Tasawwur dan Ketamadunan Islam - Prof.Madya Hj.Azmi Shah (Kelas 1)

Tasawwur - World View atau sarwajagat atau pandangan dunia.

Rujukan - Epistemologi Islam : Teori Ilmu dalam Al-Quran ada membicarakan tentang syak, wahan, ainul yakin dll.

Masyarakat kini terperangkap dalam tasawwur barat iaitu menggunakan konsep elopathy. Apabila sakit, gunakan ubat untuk membunuh penyakit, seperti pain-killer yang mempunyai kesan sampingan kepada hati dan buah pinggang.

Menurut Islam, healing process, Allah telah letakkan dalam diri manusia. Keinginan untuk sembuh, mengharap kepada Allah dan 'ZON' (sangkaan) hamba kepada Allah. Sentiasa kena positif dan sangka baik terhadap Allah. Al-Quran memberikan world view yang luas.

Rujukan - Prolegomena to the metaphysic of Islam and exposation of the fundamental oleh Syed Naquib Al-Attas, ISTAC

Membicarakan:
1. Transformation of Akhlaq
2. Transmission of Soul

Dalam pendidikan Islam, adab dan akhlak, "They key of happiness is in the following the Sunnah".

Alp Arsalan, ISTAC, penulis yang membicarakan tentang perkembangan world view, public view, public opinion. [projecting image, Islamophobia]

Ketamadunan

World view yang jelas akan membentuk tamadun. Ibnu Khaldun membicarakan bahawa jatuh bangun sesuatu bangsa bila world view berkembang.

mikro cosmos -> manusia, makro cosmos -> alam

Ibnu Khaldun, nilai (value) manusia dikaji.

Rujukan lain:
1. Tauhid dan Sains
2. Kesturi Jilid 8 & 9 (Journal Akademi Sains Islam Malaysia)
3. Journal Halal

Islamic World View

Sabda Nabi Muhammad s.a.w,

“Generasi yang terbaik ialah generasi zamanku (Sahabat), kemudian generasi berikutnya (tabien), dan seterusnya generasi yang lahir selepas generasi kedua itu: (Atbaut Tabien)”.

Rasulullah s.a.w. telah mengiktiraf zamannya dan 2 zaman selepasnya sebagai zaman terbaik. Manakala para ilmuan Islam kini mengatakan bahawa zaman kegemilangan Islam adalah zaman berkembangnya ilmu di Baghdad dan Cordova.

Persoalan: 

1. Apakah takrifan terbaik atau apakah yang dimaksudkan terbaik oleh Rasulullah s.a.w.?
2. Adakah hadith atau kata-kata Rasulullah yang menceritakan tentang zaman yang dibanggakan oleh ilmuan Islam itu?
3. Tidakkah ini menunjukkan terdapat perbezaan tasawwur antara ilmuan Islam dengan tasawwur Rasulullah?
4. Mungkinkah terdapat sumber yang menunjukkan bahawa ilmuan Islam ada juga merujuk kepada 3 zaman terbaik terawal dalam tulisan-tulisan mereka?
5. Mungkinkah juga ilmuan Islam pada zaman kegemilangan Islam iaitu di Baghdad dan Cordova ada merujuk kepada zaman Rasulullah dan 2 zaman selepasnya dalam penulisan mereka atau dalam merangka kehidupan bermasyarakat pada zaman mereka?
6. Adakah pernah kajian khusus dilakukan terhadap tasawwur 3 kurun terbaik oleh para ilmuan Islam dahulu dan kini?
7. Adakah terdapat elemen lain yang juga penting selain dari tasawwur yang betul, yang membantu kemenangan Rasulullah s.a.w. dan para sahabatnya dalam peperangan Badar?
8. Apakah tahap tertinggi tasawwur dalam Islam? Adakah haqqul yaqin juga merupakah sebahagian daripada tasawwur?

Dapatan awal peribadi:

• Tiada perbezaan antara tasawwur Rasulullah dengan tasawwur ilmuan Islam. Ilmuan Islam hanya memperincikan perkara yang umum daripada tasawwur Rasululah s.a.w. [ya/tidak]

"Whether or not we realize it, we all have worldviews! We each have presuppositions that influence our outlook on life. A worldview has been compared to a lens which alters the way we view life and how we perceive the world we live in. There are a variety of worldviews. What is your worldview? Is your lens altering your outlook?"

