Posted by Dirgantoro on Feb 15, '09 10:25 PM for everyone Sudahlah! Sudah cukup kita berkata2. Sudah cukup kita bilang gini bilang gitu. Tanpa ada perubahan yang berarti.
InsyaAllah, dengan ini Dirga menyatakan undur diri dari kegiatan tulis menulis blog ini.Well, slain memang saya tidak pernah pandai menulis juga :p
Hanya waktu yang akan membuktikan. Apakah perubahan ini memang memiliki arti? Posted by Dirgantoro on Feb 9, '09 2:40 PM for everyone Hari itu adalah hari diadakannya Muktamar organisasi kecil kami, sebuah forum alumni SMA dimana kami semua menempuh pendidikan selama 3 tahun disana. Siang itu, meskipun terlambat, lelaki itu akhirnya hadir diantara kami, salah satu calon mas'ul baru dari tiga calon mas'ul lainnya. Tidak seperti calon mas'ul lainnya, lelaki itu memiliki umur yang 3 tahun lebih tua dibanding lainnya, dan di dua kepengurusan sebelumnya, dia juga memang pernah mengemban amanah sebagai mas'ul. Maka pencalonan kembali beliau sebagai calon mas'ul sempat mengagetkan saya, seseorang yang memang sempat menghilang cukup lama dari peredaran. Namun, menjadi calon mas'ul bukan menjadi pilihan lelaki itu, melainkan merupakan hasil dari polling semua pengurus forum alumni. Ketiga calon mas'ul itu merupakan hasil dari jajak pendapat dari hampir semua pengurus aktif yang ada. Tampaknya fakta menunjukkan hanya ketiga orang inilah yang paling potensial untuk memimpin forum alumni sederhana kami untuk setahun kedepan.
Waktu menunjukkan sekitar pukul 6, 20 menitan sebelum maghrib. Hasil syuro memutuskan secara bulat, baik di ikhwan maupun akhwat, bahwa lelaki itulah yang akan menjadi mas'ul forum alumni SMA untuk kepengurusuan di tahun ini. Tampaknya alasannya begitu jelas. Medan dakwah kali ini, tahun ini, memang tidak mudah. Pengalaman dan langkah konkrit lelaki itu sebagai mas'ul dibutuhkan kembali oleh kami. Setelah setahun berlalu sejak dia melepas amanah sebagai mas'ul, dia mengemban kembali amanah tersebut. Tapi apakah dia punya pilihan? Lelaki itu sadar betul bahwa amanah yang dipegangnya saat ini merupakan kepercayaan dari kami semua yang memang telah melalui banyak pertimbangan.
Akhirnya dia mengemban lagi amanah tersebut. Pria yang sekilas terlihat cadas dan urakan itu, dengan gaya blak-blakan khasnya, ternyata memang yang kami nilai paling sanggup untuk mengemban kembali amanah tersebut.
Akhirnya dia mengemban lagi amanah tersebut. Tidak mempedulikan bahwa dia masih menempuh kuliah semester 12, disaat teman-teman satu angkatannya sudah lulus dan bekerja. Namun apa mau dikata? Hanya dialah yang memiliki kapabilitas dan pengalaman yang memadai untuk mengemban amanah ini. Yang lainnya? Entah, mungkin sibuk aktif di medan dakwah yang lain. Atau mungkin juga terperangkap dalam ketidak berdayagunaan. Saleh, tapi tidak berguna bagi umat.
Akhirnya dia mengemban lagi amanah tersebut. Meskipun semuanya sudah tahu skripsinya masih belum beres, dan semester ini adalah semester paling terakhir beliau, kita tetap memberinya amanah tersebut. Kita percaya bahwa beliau mampu memanage akademisnya sekaligus organisasi kecil ini. Lelaki itu sendiri tidak banyak berkomentar mengenai hal ini, dia tidak mengeluh. Hanya saja, seperti yang dia akui, beban dakwah ini memang terasa berat di pundaknya, sebuah amanah yang dia memang tahu betul besar tanggungjawabnya, berhubung dia memang pernah memegangnya sebelumnya. Kami semua berjanji untuk membantu dia sepenuhnya. Meskipun pada realisasinya, hampir dapat dipastikan mungkin hanya separuh dari forum yang hadir saja yang dapat bertindak konkrit. Lelaki itu juga sadar akan hal ini
Terlihat raut muka beliau yang bimbang, sedih, namun tetap berusaha tegar. Selepas sholat maghrib, terlihat matanya yang berkaca-kaca, menerawang, berpikir bagaimana kepengurusan ini akan dia bawa...
Teringat di kepala saya, bagaimana saya dengan gampangnya meninggalkan amanah sebagai jundi dia di salah satu dept di kepengurusan sebelumnya, dengan alasan ingin lulus di tahun tersebut, di semester 10 saya. Padahal saya juga mengetahui bahwa pada waktu itu dia juga di semester 10 sama seperti saya, namun dengan egoisnya, saya hanya memikirkan kepentingan saya sendiri, sehingga akhirnya saya tinggalkan dia. Sesuai dengan prinsipnya, begitu saya menghilang, saya tidak lagi diingatkan, baginya, saya sudah cukup dewasa untuk mengerti bagaimana nature dari jalan dakwah ini.
Dan sekarang... dia masih belum lulus, mengemban amanah sebagai mas'ul sekali lagi...
Sungguh, hati saya hancur mengetahui betapa bodohnya saya, betapa tidak pekanya saya, betapa kurang ajarnya saya selama ini. Maghrib itu, melihat matanya yang berkaca-kaca, saya kehilangan kata-kata dihadapannya. Padahal siangnya kita masih bercanda ria, dengan gaya khasnya, bahkan sebenarnya setelah saya tinggalkan amanah yang saya ceritakan tadi, dia masih berhubungan santai dengan saya, menganggap seolah-olah tidak terjadi apa-apa. Di setiap pekan kita bertemu setelah itu, dia tidak pernah mengungkit masalah amanah dia...
