Menanggapi pernyataan tersebut, pihak Yahoo menuturkan bahwa telah menjadi prioritas mereka untuk melindungi anak-anak saat beraktivitas di dunia maya. Mereka memaparkan, telah membuat fitur online yang diperlukan untuk mewujudkan komitmennya itu, misalnya dengan filter penyaring untuk kata-kata tak senonoh. Adapun Google juga mengatakan hal yang hampir sama. [det]
Friday, February 15, 2008
ProDuSen FiLm PoRno PriHatin PorNogRafi InteRnet
Menanggapi pernyataan tersebut, pihak Yahoo menuturkan bahwa telah menjadi prioritas mereka untuk melindungi anak-anak saat beraktivitas di dunia maya. Mereka memaparkan, telah membuat fitur online yang diperlukan untuk mewujudkan komitmennya itu, misalnya dengan filter penyaring untuk kata-kata tak senonoh. Adapun Google juga mengatakan hal yang hampir sama. [det]
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
HaRi AnTi-VaLeNtiNe SeDuNia DicaNanGkan di AcEh
Aksi ini bertujuan untuk mengajak kaum muda Muslim di seluruh Tanah Air untuk menghindari perayaan yang bertentangan dengan ajaran Islam.
Menurut Faris, Islam tidak pernah mengenal budaya seperti yang diperaktikkan di hari Valentine. Dirinya juga menganggap perayaan hari Valentine yang dilakukan kebanyakan kaum muda ini terjadi karena rendahnya pemahaman serta pengetahuan masyarakat terhadap Valentine itu sendiri.
"Di Romawi pada masa Kaisar Constantin, perayaan Valentine adalah untuk mengenang Uskup Valentine yang dihukum mati oleh raja karena menghalalkan zina. Selaku umat Muslim kita tidak pantas dan sangat berdosa bila merayakan hari pendeklarasian zina," tegasnya.
Pihaknya juga meminta perhatian dari pemerintah dan kaum ulama untuk mengeluarkan fatwa terhadap perayaan Valentine tersebut. Menurutnya, jika hal ini terus dibiarkan maka akan terus merusak akidah kaum generasi Islam.
"Kaum ulama harus memberikan pengarahan dan pemahaman kepada kami generasi muda, agar kami tidak salah langkah. Ini penting untuk menyelamatkan generasi Islam dari kerusakan moral dan akidah," ungkapnya. (okezone.com)
How to respond to the propaganda attack on Islam and the Shari'ah
The struggle between the Islamic Ummah as one Ummah and the Kuffar as peoples and nations continued for thirteen consecutive centuries. The conflict between Islam as a Deen, her unique way of life and Kufr also continued throughout these past thirteen centuries. At the advent of the thirteenth century (nineteenth century CE), the Capitalist system, which is a system of Kufr, challenged the system of Islam in its thoughts and emotions. It was but a short round before the Muslims fell defeated. It was an intellectual blow that was followed by the destructive political subjugation.
However, Islam was not truly defeated and it will never be defeated, because it and it alone is the truth. How is it that Islam remains in the arena of conflict whilst its followers were defeated and they did not realise its position in the struggle? As for this challenge to Islam’s thoughts, it took place by attacking the Islamic thoughts through bringing extensive criticism and falsification against them. The Kafir nations confronted the ummah demanding solutions for new and diverse problems: Demanding their rules (Ahkaam) and the manner in which they would be solved. The position of the Muslims as regards to these two issues was one of utter weakness. They tried to retaliate but with failed and twisted attempts. The Muslims were demoralised which led to indifference.
A glaring challenge was thrown down to Islam by the systematic assault on its thoughts, rules and emotions. It would be natural, even inevitable, that the Muslims should have accepted this challenge, and plunged themselves into the intellectual battlefield with the Kuffar. It was rather obligatory on them to carry the initiative against Kufr and the Kuffar, because they are Da’wah carriers and people who convey a Message. However, the reality was that the Muslims weakened before the challenge in a manner that incited derision and ridicule of them, and covered them with shame and humiliation. So they came up with excuses for Islam regarding its rules on polygamy. They began to defend it by saying that polygamy can take place only in a situation of justice. They avoided the fact that Islam allows divorce and said that it does not allow it except within certain conditions. They accepted the accusations against the Islamic Khilafah and were silent over it, and they tried at the end of the Ottoman era to change its system. After its destruction, they avoided mentioning it or did not find the courage to mention it in public. They retreated concerning the issue of Jihad, and considered it an accusation thrown on Islam. So they responded to this accusation by saying Jihad is defensive war and not offensive.
