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Hati sakit melihat gambar ini. Di dalam hati pelbagai sumpah seranah dilontarkan. Semuanya ditujukan terhadap kafir laknatullah. Rasa ibarat maruah agama dipijak di lantai hina. Jika diberi peluang untuk membelasah salah seorang kafir rasanya mahu dipukul hingga mati..Ya..amarah menguasai jiwa..namun setakat manakah amarah itu? adakah cuma sehangat seminit dua? kemudian ia pun berlalu bersama angin yang bertiup?

Apabila agama dihina, semua orang berasa marah. Baik ahli agama mahupun kutu lepak di kedai-kedai kopi, semuanya menunjukkan bantahan, cercaaan, hinaan terhadap golongan yang melakukan penghinaan ini. Namun setakat manakah perjuangan itu? Apakah usaha yang dilontarkan dalam menaikkan syiar Islam? Adakah cukup dengan hanya duduk melihat hinggalah apabila Islam dihina baru kita menunjukkan amarah?

Cukupkah dengan hanya memberi komen di ruang2 media sosial tambahan lagi dengan komen yang sangat kesat dan biadap. Begitukah sikap kita?

Islam itu perlu dihayati dan dicermati. Tidak cukup hanya ibadah harian yang sekadar menjadi 'ritual' tanpa penghayatan sebenar. Islam itu mengandungi ilmu yang perlu dikaji. Islam itu mempunyai keluhuran akhlak yang perlu disantuni. Tidak cukup Islam itu digambarkan dengan pakaian Islam jika jiwa dan minda kita kosong. Kita ditendang dan diremehkan. Kerana apa? kerana si jahil yang datang dari golongan kita sendiri. Yang kononnya bijak ingin menaikkan syiar Islam. Yang kononnya ingin memperjuangkan hak-hak Islam.Walhal makna agama itu sendiri tersasar jauh dari pandangan alam mereka. Lalu kita? kita terpedaya. mengikuti rentak ideology yang dipandang tinggi oleh mereka-mereka yang jahil tentang agama.Kita ditayangkan dengan keindahan teknologi. Disibukkan dengan kehidupan dunia. Media sosial yang berleluasa melahirkan generasi yang hanya celik IT tetapi buta ilmu. Ilmu apa? Ilmu yang mampu menyelamatkan diri kepada kebenaran. Kerana kebenaran bukan lagi tujuan bagi mereka-mereka yang lalai.

Apa usaha kita?tak perlu usaha apa-apa. Kita bukan orang yang rajin mengkaji dan membudayakan Ilmu.. Kita bukan yang rajin membaca apatah lagi ingin mentadabbur ayat-ayat Al-Quran. Kita bukan berjiwa besar untuk menghafal dan mengetahui hadith-hadith Nabi.Kerana kita terlalu sebok mengira dosa dan pahala orang lain. Kita terlalu sebok mencari kesalahan dan kelemahan orang lain. Sebok memperjuangkan 'Sunnah' dan memukul rata bid'ah terhadap orang yang tidak melakukan 'Sunnah'. Begitu juga yang terlalu bersemangat mengajak orang bersatu padu pada maulid dan majlis2 zikir dan sangat pantas menjatuhkan label bagi golongan yang tidak melakukannya. Begitukah kita?

Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi raajiuun...

Aqidah pluralis-inklusif dengan semangat kesamaan dan kebersamaan yang melewati batas itu akhirnya akan menghakis kesedaran jati diri keislaman. Mengikis rasa bangga dangan keunggulan agama yang 'Ya'la wala yu'la alaih', menghapuskan rasa cemburu terhadap kesucian agamanya dan menghilangkan ras amulia sebagai orang Mukmin. Barangkali memang itulah yang sangat diinginkan oleh musuh-musuh islam. Apabil umat ini tidak lagi merasa memiliki sesuatu yang istimewa, dan Islam tidak lagi dirasakan sebagai satu-satunya agama yang benar, akan mudahlah diseret ke mana sahaha malah akan mudahlah juga mereka dimurtadkan. -Khalif Muammar, Atas nama kebenaran.

