Muhammad

    Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s.)  was born of a noble family of Banu Hashim ancestry. However, he was not fortunate enough to have been born wealthy as he was born an orphan. His father,  Abdullah bin Abdul Muttalib, died of sickness at the age of 25 on a trading journey to Syria, leaving his wife Amenah only a few months pregnant. 

Muhammad’s Birth:

     His birth was on the twelfth (12) of Rabiul Awwal 53 B.H. (570 A.D of the Christian era)  was ordinary and has no significance in Islam and the celebrations on this occasion have nothing to do with shari'ah and some people consider it Bid’ah.

       Abdul Mutalib, his grandfather who was the chief of Makkah at that time,  showed pride in him as Muhammad (s.a.w.s.)  compensated him for the loss of his son who died in the prime of his youth. His mother showed affection for her son as she awaited the best nurses to come and take care of him: The tradition at that time was that nurses would come from the desert seeking to be the custodians of the children of nobility in return for good pay and gifts. Giving that Muhammad (s.a.w.s.)  was not wealthy all nurses turned away from him, Halimah of the Banu Saad tribe was one of them, but when she could not find any other child she was ashamed to return home empty handed, so she went back and took Muhammad (s.a.w.s.), and since then Allah showered his mercy on her; for instance animals started giving plenty of milk after they had been dried. Therefore, her and her husband felt they were blessed to have taken Muhammad (s.a.w.s.)  and became very attached to him.

        Muhammad (s.a.w.s.)  spent five years with Banu Saad during which nothing out of the ordinary happened except one told incident which scared Halimah and became known as “the splitting of his chest.”  When he was playing with the other boys Jibril held him, threw him down, split his chest, took out his heart and took out a clump from it and said: “this is Satan's portion of you.”   Then he washed him in a basin made of gold with the water of zamzam, then sealed his chest and returned him where he was. The boys ran to Halimah and said Muhammad (s.a.w.s.)  has been killed. They came back and found him alive but pale. (Reported by Anas in the Hadith compilations of Muslim and Ahmed)

    Muhammad (s.a.w.s.)  returned to Makkah at the age of five to his mother and grandfather who took good care of him, but the days refused to allow him tranquility among those tender hearts, as his mother died during a visit to Madinah to visit her husbands grave. She took Muhammad (s.a.w.s.)  and his maid Umm Aiman with her. On the way back, she fell very sick and died in Abwaa leaving Muhammad (s.a.w.s.)  with Umm Aiman.

       His grandfather always took good care of him and never left him alone, he took him to all public gatherings. However, at the age of eight, Abdul Muttalib died leaving him into his uncle Abu Talib’s care. Since Abu Talib had many children and was not wealthy, Muhammad (s.a.w.s.)  insisted on sharing the burdens of life with him. He went with his uncle on a trading journey to Syria at the age of thirteen. He met a monk called Bahira during the journey, who looked at his face and the sign on his back (the sign of Prophethood) and asked Abu Talib: “What is this boy to you ?”My son he said.”  “His father should not be alive.” Said Buhira. Abu Talib then said, “Yes, in fact he is my brother’s son “and told him the rest of the story. The monk said “Now you are telling me the truth. Take him back and be careful of the Jews over him.”

      Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) then returned to Makkah and resumed his life, working as a shepherd in his early life. He did not acquire knowledge or education from a monk or a philosopher or sorcerer, as was the norm then. Instead he read through the pages of life and took what he found good. He combined the good qualities of discipline with spiritual purity, rightness and contentment.

      In this manner, he entered his third phase of life and got acquainted with his first wife Khadija (r.a.) who was a merchant woman of nobility and wealth. She had heard of his truthfulness and trustworthiness, so she offered him to take her trade to Syria  (before marrying him). He was 25 years old and she was 40 years old when they got married. Their marriage lasted until she died at the age of 65.

The Message of Islam:

          Every year, Muhammad (s.a.w.s.)  used to leave Makkah to spend Ramadan in the cave of Hiraa where he used to meditate and worship for self-purification away from  the falsehood of Jahilia. In this cave, He met with the heavenly host and listened to the voice of the angel telling  him to read. He knew that he had become a Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.s.) and that it was Jabril, the ambassador of revelation who came to him; then the mission’s struggle began.

