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| Posted: 06 Aug 2012 02:37 AM PDT The following is a great comment by apsere in one of my previous posts. Anonymous said...assalam semua, sudah tentu akhlak muhamad itu adalah Alquran. so, apa kata kita baca dan fahamkanquran dulu. lepas tu barulah boleh bincang or even nak argue dgn SAA. banyak kali Allah sebut dalam surah2, quran tu jelas, lengkap dan sesuai sepanjang zaman. jangan asyik nak ngikut cakap orang lain coz Allah firman dia akan tanya apa kita buat bukan apa orang lain buat (kena faham tu!). perintah Allah bacalah, so bacalah sendiri. jangan suruh orang lain bacakan dan terjemahkan pulak ... bukannya susah sangat bahasa arab pun. .. apsere Monday, August 06, 2012 4:05:00 AM I think this is a fantastic suggestion by aspere. Muslims who visit this Blog who feel that they want to know more about Islam should take aspere's advice and read the Quran for yourselves. It is not difficult. To get a good grounding of the basics of the Quran, and if you cannot read Arabic, just read any translation of the Quran first. Many of the translations are horrible but still you can get a pretty good idea of what is INSIDE the Quran. Here is a hint – those words inside the brackets that you find in the translations are NOT part of the Quran. They are the translators own choice of words, extrapolations etc. Don't get confused. Also the footnotes at the bottom of the page in many translations are also not from the Quran. So, for the time being, to avoid confusion and to understand more exactly what is written in the Quran, just ignore the words in brackets and the footnotes. On a scale of 1 – 10 (1 being best and 10 being worst) here is my own approximate score about the quality and reliability of some Quran translations (by translator's name and language) available in Malaysia or through the Internet.
For those of you who want to do serious academic type research about the Quran, there is a powerful Quran search function at this site openburhan.com. But you must be able to read Arabic. In land surveying there is something known as a demarcation survey. Sometimes land titles were issued in the 1920s or even in the 1800s for land that was quite inaccessible. Now with urban encroachment, such lands gather new life. After so much time has passed sometimes the marker stones are lost and squatters may have encroached on the land. Trees may have grown big and tall with the tree trunk straddling property lines. If there are rivers and streams the waterway may have shifted its course, complicating the boundary issue even more. The original boundaries of the land are not plain anymore. Over the years, it has been covered over and no one knows where his own property ends and where the neighbour's property begins. To find out exactly where the boundaries of the land lie the Land Surveyors do a demarcation survey. By referring the original Title (from the Land Office) they determine the boundaries of the land. Then they survey the land and see if anyone has encroached upon the land (in Malaysia this is important when it comes to settling claims by illegal squatters). So the absolutely crucial step is to simply determine the original boundaries of the land. Everything else is secondary – it comes later. What the squatters have built on the land, the trees they have planted, encroachment by the adjacent land owners etc. itu semua bab nombor tiga, empat, lima. The most important thing is to identify and isolate the original boundaries as per the original Land Title. Now the same thing applies to the Quran. In the beginning there was only the Quran – Allah's revelation or wahyu for mankind. Then over the years other things have been added eg fiqih, ijma', qiyas, hadith, ra'i and other things. Covered over by all these extra additions, the Quran has been buried under. Today the Muslims cannot see the boundaries anymore between what is inside the Quran and what is outside the Quran. They do not know if something is from the original Arabic Quran (which we all have at home) or is it from the fiqih, the ijma, the qiyas, hadith, ra'I or even the Bible and so on. Some say that "all of this is part of Islam from Adam to Nabi Ibrahim to Moses, Jesus etc". OK fine. I don't wish to argue this point because these points are already being argued everyday by the different sects in Islam. The never ending arguments between the Sunnis, Shiahs, Wahhabis, Salafis and the hundreds of other sects, cults and groups in Islam are all about the the fiqih, the ijma, the qiyas, hadith, ra'I etc. It is rarely if ever about the Quran. When was the last time you heard an argument about an ayat Quran? For example both the Shiahs and the Sunnis read the same Quran. The Shiahs and Sunnis rarely differ about the Quran. But they differ over the hadith, ijma, the fiqih etc. That is where the problems start. Similarly, the Salafis or Wahhabis read the same Quran as the other Sunnis but they differ over the interpretations of the fiqh, the hadith, the ijma etc. So the single most important factor that unites Muslims of all shades, sects and flavours is the Quran. Shiahs, Sunnis, Salafis, Wahhabis, Soofys have little or no differences about the Quran. All these Muslims start to fight and argue only when they leave the Quran behind, ie when they argue about things that are NOT found in the Quran. Let me give you an example. Did the Prophet order that apostates should be killed or not? Referring the hadith, some argue that yes the Prophet did order the killing of the apostates. But referring the same hadith, others say no. They say the apostates were ordered killed not because they were apostates but because it was wartime and the apostates had joined the enemies and launched an attack against the Muslims. Hence they got killed as combatants in war. Not because they were apostates. And then there is a counter argument – and it goes back and forth, splitting hairs all the way. Now all this is not found in the Quran. What does the Quran say about punishing apostates? The Quran does not say that the apostates should be punished in any way. In Surah 4:137 the Quran tolerates the act of moving in and out of belief and leaves it to Allah to deal with the apostates. Some of you have asked about prayer. The scholars will confirm that the details of the prayer are not mentioned in the Quran. Some say that the details are found in the hadith. Even this is debateable because some say the hadith