Kenali kitab Tafsir SYIAH

1) Tafsir Hasan al-Askari

Tafsir ini adalah karya yang disandarkan kepada Imam Hasan al-Askari, seorang yang ditunggu-tunggu sebagai Imam Mahdi di kalangan Syiah. Bagaimanapun, kitab tafsir in tidaklah sempurna menafsirkan isi kandungan al-Quran. Ia hanya merupakan sebuah kitab yang tipis dan hanya menafsirkan surah al-Fatihah dan surah al-Baqarah hingga ayat ke 282, yang mana kurang empat ayat lagi dari kesempurnaan keseluruhan surah al-Baqarah.

Isi daripada kitab tafsir ini sebenarnya hanya untuk menguatkan hujjah bagi ideologi mereka terutamanya mengenai ideology imamah yang dipercayai oloh golongan ini. Tafsir ini juga dipenuhi dengan kedustaan yang disandarkan kepada Nabi Muhammad s.a.w dan para keluarga baginda. (A.Qusyairi Ismail & Mohd. Achyat Ahmad, 2013, hlm. 161)

Antara tafsiran yang mereka lakukan adalah seperti pada ayat berikut:

"وإذا قيل لهم لا تفسدوا في الأرض قالوا إنّما نحن مصلحون ألا إنّهم هم المفسدون ولكن لا يشعرون"

Maksudnya:

Dan bila dikatakan kepada mereka: Janganlah kamu membuat kerusakan di muka bumi. Mereka menjawab: Sesungguhnya kami orang-orang yang melakukan perbaikan. Ingatlah, sesungguhnya mereka itulah orang-orang yang membuat kerusakan, tetapi mereka tidak sedar. (Al-Quran, 2,11-12)

Menurut kitab tafsir Hasan al-Askari ini, ayat ini menjelaskan mengenai peristiwa di Ghadir. Hal ini dapat dilihat daripada ulasan yang ditulis dalam karya ini:

“Jika dikatakan kepada mereka yang merosak bai’ah di hari Ghadir, Janganlah kalian berbuat kerosakan di muka bumi dengan merusak bai’ah terhadap hamba-hamba Allah yang tertindas, lantas kalian mengacaukan agama mereka, dan membingungkan terhadap mazhab mereka. Maka mereka berkata: Sesungguhnya kamu melakukan perbaikan, kerana kami tidak meyakini agama Muhammad ataupun selain Muhammad” (Tafsir Hasan al-‘Askari, hlm.44)

2) Tafsir al-Qummi

Kitab ini merupakan karya Abu al-Hasan Ali bin Ibrahim bin Hasyim al-Qummi. Menurut pengakuan Syiah sebagaimana yang ditulis oleh al-Jaza’iri dalam pengantar Tafsir ini bahawa kitab ini sangat qualified dan menjadi rujukan dalam mazhab Imamiyyah. (Skandal )

Alasannya, adalah kerana kitab ini merupakan acuan dan dasar dari kitab-kitab tafsir Syiah yang ditulis setelah zaman al-Qummi dan semua riwayat dalam tafsir ini adalah diriwayatkan dari para Imam Ahlul Bait. Dalam kitab tafsir ini juga banyak menerangkan keutamaan-keutamaan Ahlul Bait yang mana mereka menuduh bahawa ianya telah dihapuskan dari al-Quran oleh musuh-musuh Ahlul Bait yaitu para Sahabat Rasulullah s.a.w. Kitab tafsir ini dianggap sebagai sebuah karya agung kerana ia mampu menerangkan keseluruhan kandungan al-Quran yang mana ianya tidak mampu difahami kecuali melalui petunjuk Ahlul Bait sendiri.

Antara tafsiran yang boleh didapati dalam kitab ini adalah tafsiran daripada ayat surah az-Zukhruf:

"ولمّا ضرب ابن مريم مثلا إذا قومك منه يصدون وقالوا اآلهتنا خير أم هو ما ضربوه لك إلاّ جدلا بل هم قوم خصمون إن هو إلا عبد أنعمنا عليه وجعلناه مثلا لبني إسرائيل."

Maksudnya:

Dan tatkala putera Maryam (Isa) dijadikan perumpamaan tiba-tiba kamu (Quraisy) bersorak kerananya. Dan mereka berkata: “Manakah yang lebih baik tuhan-tuhan kami atau Isa?” Mereka tidak memberikan perumpamaan itu kepadamu melainkan dengan maksud membantah saja, sebenarnya mereka adalah kaum yang suka bertengkar. Isa tidak lain hanyalah seorang hamba yang Kami berikan kepadanya nikmat (kenabian) dan Kami jadikan dia sebagai tanda bukti (kekuasaan Allah) untuk Bani Israil. (Al-Quran, 43:57-59).

