neighbour, waiting, and sacrifice

Seorang Yahudi, jiran kepada Abdullah bin Masud RA, ingin menjual rumahnya. Harga yang diletakkan, ialah 100 ribu dirham. Walhal, harga semasa hanyalah 1000 dirham. Bila ditanya, jiran itu memberitahu, bukan tanah atau rumahnya yang mahal, tapi untuk berjiran dengan seorang jiran seperti Abdullah bin Masud RA itulah yang mahal.

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Menunggu itupun termasuk dalam usaha agama.

Ø Untuk gash, kena tunggu. Untuk bayan, kena tunggu. Untuk bayan hidayat, kena tunggu.

Ø Berapa banyak masa kita sudah habiskan menunggu untuk urusan keduniaan. Menunggu untuk hal akhirat, jauh lebih bernilai dari menunggu untuk hal dunia.

Ø Menunggu itu sendiri satu proses tarbiah untuk jiwa.

Ø Menunggu dapat mengajar untuk kita bersabar dan banyak bersangka baik.

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Apabila kita keluar, bukan kita sahaja yang berkorban:

Ø Isteri dan anak berkorban, untuk hal- hal di rumah bila ketiadaan suami

Ø Rakan pejabat berkorban, untuk ambil alih tugas kita

Hargailah pengorbanan mereka. Jangan sia- siakan masa yang telah diperolehi daripada pengorbanan mereka.

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A neighbor of Abdullah ibn Masud RA, a Jew, wanted to sell his house. The offer price is at 100 thousand dirhams. The market value is only at 1000 dirhams. When asked, he replied, it’s not the house nor the land that is expensive, it’s having a neighbor like Abdullah ibn Masud RA that makes it expensive.

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Waiting is also part of effort.

Ø For gash, we need to wait. For bayan, we need to wait. For hidayat talk, we need to wait.

Ø How much times have we spent for waiting for our worldly matters? Waiting for akhirat matters, is much much more valuable compared to waiting for worldly matters.

Ø Waiting itself is a process of rectification for ourselves.

Ø Waiting teaches us to be patience and have a good thought of others.

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When we go out in the path of Allah, it’s not just us that make sacrifice.

Ø Our wive and kids, they sacrificed of doing household chores without father at home

Ø Colleagues at work, they sacrificed to take over our tasks / meetings at the office

Therefore, appreciate their sacrifices and spend our time wisely.

masjid markaz di beberapa negara

Masjid Ar-Rahman, Amsterdam. Markaz di Holland / Belanda.

Masjid Ichinowari, Saitama. Salah satu markaz di Jepun.



Masjid Darussalam, Sakaimachi. Salah satu markaz di Jepun.



Makki Masjid, Ohanajaya. Markaz Tokyo. Bekas tempat karaoke.

Masjid Noor, Chicago. Markaz Chicago, Illinois, USA. Bekas gereja.

Masjid Noor, San Diego, California, USA. Salah satu markaz di California.

Masjid Al-Falah, Corona, New York. Markaz New York.

Masjid tempat berhimpun / malam markaz (tapi bukan markaz), Dearborn, Detroit, Michigan, USA.



Masjid Dewsbury, London. Markaz UK.



Masjid Angulia, Singapore. Markaz Singapore.

masywarah

Once, Prof Nadeem went 4 months to Indonesia. After completing 2 months, he received a message, that his parents were ill and needed care. With masywarah, he returned back to India, and went to take care his parents. Washing their clothes, cleaning their stools, for 2 years, he didn’t even go for 3 days. After 2 years, his parents passed away. So, he went back for 4 months. While in the 4 months, he dreamt of Nabi SAW came to him and asked, “Where have you been? I missed you.”

- Importance of doing masywarah

- Suppressing nafs (want to go out, but need to obey nasywarah)

- Nabi’s remark showed that his disappearance is accepted.

People of masjid and ikhtilat

If we ‘hit’ upon people of the masjid when we do gash or door- to- door:

- We can say, “Alhamdulillah, people of the masjid! People of the masjid are the ones we really want to see most.”

- Be in a discussion mode.

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Jikalau semasa gash atau dakwah pintu- ke- pintu, kita terjumpa ahli-ahli masjid (orang- orang yang biasa ke masjid):

- Kita boleh berkata begini, “Alhamdulillah, ahli masjid! Ahli masjid la yang kita paling nak jumpa sekali.”

- Letakkan diri dalam keadaan seolah- olah ingin berbincang.

