#islamic thoughts

[be-a-muslim-1st]

[faithful-diaries]

Fatima r.a had told to carry her funeral at night so that non-mehrams don't see her. And women now say "why should we cover ourselves when their eyes are dirty".

"Let their exist no man it's still obligatory for a women to cover herself and even if all women get naked, still it's obligatory for a man to protect his eyes".

Because men are eager to look and women are eager to be seen.

[hermoonlitroses]

Ameen 🤍

[your-heart-is-a-treasure]

All the doors to God are crowded except for one: the door of humility and humbleness.

- Sayyiduna al-Ghawth Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jillani (‎‎رضي الله عنه)

[gs626sposts]

[meowningful]

Dimulai dari kita, ya!

Segala perubahan memang harus dimulai dari tiap individu. Persis seperti pesan Allah di surat Ar-Ra'd ayat 11:

"Sesungguhnya Allah tidak akan mengubah (keadaan) yang ada pada suatu kaum sehingga mereka mengubah apa yang ada pada diri mereka sendiri".

Emangnya apa yang harus diubah? Yang paling pertama dan utama adalah pemikiran kita. Karena pemikiran akan menumbuhkan kemauan, dan perbuatan praktis adalah buahnya. Berikutnya mengubah budaya, kebiasaan dan tradisi. Sambat di twt bukan budaya kita, budaya kita itu makanan tinggal 1 tapi gak ada yang mau ngambil. Bukan begitu? Bukannnn! Denial ya anaknya..

Keyakinan atas kemenangan yang sudah Allah janjikan bukan untuk dinantikan aja. Bukankah iman itu tidak cukup kalau hanya diyakini dalam hati? Tetapi juga harus diucapkan dengan lisan dan dibuktikan melalui perbuatan.

Salah satu perbuatan yang bisa diusahakan hari ini adalah menghidupkan kembali tradisi ilmu kita. Lebih dari sekadar baca buku, tapi juga berdiskusi dan menulis, jadikan itu aktivitas harian. Inget, kita ini bukan adonan donat yang diem aja bisa ngembang 🙏🏻

[likewaterfallz]

"He who recites TO ALLAH WE BELONG AND TO HIM WE SHALL RETURN at the time when he is struck by grief has no barrier between him and the heaven." Huzoor Saww.

I read this Hadith and thought that what immense grief my Imam Hussain (as) had felt when he saw the pierced throat of Ali Asghar (as) and what big a catastrophe presenting this pierced throat to the mother of the infant had been that he recited inna Lillah 07 times while pacing to and fro in front of the tent of Bibi Umm e Rabab (sa).

Salutation of the day and night on the heart of Imam Hussain (as). ❤️

[yzeeii]

When you come so far from Allah that you begin to feel ashamed in offering salah and so just remember that pray 2 nafil of tauba and nothing much, talk with Allah and even if you don't feel like begging for forgiveness just ask Allah to make you pray 5 times a day and then start praying farz namaz, if you can't offer salah 5 times a day don't think that "oh i missed Fajr, I'll start from tomorrow" just go for kaza namaz and try to pray zuhr namaz on time. In sha Allah little by little you'll get close to him and never forget to do zikr because shaitan gets so alert when a person tries to get back to Allah, do not let your nafs win. May Allah give us hidayat to offer salah 5 times a day. Ameen

- Waiz Saeed

[gloomy-pigeon]

the sukoon you get after sharing your problems and thoughts and venting to allah is a next level of sukoon.

[what-iz-life]

You deserve to be surrounded by the souls who bring out your soft side — not your survival side.

[be-a-muslim-1st]

[faithful-diaries]

I am scared of men who don't lower their gaze.

I am terrified of them.

It's an affirmation that they don't love and respect you enough to look away.

That they don't care that Allah is watching them.

When the eyes are not loyal, how can the heart be?

O Allah, grant me a husband who will respect me, a husband who will honor me with his whole being.

Grant me a husband who fears You as if he is seeing You and who lives for You until he meets You.

Ameen.

[pencopanko]

Antisemitism and Islamophobia are very similar (if not the same), actually

So I was scrolling down the #palestine tag for any updates and important information, and I came across this:

And I think we need to sit down and talk about this.

I am a Muslim. I live in Indonesia, a country that is predominantly Muslim and a lot of Muslims here also support the Palestinian cause. Hell, even our government supports it by not only allowing Palestinian goods enter the country without fee, but also by taking in Palestinian refugees and even acknowledging the status of Palestine as a state while not having any political ties with Israel. The topic of the Palestinian tragedy has been spoon-fed to us at schools, sermons, media, etc., so your average Indonesian Muslim would at the very least be aware of the conflict while non-Muslims would hear about it from their Muslim friends or through media.

