Ada seorang hamba-Allah bertanya mengenai budaya sebilangan rakyat malaysia yang bermaafan dengan berkata .."Kosong-kosong" / "lebih kurang halal".... Adalah hanya berkata kosong-kosong itu sudah cukup untuk menghilangkan semua dosa tanpa memberitahu kesalahannya??..
Sebagai contoh; Si Awang mencuri duit Si Dollah tanpa pengetahuannya si Dolah. Adakah dengan berkata "Kosong-kosong" atau "Lebih kurang Halal" hilang dosa si Awang??..
Jawapannya Tidak.. Si Awang perlu memberitahu yang dia telah menyeleweng duit si Dolah sebanyak ?$... Sekiranya si Dollah halalkan barulah dikira hilang dosanya...
Penjelasan Pertama:
Kita perlu ingat.. "Seburuk-buruk dosa ialah dosa kepada manusia" ... Kerana manusia bukan Maha pengampun dan manusia akan menuntutnya di Akhirat semasa hendak melintas Titi Siratulmustaqim..
Dengan kedua-dua pihak berkata "Kosong-kosong" atau "Lebih kurang Halal" tanpa penjelasan tidak menghalalkannya..
Cuba tanya diri sendiri.. Sekiranya ada sahabat anda mencuri 500, 1k, 5k, 50k tanpa pengetahuan anda, adakah anda menghalalkannya begitu sahaja sekiranya si pencuri berkata "lebih kurang halal"??....
Walaupun di pencuri itu saudara atau rakan karib kita... belum tentu mudah untuk kebanyakkan daripada kita menghalalkannya.
Penjelasan Kedua:
Sekiranya harta yang dicuri itu telah diniat oleh tuan punya untuk diserahkan ke pihak lain (masjid, anak yatim, saudara lain dan etc..) maka tuan punya akan memberitahu si pencuri itu "sekiranya nak kemaafan.. sila pergi jumpa di polan si polan kerana duit itu sepatutnya sampai kepadanya"..
Sama-samalah kita renungkan…
Wallahualam….
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
AWAKENING SLEEPING GIANTS
My title is elaborated in two stories.
Story No. 1
I’m not a big Soccer fan. I don’t even watch FIFA World Cup matches. Friends laughed when they discovered I didn’t even know about the FIFA game between Korea and Japan in 2002. However, watching Discovery, I saw something that made me think and I want to share it with you.
Apparently Italy has often had great soccer teams; they have won the cup four times. The first two were in 1934 and in 1938. They were supposed to be fantastic.
During the 1982 FIFA World Cup, the team was bombarded with general skepticism and negative reviews by the media. Italy barely qualified for the second round after three uninspiring draws against Poland, Peru and Cameroon. They were continually criticized by the media who circulated rumours and falsehoods. At some point, the team decided on a press black out. They refrained completely from talking to the press. By doing so, they managed to achieve things that were thought impossible. They were thus so strengthened they finally won the cup in that year.
Story No. 2
The Battle of Pearl Harbour was a surprise strike conducted by the Japanese Navy against the United States naval base located at Pearl Harbour in 1941. Soon after the attack, during a Japanese celebration of their success, the Japanese Admiral, Isoroku Yamamoto, allegedly said: “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant.” His fears were realized when the giant (the US) dropped two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
My point is this, something said or actions that have not been well thought through can certainly “Awaken Sleeping Giants”.
In the future, we should always bear this in mind.
Story No. 1
I’m not a big Soccer fan. I don’t even watch FIFA World Cup matches. Friends laughed when they discovered I didn’t even know about the FIFA game between Korea and Japan in 2002. However, watching Discovery, I saw something that made me think and I want to share it with you.
Apparently Italy has often had great soccer teams; they have won the cup four times. The first two were in 1934 and in 1938. They were supposed to be fantastic.
During the 1982 FIFA World Cup, the team was bombarded with general skepticism and negative reviews by the media. Italy barely qualified for the second round after three uninspiring draws against Poland, Peru and Cameroon. They were continually criticized by the media who circulated rumours and falsehoods. At some point, the team decided on a press black out. They refrained completely from talking to the press. By doing so, they managed to achieve things that were thought impossible. They were thus so strengthened they finally won the cup in that year.
Story No. 2
The Battle of Pearl Harbour was a surprise strike conducted by the Japanese Navy against the United States naval base located at Pearl Harbour in 1941. Soon after the attack, during a Japanese celebration of their success, the Japanese Admiral, Isoroku Yamamoto, allegedly said: “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant.” His fears were realized when the giant (the US) dropped two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
My point is this, something said or actions that have not been well thought through can certainly “Awaken Sleeping Giants”.
In the future, we should always bear this in mind.
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