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استسلام

2008-10-20T20:54:00.000-07:00

ما ترك من الجهل شيئا من اراد ان يحدث في الوقت غير ما اظهره الله فيه

Tidak terlepas dari sifat kebodohan, orang yang hendak mengadakan sesuatu pada waktu yang الله tidak mengadakannya pada saat itu.

Apaila الله تعالى menempatkan seorang hamba pada suatu haal (keadaan) dari beberapa keadaan yang menghendaki ia harus konsisten pada keadaan tersebut, maka hendaknya ia senantiasa bersikap dengan adab yang baik agar ia tetap berada di dalam ahwal yang diberikan الله kepadanya, dan hendaknya ia ridha dengan haal (keadaan) tersebut, dan hendaklah ia ber-muraqabah kepada الله تعالى dengan sangat memperhatikan adab kepada-Nya, dan di dalam keadaan yang demikian senantiasa ia menyesuaikan diri dengan kehendak الله تعالى sampai الله memindahkannya dari satu hal kepada hal yang lain.

Abu Utsman RA berkata, “Aku Selama 40 tahun, tiada sekali-kali الله تعالى menempatkan aku dalam suatu keadaan (hal) kemudian aku membenci keaadan itu. Dan tidak pula Ia memindahkan aku ke keadaan (hal) lain kemudian aku membencinya”.

Dan sesungguhnya membenci suatu (hal) / keadaan ruhani pemberian الله, disertai keinginan dirinya untuk berpindah kepada hal yang lain, maka yang demikian ini sama saja ia ingin mengadakan sesuatu yang tidak diadakan oleh الله. Dan yang demikian ini adalah kebodohan yang nyata dari hamba kepada Tuhannya, dan merupakan Suu-ul adab / akhlak yang tidak baik dari seorang hamba kepada Tuannya عز وجل. Dan yang demikian ini termasuk penentangan terhadap hukum waktu menurut pendapat para sufi, Yang bagi mereka perkara ini termasuk dosa yang cukup besar.

Maka wajib bagi seorang hamba untuk ber استسلام, tunduk dan ta’at terhadap hukum Tuhannya Setiap saat. Itulah etika ubudiyah dan keharusan bagi العلم باالله, dan inilah salah satu makna الوقت pada istilah mereka (ahli tasawuf). Dan sebagian perkataan mereka adalah : الوقت سيف ‘Waktu adalah pedang’. Maksudnya adalah seperti pedang yang memiliki sifat memotong. Oleh karena itu barang siapa yang tidak dapat memperlakukan waktu dengan bijak maka sang waktu akan memotongnya dari jalan الله. Dan sesungguhnya hakikat waktu adalah apa yang wajib disikapi oleh seorang hamba pada memenuhi kehendak الحق. Barang siapa yang ditolong oleh waktu maka waktu baginya adalah keberuntungan. Dan barang siapa yang dikesalkan oleh waktu, maka waktu baginya adalah kesialan.

احالتك الاعمال على وجود الفراغ من رعونات النفس

Keinginanmu menunda amal, hingga nanti jika ada waktu luang, yang demikian itu termasuk memperturutkan nafsu

Apabila seorang hamba bercampuran dengan aktifitas duniawi seperti perniagaan, kerja mencari penghidupan dan lain sebagainya, sudah pasti semua itu membuat dirinya sibuk, yang dapat menghalanginya dari melakukan amal kebajikan. Dan keinginan untuk menunda amal sampai mendapatkan waktu luang sehingga ia berkata, “Nanti jika ada waktu luang maka aku akan beramal”, maka yang demikian ini termasuk memperturutkan hawa nafsu. Menuruti hawa nafsu adalah termasuk kebodohan, sedang kebodohan itu disebabkan oleh beberapa segi, yang pertama adalah ketetapan hati untuk memilih dunia daripada akhirat. Dan yang demikian ini bukanlah sifat orang berakal dan orang-orang beriman. الله تعالى berfirman :

بل تؤثرون الحياةالدني والأخرة خيروأبقى

Bahkan mereka lebih memilih kenikmatan dunia, Dan adalah akhirat itu lebih baik dan lebih kekal.

Kedua, adalah penundaan terhadap amal salih dan menunggu sampai mendapatkan waktu lapang. Dan terkadang ia tidak pernah mendapatkan sama sekali, malahan ia disambar oleh maut terlebih dahulu. Atau akan bertambah kesibukannya karena sesungguhnya اشغال الدنى (kesibukan dunia) akan saling mengajak yang satu kepada yang lain.

Ketiga, barangkali ia sempat mendapatkan waktu yang lapang. Akan tetapi karena berjalannya waktu maka azam-nya sudah berganti, dan niyatnya sudah menjadi lemah. Dan pada yang demikian ini akan mengajak pada menyedikitkan amal dan penolehan kepada kemampuan dan kekuatan dirinya di dalam mengerjakan amal tersebut, bukan karena pertolongan الله.

Oleh karena itu yang paling baik adalah bersegera mengerjakan amal pada seketika dan pada kondisi apa saja, dan segera bangkit ketika mendapat kesempatan sebelum datangnya maut dan hilangnya kesempatan. Dan hendaklah bertawakal kepada الله SWT agar dimudahkan dalam beramal salih.

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Vinnie Paz

Vincenzo Luvineri, better known as Vinnie Paz, is an American rapper and the lyricist behind the Philadelphia underground hip hop group Jedi Mind Tricks. He is also a part of hip hop supergroup Army of the Pharaohs. Originally taking the pseudonym of Ikon the Verbal Hologram, he later changed his name to Vinnie Paz, after the Rhode Island boxer Vinny Paz. Paz originally started rapping with fellow Jedi Mind Tricks member Stoupe in his basement. Paz is known for his raw and gritty lyrical delivery. This is partly due to the metal plates inserted inside his mouth, visible in several videos, such as Heavy Metal Kings feat. Ill Bill. This gritty style of Paz became apparent with the release of the now classic Violent by Design, and has gotten progressively more defined since its release. Vinnie Paz has a number of aliases, including Louie Doggs, The Pazmanian Devil, Frank Vinatra (as told in On the Eve of War with GZA), and Vin Laden.

Raised Roman Catholic, Vinnie Paz now practices the Islamic faith.[1] He has also made several appearances on other artists' tracks, such as Canibus, Sabac Red, Pumpkinhead, and Block McCloud, to name a few.

Paz was instrumental in forming the Army of the Pharaohs, an underground, East Coast hip hop group featuring himself, Apathy, Celph Titled, Chief Kamachi, 7L & Esoteric, Planetary & Crypt the Warchild (Outerspace), King Syze, Faez One, Jus Allah, Doap Nixon, Reef the Lost Cauze and Des D, although not every artist is on every track.

Recently, Vinnie appeared on Percee P's 2007 release, Perseverance. Paz along with Guilty Simpson are featured on the track "Watch Your Step" which was also released as the albums first single, having an instrumental and a cappella version along with it.

Matthew Saad Muhammad

Matthew Saad Muhammad (born Maxwell Antonio Loach, June 16, 1954) is a former boxer who was the world's light heavyweight champion.

Saad Muhammad's mother died when he was 5 years old, and he and his elder brother were sent to live with an aunt. As the aunt couldn't afford to look after both of them she instructed Saad Muhammad's brother to get rid of him. His brother took him to Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway and then ran away. Saad Muhammad was taken in by Catholic Social Services, the nuns gave him the name Matthew Franklin (after the saint and the park where he was abandoned).[1]

Saad Muhammad was very popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s among boxing fans because of his particularly action-oriented style. Saad Muhammad was known for his ability to take punishment and mount comebacks, and because of this, he was nicknamed Miracle Matthew.

Saad Muhammad was also part of a group of world Light-Heavyweight champions who became Muslims and changed their names during his era as a Light-Heavyweight, the others being Eddie Mustafa Muhammad (born as Eddie Gregory), and Dwight Muhammad Qawi (born as Dwight Braxton).

Saad Muhammad began to box professionally in 1974, with a second-round knockout win against Billy Early. He posted seven more wins that year, before suffering his first loss, at the hands of Wayne McGee by a decision in six.

In 1975, he had two wins and then he and McGee fought again, that time around, resulting in a six round draw. In 1976, Saad Muhammad had a major step up in opponent quality: He faced future world champions Marvin Camel and Mate Parlov, both of them twice.

His first fight with Parlov, in Milan, was also his first fight abroad. He beat Parlov by an eight-round decision. He then beat Camel by a ten round decision, but lost to him by a ten round decision in a rematch. After returning to Italy for a rematch with Parlov, he and Parlov struggled to a ten round draw.

He began 1977 by losing to Mustafa Muhammad (then Gregory), but he quickly turned things around by facing the future three time world champion Marvin Johnson, for the United States Light-Heavyweight title. In his first national television exposure, Saad Muhammad ended up winning that brawl by a knockout in round 12, obtaining the regional championship. Shortly after becoming champion, he converted to Islam and changed his name to Matthew Saad Muhammad.

In 1978, the wins kept on coming: He won all four of his bouts that year and defended the United States title against former world title challenger Richie Kates and against four time world title challenger Álvaro Yaqui López. The Lopez fight, their first of two, was considered a classic by boxing experts, and Saad Muhammad survived a relentless attack by Lopez to retain the belt with an 11th-round knockout.

By 1979, Johnson had become world champion by defeating Parlov, and Saad Muhammad felt he deserved a chance at the world title. So, on April 22, they met for a second time, this time in Johnson's hometown of Indianapolis. This fight was also considered by many experts as a Saad Muhammad classic, and has been shown on ESPN Classic's Classic Fights show. Saad Muhammad won the WBC's world Light Heavyweight crown with an eight round knockout of Johnson, after staggering him with a right hand towards the end of the seventh round.

For his first defense, he met former world champion John Conteh in Atlantic City. He retained the world title with a 15 round decision. The decision, however, was unpopular and an immediate rematch was ordered, so they met again, this time Saad Muhammad retaining the crown with a knockout in round four. After beating Louis Pergaud, he and Lopez met again, this time, with the world title on the line. Their rematch has also been shown by ESPN's classic network several times, and it was the fight of the year for 1980, according to Ring Magazine. Saad Muhammad was hit with 20 unanswered blows in round eight, but he recovered and dropped Lopez five times in route to a 14th-round knockout win.

He then went on to defeat Lottie Mwale, Vonzell Vampire Johnson, future world Super-Middleweight champion Murray Sutherland and Jerry Martin, all in defense of his world title, before facing Muhammad Qawi (then Braxton) in December 1981. In yet another fight that would later by shown on ESPN's classic network, Saad Muhammad lost his title when Qawi knocked him out in 10 rounds.

Saad Muhammad entered 1982 with a rematch against Qawi within his sights, and he defeated Pete McIntyre by a knockout in round two. The rematch between Saad Muhammad and Qawi came off in August, at Saad Muhammad's hometown of Philadelphia. The second time around, Qawi won by a knockout in round six.

From there on until 1992, Saad Muhammad fought sporadically and with limited success. He had been confronting eyesight problems, and in 1986, he declared himself in bankruptcy. He did, however, fight in many countries around the world between the moment he lost the rematch to Qawi and the moment he retired for good. Among those countries were Australia, Spain, The Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago.

Saad Muhammad retired with a record of 39 wins, 16 losses and 3 draws, with 29 wins by knockout.

In 1998, he became a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

Today Saad Muhammed trains up and coming fighters out of Atlantic City, New Jersey and is working particularly closely with former Indian Olympic boxing team heavyweight Gurcharan "The Guru" Singh. Singh was scheduled to fight in Slough's Montem Lesiure Centre, England in October 2006 and was accompanied by Saad Muhammed, however due to injury to Singhs knee he was unable to fight

The Imam of the Tariqat

2008-09-27T08:22:00.001-07:00

The Imam of the Tariqat

Shah Baha'uddin Naqshband

In this constellation, we come finally to Muhammad Bahauddan Uways al-Bukhari, known as Shah Naqshband, the Imam of the Naqshbandi Tariqat without peer. He was born in the year 1317 C.E. in the village of Qasr al-^carifan, near Bukhara. After he mastered the shari^cah sciences at the tender age of 18, he kept company with the Shaikh Muhammad Baba as-Samasi, who was an authority in hadith in Central Asia. After the latter's death, he followed Shaikh Amir Kulal who continued and perfected his training in the external and the internal knowledge.

The students of Shaikh Amir Kulal used to make dhikr aloud when sitting together in association, and silent dhikr when alone. Shah Naqshband, however, although he never criticized nor objected to the loud dhikr, preferred the silent dhikr. Concerning this he says, "There are two methods of dhikr; one is silent and one is loud. I chose the silent one because it is stronger and therefore more preferable." The silent dhikr thus became the distinguishing feature of the Naqshbandiyya among other tariqats.

Shah Naqshband performed Hajj (Pilgrimage) three times, after which he resided in Merv and Bukhara. Towards the end of his life he went back to settle in his native city of Qasr al-^cArifan. His teachings became quoted everywhere and his name was on every tongue. Visitors from far and wide came to see him and to seek his advice. They received teaching in his school and mosque, a complex which at one time accommodated more than five thousand people. This school is the largest Islamic center of learning in Central Asia and still exists in our day. It was recently renovated and reopened after surviving seventy years of Communist rule.

Shah Naqshband's teachings changed the hearts of seekers from darkness to light. He continued to teach his students the knowledge of the Oneness of God in which his precedessors had specialized, emphasizing the realization of the state of ihsan (excellence) for his followers according to the hadith of the Prophet (s), "Ihsan is to worship God as if you see Him."

When Shah Naqshband died he was buried in his garden as he requested. The succeeding Kings of Bukhara took care of his school and mosque, expanding them and increasing their religious endowments (awqaf).

Succeeding shaikhs of the Naqshbandi Tariqat wrote many biographies of Shah Naqshband. Among them are Mas^cud al-Bukhari and Sharif al-Jarjani, who composed the Awrad Baha'uddan which describes him and his life's works including his fatawa (legal decisions). Shaikh Muhammad Parsa, who died in Madina in 822 H. (1419 C.E.) wrote Risala Qudsiyya in which he talks of Shah Naqshband's life, his virtues, and his teachings.

Shah Naqshband's literary legacy included many books. Among them are Awrad an-Naqshbandiyyah, the Devotions of Shah Naqshband. Another book is Tanbih al-Ghafilin. A third book is Maslakul Anwar. A fourth is Hadiyyatu-s-Salikan wa Tuhfat at-Talibin. He left many noble expressions praising the Prophet (s) and he wrote many legal rulings. One of his opinions was that all the different acts and kinds of worship, whether obligatory or voluntary, were permitted for the seeker in order to reach reality. Prayer, fasting, zakat (paying the poor-tax), mujahadat (striving) and zuhd (self-denial) were emphasized as ways to reach Allah Almighty.

Shah Naqshband built his school on the renewal of the teachings of the Islamic religion. He insisted on the necessity of keeping the Qur'an and the teachings of the Sunnah. When they asked him, "What are the requirements of one who follows your way?" he said, "To follow the Sunnah of the Prophet (s)." He continued saying: "Our way is a rare one. It keeps the ^cUrwat ul-Wuthqa, the Unbreakable Bond, and it asks nothing else of its followers but to take hold of the Pure Sunnah of the Prophet (s) and follow the way of the Sahaba (Companions of the Prophet (s)) in their ijtihad (efforts for Allah).

"The Naqshbandi School is the easiest and simplest way for the student to understand tawhid. It urges its followers to seek a state of complete worship of Allah both publicly and privately by keeping the complete code of conduct of the Prophetic Sunnah. It encourages people to keep to the strictest modes of worship (^cazima) and to abandon exemptions (rukhsa). It is also free from all innovations and deviations. It does not demand of its followers perpetual hunger or wakefulness. That is how the Naqshbandiyya has managed to remain free from the excesses of the ignorant and the charlatans (musha^cwazan). In sum we say that our way is the mother of all tariqats and the guardian of all spiritual trusts. It is the safest, wisest, and clearest way. It is the purest drinking-station, the most distilled essence. The Naqshbandiyya is innocent from any attack because it keeps the sunnah of the beloved Prophet (s)."

We are presenting to the general public, by order of our Sheikh, Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani, fortieth in that Golden Chain of the Naqshbandi Masters, an all-too-brief book filled with the light of these Pure Masters, their aphorisms, their teachings, their way of life, and their examplary saintliness. We hope that it will bring the reader a taste of the lives of these Shaikhs, who light our way to the knowledge of Reality and Truth, to the Love of the Beloved Prophet (s), and to the ultimate goal of all, which is to reach the Divine Presence of our Creator.

"My work is to weep at night in remembering my Beloved;
my sleep is to remain absorbed in thoughts of my Beloved."
"In vain do eyes stay awake if not to behold You.
In vain do tears flow for another than You."
"The lovers die at every moment,
for their dying is not of one kind.
The lover has received two hundred spirits
from the Spirit of Guidance,
and he sacrifices them all at every instant.
For every spirit he receives ten in return

--read the Qur'an: Ten the like of it [6:160]."

Perjalanan Spiritual Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani

2008-09-27T08:06:00.000-07:00

Perjalanan Spiritual Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani

Dari buku : The Naqshbandi Sufi Way, History

Oleh : Syaikh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, 1995

Beliau dilahirkan di Larnaca, Siprus, pada hari Minggu, tanggal 23 April 1922 – atau 26 Shaban 1340 H. Dari sisi ayah, beliau adalah keturunan Abdul Qadir Jailani, pendiri thariqat Qadiriah. Dari sisi ibunya, beliau adalah keturunan Jalaluddin Rumi, pendiri thariqat Mawlawiyyah, yang juga merupakan keturunan Hassan-Hussein (as ) cucu Nabi Muhammad saw. Selama masa kanak-kanak di Siprus, beliau selalu duduk bersama kakeknya, salah seorang syaikh thariqat Qadiriah untuk belajar spiritualitas dan disiplin. Tanda-tanda luar biasa telah nampak pada syaikh Nazim kecil, tingkah lakunya sempurna. Tidak pernah berselisih dengan siapapun, beliau selalu tersenyum dan sabar. Kedua kakek dari pihak ayah dan ibunya melatih beliau pada jalan spiritual.

Ketika remaja, Shaykh Nazim sangat diperhitungkan karena tingkat spiritualnya yang tinggi. Setiap orang di Larnaca mengenal beliau, karena dengan umur yang masih amat muda mampu menasihati orang-orang, meramal masa depan dan dengan spontan membukanya. Sejak umur 5 tahun sering ibundanya mencarinya, dan didapati beliau sedang berada didalam masjid atau di makam Umm Hiram, salah satu sahabat Nabi Muhammad (saw) yang berada di sebelah masjid. Banyak sekali turis mendatangi makam tersebut karena tertarik akan pemandangan sebuah batu yang tergantung diatas makam itu.

Ketika sang ibu mengajaknya pulang, beliau mengatakan :

” Biarkan aku disini dengan Umm Hiram, beliau adalah leluhur kita.”

Biasanya terlihat syaikh Nazim sedang berbicara, mendengarkan dan menjawab seperti berdialog dengannya. Bila ada yang mengusiknya, beliau katakan :

“ Biarkan aku berdialog dengan nenekku yang ada di makam ini.”

Ayahnya mengirim beliau ke sekolah umum pada siang hari dan sorenya belajar ilmu-ilmu agama. Beliau seorang yang jenius diantara teman-temannya. Setelah tamat sekolah ( setara SMU ) syaikh Nazim menghabiskan malam harinya untuk mempelajari thariqat Mawlawiyyah dan Qadiriah. Beliau mempelajari ilmu Shariah, Fiqih, ilmu tradisi, ilmu logika dan Tafsir Qur’an. Beliau mampu memberikan penjelasan hukum tentang masalah-masalah Islam secara luas. Beliau juga mampu berbicara bagi orang-orang dari segala tingkatan spiritual. Beliau di beri kemampuan untuk menjelaskan masalah-masalah yang sulit dalam bahasa yang jelas dan mudah.

ImageSetelah tamat SMA di Siprus, syaikh Nazim pindah ke Istambul pada tahun 1359 H / 1940, dimana kedua saudara laki-laki dan seorang saudara perempuannya tinggal. Beliau belajar tehnik kimia di Universitas Istambul, di daerah Bayazid. Pada saat yang sama beliau memperdalam hukum Islam dan bahasa Arab pada guru beliau, syaikh Jamaluddin al-Lasuni, yang meninggal pada th 1375 H / 1955 M. Shaykh Nazim meraih gelar sarjana pada tehnik kimia dengan hasil memuaskan dibanding teman-temannya. Ketika Professor di universitasnya memberi saran agar melakukan penelitian, beliau katakan,” Saya tidak tertarik dengan ilmu modern. Hati saya selalu tertarik pada ilmu-ilmu spiritual.”

Selama tahun pertama di Istambul, beliau bertemu dengan guru spiritual pertamanya, Shaykh Sulayman Arzurumi, seorang syaikh dari thariqat Naqsybandi yang meninggal pada th. 1368 H / 1948 M. Sambil kuliah syaikh Nazim belajar pada beliau sebagai tambahan dari ilmu thariqat yang telah dimilikinya yaitu Mawlawiyyah dan Qadiriah. Biasanya beliau akan terlihat di masjid sultan Ahmad, bertafakur sepanjang malam. Syaikh Nazim menuturkan :

“Disana aku menerima barakah dan kedamaian hati yang luar biasa. Aku shalat subuh bersama kedua guruku, Shaykh Sulayman Arzurumi dan shaykh Jamaluddin al-Lasuni. Mereka mengajariku dan meletakkan ilmu spiritual dalam hatiku. Aku mendapat banyak penglihatan spiritual agar pergi menuju Damaskus, tapi hal itu belum diizinkan. Sering aku melihat Nabi Muhammad memanggilku menuju ke hadapannya. Ada hasrat yang mendalam agar aku meninggalkan segalanya dan untuk pindah menuju kota suci Nabi.

Suatu hari ketika hasrat hati ini semakin kuat, aku diberi “penglihatan” itu. Guruku , Shaykh Sulayman Arzurumi datang dan menepuk pundakku sambil mengatakan,’Sekarang sudah turun izin. Rahasia-rahasia, amanat, dan ajaran spiritualmu bukan ada padaku. Aku menahanmu karena amanat sampai engkau siap bertemu dengan guru sejatimu yang juga guruku sendiri yaitu Syaikh Abdullah ad-Daghestani. Beliau pemegang kunci-kuncimu. Temui beliau di Damaskus. Izin ini datang dariku dan berasal dari Nabi.’ ( Shaykh Sulayman Arzurumi adalah salah satu dari 313 awliya thariqat Naqsybandi yang mewakili 313 utusan. )

Bayangan itupun berakhir. Aku mencari guruku untuk menceritakan pengalaman itu. Dua jam kemudian aku melihat syaikh menuju masjid, aku berlari menghampirinya. Beliau membuka kedua tangannya dan berkata,

” Anakku, bahagiakah engkau dengan penglihatan itu ?” Aku sadar bahwa beliau juga telah mengetahui segalanya. “Jangan tunggu lagi, segera berangkat ke Damaskus.” Beliau bahkan tidak memberiku alamat atau informasi lain, kecuali sebuah nama : Syaikh Abdullah ad-Daghestani di Damaskus.

Dari Istambul ke Aleppo aku naik kereta. Selama perjalanan aku masuk dari satu masjid ke masjid lain, shalat, duduk dengan para ulama dan menghabiskan waktu untuk ibadah dan tafakur.

Kemudian aku menuju Hama, kota kuno mirip Aleppo. Aku berusaha untuk langsung menuju Damaskus, namun mustahil. Perancis yang saat itu menduduki Damaskus sedang mempersiapkan diri akan serangan pihak Inggris. Jadi aku pergi ke Homs dimana ada makam Khalid bin walid, sahabat Nabi. Ketika aku memasuki masjid untuk shalat, seorang pelayan mendatangiku dan mengatakan :

‘ Aku bermimpi tadi malam, Nabi mendatangiku. Beliau mengatakan : “Salah satu cucuku akan datang esok hari. Jagalah dia demi aku.” Beliau memberi petunjuk bagaimana ciri-ciri cucu beliau yang sekarang aku lihat semuanya ada pada dirimu.’

Dia memberiku sebuah kamar didalam masjid itu dimana aku menetap selama setahun. Aku tidak pernah keluar kecuali untuk shalat dan duduk ditemani 2 ulama Homs yang mumpuni, mereka mengajar bacaan Al-Qur’an, tafsir, fiqih dan tradisi-tradisi Islam. Mereka adalah Shaykh Muhammad Ali Uyun as-Sud dan shaykh Abdul Aziz Uyun as-Sud. Disana, aku juga mengikuti pelajaran-pelajaran dari dua syaikh Naqsybandi, Shaykh Abdul Jalil Murad dan Shaykh Said as-Suba’i. Hatiku semakin menggebu untuk segera tiba di Damaskus, namun karena perang masih berkecamuk maka kuputuskan untuk menuju Tripoli di Lebanon, dari sana menuju Beirut lalu ke Damaskus lewat jalur yang lebih aman.

Pada tahun 1364 AH / 1944 M, Syaikh Nazim pergi ke Tripoli dengan bis. Bis ini membawa beliau sampai ke pelabuhan yang masih asing, dan tidak seorangpun dikenalnya. Ketika berjalan mengelilingi pelabuhan, beliau melihat seseorang dari arah berlawanan. Orang itu adalah Mufti Tripoli yang bernama Shaykh Munir al-Malek. Beliau juga merupakan shaykh atas semua thariqat sufi di kota itu.

