Prof. Dr. Nasoha Saabin

A person can be put into jail without trial. Under the internal security acts a person can be put into jail without trial. It sounds absurd that we can place someone in captivity without trial. A person who has been found guilty by the court may not be necessarily guilty as the court judges are human and they may make mistake. To charge a person guilty without trial is not in accordance with the wishes of Allah. Allah will charge us guilty only after we have been trial in the field of Mahsyar. Allah will give us the record book of our actions and asked us whether the charges against us written in the book are true. In case we denied what is written in the book then Allah will make all other parts of the body except the mouth to speak against us. Allah has all the evidence to charge against us and after we have been trialed and we are found guilty then only we are put in the hell fire which is the prison of Allah. Allah is all knowing and Allah can put us into the hell fire without trial. Allah does not needs all the evidences to prove that we are wrong yet Allah put us under trial before we are thrown into the hell fire.

Homosexual and Lesbian are behavioral disease that has infected men since many centuries ago. This disease is contagious and it can spread wildly as any contagious disease do. The disease spread as fire among the clan of Sodom and Allah destroyed the clans after Allah had send Prophets Lut may peace be upon him, to remind them. As a disease, it must have a remedy. Homosexual and lesbians are behavioral disease and it is due to wrong believe and mental outlook that the person has towards sex. Allah allows sexual intercourse only between married man and women and when we do as Allah orders Allah is pleased with us. When men do sexual intercourse with men and women do sexual intercourse with women, then we are doing against the orders of Allah. When we are doing against the orders of Allah then we are inviting the wrath of Allah to descend upon us.

When someone says that you are lazy, do not get angry, but think about the comment. It could be true that you are lazy when compare to him. You maybe a hardworking person when compare to your friend but you are lazy when compare to him. When we compare the Malays with the Chinese, I think many of us will agree with me that the Malays are lazy but when we compare the Malays with the aborigines, the Malays are hardworking peoples. The Indian when compare with the Chinese are lazy but when compare with the Malays, I think they are about the same .Lazy peoples do not likes to work on their own. Lazy people do not like to think and to work. They work only when instructed and they work well under pressure. Because they are lazy, they do not like to work on their own but they prefer to work under supervision. When not instructed to do work they will use the time in reading newspaper, talking to fellow friends and drinking coffee. Many Malays and the Indians like to work with the government but the Chinese like to do their own business. Malays and Indians used to be very proud if they can works with the government but not the Chinese. Malays and Indians are generally poor than the Chinese because the Chinese like to do business while the Indians and the Malays like to be only workers.

TARIKAT
Tarikat means the path or the road that one must take in order to reach Allah. The path or the road must be the path or the road taken by our Prophet Muhammad saw. There is only one path or road taken by our Prophet Muhammad saw and his companions in order to reach Allah. There is only one path to reach Allah and there are no other paths other than the path taken by our Prophet Muhammad saw to reach Allah. Some says that our destination is the same, but there are many ways or paths to reach our destination. As for an example, our destination is Kuala Lumpur but there are many roads to reach Kuala Lumpur. The argument sounds logical but it is a very misleading argument. First, we cannot compare Kuala Lumpur with Allah and the path or Tarikat to reach Allah with the roads to reach Kuala Lumpur. Kuala Lumpur is a place in the world and certainly, there are many ways to reach Kuala Lumpur. One can reach Kuala Lumpur either by air, road or railway. There are also many roads to reach Kuala Lumpur. Although the literal meaning of Tarikat is road or path but it is not the same as the Tarikat or path to reach Allah. Allah is the creator of the world and the universe. We cannot compare the path to reach Allah with the path to reach Kuala Lumpur. In order to reach Kuala Lumpur we need to use roads but we cannot use the same analogy to reach Allah. In order to reach Allah we need to use good actions. Good actions are the path or road to reach Allah. Allah does not love the worldly things but Allah love good actions. With worldly things, we cannot reach Allah but we can only reach Allah with good actions. Good actions that bring us closer to Allah are the Tarikat to reach Allah. Good actions that bring us closer to Allah must be themother of all good actions that will give birth to all other good actions.

