِي عِبَادَةِ
رَبِّهِ، وَرَجُلٌ قَلْبُهُ مُعَلَّقٌ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ، وَرَجُلَانِ تَحَابَّا فِي اللَّهِ، اجْتَمَعَا عَلَيْهِ وَتَفَرَّقَا عَلَيْهِ، وَرَجُلٌ طَلَبَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ ذَاتُ مَنْصِبٍ
وَجَمَالٍ، فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَخَافُ اللَّهَ، وَرَجُلٌ تَصَدَّقَ أَخْفَى، حَتَّى لَا تَعْلَمَ شِمَالُهُ مَا تُنْفِقُ يَمِينُهُ، وَرَجُلٌ ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ خَالِيًا فَفَاضَتْ عَيْنَاهُ. (صحيح البخاري )


Sabda Rasulullah saw : “Tujuh kelompok yang dinaungi Allah pada Naungan Nya dihari tiada tempat berteduh kecuali yang dinaungi Nya, Imam yang adil, dan Pemuda yang tumbuh dg banyak ibadah pada Allah, dan orang yang hatinya terikat ke masjid masjid, dan dua teman yang saling akrab karena Allah, berteman dan berpisah karena Allah, dan pria yang diajak berzina oleh wanita kaya dan berkedudukan dan berparas indah namun ia menolak dg ucapan : aku takut pada Allah, dan orang yang bersedekah dengan sembunyi, hingga tangan kirinya tak tahu bahwa tangan kanannya bersedekah, dan orang yang ketika mengingat / menyebut Allah mengalir airmatanya” (Shahih Bukhari)


Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh


Limpahan Puji Kehadirat Allah Maha Raja Yang Kekal dan Abadi, yang telah membangun istana – istana yang megah dan mewah yang kekal dan abadi untuk hamba – hamba beriman. Telah dibangun dengan semewah – mewah dan semegah – megahnya. Menjadi semakin indah dan semakin mewah dengan amal – amal ibadah hamba – hambaNya dan Allah menyiapkan anugerah yang melebihi segenap anugerah. KeridhoanNya yang abadi untuk hamba – hambaNya yang beriman. Demikian sepanjang waktu dan zaman, sepanjang turunnya Adam alaihi shaalatu wassalam hingga Nabi terakhir Rahmatan Lil Alamin (Sayyidina Muhammad Saw).


Kebangkitan Sang Nabi Saw 14 abad tahun yang silam membawa terbitnya matahari Alquran dan Risalah. Menuntun kepada kemuliaan, menyampaikan tarbiyah nabawiyyah seagung – agung pembinaan, membuat jiwa yang kotor dengan seluruh sifat yang hina menjadi jiwa yang suci dengan sifat yang luhur. Jiwa – jiwa yang paling menyukai kehinaan, kejahatan, kekejian, kekotoran dan segala sifat tercela. Dituntun oleh cahaya terang – benderang yang diciptakan oleh Allah yang dikenali dengan sirajan muniira (pelita yg terang benderang sebagaimana firman Allah swt) Sayyidina Muhammad Saw. Terang – benderang jiwa mereka dengan seluruh sifat yang luhur hingga tidak tersisa sifat yang mulia dan suci di alam terkecuali ada pada Para Sahabat radiyallahu anhum wa ardhahum.


Hadirin – hadirat yang dimuliakan Allah,Oleh sebab itu dikatakan didalam syair mulia : Kita ini memiliki bulan purnama yang tiada pernah terbenam, matahari yang selalu bersinar dan tiada pernah terbenam yaitu tuntunan Nabi Muhammad Saw yang selalu mengajak dan menerangi hamba – hambaNya dari kegelapan menuju terang – benderang. Dicipta oleh Allah. Syamsur Risalah, Sirajan Muniira (Matahari bimbingan ilahi, Pelita yg terang benderang) Sayyidina Muhammad Saw.


Hadirin – hadirat, semakin jiwa itu mendekat kepada tuntunan Sang Nabi Saw akan semakin Allah bimbing ia kepada keluhuran walaupun belum saat ini barangkali tapi akan segera muncul padanya keluhuran dan hal itu pasti.


