Category: Sosial

  • Debt-Free After Performing Hajj

    Debt-Free After Performing Hajj

    Something amazing happened to me at Hajj… I have been going through some financial difficulties as a result of a big corporation making a small avoidable mistake that has cost me a couple of thousand pounds. This had an indirect consequence which resulted in other debts too. I had threatening calls, emails which even led to a court case that I eventually lost, though the judge was sympathetic. I was told to give up and cut my losses and just get over it, but I persisted.

    With all these debts looming over my head, I still decided to make Hajj this year. I made du’a that Allah relieve me of my debts and he make successful in this life and the hereafter. Having completed Hajj, I was waiting at Jeddah airport to board the plane back to London. I checked my emails and to my shock, one of the big corporations I was dealing with, decided to reimburse me in full!

    But the story doesn’t end there. Someone who knew of some of my issues and without me even asking, offered to pay off all my debts. “How much is your debt? Is it £20,000, £10,000? Don’t worry, I’ll pay it all off for you!” I politely declined. How true are the words of the Prophet ﷺ: “Keep on doing Hajj and ‘Umrah, for they eliminate poverty and sin just as the bellows eliminate impurities from iron, gold and silver.” (Tirmidhi)

  • Alfian Sa’at: “If There Is A Committee To Certify The ‘Chineseness’ Of Candidates, What Kinds Of Criteria Should We Expect?”

    Alfian Sa’at: “If There Is A Committee To Certify The ‘Chineseness’ Of Candidates, What Kinds Of Criteria Should We Expect?”

    I have so many questions.
    Is a biologically Chinese person adopted into an Indian family still Chinese?
    But what do we mean by ‘biologically’?
    You can adopt a child of a different race in Singapore.
    But can the child ‘adopt’ whatever race it wants to?
    Are Chindians considered Chinese?
    Is a Chindian with a Chinese father considered more Chinese than one with a Chinese mother?
    Because patrilineal descent?
    If a Chindian is raised only by an Indian mother in the absence of a father can this person remove ‘Chinese’ from the IC and replace it with ‘Indian’?
    If a Chindian is raised by a Filipino domestic worker in the absence of both parents who are working overseas, what is this person’s race?

    If there is a committee to certify the ‘Chineseness’ of candidates, what kinds of criteria should we expect?
    Should this person be able to speak Mandarin?
    Should ‘bananas’ be disqualified?
    Is ‘banana’ a slur?
    How about OCBC–‘Orang Cina Bukan Cina’?
    Can something be a slur when used against an Anglophone elite who wield immense political and economic power in Singapore?
    How about Peranakans?
    Which makes them more Chinese: if they introduce themselves as ‘Peranakan Chinese’ or as ‘Chinese Peranakans’?

    And what if the candidate is a Chinese Muslim?
    Who was featured as one of the top Malay PSLE students in Berita Harian, because of a ‘Muslim-sounding’ name.
    And received a MENDAKI scholarship.
    But then attended a SAP school.
    And decided to change his name by deed poll to something more ‘Chinese-sounding’.
    And was then featured in Lianhe Zaobao as one of the top Chinese ‘O’ Level students.
    But still made CPF contributions to the Mosque Building and Mendaki Fund.
    Then married a Chinese Christian woman under civil marriage.
    And then had kids, one of whom wanted to be Muslim, another Christian, and another a Jedi warrior.
    If this person presents himself in front of an esteemed panel of people who are to certify his Chineseness, what will happen?
    I hope at the very least their heads explode.

    I think some of the questions above are ridiculous.
    I think ultimately there is something absurd about the idea of race–or specifically the idea of racial categorisation.
    And honestly I’m quite tired of all the ink spilled on trying to define Mdm Halimah’s race.
    Because the slipperiness and porosity and contradictions of ‘race’ are not specific to Malays or Indians.
    To be exempt from having your racial identity undergo such obsessive vivisection under the public glare is surely one of the manifestations of majority privilege.
    And to be honest the feeling is horrible, as if there is an ‘authentic performance’ of one’s race, or even worse, that one can be viewed as an exemplary or illustrative specimen of one’s racial species.

     

    Source: Alfian Sa’at

  • Help Needed: Car Scratched At Parking Lot

    Help Needed: Car Scratched At Parking Lot

    Hi guys,

    I need your help if anyone here parked at geylang serai market between time of 1.41pm-2.45pm at level 4A near the slope going down please i need your help to find out who scratched my car as before i was at SGH parking lot and i look at my vid so far no car/person went out and hit that area.. i suspect someone who parked beside me at geylang serai market.. as my cam vid shows someone going through that side of the scratch after i left the car.. im unable to see the car/person parked beside me.. Seek justice and help, thanks everybody.. (The scratch may be minor to some of u.. but i just need some owing up..)