      Quraysh spared no efforts to fight Islam and persecuted those who embraced it. The Prophet (s.a.w.s.) and his companions abused, ridiculed, humiliated, accused of indulging in magic, and the weak and oppressed believers were tortured until they disbelieved, died or swooned (as they had no clan to defend them).

      In spite of all that Islam grew stronger, so Quraysh decided to change strategy and agreed not to buy, sell or intermarry with Muslims or those who approved of their religion, protected them or sympathized with them. They wrote this agreement which was called  “The General Boycott” on a piece of parchment and hung it inside the Kaabah as a secret pact. Therefore, Muhammad (s.a.w.s.)  and his followers were forced into confinement in the Vale of Banu Hashim where they were cut off of any assistance. This boycott lasted three long years during which  only the bond of faith kept the hearts together and gave them strength. It ended after Hisham Ibn Amr (who felt very upset about the terrible plight of Muslims) gathered some clans around him and agreed to break the pact. They went to Makkah to tear the parchment and to their surprise they found that the worms had already eaten it up except the words: “In Your name O God.”

      After ten years of suffering for the mission of Islam, Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) suffered the loss of his wife Khadijah and his uncle Abu Talib, in other words, he had lost his public life, as his uncle defended him and protected him from any calamity, and his private life, as Khadijah loved, supported and shared with him the miseries and pains of the Da’wah.

Muhammad ’s Attractive Leadership:

          Muhammad led a very ordinary life yet the life style he practiced offered an example for others to follow. So this is an invitation to search through the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) lifestyle and adopt what he did in his daily activities.

      To start with read what Al Hasan (son of Ali) said about the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.s.) “Doors are not locked under him, nor do door  keepers stand for him, and trays of food are not served to him in the morning or the evening. He sits on the ground and eats his food from the ground. He wears coarse (rough) clothes and rides on  a donkey with others sitting behind him, and he licks his fingers after taking food.” 

His regular deeds:

       His habits were really simple in all aspects of his life as we see. He never started any activity without saying “In the name of Allah.”

 General Conduct in Living with People:

         Allah’s Messenger  (s.a.w.s.)   used to say salam when he arrives where people are seated and when he wishes to leave, he also says salam as “the former is as appropriate as the latter.”    (Abu Dawud)

He did not like people exalting him “He came out once leaning on a stick and a group of people stood up, he said: don’t stand up as foreigners stand up exalting each other therewith.”  (Abu Dawud)

When visiting people, he used to ask permission to enter saying “Peace be upon you, may I enter.”  (Abu Dawud) and when his guests are leaving he used to go with them to the door of the house.

Allah’s Messenger  (s.a.w.s.)   used  “to receive gifts and to give gifts back.”  (Bukhari)  and he said  “Make gifts to one another for a gift removes rancour from the chest.”  (Tirmithi)

At home, he used to serve his family. Aisha was asked about what the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) used to do in his house, she said “He used to work for his family, that is to serve his family, and when prayer time came, he goes out for prayer.”  (Bukhari)

Death of the Prophet (s.a.w.s.)

         The pains of sickness attacked the Prophet (s.a.w.s.)  since the ending of Safar of the eleventh year. Once he fainted and his family put medicine in his mouth. When he awoke, he showed his dislike of that.  During his illness he would supplicate “O Allah help me in the pangs of death.” (Bukhari: narrated by Aisha) 

  He was warning Muslims -- even when he was in the throes of death -- that they should stay committed to monotheism by saying “Allah’s curse be upon the Jews and Christians, they took their Prophet (s.a.w)’s graves as mosques.” (He was warning them against the action.)  (Al-Shaikhan)

The last thing the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) did before his death (according to Aisha):

“He lay down in my lap, brushed his teeth harder than he had ever done before ”, then his eyes were fixed and he was saying “Nay, the Companion on high from paradise.” I said to myself  “You were given the choice and you have chosen, by Him who sent you with the Truth.”  Then, he passed away.”  (Bukhari) 

This was a brief study of the Prophet (s.a.w.s.)’s way of life. It must be stressed that we will never really understand the Sirah unless we study the Qur’an and Sunnah.

