Prof. Dr. Nasoha Saabin

Many of us are not interested to change our behavior because we think our behavior has no relationship with our success in life. We rather like to have more money than to have good behavior. We believe when we have more money we can have better things in life and when we can have better things in life, we think we are successful. Money can only be used to buy things, but money cannot make our Creator loves us. Our Creator loves those with good behavior and only those with good behaviors will be given success in this world and hereafter.

Men have developed various systems in order to solve men’s problem. The systems were developed by men in order to attain men wishes to have a good society. A good society is the wishes of every man since men were created. When Adam was created, he was alone and Allah created Hawa to become his companion so that Adam is happy in paradise. Although paradise is a place of happiness, yet without companions, men are not happy. When both Adam and Hawa were sent to earth, they multiply. Adam and Hawa have many children and Allah had made their children born in pairs. Each pair made up of a boy and a girl. Allah had given Adam a system to marry his children, whereby a boy cannot marry his twin sister. He must marry the one who is not his twin sister. One son of Adam refused to follow the system and insisted in marrying his twin sister. In order to marry his own twin sister, he killed his own brother who supposed by the order of Allah to marry his twin sister. This is the first crime ever done by men. When men do not follow the orders of Allah, crimes are committed. When men do not follow the system ordered by Allah, crimes are committed and unhappiness follows. Many systems have been decreed by Allah to mankind and all the system are meant to be followed by men. When men followed the system decreed by Allah, men will attain happiness in this world and the hereafter. Among the things that men love most is the material wealth or money. Men think when they have money or material wealth they will be able to achieve happiness. In order to have wealth and money, almost evenly distributed among men, men developed systems known as Capitalism, Socialism and Communism.

When someone who are not Muslims recited the Great Kalimah he or she has entered Islam but the Great Kalimah have not entered into his or her heart. When the Great Kalimah have entered our heart and the ways of Prophet Muhammad s.a.w are in our actions then we have become true Muslims. When a person has recited, the Great Kalimah all his previous sins forgiven and all the bad deeds written in his or her book of records converted into good deeds. Anyone who recited the Kalimah, there is no God except Allah, whether in the day or in the night times with sincerity, all his sins are forgiven and all the bad deeds written in his or her book of records are converted into good deeds. It is a great blessing to be able to recite the Great Kalimah, as it is indeed a great amals.

According to the Christian theology, Jesus is the son of God and crucified in order for the sins of the entire humankind forgiven. God in lieu of Jesus death will forgive the sins of the entire humankind provided they believe that Jesus is the son of God and the savior of the entire humankind. Those who do not believe that Jesus is the son of God and the savior of humankind will remain sinful and if they die in this state, they will enter hellfire. This is the belief of all Christians and it is the desire of the pious Christians to invite the entire humanity to embrace Christianity. Many Christians are roaming around the world as missionaries, preaching the doctrines of Christianity. Many pious Christians are willing to leave the comfort of their homes and live in the jungles of Africa and Asia in order to preach Christianity. The vigorous work of many Christian missionaries had caused many tribal and indigenous people of Africa and Asia particularly Indonesia, who have no religion to embrace Christianity. On entering Christianity, a person has to take a bath that will cleanse all his or her sins. Jesus crucified or taken to the heaven. It is true that with the death of Jesus, the sins of those who believe in him completely forgiven.

A court case that involved Dato’Seri Anwar Ibrahim which should be completed within a months of uninterrupted trial has taken many months of trials before the judges are able to reach the final verdict. Although the final verdict has not been made by the judge but the similarity of the DNA found from the objects used by Dato’Seri Anwar in the lockup and the DNA found in the anus of Mohd Saiful Bukhari has enable the general public to probably guess what would be the final verdict of the judges on Dato’ Seri Anwar. DNA has been used extensively in the west to track criminal cases and it works very well even in complicated criminal cases. Years ago peoples are using finger print in order to track down the criminals but it does not work in many situations particularly those criminal cases that involved sexual assault. In order to avoid finger prints to be detected, criminals nowadays are using hand gloves. Scientific advancement in cellular biology has enabled us to use the micro constituent of a cell known as DNA or Deoxyribonucleic Acid as a powerful evidence in criminal investigation.

At that time, Ummi Hafilda was a much younger lady. She came forward to become the main witness in the trial case of Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim. At that time Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim was the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia and Ummi Hafilda was about to disclose all the secrets she has about the misbehaviors of Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Even Tun Dr Mahathir, who was at that time the Prime Minister of Malaysia did not believe what was about to be disclosed by Ummi Hafilda. Due to her persistence, patients, and her believe, Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim was finally sentenced to six years imprisonment. It was the trial of the year. Most newspapers of the world covered the trial case. Because of the trial, Ummi Hafilda’s name raised to fame. Prior to the trial, she was only an ordinary young woman who was running her own business. In the seemingly naïve-looking young lady, lies the heart that is stronger than steel, lies the mind that is sharper than knives. Allah has used her to become the main witness in the most historic court case in Malaysia. Because she was the main witness in the court case, she had undergone untold sufferings and troubles. Paparazzi followed her and tried to cause trouble to her, yet she remained steadfast in her belief that Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim had committed a very serious crime. She received many death threats and attempts to bribe her from her own brother. She had to move many times from one house to another house in different locations in a span of one year and her car was burned to ashes. At such a young age, Ummi Hafilda had undergone such troubles, only to prove to the court that Dato’ Seri Anwar had committed a grieve offence that finally led the court to sentence Dato’ Seri Anwar to six years imprisonment.

