Beggar Yahudi and Rasulullah saw
There is a proper example [of] byword of attitude RasuluLlah SAW. Firman Allah:laqad ka-na lakum fi- rasu-liLla-hi uswatun hasanatu limang ka-na yarjuLla-ha wal yawmal a-khira dzakaraLla-ha katsiyran (s. al ahza-b), mean: In fact there have in ( x'self) Rasulullah that good byword for you ( that is) for the people hope ( blessing) God and ( arrival) doomsday and call God a lot of ( 33:21).
In market angle;corner Madinah a beggar of blind Jew day in day out if is the people come near it he always say " Wahai my you don't come near Muhammad, he/she that lunatic, he/she that Iiar, he/she that sorcerer, if all of you come near it all of you akandipengaruhinya".
But each;every morning Rasulullah SAW visit it by bringing the food, and without saying broken word even also Rasulullah SAW feed up the brought by theX food [of] it to that beggar although the beggar is always notice in order not to come near the so called people Muhammad. Rasulullah SAW do it [so/till] nearing Rasulullah SAW pass away.
After passing away Rasulullah nothing like the people bring the food each;every morning to beggar of blind Jew itu.Suatu day Abu Bakar R.A. pay a visit to his child house St ' Aisyah R.ha.Beliau the questioning to his child, " My child [is] there any sunnah my lover ( Muhammad) which I not yet done?". St ' Aisyah R.ha answer question of his father, " Wahai Ayah, thou is expert sunnah next to nothing one sunnah even also which is father not yet do except one sunnah". " [Whether/ what] Itu?", ask Abu Bakar R.A. " Each;Every morning Rasulullah SAW always go to market back part by bringing the food to a beggar of blind Jew residing in there", word St ' Aisyah R.H.
Keesokan his day Abu Bakar R.A. go to market by bringing the food to give it to that beggar. Ash Bakar R.A. visit that beggar and give that food kepadanya.Ketika Abu Bakar R.A. start it feeding up, the angry beggar at the same time berteriak,"siapakah yours?". Ash Bakar R.A answer, " ordinary People me". " [Is] not!, thou is not ordinary people visit the me", answer the that blind beggar, " If he come to me not hard [of] this hand hold and not hard [of] this mouth munch. ordinary people visit the me is always feed up the me smoothly", that beggar continue his word. Ash Bakar R.A. cannot arrest;detain its tear, he weep at the same time say to that beggar, " I truely [is] not ordinary people come [at] you, I am one of the from his friend, that excellency people have the no. He is Muhammad Rasulullah SAW." After that beggar hear the story Abu Bakar R.A. he even also follow to weep, then say, " Is it correct?, during the time I always affront it, libel it, he have never made angry the even little me, he visit the me by bringing the food each;every morning, he so glorify..." Beggar of the blind Jew finally have fore creed [to] Abu Bakar R.A.
Wallahu a'lamu bishshawab.
That ethic kindness rasulullah, although we cannot follow it all nature of and ahlak RASULALLAH possibly at least we can..!!
Jumat, 25 September 2009
Selasa, 22 September 2009
60 SAHABAT MUHAMMAD RASULULLAH SAW
sambungan 60 sahabat Muhammad rasulullah saw
Pada suatu hari Mush`ab tampil di hadapan beberapa orang muslimin yang sedang duduk di sekeliling Rasulullah saw. Demi memandang Mush`ab, mereka sama menundukkan kepala dan memejamkan mata, sementara beberapa orang matanya basah karena duka. Mereka melihat Mush`ab memakai jubah usang yang bertambal-tambal, padahal belum lagi hilang dari ingatan mereka, sebelum masuk islam – tak ubahnya bagaikan kembang di taman, berwarna-warni dan menghamburkan bau wangi.
Adapaun Rasulullah saw, menatapnya dengna pandangan penuh arti, disertai cinta kasih dan syukur dalam hati, pada kedua bibirnya tersungging senyuman mulia nan indah seraya bersabda:
“Dahulu saya lihat Mush`ab ini tak ada yang mengimbangi dalam memperoleh kesenangan dari orang tuanya, kemudian ditinggalkannya semua itu demi cintanya kepada Allah dan Rasul Nya.”
Semenjak ibunya merasa putus asa untuk mengembalikan Mush`ab kepada agama yang lama, ia telah menghentikan segala pemberian yang biasa dilimpahkan kepadanya, bahkan ia tak sudi nasinya dimakan orang yang telah mengingkari berhala dan patut beroleh kutukan daripadanya, walau anak kandungnya sendiri.
Akhir pertemuan Mush`ab dengan ibunya, ketika perempuan itu hendak mengurungnya lagi sewaktu ia pulang dari Habasyah. Ia pun bersumpah dan menyatakan tekadnya untukmembunuh orang-orang suruhan ibunya bila rencana itu dilakukan. Karena sang ibu telah mengetahui kebulatan tekad putranya yang telah mengabil satu keputusan, tak ada jalan lain baginya kecuali melepasnya dengan cucuran airmata, sementara Mush`ab mengucapkan selamat berpisah dengan menangis pula.
Saat perpisahan itu menggambarkan kepaa kita kegigihan luar biasa dalam kekafiran pihak ibu, sebaliknya kebulatan tekad yang lebih besar dalam mempertahankan keimanan dari pihak anak. Ketika sang ibu mengusirnya dari rumah sambil berkata : ‘Pergilah sesuka hatimu! Aku bukan ibumu lagi”. Maka Mush`ab pun menghampiri ibunya sambil berkata : “Wahai bunda! Telah ananda sampaikan nasihat kepada bunda, dan ananda menaruh kasihan kepada bunda. Karena itu saksikanlah bahwa tiada Tuhan melainkan Allah, dan Muhammad saw adalah hamba dan utusan Nya”.
Dengan murka dan naik darah ibunya menyahut: “Demi bintang! Sekali-kali aku takkan masuk ke dalam Agamamu itu. Otakku bias jadi rusak, dan buah pikiranku takkan diindahkan orang lagi”.
Demikian Mush`ab meninggalkan kemewahan dan kesenangan yang dialaminya selama itu, dan memilih hidup miskin dan sengsara. Pemuda ganteng dan parlente itu, kini telah menjadi seorang melrata dengan pakaiannya yang kasar dan usang, sehari makan dan beberapa hari menderita lapar.
Tetapi jiwanya yang telah dihiasi dengan aqidah suci dan cemerlang berkat sepuhan Nur Ilahi, telah merubah dirinya menjadi seorang manusia lain, yaitu manusia yang dihormati, penuh wibawa dan disegani.
Suatu saat Mush`ab dipilih Rasulullah saw untuk melaksanakan tugas maha penting saat itu. Ia menjadi duta atau utusan Rasulullah saw ke Madinah untuk mengajarkan seluk beluk Agama Islam kepada orang-orang Anshar yang telah beriman dan berbai`at kepada Rasulullah saw di bukit `Aqabah. Di samping itu mengajak orang-orang lain untuk menganut Agama Allah, serta mempersiapkan kota
Sebenarnya di kalangan sahabat ketika itu masih banyka yang lebih tua, lebih berpengaruh dan lebih dekat hubungan kekeluargaan dengan Rasulullah saw daripada Mush`ab. Tetapi Rasulullah saw menjatuhkan pilihannya kepada “Mush`ab yang baik”. Dan bukan tidak menyadari sepenuhnya bahwa bel;iau telah memikulkan tugas yang amat penting ke atas pundak pemuda itu, dan menyerahkan kepadanya tanggung jawab nasib Agama Islam di kota Madinah, suatu kota yang tak lama lagi akan menjadi kota tepatan atau kota hijrah, pusat para da`I dan dakwah, tempat berhimpunnya penyebar agama dan pembela islam.
Mush`ab memikul amanat itu dengan bekal karunia Allah kepadanya, berupa fikiran yang cerdas dan budi yang luhur. Dengan sifat Zuhud, kejujuran dan kesungguhan hati, ia berhasil melunakkan dan menawan hati penduduk Madinah hingga mereka berduyun-duyun masuk Islam.
Sesampainya di Madinah, didapatinya kaumMuslimin di sana
Pada musim haji berikutnya dari perjanjian `Aqabah, kaum Muslimin Madinah mengirim perutusan yang mewakili mereka menemui sang Nabi saw. Dan perutusan itu dipimpin oleh guru mereka, oleh duta yang dikirim sang Nabi saw kepada mereka, yaitu Mush`ab bin Umair.
Dengan tindakannya yang tepat dan bijaksana, Mush`ab bin Umair telah membuktikan bahwa pilihan Rasulullah saw atas dirinya itu tepat. Ia memahami tugas dengan sepenuhnya, hingga tak terlanjur melampaui batas yang telah ditetapkan. Ia sadar bahwa tugasnya adalah menyeru kepada Allah, menyampaikan berita gembira lahirnya suatu Agama yang mengajak manusia mencapai hidayah Allah, membimbing mereka ke jalan yang lurus. Akhlaknya mengikuti pola hidup Rasulullah saw yang diimaninya, yang mengemban kewajiban hanya menyampaikan belaka.
Di Madinah Mush`ab tinggal sebagai tamu di rumah As`ad bin Zararah. Dengan didampingi As`ad, ia pergi mengunjungi kabilah-kabilah, rumah-rumah dan tempat-tempat pertemuan, untuk membacakan ayat-ayat Kitab Suci Allah, menyampaikan kalimat Tauhid secara hati-hati.
Pernah ia menghadapi beberapa peristiwa yang mengancam keselamatan diri serta sahabatnya, yang nyaris celaka kalau tidak karena kecerdasan akal dan kebesaran jiwanya. Suatu hari, ketika ia sedang memberikan petuah kepada orang-orang, tiba-tiba disergap Usaid bin Hudlair kepala suku kabilah Abdul Asyhal di Madinah. Usaid menodong Mush`ab dengan menyentakkan lembingnya. Bukan main marah dan murkanya Usaid, menyaksikan Mush`ab yang dianggap mengacau dan menyelewengkan anak buahnya dari agama mereka, serta mengemukakan Tuhan Yang Maha Esa yang belum mereka kenal dan dengar sebelum itu. Padahal menurut anggapan Usaid, tuhan-tuhan mereka yang bersimpuh lena di tempatnya masing-masing mudah dihubungi secara kongkrit. Jika seseorang memerlukan salah satu diantaranmya, tentulah ia akan mengetahui tempatnya dan segera pergi mengunjunginya untuk memaparkan kesulitan serta menyampaikan permohonan…..Demikianlah yang tergambar dan terbayang dalam fikiran suku Abdul Asyhal. Tetapi Tuhannya Muhammad saw.- yang diserukan beribadah kepada Nya oleh utusan yang dating kepada mereka itu, tiadalah yang mengetahui tempat Nya dan tak seorangpun yang dapat melihat Nya.
Demi dilihat kedatangan Usaid bin Hudlair yang murka bagaikan api sedang berkobar kepada orang-orang islam yang duduk bersama Mush`ab, mereka pun merasa kecut dan takut. Tetapi “Mush`ab Yang Baik” tetap tinggal tenang dengan air muka yang tidak berubah.
Bagaikan singa hendak menerkam, Usaid berdiri di depan Mush`ab dan As`ad bin Zararah, bentaknya : “Apa maksud kalian dating ke kampong kami ini, apakah hendak membodohi rakyat kecil kai? Tinggalkan segera tempat ini, jika tak ingin segera nyawa melayang!”
