Jangan cakap pasal Islam!

'Jangan cakap pasal Islam!'

Pernahkah mendengar perkataan-perkataan ini?
Saya dah banyak kali dah sampaikan kadang-kadang bosan mendengarnya.
Kadang-kala dalam bentuk nasihat dan kadang-kala dalam keadaan marah.

Memang saya faham budaya orang Melayu yang menganggap berbincang tentang Islam adalah perkara yang dianggap 'taboo' iaitu perkara yang tidak harus dilakukan tapi sengaja saya lakukannya. Apa tidaknya, apabila ada yang jahil dan bagi pendapat yang tidak bernas tentang Islam.

Mengapa orang Melayu tak suka berbicara tentang Islam? Ini adalah salah satu soalan yang agak lama di kepala saya. Selepas mempelajari tentang sejarah Islam di Malaysia barulah faham mengapa adanya budaya yang tidak membina ini. Terlalu panjang untuk diceritakan di sini.

Muslim zaman ini suka kepada hiburan dan dunia, Islam disisihkan seolah-olah hanyalah satu 'agama' atau 'kepercayaan' sahaja. Bagi sesetengah mereka ini, mereka menganggap bila dah ada 'Islam' di kad pengenalan maka itu sudah cukup untuk menempah tempat di syurga. Islam secara praktikal (deen) dalam setiap aspek kehidupan dilupakan.

Saya lebih suka jika Islam disebut dan dibicarakan di mana-mana sahaja. Bukankah berbicara tentang Islam dari segi ilmiah adalah lebih baik daripada berbicara tentang bola sepak, artis, permainan politik, mengumpat dan sebagainya?

Jika muslim sentiasa berbicara tentang Islam, mana mungkin kumpulan-kumpulan yang membawa agama yang sesat mampu untuk bercambah di tanah air kita?

Manakah silapnya muslim di Malaysia sehingga tidak suka kepada perkara yang baik?

HARI RAYA EID MUBARAK

Taqabbalallahu minnaa wa minkum



A nasheed by Native Deen called 'Eid Morning' from the album 'Not Afraid to Stand Alone

These are the lyrics
Chorus
Allahu-Akbar-U'llahu-Akbar-U'llaahu-Akbar, Laa-Ilaha Ill'allah
Allahu-Akbar-U'llahu-Akbar-U Wa-Lillah'il-Hamd
Allahu-Akbar-U'llahu-Akbar-U'llaahu-Akbar, Laa-Ilaha Ill'allah
Allahu-Akbar-U'llahu-Akbar-U Wa-Lillah'il-Hamd

Allahu Akbar-U-Kabira ... Wal-Hamdu-Lillahi Kathira
Wa-Subhan'allahi Wa-Be-Hamdi-Hi Bukra-Tan Wa-Ascila

Laa-Ilaha-Ill'alla-Hu Wahdah ... Sadaqa Wa-Adah ... Wa-Nasara Abdah
Wa-A-Azza Junda-Hu Wa-Hazam'al-Ahzaab Wahdah

Laa-Ilaha Ill'allah ... Wa-La Na-A-Budu Illaa Iyyah
Mukh-Le-Scina Lah'uddina Walaw Karih'al-Kaafiroon

Allah-Umma-Salli-Ala Sayyedinaa Muhammad,
Wa-Ala Aali Sayyedinaa Muhammad
Wa-Ala As'habi Sayyedinaa Muhammad,
Wa-Ala An'sari Sayyedinaa Muhammad
Wa-Ala Azwaji Sayyedinaa Muhammad,
Wa-Ala-Zurriyati-Sayyedina Muhammad-In
Wa-Sallim Tasliman Kathira

Translation Of Takbeer-Ul-Eid

Allah is great, Allah is great, Allah is great, There is no god but Allah
Allah is great, Allah is great, and praise is due to Him.
Allah is great, Allah is great, Allah is great, There is no god but Allah

Allah is great, Allah is great, and praise is due to Him.
Allah is the Greatest, and an abundance of praise is due to Him,
And glory and praise be to him morning and evening.

There is no god but Allah, alone, He was true to His promise,
And He granted victory to His worshipper, and He supported His group,
And He conquered the parties (of evil) all by Himself.