Hadirin – hadirat yang dimuliakan Allah,Istana termegah dan termewah di surga adalah Istana Muhammad Saw. Semoga aku dan kalian diijinkan Allah kelak sering berkunjung ke Istana Nabi Muhammad Saw. Berjumpa dengan Ahlul Badr, berjumpa dengan Muhajirin dan Anshar dan semua orang – orang yang shalih dari zaman ke zaman, dari generasi ke generasi. Amiin


Rabbiy Rabbiy.. sungguh kami telah melihat banyaknya orang – orang yang dimuliakan oleh orang Islam padahal mereka tidak pernah menyebut Nama Allah. Orang yang shalat, orang yang puasa, orang yang zakat tapi hatinya mencintai dan mengagungkan orang yang tidak pernah sujud pada Allah Swt. Rabbiy benahi jiwa muslimin – muslimat dan muliakan orang – orang yang dicintai Allah dan khususnya Nabiyyuna Muhammad Saw.


Hadits yang telah kita baca tadi, 7 kelompok yang dinaungi oleh Allah dihari tiada naungan kecuali naungan Allah. Tentunya banyak amal – amal mulia selain ini. Bukan hanya 7 ini tapi disini ada 1 khususiyyah dan tentunya ada ayat kemuliaan tentang hadits kemuliaan birrul walidain, ada juga hadits tentang kemuliaan jihad dan juga hadits tentang kemuliaan lain – lainnya. Akan tetapi Rasul saw menyimpulkan ada 7 kelompok disini. Masih banyak lainnya tapi Rasul saw dalam kesempatan ini menyebutkan 7 kelompok. Siapa mereka?


Didalam riwayat Shahih Bukhari beberapa kali hadits ini teriwayatkan (lebih dari 4X teriwayatkan) hadits yang sama namun dengan urutan yang berbeda. Jadi kita tidak mengklasifikasikan mana yang pertama, yang paling afdhol atau yang terakhir. Karena hadits ini berkali – kali teriwayatkan, urutannya ada yang berbeda.


Yang Pertama adalah Imam yang adil (pemimpin yang adil). Pemimpin yang adil adalah tugas dan beban yang sangat berat. Oleh sebab itu dijanjikan oleh Sang Nabi saw ia berada didalam naungan Allah di hari tiada naungan kecuali naungan Allah. Apa maksudnya? Disaat matahari 1 jengkal diatas kepala mereka di padang mahsyar, hanya orang – orang yang dinaungi oleh Allah, ia tidak terkena terang – benderang teriknya matahari. Mereka dalam kesejukkan. Siapa? Diantaranya 7 kelompok itu. Pemimpin – pemimpin yang adil. Kita lihat bagaimana Sang Nabi Saw, tentunya panutan yang utama dari semua panutan adalah Sayyidina Muhammad Saw.


Beliau saw menghakimi dan mengadili, namun pada tempatnya dan jelas. Sebagaimana ketika telah selesai kejadian perang uhud. Disaat kejadian salah satu peperangan. Riwayat Shahih Bukhari, Rasul saw membawa ghanimah (hasil rampasan perang) bukan di perang uhud. Dan disaat itu ghanimah ini dibagi – bagikan kepada muhajirin dan muallaf. Muhajirin adalah orang yang berangkat dari Makkah meninggalkan rumahnya dan meninggalkan perdagangannya dan hartanya untuk berhijrah ke Madinah Al Munawwarah. Maka diberikanlah harta – harta ghanimah itu kepada para muhajirin dan muallaf (orang yang baru masuk Islam). Anshar tidak diberi. Maka ada diantara kaum anshar yang nyeletuk “kalau bagian jihad kami dipanggil, kalau pembagian ghanimah kami tidak diberi”. Rasul saw mendengar, sampai ke telinga Rasul saw hal itu. Maka dipanggil oleh Sang Nabi saw kaum anshar semuanya. “Wahai kaum anshar, kuberikan harta keduniawian kepada muhajirin dan muallaf dan kuberikan diriku untuk kalian”, “mereka pulang membawa harta dan kalian pulang membawa aku”, kata Rasul. “Apakah kalian puas?” maka berteriak kaum anshar dengan gembira “cukup ridho ya Rasulullah kami senang, pulang kami membawamu ke kampung kami”.


