Motivasi Buat Bakal Dan Para Huffaz

Oleh : hafizquran

 

Saya kurang pasti kiranya ini boleh dikatakan sebagai motivasi. Namun ramai yang memberi emel dengan maksud yang lebih kurang sama. Selain untuk bertanya kaedah dan petua, perkara wajib yang diminta adalah tasyji’ dan motivasi buat meneruskan perjuangan sebagai huffaz. Itulah realiti. Seorang huffaz tanpa motivasi akan menjadi lembah yang tiada air.

1. Betulkanlah niat. Andai sudah betul, jagalah niat itu. Jaga dan terus jaga. Hati manusia boleh berbolak balik dalam dua detik sahaja.

2. Jagalah adab. Adab dengan semua. Al-Quran terutamanya. Junjung dan tatang secara luaran dan dalaman. Adab dengan guru @ murabbi. Adab dengan Ibu dan ayah sendiri. Ambil berat persoalan adab. Jaga dan terus jaga.

3. Perhatikan masa dan usaha. Semua orang mempunyai 24 jam tapi tak semua orang ‘memiliki’ 24 jam. Tingkatkan usaha. Istiqamah dengan usaha ana sendiri.

4. Pelajari kaedah. Banyak tempat untuk dirujuk dan bertanya. Tanya pada yang alim , pada yang sudah berpengalaman. Terima dan praktikkan dengan penuh iltizam.

5 . Jangan hangat2 tahi ayam. Jangan sekerat jalan. Kembali kepada persoalan niat. Tekad seteguh2nya.

6. Jauhi maksiat zahir dan batin . Maksiat kecil sehinggalah maksiat besar. Duduk berseorangan pun boleh berlaku maksiat, apatah lagi ditengah kekalutan orang dan budaya. Perhatikan makna taqwa yang diumpamakan oleh seorang sahabat r.a : ” Laksana kamu berjalan di atas jalanan yang penuh dengan onak dan duri…”

7. Pegang Al-Quran sentiasa. Kucup dan junjung. Bawa dalam keadaan suci dan berwudhu’. Sayangi Al-Quran secara jujur tanpa sedikitpun unsur hipokrit. Sayangi yang zahir ( mushaf ) dan sayangi yang batin ( hafazan dan amalan ).

8. Syaitan akan ‘mendampingi’ anda sentiasa. Nafsu akan mengikut anda ke mana2. Suatu ketika anda mungkin akan di’peras ugut’ oleh keduanya. Iman seorang penghafaz Al-Quran juga adakala menaik dan merudum. Diibaratkan ; kalau baik , lebih baik dari Malaikat. Kalau jahat, lebih jahat dari Iblis. Itulah huffaz.

9. Maka selalulah bermohon kepada Allah. Minta dengan Allah. Jangan tinggal solat hajat. Permintaan supaya dipermudahkan hafazan dan di’benar’kan khatam hafazan Al-Quran jangan ditinggalkan. Itu antara doa wajib bagi anda sampai anda mati.

10. Jangan tinggal hubungan hati dengan Allah walaupun sedetik. Sedetik itu sangat bermanfaat bagi Syaitan untuk mengambil ruang dan kesempatan. Seorang murid pernah dihantar oleh gurunya untuk berdakwah di suatu tempat ( kisah sahabat r.a ) :

Guru bertanya : bagaimana kiranya dalam perjuanganmu kamu akan diganggu oleh nafsu dan syaitan yang akan menerkam bila2 masa sahaja? Murid menjawab : aku akan menghalaunya . aku akan sentiasa menghalaunya. Murid memahami bahawa syaitan dan nafsu adalah ujian wajib. Guru bertanya lagi : bagaimana kalau keduanya terus mengganggumu? Murid menjawab : aku akan terus melawan dan menghalaunya. Guru bertanya lagi : justeru sampai bila? Murid gagal memahami , lalu dinasihatkan oleh gurunya : Jika kamu diganggu oleh binatang buas yang akan menerkammu, beritahulah kepada tuan kepada binatang tersebut supaya tuannya boleh menghalau binatang tersebut dari terus mengganggumu. Tuan kepada kedua musuh kita hanyalah Allah. Jangan sesekali tinggalkan doa dan pergantungan kepadaNya.

