Prof. Dr. Nasoha Saabin

Many non-Muslims as well as Muslims want to have the God who is able to grant them whatever they want, the God who is able to serve them and the God who is able to solve their problems. Many non-Muslims and even Muslims believe that religion or God is only important when they have problems. They believe that the work of God is only to solve their problems. When men are having problems, men start to make doa to God which they think to be an act of worship to God. When men are not having problems, men will not make doa to God which means to many men as not performing an act of worship to God. Many non-Muslims as well as Muslims think that they do not need of God or religion when they have no problems. Many men in this world choose not to believe in God or to have any religion because they do not have any problems. Many men think and believe that God or religion is only important to those who have problems and they believe and think that God is synonymous to religion and religion is synonymous to problems and only those with problems will want to have God or religion. Many non-Muslims as well as Muslims believe that religion is about solving problems.
Religion is actually not about solving problems but it is about obeying the orders of Allah with the intention to please Allah until Allah is pleased. When Allah is pleased with any person, Allah promises to give to that person whatever that person wishes. Many men do not want to recite the Great Kalimah and many men who have recited the Great Kalimah do not want to obey all the orders of Allah. However all men want their problems to be solved by Allah. How will Allah solve the problems of men when men refuse to recite the Great Kalimah and to obey the orders of Allah? Non-Muslims should know that Allah will not solve their problems when they do not want to recite the Great Kalimah and the Muslims should know that Allah will not solve their problems when they do not want to obey all the orders of Allah. The Muslims should know that Allah will only listen to their doa or prayers and solved their problems when they obey all the orders of Allah including the most important order of Allah which is the first order of Allah. What is the first order of Allah to the persons who have recited the Great Kalimah? The first order of Allah to that person is to invite mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils. What is the greatest evil done by men? The greatest evil done by men is not to recite the Great Kalimah. What is the greatest evil done by those who have recited the Great Kalimah? The greatest evil done by those who have recited the Great Kalimah is not to deliver the Great Kalimah to those who have not recited the Great Kalimah.
However, there are many Muslims who want to solve their problems only by making doa. Because many Muslims know that their doa is not acceptable to Allah they make the practice of asking others whom they believe to be pious to make doa to Allah so that their problems are solved by Allah. Is this practice of requesting the pious persons to make doa in order for their problems to be solved by Allah is recommended in Islam? What is the Hukum of requesting the pious persons to make doa in order for our problems to be solved by Allah? It is makruh for Muslims to ask the pious persons to make doa so that his or her problems are solved by Allah. In my opinion, in case you are a pious Muslim, it is not advisable or recommended for you to make doa when you are being asked by someone who has problems to make doa. In case Allah solves the problems, it may lead them to believe that it is because of your doa, their problems are solved by Allah. In my opinion, it is advisable for any Muslims who have problems to make doa themselves so that they believe it is Allah who is solving their problems.
Why our doa is not accepted by Allah? Although we are Muslims but our doa is not accepted by Allah because we have disobeyed the orders of Allah particularly we have disobeyed the first order of Allah. In order for our doa to be accepted by Allah we have to obey all the orders of Allah particularly the very first order of Allah which is the order to invite mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils with the intention only to please Allah until Allah is pleased. When Allah is pleased with us, Allah will accept our doa and Allah will solve all our problems. Allah orders the Muslims to perform prayer and bear patient whenever they have problems. Allah never orders Muslims to go to the pious Muslims in order to ask the pious Muslims to make doa for them. Muslims should make doa themselves and not to ask others to make doa for them. There is no need for Muslims to ask others to make doa for them as they can make doa themselves. All Muslims should be able to make doa themselves and they should not go to others whom they believe to be pious to make doa for them. In Islam it is makruh to request others to make doa for us so that our problems are solved by Allah. All Muslims is capable of becoming the persons whom their doa will be accepted by Allah provided that person is ready to recite the Great Kalimah and ready to obey all the orders of Allah particularly the very first order of Allah which is the order to invite mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils, with the intention only to please Allah until Allah is pleased.
Everyone in this world is able to become the lover of Allah provided they choose to recite the Great Kalimah and to obey all the orders of Allah including the first order of Allah with the intention only to please Allah until Allah is pleased. In order to be able to recite the Great Kalimah and to obey all the orders of Allah, men require only time. Who has the time to recite the Great Kalimah and to obey all the orders of Allah including the first order of Allah? Whoever is still alive in this world has the time to choose to recite the Great Kalimah and to obey all the orders of Allah. Men will loss the time to be able to recite the Great Kalimah and to obey all the orders of Allah the moment men die or leave this world. How to make our doa accepted by Allah? Doa is the weapon of the believer. What it means by the weapon of the believer? The doa of the Muslims will become the weapon of the Muslims, when the doa of Muslims is accepted by Allah and when all the problems of the Muslims are solved by Allah through the doa of the Muslims. Doa is not the weapon of the Muslims who are not believers.
Many Muslims are Muslims who have entered Islam but they do not have iman which qualify them to become believers. There are Muslims who have iman but the level of iman does not qualify them to become believers. Muslims who are not believers cannot make their doa as their weapons because the doa of Muslims who are not believers is not accepted by Allah. In order for Muslims to be able to use their doa as weapons and with the permission of Allah will solve their problems, the Muslims must become believers. In order for the Muslims to become believers the Muslims must do the work which fulfills the right of reciting the Great Kalimah, which is the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils. When Muslims are doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils with the intention to please Allah until Allah is pleased, then Allah will make the iman of the Muslims to become stronger. When the iman of the Muslims increases to the level which Allah is pleased, then the Muslims will become believers. When the Muslims have became believers the Muslims will have sincerity in their doa and when the doa of the Muslims is sincere then only the doa of the Muslims is accepted by Allah and the problems of the Muslims are solved by Allah.
Muslims are said to be sincere in making doa when the Muslims make doa with the intention to please Allah. When Muslims are making doa with the intention Allah will grant whatever being asked in the doa, the Muslims are not making doa with sincerity. Why the Muslims are not sincere in making doa? Muslims are not sincere in making doa because they are not believers. Why the Muslims are not believers? Almost all Muslims in this world are not believers because nearly all the Muslims in this world is not doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils in the way done by Prophet Muhammad saw and with the intention to please Allah. In my opinion, nowadays the doa of the Muslims is not accepted by Allah because many of the problems of the Muslims are not solved by Allah even though Muslims in all over the world are making doa to Allah. Although Muslims in all over the world are making doa to Allah so that Allah will solve the problems of the Muslims in Palestine but the problems of the Muslims Palestinians remain unsolved. All Muslims are making doa to Allah so that Allah will help the Muslims in Palestine against the Jews in Israel who are the enemies of the Muslims and the Palestinians but Allah is not helping the Muslims and the Palestinians. Muslims have been making doa to Allah so that Allah is helping the Muslims against their enemies but until today the Muslims of Palestine are tortured and being driven away from their homeland by the Jews of Israel.
Muslims are making doa so that Allah is helping the Palestinians. Muslims are also making doa so that the third holiest Masjid in Islam which is Masjid Aqsa is taken back from the control of the Jews. Muslims are making this doa for so many years but until today is not granted by Allah. In my opinion the doa of all in the Muslims in this world is not accepted by Allah. As I can remember, the imam of my mosque has been making the doa to Allah so that the Palestinians are protected and helped by Allah from the aggression of the Jews but in my opinion, I think the doa of my imam is not granted by Allah. In my opinion it is only recently Allah is helping the Palestinian against their enemies. It is historical when for the first time since many years Palestine is being accepted to become an independent state observer in the United Nation. The acceptance of Palestine to become an independent state observer in the United Nation is an early sign that the world is going to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state. At the moment the world has not recognized Palestine as a sovereign state. The recognition of Palestine as a sovereign state by the United Nation is important in order for Palestine to bring Israel to the international court of justice on the charges of aggression against humanity.