Seperti tenang dan mantapnya samudera dalam……, laksana terang dan damainya cahaya fajar…., terpancarlah ketulusan hati “Mush`ab yang baik”, dan bergeraklah lidahnya mengeluarkan ucapan halus, katanya: “Kenapa anda tidak duduk mendengarkan dulu? Seandainya anda menyukai nanti, anda dapat menerimanya. Sebaliknya jika tidak, kami akan menghentikan apa yang tidak anda sukai itu”.
Sebenarnya Usaid seorang berakal dan berfikiran sehat. Dan sekarang ini ia diajak oleh Mush`ab untuk berbicara dan meminta pertimbangan kepada hati nuraninya sendiri. Yang diminta hanyalah agar ia bersedia mendengar dan bukan lainnya. Jika ia menyetujui, ia kana membiarkan Mush`ab, dan jika tidak, maka Mush`ab berjanji akan meninggalkan kampong dan masyarakat mereka untuk mencari tempat dan masyarakat lain, dengan tidak merugikan ataupun dirugikan orang lain.
“Sekarang saya insyaf”, uajar Usaid, lalu menjatuhkan lembingnya ke tanah dan duduk mendengarkan. Demi Mush`ab membacakan ayat-ayat Al-Qur`an dan menguraikan dakwah yang dibawa oleh sayyidina Muhammad saw, maka dada Usaid pun mulai terbuka dan bercahaya, beralun berirama mengikuti naik turunnya suara serta meresapi keindahannya. Dan belum lagi Mush`ab selesai dari uraiannya. Usaid pun berseru kepadanya dan kepada sahabatnya : “Alangkah indah dan benarnya ucapan itu…..! Dan apakah yang harus dilakukan oleh orang yang hendak masuk Agama ini?” Maka sebagai jawabannya gemuruhlah suara tahlil, serempak seakan hendak menggoncangkan bumi. Kemudian ujar Mush`ab : “Hendaklah ia mensucikan diri, pakaian dan badannya, serta bersaksi bahwa tiada Tuhan yang haq diibadahi melainkan Allah.”
Beberapa lama Usaid meninggalkan mereka, kemudian kembali sambil memeras air dari rambutnya, lalu ia berdiri sambil menyatakan pengakuannya bahwa tiada Tuhan yang haq diibadahi melainkan Allah dan bahwa Muhammad saw itu utusan Allah.
Secepatnya berita itupun tersiarlah. Keislaman Usaid disusul oleh kehadiran Sa`ad bin Mu`adz. Dan setelah mendengar uraian Mush`ab, Sa`ad merasa puas dan masuk islam pula.
Langkah ini disusul pula oleh Sa`ad bin `Ubadah. Dan dengan keislaman mereka ini, berarti selesailah persoalan dengan berbagai suku yang ada di Madinah. Warga kota Madinah saling berdatangan dan tanya -bertanya sesame mereka: “Jika Usaid bin Hudlair, Sa`ad bin `Ubadah dan Sa`ad bin Mu`adz telah masuk islam, apalagi yang kita tunggu…Ayolah kita pergi kepada Mush`ab dan beriman bersamanya! Kata orang, kebenaran itu terpancar dari celah-celah giginya!”.
Demikianlah duta Rasulullah saw yang pertama telah mencapai hasil gemilang yang tiada taranya, suatu keberhasilan yang memang wajar dan layak diperolehnya. Hari-hari dan tahun-tahun pun berlalu, dan Rasulullah saw bersama para sahabatnya hijrah ke Madinah.
Orang-orang kafir Qurasy semakin geram dengan dendamnya, mereka menyiapkan teanag untuk melanjutkan tindakan kekerasan terhadap hamba-hamba Allah yang shalih. Terjadilah perang Badar dan kaum kafir qurasy pun beroleh pelajaran pahit yang menghabiskan sisa-sisa fikiran sehat mereka, hingga mereka berusaha menebus kekalahan. Kemudian datanglah giliran perang Uhud, dan kaum Muslimin pun bersiap-siap mengatur barisan. Rasulullah saw berdiri di tengah barisan itu, menatap setiap wajah orang beriman menyelidiki siapa yang sebaiknya membawa bendera . Maka terpanggillah “Mush`ab yang baik’, dan pahlawan itu tampil sebagai pembawa bendera.
Peperangan berkobar lalu berkecamuk dengan sengitnya. Pasukan panah melanggar tidak mentaati perintah Rasulullah saw, mereka meninggalkan kedudukannya di celah bukit setelah melihat orang-orang kafir qurasy menderita kekalahan dan mengundurkan diri. Perbuatan mereka itu secepatnya merubah suasana, hingga kemenangan Kaum Muslimin beralih menjadi kekalahan.
Dengan tidak diduga pasukan berkuda kafir Qurasy menyerbu kaum Muslimin dari puncak bukit, lalu tombak dan pedang pun berdentang bagaikan mengamuk, membantai Kaum Muslimin yang tengah kacau balau. Melihat barisan Kaum Muslimin porak-poranda, musuh pun menunjukkan serangan kea rah Rasulullah saw dengan maksud menghantamnya.
Mush`ab bin Umair menyadari suasana gawat ini. Maka diacungkannya bendera setingi-tingginya dan bagaikanngauman singa ia bertakbir sekeras-kerasnya, lalu maju ke muka, melompat, mengelak dan berputar lalu menerkam. Minatnya tertuju untk menarik perhatian musuh kepadanya dan melupakan Rasulullah saw. Dengan demikian dirinya pribadi bagaikan membentuk barisan tentara.
Sungguh, walaupun seorang diri, tetapi Mush`ab bertempur laksana pasukan tentara besar. Sebelah tangannya memegang bendera bagaikan tamneng kesaktian, sedang yang sebelah lagi menebaskan pedang dengan matanya yang tajam. Tetapi musuh kian bertambah banyak juga, mereka hendak menyeberang dengan menginjak-injak tubuhnya untuk mencapai rasulullah saw.
Sekarang marilah kita perhatikan saksi mata, yang akan mencritakan saat-sata terakhir pahlawan besar Mush`ab bin Umair.
Berkata Ibnu Sa`ad : “Diceritakan kepada kami oleh Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin Syurahbil al-`Abdari dari bapaknya, ia berkata :
“Mush`ab bin Umair adalah pembawa bendera di Perang Uhud. Tatkala barisan Kaum Muslimin pecah, Mush`ab bertahan pada kedudukannya. Datanglah seorang musuh berkuda, Ibnu Quaimah namanya, lalu menebas tangannya hingga putus, sementara Mush`ab mengucapkan : “Muhammad itu tiada lain hanyalah seorang Rasul”. Maka dipegangnya bendera dengan tangan kirinya sambil membungkuk melindunginya. Musuh pun menebas tangan kirinya itu hingga putus pula. Mush`ab membungkuk kearah bendera, lalu dengan kedua pangkal lengan meraih kedada sambil mengucapkan : Muhammad itu tiada lain hanyalah seorang Rasul, dan sebelumnya telah didahului oleh beberapa Rasul”. Lalu orang berkuda itu menyerangnya ketiga kali dengan tombak, dan menusukkannya hingga tombak itu pun patah. Mush`ab pun gugur, dan bendera jatuh”.
Gugurlah mush`ab dan jatuhlah bendera..Ia gugur sebagai bintang dan mahkota para syuhada. Dan hal itu dialaminya setelah keberaian yang luar biasa mengarungi kancah pengorbanan dan keimanan. Di saat itu Mush`ab berpendapat bahwa sekiranya ia gugur, tentulah jalan para pembunuh akan terbuka lebar menuju Rasulullah saw tanpa ada pembela yang akan mempertahankannya.. Demi cintanya yang tiada terbatas kepada rasulullah saw dan cemas memikirkan nasibnya nanti, ketika ia akan pergi berlalu, setipa kali pedang jatuh menerbangkan sebelah tangannya, dihiburnya dirinya dengan ucapan : “Muhammad saw itu tiada lain hanyalah seorang Rasul, dan sebelumnya telah didahului oleh beberapa Rasul”.
Kalimat yang kemudian dikukuhkan sebagai wahyu ini selalu diulang dan dibacanya sampai selesai, hingga akhirnya menjadi ayat suci Al-Qur`an yang selalu dibaca orang.
Setelah pertempuran usai,ditemukan jasad pahlawan ulung yang syahid itu terbaring dengan wajah menelungkup ke tanah digenangi darahnya yang mulia. Dan seolah-olah tubuh yang telah kaku itu masih takut menyaksikan bila Rasulullah saw ditimpa bencana, maka disembunyikannya wajahnya agar tidak melihat peristiwa yang dikhawatirkan dan ditakutkannya itu. Atau mungkin juga ia merasa malu karena telah gugur sebelum hatinya tenteram beroleh kepastian akan keselamatan Rasulullah saw, dan sebelum ia selesai menunaikan tugasnya dalam membela dan mempertahankan Rasulullah saw sampai berhasil.
Wahai Mush`ab cukuplah bagimu Ar Rahman……
Namamu harum semerbak dalam kehidupan……..
Rasulullah saw bersama para sahabat dating meninjau medan
“Kami hijrah di jalan Allah bersama Rasulullah saw, dengan mengharap keridhaan-Nya, hingga pastilah sudah pahala di sisi Allah. Di antara kami ada yang telah berlalu sebelum menikmati pahalanya di dunia ini sedikitpun juga. Diantaranya ialah mush`ab bin Umair yang tewas diperang Uhud. Tak sehelai pun kain untuk menutupinya selain sehelai burdah. Andaikan di taruh diatas kepalanya, terbukalah kedua belah kakinya. Sebaliknya bila ditutupkan ke kakinya, terbukalah kepalanya. Maka sabda Rasulullah saw : “Tutupkanlah ke bagian kepalanya, dan kakinya tutupilah dengan rumput idzkhir.”
Betapa pun luka pedih dan duka yang dalam menimpa Rasulullah saw karena gugur pamanda Hamzah dan dirusak tubuhnya oleh kafir Qurasy demikian rupa, hingga bercucurlah airmata sang Nabi saw. Dan betapapun penuhnya medan
Di antara orang-orang mukmin terdapat pahlawan-pahlawan yang telah menepati janjinya dengan Allah (QS. Al-Ahzab : 23)
Kemudian dengan mengeluh memandangi burdah yang digunakan untuk kain tutupnya, seraya bersabda:
“Ketika di Mekkah dulu, tak seorangpun aku lihat yang lebih halus pakaiannya dan lebih rapi rambutnya dari padamu. Tetapi sekarang ini, dengan rambutmu yang kusut masai, hanya di balut sehelai burdah.”
Setelah melayangkan pandang, pandangan sayu kea rah medan
“Sungguh, Rasulullah saw akan menjadi saksi nanti di hari qiamat, bahwa tuan-tuan semua adalah syuhada di sisi Allah.
Kemudian sambil berpaling kea rah sahabt yang masih hidup, beliau bersabda:
“Hai manusia.. Berziarahlah dan berkunjunglah kepada mereka, serta ucapkanlah salam. Demi Allah yang menguasai nyawaku, tak seorang muslim pun sampai hari qiamat yang memberi salam kepada mereka, pasti mereka akan membalasnya.
Salam atasmu wahai Mush`ab….
Salam atasmu sekalian, Wahai para Syuhada…
Assalamu`alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.