Apa yang perlu diketahui dan diingati oleh seorang huffaz?

1. Al-Quran yang dihafaz adalah amanah. Anda sendiri yang ‘mencari pasal’ untuk mengambil amanah tersebut. Bagaimanapun, anda ‘mencari pasal’ yang baik. Jadi janganlah suatu masa nanti anda bukan sahaja melupakan hafazan anda , bahkan tidak mahu mengaku anda seorang huffaz!

2. Bila anda faham bahawa anda yang ‘mencari pasal’ , jadi anda kena SMI ( Sendiri Mau Ingat ) tentang hafazan anda. Ana sangat suka kepada mereka2 yang bertanya dan nampak bersungguh2 bila diutarakan topik hafazan Al-Quran.

Tapi ana sungguh2 menyampah dan kecewa bila sesetengah penghafaz Al-Quran lebih bersemangat bila menyentuh topik siasah, jamaah, program dan perkara2 lain. Bila sentuh bab Quran, diam dan ubah topik. Tidak berminat.

Bila malas iadah, beri alasan ‘tak masyi’. Macam mana nak masyi kalau malas iadah? Sama juga dengan macam mana nak kenyang kalau tak telan nasi. Mengejar perkara lain tidak salah apatah lagi soal yang lebih utama, tetapi hafazan Al-Quran telah anda kendong terlebih dahulu. Jadi berilah perhatian sewajarnya.

3. Dalam proses anda hafaz Al-Quran, anda akan diuji.

4. Anda akan semakin diuji..

5. Anda akan terus diuji..

6. Dan anda akan semakin kuat diuji..

7. Ujian yang datang kepada anda ada tahapnya. Syaitan yang berdiri di hadapan anda diibaratkan berpangkat Jeneral , bukan prebet. Semakin anda lawan , semakin anda rajin , semakin anda masyi, semakin anda istiqamah, Maka semakin tinggilah bintang di bahu Syaitan yang dihantar kepada anda.

8. Anda akan rebah. Ada ketikanya anda akan diuji teruk . Samada kematian , masalah hati , wanita, duit ataupun pangkat dan kedudukan. Anda mungkin tumpas dengan salah satu , yang boleh memberi kesan besar kepada tahap motivasi dan tekad anda untuk meneruskan hafazan. Seorang sahabat ana di madrasah dahulu, kecundang waktu dah berada di juzuk 23. Alangkah sayang..

9. Kalau anda jatuh, anda rebah , jangan menangis. Jangan ‘laknat’ diri anda kerana anda rebah. Adakala memang anda perlu rebah supaya anda tahu apakah itu ‘sakit’. Jangan sedih andai tika anda ‘rebah’ tiada yang membantu, apatah lagi ‘merawat’. Anda kan punya Al-Quran. Peluklah Al-Quran . Hayatilah dengan lantunan suara anda sendiri. Bagi ana, itulah teman yang paling setia..

10. Anda bukan penghafaz Al-Quran sejati kalau anda tidak pernah menangis kerana Al-Quran ( hafazan ) anda.

11. Anda perlu ingat formula ini sampai bila2. Ingat dan faham betul2. Dalam menghafaz Al-Quran anda cuma ada dua keadaan yang diberikan oleh Allah. Diulangi : diberikan oleh Allah. Pertama anda berada dalam keadaan senang hafaz dan mudah ingat. Kedua , anda berada dalam keadaan sebaliknya iaitu susah hafaz dan sukar ingat.