Seketika itu juga, setelah 7-8 tahun saya mengenal beliau, hati saya terkoyak. Kehilangan kata-kata untuk dapat berbicara dengannya, bahkan untuk sekedar mengucapkan selamat pun seolah saya tidak punya hak...
Ya Allah, berilah lelaki itu kekuatan dan kemudahan dalam mengemban amanah ini. Lancarkanlah rizkynya, berikanlah dia keteguhan untuk dapat terus bertahan.
Ya Allah, izinkanlah hambamu ini untuk dapat membantu beliau. Berikanlah kekuatan dan keteguhan hati untuk dapat melawan kamalasan di hati ini.
And so...
... The next phase of my transformation... begins today!!! Posted by Dirgantoro on Feb 3, '09 6:11 AM for everyone Assalamualaikum
Teman-teman, saya baru sadar bahwa ternyata sebagian besaaar konten blog saya bercerita mengenai keinginan saya yang teramat sangat untuk berubah.It's been a few years after my first post here. So, sudahkah saya berubah? The answer is yes and no.
It's been one month since I become a better man. This time around, the changes are alhamdulillah, quite significant. I managed to keep my state for almost a month now. A record that has not been broken for quite a while (10 years or so).
But we know better guys. Akankah ini tetap terjaga? Akankah saya bisa konsisten dengan perubahan ini? Siapa yang menjamin sedetik sebelum anda dicabut nyawanya anda tidak sedang bergelut dalam maksiat??!!
Well, only time will tell. InshaAllah, Allah will give the best to us...
...if we really do our best and always pray.
Posted by Dirgantoro on Jan 29, '09 2:32 AM for everyone Assalamualaikum
Put your mind into it. Put ur hardest effort in doing it. Align your intentions only for Allah, and whatever happens, you got nothing to lose. So whether u lose or die in the process instead of getting what u wanted in the first place, u still have the most precious benefit of all: Ridho Allah...
With that said. Whatever u do, just believe in what you're doing! Believe that everything will be Ok. Believe that everything is possible!
Everyone can change guys! I've proved it!
Yup, u heard me right! I've finally proven myself that I can change!! Well, actually 3 days from now my targeted transformation would be complete, but u get the idea :)
And guys, I can't say enough of how I am very grateful about all this. Really really grateful! I mean, for 4 straight months before today, I was a complete @$$$%0*3. And today, I can finally look at myself with great confidence! That the time has indeed finally come.
...and right now, I'm both very happy and very scared. Scared that Allah will take all this away. And by "All this", i dont mean physical stuff like wealth, woman, or status. By "All this", I mean my sensitivity towards what is really right and what is really God forbidden. What is Halal and what is Haram. The ability to act appropriately regardless of what happens...
Ya Allah, Please strip all the pride that this servant has. For his mind has truly realized that his pride has no value at all. Please guide this servant in always choosing what is right for his afterlife...
..even though it has no value to his current life. Posted by Dirgantoro on Jan 19, '09 2:35 AM for everyone Assalamualaikum
Hello guys, it's a been a while. A lot has changed since I posted my last blog. Happy times, Sad events, and even depresing ones. But I'm not here to whine. I'm here to give people hope! To make them happy and become a better person. At least, that's what I'm trying to do to myself.
Well guys. Fear not. Coz these last two weeks, I've been really fortified with heavy optimism that the time for change has finally come!! Since I'm still at my Office, I really can't tell any of the details. But I will, I promise! Insha Allah!
The key to change is indeed du'a and effort. So just do ur best! And let God do the rest!!
Until next time
Wassalamualaikum
regards, Dega Posted by Dirgantoro on Jun 1, '08 5:16 PM for everyone Assalamualaikum
I came to realize that it's not always easy to cry for the mistakes I've done, for all the 'maksiah' that I've done against Allah SWT. Those are the times when my heart becomes as stiff as a rock. Contemplating can only bring u as far as to realizing ur mistakes, and not always enough to make u burst into tears.
And that's when I realize that maybe there's a sin that I forget to realize, a sin that I may still be doing it at reguler basis every day, and not realizing that it is a sin. I began to contemplate way further.
But these eyes of mine were still unable to shed a single tear. As a last resort, I try to remember the stories about Ust Rahmat Abdullah's life, about all the people who've been affected by this one man, and shared their stories. Sadness starts to sink into my heart. But not like the usual, it only contributes to one small tear.
As time starts to run out, and the night was nearing the end, I continued to finish my tahajjud. It still bothers me that it's been more than a week that it's been so hard to cry, but today, I finally found a solid reason why I don't need to be sad about this. Why u ask? Because this means that I need to get myself humbler than before, that I need to do more Ibadah, that I need to be more strong when my next unfortunate event occurs. In fact, I should be happy when an unfortunate event occurs to me next time because this is a sign that Allah still loves me, and that it means that some of our sins are being lifted.
Right guys? Just sharing my thought in this end of night. Whoa, look at the time, better eat before the Subuh Athan comes
Wassalamualaikum Posted by Dirgantoro on May 23, '08 12:56 PM for everyone Assalamualaikum, back again with me in yet another turning point of my life.
Today, I'm just going to take a snapshot of my life, about the things that I've been struggling for the past one month.
I finally did it! The targets that I have been setting up for the last 2-3 years about a routine that I need to do to change has finally started. It's been one month now. The challange now is how to maintain it. But some things just don't change, there are still dark sides that I'm still trapped inside for some time once a while. Well, I guess change really takes time. As long as I do my best, I've got nothing to lose. I'm very optimistic about how the future will have in store for me. This optimistic feeling is mainly caused by my success in attaining some targets that I once believed to be almost impossible before.