     

    Source: M.S.

  • Doa-Doa Untuk Hilangkan Sihir Di Badan

    Doa-Doa Untuk Hilangkan Sihir Di Badan

    Sihir menjadi salah satu perbuatan perbuatan yang tidak disukai oleh Allah SWT. Hal ini kerana ketika seseorang menggunakan ilmu sihir untuk mencelakakan orang lain maka disaat itu ia telah mendekatkan diri kepada syaitan. Jika seseorang terkena ilmu sihir, maka orang itu akan mengalami kesakitan, masalah berpanjangan, atau bahkan boleh membawa kepada kematian. Maka orang di sekitarnya akan berusaha untuk mengeluarkan sihir tersebut melalui cara ruqyah.
    Ruqyah biasanya dilakukan dengan membaca ayat-ayat di dalam Al-Qur’an. Agar ruqyah tersebut  mujarab maka kita harus membaca ayat untuk menghancurkan ilmu sihir.Oleh itu, ayat apakah yang harus dibaca tersebut? Berikut maklumat selanjutnya.

    1. Al Baqarah Ayat 102
    Ayat pertama yang dapat digunakan untuk menghancurkan sihir terdapat dalam surah Al-Baqarah ayat 102. Allah Ta’ala berfirman:
    “Dan mereka mengikuti apa yang dibaca oleh syaitan-syaitan pada masa kerajaan Sulaiman (dan mereka mengatakan bahwa Sulaiman itu mengerjakan sihir), padahal Sulaiman tidak kafir (tidak mengerjakan sihir), hanya syaitan-syaitan lah yang kafir (mengerjakan sihir). Mereka mengajarkan sihir kepada manusia dan apa yang diturunkan kepada dua orang malaikat di negeri Babilon yaitu Harut dan Marut, sedang keduanya tidak mengajarkan (sesuatu) kepada seorangpun sebelum mengatakan: “Sesungguhnya kami hanya cubaan (bagimu), sebab itu janganlah kamu kafir”. Maka mereka mempelajari dari kedua malaikat itu apa yang dengan sihir itu, mereka dapat menceraikan antara seorang (suami) dengan isterinya. Dan mereka itu (ahli sihir) tidak memberi mudharat dengan sihirnya kepada seorangpun, kecuali dengan izin Allah. Dan mereka mempelajari sesuatu yang tidak memberi mudharat kepadanya dan tidak memberi manfaat. Demi, sesungguhnya mereka telah meyakini bahwa barangsiapa yang menukarnya (kitab Allah) dengan sihir itu, tiadalah baginya keuntungan di akhirat, dan amat jahatlah perbuatan mereka menjual dirinya dengan sihir, kalau mereka mengetahui.”

    2. Al A’raaf Ayat 117-122
    Surah selanjutnya yang dapat menghancurkan ilmu sihir yakni QS. Al-A’raaf ayat 117-122. Allah Ta’ala berfirman:
    “Dan Kami wahyukan kepada Musa: “Lemparkanlah tongkatmu!”. Maka sekonyong-konyong tongkat itu menelan apa yang mereka tipu dayakan. Kerana itu nyatalah yang benar dan batallah yang selalu mereka kerjakan. Maka mereka kalah di tempat itu dan jadilah mereka orang-orang yang hina. Dan ahli-ahli sihir itu serta merta meniarapkan diri dengan bersujud. Mereka berkata: “Kami beriman kepada Tuhan semesta alam, (yaitu) Tuhan Musa dan Harun”.”

    Di dalam ayat tersebut, Allah SWT memberitahukan bahwa Dia telah mewahyukan kepada hamba dan Rasul-Nya, Musa as. dalam situasi yang sangat genting. Yakni situasi untuk membedakan yang haq dan yang bathil. Kemudian Allah memerintahkan kepada Musa agar melemparkan tongkat yang ada di tangan kanannya.

    Fa idzaa Hiya talqafu (“Maka sekonyong-konyong tongkat itu menelan.”) Maksudnya memakan. Maa ya’fikuun (“Apa yang mereka tipu dayakan.”) Yaitu, apa yang telah mereka lemparkan dan apa yang mereka buat seakan-akan nyata, padahal sebenarnya adalah bathil. Ibnu ‘Abbas berkata: “Lalu tongkat Musa itu tidaklah melewati tali-tali dan tongkat-tongkat mereka itu melainkan ditelannya. Akhirnya para ahli sihir itu mengetahui bahwa hal itu merupakan sesuatu yang datang dari langit dan bukan sihir. Maka mereka pun meniarapkan diri dengan bersujud seraya mengatakan: aamannaa bi rabbil ‘aalamiina rabbi muusaa wa Haaruuna (“Kami beriman kepada Tuhan semesta alam. Yaitu Tuhan Musa dan Harun.”) Muhammad bin Ishaq berkata: “Tongkat Musa itu mengejar tali-tali dan tongkat-tongkat mereka satu persatu sehingga apa yang mereka lemparkan itu tidak terlihat lagi di lapangan. Setelah itu, Musa as. mengambil kembali tongkatnya seperti sediakala. Dan para ahli sihir itu pun bersujud seraya berkata, “Kami beriman kepada Rabb semesta alam, yaitu Rabb Musa dan Harun. Seandainya ia adalah seorang tukang sihir, nescaya ia tidak dapat mengalahkan kami.”