In this manner they consented to what the Kuffar said and allowed Islam to stand accused. They proceeded to defend Islam in a way that can only be interpreted as a shocking defeat in the confrontation against the Kuffar. A direct consequence of this humiliation was that all the rules under attack were abandoned and the rules and thoughts of Capitalism took their place. As for the new issues and the problems that only occur in the Capitalist society, they interpreted Islam and distorted it in relation to them. They said that Islam holds the opinion of al-Massalih al-Mursalah (unqualified interests), thus the law of Allah agrees with man’s interests. They said that wisdom (al-Hikmah) is the lost property of the believer and he should take it wherever he finds it. Based on this, an attempt was made to reconcile the solution brought by the Capitalist system with Islam. They adopted it as Islam but Islam is immiscible with such ideas.
Studying Islam as a solution to problems
They did not study problems in order to derive solutions or to study the rules in the Kitab and Sunnah. Rather they adopted the West’s solutions to these problems wholeheartedly. Muslims then accepted them as Islamic solutions on the basis that Islam does not forbid them. Some adopted them on the basis of the opinion of al-Masaalih al-Mursalah as held by certain Imams, and not according to what the Qur’an and Hadith had brought. The Capitalist rules were therefore introduced by claiming them to be from Islam. It was inevitable that the laws in society and the societal transactions (Mu’amalat) of the Muslims would proceed without any regard for whether they were Islamic or not. Thus the Capitalist rules became established and Islam was forgotten. This facilitated the changing of the common emotions as long as it was easy to change the thoughts. Thus aversion to the strict adherence to the rules of Islam became widespread because the people considered it as religious fanaticism. Then the aversion moved to encompass the discrimination between the Muslims and the Kuffar, and between Islam and other religions. The concept of ‘nationalism’ came to stir the emotions and the Islamic zeal was buried. Thus, showing anger towards any attack on the Qur’an came to be seen as a sign of backwardness and decline. This is because, in their view, this assault constituted impartial scholarly research. With this the Islamic sentiments were wiped out. Nothing remained of the Islamic emotions except the priestly emotions, the emotions of worship. This was the shocking defeat that the Muslims faced before the Capitalist system’s contest with Islam.
As for the thoughts of Islam being the only true and correct thoughts, and the Capitalist aggressor’s thoughts being false and untrue, this is proven from the reality of the thoughts themselves. Thus, the Capitalist thoughts that consider polygamy a mistake, while considering it correct to restrict the man to one wife, are solutions applied to the reality of the human being and not some logical hypotheses. So where exists a society in the world, in which there is no more than one woman for a man? There is no society in the world where there aren’t at least some men who have more than one wife. However, some of them call their partners mistresses or girlfriends and some of them call them wives. Do the rules allowing polygamy, which leave the choice for a man to practise it or leave it, thus making the second, third or fourth woman a legally recognised wife and not a mistress or girlfriend, do they agree with the natural disposition (FiTrah) of man and address the problem? Or do the rules that prohibit polygamy agree with the natural disposition (FiTrah) of man and solve the problem? This is particularly when they remain silent at having relations with more than a woman illegally,. since it is not allowed more than one. Or is making the living together of spouses one of companionship and choice:
“either you retain her on reasonable terms or release her with kindness.” [TMQ 2:229].
He would keep her if living together in a state of happiness for both spouses or he would divorce her if living together is the cause of their misery; does this not accord with the happiness and tranquillity of the spouses? Or does the imposition of a forced life together, even if it causes the worst type of misery, achieve the happiness and tranquillity of the spouses.
Thus, the issue of explaining the validity of the Islamic Shari’ah and its suitability for people in every age and every generation requires one to ask: Is it revealed from Allah as a Shari’ah for people? Once this issue has been proven, then it is definite that it is the true Shari’ah. This is because one of the attributes of the deity, which is necessitated by the divine power, is to acquire the attribute of absolute perfection and the infallibility from any deficiency. It has been proven that His Law is correct and suitable in the form it has come; and it has also been proven that it has come for all people for all ages and for every generation; He (swt) said:
“And We have not sent you except to all of mankind” [TMQ 34:28],
“And Say: O mankind! Verily, I am sent to you all as the Messenger of Allah” [TMQ 7:158].
It is inevitable that this Shari’ah should also be a source for thought from which all the human relationships would be deduced. It is also inevitable that it should be wide-ranging, thus including all new and diverse incidents. Then certainly it will be a fertile soil for establishing comprehensive principles and general thoughts. As long as it is for human beings as human beings, then it will undoubtedly solve the problems of all peoples however much they may differ in their nationality or environments. All of this is necessitated by the fact that it is a Shari’ah from Allah (swt), which He has revealed to His Prophet so that he may convey it to the people in order to act upon it. This is the issue regarding the Islamic Shari’ah, which is the speech of the Legislator relating to the actions of the servants, i.e. that it is a solution to all problems, which was revealed by Allah. So when He prohibited usury, one does not ask whether this prohibition is in agreement with the age or not, or whether it agrees with modern civilisation or not. The only thing to be asked is whether this prohibition has been deduced from what was revealed from Allah. If it is from the revelation then it is a correct rule, otherwise it is not. It is incorrect to say that this hinders trade dealings and severs economic relationships with the outside world and makes the country isolated. It is incorrect to say this, because the basis on which the viewpoint of life is established is to make the Shar’a the criterion for actions. Only the Shar’a should judge, i.e. the criterion should only be the Halal and the Haram.
