SINCERITY
O believer, may God grant you success, you must free yourself for the worship of your Lord by removing all hindrances and avoiding all diversions and obstacles. Know that worship cannot be sound without knowledge, and knowledge and works cannot be of benefit without sincerity, for it is the axis around which everything revolves, the foundation upon which everything stands. As Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri said, may God's mercy be upon him, "Sincerity is to have no other intention than the Real in your acts of obedience. Which means that you should intend, with your acts of obedience, to draw nearer to God, nothing else; no ostentation before a created being, wish to be praised among people, (wish) of their owing you a favor, or anything other than drawing nearer to God."
ILLICIT AND SUSPECT FOOD
Consuming illicit and doubtful food inevitably hinders obedience and invites to transgression. The messenger of God s.a.w. is reported to have said, "He who eats halal (permissible), his members obey, whether he wishes it or not; but he who eats haram (forbidden food), his members sin, whether he wishes it or not". And. "Eat what you will, for that is how you will act." And a certain Gnostic once said, "People are severed from the truth and excluded from the circle of sainthood only because they do not scrutinize what they eat."
LONG HOPES
Long hopes are extremely blameworthy. they lead one to work for prosperity of his worldly life at the expense of ruining his Hereafter. The messenger of God s.a.w., " The first folk among this nation will be saved by the detachment from this world and short hopes, while the last will perish by greed for this world and long hopes." And he said s.a.w., " Four things are of wretchedness: dry eyes, hardness of the heart, greed, and long hopes," The prophet s.a.w. prayed, " I seek Your protection from every hope that may distract me!"
Weakness Of Faith
Weakness of faith is an awful affliction from which many blameworthy things arise, like neglecting to act on what one knows, disregarding the enjoining of good and forbidding evil, harboring hopes for forgiveness without striving for it, worrying about provision, fearing people, and other unfortunate character traits.
Every believer should strive to strengthen his faith, and there are three ways to do so:
1) Listen mindfully to the verses of the Quran and the statements of the prophet s.a.w. that reveal the promises of Paradise, threats of Hell, tidings of the Hereeafter, the stories of the prophers, waht miracles they were confirmed with, what happened to their opponents, the detachment from the world and the ardent desire for the Hereafter which the virtuous predecessors possessed, and other things handed down.
2) To observe and ponder the kingdom of heavens and the earth and what wondrous signs and beautiful creatures they contain.
3) To persevere in acts of goodness and to guard oneself from falling into sin and contravention for faith is both words and deeds. It increases with obedience and diminishes with sins.
IGNORANCE
Ignorance is the origin of all evil, the root of every harm. Ignorant folk are included in the Prophet's saying," The world is accursed, and accursed is what is in it, except the remembrance of God and the learned and those learning."
It is said that when God created ignorance He said to it, "Come!" but it moved away. He said to it, "Go!" but it came. Then He said, "By my might, I have created nothing in creation more hateful to Me than you, and I shall place you amongst the worst of my creation!' Ali, may God honor his countenance, said, "There is no enemy worse than ignorance. A man is the enemy of that which he has no knowledge of".
Taken from : Two Treatises of Imam al-Haddad
THE FOUR OBSTACLES TO OBEDIENCE
Because the abode of this world is founded on hardship and trial, kneaded with trouble and distress, and filled with preoccupations and distractions, the things that divert one away from acts of obedience abound, as are those things that incite to transgression. These distractions are numerous, but may be reduced to four categories: The first is , ignorance, the second weakness of faith, the third long hopes, and the fourth eating illicit or dubious food.
Delight In Obedience
The Messenger of God s.a.w. said, "He who is pleased by his good deeds and displeased by his evil ones is a believer." O believer, when God grants you the good fortune of acting in His obedience, let your joy be great; thank God in abundance for honoring you with His service and choosing you to attend to Him; and ask Him to accept , by His grace, whatever He made easy for you in the way of virtuous behaviour. Ali, may God honor his counternance, said, " Be more anxious for your works to be accepted than for them to be done, for no accepted deed is small".
Maksud-maksud Bacaan Dalam Solat
Takbiratul-Ihram & Takbir
Allah Maha Besar.
Doa Iftitah
Allah Maha Besar dan segala puji bagi Allah dengan banyaknya.
Maha suci Allah sepanjang pagi dan petang.
Aku hadapkan wajahku bagi Tuhan yang mencipta langit dan bumi,
dengan suasana lurus dan berserah diri dan aku bukan dari golongan orang musyrik.
Sesungguhnya solatku,
ibadatku,
hidupku,
matiku
adalah untuk Allah Tuhan sekelian alam.
Tidak ada sekutu bagiNya dan kepadaku diperintahkan untuk tidak
menyekutukan bagiNya dan aku dari golongan orang Islam.