Mengenai hal ini, al-Qummi menulis:

وواضخ أنّ الآيات تتحدّث عن المسيح، ولكنه يذكر الأية الآخرة هكذا "إن عليّ الاّ عبد....... فمحى اسمه من هذا الوضع.

Maksudnya:

Adalah jelas bahawa ayat-ayat itu berbicara mengenai Isa al-Masih, akan tetapi sebetulnya ayat terakhirnya berbunyi begini: “Ali tidak lain hanya seorang hamba…” Kemudia nama Ali dihapus dari tempat itu.

Terdapat banyak lagi ayat-ayat al-Quran yang ditafsirkan oleh al-Qummi ini. Jika kita teliti, rata-rata penafsiran beliau adalah tidak lain hanyalah menggambarkan pengkafiran para sahabat dan pengakuan bahawa al-Quran kini adalah sudah tidak lagi lengkap. Inilah contoh tafsiran yang dijadikan rujukan oleh golongan syiah. (A.Qusyairi Ismail & Mohd. Achyat Ahmad, 2013, hlm. 166)

3) Tafsir al-‘Ayyasyi’

Tafsir ini merupakan karya Abu an-Nadhr Muhammad bin Mas’ud bin Ayyasy as-Sulami as-Samarqandi. (A.Qusyairi Ismail & Mohd. Achyat Ahmad, 2013, hlm. 173)

Tidak banyak perbezaan dengan tafsir al-Qummi, tafsir ini juga diberikan perhatian yang tinggi pada golongan syiah. Tafsir ini juga memuatkan riwayat-riwayat tahrif di dalamnya. Iaitu ayat-ayat al-Quran yang diubah tafsirannya dengan dimuatkan pujian dan penghormatan kepada ahlul bait dan imam-imam mereka.

Sebahagian contoh tafsir yang terdapat dalam kitab ini, iatu dari surah al-Nahl:

”إنّ الله يأمر بالعدل والإحسان وإيتاء ذي القربى، وينهى عن الفحشاء والمنكر والبغي"

Maksudnya:

Sesungguhnya Allah menyuruh (kamu) berlaku adil dan berbuat kebajikan, memberi kepada kaum kerabat, dan Allah melarang dari perbuatan keji, kemungkaran dan permusuhan. (Al-Quran, 16:90)

Antara tafisran yang boleh didapati dalam tafsir al-‘Ayyasyi’ ini adalah seperti berikut:

أنّ العدل شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله، والإحسان ولاية أمير المؤمنين عليّ بن أبي طالب، والفحشاء الحليفة الأوّل، والمنكر الثانيّ، والبغي الثالث.

Maksudnya:

Yang dimaksud adil adalah bersaksi bahawa tidak ada Tuhan yang berhak disembah melainkan Allah. Sedangkan yang dimaksud kebaijkan adalah wilayah Amirul Mukminin Ali bin Abi Thalib. Adapun perbuatan keji itu adalah khalifah pertama, kemungkaran adalah khalifah kedua, sedangkan permusuhan adalah khalifah ketiga. (A.Qusyairi Ismail & Mohd. Achyat Ahmad, 2013, hlm. 173)

Daripada tafsiran-tafsiran di atas kita jelas dapat melihat akan fahaman dan keyakinan golongan syiah ini terhadap al-Quran. Tujuan mereka melakukan tahrif dan merubah tafsiran pada ayat-ayat al-Quran adalah menurut hawa nafsu dan pegangan mereka sendiri.

Mereka mendakwa al-Quran telah melalui proses perubahan pada zaman sahabat dan mereka juga menuduh bahawa al-Quran yang kita beriktiqad dengannya pada hari ini adalah sudah tercemar dan menurut syiah juga keimanan kita sudah tidak sah.