“ Apakah kamu shaykh Nazim ? aku bermimpi dimana Nabi mengatakan, ‘Salah satu cucuku tiba di Tripoli.’ Beliau tunjukkan gambaran sosokmu dan menyuruhku mencarimu di kawasan ini. Nabi menyuruhku agar menjagamu. “

Syaikh Nazim memaparkan hal ini :

Aku tinggal dengan syaikh Munir al-Malek selama sebulan. Beliau mengatur perjalananku menuju Homs untuk kemudian dilanjutkan ke Damaskus. Aku tiba di Damaskus pada hari Jum’at th. 1365 H / 1945 awal tahun Hijriah. Aku tahu bahwa Syaikh Abdullah ad-Daghestani tinggal di wilayah Hayy al-Maidan, dekat dengan makam Bilal al-Habashi dan banyak keturunan dari keluarga Nabi. Sebuah daerah kuno yang penuh dengan monumen-monumen bersejarah.

ImageAkupun tidak tahu yang mana rumah syaikh Abdullah. Sebuah penglihatan datang ketika aku berdiri di pinggir jalan; syaikh keluar dari rumahnya dan memanggilku untuk masuk. Penglihatan itu segera lenyap, dan tetap tak kulihat siapapun di jalanan. Keadaan tampak senyap akibat invasi orang-orang Perancis dan Inggris. Penduduk ketakutan dan bersembunyi didalam rumah masing-masing. Aku sendirian dan mulai berkontemplasi didalam hati untuk mengetahui yang mana rumah syaikh Abdullah. Sekilas gambaran itu muncul, sebuah rumah dengan sebuah pintu yang spesifik. Aku berusaha mencari sampai akhirnya ketemu. Ketika akan kuketuk, syaikh membuka pintu rumah menyambutku, ” Selamat datang anakku, Nazim Effendi.”

Penampilannya yang tidak biasa segera menarik hatiku. Tidak pernah aku bertemu dengan syaikh yang seperti itu sebelumnya. Cahaya terpancar dari wajah dan keningnya. Kehangatan yang berasal dari dalam hatinya dan dari senyuman di wajahnya. Beliau mengajakku ke lantai atas dengan menaiki tangga didalam kamar beliau , “ Kami sudah menunggumu.”

Didalam hati, aku sangat bahagia bersamanya, namun masih ada hasrat untuk mengunjungi kota Nabi. Aku bertanya pada beliau,

” Apa yang harus kulakukan ?” Beliau menjawab,” Besok akan aku beri jawaban, sekarang waktumu untuk istirahat !” Beliau menawari makan malam lalu kami shalat Isya berjamaah, kemudian tidur.

Pagi-pagi sekali beliau membangunkan aku untuk melakukan shalat. Tidak pernah aku merasakan kekuatan luar biasa seperti cara beliau beribadah. Aku merasa sedang berada dihadapan Ilahi dan hatiku semakin tertarik akan beliau. Kembali sebuah ‘penglihatan’ terlintas. Aku melihat diriku sendiri menaiki sebuah tangga dari tempat kami shalat menuju ke Bayt al-Mamur, Ka’bah surgawi, setingkat demi setingkat. Setiap tingkat yang kulalui adalah maqam yang diberikan syaikh kepadaku. Di setiap maqam aku menerima pengetahuan didalam hatiku yang sebelumnya tidak pernah aku dengar ataupun aku pelajari. Kata-kata, frase, kalimat diletakkan sekaligus dalam cara yang indah, di alirkan menuju ke dalam hatiku, dari maqam ke maqam sampai terangkat menuju Bayt al-Makmur. Disana aku melihat 124.000 (seratus dua puluh empat ribu) Nabi-nabi berbaris melakukan shalat, dan Nabi Muhammad sebagai imamnya.

Aku melihat 124.000 ( seratus dua puluh empat ribu ) sahabat Nabi yang berbaris dibelakang beliau. Aku melihat 7007 ( tujuh ribu tujuh ) awliya thariqat Naqsybandi berdiri dibelakang mereka sedang shalat. Aku juga melihat 124.000 ( seratus dua puluh empat ribu ) awliya thariqat lain berbaris melaksanakan shalat.

Sebuah tempat sengaja disisakan untuk dua orang tepat disebelah Abu Bakr as-Siddiq. Grandsyaikh mengajakku menuju tempat itu dan kamipun shalat subuh. Suatu pengalaman beribadah yang sangat indah. Ketika Nabi memimpin shalat itu, bacaan yang dikumandangkan beliau sungguh syahdu. Tidak ada kata-kata yang mampu melukiskan pengalaman itu, sesuatu yang Ilahiah.

Begitu shalat selesai, penglihatan itupun berakhir, tepat ketika syaikh menyuruhku untuk melakukan adhan subuh. Beliau shalat didepan dan aku dibelakangnya. Dari arah luar aku mendengar suara peperangan antar 2 pihak pasukan tentara. Grandsyaikh segera mem-baiat-ku didalam thariqat Naqsybandi, kata beliau : ‘Anakku, kami punya kekuatan untuk bisa membuat seorang murid mencapai maqamnya dalam waktu sedetik saja.’ Sambil melihat ke arah hatiku, kedua mata beliau berubah dari kuning menjadi merah, lalu berubah putih, kemudian hijau dan akhirnya hitam. Perubahan warna itu berhubungan dengan ilmu-ilmu yang di pancarkan pada hatiku.

Pertama adalah warna kuning yang menunjukkan maqam ‘qalbu’. Beliau alirkan segala jenis pengetahuan eksternal yang diperlukan untuk melaksanakan kehidupan manusia sehari-hari.

Yang kedua adalah maqam ‘rahasia/Sirr’, pengetahuan dari seluruh 40 thariqat yang berasal dari Ali bin Abi Talib. Aku rasakan diriku menjadi pakar dalam seluruh thariqat-thariqat ini. Mata beliau berubah warna menjadi merah saat hal ini terjadi. Tahap yang ketiga adalah tingkatan ‘Sirr as Sirr’ yang hanya diizinkan bagi para syaikh Naqsybandi dengan imamnya Abu Bakr. Saat itu mata grandsyaikh telah berubah menjadi putih.

Maqam keempat yaitu ‘pengetahuan spiritual tersembunyi / khafa’ dimana saat itu mata beliau berubah warna menjadi hijau.

Terakhir adalah tahap akhfa, maqam yang paling rahasia dimana tak ada apapun yang nampak disana. Mata beliau berubah menjadi hitam, dan disinilah beliau mengantarku menuju Hadirat Allah. Kemudian grandsyaikh mengembalikan aku lagi pada eksistensiku semula.

Rasa cintaku pada grandsyaikh begitu meluap, sehingga tidak terbayangkan bila harus berjauhan dengannya. Aku tak menginginkan apapun kecuali agar bisa berdekatan dan melayani beliau selamanya. Namun perasaan damai itu terasa disambar oleh petir, badai dan tornado. Ujian yang sungguh luar biasa dan membuatku putus asa ketika kemudian beliau mengatakan :

‘Anakku, orang-orangmu membutuhkanmu. Aku telah cukup memberimu untuk saat ini. Pergilah ke Siprus hari ini juga.’

Aku jalani satu setengah tahun agar bisa bertemu dengan beliau. Aku lewatkan satu malam bersama beliau . Kini beliau memintaku untuk kembali ke Siprus, sebuah tempat yang telah kutinggalkan selama 5 tahun. Perintah yang amat mengerikan bagiku, namun dalam thariqat sufi, seorang murid harus menyerah pada kehendak syaikh-nya. Setelah mencium tangan dan kaki beliau sambil meminta izin, aku mencoba menemukan jalan menuju Siprus.

Perang Dunia II akan segera berakhir dan sama sekali tidak ada sarana transportasi. Ketika aku sedang memikirkan jalan keluarnya, seseorang menghampiriku, ‘Syaikh, anda butuh tumpangan ?’

‘Ya ! kemana tujuan anda ?’ aku balik bertanya.

‘Ke Tripoli.’ jawabnya. Kemudian dengan truknya, setelah 2 hari perjalanan, kamipun sampai di Tripoli. ‘Antarkan aku sampai pelabuhan.’ kataku

‘Buat apa ?’

‘Agar bisa naik kapal ke Siprus.’

‘Bagaimana bisa ? tak ada yang bepergian lewat laut saat perang seperti ini.’

‘Tidak apa-apa. Antarkan aku kesana.’

Ketika dia menurunkanku di pelabuhan, aku kembali terkejut ketika syaikh Munir al-Malek menghampiriku. Kata beliau : ‘ Cinta macam apakah yang dimiliki kakekmu padamu ? Nabi datang lagi lewat mimpiku dan mengatakan – ‘ Cucuku, si Nazim akan segera tiba, jagalah dia.’

Aku tinggal bersama syaikh Munir selama 3 hari. Aku memintanya untuk mengatur perjalananku sampai ke Siprus. Beliau telah berusaha, namun karena keadaan perang dan minimnya bahan bakar maka hal itu sangat mustahil. Akhirnya hanya ada sebuah perahu. ‘Kamu bisa pergi, tapi amat berbahaya !’ kata syaikh Munir.

‘Tapi aku harus pergi, ini adalah perintah syaikh-ku.’

Syaikh Munir membayar sejumlah besar uang pada pemilik perahu untuk membawaku. Kami berlayar selama 7 hari agar sampai ke Siprus, yang normalnya hanya memakan waktu 2 hari saja dengan perahu motor. Segera setelah sampai di daratan Siprus, penglihatan spiritual terlintas dalam hatiku.

Aku merasa Grandsyaikh Abdullah ad-Daghestani mengatakan padaku,

Image‘Oh anakku, tidak seorangpun mampu menahanmu membawa amanatku. Engkau telah banyak mendengar dan menerima. Mulai detik ini aku akan selalu dapat terlihat olehmu. Setiap engkau arahkan hatimu padaku, aku akan selalu berada disana. Segala pertanyaan yang engkau ajukan akan dijawab langsung, berasal dari hadirat Ilahi. Segala tingkatan spiritual yang ingin engkau capai, akan dianugerahkan kepadamu karena penyerahan totalmu. Semua awliya puas denganmu, Nabipun bahagia akan dirimu.’

Ketika hal itu terjadi, aku merasakan syaikh ada disisiku dan sejak saat itu beliau tidak pernah meninggalkanku. Beliau selalu berada di sampingku.

Syaikh Nazim mulai menyebarkan bimbingan spiritual dan mengajar agama Islam di Siprus. Banyak murid-murid yang mendatangi beliau dan menerima thariqat Naqsybandi. Namun sayang, waktu itu semua agama dilarang di Turki dan karena beliau berada di dalam komunitas orang-orang Turki di Siprus, agamapun juga dilarang disana. Bahkan mengumandangkan adhanpun tidak diperbolehkan.

Langkah beliau yang pertama adalah menuju masjid di tempat kelahirannya dan mengumandangkan adhan disana, segera beliau dimasukkan penjara selama seminggu. Begitu dibebaskan, syaikh Nazim pergi menuju masjid besar di Nicosia dan melakukan adhan di menaranya. Hal itu membuat para pejabat marah dan beliau dituntut atas pelanggaran hukum. Sambil menunggu sidang, syaikh Nazim terus mengumandangkan adhan di menara-menara masjid seluruh Nicosia. Sehingga tuntutanpun terus bertambah, ada 114 kasus yang menunggu beliau. Pengacara menasihati beliau agar berhenti melakukan adhan, namun syaikh Nazim mengatakan : “ Tidak, aku tidak bisa. Orang-orang harus mendengar panggilan untuk shalat.”

Hari persidangan tiba. Jika tuntutan 114 kasus itu terbukti, beliau bisa dihukum 100 tahun penjara. Pada hari yang sama hasil pemilu diumumkan di Turki. Seorang laki-laki bernama Adnan Menderes dicalonkan untuk berkuasa. Langkah pertama dia ketika terpilih menjadi Presiden adalah membuka seluruh masjid-masjid dan mengijinkan adhan dalam bahasa Arab. Itulah keajaiban syaikh kita.

Selama bertahun-tahun disana, beliau mengadakan perjalanan ke seluruh penjuru Siprus. Beliau juga mengunjungi Lebanon, Mesir, Saudi Arabia dan tempat-tempat lain untuk mengajar thariqat Sufi. Syaikh Nazim kembali ke Damaskus pada th. 1952 ketika beliau menikahi salah satu murid grandsyaikh Abdullah yaitu Hajjah Amina Adil. Sejak saat itu beliau tinggal di Damaskus dan mengunjungi Siprus setiap tahunnya, yaitu selama 3 bulan pada bulan Rajab, Shaban, dan Ramadhan.

Syaikh Nazim dan keluarganya tinggal di Damaskus, dan keluarganya selalu menyertai bila syaikh Nazim pergi ke Siprus. Syaikh Nazim mempunyai dua anak perempuan dan dua anak laki-laki.

Perjalanan Syaikh Nazim

Syaikh Nazim pergi haji setiap tahunnya untuk memimpin kelompok orang-orang Siprus. Beliau melaksanakan ibadah haji sebanyak 27 kali. Beliau menjaga murid-muridnya dan sebagai pengikut grandsyaikh Abdullah.

Suatu saat grandsyaikh mengatakan padanya agar pergi ke Aleppo dari Damaskus dengan berjalan kaki, dan berhenti di setiap desa untuk menyebarkan thariqat Naqsybandi, ajaran sufisme dan ajaran Islam. Jarak antara Damaskus menuju Aleppo sekitar 400 kilometer. Butuh waktu lebih dari satu tahun untuk perjalanan pergi dan kembali. Syaikh Nazim berjalan kaki selama satu atau dua hari. Ketika sampai di sebuah desa, beliau tinggal disana selama seminggu untuk menyebarkan thariqat Naqsybandi, memimpin dzikir, melatih penduduk dan melanjutkan perjalanan beliau sampai ke desa selanjutnya. Nama beliaupun mulai terdengar di setiap lidah orang-orang, mulai dari perbatasan Yordania sampai perbatasan Turki dekat Aleppo.

Hal yang sama diperintahkan dan dijalankan oleh syaikh Nazim agar berjalan kaki ke Siprus. Dari desa satu menuju desa lainnya, menyeru orang agar kembali pada Tuhannya dan meninggalkan segala materialisme, sekularisme dan atheisme.

Beliau amat dicintai diseluruh Siprus, dan masyur dengan sebutan ‘Syaikh Nazim berturban hijau / Syaikh Nazim Yesilbas’ karena turban dan jubahnya yang berwarna hijau.

Beliau sering mengunjungi Lebanon, dimana kami mengenal beliau. Pada th. 1955, aku berada di kantor pamanku, yang menjabat sebagai sekjen urusan agama di Lebanon, sebuah jabatan yang tinggi dalam Pemerintahan. Ketika itu tiba waktunya shalat Ashar dan pamanku, Syaikh Mukhtar Alayli sering shalat di masjid al-Umari al-Kabir di Beirut. Disana ada juga gereja pada masa Umar bin al-Khattab, yang telah berubah menjadi masjid pada masa beliau. Di bawah tanah masjid masih terdapat fondasi gereja. Pamanku menjadi imam dan aku beserta dua saudaraku shalat dibelakang beliau.

Seorang syaikh datang dan shalat disebelah kami. Kemudian orang itu melihat kedua kakakku dan menyebut nama-nama mereka, selanjutnya menoleh ke arahku dan menyebutkan namaku. Kami amat terkejut, karena kami tidak saling mengenal sebelumnya. Pamanku juga tertarik pada beliau. Itulah pertama kali kami bertemu syaikh Nazim. Kakak tertuaku berkeras untuk mengajak syaikh Nazim dan paman untuk menginap di rumah kami.

Syaikh Nazim mengatakan : “ Saya dikirim oleh syaikh Abdullah. Beliau yang mengatakan ‘Setelah shalat ashar nanti, yang ada disebelah kananmu bernama ini dan yang lain bernama ini. Ajaklah mereka masuk thariqat Naqsybandi. Mereka akan menjadi pengikut kita.’ “

Kami masih amat muda dan kagum akan cara beliau mengetahui nama-nama kami.

Sejak saat itu beliau mengunjungi Beirut secara rutin. Kami pergi ke Damaskus setiap Minggunya, dengan cara memohon pada ayah kami agar diizinkan mengunjungi grandsyaikh. Aku dan kakakku menerima banyak pengetahuan spiritual dan menyaksikan kekuatan-kekuatan ajaib yang dialirkan pada hati kami, para pencari.

Rumah Syaikh Nazim tidak pernah sepi dari pengunjung. Sedikitnya seratus orang silih berganti mengunjungi rumah beliau setiap harinya dan dilayani dengan baik. Rumah beliau dekat dengan rumah grandsyaikh di Jabal Qasiyun, sebuah pegunungan yang tampak dari kotanya, disebelah tenggara Damaskus. Rumah semen beliau yang sederhana dengan segala perabot dibuat dari tangan dengan bahan kayu atau bahan-bahan alami lain.

Mulai tahun 1974, beliau mengunjungi Eropa. Dari Siprus menuju London dengan pesawat dan kembalinya mengendarai mobil lewat jalan darat. Beliau melanjutkan pertemuan dengan setiap kalangan masyarakat dari berbagai daerah, bahasa, adat sampai keyakinan yang berbeda-beda. Orang-orang mulai mengucap kalimat Tauhid dan bergabung dengan thariqat sufi dan belajar tentang rahasia-rahasia spiritual dari beliau. Senyum dan wajahnya yang bersinar amat dikenal di seluruh benua Eropa dan disayangi karena membawa cita rasa spiritualitas yang sebenarnya dalam kehidupan masyarakat.

Tahun-tahun selanjutnya, beliau melakukan perjalanan kaki di wilayah negara Turki. Sejak tahun 1978, beliau habiskan tiga sampai empat bulan disetiap daerah di Turki. Dalam setahun beliau bepergian di daerah Istambul, Yalova, Bursa, Eskisehir dan Ankara. Di lain kesempatan beliau mengunjungi Konya, Isparta dan Kirsehir. Tahun berikutnya mengunjungi pesisir selatan dari Adana menuju Mersin, Alanya, Izmir dan Antalya. Kemudian ditahun berikutnya beliau bepergian ke sisi timur, Diyarbakir, Erzurm sampai perbatasan Irak. Kemudian kunjungan selanjutnya adalah di laut hitam, bergerak dari satu wilayah ke wilayah lainnya, dari kota menuju kota lain, dari masjid ke masjid men-syiarkan firman-firman Allah dan spiritualitas dimanapun beliau berada.

Dimanapun syaikh Nazim pergi, beliau disambut oleh kerumunan massa dari yang sederhana sampai pejabat pemerintahan. Beliau masyur dengan sebutan ‘Al-Qubrusi’ di seluruh Turki. Syaikh Nazim merupakan syaikh / guru dari Presiden Turki terakhir, Turgut Ozal yang amat menghormati beliau. Akhir-akhir ini syaikh Nazim terkenal karena pemberitaan yang luas dari media dan pers. Beliau di wawancarai hampir tiap minggu oleh berbagai stasiun TV dan reporter yang menanyakan tentang berbagai kejadian serta masa depan Turki. Beliau mampu menjembatani antara pemerintahan yang sekuler dan kelompok Islam fundamental, seperti yang diajarkan oleh Nabi ( saw ) sehingga tercipta kedamaian disetiap hati dan pikiran dari kedua belah pihak, baik kalangan awam maupun yang cerdas sekalipun.

Tahun 1986, beliau terpanggil untuk mengadakan perjalanan menuju Timur jauh; Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. Beliau di terima baik oleh para Sultan, Presiden, anggota parlemen, pejabat pemerintah dan tentu saja rakyat pada umumnya. Beliau di sebut sebagai orang suci zaman ini di Brunei. Beliau disambut dengan kemurahan rakyat dan khususnya oleh Sultan Hajji Hasan al-Bolkiah. Beliau digolongkan sebagai salah satu syaikh terbesar thariqat Naqsybandi di Malaysia. Di Pakistan, beliau dikenal sebagai penyegar akan thariqat sufi dan beliau mempunyai ribuan murid. Di Srilanka, di antara pemerintahan dan rakyat biasa, beliau mempunyai lebih dari 20.000 ( dua puluh ribu ) murid. Di antara muslim Singapore, beliau juga amat dihormati.

Pada tahun 1991, untuk pertama kalinya beliau mengunjungi Amerika. Lebih dari 15 negara bagian beliau kunjungi. Beliau bertemu dengan banyak kalangan masyarakat dari berbagai aliran dan agama-agama : Muslim, Kristen, Yahudi, Sikh, Buddha, Hindu, New age, dan lain-lain. Hal ini membuahkan berdirinya lebih dari 13 pusat-pusat thariqat Naqsybandi di Amerika Utara. Kunjungan kedua th. 1993, beliau mendatangi berbagai daerah dan kota-kota, masjid-masjid, gereja, sinagog, dan candi-candi. Melalui beliau, lebih dari 10.000 ( sepuluh ribu ) rakyat Amerika Utara telah masuk Islam dan ber-baiat dalam thariqat Naqsybandi.

Pada bulan Oktober 1993, beliau menghadiri peresmian kembali masjid dan sekolah Imam Bukhari di Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Beliau adalah orang pertama diantara banyak generasi Imam Bukhari yang mampu mengembalikan daerah pusat para awliya di Asia tengah yang sangat kuat mengabadikan nama dan ajarannya dalam thariqat ini.

Sebagaimana Shah Naqsyband sebagai pelopor di daerah Bukhara dan Asia Tengah, juga Ahmad as-Sirhindi al-Mujaddidi pelopor di milenium ke 2, dan Khalid al-Baghdadi pelopor kebangkitan Islam, shariah, dan thariqat di Timur Tengah; maka syaikh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani adalah pelopor , pembaharu dan penyeru umat agar kembali pada Tuhan-nya di abad ini, abad perkembangan tekhnologi dan materialisme.

Khalwat Syaikh Nazim

Khalwat pertama beliau atas perintah Syaikh Abdullah ad-Daghestani di tahun 1955 di Sueileh, Yordania. Beliau berkhalwat selama 6 bulan. Kekuatan dan kemurnian dalam setiap kehadiran beliau mampu menarik ribuan murid di Sueileh dan desa-desa sekitarnya, Ramta dan Amman menjadi penuh oleh murid-muridnya. Ulama, pejabat resmi dan banyak kalangan tertarik akan pencerahan dan kepribadian beliau.

Ketika baru mempunyai 2 orang anak, satu perempuan dan satu laki-laki, syaikh Nazim dipanggil oleh grandsyaikh Abdullah. “ Aku menerima perintah dari Nabi untukmu agar melakukan khalwat di masjid Abdul Qadir Jailani di Baghdad. Pergilah kesana dan lakukan khalwat selama 6 bulan.”

Syaikh Nazim bercerita mengenai peristiwa ini :

Aku tidak bertanya apapun pada grandsyaikh. Aku bahkan tidak pulang ke rumah. Aku langsung melangkahkan kakiku menuju Marja, di dalam kotanya. Tidak pernah terlintas dalam benakku ‘aku butuh pakaian, uang atau

makanan’ . Ketika beliau berkata ‘Pergilah!’ maka aku segera pergi. Aku memang ingin melakukan khalwat bersama syaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani.

Ketika sampai di kota , aku melihat seorang laki-laki yang sedang menatapku. Dia mengenalku. “Syaikh Nazim, anda mau kemana ? “

“Ke Baghdad.” jawabku. Ternyata dia murid grandsyaikh. “ Saya juga mau kesana.” Kamipun berangkat dengan naik truk yang penuh dengan muatan barang untuk dikirim ke Baghdad.

Ketika memasuki masjid Syaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani, ada seorang laki-laki tinggi besar yang berdiri di pintu. Dia memanggilku,” Syaikh Nazim !”

“Ya,” jawabku.

“ Saya ditunjuk untuk melayani anda selama tinggal disini. Mari ikut saya.”

Sebenarnya aku terkejut akan hal ini, namun dalam thariqat segala hal telah diatur dalam Kehendak Ilahi. Aku mengikutinya sampai ke makam sang Ghawth. Aku mengucapkan salam pada kakek buyutku, Syaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani.

Sambil menunjukkan kamarku, orang itu mengatakan, ‘‘Setiap hari aku akan memberimu semangkuk sup dan sepotong roti.’’

Aku keluar dari kamar hanya untuk menunaikan shalat 5 waktu saja. Aku mencapai sebuah maqam dimana aku mampu khatam Al Qur’an dalam waktu 9 jam. Setiap harinya aku membaca Lha ilaha ill-Allah 124.000 kali dan shalawat 124.000 kali ditambah membaca seluruh Dalail al-khayrat, dan membaca 313.000 kali Allah, Allah, dan seluruh ibadah yang dibebankan padaku. ‘Penglihatan-penglihatan spiritual’ mulai bermunculan mengantarku dari satu maqam ke maqam lain sampai akhirnya aku menjadi fana’ dalam hadirat Allah.

Suatu hari aku mendapat penglihatan bahwa syaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani memanggilku menuju makamnya. Kata beliau, ‘ Oh, cucuku, aku sedang menunggumu di makamku, datanglah !” Aku bergegas mandi, shalat 2 rekaat dan berjalan menuju makam beliau yang hanya beberapa langkah dari kamarku. Sesampai disana, aku mulai bermuraqaba. “ as-salam alayka ya jaddi’ ( semoga kedamaian tercurah padamu, kakekku ) “

Segera aku melihat beliau keluar dari makam dan berdiri disampingku. Dibelakang beliau ada sebuah singgasana indah yang dihiasi batu-batu mulia. Kata beliau “ Mendekat dan duduklah bersamaku di singgasana itu.”

Kami duduk layaknya seorang kakek dan cucunya. Beliau tersenyum dan mengatakan :

“Aku bahagia denganmu, Nazim Effendi. Maqam syaikh kamu, Abdullah al-Faiz ad-Daghestani amat tinggi dalam thariqat Naqsybandi. Aku ini kakekmu. Sekarang aku turunkan padamu, langsung dariku, kekuatan yang dipegang oleh Ghawth. Aku bay’at kamu dalam thariqat Qadiriah sekarang.”