Why it is only now Allah is starting to help the Muslims? In my opinion, it is only now that Allah is starting to answer the doa of the Muslims because it is only recently there is a small number of Muslims in this world who have started doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils collectively in the same way as shown by Prophet Muhammad saw and with the intention to please Allah. It is only recently Allah is removing the cruel leaders such as Muhammar Ghadafi and Hosni Mubarak from becoming the leaders of the Muslims. We have seen recently phenomena in the Arab worlds known as the Arab Spring. Arab Spring is the awakening of the Muslims Arab from decade years of control by cruel leaders who have rule the Arab Muslims with cruelty and injustice. It is only recently Allah is removing these cruel leaders from becoming the leaders of the Muslims Arab. During all this while Allah is punishing the Muslims particularly the Arab Muslims by appointing cruel leaders to become the leaders of the Muslims. Why the Muslims are being punished by Allah? Allah is punishing the Muslims because during all these while the Muslims are not doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils collectively the same way as shown by Prophet Muhammad saw.
When recently about 4 years ago when even a very small number of Muslims in this world have started doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils collectively the same way as done by Prophet Muhammad saw and with the intention to please Allah, then Allah starts to listen to the doa of the Muslims. When even a small number of Muslims in this world is doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils collectively the same way as done by Prophet Muhammad saw, hence it is the same as if the Prophet Muhammad saw has become alive among the Muslims. It is the promise of Allah in the Quran that Allah will never punished the Muslims as long as the Prophet Muhammad saw is with them and that the Muslims make istigfar and taubah to Allah. It is because of this Allah has remove all the punishments recently from the Muslims and one of the punishment which is being removed from the Muslims is Allah is removing the cruel leaders from becoming the leaders of the Muslims. Prophet Muhammad saw was reported to have said with the approximate meaning, when the Muslims are no longer doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from the evils, a time will come when the Muslims make doa, their doa will not be accepted by Allah, whatever the Muslims are requesting from Allah will not be granted and whenever the Muslims are asking Allah to help them against their enemies and Allah will not help the Muslims.
It is also reported in a Hadis with approximate meaning; when the Muslims are leaving the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils collectively the same way as done by Prophet Muhammad saw, Allah will give to the Muslims cruel leaders to rule them who will have no mercy on their young and who will not honor their elders. Why is the order to invite mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils is so important to be obeyed by the Muslims or otherwise the doa of the Muslims is not accepted by Allah? Why when the Muslims disobey the order to invite mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils, Allah becomes very angry with the Muslims? When the Muslims are leaving the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils Allah become very angry with the Muslims to the extent, Allah is not ready to listen to the doa of the Muslims, Allah is not willing to grant anything which the Muslims have asked from Allah and Allah is not willing to help the Muslims against their enemies. What will happen to the Muslims when their doa is not accepted by Allah? What will happen to the Muslims when Allah is not willing to help the Muslims against their enemies? What will happen to the Muslims when Allah is not willing to grant whatever the Muslims have asked from Allah?
When Allah is no longer helping the Muslims against their enemies, the Muslims will be butchered and slaughtered by their enemies. This is what is really happening to the Muslims today. What is the ranking of this order to Allah? Why is this order of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from the evils is very important in Islam? Why is this order so important in the eyes of Allah which makes Allah to become very angry with the Muslims when the Muslims are neglecting this order? The ranking of the order of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from the evils is ranking as the number one order of Allah to the Muslims or to anyone who have recited the Great Kalimah. The first order of Allah to a person who has just become Muslim or who has just recited the Great Kalimah is to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from the evils and this work is the work which fulfills the right of reciting the Great Kalimah of I bear witness, there is no God except Allah and I bear witness Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah.The work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from the evils is ranking as the number one order of Allah to the Muslims. Because it is ranking as the number one order of Allah, it is no wonder that Allah become very angry with the Muslims when the Muslims are neglecting the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from the evils. When even a small group of Muslims have started to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from the evils collectively as done by Prophet Muhammad saw in this world, Allah become very pleased with all the Muslims and now in my opinion Allah has started to listen to the doa of the Muslims.
Prof Dr Nasoha Saabin
March 2013
Integrative Holistic Wellness Centre

Allah orders Muslims to make doa. There is no one who can fulfill our doa except Allah. When we make doa we are obeying the order of Allah and when obey any order of Allah, our intention must be only to please Allah. When we do not make doa, we have disobeyed the order of Allah. When we have disobeyed the order of Allah, Allah will not be pleased with us. Allah orders the Muslims to make doa and we should make doa because it is the order of Allah and our intention of making doa is only to please Allah. Many Muslims are making doa with the intention their doa will be accepted by Allah. We usually will make doa only when we have problems and our intention of making doa is to solve our problems. In order to solve our problems we may have tried so many ways to solve our problems but in spite of doing so many efforts to solve our problems, our problems remain unsolved. When this happen only then we are convinced that there is no one who can solve our problems except Allah. When we are convinced that only Allah who can solve our problems then we will resort to prayers, reading of Surah Yassin, acts of charity and doa. We will only make doa to Allah when we are convinced that there is no one other than Allah who can solve our problems. When we make doa we want Allah to solve our problems. Our intention of making doa is to solve our problems. We usually do not make doa with the intention to please Allah. When we make doa with the intention so that our problems are solved by Allah, we are making doa without sincerity. When we are not sincere in making doa, our doa is not accepted by Allah. When our doa is not accepted by Allah, naturally our problems will not be solved by Allah.
When our problems are not even solved by our own doa, what other ways we should do in order to solve our problems? Many will try to ask others to make doa so that their problems are solved by Allah. When we ask others to make doa for us we must give them something in return. In Malaysia there are many who are hosting a dinner or lunch in their house in order to invite others to make doa for them. In Malaysia the acts of hosting a dinner or lunch in the house in which others are invited to make doa is known as “Kenduri Doa Selamat “. Nowadays many peoples are busy and many are not able to come to the house which hosted the“Kenduri Doa Selamat.” Nowadays, as an alternative, many are doing the “Kenduri Doa Selamat” in the mosques. Immediately, after Isya’ prayer the iman of the mosque will perform the ritual of Doa Selamat which consists of reading several verses of the Quran, performing the zikir of Allah, reading the prayers to Prophet Muhammad saw and many other verses which form the rituals of Doa Selamat before the iman actually making the doa which is the “Doa Selamat”. In Malaysia, all imams are very well verse with the reading of the rituals of Doa Selamat or otherwise the imam will not be able to lead the function of “Kenduri Doa Selamat”. The rituals are performed prior to the doa so that the doa will become more acceptable to Allah and the problems of the persons who have invited the imam to lead the “Doa Selamat” will be solved by Allah. Many Muslims are in the practice of solving their problems by asking others to make doa to Allah so that Allah will solve their problems.
