Bismillahirrahmanirraheem.
Assalamualaikum and a very good morning to my beloved readers! Today’s post will be an entry of my own personal views on most of the everyday situations that I’d experienced with regarding the same ol’ reasons people like to give when it comes to Islamic practices. I hope everyone would be open minded with whatever that I’ll be blogging about and of course I myself will accept whatever comments that you guys would like to give , open – minded.
When you try to advice people to cover their aurah and to dress accordingly with Islam, when you try to talk about Islam and preach His words, when you advice people that his or her doings aren’t right and when we talk about whatever issues about Islam, I’ve heard comments from THOSE WHO REALLY DON’T UNDERSTAND ABOUT ISLAM, comments like:
1) “Eh aku bukan budak sekolah agama, kau tak payah nak suruh aku pakai macam tu. Kau tu yang budak sekolah agama, so kau je la patut pakai macam tu”
2) “Eii, aku tak paham la. Kita ni bukan budak sekolah agama lagi, dah U dah, takkan kena dengar ceramah camni lagi? Bosan la BOSAN!”
3) “Dia pakai macam tu boleh la, dia budak mana, sekolah agama an. Memang la pakai macam tu, tutup apa semua. Jaga imej la normal la tu. Kita ni pulak bukan budak sekolah agama, so takpe sebab bukannya kena jaga imej mana-mana.”
4) “Dia tu hafal Quran, kot memang patut la dia pakai macam tu, menjaga macam tu. Kita ni although budak bekas sekolah agama pun, tak hafal Quran sume, so macam relaks relaks la sket bab bab menjaga sume ni. Dulu waktu sekolah dah terhabis jaga, now tak payah la macam tu kan. “
5) “Aku pakai tudung ni pun sebab nanti mak aku bebel. Malas nak dengar. So pakai je laaa. Ala, keluar dengan kawan aku bukak la, bukan mak bapak aku tau pun. Yang penting aku jaga hati dorang. Kita buat dosa, biar kat luar la. Tak payah kaitkan mak bapak kita sekali. Aku sayang lagi mak bapak aku, tak nak dorang tetibe sakit jantung sebab aku.”
6) “Aku pernah sekolah agama, yes. So what? Suka hati aku la nak free hair ke, nak berkepit dengan boyfriend ke, nak clubbing ke. Sekolah agama tu dulu. Ini life aku sekarang. At least aku tak hypocrite macam sesetengah orang.”
7) “EEEE geram gila aku dengan ustazah tu. Apa masalah dia suruh suruh orang pakai tudung? PLKN je pun. Lain la kalau memang dari awal tempat ni suruh budak melayu pakai tudung, aku pakaila. Tapi takde pun rules macam tu. Yang dia nak pandai2 buat undang2 sendiri tu kenapa? Mak bapak aku tak pernah suruh suruh aku. Benci gila!”
Maybe some of you haven’t heard these kinds of remarks and comments, I myself maybe write a bit exaggerate in some of the remarks above, but whatever comments that I’ve heard before are as close and some, similar to the remarks above. Let’s see one by one.
1) “Eh aku bukan budak sekolah agama, kau tak payah nak suruh aku pakai macam tu. Kau tu yang budak sekolah agama, so kau je la patut pakai macam tu”
When some people only expects agama school- based people to cover their aurah, and they who haven’t been in agama school before, shouldn’t be wearing like that. When some people DOESN’T EVEN REALIZE, that it’s not because they have to attend Islamic schools to cover their aurah then, it’s because Allah had asked us to do so. Allah had told clearly in the Quran. The friend who advised to this person is just doing his or her job as His caliphs, a caliph advising ANOTHER CALIPH. Without even realizing also, the person being advised is also a caliph!
2) “Eii, aku tak paham la. Kita ni bukan budak sekolah agama lagi, dah U dah, takkan kena dengar ceramah camni lagi? Bosan la BOSAN!”
When some people who have learn Islamic teachings, thought that when he or she left that environment, that person is no longer “tied with” the Islamic teachings that the person has learnt. This is absolutely SAD. I’m sorry to say that this kind of person wasn’t paying attention and trying to learn whatever important Islamic teachings when he or she was in an Islamic school, he or she had the kind of mentality of “ SEKOLAH AGAMA, where SEKOLAH AGAMA je yang boleh ada ceramah dakwah mcm ni. Tempat lain tak patut.” Sorryla, ini mentality kurang pandai. We can’t deny that if we are like these kinds of people, we are denying the truths that WE KNEW BEFORE. We are actually trying to AVOID the real truth. And verily, Allah’s torment is very powerful! Wa na’uzhubillah. Bila kita ada ilmu, sebarkan! Siapa lagi yang nak bimbing khalifah khalifah lain yang tersasar dari jalan Allah? Siapa lagi yang nak ajar mereka yang juga ada tanggungjawab seperti kita, yang tidak pernah dengar atau belajar mengenai ajaran sebenar Islam? Bila kita ada ilmu, kita abaikan, kita jadi seperti mereka yang tidak tahu,KITA sebenarnya perosak dunia.
