tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78319672008-07-23T19:34:11.131-07:00Ayman RoslandAyman Roslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02708257432136386533noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831967.post-33261423703850321182008-06-29T03:54:00.000-07:002008-06-29T04:22:10.445-07:00O&G in Malaysia<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic;">How to improve O&G Department in Malaysia</span>? Aku pun tak tahu apa yang perlu dikatakan. Setelah 4 bulan di bahagian Perbidanan dan Sakit Puan, banyak isu-isu yang aku rasa masih tak selesai dan terungkai di tanahair. Di UM, secara keseluruhan perkhidmatan Ginekologi (Sakit Puan) sangat baik. Cuma bagiku, situasi di Labour Ward (Wad Bersalin) tidak begitu memuaskan. Satu perkara yang jelas ialah masalah <span style="font-style: italic;">facility</span>. Wad ini bukan husband-friendly. Pesakit yang hampir melahirkan terpaksa berkongsi satu cubicle dengan pesakit lain. Jadi, sang suami semuanya terpaksa menunggu dengan penuh keluh kesah di luar wad.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Malang sekali di Malaysia, tidak seperti sesetengah negara-negara Arab, kita tiada kemudahan hospital wanita/rumah bersalin yang diuruskan sepenuhnya oleh staff wanita.Sewajarnya, kita harus cuba menerapkan idea-idea yang selaras dengan fiqh Islami dalam menguruskan pesakit-pesakit terutamanya wanita yang hendak bersalin. Sepatutnya, prioriti harus diberikan agar doktor-doktor wanita yang menguruskan bakal-bakal ibu ini dan bukannya <span style="font-style: italic;">housemen officer </span>lelaki.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ireland bukanlah negara Islam. Tetapi di Dublin, sepanjang pemerhatian aku di sana, kesemua kes-kes bersalin yang normal dibereskan oleh bidan-bidan yang sangat terlatih dan professional. Dan mereka semuanya perempuan. Situasi ini bagus untuk pesakit. Aurat adalah satu daerah yang sangat sensitif bagi wanita. Ketiadaan <span style="font-style: italic;">midwives</span> atau bidan-bidan terlatih ini menyebabkan mereka terpaksa dibidankan oleh doktor-doktor lelaki seperti aku. Pasti situasi ini akan menyebabkan rasa kurang selesa dan janggal yang amat sangat pada mereka. Aku juga tumpang simpati dengan keadaan mereka. Jika aku menjadi suami sekalipun, aku tidak mahu isteri aku melahirkan anak di sini!<br /><br />Di belakang wad bersalin UM, tersergam satu bangunan yang separuh siap. Khabarnya, bangunan ini sepatutnya menjadi bangunan khas untuk wad wanita, wad kanak-kanak dan wad bersalin. Sudah 5 tahun projek ini dilancarkan. Malangnya, sehingga sekarang projek ini masih tidak siap-siap. Berita yang aku dengar ialah sudah lebih 3 kontraktor yang dipilih menarik diri dari projek ini. Ini menyebabkan facilty di UM tidak bertambah baik sedangkan bilangan pesakit makin bertambah saban tahun. Masalah besar di Malaysia ialah kebanyakan projek-projek besar dianugerahkan kepada syarikat-syarikat kroni yang ada hubungan rapat dengan ahli-ahli politik tertentu. Kebanyakan kontraktor ini tidak punya kelayakan atau pengalaman. Semua projek ini di'Ali Baba'kan kepada kontraktor lain. Faktor ini yang menyebabkan banyak projek-projek besar terbengkalai. Selagi tiada amalan telus dalam pengagihan projek-projek kerajaan, selagi itulah kita akan melihat banyak lagi bangunan seperti bangunan wad wanita dan kanak-kanak UM yang sehingga sekarang tersadai. Tiang-tiangnya hanya menunggu untuk menyembah bumi.<br /></div>Ayman Roslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02708257432136386533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831967.post-465723379442019942008-06-10T21:02:00.000-07:002008-06-10T21:07:06.475-07:00Globalization: New Rulers Of The World<div style="text-align: justify;"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VdgMlXoQMbY&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VdgMlXoQMbY&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /></div><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DvE3H2jGG_c&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DvE3H2jGG_c&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qwWj8UieZ3g&hl=en"></param><embed 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sisters from PPIMI. Thanks a million, guys! I can still remember when Ustaz Fauzi, Acap, myself and few others visited him in his home in Oxford last year. Lots of inspiring <span style="font-style: italic;">nasiha</span> was given in the heart-warming visit. That time, Sidi Afifi was in his final stage of completing his PhD. His thesis is on <span style="font-style: italic;">makhtutot</span> (unpublished manuscript) of Hujjatul Islam Imam Ghazali. Acap invited him for talk/lecture in Dublin but he declined. Partly because of his commitment to PhD thesis. It's good that now Dubliners can listen and benefit from his knowledge. To watch other parts of the long lecture, please click <a href="http://youtube.com/results?search_query=sidi+afifi&search_type=">here</a><br /></div>Ayman Roslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02708257432136386533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831967.post-90679685266901791462008-06-08T03:57:00.000-07:002008-06-10T05:40:25.888-07:00<a href="http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll103/iizla/?action=view¤t=shell.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll103/iizla/shell.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br />Malam itu, aku sedang on-call di <span style="font-style: italic;">Labour Ward.</span> Jam menunjukkan pukul 1130 malam. Tiba-tiba, salah seorang MO aku memanggil aku;<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">" Shafiq, come here! There's a call from trauma. A lady 30 weeker (pregnant) delivered her baby in Kg Datuk Harun. Ambulance is ready. Since you are the most senior HO, go with the ambulance to her home."</span><br /><br />Kg Datuk Harun tak jauh dari PPUM. Malangnya malam itu entah mengapa<span style="font-style: italic;"> traffic jam</span> berlaku dengan begitu dashyat. Ambulans tak bergerak-gerak di hadapan traffic light.<br /><br />"Doktor Shafiq tak tahu ke? Pak Lah baru je naikkan harga minyak 78 sen seliter.Itu yang <span style="font-style: italic;">jam</span> sepanjang malam!" kata pemandu ambulans di sisi aku.<br /><br />Aduh! Baru aje plan nak pakai BMW. Sekarang patut tukar gaya hidup pakai Basikal BMX dulu. Dato Najib tentu setuju. Meskipun Datin Rosmah sudah belanja beribu-ribu. Gasak lah...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://malaysiakini.com/news/84017">It's Only 16 cent per Litre in Venezuela</a><br /><a href="http://anwaribrahimblog.com/2008/06/05/rakyat-dibebankan-dengan-kenaikan-keterlaluan/">Harga Minyak Melambung!</a><br /><a href="http://malaysiakini.com/news/83974">Oil Price Hike Protest In KL, Ipoh, Kuching</a><br /></div>Ayman Roslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02708257432136386533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831967.post-28877549101091261442008-04-17T04:15:00.000-07:002008-04-21T04:13:44.114-07:00Pesta Buku<div style="text-align: justify;">Aku dah malas nak menulis atau bercakap pasal politik. Bukannya apa. Sejak PRU ke-12, demam politik masih tak kebah-kebah. Di mana-mana orang masih sibuk berbicara tentang situasi pasca PRU ke-12. Bagi aku, sejarah telah tercipta. Kita hanya boleh maju ke hadapan. Yang di hadapan sekarang ialah bagaimana Pakatan Rakyat akan 'deliver' janji-janji yang terkandung dalam manifesto pilihanraya lepas. Yang pastinya, harapan dan perasaan rakyat Malaysia masih bercampur-baur. Terutamanya orang-orang Melayu yang sangat sensitif dengan kedudukan mereka sebagai masyarakat pribumi yang dijamin dari sudut keistimewaan-keistimewaan tertentu. Di Kedah dan Kelantan, sudah tentu tiada masalah. Tapi di Pulau Pinang, Selangor dan Perak, masih ramai yang meragui kerajaan negeri yang terbentuk daripada majoriti ADUN yang bukan Melayu/Islam. Tak mengapa. Bukankah masih terlalu awal untuk menilai prestasi negeri-negeri di bawah Pakatan Rakyat. Jika ditakdirkan mereka gagal membela isu-isu yang berkaitan dengan rakyat atau yang berkaitan dengan umat Islam, solusinya sangat mudah. Pangkah sahaja parti lain pada PRU ke-13!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Baiklah, kita tutup sahaja perbincangan tentang politik. Aku nak menulis tentang buku dan pesta buku. Tempoh hari, aku singgah ke PWTC untuk 'memburu' buku-buku yang menarik pada perhatianku. Buat pertama kali dalam hidup aku, aku kini mempunyai pendapatan tetap dan berkemampuan untuk membeli mana-mana buku tanpa perlu berkira-kira tentang ongkosnya. Suasa di PWTC memang sangat meriah. Semua pengunjung terpaksa berjalan perlahan kerana keadaan dewan begitu sesak.<br /><br />Inilah buku-buku yang sempat aku beli di PWTC.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shop.com.edgesuite.net/ccimg.shop.com/op/20010000/20011400/20011402/image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://shop.com.edgesuite.net/ccimg.shop.com/op/20010000/20011400/20011402/image.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://elviza.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/reluctant-politician.jpg?w=240&h=240"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://elviza.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/reluctant-politician.jpg?w=240&h=240" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><ol style="font-weight: bold;"><li>Dalam Ribuan Mimpi Gelisah oleh Said Zahari</li><li>Studies in Hadith Methadology and Literature by M.M Al-A'zami</li><li>Malay Nationalism Before UMNO : Memoir of Mustapha Hussain<br /></li><li>Memoir Shamsiah Fakeh: Dari AMS ke Rejimen ke-10</li><li>May 13 by Kua Kia Soong</li><li>Ibn Khaldun:His Life and Works by M. Abdullah Enan</li><li>Ibn Khaldun's Philosophy of History by Muhsin Mahdi</li><li>Ke Mana Nasionalisme Melayu? by Rustam A. Sani</li><li>Social Roots of Malay Left by Rustam A. Sani</li><li>The Unromatic Orient by Muhammad Asad</li><li>The Reluctant Politician: Tun Dr Ismail and His Time by Ooi Kee Beng<br /></li></ol><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"> Aku sememangnya tidak tahu bilakah aku berpeluang membaca kesemua judul yang aku beli. Azam aku pada tahun ini ialah untuk menghabiskan bacaan buku-buku ini sebelum 2008 melabuhkan tirai. Entah kesampaian atau tidak, hanya Allah SWT sahaja yang mengetahui. Buku-buku yang aku beli di London tempoh hari pun, masih belum terusik. Namun, hujung minggu lepas aku tak dapat menahan daripada membaca 2 buku yang kubeli. Pertamanya, buku yang ditulis oleh Said Zahari, pemimpin Barisan Sosialis di Singapura yang ditahan selama 17 tahun di bawah regim Lee Kuan Yew. Yang kedua ialah Memoir Mustapha Hussein yang berjudul Malay Nationalisme Before UMNO.<br /><br />Aku harus mengakui yang aku sangat terpaku dengan buku yang kedua ini. Kenapa? Satu-satunya sebab ialah kerana buku ini menceritakan tentang '<span style="font-style: italic;">the unsung heroes of Malaya</span>'. Mustapha Hussein ialah Timbalan Presiden KMM atau Kesatuan Melayu Muda. KMM adalah gerakan nasionalis terawal yang bangkit bagi menuntut kemerdekaan Tanah Melayu. Orang No. 2 Ibrahim Yaakob ini menulis catatan hidup yang sangat bernilai kerana memberi perspektif berlainan dalam sejarah Tanah Melayu.<br /><br />Selama ini banyak generasi muda menganggap bahawa UMNO ialah parti yang berjuang untuk kemerdekaan sedangkan anggapan itu tidak benar.KMM ditubuhkan lebih awal daripada UMNO iaitu pada 1938. Malahan setelah seruan kemerdekaan dilaungkan oleh pemimpin-pemimpin Melayu haluan kiri, UMNO masih dengan slogan 'Hidup Melayu!'