So what are those targets? If u're really curious, try checking my previous posts with the same tag as this one.
Well then, let's do our best! Posted by Dirgantoro on May 15, '08 5:26 PM for everyone Assalamualaikum. Hello guys! Today I'm going to post you about the three things that could instantly made my tears drop litteraly. Please note that the order of these things does not make any difference Number one: A chat log I found from my friend's blog. These are the dialogue from 3 of my most respected friends. Even though they don't know much about me :) dn: dn yg indahnya alhamdulillah sangat banyakdn: karena ibu saya orang hebat!prl:dn: jadi ingat dulu faktor pendorong saya utk berusaha berprestasi adalah ibudn: karena dn kecil adalah anak yg sulit berekspresidn: jadi usaha dn utk menyenangkan ibu adalah dg menyodorkan rapor, tiket drama yg saya mainkan, atau sertifikat2 penghargaandn: dan ibu selalu sangat menghargai itu...prl:dn: ibu dn orang tertangguh yg pernah dn tauprl: bagus2... kalo kami harus berjuang bersama utk hidup besok dan besok..nr: biar dn selesai dulu dong, prl..dn: sebelum melahirkan adik ketiga, kami masih jalan2 naik becak, karena teman saya besoknya ultahnr: lalu?dn: dan ibu saya dalam sakitnya (ibu saya dulu sakit kanker), masih menyetir mobilnya kemana2.... sampai keluar kota... sendirian utk berikhtiar mengobati sakitnya... sampai ke luar pulau segala... pdhal saya taudn: malam hari beliau menangisdn: sambil memandangi adik saya yg masih bayidn: pengalaman tersedih...dn: waktu diajak umrah, saya malah asik bertualang sendiri sedangkan ibu sy berlemah2 sa'i.....dn: anak tidak sensitifnr: lalu sekarang kabar ibu gimana?dn: sy juga sedih ketika saat2 terakhir ibu saya, beliau masih sempat mengikatkan rambut saya..... dan sedih karena kehilangan suaranya sedangkan adik terkecil saya memintanya untuk bersenandung satu lagu daerahdn: ibu saya alhamdulillah sudah menjalankan perjuangannya, sekarang sudah dipanggil Allah SWTdn: saya akan mengenangnya sebagai wanita luar biasa, cantik tangguh cerdas dan sederhanaprl: yup!nr: dn, pantas ayah jadi sayang sekali sama dnprl: wah, jangan dibawa sedih yaa...dn: subhanallah .... saya memang anak yg beruntung!prl: tar ada termin yg menyenangkanNumber Two: Any (if not most) article, story, testimonials, and biography about Ust. Rahmat Abdullah for starters: try visiting http://helvytr.multiply.com/journal/item/106u could also try googling his name :)
tambahan: this is just in! belum genap 2 bulan! silahkan kunjungi: http://aidasayangkamu.multiply.com/journal/item/39/Mengenang_Sang_Murabbi
Number Three: A blog post from an old unforgetable friend that I just found out yesterday. Hari Rabu tanggal 30 November 2005 jam 10.30 di dalam bis patas AC 82 di jalan tol podomoro, menuju kampus (lagi ga ada kuliah pagi). Saat itu aku sedang melihat keluar jendela bus. Sesuatu telah membuatku terkesima, sesuatu yang sangat indah, bahkan menurutku its just too good to be true...but its true... Indahnya seperti lukisan. Aku benar-benar terperanga karenanya. Belum pernah aku melihatnya. Langit yang begitu luas dipenuhi oleh awan putih, sangat putih, seputih kapas...bentuknya pun seperti kapas yang melayang di udara....sangat indah...Tak henti-hentinya ku mengucap "Subhanallah"... Baru kali ini aku melihat --atau menyadari?-- bahwa langit di pagi menjelang siang sangatlah indah...Mungkin karena selama ini waktu-waktu seperti itu aku lewati di dalam gedung kampusku. Sehingga aku tak tahu kalau langit di luar bisa memanjakan mata ini. Hal itu membuat perjalanan ke kampus hari ini agak berbeda. Tidak membosankan, tidak membuatku mengantuk. Semoga cerahnya langit hari ini bisa mengusir mendung yang ada di hatiku ini... Sungguh indah luar biasa Maha Karya-Mu ya Allah...Subhanallah...Alhamdulillah...segala puji bagi Allah yang telah menciptakan nikmat yang begitu indah... Sudahkan kau melihat keindahan Maha Karya Tuhanmu dan mensyukurinya...? --pk.13.14 wib @labkom csui, 301105 My good friend's name is Siti Fatihatul Aliyah or more known as Yaya... no, I mean Lia (the name her family called her and the name she adores others to address her). You could also google her name :) Well, there are other things that could probably drive me into a very sad state. Keep visiting my blog for new updates :) Posted by Dirgantoro on Apr 30, '08 12:00 PM for everyone Wednesday, April 30 2008, 10:47 pm
This evening was not like any other evening before. I just have a chat with someone from a place that I never thought, not even once, would ever be possible. And that one evening chat, has affected me, given more impact to how I should live in this world. This is the chat log that I copied from my Skype...