Many people think that their actions are sincere as long as they do not expect anything in return from the one that they have done some good actions. Sincere actions are actions done only to please Allah. Whenever we want to do any action, we should do it because it is the order of Allah and our intention in doing the action should be to please Allah. Allah ordered us to do certain actions and there are actions that Allah prohibits us from doing. When we do certain actions because Allah order us to do and we do not do certain action because Allah do not allowed us to do, that actions are good amals or good actions. When we do any actions because we like to do it or we do not do any actions because we do not like doing it then the actions are not good amals or good actions. In order for any actions to be regarded as good amals or good actions, it has to be done because Allah orders it and the intention must only to please Allah. Similarly, when we are not doing certain actions because Allah do not allows us to do and the intention is only to please Allah, then the action are also good amals or good actions.

Nowadays many Islamic practices have turn ritualistic. An Islamic practice is said to become ritual when it is practice without even knowing the real reason why such practices have been ordered by Allah, done with incorrect intention and not in the way shown by Prophet Muhammad SAW. When an Islamic practice is performed as a ritual, it has no soul or life. As the practices have no soul or life, it has no power to attract the help of Allah or gain rewards from Allah. A ritual practice may still have the appearance and names of an Islamic practices but it does not possess the soul or life of an Islamic practices. One of the most important Islamic practices that have turn ritual is the reciting of the Great Kalimah ‘I bear witness there is no God but Allah and I bear witness Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’. Upon reciting the Great Kalimah a person must fulfill the right of the Great Kalimah. What is the right of the Great Kalimah? The right of the Great Kalimah is to enjoin Good and to forbid the Evils. What could be the greatest evil ever committed by mankind other than refusing to acknowledge the existence of Allah as the only God and Muhammad SAW as the Prophet of Allah. And what could be the most good action ever committed by men other than to acknowledge the existence of Allah as the only God and Muhammad SAW as the messenger of Allah by reciting the Great Kalimah in the presence of a witness. In order to fulfill the right of the Great Kalimah, a person after having reciting the Great Kalimah must deliver the Great Kalimah to all those who have not recited the Great Kalimah in this world and to persuade them with love and affection to recite the Great Kalimah. When a person recite the Great Kalimah, all the sins from the day he or she was born until the time of reciting the Great Kalimah will be forgiven by Allah. In addition, all the sins will be converted into good deeds.

What is the purpose of our life in this world? Allah has created us so that we become the obedient slaves of Allah and wins His pleasure. What Allah really wants from us? Does Allah gain anything in creating humankinds like us? What do Allah gains in creating mankind? Allah gains nothing from us as we own nothing and Allah owns everything in this world and the hereafter. What we can give to Allah when Allah has everything and Allah does not need anything. Allah is rich and all Allah’s creation is poor. Why Allah wants us to obey all the orders of Allah? What benefit to us if we obey all the orders of Allah and what loses that will incurred upon us if we disobey the orders of Allah. Do Allah gains anything if we obey Him and Do Allah lose anything if we do not obey Allah? Allah gains nothing if we obey the orders of Allah and Allah loses nothing if we disobey all the orders of Allah. Why Allah give humankinds many orders? Mankinds are created by Allah and only Allah knows how to make men to become successful. Men do not know how to become successful as men are creations and not the Creator. With the permission of Allah, men were able to invent car and only those who has invented the cars know on how to make the car runs smoothly and bring worthy to the owner of the car. The car must be driven according to the manuals made by the inventor of the car and not according to the wishes of the owner of the car. In case the owner of the car does not want to drive the car according to the manuals given by the inventor of the car, because the owner thinks the car belongs to him or her, definitely the car will not be able to be driven and finally the car will become malfunction and possibly bring harm to the owner of the car. In order to become successful men must lead their lifes by following all the orders of Allah but when men think that they are here in this world without being created by Allah and start to lead lifes following their own desires, men will become failures in this world and the world hereafter.