Kemudian grandsyaikh nampak dihadapanku, Nabi (saw ) pun hadir, juga Shah Naqsyband. Syaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani berdiri memberi hormat pada Nabi beserta para syaikh yang hadir, akupun melakukannya. Kata beliau :

‘ Ya Nabi, Ya Rasulullah, aku kakek dari cucuku ini. Aku bahagia dengan kemajuannya dalam thariqat Naqsybandi dan aku ingin menambahkan thariqat Naqsybandi pada maqamku. ‘

Nabi tersenyum dan melihat pada Shah Naqsyband, selanjutnya Shah Naqsyband melihat pada Grandsyaikh Abdullah. Inilah adab pimpinan yang baik, karena Syaikh Abdullah yang masih hidup pada saat itu. Grandsyaikh menerima rahasia thariqat Naqsybandi yang diterima beliau dari Shah Naqsyband melalui silsilah Nabi, dari Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, agar ditambahkan pada maqam syaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani.

Ketika syaikh Nazim merampungkan khalwatnya, dan akan segera meninggalkan makam kakeknya dan mengucapkan salam perpisahan. Syaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani muncul dan memperbarui bay’at syaikh Nazim dalam thariqat Qadiriah. Kata Kakeknya, “ Cucuku, aku akan memberimu kenang-kenangan karena telah berkunjung ke sini.” Beliau memeluk syaikh Nazim dan memberinya 10 buah koin yang merupakan mata uang di jaman beliau dulu hidup. Koin itu masih disimpan syaikh Nazim sampai hari ini.

Sebelum pergi, syaikh Nazim memberi tanda kenangan jubah pada syaikh yang telah melayani beliau selama khalwat disana. “ Aku memakai jubah ini selama masa khalwat, sebagai alas tidurku, bahkan juga saat shalat dan dzikir. Simpanlah, Allah beserta Nabi akan memberkahimu.” Syaikh itu mengambil jubah, menciumnya dan memakainya. Syaikh Nazim meninggalkan Baghdad dan kembali ke Damaskus, Syria.

Pada th. 1992, ketika syaikh Nazim mengunjungi Lahore, Pakistan, beliau berziarah ke makam syaikh Ali Hujwiri. Salah seorang syaikh dari thariqat Qadiriah mengundang beliau ke rumahnya. Syaikh Nazim menginap disana. Setelah shalat subuh, tuan rumah itu mengatakan

‘Ya syaikh, aku memintamu menginap malam ini untuk menunjukkan padamu sebuah jubah berharga yang kami warisi selama 27 tahun yang lalu. Diwariskan dari seorang syaikh hebat dari thariqat Qadiriah dari Baqhdad sampai akhirnya berada di tangan kami. Semua syaikh kami menyimpan dan menjaganya karena dulunya ini jubah pribadi dari ‘Ghawth’ pada masa itu.

Seorang syaikh Turki dari thariqat Naqsybandi berkhalwat di masjid-makam syaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani. Setelah selesai, beliau berikan jubah ini sebagai hadiah karena sudah melayaninya selama khalwat. Syaikh Qadiriah pemegang jubah ini mengatakan pada penerusnya ketika akan meninggal agar menjaganya, karena siapapun yang mengenakan jubah itu, segala penyakitnya akan sembuh. Setiap murid yang mengenakan jubah ini dalam perjalanannya menuju hadirat Ilahi akan mudah terangkat dalam tingkat kashf.’

Beliau membuka almari dan memperlihatkan sebuah jubah yang disimpan di kotak kaca. Dia keluarkan jubah itu. Syaikh Nazim tersenyum melihatnya. Syaikh Qadiriah itu bertanya pada syaikh Nazim,” Apakah sebenarnya ini, syaikh ? “

Syaikh Nazim menjawab : “ Hal ini membuat aku bahagia. Jubah ini aku berikan pada Syaikh thariqat Qadiriah saat aku selesai khalwat.”

Ketika mendengar hal ini syaikh tersebut mencium tangan syaikh Nazim dan meminta bay’at di dalam thariqat Naqsybandi.

Khalwat di Madinah

Sering kali syaikh Nazim diperintahkan melakukan khalwat dengan kurun waktu antara 40 hari sampai setahun. Tingkatan khalwatnya juga berbeda, mulai diisolasi dari kontak dunia luar, shalat, atau hanya diperkenankan adanya kontak saat melaksanakan dzikir atau pertemuan karena memberi kajian. Beliau sering melaksanakan khalwat di kota Nabi. Kata beliau :

Tidak seorangpun diberi kehormatan melakukan khalwat bersama syaikh mereka. Aku mendapatkan kesempatan ini berada dalam satu ruangan dengan syaikh Abdullah di Madinah. Sebuah ruangan kuno dekat masjid suci Nabi Muhammad saw. Disana terdapat satu pintu dan satu buah jendela. Segera setelah kami memasuki ruangan itu, syaikh menutup jendela rapat-rapat dan beliau mengijinkan aku keluar hanya pada saat menunaikan shalat 5 waktu di Masjid Nabi.

Beliau mengingatkan aku agar ‘mengawasi langkah / nazar bar qadam ’ ketika dalam perjalanan menuju tempat shalat. Dengan disiplin dan mengontrol penglihatan kita berarti memutuskan diri dari segala hal kecuali pada Allah Yang Maha Kuasa dan Maha Besar beserta Nabi-Nya.

Syaikh Abdullah tidak pernah tidur selama khalwat berlangsung. Selama satu tahun aku tidak pernah melihat beliau tidur dan menyentuh makanan. Hanya semangkuk sup dan sepotong roti disediakan untuk kami setiap harinya. Beliau selalu memberikan bagiannya kepadaku. Beliau hanya minum air dan tidak pernah meninggalkan ruangan itu.

Malam demi malam, hari demi hari, grandsyaikh duduk membaca Qur’an hanya dengan penerangan lilin, berdzikir dan mengangkat tangannya dalam do’a. Kadang aku tidak mengerti apa yang beliau ucapkan karena beliau menggunakan bahasa surgawi. Aku hanya mampu memahaminya lewat ilham dan penglihatan yang datang pada hatiku.

Aku tidak tahu kapan saatnya malam ataupun siang kecuali saat shalat. Grandsyaikh tidak pernah melihat sinar matahari selama setahun penuh, kecuali cahaya dari lilin. Dan aku melihat cahaya matahari hanya ketika pergi untuk shalat.

Melalui khalwat tersebut, spiritualitasku meningkat ke tingkatan yang berbeda-beda. Suatu hari aku mendengar beliau mengatakan : ‘Ya Allah, beri daku kekuatan “Ghawth” / perantara / penolong, dari kekuatan yang Engkau berikan pada Nabi-Mu. untuk meminta ampunanMu bagi seluruh umat manusia saat kiamat nanti dan mengangkat mereka menuju Hadirat-Mu.’

Ketika beliau mengatakan hal ini, aku mengalami ‘penglihatan’ keadaan disaat hari kiamat. Allah swt turun dari Arsh-Nya dan mengadili umat manusia.. Nabi berada di samping kanan-Nya. Grandsyaikh berada di sebelah kanan Nabi, dan aku berada di sebelah kanan grandsyaikh.

Setelah Allah mengadili umat manusia, Dia memberi wewenang Nabi untuk menjadi perantara ampunan-Nya. Ketika Nabi selesai melakukannya, beliau meminta grandsyaikh untuk memberi barakahnya dan mengangkat mereka dengan kekuatan spiritual yang telah diberikan. Penglihatan itu berakhir dan aku mendengar grandsyaikh mengatakan, ‘ al-hamdulillah, al-hamdulillah, Nazim effendi, aku sudah mendapat jawabannya.’

Suatu hari selesai shalat subuh grandsyaikh mengatakan, ‘ Nazim Effendi, lihat !’ Kemana harus kulihat, atas, bawah, kanan atau kiri ? Ternyata ada di bagian hati beliau. Sebuah penglihatan muncul. Aku melihat syaikh Abdul Khaliq al Ghujdawani muncul dengan tubuh fisiknya dan mengatakan padaku,

’ Oh anakku, syaikh-mu memang unik. Tidak ada yang seperti dia sebelumnya. ‘ Kemudian kami diajak beliau di tempat lain di bumi ini.

‘ Allah swt memintaku untuk pergi ke batu itu dan memukulnya’ sambil menunjuk sebuah batu. Ketika beliau memukulnya, sebuah semburan air memancar deras keluar dari batu itu. Kata beliau, ‘ Air itu akan terus memancar seperti ini sampai kiamat nanti, dan Allah swt mengatakan padaku bahwa pada setiap tetes air ini Dia ciptakan satu malaikat bercahaya yang akan selalu memuji-Nya sampai kiamat nanti.’

Kata Allah : ‘ Oh hamba-Ku Abdul Khaliq al-Ghujdawani, tugasmu adalah memberi nama para malaikat ini dengan nama yang berbeda dan tidak boleh ada pengulangan. Hitung pula berapa kali pujian-pujian mereka, kemudian bagikan pada seluruh pengikut thariqat Naqsybandi. Itulah tanggung jawabmu.” Aku takjub akan beliau beserta tugas luar biasa yang diembannya.

Penglihatan itu terus berlanjut serasa menghujaniku. Pada hari terakhir khalwat kami setelah shalat subuh aku mendengar suara-suara dari arah luar ruangan kami. Suara orang dewasa dan suara anak-anak menangis. Tangisan itu semakin menjadi-jadi dan berlangsung berjam-jam. Aku tidak tahu siapa yang menangis karena tidak diizinkan untuk melihatnya. Grandsyaikh bertanya, “ Nazim Effendi, tahukah kamu siapa yang sedang menangis ?”

Walaupun aku tahu bahwa itu bukan tangisan manusia, namun aku menjawab,

” Oh syaikh, engkaulah yang lebih mengetahuinya.”

“Setan mengumumkan pada komunitasnya bahwa 2 manusia di bumi ini telah lolos dari kendalinya."

Kemudian aku melihat setan dan bala tentaranya telah dirantai dengan rantai surgawi untuk mencegah mereka mendekati syaikh dan aku. Penglihatan itu berakhir. Grandsyaikh meletakkan tangannya di dadaku sambil mengata.kan, ” Alhamdulillah, Nabi bahagia akan aku dan kamu.”

Lalu aku melihat Nabi Muhammad beserta 124.000 nabi-nabi lain, 124.000 sahabat-sahabatnya, 7007 awliya-awliya Naqsybandi, 313 awliya agung, 5 Qutb dan Ghawth. Semuanya memberi selamat kepadaku. Mereka mengalirkan dalam hatiku ilmu spiritual mereka. Aku mewarisi dari mereka rahasia-rahasia thariqat Naqsybandi dan 40 thariqat-thariqat lainnya.

KARAMAH SYAIKH NAZIM

Pada th 1971, syaikh Nazim seperti biasa berada di Siprus selama 3 bulan; rajab, shaban, dan ramadhan. Suatu hari di bulan shaban, kami mendapat telpon dari bandara di Beirut. Ternyata dari syaikh Nazim yang meminta kami untuk menjemputnya. Kami terkejut karena tidak mengira beliau akan datang.

“ Aku diminta Nabi untuk menemuimu hari ini karena ayahmu akan wafat. Aku yang akan memandikan jenazahnya, mengkafani dan menguburkannya lalu kembali ke Siprus. “

“ Oh, syaikh. Ayah kami dalam keadaan sehat. Tidak ada sesuatu terjadi pada beliau.”

“Itulah yang dikatakan padaku.” Jawab beliau dengan amat yakin. Kamipun menyerah saja karena apapun yang dikatakan syaikh kami harus menerimanya.

Beliau meminta kami mengumpulkan seluruh keluarga untuk melihat ayah kami terakhir kalinya. Kami mempercayainya dan melaksanakannya walaupun ada yang terkejut dan ada yang tidak mempercayainya saat kami memanggilnya. Ada yang hadir dan ada yang tidak. Ayahku tidak mengetahui masalah ini, hanya melihat kunjungan keluarga sebagai hal yang biasa. Jam tujuh kurang seperempat. Kata syaikh Nazim,” Aku harus naik ke apartemen ayahmu untuk membaca surat Ya Sin tepat ketika beliau wafat.” Lalu beliau naik dari flat kami dibawah. Ayahku memberi salam pada syaikh Nazim lalu mengatakan,” Oh syaikh Nazim, sudah lama kami tak mendengar anda membaca qur’an. Maukah anda melakukannya untuk kami ?” Syaikh Nazimpun mulai membaca surat Ya Sin. Ketika beliau selesai membacanya, jarum jam menunjukkan tepat pukul tujuh. Persis ketika ayahku berteriak,” Jantungku, jantungku..!!” Kami merebahkan beliau, kedua saudaraku yang sama-sama dokter memriksa ayah. Jantungnya berdebar keras tak terkontrol dan dalam hitungan menit, beliau menghembuskan nafas terakhirnya.

Semua orang melihat pada syaikh Nazim dengan takjub dan keheranan. “ Bagaimana beliau mengetahuinya ? wali macam apakah beliau ? bagaimana bisa dari Siprus, beliau datang hanya untuk hal ini ? rahasia seperti apakah yang ada di hatinya ? “

Rahasia yang di simpan beliau adalah berkat sayang Allah swt pada beliau. Allah memberi wewenang akan kekuatan dan ramalan karena beliau memelihara keikhlasan, ketaatan, dan kesetiaan pada agama Allah. Beliau menjaga kewajiban dan ibadahnya. Beliau menghormati Al-Quran. Beliau sama dengan seluruh awliya naqsybandi sebelumnya, seperti halnya seluruh awliya thariqat lain dan para leluhurnya, syaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani dan Jalaluddin Rumi dan Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi yang menaati tradisi-tradisi Islam selama 1400 tahun. Dengan cinta Ilahi itu beliau akan dianugerahi pengetahuan Ilahiah, kebijaksanaan, spiritualitas dan segala hal. Beliau akan menjadi orang yang mengetahui akan masa lalu, saat ini dan masa depan.

Kami merasa terperangkap diantara dua emosi. Satu, karena tangis kesedihan kami akan wafatnya ayah dan yang kedua kebahagiaan atas apa yang diperbuat oleh guru kami pada almarhum ayah. Kedatangan beliau demi ayah kami pada akhir hayatnya tidak akan pernah kami lupakan. Beliau memandikan jasad dengan tangan beliau yang suci. Setelah semua tugas dijalankan, beliau kembali lagi ke Siprus tanpa diundur.

Suatu ketika syaikh Nazim mengunjungi Lebanon selama 2 bulan pada musim haji. Gubernur kota Tripoli, Lebanon yang bernama Ashar ad-Danya merupakan pemimpin resmi suatu kelompok haji. Beliau menawari syaikh Nazim untuk pergi bersama menunaikan ibadah haji. Kata syaikh,” Saya tidak bisa pergi dengan anda, tapi insya Allah, kita akan bertemu disana.”

Gubernur tetap memaksa. “ Jika anda pergi, pergilah dengan saya. Jangan dengan orang lain.” Syaikh Nazim menjawab,” Saya tidak tahu apakah saya akan pergi atau tidak.”

Ketika musim haji telah usai dan gubernur telah kembali, beliau segera menuju ke rumah syaikh Nazim. Dihadapan sekitar 100 orang, kami mendengar beliau mengatakan,” Oh syaikh Nazim, mengapa anda pergi dengan orang lain dan tidak bersama kami?” Kamipun menjawab,” Syaikh tidak pergi haji. Beliau bersama kami disini selama 2 bulan berkeliling Lebanon.”

Gubernur berkata,” Tidak ! beliau pergi haji, kami punya saksi-saksi. Waktu itu saya sedang thawaf dan syaikh Nazim mendatangiku lalu mengatakan’ Oh Ashur, anda di sini?’ saya mengiyakan dan kami melakukan thawaf bersama-sama. Beliau menginap di hotel kami di Makkah. Dan menghabiskan siang hari bersama di tenda kami di Arafat. Beliau juga menginap bersama saya di Mina selama 3 hari. Lalu beliau mengatakan ‘Aku harus ke Madinah mengunjungi Nabi saw.’

kemudian kami menatap syaikh Nazim yang menampakkan senyum khasnya dan seakan-akan mengatakan : “ Itulah kekuatan yang dianugerahkan Allah pada para awliya-Nya. Bila mereka berada di jalan-Nya, meraih cinta-Nya dan hadirat-Nya, Allah akan menganugerahi segala hal.’

“ Oh syaikh-ku, karamah apa yang engkau tunjukkan pada kami adalah sangat luar biasa. Tidak pernah aku melihatnya selama hidupku. Aku ini seorang politikus. Aku percaya pada akal dan logika. Kini aku harus mengakui bahwa anda bukanlah orang biasa. Anda mempunyai kekuatan supranatural. Sesuatu yang Allah sendiri anugerahkan pada anda!”

Gubernur itu mencium tangan syaikh Nazim dan meminta bay’at di dalam Thariqat Naqsybandi. Kapanpun syaikh Nazim mengunjungi Lebanon, gubernur dan perdana mentri Lebanon akan duduk dalam komunitas syaikh Nazim. Sampai saat ini, keluarga-keluarga beliau dan masyarakat Lebanon menjadi pengikut Syaikh Nazim.

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SUFI TRADITIONS

by Zos Imos

The following is a brief summary or basic overview of Sufism as i understand it, through study, practice and experience. It is presented in outline form to facillitate easy reading and review. Written by request, i try to address only the most basic and fundamental issues. Like all summaries, it is inadequate and only introductory. Real learning comes through direct experience and reading is not a substitute for real knowledge of the heart. May this document be a source of good for others and may no injury or harm be wrought by it's insufficiency or lack. Questions may be addressed to Zos at (Irwinl@ashley.cofc.edu).


I.TARIQAH...in Islam, the "spiritual path," also Tasawwuf "Sufism" or
 "esotericism" ...possibly from suf = "wool" or safa' = "purity"; also
 refers to "method" or "inner beliefs"

 A. "SUFI"...a follower of the mystical path, those who seek experience
       of the tawhid...the terMempublikasikan Postingm applies only to the most advanced
       practitioners

 1. Various stages, according to development of the individual:

    Aspirant: who wants to be initiated, but who may have to wait
                 years to be accepted by spiritual teacher

    Mutasawwif: "novice" (murid) or one who "wills" to follow a
                 spiritual teacher; also called Faqir "poor one" or world
                 renouncing, or Darwish (Pers.)

    Salik: "wandered" who may follow many different teachers seeking
                 goal, many different states or "level"

    'Arif: "knower" or "gnostic" who has actually experienced the
                 reality of the Tawhid

          Shaykh/Murshid: spiritual guide, teacher and example; those whose
                 presence is an inpsiration to spiritualk development,
                 matuirty and illumination

     Wali:  "saint" who possesses a direct experience of the reality
                 of God demonstrated through extraordinary spiritual
                 knowledge or mircales becomes spiritual guide (Shaykh)

 Al-Insan al-Kamil "perfect man" who is the great spiritual teacher
                  of the age, called qutb or "pole" (Ahmad al-Alawi,
                  d.1934)


 B. SOURCE...the holy Qur'an and the Hadiths or "sayings" of Muhammud
    as the first "sufi"...term not developed until c.850 CE

    1. QUR'AN...Sufis emphasize *ta'wi*l or allegoric or symbolic
          interpretations, but do not deny *tafsir* or literal meanings

  Every passage of Qur'an believed to have both outer
                  (zahir) and an inner (batin) or inner, hidden meaning

  Ayat "verses" of Qur'an but also means "signs" which are
                  the manifestations of nature and all created reality,
                  everything is a "sign" of the reality of God
   
  "We are nearer to him than his juggular vein."
                   (Qur'an 50:16)

  "To God belongs the East and the West: wherever you
                   turn, there is the Face of Allah; Allah is All
                   -Embracing, All-Knowing." (Qur'an 2:115)

  *Wajh Allah*: "Face of God" is an allusion (*isharah*)
                  referring to the essence and attributes, invisible and
                  eternal

  Emphasis on *Dhikr* "remembering" or "mentioning" God,
     who has 99 Names..."Mention God often" (Qur'an 3:41)


 2. Sunna/Hadith...Sufism begins with the "people of the bench"
           (ahl as-suffa), poor who practiced asceticism, or zuhd
           (sg. zahid, pl. zuhhad); and lived at Mosque in Medina during
     the life of Muhammud

  Emphasize Hadith Qudsi "divine sayings" or God speaking
                  through Muhammud:

  "I was a hidden treasure, and I desired to be known;
   therefore I created the creation in order that I might
   be known." [Immanance]

  "My earth and My heaven contain Me not, but the heart of
   the faithful servant contains Me." [Transcendence]

  "Consult your heart and you will hear the secret
   ordinance of Allah proclaimed by the heart's inward
   knowledge, which is true faith and divinity."

  "I am with My servant whenever he remembers Me and his
   lips move [remembering]."

  Muhammud's Night Journey (mi'raj): archetypal example
                  of the "journey to God" through seven heavens to the
                  Throne (17:11)


 C. SUFI HISTORY...begins with Muhammud, Abu Bakr, Umar and 'Ali (not
          Uthman)...especially the practice of asceticism (zuhd) and spiritual
          poverty (faqr), leading to knowledge

    1. Early Period...Hasan al-Basri (d.728), famous theologian and
           preacher, early saintly figure in Islam, emphasized total
           dedication of life to God, not philosophical doctrine (Basr)

  -SAHW "Sober" school in complete accordance with Sunni
  Islam; first follow the Shari'ah, then follow Tariqah;
  emphasis on "spiritual behavior/actions" or "asceticism"
   (Zuhd)

  Example: Rabi'a al-'Adawiya (d.801), most famous woman
                  saint in Islam (Basr), emotionally centered, away from
                  legalism, never married

  Rabi'a emphasized the importance of Mahabbah or
                  "selfless love" and devotion to God; "neither for the
                  reward of Paradise nor from fear of Hell, for only God
                  can fulfill the longing of the soul for union"

  Goal of ecstatic love, union of the lover (soul) with
                  the Beloved (God)

  Example: Al-Junayd (d.910) most famous sober Sufi,
                  respected teacher and Shaykh, developed concept of
                  spiritual "path" both ethical and philosophical

  Emphasize the imporatnce of Mar'ifah or "selfless
                  knowledge" or gnosis, mystical, intellectual approach
                  (theosophical)

  Goal of Fana' "extinction" or "annihilation" in God,
                  "Whatever exists is perishing (fanin), except His Face."
                  (Qur'an 55:27)...not ittihad "union" (that is shirk,
     or "association, attributing to God something other)

   
  -SUKR "Intoxication" of Fana'school, new life in God
                  is one of ecstatic union, joy and wonder

  Example: Al-Hallaj (d.922) most famous Sufi martyr, was
                  imprisoned for nine years and then, after having hands
                  and feet cut off, executed

  Emphasized "oneness" with God, wrote Ana al-Haqq, "I am
                  Truth/Reality", also claimed to have miraculous powers
     Christic (both persecuted)

  Intoxicated by Divine Presence, no distinction between
     individual and God, give utterance to questionable
     statement (shirk, "association": There is only God or
     Truth, no second...mystical union is heretical)

  Practiced *shathiyat* "mystical utterance" said while in
     ecstatic state, non-orthodox

  -Malamatiyya...those who "draw blame" or delibrately
     draw the contempt of others while preserving purity of
     heart, those who do not care if other Muslim accept
     their faith or actions as legitimate

  This can lead to exaggeration and excess and gave bad
     reputation to other Sufis, drew distain from other
     orthodox Muslims


 2. SUFI ORDERS...many different orders, or "brotherhoods" (turuq,
    sg. ta'ifa "association or order"); three types: "alive" active
    "master"; "sleeping" no current "master"; or "dead" n extinct, no
    followers

  Shaykh (Pir in Persian), each order takes name from a
    "master," "teacher" or "healer" part of *silsala*, or
    "chain" of traditional teacher-student realtionships

  Imam tradition of the Shi'ite also has mystical
    tradition, emphasis on "Man of Light" (Light of
    Muhammud)...Sixth Imam, major Sufi influence

  Zawwiya...meditation and prayer center for collective
    practice of spiritual disciplines (also Kanaqah, Per.)

