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Hati-hati bila beli buku agama

Elif, Lam, Mim.

“1. Alif. Lám. Mím.

2. This is the Book; in it is guidance sure, without doubt, to those who fear Allah;

3. Who believe in the Unseen, are steadfast in prayer, and spend out of what We have provided for them;

4. And who believe in the Revelation sent to thee, and sent before thy time, and (in their hearts) have the assurance of the Hereafter.

5. They are on (true) guidance, from their Lord, and it is these who will prosper.”

(2:1,2,3,4,5)


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Jika keluar ke bandar, saya memang jarang lepaskan peluang untuk berkunjung ke kedai-kedai buku. Jadi saya telah melihat berbagai-bagai jenis buku dan gaya penulisan (alhamdulillah), dan tentang hal itulah yang mencetuskan topik ini: “Hati-hati bila nak beli buku agama”.

Ini kerana saya dapati ada orang awam yang membeli buku hanya kerana tertarik dengan tajuk buku sahaja sedangkan dia tidak berfikir pun tentang tahap ketulenan dan kesahihan ilmu yang terdapat dalam buku yang ingin dibelinya.

Apa masalahnya sehingga perlu berhati-hati pula?

Begini, antara masalah-masalah yang dapat dilihat pada sesetengah buku-buku agama adalah seperti berikut:

  • Fakta-fakta Islam yang terkandung dalam buku tersebut tidak disertakan dari mana dalilnya atau kitab apa yang dijadikan rujukan. *(dalam buku yang bagus biasanya terdapat footnote yang menyebut tentang sumber-sumber yang digunakan oleh penulis dalam memasukkan sesuatu hukum\fatwa\fakta Islam)
  • Penulisan mengandungi unsur emosi bukannya ilmiah.
  • Banyak dimasukkan hadith-hadith dan zikir-zikir spesifik dalam sesuatu ibadah tetapi tidak disebut sumbernya. Para pembaca buku perlu berwaspada dengan zikir-zikir dalam ibadat yang direka-reka oleh manusia, takut-takut ia menukar cara dan lafaz bacaan seperti mana yang diajar Rasulullah, contoh ikutan terbaik buat kita.
  • Malah, kadang-kadang diajar juga amalan ibadat pelik-pelik, di mana tidak disebut dengan dalil dan sumber manakah penulis mendapat tahu hal tersebut.
  • Kadang-kadang walaupun disertakan hadith-hadith, penulis tidak menyatakan status hadith tersebut sama ada dari segi siapa periwayatnya (Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmidhi etc), dan kategori hadith tersebut (Sahih, Hasan etc).
  • Perkara yang disampaikan oleh penulis bukannya hujah ilmiah, sebaliknya hal-hal karut-marut yang tidak ada asasnya dalam nas-nas sahih.
  • Penulisan yang bersikap sempit (jumud), iaitu penulis tidak mempamerkan hujahnya dengan jelas, terang dan selaras dengan dalil-dalil yang kukuh saling menyokong; tetapi sebaliknya berhujah dengan alasan yang tidak kuat, dan kerap kali tidak berdalil atau dalilnya ialah hadith yang lemah. Ini selalu dijumpai dalam buku-buku cara ibadat.
  • Penulis bertindak menyerang peribadi seseorang individu yang tidak sependapat dengannya. Sepatutnya dia hanya berbahas (secara ilmiah bukan emosi) untuk melawan hujah individu itu sahaja, bukannya merosakkan dan merendah-rendahkan maruah orang lain.

Kriteria-Kriteria Penting Bila Nak Beli Buku Agama

Bila hendak beli buku agama, pastikanlah hal-hal berikut supaya ilmu agama yang diperolehi itu lebih selamat untuk diamalkan:

  1. Buku tersebut mengandungi fakta-fakta dalam syariat Islam yang disokong oleh dalil-dalil daripada Al-Quran dan Hadith.
  2. Hadith-hadith yang digunakan dimasukkan sekali rujukannya daripada kitab mana (contoh: Hadith no. 1243 dalam Sahih Bukhari, Hadith no. 116 dalam Kitab Sahih Al-Huffaz, m/s 234 dari buku “Introduction To Islam” dan sebagainya).
  3. Pastikan dalil-dalil yang disertakan mempunyai penerangan yang jelas dan logik. Jika dalil-dalil itu agak sukar untuk difahami, adalah bagus jika buku itu mengandungi tafsiran daripada para ulama’ pentafsir Quran dan Hadith.
  4. Sungguhpun jika dalil Al-Quran dan As-Sunnah ada dimasukkan, pembaca seeloknya tetap perlu menganalisa buku itu dan elakkan menerima secara membuta-tuli sesuatu hal, melainkan jika sudah benar-benar yakin dengan kekuatan hujah ilmiah yang terkandung dalam buku tersebut. *(Antara teknik menganalisa buku yang baik ialah: membandingkan hujah dalam buku tersebut dengan hujah-hujah dalam buku-buku agama lain yang dipercayai. Kemudian jika terdapat perbezaan pendapat, cuba fikirkan sebabnya, dan lebih baik anda pergi bertanya ustaz yang pakar dalam hal tersebut untuk lebih pasti.)
  5. Hujah (selain hal-hal ghaib) yang digunakan oleh penulis dapat diterima akal logik.
  6. Tentang hal-hal ghaib, mesti pastikan terdapat ayat Al-Quran dan hadith-hadith sahih yang menjadi bukti bagi hal ghaib tersebut. Untuk lebih selamat, pastikan buku tersebut mengandungi tafsiran-tafsiran para ulama’ tentang hal ghaib itu. *(sebenarnya hal-hal ghaib tidak patut untuk dibahaskan dengan mendalam kerana hal-hal ghaib memang manusia biasa tak nampak. Jadi cukuplah kita beriman dengan apa sahaja yang disebut dalam Al-Quran dan As-Sunnah daripada kita sibuk membuat sangkaan-sangkaan tentang hal-hal ghaib ini.)
  7. Semakin banyak pendapat para ulama’ muktabar terdahulu dan mutakhir dimasukkan penulis ke dalam buku tersebut, semakin baguslah buku itu untuk dibeli, kerana hujah yang disampaikan akan jadi lebih kuat dan menyakinkan.
  8. Tidak ada unsur-unsur khurafat dan dongeng dalam usaha penulis untuk menyampaikan sesuatu maklumat dalam buku tersebut.
  9. Penulis tidak menunjukkan ketaksuban kepada ideologi atau gaya hidup mana-mana individu melainkan kepada Rasulullah s.a.w sahaja.
  10. Penyampaian isi buku tidak berbelit-belit.
  11. Gaya penulisan tidak menunjukkan unsur-unsur ego dan lagak, sebaliknya penulisan itu kelihatan seperti cenderung untuk berdakwah kepada para pembaca bukannya untuk menghentam individu.

Semoga semua ini dapat membantu kita untuk membeli buku-buku agama yang lebih terjamin kesahihannya dan lebih selamat untuk diamalkan isinya. Insha Allah!

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Sumber/ Source: photographerofquran , Tazkirahonline

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The Veil



They say, “Oh, poor girl, you’re so beautiful you know
it’s a shame that you cover up your beauty so.”
She just smiles and graciously responds reassuringly,
“This beauty that I have is just one simple part of me.
This body that I have, no stranger has the right to see.
These long clothes, this shawl I wear, ensure my modesty.
Faith is more essential than fashion, wouldn’t you agree? This hijab,
This mark of piety,
Is an act of faith, a symbol,
For all the world to see.
A simple cloth, to preserve her dignity.
So lift the veil from your heart to see the heart of purity.
They tell her, “Girl, don’t you know this is the West and you are free?
You don’t need to be oppressed, ashamed of your femininity.”
She just shakes her head and she speaks so assuredly, “See the bill-boards and the magazines that line the check-out isles, with their phoney painted faces and their air-brushed smiles?
Well their sheer clothes and low cut gowns are really not for me.
You call it freedom, I call it anarchy.”

By Dawud W. Ali

Source: tazkirahonline

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Princess Hijab: Advertising hijabist with a cause

A young Paris-based guerilla street artist who calls herself Princess Hijab (PH) has been "hijabizing" advertisements, spray-painting veils and chadors onto the lightly dressed models. MENASSAT had a chat with the mysterious artist who says she is fighting Jihad through art.
By ALEXANDRA SANDELS
princess hijab
Bling! Princess Hijab strikes again. © Princess Hijab

BEIRUT/PARIS, January 23, 2009 (MENASSAT) — "Princess Hijab knows that L’Oréal and Dark & Lovely have been killing her little by little. With her spray paint and black marker pen, she is out to hijabize advertising. Even Kate Moss is targeted. By day, she wears a white veil, symbol of purity. By night, her black veil is the expression of her vengeful fight for a cause," states Princess Hijab (princesshijab.org) in her manifesto.

