Masyarakat tanggungjawab bersama

"Aku tak suka nak jumpa orang ramai, tak suka nak campur masalah orang lain", kata seorang yang asyik dengan laptopnya.

"Ini gua punya style, lone ranger, independent, aku tak nak bergantung kepada sesiapa", jawab seorang anak muda.

Biasa kedengaran patah-patah kata yang sedap mencucuk telinga.

Allah memberi perintah kepada kita dalam al-Quran supaya berpegang teguh dengan tali Allah, dan janganlah berpecah belah.

Kedua, Nabi pernah bersabda: Kambing-kambing yang berseekoran itu lebih mudah dibaham serigala, daripada yang di dalam kumpulan.

Seterusnya, mengikut Ibnu Khaldun, pakar sosiologi berpendapat fitrah manusia yang normal adalah suka hidup bermasyarakat, bersosial, berjumpa orang, tolong menolong antara satu sama lain.


Semua ini menunjukkan betapa Islam ini adalah memenuhi fitrah manusia hendak menjaga setiap individu, setiap daripada kita semua dalam sesebuah komuniti, masyarakat, dan diperintahkan supaya hidup bermasyarakat. Ini kerana tidak banyak dan besar impak sesuatu yang dilakukan oleh individu-individu jika tidak dilakukan secara beramai-ramai, bergotong-royong. Manisnya ialah bonus, iaitu kita membina silaturrahim atau ikatan yang erat antara individu muslim.


Banyak ayat didalam al-Quran yang memerintahkan supaya bersolat turut disertai perintah memberi zakat. Kenapa demikian? Ini kerana solat kita, faedahnya kepada kita sahaja, tapi zakat faedahnya kepada masyarakat seluruhnya. Ini untuk mengingatkan ahli solat atau ibadat supaya tidak lupa kepada masyarakat yang ada hak juga ke atasnya, perlunya hidup bermasyarakat dan tidak pentingkan perut sendiri semata. Tiada istilah 'lone ranger'(baca:kera sumbang) yang kuno dan ketinggalan zaman dan peradaban tersebut dalam Islam.

Rasulullah SAW pernah bersabda: Orang yang paling disukai Allah ialah orang yang paling banyak memberi manfaat kepada orang lain.

Dan sabda baginda lagi: Sesungguhnya aku sangat suka berjalan dengan seorang Muslim demi untuk menunaikan hajat keperluannya daripada aku duduk beriktikaf didalam masjid sebulan lamanya.
(Diriwayatkan Ibn Abi Al-Dunya dan Imam At-Tabrani, hadith Hasan)

Bahkan pepatah Melayu ada menyebut, bersatu teguh, bercerai-roboh. Yang berat sama dipikul, yang ringan sama dijinjing. Setiap daripada kita ada masa susah dan senang, langit tidak akan selamanya cerah. Disangkakan panas hingga ke petang, rupanya hujan di tengah hari. Ada yang kata 'kau apa sibuk, kubur kita lain-lain' , jaga tepi kain sendirilah cik, abang.Eloklah tue, esok-esok mak ayah meninggal, atau diri sendiri meninggal, balutlah sendiri kain kapan ke badan, berjalanlah (baca:berguling atau bergolek) ke liang lahad. dan kambuslah sendiri. Jangan lupa, dah menjadi adat manusia, lahir kena bersambut, dan mati kena berhantar.


Jangan pentingkan diri sendiri, jangan bergaduh sesama saudara Islam, dan bertolak-ansurlah kita tolong-menolong antara satu sama lain. Berbaik sangkalah sesama kita kerana sebahagian buruk sangka itu adalah dosa. Kepada yang tak biasa atau tak suka bermasyarakat, biasa-biasakanlah diri, hidup nie tak lama. Jangan hanya tahu mengkritik, tapi hendaklah membuat kerja menyumbang tenaga. Semoga tidak lagi menyisihkan diri dari komuniti.

Seorang mukmin yang bergaul bersama manusia dan bersabar atas sikapnya yang menyakitkan adalah lebih besar ganjarannya daripada seorang mukmin yang tidak bergaul dengan manusia dan tidak bersabar atas sikapnya yang menyakitkan.

Sahih: Dikeluarkan oleh Ibn Majah dan dinilai sahih oleh al-Albani dalam Shahih Sunan Ibn Majah – hadis no: 4032

A little boy discovers Politics

A little boy goes to his dad and asks, "What is Politics?"

Dad says, "Well son, let me try to explain it this way: I'm the head of the family, so call me The President. Your mother is the administrator of the money, so we call her the Government. We're here to take care of your needs, so we'll call you the People. The nanny, we'll consider her the Working Class. And your baby brother, we'll call him the Future. Now think about that and see if it makes sense."

So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said. Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him. He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper. So the little boy goes to his parent's room and finds his mother sound asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room and finds his Daddy in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed.

The next morning, with everyone at the breakfast table, the little boy says to his father, "Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now."

The father says, "Good, son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about."

The little boy replies, "The President is screwing the Working Class while the Government is sound asleep. The People are being ignored and the Future is in deep shit."

Farewell to Dr Khurshid

It was after Isyak prayer that few Malaysians-Dr Saiful, Azman, Ramzan, Nubli and I were told to stay back. We were listening to the stories from Dr Saiful who just got back from Hajj. To my surprise, it happened to be a farewell party organized by few brothers for Dr Khurshid who has just finished his PhD for Comparative Law. Allahuakbar, Allah is the Greatest.

Bro Jamal, the former president of Belfast Islamic Centre started his short speech to congratulate him for the success. He said ‘We know him in the mosque, and we always see him as a regular comer to the mosque’ ‘As he is going back, we will lose a usual makmum, this is a big loss’

Then, he mentioned a hadith about the seven type of persons that will be in the shadow of Allah in the hereafter, ‘Two of them are person who his heart is attached to the mosque, always look for the mosque to pray anywhere he goes and another one is two persons who meet and separated for the sake of Allah, loves each other only for Allah’s sake. We have no business, money dealings whatever, but love each other for Allah’. We pray for him the best and may the situation in Pakistan will be better.

The celebrated one, Bro Khurshid thanks all who were there. He told us about the judges in Pakistan which are under house arrest, when a brother wished him to be the Chief of Justice in Pakistan.

To be honest, I was not very close to him, but it really is a big loss. People come and go in our life. One thing I can remember was that we discussed about Malaysian political system and the current situation in Malaysia, and he said that he would like to talk more about it later which we never did. Perhaps, I can gain a lot of knowledge from him about things in Pakistan, one of the crucial Muslim countries which is the big factor of stabilisation in Kashmir and Afghanistan.

It was even sadder to know that Bro Jamal Iweida, Palestinian Jordanian and bro Faisal from Holland are also leaving Belfast. It is funny that he thinks that he can sense that I feel very homesick. He even advised me to finish my studies as soon as possible and go back to Malaysia. Whether it is true or not, the truth is not out there, but inside me. Enough said the conclusion is we all need to appreciate everyone around us, especially all of our brothers in Islam.

A sense or spirit of brotherhood between brothers is very important which determine your faith as Allah says in the Quran which means

“The believers are but brothers” Al-Hujurat [49:10]

Allah also says “O, mankind! Surely we have created you of a male and female and make you tribes and families that you know each other, surely the noblest among you unto Allah is one who fears him .Lo! Allah is Knower Aware” Al-Hujurat [49.13]

We all hugged him and I wished him all the best in Pakistan. Ameen.