  Uwaysi or one who obtains illumination without being a
    member of follower of a spiritual teacher

  Majdhub "attracted" spontaneously, but also "crazed",
    by powerful religious visions (God Intoxicated)

  
  One of the earliest Sufi Order was founded by Abd
  al-Qadir al-Jilani (d.1166), student of Hanbali fiqh in
  Baghdad (sober), prominent in India and North Africa

  Suhrawardiya...al-Suhrawardi (d.1234), India/Bengal

  Shadhiliya...al-Shadhili (d.1258), North Africa, Egypt,
    Arabia

  Mawlawiya...Jalal al-Din al-Rumi (d.1273), in Konya,
    Turkey..."whirling dervishes"

  Ibn 'Arabi (d. 1240) great master of Sufism, wrote
    many works on mystical journey, cosmology, symbolism,
    etc...over 500 works, only 3-4 translated into English

  Sufism preserved Islam during the collapse of Abbasid
    (Mongols) and assisted social integration during modern
     period, as spiritual base for soical transformation


 D. SUFI METHOD...the Shari'ah is the "outer/external" (zahir)
          requirements that all must follow; those seeking greater fulfillment
          take on additional practices, not required but recommended

    1. Has Orthodoxy basis...followers expected to "kiss the threshold
       of the law", and fulfill all legal requirements of Islam, then
       find a spiritual teacher and undertake additional individual
             and communal disciplines

  Disagreements...some teachers have said that only
  necessary to fulfill the minimul requirements, others
  emphasize greater involvement in orthodox practices

  Sharia'ah (Law) is not final authority on spiritual
  issues, the Shaykh has knowledge suitable to disposition
  of the Faqir (Seeker)

  Must seek out apporpriate teacher who may reject until
  convinced of sincerity, period of probation may last
  years

  Teaching is private and often secret, many not
  understand teachings

 2. Method...a devotional path of progressive development or
    "unveiling of the heart" or discovering the "thrones of
          compassion" dwelling in every soul

  Both negative and postive, disciple must go through
  negative experience to realize the  falsehood of his
  views

  Observe the basic tenets of the Shari'ah, renounce
  worldly (unworthy) goals

  Intense practice of self-examination and spiritual
  disciplines given by Shaykh to identify "weaknesses"
  (and then strengthen)

  Ikhlas "absolute sincerity" is critical, seeker must
  believe in the inner truths of the path

  Positive and negative experiences, reveal limitations
  and potential of novice

  Results in true knowledge of the Tawhid or Haqiqah
  "Truth" (Name of God)


 3. Stages...form hierarchy "stations" (maqam, pl. maqamat) and
    "states" (hal, pl. ahwal)...seven most common...station
    permanent, state is "gift" of God to novice


  Emphasis on Ihsan or "spiritual virtues" usually start
  with "repentance" (tawbat) and "renunciation" (zuhd)

  Initiate must be as "a corpse in the hands of the
  embalmer"...complete submission to Shaykh

  Bay'ah...initiatic grace given by the Shaykh to the
  Faqir, *barakah* passed on from teacher to initiate

  Recieves khirqa "cloak", usually patched garment
  representing renunciation of worldly value (dark blue,
  green highest)...cloak is shroud, room--a tomb

  Fourty days of retreat, entirely alone in meditation
  room with only mat; not until judged ready by Shaykh

  Shaykh interpretes all dreams and visions, emphasis on
  fasting and not sleeping, to draw the *nafs* "soul" away
  from world; spend nights in prayer...fast every other
  day

  Must complete all the requirements of each station
  before going on to next, cannot "skip" any stages,
  "states" (visionary experiences) come and go
  spontaneously

  Repentance, trust in God, poverty, patience, gratitude,
  love, and "knowledge"...complete surrender (Muslim), or
  *tawakkul* "trust", only God

  Dhikr..."rememberance" or repetition of the names of God
  (formulaic prayer/chant), which contain al-Ruh spiritual
  power (as does the entire Qur'an)

  "Remember Me and I will remember thee." (Qur'an 2:152),
  to overcome forgetfulness (ghaflah) or "illusion" (wahm)
  to realize the Unity of Allah (tawhid)

  Three types of repetition, daily after at least two
  of the five required prayers, a) 33 repetitions of
  Subhan Allah (Glory to God), b) al-hamdu l'illah (Praise
  be to God), and c) Allahu akbar (God is great)..."said
  from the heart"

  Tasbih (subha) "rosary" used as prayer beads used to
  count repetitions (33 or 99 for Names)...true *dhikr*
  leads to *Mushahada*, silent contemplation

  Recited "alone" under supervision of Shaykh, with breath
  control while (silent); or "communally" under
  supervision of Shaykh, with singing or movements

  Sama' "audition/hearing"...musical recitations (mystical
  poetry, Qur'an, music) which leads to *wajd*
  "trance"

  Must resist the affects of trance--tears, tearing of
  clothes, cries, fainting...intense love of God, divine
  Presence. leads higher and higher if controlled

  Haqiqah or Truth...the Goal, a mystical experience,
  called dhawq "tasting" the immediate reality of God
  (al-Ghazali)

  Removal of wahm "opinion" "conjecture" "illusion" or the
  veil of ignorance...attain the "vision of the heart"
  (ru'yat al-qalb), direct spiritual intuition

  Acquire an-nafs al-mutma'inna "soul at peace" with God
  almost all Muslim Saints have belonged to Sufi orders,
  primary source of spiritual renewal

  Millions of Muslims have participated in Sufi orders,
  hundreds of thousands active today, presently about 70
  Orders

Makalah ke 39-43

2008-09-23T22:52:00.000-07:00

Makalah ke 39 :

قال جبريل عليه السلام يا محمد عش ما شئت فئنك ميت, وأحبب من شئت فئنك مفارقة, واعمل ما شئت فئنك مجزى به,

Jibril As berkata, “Ya Muhammad hiduplah sesuka engkau karena sesungguhnya engkau akan meninggal dunia. Dan cintailah orang yang engkau suka karena engkau pasti akan berpisah (disebabkan kematian). Dan beramalah sesuka engkau karena engkau akan di beri pahala atas amal itu.

Makalah ke 40 :

قال النبي صل اله عليه وسلم : ثلاثة نفر يظلهم الله تحت ظل عرشه يوم لاظل الا ظله. المتوضئ فى المكاره, والماشى الى المساجد فى الظلم, ومطعم الجائع.

Tiga golongan yang akan mendapatkan naungan الله di bawah naungan ‘arsy-Nya pada hari dimana tidak ada naungan kecuali naungan-Nya. 1 orang yang berwudhu pada waktu yang sangat berat (dingin bersangatan). 2. orang yang pergi ke masjid dalam kegelapan )untuk mengerjakan shalat berjama’ah). 3. Orang yang memberi makan orang yang kelaparan.

Makalah ke 41 :

قيل لابراهيم عليه السلام, "لأي شيئ اتخذك الله خليلا ؟ قال بثلاثت اشياء : اخترت امر الله تعالى على أمر غيره, وما اهتممت بما تكفل الله لى وما تعيشت وما تغديت الا مع الضيف

Ditanyakan kepada Nabi Ibrahim AS, “Dengan sehingga الله menjadikan engkau sebagai kekasih ?” Maka Ia menjawab, “Dengan tiga hal, Aku memilih melaksanakan perintah الله daripada perintah selainالله. Dan aku tidak bersedih hati atas apa yang telah الله tanggung untukku (dari rizki). Dan tidak sekali-kali aku makan malam atau makan pagi kecuali bersama-sama dengan tamu.

Telah diriwayatkan bahwa Nabi Ibrahim AS berjalan satu mil atau dua mil untuk mencari orang yang mau dijak makan bersamanya.

Makalah ke 42 :

عن بعض الحكماء : ثلاثة اشياء تفرج الغصص 1 ذكر الله تعالي, 2 ولقاء أوليائه, 3 وكلام الحكماء

Diriwayatkan dari sebagian ahli hikmah (orang-orang yang pandai mengobati penyakit hati). Tiga perkara dapat menghilangkan kesusahan. 1 Dzikir kepada الله dengan lafadz apapun seperti banyak membaca kaliamat لااله الاالله dan kalimat لاحولولاقوةالابالله, atau dengan bermunajat kepada-Nya. 2 Bertemu kekasih / Aulia-Nya dari para ulama dan orang-orang saleh. 3 Mendengarkan kalam (nasihat) para hukama’ (orang yang menunjukkan kepada kebajikan dunia dan akhirat).

Makalah ke 43

عن حسن البصرى رضي الله عنه : من لا أدبله لاعلم له, ومن لاصبرله لادين له, ومن لاورع له لازلفى له.

Dari Hasan Al Bashri RA, Barang siapa yang tidak memiliki adab/etika (kepada الله dan kepada makhluk) maka tiadalah ilmu baginya. Barang siapa yang tidak memiliki kesabaran (karena menanggung bala’ dan menanggung disakiti oleh makhluk, dan atas beratnya menjahui maksiyat dan atas melaksanakan kewajiban), maka tiadalah agama baginya. Barang siapa yang tidak wara’ (dari yang haram dan syubhat) maka tidak ada pujian (martabat) baginya di hadapan الله dan tiada kedekatan baginya kepada الله.

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Islam.

The word 'Islam' is an Arabic word which means 'submission to the will of God'. This word comes from the same root as the Arabic word 'salam', which means 'peace'. As such, the religion of Islam teaches that in order to achieve true peace of mind and surety of heart, one must submit to God and live according to His Divinely revealed Law. The word 'Muslim' means one who submits to the will of God, regardless of their race, nationality or ethnic background. Islam is not a new religion but is the same eternal message revealed through the ages to all of God's prophets and messengers. Muslims believe that all of God's prophets which include Abraham, Noah, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, brought the same message of Pure Monotheism. For this reason, Prophet Muhammad is not considered as the founder of a new religion, as many people mistakenly think, but he was the Final Prophet of Islam. By revealing His final message to Prophet Muhammad, which is an eternal and universal message for all of mankind, God finally fulfilled the covenant that He made with Abraham, who was one of the earliest and greatest Prophets. According to traditional Islamic belief, the religion has existed since time immemorial. Allah, the Almighty God, created Adam (the father of the human progeny) out of a lump of clay and commanded the angels to greet him with a 'Sijda' (prostration in humility). All the angels obeyed the command with the exception of Iblis (the Satan) because he claimed his own superiority over Adam by virtue of his age long devotion to God and creation out of fire.

This resulted in Satan's condemnation and he was eternally banished from the pleasure of Allah. The Satan, however, pleaded with Allah that he and his progeny (the geniis) may be granted an everlasting opportunity to mislead mankind into error and sin in order to test the devotion of Adam and his progeny to God. This request was granted by Allah with the commandment that whosoever followed the Satan's path will forfeit His pleasure and that his abode will be in the fire of hell eternally. Those who follow the commandments of Allah and the path shown by Him would receive eternal blessings and go to the Heaven or Jannat. Thus, there has always been a mighty struggle between the followers of Satan and the believers of Allah ever since the creation of Adam in which the latter have always vanquished the former.

Basic Islamic Beliefs

(a) Tawheed: This means, believe in One, Unique, Incomparable God Who is the Creator, the Ruler and the Sustainer of the universe, and none has the right to be worshipped but He alone,
(b)Belief in the existence of Angels of God as the honoured creatures,
(c) Belief in God's Revealed Books,
(d) Belief in the Prophets and Messengers of God
(e) Belief in the Day of Judgement and Life after Death and
(f) Belief in Predestination - God's complete authority over human destiny.

MUSLIMS OF INDIA

Islam first came to India at the Malabar Coast of Kerala through Arab traders as early as 6 AD, the first century of the Islamic calendar. Several centuries later the local population that embraced Islam became a well-knit social and cultural group known as the Moplas.
Within the next 200 years, the first Muslim empire, the Delhi Sultanate, was established in India with its capital in Delhi. This was followed by several other Muslim dynasties like the Khiljis, the Tughlaqs, the Lodis and the Mughals. The period of the Mughals was the golden age of Islam in India. The religion flourished under the Mughal rule and many Indians embraced Islam. Today Muslims constitute about 12% of India's population and are concentrated largely in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Kashmir. Internationally, Islam has a huge following, estimated to be over 600 million or almost one-fifth of the world's population, spread all over the world.

SUFISM

Sufism has been described differently by scholars writing in English but they all consider it as being the inner, esoteric, mystical, or purely spiritual dimension of the religion of Islam.
R. A. Nicholson in The Mystics of Islam (1914) describes Sufism as "Islamic mysticism" and says that Sufism was largely the product of diverse philosophical and spiritual influences, including Christian, Neoplatonic and others.
A.J. Arberry similarly states in Sufism (1950) that Sufism is "the name given to the mysticism of Islam" and "the mystical movement of an uncompromising Monotheism". He says that Sufism in essence derived from the Quran and Prophet Muhammad’s tradition and attempted to view "the movement from within as an aspect of Islam". This approach became generally accepted and was echoed by later scholars.
Victor Danner says in his book The Islamic Tradition (1988), "Sufism is the spiritual Path (tariqah) of Islam and has been identified with it for well over a thousand years...It has been called `Islamic mysticism' by Western scholars because of its resemblance to Christian and other forms of mysticism elsewhere. Unlike Christian mysticism, however, Sufism is a continuous historical and even institutionalised phenomenon in the Muslim world that has had millions of adherents down to the present day. Indeed, if we look over the Muslim world, there is hardly a region that does not have Sufi orders still functioning there".

Sufism or tasawwuf, as it is called in Arabic, is generally understood by scholars and Sufis to be the inner, mystical, or psycho-spiritual dimension of Islam. Today, however, many Muslims and non-Muslims believe that Sufism is outside the sphere of Islam. Nevertheless, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, one of the foremost scholars of Islam, in his article 'The Interior Life in Islam’ contends that Sufism is simply the name for the inner or esoteric dimension of Islam. It is founded on the pursuit of spiritual truth as a definite goal to attain. This very logical principle is based on a typically succinct saying of Prophet Muhammad: "Whoever knows oneself, knows one's Lord." According to many scholars, it is impossible to relate Sufism to any religion outside of Islam.

The Origin of Sufism

The origins of Sufism can be traced to the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad, whose teachings attracted a group of scholars who came to be called "Ahle Suffe", the People of Suffe, from their practice of sitting at the platform of the mosque of the Prophet in Medina. There they engaged themselves in discussions concerning the reality of Being, and in search of the inner path and devoted themselves to spiritual purification and meditation. They were the Companions of the Prophet and were the people of principles practicing certain disciplines and meditations for the sake of purification, the realization of Divine love and the understanding of reality. These individuals were the founders of Sufism. Among the most famous of these individuals were:
Salman Farsi, Ammar Yasser, Balla'al, Abdullah Masoud and Oveyse Gharani. Within a century or two their style of self understanding and discipline were introduced by their students to nations as diverse and widely separated as Persia, India, Indonesia, Syria, Egypt, Mesopotamia and North Africa.
Through this process of diffusion, different schools and orders of Sufism gradually emerged from the single original group of Suffe at Medina. Their practices differ from one another in emphasis and doctrine, but all legitimate Sufi schools trace their ultimate origins back to the original group of the Prophet's spiritual disciples.

Fundamental Principles:

Sufis represented the inner side of the Islamic creed, which stresses on self-realisation, beautification of the soul through piety, righteousness and universal love for all. The Sufis consider that there is a particular Divine Attribute that dominates the being of every prophet and saint, such that they can be said to be the incarnation of that attribute. All of the Prophets are manifestations of the Divine Unity and Perfection, but Prophet Muhammed is its supreme manifestation. The aim of Sufism is the cultivation of Perfect Beings who are mirrors reflecting the Divine Names and Attributes.
In Sufism, a perfect being is also called a Wali (saint), a word that literally means 'sincere friend'. All who have been prophets have also been saints. The superstructure of Sufism is built upon the concept of teacher, pir or murshid.
To be initiated into the Sufi cult one is required to have implicit faith in his teacher and consider his commands as divine and the path shown by him as the straightest. Sufism had succeeded in inculcating the sentiments of fraternity, equality and equity, coupled with sense of service to humanity, in the followers, irrespective of race, community, caste, creed and colour.
In the earlier stages, it emphasised only on the Love of God but later it also stressed on the need of the development of man with the purification of mind, through prayer and meditation. In India, Sufism helped in maintaining communal harmony and social stability by advocating religious tolerance and by borrowing spiritual techniques and practices from other religions, which were not against the principles of Islam and which were conducive to spiritual attainments. Sufism has adapted extensively from the Vedanta school of the Hindu philosophy.

The musical and ecstatic aspect of Sufism is called Sama. This is a particular kind of devotional dance akin to Kirtana and was introduced by Jalaluddin Rumi, the great and the celebrated founder of the Vedantic type of Sufism. The Sufi, while being spiritually enraptured, gives the attention of his or her heart to the Beloved. With particular movements and often special and rhythmical music, he engages in the selfless remembrance of God. In this state, the Sufi becomes unaware of everything but God. Sufisidentify two types of Sama poetry - first praising God (this is called Hamd), Prophet (this is called Naat) and the Sufi saints (this is called Manqabat) and the second focussing on spiritual emotion or mystical love, ecstatic states and on separation and union. The Sama poetry is mostly sung in the form of Qawwali. Music of Sama is set within metric framework, accompanied by Dholak, Tabla, Sarangi, Harmonium and Sitar.

Sufi Literature:

Some of the rare and valuable documents on Sufism include Adab-us-Sufiyah written in 1021 AD by Abu Abdur Rahman, Mazhar-un-Nur (1779 AD) translated by Syed Nurl Huda, Al Urwah-li-Ahl-il-Khalwah (1339 AD) written by Abul Makarim Ahamad Alaud-Daulah, Tarjumat-ul-Kitab (1649 AD) by Shaikh Muhibullah, Sharhu Awarif-ul-Maarif (1421 AD) by Syed Mohammad Hasan Al Husaini Banda Nawaz Gesu Daraz, Naqd un Nusus, Asrar-ul-Ahkam Sharhu Shariat-ul-Islam, Jawami-ul Kalim andTabaqat-i-Shahjehani.

Important Sufi Orders:

Abul Fazl gave a list of the Sufi orders in India, which comprises dozens of silsilahs. The prominent among these include the Chistiya, Qadriya, Naqsbandiya and the Suhrawardiya. The silsilahs were generally led by the Sufi saints who lived in Khanqahs or hospices along with their disciples. (a) The Chishti Order:

The Chishti Order was introduced in India by Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti (1143-1223 AD) who was one of the most renowned Sufi saints in India. He was born in Sanjar in the province of Sistan in Iran. He was the disciple of the great Sufi saint Khwaja Uthman Harvani, who belonged to the Chishti order. Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti reached India around 1192 AD, shortly after the death and defeat of Prithvi Raj Chauhan. After staying for a short period in Lahore and Delhi, he reached Ajmer in 1195 AD and set up a Khanqah (place of worship) to spread his message of universal love and brotherhood. His simple, pious and ascetic way of life attracted a large number of people who came to seek spiritual guidance from him. After his death on March 11, 1223 AD (6th of Rajab, 633 AH), his devotees started holding a congregation or Urs at Ajmer from the first to the sixth day of the Islamic month of Rajab every year.
The other renowned Sufi saints of this order include Shaikh Qutubuddin Bakhtyar Kaki, Shaikh Hamiduddin Sufi of Nagaur, Hazrat Moinuddin Ajmeri, Shaikh Fariduddin Ganj-i-Shakar of Ajodhan (Modern Pubjab), who was popularly known as Hazrat Baba Farid and whose bani and slokas are part of the holy Guru Granth Sahib, Shaikh Jamaluddin Hanowi, Shaikh Nizamuddin Aulia, Shaikh Allauddin Sabir, Shaikh Nasiruddin Chiragh-i-Delhi and Khwaja Gesu Deraz of Gulbarga. Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya founded the Nizamiya sub-silsilah, which spread throughout the country due to the dedicated efforts of his disciples likeShaikhSirajuddin, Shaikh Alaul Haqq, Shaikh Nur Qutb-i-Alam, Syed Ashraf Jahangir, Shaikh Burhanuddin Gharib and Khwaja Gesu Deraz. Amir Khusro, the legendary poet and musician also belonged to this order. The Chisti order is the most widespread among all the Sufi orders in India. The Chisti saints follow the concept of pantheistic monism calledWahdat-ul-wajud, which finds similarities with the Vedanta philosophy. The Chishti order helped in inculcating a sense of duty in the rulers and monarchs to administer justice and equity and to do away with social disorder and religious intolerance.

(b) The Suhrawardi Order:

This order was founded by Shaikh Shahabuddin Umar Suharwardi (d.1234 AD), who is the author of Awarif ul Maarif. It was represented in India by Shaikh Bahauddin Zikiriyya of Multan and Shaikh Jalal Tabrizi of Lakhnauti. This order became popular in Kashmir, Punjab, Sind and parts of Bengal. It reached its acme under Shaikh Ruknuddin (d.1335 AD).

(c) The Qadriya Order:

This ascetic order of Sufism was instituted in 561 AH by Saiyid Abdul Qadir Al-Jilani, popularly known as Pir Dastagir, whose shrine is in Baghdad. It was introduced in India by Shah Niamatullah (d.1430 AD) and was later promoted in an organised manner by Syed Makhdum Muhammad Gilani (d.1517 AD). The Qadriyah Khanqahs are mostly located in Punjab, parts of northern India and extensively in South India. The famous Urdu poets Hasrat Mohani and Allama Iqbal belong to this order.

(d)The Naqshbandi Order:

The Naqshbandi order was popularised in India through the efforts of Khwaja Baqi Billah (d.1642 AD), who came to India during the reign of Emperor Akbar. His Khalifah or deputy was Shaikh Ahmed Sirhindi, commonly known as Mujaddid-e-Alf Sani. Shah Waliullaj of Delhi, Syed Ahmed of Rae Bareilly and Shah Ghulam Ali were some of the great Sufis of this order. Famous Sufi poets of this order are Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janan and Mir Dard.

(e) The Nimatullahi Sufi Order:

This Sufi order owes its origin to Shah Nimatullah Wali, one of the great Sufi masters of Iran, who founded the order at the end of the 14th century AD. The spiritual method of the Nimatullahi order is based on invocation and remembrance of God (zikr), reflection (fikr), self-examination (mohasaba), meditation (moraqaba) and litany (werd). After Shah Nimatullah, the masters of the Nimatullahi order resided in India until the end of the 18th century AD (12th century AH), after which it was shifted back to Iran with the arrival of Sayyed Ma'Sum 'Ali Shah Dakkani to Iran in 1775 AD (1190 AH).

(f) The Shattari Order:

This order was introduced in India by Shah Abdullah Shattari (d.1485 AD) and became popular in Malwa, Jaunpur and Bengal. The eminent Sufi saints of this order include Shaikh Muhammad Alas Qadin of Bengal, Shaikh Hafiz of Jaunpur and Shaikh Muhammad Ghauth of Gwalior. The famous musician Tansen belonged to this order.

Kesabaran Nabi Ayyub AS,..............................................................................................................................