[4/29/2008 6:18:00 PM] dirga says: assalamualaikum [10:08:44 PM] zooz says: alikom aslam [10:08:47 PM] zooz says: how are you [10:09:29 PM] dirga says: i'm good [10:09:43 PM] zooz says: nice to hear it from you [10:09:46 PM] dirga says: do u really live in the gaza strip? [10:09:52 PM] dirga says: yes me too brother! [10:09:53 PM] zooz says: yes [10:09:57 PM] zooz says: in gaza [10:10:00 PM] dirga says: how are things over there? [10:10:01 PM] zooz says: middile gaza [10:10:06 PM] dirga says: oh my god [10:10:07 PM] zooz says: very bad [10:10:15 PM] dirga says: do u have a mic? [10:10:21 PM] dirga says: can I call u right now? [10:10:22 PM] zooz says: sorry no [10:10:25 PM] dirga says: oh ok [10:10:30 PM] zooz says: and my english poor [10:10:39 PM] zooz says: I try to improve it by chat [10:10:41 PM] dirga says: hey, that's all right! [10:10:46 PM] dirga says: it's oke [10:10:49 PM] dirga says: it's just that [10:10:50 PM] zooz says: thx [10:11:01 PM] dirga says: I really want to know how things really are over there [10:11:10 PM] dirga says: and to able to talk live with u [10:11:19 PM] dirga says: may have an impact to myself [10:11:31 PM] dirga says: even chatting with someone like you [10:11:38 PM] dirga says: has made an impact to myself [10:11:58 PM] dirga says: the story we only heard in the news [10:12:10 PM] zooz says: now all thing in gaza lost [10:12:12 PM] dirga says: and I"m now chatting with someone in the middle of a warzone [10:12:20 PM] dirga says: how are things over there? [10:12:24 PM] zooz says: all cars and taxi stop work [10:12:27 PM] dirga says: oh [10:12:51 PM] dirga says: and? [10:12:56 PM] zooz says: bileve me we can't find gaz for cookinh [10:13:01 PM] zooz says: cooking [10:13:03 PM] dirga says: oh my god [10:13:08 PM] dirga says: masha Allah [10:13:09 PM] zooz says: we used fire to make food [10:13:38 PM] dirga says: but there's still much food right? [10:13:43 PM] zooz says: but we trust [10:13:55 PM] zooz says: allah will help us to our life [10:14:03 PM] dirga says: yes [10:14:09 PM] dirga says: that's the spirit bro! [10:14:16 PM] dirga says: how do u get an internet connection? [10:14:18 PM] zooz says: sure [10:14:46 PM] zooz says: for me I have money for it [10:14:58 PM] zooz says: and life normal [10:15:00 PM] dirga says: i see [10:15:04 PM] dirga says: really? [10:15:13 PM] dirga says: are there many people like u? [10:15:18 PM] zooz says: but a lot of prople in gaza haven't any thing in home [10:15:28 PM] dirga says: oh [10:15:30 PM] zooz says: a littile [10:15:50 PM] zooz says: and I take a lot of people money to life [10:15:58 PM] dirga says: do u hear constant gun fires and such outside? [10:16:05 PM] dirga says: what do u mean? [10:16:24 PM] dirga says: whose money do you take from? [10:16:38 PM] zooz says: becouse I have money I try anyone poor life near me to help him [10:16:58 PM] zooz says: I am merchant [10:17:07 PM] dirga says: oh [10:17:10 PM] zooz says: and have a big shop for watches [10:17:22 PM] dirga says: u sell watches? [10:17:24 PM] dirga says: cool [10:17:52 PM] zooz says: and I am life normal but I can find people life under line poor [10:18:03 PM] dirga says: i see [10:18:19 PM] zooz says: for this reson I can't sleep and my nighour hungry [10:18:33 PM] dirga says: i see [10:18:41 PM] dirga says: hang on there brother! [10:18:47 PM] zooz says: but if the siege stiil on our city gaza [10:18:56 PM] zooz says: maybe me too poor [10:18:59 PM] zooz says: hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh [10:19:11 PM] dirga says: hang on there brother [10:19:14 PM] dirga says: hang on there [10:19:25 PM] dirga says: we from indonesia constantly pray for ur people [10:19:30 PM] dirga says: always and always [10:19:47 PM] dirga says: so have faith! [10:19:55 PM] dirga says: We will strive! [10:20:03 PM] zooz says: I know all peolle with us [10:20:14 PM] zooz says: but all daverment hate us [10:20:25 PM] zooz says: gaverment [10:20:44 PM] dirga says: what do u mean? [10:20:55 PM] dirga says: that's not true [10:21:03 PM] zooz says: look [10:21:05 PM] dirga says: yes? [10:21:31 PM] zooz says: now the israil army kill people everyday [10:21:49 PM] dirga says: ... i know [10:22:01 PM] zooz says: for example now the israil army killed tow martyrs [10:22:26 PM] zooz says: I watch it in braking news on tv now [10:22:41 PM] zooz says: and all world hear about our story [10:22:52 PM] dirga says: oh brother [10:22:59 PM] dirga says: I'm so sorry [10:23:07 PM] zooz says: but we can't find any gaverment try to help us to have lower [10:23:08 PM] dirga says: I know exactly what u mean [10:23:30 PM] dirga says: I'm so sorry [10:23:52 PM] zooz says: I know the poeple around the world feel with us [10:24:10 PM] zooz says: but what they do for our situation [10:24:34 PM] zooz says: just watch to tv and feel bad with our photo [10:25:17 PM] zooz says: I like all people around the world pray for us [10:25:47 PM] zooz says: we don't want eat or monay [10:26:03 PM] zooz says: we want broken siege around gaza [10:26:12 PM] zooz says: becouse alot of people sick [10:26:28 PM] zooz says: they can't have midicine for life [10:26:44 PM] zooz says: everyday tow or three kill becouse it [10:27:34 PM] zooz says: imagine what can anyone do when he has brother or sister sick [10:28:00 PM] zooz says: and he died infront of eyes we can do anything for him [10:28:16 PM] zooz says: imagine what can the one feel with it [10:28:25 PM] dirga says: I am so sorry [10:28:39 PM] zooz says: understand what I mean [10:28:59 PM] dirga says: yes I understand [10:29:16 PM] zooz says: good [10:29:34 PM] dirga says: In your opinion, [10:29:40 PM] zooz says: really I write to you from my heart [10:29:40 PM] dirga says: what can we do? [10:29:47 PM] dirga says: what can we really do? [10:30:05 PM] dirga says: to think that I am unable to do something real besides praying [10:30:09 PM] dirga says: really disturbs me [10:30:16 PM] zooz says: enough to fell about us [10:30:29 PM] zooz says: when you want eat remmeber about us [10:30:34 PM] dirga says: I undererstand brother [10:30:35 PM] dirga says: yes [10:30:40 PM] zooz says: and when you used car do same [10:30:42 PM] dirga says: I will [10:30:54 PM] dirga says: I will brother [10:31:23 PM] zooz says: and tell anyfriend about plestinian people [10:31:32 PM] zooz says: its enough