Therefore anything other than the Shar’a is not considered a criterion and is discarded. Similarly, when Allah (swt) obliges the husband to pay maintenance (nafaqah) to his wife seemingly (Bil-Ma’aroof) even if she is rich, it is wrong to ask whether this obligation is in agreement with the modern age or not. It is wrong to say that the spouses co-operate in life so they must co-operate in the maintenance of the house. Nor is it right to say that the maintenance is for the poor wife and not for the wealthy one. Such questions and statements should not be made. Rather, one should only ask if this obligation has been deduced from what the revelation (wahy) has brought from Allah (swt). If that is the case, then the rule is correct, otherwise it is not. Similarly, Allah permitted the human being to spend his wealth on the permissible things as much as he wants and in whatever way he wants. So for example, a husband might buy his wife jewellery and gems worth half a million dinars; and he might spend one million dinars to set up different playgrounds for his children to play in, he might buy his ten sons seven cars each, so they can use one each day. Since Allah has permitted all this, it should not be said that it contradicts the economic interest or that it disagrees with the interest of the person, or that is not accepted by the mind. That should not be said at all, rather it should only be asked whether this permission has been deduced from what the revelation (wahy) has brought from Allah (swt). If that is so, then the rule is correct and so on and so forth. The fundamental issue is to measure the validity or invalidity of the rule, based on the fact that it is derived from what the revelation (wahy) has brought from Allah (swt). If it has been taken from what the revelation (wahy) has brought then it is valid, otherwise it is not. Any other consideration is of no value whatsoever.
Adapted from the book A Warm Call from Hizb ut-Tahrir to the Muslims
DemoCracy VS IsLaM
1. Introduction
2. Meaning of the words “democracy” and “Islam”
3. Is Democracy Compatible with Islam?
4. What does the Quran say?
1. Introduction
Lets now talk about the topic of “democracy” which Muslims are demanding today and what USA wants to restore in Pakistan.
Whether democracy and Islam are compatible or incompatible, I wouldn’t be giving my personal opinion but I’ll establish my point from the Quran and you be the judge.
2. Meaning of the words “democracy” and “Islam”
Democracy:
(i) government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
(ii) American heritage dictionary : Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
Though I can copy the meaning from more dictionaries but these will suffice. You can see more here.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/democracy
In short, democracy means “rule of the people”
Islam :
Islam comes from the Arabic word “Aslama” or “silm’ which means “to submit, to surrender and to obey” Allah (SWT) with sincerity and Peace and both these words can be found in the Quran
“Who can be better in religion than one who submits (Aslama) his whole self to Allah, does good, and follows the way of Abraham the true in Faith? For Allah did take Abraham for a friend.” (Quran 4:125)
“O ye who believe! Enter into Islam (Silm) whole-heartedly;” (Quran 2:208)
“O ye who believe! Come, all of you, into submission (unto Him) (silm); and follow not the footsteps of the devil. Lo! he is an open enemy for you.” (Quran 2:208, Marmaduke Pickethall)
In short, Islam means “to submit your will to God”. One should do whatever God wants him to do.
3. Is democracy compatible with Islam?
As I mentioned that today Muslims are demanding democracy. I don’t actually have a low opinion of Muslims, but I feel they are ignorant either of what democracy is or what Islam is.
To say that Islam and democracy can go together is as similar to say “Kufr (blasphemy) and Eeman (faith) can go together”. It is as similar as to say “A human being can worship idols and still remain a Muslim”.
Democracy is “rule of the people”. It is people who decide what is halal and what is haraam. It is people who decide what is lawful and what is unlawful, by what law they should abide and by what laws they shouldn’t abide.
In short, the sovereignty belongs to people and NOT to Allah. In Islam, sovereignty belongs to Allah alone. People can pass any law they wish to. They can legalize anything they wish to.
Some time ago in the west, adultery was a crime. Then it became legalized and homosexuality was a crime. Then they legalized it and today it is a crime to condemn homosexuality.
The fallen evangelist Jimmy Swaggart had to apologize and take his words back when he joked and said this about gays during one of his sermons.
“this utter absolute, asinine, idiotic stupidity of men marrying men. … I've never seen a man in my life I wanted to marry. And I'm gonna be blunt and plain; if one ever looks at me like that, I'm gonna kill him and tell God he died."
Now is democracy compatible with Islam in any form, shape or size? Can anyone who denies and says that sovereignty shouldn’t belong to Allah and it should belong to human beings, be a Muslim?
Now lets see what the Quran says about it.