Apa yang perlu anda faham dan tanam dalam hati? Ini penting. Fahami bahawa sebenarnya kedua2nya adalah UJIAN. Pesan Ustaz Badlishah Johan ( my murabbi ) yang tak pernah saya lupa adalah tentang ini. Orang yang senang hafaz mudah ingat , Allah nak tengok adakah dia akan bersyukur dan melazimi Al Quran . Manakala yang susah ingat Allah nak tengok samada dia benar2 ikhlas, akan terus berusaha dan istiqamah atau tidak. Atau mungkin berputus asa. Kalau yang mudah ingat pula, mungkin akan banyak lepak, banyak borak.

12. Justeru, JANGAN menangis dan menyalahkan diri anda andainya anda tidak ingat Al-Quran. TETAPI sila menangis dan salahkan diri anda kiranya anda malas , tiada istiqamah dan tidak konsisten dengan hafazan anda . Pesan Allah ta’ala dalam surah Al-Qiyamah : ” Sesungguhnya Kami lah yang menghimpunkan Al-Quran itu dalam dada2 manusia..”

13. Terakhir, sentiasa ingat bahawa Al-Quran akan memberi syafaat kepada kita dan memberi kemuliaan kepada kedua ibubapa kita pada hari Qiamah. TETAPI Al-Quran juga boleh menjadi hujjah ke atas kita pada masa tersebut. Inilah peringatan paling ‘keras’ buat kita semua para huffaz Al-Quran ( terutama ana ).

” Allahummaj’alhu Hujjatal lana Wala Taj’alhu Hujjatan ‘Alaina Ya Rabbal ‘Alamin..”

Salam Maju Jaya Untuk Anda.

Wallahua’lam.

 

pemilik karya asal: myilham.com

Why Should I Study Islam?

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الحمدلله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على المبعوث رحمة للعالمين وعلى آله و اصحابه ومن والاه بإحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد
 

Our topic today is indeed a very vast one. I’lm or in English, knowledge. We are going to talk about knowledge and education from the Islamic perspective. Though it’s impossible to enlist all the virtues and discuss all aspects of knowledge in just one article, I wish to highlight few of its important points. It's a bit long, really hope it doesn't bore you out. But if it does, I apologize. Please make Dua for me so that I can write better next time.

Allah Ta'ala said in the Noble Quran:

يَرْفَعِ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ دَرَجَاتٍ

"Allah will exalt those who believe among you, and those who have knowledge, to high ranks".

Meaning, Allah will raise the status, the rank of the believers and the people of knowledge. In other words, Allah Ta’ala by His infinite mercy has chosen a group from His entire creation and granted them the gift of Imaan. And HE then specially chose another group from among the believers to grant them the gift of I’lm (knowledge) and hikmah (wisdom).

As Muslims, our goal in life should be, "I want to go to Jannah, I want to be among the ‘faaizoon’ (successful ones). Allah says in His noble Qur’an;

لا يستوي اصحاب النار و اصحاب الجنة اصحاب الجنة هم الفائزون

“Not equal are the companions of the Fire and the companions of Paradise. The companions of Paradise are the truly successful ones.”

But…"Is it easy to achieve Jannah?" Ever notice how easy it is for some to get up in the middle of the night and perform Salat-ul-Tahajjud, while for some it is hard to even perform the fardz solah? Have you ever seen how easy it is for our Hafizul-Qur’an brothers and sisters to memorize the whole Qur’an by heart while others memorize the latest songs in the market? Have you ever seen how easy it is for some of the students of knowledge to study Qur’an and Hadeeth for hours and hours, whilst others cannot even open the Qur’an or Hadeeth at least once a month or once a year? Subhanallah, do ever wonder what made it so EASY for them to practice Islam and to be so focused on the right direction to Jannah? The answer to that is; the Prophet (saws) has left with us a very small key to Jannah, which we Muslim’s today have become oblivious of. Just like you need a key to open your car door, or house door, or office door; similarly you need a key to open Jannah. What is this key? Prophet Muhammad (saws) said:

من سلك طريقاً يبتغي فيه علماً سهل الله له طريقاً إلى الجنة

"Whoever goes down a path/road searching for Knowledge, Allah will make it easy for him the road to Paradise." 

