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Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Flashback: Zaman di MRSM Kuantan dulu: Tidur time ujian Kimia
Sunday, 25 July 2010
Jaulah di Mt Gambier!
Thursday, 22 July 2010
X-Ray kaki
Saturday, 17 July 2010
Hasil 'cetakan idola' oleh Nabi SAW
Membaca kisah athar seorang sahabat Nabi sallahu ‘alayhi wassalam, walau nama ini kurang dikenali ini, namun kisah ketabahannya mampu mengalirkan air mata. Beliau adalah Abdullah bin Huzafah Al-Sahmi, direkodkan oleh Imam Az-Zahabi di dalam kitabnya Siyar Al-a'lam Al-Nubala, beliau bersama tentera Islam yang lain ditawan oleh pemerintah Roman. Islam di waktu itu di bawah pemerintahan khalifah Umar al-Khattab r.a.
Kisahnya juga dicatat di dalam sumber-sumber sejarah Islam yang lain seperti Al-Isabah oleh Ibn Hajar, Ibn ‘Asakir dalam Tarikh Dimash, Ibn ‘Athir dalam Asad Al-Ghabah dan lain-lain.
AURA SAHABAT RASULULLAH
Disebabkan imej Islam yang dibina oleh Rasulullah dan khalifah sebelumnya, terkenal di kalangan musuh-musuh Islam akan kehebatan dan keunikan generasi Islam di zaman itu khususnya para sahabat baginda Nabi s.a.w.
Apabila dimaklumkan kepda raja Roman, bahawa salah seorang dari tentera Islam yang berjaya ditawan adalah dari kalangan sahabat Rasulullah. Raja Roman kegembiraan. Dia gembira kerana berpeluang untuk melihat sendiri susuk tubuh salah seorang dari sahabat nabi yang sering tersebar akan kehebatan dan keluarbiasaan mereka di waktu itu.
Raja roman dicatatkan mengarahkan sahabat tersebut dibawa ke hadapannya.
Raja meminta : "Adakah engkau sudi untuk keluar dari Islam (menjadi Nasrani)? Jika engkau lakukan itu, aku akan menganugerahkanmu sebahagian dari pemilikan harta yang dimiliku"
Abdullah menjawab :
لو أعطيتني جميع ما تملك وجميع ما تملك وجميع ملك العرب ما رجعت عن دين محمد طرفة عين
Ertinya : "Sekiranya engkau memberiku seluruh yang kamu miliki, bahkan jika seluruh yang dimiliki pemimpin arab, TIADALAH akan aku keluar dari agama yang dibawa Nabi Muhammad ini walau untuk jangka waktu sekelip mata"
Akibat dari penolakan itu, Raja Roman telah mengarahkan agar dibawa sebuah tempat azab yang dipenuhi minyak panas mendidih lalu dicampakkan seorang tawanan Muslim ke dalam, hingga kecut, terkeluar tulangnya dan masak dagingnya.
MENANGIS
Kemudian, diarahkan agar Abdullah pula dicampakkan ke dalamnya. Tatkala itu, pegawai raja melihat Abdullah menangis, lalu mereka dengan segera memaklumkan kepada raja akan hal tersebut.
Raja dan Roman dan pegawai mereka gembira kerana menjangka taktik mereka berjaya untuk mengoncang iman dan pendirian Abdullah yang sebelum ini menolak permintaan Raja.
Namun apabila ditanya semula permintaan yang sama (untuk murtad), jawapan yang sama tetap diberikan oleh Abdullah. Raja Rom merasa pelik dan bertanya sebab tangisannya.
Abdullah menjawab :
Ertinya : "Ia kerana jiwa ( nyawaku) yang hanya satu ini, sebentar lagi ia akan pergi maka aku menangis kerana mengenangkan betapa aku menginginkan sekiranya aku punyai banyak nyawa sebanyak rambutku ini maka bolehlah engkau lemparkan aku berkali-kali ke dalam api itu, aku ingin gunakan semuanya pada jalan Allah."
Bermakna, Abdullah sebenarnnya menangis bukan kerana takut, tetapi merasa terkilan hanya mempunyai satu nyawa di ketika itu, padahal dia sangat ingin untuk mempunyai lebih banyak nyawa dan tidak bimbang sama sekali mengharungi kematian asalkan ianya untuk Islam, biarpun kematian itu berkali-kali. Yang penting semua kematiannya syahid dan demi memperjuangkan Islam. MashaAllah.!