4. What does the Quran say?
“They (The Jews and Christians) take their priests and their anchorites to be their lords in derogation of Allah,” (Quran 9:31)
There used to be one Sahaba (companion) of the Prophet (pbuh) who used to be a Christian. He said that we did not use to worship our priests, we dint use to bow down in front of them. Then the Prophet (pbuh) went on to explain the meaning of this verse.
He said that did they not make lawful what Allah (SWT) made unlawful and did they not make it unlawful what Allah made lawful and he said “yes”. The prophet (pbuh) said that it was their worship of them.
In short, any human being who believes that some other human being has a right to legislate regardless of whether it goes against Allah or not then he has done the same thing what the Jews and Christians did and he has taken that person to be as a god along with Allah!
But do you want something simpler than that? I’ll give it to you.
Allah literally declares those people who say that Allah shouldn’t be soverign as “Kafirs (unbelievers), Zalim (Wrongdoers) and Fasiq (rebels)
“If any do fail to judge by (the light of) what Allah hath revealed, they are (no better than) Unbelievers.” (Quran 5:44)
“And if any fail to judge by (the light of) what Allah hath revealed, they are (No better than) wrong-doers.” (Quran 5:45)
“If any do fail to judge by (the light of) what Allah hath revealed, they are (no better than) those who rebel.” (Quran 5:47)
It is also compulsory to judge by what Muhammad (pbuh) said.
“But no, by the Lord, they can have no (real) Faith, until they make thee judge in all disputes between them, and find in their souls no resistance against Thy decisions, but accept them with the fullest conviction.” (Quran 4:65)
The best of judges is Allah (SWT). No human being has any right to legislate above the right of Allah (SWT). The Quran says
“But who, for a people whose faith is assured, can give better judgment than Allah.” (Quran 5:50)
“Is not Allah the wisest of judges?” (Quran 95:8)
Allah is questioning that is he not the wisest of judges? The answering is reposed in the question, the wisest of judges is indeed Allah.
So anyone who calls for democracy i.e.rule of people in which people can legislate anything regardless of whether it goes against Allah and his messenger (SAW) are indeed unbelievers according to the Quran and they are inviting people to disbelieve in Allah!!
The Quran says:
“It is not fitting for a Believer, man or woman, when a matter has been decided by Allah and His Messenger to have any option about their decision: if any one disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he is indeed on a clearly wrong Path.” (Quran 33:36)
All those people who call for democracy are indeed on the wrong. They normally opt other options in matters which have been decided by Allah and his messenger (peace be upon him).
Any Muslim who says that Sharia law shouldn’t be there but instead democracy should be there says NO to Allah and yes to man-made laws which is indeed blasphemy!!
I rest my case. Any Muslim after reading this article will never demand democracy even if he/she has mustard seed of Eeman (faith).
Posted by Shais Ahmad
Sunday, February 10, 2008
AmEriKa SeMaKin TiDak AmAn
Di Missouri, terjadi insiden penembakan yang menewaskan enam orang. Aksi penembakan terjadi dalam sidang dewan kota. Di Portsmouth Ohio, seorang lelaki bunuh diri setelah melukai istrinya dengan timah panas.
Di kota Chicago, seorang pencuri untuk mendapat 200 Dolar tega membunuh seorang perempuan dan melukai seorang lainnya. Polisi Federal AS dalam laporannya menyatakan menangkap 50 anggota sindikat penjahat di New York hari Kamis kemarin dengan tuduhan terlibat tindak kriminal pembunuhan dan pemerasan. Memburuknya kondisi perekonomian AS dan meningkatnya angka pengangguran di negara itu dinilai sebagai akibat dari peningkatan angka kejahatan dan tindak kriminal di AS.
Sebelumnya, April tahun 2007 lalu, Amerika juga dikagetkan dengan peristiwa penembakan 32 mahasiswa di Universitas Virginia Tech oleh Cho Sheng Hui.
Mei tahun 2007, seorang anak baru gede (ABG) berusia 14 tahun menembaki teman-teman sekolahnya di sebuah kondominium di Ohio. Empat korban mengalami luka berat, sedangkan tersangka tewas bunuh diri.
Bulan Desember di tahun yang sama, terjadi tiga insiden penembakan. Pertama terjadi di mall di Omaha, Nebraska sedangkan yang baru saja terjadi di pusat misionaris Kristen dan sebuah gereja di Colorado Springs, Colorado.
NaBi MuHaMmAd Saw KeMbali DileCeHkan, NiGeria RuSuh
Yang membuat para siswa marah, karena siswa beragama Kristen itu telah melakukan tindakan yang melecehkan Nabi Muhammad Saw. Siswa itu membuat karikatur Nabi Muhammad Saw dan menempelkannya di dinding sekolah. Meski akibat perbuatannya siswa tersebut sudah diskors selama dua minggu, namun para siswa lainnya tidak mau menerima kedatangan siswa pembuat karikatur itu kembali ke sekolah mereka. Jadilah mereka menumpahkan kemarahan yang menjalar menjadi insiden kerusuhan.