Kitab-kitab mereka tidak terhad kepada ketiga ini sahaja malahan lebih. Dengan itu kaum muslimin harus berhati-hati dalam mengambil idea-idea dari golongan syiah ini kerana jelas lagi nyata bahawa mereka tidak lain tidak bukan hanya akan menyesatkan umat Islam dan menimbulkan kecelaruan dalam memahami ayat-ayat al-Quran yang sebenarnya. Allahu ‘Alam

Rujukan

Maulana Muhammad ‘Asri Yusoff. 2006. Syi’ah Rafidhah: Di Antara Kecuaian ‘Ulama’ Dan Kebingungan Ummah. Kelantan: Pustaka Bisyarah

A.Qusyairi Ismail & Moh.Achyat Ahmad.2011. Skandal Al-Quran Syiah. Jawa Timur: Pustaka Sidogiri.

Beautiful Advice from Imam Sufyan Al-Thawree

Imaam Sufyaan (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

Be truthful at all times and in all places. Stay away from lying and from deception, and do not sit alongside liars and deceivers, for all such deeds are sins.

My brother, be careful not to show off, either in speech or in deed, for showing off is Shirk itself (Shirk being to associate partners with Allaah in worship).

Do not be conceited, for even a good deed is not raised (to the heavens) if any conceitedness is involved in it.

Take your religion only from one who is sincerely and compassionately concerned about his own religious guidance. The example of a scholar who is not concerned about his own religious well-being is that of a sick doctor: If he cannot treat his own disease…then how can he treat the diseases of others…? Likewise, if one is not concerned about his own religious well-being, then how can he be concerned about the religious well-being of others?

My brother, your religion is nothing more than your flesh and blood (i.e., You should be concerned about your religious well-being, because if you aren’t, it is your flesh and blood that will pay the penalty through the punishment of Allaah). Cry out of concern for your soul and have mercy on it; if you do not have mercy on it, then mercy will not be shown to it.

Sit only in the company of one who advises you to desire little from this world and who encourages you to put your hopes in the Hereafter. Take care not to sit with worldly people who speak constantly about worldly affairs; such people will ruin your religious well-being and will corrupt your heart.

Remember death frequently, and just as frequently ask Allaah to forgive you for your past sins.

Ask Allaah to keep you safe (safe from evil, from dangerous diseases, from trials and tribulations, etc) for the remainder of your life.

My brother, develop a good character and noble manners.

Do not act contrary to the Jamaa’ah (the general body of Sunni Muslims), for goodness and safety are the consequences of being in harmony with the Jamaa’ah.

Someone who strives constantly for this world is like a person who builds one home and destroys another (because he builds prosperity for himself in this world, while he destroys all chances of becoming prosperous in the Hereafter).

Give sincere advice to every believer who asks you a question regarding his religion. And never hide good advice to someone who asks you about a matter that leads to the Good Pleasure of Allaah (subhaanahu wa ta’aala).

If you love your (Muslim) brother for the sake of Allaah, then give him generously from your self and your wealth.

Stay far away from arguments, quarrels, and disputes; otherwise, you will become a wrongdoer, a transgressor, and a deceiver.

Be patient at all times and in all places, for patience leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise. Do not become angry and furious, for those two emotions lead to wickedness, and wickedness leads to the Hellfire.

Do not argue with a scholar, for that will lead to him loathing you. Being able to visit scholars (and learn from them) is a mercy, and cutting oneself off from them means that one is bringing down upon himself the wrath of Allaah (subhaanahu wa ta’aala). Verily, the scholars are the treasurers of the Prophets (‘alayhumus salaam) and are also their inheritors.

Turn away from worldly pleasures and things (to a certain degree), and, as a result, Allaah will enable you to see the faults and defects of this world. Be a man of Wara’ (one who forsakes all dubious and some lawful things because he fears that those things will lead to what is prohibited in Islaam), and (on the Day of Resurrection) Allaah will make your session of accountability easier for you.

Leave many of the things regarding which you are doubtful, and replace them with things regarding which you are not doubtful, and you will, as a result, remain safe: So by warding off doubt with certainty, you will remain safe in your religion.

Enjoin good and forbid evil — thus will you become loved by Allaah. Despise wicked-doers, and drive away devils (regardless of whether they are humans or jinn).

If you want to become strong (in faith)…then be exultant only a little and laugh only a little when you get something you want from this world. Concentrate on working for the Hereafter; if you do that, Allaah will be sufficient for you regarding your worldly concerns….