TERSENTAK
Apabila raja Rom mendengar jawapan Abdullah, dia menjadi amat kagum. Terfikir jika sebelum ini dia hanya mendengar kisah-kisah keajaiban para Sahabat Rasulullah, tetapi kali ini beliau menyaksikannya sendiri di hadapan matanya. Keadaan tersebut menjadikannya merubah pemikiran secara drastik lalu menawarkan Abdullah untuk dibebaskan dengan satu syarat.
Raja Rom mensyaratkan agar Abdullah Huzafah untuk mencium dahinya.
Abdullah bersetuju dengan syarat, semua tawanan Islam yang dianggarkan berjumlah sekitar 80 orang turut dibebaskan bersamanya.
Raja Rom bersetuju.
Apabila pulang ke Madinah, kisah pembebasan tersebut tersebar dan dimaklumkan kepada Umar Al-Khattab selaku khalifah ketika itu. Lalu Umar dengan gembira sambil berkata:
حق على كل مسلم أن يقبل رأس ابن حذافة وأنا أبدأ
Ertinya : Menjadi hak dan tanggungjawab setiap Muslim untuk mencium dahi (kepala) Ibn Huzafah, dan aku akan memulakannya.
Demikian sebuah kisah dari athar sahabat nabi, nilai kualiti iman yang amat mengkagumkan, walau ditawar dengan separuh harta Raja Rom, diugut dengan lontaran ke dalam api dan minyak mendidih, imannya tetap kental, teguh dan maha yakin dengan segala jenis pembalasan kebaikan akhirat. MashaAllah, betapa kerdilnya kita ini berbanding insan-insan didikan baginda nabi.
Hebat sungguh akhlak idola yang dicetak oleh junjungan besar Nabi Muhammad SAW. Semoga kita sedikit sebanyak boleh mencontohi walau hanya sedikit daripadanya.
wassalam
Thursday, 15 July 2010
Cuti Winter yang bermakna
Dah dalam dekat 2 minggu tidak menulis di blog. Bukannya apa, cuma busy sedikit dengan urusan keduniaan sepanjang dalam 2 minggu yg lepas. Macam2 dah berlaku sepanjang cuti winter nih. Tapi the main event adalah Winter Trip 10 (WT10) dimana kami mengadakan road trip Adelaide-Sydney-Canberra-Perisher Valley(main salji)-Melbourne-Great Ocean Road(GOR)-Adelaide. Walaupun tahun ni macam kurang sambutan, xseramai tahun lepas, tapi aku rasa bahawa WT kali ni lah yang jauh lebih bermakna dari tahun lepas.
Ye, orang memang akan cakap, jadi AJK mana best.WT untuk bdk2 1st year je. WT ni buat letih je, baik dok umah goyang kaki, dsb. Pada mulanya aku ada la jugak sedikit berat kearah itu, lagi2 time dipilih jadi AJK. Then dapat tau ramai pulak seniors/kawan2 yang xjadi pergi/xleh pergi, lagi la down.Rasa macam xnak pergi jugak. Bukan tu saje, dah la tengah gawat sangat ekonomi ni. poket besar tapi ada satu dua sen je di dalam. Nak bayar duit WT ni (AUD230) pon xde duit. Memang time tuh sedikit je lagi untuk tidak pergi, tapi ikhtiar jugak untuk cuba pergi.
Program WT ni bukan hanya untuk diri, tapi untuk yang lain jugak. Cuba fikir, tahun lepas, aku pergi WT semata-mata untuk bersuka, jalan2, makan angin, shopping2, bergembira. Tapi seniors yang dah pergi 3,4 kali tu kenapa diorang pergi jugak?xbosan ke? Dulu pikir ikut logik memanglah rasa pelik, buat susah badan je. Lagi2 jd AJK, bknnye dapat apa, nak jalan2 pon bukannya dapat sangat, dah la kene jaga budak2 lagi, nak pikir pasal tu lagi, pasal ni lagi, kan xseronok tuh.
