++ Halal.. dan kaitan dengan amal soleh

makanan halal, adalah satu nikmat kerana apa?

penjelasan, daripada Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali,

والمراد بهذا أن الرسل وأممهم مأمورون بالأكل من الطيبات التي هي الحلال وبالعمل الصالح ، فما دام الأكل حلالا فالعمل صالح مقبول ، فإذا كان الأكل غير حلال فكيف يكون العمل مقبولا ؟ وما ذُكر بعد ذلك من الدعاء وأنه كيف يتقبل مع الحرام فهو مثال لاستبعاد قبول الأعمال مع التغذية بالحرام

yang dimaksudkan dengan ini ialah para rasul dan ummat-ummat mereka diperintahkan untuk makan dari sumber halal iaitu bermaksud halal (dari segi makanan-pen) dan beramal soleh, selagimana memakan makanan halal, maka amal soleh diterima (disisi Allah), akan tetapi jika makanan bukannya halal, bagaimana amalan akan diterima? kemudian, disebut perihal doa iaitu bagaimana doa dapat diterima (oleh Allah) bersama dengannya sumber haram, dan ini adalah contoh (untuk pengajaran) jauhnya amal soleh yang disertakan makanan haram (dari diterima)

lihat: Jami' Ulum wal Hikam, 1/260

jagalah sumber makanan kita.. ni pendapat fiqh ok? nak check halal atau tak, sila ke JAKIM..

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++ WAYS TO TURN DOWN UNWANTED MEN...hehehe~

*WAYS TO TURN DOWN UNWANTED MEN !!!!*

*HE* *: Can I buy you a drink?**
**SHE **: Actually I'd rather have the money.**
**HE **: I'm a photographer. I've been looking for a face like yours. **
**SHE* *: I'm a plastic surgeon. I've been looking for a face like yours. **
**HE* *: Hi. Didn't we go on a date once? Or was it twice? **
**SHE* *: Must've been once. I never make the same mistake twice. **
**HE* *: How did you get to be so beautiful? **
**SHE **: I must've been given your share. **
**HE* *: Will you go out with me this Saturday?**
**SHE **: Sorry. I'm having a headache this weekend.**
**HE* *: Your face must turn a few heads.**
**SHE **: And your face must turn a few stomachs.**
**HE* *: Go on ,don't be shy. Ask me out.** **
**SHE* *: Okay, get out.**
**HE* *: I think I could make you very happy.**
**SHE **: Why? Are you leaving? **
**HE **: What would you say if I asked you to marry me? **
**SHE* *: Nothing. I can't talk and laugh at the same time. **
**HE* *: Can I have your name? **
**SHE **: Why? Don't you already have one?*
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**HE* *: Shall we go see a movie?**
**SHE **: I've already seen it. **
**HE* *: Where have you been all my life?**
**SHE **: Hiding from you.**
**HE* *: Haven't I seen you some place before?**
**SHE* *: Yes. That's why I don't go there anymore. **
**HE* *: Is this seat empty?**
**SHE **: Yes, and this one will be if you sit down.**
**HE* *: So, what do you do for a living?**
**SHE **: I'm a female impersonator. **

FORWARD TO WOMEN IN NEED OF SOME LAUGHS
(and men who may appreciate good humor)*
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++ Cat Steven - How I Came to Islam

Yusuf Islam @ Cat Steven

Cat Steven - How I Came to Islam
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All I have to say is all that you have known and to confirm what you have known, the message of the Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) as given by God - the Religion of Truth. As human beings, we are given a consciousness and a duty that has placed us at the top of creation. Man was created to be God's deputy on earth, and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life. Anybody who misses this chance is not likely to be given another, to be brought back again and again, because it says in Qur'an Majeed that when man is brought to account, he will say, "O Lord, send us back and give us another chance." The Lord will say, "If I send you back you will do the same."


MY EARLY RELIGIOUS UPBRINGING

I was brought up in the modern world of all the luxury and the high life of show business. I was born in a Christian home, but we know that every child is born in his original nature - it is only his parents that turn him to this or that religion. I was given this religion (Christianity) and thought this way. I was taught that God exists, but there was no direct contact with God, so we had to make contact with Him through Jesus - he was in fact the door to God. This was more or less accepted by me, but I did not swallow it all. I looked at some of the statues of Jesus; they were just stones with no life. And when they said that God is there, I was puzzled even more but could not argue. I more or less believed it, because I had to have respect for the faith of my parents.