It is a wrong to believe that our problems are solved by doa. Allah orders Muslims to solve their problems by having good solat and by having patience. A Muslim will not have good solat and patience unless the Muslim have good iman. Muslims will not have good iman unless the Muslims do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils which is the work which fulfills the right of reciting the Great Kalimah. Nowadays, in this world there is hardly any Muslim who are doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils the way done by the Prophet Muhammad saw and therefore in my opinion there is hardly any Muslim who is a believer and whose doa is accepted by Allah. The act of going to the pious person in order to ask the pious person to make doa so that our problems are solved by Allah is not the order of Allah and it is not the established practice of Prophet Muhammad saw and the companions of Prophet Muhammad saw.
There is no one who can solve our problems except Allah. When we have problems, Allah orders us to perform solat and to bear patient. Allah does not order us to go to others for doa so that our problems are solved by Allah. When Muslims are solving their problems by going to others for doa, in case the problems are solved by Allah, then Iblis will deviate the Muslims into the believe that it is because of the doa of that person, their problems are solved by Allah. Instead of believing it is Allah who solves their problems, Iblis will try to make the Muslims to believe, it is the doa of that person which makes their problems are solved by Allah. Iblis will make the Muslims to believe that the doa of that person is accepted by Allah. Iblis will also make the Muslims to spread the news to others and to persuade others with problems to go to that person for doa. Other Muslims will also start flocking to the person for doa, when the news spread among the Muslims. When the person dies, Iblis will persuade the Muslims who used to go to the person for doa when the person is still alive, to also go to the graves of that person for doa.
Muslims who used to visit the person for doa when the person is still alive, will continue to visit the person who is now buried in the grave for doa. They still have the belief that the person who is buried in the grave is capable of making doa to Allah and their problems will be solved by Allah through the doa of that person who is buried in the grave. In India, there are many Muslims who are visiting the graves of the pious person in order to ask the pious person to make doa to Allah so that their problems are solved by Allah. In New Delhi, just a walking distance away from the Banglawali mosque, the centre of Jemaah Tabligh, there is the grave of Hazrat Nizammuddin. Many Muslims and non-Muslims from all over India are visiting the grave of Hazrat Nizammuddin in order to ask the pious personality to make doa to Allah so that their problems are solved by Allah. How the Muslims in India have became so degenerated in the practice of Islam, to the extent they even believe that the dead is capable of helping them to solve their problems? Why the Muslims in India have became so illogical in their actions? What do the so called ulama and scholar of India do about this irreligious practice? I think the Muslims scholars and the Ulama of India, have done nothing to stop the Muslims from practicing this Bid’ah. Are Muslims being allowed to ask the pious Muslims to make doa to Allah so that their problems are solved by Allah? What is the truth? The truth is there is no one who is able to solve our problems except Allah. Doa is one of the order of Allah. Our doa does not solve our problems. The doa of the pious Muslim also does not solve our problems. Doa is only one of the order of Allah. We make doa in order to obey the order of Allah and to please Allah. We make doa so that Allah is happy with us. We do not make doa with the intention so that Allah will solve our problems. We make doa only with the intention to gain the pleasure of Allah.
We should make doa ourselves and because when we make doa we are obeying the order of Allah. When we do not make doa, we have disobeyed the order of Allah. We should not ask others to make doa so that our problems are solved by Allah. It is makruh to ask others to make doa so that our problems are solved by Allah. Doa is an order of Allah and we have to do the doa ourselves. Allah does not make doa as the mean to solve our problems. Allah has made solat and patience as the mean to solve our problems. When we have problems, Allah orders us to perform solat and to have patience. Good solat and patience are the means to solve our problems. Doa will become acceptable to Allah when we have good solat and patience. Allah makes good actions which mean good solat and patience as the mean to solve our problems and not doa as the mean to solve our problems. When a person has good solat automatically that person will have good actions and patience. What is good solat? A person is said to have a good solat when that person has correct intention in his or her solat and constantly remember Allah in his or her solat. What is patience? A person is said to have patience when that person is able to repel evils action with good actions. Our doa will only become acceptable to Allah when we have good actions which are good solat and patience. With only doa but without good actions or good solat and patience, our problems will not be solved by Allah. When we make doa, our intention should be only to please Allah which means our intention must be sincere. We can only make doa with sincerity when we have become believers.
We will only become believers when we do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils in the way shown by Prophet Muhammad saw with the intention to please Allah until Allah is pleased. All Muslims are able to make their doa to become acceptable to Allah provided they become believers. All believers have good solat or good actions and patience. Doa of pious person becomes acceptable to Allah because the pious persons have good solat or good actions and patience. Doa alone will not make our problems solved by Allah. Muslims will be able to obtain good actions or good solat and patience when the Muslims do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils in the way shown by Prophet Muhammad saw and with the intention to please Allah until Allah is pleased. It is wrong to believe that our doa become more acceptable to Allah or “makbul” when we read Surah Yassin or Surah Fatiha prior of making doa. Many Muslims believe that the reading of Surah Yassin and Surah Fatiha will enhance the acceptance of doa and because of this wrong believe many Muslims are reading Surah Yassin routinely and collectively on every Friday night in order to make their doa to become accepted by Allah. Many Muslims believe with the reading of Surah Yassin, their doa will become accepted to Allah. Some Muslims particularly the Indian Muslims believe, with the blow of wind from the mouth of those who read Surah Yassin to the water in a vessel will make the water in the vessel to become medicinal and can be used to treat many diseases. Such practices are Bid’ah and should be avoided from being practice by Muslims.
Allah does not solve our problems with only doa. Allah does not solve our problems with only the reading of Surah Yassin. Allah does not cure our diseases only with the water which have been blown with the air from the mouth of the person who have read the Surah Yassin. All the Hadis which mention with the reading of Surah Yassin and Surah Fatiha all diseases will be cured and our doa will be accepted by Allah are false Hadis. Because there are many Muslims who believe, that these false Hadis as true Hadis, many Muslims are practicing Bid’ah. In almost every mosque in Malaysia on Friday night, the Muslims are reading Surah Yassin. Why do they read Surah Yassin on Friday night? Why do they read Surah Yassin collectively? Is it the practice of Prophet Muhammad saw to read Surah Yassin collectively with the companions on every Friday night? In Malaysia this Bid’ah practices are common and nearly all the imam of all the mosques and ustaz in Malaysia do not regard this practices as Bid’ah. Almost all the imams and ustazs in all the mosques in Malaysia are practicing this Bid’ah, because they do not regard this practice as Bid’ah. They regard this practice as the order of Allah and the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw. Because they believe this practice is the order of Allah and the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw they do not make taubah and istigfar. It is the practice in many mosques in Malaysia to read Surah Yassin collectively on Friday night. All the persons who read the Surah Yassin on Friday night are told to sit in a circle and in the middle of the circles, there will be many bottles of water which they believe will turn medicinal because of the reading of Surah Yassin and the doa which is being read after the reading of the Surah Yassin.
The water in the bottles is known to the Malays as “Yassin Water” and the Malay Muslims use the Yassin water to treat diseases. This practice of the Malay Muslims is a Bid’ah and it should not be practice by Muslims because it has never been done by the Prophet Muhammad saw and the Companions. Muslims should know that our doa will not become accepted only with the reading of Surah Yassin or with the reading of any other Surah of the Quran. All the Hadis which mention that doa is accepted and our problems are solved by Allah with the reading of Surah Yassin or any other Surah of the Quran are false Hadis. It is false Hadis because it is not the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw to solve problems by reading Surah Yassin or any other Surah of the Quran. How should the Muslims solve their problems? The Muslims should solve their problems by following the ways of Prophet Muhammad saw. How do the Prophet Muhammad saw and the companions solve their problem? Whenever the Prophet Muhammad saw and the Companions have any problems, they will solve their problems by performing solat and observing patients. Hadis which mention that our doa is accepted and our problems are solved by Allah with the reading of Surah Yassin are false Hadis. Doa is accepted by Allah when the doa is done with sincerity. Who can make doa with sincerity?