Ulama are a name given to a person who out of love towards Allah, have so much fear of Allah in their hearts. The fear of Allah that ulama have is not the same as the fear we have toward some animals. Some children may have the fear toward ghosts or policeman but the fear of Allah that ulama have eminates out of their love toward Allah. Ulama out of their love toward Allah would obey all the orders of Allah. Ulama fear the displeasure of Allah on them. Allah will become displeased with them when they disobey the orders of Allah. Ulama fear the displeasure of Allah toward them and the fear eminates out of their love towards Allah. Ulama are persons who, out of love and fear of Allah, obey all the orders of Allah at all times and conditions. Ulama are persons who love Allah and Allah loves them. Because Allah loves ulama, Allah gives the ulama the understanding of the Quran and Hadis. Allah gives ulama the ability to practice all the orders of Allah in the way shown by Prophet Muhammad saw. Prophet Muhammad saw is a person who has the most fear of Allah and has the most correct understanding of the Quran. Prophet Muhammad saw is a person who has the most fear of Allah and having the utmost ability to practice all the orders of Allah. Prophet Muhammad saw is the greatest ulama at all time. Ulama is a description of one of the most important quality that a person should have; the quality of fear of Allah. Whoever have those quality in their heart are called ulama. Who gives the quality of ulama to a person? There is no one who can gives the quality of ulama except Allah and Allah gives the quality of ulama to those whom He loves and the person whom Allah loves are those who follow the Prophet Muhammad saw and his companions. Can an Islamic university or a madrasah give a person the name ulama? Can we call those who graduated in Islamic studies from the universities or madrasah, ulama? Islamic university or madrasah can gives Islamic knowledge but not the quality of the fear of Allah.

What is the truth? Many believe that there are many truths but in fact there is only one truth. What is the one which is the truth? The truth is there is no God except Allah and Muhammad saw is the Prophet of Allah. Other than Allah is not God and to believe that there is other God other than Allah is to believe in falsehood. There is no God except Allah is the word of truth and to believe that there is no God except Allah is to believe in the truth. Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah is also the words of truth and to believe that Muhammad saw is the Prophet or the messenger of Allah is to believe in the truth. The word, Allah is the word of truth and the words of other than Allah are the words of falsehood. A person who believes in the words of Allah is believing the truth and the person who believe in the words of other than Allah is believing in falsehood. Many believe that there are many true paths but actually the true path is only one path? Which one path is the true path? The true path is the path of calling peoples to Allah. There are many wrong paths but there is only one true path. Which are the wrong paths? The wrong paths are the paths of inviting towards other than Allah. Many men are following the wrong paths but they think they are following the true path and they even invite others to follow the wrong path which they believe to be the true path.

Allah gives promises and the promises of Allah is true and sure. Allah gives true promises and Allah never lies. When Allah gives promises, the promises are true. We also give promises but sometimes we lie in our promises. Promises are made upon completing certain conditions or upon fulfilling certain requirements. Allah also gives promises when we can fulfil certain conditions. Unless we fulfil the conditions, the promises will not be fulfil. When we cannot get what has been promised to us by Allah, it is not because, Allah lies to us, but it is because we cannot fulfil the conditions stated by Allah in the Quran and Hadith. All of the promises of Allah are fulfilled by Allah on the condition we have correct iman. We have never come across in the Quran that promises of Allah are to those who have only entered Islam and not having correct iman but the promises of Allah are to those who have correct iman and good actions. There are many Hadiths that mention about the rewards, Allah promises to give to us upon doing certain amals or actions. All these Hadiths are collected by the learned scholar of Tabligh Jamat and the book is given by the name of Fadhail Amal. This book of Fadhail Amal has become the main and the only textbook read by the members of Tabligh Jamat when they are spending times for 3 days, 40 days and 4 months. All the verses of the Quran and sayings of Prophet Muhammad saw on the promises of Allah, will only of beneficial to the readers if it is read with correct iman. When the verses of the Quran and the sayings of Prophet Muhammad saw are read without correct iman, it will bring harm to the readers. We will tend to do amals with the intention of getting the rewards promise by Allah and not with the intention to please Allah. When we do amals with the intention of getting rewards, ours intention of doing the amals is not sincere and our amals or actions will not be accepted by Allah. Similarly when we eat, our intention should be to please Allah but instead we eat with the intention of satisfying our hunger. We seldom have the intention to please Allah because we believe that foods can satisfy our hunger and not Allah.

The Malays have not established any great civilization in the past. We have seen the rise and downfall of great civilization like the Romans and the Persians. The Chinese as well the Indians have also established great civilization in the past. The Malays have established the Sultanate of Malacca which last only about hundred years and finally collapse in the hands of the Portuguese who came with only an army of about one thousand four hundred people .The Portuguese easily conquered Malacca .The Chinese have built the Great Wall of China and the Indians have built many buildings that remains till today. The Malays have not built anything in the past and there are no remnants of any building built by the Sultanate of Malacca that we can see remain till today. What remain in Malacca are the buildings made by the Portuguese and the Dutch. The Malays have not made any buildings strong enough to remain till today and this strongly indicates that the Malays are basically simple people and have not established any great civilization in the past. They are very simple people who welcome almost everyone who are kind and good hearted to their lands.