MUSIM SEJUK BAGI MUKMIN

Musim sejuk akan tiba lagi!!bg negara-negara Timur Tengah(ARAB) pada akhir tahun selalunya akan dilanda musim sejuk yang masing-masing berbeza darjahnya,ada yang terlampau sejuk, ada yang sederhana sejuk,dan ada juga sejuk biasa-biasa je...
dan ambo pulak akan menerima sejuk yang boleh dikatakan sederhanalah bagi ambo kot, sebab kira ok lah musim sejuk kat Republic Yemen ni taklah sampai ada salji
cuma angin yang kencang dan sejuk sahaja syukur Alhamdulillah.Tapi percayalah setiap musim yang melanda pada kita ini sebenarnya banyak mengajar MUKMIN untuk lebih BERSABAR.

Perubahan empat musim dalam setahun sewajibnya mengingatkan kita kepada hari Akhirat. Bahang musim panas mengingatkan pada seksa neraka, Sejuk yang mengcengkam mengingatkan kita kepada keperitan neraka sejuk. Musim luruh pula, manusia mengumpul hasil-hasil baki buah untuk disimpan dirumah, mengingatkan kita untuk mempersiapkan bekalan untuk hari kemudian. Seterusnya musim bunga adalah musim yang paling indah mengingatkan kita kepada kesenangan dan nikmat syurga.

Patutlah Ibnu Mas’ud RA mengalu-alukan kedatangan musim sejuk dengan berkata ;
“ Selamat datang musim sejuk, turun padanya keberkatan, malamnya panjang untuk berqiamullail, pendek siangnya untuk berpuasa.”

Nabi SAW juga bersabda :
” الشتاء ربيع المؤمن“.زاد فى رواية : ” طال ليله فقامه، وقصر نهاره فصامه“
Yang bermaksud ; “ Musim sejuk adalah musim bunga bagi orang beriman.” Ditambah dalam riwayat lain; “panjang malamnya, lalu dia berqiamullail padanya, pendek siangnya, lalu dia berpuasa padanya.”
Ini kerana orang yang beriman dapat mengecapi kemanisan ketaatan di kebun ibadah. Pahala berpuasa di siangnya adalah ‘ghanimah sejuk’ sebagaimana di dalam hadis riwayat Tirmizi :
” الصيام فى الشتاء الغنيمة الباردة“
Dia dapat berpuasa pada siang harinya tanpa keperitan lapar dan dahaga kerana cuacanya yang sejuk dan tempoh siangnya pendek .
Qiamullail menjadi senang pada musim sejuk kerana tempoh malam yang panjang memberikan peluang kepada kita untuk tidur secukupnya, dan kemudian bangun beribadat pada sebahagian malamnya. Kelebihannya sangat besar sebagaimana kata Ibnu Rejab RA :
” قيام ليل الشتاء يعدل صيام نهار الصيف.“
“ Bangun malam pada musim sejuk menyamai puasa di siang musim panas.”

Namun, kita tidak hanya dituntut melakukan ibadah-ibadah khusus. Bahkan, di musim sejuk ini, menjadi kewajipan kepada orang beriman untuk membantu golongan faqir miskin dan mustadh’afin seperti rakyat Palestin, Iraq dan Afghanistan yang hidup dalam kedhaifan dan serba tidak cukup bekalan seperti pakaian, selimut dan makanan di musim sejuk yang mengcengkam tulang sum-sum.

Sabda Nabi SAW :
“ Barangsiapa yang mempunyai lebihan daripada bekalan, maka peruntukkanlah kepada orang yang tidak mempunyai bekalan.”

Berkata Saidina Ali KWJH :
“ Sesungguhnya Allah Taala mewajibkan ke atas orang kaya pada harta mereka kadar yang mengcukupkan keperluan golongan faqir di kalangan mereka...Dan menjadi hak kepada Allah untuk menghisab mereka di hari Akhirat dan mengazab mereka di atas perkara tersebut.”

The Significance of belief in the Hereafter

First: Belief in the Hereafter is one of the six pillars of Faith upon which a believer’s faith rests and without which his faith turns invalid.

Second: He who does not believe in Allah and the Hereafter lives like an animal in this world, unaware of the purpose of his creation. This present life is meaningless without belief in the Hereafter, for it becomes disconnected from the past and the future.

A contemporary existentialist, realizing the fact, regarded life as something futile and waiting for more of it is just foolishness; for the continuity of life means merely further opportunity to do mischief to others. So, he who wants to save himself or his beloved persons from his own evil and that of the others, should set out to get rid of his life and the life of his beloved persons.