. Perjuangan UMNO pada permulaannya hanya terarah pada penentangan terhadap Malay Union dan masalah kepentingan Melayu.Umpamanya soal penyertaan bangsa Melayu dalam Malay Civil Service. Antara tokoh-tokoh yang merupakan pengasas dan ahli KMM ialah Ishak Haji Muhammad (Pak Sako), Ahmad Boestamam, Dr Burhanuddin Helmi, Hassan Haji Manan dan lain-lain.<br /><br />Mustapha turut menulis peranan beliau yang berkhidmat untuk menyelamatkan nyawa, maruah dan kehormatan orang-orang Melayu semasa pendudukan Jepun. Ramai yang tidak mengetahui bahawa sebelum kedatangan Jepun, pemimpin KMM seperti Ibrahim Yaakob mempunyai pakatan rahsia dengan Jepun. Pakatan ini ialah untuk menjadikan KMM sebagai '<span style="font-style: italic;">The Fifth Column</span>'. Dalam erti kata lain, KMM dijadikan sebagai alat untuk Jepun menakluk Tanah Melayu dari tangan British. Bahkan Mustapha menukilkan bagaimana Ibrahim menerima ganjaran yang cukup lumayan dari Fujiwara Kikan, unit intelligensia Jepun untuk bekerjasama menakluk Tanah Melayu dari dalam.<br /><br />Ahli-ahli KMM lain seperti Mustapha langsung tidak menyedari perjanjian rahsia antara Ibrahim Yaakob dan Jepun. Sebelum perang meletus, British dapat menghidu perkara tersebut dan menangkap ahli-ahli KMM di seluruh Malaya dan Singapura. Apabila Jepun mara dari utara Tanah Melayu, Mustapha diheret sama ke selatan dalam proses penaklukan Jepun dan pengepungan Singapura. Semasa periode inilah, jasa Mustapha sangat bermakna. Beliau meyelamatkan banyak 'kepala' daripada dipancung pedang samurai Jepun. Antara yang pernah diselamatkan oleh Mustapha ialah Dr Abbas Hj Alias, bekas Yang Dipertua PAS yang ketika itu berkhidmat sebagai Malay Regiment Volunteer di Singapura.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"My advance with Fujiwara Kikan from Taiping to Singapore was purely destiny; they came to invite me at my family home in Matang because Ibrahim (Yaakob) has colluded with them before the invasion. Completely unaware of the secret pact, I thank God for giving me the presence of mind to seize the advantage to help civilians, women, soldiers and their families. I went through bitter and harrowing experiences throughout the move. What had I not seen? But who knows how my heart, soul and mind suffered?Who knows how, for tens of years afterwards, many of these experiences lived within me. All that I saw- the horror, the gruesome spectacles, the blood- cannot be wiped clean from my mind. Somewhere in me, the past resides forever."<br /><br />" My co-operation with the Japanese was not a sincere gesture to promote their interests. I was out to assist and save ill-fated victims of war. I hated all form of colonisation, Japanese or British but I fostered good relations with Japanese to ensure my activities to help my own people would go unnoticed under their noses." pg 240-241<br /><br /><br /></span>Mustapha turut menuntut Jepun supaya memberikan kemerdekaan mutlak kepada Tanah Melayu. Malangnya idea ini tidak disukai oleh Jepun. Saat itu, barulah Mustapha sedar yang sikap penjajah adalah sama. Masing-masing tidak akan semudah itu untuk memberikan kemerdekaan.<br /><br />Meskipun begitu, kekalahan demi kekalahan yang dialami Jepun menyebabkan Jepun mula membenarkan idea kemerdekaan Tanah Melayu. Ini diikuti dengan kongres KRIS dan proklamasi kemerdekaan Tanah Melayu yang dirancang pada 17 Ogos 1945. Malang sekali bagi KMM, Jepun menyerah kalah pada 15 ogos 1945. Ini bermakna tarikh tersebut hanya 48 jam daripada tarikh kemerdekaan yang diberikan oleh Jepun. Kekalahan Jepun bermakna ahli-ahli KMM akan terdedah kepada 3 ancaman. British, MPAJA dan Bintang Tiga. Ibrahim Yaakob angkat kaki dan melarikan diri ke Indonesia dengan 2 guni wang dan ketulan-ketulan emas yang disogokkan oleh Jepun. Ini meninggalkan hanya Mustapha keseorangan untuk membela nasib ahli-ahli KMM yang lain. Berbeza dengan Ibrahim Yaakob yang akhirnya hidup senang di Indonesia dan membuka Bank Pertiwi, Mustapha di Tanah Melayu pula ditangkap 2 kali oleh British dan merengkok dalam penjara Batu Gajah. Di mana-mana beliau dilabel sebagai 'tali barut' dan baruah Jepun. Namun, tiada sesiapa yang mampu menyangkal bahawa kalau bukan kerana Mustapha, banyak nyawa akan melayang. Setelah tidak dibenarkan berkhidmat lagi sebagai pensyarah pertanian, Mustapha menghadapi masa-masa yang sukar dalam hidupnya. Beliau bukan sahaja pernah bertani malahan pernah menjaja di stesen keretapi untuk meneruskan kehidupan. Ramai yang tidak mengetahui setelah Datuk Onn Jaafar keluar dari UMNO, Mustapha pernah dicalonkan untuk menjadi Presiden UMNO. Bagaimanapun, beliau kalah dengan Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra al-Haj dengan 1 undi sahaja.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Tokoh seperti Mustapha adalah tokoh yang sering dilupakan. Banyak wira yang berjuang tapi hanya sedikit yang diberi ruang. Dibandingkan dengan Tunku, jasa beliau tidak kurang hebat. Sayang sekali, nama beliau tidak disebut pun dalam mana-mana buku teks sejarah. Kalau nak tahu perspektif kemerdekaan yang berbeza, aku cadangkan supaya kita menonton filem pendek oleh Fahmi Reza ini, '<a href="http://10tahun.blogspot.com/">10 Tahun Sebelum Merdeka'<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></a><br /></div><br /><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sNZzZlVgWxY&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sNZzZlVgWxY&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /></div></div>Ayman Roslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02708257432136386533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831967.post-4327956992167034572008-03-20T18:50:00.000-07:002008-03-21T06:33:13.892-07:00Ini Bukan Budaya Kita<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sloone.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/p3140309-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://sloone.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/p3140309-2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sloone.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/p3140307-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://sloone.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/p3140307-2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Gambar daripada demonstrasi UMNO Pulau Pinang di hadapan KOMTAR<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>Beberapa bulan yang lalu, saban hari kita dimomokkan dengan mesej-mesej menghentam pihak-pihak yang mengadakan demonstrasi jalanan. Media rasmi kerajaan seperti RTM, tak putus-putus menyiarkan footage daripada perhimpunan BERSIH dan demonstrasi yang dianjurkan oleh Majlis Peguam berkenaan isu video klip Lingam. Lalu diambillah pendapat-pendapat jalanan yang mengatakan;<br /><br />"Demonstrasi bukan cara kita."<br />" Protes jalanan akan mengganggu ekonomi dan bikin kacau."<br />" Kita ada saluran yang lebih baik untuk suarakan kemarahan."<br /><br />Dan macam-macam mesej propaganda bebal.<br /><br />Bila berakhirnya PRU ke-12, tiba-tiba nada sebegini berubah 360 darjah. UMNO, sebuah parti yang tewas begitu teruk di Pulau Pinang, Kedah, Perak, Kelantan dan Selangor secara drastik memilih jalan yang digambarkan oleh Khairy Jamaluddin sebagai 'beruk-beruk di jalanan'.<br /><br />Hahaha....<br /><br />Lucu sekali. Setelah ditolak oleh rakyat, UMNO kini terlalu desperate untuk meraih kembali sokongan orang Melayu. Satu-satunya senjata UMNO ialah membangkitkan sentimen Melayu dan DEB. Pulai Pinang yang kini dikepalai oleh Lim Guang Eng dikatakan bakal meminggirkan orang-orang Melayu di Pulau Pinang. Orang Melayu di Pulau Pinang adalah kelompok yang paling terbawah dari sudut sosioekonomi negeri. Kehendak pimpinan DAP di Pulau Pinang yang mahukan DEP dimansuhkan di peringkat negeri seolah-olah hendak meminggirkan orang Melayu di Pulau Pinang.<br /><br />Tuan-tuan sekalian, bukankah selama ini UMNO dan Gerakan yang memerintah Pulau Pinang?Dan selama itulah dasar-dasar DEB berjalan di Pulau Pinang. Orang Melayu semasa pemerintahan UMNO/Gerakan masih lagi di takuk lama. Sebut sahaja bidang apa sekalipun, pendidikan, ekonomi, pemilikan tanah dan sebagainya, DEB langsung tidak memberi impak maksima terhadap status orang Melayu di sana.<br /><br />Maka, salahkah DEB yang gagal ini dimansuhkan? Kita harus ingat, DEB hanyalah satu polisi atau dasar yang dilaksanakan sejak zaman Tun Razak. Dengan memansuhkan DEB tidak bermakna kita menghapuskan keistimewaan orang Melayu. Hakikatnya, keistimewaan orang-orang Melayu telah dijamin oleh Perlembagaan Malaysia. Baik sesiapapun yang memerintah Malaysia, BN, DAP, PAS, PKR, PBS atau SUPP sekalipun keistimewaan orang-orang Melayu takkan terjejas.<br /><br />DEB sejak tahun 1990-an merupakan lohong emas untuk kronisme, nepotisme dan korupsi. Semangat DEB memanglah baik sekali untuk meningkatkan taraf hidup masyarakat peribumi yang ketinggalan berbanding kaum lain. Masalah cumalah pada perlaksanaan polisi tersebut. Sejak bertahun-tahun, UMNO menggunakan 2 senjata utama bila mahu berhadapan dengan pembangkang terutamanya DAP. Pertamanya, membangkitkan sentimen 'ketuanan Melayu' dan kedua, menimbulkan tentang DEB. Kedua-duanya sangat berkesan untuk memancing undi orang Melayu. Oleh itu tidak hairanlah bila Lim Guan Eng memasuki pentadbiran Pulau Pinang pada hari pertama, akhbar-akhbar berbahasa Melayu sudah memutar-belit kenyataan beliau tentang DEB.<br /><br />Guan Eng memanglah bukan Melayu dan bukan Islam. Tetapi kita jangan sesekali lupa yang Guan Eng ini pernah dipenjara kerana seorang gadis Melayu. Seorang gadis yang dikatakan dirogol oleh seorang bekas Ketua Menteri UMNO. Guan Eng dipenjarakan hampir 2 tahun kerana dituduh di bawah Akta Hasutan dan Akta Rahsia Rasmi. Sebaliknya, bekas Ketua Menteri ini tidak diapa-apakan, malahan si 'perogol' ini masih bebas dan duduk di Majlis Tertinggi UMNO.<br /><br />Bukankah Nabi SAW menyuruh kita agar takut dengan doa orang yang dizalimi? Tidakkah doa orang yang dizalimi tiada hijab antaranya dengan Allah SWT, meskipun dia seorang kafir? Pemuda yang dahulunya dipenjara kerana membela maruah seorang gadis Melayu dan Islam, kini bergelar seorang Ketua Menteri. Itulah anehnya aturan hidup ini. Tiada kejahatan yang boleh terlepas daripada pembalasan.Tiada kebaikan yang tidak akan diganjari. Itulah keadilan.Selagi UMNO dan para pemimpin BN tidak memahami konsep keadilan sebegini, parti ini tidak akan relevan. Kita hanya menunggu PRU ke-13. Menunggu parti ini dikuburkan dengan penuh adat-istiadat demokrasi!<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></div></div>Ayman Roslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02708257432136386533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831967.post-90408711039810445062008-03-08T11:48:00.000-08:002008-03-08T12:03:10.295-08:00Ubah nasib II<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/3705/tg02mq6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/3705/tg02mq6.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Oh, Tuhan!! Ampunkan aku kerana selama ini aku meragui 'kewujudan'-MU. Rupa-rupanya Kau senantiasa mendengar rintihan dan keluhan hamba-hambaMu yang lemah dan dizalimi. Segala puji hanya milikMu! Engkau yang memberi kekuasaan kepada sesiapa yang Kau kehendaki dan kau mencabutnya dari sesiapa yang Kau kehendaki!<br /></div><br />For the first time in my life, I'm proud of you, my fellow Malaysians!!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.harakahdaily.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13165&Itemid=28">BA Menang Lima Negeri!!!</a><br /><a href="http://www.harakahdaily.