However, there is a glaring problem. One that I keep seeing way too often for my liking.

A lot of them are antisemitic as hell. The sermons I would hear sometimes demonize Jewish people. Antisemitic statements are openly said out loud on social media. Some are even Nazi supporters who would literally go to anime cons and COSPLAY as members of the Nazi party. This is not just an Indonesian Muslim problem, no, but this is a glaring issue within the global Islamic community as a whole. Today, this sense of antisemitism is usually rooted in general hatred towards the Israeli government and its actions against the people of Palestine, but antisemitism amongst Muslims are also rooted in certain interpretations of verses from the Qur'an and Hadith mentioning Jewish people and Judaism (particularly the Bani Israil), but in a way that is more ridiculing instead of life-threatening when compared to how antisemitism looks like in the Western world.

As someone who prefers to become a "bridge" between two sides in most cases, I find this situation to be concerning, to say the least. While, yes, it is important for us Muslims to support Palestine and fight against injustice, we must not forget that not every Jewish people support the Israeli government. A lot of them are even anti-Zionists who actively condemn Israel and even disagree with the existence of Israel as a state as it goes against their teachings. A lot of them are also Holocaust survivors or their descendants, so it is harmful to think for one second that Hitler's actions and policies were justified. It's just like saying that Netanyahu is right for his decision to destroy Palestine and commit war crime after war crime towards the Palestinians.

As Muslims, we also need to remember that Jewish people (the Yahudi) are considered ahli kitab, i.e. People Of The Book along with Christians (the Nasrani). The Islam I have come to know and love has no mentions of Allah allowing us to persecute them or anyone collectively for the actions of a few. While, yes, there are disagreements with our respective teachings I do not see that as an excuse to even use antisemitic slurs against Jewish people during a pro-Palestine rally, let alone support a man who was known for his acts of cruelty toward the Jewish community in WW2. They are still our siblings/cousins in faith, after all. Unless they have done active harm like stealing homes from civilians or celebrating the destruction of Palestine or supporting the Israeli government and the IOF or are members of the IOF, no Jewish people (and Christians, for that matter) must be harmed in our fight against Zionism.

Contemporary antisemitism is similar to (if not straight up being the exact same thing as) contemporary Islamophobia, if you think about it; due to the actions of a select few that has caused severe harm towards innocent people, an entire community has been a target of hate. Even when you have tried to call out the ones supporting such cruelties, you are still getting bombarded by hate speech. It's doubly worse if you're also simultaneously part of a marginalized group like BIPOC, LGBTQ+, etc. as you also get attacked on multiple sides. This is where we all need to self-reflect, practice empathy, and unlearn all of the antisemitism and unjustified hatred that we were exposed to.

So, do call out Zionism and Nazism when you see it. Call out the US government for funding this atrocity and others before it that had ALSO triggered the rise of Islamophobia. Call your reps. Go to the streets. Punch a fascist if you feel so inclined. Support your local businesses instead of pro-Israel companies.

But not at the cost of our Jewish siblings. Not at the cost of innocent Jewish people who may also be your allies. If you do that, you are no different from a MAGA cap-wearing, gun-tooting, slur-yelling Islamophobe.

That is all for now, may your watermelons taste fresh and sweet.

🍉

Salam Semangka, Penco

[your-heart-is-a-treasure]

[maihonhassan]

I’m touched by this beautiful quote:

“How wrong of us to even think for a second that Allah won't answer our duas while we are currently living in our other answered duas”

[meowningful]

Butuh yang suka

Ada beberapa pertanyaan seputar kebiasaan membaca yang sering orang tanyakan ke saya. Setidaknya ada 3 pertanyaan yang paling sering dilontarkan, "Kenapa suka baca?", "Kapan waktu baca bukunya?", dan yang terakhir "Gimana kalau belum ada buku bacaan yang membuat kita mau baca?". Mari kita urai benang yang belum terlanjur kusut ini wkwk.

1️⃣ Kenapa suka baca?Jujur, awalnya saya sama sekali ga suka baca buku. Lingkungan rumah dan keluarga pun ga mendukung saya untuk akhirnya akrab dengan buku. Saya ingat betul, pertama kali saya baca buku ketika kelas 2 SMP. Judul buku yang saya baca "Infinitely Yours".

Dari judulnya aja udah kebayang kan, itu tipe novel romance yang alurnya ringan, menyenangkan, dan banyak bumbu-bumbu percintaanya. Saya boleh pinjam buku itu dari salah satu teman, kata dia bagus ceritanya.