[Saheeh Muslim, Vol.3 Hadith No. 99]

The hadeeth was narrated by Abu Dardaa’ (r.a) when someone came to him all the way from Madeenah to Damascus with the sole purpose of learning just ONE hadith. Abu Dardaa’ was very surprised and pleased so he gave him glad tiding that Allah will ease his way to Jannah.

Knowledge is the ROAD to Paradise. In this world it will benefit us, and in the hereafter too. One simple example, Islam does not only teach us to perform our solah, fast, pay zakat and go for Haj. But! Islam also teaches us to give forgive, to be humble and to give Sadaqah. What do we know about the reward for forgiving another person? One hadith is recorded in Sahih Muslim that; “If one gives charity it does not diminish his wealth, if one forgives, Allah bestows more honor on him, and if one humbles himself for Allah’s sake, Allah will exalt him higher.”

Superiority of an Aa’lim

There isn’t any person who can beat the superiority of an Aa’lim (learned person). The Prophet S.A.W said:

فضل العالم على العابد كفضل القمر ليلة البدر على سائر الكواكب

"The eminence on an Aa’lim over a devout worshipper is that of the full moon over the stars."

Imagine, looking at a full moon in the sky,the moon shines brighter than all the stars. A person who seeks knowledge shines just as bright in the eyes of Allah Ta’ala and the Malaaikah! 

Do we know of anyone who is granted the privilege to walk on the wings of the Malaai’kah, wings of the purest and most obedient creation of Allah? Once, Hadrat Safwan bin A’ssaal came to him to seek knowledge, he said to Rasulullah (S.A.W):   اني جئت اطلب العلم
Rasulullah (S.A.W) honored him and said:

"Welcome to the seeker of knowledge!

Indeed the Angels cover the seekers of knowledge by their wings

and they gather one upon another until they fill the space between that student and the sky of the earth

for the love of the knowledge which is being sought." (Tabraani)

Dear mothers and sisters, from now, we get up every morning with a purpose: to seek Jannah by seeking Knowledge! For the pleasure of Allah, let us become lovers and seekers of knowledge because Knowledge is Light. Beneficial knowledge is something that helps us to improve the quality of our Solah and teaches us to have good character with other people thereby gaining reward from Allah Ta'ala. For example, learning Arabic helps us to understand the words of Qur'an-ul-Kareem.

We should always remember that, Syaitan made a promise to Allah Ta’ala that he will most definitely mislead human beings using every possible way. His mission starts from the moment a baby is born, and he won’t stop nor give up until he dies. Think about this, Syaitan doesn't mislead us to make wrong calculation in Math or Science experiment. Let's take one simple practical example to illustrate this point. When we culculate, 2 + 2, the answer every one comes up with is 4, right? Shaytan never bothers us, he never whispers to us…and says that “No…2 + 2 is 3!"

Where Syaitan always and will forever deviate us is in our LIFE. Syaitan confuses our minds and clouds our path towards Allah with every possible mean. Once, Imam ar-Rabbani (rahmatullahi alaih) after a short period of entering the toilet, he knocked the toilet’s door to call his servant. The servant ran by thinking that he probably forgot to prepare the water and rag for cleaning. Imam ar-Rabbani opened the door a little bit and handed his clothe to the servant and told him, “Deliver this clothe to such and such person as a gift.” The servant asked in confusion, “O’ my master! Wouldn’t it be better if you would order this thing after you get out of the toilet? Why did you put yourself into this much of trouble?” The “Imam” replied. “Giving my dress to that poor person as a gift crossed my mind in the toilet. I was afraid that if I’d delay until I get out of the toilet, shaytan would probably give me evil suggestion ‘Waswasa’ so that I would give up doing that good deed.” Knowledge is the weapon against the deceptions of Syaitan.