What is that cause? In a nutshell, it is to subvert consumer images—especially of women—and to push cultural boundaries.

And few are spared the Princess' black marker and spray paint in her artistic Jihad.

In the online gallery of her "hijabizing" of ad campaigns, lightly clad models in ads for Virgin Music and various clothing companies have been re-dressed by the Princess in veils and chadors (body-length veil), their eyes popping out of face-covering hijabs.

They are striking as much as they are irreverent, and they have caused anger in both Muslim and secular circles.

Cinderella in chador and hijab men

Even Cinderella dancing with her prince in an animated advertisement for the popular fairytale turned film has had her dress changed to a black chador/abaya.

Next to the "hijabized" Cinderella is an ad of a man with a black medieval-style helmet painted over his head, only his bright blue eyes sticking out of the artistic arrangement.

Princess Hijab told MENASSAT that her hijab campaigns are not plastered on the streets of Paris as an act of "art for art's sake," but instead represent a part of what she calls "art propositions for a more global idea."

In this global idea, Princess Hijab means she pursues what she calls her "noble cause," or her "anti-advertising movement" in an attempt to fight today's mainstream and sexist consumerism.

But what she calls her "subverting visuals" are done in a manner that puts it in opposition to a Western-style advertising format, with its images of scantily clad women and underweight men and women used to sell anything from deodorant to coffee.

Speaking in the third person, Princess Hijab said, "When she [Princess Hijab] was a teen, she heard about movements such as Adbuster. But since September 11, things have changed. She does not subvert images in an American way."

When MENASSAT asked the anonymous artist about her inspiration, she quoted a number of affiliations and movements.

"…the Woman. No logo from Naomi Klein, The anti-advertising movement… the gender movements… the straight edge, the nerd-centrism, atheism symbolism, urban legends, the allegories and the new myths..." she said.

While Princess H battles mass consumerism and sexist ads, some of her targets have been left with quite a feminine touch.

Take the paper dolls pieces that are makeshift mannequins dressed in veils, short abayas, often with high heels and often carrying mobile phones—modern women in any context occidental or eastern.

Interesting is also Princess Hijab's ad (left) that features three smiling veiled women on a blue, red, and white background, representing the colors of the French flag—clearly a reference to the country’s heated headscarf controversy over the past years.

Princess Hijab maintains that she is not involved in any religious or political movement or working for any lobbying group.

The 21-year old, who says she is an "unseen character" roaming the streets, alternatively describes herself as an "insomniac punk" and a leader of an "artistic fight."

Who is Princess Hijab?

"I created PH to be connected. I wanted to mix elements from different extractions and cultures, starting from my initial subject: the veiled woman. I believe it's the reason why PH had such an impact. She never let herself be defined by religion nor gender. It was really crucial for me,: she said.

And like other culture jammers like Banksy in the UK, Princess Hijab has chosen to remain anonymous. "I like secrets and it corresponds to something quite intimate to me," she said.

Asked whether she might reveal her identity in the future, she answered, "It's not impossible."

Not surprisingly, Princes Hijab's decision to remain anonymous has caused discussion and debate among bloggers and in online forums.

"Is she a Muslim or not? Or is Princess Hijab perhaps even a man?" are some of the questions being asked.

At one point, there was even talk about whether the Princess' first black and white hijab ad, which depicts a veiled woman with "Hijab Ad" written below it, was indeed a self-portrait of the artist.

Prince Habib's guerrilla street art has so far been featured at several art exhibitions, including one in Norway recently.

But the young artist stresses that it took a while for people to accept her alternative art, saying her hijab ads and projects were perceived quite negatively at first.

"At the beginning, the reactions were rather negative, but with the visibility increasing, it touched some people who could understand and be interested by my practice," she said.

And it's after all the unconventional audience—art lovers and bloggers alike—that Princess Hijab is trying to reach.

"There are always people who see through the first degree of consumerism. These are the kind of people I try to reach," she said.

Source: Menassat.com

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