Lanjut ke perjalanan membaca berikutnya. Kali ini giliran tetralogi empat musim karya Ilana Tan yang saya baca. Summer in Seoul, Autumn in Paris, Winter in Tokyo, dan Spring in London, saya tuntaskan hanya dalam waktu satu minggu. Berikutnya? Hiatus berkepanjangannn wkwk. Buku-buku itu gak membuat saya lantas punya kesukaan baca buku secara kontinu. Saya baru kembali baca buku di tahun kedua kuliah. Lama banget ya jedanya? hehe.

Itu termasuk salah satu fenomena besar dalam hidup yang saya dalami betul "kenapanya". Setelah lama bertanya kenapa, kenapa, dan kenapa? Jawaban itu pun muncul ke permukaan. Ternyata, rasa keingintahuan saya lah yang sudah pingsan sejak lama. Akal saya sudah terlalu lama tidur. Sehingga saya merasa tidak butuh untuk membaca lagi. Saya lebih suka mendapat informasi yang instan, TV, sosial media, cerita teman, dan sebagainya.

Lantas, apa turning point-nya? Alarm apa yang akhirnya membangunkan rasa ingin tahu dan juga akal saya? Sederhana sekali, akal dan rasa ingin tahu saya terbangun di sebuah kajian yang saya hadiri.

Sore itu, tahun 2017, saya mengikuti kajian yang diselenggarakan oleh Lembaga Dakwah Kampus, tepatnya oleh departemen Kajian dan Aksi Strategis (Kastrat). Jujur, saya sudah lupa apa tema kajian yang dibawakan saat itu. Namun, saya ingat betul betapa kepala ini sangat riuh, sibuk berpikir dan mencari jawaban kesana kemari. Kajian yang waktunya terbatas tentu belum bisa menjawab semua pertanyaan yang terlanjur menggunung di kepala saya. Akhirnya saya bertanya pada seorang kakak tingkat, kira-kira buku apa yang bisa mengakomodir rasa keingintahuan saya saat ini. Beliau merekomendasikan sebuah buku berjudul "Risalah untuk Kaum Muslimin" karya Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas.

Buku yang cukup berat untuk saya kala itu wkwk. Bahkan untuk bisa memahaminya, saya perlu membaca tiap lembarnya secara berulang minimal 3x. Ditambah lagi, buku tersebut ditulis menggunakan bahasa Melayu. Singkatnya, buku tersebut mejelaskan persoalan apa yang sebenarnya sedang dihadapi oleh kaum muslimin. Dan pentingnya menjadikan Islamic Worldview sebagai bingkai dalam setiap gambaran kehidupan kaum muslim.

Sejak saat itu, akal saya seperti merengek untuk diberi makan. Sebagaimana perut ini yang keroncongan kalau belum bertemu nasi, wkwk. Akhirnya saya mulai rutin membaca buku. Dan, tentunya, tidak semua buku saya baca. Hanya buku-buku tertentu yang memang sesuai dengan kebutuhan saya. Seringnya saya membaca buku tentang pemikiran Islam, mengingat betapa gencarnya perang pemikiran yang kita hadapi saat ini. Karena saya seorang pendidik, saya juga suka sekali membaca karya-karya Ust. Adian Husaini yang membahas konsep pendidikan Islam. Lalu, buku seputar isme-isme baru yang coba merusak aqidah. Novel-novel pembangkit jiwa, atau buku-buku yang heartwarming juga menjadi pilihan saya.

Jadi, kalau saya simpulkan, pernyataan saya suka membaca buku agaknya kurang tepat. Karena rasa suka tidak mendasari saya untuk membaca buku. Tetapi, perasaan butuh itulah yang membuat saya ingin terus membaca dan mungkin tanpa sadar telah berubah menjadi suka. Seperti halnya makan, saya makan bukan karena suka, tetapi karena saya lapar dan butuh makanan untuk mengisi tenaga. Sebagai manusia yang fakir ilmu, saya butuh buku dan juga guru untuk bisa terus menemukan jawaban dan hikmah dari kehidupan.

2️⃣ Kapan waktu baca bukunya? Kalau weekday, sebenarnya gak punya waktu khusus, kapanpun ada waktu luang saya usahakan untuk baca. Biasanya sebelum masuk kelas atau saat jam istirahat. Kalau weekend, biasanya saya saya baca sekitar jam 10 pagi dan jam 4 sore.

3️⃣ Gimana kalau belum ada buku bacaan yang membuat kita mau baca? Hey, that's totally okay! Cari stimulus lain yang juga bisa membuat akal kita terus berkembang. Bisa denger kajian, ikut short course, diskusi sama temen, apapun itu asalkan terus ada asupan untuk pemikiran kita.

Allah udah lebihkan manusia dari makhluk ciptaan-Nya yang lain, yaitu dengan adanya akal. Dalam Al Quran juga Allah seringkali menyeru kita untuk berpikir dan merenungkan apa yang ada di langit dan di bumi. Selamat berpikir, jangan lupa berdzikir!