    3. Yunus Ayat 81-82
    Ayat terakhir yang juga dapat digunakan untuk menghancurkan sihir ialah QS. Yunus ayat 81-82. Allah SWT berfirman:
    “Maka setelah mereka lemparkan, Musa berkata: “Apa yang kamu lakukan itu, itulah yang sihir, sesungguhnya Allah akan menampakkan ketidak benarannya” Sesungguhnya Allah tidak akan membiarkan terus berlangsungnya pekerjaan orang-yang membuat kerusakan.Dan Allah akan mengokohkan yang benar dengan ketetapan-Nya, walaupun orang-orang yang berbuat dosa tidak menyukai(nya)”

    4. Thaha ayat 69
    Surah terakhir yaitu QS. Thaha ayat 69, Allah Ta’ala berfirman: “Dan lemparkanlah apa yang ada ditangan kananmu, nescaya ia akan menelan apa yang mereka perbuat. “Sesungguhnya apa yang mereka perbuat itu adalah tipu daya tukang sihir (belaka). Dan tidak akan menang tukang sihir itu, dari mana saja ia datang.”
    Jika orang-orang yang terkena sihir ataupun gangguan jin kemudian dibacakan ayat-ayat di atas, maka mereka akan merasakan tanda-tanda khusus. Di antaranya iaitu akan ada rasa yang menjalar di tubuh, bergetar atau kesemutan dari ujung badan/persendian. Ada pula yang merasakan sakit kepala yang hebat serta sesak nafas.

    Demikianlah informasi mengenai ayat-ayat yang boleh dibacakan ketika seseorang terkena sihir dari orang-orang yang mengerjakan kebatilan. Semoga boleh menjadi sumber rujukan bagi kita untuk menolong orang lain yang terkena sihir.

    Wallahualam.

    Semoga bermanfaat.Sila sebarkan.

     

    Source: Suara Media

  • Poem For Singapore’s State Of Affairs

    Poem For Singapore’s State Of Affairs

    I just wrote this poem for my dearest family and friends. Like if you enjoyed reading it. Look the other way if you didnt.

    LIFE’S GOOD. JUST LOOK THE OTHER WAY

    It’s easy to lead a good life
    One that is not filled with strife
    Hop along go where the wind blows
    Richly adorned by things that glows
    Queue for your food and chope your seats
    Trust the government and praise their feats
    Look the other way when they cheat
    Because if you see it will mean defeat
    Convince yourself that it’s not all gloom
    Sleep tight and embrace the moral doom
    Change the laws to suit the government
    Of course to the people’s ultimate detriment
    You are so busy giving your life to make money
    You forget that living life is sweet as honey
    At elections your support leaves them humble
    But in real life costs continue to double
    Always silencing the disenting voices
    Stripping you of your democratic choices
    Let’s go on many fancy holidays
    One of many enjoyable getaways
    Why do we care how the country is run
    Just make sure my BTO is done
    Power corrupts ordinarily
    Absolute power corrupts absolutely
    The pride of a nation in sports is bought from abroad
    To our foreign friends welcome aboard
    We the citizens won’t mind
    We just say nevermind
    Small rights are gradually stripped
    Aiya, it’s better to keep your mouth zipped
    Why do you care what the government does?
    I really don’t see what’s the big fuss
    Pay more for water and anything on the shelve
    You don’t need much space for everything else
    Accuse your citizens of being racist
    Then let off lightly a foreign rapist
    Send the small fries to the gallows
    Wine and dine with the rich fellows
    Our world class transport system is plagued by signal fault
    Alamak this month instalment I cannot default
    Foreign students take loans to study here
    Runaway with unpaid loan without fear
    Must sue if integrity questioned
    But if brother, lets keep this unmentioned
    We are champions of the small things
    Oblivious to the injustices life brings
    There is only one thing left to do
    Best you start preparing without much ado
    Come on man, steal your neighbour’s lunch, they say
    Easy. because most of us are always looking the other way

     

    Source: K.P.