POP STAR

Gradually I became alienated from this religious upbringing. I started making music. I wanted to be a big star. All those things I saw in the films and on the media took hold of me, and perhaps I thought this was my God, the goal of making money. I had an uncle who had a beautiful car. "Well," I said, "he has it made. He has a lot of money." The people around me influenced me to think that this was it; this world was their God. I decided then that this was the life for me; to make a lot of money, have a 'great life.' Now my examples were the pop stars. I started making songs, but deep down I had a feeling for humanity, a feeling that if I became rich I would help the needy. (It says in the Qur'an, we make a promise, but when we make something, we want to hold onto it and become greedy.) So what happened was that I became very famous. I was still a teenager, my name and photo were splashed in all the media. They made me larger than life, so I wanted to live larger than life and the only way to do that was to be intoxicated (with liquor and drugs).


IN HOSPITAL

After a year of financial success and 'high' living, I became very ill, contracted TB and had to be hospitalized. It was then that I started to think: What was to happen to me? Was I just a body, and my goal in life was merely to satisfy this body? I realized now that this calamity was a blessing given to me by Allah, a chance to open my eyes - "Why am I here? Why am I in bed?" - and I started looking for some of the answers. At that time there was great interest in the Eastern mysticism. I began reading, and the first thing I began to become aware of was death, and that the soul moves on; it does not stop. I felt I was taking the road to bliss and high accomplishment. I started meditating and even became a vegetarian. I now believed in 'peace and flower power,' and this was the general trend. But what I did believe in particular was that I was not just a body. This awareness came to me at the hospital. One day when I was walking and I was caught in the rain, I began running to the shelter and then I realized, 'Wait a minute, my body is getting wet, my body is telling me I am getting wet.' This made me think of a saying that the body is like a donkey, and it has to be trained where it has to go. Otherwise, the donkey will lead you where it wants to go. Then I realized I had a will, a God-given gift: follow the will of God. I was fascinated by the new terminology I was learning in the Eastern religion. By now I was fed up with Christianity. I started making music again and this time I started reflecting my own thoughts. I remember the lyric of one of my songs. It goes like this: "I wish I knew, I wish I knew what makes the Heaven, what makes the Hell. Do I get to know You in my bed or some dusty cell while others reach the big hotel?" and I knew I was on the Path. I also wrote another song, "The Way to Find God Out." I became even more famous in the world of music. I really had a difficult time because I was getting rich and famous, and at the same time, I was sincerely searching for the Truth. Then I came to a stage where I decided that Buddhism is all right and noble, but I was not ready to leave the world. I was too attached to the world and was not prepared to become a monk and to isolate myself from society. I tried Zen and Ching, numerology, tarot cards and astrology. I tried to look back into the Bible and could not find anything. At this time I did not know anything about Islam, and then, what I regarded as a miracle occurred. My brother had visited the mosque in Jerusalem and was greatly impressed that while on the one hand it throbbed with life (unlike the churches and synagogues which were empty), on the other hand, an atmosphere of peace and tranquillity prevailed.


THE QUR'AN

When he came to London he brought back a translation of the Qur'an, which he gave to me. He did not become a Muslim, but he felt something in this religion, and thought I might find something in it also. And when I received the book, a guidance that would explain everything to me - who I was; what was the purpose of life; what was the reality and what would be the reality; and where I came from - I realized that this was the true religion; religion not in the sense the West understands it, not the type for only your old age. In the West, whoever wishes to embrace a religion and make it his only way of life is deemed a fanatic. I was not a fanatic, I was at first confused between the body and the soul. Then I realized that the body and soul are not apart and you don't have to go to the mountain to be religious. We must follow the will of God. Then we can rise higher than the angels. The first thing I wanted to do now was to be a Muslim. I realized that everything belongs to God, that slumber does not overtake Him. He created everything. At this point I began to lose the pride in me, because hereto I had thought the reason I was here was because of my own greatness. But I realized that I did not create myself, and the whole purpose of my being here was to submit to the teaching that has been perfected by the religion we know as Al-Islam. At this point I started discovering my faith. I felt I was a Muslim. On reading the Qur'an, I now realized that all the Prophets sent by God brought the same message. Why then were the Jews and Christians different? I know now how the Jews did not accept Jesus as the Messiah and that they had changed His Word. Even the Christians misunderstand God's Word and called Jesus the son of God. Everything made so much sense. This is the beauty of the Qur'an; it asks you to reflect and reason, and not to worship the sun or moon but the One Who has created everything. The Qur'an asks man to reflect upon the sun and moon and God's creation in general. Do you realize how different the sun is from the moon? They are at varying distances from the earth, yet appear the same size to us; at times one seems to overlap the other. Even when many of the astronauts go to space, they see the insignificant size of the earth and vastness of space. They become very religious, because they have seen the Signs of Allah. When I read the Qur'an further, it talked about prayer, kindness and charity. I was not a Muslim yet, but I felt that the only answer for me was the Qur'an, and God had sent it to me, and I kept it a secret. But the Qur'an also speaks on different levels. I began to understand it on another level, where the Qur'an says, "Those who believe do not take disbelievers for friends and the believers are brothers." Thus at this point I wished to meet my Muslim brothers.