Jumat, 18 September 2009
60 SAHABAT MUHAMMAD RASULULLAH SAW
1. MUSH`AB BIN UMAIR
DUTA ISLAM YANG PERTAMA
Mush`ab bin Umair adalah seorang diatara para sahabt Nabi. Alangkah baiknya jika kita memulai kisah dengan pribadinya: Seorang remaja Qurasy terkemuka, seorang yang paling ganteng dan tampan, penuh dengan jiwa dan semangat kepemudaan.
Para muarrikh dan ahli riwayat melukiskan semangat kepemudaannya dengan kalimat: “ Seorang warga kota
Ia lahir dan dibesarkan dalam kesenangan, dan tumbuh dalam lingkungannya. Mungkin tak seorangpun diantara anak-anak muda Mekkah yang beruntung dimanjakan oleh kedua orang tuanya demikian rupa sebagai yang dialami Mush`ab bin Umair.
Mungkinkah kiranya anak muda yang serba kecukupan, biasa hidup mewah dan dimanja, menjadi buah bibir gadis-gadis Mekkahg dan menjadi bintang di tempat –tempat pertemuan, akan meningkat sedemikian rupa hingga menjadi buah cerita tenteng keimanan, menjadi tamsil dalam semangat kepahlawanan?
Sungguh, suatu riwayat penuh pesona, riwayat Mush`ab bin Umair atau “Mush`ab yang baik’, sebagai biasa di gelarkan oleh kaum muslimin. Ia salah satu diantara pribadi-pribadi Muslimin yang ditempa dan dididik langsung oleh Sayyidina Muhammad saw.
Tetapi corak pribadi manakh…?
Sungguh, kisah hidupnya menjadi kebanggaan bagi kemanusiaan umumnya.
Suatu hari anak muda ini mendengar berita yang telah tersebar luas di kalangan warga Mekkah mengenai Muhammad Al Amin saw, yang mengatakan bahwa beliau saw telah diutus Allah sebagai pembawa berita gembira maupun duka, sebagai penyeru kebaikan dan mengajak manusia beribadah kepada Allah Yang Maha Esa.
Sementara perhatian warga Mekkah terpusat pada berita tersebut dan tiada yang menjadi buah pembicaraan mereka kecuali tentang Muhammad Rasulullah saw serta agama yang dibawanya, maka anak muda yang manja ini paling banyak mendengar berita tersebut. Karena walaupun usioanya masih belia, tetapi ia menjadi bunga majlis di tempat-tempat pertemuan yang selalu diharapkan kehadirannya oleh para anggota dan teman-temannya. Wajahnya yang tampan dan otaknya yang cerdas merupakan keistimewaan Ibnu Umair, menjadi daya pemikat dan pembuka jalan pemecahan masalah.
Di antara berita yang didengarnya adalah bahwa Rasulullah saw bersama pengikutnya biasa mengadakan pertemuan di suatu tempat yang terhindar jauh dari gerombolan Kafir Qurasy dan ancaman-ancamannya, yaitu di bukit Shafa di rumah Arqam bin Abil Arqam.
Keraguannya tiada berjalan lama, hanya sebentar waktu ia menunggu, maka pada suatu senja didorong oleh kerinduannya pergilah ia ke rumah Arqam menyertai rombongan itu. Di tempat itu Rasulullah saw sering berkumpul dengan para sahabatnya, tempat mengajarkan ayat-ayat suci Al Qur`an dan membawa mereka shalat beribadah kepada Allah Yang Maha Besar.
Baru saja Mush`ab mengambil tempat duduknya, ayat-ayat Al-Qur`an
Mulai mengalir dari sanubari Rasulullah bergema melalui kedua bibirnya dan samp[ai ke telinga, meresap di hati para pendengar. Di senja itu Mush`ab pun terpesona oleh untaian kalimat Rasulullah saw yang tepat menemui sasaran pada kalbunya.
Hampir saja anak muda itu terangkat dari tempat duduknya karena rasa haru, dan serasa terbang ia karena gembira. Tetapi Rasulullah mengulurkan tangannya yang mulia yang penuh barakah dan kasih sayang dan mengurut dada pemuda yang sedang panas bergejolak, hingga tiba-tiba menjadi sebuah lubuk hati yang tenang dan damai, tak ubah bagai lautan yang teduh dan dalam. Pemuda yang telah Islam dan Iman itu nampak telah memiliki ilmu dan hikmah yang luas-berlipat ganda dari ukuran manusia seusianya- dan mempunyai kepekaan hati yang mampu merubah jalan sejarah….
Khunas binti Malik yakni ibunda Mush`ab, seorang yang berkepribadian kuat dan pendiriannya tak dapat ditawar atau diganggu gugat. Ia wanita yang disegani bahkan ditakuti.
Ketika Mush`ab masuk islam, tiada satu kekuatan pun yang ditakuti dan dikhawatirkannnya selain ibunya sendiri, bahkan walau seluruh penduduk Mekkah beserta berhala-berhala para pembesar dan padang pasirnya berubah rupa menjadi suatu kekuatan yang menakutkan yang hendak menyerang dan menghancurkannya, tentulah Mush`ab akan menganggapnya enteng. Tapi tantangan dari ibunya bagi Mush`ab tidak dapat dianggap kecil. Ia pun segera berpikir keras dan mengambil keputusan untuk menyembunyikan keislamannya sampai terjadi sesuatu yang dikhendaki Allah. Demikianlah ia bolak-balik ke rumah Arqam menghadiri majelis Rasulullah saw, sedang hatinya merasa bahagia dengan keimanan dan sedia menebusnya dengan amarah murka ibunya yang belum mengetahui berita keislamannya.
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Kebetulan seorang yang bernama Usman bin Thalhah melihat Mush`ab memasuki rumah Arqam secara sembunyi. Kemudian pada hari yang lain ia melihat sedang shalat seperti Muhammad saw. Secepat kilat ia mendapatkan ibu Mush`ab dan melaporkan berita yang dijamin kebenarannya.
Berdirilah Mush`ab di hadapan ibu dan keluarganya serta para pembesar Kafir Qurasy Mekkah yang berkumpul dirumahnya. Dengan hati yang yakin dan pasti dibacakannya ayat-ayat suci Al-Qur`an yang diterima dari Rasulullah saw untuk mencuci hati nurani mereka, mengisinya dengan hikamh dan kemuliaan, kejujuran dan ketaqwaan.
Ketika sang ibu hendak membungkam mulut puteranya dengan tamparan keras, tiba-tiba tangan yang terulur bagai anak panah itu surut dan jatuh terkulai-demi meliahat nur atau cahaya yang membuat wajah yang telah berseri cemerlang itu kian berwibawa dan patut diindahkan-menimbulkan suatu ketenangan yang mendorong dihentikannya tindakan.
Karena rasa keibuannya, ibunda Mush`ab terhindar memukul dan menyakiti puteranya, tetapi tak dapat menahan diri dari tuntutan bela berhala-berhalanya dengan jalan lain. Dibawalah puteranya itu ke suatu tempat terpencil di rumahnya, lalu dikurung dan dipenjarakannya amat rapi.
Demikianlah beberapa lama Mush`ab tinggal dalam kurungan sampai saat beberapa orang muslimin hijrah ke Habasyah (Ethiofia). Mendengar berita hijrah ini Mush`ab pun mencari muslihat, dan berhasil mengelabui ibu dan penjaga-penjaganya, lalu pergi ke Habasyah melindungkan diri. Ia tinggal disana bersama saudara-saudara kaum muhajirin, lalu pulang ke Mekkah. Kemudian ia pergi lagi hijrah kedua kalinya bersama para sahabat atas perintah Rasulullah saw dan karena taat kepadanya.
Baik di Habasyah ataupun di Mekkah, ujian dan penderitaan yang harus dilalui Mush`ab di tiap saat dan tempat kian meningkat. Ia telah selesai dan berhasil menempa corak kehidupannya menurut pola yang modelnya telah dicontohkan Muhammad saw. Ia merasa puas bahwa kehidupannya telah layak untuk dipersembahkan bagi pengurbanan terhadap Penciptanya Yang Maha Tinggi, Allah Yang Maha Besar
Kamis, 17 September 2009
The Secret of a Fly?s Wings
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Rasulullah S.A.W declared:
?If a fly falls into your drink, drown it then take it out, indeed one of its wings has disease while the other wing has the remedy.? (Shahih Bukhari)
ImageAssalamu?alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
All the Praise be to Allah S.W.T The Supreme Being, The God Almighty in the world and sky, The Only God and Everlasting even before the whole world has been created, until it is thoroughly created and being guided on how to maintain it by the most perfect guidance, until the world is over. He is (Allah) The Only God without the beginning or the end. Being existed with all creatures that must have the beginning and ending. While Allah is The Creator of the beginning and the end, hence Allah is never dependent on the words of beginning and end.
He is The Only One, The Everlasting S.W.T, ?laysa kamitslihi syai?un? there is nothing like Him, He is incomparable. QS. Assyura: 11. And unite all the perfection within His Name, The Only God, Allah S.W.T throughout the periods of time. The more a man learns what the world has; he will understand further the secret of God?s Magnificence. The more he studies the sunnah of The Prophet S.A.W the messenger of Blessings, hence he will further understand how magnificent Allah Jalla Wa Alla and His lessons are.
Ladies and gentlemen being glorified by Allah,
Within this noble gathering, gathered as many servants whom souls are seen and noticed by Rabbul Alamin, The Most Observer towards each deepest feeling, The Most Watcher towards all things we have done in life, The Most Omniscient what will happen tomorrow and The Supreme Being Who is able to turn and twist our condition in the future. He is The Only God, Allah Allah Jalla Wa Alla The Most Eternal, Allah who is always glorified and always grand in the whole world, overseeing this World Kingdom with perfection.
Now we have come to the hadits of The Prophet, Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W. As written in Shahih Bukhari, one hadits that sounds trivial but indeed reveals the secret of nobility and perfection as well as modernity of the lessons from Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W. He S.A.W declared, ?idza waqa?adzdzubabu fi syarabi ahadikum falyaghmishu tsumma liyanzi?hu fainna fi ihda janahaiyhi da?an wal ukhra syifa?an? if a fly falls into your glass, drown it, because one if its wings has disease while the other wing has its remedy.
It doesn?t mean that we must do this all the time. What we are discussing here is indeed not about a fly falling down into the glass that must be drown, because what it means from this hadits is not a command, but something that may neutralize the water from the fly?s poison. This has been proved by our scientists, as they studied about the insects on earth. They found out the enormous marvels of those insects, that a fly flaps its wings 200 to 400X (times) each second. And each second, the fly moves its wings 200 to 400X movements. And for an animal called ?Ganjur? even flaps its wings 1000X each second. The scientists studied 4 kinds of insects, they learnt about those creatures and said that they just studied 4 kinds of insects while there are still left approximately more than 10 million kind of insects in this world. And certainly, they found out many discoveries and miracles from those insects, and they said that in each of the wings of a fly, there are elevator and depressor functions, which meant as the function of elevating and lowering its wings. And it moves 200 to 400X each second, and the amazing movement of the fly which always moves in many minutes or even hours. Such fast movement of the muscles that moves the wings of such a tiny fly is amazing.
Allah S.W.T commanded ?ya ayyuhannaas..? O? humankind, has been given to all of you one example, thus listen to the example I have given, those who admit God aside from Allah S.W.T will never be able to create a fly although from naught, although all of them who are worshipped other than Allah gather together.? (QS Al Hajj 73).