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13161&Itemid=28">Roket Menjulang di Negeri Badawi</a><br /><a href="http://www.harakahdaily.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13158&Itemid=28">BN Ranap di Selangor</a><br /><a href="http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2008&dt=0309&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Terkini&pg=bt_91.htm">Bye-Bye Uncle Samy Vellu dan Makcik Shahrizat!</a><br /><a href="http://www.harakahdaily.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13166&Itemid=28">Abdullah Terkedu</a>Ayman Roslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02708257432136386533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831967.post-81302158701296945562008-02-27T05:40:00.000-08:002008-02-28T04:22:00.648-08:00Ubah nasib<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://niknazmi.com/wordpress/wp-content/themes/niknazmi/images/voteNNNAmalay.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://niknazmi.com/wordpress/wp-content/themes/niknazmi/images/voteNNNAmalay.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Sepanjang berada di wad bersalin di tempat kerja, saya sentiasa mengajukan soalan kepada teman-teman sekerja di hospital,<br /><br />"Di mana korang mengundi tahun ni?"<br /><br />Malangnya daripada 90% sahabat-sahabat saya mempunyai jawapan yang sama dan senada<br /><br />"Malaslah nak mengundi. Macam lah ada faedah."<br />"Aku tak daftar pun. Macam manalah nak mengundi?"<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">"Politik-politik ni, aku tak layan sangat. Aku bukan minat pun."<br /></div><br />Mereka ini semuanya golongan terpelajar. Graduan-graduan perubatan dari sekolah-sekolah perubatan yang ternama, baik di dalam mahupun luar negara. Aneh sekali, mentaliti mereka kebanyakannya hanya kelas tiga(paling bagus pun kelas kedua).<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bettermalaysia.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/undibn2004-lores-eng.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://bettermalaysia.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/undibn2004-lores-eng.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Saban tahun kita mengeluh kerana bermacam-macam isu yang melingkari kehidupan kita. Masalah jenayah yang langsung tak terkawal, masalah kos sara hidup yang terlalu tinggi, masalah perkauman, masalah tol yang tak pernah turun-turun tarifnya dan seribu satu masalah lagi. Kita hanya pandai mengeluh dan membebel sambil menyalahkan pihak itu dan ini termasuklah kerajaan.<br /></div><br />Kenapa kita hanya pandai bercakap?Bukankah kita berkuasa mengubahnya? 5 tahun, hanya dalam tempoh 5 tahun sekali kita berpeluang untuk menentukan masa depan kita dan anak-anak kita. Kuasa mengundi yang diberikan, jangan sekali-kali dipersiakan.<br /><br />Memang ramai yang memberi alasan, BN pasti akan menang. Kalau ramai yang mengundi pembangkang sekalipun, penipuan dan penyelewangan pasti akan berlaku. Jangan sesekali patah hati atau semangat. Yang penting kita langsungkan kewajipan kita. Kewajipan memilih pemimpin yang adil lagi mulia. Yang memerintah dengan wahyu dan bukan dengan akal serta hawa nafsu semata-mata. Ingatlah bait yang dilakar oleh Imam Ibrahim Laqani al-Maliki dalam <span style="font-style: italic;">matan</span> aqidah yang masyhur, <span style="font-style: italic;">Jawhar at-Tauhid</span>;<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And wajiblah memilih imam yang 'adil, (yang memerintah) dengan Syariat, bukan dengan akal semata-mata</span><br /></div><br />Kita semua pasti boleh melakukan perubahan. Biar pun dengan satu undi, undi inilah penentu segalanya. Ayuh, semua!!!<br /><br />(Gambar sekadar hiasan di atas sekali ialah teman sekolah saya dahulu di MCKK. Jangan dilihat dan ditenung sahaja! Sila click di bawah)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.niknazmi.com/wordpress/?page_id=677"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.niknazmi.com/wordpress/wp-content/themes/niknazmi/images/donate.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Ayman Roslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02708257432136386533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831967.post-18233975960548800142008-02-10T06:07:00.000-08:002008-02-11T06:13:44.412-08:00On Abu Madyan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fonsvitae.com/abu-madyan-small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.fonsvitae.com/abu-madyan-small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">By the way, before leaving Ireland for good, I went to London and bought some books. One of them is <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.fonsvitae.com/abumadyan.html">'The Way of Abu Madyan'</a> </span>by Vincent J. Cornell. This is the very first book that deals with the works of Abu Madyan. Who is Abu Madyan, anyway?<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Well, frankly I also have no idea about this seminal figure of Sufism from <span style="font-style: italic;">Maghreb</span>. I can still remember when I browsed through the small booklet on <span style="font-style: italic;">awrad</span> Bani 'Alawi (given by Ustaz Fauzi Hadrami), I noticed that his name was mentioned inside that green booklet. Most probably because the <span style="font-style: italic;">tariq</span> of Sadah Bani 'Alawi is following the <span style="font-style: italic;">manhaj</span> of Abu Madyan as well.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Abu Madyan Shu'ayb ibn Husayn al-Ansari, known as the 'Ghawth' (Pillar/ Nurturer) of his time was born in Seville in Muslim Spain around year 509/1115. His teachers, Ali ibn Hirzihim and Abul Hasan Ali ibn Khalaf were both Asha'arite and influenced by the teachings and writing of Al-Ghazali and Harith al-Muhasibi. Abu Madyan was especially fond of Ghazali's <span style="font-style: italic;">Ihya</span>, whom he made obligatory for his students to study when he ascended the ladder as a <span style="font-style: italic;">Shaykh </span>himself.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The method of his<span style="font-style: italic;"> tariqa</span> is simple.Just like other Sunni <span style="font-style: italic;">tariqa</span> in this world. It is oriented towards <span style="font-style: italic;">'amal </span>of spiritual praxis. Yes, <span style="font-style: italic;">'ilm</span> and<span style="font-style: italic;"> 'amal</span>. Tasawwuf is not rhetoric like politics (or politicions's mumblings). You can make a big jump in politics if you are a gifted orator. But in tasawwuf, words are not enough. It is '<span style="font-style: italic;">amal</span>, '<span style="font-style: italic;">amal </span>and '<span style="font-style: italic;">ama</span>l (with true knowledge, adab and sincerity).<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I found priceless gems inside this work of Vincent J. Cornell. I am not sure if the qasidas or ode of Abu Madyan were already translated in Malay language because I never find any.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All of his qasidas were printed in 'Naskh' style and they are really easy to read. The quality of translation is exceptional.This book is just beautiful. Few of his lines are my favourites. An aspirant should read them, ponder on the meanings and use Au Madyan's <span style="font-style: italic;">Hikam</span> as tools to reach God. Below are some good lines for all of us to read.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic;">" The faqir does not attain his goal, except by means of 3 things: his practise must be based on Qur'an, the Sunnah and choice of a teacher".</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic;">" The signs of a true faqir is that he opens for himself 4 things and locks for himself 4 things. He opens the gate of lowliness and locks the gate of (worldly) glory. He Opens the gate of mortification (mujahadah) and locks the gate of ease. He opens the gate of poverty and locks the gate of wealth. And he opens the gate of nightly vigils and locks the gate of sleep".</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic;">" The sign of true faqir is that he has glory without abasement, wealth without poverty, ease without effort and sleep without exhaustion".<br /><br /><br /></span><span>Seriously, this book is worth buying.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div>Ayman Roslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02708257432136386533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831967.post-50163479639676655742008-02-07T19:51:00.000-08:002008-02-07T22:51:17.831-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;">Setelah 4 bulan, akhirnya aku dah berjaya menamatkan rotation <span style="font-style: italic;">medicine</span> untuk <span style="font-style: italic;">housemanship</span> aku. Memang 4 bulan ini tempoh yang paling menguji kesabaran. Untuk mereka yang pernah melalui <span style="font-style: italic;">housemanship training</span> di Malaysia, mereka sudah pasti lebih arif mengenainya. Aku sering membandingkan pekerjaan di Malaysia dengan sahabat-sahabat yang masih bermaustautin di UK atau Ireland. Kesimpulan yang boleh aku buat ialah aku kekurangan waktu untuk belajar di Malaysia.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Di UK atau Ireland, setiap <span style="font-style: italic;">houseman</span> mempunyai waktu kerja yang tidak sepanjang di Malaysia. Jangan silap faham dengan kerjaya doktor. Bidang ini bukanlah bidang yang membolehkan kita duduk bergoyang kaki. Seawal jam 0645 pagi kita sudah berkejar ke wad. Di Malaysia, kami dibebani oleh tugasan-tugasan yang sepatutnya tidak dilakukan oleh seorang <span style="font-style: italic;">intern</span>. Contohnya, jika di Ireland setiap hospital mempunyai '<span style="font-style: italic;">phlebotomists</span>' mereka sendiri. Dalam erti kata lain, mereka (<span style="font-style: italic;">phlebotomists</span>) yang akan mengambil darah para pesakit. Tetapi di Malaysia isu kekurangan staf sokongan amat dirasai. Rutin harian seorang <span style="font-style: italic;">houseman</span> dimulai dengan mengambil darah pesakit, mengikut <span style="font-style: italic;">ward round</span> kemudian menyelesaikan setiap <span style="font-style: italic;">order</span> untuk pesakit-pesakit selepas <span style="font-style: italic;">round</span>. Disebabkan kerja-kerja di wad terlalu banyak, kami tidak ikut ke klinik atau <span style="font-style: italic;">Day Care</span>. Di PPUM khususnya, kami terpaksa melakukan kerja-kerja 'bodoh' seperti memberi<span style="font-style: italic;"> IV antibiotics</span> kepada pesakit-pesakit, sedangkan di hospital lain di Malaysia kerja ini dilakukan oleh<span style="font-style: italic;"> staff nurses</span>. Kerja yang sibuk juga menyebabkan kami tak punya masa yang cukup untuk belajar tentang pesakit dan ikut ke conferance atau mana-mana <span style="font-style: italic;">journal club</span>. Dari sudut <span style="font-style: italic;">knowledge</span>, interns di Malaysia agak ketinggalan kerana terlalu sibuk. Tetapi dari sudut <span style="font-style: italic;">skill</span> , tidak dinafikan banyak ruang untuk melakukan prosedur-prosedur tertentu yang tidak dapat dilakukan oleh interns yang berkhidmat di luar negara.