TAPI, tahun ni aku bersyukur sebab Allah bagi aku kesempatan untuk rasa apa yang diorang rasa. Prog2 seperti ini sebenarnya adalah sbg tarbiyah utk diri. Yang buatkan WT ni seronok bukan sebab dapat jalan2, bukan sebab dapat shopping sakan, bukan sebab puas makan, apa yang seronoknya adalah kebersamaan itu. Dapat buat benda bersama, susah senang bersama. Biasalah kalo wat road trip tu mestilah ada je masalah dia, tu rosak, ni rosak, tayar bocor, tayar pecah, langgar sana sini, langgar kangaroo,koala and wombat (kesian mereka yang terkorban), dan macam2 lagi. Then bile benda2 ni dah berlaku, biasalah kita manusia. Kadang2 pon mesti rasa marah, tension, nak nangis. Even Nabi-nabi pon pernah marah(wpon xke tahap kita manusia biasa ni marah). Tapi bak kata ustaz Halim, kalau kita faham apa ideologi, apa target, apa sasaran kita di hujung sana, benda2 kecik macam ni 'no hal lah'.
Bagi aku, tahun ni punya WT10 jauh lebih menyeronokkan drp WT09 in my own way. Maybe added with tahun lepas baru di-diagnose dengan penyakit yg kritikal, badan pon xbiasa. Sangat2 xsehat, nk buat apa2 pon xleh, cepat letih,cepat mengantuk, sikit2 nak g tandas dan macam2 lagi.
Wpon tahun ni xsempat pon nak g jalan mana, paddy's market x g, VICT market pon xsempat pergi, time kat sydney and melb dok kat tempat penginapan je. Tapi sebab i'm doing something that i enjoyed, i feel much much much more satisfied. Ye la, aku xsuka buat kerja sebab orang suruh. I do things, according to rules/ regulation/guideline but in my on way. Xsuka la paksa2 ni, nnt something yang should be enjoyable jadi x best. Kalau sesuatu itu yang pada hakikatnya pada menjadi suatu yang menyeronokkan, tapi kalau orang yang terlibat itu sendiri don't even take part in it, it won't be as enjoyable as it should be.
Great Ocean Road
Lagi satu WT10 ni mengajar satu pengalaman baru, bagaimana terlibat dalam planning sesuatu yang really big, involve people's life. Wpon kerja jadi route coordinator tahun ni sangat2 dibantu oleh dua seniors yg berdedikasi (Nik MM and Hakim Hamid), tapi rasanya dapat jugak feels bagaimana bekerja under pressure. Camne nak meet deadline. Camne nak corporate dengan orang2 lain, bahagian2 lain dalam sesuatu organisasi utk menyiapkan sesuatu. Benda ni sangat lah practical mcm apa yg belajar sbg engineering student ni. Soft skills sangat penting(wpon kat sini byk benda guna email je, agak lambat nak dapat replies, tapi ok la kot).
Sebagai contoh, kita dah siapkan benda dari A ke B. then tetiba ada pihak ni kata bahagian die ade pertukaran which affect kami punya planning, jadi kene la tuka sebelum ke B tu lalu C dulu ke. Dan macam2 lagi. Tiring but fun. Kadang2 tgk muka Nik tension tuh best jgk.:D
Itu citer pre-WT10, belum lg time event. Bile trip dah mula, lagi kelam kabut. Yela bukan sume orang reti tgk peta, and peta tu pon bila dah photocopy bknnye jelas sgt. Kalau mastercopy pon ade cacat cela, patah lg cetakan-cetakan beliau. Time dari satu tempat ke satu tempat, ada terlepas simpang la, xcaye kat map la, ade jugak lalu jalan lain, dan macam2. Kite yg buat maps ni tension la jugak, sebab rasa mcm orang xcaye je keje kita. Tapi bila dipikirkan balik, klaka jugak la. in the end, sumenye tercapai la dengan sedikit perubahan. Pastu kami ada jugak penasihat dan orang2 yg berpengalaman dengan kami. Jadi kalau rase mcm dah loss track tu bole refer kat beliau (akh Umar faruq). Lagi2 tahun lepas sume keta sewa ada GPS, tapi tahun ni unit pengangkutan xnak sewa GPS. yg ade cume individu punye.tu pon ade 2 je. jadi cuak jgk la sbb kalo sesat ke ape ke unit pandu-arah yg akan dipersalahkan.hehe
Pastu macam bila sesuatu tu dah terkeluar dr landasan, cth mcm tayar delay sampai berjam-jam sbb suatu berlaku, then tolak ansur mmg sgt penting. Musyawarah pe nak buat, then pilih the best solution utk sume. Itu yang nabi ajar, berbincang. jangan nak ikut sedap je, masing2 nak ikut pendapat masing2. Alhamdulillah byk bende yg boleh dibawa berbincang dan selesai dgn tolak ansur time trip nih.