"Dua orang dan seorang inspektur polisi tewas dalam kerusuhan tersebut. Sementara sebuah pos polisi dan segala sesuatu yang berada di dalam pos polisi termasuk amunisi, dibakar oleh para perusuh, " ujar Kepala Polisi Kota Kano, Aminu Yesufu.
Selain tiga korban tewas, 20 orang lainnya, masih menurut keterangan Yesufu, mengalami luka serius termasuk seorang anggota polisi yang mengalami luka tusuk benda tajam di kepalanya.
Lebih lanjut Yesufu mengatakan, kepolisian telah menangkap 25 orang perusuh dan akan melakukan investigasi atas insiden ini.
"Para siswa mulai meneriakkan Allahu Akbar ketika siswa beragama Kristen itu kembali ke sekolah, mereka mengejar siswa itu untuk menghukum mati siswa tersebut, " tutur Sadiq Haruna, salah seorang guru sekolah.
Ia melanjutkan, "Siswa itu lari dan menyelamatkan diri ke sebuah pos polisi, tapi ratusan siswa Muslim yang marah menyerang dan mulai membakar ketika polisi menolak menyerahkan siswa tersebut." Sampai saat ini, belum diketahui, di mana keberadaan siswa Kristiani itu.
Insiden kerusuhan kemarin, merupakan insiden kerusuhan kedua di Nigeria, yang disebabkan oleh kasus penghinaan terhadap Nabi Muhammad Saw kemarin. Pada hari Kamis pekan sebelumnya, polisi menembak satu orang perusuh di kota Yana, negara bagian Bauchi. Kerusuhan dipicu oleh dugaan penghinaan Rasulullah oleh seorang perempuan Kristen
Menurut kepala kepolisian Bauchi, Adnan Tolman Gaya, polisi Yana melepaskan tembakan ke arah kerumuman massa untuk membubarkan massa yang sudah marah dan menyerukan agar perempuan yang melecehkan Rasulullah dihukum mati. Massa akhirnya juga membakar pos polisi Yana, karena tidak mau menyerahkan perempuan yang bersangkutan, yang bersembunyi di pos polisi itu. Perempuan yang dituduh melecehkan Nabi Muhammad Saw itu berhasil meloloskan diri tanpa terluka, ketika pos polisi dibakar.
Karena ada seorang pemuda Muslim yang tewas ditembak polisi dalam insiden tersebut, kerusuhan meluas. Perusuh menjarah rumah-rumah milik polisi dan toko-toko milik warga Kristen.Dalam peristiwa ini, polisi menangkap 44 orang.
Ketegangan antara warga Kristen dan Muslim, yang terkadang meluas menjadi aksi-aksi kekerasan, tergolong tinggi di Nigeria. Pada Februari 2006, terjadi kerusuhan serupa selama dua hari di sebelah tenggara kota Onitsha. Kerusuhan yang dipicu dari aksi protes terhadap kartun Nabi Muhammad Saw di Denmark itu menelan korban jiwa sebanyak 50 orang. (ln/aljz, Eramuslim)
Saturday, February 9, 2008
a fAiThFuL's DrEaM
a dream a capitalist never dreams of
in his material but untrue world
that is an immaterial dream dreamt on only by a believer
that leads to immaterial but satisfactory reality in hereafter
the dream is nowhere
but inside our faith
no highest dream of a believer
but only to meet the owner of his soul
to reach his dream
he'll climb the highest mountain
he'll make a profit-making trade with his Lord
He buys His faithful slave's world
and His slave will sell it all to Him
he'll dedicate his whole life for Him and deen
Allah won't take any benefit of his faith
but this man takes all of the whole world
i.e.His pleasure and rewards(heaven)
one will gain what he's going for
whenever he goes for his world,he'll gain it
but he'll be unlucky
whenever he goes for his world and hereafter,he'll gain it
and he'll attain felicity
'if any one desires a reward in this life,in Allah's (gift) is the reward (both) of this life and of the hereafter for Allah is He that heareth and seeth (all things)'
(Qs.an nisaa:134)
Friday, February 8, 2008
HaMid KaRzai TaNpa MaLu-maLu NgaKu BoNeKa AS
Pada 26/01/08 Presiden Afghanistan Hamid Karzai saat berbicara dengan CNN berkata :
“The
(“Pemerintah AS telah menolong Afghanistan dan kalau kami dipanggil boneka, atau kalau saya dipanggil boneka kerana kami berterima kasih kepada Amerika, maka biarlah itu menjadi panggilan saya”)Karzai tanpa perasaan malu sedikitpun, menambahkan pujiannya kepada Amerika selaku tuannya selama ini. Katanya,
“Anyway, Americans have helped Afghanistan tremendously…The truth is that without the United States in Afghanistan, Afghanistan would be a very poor, miserable country…”
(“Bagaimanapun , Amerika telah menolong Afghanistan dengan tak terkira…Hakikatnya tanpa kehadiran Amerika di Afghanistan, Afghanistan akan menjadi negara yang miskin dan menderita…”)
Inilah pengakuan sebuah pengkhianatan yang nyata yang keluar dari mulut salah seorang pemimpin negeri Islam . Memang pengakuan Karzai bahwa dia agen Amerika bukannya satu kejutan, tetapi kenyataan (mykhilafah.com) .....