Ref : AllAboutWorldView.org

Persoalan:

1. Apakah yang dimaksudkan dengan 'lens' tersebut?

"Islamic Worldview – The BasicsThe Islamic worldview is grounded in Allah (God), Mohammad (the ultimate and final prophet of Allah), and the Qur’an (the Word of Allah delivered through Mohammad beginning in about 610 AD). Islam means submission to Allah and a Muslim is one submitted to Allah. About 1/5th of the world’s population is Muslim, about three-quarters of which are non-Arabs. Our friends at Summit Ministries have helped us explain the basics of the Islamic worldview across ten major categories. For comprehensive coverage of each concept, please click on READ MORE at the end of each paragraph.
Islamic Worldview – ConclusionThe Islamic worldview began with the birth of Mohammad in 570 AD. By 650 AD, the canon of the Qur’an was established, and significant conquests in the name of Islam were underway, including Mecca, Damascus, Jerusalem, Egypt, and Persia. Today, the Islamic worldview has approximately 1.2 billion followers. Obviously, the Islamic worldview is an important part of any comparative worldview curriculum."

Ref : AllAboutWorldView.org

Dapatan awal peribadi:

• Timbulnya keperluan kepada semua perkara di atas adalah setelah berkembangannya Islam dan kemasukan ramai bukan Islam yang berlainan dari bangsa Arab serta membawa bersama mereka idea-idea dan adat-adat mereka sendiri. Pengaruh-pengaruh agama asal masih lagi mengelabungi pandangan mereka kepada hakikat Islam. Saya merasakan bahawa permasalahan ini hanya dapat diatasi jika umat Islam kembali kepada ajaran asal Rasulullah s.a.w. Sebagai contoh dalam pemakanan. Telah menjadi kebiasaan kepada kita untuk menggunakan perasa dalam masakan. Melalui Sains Halal, perasa telah dikaji dan didapati kandungannya halal. Jika kita kembali kepada asal tujuan 'makan', maka tidak perlu kepada bahan perasa dan kita lebih suka menggunakan yang asli dan tulen, bukannya bahan perasa. [ya/tidak]

Islamic Politics 

“Tuhan membantu negara yang adil meskipun kafir, dan tidak membantu negara yang zalim meskipun beriman.”

Ibnu Taimiyah (1263-1328)

“Segala tindakan yang menyangkut hak orang-orang lain yang tujuannya tak sesuai dengan kepublikan adalah tak adil.”

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)

"Membicarakan tentang pemikiran politik Islam dan Barat seperti membicarakan kakak-beradik yang telah lama terpisah jauh. Pada awalnya mereka berasal dari rahim yang sama, kemudian berkembang dalam lingkungan dan tradisi yang berbeda, dan berakhir dengan perjumpaan yang hangat dan saling merindukan."

Ref : PERBANDINGAN PEMIKIRAN POLITIK IBNU TAIMIYAH DAN IMMANUEL KANT

More to read;

• Western-Islamic World View conflict
• Malay History
• Ibin Taymiyya dari sudut Aqidah
• “Kamu Ibarat Pakaian Dalamku..” - Rasulullah
• Shalat dan Otak Manusia

Sayyidina Ali (as) and some Maths Problems

Sayyidina Ali (as) while he was a Khalifa was known for his mathematical genius. One day a person came to him, thinking that since Ali thinks he is too smart, I'll ask him such a tough question that he won't be able to answer it and I'll have the chance to embarrass him in front of all the Arabs.

He asked "Ali, tell me a number, that if we divide it by any number from 1-10 the answer will always come in the form of a whole number and not as a fraction." Ali looked back at him and said, "Take the number of days in a year and multiply it with the number of days in a week and you will have your answer."

The person got astonished but as he was a Mushrik he still didn't believe Ali. He calculated the answer Ali gave him. To his amazement he came across the following results:

The number of Days in a Year = 360 (in Arabic Calendar)
The Number of Days in a Week = 7
The product of the two numbers = 2520

Now...

2520 ÷ 1 == 2520
2520 ÷ 2 == 1260
2520 ÷ 3 == 840
2520 ÷ 4 == 630
2520 ÷ 5 == 504
2520 ÷ 6 == 420
2520 ÷ 7 == 360
2520 ÷ 8 == 315
2520 ÷ 9 == 280
2520 ÷ 10== 252

In another occasion...

A person was about to die, and before dying he wrote his Will which went as follows...