Dan memang Rasul saw itu pulangnya ke Madinah Al Munawwarah, tidak ke Makkah atau kemana. Demikian cara beliau saw menangani. Tentunya Sang Nabi saw bisa bicara dengan lugas dan tegas “wahai kaum anshar, kalian bukan orang yang butuh, yang butuh muhajirin dan muallaf. Kalian punya tanah, kalian punya harta, kalian punya toko, kalian menguasai pasar, sedangkan mereka tidak”. Pantasnya Rasul berkata seperti itu tapi Rasul saw tidak mau menyakiti mereka. Namun tetap tidak memberikan kepada anshar tetapi menghibur kaum anshar dengan ucapan “aku memberikan diriku untuk kalian”. Demikian imam yang adil pada tempatnya namun selalu berusaha didalam tawassuth (dipertengahan tidak condong pada salah satu) dan juga adil disini adalah selalu berusaha untuk menenangkan jiwa mereka menerima keadilan itu.


Hadirin – hadirat, demikian dengan khalifah – khalifah selanjutnya. Sayyidina Abu Bakar Ashshiddiq radiyallahu anhum, Sayyidina Umar, Sayyidina Ali, Sayyidina Utsman. Mereka adalah pemimpin – pemimpin yang adil. Dan mereka sebagaimana diriwayatkan ketika Sayyidina Umar bin Khattab radiyallahu anhu didatangi seorang yang mengadukan. Pengaduannya “wahai amirul mukminin, tetanggaku mencuri dariku. Aku minta dia dihukum”. Dipanggil tetangganya “apa hukumannya?”, “hukumannya potong tangan, potong tangannya wahai amirul mukminin karena dia mencuri dari hartaku”. Maka Sayyidina Umar bin Khattab bertanya kepada sang pencuri “kenapa kau mencuri?”, “lapar ya amirul mukminin”. Merah padam wajah Sayyidina Umar bin Khattab seraya berkata “wahai engkau yang dicuri, engkau yang akan ku hukum”. Diberi hukuman ‘itaab, apa itu itaab? yaitu hukuman, bisa penjara bisa denda. “Kenapa yg dicuri yg dihukum..?”, “karena tetanggamu lapar, kau tidak tahu..!!”. Demikian imam yang adil.


Hadirin – hadirat, disaat sekarang ini banyak sekali musuh – musuh Islam yang berusaha menghancurkan keimanan muslimin dengan menyebut hukum – hukum Islam yang mereka rasakan tidak adil atau kejam. Diantaranya hukum rajam bagi pezina, diantaranya hukum potong tangan bagi yang mencuri. Tentunya hal ini tidak bisa diputus satu – persatu. Syari’ah Islamiyyah tidak bisa diputus satu – persatu tapi justru bagaikan rantai yang saling mengikat.


Hukum potong tangan tidak bisa diberlakukan terkecuali sudah ada Baitul Maal yang menjamin tidak ada orang yang lapar. Buktinya Sayyidina Umar bin Khattab menghukum orang yang dicuri bukan orang yang mencuri. Ini menunjukkan kalau sudah suatu wilayah mempunyai baitul maal, tidak ada yang kelaparan, semua yang lapar sudah disantuni, semua yang fakir disantuni dan masih ada yang mencuri maka diberilah hukum potong tangan. Betapa kejamnya, kenapa? agar supaya ia malu dan malunya itu membuat orang lain tidak berani mencuri. Demikian di dalam Islam, kelihatannya hukumnya terlalu kejam tetapi kalau seandainya saja hukuman itu ringan, akan banyak orang yang berbuat tapi sebelumnya benahi dulu penyebab – penyebab yang membuat hal itu agar tidak terjadi terkecuali oleh orang – orang yang betul – betul memiliki sifat yang tercela. Ini contohnya yang pertama.