Ask Allaah for safety (in both your religious and worldly affairs). If you intend to something for your Hereafter – such as giving charity – then apply yourself to doing it quickly before the Shaytaan (the Devil) weakens your resolve and thus prevents you from doing it.

Do not be a heavy eater, whereby you work less than you eat, for that is disliked (in Islaam). Do not eat without an intention, and do not eat when you are not hungry. And do not fill your stomach constantly until you become a corpse, not having remembered Allaah while you were alive (but instead having been concerned with eating to your full and fulfilling your desires).

Decrease the frequency with which you fall into error, accept apologizes (from those who wronged you), and forgive the person who wronged you.

Be the type of person from whom people generally expect good things and from whose evil people feel safe.

Do not hate anyone who obeys Allaah, and be merciful both towards people in general and towards those with whom you are well-acquainted (or both to the general masses of Muslim and to people of high standing in society).

Do not sever the ties of the womb (i.e., do not cut off relations with family members and relatives), and join ties with those who have severed them from you. Pardon those who wronged you, and you will, as a result, become a companion of the Prophets and martyrs.

Do not be a frequent visitor of the marketplace, for the people there (mostly sellers, but some buyers also) are wolves in men’s clothing. Marketplaces are often frequented by devils – devils both of the human kind and of the jinn kind. When you enter the marketplace, it becomes obligatory upon you to enjoin good and forbid evil – but know that you will only see evil there. Stand to one side of the marketplace and call out: ‘I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Allaah alone; He has no partner; the dominion of all that exists belongs to Him. He is deserving of all praise. It is He Who gives life, and it is He Who causes death. All goodness is in His hands, and He is upon all things capable. There is neither might nor power except with Allaah, the All-High, the All-Mighty.

Do not enter into disputes with worldly people over their worldly things, and, as a result, Allaah will love you, and the people of earth will love you.

And be humble….When you are healthy, do good deeds, and you will be granted safety and health (physically and spiritually) from above.

Be a forgiving person, and you will get the things you want. Be a merciful person, and all things will be merciful towards you.

My brother, do not allow your days, nights, and hours to be wasted on falsehood. Spend from your self for yourself – for the Day of Thirst (the Day of Resurrection). My brother, your thirst will not be quenched on the Day of Resurrection unless the Most Merciful is pleased with you, and you will not achieve His Good pleasure unless you are obedient to Him. Perform many voluntary good deeds, for they have the effect of bringing you closer to Allaah.

Be generous, and your faults will be covered, and Allaah will make easier for you your session of accountability (on the Day of Resurrection) as well as the horrors (that will take place on that day).

Perform many good deeds, and Allaah will make you feel happy and at ease in your grave. Stay away from all prohibited deeds, and thus will you taste the sweetness of faith (Eemaan). Sit in the company of righteous and pious people, and Allaah will make well for you the affairs of your religion. And in the affairs of your religion, consult those who fear Allaah. Hasten to perform good deeds, and Allaah will protect you from disobeying Him.

Remember Allaah frequently, and, as a result, Allaah will make you less desirous of this world (and its pleasures and possessions). Remember death, and, as a result, Allaah will make your worldly affairs easier for you. Yearn for Paradise, and, as a result, Allaah will help you obey Him. Be frightened by the Hellfire, and, as a result, Allaah will make it easier for you to endure the hardships of this life.”

Transcribed from: The Biography of Sufyaan Ath-Thauree, p176-181

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William Ewart Gladstone ( 1809 - 1898 ) - mantan PM Britain zaman Queen Victoria "selagi mereka
( umat Islam ) berpegang dengan kitab ini, selama itulah mereka bangkit dan kita tidak dapat menundukkan mereka. Oleh itu pisahkan mereka dari Kitab ini". - ( ucapan beliau sambil mengangkat Al-Qur'an dalam Parlimen Britain ketika membincangkan penentangan umat Islam terhadap penjajahan) 

Lord Cromer - Gabernor Inggeris di Mesir & Sudan telah menulis " bahawasanya tanah jahan yang diberi kemerdekaan itu perlu diserahkan kepada anak negeri yang dapat melangsungkan dasar-dasar dan polisi yang menjaga kepentingan dan keselamatan Barat "

