A mukmin wil never ever be willing to live and die except in iman. It does not occur to him or her to recite the kalimah syahadah other than as a swear to leave jahiliyah forever.
This reality can be felt from the hadis of Prophet Muhammad PBUH (Bukhari, chapter Halawatul Iman):
There are three things that if a man posses he could feel the sweetness of iman:
1) the love to Allah SWT and His Prophet PBUH more than anything else
2) the love to his own brothers
3) the hate to return to ignorant and sins and the hate to be thrown into hellfire
Syed Kutub: You will never feel the sweetness of iman as long as you do not struggle to gain it.
Two Different People
The difference between a mukmin and non-mukmin has been depicted in a lot of Allah's wors, among which is (47:1-3):
Those who disbelieve and hinder men from the way of Allah — He renders their works vain. But as for those who believe and do good works and believe in that which has been revealed to Muhammad — and it is the truth from their Lord — He removes from them their sins and improves their condition. That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood while those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus does Allah set forth for men their similitudes.
This difference does not lies in the aqidah only BUT also in ubudiah, practice, behavior, vision, the questions that become their attentions, hobbies, feelings, emotions and also the life manhaj that they practice.
Leaving Jahiliyah
Thus, it is not enough for each mukmin to declare that he is believing in Allah SWT and His Prophet PBUH, but it has become his obligations to shape himself and his life with the Islamic manhaj. He must leave jahiliyah totally. This is because Islam does not accept the mixture between the two (2:208):
Leaving jahiliyah must be done by:
1) Strong Aqidah
Each Muslim must ensure that their aqidah is right and strong and not lacking or extra in anything. The cleanliness of aqidah is the main separator between him and jahiliyah.There are four kinds of aqidah:
- weak & okay - for instance, we recite the kalimah syahadah, admit that we are Muslims but we do not dress like one
- weak & not okay - apply to non-Muslims who are not good believers
- strong & not okay - for example, a believer of other religions who fast and pray diligently but does not worship Allah SWT
- strong & okay - e.g.: a pious Muslim
To prevent a problem, we must prevent it from its sources. For example, Kak Maryam gave us an analogy of a tree that grows in the middle of a road. At first, the tree was small thus nobody bothers to remove it because it does not disturb the traffic. However, the tree soon grew tall and begin to sprout its branches and cause disturbance to the traffic. So people began cutting its branches but the tree was still there and keep on growing its branches and disturbing the road traffic. The only way to ensure that the traffic will be smooth is to cut down the tree or pull it all together with its roots. This is how a problem can be overcome entirely.
2) The Right Ibadah
Al-Fudhail bin Iyadh when describing Allah's words (67:2):
Take note of the sentence "which of you is best in deed". This also means "those of you who is most sincere and most correct in their practice and deeds". He explains: "Any deeds if done sincerely but not correctly, it is rejected. And so is any deeds that is done correctly but not sincerely. It is also rejected. Until those deeds are done sincerely and correctly.. then it is accepted. The meaning of deeds done sincerely is doing a deed because of Allah whereas a deed done correctly is a deed done according to Sunnah.
3) Pure Morals
Morals is one of the separator for a mukmin from jahiliyah. There are a lot of Allah's words and Hadis that stress on mukmin to leave jahiliyah's behavior, among them are:
- tabarruj al-jahiliyah (33:33): You shall settle down in your homes, and do not mingle with the people excessively, like you used to do in the old days of ignorance. You shall observe the Contact Prayers (Salat), and give the obligatory charity (Zakat), and obey GOD and His messenger. GODwishes to remove all unholiness from you, O you who live around the Sacred Shrine, and to purify you completely.
- hamiyah (spirit of) jahiliyah (48:26): When those who disbelieved had put into their hearts chauvinism - the chauvinism of the time of ignorance. But Allah sent down His tranquillity upon His Messenger and upon the believers and imposed upon them the word of righteousness, and they were more deserving of it and worthy of it. And ever is Allah , of all things, Knowing.
- assumption of jahiliyah (3:154): And the disbelievers planned, but Allah planned. And Allah is the best of planners
- judgement of jahiliyah (5:50): Then is it the judgement of [the time of] ignorance they desire? But who is better than Allah in judgement for a people who are certain [in faith].
- asobiah jahiliyah (see Hadis Muslim's attachment).
This cannot be achieved by reading alone but requires mujahadah and continuous practice.
4) The Straight Life Manhaj
As-Syatibi said: "Allah SWT has limited something into two: Revelation which are syariat and Hawa. There is not third kind other than the two." (Al-Muwafaqat: 2/121)
Mukmin has only two choices syariat or hawa which can lead to digression. It has become his obligation to live on the Islamic manhaj and its syariat only (6:153):
And, [moreover], this is My path, which is straight, so follow it; and do not follow [other] ways, for you will be separated from His way. This has He instructed you that you may become righteous.
5) The True Wala'
Allah SWT has determine the border line for wala' mukmin to three parties only (5:55):
Your ally is none but Allah and [therefore] His Messenger and those who have believed - those who establish prayer and give zakah, and they bow [in worship].
Allah SWT has also forbidden a mukmin to give away his wala' to non-mukmin (4:144):
O Ye who believe! take not infidels for friends, instead of believers. Would ye give Allah against you a manifest warranty!
Dr. Ali Abdul Halim Mahmud (Tarbiah an-Naasyi' al-Muslim) has given a few meanings of wala' which are:
- Al- Qurb (approaching)
- Al-Nusrah (helping)
- Al-Mahabbah (loving)
Based on these definitions, each mukmin has to work on approaching Allah SWT, His Prophet PBUH and mukminin, to help and to love them.
How is wala' applied?
a) Wala' to Allah
- To worship ONLY Allah SWT
- To love Allah SWT more than yourself and and everything (families, homes, properties, etc 5:24)
- Referring to Allah SWT in every wants, action and silence; when alone and when with others
- Faithful in the syariat brought by His Prophet PBUH
- Believe that His manhaj is the only true manhaj and could not be exchanged, and then to fight and work on realizing all aspects of lives
- Putting ghayah 'vision' in all efforts because of Allah
b) Wala' to the Prophet
- Because Allah's Prophet PBUH is the messenger to Allah SWT, thus his wala' done the same way as the wala' to Allah SWT.
c) Wala' to the mukminin
- Making akidah as the core tie (not ancestry, skin's color, country, economic benefit, social or politics).
- No toleration and compromise in the problem of aqidah and the rules of life between mukmin and non-mukmin. Toleration only exist in individual muamalat problems.
- Bein concern with mukminin matters and helping them facing their problems and the planning of the Islam enemies.
- Loving mukminin because of Allah SWT, as long as they are faithful to Allah SWT
- Persuading to goodness and preventing mungkar and leaving parties in which sins are being done
- Cooperating in takwa matters and goodness
- Helping any mukmin sof besides weakening and eliminating all jahili sof.
Alhamdulillah, the ISR ends here. I am sorry if there are certain things which are not clear or hard to understand. Feel free to ask here or to refer to you usrah sisters/ brothers, insyaAllah they can help. I am still new in this and there are still so much for me to learn.
All the good things come from Allah SWT and all the weakness and the bad come from me. May Allah SWT bless all of you readers of this blog, insyaAllah. :)
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