2008-06-04T06:50:00.001-07:00

Kerahkan seluruh pembantumu untuk menggoda Ayyub melalui harta dan keluarganya. Cerai beraikan keluarganya yang rukun damai sejahtera itu. Lihatlah, sampai dimana kemampuanmu untuk menyesatkan Ayyub hamba-Ku.
Apabila kita membaca dan menelaah surah as-Shad ayat 38, “Sesungguhnya kami dapati dia (Nabi Ayyub AS) orang yang sabar”. Dialah sebaik-baik hamba. Sesungguhnya dia amat ta’at kepada Tuhannya”. Maka yang tergambar adalah pribadi Nab Ayyub AS yag memiliki maqam / kedudukan sebagai orang yang paling sabar di hadapan Allah SWT.
Nabi Ayyub adalah putera Aish bin Ishaq AS bin Ibrahim AS. Sebagaimana disebutkan dalam kisah nabi Ya’qub AS, Aish adalah saudara kembar Nabi Ya’qub AS. Jadi Nabi Ayyub AS adalah masih kemenakan Nabi Ya’qub AS dan sepupu Nabi Yusuf AS.
Semula beliau dikenal sebagai seorang Nabi yang kaya raya. Harta melimpah dengan binatang ternak yang tak terhitung jumlahnya. Namun demikian beliau tetap ta’at beribadah, gemar melakukan kebajikan, suka menolong orang-orang yang menderita terlebih golongan fakir miskin.
Para Malaikat kagum dengan keta’atan, keikhlasan Nabi Ayyub AS dan memperbincangkannya. Iblis yang mendengar perbincangan malaikat tersebut merasa iri dan berkeinginan menjerumuskan nabi Ayyub AS dan mencelakakannya.
Pada mulanya iblis mencoba sendiri menggoda Nabi Ayyub AS agar tersesat dan menjadi orang yang tidak bersyukur kepada Allah SWT. Akan tetapi usahanya gagal. Lalu iblis menghadap Allah SWT meminta agar dia diizinkan untuk menguji keikhlasan Nabi Ayyub AS. Iblis berkata, “wahai Tuhan, sesungguhnya Ayyub senantiasa patuh dan ta’at kepada-Mu, berbakti dan selalu memujimu. Semua itu tak lain karena ia ingin agar kekayaannya tetap terpelihara. Semua ibadah yang dia lakukan bukan karena ikhlas, cinta dan ta’at kepada-Mu akan tetapi andai dia terkena musibah dan kehilangan harta benda serta anak dan isteri belum tentu ia akan mampu untuk ta’at dan ikhlas menyembah-Mu. “
Allah SWT berfirman kepada iblis, “sesungguhnya Ayyub adalah hamba-Ku yang sangat ta’at kepada-Ku. Ia seorang mukmin sejati. Apa yang ia lakukan adalah untuk mendekatkan diri kepada-Ku. Semua itu semata-mata didorong oleh iman yang kuat kepada-Ku Iman dan takwanya tidak akan goyah hanya oleh perubahan duniawi. Cintanya kepada-Ku tidak akan berkurang walau ditimpa musibah apapun yang menimpa dirinya. Karena ia yakin bahwa apa yang ia miliki adalah pemberian-Ku yang sewaktu-waktu dapat Aku cabut daripadanya, atau Kujadikan berlipat ganda. Ia bersih dari segala tuduhan dan persangkaanmu. Engkau tidak rela melihat hamba-hamba-Ku, anak cucu Adam berada di atas jalan yang lurus. Untuk menguji keteguhan hati Ayyub dan keimanannya kepada takdir-Ku, Kuizinkan engkau untuk menggoda dan memalingkannya dari-Ku. Kerahkan seluruh pembantumu untuk menggoda Ayyub melalui harta dan keluarganya. Cerai beraikan keluarganya yang rukun damai sejahtera itu. Lihatlah, sampai dimana kemampuanmu untuk menyesatkan Ayyub hamba-Ku.”
Demikianlah iblis dan para pembantunya mulai menyerbu untuk menggoda keimanan Nabi Ayub AS. Mula-mula mereka membinasakan binatang ternak milik Nabi Ayyub AS. Disusul membinasakan lumbung-lumbung gandum dan lahan pertaniannya yang terbakar musnah. Iblis mengira Nabi Ayyub AS akan berkeluh kesah setelah kehilangan ternak dan hasil pertaniannya. Akan tetapi Nabi Ayyub AS tetap berhusnudzan kepada Allah SWT. Segalanya ia pasrahkan kepda Allah SWT. Harta adalah titipan Allah SWT yang sewaktu-waktu dapat diambil kembali. Berikutnya iblis mendatangi putera-putera Nabi Ayyub AS yang sedang berada di sebuah gedung yang besar dan megah. Mereka menggoyangkan tiang-tiangnya sehingga robohlah gedung itu dan anak-anak Nabi Ayyub AS yang berada di dalamnya meninggal semua. iblis mengira usahanya tersebut akan mamapu menggoyahkan keimanan Nabi Ayyub AS yang sangat menyayangi putera-puteranya. Tetapi sekali lagi mereka harus kecewa. Nabi Ayyub AS tetap berserah diei kepada Allah SWT. Meskipun Beliau bersedih hati dan menangis akan tetapi jiwa dan hati beliau tetap kukuh dalam keyakinan bahwa jika Allah Yang Mahamemberi menghendaki sesuatu, maka tidak ada seorangpun yang mampu menghalanginya.
Iblis masih belum puas, kemudian mereka menaruh kuman penyakit di sekujur tubuh Nabi Ayyub AS sehingga beliau menderita penyakit kulit yang sangat menjijikkan sehingga dijauhi sanak famili dan tetangganya. Isteri-isteri beliau lari meninggalkannya dan hanya satu yang tetap setia mendampinginya yaitu Rahmah. Lebih dari itu para tetangga yang tidak ingin tertular dengan penyakit ini, mengusir beliau hingga keluar dari kampung mereka. Maka keluarlah Nabi Ayyub AS dan Rahmah ke sebuah tempat yang sepi.
Waktu tujuh tahun dijalani merupakan ujian penderitaan yang sangat berat bagi Nabi Ayyub AS dan isterinya, tetapi Nabi Ayyub AS tetap bersabar, berdzikir menyebut asma Allah SWT. Diriwayatkan bahwa isteri beliau berkata, “Hai Ayyub, seandainya engkau berdo’a kepada Tuhanmu niscaya Dia akan membebaskan-Mu”. Naun Nabi Ayyub AS menjawab, “Aku telah hidup selama 70 tahun dalam keadaan sehat, dan Allah SWT baru mengujiku dengan penyakit selama 7 tahun, sungguh itu adalah perbandingan yang sangat sedikit”.
Demikianlah Nabi Ayyub AS menerima ujian dari Allah SWT dengan sabar dan ikhlas. Beliau telah hidup berpuluh tahun dalam kenikmatan. Maka beliau merasa malu untuk berkeluh kesah kepada Allah SWT untuk kesengseraan yang hanya beberapa tahun. Sakit yang diderita Nabi Ayyub AS membuat tidak ada lagi anggota badannya yang utuh kecuali Jantung (hati) dan lidahnya. Dengan hati dan lidah itu Nabi Ayyub AS tidak pernah berhenti berdzikir kepada Allah SWT, baik pada waktu pagi maupun petang hari.
Untuk memenuhi kebutuhan hidup sehari-hari, Rahmah terpaksa bekerja di sebuah pabrik roti. Pagi berangkat sedangkan sore harinya pulang ke rumah. Lama kelamaan majikannya mengetahui bahwa Rahmah adalah isteri Nabi Ayyub AS yang memiliki penyakit berbahaya. Mereka khawatir ia akan membawa bibit penyakit yang dapat menular, maka mereka kemudian memintanya berhenti bekerja.
Rahmah masih memikirkan suaminya, maka ia meminta majikanya berkenan memberikan hutang dalam bentuk roti tetapi permintaan tersebut ditolak. Majikannya hanya mau memberi roti apabila ia mahu memotong gelung/rambutnya yang panjang. Padahal gelung/rambut tersebut sangat disukai suaminya. Namun demi mendapatkan roti, akhirnya Rahmah mau juga, dan setuju dengan usul majikannya itu.
Ternyata perbuatan tersebut menyebabkan Nabi Ayyub AS menduga bahwa ia telah berselingkuh. Akhirnya pada suatu hari Rahmah berpamitan meninggalkan suaminya. Ia beralasan ingin bekerja untuk menghidupi sang suami. Nabi Ayyub AS melarangnya namun Rahmah tetap memaksa sembari berkeluh kesah. Sesungguhnya tindakan Rahmah inipun tidak lepas dari peranan iblis yang menghasutnya untuk meninggalkan suaminya.
Mendengar keluh kesah isterinya maka berkatalah Nabi Ayyub AS, “Kiranya kau telah terkena bujuk rayu iblis, sehingga berkeluh kesah atas takdir Allah SWT . awas, jika kelak aku telah sembuh, kamu akan aku pukul seratus kali. Mulai saat ini tinggalkan aku seorang diri, aku tidak membutuhkan pertolonganmu sampai Allah SWT menentukan takdirnya”.
Dengan demikian tinggalah Nabi Ayyub AS seorang diri setelah ia mengusir Rahmah. Ditengah kesendiriannya Nabi Ayyub AS bermunajat kepada Allah SWT dengan sepenuh hati memohon Rahmat dan kasih sayang-Nya. Allah SWT akhirnya menerima do’a Nabi Ayyub AS yang telah mencapai puncak kesabaran dan keteguhan iman dalam menghadapi cobaan. Dikatakan kepadanya, “Hantamkanlah kakimu, inilah air yang sejuk untuk mandi dan minum”. (QS Shad 42)
Nabi Ayyub AS kemudian menghantamkan kakinya, maka memancarlah mata air yang dingin. Dikatakan kepadanya, “Minumlah serta mandilah”. Nabi Ayyub AS melakukannya maka Allah SWT menghilangakn penyakit yang menimmpa bathin dan lahirnya.
Kemudian Allah SWT juga mengembalikan keluarganya, hartanya, sejumlah nikmat dan kebaikan dalam jumlah yang banyak. Dimulai dari Rahmah sang isteri yang telah pergi meninggalkannya. Lama kelamaan Rahmah merasa kasihan karena meninggalkan suaminya seorang diri. Ia datang untuk menjenguk, namun ia tidak mengenali lagi suaminya karena pada saat itu Nabi Ayyub AS telah menjadi lebih sehat, lebih segar dan lebih tampan.
Saat datang dan bermaksud menemui Nabi Ayyub AS, Rahmah melayangkan pandangannya dalam keadaan tertegun. Nabi Ayyub AS menyambutnya dalam rupa yang Allah SWT telah menyembuhkan penyakit yang dideritanya dan rupa yang sangat tampan seperti semula.
Ketika melihatnya, Rahmah bertanya, “Semoga Allah SWT memberkatimu. Apa engkau melihat Nabi Allah SWT yang sedang diuji ? Demi Allah aku melihatnya mirip denganmu ketika ia sehat.” Nabi Ayyub AS menjawab, “Sesungguhnya aku inilah dia.”
Ketika itu di hadapannya terdapat dua buah gundukan yaitu gundukan gandum dan jewawut (sejenis makanan untuk burung) . Kemudian Allah SWT mengirimkan dua buah awan. Dan ketika salah satunya menaungi gundukan gandum, tercurah padanya emas hingga penuh, sedangkan pada gundukan jewawut tercurahlah mata uang hingga penuh. (HR Abu Ya’la).
Ketika sakit, Nabi Ayyub AS menemukan kepingan uang isterinya yang diperoleh dari pekerjaannya. Nabi Ayyub AS menduga bahwa sang isteri telah menyeleweng sehingga ia bersumpah akan mencambuknya seratus kali. Karena sang isteri tidak melakukan apa yang disangkakan kepadanya, maka Allah SWT meringankannya. “Dan ambilah dengan tanganmu seikat rumput sebanyak seratus helai kemudian pukulah ia dengannya....dan janganlah kamu melanggar sumpah” (QS. Shad 44). Yaitu melanggar sumpahmu bahwa kamu akan mencambuknya. Nabi Ayyub AS merasa lega dengan jalan keluar yang diberikan Allah SWT . Dengan seratus helai rumput, dipukulnya isterinya dengan satu kali pukulan dengan sangat pelan maka terlaksanalah sumpah itu. Berkat kesabaran dan keteguhan imannya, Nabi Ayyub AS dikaruniai lagi harta benda yang berlimpah ruah. Dari Rahmah kemudian ia memperoleh anak yang bernama Basyar yang dikemudian hari menjadi seorang nabi yang dikenal dengan nama Zulkifli.
Dengan kesabarannya itu Nabi Ayyub AS menjadi suri tauladan bagi orang-orang yang sabar, penghibur bagi orang-orang yang mendapat ujian atau ditimpa musibah serta ibarat bagi orang-orang yang mau mengambil pelajaran.
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Important information for Non-Muslims

If anyone has a real desire to be a Muslim and has full conviction and strong belief that Islam is the true religion ordained by Allah for all human-beings, then, one should pronounce the "Shahada", the testimony of faith, without further delay. The Holy Qur'an is explicit on this regard as Allah states:

"The Religion in the sight of Allah is Islam." (Qur'an 3:19)

In another verse of the Holy Qur'an, Allah states:

"If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (Submission to Allah), Never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost."(Qur'an 3:85)

If a person does not pronounce the Shahada and enter Islaam, we cannot say that he is a Muslim, even if he admired Islaam and recognized that it the best religion, a great religion, and so on. Abu Taalib, the uncle of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) died a kaafir (non-Muslim), and Allaah forbade His Prophet to pray for forgiveness for him, even though he used to defend the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said in his poems: "I do know that the religion of Muhammad is better than all other religions of mankind; were it not for fear of blame or slander, you would find me accepting it completely."

Amal lahiriyah adalah seperti kerangka

2008-05-08T21:52:00.000-07:00

Amal lahiriyah adalah seperti kerangka, sedangkan ruuhnya adalah adanya ikhlas di dalamnya.

Amal lahiriah diumpamakan seperti kerangka yang tidak memiliki ruh, maka tidaklah ada manfaatnya. Adapun ruh dari amal sehingga amal tersebut menjadi hidup adalah adanya sirri /tersembunyinya ikhlas di dalam amal.
Maka ikhlas itu berbeda-beda menurut berbeda-bedanya maqam dan tingkatan yang dimiliki seseorang. Apabila termasuk golongan abrar, maka keikhlasannya adalah selamatnya amal mereka dari riya’ yang tersembunyi maupun yang terang-terangan dimana semua itu adalah bagian dari tuntutan hawa nafsu. Maka hamba yang ikhlas adalah tidak beramal melainkan hanya karena Allah Ta’ala, mencari apa yang dijanjikan oleh Allah Ta’ala bagi orang – orang yang ikhlas yaitu pahala yang baik dan tempat yang baik di akhirat nanti, dan lari dari apa yang diancamkan oleh Allah Ta’ala bagi orang-orang yang tidak ikhlas dalam beramal yaitu azab yang pedih dan buruknya perhitungan/hisab. Yang demikian ini sesuai dengan firman Allah Ta’ala “Iyya-Ka na’budu” -“Kepada-Mu lah kami menyembah”. Maksudnya tidaklah sekali-kali kami menyembah selain hanya kepada-Mu, dan sekali-kali tidaklah kami menyekutukan-Mu dengan selain-Mu dalam ibadah kami. Kemudian ikhlasnya muhibbiin, muqarrabiin dan ‘arifiin, yaitu beramal karena Allah Ta’ala, karena mengagungkan dan memuliakan-Nya karena sesungguhnya Allah Ta’ala yang berhak dari yang demikian ini. Bukan karena mengharapkan pahala ataupun karena takut siksa-Nya. Oleh karena itu telah berkata Rabi’ah al’Adawiyah, “Tidaklah aku menyembah-Mu karena takut kepada neraka-Mu dan tidak pula karena menginginkan surga-Mu.”
Ikhlas yang demikian ini telah melampaui daripada memandang kepada diri sendiri dalam hal kekuatan dan kemampuan beramal. Pandangannya hanya tertuju pada Al-Haq baik dalam gerak maupun diam mereka tanpa melihat pada adanya kemampuan dan kekuatan dari diri mereka sendiri. Maka tidaklah mereka beramal melainkan biLlah (dengan pertolongan Allah Ta’ala) tidak dengan kemampuan dan kekuatan mereka. Dan yang ini lebih tinggi tingkatannya dari yang sebelumnya.
Orang yang memiliki jalan ini sesungguhnya telah berjalan pada jalan tauhid dan yakin, dan selaras dengan firman Allah Ta’ala, “Iyya-Ka nasta’iin”. “Hanya kepada-Mu lah kami meminta pertolongan”. Artinya tiada pertolongan kepada amal melainkan hanya dengan pertolongan Allah Ta’ala, tidakdengan kekuatan dan kemampuan diri sendiri.
Oleh karena itu amal yang pertama disebut dengan amal liLlah dan yang kedua amal biLlah. Amal liLlah menyebabkan pahala, sedangkan amal biLlah menyebabkan kedekatan dengan Allah Ta’ala. Amal liLlah menyebabkan benarnya ibadah, sedang amal biLlah menyebabkan bersihnya iradah . Amal liLlah merupakan sikap ahli ibadah, sedang amal biLlah adalah sikap para pendamba. Amal liLlah menegakkan dzahiriyah sedangkan amal biLlah menegakkan bathin. Inilah ibarat yang disampaikan imam Abil Qasim Al-Qusyairi RA.
Maka keikhlasan seorang hamba adalah ruh dari amalnya. Dengan adanya ruuh itu akan menjadi hiduplah amal. Dan dengan ikhlas menjadi tanda diterimanya amal serta sebaliknya dengan hilangnya ikhlas maka itu tanda kematian dan gugurnya amal sehingga jadilah amal itu seperti bangkai tak bernyawa. Telah berkata sebagian ulama, “Betulkan amalmu dengan ikhlas, dan berulkan ikhlasmu dengan melepaskan diri dari perasaan mampu dan kuat dalam beramal.
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The First ‘Aqabah Pledge

We have already spoken about six Madinese who embraced Islam in the pilgrimage season in the eleventh year of Prophethood. They promised to communicate the Message of Islam to their townsfolk.

The following year, on the occasion of the pilgrimage, there came a group of twelve disciples ready to acknowledge Muhammad as their Prophet. The group of men comprised five of the six who had met the Prophet [pbuh] the year before, the sixth who stayed away was Jabir bin ‘Abdullah bin Reyab, the other seven were:

Mu‘adh bin Al-Harith, Ibn ‘Afra, from Khazraj.

Dhakwan bin ‘Abd Al-Qais, from Khazraj.

‘Ubadah bin As-Samit, from Khazraj.

Yazeed bin Tha‘labah, from Khazraj.

‘Al-‘Abbas bin ‘Ubadah bin Nadalah, from Khazraj.

Abul Haitham bin At-Taihan, from Aws.

‘Uwaim bin Sa‘idah, from Aws.

They avowed their faith in Muhammad [pbuh] as a Prophet and swore: "We will not worship any one but one Allah; we will not steal; neither will we commit adultery, nor kill our children; we will not utter slander, intentionally forging falsehood and we will not disobey you in any just matter." When they had taken the pledge, Muhammad [pbuh] said: "He who carries it out, Allâh will reward him; and who neglects anything and is afflicted in this world, it may prove redemption for him in the Hereafter; and if the sin remains hidden from the eyes of the men and no grief comes to him, then his affair is with Allâh. He may forgive him or He may not." [Bukhari 1/550; 2/727; 2/1003]

The Muslim Envoy in Madinah

After the Pledge (in the form of an oath had been taken) the Prophet [pbuh] sent to Yathrib (Madinah) Mus‘ab bin ‘Umair Al-‘Abdari [R], the first Muslim ‘ambassador’ to teach the people there the doctrines of Islam, give them practical guidance and make attempts at propagating the Islam among those who still professed polytheism. As‘ad bin Zurarah hosted him in Madinah. So prepared was the ground, and so zealous the propagation that the Islam spread rapidly from house to house and from tribe to tribe. There were various cheerful and promising aspects of success that characterized Mus‘ab’s task. One day Mus‘ab and As‘ad were on their way to the habitations of Bani ‘Abd Al-Ashhal and Bani Zafar, when they went into the premises of the latter clan. There they sat near a well conversing with some new converts. Sa‘d bin Mu‘adh and Usaid bin Hudair, chiefs of the two clans heard of this meeting, so Usaid approached the Muslims armed with his lance while the other Sa‘d excused himself on grounds that As‘ad was his maternal cousin. Usaid came closer cursing and swearing and accused the two men of befooling people weak of heart, and ordered that they stop it altogether. Mus‘ab calmly invited him to sit saying, "If you are pleased with our talk, you can accept it; should you hold it in abhorrence, you could freely immunize yourself against what you hate." "That’s fair," said Usaid, pierced his lance in the sand, listened to Mus‘ab and then heard some verses of the Noble Qur’ân. His face bespoke satisfaction and pleasure before uttering any words of approval. He asked the two men about the procedures pertinent to embracing Islam. They asked him to observe washing, purge his garment, bear witness to the Truth and then perform two Rak‘a. He responded and did exactly what he was asked to do, and then said there was a man (Sa‘d bin Mu‘adh) whose people would never hang back if he followed the Islam. He then left to see Sa‘d and his people. Sa‘d could immediately understand that Usaid had changed. To a question posed by Sa‘d, Usaid said that two men were ready to comply with whatever orders they received. He then managed a certain situation that provided the two men with a chance to talk with Sa‘d privately. The previous scene with Usaid recurred and Sa‘d embraced Islam, and directly turned to his people swearing that he would never talk with them until they had believed in Allâh, and in His Messenger. Hardly did the evening of that day arrive when all the men and women of that sept of Arabians embraced Islam with the exception of one, Al-Usairim, who hung back until the Day of Uhud. On that day he embraced Islam and fought the polytheists but was eventually killed before observing any prostration in the way of prayer. The Prophet [pbuh] commented saying: "He has done a little but his reward is great."

Mus‘ab stayed in Madinah carrying out his mission diligently and successfully until all the houses of Al-Ansar (the future Helpers) had Muslims elements, men and women. One family only stood obdurate to the Islamic Da‘wah (Call). They were under the influence of the poet Qais bin Al-Aslat, who managed to hold them at bay and screen off the Call of Islam from their ears until the year 5 A.H.

Shortly before the approach of the following pilgrimage season, i.e. the thirteenth year of Prophethood, Mus‘ab bin ‘Umair returned to Makkah carrying to the Prophet [pbuh] glad tidings about the new fertile soil of Islam in Madinah, and its environment rich in the prospects of good, and the power and immunity that that city was bound to provide to the cause of Islam. [Ibn Hisham 1/435; Za'd Al-Ma'ad 2/51]

Sekilas Riwayat Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar

2008-04-16T07:52:00.000-07:00

Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar dilahirkan pada hari Jum’at legi tanggal 17 Agustus 1945 jam 02.00 malam, yang keesokan harinya bertepatan dengan hari kemerdekaan Negara Republik Indonesia yang diproklamirkan oleh Presiden Soekarno dan Dr. Muhammad Hatta. Tempat kelahiran beliau adalah di Dukuh Nepen Desa Krecek kecamatan Pare Kediri Jawa Timur. Sebelum berangkat ibadah haji, nama beliau adalah Muhammad Bahri, putra bungsu dari bapak Muhammad Ishaq. Meskipun dilahirkan dalam keadaan miskin harta benda, namun mulia dalam hal keturunan. Dari sang ayah, beliau mengaku masih keturunan Sultan Hasanudin bin Sunan Gunung Jati, dan dari sang ibu beliau mengaku masih keturunan KH Hasan Besari Tegal Sari Ponorogo Jawa Timur yang juga masih keturunan Sunan Kalijogo.

Pada masa kecil Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar dididik oleh ayahanda sendiri dengan disiplin pendidikan yang ketat dan sangat keras. Diantaranya adalah menghafal kitab taqrib dan maknanya dan mempelajari tafsir Al-Qur’an baik ma’na maupun nasakh mansukhnya.

Masih diantara kedisiplinan ayah beliau dalam mendidik adalah : Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar tidak diperkenankan berteman dengan anak-anak tetangga dengan tujuan supaya Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar tidak mengikuit kebiasaan yang tidak baik yang dilakukan oleh anak-anak tetangga. Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar dilarang merokok dan menonton hiburan seperti orkes, Wayang, ludruk dll, dan tidak pula boleh meminum kopi dan makan diwarung. Pada usia 11 tahun Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar sudah mengkhatamkan Al-Qur’an semua itu berkat kegigihan dan disiplin ayah beliau dalam mendidik dan membimbing.

Orang tua Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar memang terkenal cinta kepada para alim ulama terutama mereka yang memiliki barakah dan karamah. Ayah beliau berpesan kepada Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar agar selalu menghormati para ulama. Jika sowan (berkunjung) kepada para ulama supaya selalu memberi uang atau jajan (oleh-oleh). Pesan ayahanda tersebut dilaksanakan oleh beliau, dan semua ulama yang pernah diambil manfaat ilmunya mulai dari Kyai Syufa’at Blok Agung Banyuwangi hingga KH. Dimyathi Pandegelang Banten, semuanya pernah diberi uang atau jajan oleh Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar.

Sebenarnya, Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar pernah menganut faham wahabi bahkan sampai menduduki posisi wakil ketua Majlis Tarjih Wahabi Kaliwungu. Adapun beberapa hal yang menyebabkan Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar pindah dari faham wahabi dan menganut faham ahlussunah diantaranya adalah sebagai berikut :

1. Beliau pernah bermimpi bertemu dengan kakek beliau yaitu KH. AbduLlah Sakin yang wafat pada tahun 1918 M, beliau berwaasuiyat kepada Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar bahwa yang benar adalah faham ahlussinah.

2. Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar pernah bertemu dengan KH Yasin bin ma’ruf kedunglo kediri, pertemuan itu terjadi di warung / rumah makan Pondol Pesantren Lirboyo Kediri yang berkata kepada Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar bahwa Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar kelak akan menjadi seorang ulama yang banyak tamunya. Dan ucapan KH Yasin tersebut terbukti, beliau setiap hari menerima banyak tamu.

3. Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar pernah berjumpa dengan Sayyid Ma’sum badung Madura yang memberi wasiyat bahwa kelak Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar banyak santrinya yang berasal dari jauh. Dan hal itu juga terbukti.

4. Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar bertemu dengan KH Hamid AbdiLlah Pasuruan, beliau berkata bahwa kelak Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar akan dapat melaksanakan ibadah haji dan menjadi ulama yang kaya. Dan terbukti beliau sampai ibadah haji sebanyak lima kali dan begitu juga para putera beliau.

Hal tersebutlah yang menyebabkan Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar menganut faham ahlussunah karena beliau merasa heran dan ta’jub kepada para ulama ahlussunah seperti teresebut di atas yang dapat mengetahui hal-hal rahasia ghaib dan ulama yang demikian ini tidak dijumpainya pada ulama-ulama golongan wahabi.

Dalam menghadapi setiap cobaan yang menimpa, Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar memilih satu jalan yaitu mendatangi ulama. Adapun beberapa ulama yang dimintai do’a dan barokah oleh beliau diantaranya adalah :

1. KH. Syufa’at Blok Agung Banyuwangi.

2. KH. Hayatul Maki Bendo Pare Kediri.

3. KH. Marzuki Lirboyo Kediri.

4. KH. Dalhar Watu Congol Magelang.

5. KH. Khudlori Tegal Rejo Magelang.

6. KH. Dimyathi Pandegrlang Banten.

7. KH. Ru’yat Kaliwungu.

8. KH. Ma’sum Lasem.

9. KH. Baidhawi Lasem.

10. KH. Masduqi Lasem.

11. KH. Imam Sarang.

12. KH. Kholil Sidogiri.

13. KH Abdul Hamid AbdiLlah Pasuruan.

Selesai beliau mendatangi para ulama, maka ilmu yang didapat dari mereka beliau kumpulkan dalam sebuah kitab “Jawahirul Hikmah”.

Kemudian beliau mengembara ke makam – makam para wali mulai dari Banyuwangi sampai Banten hingga Madura. Sewaktu beliau berziarah ke makam Syaikh Kholil Bangkalan Madura, Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar bertemu dengan Sayyid Syarifuddin yang mengaku masih keturunan Syaikh Abdul Qadir Al-Jailani RA. Kemudian Sayyid Syarifuddin memberikan ijazah kepada Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar berupa amalan ‘MANAKIB JAWAHIRUL MA’ANY’ dimana amalan manakib Jawahirul Ma’any tersebut saat ini tersebar luas di seluruh Indonesia karena banyak Fadhilahnya

, bahkan sampai ke negara asing seperti Malaysia, Singapura, Brunei Darussalam, Pakistan, tanzania, Afrika, Nederland, dll.

Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar pernah mengalami masa-masa yang sulit dalam segala hal. Bahkan ketika putera beliau masih berada di dalam kandungan, beliau diusir oleh keluarga isteri beliau sehingga harus pindah ke desa lain yang tidak jauh dari desa mertua beliau kira-kira satu kilometer. Ketika putera beliau berumur satu bulan, beliau kehabisan bekal untuk kebutuhan sehari-hari kemudian Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar memerintahkan kepada isteri beliau untuk pulang meminta makanan kepada orang tuanya. Dan Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar berkata, “Saya akan memohon kepada Allah SWT”. Akhirnta isteri beliau dan puteranya pulang ke rumah orang tuanya.

Kemudian Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar mengambil air wudhu untuk melaksanakan shalat duha dan dilanjutkan membaca manakib Jawahirul Ma’any. Ketika tengah membaca Manakib, beliau mendengar ada orang di luar rumah memberikan ucapan salam kepada beliau, dan beliau jawab di dalam hati kemudian beliau tetap melanjutkan membaca Manakib Jawahirul Ma’any hingga khatam. Setelah selesai membaca Manakib, maka keluarlah beliau seraya membukakan pintu bagi tamu yang memberikan salam tadi.