Dan yang kedua mengenai zina. Muncul pertanyaan pada saya di website, di surat dan lain sebagainya. Ada yang berbicara di televisi katanya “hukum orang yang berzina itu tidak akan bisa dihapus dosanya terkecuali dengan dirajam atau dicambuk bagi yang belum menikah”. Betul itu, tapi di wilayah yang sudah berjalan dengan khilafah islamiyyah. Tidak ada ikhtilath (campur baur antara pria dan wanita), tidak ada lagi gambar porno di jalanan, tidak ada lagi film yang mengajarkan tarbiyah untuk berbuat zina di televisi, tidak ada lagi wanita membuka auratnya. Kalau sudah aman seperti itu, hukum rajam berjalan bagi mereka yang bersumpah 4X dengan Nama Allah bahwa ia betul – betul berzina, lalu dihukum rajam. Kalau ada yang mengaku si fulan berzina, tidak bisa dilakukan hukum rajam terkecuali 4 saksi. 4 saksi yang menyaksikan malihatnya berbuat zina. Bukannya laki dan perempuan masuk kamar berdua, keluar pakaiannya terlihat agak acak – acakkan, tidak cukup itu. Tapi harus melihat perbuatan jima’ dan zina dengan matanya sendiri (4 orang). Ini kan mustahil..!, terkecuali kalau yang memperbuatnya di jalanan atau di tempat umum atau ia sendiri yang memintanya. Dan Rasul saw sendiri ketika diminta seseorang yang telah berzina meminta dihukum rajam, beliau tidak langsung mengatakan “oh..kau berzina, langsung dihukum”. Tidak, beliau berkata “apakah kau ini gila?”, “tidak ya Rasulullah”, “apakah kau ini tidur?”, “tidak ya Rasulullah”. 4X ia bersumpah lalu dijalankan hukum itu. Jadi kalau melihat hukum jangan dipotong – potong. Benar hukum zina itu dirajam tapi kalau sudah terjadi khilafah islamiyyah. Pria dan wanita sudah tidak ada percampuran, tidak ada lagi gambar porno, film porno dan lain sebagainya sudah aman, masih berzina juga apalagi di depan umum, pantas dirajam. Kenapa? supaya yang lain tidak ikut – ikutan berbuat hal itu karena yang pantas berbuat itu adalah orang – orang yang benar – benar mempunyai sifat yang keji dan perbuatan itu membuat ia terhapus dari dosanya.


Hadirin, lalu kalau pezina zaman sekarang, apa hukumannya? hukumannya adalah taubat kepada Allah Swt. Apakah bisa diampuni? tergantung taubatnya. Apakah 40 tahun amalnya tidak diterima? ya, kalau 40 tahun ia menunda taubatnya. Allah Swt melimpahkan pengampunan secepat orang itu bertaubat. Semakin cepat orang itu bertaubat, secepat itu pengampunan Allah Swt.


Hadirin – hadirat yang dimuliakan Allah,(Firman Allah) “Terkecuali mereka – mereka yang beriman dan beramal shalih, bertaubat dari dosa – dosanya. Allah ganti dosa – dosanya dengan pahala (QS Alfurqan 70) bukan dihapus, tapi diganti dengan pahala. Demikian dahsyatnya sambutan Kasih Sayang Illahi bagi mereka yang mau bertaubat.


Kita baru dengar malam ahad yang lalu, Guru Mulia kita menyampaikan kemuliaan orang orang yg bertobat, semoga kita menjadi orang – orang yang bertaubat, lalu seandainya diantara kita masih ada yang berat melakukan taubat, semoga dicabut berat dari hati kami untuk melakukan taubat. Sebagian diantara kita merasa dalam hati kalau aku taubat nanti, besok berbuat lagi maka belum berani taubat. Taubat sekarang, besok serahkan pada Allah. Kalau besok terjebak dosa lagi, taubat lagi besok. Jangan bosan – bosan bertaubat kalau seandainya tidak bosan berbuat dosa.