from you friend [10:31:39 PM] dirga says: I'll post this chat in my blog [10:31:44 PM] dirga says: and let everyone know [10:31:51 PM] dirga says: that it still happens [10:31:52 PM] zooz says: good [10:32:01 PM] dirga says: that the situation is real! [10:32:04 PM] zooz says: this better thing you can help us [10:33:08 PM] dirga says: yes [10:33:20 PM] dirga says: is that the picture of ur daughter? [10:33:41 PM] zooz says: no my son [10:33:57 PM] dirga says: oh [10:33:58 PM] dirga says: sorry [10:34:07 PM] zooz says: no prb [10:34:16 PM] zooz says: he appire girl I know [10:34:31 PM] zooz says: a lot of friend quess about he girl [10:34:34 PM] dirga says: it's glad to know that ur son looks healthy [10:34:40 PM] dirga says: how's ur family? [10:34:52 PM] zooz says: alhamed lillah [10:34:57 PM] zooz says: thanks for GOD [10:35:24 PM] dirga says: yes [10:36:27 PM] zooz says: this me photo [10:36:34 PM] dirga says: oh [10:36:46 PM] zooz says: can you see it now [10:36:50 PM] dirga says: yes [10:37:25 PM] zooz says: I am 37 years [10:37:59 PM] dirga says: yes, it's in ur profile too [10:38:25 PM] dirga says: how many people is in the house? [10:39:07 PM] zooz says: 4 sons and 1 doughter [10:39:12 PM] zooz says: and wife [10:39:16 PM] dirga says: oh [10:39:18 PM] dirga says: so many [10:39:24 PM] dirga says: how are they all doing? [10:40:41 PM] dirga says: how are they all doing? [10:40:54 PM] zooz says: I am married since 1990 [10:41:19 PM] dirga says: ok [10:41:23 PM] zooz says: study [10:41:33 PM] dirga says: study? [10:41:59 PM] zooz says: all me children study [10:42:09 PM] zooz says: and my wife at house [10:42:17 PM] zooz says: and I work [10:42:32 PM] dirga says: where do they study? [10:42:43 PM] zooz says: in school [10:42:50 PM] dirga says: where do u work? [10:42:56 PM] dirga says: far from house? [10:42:58 PM] zooz says: in gaza [10:43:07 PM] zooz says: me office [10:43:12 PM] dirga says: oh, [10:43:30 PM] dirga says: the school is still running, that's good news right? [10:43:39 PM] dirga says: where is ur office? [10:43:46 PM] zooz says: yes but not all shool [10:44:08 PM] dirga says: i see [10:44:15 PM] zooz says: becouse we can't find bus for carry children to school [10:44:35 PM] zooz says: all bus stop work [10:44:39 PM] dirga says: so how do they go to school? [10:45:13 PM] zooz says: if the chool near home he will go to it [10:45:27 PM] zooz says: if it far he can't arrive to it [10:45:52 PM] dirga says: but all ur childrens school are close to ur house? [10:46:29 PM] zooz says: no not all [10:46:57 PM] dirga says: i see [10:48:02 PM] zooz says: now we life just for life [10:48:35 PM] dirga says: u live just to live... [10:48:45 PM] zooz says: yes [10:48:49 PM] dirga says: i see... [10:49:08 PM] dirga says: how about electricity? [10:49:59 PM] zooz says: work three days every week [10:50:32 PM] dirga says: what? [10:50:36 PM] dirga says: really? [10:50:59 PM] zooz says: for example today evry day work just 10 hours [10:51:19 PM] zooz says: 14 we haven't it [10:51:33 PM] dirga says: 14 we haven't it? [10:52:07 PM] zooz says: 14 hours everyday haven't electrictiy [10:52:29 PM] zooz says: just we have 10 hours on day [10:52:44 PM] zooz says: now vwery good it [10:52:51 PM] dirga says: i see [10:53:04 PM] zooz says: before month just 3 hours work everyday [10:53:26 PM] dirga says: so it's pitch black aside from that 3 hours? [10:53:35 PM] dirga says: when is it running? Day or night? [10:53:49 PM] zooz says: not same [10:53:58 PM] zooz says: day and night [10:54:12 PM] zooz says: now I have it [10:54:13 PM] dirga says: so it [10:54:24 PM] dirga says: so it's unpredictable? [10:54:26 PM] zooz says: but after tow hours maybe I haven;t it [10:54:48 PM] dirga says: so the electricity can ran out any moment from now? [10:55:12 PM] zooz says: yes [10:55:33 PM] dirga says: i see [10:55:35 PM] zooz says: don't worry I have laptop and it full charge [10:55:36 PM] zooz says: hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh [10:55:52 PM] dirga says: but the electricity is still good right now right? [10:56:08 PM] zooz says: yes [10:56:32 PM] dirga says: hey, [10:56:37 PM] zooz says: sorry I will stop chat with you [10:56:42 PM] dirga says: what is ur full name brother [10:56:44 PM] dirga says: why? [10:56:55 PM] zooz says: becouse my uncle call with me fro eygpt [10:56:59 PM] dirga says: that's oke [10:57:01 PM] dirga says: oh ok [10:57:06 PM] zooz says: ziyad juhjuoh [10:57:07 PM] dirga says: i have to go now myself [10:57:11 PM] dirga says: ziyad [10:57:18 PM] zooz says: nice chat with you friend [10:57:22 PM] dirga says: my name is Dirgantoro Muhammad [10:57:33 PM] dirga says: yes, thank you so very much! [10:57:37 PM] dirga says: call me Dega [10:57:40 PM] zooz says: and you prommise me to talk about story to your friend [10:57:55 PM] dirga says: I'll post this chat log in my blog [10:58:00 PM] dirga says: dirboy.multiply.com [10:58:02 PM] zooz says: thx [10:58:09 PM] zooz says: see you DEGA [10:58:14 PM] dirga says: and I'll make sure anyone I know, knows this story! [10:58:23 PM] dirga says: see u Ziyad!! [10:58:29 PM] zooz says: (wave) [10:58:33 PM] dirga says: send my regards to ur family [10:58:34 PM] zooz says: byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee [10:58:38 PM] dirga says: stay strong brother!!! [10:58:40 PM] zooz says: thx [10:58:44 PM] dirga says: assalamouallaikum! [10:59:12 PM] zooz says: alikom alslam brother DEGO [10:59:16 PM] zooz says: byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee [10:59:32 PM] dirga says: bye :) Posted by Dirgantoro on Apr 15, '08 12:15 AM for everyone by Shariffa Al Andalusia One thing which is seriously lacking among the Muslims is patience. We are so harsh with each other at times that it is hard to believe we are supposed to be brothers and sisters. We often times give greater excuses to the non-Muslims than we do to ourselves. We are supposed to advise each other to do good and to be patient. In Surat Al Asr, Allah says, Verily, man is in loss, except those who believe and do good deeds and encourage one another towards truth and encourge one another towards patience. (104:2-3) Patience is a sign of the the Muslim character. I know a lady who taught me a great deal. She probably does not even know how much she affected me, for it was not anything she said. It