Setelah pintu terbuka, tenyata ada enam orang yang bertamu ke rumah beliau. Dua orang tamu memberi beliau uang Rp 10.000, dan berpesan supaya selalu mengamalkan Manakib tersebut. Dan sekarang kitab manakib tersebut sudah beliau ijazahkan kepada kaum Muslimin dan Muslimat agar kita semua dapat memperoleh berkahnya. Kemudian dua tamu lagi memberi dua buah nangka kepada beliau, dan dua tamu lainnya memberi roti dan gula.

Kemudian Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar selalu melaksanakan pesan tamu-tamu tersebut yang menjadi amalan beliau sehari-hari. Tidak lama setelah itu, setiap harinya Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar diberi rizki oleh Allah senanyak Rp. 1.500 hingga beliau berangkat haji untuk pertamakali pada tahun 1982.

Kemudian pada tahun 1983 Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar menikah dengan Sa’idah putri KH As’ad Pasuruan. Setelah pernikahan ini beliau setiap hari diberi rizki oleh Allah sebanyak Rp 3.000 mulai tahun 1983 hingga beliau menikah dengan puteri KH. Yasin Blitar.

Setelah pernikahan ini Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar setiap hari diberi rizki oleh Allah SWT sebanyak Rp.11.000 sampai beliau dapat membanun masjid. Selesai membangun masjid, Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar setiap hari diberi rizki oleh Allah sebanyak Rp. 25.000 hingga beliau membangun rumah dan Pondok Pesantren.

Setelah membangun rumah dan Pondok Pesantren, Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar tiap hari diberi rizki oleh Allah SWT sebanyak Rp.35.000 hingga beliau ibadah haji yang kedua kalinya bersama putera beliau Abdul Halim dan isteri beliau Musalihatun pada tahun 1993.

Setelah beliau melaksanakan ibadah haji yang kedua kalinya pada tahun 1993, Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar setiap hari diberi rizki oleh Allah sebanyak Rp 50.000 hingga tahun 1995 M. Setelah Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar melaksanakan ibadah haji yang ketiga kalinya bersama putera beliau Abdul Hamid dan Ali Khazim, Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar setiap hari diberi rizki oleh Allah sebanyak Rp. 75.000 hingga tahun 1997.

Setelah Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar menunaikan ibadah haji yang keempat kalinya pada tahun 1997 bersama putera beliau HM Sholahuddin, Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar diberi rizki oleh Allah setiap hari Rp. 200.000 hingga tahun 2002.

Kemudian Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar berangkat haji yang ke limakalinya bersama dua isteri dan satu menantu beliau, Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar setiap hari diberi rizki oleh Allah SWT sebanyak Rp. 300.000 sampai tahun 2003 M.

Di Pasuruan, Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar mendirikan Pondok Pesantren tepatnya di Desa Tanggulangin Kec. Kejayan Kab. Pasuruan yang diberi nama Pondok Pesantren Darussalam Tegalrejo.

Di desa tersebut Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar diberi tanah oleh H Muhammad seluas 2.400 m2 kemudian H Muhammad dan putera beliau diberi tanah oleh Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar seluas 4000m2 sebagai ganti tanah yang diberikan dahulu.

Sejak saat itu Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar mulai membangun masjid dan madrasah bersama masyarakat pada tahun 1998. namun sayangnya sampai empat tahun pembangunan masjid tidak juga selesai. Akhirnya Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar memutuskan masjid yang dibangun bersama masyarakat harus dirobohkan, demikian ini atas saran dan fatwa dari KH. Hasan Asy’ari Mangli Magelang Jawa Tengah (Mbah Mangli – almarhum), dan akhirnya Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar membangun masjid lagi bersama santri pondok. AlhamduliLlah dalam waktu 111 hari selesailah pembanginan masjid tingkat tanpa bantuan masyarakat. Kemudian madrasah-madrasah yang dibangun bersama masyarakat juga dirobohkan dan diganti dengan pembangunan pondok oleh santri-santri pondok

Maka mulailah Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar mengajar mengaji dan mendidik anak-anak santri yang datang dari luar daerah pasuruhan, hingga lama kelamaan santri beliau menjadi banyak. Pernah suatu hari Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar mengalami peristiwa yang ajaib yaitu didatangi oleh Syaikh Abi Suja’ pengarang kitab Taqrib yang mendatangi beliau dan memberikan kitab taqrib dengan sampul berwarna kuning, dan kitab tersebut masih tersimpan hingga sekarang. Mulai saat itu banyak murid yang datang terlebih dari Jawa Tengah yang kemudian banyak menjadi kiyahi dan ulama.

Silsilah Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar :

a. Dari ayah beliah adalah sbb :

1. Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar bin

2. H. Thohir/Muhammad Ishaq bin

3. Umarudin bin

4. Tubagus Umar bin

5. AbduLlah Kyai Mojo bin

6. Abu Ma’ali Zakariya bin

7. Abu Mafakhir Ahmad Mahmud Abdul qadir bin

8. Maulana Muhammad Nasiruddin bin

9. Maulana Yufus bin

10. Hasanuddin Banten bin

11. HidayatuLlah Sunan Gunung Jati bin

12. AbduLlah Imamuddin bin

13. Ali Nurul ‘Alam bin

14. Jamaluddin Akbar bin

15. Jalaluddin Syad bin

16. AbduLlah Khon bin

17. Abdul Malik Al-Muhajir Al-Hindi bin

18. Ali Hadzramaut bin

19. Muhammad Shahib Al-Mirbath bin

20. Ali Khola’ Qasim bin

21. Alwi bin UbaidiLlah bin

22. Ahmad Al-Muhajir bin

23. Isa Syakir bin

24. Muhammad Naqib bin

25. Ali Uraidzi bin

26. Ja’far As-Shadiq bin

27. Muhammad Al-Baqir bin

28. Imam Ali Zainal Abidin bin

29. Imam Husain bin

30. Sayyidatina Fatimah Az-Zahra binti

31. Sayyidina Muhammad RasuluLlah SAW.

b. Silsilah Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar dari Ibu :

1 Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari Umar bin

2 KH Thahir bin/Moh Ishaq bin

3 Umarudin bin

4 Tuba bin

5 H. Muhammad Nur Qesesi bin

6 Pangeran Bahurekso bin

7 Syeh Nurul Anam bin

8 Pangeran Cempluk bin

9 Pangeran Nawa bin

10 Pangeran Arya Mangir bin

11 Pangeran Pahisan bin

12 Syekh Muhyidin Pamijahan bin

13 Ratu Trowulan bin

14 Ratu Ta’najiyah bin

15 Pangeran Trowulan Wirocondro bin

16 Sulthan AbduRrahman Campa bin

17 Raden rahmat Sunan Ampel bin

18 Maulana Malik Ibrahim bin

19 Jalaluddin bin

20 Jamaludin Husen bin

21 AbduLlah Khon bin

22 Amir Abdul Malik bin

23 Ali Al-Anam bin

24 Alwi Al-Yamani bin

25 Muhammad Mu’ti Duwailah bin

26 Alwi bin

27 Ali Khola’ Qasim bin

28 Muhammad Shahib Al-Mirbath bin

29 Ali Ba’lawi bin

30 Muhammad Faqih Al-Muqaddam bin

31 AbduLlah AL-Yamani bin

32 Muhammad Muhajir bin

33 ‘Isa Naqib Al-basyri bin

34 Muhammad Naqib Ar-Ruumi bin

35 Ali Uraidzi bin

36 Ja’far Shadiq bin

37 Muhammad Al-baqir bin

38 Ali Zainal Abidin bin

39 Husein As-Sibthi bin

40 Sayyidatinaa Fatimah Az-Zahra bin

41 Sayyidina Muhammad RasuluLlah SAW.

Meskipun beliau telah berpulang ke RahmatuLlah semoga Beliau mendapat tempat yang mulia di sisi-Nya, dan berkah beliah selalu mengalir kepada kita semua….Amin

‘Referensi …Buku Sejarah Perjuangan Syaikh Ahmad Jauhari umar..Penyiar Kitab Manakib Jawahirul Ma’any
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The First ‘Aqabah Pledge

We have already spoken about six Madinese who embraced Islam in the pilgrimage season in the eleventh year of Prophethood. They promised to communicate the Message of Islam to their townsfolk.

Mu‘adh bin Al-Harith, Ibn ‘Afra, from Khazraj.

Dhakwan bin ‘Abd Al-Qais, from Khazraj.

‘Ubadah bin As-Samit, from Khazraj.

Yazeed bin Tha‘labah, from Khazraj.

‘Al-‘Abbas bin ‘Ubadah bin Nadalah, from Khazraj.

Abul Haitham bin At-Taihan, from Aws.

‘Uwaim bin Sa‘idah, from Aws.

The Muslim Envoy in Madinah

Petilasan Bayt RasuliLlah SAW

2008-04-09T06:43:00.000-07:00

BaytY Jannaty. "Rumahku adalah surgaku"
Petilasan Bayt RasuliLlah SAW

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The Year of Grief

Abu Talib’s Death

In Rajab[Tareekh Al-Islam 1/120], the tenth year of the Prophethood, Abu Talib fell ill and passed away, six months after leaving the confinement at Ash-Sh‘ib. In another version, Abu Talib breathed his last in Ramadan, three days prior to the death of Khadijah [R] . On the authority of Al-Musaiyab, when Abu Talib was on the death bed, the Prophet [pbuh] entered the room where he saw Abu Jahl and ‘Abdullah bin Abi Omaiyah. He requested his uncle:

"My uncle, you just make a profession that there is no true god but Allâh, and I will bear testimony before Allâh (of your being a believer)".

Abu Jahl and ‘Abdullah bin Abi Omaiyah addressing him said: "Abu Talib, would you abandon the religion of ‘Abdul-Muttalib?" The Messenger of Allâh [pbuh] constantly requested him (to accept his offer), and (on the other hand) was repeated the same statement (of Abu Jahl and ‘Abdullah bin Abi Omaiyah) — till Abu Talib gave his final decision and he stuck to the religion of ‘Abdul-Muttalib and refused to profess that there is no true god but Allâh. Upon this the Messenger of Allâh [pbuh] remarked:

"By Allâh, I will persistently beg pardon for you till I am forbidden to do so (by Allâh)".

It was then that Allâh, the Magnificent and Glorious revealed this verse:

"It is not (proper) for the Prophet and those who believe to ask Allâh’s forgiveness for the Mushrikûn (polytheists, idolaters, pagans, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh) even though they be of kin, after it has become clear to them that they are the dwellers of the Fire (because they died in a state of disbelief)." [Al-Qur'an 9:113]

And it was said to the Messenger of Allâh [pbuh]:

"Verily! You (O Muhammad [pbuh]) guide not whom you like." [Al-Qur'an 28:56] [Bukhari 1/548]

It goes without saying that Abu Talib was very much attached to Muhammad [pbuh] . For forty years, Abu Talib had been the faithful friend — the prop of his childhood, the guardian of his youth and in later life a very tower of defence. The sacrifices to which Abu Talib exposed himself and his family for the sake of his nephew, while yet incredulous of his mission, stamp his character as singularly noble and unselfish. The Prophet [pbuh] did his best to persuade his octogenarian uncle to make profession of the true faith, but he remained obdurate and stuck to the paganism of his forefathers, and thus could not achieve complete success. Al-‘Abbas bin ‘Abdul-Muttalib narrated that he said to the Prophet [pbuh] "You have not been of any avail to your uncle (Abu Talib) (though) by Allâh, he used to protect you and get angry on your behalf." The Prophet [pbuh] said: "He is in a shallow fire, and had it not been for me, he would have been at the bottom of the (Hell) Fire." [Bukhari 1/548]

Abu Sa‘id Al-Khudri narrated that he heard the Prophet [pbuh] say, when the mention of his uncle was made, "I hope that my intercession may avail him, and he be placed in a shallow fire that rises up only to his heels." [Bukhari 1/548]

Khadijah passes away to the Mercy of Allâh

Only two months after the death of his uncle, did the Messenger of Allâh [pbuh] experience another great personal loss viz., the Mother of believers, his wife Khadijah passed away in Ramadan of the tenth year of his Prophethood, when she was sixty-five years old, and he was fifty [Talqeeh Fuhoom Ahl-al-Athar p.7; Rahmat-ul-lil'alameen 2/164]. Khadijah was in fact a blessing of Allâh for the Prophet [pbuh] . She, for twenty-five years, shared with him the toils and trials of life, especially in the first ten years of his ministry of Prophethood. He deeply mourned over her death, and once he replied in an honest burst of tender emotions:

"She believed in me when none else did. She embraced Islam when people disbelieved me. And she helped and comforted me in her person and wealth when there was none else to lend me a helping hand. I had children from her only."[Musnad Imam Ahmad 6/118]

Abu Hurairah reported that Gabriel came to Allâh’s Messenger [pbuh] and said: "Allâh’s Messenger, lo, Khadijah is coming to you with a vessel of seasoned food or drink. When she comes to you, offer her greetings from her Lord, and give her glad tidings of a palace of jewels in Paradise where there is no noise and no toil." [Bukhari 1/539]

These two painful events took place within a short lapse of time and added a lot to his grief and suffering. The Makkans now openly declared their campaign of torture and oppression. The Prophet [pbuh] lost all hope of bringing them back to the right path, so he set out for Al-Ta’if seeking a supportive atmosphere. But there too, he was disappointed and he sustained unbearable tortures and maltreatment that far outweighed his miserable situation in his native town.

His Companions were on equal footing subjected to unspeakable torture and unbearable oppression to such an extent that his closest friend, Abu Bakr, to escape pressure, fled out of Makkah and wanted to leave for Abyssinia (Ethiopia) if it were not for Ibn Ad-Daghanah who met him at Bark Al-Ghamad and managed to dissuade him from completing his journey of escape and brought him back under his protection. [Bukhari 1/552; Ibn Hisham 1/372]

The death of Abu Talib rendered the Prophet [pbuh] vulnerable, and the polytheists availed them of that opportunity to give free rein to their hatred and highhandedness and to translate them in terms of oppression and physical tortures. Once an insolent Quraishite intercepted him and sprinkled sand on his head. When he arrived home, a daughter of his washed the sand away and wept. "Do not weep, my daughter. Allâh will verily protect your father." The Prophet [pbuh] said. [Ibn Hisham 1/416]

Rapid succession of misfortunes, led the Prophet [pbuh] to call that period, ‘the year of grief and mourning’. Thenceforth, that year bore that appellation.

His Marriage to Sawdah [R] in Shawwal, the tenth year of Prophethood

The death of Khadijah left the Prophet [pbuh] lonely. The name of Sawdah was suggested to him for marriage which he accepted. This lady had suffered many hardships for the sake of Islam. She was an early convert to the Islamic Faith and it was by her persuasion that her husband had embraced Islam. On the second emigration to Abyssinia (Ethiopia), Sawdah had accompanied her husband As-Sakran bin ‘Amr. He died on their way back to Makkah leaving her in a terrible state of destitution. She was the first woman for the Prophet [pbuh] to marry after the death of Khadijah. Some years later she granted her turn with the Prophet [pbuh] to her co-wife, ‘Aishah. [Talqeeh Fuhoom Ahl-al-Athar p.10; Rahmat-ul-lil'alameen 2/165]

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Pusara Sayyidina Husain RadliyaLahu 'anH

2008-04-08T20:12:00.000-07:00

Pusara Sayyidina Husain RadhyaLlahu 'Anh wa 'alaiHishalaatu wasalaam
Semoga kita selale mendapat berkahnya, berkah ayah bundanya dan Datuknya...amin

The Final Phase of the Diplomacy of Negotiation

The Messenger of Allâh [pbuh] left his confinement and went on preaching his Faith as usual. Quraish, likewise, repealed the boycott but went on in their atrocities and oppression on the Muslims. Abu Talib, the octogenarian notable, was still keen on shielding his nephew but by that time, and on account of the series of tremendous events and continual pains, he began to develop certain fits of weakness. No sooner had he emerged victorious from the inhuman boycott, than he was caught in a persistent illness and physical enervation. The polytheists of Makkah, seeing this serious situation and fearing that the stain of infamy that the other Arabs could attribute to them in case they took any aggressive action against the Prophet [pbuh] after he had lost his main support, Abu Talib, took a decision to negotiate with the Prophet [pbuh] once more and submit some concessions withheld previously. They then delegated some representatives to see Abu Talib and discuss the issue with him. Ibn Ishaq and others related: "When a serious illness caught Abu Talib, the people of Quraish began to deliberate on the situation and reviewed the main features that characterized that period and which included the conversion of ‘Umar and Hamzah to Islam, coupled with the tremendous stir that Muhammad [pbuh] had created amongst all the tribes of Quraish. They then deemed it imperative to see Abu Talib before he died to pressure his nephew to negotiate a compromise on the various disputed points. They were afraid that the other Arabs might attribute to them the charge of opportunism."

The delegation of Quraish comprised 25 men including notables like ‘Utbah bin Rabi‘a, Shaibah bin Rabi‘a, Abu Jahl bin Hisham, Omaiyah bin Khalaf, Abu Sufyan bin Harb. They first paid tribute to him and confirmed their high esteem of his person and position among them. They then shifted to the new give-and-take policy that they claimed they wanted to follow. To substantiate their argument they alleged that they would refrain from intervening in his religion if he did the same.

Abu Talib summoned his nephew and apprised him of the minutes of his meeting with them, and said: "Well, my nephew, here are the celebrities of your people. They have proposed this meeting to submit a policy of mutual concessions and peaceful coexistence." The Messenger of Allâh [pbuh] turned to them saying:

"I will guide you to the means by which you will gain sovereignty over both the Arabs and non-Arabs."

In another version, the Prophet [pbuh] addressed Abu Talib in the following words: "O uncle! Why don’t you call them unto something better?" Abu Talib asked him, "What is it that you invite them to?" The Prophet [pbuh] replied, "I invite them to hold fast to a Message that is bound to give them access to kingship over the Arabs and non-Arabs." According to Ibn Ishaq’s version, "It is just one word that will give you supremacy over the Arabs and non-Arabs." The Makkan deputies were taken by incredible surprise and began to wonder what sort of word was that which would benefit them to that extent. Abu Jahl asked, "What is that word? I swear by your father that we will surely grant you your wish followed by ten times as much." He said, "I want you to testify that there is no god worthy to be worshipped but Allâh, and then divest yourselves of any sort of worship you harbour for any deities other than Allâh." They immediately clapped their hands in ridicule, and said "How can you expect us to combine all the deities in one God. It is really something incredible." On their way out leaving, they said to one another, "By god this man (Muhammad [pbuh] ) will never relent, nor will he offer any concessions. Let us hold fast to the religion of our forefathers, and Allâ h will in due course adjudicate and settle the dispute between us and him." As regards this incident, Allâh revealed the following verses:

"Sâd: [These letters (Sâd, etc.) are one of the miracles of the Qur’ân and none but Allâh (Alone) knows their meanings]. By the Qur’ân full of reminding. Nay, those who disbelieve are in false pride and Apposition. How many a generation We have destroyed before them, and they cried out when there was no longer time for escape! And they (Arab pagans) wonder that a warner (Prophet Muhammad [pbuh]) has come to them from among themselves! And the disbelievers say, ‘This (Prophet Muhammad [pbuh]) is a sorcerer, a liar. Has he made the gods (all) into One God (Allâh). Verily, this is a curious thing!’ And the leaders among them went about (saying): ‘Go on, and remain constant to your gods! Verily, this is a thing designed (against you)! We have not heard (the like) of this among the people of these later days. This is nothing but an invention.’" [Al-Qur'an 38:1-7] [Ibn Hisham 1/417-419; Tafheem-ul-Qur'an 4/316; Mukhtasar Seerat Ar-Rasool p.9]

Mawlana Syaikh Hisyam Kabbani ar-Rabbani

2008-03-14T16:58:00.000-07:00

THE ESSENTIALITY OF KNOWLEDGE FOR BEING A MUSLIM

The greatest favour of Allah

Brethren-in-Islam!

Every Muslim sincerely believes that the greatest boon of Allah in this world is Islam. He feels grateful to Him for having included him in the Ummah of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) and for having bestowed upon him the blessings of Islam. Allah Himself has reckoned this as His greatest boon to His servants as is mentioned in the Qur'an:

"This day have I perfected your deen (way of life) for you and completed My favour unto you, and have chosen for you Al-Islam as deen."

(Al-Qur'an 5:3)

Obligation for the favour

It is obligatory for you to render Allah His due because of the favour He has conferred on you. Whosoever does not render one his due for his favour, is an ungrateful person. And the worst possible ungratefulness on the part of man is to forget what he owes to God.

Now you may ask as to how can one render Allah His due for His favour to us? In reply I have to say that since Allah has included you in the Ummah of Muhammad (peace be on him) the best form of gratitude for this favour of His, is to become the sincere followers of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him). Since God has included you in the Muslim community the only way for you to reciprocate this kindness is to become full-fledged Muslims. In no other way can you render what is due to Allah for this immense favour by Him. And if you do not render this due, the punishment for this ungratefulness will be as great as is the favour of Allah. May Allah save all of us from this punishment! Amen.

First step to become Muslim

After this you will ask: how can a man become a Muslim in the true sense of the term? The answer to this question requires adequate details and I shall deal with each and every part of it with full elucidation in my lectures on coming Fridays. But in today's address, I shall explain to you that point which is of primary importance and which can be termed as the first and foremost step in this direction.

Is Muslim the name of a race?

Please strain your mind to think as to what actually does the word Muslim, you use, signify?

Does man bring Islam with him when he is born? Is a person Muslim because he is a son or grandson of a Muslim? Is a Muslim born as Muslim just as a Brahmin's son is born as Brahmin, or a Rajput's son as Rajput, or s Shudra's son as a Shudra? Is Muslim the name of a race or nation just as Englishmen? And just as a Jat is Jat because of being born in the Jat community, is a Muslim in the same way a Muslim for being born in a community which is called Muslim? What answers will you give to the questions, I have asked? You will surely reply: "No sir, such a man is not called Muslim. A Muslim is not a Muslim because of belonging to a particular racial group but because of accepting Islam, and if he renounces Islam, he ceases to be a Muslim. Any person who may be a Brahmin or a Rajput, an Englishman or a Jat, a Punjabi or a Negro, will be incorporated in the Muslim community on accepting Islam, while another person born in a Muslim home is expelled from the Muslim community if he gives up Islam, though he may be the son of a Sayyid or a Pathan".

Well, gentlemen! you will surely give the above answer to my questions. So now this fact has been established from your own answer that the greatest boon of God i.e., the boon of your being a Muslim, which you enjoy, is not a racial asset which you automatically inherit from your parents and which clings to you mechanically all your life whether you bother about it or not, but that it is a boon for acquiring which you must make efforts. If you make an endeavour for it then you can acquire it and if you don't care for it, it can also be snatched away from you. May God forbid.

Meaning of accepting Islam

Now let us go ahead. You say that a man becomes Muslim by accepting Islam. The question is : What does the acceptance of Islam signify? Does it mean that whoever makes a verbal profession: "I am Muslim or I have accepted Islam", becomes a Muslim? Or does it mean that just as a Brahmin worshipper recites a few mantras of Sanskrit without understanding them, if in the same way a man utters some phrases of Arabic without understanding them, he then and there becomes Muslim? Now you may tell what reply will you give to this question. Naturally you will answer that the meaning of accepting Islam is that a man should consciously, and deliberately accept what has been taught by Muhammad (peace be upon him) and act accordingly. Whosoever does this, is a Muslim and whosoever does not do this, is not a Muslim.

First requirement-knowledge

From this answer of yours the fact automatically comes to light that al-Islam is firstly the name of knowledge and then the name of putting that knowledge into practice. A man can be a Brahmin without having knowledge because he is born as a Brahmin and remains a Brahmin. So also a Jat can be Jat though he be bereft of knowledge because he is born as a Jat and remains a Jat all his life. But a man cannot become a Muslim without acquiring knowledge because he does not become a Muslim from birth but from knowledge. Unless he comes to know what is the teaching of Hazrat Muhammad (peace be upon him), how can he affirm faith in it and how can he act according to it? And if he has not affirmed faith knowingly and after full understanding of it, how can he become a Muslim? So it is clear that it is impossible to become a Muslim and remain a Muslim while in a state of ignorance. Whosoever is born in a Muslim home, bears a Muslim like name, dresses like a Muslim, and calls himself a Muslim, is in reality not a Muslim. But that person alone is a Muslim in the real sense who knows what Islam stands for and affirms faith in it with full consciousness. The real difference between a Kafir and a Muslim is not that of a name, that one is Ram Parshad and the other one is 'Abdullah, and so one is a Kafir and the other is a Muslim. Similarly, the real difference between a Kafir and a Muslim is not that of dress also, that one wears dhoti and the other pajamas, and so the former is a Kafir and the latter a Muslim. But the real difference between the two is that of knowledge. The one is a Kafir because he does not know what relation has God with him and what relation he was with God, and what is the right path for him to lead his life in the world in accordance with the wish of God. If a born Muslim too is ignorant in this respect, then tell me on what ground do you differentiate between him and a Kafir and why do you say that one is a Kafir and the other is a Muslim.