<br /><br />Sebenarnya, aku tidak kisah dengan bebanan kerja di Malaysia. Aku juga tidak ambil pusing kalau harus ke hospital awal-awal pagi dan hanya pulang selepas matahari terbenam. <span style="font-style: italic;">I had expected that before starting this career</span>. Malangnya, aku cuma tidak tahan dengan budaya kerja orang kita. Budaya kita menyebabkan ada <span style="font-style: italic;">strata</span> dalam pekerjaan. <span style="font-style: italic;">You a bit higher than me and you can order me to do this and that. Seniority is still a big thing in Malaysia. </span><br /><br />Tidak dinafikan sepanjang 4 bulan ini aku pernah sahaja bekerja dengan <span style="font-style: italic;">MOs</span> dan <span style="font-style: italic;">consultants</span> yang baik-baik dan tidak pernah meninggikan suara. <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">May Allah bless all of you. Truly, you guys are cut above the rest</span>.</span> Yang contra pun ada juga. Aku sangat-sangat berterima kasih dengan mereka yang banyak sekali membimbing aku dan mengajar untuk menjadi seorang doktor yang baik. Secara peribadi, suasana kerja di Malaysia tidaklah seburuk yang disangka. Namun, masih banyak lagi ruang untuk diperbaiki. <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">In terms of personal development, there should be more classes/tutorials/courses for interns.</span> Setakat ini memang ada regular tutorials from consultants<span style="font-style: italic;"> but most of them were cancelled</span>. <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The reason is simple. We just couldn't cope with the number of patients coming for treatment. Busy running around and</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">got no time for study.</span><br /></div>Ayman Roslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02708257432136386533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831967.post-24053693267290837322008-02-07T19:49:00.000-08:002008-02-07T19:50:08.460-08:00We Are Brothers<object width="425" height="373"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EfUC9KCaGQA&rel=1&border=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EfUC9KCaGQA&rel=1&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="373"></embed></object>Ayman Roslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02708257432136386533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831967.post-46422966747388529402008-02-02T22:47:00.002-08:002008-02-06T06:02:27.225-08:00Sehari di ISTAC<div style="text-align: justify;">Sebelum 2007 melabuhkan tirai, aku fikir yang aku patut melakukan sesuatu yang bukan berkaitan dengan bidang perubatan. Balik sahaja dari Kuching, Sarawak setelah menghadiri resepsi perkahwinan kakak sulungku, aku masih mempunyai cuti berbaki 2 hari. Aku memutuskan untuk ke ISTAC. Melihat-lihat institusi yang diasaskan oleh Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas itu.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">ISTAC masih tersergam indah seperti dahulu. Meskipun sumber-sumber dalaman mengatakan institut ini sudah kehilangan taring, terutamanya selepas era Reformasi yang menyaksikan 'godfather' Syed Muhammad Naquib, Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim dilucutkan dari kerajaan.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Aku sempat membeli buku di sana. Antaranya ialah karya-karya Syed Naquib seperti Risalah untuk Kaum Muslimin dan Progolemena to Metaphysic of Islam. Sebenarnya banyak karya-karya yang berkualiti diterbitkan oleh sarjana-sarjana ISTAC. Kebanyakannya ialah thesis-thesis sarjana dan PhD yang diterbitkan untuk tatapan umum. Aku lihat karya Ustaz Nik Roskiman pun turut dijual. Yang lain termasuklah buku 'Path to Virtue: The Ethical Philosophy of al-Raghib Isfahani' oleh Yasien Mohamed, ' Early Muslim Scholarship in Religionswissenschaft: The Works and Contributions of Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni' oleh Kamar Oniah, 'Mulla Sadra's Doctrine of the Primacy of Existence (Asalat al-Wujud)' oleh Megawati Moris dan banyak lagi yang tak mampu disebutkan di sini.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Aku tak mahu memborong kesemuanya kerana aku tahu aku tak mungkin dapat menghabiskan buku-buku tersebut sepanjang tahun housemanship di Malaysia. Hakikatnya, housemanship terlalu sibuk! Jadi, aku cuma merembat 2 buku Syed Naguib dan satu lagi karya monumental Dr Osman Bakar, "Classification of Knowledge in Islam'. Aku memang pernah membaca buku ini di Dublin. Malangnya buku tersebut adalah terjemahan dari bahasa Inggeris ke bahasa Indonesia. Edisi di ISTAC ialah edisi baru yang original dan kandungannya tidak ditokok-tambah atau diedit.<br /></div><br />Entah bagaimana ketika aku hendak pulang, aku melalui tingkat yang menempatkan bilik-bilik profesor dan pensyarah ISTAC. Tiba-tiba aku terlihat bilik Dr Osman Bakar dan dia juga berada di situ setelah selesai menyampaikan kuliah.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Aku menunggu sebentar di luar kerana kebetulan dia sedang melayan seorang tetamu. Usai berbicara dengan tetamu tersebut, aku dengan pantas masuk dan berjabat tangan dengan profesor besar ini. Sempat juga aku meminta beliau menandatangi autograf dalam buku beliau yang baru aku beli. Antara soalan pertama yang Prof Osman tanyakan padaku ialah;<br /></div><br />" How much did they charge you for the book?"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Aku cuma tersengih. Nampak gayanya beliau tidak suka jika mana-mana pelajar dibebankan dengan harga mahal bagi membeli karya-karya beliau. Kami sempat berbual ringkas. Menurutnya, satu lagi buku beliau edisi baru akan muncul dalam pertengahan bulan Februari ini. Judul bukunya 'Tauhid and Science'. Buku ini bukanlah buku baru. Sudah lama buku tersebut diterbitkan oleh ITS tetapi judulnya berbeza, ' The History and Philosophy of Islamic Science'. Sebenarnya menurut Prof OSman, beliau kurang setuju dengan judul yang dipilih oleh ITS untuk bukunya itu. Lantas untuk edisi terbaru, buku ini akan diberikan judul 'Tauhid and Science'.<br /><br />Bagi yang mengenali Osman Bakar, namanya bukanlah asing dalam dunia akademik. Beliau adalah anak didik Syed Hossein Nasr semasa menuntut di US dahulu. Thesis PhD beliau membicarakan tentang klasifikasi ilmu menurut 3 figure utama dalam gelanggang falsafah Islam. Masing-masing mewakili mazhab-mazhab tersendiri. Antaranya al-Farabi, failasuf-saintis pendiri mazhab Mashsha'i atau Peripatetik, Al-Ghazali jagoan kebanggaan mazhab aqidah Asha'ariyya dan seorang Sufi, serta Qutb al-Din Syirazi pendokong mazhab Isyraqi.<br /><br />Awas! Buku beliau ini bukan mudah untuk dihadam! Silap-silap haribulan, pembaca yang tiada asas boleh sahaja mengalami 'intellectual diarrhoea'.<br /><br />Apapun, aku sangat-sangat mencadangkan kepada semua pecinta ilmu Islam supaya membaca karya-karya Prof Osman Bakar. Iqra!<br /></div>Ayman Roslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02708257432136386533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831967.post-55973514869831178792007-12-26T01:17:00.000-08:002007-12-26T02:50:54.202-08:00Kenangan Urfa II<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R3IwoTjEW-I/AAAAAAAAAHg/ttZK2U51JdE/s1600-h/CIMG2014.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R3IwoTjEW-I/AAAAAAAAAHg/ttZK2U51JdE/s320/CIMG2014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148230793038158818" border="0" /></a>Halil-Ur-Rahman compound. They used to have a very famous madrasah around here.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R3IvsDjEW9I/AAAAAAAAAHY/BHaVXYRvnRw/s1600-h/CIMG2006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R3IvsDjEW9I/AAAAAAAAAHY/BHaVXYRvnRw/s320/CIMG2006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148229757951040466" border="0" /></a>Fat fish in Balikgol<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R3IvOTjEW8I/AAAAAAAAAHQ/y7AhB9Omwxk/s1600-h/CIMG2007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R3IvOTjEW8I/AAAAAAAAAHQ/y7AhB9Omwxk/s320/CIMG2007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148229246849932226" border="0" /></a>Urfa kid feeding the fish. Only if you give them 1 million lira!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R3IeyzjEW7I/AAAAAAAAAHI/AsO9AYWDZe0/s1600-h/CIMG2034.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R3IeyzjEW7I/AAAAAAAAAHI/AsO9AYWDZe0/s320/CIMG2034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148211182217485234" border="0" /></a>Narrow alley in Urfa's old quarter. On the way to Hoca Muhammad Shukri's madrasah<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R3IeMTjEW6I/AAAAAAAAAHA/Foc7lTO-uIY/s1600-h/CIMG2035.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R3IeMTjEW6I/AAAAAAAAAHA/Foc7lTO-uIY/s320/CIMG2035.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148210520792521634" border="0" /></a>Don't judge a madrasah by its door. Main entrance to Hoca Shukri's madrasah in Urfa.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R3Id4TjEW5I/AAAAAAAAAG4/UiHYwFk4aoE/s1600-h/CIMG2030.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R3Id4TjEW5I/AAAAAAAAAG4/UiHYwFk4aoE/s320/CIMG2030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148210177195137938" border="0" /></a>Sharing Urfa meals with the Shaykh inside the madrasah. <span style="font-style: italic;">Kharuf</span> roasted with some Urfa's spices. Cuisine in Urfa is more spicy than meals from other part of the country. Don't forget the famous Urfa's kebab!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R3IdgjjEW4I/AAAAAAAAAGw/PX-bje4haNk/s1600-h/CIMG2024.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R3IdgjjEW4I/AAAAAAAAAGw/PX-bje4haNk/s320/CIMG2024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148209769173244802" border="0" /></a>Around the Halil-Ur-Rahman mosque again<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R3IcyjjEW3I/AAAAAAAAAGo/2DqCkwSsfbY/s1600-h/CIMG2019.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R3IcyjjEW3I/AAAAAAAAAGo/2DqCkwSsfbY/s320/CIMG2019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148208978899262322" border="0" /></a>Click on the photo to read more about Halil-ur-Rahman mosque in Salinurfa<br /></div>Ayman Roslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02708257432136386533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831967.post-25976116061932123352007-12-15T04:02:00.000-08:002007-12-26T01:16:46.568-08:00Kenangan Urfa<div align="justify">Semalam saya mendapat sms dari adinda saya, saudara Abadi yang masih menuntut di RCSI, Dublin. Yang menarik, sms itu dihantar dari Urfa, kota kelahiran Nabi Allah Ibrahim 'alaihi salam. Abadi yang sedang menikmati cuti musim dingin di Dublin sekarang berkelana ke Turki dan beliau sempat mengembara ke Salinurfa yang jauh ke selatan Turki.</div><div align="justify">Kira-kira setahun lepas, saya juga telah ke sana. Ke Urfa yang letaknya tidak berapa jauh dari persempadanan Syria. Malahan ramai penduduk Turki di sini berketurunan Arab dan fasih berbahasa Arab dengan dialek Syria. Antaranya ialah sahabat saya, Dr Abdullah Nurdag dan bapanya Hoca (Ustaz) Jumaat. Penduduk berbangsa Kurdi juga tidak kurang ramainya di sana.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Secara jujurnya, saya sangat sukakan atmosfera di Urfa. Bandar Urfa tak ubah seperti bandar-bandar di Syria (Sham). Tenang dan tidak sesibuk Istanbul. Ramai yang mengaitkan ketenangan Urfa dengan kelahiran Nabi Ibrahim. Bumi yang pernah diinjak oleh mana-mana Rasul pasti akan terus dilimpahi keberkatan. Urfa tidak terkecuali. </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Tidak jauh daripada otogar (bus station) Urfa, tersergam satu kawasan yang cukup penting dalam lipatan sejarah. Kompleks Masjid Halil-ur-Rahman adalah tempat di mana Nabi Allah Ibrahim dikatakan dilontar ke dalam api oleh Namrud. Sekitarnya terdapat kolam yang penuh dengan ikan-ikan gemuk (Balikligol). Mitos rakyat tempatan mengkhabarkan bahawa ikan-ikan ini adalah jelmaan daripada ranting-ranting kayu yang digunakan untuk menghanguskan jasad Nabi Ibrahim.