Praise and Glory be to Allah, we seek Allah’s forgiveness and we turn to him in repentance.

INTERAKSI DENGAN IBU BAPA (Mengikut panduan Al-quran)

1.Kaedah ada menyebut: "Tiada ketaatan kepada makhluk dalm urusan menderhakai al-Khaliq(pencipta)."Justeru,JIka kita diarah atau disuruh untuk menderhakai Allah,maka saat itu kita perlu berhikmah menolak dan menyatakan yang benar dalam bentuk yang terindah.


2.Periksa dahulu sebarang konflik yang berlaku.Apakah ia berkaitan agama atau masalah teknikal keduniaan.Jika mampu bertoleransi,maka carilah jalan yang sesuai melalui perbincangan.Jika berkaitan dunia,adat atau seumpamanya,maka terimalah seadanya selagi taidak menyanggah syariah.


3.Jauhi kata-kata seperti: "Ah!Apalah mak dan Abah ni...tak up to date" atau: "Mummy dan Daddy tak tahu benda ni...Along yang faham" atau: "Ibu ni tak faham-faham lagi ke?" dan segala bala perkataan yang boleh mengguris jiwa.Contohilah gaya bahasa Nabi Ibrahim a.s.


4.Banyakkan merendah diri dan memohon maaf setelah melakukan perbincangan dan berinteraksi dengan ibu bapa.


5.Banyakkan istighfar,bermunajat dan dekati Allah.Minta jjuga para alim ulama' atau orang-orang soleh mendoakan kesejahteraan dan kefahaman kepada iibu dan bapa kita dan minta dihadiahkan dengan taufik-Nya. 

Jangan..Jangan...Jangan!!

Jangan sengaja lewatkan solat. Perbuatan ini Allah tidak suka. Kalau TERtidur lain cerita.
Jangan masuk ke bilik air tanpa memakai alas kaki (selipar). Takut kalau-kalau terbawa keluar najis,mengotori seluruh rumah kita.
Jangan makan dan minum dalam bekas yang pecah atau sumbing. Makruh kerana ia membahayakan.
Jangan biarkan pinggan mangkuk yang telah digunakan tidak berbasuh. Makruh dan mewarisi kepapaan.

Jangan tidur selepas solat Subuh, nanti rezeki mahal kerana berpagi-pagi itu membuka pintu berkat.
Jangan makan tanpa membaca "Bismillahirrahmanirrahim" dan doa makan. Nanti rezeki kita dikongsi syaitan.
Jangan keluar rumah tanpa niat untuk membuat kebaikan. Takut-takut kita mati dalam perjalanan.
Jangan pakai sepatu atau selipar yang berlainan pasangan. Makruh dan mewarisi kepapaan.
Jangan biarkan mata liar di perjalanan. Nanti hati kita gelap diselaputi dosa.
Jangan bergaul bebas ditempat kerja. Banyak buruk dari baiknya.
Jangan menangguh taubat bila berbuat dosa kerana mati boleh datang bila-bila masa.
Jangan ego untuk meminta maaf pada ibu bapa dan sesama manusia, kalau memang kita bersalah.
Jangan mengumpat sesama rakan taulan. Nanti rosak persahabatan kita hilang bahagia.
Jangan lupa bergantung kepada ALLAH dalam setiap kerja kita. Nanti kita sombong apabila berjaya.Kalau gagal kecewa pula.
Jangan bakhil untuk bersedekah. Sedekah itu memanjangkan umur dan memurahkan rezeki kita.
Jangan banyak ketawa. Nanti mati jiwa.
Jangan biasakan berbohong, kerana ia adalah ciri-ciri munafik dan menghilangkan kasih orang kepada kita.
Jangan suka menganiaya manusia atau haiwan. Doa makhluk yang teraniaya cepat dimakbulkan ALLAH.
Jangan terlalu susah hati dengan urusan dunia. Akhirat itu lebih utama dan hidup di sana lebih lama dan kekal selamanya. Jangan mempertikaikan kenapa ISLAM itu berkata JANGAN. Sebab semuanya untuk keselamatan kita. ALLAH lebih tahu apa yang terbaik untuk hamba ciptaanNya.

