NASIHAT SAIDINA ALI R.A

40 Nasihat Saidina Ali Karramallah Wajhah

Berikut adalah 40 nasihat Saiyidina Ali sebagaimana yang terdapat di dalam kitab Nahjul Balagh dan Al-Bayan Wattabyeen r.a.

1. Pendapat seorang tua adalah lebih baik daripada tenaga seorang muda
2. Menyokong kesalahan adalah menindas kebenaran
3. Kebesaran seseorang itu bergantung dengan qalbunya yang mana adalah sekeping daging
4. Mereka yang bersifat pertengahan dalam semua hal tidak akan menjadi miskin
5. Jagailah ibubapa kamu, nescaya anak-anakmu akan menjagai kamu
6. Bakhil terhadap apa yang ditangan adalah tidak mempunyai kepecayaan terhadap Allah
7. Kekayaan seorang bakhil akan turun kepada ahli warisnya atau ke angin.Tidak ada yang terpencil dari seorang yang bakhil
8. Seorang arif adalah lebih baik daripada arif.Seorang jahat adalah lebih jahat daripada kejahatan
9. Ilmu adalah lebih baikdaripada kekayaan kerana kekayaan harus dijagai, sedangakan ilmu menjaga kamu
10. Jagalah harta bendamu dengan mengeluarkan zakat dan angkatkan kesusahan mu dengan mendirikan sembahyang
11. Sifat menahan kemarahan adalah lebih mulia daripada membalas dendam
12. Mengajar adalah belajar
13. Berkhairatlah mengikut kemampuan mu dan janganlah kamu jadikan keluargamu hina dan miskin
14. Insan terbahagi kepada 3 :
a) mereka yang mengenal Allah
b) mereka yang mencari kebenaran
c) mereka yang tidak berpengetahuan dan tidak mencari kebenaran.
Golongan yang terakhir inilah yang paling rendah dan tak baik sekali dan mereka akan ikut sebarang ketua dengan buta seperti kambing
15. Insan tak akan melihat kesalahan seorang yang bersifat tawadhu' dan lemah
16. Janganlah kamu takut kepada sesiapa melainkan dosamu terhadap Allah
17. Mereka yang mencari kesilapan dirinya sendiri adalah selamat dari mencari kesilapan orang lain
18. Harga diri seseorang itu adalah berdasarkan apa yang ia lakukan untuk memperbaiki dirinya
19. Manusia sebenarnya sedang tidur tetapi akan bangun bila ia mati
20. Jika kamu mempunyai sepenuh keyakinan akan Al-Haq dan kebenaran, nescaya keyakinanmu tetap tidak akan berubah walaupun terbuka rahsia2 kebenaran itu.
21. Allah merahmati mereka yang kenal akan dirinya dan tidak melampaui batas
22. Sifat seseorang tersembunyi disebalik lidahnya
23. Seorang yang membantu adalah sayapnya seorang yang meminta
24. Insan tidur di atas kematian anaknya tetapi tidak tidur di atas kehilangan hartanya
25. Barangsiapa yang mencari apa yang tidak mengenainya nescaya hilang apa yang mengenainya
26. Mereka yang mendengar orang yang mengumpat terdiri daripada golongan mereka yang mengumpat
27. Kegelisahan adalah lebih sukar dari kesabaran
28. Seorang yang hamba kepada syahwatnya adalah seorang yang lebih hina daripada seorang hamba kepada hamba
29. Orang yang dengki marah kepada orang tidak berdosa
30. Putus harapan adalah satu kebebasan, mengharap (kepada manusia) adalah suatu kehambaan
31. Sangkaan seorang yang berakal adalah suatu ramalan
32. Seorang akan mendapat tauladan di atas apa yang dilihat
33. Taat kepada perempuan(selain ibu) adalah kejahilan yang paling besar
34. Kejahatan itu mengumpulkan kecelaan yang memalukan
35. Jika berharta, berniagalah dengan Allah dengan bersedekah
36. Janganlah kamu lihat siapa yang berkata tetapi lihat apa yang dikatakannya
37. Tidak ada percintaan dengan sifat yang berpura-pura
38. Tidak ada pakaian yang lebih indah daripada keselamatan
39. Kebiasaan lisan adalah apa yang telah dibiasakannya
40.Jika kamu telah menguasai musuhmu,maafkanlah mereka, kerana perbuatan itu adalah syukur kepada kejayaan yang telah kamu perolehi.