Kita zaman sekarang bosan bertaubat tapi tidak bosan berdosa. Meskinya sebaliknya kalau tidak maka biarkan berbarengan, dosa taubat dosa taubat dosa taubat, jangan tinggalkan 1 dosa terkecuali diikuti 1 taubat. Lalu bagaimana nanti kalau dosa lagi, munafikkah ?. (jawabannya) Bukan urusanku masa yang akan datang, nanti masa yang akan datang kita serahkan pada Allah. Aku mau taubat dari sekarang dari semua yang dilarang Allah. Bagaimana nanti kalau berbuat lagi? aku akan bertaubat lagi. Sebagaimana aku selalu terjebak dalam dosa, akupun tidak akan bosan untuk bertaubat kepada Allah. Orang seperti ini akan dibimbing oleh Allah dan ia tidak akan wafat terkecuali dalam keadaan orang yang bertaubat.


Hadirin, yang kedua adalah pemuda yang tumbuh didalam ibadah kepada Allah. Yang masih muda ibadahnya, mulai dari usia muda usdah banyak ibadah. Siapa mereka? diantaranya kita. Oleh sebab itu Guru Mulia kita Alhamdulillah 2X hadir di majelis kita. Malam selasa di MONAS beliau hadir, malam minggu tidak ada jadwalnya diajukan beliau mau hadir lagi. Kenapa? Karena Pemuda. Karena Rasul saw bersabda “saat pertama kali risalahku bangkit, pemuda yang membantuku menegakkan risalah dan orang – orang yang tua meninggalkanku dan mendustakanku”. Agama ini bangkit dengan kebangkitan pemuda, kemerdekaan negara ini didapatkan dengan pemuda. Demikian hadirin – hadirat, dan juga kemajuan Islam ini akan muncul dengan kebangkitan pemuda yang ingin membenahi wilayahnya sendiri.


Innallaha laa yughayyiru maa biqaumim hattaa yughayyiru maa bi anfusihim” QS. Ar-Ra’d : 11 (Allah tidak akan merubah suatu kaum sebelum mereka sendiri yang mau merubahnya).

Itu sebagian orang mengatakan “ya sudah kalau ia sudah tidak mau merubah dirinya, Allah tidak akan merubah suatu kaum”. (Tidak demikian), Justru ini janji Allah. Kalau suatu kaum ada diantara mereka yang ingin merubah dirinya, merubah kaumnya menjadi baik, maka Allah yang akan merubah kaum itu menjadi baik. Karena Allah berkata “Aku tidak akan merubah suatu kaum sampai mereka sendiri yang merubah dirinya”. Berarti jika ada yang ingin diantara mereka merubah keadaan kaumnya, Allah yang akan merubahnya.


Hadirin – hadirat yang dimuliakan Allah,Diriwayatkan didalam Shahih Bukhari ketika salah seorang pemuda keluar terburu – buru setelah wudhu masuk kedalam shaf shalat. Salah seorang sahabat berkata “law ra aahu Rasulallah La ahabbahu”, pemuda seperti ini kalau Rasulullah melihatnya akan mencintainya. Karena Rasul saw saat itu telah wafat. Menunjukkan apa? pemuda ini, hanya wudhu lantas buru – buru masuk kedalam shaf shalat. Para sahabat pada saat jamaah pertama sudah melakukan shalat, jamaah kedua datang, pemuda ini setelah wudhu terburu – buru masuk ke shaf untuk ikut shalat berjamaah. Berkatalah salah seorang sahabat yaitu Abdullah Ibn Umar “kalau Rasulullah melihat ini, pasti Rasulullah mencintainya”. Rasul itu menyukai pemuda, Rasulullah itu mencintai pemuda.


Hadirin – hadirat yang dimuliakan Allah,Semoga Allah Swt membenahi kita semua, khususnya yang dari Jakarta ini dan di seluruh wilayah Barat dan Timur dengan kebangkitan pemuda yang mencintai Allah dan Rasul-Nya, memuliakan Nabi Muhammad Saw.


Hadirin – hadirat yang dimuliakan Allah,Yang ketiga adalah orang yang hatinya selalu terikat pada masjid. Hatinya cinta masjid walaupun tidak sellau berada di masjid. Masjid tempat yang ia jadikan sebagai tempat yang nikmat. Tempat yang dijadikan tempat ketenangan adalah masjid. Hadirin, sifat seperti ini sirna diantara muslimin khususnya pemuda. Kalau sedang datang gundah, para pemuda kita khususnya tentunya mencari tempat hiburan (café, discoteque barangkali) tapi kita tentunya coba dan coba cari ketenangan itu di masjid. Gundah saya ini mau cari ketenangan, coba masuk ke masjid. Kau akan dapatkan ketenangan yang jauh lebih daripada di pasar – pasar, di tempat – tempat café, atau direstoran atau tempat lainnya. Enak ini makan dipinggir jalan sambil menenangkan diri kita, Wallahi kesejukkan yang ada di masjid akan kau dapatkan lebih dari itu. Untuk apa? untuk mendapatkan ilmu.