To apply his philosophy, this philosopher, seeing his wife at her happiest moment, and wishing to protect her from any future potential misery, hurried to slaughter her and then deliver up himself to the police. The police raised his case to the authorities, till the then president of the Republic heard of it. He then said: “ It is shameful for France to imprison her mind! Send him to the mental hospital!” in order to find him a way out of the reach of judiciary.

Third: He who does not believe in Allah and the Hereafter is utterly concerned with this life and the interests and benefits he can acquire. He does his best to compete with others to get what they possess to enjoy the largest share before death deprives him of his pleasures. You find him exert himself to carry out his aims, regardless of the means, whether through forgery, deception, usurpation, oppression, murder, rape, tricks or hypocrisy. He never fears the Lord’s penalty. He is only cautious of being exposed to the questioning of the law and the penalty of human authorities. If he could avoid them and succeed in misleading them, he would set out like a wild beast non-stop. So, man without belief in the Hereafter is a wild monster, for his only concern is this life and seeks nothing but its personal pleasures and worldly interests.

Remembering death would kindle the fire of desires and greed in himself and his heart and drive him to realize his desires and his ambitions through any evil means before he dies.

In contrast, a believer in the Hereafter knows that this worldly life is just a prelude to his life in the Hereafter, to which he will transfer through death, and that he has to do good deeds and avoid bad deeds in order to win the Lord’s satisfaction and enter Paradise of the eternal ever-lasting prosperity and happiness, and to get safe from the Fire. He believes that Allah (SWT) will not render any of his deeds invalid, but he will reward him for it by admitting him into Paradise.

The believer’s remembering of death increases his clearness of mind and his insight, and urges him to get ready for the Hereafter and worship his Lord, behave according to Islamic moral tenets, instruct others to do good and avoid evil. You would see him truthful in his speech, keeping his promise, trustful, doing good and resisting evil. He does not deceive or cheat others, steal, kill or commit adultery, or backbite. He is the righteous normal human being.

The vices we see today spreading among Muslims can be attributed to some weakness in their belief in the Hereafter. Allah knows better: May Allah bestow his blessing on our Prophet Muhammad, his Family and his Companions.

Belief in the Hereafter

We have come from the unseen world and will move into it again. Each world has its own peculiar laws. Moving from one world into another entails changes in the laws we are controlled by, because of such transfer.

Do you not see that the laws controlling us while we are fetuses in our mothers’ wombs are different from those waiting for us outside the womb? But even the laws controlling us on the surface of the earth are different from those controlling the astronauts in outer space. What about the laws that are waiting for us after our death and departure from this life? None can inform us for sure about our future we are heading for except He Who will transfer us to it. It is Allah, the Glorified, the Almighty. Therefore, He sends the Messengers (Peace be upon them all) to inform us of our own future and the type of life and the laws that we will face in the stage of life following death.

Allah (SWT) says: “He sends the revelation by His command to any of His slaves He wills that he may warn (men) of the Day of Mutual Meeting. The Day whereon they will all come forth: not a single thing concerning them will be hidden from Allah. Whose will be the Dominion that Day? That of Allah, the One, the Irresistible.” (XL: 15-16)

1.The Indicators of the Hereafter.
Its mention in the Qur’an and Sunnah: He Who created the Day of Resurrection and Paradise and Hell tells us of what He has prepared for his believing servants and what He has threatened the unbelievers with.

2.Playfulness is impossible: We cannot be left uncontrolled (without purpose):
This life without the Hereafter would be futile. Allah is too Exalted and Superior to do something futile. Purposefulness is evident in all aspects of this Universe and its structure and in all man’s cells and systems. Every part of man’s body has been created for a specific purpose. How, then, could life as a whole have been created in play and without purpose? Therefore, there must be a wise purpose, which, if not evident in this life, must be revealed on another Day.

3.The Divine Justice:
If you should see a tyrant oppressing a little child, you would certainly feel annoyed and would disdain that aggression, and any act of injustice you may witness. A donkey witnessing the same scene of oppression and injustice would not be stimulated to hate the oppressor, for the Creator has created you with innate love for justice, but He has not created the donkey with the same trait.

Every human being has been created like you, with that love for justice. If we were to collect all the justice distributed among former and latter people, in the persons of Prophets and honorable righteous people it would be just a flash of Allah’s Justice, for love of justice is a trait of perfection. As the Creator is more perfect than His creatures, He is characterized by perfect flawless justice.

4.The proof of propriety:
If you should visit a materially civilized country and see all the streets in all the cities paved and provided with lamp-posts, you would conclude that the Law of the state and its system require that the streets be paved and lit.