There is no deity but Allah, and we worship no one but Him,
And we will sincerely follow the religion for Him,
Even against the wishes of the unbelievers.

May Allah pray upon our Muhammad, and upon his family,
And upon his companions, and upon his supporters,
And upon his wives, And upon his descendants,
And grant an abundance of peace on him.

Habis RM800 bertuntung

Sumber: http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/HabisRM800bertuntung/Article

Habis RM800 bertuntung
Oleh Misiah Taib

2010/09/05
KUCHING: Mahli Udin, 56, tidak pernah gagal meneruskan tradisi bertuntung dengan menghiaskan halaman rumahnya dengan pelita dan lampu warna-warni sejak 15 tahun lalu.

Kini, dengan adanya Pertandingan Pesta Bertuntung Berita Harian 2010 yang dianjurkan buat julung kali tahun ini, Mahli memilih untuk membina sebuah pintu gerbang memasuki halaman kediamannya di Jalan Haji Kassan, Kampung No 5, dekat sini.

Pertandingan itu dirasmikan secara meriah malam tadi pada majlis yang dihadiri Menteri Perumahan dan Pembangunan Bandar Sarawak, Datuk Amar Abang Johari Openg; Timbalan Menteri Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi, Fadillah Yusof; Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif The New Straits Times Press (M) Berhad (NSTP), Datuk Anthony Firdauz Bujang; Pengarang Kumpulan Berita Harian, Datuk Mior Kamarul Shahid; Pengarah Pemasaran NSTP, Zuraida Mohamad dan Pengarang Edisi Mingguan, Kadir Dikoh.
Mahli juga sanggup membelanjakan RM800 untuk membeli 42 set lampu warna-warni dan 150 pelita minyak tanah untuk dipasang di pekarangan rumah dan jika dikira harga minyak tanah yang kini mencecah RM2.41 seliter, kos yang perlu ditanggung warga emas itu boleh mencecah lebih RM1,000.

Sambil memuji Berita Harian kerana menghidupkan semula pertandingan bertuntung yang tidak diadakan sejak tujuh tahun lalu, Mahli berharap pada masa depan hadiah wang tunai yang ditawarkan dapat dinaikkan sejajar dengan kos yang perlu ditanggung peserta.

Kali terakhir pertandingan bertuntung ialah pada 2003. Saya pernah menjuarai pertandingan bertuntung sembilan tahun berturut-turut antara 1996 hingga 2003. Ketika itu ia dianjurkan Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) dan Yayasan Budaya Melayu Sarawak (YBMS), katanya.

Berita Harian menyediakan hadiah wang tunai RM19,700 bagi pertandingan yang dibahagikan kepada dua kategori, kampung dan rumah. Juara kategori kampung akan menerima RM7,000, manakala johan kategori rumah menerima RM1,000. Penganjuran pesta ini mendapat kerjasama Dewan Bandaraya Kuching Utara (DBKU) dan Pusat Khidmat Parlimen Petra Jaya.
Mahli berkata, untuk menyertai Pesta Bertuntung Berita Harian 2010, anaknya, Mohd Suhazari Mahli, 16, bersama empat rakan membantu membina pintu gerbang kayu tertulis Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri yang mengambil masa dua hari untuk disiapkan.

Kami mula bertuntung malam dua likur (2 September). Biarpun pertandingan diadakan sehingga malam hari pertama Aidilfitri, kami akan bertuntung hingga hari ketujuh Aidilfitri seperti yang biasa kami lakukan setiap tahun, katanya.

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KOMEN SAYA:

Baik duit tu guna untuk derma kat anak yatim. Dapat pahala untuk akhirat.
RM800 cukup membiayai seorang anak yatim selama hampir setahun.




Yang pi anjurkan juga entah apa prioriti dia. Kalau duit dah bannyak dan taktau nak buat apa, baik dermakan sahaja.

The Halal Problem

Source: http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/MinyaksapijenamaQBBPureGheetidakhalal/Article

Minyak sapi jenama QBB Pure Ghee tidak halal

2010/09/04
KUALA LUMPUR: Pengguna beragama Islam diingatkan supaya tidak membeli dan menghentikan pengambilan minyak sapi jenama QBB Pure Ghee yang sudah ditarik balik status halalnya oleh Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM) 19 Ogos lalu kerana didapati mengandungi elemen yang meragukan.