Kesian Faruq terlepas tuk pergi ke GOR, kene teman ustaz Halim naik flight dr Melb ke Adelaide. Tapi xpe, iA tahun depan ada lagi.
Apa-apa pon, xkesah la apa orang lain nak kata, apa orang lain cakap, bagi aku, Winter Trip 2010 is a once in a life time experience. Dulu tanya seniors, xbusan ke g WT tiap2 thn. tp apa yang diorang cakap? Tiap tahun benda2 lain yang berlaku, pengalaman lain, bersama orang2 yang lain. It is not going to be the same as the previous 1. Yes, i now understand what they said.
I'm glad to be part of the history.
wassalam
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
The Great Tudung Debate : A Response to Raja Petra's Article
Zaharuddin Abd Rahman
*di copy dari www.zaharuddin.net*
This writing is a response to Raja Petra Kamaruddin about muslim women's aurat in his popular blog ( Malaysia today). Source
RAJA PETRA's FRIEND WROTE :
In the article there was a sentence stating: "Apparently, the tudung was 'decreed' for only the Prophet's wives and not for all women..." So I've have looked into the Quran and found some things.
1) "O Prophet! Tell thy wives and thy daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them (when they go abroad). That will be better, so that they may be recognised and not annoyed. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful." Surah Al-Ahzab (33), verse 59.
Comment : Firstly, see the words 'so that they may be recognised and not annoyed'. This means at least the face must be visible. It is wrong to say that other women at that time (non Muslim Arabs, Jews, Christians) did not wear the tudung. The truth is that the Jewish and Christian women wore far more conservative tudung than the Muslim women.
Covering the body is also required of men and women in the desert. It has nothing to do with any religion. So when the verse says 'so that they may be recognised' it actually means the women should not cover their face or head in such a way that the people cannot differentiate them from other Christian and Jewish women who also wear tudung and veils. This means there is no such thing as a tudung to cover your head and face.
The verse 33:59 says the following in Arabic:
Ya ayyuhan nabi : O you prophet
qul li-azwajika wabanaatika : tell your wives, your daughters
wa nisaa i mu'mineena : and the believing women
yudneena : to lengthen
Alayhinna : over them
min jalabeebihinna : from their garments/cloaks.
There is absolutely NO mention of head or hair or face in this verse. There is no reference to tudung. The reference is to lengthen your garments over your body. This means women must dress decently.
UZAR'S COMMENT
Unfortunately, you have misinterpret the verse and understanding it out of its context, i assumed that's because you are not examining the whole structure of the verse.
In reality, as a servant of Allah SWT and the follower of Rasulullah SAW, we are taught to always come back to Al-Quran and Al-Hadith to obtain assurance about the permissibility of a matter. Regarding this, Allah SWT said:-
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُل لِّأَزْوَاجِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ وَنِسَاء الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يُدْنِينَ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِن جَلَابِيبِهِنَّ ذَلِكَ أَدْنَى أَن يُعْرَفْنَ فَلَا يُؤْذَيْنَ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا
"O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks (veils) all over their bodies. That will be better, that they should be known (as a free respectable MUSLIM women) so as not to be molested. "(Al-Ahzab: 59)
It is agreed unanimously by ulama that every verse that is revealed to our prophet Muhammad s.a.w is also intended to Muslim except defined otherwise by our Prophet either in his hadis or by other quranic verses. For example: our prophet has more than four wives at a time, it is called "Khususiyat anbiya" which we are not allowed to follow due to Allah's will and many other logical reasons.
Therefore, in this case, covering aurat including head, hair, neck and chest is strongly commanded not only for prophet's wives but also to all muslim women. It is not just an Arab's custom due to the sandy desert, but it is indeed a religious commandment. It is also very obvious stated in the above verse where it is mentioned :
وَنِسَاء الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Meaning : "the women of the believers"
Therefore whoever claims they are muslim, they are obliged to uphold and stick to the decree in the verse.