The persons who can make doa with sincerity are those who have good solat and patient. With the reading of Surah Yassin will not make our doa to become sincere. Muslims who are believers can perform doa with sincerity. When the Muslims become believers only then they can make doa with sincerity. When the Muslims are able to make doa with sincerity then only the doa will be accepted by Allah. The practice of using Yassin water to cure diseases is not the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw and it also does not complement with medical sciences. What is known to the Malay as Yassin water is only water and the water does not turn medicinal with the reading of Surah Yassin or with the blow of the wind from the mouth of the person who read Surah Yassin. There is no such thing in Islam as Yassin water which can cure diseases. There is no such thing as when any pious person blows a wind on any water, the water will turn medicinal and the medicinal water is capable of curing diseases. This is not an Islamic practice and it is a Bid’ah and should be avoided by Muslims.
All good doctors will advise their patients to drink at the minimum of eight cup of plain water daily in order to improve their bowel movement. All plain water is naturally medicinal and it does not require for the pious persons to read Surah Yassin on the water for the water to become medicinal. All plain water is naturally medicinal and the consumption of plenty of plain water daily will help to improve not only bowel movement but also the detoxification of the blood in the body. All plain water is medicinal even without having to read Surah Yassin on the water. All the Hadis that mention that the reading of certain Surah or verses of the Quran will cure diseases are false Hadis. Allah gives diseases when peoples are disobeying the orders of Allah or when peoples are following the wrong lifestyles. Allah cures diseases when the peoples start to obey the orders of Allah or when the peoples start to follow the correct lifestyles. Allah is capable of curing diseases even without any means. However it is the wishes of Allah for men to use the correct means which Allah has created in order for Allah to cure diseases. The correct mean that Allah uses to cure diseases is the correct lifestyles and not by the reading of Surah Yassin or drinking Yassin water.
We should make doa because it is the order of Allah. Our intention of making doa is only to please Allah until Allah is pleased. Our intention of making doa is not for whatever we have asked from Allah is to be granted by Allah, but our intention of making doa is only to please Allah until Allah is pleased. It is neither the pious person nor the doa of the pious person which solve our problems. There is none who can solve our problems except Allah. We make doa because it is the order of Allah and our doa is only able to obtain the love of Allah and not to solve our problems. We make doa because it is the order of Allah and not to able to solve our problems. Whether we have problems or we do not have problems, we should always make doa. When we make doa because it is the order of Allah and to please Allah we have become successful and when we do not make doa, it means we are not obeying the order of Allah and we have become unsuccessful. There is no one who can solve our problems except Allah. When our problems are solved by Allah, we should believe that it is Allah who solves our problems and not our doa or the doa of the pious person which solve our problems. Iblis and syaitan are our enemies. When our problems are solved by Allah, we should believe that it is Allah who solve our problems but the Iblis and syaitan will whisper to the person, whose problems are solved by Allah that it is not Allah who solve his or her problems but the doa of the pious persons or the pious person who are in the graves which solve their problems.
This make the persons who visited the graves instead of believing it is Allah who solved their problems to believe that the doa of the pious persons or the pious person who are in the graves which solve their problems. In this way the Iblis and syaitan are able to deviate the persons who visited the pious persons or the pious person who are in the graves for doa to be deviated from the correct path. When the news that the doa of the pious persons or the pious person who are in the graves are accepted by Allah then many Muslims with weak iman and with problems will also follow the actions of visiting the pious persons or the pious person who are in the graves for doa. In India, there are so many Muslims who are visiting the pious persons or the pious person who are in the graves for doa. It is surprising that there are still many Muslims in this world who believe with only doa, all their problems are solved by Allah. In my opinion, it is not only Muslims who believe with doa, all their problems are solved by Allah but many non-Muslims also believe with doa, all their problems are solved by God. According to many non-Muslims, the acts of making doa to God are the same as the acts of worship to God. Many non-Muslims believe the work of God is only to solve their problems. Many non-Muslims believe that the work of God is not to give them orders to be obeyed but the work of God is only to solve their problems.
Prof Dr Nasoha Saabin
March 2013
Integrative Holistic Wellness Centre

The late Tun Abdul Razak, the second Prime Minister of Malaysia was the one who developed the Dasar Ekonomi Baru or DEB in order to ensure that all Malaysians share equally the richness of the country. Economic prosperity shared equally among all the races in the country was the dream that all our leaders in the past had. All of them want the dream to come true. Our leaders were convinced that unequal distribution of wealth among the races in Malaysia would cause great instability and state of unrest in the country. Without peace and stability, our leaders were convinced that our country would not be able to progress and become a modern and prosperous nation. The racial riots incidence of 13 May 1969 has thought our leaders a great lesson that economic prosperity must not go in line only with one race. Prior to the incidence of 13 May 1969, the Chinese was the wealthiest race while the Malays and the Indians are the poorest race in Malaysia.

Malays used to live in the villages, the Indians live in the rubber estates while the wealthiest Chinese live in the towns and cities of Malaysia. The Chinese mainly do business while the Malays were either working with the government or working as farmers and the Indians were mainly the workers in the rubber estates. Our government at that time under the leadership of the late Tun Abdul Razak, the father of our present Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib embarked on the New Economic Policy or DEB in order to eradicate poverty among all races and to eliminate demarcation of prosperity in line with race. In other words, DEB aims to eradicate general poverty among all of the races in the country particularly among the Malays and other Bumiputeras, which happen to be the majority, and the earliest people to settle in the country.

When the New Economic Policy presented to the nation in 1970 by the late Tun Abdul Razak, it was seemed that Malaysia with the new economic policy will solve her problems forever. DEB was meant to ensure that all races particularly the Malays and Indians will be equally prosperous with wealth as the Chinese. Our leaders at those times and until today believe that when all races are equally prosperous the country will enjoy stability, peace and harmony. With equal share of prosperity for all, the three major races in Malaysia will be happy and contented; this will contribute greatly in maintaining peace, and harmony in the country. With the New Economic Policy, the government wants to ensure that the incidents of racial riots of 13 May 1969 will never happen again in the future.

In order to eradicate poverty among the Malays, the government embarked on a large scale programmed to help the poor but intelligent Malay students that live in the rural areas to study in a modern and well-equipped residential school in the towns and cities of the country. When these intelligent Malays students completed their secondary educations with good results, the government helps them to further their studies in good universities overseas as well as local. Under the New Economic Policy, the governments spent large amount of money in order to provide scholarships to these Malay students to study abroad and in the country. As a result of the New Economic Policy that was introduced in the early seventies, there were many Malays graduated as doctors and engineer in late seventies and early eighties. In my opinion, this intelligent Malay student without the New Economic Policy will remain a poor villager. They will either doing the work that their predecessor used to do, as a farmer, angler or to work with the government as a primary teacher, police or soldier. The best profession that the normal Malays used to have prior to 1970 is to become a teacher.