None can rectify the Muslims except Allah and only Allah can rectify the Muslims. Allah has created the entire human being and it is the desire of Allah to see the entire human being to be rectified. None loves human beings more than Allah. Allah created the human beings and Allah wants the human beings to be best creations. In order human beings to be the best creations, Allah has given to the human beings the complete orders of Allah or complete religion. In order human beings to obey all the orders of Allah and to be rectified and successful, human beings must first accept and believe in their heart that there is no God except Allah and Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah.

Allah has given men desires as well as the mind. With the mind, men can think and know about the truth. Allah has given men the desires so that men can get married, reproduce, eat and drink. Without the desires men will not be able to reproduce, eat and drink. Without the mind, men would not be able to think and to judge what is right and what is wrong. Humans are given by Allah both the desire and the mind while the animals are given only the desires. When men utilize only the desires and not the mind, then men will be acting like the animals. Desires in men are only to be used under the direction of the mind and guidance from Allah by following the orders of Allah in the ways shown by Prophet Muhammad saw. When men follow their desires without the direction of the mind and the orders of Allah, then men are using the desires similar to the animals following their desires. Animals are not given by Allah the mind to think and to know what is right and what is wrong and no Prophet had been sent by Allah to any group of the animals. Whenever men follow their desires as the animals do, men will behave similar to the animals. It is unfortunate for men to act like the animals as men were created by Allah to be superior than the animals. Animals are created in order to serve men but men are created in order to serve Allah. Allah has created men for Him. Allah has created men to love Allah and not to love other than Allah. Allah has created men to serve Allah and all other creations other than men are created by Allah to serve men. When men behave like animals, men degrade themselves to the status of the lowest creation of Allah.Animals were not given the mind to guide them to the correct path and neither they were given the orders of Allah to follow. When the animals died, they will not be asked on whatever actions they did in this life and after justice has been established between the animals, all the animals will be turned to soil. When men who used to behave in this world similar to the animals saw that the animals were turned into soil, they will make request to Allah to also turn them to soil, but their request will be turned down by Allah and instead they will be thrown into the hellfire.

I was surprised when someone was saying to me that he is also doing dakwah by joining Pas. He said to me that he is doing dakwah through siasah. He tried to use the world siasah since it sounds more Islamic when compared with the word politic. He told me that he is the leader of Pas in the area and twice he was chosen as the representative of Pas in the general election but he lost in both attempts. He told me since Pas joining DAP and PKR, many non-Muslims start to understand about Islam and he believes in this way Pas is doing dakwah to the non-Muslims. Dato’ Nik Aziz also believes that Pas is doing the work of dakwah when Pas join the Pakatan Rakyat. How Pas believes that they are doing the work of dakwah by joining Pakatan Rakyat? I really do not understand what to the peoples of Pas understand on what dakwah means. Having association with the non-Muslims such as working with the non-Muslims or having business association with the non-Muslims is not called dakwah. In order to do the work of dakwah, we need to have good association with the non-Muslims. In order to have good association with the non-Muslims, Muslims must have good conduct and kept their promises that they have made with the non-Muslims. Akhlak or good conduct is not dakwah. Dakwah and akhlak or good conducts are exactly two different orders of Allah. Many Muslims and some Muslims scholars have the understanding that dakwah and Akhlak are the same orders of Allah. Many including some Muslims scholars say that by having good conduct when you have dealing with the non-Muslims is also dakwah. Prophet Muhammad saw has good conduct or good akhlak but he also does the work of dakwah. In case dakwah and akhlak is the same order of Allah, Prophet Muhammad saw would not have to do the work of inviting the non-Muslims to recite the Great Kalimah because Prophet Muhammad saw already has good akhlak, Prophet Muhammad saw had such a very good akhlak, and his good akhlak was testified by all the peoples of Mecca even before he was declared as the Prophet of Allah and he was known to the peoples of Mecca as Al-Amin, which means the trustworthy.