Tadi yang pertama Imam yang adil dinaungi nanti oleh Allah di yaumal qiyamah, yang kedua pemuda yang tumbuh didalam taat pada Allah Swt (semoga kita dalam kelompok ini, amin). Yang ketiga orang yang hatinya terikat dengan masjid, senang dengan masjid, asyik dengan masjid.


Sekarang dimasa ini, orang lewat masjid itu tidak ada bergetar hatinya. Di zaman dulu, Sayyidina Umar bin Khattab radiyallahu anhum ada 2 orang mengangkat suara agak keras di masjid nabawiy, dipanggil oleh Sayyidina Umar. Riwayat Shahih Bukhari. “sini kalian”, “min ayna antumaa?”orang mana kalian ini?, “orang tha’if”, maka berkata Sayyidina Umar ra : “law kuntuma min ahli hadzal balad La awja’tukuma, tarfa’aan ashwaatakumaa fi masjidil Rasulillah s.a.w. untung kalian orang ba’da tha’if (dari luar Madinah) kalau kalian orang sini, kata Sayyidina Umar “akan aku hukum kalian karena berani mengeraskan suara di masjidnya Rasulullah saw”. Demikian adabnya Sayyidina Umar bin Khattab ke masjidnya Rasul saw. Mengangkat suara tidak boleh padahal ayatnya untuk Sang Nabi saw bukan untuk masjid nabawiy.


Ayat turun “..laa tarfa’u ashwatakum fauqashawtinnabiy wala tajharuu lahuu bilqauli kajahriba’dhikum liba’dhin antahbatha a’malukum wa antum laa tasy’urun” QS. Al Hujurat : 2. Didalam surat Al Hujurat, ayat itu dilarang mengeraskan suara dihadapan Rasulullah bukan di masjid tetapi setelah Rasul saw wafat pun Sayyidina Umar menjaga itu di masjid nabawiy.


Hadirin, masjid adalah tempat Baitullah (rumah keridhoan Allah, istana keridhoan Allah) yang di pintu – pintunya berdiri para malaikat yang mencatat mereka yang masuk kedalamnya. Catat yang masuk kesini, kalau kita masuk ke istana kan ada penjaganya. Kalau dimasjid ada juga malaikat yang menyaksikan mereka yang hadir di masjid dan mereka berkata “Allahumma firlahum allahumma warhamhum” Wahai Allah ampuni dia, Wahai Allah sayangi dia, sepanjang kalian duduk di masjid. Hadirin, cari ketenangan di masjid, ikat hati kita dengan masjid, makmurkan masjid niscaya kau akan dinaungi Allah Swt disaat tiada naungan kecuali naungan Allah Swt.


Yang keempat adalah “rajulan tahaabbaa fillah”, 2 orang teman atau orang yang berteman karena Allah. Bukan karena bisnis, bukan karena teman sekolah, bukan karena tetangga tapi karena Allah. Maksudnya seperti bagaimana? Seperti kita disini. Yang satu dari Bekasi, yang satu dari Depok, yang satu dari Jakarta Timur, Jakarta Selatan bertemu disini, kenalan disini. Ini bukan untuk dagang, bukan untuk apa – apa tapi karena Allah, karena majelis taklim, majelis dzikir seperti ini. Saling sms kalau tidak saling ketemuan dimana, majelis malam ahad yang akan datang, malam senin dimana, malam kamis. Hal seperti ini dihargai oleh Allah Swt dan mereka tidak berpisah itu juga terkecuali oleh karena Allah. Maksudnya apa? ketika temannya keluar pindah agama maka ia berubah pula kepada temannya tidak seperti dahulu. Kenapa? temannya tidak lagi taat kepada Allah Swt.