Pemimpin macam apa ini?inikah yang layak d sebut pemimpin rakyat afghanistan?bagaimana dengan pemimpin negeri muslim lainnya?Betapa hinanya pemimpin Islam yang sanggup mengaku boneka kuffar
Thursday, February 7, 2008
VaLenTiNe Vs IsLaM
Pada suatu pagi Desy mengejutkan teman-temannya dengan setangkai bunga merah yang ia letakkan di atas dadanya, serta merta mereka menyambutnya dengan senyuman sambil bertanya, "Dalam rangka apa ini?" Desy menjawab, "Tidakkah kalian tahu bahwa ini adalah hari kasih-sayang di mana orang-orang sedang merayakan dan saling memberikan ucapan selamat. Ini adalah perayaan untuk mengungkapkan rasa cinta, romantika dan segala ketulusan, ini adalah Hari Valentine...". Tetapi Sari, salah seorang temannya bertanya kepada Desy dengan penuh keheranan, "Apakah arti Valentine?" Desy menjawab, "Artinya adalah cinta dalam bahasa latin ..!" Sari tertawa mendengar jawaban tersebut, "Apakah kamu merayakan sesuatu yang tidak kamu mengerti artinya? Tahukah kamu bahwa Valentine adalah seorang pendeta Nashrani yang hidup pada abad ke 3 M?" Kata Sari bernada prihatin terhadap keadaan sebagian putri muslimah yang mudah mengikuti apa saja yang sampai kepada mereka tanpa berpikir panjang.
SEJARAH HARI VALENTINE
Sari melanjutkan: "Ensiklopedia Katolik menyebutkan tiga versi tentang Valentine, tetapi versi terkenal adalah kisah Pendeta St.Valentine yang hidup di akhir abad ke 3 M di zaman Raja Romawi Claudius II. Pada tanggal 14 Februari 270 M Claudius II menghukum mati St.Valentine yang telah menentang beberapa perintahnya." "Claudius II melihat St.Valentine mengajak manusia kepada agama nashrani lalu dia memerintahkan untuk menangkapnya. Dalam versi kedua, Claudius II memandang para bujangan lebih tabah dalam berperang daripada mereka yang telah menikah yang sejak semula menolak untuk pergi berperang. Maka dia mengeluarkan perintah yang melarang pernikahan. Tetapi St.Valentine menentang perintah ini dan terus mengadakan pernikahan di gereja dengan sembunyi-sembunyi sampai akhirnya diketahui lalu dipenjarakan. Dalam penjara dia berkenalan dengan putri seorang penjaga penjara yang terserang penyakit. Ia mengobatinya hingga sembuh dan jatuh cinta kepadanya. Sebelum dihukum mati, dia mengirim sebuah kartu yang bertuliskan "Dari yang tulus cintanya, Valentine." Hal itu terjadi setelah anak tersebut memeluk agama nashrani bersama 46 kerabatnya."
Lanjut Sari: "Versi ketiga menyebutkan ketika agama nashrani tersebar di Eropa, di salah satu desa terdapat sebuah tradisi Romawi yang menarik perhatian para pendeta. Dalam tradisi itu para pemuda desa selalu berkumpul setiap pertengahan bulan Februari. Mereka menulis nama-nama gadis desa dan meletakkannya di dalam sebuah kotak, lalu setiap pemuda mengambil salah satu nama dari kotak tersebut, dan gadis yang namanya keluar akan menjadi kekasihnya sepanjang tahun. Ia juga mengirimkan sebuah kartu yang bertuliskan "dengan nama tuhan Ibu, saya kirimkan kepadamu kartu ini."
Sambung Sari: "Akibat sulitnya menghilangkan tradisi Romawi ini, para pendeta memutuskan mengganti kalimat "dengan nama tuhan Ibu" dengan kalimat "dengan nama Pendeta Valentine" sehingga dapat mengikat para pemuda tersebut dengan agama Nashrani."
"Versi lain mengatakan St.Valentine ditanya tentang Atharid, tuhan perdagangan, kefasihan, makar dan pencurian, dan Jupiter, tuhan orang Romawi yang terbesar. Maka dia menjawab tuhan-tuhan tersebut buatan manusia dan bahwasanya tuhan yang sesungguhnya adalah Isa Al Masih," papar Sari, "Maha Tinggi Allah dari apa yang dikatakan oleh orang-orang yang dzalim tersebut."
