Jual beli dengan Allah swt

   Assalamualaikum warrahmatullahi wabarakatuh, pada kesempatan kali ini pengajian di isi oleh ustadz Cecep solehudin beliau pada kali ini membahas tentang makna hidup dimulai dari mereview diri kita kembali untuk melihat lebih jelas apa arti kehidupan ini agar kita bisa menempatkan diri kita sesuai dengan alur yang telah Allah ciptakan. Kehidupan ini dibaratkan jual beli, sebagaimana namanya, setiap transaksi jual beli pasti ingin mendapatkan keuntungan meskipun adakalanya kita dihadapkan pada keadaan yang membuat kita disebut rugi. Tetapi pada transaksi jual beli dengan Allah swt, kita pasti akan dihadapkan pada satu hal, yaitu keuntungan keuntungan yang melimpah, hal ini mempunyai arti bahwa ketika Allah swt menawarkan jual beli yang dapat menyelamatkan kita dari siksa api neraka, begitu juga ketika Allah swt menawarkan amalan amalan yang pahalanya sangat besar diantaranya :
1. Barang siapa yang melakukan sholat sunnah 2 rakaat sebelum sholat subuh maka pahalanya lebih baik dari dunia dan seisinya.
2. Barang siapa yang setiap harinya melaksanakan sholat dhuha maka Allah akan mencukupkan rezekinya hingga sore hari.
3. Barang siapa yang rutin membaca surat al waqiah setiap malam maka Allah tidak akan membuatnya miskin.
4. Ada juga kalimat jual beli yang ditawarkan Allah yang apabila sering diucapkan pahalanya lebih berat dari langit dan bumi, kalimat tersebut yaitu subhanallah walhamdulillah walailahailallahu allahuakbar. Memang kalimat ini singkat dan terlihat sepele, tetapi kenyataannya sangatlah sulit diucapkan hingga menjadikannya terbiasa dalam stiap desah nafas kita atau paling tidak membacanya setelah sholat dan sebelum tidur.

5. Memaafkan. bila kita mau memaafkan saudara kita apapun yang telah dia perbuat kepada kita maka Allah janjikan akan dibangunkan sebuah istana yang begitu indah yang terbuat dari emas dan permata. memang sangatlah mudah untuk bicara soal maaf memafkan tetapi dalam kenyataan sangatlah susah apalagi kepada orang yang telah menyakiti kita. Karena saat terjadi kesalah pahaman, yang terbayang dibenak kita pada saat itu adalah kebencian, kesalahan dan semua kejelekan kejelekan. Bila hal ini terjadi berlarut larut, lalu bagaimana kita akan mendapatkan tawaran dari Allah swt, bila hati kita masih terkontaminasi oleh penyakit hati.

Rasulullah bersabda barang siapa yang setiap kali sebelum tidur selalu mengosongkan pikiran pikiran negatif dan memaafkan semua kesalahan kesalahan orang orang disekitarnya serta tidak menyimpan dendam sama sekali maka dia sudah dipastikan menjadi ahli surga.

6. Ikhlas, merupakan sesuatu hal yang mudah di ucapkan tetapi ternyata susah untuk diimplementasikan. Padahal ikhlas adalah salah satu kunci diterimanya semua amal ibadah kita, karena bila kita beribadah tidak ikhlas karena Allah maka akan sia sia lah semua amalan ibadahnya. Suatu contoh saat kita berangkat ke pengajian bila di niati bukan karena Allah maka sia sialah semua amalan ibadah, tetapi bila kita ikhlas maka kita akan mendapat Ghasiyah humurrohmah : rahmat Allah yang melimpah, juga para malaikat akan membangga banggakan kita karena melihat para sekumpulan manusia yang berkumpul untuk mempelajari ilmu Allah.

wallahualam bishowab.

Youth Lecture: 30/09/2011

Bismillâh, wal-hamdulillâh

On Friday night, a youth lecture was held. The talk was given by Br. Bilal Merhi.

Let us start of with two âyât (verses) from the Book of Allâh (سبحانه وتعالى), the Qur'ân:

وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا لِّتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًا

"And thus We have made you a wasat (middle) nation to be witnesses over mankind, and (for) the Messenger to be a witness over you." [TMQ al-Baqarah 2:143]

كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ

"You are the best of peoples ever raised up for mankind." [TMQ Âli `Imrân 3:110]

Now you might ask, is there a contradiction between these two âyât? One of them says that we are the (wasat) middle nation, whilst the other says we are the best nation.

To answer that question, we have to turn to another âyah of the Qur'ân -- an âyah which we recite a minimum of 17 times a day.

صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ

"...The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace , not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger (such as the Jews), nor of those who went astray (such as the Christians)." [TMQ al-Fâtihah 1:7]


Among the reasons as to why the Jews earned Allâh's Anger is because Allâh (سبحانه وتعالى) granted them a lot of knowledge, but they failed to turn that knowledge into action; the Jews abandoned practising the religion properly. Here is a brief story explaining this: During the time of the Prophet, a man came to a Jewish rabbi and asked him, "What do you think about this man Muhammad?" The rabbi replied, "By Allâh! We know for sure that this man is the Messenger of God." The man asked, "Then why do you not follow him?" The rabbi replied, "I will fight him until he dies or I die."