3) “Dia pakai macam tu boleh la, dia budak mana, sekolah agama an. Memang la pakai macam tu, tutup apa semua. Jaga imej la, normal la tu. Kita ni pulak bukan budak sekolah agama, so takpe sebab bukannya kena jaga imej mana-mana.”
The so-called “Image”. I mean what the heck? Again, we cannot deny that person who talk like this, is either being too smart because he or she cannot answer the right answer, or being too stupid because again, denying the real truth that he or she has learnt from their parents. Not all parents send their kids to agama schools, because they themselves are good in Islamic teachings and qualify to teach them to be good muslims. Okay, about the person who act too smart because he or she doesn’t know the real answer why they have to cover their aurah. My dear brother or sister, covering aurah is not because certain people was from agama school or because he or she wants it, it’s because Allah told all of us to do so. Tak kiralah, kita ni dulu sekolah mana pun, jika kita beragama Islam, tutup aurat adalah wajib. No doubt lagi. Allah dah terangkan dalam al Quran dengan jelasnya. Why must we look away from the truths? To those who act too stupid because of denying the truths, let’s repent and go back to where we belong. Sebenarnya jauh di sudut hati masing masing tahu yang bila-bila masa sahaja kita boleh kembali kepadaNya. Macam mana boleh tahu? Sebab kita ada ilmu. Tapi disebabkan nafsu dan bisikan syaitan, kita buat buat lupa. Cuma, harap Allah tidak melupakan kita and still bagi peluang. So grab it, before it’s too late!
4) “Dia tu hafal Quran, kot memang patut la dia pakai macam tu, menjaga macam tu. Kita ni although budak bekas sekolah agama pun, tak hafal Quran sume, so macam relaks relaks la sket bab bab menjaga sume ni. Dulu waktu sekolah dah terhabis jaga, now tak payah la macam tu kan."
When people who still don’t understand why they have to take care of themselves, take care of their relationships with other human beings, take care of the boundaries that God has approved and clearly stated in the Holy Book. Bila dulu ustazah kita, ustaz kita suruh kita menjaga segala perkara, akhlak, aurat, solat, bukan sebab mereka yang suruh, tapi ALLAH YANG SURUH. So bila kita sendiri yang nampak semua itu seperti beban and perkara yang buang masa, tak sedarkah kita sebenarnya telah berkata and beranggap sedemikian terhadap Allah Yang Maha Berkuasa? Beraninya kita mengingkari suruhan Allah sedangkan Dia Maha Besar! Beraninya kita, kuatnya kita nak menghadapi azab siksaan Allah kelak! Ingatkan neraka yang Allah sebut sebutkan berulang kali di dalam Quran itu perkara yang main-main? Tanpa sebab dan tujuan? Sesungguhnya Allah tidak melakukan sesuatu tanpa sebab. Semua ada hikmah disebaliknya. Again, when our nafs and the devils tried to spoiled us with maksiat and zina, try as hard as we could to overcome that, and remember Allah is always watching. Always. Akhirat nanti ada big screen, wajar sahaja aib aib kita, dosa dosa kita dipaparkan. Wa na’uzhubillah. And verily, He is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
5) “Aku pakai tudung ni pun sebab nanti mak aku bebel. Malas nak dengar. So pakai je laaa. Ala, keluar dengan kawan aku bukak la, bukan mak bapak aku tau pun. Yang penting aku jaga hati dorang. Kita buat dosa, biar kat luar la. Tak payah kaitkan mak bapak kita sekali. Aku sayang lagi mak bapak aku, tak nak dorang tetibe sakit jantung sebab aku.”
When some people forget Allah is watching over them. When some people do something because of other people. So if the other people who told them to do something according to Islam died, is it possible for them to stop doing all what had been taught to them? Yes, unfortunately. Because they never niat to do that because of Allah, but because of their moms and dads. Jadi bila mak ayah mereka meninggal, bagi mereka tiada siapa lagi yang ada untuk mengawasi mereka. Masha Allah. Lagi sekali, syaitan berjaya menghasut dan meliputi hati hati kita. Lupanya kita pada Yang Hidup, Yang Maha Melihat dan Yang Maha Mengetahui! Tidak kira la berapa jauhnya kita dari mak bapak kita, betapa gelapnya suasana, betapa tersoroknya kita di alam semesta, Allah masih lagi Yang Maha Melihat dan Maha Mengetahui. Allah masih boleh Nampak kita! And malaikat ditepi masih lagi menjalankan tanggungjawab mencatat amalan2 kita, dan kita masih lagi akan dibangkitkan dan disoal segala perbuatan kita. When that time comes, none can help us. None, except His mercy.