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Rules of ikhtilat:

- Khilafah

o Khalifah of Allah

o Ummat Nabi SAW

o Inheritors of Quran

- Kalimah

- Akhirah (or is it Risalah? i.e. importance of being involved in effort of Deen)

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Peraturan semasa ikhtilat (bergaul dengan orang- orang tempatan):

- Khilafah

o Khalifah Allah

o Ummat Nabi SAW

o Pewaris Quran

- Kalimah

- Akhirah (ke Risalah? Risalah – pentingnya terlibat dalam kerja agama)

khususi & a story

Khususi:

- If the house is too small, or lots of kids that can distract the conversation, bring the brother to the masjid, or further away, like lawns.

- The best place to speak is at the masjid, not at home, because full attention and the environment is there.

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A brother wants to quit his job and go for 4 months. He already married. When an old worker at his place know about this, he advise him not to quit his job, but to do 2 things:

- Don’t miss the local efforts

- Do his job as best as he could.

So the brother cancels quitting and did the above. Later, after awhile, his father-in-law who used to dislike him for being involved in this effort, turned to like him because he didn’t left his family for long. His boss, seeing that he does his job excellently, said to him that he can go for 40 days, and the boss will wait for him to return, even for 4 months. The boss likes him and felt such a loss to sack him if he goes out. The brother then took his leave and goes out for 4 months:

- The benefit of doing consultation (masywarah)

- Slow and steady is better than going out and face problems

- Local efforts are important for us to go out.

Taaruf bayan (bayan Zuhur) Maulana Ilyas RAH

- One is qudratullah, one is sunnatullah.
- Without anything and any means, Allah creates things. This is qudratullah, like earth, humans, etc.
- Without prophets PBUH, Allah gives hidayat. This is qudratullah. With prophets, Allah gives hidayat. This is sunnatullah.
- When 2 things meet, Allah creates the third thing. This is sunnatullah. Like when a shopkeeper takes care of his shop, business comes in. When a blacksmith hits irons, sword is made. When man and woman have relationship, a child is born.
- When 2 forces get together, hijrah and nusrah, Allah spreads hidayat. This is sunnatullah.
- Just like sahabah RA, Muhajirin made full hijrah, and Ansar made full nusrah.
- When hijrah and nusrah are given their due rights, Allah spreads hidayat. We are unable to give due rights, but we can learn to imitate them.
- We are imitating Muhajirin. So now, we request local brothers to imitate the Ansar. (Note: Don't say "We're Muhajirin")
- Because it comes from hadith, that those who imitates a nation, they're from them.
- Who are ready to be with us for the whole 3 days?
- Who are ready to be with us for the whole day?
- Who are ready to be with us for now till Isyak?
- Who are ready to be with us for Asar till Isyak?
- Who are ready to be with us for Maghrib till Isyak?
- Who are ready to be with us for the bayan tonight?
(Note: Gradually, decrease the tashkil so that everybody is included.)

*Loose notes of what heard from Maulana Ismail, who heard it from Maulana Syahabuddin, who heard it from Miaji Mehrab, who heard it from Maulana Ilyas taaruf bayan.

Old people / orang lama

- Don’t be too pushy. Make a simple invitation.

- If he insisted on not going, have a good thought on him. Consider him an ahli zikir. E.g.: Abbas RA is too old by the time he became Muslim, so Rasul SAW taught him doa & zikir & solat tasbih.

- If he don’t go out, at least make an effort that he’ll love this effort, and not going against it. Perhaps, he’ll ask his sons & grandsons to join this effort.

- Ikram him, as if he’s our own uncle.

- If possible, get a person same age or older than him to meet him.

- Ikram his grandsons / small sons.

- Old people remembers our ikram (food, gift) better than our speech, and they like to tell it again and again to other people.

- Jangan terlalu mendesak. Ajak secara ringkas sahaja.

- Jika dia berkeras hendak menolak, bersangka baiklah. Mungkin dia ahli zikir. Abbas RA sudah lanjut umurnya semasa beliau memeluk Islam, maka Nabi SAW ajarkannya zikir dan doa dan solat tasbih.

- Jika dia tidak ikut keluar, usahakan supaya dia suka dengan usaha ini, dan tidak anti. Dengan ini, dia akan mengajak anak atau cucunya untuk keluar.

- Ikram seolah- olah dia pakcik kita sendiri.

- Jika boleh, bawa orang yang lebih kurang sama umur atau lebih tua berjumpa dengannya.

- Ikram anak- anaknya yang masih kecil atau cucunya.

- Orang- orang lama lebih mengingati ikram kita daripada bayan kita, dan mereka akan mengulang- ngulang tentang ikram kita itu kepada orang lain.