All that are worshipped other than Allah gather together to create a fly, they will never be able to do it, they will never be able to create a tiny fly although they are all united.
A tiny fly, as explained by researchers from Australia, in one of its wings they found 1 RESILIN GENE, a gene that has 2 functions, an industrial function and health function. Function towards the industry is that this Resilin gene is much more powerful and enormous than all kind of rubbers found and made by humankind on this earth. The kind of rubber is taken from rubber trees or any other thing, while the Resilin gene found in the wings of a fly is much stronger and more powerful if used as rubber as it has the powerful capacity to push and press as well as the enormous capacity to bounce and these are all found from the wings of a fly and other insect that can vibrate until 1000X each second, like a creature called ?ganjur? or other insects.
And for the health function, the Resilin gene is a gene that can cure diseases found in the arteries and nerves. There are a lot of blockages or clogging in the arteries (blood vessels) and these Resilin genes from the wings of a fly can cure such disease. This shows the magnificent and perfection and the intelligence of Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W.
If a fly falls into your glass, drown it. It means, the Resilin genes in its wings would be absorbed by the water that makes the water purified from bacteria found in the other wing.
Who informed The Prophet S.A.W that there is Resilin genes that can cure the clogging in the arteries or blood vessels while those genes are not even visible..?. We can see them through a microscope and it takes many years to study it, but The Prophet S.A.W knew that in the wings of a fly there are remedies and diseases, until the grains of the genes and cells of a fly?s wings had been discovered by Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W.
The more a person study about sunnah, hence the more perfect and modern his life would become. Ladies and gentlemen, this shows how magnificent it is our Prophet Muhammad S.A.W, whose guidance seemed to be trivial if we have yet to study it. Those who don?t understand would certainly laugh, how could a fly that already falls into the water, should be drown? But The Prophet S.A.W knew ?..fainna fi ihda jana haihi da?an wal ukhra syifa?an? because on its wings there are disease as well as remedy. And in fact, our scientists prove it, the depth and sharpness of the awareness of Muhammad Rasulullah S.A.W.
Ladies and gentlemen being glorified by Allah,
This is the perfection of Allah S.W.T in creating the sunnah of The Prophet S.A.W, as written in Shahih Bukhari, Rasul S.A.W declared ?if you sleep, turn off the light.? So simple, we might think that turning off the lights meant that we would save the oil of the lantern, at that time. But actually it was not that simple, in fact the human body produces energy when they sleep and the energy comes out from the body will mend the broken cells in the body, and those energies would be disturbed by the presence of lights. This kind of thing has been discovered by Muhammad Rasulullah S.A.W. If you sleep, turn off the lights. At that period of tiem, 14 centuries ago, they didn?t understand about body energy and such. The Prophet S.A.W has known it although at that era, people have yet to come to this kind of knowledge. The Prophet S.A.W taught it, follow His sunnah. Here comes the time to prove it that in fact The Prophet S.A.W knew that the energy which comes out from the human body when sleeping will be disturbed by the light. His command is clear, therefore if you sleep, please turn off the lights to make the energy in your body works well in mending your body. It shows the perfection of the lessons from Muhammad Rasullah S.A.W. and Rasul S.A.W declared ?there is none of you (it means all of you) will face the Creator, the God and he will be standing alone, and nobody will accompany him? (when he stands up to face the Rabb) (Shahih Bukhari).
Ladies and gentlemen being glorified by Allah,
There are more than 10 million kinds of insects found on this earth and each of the insects has its own different kind of rules. Each insect has its own wing?s speed, ranging from 200 to 400X each second, or even could reach up to 1000X each second. While there are 10 million kinds of insects, then who controls this all? Could the insect systematize its own movement? Or other functions of its muscles and nerves? They could only live without knowing why they live. This is the nature of an insect, a bee with its own benefit, a fly or a mosquito, each represents the sign of the God?s magnificence. And all of them are under Allah?s willing. Recognizing this all, The Great Creator, He is Allah. Return to Him and not to the depth science on a fly or insects but study more on who the creator of it all is, Rabbul Alamin..Allahu Allahu Allahu.
And we all will stand before Allah, the most significant moment. When we contemplate it, we will stand up as our name is called, and we will find as explained fulan bin fulan to come forward in the presence of Allah. As written in Shahih Bukhari, when one of the people came forward to face Allah, he was a person who longed for Allah the most when he was alive on earth. Hence when he was taken to the presence of Allah S.W.T, Allah S.W.T hid all his sins, invisible by other people on that mahsyar field and what they could see were only the rewards of his good deeds. Why? ?Whoever covers the flaws of other person (Moslem?s) in the world, hence on the judgment day, his sins wouldn?t be seen?. (Shahih Bukhari) He had a lot of sins but all were hid by Allah, and not exposed to others, the way any good deeds in the majestic trial on mahsyar field would be checked. On so and so date, day, month, you conducted this, who is the witness? The witnesses are your hands, and legs. ?his hands, legs, and all part of his body are the witnesses?. The earth will witness and the angels too, that this person performed so and so thing, and by that time all his offspring would see, all his friends would see, and his family and relatives and the whole people on earth would see it. But for those who always hide the flaws of other Moslems in the world, Allah will hide their sins. Also for those who come forward to the presence of Allah, those who love Allah and certainly still have sins, Allah S.W.T declared, ?you conducted this and that, conducted sins on so and so day, date and in a certain place,..??, ?yes I did, O? Allah?, ?and look at this one??, Allah would keep on questioning. And he said, ?true, O? Allah, it?s true O? Allah?. Then Allah S.W.T declared ?in the world I protected you, people who don?t know their sins. Now in the Judgment Day I pardon you?. (Shahih Bukhari). So magnificent Allah is, towards those who want to get closer towards Allah Jalla Wa Alla.
Ladies and gentlemen being glorified by Allah,
As written in Shahih Bukhari, about someone who always recites Surah Al Ikhlas and keeps on repeating it many times. This story has two versions, three versions in Shahih Bukhari and Shahih Muslim. Three different stories but with one meaning, the first story is the story of a person who, every time he finished reciting Surah Al Fatihah, would recite Surah Al Ikhlas and followed by other surah from Al Qur?an. (Al Fatihah ? Al Ikhlas ? other surah from Al. Qu?ran), and we have discussed this story many times.
The second story was from Sayyidatuna Aisyah radiyallahu anha, that someone performed the same thing when he was in war and when he was reported to Prophet S.A.W, Prophet S.A.W said, ?ask him why did he do that??, he replied, ?I?m happy to recite it because in that surah, there are characters of Allah whom I love?, I love to recite the words ?Allahu ahad? (Allah The Only God) in my heart, I will never bow down to others, no matter how many sins I conducted I will never bow down and worship other than Allah? only Allah, I am happy to call His Name....? When Prophet S.A.W came to know about this news, Prophet S.A.W said, ?Please tell him that Allah loves him?. Why? Because he loves to call Allah?s Name, loves to recite the character of Allah, thus Allah also loves him. Ladies and gentlemen, the love towards Allah is the one certainly answered from all kind of love. We could love anyone, but the one that would be certainly answered is the love of Allah. If we love someone, it doesn?t guarantee that person loves us back, we love someone 100% and we cannot guarantee that he would love us 100%. But if someone loves Allah 100%, Allah will love him back 200%.
?Wa idza taqarraba ilayya abdi syibran taqarabbtu ilaihi dzira?an, waidza taqarabba ilayya abdi dzira?an taqarabbtu ilaihi ba?a,? when My servants get closer to Me one span, I will get closer to him one span of arm, My servants get closer to Me one span of arm, I will get even closer to him one fathom,? (Shahih Bukhari). This is a comparison that the love of Allah will be even bigger than our love for Allah. No matter how big your love and long for Allah is, His love towards us will be even bigger. Thus, who wants to refuse the love proposal from Allah and Allah?s desire towards us? Answer the desire of Allah S.W.T and the love of Allah towards us by loving and longing for Allah.
I am a sinner days and nights, and not qualified to long for Allah? In fact, the love and desire for Allah if comes from the sinners when they want to get closer to Allah and regret, Allah S.W.T will raise their level from the lowest rank to the most dignified rank. ?Innallahu yuhibbu tawwabin wa yuhibbu muthathahirin, Innahu kaana tawwaaba? indeed Allah is The Most Gracious and Merciful. No matter how big the sins of the persons are, their request for forgiveness will be accepted by Rabbul Alamin.
As written in Shahih Bukhari, when Rasul S.A.W heard the news that his comrades said Sa?ad radiyallahu anhum declared, ?Whoever dares to get closer to my wife and be together with my wife, I will behead them with this sword?. The comrades informed Rasul S.A.W, ?O? Rasulullah, this Sa?ad wants to make his own rules,? something like that. The Prophet S.A.W changed the topic of conversation into something gentle, while declaring ?are you all confused about Sa?as being jealous and over protective?, I would even more jealous to you all compared to Sa?ad being protective towards his wife?. Sa?ad?s love towards his wife is far less meaningful compared to my love towards all of you and I am more protective to all of you, said Rasul S.A.W. What is the meaning? I would love and even more protective. For example, if Sa?ad saw other men together with his wife, he would attack them with a sword, hence Rasul S.A.W would never let us alone, there are many of his followers in hell, no matter how big their sins are, Rasul S.A.W would fight for them, fight and struggle for them all until there are none of his people left, as he will freed them all from hell. This shows how big it is the love and protectiveness from Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W towards all of us.
?Laqad jaa akum rasulun min anfusikum a?ziizun a?laihi maa a?nittum hariishun a?laikum bil mu?miniina raufurrahiim,? has come to you all, a Prophet who has deep thoughts about the catastrophes that all of you have, very protective to you all and he is very gentle towards faithful people. QS. At Taubah : 128.
As written in Shahih Muslim, when Nabiyullah Ibrahim a.s gave up on his followers who didn?t believe in Allah and Nabiyyullah Isa a.s gave up on his followers who didn?t believe in Allah and committed sins, the tears of The Prophet S.A.W fell down. Jibril (Gabriel) alaihis salam came down when The Prophet S.A.W cried while reciting, ?ummatiy..ummatiy..?. Even in the book written by Imam Nawawi in Syarh Nawawi ala Shahih Muslim, Prophet S.A.W called ?ummatiy..ummatiy?, it means Rasul S.A.W didn?t want to be separated from his followers. He S.A.W raised his hands and prayed to Allah ?ummatiy..ummatiy..?, Jibril a.s came down to earth, ?what makes you cry, O? Rasulullah??, Rasul said ?all Prophets are free from duties and give up on their followers who committed sins while I don?t have the heart to let go my followers who committed sins, O? Jibril?. Hence Jibril returned to Allah and reported ?O? Rabb, Muhammad S.A.W didn?t have the heart and could let go his followers who committed sins, always like that, he still want to defend his followers who are sinners?. Thus Allah S.W.T commanded Jibril to return to The Prophet S.A.W ?kindly inform Muhammad, I will not disappoint him and will never make him sad?. Therefore The Prophet S.A.W will never have the followers who pass away as Moslem but committed sins, no matter how long they will be tortured in their graves and the fire of hell because of their sins, they will eventually arrive in heaven with the syafa?at from Prophet Muhammad S.A.W.