CONVERSION

Then I decided to journey to Jerusalem (as my brother had done). At Jerusalem, I went to the mosque and sat down. A man asked me what I wanted. I told him I was a Muslim. He asked what was my name. I told him, "Stevens." He was confused. I then joined the prayer, though not so successfully. Back in London, I met a sister called Nafisa. I told her I wanted to embrace Islam and she directed me to the New Regent Mosque. This was in 1977, about one and a half years after I received the Qur'an. Now I realized that I must get rid of my pride, get rid of Iblis, and face one direction. So on a Friday, after Jumma' I went to the Imam and declared my faith (the Kalima) at this hands. You have before you someone who had achieved fame and fortune. But guidance was something that eluded me, no matter how hard I tried, until I was shown the Qur'an. Now I realize I can get in direct contact with God, unlike Christianity or any other religion. As one Hindu lady told me, "You don't understand the Hindus. We believe in one God; we use these objects (idols) to merely concentrate." What she was saying was that in order to reach God, one has to create associates, that are idols for the purpose. But Islam removes all these barriers. The only thing that moves the believers from the disbelievers is the salat. This is the process of purification.

Finally I wish to say that everything I do is for the pleasure of Allah and pray that you gain some inspirations from my experiences. Furthermore, I would like to stress that I did not come into contact with any Muslim before I embraced Islam. I read the Qur'an first and realized that no person is perfect. Islam is perfect, and if we imitate the conduct of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) we will be successful. May Allah give us guidance to follow the path of the ummah of Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam). Ameen!

-- Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens)

Cat Steven-Before


Cat Steven-Now
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++ Untukmu Muslimah

Ibnu Umar radhiallahu anhumma telah melaporkan bahawa Nabi saw pernah bersabda,”Wahai kaum wanita! Kamu(teristimewanya) bayarlah sedekah dan banyak bertaubat, kerana daku melihat kebanyakan penghuni neraka adalah wanita.”

Salah seorang daripada pendengar berkata, “Wahai Rasulullah! Apakah kesalahan kami yang kebanyakan daripada kami akan memasuki neraka?”

Nabi saw. menjawab,”Kami paling kerap mempunyai tabiat melaknat(semasa perbualan) dan kamu lebih tidak bersyukur kepada suami kamu. Daku tidak melihat seseorang yang kekurangan dalam ketakwaan dan hikmah seperti kamu tetapi menguasai seorang yang berhikmah.”

(Bukhari, Muslim, Tarjumanus Sunnah) Hazrat Ibnu Mas’ud telah memberitakan bahawa nabi bersabda,”seseorang wanita patut ditutupi kerana apabila dia keluar, syaitan akan memandangnya,”(Tirmizi) Begitu juga, maka perlulah wanita menjaga suara supaya tidak didengari oleh orang luar. Adalah juga penting, lelaki menghindari dari melafazkan puisi di khalayak wanita lain oleh kerana wanita bersifat lembut hatinya dan mudah cenderung kepada pengaruh buruk.

(uswah rasool e akram) Hazrat Hasan Basari ra. memberitahu bahawa dia telah mendengar Rasulullah saw bersabda,”Allah melaknati orang yang memandang kepada seseorang wanita asing dan juga seseorang yang dipandang itu.”

(mishkat) Hazrat Abu Musa ra. Telah meriwayatkan bahawa Rasulullah saw bersabda,”mata yang memandang kepada seseorang lelaki atau wanita asing dengan niat buruk adalah penzinaan dan seseorang wanita yang mewangikan dirinya dan kemudiannya lalu di hadapan khalayak lelaki adalah tiada bezanya.

(tirmizi, abu daud) Hazrat Ibnu Mulaika ra memberitahu bahawa apabila seseorang menyatakan kepada Hazrat Aisyah bahawa seorang wanita sedang memakai sandal(kasut lelaki) maka dia menjawab bahawa Rasulullah melaknati wanita yang bersifat kelakian (abu daud) Adalah sunnah bagi wanita mengucap salam dan selamat antara satu sama lain dan berjabat tangan. Ini patut digalakkan.(tabrani, baihaqi)

Nota: antara sesama wanita sahaja. Ibnu Abi Dunya dan Baihaqi telah memberitakan dari Ash Shabi bahawa nabi bersabda,”laknatlah kepada penyanyi-penyanyi perempuan dan kepada sesiapa yang mereka nyanyikan,”

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++ Pandang dan hayatilah..