was purely her actions. This lady had a daughter who was about 11 or 12 years old. She had been sick for a few years. The young girl had been taken to the hospital because her heart and lungs were giving out on her. This had become a routine for them. She went to the hospital, they treated her, and she went home. This time, however, it was different. This time, the doctor took us all into a small room - the consultation room. He told this woman that this time there was nothing that could be done. The damage had become too extensive. Essentially all that they could do was keep her comfortable. This lady started to cry, to get really upset. Then, unexpectedly, she was extremely calm. This lady lived up to her name, Sakeenah, for she showed the utmost in tranquility. She said, "No! I will not do this. Allah does not expect this of me. Doctor, tell me what I have to do." Wallahi, the doctor, who was used to the grief expressions of the Kufar, was astonished. He had to pull himself together before he could continue. I know he had never seen anything like this. What a beautiful dawaa this woman gave, May Allah increase her reward. She avoided the easy route, the one no one would have blamed her for taking. After all, she was a mother about to lose her beloved daughter, but the thought that came to her was, "What would Allah want?". Subhana Allah. Allah reward her. This woman, in her love to Allah, in her show of patience, taught me better than a thousand books or a hundred lectures. She showed me what true Muslim patience is. As expected, the young girl died soon after. Sakeenah cried a mother's tears, but she was never excessive in her grief, and she was a marvolous example to her other children. They too showed honor and deen in their mourning of the young girl. This is Islam, and this is patience. They taught all of us in the community how to deal with hardship in its hardest form. They helped others to know the right way, and Inshallah they gained the reward from Allah for teaching us as well as for their simple obedience. All this is a preface to the subject at hand. I wanted to provide a small outline on patience in Islam, so I took much of the following section from: Uddat As Sabiriin wa Dhakhirat Ash Shakiriin (Patience and Gratitude) by Ibin Qayim Al Jawziyyah becuase it is one of the best books I have found on the subject, may Allah reward him. He explains: "Sabr comes from an Arabic root which means to detain, refrain and stop. There is an expression in Arabic which means "so and so was killed," "sabaran" which means he was captured and detained until he died. He further explains that in the spiritual sense, sabr means to stop ourselves from dispairing and panicing, to stop our tongues from complaining and to stop our hands from striking our faces & tearing our clothes at times of grief and stress." Ibin Qayim divides patience into the following five categories; I will outline them and provide examples of each: Wajib Sabr: 1. Patience in doing the fard, 2. Patience in avoiding the haram, and 3. Patience in times of fitnah. Mandub Sabr: 1. Patience in abstaining abstaining from Makruh (disliked), 2. Patience in performing mustahab (encouraged acts), and 3. Patience in restraining from revenge. Haram Sabr: 1. Patience in abstaining from food and drink til death, 2. Patience from eatting haram meat when it is a necessity for sustaining life (only so much as is necessary to sustain the life) 3. Patience in refraining from begging (For this one: Ahmad said it is haram and Shafaii said in life and death instances, it is a must). 4. Patience in enduring things which lead to death (example: snakes, fire), and 5. Patience in the time of fitnah -- when Muslims are fighting. Makruh Sabr: 1. Patience in abstaining from physical appetites to the extent one is hurt by it, and 2. Patience in doing makruh deeds. Mubah (Permissible) Sabr: 1. Patience in abstaining from mubah deeds. In his book, Ibin Qayim narrates a story about Shibili which astounded me when I read it. It hit me in a way that little else has. t was so simple and so true, that I could not believe I had never considered it before or never heard it before. Someone asked him, "What type of patience is most difficult?" Shibili said, "Patience in seeeking the help of Allah." The man answered, "No." Shibili said, "Then, patience for the sake of Allah." The man said , "No." Shibili said, "Patience for the pleasure of Allah." The man said, "No." So, Shibili asked, "What is it then?" The man answered, "Patience in keeping away from Allah." Shibili then screamed in such a way that he nearly died. Uddat As Sabiriin wa Dhakhirat Ash Shakiriin (Patience and Gratitude) by Ibin Qayim Al Jawziyyah. Subhana Allah. Think about this. When I read this, my amazement was, like Shabili's, without bounds. Wallahi, it is true. The patience in avoiding the natural fitrah, the patience in avoiding worshipping and loving, and fearing Allah, the patience in being kafir - or even in being a sinful Muslim, is an extreme patience, a difficulty beyond measure. Allahu Akbar! We have to be patient in obeying Allah. We have to be patient in avoiding wrong deeds. We have to be patient in accepting Allah's Qadr, but to be patient in avoiding Allah. This is indeed the most difficult. When I started researching this topic, I found so many references to it in the Quraan, that I was tempted to simply compile all the verses, all the hadiths, and simply let it be with that. But then, I thought, I should preface tham with a small introduction on the concept of patience which I hope I have done. Then, I decided, the number was too great to write it all. I would need a book for all of it. So, instead, I have chosen a few verses and a few hadiths to share with you today as a reminder to you and me. Allah Says: Seek help in patience and prayer; and truly it is hard save for the humble-minded. (2:45) O you who believe! seek assistance through patience and prayer; surely Allah is with the patient. (2:153) Be sure we shall test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss in goods or lives or the fruits (of your toil), but give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere. (2:155) It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces Towards east or West; but it is righteousness- to believe in Allah