بِسْمِ ال
"Not that i am angry nor upset over the previous conversation we had few days back.
I am not comfortable with your statement jus now. Hence the short reply and end of conversation. =)
No hard feelings yer..."
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Our Community
بِسْمِ ال
I have just completed my assignment on about the Malay Community. Realized that many of our culture here opposes the teachings of Islam. Ironic isnt it. The Malay community here are generally Muslim-born, how can our culture deviate from Islam itself.
Way before Islam in this part of the region, our ancestors are of a different religion apart of Islam la kan.
The practice they had when they were non-muslim continue to be practiced..but as a culture here.
e.g. weddings, we are encouraged to do a simple wedding. but many of us did them in a lavish way, membazir tu. which is not encouraged in Islam but in culture means to let others know that you are celebrating the once-in-a-lifetine event...so its ok to splurge.
There were many other examples but I guess the most prominent one is the abovementioned.
We might never know that we somehow do practice culture or we display behaviours that are against His teachings as well. Lets sit back and ponder. If its the culture that defined us and make us go against the religion, I believe its safer to discard such culture. Not that i'm saying whatever Malay community culture is against the religion. Whatever we know is against the religion should be abandoned.
Astagfirullah! We are among the wrong-doers. May He forgive us.
If doing the assignment didnt wake me (from some "culture against religion" act), the next sentence did.
Narrated Ibn Abbas radi Allahu Anhu; The Prophet S.A.W said "The most hated person to Allah are three (1) a person who deviates from the right conduct -i.e. an evil doer, in the Haram (santuaries of Makkah and Al-Madinah); (2) a person who wants that the tradition of the pre-islamic period of ignorance should remain in Islam; and (3) a person who seeks to shed somebody's blood w/o any right" (Sahihh Al-Bukhari, Vol 9 Hadith No. 9)
yes, the 2nd, purpled colored attribute woke me up.
Rights, again, I am just trying to be a better practising Muslimah. With such "wake up" call I do hope it will make it more easier for me to remember what is to be practised and what is to be abandoned. InsyaAllah! Amin!
And May many of us realize that there are some culture which we just blindly follow cause its part of culture. Adat. And I do heard of the older generation and new ones too, holding on tight to the adat. something that is more important to grasp hold of is Agama. Yes we are rich in culture..some that didnt oppose to Islam, we can keep that. We just need to filter out those that opposes. Its time to give some thought to it.
I have just completed my assignment on about the Malay Community. Realized that many of our culture here opposes the teachings of Islam. Ironic isnt it. The Malay community here are generally Muslim-born, how can our culture deviate from Islam itself.
Way before Islam in this part of the region, our ancestors are of a different religion apart of Islam la kan.
The practice they had when they were non-muslim continue to be practiced..but as a culture here.
e.g. weddings, we are encouraged to do a simple wedding. but many of us did them in a lavish way, membazir tu. which is not encouraged in Islam but in culture means to let others know that you are celebrating the once-in-a-lifetine event...so its ok to splurge.
There were many other examples but I guess the most prominent one is the abovementioned.
We might never know that we somehow do practice culture or we display behaviours that are against His teachings as well. Lets sit back and ponder. If its the culture that defined us and make us go against the religion, I believe its safer to discard such culture. Not that i'm saying whatever Malay community culture is against the religion. Whatever we know is against the religion should be abandoned.
Astagfirullah! We are among the wrong-doers. May He forgive us.
If doing the assignment didnt wake me (from some "culture against religion" act), the next sentence did.
Narrated Ibn Abbas radi Allahu Anhu; The Prophet S.A.W said "The most hated person to Allah are three (1) a person who deviates from the right conduct -i.e. an evil doer, in the Haram (santuaries of Makkah and Al-Madinah); (2) a person who wants that the tradition of the pre-islamic period of ignorance should remain in Islam; and (3) a person who seeks to shed somebody's blood w/o any right" (Sahihh Al-Bukhari, Vol 9 Hadith No. 9)
yes, the 2nd, purpled colored attribute woke me up.
Rights, again, I am just trying to be a better practising Muslimah. With such "wake up" call I do hope it will make it more easier for me to remember what is to be practised and what is to be abandoned. InsyaAllah! Amin!
And May many of us realize that there are some culture which we just blindly follow cause its part of culture. Adat. And I do heard of the older generation and new ones too, holding on tight to the adat. something that is more important to grasp hold of is Agama. Yes we are rich in culture..some that didnt oppose to Islam, we can keep that. We just need to filter out those that opposes. Its time to give some thought to it.
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