We perform silent prayer towards Allah S.W.T, may Allah S.W.T extend our longing feelings towards Prophet Muhammad S.A.W and Allah S.W.T. because after Prophet S.A.W said ?I am more jealous (over protective) towards all of you, compared to Sa?ad? hence Rasul S.A.W continued his hadits ?indeed Allah is even more protective that I am?. Allah loves us even more, therefore Allah created Prophet Muhammad S.A.W as the sign of His love towards us.
Ya Rahman Ya Rahim make our soul always respond towards the calls of Your longing feeling, we have heard Your statement O? Allah ?Man ahabba liqaa?iy ahbabtu liqa?ah, whoever long for meeting up with Allah, Allah also long for meeting them,? as written in Shahih Bukhari.
Rabbiy, grow the longing feeling within the soul of all Moslems, make our breath decorated with longing feeling for You, and make such longing feeling remove all sins, get rid of all catastrophes and bad luck, throw away all of our problems and troubles. Ya Rahman Ya Rahim kindly ensure all of our face will be brightened by the light of Your beauty on Yaumal qiyamah, those dazzling faces on Judgment Day, only staring at Allah Jalla Wa Alla. They are staring at the magnificence of Allah, the light of Allah?s beauty, light up their faces while there are empty and dark faces, they know that they will be returned to misery. Rabbiy kindly ensure that our face will be luminously bright with Your light, make sure that we extend our relationship with Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W, make sure we will be meeting up with The Prophet S.A.W at the palace of Rasulullah S.A.W, the most lavish palace in heaven, the palace of Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W, the highest palace in heaven is the palace of Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W. Kindly ensure that we will always attend the noble majelis, majelis taklim, majelis maulid, and majelis shalawat. Kindly ensure that we will be together with Rasulullah S.A.W.
Ya Rahman Ya Rahim Ya Dzaljalali wal ikram, we light up the fire of love within our soul in which may You protect us from all disasters and catastrophes, pour on us the Blessing and Easiness, prosperity in the word and beyond, happiness in the world and beyond, easiness in the world and beyond, magnificence in the world and beyond, welfare in the world and beyond. O? The Owner of the world and beyond, O? The Creator of the whole world and beyond, O? Thy who creates the world and ends it with Judgment Day, O? The Owner of name since the offspring of Adam go through the world and beyond, kindly ensure our safety in the world and beyond.
Faquuluuu jamii?an (recite this together) Ya Allah, Ya Allah..Ya Allah..Ya Allah..
Faquuluuu jamii'an (recite this together) Laillahailallah Laillahailallah Laillahailallah Muhammadurrasulullah.
Our program is followed by together praying for all Moslems, as mentioned in hadits written in Shahih Muslim, Rasul S.A.W declared ?whoever prays for his Moslem brother, the angels recite ?amin walaka mitsluh? amin and for you what you have prayed for your brother.?
We pray for the wellbeing of all Moslems, those who already passed away, and Moslems who suffer from tortures in their grave, may they be given easiness by Allah S.W.T. Those who are already comfortable may be given more pleasures, and for those are still alive on this earth, may Allah eliminate all troubles, sadness and catastrophes, and be given help by Allah S.W.T. Therefore ladies and gentlemen, we pray for all Moslems, and as big as the number of these Moslems, each of their good deeds will return to us. Hence may Allah answer our prayer and within this prayer there is a hope, requesting the authorities to bring wisdom and prosperity for all of us. The prayer requesting Allah, to give us the leaders who can demolish tyranny and help the weak, the leaders who love faithful people and fight for dignity and justice in this biggest Moslem country in the world.
Washollallahu ala Sayyidina Muhammad Nabiyyil Ummiy wa Shohbihi wa Sallam.
Wassalamu?alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 26 August 2009 )
The Secret of a Fly’s Wings
قَالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:
إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابُ فِي شَرَابِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ ثُمَّ لِيَنْزِعْهُ فَإِنَّ فِي إِحْدَى جَنَاحَيْهِ دَاءً وَالْأُخْرَى شِفَاءً
(صحيح البخاري)إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابُ فِي شَرَابِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ ثُمَّ لِيَنْزِعْهُ فَإِنَّ فِي إِحْدَى جَنَاحَيْهِ دَاءً وَالْأُخْرَى شِفَاءً
Rasulullah S.A.W declared:
“If a fly falls into your drink, drown it then take it out, indeed one of its wings has disease while the other wing has the remedy.” (Shahih Bukhari)
Assalamu’alaikum Warahmatullahi WabarakatuhAll the Praise be to Allah S.W.T The Supreme Being, The God Almighty in the world and sky, The Only God and Everlasting even before the whole world has been created, until it is thoroughly created and being guided on how to maintain it by the most perfect guidance, until the world is over. He is (Allah) The Only God without the beginning or the end. Being existed with all creatures that must have the beginning and ending. While Allah is The Creator of the beginning and the end, hence Allah is never dependent on the words of beginning and end.
He is The Only One, The Everlasting S.W.T, “laysa kamitslihi syai’un” there is nothing like Him, He is incomparable. QS. Assyura: 11. And unite all the perfection within His Name, The Only God, Allah S.W.T throughout the periods of time. The more a man learns what the world has; he will understand further the secret of God’s Magnificence. The more he studies the sunnah of The Prophet S.A.W the messenger of Blessings, hence he will further understand how magnificent Allah Jalla Wa Alla and His lessons are.
Ladies and gentlemen being glorified by Allah,
Within this noble gathering, gathered as many servants whom souls are seen and noticed by Rabbul Alamin, The Most Observer towards each deepest feeling, The Most Watcher towards all things we have done in life, The Most Omniscient what will happen tomorrow and The Supreme Being Who is able to turn and twist our condition in the future. He is The Only God, Allah Allah Jalla Wa Alla The Most Eternal, Allah who is always glorified and always grand in the whole world, overseeing this World Kingdom with perfection.
Now we have come to the hadits of The Prophet, Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W. As written in Shahih Bukhari, one hadits that sounds trivial but indeed reveals the secret of nobility and perfection as well as modernity of the lessons from Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W. He S.A.W declared, “idza waqa’adzdzubabu fi syarabi ahadikum falyaghmishu tsumma liyanzi’hu fainna fi ihda janahaiyhi da’an wal ukhra syifa’an” if a fly falls into your glass, drown it, because one if its wings has disease while the other wing has its remedy.
It doesn’t mean that we must do this all the time. What we are discussing here is indeed not about a fly falling down into the glass that must be drown, because what it means from this hadits is not a command, but something that may neutralize the water from the fly’s poison. This has been proved by our scientists, as they studied about the insects on earth. They found out the enormous marvels of those insects, that a fly flaps its wings 200 to 400X (times) each second. And each second, the fly moves its wings 200 to 400X movements. And for an animal called “Ganjur” even flaps its wings 1000X each second. The scientists studied 4 kinds of insects, they learnt about those creatures and said that they just studied 4 kinds of insects while there are still left approximately more than 10 million kind of insects in this world. And certainly, they found out many discoveries and miracles from those insects, and they said that in each of the wings of a fly, there are elevator and depressor functions, which meant as the function of elevating and lowering its wings. And it moves 200 to 400X each second, and the amazing movement of the fly which always moves in many minutes or even hours. Such fast movement of the muscles that moves the wings of such a tiny fly is amazing.
Allah S.W.T commanded “ya ayyuhannaas..” O’ humankind, has been given to all of you one example, thus listen to the example I have given, those who admit God aside from Allah S.W.T will never be able to create a fly although from naught, although all of them who are worshipped other than Allah gather together.” (QS Al Hajj 73).
All that are worshipped other than Allah gather together to create a fly, they will never be able to do it, they will never be able to create a tiny fly although they are all united.
A tiny fly, as explained by researchers from Australia, in one of its wings they found 1 RESILIN GENE, a gene that has 2 functions, an industrial function and health function. Function towards the industry is that this Resilin gene is much more powerful and enormous than all kind of rubbers found and made by humankind on this earth. The kind of rubber is taken from rubber trees or any other thing, while the Resilin gene found in the wings of a fly is much stronger and more powerful if used as rubber as it has the powerful capacity to push and press as well as the enormous capacity to bounce and these are all found from the wings of a fly and other insect that can vibrate until 1000X each second, like a creature called ‘ganjur’ or other insects.
And for the health function, the Resilin gene is a gene that can cure diseases found in the arteries and nerves. There are a lot of blockages or clogging in the arteries (blood vessels) and these Resilin genes from the wings of a fly can cure such disease. This shows the magnificent and perfection and the intelligence of Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W.
If a fly falls into your glass, drown it. It means, the Resilin genes in its wings would be absorbed by the water that makes the water purified from bacteria found in the other wing.
Who informed The Prophet S.A.W that there is Resilin genes that can cure the clogging in the arteries or blood vessels while those genes are not even visible..?. We can see them through a microscope and it takes many years to study it, but The Prophet S.A.W knew that in the wings of a fly there are remedies and diseases, until the grains of the genes and cells of a fly’s wings had been discovered by Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W.
The more a person study about sunnah, hence the more perfect and modern his life would become. Ladies and gentlemen, this shows how magnificent it is our Prophet Muhammad S.A.W, whose guidance seemed to be trivial if we have yet to study it. Those who don’t understand would certainly laugh, how could a fly that already falls into the water, should be drown? But The Prophet S.A.W knew “..fainna fi ihda jana haihi da’an wal ukhra syifa’an” because on its wings there are disease as well as remedy. And in fact, our scientists prove it, the depth and sharpness of the awareness of Muhammad Rasulullah S.A.W.
Ladies and gentlemen being glorified by Allah,
This is the perfection of Allah S.W.T in creating the sunnah of The Prophet S.A.W, as written in Shahih Bukhari, Rasul S.A.W declared “if you sleep, turn off the light.” So simple, we might think that turning off the lights meant that we would save the oil of the lantern, at that time. But actually it was not that simple, in fact the human body produces energy when they sleep and the energy comes out from the body will mend the broken cells in the body, and those energies would be disturbed by the presence of lights. This kind of thing has been discovered by Muhammad Rasulullah S.A.W. If you sleep, turn off the lights. At that period of tiem, 14 centuries ago, they didn’t understand about body energy and such. The Prophet S.A.W has known it although at that era, people have yet to come to this kind of knowledge. The Prophet S.A.W taught it, follow His sunnah. Here comes the time to prove it that in fact The Prophet S.A.W knew that the energy which comes out from the human body when sleeping will be disturbed by the light. His command is clear, therefore if you sleep, please turn off the lights to make the energy in your body works well in mending your body. It shows the perfection of the lessons from Muhammad Rasullah S.A.W. and Rasul S.A.W declared “there is none of you (it means all of you) will face the Creator, the God and he will be standing alone, and nobody will accompany him” (when he stands up to face the Rabb) (Shahih Bukhari).
Ladies and gentlemen being glorified by Allah,
There are more than 10 million kinds of insects found on this earth and each of the insects has its own different kind of rules. Each insect has its own wing’s speed, ranging from 200 to 400X each second, or even could reach up to 1000X each second. While there are 10 million kinds of insects, then who controls this all? Could the insect systematize its own movement? Or other functions of its muscles and nerves? They could only live without knowing why they live. This is the nature of an insect, a bee with its own benefit, a fly or a mosquito, each represents the sign of the God’s magnificence. And all of them are under Allah’s willing. Recognizing this all, The Great Creator, He is Allah. Return to Him and not to the depth science on a fly or insects but study more on who the creator of it all is, Rabbul Alamin..Allahu Allahu Allahu.