6) “Aku pernah sekolah agama, yes. So what? Suka hati aku la nak free hair ke, nak berkepit dengan boyfriend ke, nak clubbing ke. Sekolah agama tu dulu. Ini life aku sekarang. At least aku tak hypocrite macam sesetengah orang.Buat diam-diam. ”
Hipokrit. Memang masalah orang yang bermain dengat perkataan ni. Of course, hypocrisy appeals to those who don’t do what he or she said. But this is absolutely nothing to do about hypocrisy. Bila seseorang yang menegur tu tegur rakannya kerana dia sayangkan kawannya and tidak mahu kawannya terbabas dari jalan Allah, and mungkin dia sendiri belum cukup perfect untuk menegur, bukan maksud dia hypocrite, tidak. Tak sedarkah kita dia tu sebagai asbab, Allah menegur kita, Allah bagi kita peluang lagi untuk kita kembali kepadaNya, sebab kita ni pelupa! Kita tak perfect, kita buat dosa, kita lemah. Sebab itu Allah bagi kita hidayah sekali lagi, beri peluang yang belum mungkin dapat diterima oleh semua orang. Kita memang sukar nak menerima teguran daripada seseorang. Dalam kepala, teringat perbuatan dosa orang yang menegur, teringat kat akhlak di yang dulu pun buruk, tapi sekarang tidak lagi. Tapi dalam hati, still ada perasaan ala, kau buat buat je bertudung, jaga semua, kau sama je macam dulu. Bila kita tak sedar, hati kita jadi busuk sebab syaitan menguasainya. Why can’t we sit down and think about what WE did then pin pointing at people and claimed them not pure enough to advice us? Kita pun sama macam dia, buat kesilapan. Manusia semua sama. Kita patut terima teguran and mulakan perubahan. Again, He is Most Merciful and Forgiving.
7) “EEEE geram gila aku dengan ustazah tu. Apa masalah dia suruh suruh orang pakai tudung? PLKN je pun. Lain la kalau memang dari awal tempat ni suruh budak melayu pakai tudung, aku pakaila. Tapi takde pun rules macam tu. Yang dia nak pandai2 buat undang2 sendiri tu kenapa? Mak bapak aku tak pernah suruh suruh aku. Benci gila!”
Bila kita dengar orang cakap camni, kita boleh buat beberapa assumptions. First assumption, aku rasa dia ni cakap tak pakai ilmu main tebus je. Kau tak pernah belajar agama kot sebelum ni. Second assumption, dia ni saje buat2 lupa kot, sebab nak cover silap dia yang tidak menutup aurat. Well, I know that I should be grateful that I’d learnt about Islam since I was small. To cover my aurah is compulsory, it’s a no tolerance subject, we just have to follow it. We shouldn’t question why we have to cover it, because Allah, our Great Lord told us to do so. And I’m pretty sure most of us know the tremendous benefits of covering our aurah. I also know that not all people have the chance to learn about Islam although he or she has been a Muslim for the whole entire of his or her life. This is where we, Muslims who has a bit of the ilmu, teach them; preach to them what is right what is wrong. Kadang- kadang tu kita tak patut cepat melenting bila berdepan dengan orang yang cakap main lepas, sebab dia cetek ilmu agama. Satu hal lagi, kutuk ustazah. Ni bukan kutuk ustazah tak betul, terpesong, kutuk ustazah yang mengajar, cuba mendidik kita jadi orang yang benar di jalanNya. Disebabkan mulut dia yang begitu laser, and cara percakapan yang kasar, saya takde kekuatan nak menegurnya. Cuma benci perbuatan dia dalam hati. Masha Allah selemah-lemah Iman! I felt really sad for not standing up for ustazah at that time. At that time I felt so weak, because I don’t have the guts to speak up. But since that day, I was determined to be more berani. Berani. Berani kerana benar, takut kerana salah. In my mind the proverb ‘actions speak louder than words’ kept replaying. Susah, susah benar aku nak mempraktikkan benda ni. I hope He would always give me strength. Of course, I’m praying for all of my friends, for us, to always be granted with His hidayah.
This is just some something I would like to share with all of you. Let us all pray so that we are always on His path. Forever and always. Take care my beloved brothers and sisters, take care.