Without the New Economic Policy, the Malays will never dream to become professionals such as doctors, engineers, optometrist, dentist and architect. Because of the New Economic Policy, more Malays become professionals, entered corporate world, and become global economic player. The New Economic Policy was very successful in terms of educating the Malays and making them professional, business entrepreneurs and corporate leaders. In doing so, the governments to a certain extent have eradicated poverty among some Malays. The New economic Policy have benefitted the poor, intelligent and hard working Malays. This programmed must continue in MEB. The government must continue to give scholarship to the poor intelligent Malays and the poor intelligent Indians students. The Malay professionals that have become successful through the New Economic Policy must be encouraged to help the government to provides scholarship to the poor intelligent Malay students and the rich Indians must help the government to help the poor intelligent Indians students.

However, New Economic Policy or DEB failed to eradicate poverty in the majority of the Malays. The government was trying to eradicate poverty among the Malays by making them farmer or anglers as well as businessperson. The government has tried many ways to help the Malays to become businesspersons and there are so many government agencies to help the Malays to do business. However most Malays failed to become successful businesspersons in spite all the helps from the government. The failure of the New Economic Policy in eradicating poverty among the Malays is due to the Malays mentality and attitudes. Generally, Malays like to work with the government rather than to do business because Malays are lazy when compared with the Chinese. A person who wants to do business and becomes successful must be a hardworking person. Since the Malays are lazy and they like to earn money the easy way, they usually fail when they do business.

When the government gives the Malays, certain license to do certain business the Malays will think the easy way to earn money. They will let the Chinese or the Indians to use their license and do the business and they are happy enough just to get monthly allowance from them. Many Malays think that to get money without work is a blessing and to work hard in this world is the practice of those who love the world. Many Malays do not understand and regard Islam as a complete ways of life and they do not regard working is also a form of worship. With this mentality, the Malays are generally lazy. Although the Malays do not like to work hard like the Chinese but they like to have more money and they like to spend and enjoy like the Chinese.

Because of this mentality, the Malays were cheated easily with the ‘get rich quickly scheme’ than the Chinese. New Economic Policy failed in eradicating poverty among majority Malays and similarly the New Economic Model will fail if the government is not willing to do something on the mentality and the attitudes of the Malays. There are Malays who like to do business but when situation is tough, they lack perseverance and give up the business easily. The Malays who are working with the government are also lazy in executing and implementing government policy. Due to the mentality and attitudes of the Malays, no matter what type of economic policy introduced by the government, it will end with failure. The government must learn the lessons from the failure of the New Economic Policy in eradicating poverty among Malays. Since the introduction of the New Economic Policy, the Malays cannot even achieved the thirty percent target of having shares in the richness of the country. I fully agreed with the opinion of Datuk Salleh Majid an economic specialist that MEB will also fail if all sectors including the government, the corporate and the entire citizen particularly Malays are not doing reformation on the way of thinking and the ways they conduct themselves while doing their daily work.
In order to solve our problem we should act like a doctor. As a doctor, we should know the causes of our diseases and we should also know the treatment. We cure diseases when correct treatment is applied. We are not solving our problems since we have not treated the causes of the problems right. In order to treat the mentality and the attitudes of the Malays we have to change the way Malays think and belief. Using method known as self-talk therapy Insha’Allah, we can treat Malays wrong attitudes. All Malays that receive government contract, subsidies or any financial aids from the government must take the therapy. The laziness of the Malays can be cured using self-talk therapy. When their laziness is cured, then only they can obtain government financial assistance. All government workers especially the Malays must take the therapy, Pekerja Bestari. A researched done on this therapy by a researcher in University Utara Malaysia has shown very positive results. All workers that have taken the therapy for six months have shown improvements in their attitudes towards work. Those that have taken the therapy have become more hard working and productive in their work. With the grace of Allah I have developed a therapy that can treat and cure human behaviors and all praise belongs to Allah. Allah has bestowed me with the knowledge that enables me to develop the therapy. With the permission of Allah, many have used the therapy and have improved in their behaviors. Those interested please contact Sapti 019-3584497 .
Prof Dr Nasoha Saabin
April 2010
Integrative Holistic Wellness Centre

With the permission of Allah in many of my previous articles, I have explained about the meaning of Sunnah. All the actions of our Prophet Muhammad saw are known as Sunnah. Sunnah is to explain the Quran. Quran and Sunnah are both from Allah. Quran is the words of Allah which expound the wishes of Allah and Sunnah is the actions of the Prophet Muhammad directed by Allah to explain all the actions which should be done by Muslims in order to fulfill the wishes of Allah. In other word, Sunnah is the actions of Prophet Muhammad saw to explain the Quran. Prophet Muhammad saw had left us the Quran and the Sunnah and whoever among the Muslims who follow the Quran and Sunnah, they will always be guided on the correct path. Hadis is the words of Prophet Muhammad saw which explain about Sunnah. Hadis could be a true Hadis or it could be a false Hadis but none of the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw is a false Sunnah. There are many Hadis which are false Hadis and Muslims should not be practicing on whatever mention in false Hadis. Quran was written during the times of Hazrat Abu Bakar only a few years after the demise of our Prophet Muhammad saw but Hadis was written about two hundred years after the demise of Prophet Muhammad saw. I think one good reason why they are so many false Hadis is because Allah did not promise to guard the sanctity of the Hadis as Allah has taken the responsibility to guard the sanctity of the Quran.
In my opinion, a Hadis is a false Hadis when the meaning of the Hadis does not complement the meaning of any verses of the Quran. Hadis is the words of Prophet Muhammad saw which explain about the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw. Sunnah is the actions of our Prophet Muhammad saw which explain about the Quran. When a Hadis does not complement the meaning of the Quran, the Hadis must be a false Hadis. Many Muslims unknowingly follow and practice the false Hadis and when they follow the false Hadis, their Islamic practices are not the true Islamic practices. The practice of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils or the practice of inviting men to Allah is the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw and also the Sunnah of all the Prophets in the past. Similarly the practice of performing the five times daily prayers and the practice of eating with the hands are also the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw. But when the Sunnah is made obligatory then the Sunnah is a Great Sunnah and when the Sunnah is made Sunnat then the Sunnah is a small Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw. All the orders of Allah are the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw. However there are some of the orders of Allah which are made Fardu or obligatory to be performed by Muslims and there are some of the orders of Allah which are made Sunnat to be performed by all Muslims. Both the orders of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils and the order of performing the five times daily prayers are Fardu or obligatory to be performed by all Muslims. The orders of Allah which are Fardu or obligatory is divided into two kinds of Fardu. The first kind of Fardu is known as Fardu Kifayah. When the order of Allah is made to be Fardu Kifayah, it means the order is obligatory to be performed by men with a Jemaah or congregation. When the order of Allah is said to be Fardu Ain, it means the order is Fardu or obligatory to be performed by every individual Muslims, either males or females. Such practices like wearing the turban and eating foods with the right hand are the Sunnah which is Sunnat which is not Muakkad or only recommended to be practiced by all Muslims.
The practice of having beard is the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw but the Sunnah is not obligatory or Fardu to be practiced by Muslim men. The Sunnah of having beard is Sunnat Muakkad which means it is highly recommended and the practice of shaving the beard is Makruh Tahrimi, a practice which should be highly avoided by all Muslim men. There are also practices or the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw which is Sunnat, a Sunnat which is not Muakkad or recommended to be practiced by Muslims. The practice of wearing turban or eating with the right hand is the Sunnah which is a non-Muakkad Sunnat or only recommended to be practiced by Muslims. When the Muslims are not doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils or when the Muslims are not performing the five times daily prayers or when the Muslims are not fasting in the month of Ramadan, it means the Muslims are not practicing the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw which are obligatory or Fardu to be performed by all Muslims. When Muslims are not wearing the turban or when Muslims are not having the beard or when the Muslims are not eating foods with the right hand, it means that the Muslims are not practicing the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw which are Sunnat to be performed by all Muslims. When Muslims are not performing the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw which are obligatory, the Muslims are disobeying the orders of Allah and the Muslims are committing sins.
