Feb 16, 2011

R u sure tht u'll die in Islam?? hmm..



O you who have believed, fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims [in submission to Him].


102. Hai orang-orang yang beriman, bertakwalah kepada Allah sebenar-benar takwa kepada-Nya; dan janganlah sekali-kali kamu mati melainkan dalam keadaan beragama Islam.

(Surah Ali Imran: ayat 102)

Sufyan Al-Thauri ketika membaca ayat ini, lantas menangis sehingga hampir saja tulang2 rusuknya berpisah. Org ramai bertanyakn kpdnya, "Ada apa dgnmu?"

Dia menjawab, "Aku khuatir jika meninggal dunia dlm keadaan tidak memeluk Islam. Ini krn, akhir hayat itu ada di tngan Allah, dan akhir hayat itu adalah saat penentuan.


(this was taken also from a book: Indahnya Cinta by Dr. Aidh Abdullah Al-Qarni)

Wallahualam. U see my frenz, how important the ending of our life is. N it's in Allah's hand. So.. how can we get this happy ending? hmm?? Think abt it!!

Al-Zubair Bin Al-'Awwam

Who is him? Do u know him? Well, even if u do know him. I kindly ask u 2 continue reading till the end of this post. N not juz read it, feel it. There's somethg in his story which touches my heart.. (From a book tht I read: Jadilah Wanita Terpuji Dunia-akhirat by Dr Akram Ridha)

Al-Zubair bin al-'Awwam, anak kpd ibu saudara Rasulullah saw. Ttg keutamaan al-Zubair ini Rasulullah saw prnah brsabda:

Ertinya:
"Talhah dan al-Zubair adalah pendampingku di syurga."

Al-Zubair bin al-'Awwam adalah seorg sahabat yg pemberani. Dia turut serta dlm seluruh peperangan yg dipimpin Rasulullah saw, dlm perang Riddah (perang trhadap org2 yg murtad) di masa pemerintahan Abu Bakar dan perang penaklukan berbagai negeri di masa Umar. Dia juga merupakan pahlawan Perang Yarmuk. Tentang keistimewaan Al-Zubair bin al-'Awwam ini, Rasulullah saw prnah brsabda:

Ertinya:
"Sesungguhnya setiap nabi memiliki pendamping/pengikut setia (hawariy) dan pndamping setiaku adalah Al-Zubair bin al-'Awwam."

Abu Nu'aim menambahkan satu riwayat lagi tntang keutamaan al-Zubair ini. Diriwayatkan bahawa ketika trjadinya Perang Ahzab, Rasulullah saw brtanya (kpd para sahabat), "Siapakah yang bersedia memata-matai gerak-geri musuh?" Al-Zubair segera berkata, "Saya, wahai Rasulullah saw." Dia mengucapkannya sbyk 3 kali. (Diriwayatkan oleh Termizi dlm kitab: al-Manaqib: 3687)

Ketika perselisihan antara Ali bin Abu Talib ra dengan Muawiyah bin Abu Sofyan semakin meruncing, iaitu setelah trbunuhnya Khalifah Uthman bin Affan ra, sejarah mencatat trjadinya sebuah peristiwa yg dikenali dengan sebutan Waq'atul Jamaal (Peristiwa Unta). Ketika itu, al-Zubair brsama Ummul Mukminin Aisyah Radhiallahu'anha dengan diiringi serombongan sahabat yang lain keluar dari kota Madinah dengan maksud mendamaikan Ali dan Muawiyah. Ternyata, org2 munafik yg berada dalam pasukan Ali berusaha memutarbelitkan informasi tentang keberangkatan rombongan Sayyidah Aisyah trsebut sehingga mengarah kpd pertikaian antara pasukan Ali bin Abu Thalib dengan rombongan Ummul Mukminin. Ini mendorong para sahabat yang ikut pada masa itu, di barisan depannya Talhah dan al-Zubair, segera melindungi unta yang membawa isteri Rasulullah saw trsebut. Keadaan menjadi semakin memuncak dan berbagai prasangka negatif bermunculan di antara kedua belah pihak. Akibatnya, hampir sahaja terjadi insiden berdarah antara rombongan Sayyidah Aisyah dengan Ali dan pasukannya.

Pada situasi yang genting tersebut, Ali kemudian mengundang al-Zubair untuk bertemu dengannya. Ketika keduanya sudah saling berhadapan di atas kudanya masing-masing, Ali kemudian berkata, "Wahai al-Zubair, Demi Allah masihkah kamu ingat ketika pada suatu hari kamu berjalan bersama Rasulullah saw, lalu kita bertemu di suatu tempat dan Rasulullah saw bertanya kepadamu, 'Wahai al-Zubair, apakah engkau menyayangi Ali?' Engkau lalu menjawab, 'Bagaimana mungkin saya tidak menyayangi anak ibu saudara, anak bapa saudara saya dan saudara saya seagama?' Rasulullah saw selanjutnya berkata kepadamu, 'Demi Allah wahai al-Zubair, jika engkau sampai memeranginya maka engkau adalah orang yg zalim'." Mendengar kata2 Ali tersebut, al-Zubair berkata, "Saya baru teringat sekarang. Hampir sahaja saya lupa dengan sabda baginda itu. Demi Allah, saya tidak akan memerangimu," Setelah berkata demikian, al-Zubair segera memacu kudanya kembali kepada roombongannya.