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Apapun mitosnya, perkara ini tidaklah menarik perhatian saya. Di kawasan masjid ini sebenarnya terdapat bangunan madrasah lama yang kini diubah menjadi muzium. Pada periode akhir khilafah Uthmaniyyah, madrasah ini masih berfungsi dan telah melahirkan ramai sarjana dan cendiakawan Islam. Antaranya, Shaykh Muhammad Shukri, pakar fiqh Hanafi dan mursyid tariqat Naqshabandi di Urfa. Madrasahnya kini sudah berpindah beberapa ratus meter dari kawasan Masjid Halil-ur-Rahman. Sehingga sekarang madrasah Shaykh Shukri masih wujud dan diuruskan oleh anak lelakinya, Shaykh Halim yang juga seorang shaykh mazhab Hanafi dan pengikut tariqat Naqshabandi. Kebetulan, saya bersahabat dengan anak saudara kepada zuriat Shaykh Shukri ini. Lantas saya diundang untuk makan malam di madrasah tersebut. Kami berbual panjang dan saya bertanyakan tentang sistem pengajian tradisional di madrasah tersebut. Menurut Shaykh Halim, pengajian di sini masih mengekalkan corak pengajian tradisional iaitu dengan menghafaz Quran dan matan-matan ilmu yang penting seperti fiqh, hadith, usul fiqh dan nahu/saraf. Menurut beliau, ketika zaman ayahandanya dahulu, sistem pengajian di madrasah di Urfa mengambil masa belasan tahun. Ini kerana pengajiannya lebih holistik dan pada penghujung pengajian para santri boleh memilih untuk menjadi pakar dalam cabang-cabang ilmu tertentu seperti hadis, fiqh mahupun ilmu-ilmu sains tulen seperti perubatan, matematik, falak atau kejuruteraan. Semua subjek diajar dalam bahasa Arab dan <em>Osmanli</em> (bahasa Turki Uthmaniyyah lama yang telah diharamkan oleh Attartuk). Sistem pengajian madrasah pada asalnya tidak pernah mengabaikan ilmu-ilmu yang dianggap moden seperti kejuruteraan, perubatan atau senibina. Namun, dasar sekularisasi Attartuk membunuh banyak madrasah tradisonal termasuklah madrasah di Urfa. Meskipun sistem pengajian madrasah ini tidak lagi seperti dahulu, para ulama di sini masih berjuang untuk mengekalkan sistem pengajian tradisional yang menekankan kitab-kitab turath dan hafazan mutun.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Selain menjadi mudir di madrasah ini, Shaykh Halim juga dikenali kerana kepandaiannya dalam perubatan Islam dan tradisional. Ramai penduduk sekitar Urfa yang datang untuk berubat dengan beliau. Jika diperhatikan, kombinasi ayat-ayat Quran dan doa-doa yang digunakan menyerupai amalan institusi Darul Syifa di Bangi. Ini tidak menghairankan kerana Ustaz Harun Din sendiri dikatakan mengamalkan wirid-wirid tariqat Naqshabandi. Malahan wirid-wirid ini diajarkan kepada murid-murid beliau di Darul Syifa.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Di sebalik ketenangan Urfa, banyak juga isu-isu kemasyarakatan dan cabaran yang melanda umat Islam di sini. Selain sekularisasi, masalah riddah atau murtad juga berlaku. Ini diceritakan oleh Hoca Jumaat kepada saya. Bagaimana di kawasan kejiranannya tinggal seorang mubaligh berketurunan Korea yang mendapat latihan missionary di Germany. Mubaligh Korea ini fasih berbahasa Arab, Turki, Jerman dan Perancis serta mendapat dokongan kewangan yang cukup besar untuk menyebarkan Kristian di Urfa. Ramai anak-anak Islam yang miskin dan terbiar mendapat bantuan kewangan dan akhirnya memilih jalan mudah untuk hidup senang. Masuk agama Nasrani dan kenyang dengan habubuan duniawi. Rupa-rupanya bukan di Malaysia sahaja berlaku isu nurtad. Sayang sekali kota Ibrahim KhalilUllah ini juga tidak berkecuali.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Bagi yang berkunjung ke Urfa, saya juga mencadangkan agar mereka menziarahi Harran. Kota lama ini merupakan kampung Shaykh Islam Ibn Taimiyyah. Ayahanda dan datuk Ibn Taimiyyah merupakan tokoh ulama dari kota ini yang kini hanya tinggal runtuhan. Namun, kesan-kesan ketamadunan dan ketinggian peradaban masih kelihatan di sebalik sisa-sisa runtuhan kota dan tembok Harran. Tapak Masjid Jami' Umawi dan menaranya di Harran ditemui kira-kira 20 tahun lepas, terkambus di sebalik debu-debu dan pasir. Semuanya hasil kegilaan tentera Tartar yang menghapuskan segala-gala dalam perjalanan mereka ke Baghdad. Apapun, banyak rahsia dan keajaiban yang boleh digali di Urfa. </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Entah bila dapat kembali berkelana.</div>Ayman Roslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02708257432136386533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831967.post-85994391190130330652007-12-13T05:12:00.000-08:002007-12-13T06:17:18.823-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R2ExUh5n4YI/AAAAAAAAAGY/sRIfTibvYRI/s1600-h/CIMG3728.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R2ExUh5n4YI/AAAAAAAAAGY/sRIfTibvYRI/s320/CIMG3728.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143446478201020802" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Cuba lihat gambar di atas.<br /><br />Ada sesiapa boleh meneka bangunan apakah di belakang jejaka di atas?<br /><br />Perhatikan senibina bangunan tersebut.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Di bahagian sisinya terdapat bahagian atap yang berbentuk seperti kubah. Bangunan ini bukan hasil kesenian dunia Timur atau Arab. Sebenarnya bangunan ini ialah istana yang dibina oleh Prince Eugene of Savoy (October 16, 1663 – April 24, 1736) , stateman, military genius yang hidup pada zaman dinasti Habsburg di Vienna, Austria.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Lebih 300 tahun yang lampau, empayar Turki Uthmaniyyah merupakan kuasa besar di Eropah (dan juga di dunia). Dengan menguasai benua Asia dan Afrika, Sultan Sulaiman Qanuni berjaya menundukkan hampir semua kuasa besar Eropah pada waktu itu. Vienna yang berada dalam kekuasaan dinasti Habsburg adalah halangan utama kerajaan Uthmaniyyah dalam menembusi wilayah sekitar Danube khususnya kawasan tengah Dinasti Habsburg dan kawasan selatan Jerman.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Pada Ogos 1526, Sultan Sulaiman Qanuni berjaya menewaskan King Louis II dari Hungary dalam peperangan Mohacs. Takhta diraja Hungary berada dalam keadaan vacum. Pada saat ini, Archduke of Austria, Ferdinand I mengumumkan bahawa beliau adalah pewaris mutlak takhta kerajaan Hungary. Ini berdasarkan hubungan perkahwinannya dengan adik perempuan King Louis II (yang telah ditumpaskan oleh Sultan Sulaiman). Sudah pasti kerajaan Turki begitu 'bengang' dengan tindakan ini. Menyerang Vienna adalah satu-satunya cara untuk menyekat kekuasaan dinasti Habsburg di Balkan dan sekitar Danube.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R2E9ZR5n4ZI/AAAAAAAAAGg/BIue1pKjBms/s1600-h/vienna.jpg"><br /><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R2E9ZR5n4ZI/AAAAAAAAAGg/BIue1pKjBms/s1600-h/vienna.jpg"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R2E9ZR5n4ZI/AAAAAAAAAGg/BIue1pKjBms/s1600-h/vienna.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R2E9ZR5n4ZI/AAAAAAAAAGg/BIue1pKjBms/s320/vienna.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143459753944932754" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R2E9ZR5n4ZI/AAAAAAAAAGg/BIue1pKjBms/s1600-h/vienna.jpg"><br /><br /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Pada 10 May 1529, kempen ketenteraan ke atas Habsburg dimulai. Hanya pada bulan September, tentera Turki yang diketuai oleh Ibrahim Pasha, tiba di sebalik benteng kota Vienna. Mungkin ramai sudah mengetahui apakah kesudahan peperangan ini. Meskipun kempen ini dianggap gagal, tetapi sebenarnya operasi jihad Sultan Sulaiman sudah cukup menggentarkan jiwa dinasti Habsburg. Serangan ini menyaksikan persempadanan wilayah Hungary yang dikuasai oleh Turki Uthmaniyyah ditentukan semula. Habsburg menjadi begitu lemah untuk bertindak 'kurang ajar' sekali lagi dengan kerajaan Islam.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R2E9ZR5n4ZI/AAAAAAAAAGg/BIue1pKjBms/s1600-h/vienna.jpg"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Semestinya dinasti Habsburg sangat gembira dengan berundurnya tentera Turki dari kota Vienna. Bangunan yang dipaparkan di atas dibina oleh Prince Eugene untuk memperingati kejayaan Austria mengekang kemaraan Islam di Austria. Itulah sebabnya senibina istana Belvedere(gambar di atas) ini mempunyai design kubah yang menyerupai khemah-khemah tentera Turki.<br /></div>Ayman Roslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02708257432136386533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831967.post-89283162696421509372007-12-08T07:21:00.000-08:002007-12-15T04:02:08.184-08:00ISTAC, Anyone?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R1q2sx5n4XI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/-Pwsei3PKJA/s1600-h/layout-OL.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141622805022368114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_077-aN94A6g/R1q2sx5n4XI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/-Pwsei3PKJA/s320/layout-OL.jpg" border="0" /></a>Ayman Roslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02708257432136386533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831967.post-3686619501659768572007-12-08T06:38:00.000-08:002007-12-26T01:17:33.571-08:00Malaysia Oh Malaysia<div style="text-align: justify;">Sudah lebih sebulan saya mula berkhidmat sebagai doktor pelatih di Malaysia. Terlalu sibuk dengan dunia pekerjaan menyebabkan saya langsung tak terlintas untuk memperbaharui posting di blog yang sudah 'berhabuk' ini. Pengalaman pertama berkhidmat di Malaysia sudah pasti mencatat banyak kenangan yang tak dapat dilupakan. Apatah lagi sistem kesihatan dan budaya kerja di Malaysia terlalu jauh jika dibandingkan dengan Ireland. Apa yang pasti, sedikit sebanyak saya sudah mula merindui Dublin, Ireland. Meskipun ketika di Ireland saya asyik terkenang rumah di Malaysia. Tetapi sekarang perkara sebaliknya yang berlaku.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Di Malaysia adalah teramat susah untuk mengamalkan tasawwuf. Itu sahaja yang boleh saya simpulkan setelah hampir dua bulan bekerja. Meskipun Ireland ialah negara bukan Islam, sesetengah budaya yang dibentuk oleh sistem kesihatan di sana jauh lebih terpuji jika dibandingkan dengan Malaysia. Benar, ada sahaja doktor-doktor yang baik, mulia dan melayan doktor-doktor pelatih dengan baik. Namun, merekaq bukanlah golongan majoriti. Sistem kesihtan Malaysia banyak 'menekan' doktor-doktor pelatih sehinggakan mereka dianggap sebagai golongan paling bawahan di hospital. Bekerja lebih masa tanpa henti, dijadikan sasaran kemarahan dan pelbagai umpatan dan celaan dilemparkan. Ada sahabat yang pernah mengungkapkan, "Abused junior doctor will become an abusive consultant." Kata-kata itu memang benar. Kebanyakan consultant yang pernah dibuli ketika menjadi doktor pelatih akan menjadi seorang pembuli besar setelah 'darjat'nya meningkat naik. Mentaliti dan budaya dalam sistem kesihatan Malaysia masih terlalu jauh untuk dibandingkan dengan negara-negara maju di Barat. Apatah lagi jika hendak diukur dengan neraca Islam. Saya sendiri tidak tahu samada saya akan dapat terus bertahan bekerja di Malaysia. Mudah-mudahan Allah SWT akan memberikan kekuatan.<br /></div>Ayman Roslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02708257432136386533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831967.post-65266411276915167312007-09-06T01:17:00.000-07:002007-09-06T01:22:33.165-07:00Arabic GemsThere is one blog, dedicated for the readers points of benefit concerning various aspects of the Arabic Language. This is an amazing blog. For all Arabic language students that yearn to master, explore and appreciate the greatness of Koranic Arabic, check this out.