Al-Fatihah
Dengan nama Allah yang maha Pemurah lagi maha Mengasihani.
Segala puji bagi Allah, Tuhan semesta alam.
Yang maha pemurah lagi maha mengasihani.
Yang menguasai hari pembalasan.
Hanya Engkaulah yang kami sembah dan hanya kepada Engkau kami mohon pertolongan.
Tunjukilah kami jalan yang lurus.
Iaitu
jalan orang-orang yang Engkau kurniakan nikmat kepada mereka, bukan
jalan mereka yang Engkau murkai dan bukan jalan mereka yang sesat.
Bacaan ketika rukuk
Maha Suci TuhanKu Yang Maha Mulia dan dengan segala puji-pujiannya.
Bacaan ketika bangun dari rukuk
Allah mendengar pujian orang yang memujinya.
Bacaan ketika iktidal
Wahai Tuhan kami, bagi Engkaulah segala pujian.
Bacaan ketika sujud
Maha suci TuhanKu yang Maha Tinggi dan dengan segala puji-pujiannya.
Bacaan ketika duduk di antara dua sujud
Ya Allah, ampunilah daku,
Rahmatilah daku,
kayakan daku,
angkatlah darjatku,
rezekikan daku,
berilah aku hidayah,
sihatkanlah daku dan
maafkanlah akan daku.
Bacaan ketika Tahiyat Awal
Segala penghormatan yang berkat solat yang baik adalah untuk Allah.
Sejahtera atas engkau wahai Nabi dan rahmat Allah serta
keberkatannya.
Sejahtera ke atas kami dan atas hamba-hamba Allah yang soleh.
Aku naik saksi bahawa tiada Tuhan melainkan Allah dan aku naik saksi bahawasanya Muhammad itu adalah pesuruh Allah.
Ya Tuhan kami, selawatkanlah ke atas Nabi Muhammad.
Bacaan ketika Tahiyat Akhir
Segala penghormatan yang berkat solat yang baik adalah untuk Allah.
Sejahtera atas engkau wahai Nabi dan rahmat Allah serta keberkatannya.
Sejahtera ke atas kami dan atas hamba-hamba Allah yang soleh.
Aku naik saksi bahawa tiada Tuhan melainkan Allah dan aku naik saksi bahawasanya Muhammad itu adalah pesuruh Allah.
Ya Tuhan kami, selawatkanlah ke atas Nabi Muhammad dan ke atas keluarganya.
Sebagaimana Engkau selawatkan ke atas Ibrahim dan atas keluarga Ibrahim.
Berkatilah
ke atas Muhammad dan atas keluarganya sebagaimana Engkau berkati ke
atas Ibrahim dan atas keluarga Ibrahim di dalam alam ini.
Sesungguhnya Engkau Maha Terpuji lagi Maha Agung.
Doa Qunut
Ya Allah, berilah aku petunjuk sebagaimana orang-orang yang telah Engkau tunjuki.
Sejahterakanlah aku sebagaimana orang-orang yang telah Engkau sejahterakan.
Pimpinlah aku sebagaimana orang-orang yang telah Engkau pimpin.
Berkatilah hendaknya untukku apa-pa yang telah Engkau berikan padaku.
Jauhkanlah aku daripada segala kejahatan yang telah Engkau tetapkan.
Sesungguhnya
hanya Engkau sahajalah yang menetapkan, dan tidak sesiapapun yang
berkuasa menetapkan sesuatu selain daripada Engkau.
Sesungguhnya tidak terhina orang yang memperolehi pimpinanaMu.
Dan tidak mulia orang-orang yang Engkau musuhi.
Telah memberi berkat Engkau, ya Tuhan kami dan maha tinggi Engkau.
Hanya untuk Engkau sahajalah segala macam puji terhadap apa-apa yang telah Engkau
tetapkan.
Dan aku minta ampun dan bertaubat kepada Engkau.
Dan Allah rahmatilah Muhammad, Nabi yang ummi dan sejahtera keatas keluarganya dan sahabat-sahabatnya.
The Meaning Of Taqwa
Imam Ghazali has said, ‘ Taqwa in the Quran has three meanings. First is fear and a sense of awe.The second includes obedience and worship. Third is freeing the heart from sins, which is the reality and essence of taqwa. In summary, taqwa
is to guard oneself against the anger of God and His punishment by
fulfilling His commandments and abstaining from what He has made
prohibited.
Taken from : Two Treatises of Imam al-Haddad
The Reason
This blog was set up with the sole intention of giving
advice/nasihah to my children. One of my main project would be to post
all the obligatory zikir/dua (s) in our solat with their meanings.