The Blessed Mahdi Has a Beautiful and Radiant Face

His face is radiant, just like a shining star. (al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, p. 33; Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi, p. 22) The Mahdi is a beautiful young man, with a beautiful face. The radiance of his face rises to his head and the black of his beard. (Ikdud Durer, The Mahdi and His Teachings, p. 153) His face is radiant like a shining star. (The Book of Portents of the Mahdi of the End Times, p. 33) Our Prophet (saas) said:  "The Mahdi, aged 40, is one of my line. His face is like a star shining star in the sky." (Ali Ibn Sultan Muhammad al-Qaari al-Harawi al-Hanafi, Risalat Mashrab al Vardi fi Mazhabi 'l Mahdi) Said the Mesenger of Allah (saas): "The Mahdi is one of my children. His face is like a bright star. (Al-Uqayli, An-Najmu's-saqib) He is lovely of face. The light of his face gives him majesty. (Fera Idu Fevaidi'l Fiqr) He (the Mahdi) is a young man of medium stature and with a beautiful face . The radiance of his face shines like day in his hair, beard, and the blackness of his head, and gives him greatness. (Al-Uqayli, An-Najmu's-saqib) His face is like a bright star. (Mer'iy ibn Yusuf ibn Abu Bakr) (Fera Idu Fevaidi'l Fiqr Fi'l Imam al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar)

Related verses: But when she heard of their malicious talk, she sent for them and made them a sumptuous meal and then she gave a knife to each of them. She said, Go out to them. When they saw him, they were amazed by him and cut their hands. They said, Allah preserve us! This is no man. What can this be but a noble angel here! (Surah Yusuf, 31)

The Mahdi Is Descended from the Line of the Prophet (saas)

Narrated by Ali (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saas) said: Even if there remains only one day for the world, Allah, the Exalted, will send a man from the Ahl al-Bayt (People of the House). (Sunan Abu Dawud, 5:92) Narrated by Said ibn al-Musayyab (ra), our Prophet (saas) said: The Mahdi is from the line of my daughter Fatima. (Sunan Ibn Majah, 10:348) Ali (ra) narrated our Prophet (saas) as saying: He is one from the Quraysh and from my Ahl al-bayt. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi, p. 13) Hear the tidings of the Mahdi. He is one from the Quraysh and from my Ahl al-Bayt. (Small Book of Portents of the Mahdi of the End Times, 13) Ibni Mas'ud narrates that the Messenger of Allah (saas) said: ".One from my Ahl al-Bayt, whose name matches mine and whose father's name matches my father's name. This individual will fill the world with justice and sovereignty, instead of the former injustice and oppression." (Tirmidhi) Days and nights will not end until one from my Ahl al-Bayt rules the entire world. (Al-Uqayli, An-Najmu's-saqib) The Mahdi is one of my children. His face is like a star shining in the sky. (Ali Ibn Sultan Muhammad al-Qaari al-Harawi al-Hanafi, Risalat Mashrab al Vardi fi Mazhabi 'l Mahdi) The Mahdi, aged 40, is one of my line. His face is like a star shining in the sky. (Ali Ibn Sultan Muhammad al-Qaari al-Harawi al-Hanafi, Risalat Mashrab al Vardi fi Mazhabi 'l Mahdi) "The Mahdi is one of my children. His face is like a bright star. " (Al-Uqayli, An-Najmu's-saqib)

All prophets are related to one another. The Mahdi will also be of that line. These descendants are popularly known as sayyid.