When Muslims are not performing the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw which are Sunnat, the Muslims are not disobeying the orders of Allah and the Muslims are not committing any sins. When Muslims are performing the Sunnah which is either Fardu or Sunnat, the Muslims are obeying the orders of Allah and the Muslims will be rewarded by Allah. When the Muslims are not performing the orders of Allah which are obligatory or Fardu, the Muslims are said to be disobeying the orders of Allah and the Muslims are committing an acts of sins. When the Muslims are practicing the actions which are not allowed by Allah the Muslims are also disobeying the orders of Allah and the Muslims are also committing an acts of sins. When the Muslims are practicing an actions which are not ordered by Allah or not the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw, the Muslims are performing an actions which are either Haram or strictly forbidden or actions which are not strictly forbidden or not strictly Haram to be performed by Muslims. The actions which are not strictly Haram is also known as Makruh. Actions which are Makruh or actions which are not strictly forbidden are divided into two types. One is known as Makruh Tahrimi or is not strictly forbidden (of the higher level) and the second type of Makruh which is known as Makruh Tanzih or is not strictly forbidden (of the lower level).
When Muslims are not practicing the orders of Allah which are obligatory or Fardu, the Muslims are said to be disobeying the orders of Allah and they are committing sins. When Muslims are practicing something which is forbidden by Allah such as the practice of drinking alcohol and the practice of premarital sex, the Muslims are said to be disobeying the orders of Allah and the Muslims are committing sins. When Muslims are practicing something which is neither ordered by Allah nor the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw the Muslims are practicing something which is either Haram or Makruh. Haram means strictly forbidden and Makruh means not strictly forbidden. The practices of going out in the path of ibadah for 3 days every month, 40 days every year and 4 months once in the whole lifetime are practices which is mainly done by the members of Jemaah Tabligh which neither ordered by Allah nor it is the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw. Although the practices are not ordered by Allah but Muslims are not prevented by Allah to practice such practices. What is the Hukum for such practices in our life? Because the practices of going out in the path of ibadah for 3 days every month, 40 days every year and 4 months once in the whole lifetime is not the order of Allah and not the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw but they are not prevented by Allah, a Muslim who follows such practices is doing something which is Makruh Tahrimi or a practice not strictly forbidden but of the higher level. A person who practices Makruh Tahrimi can fall into Haram or strictly forbidden act when such practices cause harmful to the family such as no basic needs or not being adequately provided for family or lying to employer to obtain leave 40 days or 4 months. When a person practice an action which is Haram or forbidden by Allah then he is committing an act of sins.
Actions which are not ordered by Allah or not the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw are actions which are either Makruh or Haram. The Makruh can either be Makruh Tahrimi or Makruh Tanzih. Therefore, actions which are ordered by Allah or the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw are either Fardu or Sunnat and the Sunnat can either be Sunnat Muakkad or highly recommended or Sunnat which is not Muakkad or recommended. There are only two orders of Allah which the Muslims are obligatory to perform as an individual and as a Jemaah or with congregation. The two orders which are obligatory to all Muslims men and women whether as an individual (Fardu Ain) or as a Jemaah (Fardu Kifayah) are the orders of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils and the order of performing the five times daily prayer. When the order is Fardu Kifayah, it means the order is obligatory to be performed by Muslims men as a Jemaah or with congregation and when the order is Fardu Ain it means the order is obligatory to be performed individually by all Muslims male or female. When an order is obligatory or Fardu to be performed both as an individual and as a Jemaah, it shows that the order is a very important order of Allah. Both the order of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils and the order of performing the five times daily prayers are both obligatory to be done by Muslims as Fardu Ain and as Fardu Kifayah. When the order is Fardu Kifayah, it means the order is obligatory to be performed daily with Jemaah or congregation at least by some adult men in the locality. When either one or both of the orders are not done with Jemaah or with congregation in any Muslims locality then the whole Muslims living in that locality are committing an act of sins. Nowadays, there are many mosques in different localities in which the performance of the five times daily prayers are done with Jemaah or congregation. However, there are very few mosques in a very few localities in the whole world in which the performance of the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils is done with Jemaah or congregation.
The work of inviting the non-Muslims to recite the Great Kalimah is the same work of inviting men to Allah and it is the same work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils. Jemaah Tabligh is a movement which supposes to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils but contrary to the name, Jemaah Tabligh does not encourage their followers to do the work of inviting the non-Muslims to recite the Great Kalimah. I would like to ask the question to Jemaah Tabligh whether their movement does the work of Tabligh or a movement which does only ibadah? When the elders of Jemaah Tabligh do not encourage their followers to invite the non-Muslims to recite the Great Kalimah, it means Jemaah Tabligh is not doing the work of Tabligh but only the work of ibadah. What is the meaning of Tabligh? Tabligh means to deliver the Great Kalimah to the non-Muslims but in reality Jemaah Tabligh is not doing the work of delivering the Great Kalimah to the non-Muslims and therefore Jemaah Tabligh is not doing the work of Tabligh. Why should the Muslims call a Jemaah which does not do the work of Tabligh by the name of Jemaah Tabligh? In my opinion the correct name for Jemaah Tabligh is not Jemaah Tabligh or the movement of iman but should be known by the name of Jemaah Ibadah or Jemaah Tarikat. Tabligh is one of the qualities of Prophet Muhammad saw and Tabligh mean to deliver the Great Kalimah to the non-Muslims. Does Jemaah Tabligh delivers the Great Kalimah to the non-Muslim and do the work which is the same as the work of all Prophets? In my opinion, the work of Jemaah Tabligh is not the work of the Prophets and it is not the work of the Prophets because Jemaah Tabligh does not deliver the Great Kalimah to the non-Muslims.
What is the main work of Jemaah Tabligh? The main work of Jemaah Tabligh is only to invite Muslims to go out in the path of ibadah for 3 days in a month, 40 days in a year and 4 months once in their whole lifetime. According to Jemaah Tabligh whoever spend 3 days in a month, 40 days in a year and 4 months once in their lifetime will obtain strong iman and good amal. The Key performance Index(KPI) of the member of Jemaah Tabligh is to obtain more peoples to join them. The more peoples they could recruit to join Jemaah Tabligh, the more rewards, the more iman, and the more amal that person will obtain from Allah. Why do the members of Jemaah Tabligh spend time for 3 days in a month, 40 days in a year and 4 months once in the whole lifetime in the path of ibadah? Is the practice is an order of Allah or the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw? I think there is not even one verse in the Quran which orders the Muslims to spend time for 3 days in a month, 40 days in a year and 4 months, once in the whole lifetime in the path of ibadah. If there is not even one verse of the Quran which orders the Muslims to spend time for 3 days in a month, 40 days in a year and 4 months once in the whole lifetime in the path of ibadah, thus, it is no doubt such practice is not the order of Allah and not the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw. When a practice is neither the order of Allah nor the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw, then the practice could either be Makruh or Haram. Because the practice is not forbidden by Allah the Hukum of doing such practices should be Makruh Tahrimi.