"Pandanglah segala sesuatu dari kacamata oranglain. Apabila hal itu menyakitkan hatimu, sangat mungkin hal itu menyakitkan hari orang lain pula."
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++ CALON SOLEHAH

Hafiz berdoa seperti kelaziman, dia meraup wajahnya. Sunat selepas maghrib menjadi penutup ibadah senjanya lewat petang itu. Hajat memang ada untuk sama-sama meraih pahala berganda di masjid, namun keletihan diri terlebih dahulu merantai keinginan mulia itu. Serik rasanya beradu kekuatan di padang bola bersama dengan orang Arab. Ganas, agresif dan kasar. Semuanya bersatu dan berpadu dan membuahkan natijah yang kurang menyenangkannya. Tersungkur jugak dia dibentes lawan. Tangannya mencapai minyak habbatussauda’ untuk disapukan pada bahagian yang sudah nampak lebam biru kehitaman. Kakinya hampir saja kejang. Aduh! Dia mengeluh. Matanya terpaku pada penanda buku unik yang terselit malu pada Tafsir Quran. Jamahan matanya menyatakan dalam kiasan nurani penanda buku itu unik rekaannya. Seunik bicara dan hujah pemberi “book mark” itu. Kemas dengan kesan “liminate”, berukuran comel 30cm panjang kali 5cm lebar. Kalimah bertinta ungu itu menarik perhatiannya malah tersemat utuh di hatinya. Terkesan siapa yang membaca hikmah puitis itu. “Layakkah kita untuk mengasihi manusia sekiranya kasih dan cinta kita pada Pencipta manusia itu masih belum mantap. Tepuklah dada tanyalah iman.”

Semusim percutianku sebelum melanjutkan pengajian di Universiti Yarmouk ini, sememangnya meninggalkan kesan yang mendalam pada hatiku. Alasan yang aku kemukakan semata-mata untuk mengelak apabila Tok Ayah persoalkan tentang jodoh ternyata membuahkan satu mutiara kenangan. Kenangan yang menautkan dua hati melalui penyatuan idea mengenai CALON SOLEHAH. “Mencari seorang calon isteri yang solehah bolehlah kita umpamakan sebagai mencari gagak putih. Semakin ia bernilai maka lazimnya semakin susah untuk kita dapatkan."
Agaknya inilah penyebab ramainya anak muda yang masih mencari-cari jodoh sedangkan umur semakin meningkat…lewat menunaikan seru!!!.

“ Hafiz, kamu tidak mahu berkahwin ke?” eh, tiba-tiba pula Tok Ayah mengutarakan soalan cepu mas ini. Pengajian memang sudah tamat namun hajat di hati ingin menyambung ke peringkat sarjana masih segar.

“Bukan tak berkeinginan Tok Ayah tapi..hajat nak mencari yang solehah. Biar dunia tidak berat sebelah .” Harap-harap inilah alasan yang agak kukuh.

“Nak cari yang benar-benar solehah, bukanlah satu usaha yang mudah. Nak yang solat di awal waktu, hormati ibu dan ayah, pandai mengaji Quran, menutup aurat..ish, banyak sungguh ciri-ciri kamu Hafiz!!. Alamatnya, sampai Tok Ayah berumah kat batu dua lah baru sampai hajatnya. ”

“ Susahlah Tok Ayah…yang sipi-sipi ada lah jugak jumpa…” sempat juga aku melontarkan idea spontan aku. Tok Ayah hanya menggeleng.

Pertemuan dengan Raihanah berlaku secara tidak sengaja, ketika bersama-sama Tok Ayah singgah ke warung pagi itu. Suka benar Tok Ayah dengan nasi lemak air tangan ibu saudara Raihanah. Dia kurang mengenali siapa Raihanah. Malah daripada cerita ibu saudaranya itu Raihanah adalah anak abangnya yang tinggal di Kedah. Tamat pengajian gadis itu bermastautin sementara di kampungnya. manis tapi jarang tersenyum. Kulit asianya terlindung di sebalik baju t-shirt labuh paras lutut dan bertangan panjang itu, dengan tudung turki bercorak flora. Tiada yang istimewa sangat! Namun peristiwa malam itu di surau ternyata membuktikan bahawa gadis itu bukanlah sebarangan gadis. Mempunyai daya tarikan pada yang tahu menilai mutiara wangian syurga ini.