Gentlemen! Please listen carefully to the point I am stressing and reflect over it calmly. You must understand it thoroughly that to obtain or to be deprived of the greatest boon of Allah, on which you express thanks and gratefulness to Him, depends entirely on knowledge. If there is no knowledge, you cannot at all get this boon. Even if you have a little portion of it, then due to ignorance there is always the risk of losing the magnificent gift. The recipient, only due to simple-mindedness, will be under the impression that he is a Muslim while in fact he is not. The likeness of that person who is totally unaware of the difference between Islam and Kufr and the incongruity between Islam and Shirk, is as the likeness of one who is walking in darkness on a track. May be that while following a straight line his steps swerve to another path and he be unaware of this deviation from the right course. And it is also likely that he may meet a Dajjal on the way who may tell him: " O sonny! You have lost your way in darkness. Come, let me lead you to the destination". The poor wayfarer being enveloped in darkness cannot see with his own eyes as to which is the right path. Therefore unsophistically he will grasp the hand of Dajjal and the latter will lead him astray. These dangers are faced by the wayfarer for he very reason ha he himself does no possess any light and so is incapable of himself observing he road-marks. If he were endowed with light, he will obviously neither lose his way nor be led astray by another person. You may guess from this example that the greatest danger to a Muslim lies in his own ignorance of Islamic teaching and his unawareness of what the Qur'an teaches and what instructions were left by the Holy Prophet (peach be upon him). Due to lack of knowledge he will grope his way and will also be led astray by Dajjals. But if he is blessed with the light of knowledge he will be able to see the plain path of Islam at every step in his life, will discover and avoid the misleading paths of Kufr, Shirk, heresy and immorality, which will intercept him, and whenever an inveigler will meet him on the way he will realize after exchanging a few words with him that he is an evil force and so he should followed.

Importance of knowledge

Brethren! On this knowledge, the necessity of which I am explaining to you, depends yours and your children's being Muslims and remaining as Muslims. This is not an ordinary thing which may be neglected. You do not show any carelessness in cultivating your land, in irrigating and protecting your crops, in supplying fodder to your cattle and in other work of your profession, simply because if you do so you will be starved to death and will lose a precious thing like life. Then tell me why do you show negligence in acquiring that knowledge on which depends your becoming a Muslim and remaining a Muslim. Does not this entail the danger of losing a precious thing like Iman? Is not Iman dearer than life? Out of the time and labour you spend on things which sustain your life, can you not spend one-tenth part of them on things which protect your Imam?

I do not say that everyone of you should become a Maulvi, read voluminous books and spend ten to twelve years of your life in this pursuit. It is not necessary to read so much to become a Muslim. I only want this much that each one of you should spend only one hour out of the twenty-four hours of day and night in acquiring the knowledge of Deen. At least that much knowledge should be acquired by every Muslim youth, adult and old person as may enable him to understand the essence of the teaching of Qur'an and the purpose for which it was revealed. He should be able to clearly understand the mission of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) with which he came into this world. What was the wrong he wanted to be demolished and what was the right he wished to be established? He should also get acquainted with that particular mode of life which Allah has ordained for Muslims. Not much time is required to acquire this quantum of knowledge. And if Iman is dear to you, it is not so difficult to find one hour per day to acquire it.

Al-Alim Al-'Alamah Al-habib Hasan bin AbduLlah Asy-syatiri

2008-03-14T16:50:00.000-07:00

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THE MEANING OF ISLAM

Every religion of the world has been named either after the name of its founder or after the community and nation in which that religion took its birth. For instance, Christianity takes its appellation from the name of its prophet Jesus Christ; Zoroastrians from its founder zoroaster; and Judaism, the religion of the Jews, from the name of the tribe Judah (of the country of judea) wherein it took its birth. Similar is the case with other religions. But not so with Islam. This religion enjoys the unique distinction of having no such association with any particular person or people. The word ‘Islam’ does not confer any such relationship-for it does not belong to any particular person, people, or country. It is neither the product of any human mind nor is it confined to any particular community. It is a universal religion and its objective is to create and cultivate in man the quality and attitude of Islam.

Islam, as a matter of fact, is an attributive title. Whosoever possesses this attributive, may he belong to any race, community, country, or clan, is a Muslim. According to the Qur'an (the Holy Book of the Muslims), among every people and in all ages there have been good and righteous people who possessed this attribute of them were and are Muslims.

This automatically brings us to the question: What does Islam mean? And who is a Muslim?

ISLAM - WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

‘Islam’ is an Arabic word and connotes submission, surrender, and obedience As a religion, Islam stands for complete submission and obedience to Allah and that is why it is called ‘ISLAM’. Everyone can see that the universe we live in is an orderly universe. There is law and order among all the units that comprise this universe. Everything is assigned a place in a grand scheme, which is working in a magnificent and superb way. The sun, the moon, the stars and in fact all the heavenly bodies are knit together in a splendid system. They follow an unalterable law and do not make even the slightest deviation from their ordained course. The earth rotates on its own axis and in its revolution round the sun scrupulously follows the path laid down for it. Similarly, everything in the world, from the little whirling electron to the mighty nebulae, invariably follows its own laws. Matter energy, and life-all obey their laws and grow and change and live and die in accordance with those laws. EVEN in the human world the laws of nature are quite manifest. Man's birth, growth, and life are all regulated by a set of biological laws. He derives sustenance from nature in

Accordance with an unalterable law. All the organs of his body from the small tissues to the heart and the brain are governed by the laws prescribed for them. In Short, ours is a law-governed universe and everything in it is following the course that has been ordained for it. This powerful, all-pervasive law, which governs all that comprises the universe, from the tiniest specks of dust to the magnificent galaxies in high heavens, is the law of God, the creator and ruler of the universe. As the entire creation obeys the law of God, the whole universe, therefore, literally follows the religion of Islam-for Islam signifies nothing but obedience and submission to Allah, the Lord of the universe. The sun, the moon, the earth, and all other heavenly bodies are thus ‘Muslim’. So is the case with air, water, and heat, stones, trees, and animals. Everything in the universe is ‘Muslim’ for it obeys God by submission to his laws. Even a man who refuses to believe in God, or offers his worship to someone other than Allah has perforce to be a ‘Muslim’ as far as his bodily existence is concerned. For his entire life, from the embryonic stage to the body’s dissolution info dust after death, and every tissue of his muscles and every limb of his body follow the course prescribed for each by God’s law. His very tongue which, on account of his ignorance, advocates the denial of God or professes multiple deities, is in its very nature a ‘Muslim’. His head which he wantonly bows to other besides Allah is a born Muslim. His heart wherein, through his lack of true knowledge, he cherishes love and reverence for others, is ‘Muslim’ by intuition. These are all obedient to the divine Law, and their functions and movements are governed by the injunctions of that law alone. This, in short, is the real position of man and the universe. Let us now examine the problem in a different light. Man is so constituted that there are two aspects of his life: two distinct spheres of his activity. One is the sphere in which he finds himself totally regulated by the Divine Law. He cannot budge an inch or move a step away from it. Nor can he evade it in any way or from. In fact, like other creatures, he is completely caught in the grip of the law of nature and is bound to follow it. But there is another sphere of his activity as well. He has been endowed with reason and intellect. He has the power to think and form judgments, to choose and reject, and to adopt and spurn. He is free to adopt whatever course of life chooses. He can embrace any faith, adopt any way of life and formulate his living according to whatever ideologies he likes. He may prepare his own code of conduct or accept one formulated by others. He has been bestowed with free will and can chalk out his own course of behaviour. In this latter aspect, he, unlike the other creatures, has been given freedom of thought, choice, and action.

Both these aspects distinctly co-exist in man’s life.

In the first he, like all other creatures, is a born Muslim, invariably obeys the injunctions of God, and is bound to remain so. As far as the second aspect is concerned, he is free to become or not to become a Muslim. Here he has been given the freedom of choice-and it is the way a person exercises this freedom, which divides mankind into two groups: believers and non-believers. An individual who chooses to acknowledge his creator, accepts Him as his real Master, honestly and scrupulously submits to His laws and injunctions and follows the code He has revealed unto man for his individual and social life, thereby becomes a perfect Muslim. He has, so to say, achieved completeness in his Islam by consciously deciding to obey God in the domain in which he was endowed with freedom and choice. Now his entire life has become one of submission to God and there is no conflict in his personality. He is a perfect Muslim and his Islam is complete-for this submission of his entire self to the will of Allah is Islam and nothing but Islam. He has now consciously submitted to Him whom he had already been unconsciously obeying. He has now willingly offered obedience to the Master whom he already owed obedience unintentionally. His knowledge is now real for he has acknowledged the Being who endowed him with the power to learn and to know. Now his reason and judgment are set on an even keel-for he has rightly decided to obey the Being who bestowed upon him the faculty of thinking and judging. His tongue also is truthful for it expresses with conviction its confession of the Lord who gave it the faculty speech. New the whole of this existence is an embodiment of, in all spheres of life, he voluntarily as well as involuntarily obeys the laws of the same One God with the whole universe for he worships Him whom the whole world is for him and he is for God.

THE NATURE OF KUFR

In contrast to the man described above, there is the man who, although a born Muslim and unconsciously

Remaining one throughout his life, does not exercise his faculties of reason, intellect, and intuition for recognizing his Lord and creator and misuses his freedom of choice by choosing to deny Him. Such a man becomes an unbeliever-in the language of Islam a kafir.

Kufr literally means ‘to cover’ or ‘to conceal’. The man who denies God is called kafir (concealer) because he conceals by his disbelief what is inherent in his nature and embalmed in his own soul-for, indeed, his nature is instinctively imbued with ‘Islam’. His whole body, every sinew and every fibre, functions in obedience to that instinct. Each and every particle of existence-living or lifeless-functions in accordance with ‘Islam’ and is fulfilling the duty that has been assigned to it. But the vision of this man has been blurred, his intellect has been befogged , and he is unable to see the manifest. His own nature has become concealed from his eyes and he thinks and acts in utter disregard of it. The reality become estranged form him and he gropes in the dark such is the nature of kufr.

Kufr is a form of ignorance, rather it is ignorance pure and simple. What ignorance can be greater than to be ignorant of God, the creator, the Lord of the universe? A man observes the vast panorama of nature, the superb mechanism that is ceaselessly working, the grand design that is manifest in every nook and corner of the creation-he observes this vast machine, but he does not know who is its maker and Director. He looks to his own body, the wonderful organism that works in the most superb way, and uses it to achieve his own ends but is unable to comprehend the force that brought it into existence, the engineer who designed and produced this machine, the creator who made the unique living being out of lifeless stuff: carbon, calcium, sodium, and the like. He witnesses a superb plan in the universe-but fails to see the planner behind it. he sees great beauty and harmony in its working-but not the creator of this all. He observes wonderful design in nature-but not the Designer! In the universe all around him he observes the choicest demonstrations of skill in science and wisdom, mathematics and engineering, design and purpose, but he blinds himself to the being Who brought all this vast incomprehensible universe into existence. How can a man, who has blinded himself to this great and significant reality, approach the true perspectives of knowledge? How can the vistas of truth and knowledge be opened to such a man? How can one who has made the wrong beginning reach the right destination? He will fail to find the clue to Reality. The Right path will remain concealed for him and whatever be his endeavors in sciences and arts, he will never be able to avail himself of the lights of truth and wisdom. He would be groping in the dark, and stumbling in the gloom of ignorance.

Not only that; kufr is also a tyranny, nay, the wars of tyrannies. And what is ‘tyranny’? It is an act of cruel and unjust use of any force or power. If you force a thing to act unjustly or to act against its true nature, its real will and its inherent attitude,-that is tyranny, root and branch.

We have seen that all that is in the universe is obedient to God the creator. to obey, to live in accordance with His will and His Law or (to put it more precisely) to be a Muslim is ingrained in their very nature. God has given manpower over these things, but it is incumbent in the very nature of these things that they should be used for the fulfillment of His will and not otherwise. But one who disobeys God and resorts to kufr is the person who perpetrates the greatest injustice, for he uses all these powers of body and mind to rebel against the course of nature and becomes an unwilling instrument in the drama of disobedience. He forces his head to bow down before deities other than God and cherishes in his heart the love, reverence, and fear of other powers in utter disregard to the instinctive urge of these organs. He uses his own powers and all those things upon which he has authority against the explicit of good and thus establishes a reign of tyranny. Can there be any greater injustice, tyranny, and cruelty than that exhibited by this man who exploits and misuses everything under the sun and unscrupulously forces them to a course which affronts nature and justice? Kufr is not mere tyranny; it is, to say the least, sheer rebellion, ingratitude, and infidelity. After all, what is the reality of man? What is his power and authority? Is he himself the creator of his mind, his heart, his soul, and other organs of his body-or have they been created by God? Has he himself created the universe and all that is within her-or has it been created by God? Who has harnessed all the powers and energies for the service of man-man or God? If everything has been created by God and God alone, then to whom do they belong? Who is their real owner? Who is their rightful sovereign? Verily, it is God and none else. And if God is the creator, the Master, and the sovereign, then who would be a greater rebel than the man who uses God’s creation against His injunctions-who makes his mind think against God, harbors in his heart thoughts against Him, and uses his various faculties against the sovereign’s will. If a servant betrays his master you denounce him as faithless. If an officer become disloyal to the state you dub him as traitor and renegade. If a person cheats his benefactor you have no hesitation in condemning him as ingrate. But what match can this betrayal, this ingratitude, and this rebellion have to the one which the disbeliever commits by his Kufr? After all, who is the real mainspring of all power and authority? Who gave man command over the resources? Who elevated people to positions of high authority and power? All that a man has and all that he uses for the benefit of others is a bestowal of God. The greatest obligation that man owes on this earth is to his parents. But who has implanted the love of children in the parents’ hearts? Who endowed the mother with the will and power to nurture, nourish, and feed her children? Who inspired the parents with the passion to spend everything in their possession for the well being of their children? A little reflection would reveal that God is the greatest benefactor of man. He is his creator, Lord, Nourisher, sustainer, as well as his real king and sovereigns. And this being the position of God vis-à-vis man, what can be greater betrayal, ingratitude, rebellion, and treason than Kufr, through which a man denies and disobeys his real Lord and sovereign?

Do not think that bay committing Kufr man does or can do any harm to God Almighty. No, not the least. An insignificant speck on the face of a tiny ball in this limitless universe that man is, what harm can he do to the Lord of the universe whose dominions are so infinitely vast that we have not yet been able to explore their boundaries even with the help of the most powerful telescope; Whose power is so great that myriad's of heavenly bodies, like the Earth, the Moon, the sun and the stars, are at His bidding, whirling link tiny balls; Whose wealth is so boundless that He is the sole Master of the whole universe; and who provides for all and needs none to provide for Him. Man’s revolt against Him can do Him no harm; on the other hand by his disobedience, man treads the path of utter ruin and disgrace.

The inevitable consequence of this revolt and denial of reality is a failure in the ultimate ideals of life. such a rebel will never find the thread of real knowledge and vision; for the knowledge that fails to reveal its own creator can reveal no truth. Such a man’s intellect and reason always run astray; for reason which errs in knowing its own creator cannot illumine the paths of life. Such a man will meet with failures in all the affairs of his life. His morality, his civic and social life, his struggle for livelihood and his family life, in short, his entire living, will be upset. He will spread confusion and disorder on the earth. He will without the least compunction, shed blood, violate other men’s rights, be cruel to them, and create disorder and destruction in the world. His perverted thoughts and ambitions, his blurred vision and disturbed scale of values, and his evil-spelling activities would make life bitter for him and for all around him. Such a man would destroy the calm and poise of life on earth. And in the life hereafter he would be held guilty for the crimes he committed upon his nature, his powers, and resources. Every organ of his body-his very brain, eyes, nose, hands, and feet-will complain against the injustice and cruelty he had done unto them. every tissue of his being will decry him before God Who, as the very fountain of justice, will award him the fullest punishment he deserves. This is the inglorious consequence of Kufr. It leads to the blind alley of utter failure, here and hereafter.

The Blessings of Islam

After surveying the evils and disadvantages of Kufr, let us now cast a glance over the blessings of Islam. You find in the world around you and in the small kingdom of your own self innumerable manifestations of God’s divine power. This grand universe, which ceaselessly works with matchless order and in accordance with an unalterable law, is in itself a witness to the fact that its Designer, Creator, and Governor is an Omnipotent, All-powerful Being with infinite, all-embracing, and limit-less power, knowledge, and resources, Whose wisdom is the most perfect, and Whom nothing in the universe dare disobey. It is in the very nature of man, as it is with every other thing in this universe, to obey Him. As a matter of fact, he is unconsciously obeying His Law day in and day out, because the moment he goes against this Law, he is exposed to death and destruction. This is the law of nature, our everyday observance.

Besides endowing man with the capacity to acquire knowledge, the faculty to think and ponder, and the sense of distinguishing right from wrong, God has granted him with a certain amount of freedom of will and action. In this freedom lies man’s real trial; his knowledge, his wisdom, his power of discrimination, and his freedom of will and action are all being tried and tested. In this trial and test man has not been obliged to adopt any particular course, for by compulsion the very object of the trial would have been defeated. Evidently if in an examination you are compelled to write a certain answer to a question, the examination will be of no use. Your merit can be properly judged only if you are allowed to answer the questions freely, according to your own knowledge and understanding. If your answer is correct you will succeed, and will get access to future progress; and if your answer is wrong, you will fail, and your failure will bar the way to further progress. Similar is the situation which man faces in the world. God has given him freedom of will and action so that he may remain free to choose whatever attitude in life he likes and considers proper for himself-Islam or Kufr. Now, on the one hand, there is a man who under-stands neither his own nature nor that of the universe. He errs in recognizing his real Master and in knowing His attributes, and misuses his freedom by pursuing the path of disobedience and revolt. such a man has failed in the trial of his knowledge, intelligence, and duty-consciousness. He has failed to come up to the standard and does not deserve a better a destiny than the one discussed above.

On the other hand, there is another man who emerges successful from this trial. By the correct use of his knowledge and intellect he recognizes his creator, reposes belief in Him, and, in spite of being under no compulsion to do so, chooses the path of obedience to Him. He does not err in distinguishing the right from the wrong and chooses to follow the right despite the fact that he had the power to lean towards evil. He understands his own nature, and realizes the law and realities of nature and, despite the power and freedom of adopting any course, adopts the way of obedience and loyalty to God the creator. He is successful in his trial because he has used his intellect and all other faculties properly. He uses his eyes to see the Reality, his ears to listen to the Truth, his mind to form right opinions and puts all his heart and soul in following the right way he has so chosen. He chooses Truth, sees the reality, and willingly and joyfully submits to his Lord and Master. He is intelligent, truthful, and dutiful, for he has chosen light over darkness, and after seeing the light of reality has responded to its call willingly and enthusiastically. Thus he has proved by his conduct that he is not only a seeker after Truth but is its knower and worshipper as well. Verily, he is on the Right path, and such a man is destined to succeed in this world and in the life to come.

Such a man will always choose the Right path in every field of knowledge and action. The man who knows God with all His attributes knows the beginning as well as the ultimate end of Reality. He can never be led astray, for his first step is on the right path, and he is sure of the direction and destination of his journey in life. In philosophy he will ponder over the secrets of the universe, and will try to fathom the mysteries of nature, but, unlike an unbelieving philosopher, he will not lose his way in the maze of doubt and skepticism. His path being illumined with Divine Vision, his every step would fall in right direction. In science, he will endeavor to know the laws of nature, uncover the hidden treasures of earth and direct all the hitherto unknown forces of mind and matter-all for the betterment of humanity. He will try his level best to explore all avenues of knowledge and power and to harness all that exists in earth and heavens in the interests of mankind. At every stage of his inquiry his God-consciousness will save him from making evil and destructive uses of science and scientific method. He will never conceive himself claiming to be a master of all these objects, boasting to be the conqueror of nature, arrogating to himself the godly and sovereign powers and nourishing the ambition of subverting the world, subduing the human race and establishing his supremacy over all and sundry by means fair and foul.

Such an attitude of revolt and defiance can never be entertained by a Muslim scientist-only a Kafir scientist can fall a prey to such illusions and by submitting to them expose the entire human race to dangers of total destruction and annihilation. A Muslim scientist, on the other hand, will behave in an altogether different way. The deeper his insight into the world of science, the stronger will be his faith in God. His head will bow down before Him in gratitude. His feelings will be that as his Master has blessed him with greater power and knowledge so he must exert himself for his own good and for the good of humanity. Instead of arrogance there will be humility. Instead of power-drunkenness there will be strong realization to serve humanity. His freedom will not be unbridled. He will be guided by the tenets of morality and Divine Revelation. Thus science would in his hands, instead of becoming an instrument of destruction, become an agency for human welfare and moral regeneration. And this is the way in which he will express his gratitude to his Master for the gifts and blessings He has bestowed upon man.

Similarly, in history, economics, politics, law, and other branches of arts and science, a Muslim will no-where lag behind a Kafir in the fields of inquiry and struggle, but their angles of view and consequently their modus operandi will be widely different. A Muslim will study every branch of knowledge in its right perspective, will strive for the right objective, and will arrive at right conclusion. In history he will draw correct lessons from the past experiences of man, and will find out true causes of the rise and fall of civilization. He will try to benefit from all that was good and right in the past and will scrupulously avoid all that had led to the decline and fall of nations. In politics his sole objective will be to strive for the establishment of a polity wherein peace, justice, fraternity, and goodness reign, where man is a brother of man and respects his humanity, where no form of exploitation or slavery is rampant, where rights of the individual are respectfully upheld, and where the powers of the state are considered as a sacred trust from God and are used for the common welfare of all. In the field of law, the endeavor of a Muslim will be to make it the true embodiment of justice and the real protector of the rights of all-particularly of the weak. He will see that everybody gets his due share and no injustice or oppression is inflicted upon anyone. He will respect the law, make others respect it, and will see that it is administered justly, fairly, and equitably.

The moral life of a Muslim will always be filled with godliness, piety, righteousness and truthfulness. He will live in the world with the belief that God alone is the master of all that whatever he and other men possess has been given by God, that the powers he wields are only a trust from God, that the freedom he has been endowed with is not to be used indiscriminately, and that it is in his own interest to use it in accordance with God’s Will. He will constantly keep in view that one day he will have to return to the Lord and submit an account of his entire life. The sense of accountability will always remain firmly implanted in his mind and he will never behave in a carefree and irresponsible way.

Think of the moral excellence of the man who lives with this mental attitude-his will be a life of purity and piety and love and altruism. He will be a blessing unto mankind. His thinking would not be polluted with evil thoughts and perverted ambitions. He will abstain from seeing evil, hearing evil, and doing evil. He will guard his tongue and will never utter a word of life. He will earn his living through just and fair means and will prefer hunger to a food acquired unfairly through exploitation or injustice. He will never be a party to oppression or violation of human life and honour, whatever be their form or colour. He will never yield to evil, however high the defiance may cost him. He will be an embodiment of goodness and nobility and will uphold right and truth even at the cost of his life. He will abhor all shades of injustice and will stand firm for truth, undaunted by the tempests of adversity. Such a man will be a power to be reckoned with. He is bound to succeed. Nothing on earth can deter him or impede his way.

He will be the most honored and the most respected one. No one can excel him in this respect. How can humiliation ever visit a person who is not prepared to bow his head or even spread his hand for any favor before anyone except God the Almighty, the Sovereign of the universe?

He will be most powerful and effective. No one can be more powerful than he-for he fears none but God and seeks blessings from none but Him. What power can make him deviate from the Right Path? What wealth can buy his faith? What force can mould his conscience? What power can coerce his behaviour?

He will be the most wealthy and rich. No one in the world can be richer or more independent than he-for he will live a life of austerity, satiety, and contentment. He will be neither sensualist, nor indulgent, nor greedy. He will be contented with whatever he earns fairly and honestly and even if heaps of ill-gotten wealth are put before him he will not even like to look at them, to say the least of availing them. He will have the peace and contentment of heart-and what can be a greater wealth than this?

He will be the most revered, popular, and the loved one. No one can be more lovable than he-for he lives a life of charity and benevolence. He will do justice to all and sundry, discharge his duties honestly, and work for the good of others sincerely. People's hearts would be naturally drawn towards him and they would like him, love him, and revere him.

He will be the most trusted and honored one. No one can be trustworthy than he-for he will not betray his trust, nor will he go astray from righteousness: he will be true to his word, and straightforward and honest in his dealings. He will be fair and just in all his affairs, for he is sure that God is ever- present, ever vigilant. Words fail to describe the credit and goodwill, which such a man commands. Can there be anyone who will not trust him?-such is the life and character of a Muslim.

If you understand the true character of a Muslim, you will be convinced that he cannot live in humiliation, abasement, or subjugation. He is bound to prevail and no power on earth can overwhelm him or subdue him. For Islam inoculates in him the qualities which cannot be overshadowed by any charm or illusion.

And after living a respectable and honorable life on this earth, he will return to his Creator Who will shower upon him the choicest of His blessings-for he discharged his duty ably, fulfilled his mission successfully, and emerged from the trial triumphantly. He is successful in life in this world and in the hereafter will live in eternal peace, joy, and bliss.

This is Islam, the natural religion of man, the religion, which is not associated with any person, people, period, or place. It is the way of nature, the religion of man. In every age, in ever country, and among every people, all God-knowing and truth-loving men have believed and lived this very religion. They were all Muslim, irrespective of the fact whether they called that way Islam or anything else. Whatever is name was, it signified Islam and nothing but Islam.

In Memorian, The Smilly Habib, (Al-Habib Anis bin Alwi bin Ali Al-Habsyi)

2008-02-16T19:32:00.000-08:00

Habib Anis lahir di Garut Jawa Barat, Indonesia pada tanggal 5 Mei 1928. Ayah beliau adalah Habib Alwi. Sedangkan ibu beliau adalah syarifah Khadijah. Ketika beliau berumur 9 tahun, keluarga beliau pindah ke Solo. Setelah berpindah-pindah rumah di kota Solo, ayah beliau menetap di kampung Gurawan, Pasar Kliwon Solo.

Sejak kecil, Habib Anis dididik oleh ayah sendiri, juga bersekolah di madrasah Ar-Ribathah, yang juga berada di samping sekolahannya. Pada usia 22 tahun, beliau menikahi Syarifah Syifa binti Thaha Assagaf, setahun kemudian lahirlah Habib Ali.

Tepat pada tahun itu juga, beliau menggantikan peran ayah beliau, Habib Alwi yang meninggal di Palembang. Habib Ali bin Alwi Al Habsyi adik beliau menyebut Habib Anis waktu itu seperti “anak muda yang berpakaian tua”.