Beda antara cinta dan perduli, kalau perduli semua kafir yang paling jahat pun Rasulullah perduli dan mendoakan untuk mereka tapi bukan cinta. Karena Allah Swt berfirman “laqad jaa akum rasulun min anfusikum a’ziizun a’laihi maa a’nittum hariishun a’laikum bil mu’miniina raufurrahiim” QS. At Taubah : 128. Sayangnya untuk orang – orang muslimin, untuk yang diluar islam beliau peduli. Agar apa?, agar mereka masuk kedalam Islam. Sebagaimana riwayat Shahih Bukhari ketika seorang anak yahudi ada yang mau berkhidmah kepada Nabi saw tapi belum mau masuk Islam, diterima oleh Rasul saw. Masuk ke rumahnya Rasul, khidmah kepada Rasul, bawakan sandalnya, bawakan airnya sampai suatu hari ia sakit dan sakit yang membawa kematian. Rasul menjenguk yahudi (non muslim), ayahnya yahudi juga. Ketika sakit Rasul melihat ini anak sudah dekat dengan sakaratul maut maka Rasul berkata “qul laa-ilaha-ilallah” katakan laa-ilahailallah wahai anak. Pemuda itu tidak berani menyebut “laa-ilaha-ilallah” terkecuali melirik ayahnya dulu. Ayahnya ijinkan tidak, ayahnya yahudi juga. Maka ayahnya berkata “athi’ abal qasim” taati abal qasim. Ayahnya tidak mau mengakui Rasulullah saw tapi ayahnya tahu ia orang baik, yaitu Nabi Muhammad saw, maka ayahnya berkata “taati abal qasim” maka anak itu mengucapkan “laa-ilaha-ilallah” wafat. Keluar Rasul dari rumahnya, sahabat melihat wajahnya rasul cerah gembira. “Ya Rasulullah apa yang membuat engkau sedemikian gembira hingga cerahnya wajahmu”, Rasul berkata “Alhamdulillahiladzi qad hadaah” Alhamdulillah yang telah memberi ia hidayah. Demikian hadirin – hadirat yang dimuliakan Allah.


Beda dengan kafir harbi. Ada orang – orang non muslim yang memerangi muslimin, disebut kafir harby,. Demikian kelompok – kelompok kafir, kelompok kafir itu ada 2 ada zimmi dan ada harbi. Zimmi adalag kafir yang baik dan Harbi adalah kafir yang memerangi. Beda hukumnya, sebagaimana ada dalam riwayat yang tsigah ketika salah seorang yahudi hidup bertetangga dengan Rasul di Madinah. Orang yahudi hidup di Madinah juga bersama 1 kota dengan Rasul. Tapi sewaktu – waktu ketika seorang wanita muslimah (tentunya memakai hijab, memakai jilbab) seorang yahudi usil. Diikatlah jilbabnya itu dengan salah satu kaki meja dan saat ia berjalan terbuka hijabnya, ia berteriak (wanita muslimah ini). Muslimin berdiri bangkit, orang yahudi juga berdiri membela. Terjadi perpecahan disitu, Rasul saw segera membelah perpecahan dan menahan daripada perpecahan dan mengusir semua yahudi dari Madinah Al Munawwarah. Kalau damai diijinkan hidup bersama, kalau tidak damai maka lain halnya.

Hadirin – hadirat demikian di Palestina, demikian di Poso, demikian di Kasymir dan lain – lain.


Hadirin – hadirat yang dimuliakan Allah,Inilah 2 orang yang saling menyayangi karena Allah Swt, saling mengenal karena Allah Swt. Allah Swt memuliakan kita dengan kemuliaan terindah dengan perkumpulan mulia ini. Masih ada 3 penjelasan lagi tentang kelompoknya, Insya Allah saya teruskan di malam selasa yang akan datang.


Dan kita bermunajat kepada Allah Swt dan semakin bangkitlah untuk memperdulikan keadaan muslimin – muslimat.