“Calon isteri yang solehah.Orang lelaki nak yang solehah sahaja, tapi kadangkala diri sendiri dia tak check betul-betu!!,” ngomel seorang gadis ketika perbincangan ilmiah pada malam itu apabila Tok Ayah menyatakan mengenai topik tersebut. Aku sekadar tersenyum. Kelaziman kuliah maghrib lebih berbentuk ilmiah untuk menarik golongan muda bersama-sama meluahkan pendapat. Mendengar kata-kata gadis itu aku tersenyum sendirian.

“Raihanah ada sebarang pendapat? ” soal Tok Ayah apabila gadis bertelekung putih itu hanya sekadar menjadi pemerhati debat tidak formal itu.“Sekadar pendapat Tok Ayah. Jika kita nak bakal zaujah kita seorang yang solehah, yang bertaqwa saya ada satu tips ". Riuh seketika. “Sebelum kita kaji dan tilik bakal isteri kita paling afdal kita tilik diri kita dulu. Teropong dulu takat mana iman dan taqwa kita!” aku sedikit terkelu. Macamana agaknya? Namun persoalan itu hanya berlegar-legar di fikiran kosongku, tidak terluah.

“Nak dapat bakal isteri yang solehah, paling penting syarat utamanya solehkan dulu diri anda. Di sinilah dapat kita kaitkan konsep bakal isteri yang solehah untuk bakal suami yang soleh. tabur ciri-ciri suami soleh dalam diri. Siramkan sahsiah mulia dengan sifat mahmudah lelaki soleh ". Aku mengangguk tanda setuju dengan pendapat bernas itu.

“Tapi, ada jaminan ke kita akan mendapat bakal isteri yang solehah? ” ada Qariah muda berani untuk mengutarakan soalan. “Bergantung pada diri kita sebenarnya. Suburnya ciri-ciri lelaki soleh pada diri kita insyaAllah akan meningkatkan iman dan taqwa kita. Semakin cerahlah peluang untuk kita mendapat calon yang solehah. Jodoh adalah kerja Allah. Ingatlah jaminan Allah dalam surah Nisa’ bahawa lelaki yang soleh telah ditetapkan akan dipertemukan dengan perempuan yang solehah. Lelaki yang mukmin untuk perempuan yang mukminat.” Raihanah melepas lelah barangkali. Lalu dia tersenyum.

“ Teruskan usaha mencari calon yang solehah. Tapi, dalam masa yang sama tingkatkan nilai kesolehan anda. Inilah strategi serampang dua mata, macam DEB. Cuma satu nasihat saya, jangan letakkan syarat bakal zaujah itu terlalu tinggi . "

“Kenapa pulak?” Tanya Tok Ayah. Eh, Tok ayah pun mengambil bahagian juga?...bukankah hakikat sebuah perkahwinan adalah saling melengkapi... insyaAllah jika ada yang kurang pada bakal zaujah, tampunglah selepas perkahwinan tersebut. Hal iman dan taqwa janganlah diambil remah. Jangan nak berlebih dan berkurang dalam hal mencari pasangan kita. Mengambil kata-kata daripada laman Kemudi hati dalam Anis, kebanyakan lelaki menilai dan meletakkan piawaian yang tinggi untuk bakal zaujahnya tetapi merendahkan piawaian itu untuk dirinya…itu adalah silap tafsir.” Alhamdulillah, sekarang terbuka sudah pemikiran ruang lingkup. Aku tersenyum. Terima kasih Raihanah. Tok Ayah juga tersenyum. Ada hikmah di sebalik semua ini.

“Hafiz, ada surat untuk anta daripada Malaysia!!”. Kenyitan mata Syahid sewaktu menyerahkan surat bersampul unggu itu diikuti dengan gelak tawa rafiknya yang lain mematikan lamunannya. Senyuman yang berbunga di bibir Syahid seolah-olah memberitahunya bahawa warkah itu sudah pastinya daripada tunangannya, Raihanah!! . Calon pilihan Tok Ayah, dan juga hatinya yang kini sedang meneruskan pengajian peringkat Sarjana Undang-undang di Universiti Islam Antarabangsa. Alhamdulillah, gadis inilah yang telah menemukannya titik noktah pencarian CALON SOLEHAH.
Syukur Ya Allah!!!

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++ Jiwa...

"Setiap jiwa yang dilahirkan telah tertanam dengan benih untuk mencapai keunggulan hidup. Tetapi benih itu tidak akan tumbuh seandainya tidak dibajai dengan keberanian"


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