Among the reasons as to why the Christians lost their way is because they acted but without knowledge. The Christians want to seek the true knowledge, but are unable to find it because they did not seek it from its proper resources.This is why they were led astray.They prayed [and still pray] not according to the way Allâh (سبحانه وتعالى) ordered them to pray.

The Jews and the Christians were [and still are] at two extremely opposite ends of the table. However, the Muslims are in the middle, as the âyah in al-Baqarah states, because we have the knowledge and we act on it too. Indeed, the path of the believers is knowledge of the truth and abiding by it. And when we follow this path, we become the best of nations, as quoted in the âyah in Sûrah Âli `Imrân. This clears up the confusion between these two âyât.

Sayyid Qutb (رحمه الله) once said that the Muslims were also the middle nation geographically. That way, the Muslims can be witnesses over the rest of mankind due to their location on the world map, being able to see everything around them.

Also, when we follow the path of having the  knowledge of the truth and abiding by it, we follow the path of the Sahâbah (رضي الله عنهم).

Speaking of the Sahâbah (رضي الله عنهم), most of them were aged between 8-25. However, the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) treated them like grown-ups. This was to set them up as the future leaders. And this is how today's youth should be treated. Today's youth are tomorrow's leaders.

We should also look to the example of the Sahâbah (رضي الله عنهم); we should take them as our role models instead of these singers and actors that we see today are constantly involved in scandals and sin. After all, the Sahâbah were our (the youth's) age, so it is more possible for us (the youth) to follow their example than the example of these singers and actors, who are mostly aged 25+.

It is attributed as being said by the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) that the Day of Judgement will not come until people say to a person 'How cool is he!' and that person won't have an atom's weight of faith.

Let's look at an example of two Sahâbah: `Abdullâh bin Mas`ûd & Mus`ab bin `Umayr (رضي الله عنهما).

Abdullâh bin Mas`ûd


Abdullâh bin Mas`ûd (رضي الله عنه) became a Muslim at a very young age. A famous story of him in his youth was when the Sahâbah (رضي الله عنهم) gathered, talking about the fact that the Quraysh had not yet heard the Qur'ân being recited openly yet. To this, Abdullâh bin Mas`ûd said, "I shall recite it for them." "We are afraid for you," they said. "We only want someone who has a tribe who would protect him from their evil." "Let me," Abdullâh bin Mas`ûd insisted, "Allâh shall protect me and keep me away from their evil."

He then went out to the Ka`bah, where the Quraysh were. Abdullâh (رضي الله عنه) began to recite Sûrah ar-Rahmân.The Quraysh, after relising that Abdullâh was reciting "what Muhammad brought", they started beating him up. Abdullâh continued reciting. When he finished, he was covered with blood.

When Abdullâh bin Mas`ûd (رضي الله عنه) returned to the Sahâbah (رضي الله عنهم) covered with blood and welts, they said to him, "this is what we feared for you, O Abdullâh. Abdullâh replied, "By Allâh, the enemies of Allâh are more uncomfortable than I am at this moment. If you wish, I shall return tomorrow and do the same." The Sahâbah replied ,"You have done enough. You have made them hear what they dislike."

This is real courage. These are the people we should look up to as role models.

Mus`ab bin `Umayr


Mus`ab bin `Umayr (رضي الله عنه) was the Justin Bieber of his time. He was the talk of the town. He was the person everyone wanted to be like. He was rich, handsome and did not have to work. Wherever he went, a line of women would always be following him.

As soon as he met up with the Messenger of Allâh (صلى الله عليه وسلم), he fell in love with him because of his personality. This caused him to become a Muslim.

When Mus`ab's mother heard of his becoming a Muslim, she locked him up in his room, chained him up and threw away all of his belongings. She gave him the choice to choose either her or the Messenger of Allâh (صلى الله عليه وسلم). He chose the Messenger of Allâh.

Mus`ab (رضي الله عنه) eventually escaped, wearing only ragged clothes he found off the street. But he didn't care about the Dunyâ anymore. He only cared cared about Islâm and the Âkhirah. He went on to become one of the great companions of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم).

During the Battle of Uhud, Mus`ab (رضي الله عنه) was chosen to carry the flag to keep the Muslims together. When the Muslims started running towards Madînah believing they had won, the enemy attacked from behind. As some tried to target the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم), Mus`ab screamed, trying to get attention to himself.

An enemy soldier came and chopped off Mus`ab's right arm. The flag fell, so he picked it up with his left hand. The soldier chopped it off, so Mus`ab hugged it with his upper arms and chest. He was then struck the fatal blow to his chest.

When Mus`ab (رضي الله عنه) was to be buried, he only had a short piece of cloth to cover his body; if his head was covered, his feet would show, and if his feet were covered, his head would show. Such was the condition of a person who once was the jewel of the town.

These are only two examples of the young Sahâbah (رضي الله عنهم) of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم); there are many more. We should look up to these brave, courageous, sincere people [who were mostly aged 8-25] as role models, not the scandal-plagued, drug-affected musicians and movie stars of today.

Wallâhu A`lam wa Ahkam