Hadirin – hadirat yang dimuliakan Allah,Kita sudah lihat tanda – tanda kebangkitan muslimin sudah mulai dimunculkan oleh Allah Swt. Sebagaimana Allah sudah menghancurkan Negara Adikuasa Uni Sovyet dipecah belahkan oleh Allah Swt. Dan sekarang (Allah) telah menjadikan Negara Amerika Serikat ini jatuh miskin dan demikian Allah Swt dalam waktu dekat ini semakin kesini semakin berlanjut. Allah mulai mendesak daripada kekuatan – kekuatan kuffar dan semoga Allah segera membalikkan kemakmuran kepada muslimin – muslimat dipermukaan bumi..


Ya Rahman Ya Rahim Ya Dzaljalali wal ikram, kami telah dengar sabdamu Nabi Muhammad Saw yang menjelaskan bahwa kelak setelah aku wafat akan kalian lihat perpecahan, akan kalian lihat gempa bumi, akan kalian lihat musibah –musibah, akan kalian lihat banyak yang mengaku sebagai Nabi dan akan kalian lihat banyak terjadi pembunuhan dan setelah itu akan muncul kemakmuran yang menyeluruh di seluruh penduduk bumi bagi muslimin – muslimat dan disaat itu sabahat berkata “bagaimana keadaan mereka saat itu muslimin muslimat ya Rasulullah..?”, Rasul berkata “bagi mereka sujud sekali lebih baik dari dunia dan segala isinya”. Menunjukkan muslimin muslimat yang mencintai sujud, yang mencintai ibadah, yang mencintai kemuliaan – kemuliaan yang dibawa oleh Allah. Mereka itulah yang akan dlimpahi kemakmuran dan jika muslimin sudah bangkit untuk meninggalkan dosa – dosa menuju taubat, menuju keluhuran, menuju kemuliaan, itu tanda kemakmuran akan segera dibangkitkan oleh Allah untuk muslimin muslimat.


Kita lihat sekarang Negara super power ini dihancur leburkan dengan kemiskinan oleh Allah Swt dan akan semakin dahsyat kehancuran daripada Amerika, kehancuran Inggris, kehancuran Perancis, kehancuran Negara – Negara musuh Islam. Akan kita lihat Insya Allah dalam waktu dekat dan Allah akan makmurkan Negara muslimin muslimat. Rabbiy bangkitkan pemuda - pemudi muslimin muslimat untuk mencintai Nabimu Muhammad Saw, Rabbiy makmurkan majelis dzikir, majelis – majelis shalawat dan Rabbiy Ya Rahman Ya Rahim telah makmur panggung – panggung orang – orang yang bermaksiat, puluhan ribu yang hadir membayar dengan uang puluhan bahkan ratusan ribu demi memandang wajah orang yang tidak sujud padamu maka Rabbiy gantikan keadaan muslimin muslimat, makmurkan majelis yang mengagungkan Namamu, yang menggemuruhkan Namamu, yang memuliakan Namamu, yang mencintai Nabimu Muhammad Saw.


Ya Rahman Ya Rahim gantikan pemuda – pemuda muslimin muslimat dengan pemuda yang mencintai Allah dan Rasul, yang bangga memegang bendera Rasulullah, yang bangga dengan pakaian sunnah Rasulullah, yang bangga dengan sunnah Rasulullah. Ya Rahman Ya Rahim makmurkan bumi Jakarta, makmurkan seluruh wilayah muslimin muslimat dan tolong saudara – saudara kami di Palestine, saudara kami di Khasmir, saudara kami di seluruh wilayah Barat dan Timur yang sedang dalam kesulitan. Pecah belahkan kekuatan musuh – musuh muslimin, hancur leburkan mereka. Ya Rahman Ya Rahim inilah doa dan munajat.


Ya Dzaljalali wal ikram ..... benahi keadaan kami, keadaan rumah tangga kami, bangkitkan keinginan kami untuk bertaubat, bangkitkan keinginan kami untuk meninggalkan kemunkaran Ya Dzaljalali wal ikram Ya Dzaththauli wal in’am

Faquuluuu jamii’an (ucapkanlah bersama sama) Ya Allah, Ya Allah..Ya Allah..Ya Allah..Faquuluuu jamii’an (ucapkanlah bersama sama) Laillahailallah Laillahailallah Laillahailallah Muhammadurrasulullah

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