5.Greed and love of immortality:
Creating limbs for a fetus seems purposeless for it cannot use them in the narrow space of the womb, where it does not need them. But the purpose of creating them becomes evident when the body is born leaving behind that narrow space to live in a wider area where it needs these limbs to walk and move from one place to another on the land. Thus, creating these limbs perfectly has been for the sake of a following stage of life.

6.The proof of initiation and repetition.

7.The proof of reward and punishment:
Allah (SWT) has not made this life a place for absolute full requital or recompense. Yet it is often so, for a great many criminals are captured after a long series of crimes! Many oppressed persons are recompensed by Allah by punishing their oppressors. Many unbelieving nations were destroyed by Allah after having been prosperous and powerful. Many believers have been granted victory over their enemies as a result of invoking Allah, Who responded to their prayers.

When Muslims adhered to their religion and observed its instructions they enjoyed Allah’s support, but when they deviated, Allah made their enemies overpower them. When the imperialists came to fight against Islam and oppress the Muslims, the oppressed nations revolted against them and dismissed them from their countries. When the Soviet Union disseminated disbelief, injustice and corruption, Allah destroyed it while it was at the peak of its power. So, if we survey the life of individuals, families and societies, we notice that this life is almost a place of recompense where an offender is punished and that who does good is rewarded.

Thinking over that will lead you to conclude that He Who inflicts upon the unbelievers, oppressors and tyrants some of the penalty they deserve, will certainly give them their full due retribution in the Hereafter, as Allah (SWT) says about the people of ‘Ad: “So We sent upon them a furious wind in days of evil omen that we might give them a taste of disgracing torment in the present worldy life. But surely the torment of the Hereafter will be more disgracing, and they will never be helped.” (XLI: 16).

8.The appearance of the Signs of the Hour (approach of the Day of Judgement):
Allah’s Messenger (Peace be upon him) told us about events that would take place in this life, and would be signs indicating the approach of the Day of Judgement.

The Signs of the Hour we have seen confirm the truthfulness of what Allah’s Messenger (Peace be upon him) has told about the Hour and the Hereafter. And as we have seen these signs in reality in this world we will see Paradise and Hell in reality and each party will find what it has been promised. Allah (SWT) says: “And the dwellers of Paradise will call out to the dwellers of the Fire (saying): ‘We have indeed found true what our Lord had promised us. Have you also found true what your Lord promised?’ They shall say: ‘Yes.’ Then a crier will proclaim between them: ‘The curse of Allah is on the wrongdoers.’” (VII: 44)

Adakah kita MUSLIM @ KAFIR?

ALLAH mengasihi Muslim dan membenci kepada orang kafir. Setiap Muslim percaya kedudukannya lebih tinggi daripada orang kafir.

Muslim akan mendapat keselamatan daripada Allah, sedangkan orang kafir tidak. Muslim akan masuk ke syurga, manakala orang kafir ke neraka.


Ini memberikan suatu gambaran antara Muslim dan orang kafir tidak sama, bahkan ada perbezaan yang besar. Mengapa?

Sepintas lalu, Muslim mahupun bukan Muslim, semuanya daripada satu keturunan - Nabi Adam a.s dan semuanya dikurniakan pancaindera yang sama seperti tangan, kaki, mata dan telinga.

Mereka juga makan dari sumber yang sama, bahkan di negara kita, makanan terjamin halalnya.

Menarik nafas daripada udara yang sama, bahkan menikmati kehidupan di tanah air dan hasil bumi yang sama.

Allah yang menciptakan kita orang Islam adalah Pencipta orang bukan Islam juga, jadi kenapa ada perbezaan di antara kita orang Islam dan orang bukan Islam?

Mengapa pula kita semua kelak akan masuk ke syurga, sedangkan mereka ke neraka?

Tidak mungkin perbezaan itu hanya kerana berbezanya sepatah dua nama dengan seorang bernama Abdullah, manakala seorang lagi bernama John.

Mustahil juga hanya disebabkan seorang Muslim tidak memakan babi, manakala orang kafir memakannya atau seorang Muslim berkhatan dan rakannya yang bukan Muslim tidak berkhatan?

Apakah dengan perkara itu mengakibatkan kedudukan orang kafir di sisi Allah adalah rendah, dibenci dan dihumban ke neraka kemudian nanti sedangkan orang Islam ke syurga?

Tentu sebab perbezaan di atas tidak cukup kuat. Ini kerana ada juga orang bukan Islam turut berkhatan, tidak makan babi, tidak minum minuman keras, tidak berjudi dan tidak menganiayai orang. Di mana perbezaan besar itu?