"Bahkan saat ini beredar kartu-kartu perayaan keagamaan ini dengan gambar anak kecil dengan dua sayap terbang mengitari gambar hati sambil mengarahkan anak panah ke arah hati yang sebenarnya merupakan lambang tuhan cinta bagi orang-orang Romawi!!!" Demikian Sari mengakhiri nasihatnya.
HUKUM MERAYAKAN HARI VALENTINE
Saat ini banyak ABG muslimah yang terkena penyakit ikut-ikutan dan mengekor pada budaya Barat atau nashrani akibat pengaruh TV dan media massa lainnya. Termasuk pula dalam hal ini perayaan Hari Valentine, yang pada dasarnya adalah mengenang kembali pendeta St.Valentine. Keinginan untuk ikut-ikutan memang ada dalam diri manusia, akan tetapi hal tersebut menjadi tercela dalam Islam apabila orang yang diikuti berbeda dengan kita dari sisi keyakinan dan pemikirannya.
Apalagi bila mengikuti dalam perkara akidah, ibadah, syi'ar dan kebiasaan. Padahal Rasul telah melarang untuk mengikuti tata cara peribadatan selain Islam: "Barang siapa meniru suatu kaum, maka ia termasuk dari kaum tersebut." (HR. At-Tirmidzi). Bila dalam merayakannya bermaksud untuk mengenang kembali Valentine maka tidak disangsikan lagi bahwa ia telah kafir, adapun bila ia tidak bermaksud demikian maka ia telah melakukan suatu kemungkaran yang besar. Ibnul Qayyim berkata, "Memberi selamat atas acara ritual orang kafir yang khusus bagi mereka, telah disepakati bahwa perbuatan tersebut haram. Semisal memberi selamat atas hari raya dan puasa mereka, dengan mengucapkan, "Selamat hari raya!" dan semisalnya. Bagi yang mengucapkannya, kalau pun tidak sampai pada kekafiran, paling tidak itu merupakan perbuatan haram. Berarti ia telah memberi selamat atas perbuatan mereka yang menyembah salib. Bahkan perbuatan tersebut lebih besar dosanya di sisi Allah dan lebih dimurkai dari pada memberi selamat atas perbuatan minum khamar atau membunuh. Banyak orang yang kurang mengerti agama terjerumus dalam suatu perbuatan tanpa menyadari buruknya perbuatan tersebut.
Seperti orang yang memberi selamat kepada orang lain atas perbuatan maksiat, bid'ah atau kekufuran maka ia telah menyiapkan diri untuk mendapatkan kemarahan dan kemurkaan Allah." Abu Waqid radhiyallah 'anhu meriwayatkan: Rasulullah Shallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam saat keluar menuju perang Khaibar, beliau melewati sebuah pohon milik orang-orang musyrik, yang disebut dengan Dzaatu Anwaath, biasanya mereka menggantungkan senjata-senjata mereka di pohon tersebut. Para sahabat Rasulullah Shallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam berkata, "Wahai Rasulullah, buatkan untuk kami Dzaatu Anwaath, sebagaimana mereka mempunyai Dzaatu Anwaath." Maka Rasulullah n bersabda, "Maha Suci Allah, ini seperti yang diucapkan kaum Nabi Musa, 'Buatkan untuk kami tuhan sebagaimana mereka mempunyai tuhan-tuhan.' Demi Dzat yang jiwaku di tangan-Nya, sungguh kalian akan mengikuti kebiasaan orang-orang yang ada sebelum kalian." (HR. At-Tirmidzi, ia berkata, hasan shahih).
Adalah wajib bagi setiap orang yang mengucapkan dua kalimat syahadat untuk melaksanakan wala' dan bara' (loyalitas kepada muslimin dan berlepas diri dari golongan kafir) yang merupakan dasar akidah yang dipegang oleh para salaf shalih. Yaitu mencintai orang-orang mu'min dan membenci orang-orang kafir, memusuhi dan menyelisihi mereka. Serta mengetahui bahwa sikap seperti ini di dalamnya terdapat kemaslahatan yang tidak terhingga, sebaliknya gaya hidup yang menyerupai orang kafir justru mengandung kerusakan yang lebih banyak.