When an action is not the order of Allah and also not from the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw, the actions cannot be Fardu or Sunnat to be performed by Muslims. Any action which is not ordered by Allah can either be Haram or Makruh and certainly the actions; can never be Fardu or Sunnat. When the members of Jemaah Tabligh are practicing the act of going out for 3 days in a month, 40 days in a year and 4 months once in the whole lifetime in the path of ibadah, they are actually practicing something which is neither the orders of Allah nor the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw but an act which is Makruh Tahrimi. It is very unfortunate for the members of Jemaah Tabligh who believe that they are practicing the order of Allah which is Fardu or obligatory but in fact they are practicing something which is Makruh Tahrimi. When a person practice an act of Makruh Tahrimi but such practices have caused harmful to an extent even the needs of their families are not adequately provided then the practices of going out for 3 days in a month, 40 days in a year and 4 months once in the whole lifetime in the path of ibadah become Haram.
What a shame to both the elders and the members of Jemaah Tabligh who believe that they are on the path of Sunnah or the right path but in reality they are in the wrong path. All praise be to Allah who has saved me from following the wrong path of Jemaah Tabligh. I am praying to Allah to show to both the elders and the members of Jemaah Tabligh the correct path. I love all of them because I was with them for nearly thirty years. When I was with Jemaah Tabligh, I also believed that the practice of going out in the path of ibadah for 3 days in a month, 40 days in a year and 4 months once in the whole lifetime was a correct practice. At that time I did not know that the practice of Jemaah Tabligh is Makruh Tahrimi. Now, it is only Allah who has made me to understand that the practice of Jemaah Tabligh is Makruh Tahrimi. If I had known that the practice of going out for 3 days, 40 days and 4 months is Makruh Tahrimi, I will not join the work of Jemaah Tabligh but I remained with Jemaah Tabligh because I was ‘blind’ for nearly thirty years.
Prof Dr Nasoha Saabin
April 2013
Integrative Holistic Wellness Centre

Many Muslims do not aware of the difference between the term Sunnah and Sunnat. Many Muslims think that the two words have the same meaning. Many Muslims know the word Sunnat but very few who knows and understand the word Sunnah. Many Muslims think that the word Sunnah also means Sunnat. When something is mentioned to be a Sunnah, many Muslims think that the Sunnah is also Sunnat to be practiced. When a practice is Sunnat, it means that the practice is not obligatory or Fardu to be practiced by the Muslims. A practice which is Sunnat can either be a practice which is recommended or highly recommended for Muslims to practice. Many Muslims men are having beard because they believe the practice of having beard is the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw. However there are many Muslims who do not know the Hukum of having beard is only Sunnat Muakkad or highly recommended to be practiced by Muslims. On the other hand according to the Indian Muslim who majority is following the Mazhab of Imam Hanafi, the practice of having beard is Wajib. However, the Hukum of Wajib in Mazhab Imam Hanafi is the same as Sunnat Muakkad or highly recommended practice in Mazhab Shafie. Some Muslims men are wearing turban and jubbah because they believe the practice is the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw. However many Muslims do not really know what the Hukum of wearing turban and jubbah is. The Hukum of wearing turban and jubbah is only Sunnat which is not Muakkad or recommended to be practiced by Muslims. There are some Muslims who are so particular in wearing turban and jubbah but they are not particular in observing the Sunnah which is Fardu or obligatory to be practiced by Muslims.
In my opinion, Muslims who are not particular in observing the Sunnah which is obligatory to be practiced by Muslims should not busy practicing the Sunnah which is Sunnat, either the Sunnah is Sunnat Muakkad or not Sunnat Muakkad. Many Muslims in Jemaah Tabligh and Jemaah Al-Arqam are very particular in observing the Sunnah which is only Sunnat but they are not particular in observing the Sunnah which is Fardu or obligatory. Many Muslims think that the orders of Allah which are Fardu to be performed by Muslims are not Sunnah. As for example, many Muslims think that the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils is not the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw. What is the Hukum of doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils? I think there are many Muslims who do not know the Hukum of doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils. In the Quran, Allah says with the approximate meaning; Say Muhammad to your umat this is my path, the path of calling peoples to Allah with Basiroh and this is my path or the path of those who follow me. The path mention in the above verse of the Quran does not mean the path or the road which is found in this material world. The path which is mention in the above verse of the Quran is the action which will bring men to Allah. What is the action which will bring men to Allah? The actions which will bring men to Allah are the actions of our Prophet Muhammad saw which are also known as Sunnah. The action of calling peoples to Allah is the same as the action of calling men to good and forbidding men from evils and it is the Greatest Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw.
In my opinion, the Sunnah which is Fardu or obligatory to be practiced by Muslims should be called as the Great Sunnah and the Sunnah which is Sunnat to be practiced by Muslims should be known as the small Sunnah. Many Muslims in Jemaah Tabligh and Jemaah Al-Arqam are very particular in observing the small Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw such as the Sunnah of wearing of turban and jubbah but they are not particular in observing the Greatest Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw. In this verse of the Quran, it is mentioned that the Greatest Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw is to invite men to Allah which is the same as the work of inviting men to good and forbidding men from evils. What is the Hukum of this Sunnah of inviting men to good and forbidding men from evils? The Hukum is Fardu Kifayah and Fardu Ain. All the actions of our Prophet Muhammad saw are called Sunnah. Sunnah is not the same as Sunnat because the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw can either be Fardu or Sunnat. All practices which are not done by our Prophet Muhammad saw are known as Bid’ah. Bid’ah practices are the practices which are not Sunnah. Bid’ah practices can either be Haram or Makruh. The practice of Jemaah Tabligh in going out for 3 days every month, 40 days every year and 4 months once in the whole lifetime are Bid’ah. Allah orders Muslims to revive the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw and not the Bid’aah. When the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw is revived, then Islam will be revived. How to revive Islam? In order to revive Islam we have to revive the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw and we have to start by reviving the Greatest Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw. The Greatest Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw is also the first order of Allah. The first order of Allah is the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils and it is the same as the work to call people to Allah. The work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils is also the work which fulfills the right of reciting the Great Kalimah, I bear witness there is no God except Allah and I bear witness Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah. When the Greatest Sunnah is revived then other Sunnah will also be revived. I believe the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad will never be revived by Bid’ah practices. Nor the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad be revived by having power or by having wealth. The only way to revive the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw is by reviving the Greatest Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw.
Jemaah Tabligh claim to the world to be the Jemaah which revive the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw. What is the approach taken by Jemaah Tabligh to revive the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw? In order to revive the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw, Jemaah Tabligh takes the approach of reviving the small Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw. According to them, when the small Sunnah is revived, all other Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw will then be revived. In order to revive the small Sunnah, Jemaah Tabligh invite Muslims to go out in the path of ibadah for 3 days in a month, 40 days every year and 4 months once in the whole lifetime, a practice which is Bid’ah. How could we revive the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw by first reviving the small Sunnah and how could we revive the small Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw via Bid’ah practices? In my opinion the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw will never be revived in this world with the method use by Jemaah Tabligh. I think the ulama of Jemaah Tabligh are not the real ulama who understand about Quran and Hadis and who know how to revive Islam. There are so many misunderstanding about Sunnah in Jemaah Tabligh. One of the misunderstandings in Jemaah Tabligh is to believe that all Sunnah are Great Sunnah. According to them, to practice and to revive Sunnah is obligatory. In my opinion it is absurd to believe all Sunnah are Great Sunnah. Sunnah is the action of our Prophet Muhammad saw. Sunnah is also the orders of Allah. When the order of Allah is great the Sunnah is also great and when the order of Allah is small the Sunnah is also small. A Great Sunnah is the Sunnah which is Fardu or obligatory to be performed by Muslims and a Sunnah which is small is the Sunnah which is Sunnat to be performed by Muslims.