"I have 17 Camels, and I have three sons. Divide my Camels in such a way, that My eldest son gets half of them, the second one gets 1/3rd of the total and my youngest son gets 1/9th of the total number of Camels"

After his death when the relatives read his will they got extremely perplexed and said to each other that how can we divide 17 camels like this.

So after a long hard thought they decided that there was only one man in Arabia who could help them: Ali Ibne Abi Taalib.

So they all came to the door of Ali and put forward their problem.

Ali said, "Ok. I will divide the camels as per the man's will. I will lend one of my camels to the total which makes it 18 (17+1), now lets divide as per his will"

The Eldest gets 1/2 of 18 == 9
The second one gets 1/3 of 18 == 6
and The Youngest gets 1/9 of 18 == 2
Now the total number of camels == 17

Then Ali said, "Now I will take my Camel back"

Source : Blog LenggangKangkung


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Demise of Hajjaj bin Yusuf

Amongst the high officials of the Umayyad, no one has acquired more fame than Hajjaj bin Yusuf. However, this fame was not acquired because of his generosity, but from his oppression. The tyranny of Hajjaj has become very famous in history.

The Umayyad was badly shaken after the death of Yazid bin Muawiyya, but it was Hajjaj who took over from this falling empire and strengthened them. The greatest threat to this empire was from Abdullah bin Zubair who was based in Makkah but his rule extended to the border of Syria . Hajjaj with his oppression laid siege to Makkah and killed Abdullah bin Zubair without any mercy on him.

Hajjaj alone executed 125,000 men. He beheaded leaders like Sa'id bin Zubair. He put prominent scholars like Abdullah bin Umar and Abdullah bin Zubair (Allah be pleased with them) to death. Before being executing, Sa'id bin Zubair told him that now you will not be able to set out for anyone. On the saying of this by Said bin Zubair, Hajjaj bin Yusuf passed away within fifteen nights. Even the learned and the peaceful men of that era looked upon Hajjaj as a calamity and curse sent down by God.

Hadhrat Hasan Basri (Rahmatullahi Alayhi) used to say, “Hajjaj is a calamity sent by God, do not try to remove him by force but ask Allah Taa'la.” Therefore, the moment the news of the death of Hajjaj was reported Hadhrat Hasan Basri and Umar bin Abdul Aziz fell in prostration to God and exclaimed,” The pharaoh of this nation is no more!

Let as now see how this tyrant ruler faced death

After twenty years of rule over Iraq , Hajjaj fell ill at the age of fifty-four. His stomach was infested by innumerable vermin. The temperature of his body decreased and he felt so intensely cold that several stoves were place close to him and yet he gained no relief.

When Hajjaj has lost all hopes of survival, he said to the members of his household, “Prop me up and assemble the people.” When the people arrived, he pleaded guilty to his sins and tyrannies. He gave a speech and emphasised on the fact that of which he dwelt on death and its severities.

The following verses came to his tongue:

The weight of my sins is as the weight of sky and earth,

Yet I hope that God will show me mercy.

If he favours me with his pleasure,

It will be the fulfilment of my hop.

But should he do justice,

He would condemn me to torture.

It will be no injustice.

Is it possible that He will be unjust from whom nothing but God is anticipated!

He then burst into tears and this scene moved in the whole assembly to tears.

As Hajjaj bin Yusuf was passing away, he raised his tearful eyes to heaven, pleading:

“O Allah! Grant me salvation, for people say you will not forgive me.”

He then recited the following verse:

“Lord! The people give me no hope,

Though I repose much hope in you”.

So saying this he closed his eyes. When this saying was quoted before Hazrat Hasan Basri (Radhiallaho Anho), he did not believe this and asked: “Did he really say this?” “Yes, Hajjaj actually said so.” Thereupon Hadhrat Hasan Basri said, “Then perhaps he may be forgiven.”

Source : inter-islam.org

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The Empty Slogans of Democracy

Posted by: TheMajlis

INDEPENDENCE OF THE judiciary from the executive is largely an empty slogan of the votaries of western democracy. In the annals of history there is no example to compare with the episode which appears on this page.

Islam has practically demonstrated the meaning of equality in front of the law. No monarch, governor, ruler, president, prime minister, cabinet minister, etc. could be ushered to court to stand as an ordinary citizen in front of the judge in the manner in which the Rulers of the Islamic Empire had demonstrated.