Related verses in the Qur'an: Our Lord, make us both Muslims submitted to You, and our descendants a Muslim community submitted to You. Show us our rites of worship and turn towards us. You are the Ever-Returning, the Most Merciful. (Surat  al-Baqara, 128) Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the family of Ibrahim and the family of 'Imran over all other beings. (Surah Al 'Imran, 33) And some of their forebears, descendants and brothers; We chose them and guided them to a straight path. (Surat al-An'am, 87)

Setitik Air Mata Sejuta makna

Sifat Tangisan Rasulullah SAW

Imam Ibnu Al-Qayyim r.a telah membuat rumusan tentang keadaan dan sifat tangisan Rasulullah SAW. Beliau menerangkan sifat tangisan bainda dengan penjelasan yang sangat tepat.

"Sifat tangisan Rasulullah Saw sama sepereti sifat tertawa baginda. Tangisan baginda tidak tersedu-sedu dan juga tidak dengan suara yang kuat. Sama sseperti ketawa baginda tidak terbahak-bahak. Namun, mata baginda menitiskan air mata hingga melelh dan di dada baginda terdengar suara mendidih. Kandangkala baginda SAW menangis kerana rasa kasih sayang terhadap orang yang meninggal. Kadangkal baginda menangis kerana rasa takut dan belas kasihan kepada umatnya.

"Kadangkala baginda menangis kerana rasa takut kepada Allah SWT. Kadangkala baginda menangis kerana mendengar bacaan Al-Quran. Baginda menangis ketika mendengar bacaan Al-Quran kerana didorong oleh rasa rindu, cinta dan mengagungkan, di samping didorong oleh rasa takut dan cemas. Baginda menangis dengan air mata bercucuran ketika Ibrahim, anakanda baginda baginda meninggal dunia. Baginda SAW menangis kematian Ibrahim itu didorong rasa kasih sayang kepadanya.

"Baginda juga menangis ketika menyaksikan salah satu cucu baginda sedang menghadapi sakratul maut yang diikuti nafasnya tersekat-sekat. Baginda SAW  juga menangis ketika mendengar bacaan Surah An-Nisa'dari Ibnu Mas'ud di hadapan baginda. Baginda juga menangis ketika  wafatnya Uthman bin Mazhtun r.a. Baginda menangis ketika gerhana matahari dan ketika baginda mengerjakan solat gerhana. baginda juga menangis ketika duduk di kubur salah satu puteri baginda. Dan kadangkal mennagis ketika baginda solat malam.

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Persoalan umum berkaitan makhluk halus

Adakah makhluk halus benar-benar wujud?

Dalam kamus Dewan, makhluk halus diertikan sebagai hantu, bunian, jembalang, puntianak, langsuir, pelesit yang merupakan roh jahat yang merasuk dan melakukan pelbagai kemudaratan kepada manusia.

Semua istilah ini terkenal dalam budaya masyarakat Melayu. Bagi masyarakat lain seperti Arab, mereka menggunakan istilah seperti al-Jinn, Jinni, Jinnah, syaitan, Iblis, Ifrit dan sebagainya.

Dalam kamus Arab yang terkenal seperti al-Munjid, Lisan al-Arab, Mukhtar al-Sihah dan lain-lain menyatakan erti bagi istilah yang disebutkan di atas bermaksud, roh-roh kotor atau jahat yang melakukan kejahatan secara tersembunyi dan menakutkan anak-anak Adam dengan pelbagai-pelbagai cara.

Sekiranya kita merujuk kepada al-Quran dan hadith-hadith nabi Muhammad SAW, kita akan menemui istilah yang sama. Al-Quran menyebut syaitan atau syayatiin, jin atau jinnah, qarin, Iblis, Ifrit dan  sebagainya.