I think it is impossible to revive the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw or to revive Islam by reviving the Small Sunnah. It is illogical to believe something which is small will be able to revive something which is great. It is only logical to believe something great to revive something which is small. In my opinion, the work of Jemaah Tabligh is the work of stupid peoples who wants to revive Islam or the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw by reviving first the small Sunnah. Jemaah Tabligh is trying to revive the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw by inviting Muslims to practice the small Sunnah such as the Sunnah of having beard, wearing turban and jubbah, taking meals with hand and licking the fingers after taking a meal. The fact that they ask their followers to discuss daily about the small Sunnah such as the Sunnah of eating, sleeping and the Sunnah of going to the toilet during their outing for 3 days or 40 days or 4 months only shows that they just serious in reviving the small Sunnah. The fact that they do not ask their followers to discuss daily about the Greatest Sunnah which is the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils only shows they are not serious in reviving the Greatest Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw. In my opinion, it is a very great tragedy for Jemaah Tabligh which claim to be the Jemaah that revive the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw but refuse or not willing to revive the Greatest Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw.
As for example, the Sunnah of taking food with the hand is only Sunnat that is not even Muakkad but only recommended for Muslims to practice. However, many Muslims especially in Jemaah Tabligh who regards the Sunnah of taking food with hands as the Sunnah which is obligatory or Fardu to be practiced by Muslims. I still remember at one time when I was with Jemaah Tabligh, I was scorned by one of the members of Jemaah Tabligh because I was not using hand but a spoon. According to Jemaah Tabligh, eating with a spoon is not Sunnah and therefore it is not befitting for a person with the status of syurah Malaysia to eat with a spoon and not with his fingers. There are many members of Jemaah Tabligh who insists on eating with their fingers and by sitting down on the floor and not on the chairs simply because they believe it is the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw and to practice these small Sunnah according to many members of Jemaah Tabligh is obligatory. Whenever a member of Jemaah Tabligh does any amal, the aim is only to gain rewards and not to please Allah. Many of the members of Jemaah Tabligh who believe to practice a Sunnah is to revive the Sunnah and whoever revives a Sunnah at the time when the Muslims are away from Islam that person will be rewarded with the rewards of hundred martyrs. How does Jemaah Tabligh motivate their followers to undertake certain action or to do certain amals? Jemaah Tabligh motivates their followers to undertake certain actions or to do certain amals by telling them about the reward they will get in doing such actions or amals. When the members of Jemaah Tabligh know that they will obtain the reward of hundred martyrs by reviving only one Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw, they become very enthusiastic in reviving the Sunnah particularly in reviving the small Sunnah. The mindset of the members of Jemaah Tabligh is only about rewards and paradise. Whenever the members of Jemaah Tabligh do any actions or amals, they will do only to gain reward and paradise and not to gain the pleasure of Allah. The members of Jemaah Tabligh are very particular in reviving the small Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw because they want the reward of hundred martyrs.
In my opinion, Jemaah Tabligh does not have the real understanding of the word Sunnah which is mention in the Hadis with the approximate meaning; whosoever revive the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw in the time when the umat of Prophet Muhammad saw is away from Islam, will be given the reward of hundred martyrs. Is the Sunnah to be revived mention in this Hadis means, to revive all the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad saw which include reviving all the Small Sunnah or does it means to revive the Greatest Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad saw? According to Jemaah Tabligh the Sunnah which is mention in the Hadis is to revive any of the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw which include reviving even the small Sunnah. In my opinion, to revive the Sunnah, means to revive the Greatest Sunnah. It is only when the Greatest Sunnah is revived then only all the other Sunnah will be revived. What is the Greatest Sunnah? The Greatest Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw is the Sunnah of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils.
Why the ulama of Jemaah Tabligh did not advise their followers to first revive the Greatest Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw. Does the ulama of Jemaah Tabligh know what is the Greatest Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw? Does the ulama of Jemaah Tabligh know that the work of inviting mankind to good and preventing mankind from evils is the Greatest Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw? When I was with Jemaah Tabligh I had never heard from the ulama of Jemaah Tabligh that the work of inviting mankind to good and preventing mankind from evils is the Greatest Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw. Also I had never heard from them that the meaning of evil in the Quran refer to the action of not willing to recite the Great Kalimah and the meaning of good in the Quran refer to the action of willing to recite the Great Kalimah. I believe the verse of the Quran with the approximate meaning; to invite mankind to good does not mean to invite mankind to go out for 3 days or 40 days or 4 months or to practice the small Sunnah such as the Sunnah of eating and the Sunnah of sleeping but it means to invite mankind to recite the Great Kalimah; I bear witness there is no God except Allah and I bear witness Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. The Sunnah of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils is the Greatest Sunnah but the Sunnah of eating and sleeping are only the small Sunnah and to invite Muslims to go out for 3 days or 40 days or 4 months is actually to invite Muslims to practice Bid’ah. How can Jemaah Tabligh regards the practice of going out for 3 days in a month, 40 days in a year and 4 months as the ‘Greatest Sunnah’? The Greatest Sunnah of Jemaah Tabligh in reality is only a Bid’ah. What a shame on Jemaah Tabligh?
What it means to revive the Sunnah in the Hadis is to revive the Greatest Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad saw which is the Sunnah of inviting mankind to good and preventing mankind from evils. The ulama of Jemaah Tabligh are regarded by all of their followers as great ulama who understand about the Quran and Hadis. However in my opinion the ulama of Jemaah Tabligh are not the true ulama of the Muslims. In case they are the true ulama of the Muslims, they should be given by Allah the true understanding of the Quran. A true Muslims scholar or a true alim must be given by Allah the true understanding of the Quran. Why the elders of Jemaah Tabligh do not understand that the practice of going out for 3 days in a month, 40 days in a year and 4 months once in the whole lifetime is a Bid’ah practice? Why the elders of Jemaah Tabligh are not given by Allah the true understanding of the Quran? Why Allah does not give them the understanding of the Quran whereas they are the peoples who have studied the Quran for many years? Why Allah does not give them the understanding of the Quran whereas many of them have memorized the Quran and the Hadis? Allah has not given them the true understanding the Quran and Hadis because of one simple reason. What is the reason? They are not given by Allah the true understanding of the Quran and Hadis because they are not doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils in the way done by our Prophet Muhammad saw.
Also Allah does not give the understanding to the elders of Jemaah Tabligh about the Hukum of doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils is Fardu Kifayah and Fardu Ain. Thus the elders of Jemaah Tabligh does not order their followers to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils because they believe nowadays Muslims are not ready or not capable to do the work. What is understood by the elders of Jemaah Tabligh the work of Dakwah is mainly to invite Muslims to spend 3 days every month, 40 days every year and 4 months once in the whole lifetime and not to invite mankind to Allah. While spending time for 3 days, 40 days and 4 months the elders of Jemaah Tabligh order their followers to be busy practicing the small Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw such as the Sunnah of eating, drinking and sleeping. In my opinion, the elders of Jemaah Tabligh probably believe that the Sunnah of eating with hand is equal to the Sunnah of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils. What a pity to Jemaah Tabligh who thinks and believes that they are in the correct path but in fact they are not. Oh Allah, guide the elders and the members of Jemaah Tabligh to the correct path.
Prof Dr Nasoha Saabin
April 2013
Integrative Holistic Wellness Centre