Meskipun arahan untuk menarik balik barangan ini dari pasaran sudah dikeluarkan, namun berikutan permintaan tinggi bahan itu ketika Ramadan terutama menjelang sambutan Aidilfitri, pengguna dinasihatkan supaya memilih produk yang diyakini halal sebagai alternatif.

Pegawai Kerja Persatuan Pengguna Islam Malaysia (PPIM), Mohd Mustaffa Hamzah, juga menggesa syarikat pengeluar produk berkenaan, QBI Packaging Sdn Bhd menarik balik semua produk itu dalam pasaran kerana ia boleh mengelirukan pengguna Islam kerana tanda halal masih ada pada produk itu walaupun sudah ditarik balik oleh JAKIM.
Kami menerima banyak aduan daripada pengguna bahawa produk itu masih di pasaran dan ramai yang keliru sama ada ia halal atau pun sebaliknya kerana masih ada logo halal JAKIM tertera pada produk berkenaan, katanya kepada pemberita di sini semalam.

Beliau berharap JAKIM dapat melakukan pemantauan rapi manakala syarikat terbabit dapat memberikan kerjasama dalam memastikan semua produk ditarik balik dari pasaran.

Sementara itu dalam perkembangan lain, Setiausaha Kerja PPIM, Datuk Nadzim Johan meminta supaya Kementerian Kesihatan memantau dan menetapkan prosedur yang lebih ketat dan jelas kepada pengusaha pusat dialisis bagi memastikan ia terus diyakini.

Ini berikutan dakwaan seorang pesakit buah pinggang, Osman Mohamad, 53, dari Sabak Bernam yang kini menderita kesan jangkitan kuman didakwa berpunca daripada pengendalian pusat dialisis yang tidak sempurna.

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MY COMMENTS:

So much problems today, halal has even became a national issue. I understand this cause Allah S.W.T. has commended us to eat halal and good food.

Some of the issues I heard of are:
1. Non halal kopitiams (example Old Town White Coffee with the frog leg issue)
2. Non halal meat. (Imported beef of chicken slaughtered in an unIslamic way)
3. Misuse if Jakim logo.
4. Hotels serving non-halal food mix with halal ones.

Most of the problems occur in the processed food (cooked/materials used is processed). In Malaysia, most of us depends much on Jakim to solve this problem. I have no objections to that but I have the following mindset:

1. Its the responsibility of each Muslim to check whether it is halal or not, not Jakim.
2. Muslims can avoid all this mess if they themselves buy the ingredient and cook.
3. Muslims should check the restaurant kitchen if they are eating out not just depend on a logo.
4. Anyone can get the logo then after that cook non-halal food.

Muslims in Malaysia always forget that other than the food must be halal, it must be also good for us. To get 'GOOD' food, I think there are two criteria which is:

1. Cleanliness
Starting from the ingredient, how it is washed, processed and how it was cook.
The cleanliness of the utensils used, the condition of kitchen is also important. Today we can see Muslims buying food even when they see many flies flying about the food (I saw this in the Ramadan bazaar).

2. Nutrition
Food must be have all the important nutrients for the body. It must be a balance diet.

Sad things is food from fast food restaurants such as KFC and McD is considered to be 'food' with good value. Many do not know that fast food is just an overpriced junk (oily, fat, unbalance, cancer-causing) food. Too much of em and people will grow fat and lazy (after that diabetis, high-blood, heart attack, stroke).

Dirty mamak restaurants became a favourite spot for families to have food. Check out mamak kitchen and you might puke.

I dont really know what is happening today but Muslims dont really think right anymore. They only think about halal food and forget about the rest (cleanliness/nutrition).

Nik Aziz yakin hudud diterima

Source: http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/NikAzizyakinhududditerima/Article

2010/09/04

KOTA BHARU: Mursyidul Am PAS, Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat yakin hudud akan diterima walaupun mendapat tentangan termasuk daripada parti komponen dalam pakatan pembangkang sendiri.