Dalam hadis yang sahih kita akan berjumpa dengan istilah Ummu Sibyan, Khinzab, Aamir, Ammar, Alwalahan, Mukhannas dan Mukhannathuun. Semua istilah ini sama ada dalam al-Quran dan hadis merujuk kepada wujudnya makhluk-makhluk halus ataupun ruh-ruh jahat yang menganggu manusia dengan berbagai-bagai cara.
malahan di dalam Al-Quran dlam Surah al-Ahqaf ayat 29, Allah SWT berfirman dengan maksudnya :

" Dan (ingatlah peristiwa) semasa kami menghalakan satu rombongan jin datang kepadamu (wahai Muhammad) untuk mendengar al-Quran, setelah mereka menghadiri bacaannya, berkatalah (setengahnya kepada yang lain), "Diamlah kamu dengan menumpukan sepenuh perhatian kepada bacaannya!". Kemudian setelah selesai bacaan itu, kembalilah mereka kepada kaumnya (menyebarkan ajaran al-Quran itu dengan) memberi peringatan dan amaran.

Disebutkan juga dalam hadis yang sahih bahawa Rasulullah s.a.w telah bertemu dengan masyarakat jin untuk menjelaskan ayat-ayat al-Quran dan hadis Ibnu Abi Hatib, dari Mujahid bahawa Nabi s.a.w pergi bertemu dengan masyarakat jin untuk berdakwah.

Oleh yang demikian memang wujud dan wajib dipercayai ia benar-benar wujud. Pada pandangan saya yang membezakan hanyalah pada istilah atau terjemahannya sahaja, walhal ianya adalah makhluk yang sama.

Sama ada ia hantu, jembalang, jin tanah, pelesit, bunian dan sebagainya adalah makhluk halus yang wajib dipercayai wujudnya sebagaimana yang disebutkan dalam al-Quran.

Tidak mempercayai ayat al-Quran boleh membawa kepada kerosakan aqidah. Wallahu a'lam

THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT ABOUT THE COMING OF THE MAHDI

The Hadiths Regarding The Mahdi Are Tawatur 

The word 'tawatur' means 'powerful news, an account based on a whole community and which cannot be wrong.' (Great Dictionary -Tür-Dav, 3003). According to hadith analysts, if an account has been related by several people, and if it is impossible for these people to have come together and fabricated it, then that account is said to be 'mutawatir' (known by common consensus of reporters). Many Islamic scholars have stated that our Prophet's (saas) hadiths on the subject of Hazrat Mahdi (as) are 'mutawatir'.

 In Ibn Hajar Al-Askalani Fat-hal-Bari, it has become mutawatir that the Mahdi will be from this nation and the Prophet Jesus (as) will pray behind him. Shawkani also says that the number of hadiths reporting that Jesus (as) will return has reached to 29. He reported all of them and finally said: "The hadith we have reported reached the level of mutawatir. With this statement, we can conclude that the hadith about the awaited Mahdi, the hadith about the Dajjal and the return of Jesus (as) are mutawatir." (Sunan Ibn Majah 10/338)

The sahih hadith about the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as) has become mutawatir.
(Signs of the Judgment Day, s.193)

According to their assumption, Hazrat Mahdi (as) has passed away and gone... However, the hadith concerning this subject are very well known. Moreover, they are at the level of spiritual tawatur and they contradict the words of the others.
(Maktubat, Rabbani, 2/250)

There are many hadith reported by the Messenger of Allah (saas) at the level of mutawatir about the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
(Ab'ul Hasan Muhammad Ibn Hasan al-Uberi Sicistani, Manaqib al-Shafi / Dr .G. Huseyn Tacirinasab, (Mahdism and Imam Mahdi), p.88, p.405)

The existence of Hazrat Mahdi (as) and that he will emerge in the end times, that he is from the family of the Prophet (saas) and the sons of Fatima, are explained by hadith at the level of tawatur and there is no sense in denying these hadith. It has been proved by clear and explicit hadith that exceed the level of tawatur that Hazrat Mahdi (as) is from the predecessors of Fatima, that he will emerge before the end of the world, that he will bring justice and peace to this world which is full of injustice and oppression, that Jesus (as) will descend from the sky in his time and pray in his leadership.
(Muhammad Ibn 'Abd Al-Rasul Al-Barzanji Madani, el-isae, pp.184, 305 / Mahdism and Imam Mahdi, p.328)