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://arabicgems.wordpress.com">http://arabicgems.wordpress.com</a><br /></div>Ayman Roslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02708257432136386533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831967.post-65420251308881511742007-09-05T04:48:00.000-07:002007-09-05T05:20:12.186-07:00MerdekaAda seorang rakan pernah mengungkapkan;<br /><br />"Sejarah ditulis oleh puak yang menang. "<br /><br />Aku tak pernah ambil pusing tentang kenyataan sedemikian sehinggalah tiba bulan kemerdekaan Malaysia yang ke-50!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Sudah 5 hari tarikh keramat 31 Ogos berlalu. Di sana sini masih ada sisa-sisa manusia yang mengibar jalur gemilang. Jika ditonton di kaca tv, seolah-olah satu negara sedang berpesta meraikan kemerdekaan. Di Parlimen, begitu riuh pembangkang mempersoal perbelanjaan sebenar pesta bulan kemerdekaan. Kos yang dileburkan tidak kurang RM100 juta sahaja.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"> Hakikatnya, sambutan kemerdekaan kali ini begitu hambar. Tidak setimpal dengan wang yang dihanguskan untuk membiayai pesta bunga api dan liburan. Mood masyarakat untuk meraikannya terlalu hambar. Pernah aku menghabiskan masa mengira berapa banyak kereta di lebuh raya yang mengibar bendera Malaysia. Daripada 100, hanya 5,6 buah sahaja yang memasang dan mengibar jalur gemilang. Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi pernah dilaporkan sangat berdukacita dengan respon masyarakat dalam meraikan hari merdeka ini. Nak buat macam mana, Datuk?Propaganda kerajaan BN yang ditunjukkan dalam media amat keterlaluan. Saban hari hanya mengulas jasa-jasa tokoh-tokoh kemerdekaan dari Parti Perikatan semata-mata. Seolah-olah hanya Tunku Abdul Rahman yang paling berjasa. Tun Tan Cheng Lok paling banyak berusaha. Datuk Onn Jaafar paling banyak bekerja.<br /></div><br />Mana dia Ibrahim Yaacob pemuka Kesatuan Melayu Muda?<br />Mana dia Dr Burhanuddin Hilmi, seorang Sufi, Mahatma Gandi Tanah Melayu?<br />Mana dia Ishak Hj Muhammad, peniup semangat kemerdekaan melalui tulisan?<br />Mana dia Ahmad Boestamam, pengasa Gerakan Kiri Tanahair (KITA) ?<br />Mana dia Ustaz Abu Bakar Baqir, Ustaz Abd Rabb Tamimi, Ustaz Abdul Rauf Nur, pengasas/penggerak hizbul Muslimin yang begitu menggentarkan British?<br /><br />Manusia-manusia ini yang mula-mula melaungkan "Merdeka! Merdeka" pada saat-saat UMNO baru ditubuhkan dan hanya memekik "Hidup Melayu! Hidup Melayu!"<br /><br />A. Samad Ismail pernah ditanyakan oleh wartawan dari US tentang pemimpin-peminpin Melayu pada awal 60-an. Dengan selamba beliau menjawab;<br /><br />"Nak bertemu dengan pemimpin Melayu?Jangan harap! Semuanya dalam penjara!"<br /><br />Lembu punya susu tapi sapi yang dapat nama.<br /><br />Alahai bangsaku!!! Malas aku berfikir tentang nasibmu!!Ayman Roslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02708257432136386533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831967.post-65031890146995113722007-08-21T03:12:00.001-07:002007-08-21T03:21:35.918-07:00(This article does not necessarily reflect my actual views on Shaykh Yusuf Qaradawi but I did agree on some of the issues mentioned )<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">YUSUF AL-QARADAWI</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"> by GF Haddad - Sha`ban 1428 (August 2007)<br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">The media-savvy "West-appointed Pope of the Muslims" according to the<br />Syrian scholars, "standard-bearer of corrupt scholarship and guide to<br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> deviancy" according to the Saudis, Azhar-trained Yusuf al-Qaradawi,<br />although initially a Hanafi, doffed the strictures of the juridical<br />Schools and adopted the high-exposure pulpits of satellite television<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"> (al-Jazira in Qatar), the Internet (islamonline. com, <a href="http://qaradawi.net/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">qaradawi.net</a>) , and<br />mass print (150+ publications) to purvey, unique among televangelists, a<br />blend of free-wheeling liberation theology, populist jihadism, and<br />salafism shot through with colloquial Egyptian which keeps TV viewers<br />East and West spellbound, boggled, delighted, and deluded at the same<br />time.<br /><br />Al-Qaradawi struck gold as the foremost vulgarizer of the<br />"Do-It-Yourself Islam" initiated by the Egyptian-founded Ikhwan<br />al-Muslimin, of which he is the most influential figure in our times,<br />though ostensibly unaffiliated. The media scholar par excellence, he<br />passes among the masses for a mujtahid and reformist thinker, although<br />the silent majority of the Sunni Ulema refuse him any such title, a<br />handful of them warning against his blatant distortions of the Law and<br />irreligious verbiage, while the Wahhabis (al-`Udayni, Sulayman<br />al-Kharashi, Muqbil al-Wadi`i, `Abd al-Karim Humayd, Salih al-Fawzan,<br />and Abu Basir al-Tartusi) and the Habashis (Usama al-Sayyid and the<br />anonymous al-Kawi li-Kabid al-Qaradawi) all wrote books against him.<br /><br />This survey is based on the directives of our teachers as well as<br />textual citations from some of the above-mentioned sources. It was<br />prompted by two needs: the preparation of a second edition of Albani and<br />His Friends and the need to warn about al-Qaradawi, particularly his<br />non-madhhabi, anti-Ash`ari, yet supposedly non-Salafi book-imitators<br />presently hard at work misleading the English-speaking Umma. It<br />comprises the following sections:<br /><br />I. Al-Qaradawi' s blasphemies<br />II. His two greatest innovations: misappropriation of zakat and<br />legalization of carrion<br />III. "Qutbian Qaradawi" versus "Accommodation Qaradawi"<br />IV. His praise of Sayyid Qutb, al-Afghani, `Abduh, and Rida<br />V. His praise of Hizb al-Tahrir<br />VI. He praises the Ikhwan and defends criminal jihadism<br />VII. Qaradawi's unrequited "salafism"<br />VIII. His assimilation of Ash`arism to "Aristotle's doctrine"<br />IX. His denial that consensus exists<br />X. Qaradawi's specious fiqh<br />XI. He permits income from the the sale of alcohol and pork<br />XII. He permits the consumption of carrion<br />XIII. He declares celibacy categorically forbidden for all<br />XIV. His weakness in Hadith<br />XV. His disparagement of the Ulema<br />XVI. His propensity for takfir of the Muslims<br />XVII. His over-the-top laxism toward non-Muslims<br />XVIII. His Qadarism<br /><br />I. HIS BLASPHEMIES AGAINST ALLAH MOST HIGH AND THE PROPHETS, upon them<br />blessings and peace<br /><br />In one infamous and particularly offensive example of verbiage<br />al-Qaradawi congratulated Israel on its election results the year<br />Netanyahu won and quipped that "In our countries we only know 'the four<br />or five nines' in our election result percentages, such as winning by<br />99.99%. What is this? If God Himself was running for elections He would<br />not win such a percentage! So I congratulate Israel for its action."<br />After this blasphemy, Ibn `Uthaymin issued the fatwa that al-Qaradawi<br />was an apostate passible of death and called upon him to repent as did<br />Muqbil al-Wadi`i in his book Iskat al-Kalb al-`Awi fil-Radd `ala Yusuf<br />al-Qaradawi ("Silencing the Baying Dog: Refutation of Yusuf<br />al-Qaradawi" ).<br /><br />In his book al-Islam wal-Gharb he states, in defense of interfaith<br />dialogue at any cost: "Allah asked Iblis to dialogue with him!"<br /><br />He said on al-Jazira TV on September 12, 1999 that the Prophet, upon him<br />blessings and peace "sometimes made mistakes even in law-giving<br />matters," citing as an example the hadith where the Prophet, upon him<br />blessings and peace replied to a questioner: "Yes, every sin of the<br />shahid is forgiven," after which he called back the questioner and<br />added, "except debt" Al-Qaradawi called this very proof that the Prophet<br />never spoke out of whim "a mistake which the Prophet, upon him blessings<br />and peace made and which Gibril corrected" The rector of al-Azhar<br />University at the time, Dr. Ahmad `Umar Hashim, excoriated this attack<br />on the Prophet's, upon him blessings and peace immunity from error in<br />lawgiving matters in his Jumu`a khutba on October 7, 1999. The<br />Qur'an-centered doctrine of Ahl al-Sunna on the Sunna's probative<br />character refutes it as stated by the Azhari savant Dr. `Abd al-Ghani<br />`Abd al-Khaliq in his Hujjiyyat al-Sunna: "By Consensus.. the Prophet,<br />upon him blessings and peace is immune (ma`sum) from the deliberate<br />commission of anything that might compromise his Message. In addition,<br />the most correct position is that he is also immune from error in that<br />regard."(1)<br /><br />On the same evening al-Qaradawi also called our liegelord Musa<br />"rebellious by nature" (`anid bi-tabi`atihi) , a term Allah Most High<br />applied to the disbelievers saying, {and every rebellious tyrant (kullu<br />jabbarin `anid) was brought to nought} (14:15). Similarly, in<br />al-Khasa'is al-`Amma il-Islam (p. 19) he writes that "Adam's<br />disobedience was caused by weakness and forgetfulness" In al-Sabru<br />fil-Qur'an al-Karim (p. 110) he writes of our liegelord Yunus, "He<br />quickly ran out of patience, his chest was constricted, and he left them<br />in a rage (tha'iran)" In al-Sahwat al-Islamiyya bayn al-Ikhtilaf<br />al-Mashru` wal-Tafarruq al-Madhmum (p. 30) he says of our liegelord<br />Harun, "he did not speak out against the greatest shirk and the worship<br />of the calf so that he would preserve the unity of the ranks" when Allah<br />Most High Himself said that Harun said he was almost killed for speaking<br />out {He said: Son of my mother! Lo! the folk did judge me weak and<br />almost killed me. Oh, make not mine enemies to triumph over me and place<br />me not among the evil doers!} (7:150), and in another verse He<br />relates Harun's command to his people to shun false worship and turn to<br />the Most Merciful: {And Harun indeed had told them beforehand: O my<br />people! You are but being seduced therewith, for lo! your Lord is the<br />Beneficent, so follow me and obey my order} (20:90)! The ruling<br />regarding disrespect for Prophets can be gleaned from the last part of<br />Qadi `Iyad's al-Shifa.<br /><br />In the first part of his two-part 1997 essay "Mabadi' Asasiyya Fikriyya<br />wa-`Amaliyya fil-Taqrib bayn al-Madhahib" reprinted in volume 13 of the<br />Iranian quarterly Risalat al-Taqrib (p. 143), an inter-School endeavor<br />which is available online in full at www.taghrib. org, al-Qaradawi<br />mentions the hadith "My Umma shall separate into seventy-three sects"<br />and states: "This hadith might muddle the unity [of the Umma] which is<br />incumbant and to which we are exhorted... We have to research this<br />hadith objectively and neutrally regarding its authenticity and, if<br />established to be authentic, regarding its probative meaning."