Beliau berkata, hudud belum menjadi kebiasaan kerana belum pernah dengar mengenainya selain orang Islam sendiri yang tidak mahukan hukuman itu. "Saya tetap yakin hudud akan diterima seperti yang berlaku kepada politik Islam yang sebelum ini ditentang pihak tertentu.
"Sekarang kita (PAS) hanya membuat `windows (jendela) untuk membolehkan perkara ini (hudud) diketahui ramai sebelum membuat pintu untuknya nanti. Saya pasti ia (hudud) akan diterima kerana kini banyak kejadian rogol dan zina. Hanya hudud dapat mengatasi kejadian seperti itu," katanya dalam kuliah mingguannya di Dataran Ilmu, di sini semalam.

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MY COMMENTS:

Not so many people in Malaysia really know the hudud law in Malaysia, regardless whether they are non-Muslims or Muslims themselves. And it is normal for the people today not to accept something which is good just because they do not know about it. What to do.... hudud law is portrayed as cruel and evil by the media all over the world.

So what do most people know about hudud law? They only know that if you steal, your hands will be cut off, thats all they know.

If they really know how fair the hudud law is to humans regardless whether you are a Muslim or non-Muslim, no one will object to its implementation.

The way I see it at the very least Nik Aziz have the balls to try and implement it.

Note:
I am not a fan of any form of the current democracy being practice today.
The hudud law cannot be implemented correctly without the correct administration to run the country. Example: Zakat system must run first before laws such as cutting hands for people who steal be implemented.

God did not create the universe, says Hawking

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100902/lf_nm_life/us_britain_hawking

LONDON (Reuters) – God did not create the universe and the "Big Bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book.

In "The Grand Design," co-authored with U.S. physicist Leonard Mlodinow, Hawking says a new series of theories made a creator of the universe redundant, according to the Times newspaper which published extracts on Thursday.

"Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist," Hawking writes.

"It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going."

Hawking, 68, who won global recognition with his 1988 book "A Brief History of Time," an account of the origins of the universe, is renowned for his work on black holes, cosmology and quantum gravity.

Since 1974, the scientist has worked on marrying the two cornerstones of modern physics -- Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, which concerns gravity and large-scale phenomena, and quantum theory, which covers subatomic particles.

His latest comments suggest he has broken away from previous views he has expressed on religion. Previously, he wrote that the laws of physics meant it was simply not necessary to believe that God had intervened in the Big Bang.

He wrote in A Brief History ... "If we discover a complete theory, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason -- for then we should know the mind of God."

In his latest book, he said the 1992 discovery of a planet orbiting another star other than the Sun helped deconstruct the view of the father of physics Isaac Newton that the universe could not have arisen out of chaos but was created by God.

"That makes the coincidences of our planetary conditions -- the single Sun, the lucky combination of Earth-Sun distance and solar mass, far less remarkable, and far less compelling evidence that the Earth was carefully designed just to please us human beings," he writes.

Hawking, who is only able to speak through a computer-generated voice synthesizer, has a neuro muscular dystrophy that has progressed over the years and left him almost completely paralyzed.

He began suffering the disease in his early 20s but went on to establish himself as one of the world's leading scientific authorities, and has also made guest appearances in "Star Trek" and the cartoons "Futurama" and "The Simpsons."

Last year he announced he was stepping down as Cambridge University's Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, a position once held by Newton and one he had held since 1979.

"The Grand Design" is due to go on sale next week.

(Editing by Steve Addison)

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Looks like even Hawking is becoming more stupid in his reasoning when he say:

Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist

He need to clarify what is 'singularity' (according to his big bang theory) and how it is there in the first place. The universe must have a beginning, it cant appear out of no where. He will never be able too because only the Creator knows this. He was been given a bit of knowledge and he is now very arrogant.

Its very much like the physic theory that energy cannot be made or destroyed. It just changes from one form to another. The basic theory is understood but if we ask about how are there energy at the first palce, it will defy the man made theory on energy. The energy MUST some from somewhere.

Hawking later gave the stupidest comment saying that due to spontaneous creation, something is there from nothing. In other words, he say that something is created from nothing. First of all, spontaneous is just an unproven raw idea which could not even explain (with evidence) how anything at all is created. Its a theory on how life started. This theory upholds the Darwin ideology which is also a piece of crap from the scientific view.

I dare him to just show how 'something is created from nothing at all'. If he can I will chop off my head.

Try imagine in a vacuum, can anything appear?

People who dont think will fall victims to people like them. Knowledge is power and Allah have given us logical reasoning which will allow us to differ truth from falsehood.