Monday, July 26, 2010

Follow blindly like a pig.

Nape masa wudhu', kita tak mandi je terus? Kan senang, takut sangat tak kena anggota badan tuh. Nape masa solat, kita buat 4 rakaat je. Nape tak 6, 7, 8 ? Haaa. kan bagus tuh. Bagi banyak sikit, banyak pahala dia. Bagus je kan. Niat semua, kerana allah. Apa salahnya?

No. You don't do that. As a true muslim, ur actions, ur deeds to allah, is based on what he is pleased of, which in turn, means, what he asks you to do, or follow the prophet PBUH. You don't do things that are not from him or of his prophet, Peace Be Upon Him.

“Hai orang-orang yang beriman, janganlah kamu sekalian mendahului Allah dan Rasul-Nya dan takutlah kamu kepada Allah kerana sesungguhnya Allah itu Mendengar lagi Mengetahui.”

[Al-Hujurat:1]

Dari Jabir bin Abdullah, Rasulullah bersabda:

“Sesungguhnya perkataan yang benar itu ialah kitab Allah dan sesungguhnya semulia-mulia petunjuk itu adalah petunjuk Muhammad dan seburuk-buruk perkara itu ialah yang diada-adakan dan setiap yang diada-adakan itu adalah bidaah dan setiap bidaah itu sesat dan setiap kesesatan itu adalah di dalam neraka.”

[H.R. Muslim]

If there is no nas, authentic evidence from Allah or As-Sunnah, that asks us to do a specific ibadah for an event, meaning, no guarantee, Why do u do it? U do it for Him? He did not ask u to do it. He ask u to follow the Al-Quran, and the Sunnah of Rasulullah (P.B.U.H) Who are you to create innovations in Islam? Will you be able to give assurance to those who follow your innovations, innovations that diverged completely from Al-Quran and Al-Hadtih? Will you be able to give them total ASSURANCE of the benefits of doing it ? Will your beloved Ustaz be able to do that? If he follows the Al-Quran and As-Sunnah, Insya Allah, he will be able to do it. However, if he does not, then he will never be able to do it the right way. The only way to give assurance, is by relating it to the authentic nas.

I can hear some of u say, Bidaah tu ada yang baik, ada yang buruk. lau niat tu kerana Allah, apa salahnya. Takkan beribadah tu salah. Yes, beribadah is not wrong. But, you have to follow His way which if not in Al-Quran, is through the prophet's way. PBUH. That is why I gave u the example of the taking wudhu'. Why is it that we don't just mandi je terus. Why ? Its because, Rasulullah P.B.U.H showed us the right way to take wudhu through hadith. We learn the right way to solat, based on his actions.

There are a lot of hadith out there. Some, authentic, some, being rather weak, and some, being fake. We, are not masters of hadith, true. But we can check. We can spend some time to clarify it. If someone talks about a hadith, ask him, is it sahih or authentic? Where do u get this from? Can we have a reference? These questions, are important. Its okay, if, after you've asked and discussed, you've done that ibadah, but some time later, you suddenly discovered that its wrong and never is related to the prophet. Just stop it, and say to your self, I did it because of Allah, and I've done my part to learn about it. I've even try to find out whether its true or not. I hope you will accept what I've done, Allah. Then STOP doing it. That's all. If you have nas, or evidence to your ibadah, do it, i have no problem with that. Be open minded. Don't be rigid.

1. Check your reference.
2. Make sure its authentic or closely authentic.
3. Ask if you are not sure. Leave it if you are not sure.
4. Be open minded and think critically first. If you dont know, ask someone who knows.

The problem with our society is that they do things, based on what people say, without checking it first. Ustaz cakap je, semua betul. Oh, ustaz tu kata leh buat. Ustaz tu kata betul. Nenek moyang aku buat selama nih. Yeah. Diorang tuh leh bawak kau masuk syurga ke ?

P/s - I am human and therefore, I'm open to mistakes. If you find discrepancies in my post, pls, advice me or approach me. If its wrong, I'll change it and i'll apologize for it. May Allah clear my conscious and allow me to be true to my path. Insya Allah.

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