is not fully clear about the details of prayer. Prayer is found more detailed in the books of fiqih. Fiqih means jurisprudence and refers to the writings of the jurists or fuqaha. Among Sunnis the well known jurists or fuqaha are Maliki, Abu Hanifah, Hambali and Shafie. The Shiahs have their own jurists. The prayer differs slightly even between the Sunnis. In Masjid India for example the Indian Muslim mosque (which is Hanafi) prays the evening Asar prayer at least half an hour after the other mosques which are Shafiee. In Iraq I observed the Shiahs praying in their mosques. The Sunnis said that even the qiblat or direction of prayer in the Shiah mosques in Iraq is slightly different from the Sunni mosques. So there are still differences in prayer between Shiahs and Sunnis. A large number of Shiahs do not pray the Friday prayers mandatorily. Plus their azan is different. Yet both are Muslim. The Hanafi mazhab has a book called 'Al Bab al Salat' (shortened to Bab-us-Salat) which details prayer. The book is a compilation of hadith and fiqih. And bear in mind that these differences exist despite 1400 years of filtering and streamlining religious beliefs. They say that somewhere in the 4th century Hijrah some scholar (al Qaffal?) issued a fatwa (please feel free to dispute this - I read this somewhere) which 'closed the door on ijtihad'. Ijtihad refers to interpretation, discussion and debate. Ijtihad was replaced by 'taqlid' or following by rote, without questioning. This was done to put an end to all the different opinions that were causing disputes among Muslims. Hence a 'status quo' was declared - all the different interpretations within the Sunni school up to that time in history would be accepted. New interpretations were not necessary. There was no need for new ijtihad. By putting a freeze on ijtihad, the Sunnis actually froze their differences of opinions into solid concrete with no avenue for review. That is what the Sunnis (and the Shiahs) are stuck with until today. Lately, some brave voices are calling for "reopening the doors of ijtihad". My view is I dont think these people know what they are saying. It is a huge can of worms - actually a Pandora's Box. But we digress. We were talking about land titles and demarcation surveys. As a first step I think it is important for the Muslims to differentiate between what is inside the Quran versus fiqih versus ijma versus hadith versus qiyas etc. It is too dangerous to simply say "it is all part of Islam". If so, then why are Shiahs prosecuted and persecuted in Sunni countries and Sunnis prosecuted or persecuted in Shiah countries? In Pakistan they just shoot and kill each other. Now even within the Sunnis, a war is developing between Salafis and other Sunnis. It is never ending. Which is why I like to point out what is inside the Quran. And from time to time, to also point out certain things that are NOT in the Quran but which many people thought was in the Quran. The "Aa-meen" is just one example. Some of you have insisted that the "Aa-meen" is found at the end of Surah Fatiha in the Quran. Please go and read Surah Fatiha in Arabic. There is no Aa-meen there. I believe that if the Muslims first understand what is written inside the Quran versus all the other things that are NOT found written in the Quran - that by itself will lead to a great awakening. Once you know this then you can go and study the rest. To avoid boundary disputes, we have to know what are the boundaries of the original Land Title. Only after that you can plant your durian trees, oil palm trees, build your bungalow etc. Similarly we have to know what is written inside the Quran and what is NOT written in the Quran. After that you can go on to other things.  |
| Rohingyas Dont Know About 'Tabung Rohingya' Posted: 05 Aug 2012 07:19 PM PDT Folks, the Muslim Rohingyas and the Buddhist Rakhines are suffering racial conflict in Myanmar. People have died and are still dying. It is a terrible thing that has happened in Myanmar. The accounts are many and varied. Unfortunately, while the people in Myanmar are suffering, others are exploiting the situation for their own profit. Firstly do you all still remember the scandal over the 'Tabung Memali Bocor'? After the Memali rebellion where Ibahim Libya - who thought that he was "kebal" or invincible - was shot and killed, the PAS got into the act and started a fund, ostensibly to help the widows and children of the "martyrs of Memali". Years went by before it was finally revealed that although millions of Ringgit were collected by the PAS not even a single cent reached the widows and the children of the "martyrs of Memali". Some of those women who were already poor suffered tremendously and lamented that no one came to their aid, despite PAS collecting donations in their name. But they were told that there was no more money left over to help them. Semua duit sudah habis. I told you folks : No money no religion. Remember this. Finally, Fadhil Noor the foul mouthed president of PAS, just scolded the widows of Memali for demanding money and called them filthy names. He told them that they should be grateful enough that PAS had fought to defend their husbands' names. Most certainly Fadhil Noor was cursed by many people in Memali. Soon after that Fadhil Noor died under quite distressed circumstances, after a by-pass surgery. Now another type of Tabung Memali is being set up in some Islamic countries. This time it is the Tabung Rohingya. Here is news from Pakistan : 1. Pakistan's extremists whip up frenzy over Burma's Muslims
So in the meantime, they can use the money to eat extra chappati, roti naan, kambing kimma and kambing kurma. They may look like this guy on the left. And there will be no more money left over.  Not to be left out, "our very own" Abu Bakar Bashir is also cashing out on the Rohingyas. I say "our very own" because this Indonesian terrorist leader was given Permanent Residence by our Tokoh Liwat Negara and allowed to stay here in Malaysia. (It was the old 'brotherhood connection'). Here is the news about Abu Bakar Bashir : 2. Abu Bakar Bashir threatens war if Burma harms Muslim Rohingyas
Folks, what about the PAS? Just wait and see. I am sure they too have started collecting donations for the Rohingyas. Do be on the lookout for "Tabung Jihad Rohingya" - satu untuk kau, dua untuk aku, dua untuk aku, satu untuk kau.  |
| Posted: 05 Aug 2012 04:11 AM PDT   |
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