"Sebarkanlah ajaranku walau satu ayat pun" (Sabda Rasulullah SAW) "Nescaya Allah memperbaiki bagimu amalan-amalanmu dan mengampuni bagimu dosa-dosamu. Dan barangsiapa mentaati Allah dan Rasul-Nya, akan sesungguhnya ia telah mendapat kemenangan yang besar." > (Surah Al-Ahzab:71)

BENARKAH KITA ISLAM TULEN???

 Then , the story begins :

Aku punya seorang rakan baik dari zaman kanak-kanak bernama Lim Wei Choon. Sama-sama bersekolah rendah hingga ke peringkat menengah. Selepas SPM, aku masuk ke Tingkatan 6 manakala Lim dihantar keluarganya melanjutkan pelajaran ke Amerika Syarikat.

Kenangan sewaktu kanak-kanak hingga ke zaman remaja terlalu banyak yang dikongsi bersama.

Setiap kali hari raya menjelang, Lim pasti berkunjung ke rumahku untuk menikmati dodol arwah ayahku yang amat digemarinya. Kadangkala, jika ada kenduri kendara dirumahku, pasti Lim akan turut serta. Aku jarang ke rumahnya kecuali untuk beberapa sambutan seperti harijadi dan juga Tahun Baru Cina. Aku takut dengan anjing peliharaan keluarga Lim.

Dengan Lim juga aku belajar matematik manakala subjek Bahasa Malaysia sering menjadi rujukannya padaku. Kenangan-kenangan seperti memancing, mandi jeram, ponteng sekolah untuk melihat pertandingan 'breakdance', semuanya kami kongsi bersama-sama. Apa yang ingin kunyatakan ialah, warna kulit dan perbezaan agama tidak pernah menjadi penghalang persahabatan kami. 20 tahun telah berlalu, Lim telah menetap di Amerika setelah berjaya mendapat Green Card, beliau bekerja di sana. Itu yang kuketahui dari kakaknya.

Hubungan aku dengan Lim terputus setelah dia melanjutkan pelajaran. Maklumlah, di zaman kami dulu tiada internet, email atau telefon bimbit, yang ada cuma sesekali menghantar poskad bertanya khabar. Untuk menulis surat kepada lelaki amat malas kami rasakan.

Suatu pagi. Aku bertembung dengan kakak Lim di pasar , kakaknya memberitahu Lim akan pulang ke tanahair. Dan aku amat terkejut dengan berita yang kudengar dari kakaknya.

"He's name is no more Lim Wei Choon. He's now Ahmad Zulfakar Lim since 5 years ago... "

Subhanallah!

Syukur Alhamdulillah, rakan baikku telah menemui hidayah dari Allah S.W.T. Memang aku tak sabar untuk berjumpa dengannya lebih-lebih lagi setelah menjadi saudara seagama denganku.

Hari yang kutunggu-tunggu telah tiba, dan petang itu aku berkesempatan bertemu dengan Lim dirumahnya. Ada satu keraian istimewa sempena menyambut kepulangannya. Ketika aku tiba, tetamu sudah semakin berkurangan...

"Assalamu'alaikum... "

Itulah kalimat pertama dari mulutnya, wajahnya sudah jauh berubah, air mukanya amat redup dan tenang.Aku menjawab salam dan berpelukan dengannya dan kami menangis umpama kekasih yang sudah terlalu lama terpisah. 

"Ini dia olang memang sudah manyak lama kawan, dari kecik ini dua olang" 

Ibu Lim menjelaskan pada beberapa orang tetamu yang melihat peristiwa kami berpelukan dan menangis itu. Tetapi aku bukan menangis kerana apa, tetapi kerana amat sebak dan terharu dan sangat bersyukur melihat keislaman rakanku. Lim mengajak aku duduk dibuaian dihalaman rumahnya untuk berbual-bual. beliau masih fasih berbahasa melayu walau sudah lama berada diperantauan.