Jilbab is a dress (of similar width to ‘baju kurung') worn by women to cover their bodies. Syeikh Dr Yusof Al-Qaradawi explained that when some women during the Jahiliah period left their houses, they loved to display some parts of their beauty such as the chest, neck and hair until they were being harassed by those wicked men who like to commit zina.
Then, the above verse was revealed commanding the Muslim women to EXTEND (and not only) their jilbab so that the parts that could lead to fitnah will be covered. In this way, they would be identified as women who are protected (‘afifah) and a true MUSLIM WOMEN. As a consequence, they would not be molested.
The above verse elucidates that covering the aurat is an emblem of a Muslim. Allah SWT also said:
"And anyone who honours the symbols set up by God [shall know that] verily, these [symbols derive their value] from the God-consciousness in the [believers'] hearts " ( Al-Haj : 32 )
Therefore, the main reason (‘illah) for the above ruling is to prevent Muslim women from being molested by wicked men. Attires that display women's beauty or women walking and talking in a seducing manner could arouse a man's sexual desire. Such behavior is an indirect invitation to the male for teasing and molestation. (Adapted from kitab Al-Halal wal Haram fil Islam with slight modification)
It's also WRONG to say that "so that they may be recognised and not annoyed' mean face must be visible in order to be recognized.
Firstly : Is it acceptable to say that we can only recognised a women by looking at her face? Of course not, we can easily recognized them by many other ways, either by listening to her voice or many other things besides her face.
Secondly : Most of the Jahiliyyah womens are not wearing tudung at all and some of them wearing improper veils.( Refer Tafsir Ibn Kathir, 3/285). It is also stated clearly in the hadith narrated by Abu Hurairah, Rasulullah s.a.w. said:
"Two are the types of the denizens of Hell whom I did not see: (1) people having flogs like the tails of the ox with them and they would be beating people (unjust rulers); (2) the women who would be dressed but appear to be naked, who would be inclined (to evil) and make others incline towards it. Their heads would be like the humps of the bukht camel inclined to one side. They will not enter Paradise and they would not smell its odour whereas its odour would be smelt from such and such distance" (Narrated by Muslim, Sohih).
The JAHILIYYAH womens are said to wear attire but is still naked because they do have cloth on their body but it does not cover the aurat because it is transparent and exposes their skin; like the wearing of many women today. (Al-Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam, Dr Yusof Al-Qaradawi)
‘Bukhtun' in the hadith is a type of camel that has a big hump. Women's hair looks like the hump of a camel when it is pulled and tangled over their head. This shows that Jahiliyyah womens are not covering their head and hair. As for Christian and jews womens who you said wore tudung also at the time of prophet Muhammad s.a.w, you have to provide evidences on that. Besides, do you sure how Christian women exact attire in Mekkah and medina at that time?, Jewish people are too small to take into account and yet we don't know what are their tudung types.
Some people trying to support their thought by presenting Jewish and christian veil's pictures which are adapted from wikipedia and other unknown sources. Show us the absolute verse in Injil and Taurat which defines the Jewish and Christian's veil, without it, your pictures are insufficient, useless and unreliable at all. Again, show me the Injil and Taurah oringinal verse.
Even if you are able to do so, whatever types of their tudung, muslim womens also has an obligatory to perform, and that is to wear veil with certain standards and conditions and it is a religious commandment. Other than that if Christian and Jewish tudung are alike muslim women tudung, so what is the problem ?. We have to realize that the original faith of An-Nasara and Al-Yahud (before it's being modified as it is today) are also divine in the sense that it comes from The Almighty Allah via Prophet Jesus and Moses a.s. to the people of book (Al-Kitab). Therefore, similarities in some aspects can be realized.
However in reality, could you point to us how many Christian and Jews wearing veils in public? It is learnt that the Christian woman is to cover her head whenever she is praying, whether it be at the church service or just personal prayer at home. This may mean that if she is not praying at home, she is uncovered around male guests who are not related to her; or if she is praying at home, that she is covered around her own husband and family. In conclusion, if Chritian wome only wears veil while praying, so there is nothing significant to highlight this similarity issue. The original point here is that word 'to be recognized' in the verse has been translated wrongly by Raja Petra and his friends.