Theodore Hertzel - pencetus idea penubuhan negara Yahudi ( tulis buku Negara Yahudi : 1895 ) "misi kalian bukanlah mengeluarkan mereka dari Islam, walaupun yang terakhir ini merupakan keberhasilan yang paling gemilang. Tapi lebih pada usaha bagaimana menjauhkan mereka dari Islam..jadikanlah mereka sebagai orang Islam yang tidak kenal agamanya sendiri, orang Islam yang gemar berfoya-foya, suka dengan kemaksiatan, hidup semata-mata untuk cari harta dan jabatan..jika umat Islam sudah menjadi seperti ini, maka misi kalian sudah berhasil..laksanakan dan tunaikan misi kalian ini dengan penuh kesedaran - ucapan di Persidangan Yahudi di Basle, Switzerland : 1897. 

Semak kembali sejauh mana kita melaksanakan islam..apakah kita telah dipengaruhi dan dijajah oleh pengaruh mereka?Semak juga sejauh mana kita mengamalkan islam..Islam bukan hanya pada luaran..tetapi ia juga melibatkan cara hidup, cara fikir, dan cara kita melaksanakan dan respon terhadap sesuatu.. Dengan itu berfikirlah pada skop yang lebih luas. bukan hanya pada amatan dan fikiran yang jumud dan sempit mengenai Islam...Bersama menggemilangkan islam!

Deseases of the heart and its cures.

Diseases of the Heart

Part 1: Anger

Someone came to Rasulullah s.a.w and asked: ‘Give me some advices’,The Holy Prophet Muhammad s.a.w peace be upon Him replied: ‘Be not angry, be not angry, be not angry’. And Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The person who is strong is not strong because he can knock people down. The person who is strong is the one who controls himself when he is angry."

Anger is the feeling one has toward something or someone that hurts, opposes, offends, or annoys, strong displeasure. Islam defined anger as a destructive fire, based on the Prophet’s hadith, ‘Anger is like a burning coal’. Anger is a secret weapon of man towards of evil, and it will snatches away the wisdom of man. Anger is also a temptation and deception of Syaitan and it is the root of all evils. Moreover, anger is a very bad condition which it will weakens the person faith.

Anger is one of several coarse qualities of the soul or heart, which have to be treated by Islam's spiritual methods. To treat the (spiritual) desease you have to know its causes. And Imam al-Ghazali had explained it as follows:

The causes which cause anger to grow are self-conceit, self-praise, jests and ridicule, argument, treachery, too much greed for too much wealth and name and fame. If these evils are united in a person, his conduct becomes bad and he cannot escape anger. So these things should be removed by their opposites. Self-praise is to be removed by modesty. Pride is to be removed by one's own origin and birth, greed is to be removed by remaining satisfied with necessary things, and miserliness by charity.

It becomes clear then that in reality anger is a secret disease, like for example alcoholism, which has to be treated just like any other desease, and it is you yourself who has to take the decisive step to curb it, with Allah's help.

Medicines recommend by Imam al-Ghazli

1.      The first medicine is to think over the rewards of appeasing anger, which is from the verses of al-Quran and the sayings of the Prophet. From there, it will reduce the feeling of anger and will restrain you from taking revenge.

2.      Always reflect and think over the punishment of Allah. Always tell ourselves, that if we take revenge on him, Allah will take revenge upon me on the Day of Judgement. And this will helps us become fears.

3.      Always remember, that living in this world will not only give protection all the time, because sometime you may get trouble. So if you were to take a revenge over your enemy, and yet your enemy will take revenge over you.

4.      When you get angry, say ‘ Auzubillahi minas syaithaanir rajiim’, which means, I seek refudge in God from the accursed evil.

5.      If anger does not go away by this means, you will sit down if you are standing, lie down if you are sitting, and come near to earth, as you have been created of earth. Thus make yourself calm like the earth. The cause of wrath is heat and its opposite is to lie down on the ground and to make the body calm and cool. If still anger does not stop, make ablution with cold water or take a bath, as fire cannot be extinguished without water.

There were a famous story about sayyidina ‘Ali according to which he was fighting against a disbeliever and had the intention of killing him due to al bughd fi Allah (hatred for the sake of Allah). After `Ali subdued him and sat on his chest with the intention of killing him, the man spat on his face. `Ali at once let him go. 