Lain dari itu, mengekornya kaum muslimin terhadap gaya hidup mereka akan membuat mereka senang, lagi pula, menyerupai kaum kafir dapat melahirkan kecintaan dan keterikatan hati. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala telah berfirman, yang artinya: "Hai orang-orang yang beriman, janganlah kamu mengambil orang-orang yahudi dan Nasrani menjadi pemimpin-pemimpin(mu); sebahagian mereka adalah pemimpin bagi sebahagian yang lain. Barangsiapa di antara kamu mengambil mereka menjadi pemimpin, maka sesungguhnya orang itu termasuk golongan mereka. Sesungguhnya Allah tidak memberi petunjuk kepada orang-orang yang zalim." (Al-Maidah:51)
"Kamu tidak akan mendapati sesuatu kaum yang beriman kepada Allah dan hari akhirat, saling berkasih sayang dengan orang-orang yang menentang Allah dan Rasul-Nya." (Al-Mujadilah: 22)
"Dan janganlah belas kasihan kepada kedua pezina tersebut mencegah kamu untuk (menjalankan) agama Allah, jika kamu beriman kepada Allah, dan hari akherat." (An-Nur: 2)
Di antara dampak buruk menyerupai mereka adalah; ikut mempopulerkan ritual-ritual mereka sehingga terhapuslah As-Sunnah. Tidak ada suatu bid'ah pun yang dihidupkan kecuali saat itu ada suatu sunnah yang ditinggalkan. Dampak buruk lainnya, bahwa dengan mengikuti mereka berarti memperbanyak jumlah mereka, mendukung dan mengikuti agama mereka, padahal seorang muslim dalam setiap raka'at shalatnya membaca, "Tunjukilah kami jalan yang lurus, (yaitu) jalan orang orang yang telah Engkau anugerahkan nikmat kepada mereka; bukan (jalan) mereka yang dimurkai dan bukan (pula jalan) mereka yang sesat." (Al-Fatihah:6-7)
Bagaimana bisa ia memohon kepada Allah agar ditunjukkan kepadanya jalan orang-orang yang mukmin dan dijauhkan darinya jalan golongan mereka yang sesat dan dimurkai, namun ia sendiri malah menempuh jalan sesat itu dengan sukarela.
Ada seorang gadis mengatakan, bahwa ia tidak mengikuti keyakinan mereka, hanya saja hari Valentine tersebut secara khusus memberikan makna cinta dan suka citanya kepada orang-orang yang memperingatinya. Ini adalah suatu kelalaian, padahal sekali lagi perayaan ini adalah dari ritual agama lain! Hadiah yang diberikan sebagai ungkapan cinta adalah sesuatu yang baik, namun bila dikaitkan dengan pesta-pesta kristiani dan tradisi-tradisi Barat, akan mengakibatkan terobsesi oleh budaya dan gaya hidup mereka. Mengadakan pesta pada hari tersebut bukanlah sesuatu yang sepele, tapi lebih mencerminkan pengadopsian nilai-nilai Barat yang tidak memandang batasan normatif dalam pergaulan antara pria dan wanita sehingga kita lihat struktur sosial mereka menjadi porak-poranda.
Alhamdulillah, kita mempunyai pengganti yang jauh lebih baik dari itu semua, sehingga kita tidak perlu meniru dan menyerupai mereka. Di antaranya, bahwa dalam pandangan kita, seorang ibu mempunyai kedudukan yang agung, kita bisa mempersembahkan itu kepadanya dari waktu ke waktu, demikian pula untuk ayah, saudara, suami .dst, tapi hal itu tidak kita lakukan khusus pada saat yang dirayakan oleh orang-orang kafir.
Semoga Allah senantiasa menjadikan hidup kita penuh dengan kecintaan dan kasih sayang yang tulus, yang menjadi jembatan untuk masuk ke dalam Surga yang hamparannya seluas Langit dan bumi yang disediakan bagi orang-orang yang bertakwa. Semoga Allah menjadikan kita termasuk dalam golongan orang-orang yang disebutkan: "Kecintaan-Ku adalah bagi mereka yang saling mencintai karena Aku, yang saling mengunjungi karena Aku dan yang saling berkorban karena Aku." (Al-Hadits).
FATWA ULAMA
Pertanyaan: Pada akhir-akhir ini ini telah tersebar dan membudaya perayaan hari Valentine -terutama di kalangan pelajar putri, padahal ia merupakan salah satu dari sekian macam hari raya kaum Nasrani. Biasanya pakaian yang dikenakan berwarna merah lengkap dengan sepatu, dan mereka saling tukar mawar merah. Bagaimana hukum merayakan hari Valentine ini, dan apa pula saran dan anjuran anda kepada kaum muslimin. Semoga Allah selalu memelihara dan melindungi anda.
Jawab: Assalamu 'alaikum wr. wb.Merayakan hari valentine itu tidak boleh, karena: Pertama: ia merupakan hari raya bid'ah yang tidak ada dasar hukumnya di dalam syari'at Islam. Kedua: ia dapat menyebabkan hati sibuk dengan perkara perkara rendahan seperti ini yang sangat bertentangan dengan petunjuk para salaf shalih (pendahulu kita) - semoga Allah meridhai mereka. Maka tidak halal melakukan ritual hari raya, baik dalam bentuk makan-makan, minum-minum, berpakaian, saling tukar hadiah ataupun lainnya. Hendaknya setiap muslim merasa bangga dengan agamanya, tidak menjadi orang yang tidak mempunyai pegangan dan ikut-ikutan.
Semoga Allah melindungi kaum muslimin dari segala fitnah (ujian hidup), yang tampak ataupun yang tersembunyi dan semoga meliputi kita semua dengan bimbingan-Nya. [ dudung.net ]