(2) What<br />is most disturbing in these words is al-Qaradawi' s positing that, if<br />proven authentic, the hadith will be a problem for the Umma. Note also<br />the barbs at the Ulema of Ahl al-Sunna who, al-Qaradawi implies, have<br />not, heretofore, shown objectivity, neutrality, or knowledge concerning<br />the authenticity and probative meaning of this hadith<br /><br />Al-Qaradawi' s ignoble view of the Prophet, upon him blessings and peace<br />shows in the words he used in the following comments he made on a live<br />broadcast of his program al-Shari`atu wal-Hayat on March 4, 2001: "Allah<br />did not make the day of his Mawlid a `Id, because his birth was an<br />ordinary birth The Christ was born without a father and so there was a<br />commotion around it, in which the Qur'an showed interest as it mentioned<br />it in Surat Maryam and Al `Imran. As for the birth of Muhammad, it was<br />the birth of an ordinary orphaned child (kana mawlid tifl yatim `adi).<br />This is why the story of his birth was never mentioned in the Qur'an<br />anywhere, contrary to its mention of the Emigration, the Night Journey<br />and Ascent, the battles, and those things"<br /><br />The very next month he contradicted himself regarding the Mawlid and<br />said: "We all know that the Companions of the Prophet , did not<br />celebrate the Prophet's birthday, Hijrah or the Battle of Badr, because<br />they witnessed such events during the lifetime of the Prophet who<br />always remained in their hearts and minds... However, the following<br />generations began to forget such a glorious history and its<br />significance. So such celebrations were held as a means of reviving<br />great events and the values that we can learn from them. Unfortunately,<br />such celebrations include some innovations when they should actually be<br />made to remind people of the Prophet's life and his call. Actually,<br />celebrating the Prophet's birthday means celebrating the birth of Islam.<br />Such an occasion is meant to remind people of how the Prophet lived...<br />We need all these lessons and such celebrations are a revival of these<br />lessons and values I think that these celebrations, if done in the<br />proper way, will serve a great purpose, getting Muslims closer to the<br />teachings of Islam and to the Prophet's Sunnah and life."(3)<br /><br />II. HIS TWO GREATEST INNOVATIONS: MISAPPROPRIATION OF ZAKAT AND<br />LEGALIZATION OF CARRION<br /><br />Al-Qaradawi prefaced the work that launched him and his most successful<br />book worldwide, al-Halal wal-Haram fil-Islam ("The Lawful and the<br />Prohibited in Islam", first English edition 1994), with an espousal of<br />la-madhhabiyya that is both pompous and tendentious: "I did not consent<br />that my mind should imitate a specific School in all the issues and<br />questions, right or wrong." In practicality, like countless modern<br />pseudo-mujtahids before and after him, al-Qaradawi is only positioning<br />himself to imitate anything whenever it suits him even the most<br />aberrant, obscure, strange and unusual excursus he can find<br />in a<br />living or defunct School, or on the lips of a scholar with or without<br />chain of transmission. Thanks to this non-method posing as independent<br />scholarship, he was able to successfully purvey to the Umma two of his<br />most Law-destructive fatwas to date: the redefinition of the verse on<br />the categories of zakat recipients and the redefinition of what<br />constitutes carrion.<br /><br />In 1994 in a pamphlet distributed in the US by the American-based Muslim<br />Arab Youth Association (MAYA) and in subsequent publications,<br />al-Qaradawi gave a deviant interpretation of the Qur'anic zakat category<br />{wa-fi sabilillah} (9:60) allowing for zakat monies from Muslims in the<br />West to be spent "for any act of charity" (`amal khayri)" including<br />"thought, culture, education, and awareness campaigns" as well as<br />building mosques, schools, cultural centers, hospitals, and other<br />projects such as student financial aid, "whatever qualifies as Islamic<br />jihad,"(4) all of which the Four Schools explicitly excluded both from<br />eligibility for zakat funds generally speaking, and from the meaning of<br />{wa-fi sabilillah} specifically as it applies exclusively to military<br />jihad and those who wage it This fatwa was instrumental in promoting the<br />Ikhwan al-Muslimin' s influence in the West as they are its primary<br />beneficiaries, specifically MAYA, which al-Qaradawi actually named<br />Conversely, since then, the proper categories of recipiency for zakat<br />were deprived in the same proportion if not more because communities, as<br />a result, have rested on this new, fluid understanding of {fi<br />sabilillah} to reorient themselves toward the funding of mosque<br />buildings and all sorts of "Islamic projects" including "da`wa" at the<br />exclusion, in practical terms, of supporting the people and causes Allah<br />Most High commanded to support<br /><br />He also reinterpreted the zakat category of "new Muslims"<br />(al-mu'allafatu qulubuhum) to include all da`wa projects by analogy with<br />missionaries: "It is possible that that portion be spent, in our times,<br />for Islamic missionarism (al-tabshir bil-islam) as do those who oppose<br />the Muslims."(5)<br /><br />III. QUTBIAN QARADAWI VERSUS ACCOMMODATION QARADAWI<br /><br />Al-Qaradawi' s lingering success in Europe and Australia (while he was<br />banned from entry to the US since 1999) is also partly due to a<br />"post-terror" tactic of the Ikhwan, Hizb al-Tahrir, Muhajirun, and other<br />modernist offshoots, consisting in hiding the Qutbian face in the West<br />under the mask of ultra-moderation, inter-faith hobnobbing, and<br />amorphous flexibility in order to pass for neutral, pacific, modern, and<br />progressive by Western standards<br /><br />Accordingly, the Ikhwan-dominated, Dublin-based European Council for<br />Fatwa and Research which "Accommodation Qaradawi" presides has declared:<br />"It is obligatory for Muslims to respect the laws of the countries in<br />which they reside." In July 2006 he clamored that "The Muslim world<br />needs democracy, it wants democracy." But in the Arab press "Qutbian<br />Qaradawi" writes: "Some people think they can be Muslims as long as they<br />perform their worship according to Islamic rules while they fulfill<br />worldly duties according to another method which they did not receive<br />from Allah but from another god who legislates for them, over their<br />daily life, all that Allah did not allow."(6)<br /><br />IV. HIS PRAISE OF SAYYID QUTB, AL-AFGHANI, `ABDUH, AND RIDA<br /><br />In his book al-Sahwat al-Islamiyya wa-Humum al-Watan al-`Arabi Qutbian<br />Qaradawi praises the ex-Marxist journalist Sayyid Qutb turned<br />neo-Kharijite, undoubtedly the foremost apostatizer of Muslims in the<br />20th century (Qutb considered humanity apostate one and all, the Muslim<br />Umma no longer existed, and the tawhid of present-day Muslims<br />meaningless) (7) and rationalist of mass revolutionary violence in the<br />name of religion,(8) as "the great man of letters, Islamic missionary,<br />and shahid who sacrificed his life on behalf of his thought" Qutb called<br />the Prophet Musa "the archetype of the impulsive leader who has a<br />hotheaded personality, let us leave him there and meet him again ten<br />years later, has he become a calm, soft-spoken person? Not at all,"<br />accuses the Prophet Yusuf of almost faltering before the King's wife,<br />and accuses Ibrahim, upon our Prophet and all of them blessings and<br />peace, of literally mistaking the stars, moon and sun for his gods(9).<br />Like Qutb, the foremost Lebanese Ikhwan ideologue Fathi Yakan<br />unambiguously says in his book Kayfa Nad`u ila al-Islam: "Today the<br />entire world witnesses apostasy from belief in Allah, and unprecedented<br />collective and global kufr." His countryman Faysal Mawlawi (vice<br />president of the European Fatwa Council) states the same.(10)<br /><br />Qaradawi also considers Qutb a mujtahid, and in his Sahwa as well as in<br />Thaqafat al-Da`iya and al-Thaqafat al-`Arabiyya al-Islamiyya he<br />expresses his admiration for al-Afghani, Muhammad `Abduh, and Rashid<br />Rida whom he calls a mujaddid, and his followers in our time "Mujaddid<br />'Salafis' without question"! This is the same Darwinist Rida who in his<br />Tafsir al-Manar bowdlerized the angels as consisting in "natural forces"<br />while the jinn in his view are "microbes," allowed the consumption of<br />pork as long as it is "sufficiently boiled, and thus purified," and<br />dismissed the Prophetic hadith of the sun's prostration before the<br />Throne, narrated from Abu Dharr by al-Bukhari and Muslim with the<br />words: "Prophets do not know these sciences" His own contemporaries such<br />as Yusuf al-Dijwi, al-Kawthari, and Yusuf al-Nabhani all denounced him<br />and his teachers as dangerous innovators or worse.<br /><br />V. HIS PRAISE OF HIZB AL-TAHRIR<br /><br />In the Sahwa al-Qaradawi also praises the power-hungry Hizb al-Tahrir<br />movement, who consider the entire world dar al-kufr, call the scholars<br />"priests," and misconstrue the hadiths in which the Prophet, upon him<br />blessings and peace spoke about those who rebel against the caliph, to<br />mean all the bay`a-less Muslims in our times (as does the Murabitun sect<br />of Abdulqadir al-Sufi). The Tahrir founder Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani was an<br />overt Mu`tazili who stated in his books al-Shakhsiyya al-Islamiyya and<br />Nizam al-Islam that "human acts are not part of qada' but are a matter<br />of human free will" and that "guidance and misguidance are from the acts<br />of creatures and not from Allah." Al-Qaradawi also criticizes Hizb<br />al-Tahrir for virtually considering this Taqi al-Din infallible,<br />although he shares his Qadari doctrine as we see below.<br /><br />VI. HE PRAISES THE IKHWAN AND DEFENDS CRIMINAL JIHADISM<br /><br />Qaradawi in the Sahwa also praises the Ikhwan al-Muslimin and "the jihad<br />movement," among whom he includes the lawless Algerian Islamists whose<br />acts al-Buti in his book Jihad in Islam denounced as the antithesis of<br />jihad, although Accommodation Qaradawi acknowledges they are "Kharijites<br />or worse" in his book on extremism, Zahirat al-Ghuluw fil-Takfir, but<br />also says they acted "out of sincere concern for the Religion!" Then, in<br />Shari`at al-Islam Qutbian Qaradawi defends the Khawarij as "an<br />opposition which `Ali ibn Abi Talib accepted as legitimate" (on the<br />grounds that our liegelord `Ali did not declare them apostate, however,<br />he certainly considered them the "very worst of the Umma" just as the<br />Prophet, upon him blessings and peace had named them).<br /><br />In al-Thaqafat al-`Arabiyya al-Islamiyya, Qutbian Qaradawi blasts the<br />control of mosque preaching and teaching in Arab countries by Muslim<br />Awqaf ministries and their ostracizing of agitators (al-`anasir<br />al-mutaharrika al-muharrika) , and he predicts that "in that case, the<br />entire Umma will then become a 'Jama`a Islamiyya!" By the latter is<br />meant no other than the Ikhwan al-Muslimin themselves, represented in<br />Lebanon by Fathi Yakan and general secretary Faysal Mawlawi who wrote<br />that it was forbidden for a Muslim to be a civil judge, but permissible<br />for Ikhwanis to accept haram money on the basis that "illicitness is<br />non-transferable" (al-haram la yatajawazu dhimmatayn), which the Ikhwan<br />deliberately misconstrue to claim that what is illicit for the giver is<br />licit for the receiver.(11) In reality, if the receiver is aware that<br />the giver's income income is tainted then it is illicit for both<br />indifferently, likewise for whoever else is made aware.