RAJA PETRA'S FRIEND WROTE :
2) "And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and be modest, and to display of their adornment only that which is apparent, and to draw their veils over their bosoms, and not to reveal their adornment save to their own husbands or fathers or husbands' fathers, or their sons or their husbands' sons, or their brothers or their brothers' sons or sisters' sons, or their women, or their slaves, or male attendants who lack vigour, or children who know naught of women's nakedness. And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornment. And turn unto Allah together, O believers, in order that ye may succeed." Surah An-Nur (24), verse 31.
Raja Petra Comment : Again there is no mention of head (ru'usa) in this verse or face (wujuh/wajh). Please note the words 'draw their veils over the bosoms'. The arabic is as follows:
walyadribna : and strike / cover
bi khumurihinna : with their outer garments
Ala : over / upon
juyoobihinna : their bosoms / breasts
Women are told to cover their chests/bosoms/breasts. That is all. This tallies with the earlier verse 33:59 above where the women are told to lengthen their clothes/garments. There is absolutely no mention of head (ru'usa), face (wujuh) or hair.
UZAR'S COMMENT FOR NUMBER 1 & 2 :
Almighty Allah has said :-
وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَى جُيُوبِهِنَّ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ
Meaning : And tell the believing women to lower their veil and to be mindful of their chastity, and not to display their charms [in public] beyond what may [decently] be apparent thereof..
So you look Mr Pete or (your friend), why are you or he only focusing on some words of the verse and didn't give proper attention to the others. You have translated ‘Al-Khumur' wrongly, as that because of your harfiah (word by word)translation and harfiah understanding also, that kind of translation cannot help you in understanding the word correctly. The "al-Khumur" word will provide you the answer on your own created question and false assumption which you said : "There is absolutely NO mention of head or hair".
The true meaning of khumur (veil) is anything that is used to cover the head. Meanwhile ‘juyub' (the plural form of jaibun) is the curvature of the breast that is not covered with cloth. Therefore every woman must cover not only their head but also their chest including their neck and ears and all other parts that may lure a male.
In order to understand Quranic text correctly, he/she must comprehend and find the exact usage of terminologies and words in Arabic language. A person should also know how a term or word is being used in the Arabic community because Quran is using Arabic language. Therefore it is good to have knowledge on conservative Arab's (especially at the time of prophet s.a.w) way of life before he/she can get the true intended meaning; For this reason, we must refer to the tafseer book by great Muslim scholars to avoid ourselves from false impression.
That's also why it's better for those who wish to learn Islam in depth to pay a visit to Arabic countries in order to get some feels and get used to the usage of certain word by contemporary Arabs, it can give you some more clue in order to understand Arabic language in the Quran.
When Allah swt said "Khumurihinna" , so we must know, in a standard Arabic language what does it mean by "khumur", so the answer is veil which cover their head, hair, ear etc and then, when a person said "khumur" in front of knowledgable arab person, what he will understand?. Of course, it s a veil also. This fact has been told by many great classic Muslim scholar like Imam At-Tabarii ( died 301 H) in his famous tafseer book Jami al-Bayan and also Imam Ibn Katheer . (Tafsir At-Tabari, 18/120 ; Tafsir AL-Quran Al-'Azim, 3/285))
Besides the khumur which is a veil which covers the women head, and juyub which covers womens' neck, breast and chest, the verse also stressing on :-
وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ
Meaning : that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof"..
Do you understand what ‘beauty and ornaments' means in this verse?
According to Syeikh Dr Yusof Al-Qaradawi, the adornment mentioned in the above verse refers to anything that is worn to beautify oneself; either natural beauty like face, hair and body; or manmade beautification like dress, embellishment, make-up and others.
In the above verse, Allah commanded women to conceal the adornment without any exemption. However, the exemption was "what is apparent". The scholars therefore have differences in opinion about the meaning and extent of "what is apparent" but all of them agreed unanimously that hair and head are included.
That is due to the following hadith :-
Saidatina Aisyah r.a narrated that her sister Asma' binti Abu Bakar entered the house of the Prophet s.a.w wearing attire made of transparent material that showed her skin. The Prophet s.a.w turned away from her and said:
"Hai Asma'! Verily when a woman has achieved puberty, she should not reveal her body except for this and this - showing the face and the palms (hands)." (Narrated by Abu Daud)
Although there is a discussion about narrators of this hadith, it is strengthen by many other hadith that allows revealing of the face and the palms if it does not bring any harm (fitnah). (Al-Halal Wal Haram Fil Islam)
This hadis also supporting the fact that women head and hair are ‘aurat and must be covered by muslim womens, only the face and palm or hand can be seen by the public.