Sebenarnya Muslim dan bukan Muslim atau kafir adalah dua subjek yang memberikan pengertian, watak dan cara berlainan. Di sinilah perbezaannya.

Islam bererti kepatuhan kepada Allah sedangkan kafir atau kufur ialah keingkaran terhadap Allah.

Memanglah Muslim dan kafir sama-sama manusia dan hamba Allah, tetapi Muslim diberikan kedudukan mulia kerana mengakui Allah, sedangkan orang kafir tidak mengakui-Nya lalu kedudukannya rendah.

Allah lebih menyayangi Muslim kerana mematuhi perintah-Nya, sedangkan orang kafir dibenci kerana tidak mengakui-Nya dan mengingkari perintah-Nya, bahkan langsung tidak kenal Allah.

Oleh kerana itu, Allah menjanjikan syurga kepada orang Islam, manakala orang kafir dijanjikan neraka. Adil bukan!

Dari perbincangan di atas, nyata juga kepada kita dua aspek yang membawa perbezaan di antara seorang Muslim dan seorang kafir iaitu aspek pengetahuan dan perbuatan.

Pengetahuan yang dimaksudkan seorang Muslim itu tahu Tuhannya, tahu perintah Tuhannya dan cara untuk melaksanakannya serta mengetahui perbuatan disukai dan dibenci Tuhan.

Apabila sudah tahu, dia harus bertindak menjadikan dirinya sebagai hamba Tuhan. Sebagai hamba kemahuan sendiri sekiranya bertentangan dengan kehendak Tuhan seharusnya diabaikan.

Orang kafir, tiada pengetahuan ini. Malah, segelintir yang mengetahuinya buat-buat tidak tahu, sengaja memekakkan telinga, membutakan mata dan membisukan mulut daripada mengakui Allah adalah Tuhan.

Justeru, mereka dimasukkan dalam golongan membangkang dan ingkar, tidak mendapat limpahan rahmat daripada-Nya.

Sekarang, seandainya ada orang menyatakan dirinya Muslim, tetapi sama jahil seperti seorang kafir mengenai Islam dan turut sama membangkang, dapatkah kita katakan kedudukannya lebih tinggi daripada orang kafir?

Apa pula alasannya mengatakan dia berhak memperoleh rahmat Allah di dunia dan akhirat?

Kita bangga kerana semakin ramai Muslim, sama ada Islam warisan atau pemelukan baru, tetapi apabila sudah ramai, bertengkar pula sesama sendiri. Kualiti pula belum boleh dikatakan cemerlang.

Islam bukanlah bersifat kesukuan, kekeluargaan dan persaudaraan yang langsung diwariskan orang tua kepada anak dan daripada anak kepada cucu-cicit.

Kedudukan sebagai Muslim tidak diperoleh kerana keturunan sebagaimana halnya kasta, di mana anak seorang Brahman akan tetap memperoleh kedudukan tinggi walaupun bodoh dan jahat perangainya kerana dia memang lahir dalam keluarga berkedudukan tinggi.

Sementara anak daripada orang tua berkasta rendah akan tetap berkedudukan rendah kerana memang dia lahir dalam keluarga yang hina.

Nabi Ibrahim a.s misalnya dilahirkan di tengah keluarga seorang penyembah berhala, tetapi baginda tidak menyembah sama, malah baginda menggunakan fikiranya untuk mengenali Allah dan mentaati perintah-Nya.

Sebaliknya putera Nabi Nuh a.s lahir dalam keluarga seorang nabi, tetapi tidak mengerti mengenai Allah dan tidak mentaati-Nya.

Allah menghukumnya sedemikian rupa tanpa mempedulikan keluarganya.

Apa pun perbezaan antara seorang dengan yang lain, baik pada kedudukannya, layanan dan akibatnya kemudian hari, dalam pandangan Allah hal itu berhubung erat dengan pengetahuan dan perbuatan.

Baik di dunia ini mahupun di akhirat nanti, rahmat Allah dilimpahkan kepada mereka yang mengerti Allah, tahu jalan yang benar ditunjukkan-Nya dan melaksanakan perintah-Nya.

"Sesungguhnya orang yang paling mulia di antaramu di sisi Allah ialah orang yang paling bertaqwa di antara kamu..." (Al-Quran, surah al-Hujurat: Ayat 13)

Ertinya, kedudukan sebenar bukanlah dinilai melalui keturunan dan suku kaum orang itu, tetapi keimanan dan ketakwaannya.

Semakin banyak pengetahuan mengenai Allah, semakin taat kepada perintah-Nya, akan semakin tinggi pulalah kedudukan pada mata Allah.