One of the biggest signs of the day of resurrection is the emergence of a 'person' about whom there are many hadith that exceed the level of tawatur. Many hadith scholars have accepted that Hazrat Mahdi (as) comes from the Prophet's family, so it would be unbecoming to turn our backs on such a mutewatir subject. According to the belief of the righteous, Hazrat Mahdi (as) is different from Jesus (as). Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear before the Messiah. This subject has become spread among the Sunni scholars to such an extent that it can be regarded as their belief.
(Summary from Shams Ud-Din Muhammad Bin Ahmad As-Safarayni, al-Anwar al-bahiya, V.2, p.74-76-86)

Muhammad ibn Ali al- Sawkani said in his book called "at-Tawzih...":...These (The reports about Hazrat Mahdi (as), Dajjal and the Messiah) are undoubtedly mutawatir hadith. They can be seen as the command of the Prophet (saas). In this sense, just as the reports about the Dajjal and the Messiah are mutawatir, so are those about the Mahdi.
(Muhib Ibn Salih al-Burayni, Iqd ad-Durar fi Akhbar al-Imam al-Muntazar, p.14-15 / Abi Al-Tayyab Siddiq, al-Izaetu... p.95, 130 / (Mahdism and Imam Mahdi) p.329)

The hadith about Hazrat Mahdi (as) have exceeded the level of spiritual tawatur, there is no sense in their being rejected.
(Sheikh Hassan Al-Hamzawi, Mashariq al-Anwar, F.2, p.115, -1307 H. Basimi / (Mahdism and Imam Mahdi) p. 329)

...The hadith about the Mahdi are more than the level of tawatur. They exist in the books "Sunan", "Masnad" and "Mu'cam.
(M.Siddik Ibn Hasan Qunuji, al-Izaetu... p.94)

As well as the sources cited above, many writers in countless works have stated that the hadiths which have come down to us on the subject of Hazrat Mahdi (as) possess a 'tawatur' level of certainty. Some of these Islamic scholars and their works are:

1. Abu Abdillah Muhammad bin Yusuf Ganji, al-Bayan fi Akhbar Sa'hibi-z-Zaman, p. 126 2. Muhammad ibn Ahmad Qurtubi, Kitab Al-Tadhkirah Bi-Ahwal Al-Mawta Wa-Umur Al-akhirah, p. 710
3. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya Muhammad b. Abi Bakr Dimishqi, Al-Manar al-Munif, p. 142
4. Ahmad ibn Ali Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Al-Nukat ala Taqrib Al-Tahdhib  , V.9, p. 126
5. Jalal Ad-Din As-Suyuti, Al-'Arf al-Wardi, Al hawi Lilfatawi, V.2, p. 165
6. Ab'ul-Abbas Ibn Hajar Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Haytami, Al-Sawa`iq al-Muhriqa, p. 99 / Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, p. 23
7. Muhammad Ibn 'Abd Al-Rasul Al-Barzanji Madani, al-Isae, pp. 147, 185
8. Shams Ud-Din Muhammad Bin Ahmad As-Safarayni, al-Anwar al-bahiya, V.2, p. 89 / Ahwal Yaum al-Qiyamah, p. 33
9. Muhammad b. `Ali al-Sabban al-Misri, Is`af al-raghibin, Nur'ul-Ebsar printed footnotes p. 192 directly from Al-Sawa`iq al-Muhriqa.
10. Shablanji, Shaykh Mumin bin Hasan Mumin, Nur ul Absar, p. 189
11. Muhammad Siddiq Khan al-Qunuji, al-Izae, p. 120
12. Abu Abd-Allah Muhammad B. Jafar Al-Idrisi Al-Qatani, Nazmu'ul-Mutanasir Fi'l-Hadith'il-Mutawatir, p. 145
13. Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Ghimari, Ibraz al-Wahm al-Maknun, pp. 3-4
14. Abdul Muhsin al Abbad, Majallat al-Jami`ah al-Islamiyah, No. 3, Year 1, p. 598