And we all will stand before Allah, the most significant moment. When we contemplate it, we will stand up as our name is called, and we will find as explained fulan bin fulan to come forward in the presence of Allah. As written in Shahih Bukhari, when one of the people came forward to face Allah, he was a person who longed for Allah the most when he was alive on earth. Hence when he was taken to the presence of Allah S.W.T, Allah S.W.T hid all his sins, invisible by other people on that mahsyar field and what they could see were only the rewards of his good deeds. Why? “Whoever covers the flaws of other person (Moslem’s) in the world, hence on the judgment day, his sins wouldn’t be seen”. (Shahih Bukhari) He had a lot of sins but all were hid by Allah, and not exposed to others, the way any good deeds in the majestic trial on mahsyar field would be checked. On so and so date, day, month, you conducted this, who is the witness? The witnesses are your hands, and legs. “his hands, legs, and all part of his body are the witnesses”. The earth will witness and the angels too, that this person performed so and so thing, and by that time all his offspring would see, all his friends would see, and his family and relatives and the whole people on earth would see it. But for those who always hide the flaws of other Moslems in the world, Allah will hide their sins. Also for those who come forward to the presence of Allah, those who love Allah and certainly still have sins, Allah S.W.T declared, “you conducted this and that, conducted sins on so and so day, date and in a certain place,..?”, “yes I did, O’ Allah”, “and look at this one?”, Allah would keep on questioning. And he said, “true, O’ Allah, it’s true O’ Allah”. Then Allah S.W.T declared “in the world I protected you, people who don’t know their sins. Now in the Judgment Day I pardon you”. (Shahih Bukhari). So magnificent Allah is, towards those who want to get closer towards Allah Jalla Wa Alla.
Ladies and gentlemen being glorified by Allah,
As written in Shahih Bukhari, about someone who always recites Surah Al Ikhlas and keeps on repeating it many times. This story has two versions, three versions in Shahih Bukhari and Shahih Muslim. Three different stories but with one meaning, the first story is the story of a person who, every time he finished reciting Surah Al Fatihah, would recite Surah Al Ikhlas and followed by other surah from Al Qur’an. (Al Fatihah – Al Ikhlas – other surah from Al. Qu’ran), and we have discussed this story many times.
The second story was from Sayyidatuna Aisyah radiyallahu anha, that someone performed the same thing when he was in war and when he was reported to Prophet S.A.W, Prophet S.A.W said, “ask him why did he do that?”, he replied, “I’m happy to recite it because in that surah, there are characters of Allah whom I love”, I love to recite the words “Allahu ahad” (Allah The Only God) in my heart, I will never bow down to others, no matter how many sins I conducted I will never bow down and worship other than Allah… only Allah, I am happy to call His Name....” When Prophet S.A.W came to know about this news, Prophet S.A.W said, “Please tell him that Allah loves him”. Why? Because he loves to call Allah’s Name, loves to recite the character of Allah, thus Allah also loves him. Ladies and gentlemen, the love towards Allah is the one certainly answered from all kind of love. We could love anyone, but the one that would be certainly answered is the love of Allah. If we love someone, it doesn’t guarantee that person loves us back, we love someone 100% and we cannot guarantee that he would love us 100%. But if someone loves Allah 100%, Allah will love him back 200%.
“Wa idza taqarraba ilayya abdi syibran taqarabbtu ilaihi dzira’an, waidza taqarabba ilayya abdi dzira’an taqarabbtu ilaihi ba’a,” when My servants get closer to Me one span, I will get closer to him one span of arm, My servants get closer to Me one span of arm, I will get even closer to him one fathom,” (Shahih Bukhari). This is a comparison that the love of Allah will be even bigger than our love for Allah. No matter how big your love and long for Allah is, His love towards us will be even bigger. Thus, who wants to refuse the love proposal from Allah and Allah’s desire towards us? Answer the desire of Allah S.W.T and the love of Allah towards us by loving and longing for Allah.
I am a sinner days and nights, and not qualified to long for Allah… In fact, the love and desire for Allah if comes from the sinners when they want to get closer to Allah and regret, Allah S.W.T will raise their level from the lowest rank to the most dignified rank. “Innallahu yuhibbu tawwabin wa yuhibbu muthathahirin, Innahu kaana tawwaaba” indeed Allah is The Most Gracious and Merciful. No matter how big the sins of the persons are, their request for forgiveness will be accepted by Rabbul Alamin.
As written in Shahih Bukhari, when Rasul S.A.W heard the news that his comrades said Sa’ad radiyallahu anhum declared, “Whoever dares to get closer to my wife and be together with my wife, I will behead them with this sword”. The comrades informed Rasul S.A.W, “O’ Rasulullah, this Sa’ad wants to make his own rules,” something like that. The Prophet S.A.W changed the topic of conversation into something gentle, while declaring “are you all confused about Sa’as being jealous and over protective?, I would even more jealous to you all compared to Sa’ad being protective towards his wife”. Sa’ad’s love towards his wife is far less meaningful compared to my love towards all of you and I am more protective to all of you, said Rasul S.A.W. What is the meaning? I would love and even more protective. For example, if Sa’ad saw other men together with his wife, he would attack them with a sword, hence Rasul S.A.W would never let us alone, there are many of his followers in hell, no matter how big their sins are, Rasul S.A.W would fight for them, fight and struggle for them all until there are none of his people left, as he will freed them all from hell. This shows how big it is the love and protectiveness from Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W towards all of us.
“Laqad jaa akum rasulun min anfusikum a’ziizun a’laihi maa a’nittum hariishun a’laikum bil mu’miniina raufurrahiim,” has come to you all, a Prophet who has deep thoughts about the catastrophes that all of you have, very protective to you all and he is very gentle towards faithful people. QS. At Taubah : 128.
As written in Shahih Muslim, when Nabiyullah Ibrahim a.s gave up on his followers who didn’t believe in Allah and Nabiyyullah Isa a.s gave up on his followers who didn’t believe in Allah and committed sins, the tears of The Prophet S.A.W fell down. Jibril (Gabriel) alaihis salam came down when The Prophet S.A.W cried while reciting, “ummatiy..ummatiy..”. Even in the book written by Imam Nawawi in Syarh Nawawi ala Shahih Muslim, Prophet S.A.W called “ummatiy..ummatiy”, it means Rasul S.A.W didn’t want to be separated from his followers. He S.A.W raised his hands and prayed to Allah “ummatiy..ummatiy..”, Jibril a.s came down to earth, “what makes you cry, O’ Rasulullah?”, Rasul said “all Prophets are free from duties and give up on their followers who committed sins while I don’t have the heart to let go my followers who committed sins, O’ Jibril”. Hence Jibril returned to Allah and reported “O’ Rabb, Muhammad S.A.W didn’t have the heart and could let go his followers who committed sins, always like that, he still want to defend his followers who are sinners”. Thus Allah S.W.T commanded Jibril to return to The Prophet S.A.W “kindly inform Muhammad, I will not disappoint him and will never make him sad”. Therefore The Prophet S.A.W will never have the followers who pass away as Moslem but committed sins, no matter how long they will be tortured in their graves and the fire of hell because of their sins, they will eventually arrive in heaven with the syafa’at from Prophet Muhammad S.A.W.
We perform silent prayer towards Allah S.W.T, may Allah S.W.T extend our longing feelings towards Prophet Muhammad S.A.W and Allah S.W.T. because after Prophet S.A.W said “I am more jealous (over protective) towards all of you, compared to Sa’ad” hence Rasul S.A.W continued his hadits “indeed Allah is even more protective that I am”. Allah loves us even more, therefore Allah created Prophet Muhammad S.A.W as the sign of His love towards us.
Ya Rahman Ya Rahim make our soul always respond towards the calls of Your longing feeling, we have heard Your statement O’ Allah “Man ahabba liqaa’iy ahbabtu liqa’ah, whoever long for meeting up with Allah, Allah also long for meeting them,” as written in Shahih Bukhari.
Rabbiy, grow the longing feeling within the soul of all Moslems, make our breath decorated with longing feeling for You, and make such longing feeling remove all sins, get rid of all catastrophes and bad luck, throw away all of our problems and troubles. Ya Rahman Ya Rahim kindly ensure all of our face will be brightened by the light of Your beauty on Yaumal qiyamah, those dazzling faces on Judgment Day, only staring at Allah Jalla Wa Alla. They are staring at the magnificence of Allah, the light of Allah’s beauty, light up their faces while there are empty and dark faces, they know that they will be returned to misery. Rabbiy kindly ensure that our face will be luminously bright with Your light, make sure that we extend our relationship with Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W, make sure we will be meeting up with The Prophet S.A.W at the palace of Rasulullah S.A.W, the most lavish palace in heaven, the palace of Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W, the highest palace in heaven is the palace of Sayyidina Muhammad S.A.W. Kindly ensure that we will always attend the noble majelis, majelis taklim, majelis maulid, and majelis shalawat. Kindly ensure that we will be together with Rasulullah S.A.W.
Ya Rahman Ya Rahim Ya Dzaljalali wal ikram, we light up the fire of love within our soul in which may You protect us from all disasters and catastrophes, pour on us the Blessing and Easiness, prosperity in the word and beyond, happiness in the world and beyond, easiness in the world and beyond, magnificence in the world and beyond, welfare in the world and beyond. O’ The Owner of the world and beyond, O’ The Creator of the whole world and beyond, O’ Thy who creates the world and ends it with Judgment Day, O’ The Owner of name since the offspring of Adam go through the world and beyond, kindly ensure our safety in the world and beyond.
Faquuluuu jamii’an (recite this together) Ya Allah, Ya Allah..Ya Allah..Ya Allah..
Faquuluuu jamii'an (recite this together) Laillahailallah Laillahailallah Laillahailallah Muhammadurrasulullah.
Our program is followed by together praying for all Moslems, as mentioned in hadits written in Shahih Muslim, Rasul S.A.W declared “whoever prays for his Moslem brother, the angels recite “amin walaka mitsluh” amin and for you what you have prayed for your brother.”
We pray for the wellbeing of all Moslems, those who already passed away, and Moslems who suffer from tortures in their grave, may they be given easiness by Allah S.W.T. Those who are already comfortable may be given more pleasures, and for those are still alive on this earth, may Allah eliminate all troubles, sadness and catastrophes, and be given help by Allah S.W.T. Therefore ladies and gentlemen, we pray for all Moslems, and as big as the number of these Moslems, each of their good deeds will return to us. Hence may Allah answer our prayer and within this prayer there is a hope, requesting the authorities to bring wisdom and prosperity for all of us. The prayer requesting Allah, to give us the leaders who can demolish tyranny and help the weak, the leaders who love faithful people and fight for dignity and justice in this biggest Moslem country in the world. Washollallahu ala Sayyidina Muhammad Nabiyyil Ummiy wa Shohbihi wa Sallam.
Wassalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.
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The Ramadan Address 2004
All praise belongs to God, for the blessing of gathering us upon the service of His Deen and the seeking of His pleasure. I bear witness that there is nothing worthy of worship except God—a witnessing through which God makes firm the light of certainty in our hearts. I also bear witness that our Master Muhammad is His slave and Messenger—a witnessing through which we are tied to his presence, in a way that will prepare us for his service and victory. May God’s peace and blessings be upon him, his family, companions, and all those who follow them in righteousness until the last day.