The man was amazed and said, "You should have become even more angry due to my spitting at you and should have hastened in killing me. Why did you spare me?"
`Ali replied, "Due to this action of yours my nafs became involved and my intention did not remain purely for the sake of Allah."

The light of sincerity had such a cleansing effect that it purged the impurities and kufr of the disbeliever's heart, and he recited the kalima (profession of faith) at once, and became Muslim.[1]

Part 2: Envy

Envy is a nasty disease of the heart that leads to bad behavior. Because of envy, one may involve in backbiting, spreading rumors, lying, turning back on each others, and may also leads to the worst level. Where the envious person may cause physical damage to the person he envied and even muder. For this reason, the scholars had agreed that this disease is the most dangerous , destructive inner disease that will affect religion and also wordly life.

There were a hadith, reported by Imam Bukhari and Muslim, saying that: ‘Do not envy one another and do not hate one another, and do not turn your back to one another (in discontent) and be the servants of Allah like brothers’.

The definition of envy in Islam is, feeling hated of a blessing that Allah had blessed someone with and like for it to go away, and if you could make it go away, you would do that. And if you do not hate it and do not like for it to go away but you would like for yourself something similar to it, then this is a possessive desire that leads to competition; both of which are good and commendable.

However, in Islam, we are still allow to be envied of only in two things. Based on hadith that was reported by Imam Bukhari and Muslim,: ‘"It is not worth it, to envy anyone except in two cases. A man that Allah blessed with money and he spent it righteously, and a man that Allah blessed with knowledge and he implemented it in himself, and has taught it to others." So, competition in good manners are allowed, and this can be found from the verse of al-Quran, which Allah says: ‘And in this, let the competitors compete’[2]

Envy leads to bad result. This can be found in many places in the Al-Quran, which Allah scolded envious person and its bad results among which:

1.       Many from the people of the book, after they knew Islam was the truth, envied the believers for the blessing of belief and guidance and wished it could go away from them. Allah (S.W.T.) says in surat Al-Baqarah, (Verse 109), what can be translated as, "Many of the people of the Book (Jews and Christians) wish that they could turn you away as disbelievers after you have believed, out of envy from their ownselves, even, after the truth has become manifest unto them."

2.       Also, one who reads the story of Prophet Yousuf (peace be upon him) and his brothers, realizes the danger of envy upon the envious person, and how it blinds his sight and takes away mercy from his heart, and drives him to inflict physical pain on the envied person. Allah (S.W.T.) says in surat Yousuf, (Verse 8 & 9), what can be translated as, "When they said: Truly, Joseph and his brother are loved more by our father than we, but we are usbah (a strong group)." Then, they said, "Kill Joseph or cast him out to some other land, so that the favor of your father may be given to you alone, and after that you will be righteous folk." Then, how they deceived their fathers to take Yousuf and throw him in the well, then how they lied to their father that the wolf ate Yousuf, and to reinforce their deceit, they came with fake blood on Yousuf's shirt.

3.      The Qur'an told us about the first son of Adam who killed his brother because of envy, and it was the first blood letting crime on the face of the earth. He envied him because Allah accepted his brother's sacrifice but did not accept it from him. He (S.W.T.) says in surat Al-Ma’eedah, (Verse 27, 28 & 30), what can be translated as, "And (O Muhammad) recite to them the story of the two sons of Adam in truth; when each offered a sacrifice (to Allah), it was accepted from the one but not from the other. The latter said to the former: "I will surely kill you." The former said: "Verily, Allah accepts only from those who are the pious. If you do stretch your hand against me to kill me, I shall never stretch my hand against you to kill you, for I fear Allah; the Lord of the Alamin." Then Allah said, "So the Nafs (self) of the other (latter one) encouraged him and made fair-seeming to him the murder of his brother; he murdered him and became one of the losers."

The Medicine of Envy

In Ihya Ulumuddin, written by the great scholar, Imam al-Ghazali, did mentions about envy and its dangerous. He mentions that ‘"Be aware that envy is one of the most dangerous diseases of the hearts, and there is no medicine for the diseases of the heart except with knowledge and deeds.’