Yes, there is discussion on what is the meaning of "what is apparent" which ALLOWED TO BE SEEN but it is not about hair, neck and head. Ibnu Abbas r.a, one of the great companions of the Prophet (s.a.w.) interpreted "what is apparent" is eyeliner and ring. Anas Bin Malik r.a is also of the same opinion.
Therefore, the body parts where the eyeliner and the ring are worn (i.e. the face and the palms) would also be considered as apparent. This also the opinon of the Tabien like Said bin Jubair, 'Atha', Auza'i and others.
However, Ummul Mukminin Aisyah r.a, Qatadah and a few others considered bracelet as something apparent. Therefore, the wrist (place of wearing a bracelet) is also considered as apparent if it does not cause any harm (fitnah). Regarding the limit from the wrist to the elbow, it is still under discussion among the scholars; therefore it is better to cover parts between the wrist and the elbow.
RAJA PETRA'S FRIEND SAID
3) In order to interpret the Quran, we have to go to people who have knowledge about it. In what circumstance the verse was revealed, etc. But not just any scholar who says that they know.
Comment : We DO NOT interpret the Quran. May I suggest something much simpler? Why not we just read it? If we look at the Quran in its arabic and then look at the translated words just a little carefully, we will understand it. You DONT EVEN have to know Arabic. For example the arabic word for HEAD (kepala) is NEVER mentioned in any of the verses quoted above. Neither are the arabic words for face and hair. So how do the translators include head, face and hair? Someone must explain this.
UZAR'S COMMENT
I have responded to this false statement and it's no longer concern us.
Do you think that Allah will only use ru'asa to express head and sya'run as hair?.. no you are wrong Mr Pete, for example Allah s.w.t forbids us from saying ‘Ah' to our parents. So it is permissible to say ‘uh' and bull shit to your parent only because it is not mentioned in the Quran?.
When Allah forbids ‘ah' so its include all thing that has similar effect and covering not only bad words but also bad behaviour and actions towrd your parent. It is called in Usul Fiqh as Qiyas al-Awla or also can be considered as ‘umum al-lafz that will carry all meaning under it.
So, women's head and hair falls under the words "al-khumur"in the verse. As simple as that.
As for the last part of Raja Petra's article, some of the hadith has been misquoted so i don't need to give any response.
THE MYTH OF ‘DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER'
I always come across with this expression and I believe you are the same. The following are the words of those women who do not cover their aurat who always claim to posess pure and kind hearts although they are wearing indecent outfits which reveal their aurat.
"Even women who put on hijaab commit crime nowadays, indulging in adultery, free-mixing and a lot more" A woman share her thought.
"In fact, we too are well-behaved, we do not bother others, we do not backbite and we stay away from bad things" The woman added.
Is it a sound argument? Is it true that the external appearance does not matter in Islam? Some of them are even one step ahead in their arguments that they reason with the meaning of an authentic hadith of the Prophet, which is:
"Verily Allah does not look at your physical being, your outer appearance nor your wealth, but He looks at your heart and your deeds" (Narrated by Muslim).
I feel sorry and dishearten looking at those who when arguing, easily throw out hadith in supporting their whims; indeed, they only utilize Islam in the matter that bring benefits to them.
An employee was caught playing game during working hours by his employer while he has yet to prepare the document requested by him. The employer thus said, "How are you going to excel in your carreer if this is your attitude towards work."
The employee responded, "You may see me outwardly as playing games but my heart is sincere and I performed my duty excellently."
Do you think that the employer believe in what his employee had said? Does Allah consider one's heart as pure and good through disobeying His commandments?