<br /><br />VII. QARADAWI'S UNREQUITED "SALAFISM"<br /><br />Al-Qaradawi' s publisher, al-Maktab al-Islami's Zuhayr al-Shawish, asked<br />his sometime friend al-Albani to document the hadiths mentioned in<br />al-Halal wal-Haram, which al-Albani proceeded to do in a book entitled<br />Ghayat al-Maram fi Takhrij Ahadith al-Halal wal-Haram which al-Maktab<br />al-Islami published and in which Albani restrains his tongue<br />considerably against al-Qaradawi, whom he calls "the distinguished<br />doctor" even as he points out his "glaring errors" Then al-Shawish<br />rewrote a thoroughly abridged and bowdlerized version of Albani's<br />documentation and, in a typical Mideast publisher coup, put it in the<br />footnotes of his reprint of al-Qaradawi' s bestseller with al-Albani's<br />name on the cover as the muhaqqiq and al-Qaradawi' s clever encomium of<br />al-Albani as "the great Muhaddith" in the introduction. The book made a<br />killing but Albani went on record as saying: "I did not write a single<br />letter of that supposed tahqiq of mine!"<br /><br />In a recorded lesson, al-Albani warns against al-Qaradawi' s "very<br />dangerous anti-Shari`a fatwa philosophy which consists in making the<br />haram halal by saying 'there is no categorical text on prohibition' ....<br />whereas the Consensus of the Ulema is that legal rulings are not<br />necessarily based on categorical texts since they said (and among<br />them al-Qaradawi himself) that the proofs are the Book, the<br />Sunna, Consensus, and Analogy.... But he came up with this tune, 'there<br />is no categorical text on it,' to rid himself [of strictures] and permit<br />many legal rulings For example, the Messenger, upon him blessings and<br />peace says: 'Allah Most High curses the profiteer from usury, its agent,<br />its scribe, and its two witnesses,' so it is not ever permissible for a<br />Muslim to profit from illicit money on the basis that he is not<br />consuming usury [a reference to al-Qaradawi' s allowance of income and<br />donations from the sale of alcohol and pork, the Ikhwan's allowance of<br />donations from prohibited income, and the European Council for Fatwa and<br />Research's allowance of donations from bank interest to Islamic<br />centers]. As for the building of mosques from usurious funds, he is<br />refuted by the Prophetic hadith: 'Truly, Allah is pure and He accepts<br />only the pure.' These hadiths all refute al-Qaradawi and his likes."(12)<br /><br />The Saudi Wahhabi Salih al-Fawzan wrote a book against al-Halal<br />wal-Haram while al-Albani wrote several on or against al-Qaradawi, among<br />them documentations of the hadiths mentioned in al-Halal wal-Haram and<br />others, Hukm al-Islam fil-Taswir ("Islam's position regarding<br />photography" ) against al-Qaradawi' s stance that photography and pictures<br />were indifferently lawful, and Tahrim Alat al-Tarab against<br />al-Qaradawi' s opinion of the lawfulness of instrumental and vocal music<br />in al-Islam wal-Fann, which was also refuted by another Wahhabi, `Abd<br />al-Karim al-`Ubayd in his book al-Haqq al-Damigh lil-Da`awi fi Dahdi<br />Maza`im al-Qaradawi.<br /><br />VIII. HIS ASSIMILATION OF ASH`ARISM TO "ARISTOTLE'S DOCTRINE"<br /><br />Although al-Qaradawi wrote a book on Imam al-Ghazzali and often quotes<br />his Ihya' as well as clobbers "Salafis" with the Ash`ari School as a<br />whole ("The entire Umma is Ash`ari even if it displeases our 'Salafi'<br />brothers") in his biography of his teacher the contemporary Muhammad<br />al-Ghazali, nevertheless, against all reason, he describes Ash`ari<br />doctrine as "Aristotle's doctrine" and embraces several positions that<br />reek of modern "Salafism" such as calling the donation of the Fatiha to<br />the deceased an innovation (although it is a desirable act according to<br />all Four Schools to donate Qur'an recitation to the dead) and suggesting<br />that the derivation of blessings through persons, sites, or relics<br />(tabarruk) is shirk, although the Companions themselves practiced it in<br />the very presence of the Prophet, upon him blessings and peace!<br /><br />In al-Iman wal-Hayat, al-Qaradawi gives the most astounding display of<br />compound ignorance of Islamic doctrine when he writes: "Aristotle's God<br />has no connection to this world and no care for it He does not even<br />dispose of a single matter in it because He does not know what takes<br />place in it such as what enters the earth or comes out of it or what<br />descends from the heavewn or ascends up to it All that Aristotle and his<br />followers say about the Deity is that 'he is neither a substance (laysa<br />bi-jawhar) nor an accident (wa-la `arad), He has no beginning and no<br />end, He is neither a compound (murakkab) nor part of a compound (juz'<br />min murakkab), He is neither inside the world nor outside of it, and He<br />is neither connected to it nor disconnected from it' All these negations<br />do not represent an existent God Who is supplicated and feared, and they<br />do not tie people to their Lord with an unbreakable bond set up on<br />vigilance, godwariness, trust, reliance, humility and love! This God<br />isolated from the existent world, Whom Greek thought knows and from<br />which was transposed to modern Western thought, is unknown to Islam."<br /><br />To the contrary, our liegelord `Ali ibn Abi Talib said to the Jews who<br />asked him about the nature of Allah Most High and "His description" :<br />"How can even the most eloquent tongues describe Him Who did not exist<br />among things so that He could be said to be 'separate from them'<br />(ba'in)? Rather, He is described without modality, and He is {nearer to<br />[man] than his jugular vein} (50:16)."(13)<br /><br />Furthermore, Imam Abu Ja`far al-Tabari wrote in his Tafsir: "Allah<br />Almighty was, before He created things, in contact with nothing and<br />separate from nothing. Then He created things and brought them into<br />existence through His power, remaining exactly as He ever was before He<br />created things, in contact with nothing, separate (ba'in) from<br />nothing."(14)<br /><br />Al-Bayhaqi reports the Ash`ari position on the issue from Ibn Mahdi<br />al-Tabari: The Pre-eternal One (al-Qadim) is elevated over His Throne<br />but neither sitting on (qa`id) nor standing on (qa'im) nor in contact<br />with (mumass), nor separate from (mubayin) the Throne - meaning<br />separate in His Essence in the sense of physical separation or distance.<br />For 'contact' and its opposite 'separation, ' 'standing' and its opposite<br />'sitting' are all the characteristics of bodies (ajsam), whereas {Allah<br />is One, Everlasting, neither begetting nor begotten, and there is none<br />like Him} (112:1-4). Therefore what is allowed for bodies is<br />impermissible for Him."(15)<br /><br />Furthermore, Imam al-Ghazzali said in his doctrine: "Allah is not a body<br />possessing form, nor a substance restricted and limited, He does not<br />resemble bodies either in limitation or in accepting division, He is not<br />a substance and substances do not reside in Him; He is not a quality of<br />substance, nor does a quality of substance occur in Him. Rather, He<br />resembles no existent and no existent resembles Him. Nothing is like Him<br />and He is not like anything. Measure does not bind Him and boundaries do<br />not contain Him. Directions do not surround Him and neither the earth<br />nor the heavens are on different sides of Him. He established Himself<br />over the Throne in the sense which He said and the meaning which He<br />willed - in a state of Transcendence that is removed from touch,<br />settledness, fixity of location, stability, indwelling, and movement The<br />Throne does not support Him, but the Throne and those who carry it are<br />supported by the Subtleness of His Power and are subdued by His grip. He<br />is above the Throne and the Heavens and above everything to the limits<br />of the earth with an aboveness which does not bring Him nearer to the<br />Throne and the Heavens, just as it does not make Him further from the<br />earth Rather, He is Highly Exalted above the Throne and the Heavens,<br />just as He is Highly Exalted above the earth Nevertheless, He is near to<br />every entity and is {nearer to [man] than his jugular vein} and He<br />witnesses everything(16) since His nearness does not resemble the<br />nearness of bodies, just as His Essence does not resemble the essence of<br />bodies."(17)<br /><br />IX. HIS DENIAL THAT CONSENSUS EXISTS<br /><br />In one of his television broadcasts al-Qaradawi rejected the notion of<br />Consensus with the words: "There is no ijma`. Ibn al-Qayyim narrated<br />from Ahmad the denial of ijma`." In his book Shari`at al-Islam he has a<br />chapter entitled "The claim of Consensus when there is no Consensus" in<br />which he says: "Among the legal rulings there are those rulings which<br />are supported by Consensus, but when we go back to the sayings of the<br />Salaf or their books which address juristic variance and the positions<br />of the Schools, we find that this ijma` is a figment of the imagination.<br />This is why the two Imams al-Shafi`i and Ahmad disapproved of claiming<br />much ijma` and they restricted it, al-Shafi`i confining it to the<br />religious matters which are known with certitude such as zuhr being four<br />rak`as and the like."<br /><br />The denial of Consensus is a Mu`tazili principle and the claim that Imam<br />al-Shafi`i or Imam Ahmad denied the existence of Consensus is a<br />corruption of their specific statement that "if no objection is known,<br />it does not amount to a consensus, and whoever claims consensus [in such<br />a case] is lying," particularly that claimed by non-Sunnis such as Bishr<br />al-Marrisi and al-Asamm.(18) Among the affirmations of consensus related<br />from al-Shafi`i and Ahmad:<br /><br />- "{And when the Quran is recited, give ear to it and pay heed, that you<br />may obtain mercy} (7:204). Ahmad said: 'People [i.e. the Scholars of<br />clout] agree by consensus (ajma`a al-nas) that this verse concerns the<br />prayer.'"(19)<br /><br />- "Ahmad said.. 'the Muslims agree by consensus (ajma`a al-muslimun)<br />without objection that whenever they see earthquakes and torrential<br />rains they say: This is the qudra of Allah Most High.'"(20)<br /><br />- Imam Ahmad said: "Ihram from the starting-points (al-mawaqit) is<br />better as it is the agreed-upon Sunna by Consensus."( 21)<br /><br />- In his letter to Muhammad ibn Musarhad al-Basri Imam Ahmad states:<br />"The scholars we met all agree by Consensus... "(22)<br /><br />- Concerning the hadith that the Messenger of Allah, upon him blessings<br />and peace forbade the usurious rollover of debt to a new term (naha `an<br />bay` al-kali' bil-kali') Imam Ahmad said: "Nothing sound is related to<br />this effect, however, the consensus of the people is that it is<br />impermissible to sell a debt for a debt."(23) Similarly he made<br />Consensus the decisive factor in putting into practice the hadith "Arabs<br />among themselves and clients (mawali) among themselves are all adequate<br />marriage matches (akfa') except a weaver (ha'ik) and a cupper (hajjam)."<br />When it was objected that the himself had weakened it he simply replied:<br />"Al-`amalu `alayh."(24)<br /><br />- In reply to the question which Companion should be followed if there<br />is variance among their opinions on a single issue, al-Shafi`i said:<br />"One of them can be followed if I do not find a Qur'anic proof, nor a<br />Sunna, nor Consensus, nor anything tantamount to the above, or inferable<br />by analogy."(25)<br /><br />- Al-Shafi`i said: "People agree by Consensus (ajma`a al-nas) that<br />