Accounts of the Coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as) by Islamic Scholars

Many great Islamic scholars have made statements confirming that no doubt attaches to the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as) in the final times. One of the best known of these is Muhyi Ad-Din Ibn Al-Arabi. In his work al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya, Arabi says:

'It is certain that when the world is full of cruelty and injustice, the caliph of Allah will rise up and fill the earth with justice and equality ... He will divide general earnings equally among the people, govern them with justice and decide on disputes between them ... Allah will order his activities in one night, and victory will always proceed him ... He will walk in the footsteps of the Prophet and never deviate from them ... He will do away with superstitions, and only the true religion will prevail...'
(Ibn al-Arabi, Futuhat al-Makkiya, Vol. 3, pages 327-328)

Someone else who has made statements on this subject is the famous Egyptian writer Sheikh Mansur Ali Nasif, who describes belief in the Mahdi in these terms in one of his works:

'It is certain that one called the Mahdi from the People of the House will appear and rule the lands of Islam. Muslims will follow him, and He will govern them with justice and strengthen the religion. After that, the Anti-Christ will emerge, and the Messiah (the Prophet Jesus) and either kill the Anti-Christ or help the Mahdi to do so.'
(At-Tajul-Jami'u Lil-Ussoul, Vol. 5, p. 341)

The writer Sayyid Sabik, an academic at Egypt's al-Azhar University's Department of Beliefs, makes the following comments about the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as) in his book Aqaid-i-Islamiya, published as a selected text by the Islamic Conference:

'The essence of the promise regarding the Mahdi is this: He will appear soon, at the end of time ... At a time when the world is full of cruelty and injustice, he will fill it with justice and good governance. It is certain that he will bring the law of Islam to the fore and will give new life to the weakened Sunna of the Prophet.'
(Aqaid-i-Islamiya, p. 250)

In his book 'ar-Raddu,' Ala al-Din Ali ibn Abd-al-Malik Husam al-Din al-Muttaqi al-Hindi says:

'May Allah have compassion on you and may you know that there is no doubt about the coming of the promised Mahdi. Three hundred and more hadiths and works have proved this.'
(Jasim Muhalhil, al-Burhan, Vol. 1, page 339 / (Mahdism and Imam Mahdi), p. 328)

Alongside these statements of famous Islamic scholars, there are also detailed accounts of the belief of the People of the Sunna regarding the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as). Some of these are as follows:

In his book "Sharh us-Sunnah", Hanbali Abu Muhammad al-Barbahari writes of the belief of the People of the Sunna, '... The belief that Jesus, son of Mary, will come down from the sky and kill the Anti-Christ, and that he will pray behind Qaim (the Mahdi) of the sons of the Prophet Muhammad.'
(Jasim Muhalhil, al-Burhan.., Vol. 1, page 426)

'Based on the true hadiths, one certain belief is in the existence of the Mahdi (who will appear). In his time, the Anti-Christ and the Messiah will appear.'
(Ibn Hajar, bn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 74)

'In his book Sharh us-Sunnah Abu Al-Asbal Ahmad Ahmad Muhammad Shakir writes: According to this Sunna that has come down from many of the companions of the Prophet, belief in the Mahdi is proven, and nobody has the right to entertain any doubts on the matter.'
(Jasim Muhalhil, al-Burhan..., Vol. 1, p. 343)

'This means that it is obligatory to believe that the Mahdi will appear, and it is necessary to believe that in order to abide by the commands of the Prophet. This matter has been recorded and proven in the books of faith of the People of the Sunna.'
(Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Ghimari, Ibraz al-Wahm al-Maknun, pp. 3-4)

There can be no doubt that these commentaries by Islamic scholars of those hadiths concerning the coming and actions of Hazrat Mahdi (as) are of the greatest importance. Even more important, however, is the fact that our Prophet's hadiths regarding the final times and Hazrat Mahdi (as) are actually coming true one after the other. These events leave no room for doubt about their veracity, nor that they are coming true as a miracle of our Prophet (saas).