Sadly, our time is referred to as the worst of era. The time of the Prohet (sallallahu alaihi wassallam) and his companions (radhiallahu anhum) was the best era, then the time of the Tabi’een followed by the Tabi’ Tabi’een’s. As we all can see, more and more of our youngsters are drifting away from Islam. We see the fathers and the grandfathers filling up the rows at the masjid during Ramadhan performing Taraweeh solah. We see the mothers and the grandmothers sitting in groups doing Tadarus. Alhamdulillah! But where do we find our youngsters?

Respected mothers and sisters,
Jannah is not only for the ‘warga emas’, for fathers and grandfathers, for mothers and grandmothers, Jannah is also for our YOUNGSTERS to achieve! Rasulullah (S.A.W) said:

سبعة يظلهم الله يوم لا ظل إلا ظله إمام عدل شاب نشأ في عبادة الله

“There are 7 persons whom Allah will cover with His shade on the day when there will be no shade but His. 1) A just ruler (2) A youngster who grows up worshiping Allah” (part of a long hadith)

We know that young age is a time desires are more, mind is rebellious, and temptation of Shaytan at it's maximum. But if he/she is willing to suppress those desires and sacrifice the fun which other people are enjoying, and commit himself to seeking knowledge of Islam, it is as if, he/she is growing up in the worship of Allah, and Allah Ta’ala promised a special rank for this youth. Subhanallah! However, it is how one Malay proverb goes: “Tak kenal maka tak cinta”. Without properly being taught about Islam, how are they going to truly recognise and love Allah and Islam?

As Muslims and adults, are we not going to give them the opportunity to study their own religion? Perhaps they will become good Muslims in their life!

If someone has to ask me, why do you need to learn Deen? Is there some special benefit to it? Based on my insignificant and limited experience, among many reasons, I’d give this ONE reason and that is knowledge kindles the first spark of love for Allah Ta’ala. You learn Deen, you will come to love Allah, you will come to love Rasulullah and you will come to love Islam sincerely from your heart.

When I first started my journey as a student to knowledge, I was an ignorant person. I knew that I am a Muslim, I knew that Allah is my creator and I also knew that Muhammad (S.A.W) is the messenger of Allah, but I didn’t know what I should do about it, how should I behave as a Muslim and how should I serve my creator in a way that it pleases Him. After 5 years, only then I realize that a true Muslim and Mu’min is a person who love Allah and I too want to love Allah. Allah Ta’ala described one of the qualities of true believers in the Noble Qur’an;

والذين آمنوا أشد حباً لله

But those of faith are overflowing in their love for Allah. (Suratul Baqarah : 165)

Allow me to highlight yet another important point. Travelling on the path to knowledge does require some effort, either by walking or driving along an actual road, such as going to Conferences, Conventions, going to Islamic lectures at local Masajids, attending weekend Qur’an classes/Arabic programs, or by actually dedicating 4-5 + years of your life for studying and memorizing Qur’an and Hadeeth in a proper Islamic institute because religious knowledge does not come down onto one’s head like a pear falls down from a tree. True knowledge is learned from the words, actions, behaviours of a real enlightener (Murshid/Ustaz). Learning from books will not always humble you and shock you with the reality that there’s so much knowledge out there that you’re ignorant of, and it’ll cause us to miss out on the great opportunity to sit in the company of the pious people.

And all efforts made to acquire knowledge of Islam are rewarded tremendously by Allah Ta’ala. Rasoolullah said, to Abu Dzarr (radhiallah anhu) that;

يا أبا ذر ! لان تغدو فتعلم آيةً من كتاب الله خير لك من أن تصلي مائة ركعة ، ولان تغدو فتعلم باباً من العلم عمل به أو لم يعمل خير لك من أن تصلي ألف ركعة

If he goes and learns one verse of the Qur'an, it will be more rewardable for him than praying one hundred rak'ahs of nawaafil, and that if he learns a chapter of knowledge which may or may not be applicable at that time, it is more rewardable for him than praying one thousand rak'ahs of nawaafil. 