Habib Anis merintis kemaqamannya sendiri dengan kesabaran dan istiqamah, sehingga besar sampai sekarang. Selain kegiatan di Masjid seperti pembacaan Maulid simthud-Durar dan haul Habib Ali Al-Habsyi setiap bulan Maulud, juga ada khataman Bukhari pada bulan sya’ban, khataman Ar-Ramadhan pada bulan Ramadhan. Sedangkan sehari-hari beliau mengajar di zawiyah pada tengah hari.

Pada waktu muda, Habib Anis adalah pedagang batik, dan memiliki kios di pasar Klewer Solo. Kios tersebut ditunggui Habib Ali adik beliau. Namun ketika kegiatan di masjid Ar-Riyadh semakin banyak, usaha perdagangan batik dihentikan. Habib Anis duduk tekun sebagai ulama.

Dari perkawinan dengan Syarifah Syifa Assagaf, Habib Anis dikaruniai enam putera yaitu Habib Ali, Habib Husein, Habib Ahmad, Habib Alwi, Habib Hasan, dan Habib AbdiLlah. Semua putera beliau tinggal di sekitar Gurawan.

Dalam masyarakat Solo, Habib Anis dikenal bergaul lintas sektoral dan lintas agama. Dan beliau netral dalam dunia politik.

Dalam sehari-hari Habib Anis sangat santun dan berbicara dengan bahasa jawa halus kepada orang jawa, berbicara bahasa sunda tinggi dengan orang sunda, berbahasa indonesia baik dengan orang luar jawa dan sunda, serta berbahasa arab Hadrami kepada sesama Habib.

Penampilan beliau rapi, senyumnya manis menawan, karena beliau memang sumeh (murah senyum) dan memiliki tahi lalat di dagu kanannya. Beberapa kalangan menyebutnya The smilling Habib.

Habib Anis sangat menghormati tamu, bahkan tamu tersebut merupakan doping semangat hidup beliau. Beliau tidak membeda-bedakan apahkah tamu tersebut berpangakat atau tidak, semua dijamunya dengan layak. Semua diperlakukan dengan hormat.

Seorang tukang becak (Pak Zen) 83 tahun yang sering mangkal di Masjid Ar-Riyadh mengatakan, Habib Anis itu ulama yang loman (pemurah, suka memberi). Ibu Nur Aini penjual warung angkringan depan Masjid Ar-Riyadh menuturkan, “Habib Anis itu bagi saya orangnya sangat sabar, santun, ucapannya halus. Dan tidak peranah menyakiti hati orang lain apalagi membuatnya marah”.

Saat ‘Idul Adha Habib Anis membagi-bagikan daging korban secara merata melalui RT sekitar Masjid Ar-Riyadh dan tidak membedakan Muslim atau non Muslim. Kalau dagingnya sisa, baru diberikan ke daerah lainnya.

Jika ada tetangga beliau atau handai taulan yang meninggal atau sakit, Habib Anis tetap berusaha menyempatkan diri berkunjung atau bersilautrahmi. Tukang becak yang mangkal di depan Masjid Wiropaten tempat Habib Anis melaksanakan shalat jum’at selalu mendapatkan uang sedekah dari beliau. Menjelang hari raya Idul Fitri Habib Anis juga sering memberikan sarung secara Cuma-Cuma kepada para tetangga, muslim maupun non muslim. “Beri mereka sarung meskipun saat ini mereka belum masuk islam. Insya Allah suatu saat nanti dia akan teringat dan masuk islam.” Demikian salah satu ucapan Habib Anis yang ditirukan Habib Hasan salah seorang puteranya.

Meskipun Habib Anis bin Alwi bin Ali al Habsyi telah meninggalkan kita, namun kenangan dan penghormatan kepada beliau terus saja mengalir disampaikan oleh para habib atau para muhibbin. Habib Husein Mulachela keponakan Habib Anis mengatakan, pada saat meninggalnya Habib Anis dia dan isterinya tidak mendapatkan tiket pesawat, dan baru keesok harinya datang ke Solo melalui bandara Adi Sumarmo Yogyakarta. Selama semalam menunggu, mereka seperti mencium bau minyak wangi Habib Anis di kamarnya. “Aroma itu saya kenal betul karena Habib Anis membuat minyak wangi sendiri, sehingga aromanya khas.”

Dalam salah satu tausiyah, Habib JIndan mengatakan, “Seperti saat ini kkita sedang mengenang seorang manusia yang sangat dimuliakan, yaitu Nabi Muhammad SAW. Kita juga mengenang orang shalih yang telah meningalkan kita pada tanggal 6 Nopember 2006 yaitu guru kita Habib Anis bin alwi bin Ali Al-Habsyi.

Ketika kita hadir pada saat pemakaman Habib Anis, jenazah yang diangkat tampak seperti pengantin yang sedang diarak ke pelaminannya yang baru. Bagi Habib Anis, kita melihat semasa hidup berjuang untuk berdakwah di masjid Ar-Riyadh dan kini setelah meninggal menempati Riyadhul Janah, taman-taman surga. Ketika takziyah pada pemakaman Habib Anis kita seolah-olah mengarak pengantin menuju Riyadhul Jannah, taman-taman surga Allah. Inilah tempat yang dijanjikan Allah kepada orang-orang yang beriman, bertaqwa dan shalih. Kita sekarang seperti para sahabat Habib Ali Al-habsyi, penggubah maulid Simtuh-durar yang mengatakan bahwa, keteka mereka hidup di dunia, mereka seolah-olah tidak merasakan hidup di dunia tetapi hidup di surga. Sebab setiap hari diceritakan tentang akhirat, tentang ketentraman bathin di surga. Dan mereka baru menyadari baha mereka hidup di dunia yang penuh cobaan.

Kita selama ini hidup bersama Habib Anis, bertemu dalam majlis maulid, berjumpa dalam kesempatan rauhah dan berbagai kesempatan lainnya. Dalam berbagai kesempatan itu kita mendengar penuturan yang lembut dan menentramkan, sehingga sepertinya kita di surga. Dan kita merasakan bahwa kita hidup di dunia yang fana ketika menyaksikan bahwa beliau meninggal dunia. Namun begitu, kenangan beliau tetap terbayang di mata kita, kecintaan beliau tetap menyelimuti kita.

Habib AbduLlah Al-hadad ketika menyaksikan kepergian para guru beliau, mengatakan, “Kami kehilangan kebaikan para guru kami ketika mereka meninggal dunia. Segala kegembiraan kami telah lenyap, tempat yang biasa mereka duduki telah kosong, Allah telah mengambil milik-Nya Kami sedih dan kami menangis atas kepergian mereka. Ah…andai kematian hanya menimpa orang-orang yang jahat, dan orang-orang yang baik dibiarkan hidup oleh Allah. Aku akan tetap menangisi mereka selama aku hidup dan aku rindu kepada mereka. Aku akan selalu kasmaran untuk menatap wajah mereka. Aku akan megupayakan hidupku semampukun untuk selalu mengikuti jalan hidup para guruku, meneladani salafushalihin, menempuh jalan leluhurku.”

Habib Abdul Qadir bin Ahmad Assagaf yang berada di Jeddah bercerita, “Ayahku Habib Ahmad bin AbduRrahman berkata kepadaku, ‘ya…Abdulkadir engkau lihat aku, ketahuilah jangan engkau menyimpang dari jalan orang tuamu’”. Ketika Habib Ahmad bin AbduRrahman meninggal dunia, Habib AbdulKadir tetap menempuh jalan orang tuanya dan dia tidak menyipang sedikitpun jalan yang telah ditempuh oleh Habib Ahmad bin AbduRrahman.

Begitu juga Almarhum Habib Anis, tidak sedikitpun menyimpang dari yang ditempuh oleh ayah beliau, Habib Alwi. Hal serupa terjadi pada Habib Alwi , yang tetap menapaki jalan yang ditempuh oleh ayah beliau Habib Ali bin Muhammad Al-Habsyi Dan Habib Ali bin Muhammad Al-Habsyi sama juga menempu jalan orang tua, guru dan teladan beliau hingga sampai Nabi Muhammad SAW”……

Sedangkan Habib Novel bin Muhammad Alaydrus, murid senior sekaligus cucu menantu Habib Anis mengatakan, maqam tinggi yang dimiliki Habib Anis didapatkan bukan karena berandai-andai atau duduk – duduk saja. Semua itu beliau peroleh setelah bertahun-tahun menanamkan cinta kepada Allah SWT, para shalihin dan kepada kaum muslimin umumnya. Semoga beliau dalam kuburnya melihat kehadiran kita di majlis ini, bahwa kita sebagai anak didiknya meneruskan perjuangan dakwahnya. Dalam Al-Qur’an disebutkan, ‘Dan sesungguhnya orang-orang yang beriman dan beramal saleh, kelak Allah Yang Maha Pemurah akan menanamkan dalam hati mereka rasa kasih sayang’. Artinya kepada orang-orang yang beriman dan beramal salih Allah menanamkan kepada makhluk-makhluk rasa kasih sayang kepadanya, cinta kepadanya, sebagaimana disabdakan RasuluLlah SAW dalam hadits yang diriwayatkan imam Bukhari, “Jika Allah mencintai hambanya maka Allah akan memanggil Jibril, menyampaikan bahwa Allah mencintai si Fulan. Mulai saat itu Jibril akan mencintai Fulan, sampai kapanpun. Jibril kemudian memanggil ahli langit untuk menyaksikan bahwa Allah mencintai Fulan. Maka ia memerintahkan mereka semua utuk eneicintai Fulan. Dengan begitu para penghuni langit mencintai Fulan. Setelah itu Allah letakkan di atas bumi ini rasa cinta untuk menerima orang yang dicintai Allah tersebut, dapat dekat dengan orang itu.” Dan insya Allah Habib Anis termasuk diantara orang-orang tersebut.”

Ada empat hal yang selalu disampaikan oleh Habib Anis kepada jama’ah yang hadir di majlis beliau, “Pertama, Kalau engkau ingin mengetahui diriku, lihatlah rumahku dan masjidku. Masjid ini tempat aku beribadah mengabdi kepada Allah. Kedua, zawiyah, di situlah aku menggembleng akhlak jama’ah sesuai akhlak Nabi Muhammad SAW. Ketiga, kusediakan buku-buku lengkap di perpustakaan, tempat untuk menuntut ilmu. Dan keempat, aku bangun bangunan megah. Di situ ada pertokoan, karena setiap muslim hendaknya bekerja. Hendaklah ia berusaha untuk mengembangkan dakwah Nabi Muhammad SAW”…….

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FAITH AND OBEDIENCE

ISLAM means obedience to God. And it is a matter of common sense that this obedience cannot ensure in full measure unless man knows certain basic facts of live and reposes firm faith in them. What are those facts? And what are the primary essentials, which a man must know to fashion his life, in accordance with the Divine Way? This we propose to discuss in the present chapter.

First of all, one should have unshakable belief in the existence of God, for unless a man has a firm and unalloyed faith in God’s existence, how can he render obedience to Him?

Then one must know the attributes of God. It is the knowledge of the attributes of God, which enables man to cultivate in him the nobles of human qualities and to fashion his life in virtue and godliness. If a man dose not know that there is one and only one God Who is the Creator, the ruler, and the Sustainer of the universe and there is none else to share with Him even a shred of the Divine power and authority, he may fall a prey to false god’s and offer his homage to them solicit their favor. But if he knows the divine attribute of tawhid (oneness of God), there is not the least possibility of his falling a prey to this illusion. Similarly, if a man knows that God is omnipresent and omniscient and He sees, hears, and knows everything that we do in public or in private-nay, even our unexpressed thoughts!-then how can he afford to be indulgent and disobedient to God? He will feel that he is under eternal vigil and will, therefore, behave in the most appropriate way. But he who is not aware of these attributes of God may be misled, because of his ignorance, into God’s disobedience. So is the case with all other attributes of God. the fact is that the qualities and attributes which a man must possess, if he wants to pursue the way of Islam, can be cultivated and developed only out of profound knowledge of the attributes of God. It is the knowledge of God’s attributes, which purifies a man’s mind and soul, his beliefs, morals, and actions. And a mere cursory acquaintance with or just an academic knowledge of these attributes is not sufficient for the task ahead-there must be an unflinching conviction firmly rooted in the mind and heart of man so that he may remain immune from insidious doubts and perversions.

Moreover, one must know in detail the way of living by following which one can seek the pleasure of God. Unless a man knows the likes and dislikes of God, how can he choose and adopt the one and reject the other? If a man has no knowledge of the Divine Law, how can he follow it? Thus the knowledge of the Divine Law and the Revealed code of Life is also extremely essential in this respect.

But here, again, mere knowledge will not suffice. Man must have full confidence and conviction that it is the Divine Law and that his salvation lies in following this code alone. For knowledge without this conviction will fail to spur man to the Right Path and he may be lost in the blind alley of disobedience.

Finally, one must also know the consequence of be-life and obedience and those of disbelief and disobedience. He must know what blessings would be showered upon him if he chooses God’s way and leads a life of purity, virtue, and obedience. And he must also know what evil and harrowing consequences would follow if he adopts the way of disobedience and revolt. Thus the knowledge of life after death is absolutely essential for this purpose. Man must have an unwavering belief in the fact that death does not mean the end of life; that there will be resurrection and he will be brought to the highest court of justice, to be presided over by God Himself; that on the Day of Judgment complete justice will prevail; and that good deeds will be rewarded and misdeeds punished. Everybody will get his due and there is no escape. This is bound to happen. This sense of responsibility and accountability is quite essential for the full-fledged obedience of the Law of God.

A man who has no knowledge of the world to come may consider obedience and disobedience quite immaterial. He may think that the obedient and the disobedient will both meet a similar end: for, after death both will be reduced to mere dust. With this attitude of mind, how can he be expected to submit to all the inconveniences and troubles that are inextricably associated with the life of active obedience, and shun those sins the commission of which does not apparently bring to him any moral or material loss in this world? With this mental attitude a man cannot acknowledge and submit to God’s Law.

Nor can a man, who lacks firm belief in the life hereafter and in the Divine Court of Judgment, remain firm and steadfast in the turbulent waters of life with its attraction or sin, crime and evil; for doubt and hesitancy rob a man of his will to action. You can remain firm in your behaviour only if you are firm in your beliefs. if you carry a wavering mind you cannot remain firm and steadfast. You can whole-heartedly follow a course only if you are sure of the benefits that will accrue to you by following it and of the losses and grievances that will engulf you if you disobey it. Thus, a profound know-ledge of the consequences of belief and disbelief and of the life after death is extremely necessary for canalizing life into God’s obedience.

These are the essential facts which one must know if one wants to live the life of obedience, i.e. Islam.

Faith : What does it mean?

Faith is what we have described in the foregoing discussion as ‘Knowledge and belief’. The Arabic word Imaan, which we have rendered in English as faith, literally means ‘to know’, ‘to believe’, and ‘to be convinced beyond the least shadow of doubt’. Faith, thus, is firm belief arising out of knowledge and conviction. And the man who knows and reposes unshakable belief in the unity of God, in His Attributes, in His Law and the Revealed Guidance, and in the Divine code of Reward and punishment is called Mo’min (faithful). This faith invariably leads man to a life of obedience and submission to the will of God. And one who lives this life of submission is known as Muslim.

This should clearly bring home the fact that without faith (Imaan) no man can be a true Muslim. It is the indispensable essential; rather, the very starting point, without which no beginning can be made. The relation of Islam to Imaan is the same as of a tree to its seed. As a tree cannot sprout forth without its seed, in the same way it is not possible for a man, who has no belief to start with, to become a ‘Muslim’. On the other hand, just as it can happen that, in spite of sowing the seed, the tree may not grow for a multiple of reasons, or if it sprouts, its growth may be impaired or retarded, in the same way, a man may have faith, but due to a number of weaknesses, he may not become a true and staunch Muslim. Thus we find that faith is the starting point and leads man to the life of submission to God, and that a man cannot become a Muslim without faith. On the contrary, it is possible that a man may have faith but, because of the weakness of his will power, poor training, or bad company, he may not be living the life of a true Muslim. As such, from the viewpoint of Islam and Imaan, all men may be classified into four categories:

Those who have firm faith-a faith that makes them absolutely and whole-heartedly submit to God. They follow the way of God and devote themselves heart and soul to seek His pleasure by doing all that He likes and by avoiding all that He dislikes. In their devotion they are even more fervent that is the common man in pursuit of wealth and glory. Such men are true Muslim.

Those who do have faith, who believe in God, His Law and the Day of Judgment, but whose faith is not deep and strong enough to make them totally submit to God. They are far below the rank of true Muslims deserve punishment for their defaultations and misdeeds, but still they are Muslim. They are defaulters and wrongdoers but not rebels. They acknowledge the Sovereign and His Law and, although they are violating the Law, they have not revolted against the Sovereign. They admit its supremacy and their own guilt. Thus they are guilty and deserve punishment, but Muslims they remain.

Those who do not possess faith at all. These people refuse to acknowledge the sovereignty of God and are rebels. Even if their conduct is not bad and even if they are not spreading corruption and violence, they remain rebels and their apparent good deeds are of little value. Such men are like the outlaws. And as, even if any action of an outlaws is in consonance with the law of the land, he does not become a loyal and obedient citizen, in the same way the apparent good of those who revolt against God cannot compensate for the gravity of the real wrong, revolt, and disobedience.

Those who neither possess faith nor do good deeds. They spread disorder in the world and perpetrate all kinds of violence and oppression. They are the worst of the people; for they are rebels as well as the wrongdoers and criminals.

The above classification of mankind clearly shows that the real success and salvation of man depends on Imaan (faith). The life of obedience (Islam) takes its birth from the seed of Imaan. This Islam of a person may be flawless or defective. But without Imaan there can be no Islam. Where there is no Imaan there is no Islam.

Where there is no Islam there is Kufr. Its form and nature may be different, but in any way it would be Kufr and nothing but Kufr.

This brings home the importance of Imaan vis-à-vis life of true and total submission to God?

How to acquire the knowledge of God?

Now the question arises: How to acquire the know-ledge and belief in God, His attributes, His Law, and the Day of Judgment?

We have already referred to countless manifestations of God around us and in our own selves, which bear witness to the fact that there is one and only one creator and Governor of this universe and it is He Who controls and directs it. These witnesses reflect the divine attributes of the creator: His great wisdom, His all-embracing knowledge, His omnipotence, His mercy, His all-sustaining power, His force major-in short, His attributes can be traced everywhere in His work. But man’s intellect and his capacity to attain knowledge have erred in observing and understanding them. These are all manifest and clear and our eyes are open to read what is writ large on the creation. But here men have erred. some have declared that there are two gods others began to profess belief in trinity, and still others succumbed to polytheism. Some began nature-worship and others divided into multifarious deities: gods of rain, air, fair, death, etc. As such, although the manifestations of God were quite clear, human reason has faltered on various counts and failed to see the reality in its true perspective. It met deception after deception and resulted in nothing but confusion of thought. We hardly need dilate here on these errors of human judgment.

Similarly, with regard to life after death men have put forward many erroneous notions; for instance, that man is reduced to dust after death and will not rise to life again; or that man is subject to a process of continuous regeneration in this very world and is punished or rewarded in the oncoming cycles of life.

Even greater difficulty arises when we come to the question of the code of life. To formulate a complete and balanced code of life that should conform to God’s pleasure merely with the help of human reason, is an extremely difficult task. If a man is equipped with the highest faculties of reason and intellect and he possesses matchless wisdom and experience of many years of deliberation, even then the chances of his formulating right views on life and existence are not very promising. And even if, after a lifelong deliberation, he succeeds in that he will still lack in the confidence that he has really discovered the truth and adopted the right path.

Although the fullest and fairest test of man’s wisdom, reason, and knowledge might have been to leave him to his own resources without any external guidance so that he those who, through their own sagacious siftings and strivings, might have reached truth and righteousness would have won success and salvation, while those not reaching them would have failed. God, how- ever, spared His human creatures such a hard test. Through His grace and benevolence He raised for mankind men from among themselves to whom He imparted the true knowledge of His attributes, revealed to them His Law and the Right Code of Living, gave them the knowledge of the meaning and purpose of life and of the life after death and thus showed them the way by pursuing which man can achieve success and eternal bliss. These chosen man are the Messengers of God-His prophets. God has communicated knowledge and wisdom to them by means of wahy (revelation), and the book containing the Divine communications is called the Book of God, or the word of God. Now the test of man’s Wisdom and intellect lies in this: does he recognize God's Messenger after thoroughly observing his pure and pious life and carefully studying his noble and flawless teachings? The man who possesses right wisdom and sound common sense would verify truth and accept the instructions given by the Messenger of truth. If he denies the Messenger of God and his teachings, his denial would signify that he was devoid of the capacity to find out truth and righteousness. On account of this denial he would fail in his test. Such a man will never be able to discover the truth about God and His Law and the life after death.

Faith in the Unknown

It is an everyday experience that when you do not know a thing, you look for somebody who knows it and

you repose faith in his word and follow him. If you get ill and you cannot treat and cure yourself, look for the doctor and accept and follow his instructions without question. Why because he is properly qualified to give medical advice, possesses experience, and has treated and cured a number of patients. You, therefore, stick to his advice, do whatever he asks you to do and avoid whatever he forbids. Similarly, in matters of Law you believe in whatever your legal advisers say and act accordingly. In educational matters you have faith in your teacher or instructor and you accept his instructions as true. When you want to go to some place and do not happen to know the way to it, you ask somebody who knows it, and follow the way he points out. In short, the reasonable course that you adopt in the whole of your life about matters which you do not or cannot know is that you approach one who knows them, accept his advice and act accordingly. As your own knowledge of that matter or problem is inadequate, you carefully search for One who knows that and then silently accept his word. You take every pain to select the proper person. But After selecting the right man, you accept his advice unquestioningly. This kind of belief is called ‘belief in the unknown’. For here you have relied upon one who knows, in matters you do not know. This exactly is Iman-bil-ghaib. Thus believing or having faith in what was previously unknown to you is called ‘faith in the UN-known’ (Iman-bil-ghaib).

Iman-bil-ghaib, therefore, signifies that you achieve the knowledge of what was not known to you from one who knows. You do not know God and His real attributes. You are not aware that His angels are directing the machinery of the whole universe according to His orders, and that they surround you on all sides. You have not the proper knowledge of the way of life through which you can seek the pleasure of your Creator. And you are in the dark about the life that is to come. The knowledge of all these matters is given to you by the Prophets, who had direct contact with the Divine Being and had been endowed with the correct knowledge. And they are the persons whose sincerity, integrity, trustworthiness, godliness and the absolute purity of whose lives stand as irrevocable witness to the truth of their claim to know-ledge. And above all, the very wisdom and force of their message makes you admit that they speak the truth and their preaching deserve to be believed and followed. This conviction of yours is Iman-bil-ghaib. Such truth discerning and truth-acknowledging attitude (i.e. Iman-bil-ghaib) is essential for obedience to God and for acting in accordance with His pleasure, for you have no other medium than God’s Messenger for the achievement of true knowledge, and without accurate and true knowledge you cannot proceed rightly on the path of Islam.

Makam Syaikh Hasan Munadi

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Makam Syaikh Hasan Munadi

Bagi Ikhwan yang suka berziarah ke makam orang-orang shaleh dan para wali Allah, apabila sampai di kota Ungaran Kabupaten Semarang Jawa Tengah tidak ada salahnya berziarah ke makam Syaikh Hasan Munadi di desa Nyat Nyono. Desa ini terletak 3 km di sebelah barat kota Ungaran. Meskipun terletak di lereng gunung Ungaran namun sudah dapat diakses oleh kendaraan besar seperti bus pariwisata.

Beliau adalah menantu dari Ki Ageng Makukuhan, seorang aulia yang makamnya di daerah Kedu Temanggung Jawa tengah. Pada tahun delapan puluhan makam ini ramai dikunjungi oleh para peziarah dari berbagai pelosok negeri hingga sekarang karena ditemukannya sebuah mata air peninggalan Syaikh Hasan Munadi yang dinamai Sendang Kalimah Tayyibah. Menurut cerita, air sendang yang mellimpah ini memiliki banyak berkah dan dapat dipergunakan untuk mengobati berbagai macam penyakit WalLahu a’lam.

Gapura masuk sendang Kalimah Tayyibah

Halaman depan sendang Kalimah Tayyibah

Pintu masuk sendang Kalimah Tayyibah

Untuk sampai ke makam kita harus menaiki tangga kurang lebih 150 buah anak tangga. Namun saat ini sudah dibangun tempat parkir sepeda motor hingga sampai dekat komplek makam.

Bangunan Makam tampak dari dari bawah

Di sebelah timur tampak bangunan mushola dan makam Syaikh Hasan Dipuro yaitu putra dari Syaikh Hasan Munadi.

Mushola dekat makam Syaikh Hasan Munadi.

Makam Syaikh Hasan Munadi dari luar

Makam dari depan

Numpang nampang di makam Syaikh Hasan Munadi

Makam Syaikh Hasan Munadi terletak di puncak bukit

Bersama puteraku Yusuf Musthofa ‘Adhly Numpang nampang di depan Masjid Nabawi Madinah (Hanya Trik hasil utak-atik foto).

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FAITH AND OBEDIENCE

First of all, one should have unshakable belief in the existence of God, for unless a man has a firm and unalloyed faith in God’s existence, how can he render obedience to Him?

These are the essential facts which one must know if one wants to live the life of obedience, i.e. Islam.

Faith : What does it mean?

Where there is no Islam there is Kufr. Its form and nature may be different, but in any way it would be Kufr and nothing but Kufr.

This brings home the importance of Imaan vis-à-vis life of true and total submission to God?

How to acquire the knowledge of God?

Now the question arises: How to acquire the know-ledge and belief in God, His attributes, His Law, and the Day of Judgment?

Faith in the Unknown

It is an everyday experience that when you do not know a thing, you look for somebody who knows it and

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