"Talha, kau kawan baik aku kan? Betul tak?"

"Memanglah... Kenapa kau tanya macam tu?"

"Kalau kau kawan baik aku, Kenapa kau biarkan aku diseksa?"

"Sorry Lim. Aku tak faham... diseksa? What do you mean?"

"Cuba kau fikir, kita ni kawan dari kecil. Aku ingat lagi, rumah kau tu, is my second house.Tapi, mengapakah kau tak pernah ceritakan pada aku tentang Islam? Mengapa aku kena pergi ke US baru aku dapat belajar tentang Islam? Mengapa bukan di Malaysia, negara Islam ni?Dan mengapa aku di Islamkan oleh seorang bekas paderi kristian?"

Aku terdiam, kelu tak mampu menjawab. Dan Lim terus berkata-kata. 

"Kalau betullah kau kawan baik aku, Kenapa kau cuma nak baik dengan aku di dunia saja? Kau suka tengok kawan baik kau ni diseksa didalam api neraka? Kau tahu, kalaulah aku ni tak sempat masuk islam hingga aku mati. Aku akan dakwa semua orang Islam dalam kampung kita ni sebab tak sampaikan dakwah dan risalah Islam pada aku, keluarga aku dan non muslim yang lain. Kau sedar tak, kau dah diberikan nikmat besar oleh Allah dengan melahirkan kau di dalam keluarga Islam. Tapi, nikmat itu bukan untuk kau nikmati seorang diri, atau untuk keluarga kau sendiri, kau dilahirkan dalam Islam adalah kerana ditugaskan untuk sampaikan Islam pada orang-orang yang dilahirkan dalam keluarga bukan Islam macam aku."

Aku masih tunduk dan terkata apa-apa kerana sangat malu. Berdakwah adalah tugas muslim yang paling utama, sebagai pewaris Nabi, penyambung Risalah.

"Tetapi apa yang aku lihat, orang melayu ni tidak ada roh jihad, tak ada keinginan untuk berdakwah, macam mana Allah nak tolong bangsa melayu kalau bangsa tu sendiri tak tolong ugama Allah? Aku bukan nak banggakan diri aku, cuma aku kesal... sepatutnya nikmat ini kau kena gunakan dengan betul dan tepat, kerana selagi kau belum pernah berdakwah, jangan kau fikir kau sudah bersyukur pada Allah.Dan satu lagi, jangan dengan mudah kau cop orang-orang bukan Islam itu sebagai kafir kerana kafir itu bererti ingkar. Kalau kau dah sampaikan seruan dengan betul, kemudian mereka ingkar dan berpaling, barulah kau boleh panggil kafir."

Aku menjadi amat malu, kerana segala apa yang dikatakan oleh Lim adalah benar! Dan aku tak pernah pun terfikir selama ini. Aku hanya sibuk untuk memperbaiki amalan diri sehingga lupa pada tugasku yang sebenar.

Baru aku faham, andainya tugas berdakwah ini telah dilaksanakan, Allah akan memberikan lagi pertolongan, bantuan dan kekuatan serta mempermudahkan segala urusan dunia dan akhirat sesorang itu. Petang itu aku pulang dengan satu semangat baru.

Aku ingin berdakwah!

Lim yang baru memeluk Islam selama 5 tahun itu pun telah mengislamkan lebih dari 20 orang termasuk adiknya. Mengapa aku yang hampir 40 tahun Islam ini (benarkah aku islam tulen) tidak pernah hatta walau seorang pun orang bukan Islam yang pernah kusampaikan dengan serious tentang kebenaran Islam?

Semoga Allah mengampuni diriku yang tidak faham apa itu erti nikmat dilahirkan sebagai Islam. 

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Pentoman Itqan al-muluk bi tadil as-suluk...

Pentoman itqan almulak yang telah dipersembahkan oleh pelajar Mahad Darul Quran rusila bagi memperingati jasa-jasa pengorbanan pahlawan terdahulu membangunkan islam...beribu orang hadir untuk menyaksikannya.turut hadir memeriahkan aialahUstaz Azhar Idrus(Penceramah Bebas) serta ayah chik selaku presidan PAS.