Setelah pembicaraan antara Ali dan Al-Zubair bin al-'Awwam itu, keadaan di kedua belah pihak kembali tenang. Ali dan Sayyidah Aisyah saling memahami posisi masing2. Ali juga memahami maksud keluarnya Aisyah. Dia kemudian meminta maaf atas tindakan yang dilakukan beberapa orang munafik dari pasukannya dan selanjutnya mengirimkan sejumlah pasukan utk mengawal Ummul Mukminin beserta rombongannya kembali ke kota Madinah.

Ternyata dalam perjalanan pulang tersebut, seseorg bernama Amr bin Jurmuz mengekori langkah al-Zubair. Lelaki itu lalu menikam al-Zubair ketika dia sedang solat. Akibatnya, tubuh sahabat kesayangan Nabi saw itu pun tersungkur bersimbah darah. Dia syahid di tmpat itu. Setelah menikam al-Zubair, pembunuh yang licik itu pergi ke kediaman Ali bin Abu Thalib dan bermaksud menemuinya. Ketika Ali mendengar perbuatan yang dilakukan Ibn Jurmuz trsebut, dia langsung mengusirnya seraya berkata keras "Khabarkanlah kpd pembunuh Ibn Shafiyyah (al-Zubair) bahawa dia akan masuk neraka (kerana perbuatannya itu)." Demikian juga ketika pedang al-Zubair yg smpat dicuri oleh Ibn Jurmuz diserahkan kpd Ali, dia langsung menciumnya dgn berlinang air mata seraya berkata, "Demi Allah, inilah pedang yang sudah sering kali dipergunakan pemiliknya untuk melindungi Rasulullah saw dari serangan musuh2 baginda."

Feb 14, 2011

ilmu-lovers??

u know.. my winter break has ended. New semester has begun. Many asked me abt how my holiday was going along. great! I learned a lot. But of course, there's lots more 2 be learnt!! yea... hey! That reminds me!!

Someone once said 2 Umar bin Abdul Aziz, "When u r able to be some1 alim, then be. But if u r unable to be so, be some1 who likes 2 learn. If u r unable to be so, be some1 who loves the fellow ulama'. But if u r still unable to be so, then dont be some1 who hates them." Then Umar bin Abdul Aziz said, "SubhanAllah, really this person has given the way out to all of us."

(Sry abt the translation tht I juz gave, hope tht the msg is clear!)

A couple of frenz invited me to some 'majlis ilmu'. Alhamdulillah. 1st one was the talaqi. I was like.. "what was it all abt, every1 was like 'crazy' abt this talaqi." I have to say, how dead I was. yea, DEAD. At least, my heart was dead. (hope tht it is currently alive. amiin.). Oh.. how cn I explain this 2 u. u c... While every1 got so excited with talaqi, I went all the way confused. what was wrong with me? y cant i feel what they feel. u must be confused too rite?? what's lydia talking abt???? yea, so let my explain. my frenz n the rest who went to the talaqi seemed to be in love with this 'majlis ilmu' and their teacher. looking forward to it every single week. but me? how come I felt normal, no excitement or anythg like tht. I suppose that my heart hardened.. it's like.... a stone!! I get what the teacher said, alrite. but... hmm... it juz didnt reach me, didnt reach my heart. N wow!! that's a sad thing, really!! I wanted more. I wanted to feel what the others felt. I know tht it is vital to love ilmu. Oh how it will bring goodness 2 us. InsyaAllah. how it will refresh our hearts... how it will open our hearts n reveal the truth to us. InsyaAllah.

(some feelings are juz difficult to be described into words. I'm trying u know!)

but at the 2nd talaqi, everythg started 2 make some sense. I felt it (a bit). The talaqi was abt Maulidur Rasul. my heart went all jumpy singing Ya Rabbi bil Mustofa. I was very2 glad. I felt the ni'mat that Allah gave. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah.

1 thing is.. These couple of days, I cn actually FEEL. Alhamdulillah. The feeling is somethg I value so much. It is the feel of how short life is (like in my previous post), how near death is, how insignificant it is to fight for something in this dunya. N I'm afraid, really. what if I forget abt all this. oh how I want this feeling to stay. I dont want to be enjoy myself all the way. Ya Allah. I know I'm juz a normal person. N strength? I dont think I hv it with me. In Russia I seldom go to such 'majlis ilmu'. It is like... hmm... If I hv nothg to remind me of who I am (a slave of Allah of course) n what life is all abt, then, I myself have to work this out. gv reminder 2 myself, n 2 others insyaAllah. Life is a game, in which u shud not play with. If u value ur iman, dont test it! please.

Wallahualam. May we be blessed always with remembrance of Allah. Amiin.

Feb 8, 2011

stare into space..

stare into space?? haha... (I'm trying 2 say 'renungkanlah' in other words) get it?? haha.. whateva lydia..

hmm.. I've been thinking lately. I'm turning 20 this year. wow! so soon?? think abt it.. if my life goes on.. soon I'll be 40, 60, 80.... WOW!! n death is so so near. but when?? Wallahu'alam. yea, life is short. gain 4 'dunya', it wont be longlasting.. gain 4 'akhirat', insyaAllah, tht's 4eva. coz akhirat=our final abode.

If u really think abt this, abt how short life is... U may get to a point when u realised what life is all abt.. how short life is. why do I keep on saying this?? how short life is. coz it's the truth! I'm serious.

what is our mission again?? dakwah!! seeking Allah's redha!! aint easy... but we gotta make some efforts, rite? time is running. R we still strolling abt n hving out own sweet time?? girl, ur 20!! (almost! haha...) 2 decades, i tell u! come on!!!