Indeed, something is only regarded as pure and good by measuring it with the scale of Allah and His Rasul, and not merely with the scale of our minds. If we refer to the scale of Islam, the Prophet SAW had said which means:
"Beware, in the body there is a piece of flesh; if it is sound, the whole body is sound and if it is corrupt the whole body is corrupt, and hearken it is the heart" (Narrated by Muslim)
Based on this hadith, Islamic scale necessitates that the purity of one's heart is apparent in its first stage, which is one's actions. It means that when one's actions always transgress against the commandments prescribed in Islam, it signifies the filth of one's heart. On the other hand, if the external actions submit to the commandment of Islam, thus it should be considered as good in the first stage, which is the external scale of lay people. Nevertheless, the second stage, which is whether one's intention is for seeking Allah's pleasure or for things such as showing off, we should leave the judgment only to Allah.
Therefore, we can judge a book by its cover in certain cases, such as in the case when the fundamentals of Islam are being transgressed; the cover is consequently reflecting what is inside the heart of a person.
Judging based on that which is apparent, does go along with the hadith:
إنما أنا بشر , وإنكم تختصمون إلىّ , ولعلّ بعضكم أن يكون ألحن بحجته من بعض , فأقضي بنحو ما أسمع , فمن قضيت له من حق أخيه شيئاَ فلا يأخذه , فإنما أقطع له قطعة من النار
Which means: "Verily I am only a human being, and you always presented arguments for me to solve. It may be that some of you are better in presenting argument than others. Therefore, I give out rulings based on what I have heard only. He, for whom I have made a ruling that violates the rights of the other party (due to the lack of skill of the person in presenting argument), does not take it. For verily, it will be for him a slice from the slices of hellfire" (Narrated by Abu Dawood, At-Tirmidzi and others; Refer Naylul Awtar, 8/632, no 3920).
This hadith clearly shows that a judge in Islam will give a ruling based on the information and the evident proofs presented to him. Similarly, in the case of covering aurat, if one reveals the aurat, it is a sign of transgression against Allah's commands. Thus, how would it be possible for this kind of heart to be perceived as a sound heart in Islam?
Women should realize that when the aurat is not covered properly, every single man who looks at it will be held accountable for every single gaze. The woman, on the other hand, is not going to be held accountable for that one sin merely; rather she will be held accountable for all the gazes from men that fell on her aurat. Just imagine how sinful she is for revealing the aurat only in one day. This is based on the Prophet's word:
من سن في الإسلام سنة سيئة فعليه وزرها ووزر من عمل بها من غير أن ينقص شيئاً
Which means: "Whosoever initiates a wrongdoing, upon him are a sin and the sin of every single person who does it without his sin being reduced even a little..." (Narrated by Ahmad and others-Authentic)
Included in the meaning of intiating is that someone intiates the revealing of her aurat in that day causing the man who looks at her to be held accountable. In fact, the woman herself is sinful for every single eye that sets on her aurat. Would this type of heart be considered as pure? After mountains of sins had rusted it?
Verily Allah is All Just and the Most Merciful. Rush towards Allah's love and mercy by obeying Him. For those who are hardhearted, no words can be shared except; be certain that Allah is true, His Rasul is true, and Paradise and Hellfire are true. If believe in them, why are the actions speak otherwise?
Thanks for you time.
Sunday, 4 July 2010
Habis exam tapi xmacam habis exam
Dah lama xmeng-update blog. Rasa dah gatal dah jari-jari ini untuk menekan nekan papan kekunci yg tersedia diatas meja ni. Sebab lepas habis exam je, then busy plak dgn pre-winter trip 10 punya preparation.
beberapa hari ni jenuh jugak la berulang-alik dari rumah ke SQ utk menyiapkan urusan2 seperti maps dan master plan. Nak siapkan benda2 ni awal2 pon xbole jgk sebab kena tggu update and request dari unit-unit lain seperti penempatan, aktiviti dll.
Pengalaman pertama membuat benda-benda macam ni, agak menarik jugak sebenarnya. Wpon2 kadang2 menyakitkan hati dan memeningkan kepala, tapi tu barulah orang panggil thrill.aha, kalau asyik senang and seronok je pon xbest jgk. Tanpa kepayahan, xde la kepuasan wpon sesuatu itu telah berjaya dicapai.
Sekarang ni pon xselesai lagi hal ni, walhal esok dah nak bertolak dah..hehe
sebenarnya semua dah siap, cuma tinggal nk finalize everything and buat lg 10 copies utk ameer/ameerah,7 hi-ace and 1 van.
well i guess let's get back to work~
Selamat ber-winter trip dan selamat bercuti!