To proceed (wa ba’d):
I sincerely thank God, for both you and myself, that He has blessed us to reach this sacred month and that He has allowed us to partake in the last ten days of it, while we are upon the belief of “La ilaha illa-God, Muhammadun Rasul-God”.
Perhaps you are among those who taste this blessing the most, because there are from among you those who were blessed with Islam after having experienced what it means to be without this faith. And there are among you those who grew up in the company of those who don’t know Islam. Therefore, since God has allowed you to taste Islam (after not knowing it) it is necessary that when you come to the lands of the Muslims, and find that those who are around you are living without this taste of Islam, then you should not let your faith become “habitual”, as it has become for many of them.
This is why it is incumbent upon you to be a means towards reminding them of the blessings of Islam—for they have been afflicted with the disease of becoming familiar with, and complacent towards, these blessings. As the Arabs say, “Familiarity is blessing’s disease.” Thus it is obligatory that you remind yourself of this each and every day, saying, “All praise is due to God for the blessing of Islam, and sufficient is it as a blessing.”
The second issue pertains to the approach of the last ten days of this blessed month of Ramadan; the days in which your Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to roll up his sleeves, worship by night, and wake up his family for prayer. It is absolutely necessary that you increase your aspiration to draw nearer to God in these last ten days, because God, the Mighty, the Sublime, has hidden in these days some of His special divine gifts, which necessitates your desire for God to bless you with a great portion of these gifts. If you are sincere in drawing closer to your Lord, you will be able to reap the benefits of these final days of Ramadan until the next year, as well as the rest of your life.
Increase your daily recitation of the Qur’an, pondering its meanings. However, if you are not able to ponder its meanings—due to a linguistic deficiency—ponder the essential meaning: the magnificence of being able to recite the words of your Lord. For indeed, if you approach the Qur’an in this manner and from this doorway, subtle meanings will become apparent to you; meanings that even scholars of the Arabic language, even those who profess excellence in it, have been deprived of due to the fact that they have not approached the Qur’an from this blessed doorway. In your recitation of the Qur’an, you should seek out what it means to be in the company of your great Lord. And if your hearts get acquainted with and taste this meaning, then the world that encompasses you will no longer have an impact on your hearts, rather, you will be of those who impact the world.
It is human nature to esteem and honor those who sit in the company of kings and rulers. It is also the nature of this world, nay, the whole of existence, whether it perceives it or not, to be naturally disposed and compelled to esteem and honor those deeply attached to being in the company of their Creator. The meaning of “esteem” here is to benefit from and through them. This is the type of relationship that we must now establish between this world and ourselves, in preparation for the affair that is dawning upon the Ummah (the Muslim community).
We are people with a mission in this existence. We weren’t created in vain. Nor were we blessed with Islam in vain. Nor have we been put in touch with the great scholars in vain. Nor were you brought to this illustrious land (Tarim, Yemen) that has in it a great secret from amongst the secrets of inheritance from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in vain. Nor were you tied to the connected chain leading back to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in serving the Ummah, in vain. Rather, God has given all this to you and has prepared all this for you so that you may be prepared to take on the mission that is approaching you in this world. When people hear talk about “a mission that is approaching” the minds become distracted by thinking only about the outward affairs that are taking place around us now. This is not what is intended. It is necessary that the affairs that now transpire in the world (those that bring happiness, those that bring sadness, the painful and difficult matters) should have no place of magnitude in your hearts. It is inappropriate for those who have been chosen by God for the rectification of the world, to praise and magnify the world (‘aalam), rather, their magnification and esteem should be directed to the Omniscient (Al-‘Aleem) Knower (Al-‘Alim), the Mighty and Sublime.
We feel pain for what has befallen the Ummah, we beg God, we weep to God, we turn to God, we repent to God, and we seek His forgiveness, in order that we aren’t held accountable for being a cause of what has befallen them. We beg God in our supplications that He rectifies the Ummah, at the same time we struggle in using the means that assist in this rectification by using what God has given us. With this in mind, we must never be distracted from the essence of our mission. You must constantly remember that there is a purpose behind your creation: “And We have not created the Jinn and Mankind except that they should worship Me.” God created us solely for His worship. In the Arabic language, if a negation ( “And We have not created…”) is followed by an exception (“…except that they should worship Me”), it is one of the strongest ways of affirming and restricting (hasr) something. So God, the Mighty and Sublime, affirms that the sole purpose of our creation is to worship Him. This is why there should be no greater mission in our existence than this mission. This is the foundation…
This foundation branches off into our interaction with the creation surrounding us. “Our Lord! You created us to worship You alone… But You haven’t created each one of us in a separate place to worship you, rather, You have surrounded us with Your creation. What is the reason behind this, our Lord?” God, the Almighty, said, “I am placing on the earth a vicegerent (khalifah).” So our goal on this earth is to establish what God wanted to be established on this earth. And from among this is seeking knowledge, calling to God, and jihad for the sake of God. Please note that jihad is not to be understood as “fighting,” for fighting is only one manifestation of the physical form of jihad. This word comes from the Arabic root word “al-jahd,” which simply means exertion or struggle. This entails that one fully exert themselves and struggle to serve God, as well as to perfect one’s interaction with others. This is the general and comprehensive meaning of jihad, which we must understand. We must also recognize that fighting is only one of its manifestations and only one of its many meanings.
All of our interactions with the creation, from seeking knowledge, to calling to God, to jihad in the way of God, are but branches originating from the foundation, which is establishing the worship of God. Hence, this is why it is of the utmost importance that as we do these things they don’t preoccupy us and cause us to forget the purpose for which they were established. The scholars of the heart say that it is from the greatest obstacles that befall a person traveling to God that his means become his goals.
Seeking Sacred Knowledge
From amongst the means to the goal is seeking sacred knowledge. You are now in this state. The purpose behind seeking knowledge should be to establish the worship of God. Therefore, your esteem (ta’zeem) for the seeking of knowledge is commensurate with establishing the worship of God.
This esteem (ta’zeem) brings forth many benefits:
- Having high adab (courtesy and moral character) in seeking knowledge.
- Honoring your time, so that not one moment is spent except in what you came here for.
- That you fully understand what you are being taught, while having full confidence in those teaching you. (I say this because a student of knowledge may become confused as to what he is really seeking during his initial quest for knowledge).
- That you preserve, through your knowledge, those elements that will protect the “light” of knowledge for you. This is done primarily by guarding your heart and limbs from falling into the disobedience of God.
- Quickly acting upon that which you are taught.
- That you esteem all that is associated with knowledge; your books, the authors of those books, your teachers who are teaching with a connected chain of transmission back to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the place that you study in, and even the clothes that you wear during study.
Having esteem and respect for what was mentioned will have a great impact on your actual benefit from the realities of knowledge. Don’t be preoccupied with the outward manifestations of knowledge, in exclusion to the inner-reality of knowledge. At the same time, you should do your utmost to perfect the outward seeking of knowledge and it’s sciences.
Calling to God (Da’wah)
The best way to obtain the real rank of “calling to God” is by not specifying a time for da’wah, by saying, “Now I will begin making da’wah,” or “Now I will stop doing da’wah.” Your calling to God began the moment you said, “I bear witness that there is nothing worthy of worship except God, and I bear witness that our master Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.” The end of your outward calling to God is when your soul leaves your body. Therefore, the time for da’wah is from the first time you say the Shahadah (the testimony of faith), to the last moment you can say it. The only difference is that you will utilize different means and methods in every phase that you move through.
The phase that you are in right now (the actual seeking of knowledge, acting upon this knowledge, and rectifying your character and inner state) is da’wah. Not one week should pass by except that you weep to God, either by night or by day, hoping that He alleviates the Ummah of what has befallen them, and that He guides them back to the best of paths. You must establish amongst yourselves the prophetic way of consultation and advice. You must train yourselves so that it is not heavy on your hearts to advise your brother with gentleness and love, if he needs advise and guidance. You should also train yourselves how to readily accept advice from others without the slightest agitation in your hearts, if you are mistaken. Indeed, finding it difficult to give advice and to accept advice from others is a sign that there is a deficiency in your sincerity in seeking knowledge and drawing closer to God.
You must establish with every type of person around you a relationship based on da’wah, regardless whether he is the salesman in the market, the taxi driver on the street, the janitor of the building, or the one who sits next to you in the mosque. Your concern for calling them to God must be greater than your desire to receive any benefit from them. Then, if the time comes for you go back to your respective countries, or if you go out for da’wah in the local villages (here in Yemen), the meanings and methods of da’wah will open ever wider for you. However, the one who is not calling to God in this phase will never be a true caller to God in the next phase. If the heart is able to delay the concern for da’wah now, then the heart is empty from the reality of da’wah in the first place. The reality of da’wah is deep heartfelt concern, and this concern is a matter of the heart, and actions of the heart can never be delayed.
It is possible to delay buying a piece of clothing, or reading a book, or to delay having lunch until dinner time, or to delay the Dhuhr payer until ‘Asr time (for the traveler). The outward affairs of the world (like buying and selling) and the afterlife (such as prayer) can be delayed under certain circumstances. However, the acts of the heart, whether they are worldly or of the afterlife, can never be delayed. It is not possible for a person who loves someone, to say, “I will delay my love for you.” Likewise, da’wah is a deep concern, and is an act of the heart. So if you are able to delay the da’wah, then you were capable of delaying this deep concern, and if you are able to delay this, then you are not a true person of da’wah, at best, you only have the outward form of a da’i (a person calls to God).
From amongst the innovations of the Arabs (mainly in pre-Islamic times) was that if a person died, the women of the household would be heard wailing, lamenting, and mourning. If the women of the household were few in number, other women would be hired to assist them in the wailing and lamenting (nawwahah, in Arabic). One time, three of these women were hired and brought to the house of the deceased. When they arrived they began their wailing and crying, and the people of the house told them to delay their wailing until the funeral procession passed in front of their house. So when the funeral procession passed by they were told to begin. They were able to do this because they were merely hired, but the mother of the one who passed away could never be told to delay her lamenting and crying, because her state of sorry began the moment her son passed away. This is why the Arabs say, “The one hired to wail and lament is not like the one whose only son perished in her lap.” Hence, it is necessary that the one calling to God should have the utmost concern, and should cry about the Deen more intensely than the mother whose only child perished in her lap. Without this state, you will never be a true da’i (caller to God).
Our societies (in the East), and the communities of the Muslims in the West, are not lacking people who can give speeches and admonitions. In every mosque you will find those who can give the Friday sermon and public speeches, yet, we do not find the desired results. The societies in question are not transformed through these admonitions and speeches because most of these speeches are like the nawwahah (lamentation of the hired women), and very, very few in the Ummah can speak like the mother whose only son perished in her lap. So, do not accept delaying the da’wah. This does not mean that you should neglect you’re your pursuit of sacred knowledge; rather, make your pursuit a part of your da’wah.
Jihad and the Middle Way
Anyone who claims that they want to serve the Deen yet is not conscious of the concept of ‘jihad in the way of God’, either has no understanding, or they are not a truthful and sincere person. As for the issue of jihad itself, you should be aware that people have gone to two extremes, both of which are mistaken. One group thinks that jihad means it is necessary to view all non-Muslims as those against whom we must raise the sword or the rifle to kill. The other group thinks that the concept of jihad entails being gentle and affectionate to all (regardless of circumstances and context), and by doing so we would be “struggling” (i.e. making “jihad”) with them to bring them back to God and this way of life (Deen). Obviously, both groups have fallen into error. Most assuredly, we are not a people whose mission it is to eliminate the non-Muslims, but at the same time we are also not a people who love the non-Muslims unrestrictedly. When it is time for fighting (just as any nation must do so), we only fight those whom, by doing so, we would be serving God alone (and not our passions or personal agendas).