How to defeat envy with knowledge? It is  to know without no doubt, that envy will just destroy your life and is dangerous for you in this worldly life and so your religion. Why it is dangerous for religion, because envy leads you to hate what Allah has gives or awards to others and it is same like you hated his blessings that he had divided among his servants. This are evils in the heart that will eat up every good deeds that we have done on the previous time.

And how envy is dangerous in your worldly life, it is when you suffer with heart pain and lives in sorrows everytime you see the blessings of Allah to the rest.

Then, Imam Al-Ghazali said: "These are the medicines for envy, and they are very effective, but they are bitter on the hearts, but the effectiveness is in the bitter medicine, so whosoever cannot be patient with the bitterness of medicine cannot get the sweetness of the cure."

Remember the story of Abdullah Bin Amru Bnil Oass and the man that the prophet (S.A.W.) said, "A man will come up to you from the people of paradise." (He repeated this everyday for three days). The same man came every time, and Abdullah slept at this man's house to find out about what he does to deserve paradise.... Later, Abdullah almost belittled this man's deeds because they are not too much, then he asked about what he does, so the man said, "It is not except what you have seen, but I do not have for any Muslim in my heart any deceit, or envy for good that Allah (S.W.T.) Has blessed him with. Abdullah, then, said: I said to this man: This is what got you to paradise." (Reported by Imam Ahmad with authentic chain of narrators.)[3]

Part 3: Greed

 Greed is another disease of the heart, and it is also gives harm to the owner and so his religion. It will brings disappointment, sickness, and depression. Greed is often associated with the matters of money, wealth and pleasure. And it is one of the bad manners that leads to various evils and sins. Greed is selfish and uncontrolled desire.

Amir al-Muminin (as) said: "Know with certainty that you cannot achieve your desire and cannot exceed your destined life. You are on the track of those before you. Therefore, be humble in seeking and moderate in earning because often seeking leads to deprivation. Every seeker of livelihood does not get it, nor is everyone who is moderate in seeking deprived."

And there were also a saying, ‘A greedy man will always find himself in the shackles of humility’ Greed will make a man always keeps his eyes on others wealth. This is branch of worldly love. Which he will feel unsatisfied with the blessing that what Allah has granted to the others. There are many poor peoples who do not have enough foods to eat, yet they still never look at others wealth.But there were so many millionaires, who have lots of money and still greedy. In a hadith, Rasulullah has told us, that muslim should prevent himself from being greedy, as greedy is actually the great poverty.

We should keep greed away from us, because it will low down the value of man in the sight of God. And greed will make us to be an ungrateful person and which contrary with what islam has taught us.

To cure this illness, one should look of its harm. He should notice, where did greed has lead most of the people. One should also read from the history and ponder over it where history told us, like the story of certain authority people who were greedy and then end up fell in the eyes of society. One should also think deeply into the might of the Lord of the worlds only one God and believe that He has power over everything.

The greedy cares only for collecting fortunes without stopping in any limits.Whenever he has achieve a goal, he works for achieving another. Furthermore, greed takes to the slips of sinful matters that produce problematic situations in the world to come. It also hinders from doing charity. Treatment of Greed according to Imam Jafar Sadiq  Aleh Salam , "I guarantee for the moderate that he will not see poverty." Allahu ‘Alam.

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[1] http://www.livingislam.org/m/ami_e.html

[2] Surah Al-Mutaffifin, verse 26

[3] http://islam1.org/khutub/Envy_D_Disease.htm

Bibliography

Book Referrence :

The heart of Islam.Enduring Values for humanity, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Harper one Publisher 2002, First edition.

Psychology of Personality in Islamic Perspective, Amber Haque and Yasien Mohamed, Cencage Learning Asia ptd Ltd 2009

Getting control of your anger,  Robetr Allan, PH.D with Donna Blass, The McGraw-hill publisher 2006

Islamic Political Ethics.Edited by: Sohail H.Hashmi.With a foreword by: Jack Miles. Publisher: Princeton University Press, New Jersey.

Website Referrene:

1.      http://www.livingislam.org/m/ami_e.html

2.      http://www.islamweb.net/emainpage/index.php?page=articles&id=168257

3.      http://www.themodernreligion.com/basic/charac/pure-heart.html#hearttypes

28.03.2011

Year 2,  Diploma in Islamic Studies

Institute of higher learning al-Zuhri