Nabi (s.a.w) used to supplicate to Allah for beneficial knowledge, and he also sought protection from knowledge that does not benefit.

اللهم اني أعوذبك من علمٍ لا ينفع

"O Allah! I seek refuge in you from Knowledge that does not benefit.

Let me end this with one last hadith of the Prophet (sallallahu 'alaihi wassallam);

أن استطعت أن تكون عالماً فكن عالماً ، وإن لم تكن عالماً فكن متعلماً ، وإن لم تكن 

متعلماً فأحبهم ، فإن لم تحبهم فلا تبغضهم

"If you are capable of becoming an Aa’lim (knowledgeable person), then become one. If you can,’t then

become a student of knowledge. If you still can’t do so, then have the love for the people of knowledge. But if you can’t even do that much, then do not hate the people of knowledge".

May Allah Ta’ala accept all of us to seek knowledge of Islam and ease our way towards Jannah InsyaAllah.

What Is Life All About?

When I woke up this morning, I asked myself, “What is life all about?”

I found the answer in my room. The fan said, “BE COOL.” The ceiling said, “AIM HIGH”. The window said, “SEE THE WORLD!” The clock said “EVERY MINUTE IS PRECIOUS.” The mirror said “REFLECT BEFORE YOU ACT.” The calendar said “BE UP TO DATE.” The door said “PUSH HARD FOR YOUR GOALS.” The floor said, “KNEEL DOWN AND PRAY!”

Life is about controlling your temperament. So getting angry too easily is not a good idea. Be cool, be more understanding. Over look people’s mistakes and help each other to improve. There’s always a solution to a problem. So don’t make it a big thing!

Life is about aiming high. Learn from people who are successful. You wanna ace in your exam, learn from those who have aced the exam before. And more importantly, you wanna ace your Akhirah life, you’ve gotta read more stories of the pious because they have aced their life of Akhirat!

Life is about how we value our time. Tick tock tick tock and every minute is precious. When you feel bored, instead of thinking of what you can do to ‘kill’ some time, why not read 1 SUBHANALLAH while playing football? Your garden (Jannah) will be decorated with 1 tree InsyaAllah. Or maybe LAA ILAHA ILLALLAH while jogging? Your sin is forgiven with every step you take. After all, you are a Muslim athletic person right?

Now girls....Mirror, mirror on the wall! Who’s the prettiest of all?! Give some attention to your internal beauty while you care for your external beauty. Have good character with parents, siblings, friends and co-workers means no BENCI, no DENGKI, no BALAS DENDAM, no MENGUMPAT and lots more!

Nokia N9? iPad 2 ? Samsung Galaxy tablet? Be up to date with the latest gadgets, fashion and music trends? Don’t worry about that so much people, those things get out-dated too quickly. Rather up date yourself with knowledge and ‘amal’ (practice). Are you still repeating the 4 QULS (Surah Ikhlas, Falaq, Naas, and Kaafirun) in 5 times Solah? Whoa….that’s so out dated!

Alright, you want to memorize few more Surahs? Now push hard for your goal. Learn 1 new surah every week, or if you can’t do that, memorize 1 surah in one month. Come on, we have 12 months in a year. If you are consistent, you’ll know 12 new surah every year, Subhanallah. This is not just a wishful thinking. Try and you’ll see the result.

Nothing is ever too hard when we ask help from Allah the Al-Mighty and Powerful. He will make impossible things become possible and unimaginable conditions become reality.  So KNEEL DOWN AND PRAY to Allah and sincerely ask HIM to help us in every aspect of our sweet and sour life!