Professional Documents
Culture Documents
As if you could go
back to that one point in time, where you wish you'd acted in another way. Or if you
didn't say what you ever said. Or you never did what you ever did, because you
knew what you did was wrong, since you had a bad feeling in your heart, telling you
that you have erred. And you want to fix things and make everything okay, but you
just don't know how...
I'm sure most of us have felt that way, simply because we are human... And the
nature of humans, we always make mistakes... And we always do wrong. As
humans, we are full of imperfections... But it is how we handle those imperfections,
how we improve ourselves, how we fulfil our responsibilities as a servant and as a
caliph in this world that matters in the end...
I have wronged. I have made mistakes. And sometimes I don't know how to go back
to that place where everything was right. Sometimes I don't know how to make it
right.
But... We try to do good, and try to show a good example as a human being, and do
our best so that our flaws and wrongs aren't flaunted to the whole world, not so that
people would think us an angel... Not so that we can be called a goody-two-shoes,
but because of what the prophet reminded us a long time ago, and his words still
prevail:
ْجوِرِهم ُ ن ُأ
ْ ص ِم
َ ن َيْنُق ْ غْيِر َأ
َ ن ْ ل ِبَها بَْعَدُه ِم
َ عِم
َ ن
ْ جُر َمْ جُرَها َوَأْ سَنًة َفَلُه َأ
َح
َ نة
ً ّس
ُ لِم
َس ْ ِن ِفي ال ّس
َ ن ْ َم
ْ غْيِر َأ
ن َ نْ ن َبْعِدِه ِم
ْ ل ِبَها ِمَ عِمَ ن ْ عَلْيِه ِوْزُرَها َوِوْزُر َم
َ ن َ سّيَئًة َكا
َ سّنًةُ لِمَسْ ِن ِفي ال ّسَ ن ْ َوَم،يٌء
ْ شَ
يٌء
ْ شَ ن َأْوَزاِرِهْمْ ص ِم
َ َيْنُق
Siapa saja yang mencontohkan di dalam Islam contoh yang baik maka untuknya pahalanya
dan pahala siapa saja yang melakukannya setelah dia karena mencontohnya tanpa berkurang
pahala mereka sedikitpun. Siapa saja yang mencontohkan di dalam Islam contoh yang buruk
maka atasnya dosanya dan dosa siapa saja yang melakukannya setelah dia karena
mencontohnya tanpa berkurang dosa mereka sedikitpun.
(HR Muslim, Ahmad, Ibn Majah dan an-Nasa’i).
Anyone who pointed out in Islam a good example , then for them are their reward and the
reward of anyone who do it after them, because of following them; without decreasing their
reward in the least. Anyone who pointed out in Islam the bad example , upon them are their
sins and the sins of anyone who do so after them, in following them; without decreasing the
least of their sins.
(Muslim, Ahmad, Ibn Majah dan an-Nasa’i)
عا
َ ن َد
ْ َوَم،شْيًئا
َ جوِرِهْم ُ ن ُأ
ْ ك ِم
َ ص َذِلُ ل يُْنِقَ ،ن َتِبَعُه
ْ جوِر َم ُ ل ُأ
ُ جِر ِمْثْ َن ال َ ن َلُه ِم
َ َكا،عا ِإَلى ُهًدى َ ن َد
ْ َم
شْيًئا
َ ن آَثاِمِهْمْ ك ِم
َ ص َذِلُ لَ ُيْنِق،ن َتِبَعُه
ْ ل آَثاِم َمُ ن الِْثِم ِمْثَ عَلْيِه ِم
َ ن
َ َكا،ضلََلٍة
َ ِإَلى
Siapa saja yang mengajak pada petunjuk maka untuknya pahala semisal orang yang
mengikutinya, hal itu tidak mengurangi pahala mereka sedikitpun. Siapa saja yang
mengajak pada kesesatan maka atasnya dosa semisal dosa orang yang
mengikutinya, hal itu tidak mengurangi dosa mereka sedikitpun.
(HR Muslim, Ahmad, ad-Darimi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, at-Tirmidzi, Abu
Ya’la dan Ibn Hibban)
Anyone who invites toward the guide(hidayah) then upon them is the reward of
those who follow, it did not reduce their reward in the least. Anyone who calls
towards misguidance(dholalah) then upon them is the sin of those who follow them,
it did not reduce the least of their sins.
(Muslim, Ahmad, ad-Darimi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, at-Tirmidzi, Abu Ya’la
dan Ibn Hibban)
Allah is our Creator, He knows us more than we do. He knows that we are always
forgetful and sometimes disobedient in obeying Him. But He asks us to hide it, don't
show it to others, because the nature of humans, we tend to follow things that
happen around us. If we don't hold tight to our two sources, the Quran and Sunnah,
we can easily stray, we can easily follow whatever we see, no matter it is wrong or
right, since our minds isn't limitless. It has its shortcomings..
That's why we are asked to hide our aib from other people... We don't only have a
responsibility to hide other people's aib, but we have a duty to honor ourselves, and
protect our aib and not show it to others... Because realise it or not, showing a bad
example in Islam to other people is as if we are no longer ashamed of our wrongs.
What if others follow us? Nauzubillah...
I'm sure we don't want to 'accumulate' a stock of sins just because we were careless
to show to other people a sign of our disobedience to He who created us... We're not
the best servant who does too many amal... Therefore we don't want the little amal
that we do to be cancelled out by that worthless stock that we 'bought'...
However, we do realise that we can try our best, but sometimes our faults can be
seen clearly by other people. Only in Allah lies perfection. May our flaws become a
reminder to us, that we are weak, we are forgetful, we are full of weaknesses. We
embrace our flaws, but we don't cherish it and enjoy it. Instead, we strive to become
better each and everyday... So that we can truly fulfill our purpose of life which is as
a servant of Allah and as a khalifah on the land of Earth.
O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds in the sky and were you
then to ask forgiveness of Me, I shall forgive you.
O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with an earthful of sins and were
you then to face Me, without having associated anything with Me,
Forgive us ya Allah.....
Give us Your protection from all our wrongdoings and imperfections
Give us strength to be steadfast in this path
Let our flaws be a reminder to us
That we are only Your servants and nothing more
Grant us your bless and love,
For only You are the Most Gracious, Most Merciful, Most Forgiving....