One day, Sayyiduna Ali (may God honor his face) was fighting an opponent in a fierce battle. During the battle Sayyiduna Ali overcame him and raised his sword to kill him. As soon as his enemy knew that he was going to be killed he spat in Sayyiduna Ali’s face. At that instance, Sayyiduna Ali immediately left him and went on his way. He was later asked, “Why did you leave him when God clearly gave you power over him?!” Sayyiduna Ali replied, “I was fighting him for the sake of God, but when he spat in my face I feared that if I killed him it would have been out of spite and revenge.”
From this we understand that it is obligatory that we differentiate between fighting people who are our own personal enemies and others whom we fight because they are the enemies of God. If a believer is forced to fight someone, he fights him not because this person hates him, because this person is conspiring against him, because this person wants to overcome him, rather, he fights him only because: 1.) he is an enemy to God, 2.) it is a sanctioned time for fighting, and 3.) the permission from God has been given (in the sacred law).
On the other hand, we have those who say, “We must love the non-Muslims, be kind to them, and have esteem for them. They are nice people and they have a lot of good qualities.” People who say this have mixed truth with falsehood and gone astray, just as those who say they want to kill all non-Muslims, without distinction and proper understanding.
It is impossible for a true believer to unrestrictedly love a disbeliever: “You will not find people who believe in God and the Last Day having love for anyone who opposes God and His Messenger” (Qur’an 58-21). You must realize though that we do love goodness for them. There is a clear difference between loving them and loving goodness for them. If you say you love them then you are claiming that you love their actual essence (thaat), that entity which you interact with, yet, the true believer doesn’t truly love any essence except the essence of God (Thaatulllah), the Mighty and Majestic. If you love the good qualities that they posses, desire that they are saved from the fire, wish that they use these qualities in the service of God—all the while looking at them with the eye of mercy—then in this case you have understood how to properly interact with them. You do this because you know that this is what pleases God.
So we view all the disbelievers as being, firstly, the creation of God. And as Muslims, we love God’s creation. Therefore, we do not love the actual disbeliever; rather, we love God’s creation, which he/she is. We view them as being a means for our spiritual transaction with God, a means for our drawing nearer to the Divine. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “For God to guide one person through you is greater than the whole world and all that is in it.”
We interact with them according to this balanced perspective, upon the foundation of having mercy for them, compassion for them, and a desire to try to save them from the fire. This is the only way we should view our interaction with them. We do not esteem the influential one amongst them because he can benefit us in our da’wah (while remaining a disbeliever), nor are we generous with the needy amongst them because we love them in themselves, rather, we deal with the influential, the poor, the sick, and the young amongst them with mercy, and through mercy, because that is the way that God loves.
We should talk with them in ways that they can understand, using means that they are familiar with (as long as it is not prohibited in the sacred law). This is not because those means are the only means, but rather, because they are the means that God loves. Furthermore, if there comes a time in which it is more pleasing to God for us to use another type of means, then we will not hesitate for even a second to abandon the old methods and to use new ones. The principle here is that we are open and inclusive to everyone, merciful with everyone, loving and wanting goodness for everyone, from societies to leaders, from Muslims to non-Muslims. And if a situation arises that calls upon us to deal with firmness, even if it reached the level of physical confrontation, then we will not allow our previous ways of mercy and gentleness to delay that which God has commanded.
One of the sons of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, may God be pleased with him, did not become a Muslim during the Meccan period, and, as you know, the affection of a father for his son is much greater then the affection of a son for his father. In Mecca, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr tried to convince his son as to the veracity of Islam with love and gentleness. He used the best and loftiest means to try to bring him into the faith, yet God had not decreed for him to become a Muslim just yet. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr made Hijrah and later went to fight in the battle of Badr. This son of his also went out on the day of Badr, yet he was with the army of the enemies. This son was trying his best to avoid his father during the battle. Later, when his son accepted Islam, he said to his father, “Oh my father, on the day of Badr I was avoiding you so we wouldn’t have to fight.” Sayyidina Abu Bakr replied to him, “As for me, if I met you on that day I would have fought you till the end.”
What is the reason behind this? This delicate point is necessary for us to understand. The action of the son wasn’t based on servitude to God, but rather, was based on compassion (for his father) and his participation in the battle was only for glory, honor, and tribal goals, thus, this was how he acted. His actions were enslaved to his emotions. On the other hand, the actions of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (in Mecca) and his love and compassion were not for himself, but for the sake of his Lord. So when the time came that he had to serve God by fighting against his son, he didn’t waiver, even if it meant his own son’s death. We are in need of this criterion in establishing the correct concept of jihad.
Therefore, jihad is to establish the means of guidance and salvation, not just physical confrontation. While physical confrontation does occur in a few cases, the goal behind it is to save others from the oppression of those who are preventing the light of guidance from spreading. We do not fight out of revenge and spite. The Muslim does not fight because someone is his or her personal enemy, because they are conspiring against one, or because they have slaughtered one’s fellow Muslims. The Muslim only fights because a barrier has been erected between guidance and those whom it should reach. Again, the Muslim does not fight out of revenge and only because the enemy has killed other Muslims. Carefully consider what is being said here!
The Prophet, may the peace and blessings of God be upon him—when he entered Mecca on the great day of conquest—didn’t avenge for the killings of the Muslims on the day of Uhud, even though God had clearly given him power over them on that day. These disbelievers in Mecca were the very ones who killed his dearest companions, even members of his own family! These were the same people who barred the guidance from reaching others. These were the same people who ripped open the chest and stomach of Sayyiduna Hamza (who was the uncle of the Blessed Prophet, peace be upon him). These were the same people who ate from the liver of Sayyiduna Hamza, may God be blessed with him. Even more amazing than that is the fact that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, welcomed those who actually conspired to kill Hamza (Hind and Wahshi) into the faith when they declared their acceptance of it.
If the purpose of fighting against the disbelievers was merely to avenge for spilt blood then it would have been befitting for the Prophet, peace be upon him, to command the killing of Wahshi and Hind right when he entered Mecca. But the issue with the Muslims is not one of revenge; it is the issue of guidance and the spreading of its light. The true Muslim is the “letter of divine guidance” sent to humanity (al-Muslim bareed hidayat-illah ila al-khalq). When the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, saw that there was hope in them being guided he said, “Go, for verily you are free.” And this is how our interaction must be. The day I meet with an enemy soldier who actually killed Muslims—and I sense that he may want guidance—I will treat him with great mercy. We must understand things in this way. Our ultimate and primary mission in jihad is guidance, even though we might be physically fighting!
All this is clearly understood in the beautiful story where our Blessed Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, got upset with our master Usamah ibn Zaid—the beloved, and the son of the beloved (he was named this because the Prophet, peace be upon him, loved him greatly). One day, Usamah was out on the battlefield engaged with the enemy. During the heat of the battle one of the enemies slipped and fell, so Usamah lifted his sword to strike him. At that moment, the enemy shouted out “La ilaha illa God, Muhammad Rasul-lullah,” [There is no deity but God, Muhammad is the Messenger of God] yet, Usamah struck and killed the man anyways. When the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, got word of this he censured Usamah, with anger visible on his face, saying, “Did you kill him after he said that!?” Usamah replied, “Oh Messenger of God, he only said it our of fear of the sword.” But the Prophet quickly replied, “Did you look into his heart, oh Usamah!?”
This very man that Usamah killed may have killed many Muslims on that day, and this incident even occurred in the midst of a battle in which this man was still actively fighting. Yet, when he said the testimony of faith, even if it was in hypocrisy, Usamah didn’t refrain himself and he killed him. This is why the Prophet, peace and blessing be upon him, became very upset. The Prophet, peace and blessing be upon him, continued to blame Usamah about what he did for the rest of the day, so much so Usamah said, “I wish that I became a Muslim after this day” (meaning that he wished that the event never even happened and that he could have a fresh start in Islam).
This incident is not mentioned to put blame on Sayyiduna Usamah, may God be pleased with him; rather, there is an important principle that we must understand here. The mishaps of the individual companion of the Prophet, peace be upon him, are looked at as a further perfection in the society of the companions. This is so because the goal behind the community of the companions is that we may emulate them, so if no mishaps occurred by individual companions, then we would not know how to deal with a person who falls into error in our time and the times to come. Therefore, the mishap of one of the companions is, in reality, perfection on the societal level. This shows us the realities of what it truly means to learn.
In the aforementioned incident, the Prophet, peace and blessing be upon him, made firm in our hearts the understanding that even while fighting, our goal is their guidance. So if the enemy shows the signs of being guided, then the fighting between them and us ceases, even if it was an outward form without any true reality. That is why the meaning of the statement, “Did you kill him after he said it, oh Usamah?!” is that we should not let our drive to fight blind us from the real cause of fighting: their guidance.
This is why they mention about our master Al-Hussein, the son of Ali (may God be pleased with them both), when his army met the army of the mistaken and fugitive Muslims who wanted to kill him, he looked at them and began to weep. The number of Al-Hussein’s men, including the women (non-combatants), did not exceed 80, while the number of the opposition was greater then 3,000. Remember, Al-Hussein is the son of the daughter of the Messenger of God, peace and blessing be upon him, the beautiful scent of the Messenger (rayhanat Rasulillah, a title given to him by the Messenger himself, peace be upon him), the master of the youth of paradise, the one for whom the Messenger made supplication, saying, “Oh God, love the one who loves him (Al- Hussein).”
The army had risen against Al-Hussein after pledging allegiance to him. They gathered 17,000 signatures from the people of their land and called Al-Hussein out to them saying “come and lead us to goodness.” When he went to them they met him with an army of 3,000 men ready to kill him, most of them being from amongst those who actually signed the allegiance. These were people who wanted to commit one of the greatest crimes on the face of the earth: killing a member of the family of the Prophet, peace and blessing be upon him!
As Al-Hussein stood looking at his deceptive opponents he began to weep. His sister, Zaiynab, saw him weeping, and she asked, “What makes you weep, Oh Hussein? Are you afraid of death? Indeed, you will join your martyred brother Al-Hasan, your martyred father Ali, your mother Fatima, and your grandfather the Messenger of God!” Al-Hussein turned to her and said “Woe to you, Oh Zaynab! Al-Hussein is not one to be afraid of death!” “Then what is this that I see upon your face?” she asked. He replied, “Oh Zaynab, I looked at these men who were treacherous to the covenant that we made with God, and I see that they will kill me and enter the fire, as they have no right to do so, and I wish that they will go to paradise instead.”
This is the meaning that is incumbent upon you to understand concerning jihad. If you understand this while removing from your hearts the delusional power of “physical means,” and “people of means” (ahlul-asbab), while adding to this the realities of da’wah and seeking sacred knowledge, and you take these as means to bring to reality the foundational purpose of your creation—your worship of God—you will be from amongst those chosen and elevated by God in this age that we live in. This is the mission that you came for, if you but understood. This is what you must ask God for in these days that end Ramadan, and for the rest of your lives.
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