Just a little reminder to share :)
‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ud said: The Prophet ‘alaihis solatu wassalam said, “Islam began as something strange, and it will revert to being strange as it was in the beginning, so good tidings for the strangers.” Someone asked, “Who are the strangers?” The Prophet said, “The ones who break away from their people (literally, ‘tribes’) for the sake of Islam.”
This hadith was narrated by Ibn Majah on the authority of Anas and Abu Hurairah radhaillahu ‘anhuma.
So, if others:
- Smoke and you don’t
- Eat and you fast
- Are involved in BGR and u remain single out of fear of HIM and of committing more sins (notice the word 'more' coz by remaining single it doen’t mean one is free of sins, just that by involving in BGR, the tendency to commit sins is higher. Faham kan? :) )
- Gossip and you avoid participating and listening to such worthless and meaningless “conversations”
- Speak on the phone with the opposite gender over unnecessary matters and you don’t
- Keep up to date with latest songs and movies and you are unaware of them
- Wear tight and translucent clothes and you stay true to the proper Muslimah’s way of dressing (i.e. loose, non-shape-revealing clothes, and unscented –no perfumes for Muslimahs outside the house, remember? :))
- Let their gaze land upon anything and you discipline yourself to lower your gaze
- Eat almost anything and you refrain yourself from consuming things that are syubhah (unclear of the status) and stick to only things that are halal...
If by doing all these makes you “strange”, then let it be :)
Remember that Islam is not here to fit in to our way of life. Rather, we are the ones who have to fit in with Islam. Let’s carry out our duties as Muslims and be proud of it :)
May our mujahadah be blessed by HIM and attain HIS pleasure. Ameen! :)
Teringat kata2 Ukht Syazwani waktu usrah dulu: “zaman sekarang ni kita kena luarbiasakan perkara2 yang dianggap biasa.”
Macam keluar berdua dengan bukan muhrim dan pergaulan beas antara lelaki dan perempuan. Semua ini, disebabkan dah selalu sangat berlaku di sekeliling kita, dianggap “biasa” dan “tak salah pe…”
padahal ajaran Islam dah terang menyuruh kita menjauhkan semua itu. Dan tentunya segala yang dianjurkan oleh Islam itu tidak lain, adalah demi kebaikan dan kemaslahatan kita jua kan? :)
akhir kalam, selamat menyambut Hari ‘Asyura’! perbanyakkanlah puasa di bulan Muharram :)
-Let's Live ISLAM to the MAX!-
oh yes. to all January babies, may each of you be blessed with a meangingful life n HIS Guidance. always. :)
n to my lovely Ayu Seri Wangi, Selamat Pengantin Baru! ya Allah. mcm baru semlm kitorang main badminton sama2 lepas balik skolah... tup tup awk dah nk jadi isteri org~
semoga ikatan yg bakal terjalin dilimpahi barakah dah dirahmatiNYA sentiasa. ameen! :)
Friday, January 18, 2008
Ghuraba' (Strangers)
posted by .:Mujahidah Khadijah:. at 1/18/2008 06:57:00 PM
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"The irony of Islamic banking is that it is being championed by people who are not Muslims."
what brother remy has just said is so true.
this reminded me of what my ustaz recently said about Islamic studies itself.
the Orientalists actually know more about Islam than us muslims do.
they actually compiled and indexed the hadiths for their own reference, with their niat untuk menjatuhkan Islam.
wallahu'alam
do guide me wherever i am wrong dear friends.. -
At 2/16/2008 4:23 PM,
.:Mujahidah Khadijah:.masyaAllah. Syukran for the constructive comments. I agree with about the importance of Muslims putting more effort into Islamic Banking rather than just watch the non-Muslims championing this field.
posting an entry on the Hadith n mentioning those points served a purpose.
U wrote:
“If your idea of being "Strangers" is about carrying out practices like 'fasting' or not smoking or remaining single instead of BGR or not keeping up to date to the latest songs or movies, then I think you should look beyond just that.”
Those things, in your point of view, might seem light, commonly-discussed or alah-semua-orang-dah-tau things. However, I STILL (call it stubborn if u want) chose to touch on them. Why? 1stly, bcoz of the very fact that those things are common, yet MANY ppl are still doing it.
2ndly, bcoz it concerns the factors that are close to us youngsters’ hearts (I don’t really expect ppl over 30 years old to read my blog anyway). By that, it doesn’t mean youngsters can’t take up Islamic Banking. just that, looking at reality, how many of us really have interest/passions in the business/economic field? I myself tak minat langsung benda2 business ni semua. (btw, no interest doesn’t equal to not important eh). Bila tak minat, takde semangat sgt nak tulis entry psl Islamic banking/ investment/ saham/ mudharabah ni semua. N I believe I’m not the only one with a blog. Perhaps others with interests in the field n with more knowledge in it as well (like you? :) ) could discuss the issue at their blogs. It is, after all, a concern that Muslims should be aware of.
My aim here is to carry out da’wah starting on the personal level. Islah diri sendiri. while urs is more on social responsibility. Different levels ah bro. urs UP siket, as u put it: “beyond the common niche” (why didn’t u touch about it in ur blog btw eh?) nevertheless, thanks a lot for pointing it out. Baarakallaahu feek.
With regards to sis Rufi’s comments, yes, it serves as an important reminder for us to strive even higher in pursuing n exploring our own religion. That’s the only way we can arm ourselves against the Orientalists, who, even wrote books on Islam, within which are poisons that will instill doubts in us Muslims about our own deen.
Ya Allah… I still have a loooooooooong way to go. (but takpe, pelan2 kayuh, asal istiqamah k Khadijah! N never give up! :D)
“Who are the strangers?” The Prophet said, “The ones who break away from their people (literally, ‘tribes’) for the sake of Islam.”
“zaman sekarang ni kita kena luarbiasakan perkara2 yang dianggap biasa.”
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Recently, I attended an in-house talk conducted at Darul Arqam on "Faith-based Investing & Islamic Finance" by Rushdi Siddiqui, a Global Director for Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes.
It was really a good talk and I've been wanting to write about it but perhaps I could start by sharing a bit here as a comment to your entry on "Strangers".
The talk is about Mu'amalat obviously but it went deeper than what we would thought it is.
Islamic Finance and investment goes beyond just halal, haram, riba', Gharar (uncertainty) and Maysir (gambling).
It is not about da'wah. It is about money and social responsibility.
Fyi, Islamic Finance & banking has become a hot issue here in Singapore and elsewhere. Singapore, Hong Kong, USA and UK have opened up Islamic banking systems; a phenomenon surprisingly that caught the attention of the West and Non-Muslims.
The potential for Islamic-banking services has even attracted the attention of conventional banking giants such as Citibank and Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC).
You would be wondering who really are the biggest market players in the area of Islamic Banking; the answer is the USA with a Dow Jones Islamic Index of 52 which is really high compared to real Islamic states like Malaysia (with index 0.25) and Indonesia (index of 0.21).
This was from what I understand from Bro Rushdi's lecture.
You might want to read more from a Newsweek article dated Oct 31, "How the West Came to Run Islamic Banks?"
The irony of Islamic banking is that it is being championed by people who are not Muslims.
This is both sad and reflects on the current state of the Muslim society who are struggling to fit in the social picture or what you may describe as "Strangers".
Our asatizahs or Imams may be well versed in conducting marriage ceremonies, burials and leading a jemaah prayer but if you were to ask them about Islamic Finance do you think they are able to give recommendations and solutions?
There is a need to make aware the importance of learning asset management, finance and banking.
It is not enough to just know what Musharakah (equity), Mudharabah, Ijarah and Murabahah means. It is about knowing how to explain them to people, the West, the businessmen who are not Muslims themselves.
If your idea of being "Strangers" is about carrying out practices like 'fasting' or not smoking or remaining single instead of BGR or not keeping up to date to the latest songs or movies, then I think you should look beyond just that.
I think when the Prophet s.a.w said about strangers as “...the ones who break away from their people (literally, ‘tribes’) for the sake of Islam" could also mean those who goes beyond the common niche.
Like you've said, "Islam is not here to fit in to our way of life. Rather, we are the ones who have to fit in with Islam.." There should be some efforts on our part to go beyond just wearing tudung or keeping a beard.
wallahu'alam
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