and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers; to spend of your substance, out of love for Him, for your kin, for orphans, for the needy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom of slaves; to be steadfast in prayer, and practice regular charity; to fulfil the contracts which ye have made; and to be firm and patient, in pain (or suffering) and adversity, and throughout all periods of panic. Such are the people of truth, the Allah-fearing. ( 2:177) If good befalls you, it grieves them, and if an evil afflicts you, they rejoice at it; and if you are patient and guard yourselves, their scheme will not injure you in any way; surely Allah comprehends what they do. (3:120) Do you think that you will enter the garden while Allah has not yet known those who strive hard from among you, and (He has not) known the patient. (3:142) And how many a prophet has fought with whom were many worshippers of the Lord; so they did not become weak-hearted on account of what befell them in Allah's way, nor did they weaken, nor did they abase themselves; and Allah loves the patient. (3:146) O you who believe! be patient and excel in patience and remain steadfast, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, that you may be successful. (3:200) What is with you passes away and what is with Allah is enduring; and We will most certainly give to those who are patient their reward for the best of what they did. (16:96) And if We make man taste mercy from Us, then take it off from him, most surely he is despairing, ungrateful.But if We give him a taste of (Our) favours after adversity hath touched him, he is sure to say, "All evil has departed from me:" Behold! he falls into exultation and pride. Except those who are patient and do good, they shall have forgiveness and a great reward. (11:9-11) And those who were given the knowledge said: Woe to you! Allah's reward is better for him who believes and does good, and none is made to receive this except the patient. (28:80) Surely the men who submit and the women who submit, and the believing men and the believing women, and the obeying men and the obeying women, and the truthful men and the truthful women, and the patient men and the patient women and the humble men and the humble women, and the almsgiving men and the almsgiving women, and the fasting men and the fasting women, and the men who guard their private parts and the women who guard, and the men who remember Allah much and the women who remember-- Allah has prepared for them forgiveness and a mighty reward. (33:35) Say: O my servants who believe! be careful of (your duty to) your Lord; for those who do good in this world is good, and Allah's earth is spacious; only the patient will be paid back their reward in full without measure. (39:10) In Sahih Bukhari we have from the following hadith: Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet passed by a woman who was weeping beside a grave. He told her to fear Allah and be patient. She said to him, "Go away, for you have not been afflicted with a calamity like mine." And she did not recognize him. Then she was informed that he was the Prophet . So she went to the house of the Prophet and there she did not find any guard. Then she said to him, "I did not recognize you." He said, "Verily, the patience is at the first stroke of a calamity." Volume 2, Book 23, Number 372: Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: Some Ansari persons asked for (something) from Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) and he gave them. They again asked him for (something) and he again gave them. And then they asked him and he gave them again till all that was with him finished. And then he said "If I had anything. I would not keep it away from you. (Remember) Whoever abstains from asking others, Allah will make him contented, and whoever tries to make himself self-sufficient, Allah will make him self-sufficient. And whoever remains patient, Allah will make him patient. Nobody can be given a blessing better and greater than patience." Volume 2, Book 24, Number 548: Narrated Anas: The Prophet decided to grant a portion of (the uncultivated land of) Bahrain to the Ansar. The Ansar said, "(We will not accept it) till you give a similar portion to our emigrant brothers (from Quraish)." He said, "(O Ansar!) You will soon see people giving preference to others, so remain patient till you meet me (on the Day of Resurrection). Volume 3, Book 40, Number 564 Narrated Salim Abu An-Nadr: The freed slave of 'Umar bin 'Ubaidullah who was 'Umar's clerk: 'Abdullah bin Abi Aufa wrote him (i.e. 'Umar) a letter that contained the following:-- "Once Allah's Apostle (during a holy battle), waited till the sun had declined and then he got up among the people and said, "O people! Do not wish to face the enemy (in a battle) and ask Allah to save you (from calamities) but if you should face the enemy, then be patient and let it be known to you that Paradise is under the shades of swords." He then said,, "O Allah! The Revealer of the (Holy) Book, the Mover of the clouds, and Defeater of Al-Ahzab (i.e. the clans of infidels), defeat them infidels and bestow victory upon us." Volume 4, Book 52, Number 210: Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "The example of a believer is that of a fresh tender plant; from whatever direction the wind comes, it bends it, but when the wind becomes quiet, it becomes straight again. Similarly, a believer is afflicted with calamities (but he remains patient till Allah removes his difficulties.) And an impious wicked person is like a pine tree which keeps hard and straight till Allah cuts (breaks) it down when He wishes." (See Hadith No. 558, Vol. 9.) Volume 7, Book 70, Number 547: Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle sent for the Ansar and gathered them in a tent and said to them, "Be patient till you meet Allah and His Apostle, and I will be on the lake-Tank (Al-Kauthar)." Volume 9, Book 93, Number 533: We have these from Sahih Muslim: Narrated AbuQatadah: The Messenger of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) stood up among them (his companions) to deliver his sermon, in which he told them that Jihad in the cause of Allah and belief in Allah (with all His Attributes) were the most meritorious of acts. A man stood up and said: Messenger of Allah, do you think that if I am killed in the cause of Allah, my sins will be blotted out from me? The Messenger of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Yes, in the case where you are killed in the way of Allah, you were patient and sincere and you always fought facing the enemy, never turning your back upon him. Then he added: What have you said (now)? (Wishing to have further assurance from him for his satisfaction), he asked (again): Do you think if I am killed in the say of Allah, all my sins will be obliterated from me? The Messenger of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) Said: Yes, if you were patient and sincere, and always fought facing the enemy, never turning your back upon him, (all your lapses shall be forgiven) except debt. Gabriel has told me this. Book 19, Number 4646: Narrated Mustawrid al-Qurashi: I heard Allah's Apostle (peace_be_upon_him) said: The Last Hour would come (when) the Romans would form a majority amongst people. Amr said to him (Mustawrid al-Qurashi): See what you are saying? He said: I say what I heard from Allah's Apostle (peace_be_upon_him) Thereupon he said: If you say that, it is a fact for they have four qualities. They have the patience to undergo a trial and immediately restore themselves to sanity after trouble and attack again after flight. They (have the quality) of being good to the destitute and the orphans, to the weak and, fifthly, the good quality in them is that they put resistance against the oppression of kings. Book 40, Number 6925: In these verses and hadiths, we find that the reward for sabr is great. We can also clearly see that patience has been commanded upon the Muslim. It is a sign of the Muslim that in adversity he is patient. To me, I see patience ad when a muslim has nothing, he says, "Alhamdulillah.", and when he is given something, he says, "Alhamdulillah.", and he shares whatever Allah has provided him. Also, the Muslim is the one who does not dispair when he is without, or when a seemingly bad event happens to him because he knows that: "Verily, along with every hardship comes ease. Verily, along with every hardship comes ease" (94:5). And he knows that there is only one hardship and two eases. The Muslim recognises the good in the hardship, so he is able to endure patiently, waiting for Allah's reward, and the promised relief. Narrated 'Aisha: (the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Apostle said, "No calamity befalls a Muslim but that Allah expiates some of his sins because of it, even though it were the prick he receives from a thorn." Sahih Bukhari: Volume 7, Book 70, Number 544. Posted by Dirgantoro on Dec 27, '07 5:07 AM for everyone There are so many simple things in life, so valuable, so beautiful, but often unnoticed. The air we breath, the water we drink, the shine of the morning sun, the fall of the dead leaves, the feel of the wind rushing to us when we ride a motorcycle, the feel of water in the morning bath, the sensation after the morning bath, the view of the clouds at most of the time, the blue sky, the red sky sometimes when it's dawn, the sunrise, the things that we could touch, anything, the food we eat, the feeling of every bite of our favorite food, the smell of hot chocolate milk in times of cold, the fresh air we always breath in the morning, the city lights at night, the sound of birds chirping, the good friends that we have, our parents, our siblings, the comfy feeling of our bed after a busy day, the satisfaction we feel after a succesful wake at one third of the night to cry for forgiveness to God for our past mistakes, the tranquility feeling after doing sholah, the beatiful sound of a Quran recite, the music we hear, the feeling of ground when we walk, the sound of a passing train, the view of the mountains, the beautiful movies that we watched, and everything else, everything
There are so much things for us to be grateful, our existence in life shold have been one of the very first things we should be grateful of. Even hardships and bad things that happened in life can be very valuable. The days when we failed in an exam, the days when we lost our cellphones, or wallet. And that one day when me make the wrong choice that we thought was going to affect our entire life.
Every second we breath, walk, talk, or doing anything has been predestined by God,.God has written every single step of every living things that this world have, even the track of every leaves drop has already been decided.I know understand why we should not worry about how we will marry with, about how we will spend our life with. Because that part of our life is as crucial as who the person will take part in making significant life changing events. And every person existence depends on who their parents are. You couldn't expect Che Guavera to be born by a different father, or how Hitler would come to exist if his mother wouldn't met his father. What I'm trying to say is, we shouldn't worry about who will be the perfect 'he/she' because the decendents that we will have has already been decided. And this is just one example of how other things in life works. Even the small things that we make are already decided.
But that doesn't mean that what we fight for in life is useless, this is one obvious fallacy of how people don't believe in fate or destiny. The truth is, we don't what will happen to us in the future right? So why the worry? Why holding back? To human's perspective, the future is us to decide. The understanding to the so called 'destiny' is for the assurance of a better future for us humans. We have to believe to that. We have to understand that the bad things that happen to us is part of life, a destiny that can't be changed, something to be accepted, so we can always move on, look into the future with hope. So no more prolonged sadness and worries after some bad event. We have to embrace it.
So even though the small things that we make have already been decided, the not-knowing of the future is more than enough for us to still realize the importance of that every small things. So in the end, the small things that we make can always make the difference. As long as we believe, there should be nothing for us to fear in the future!
Another point that I want to convey to us all, is to never underestimate this small stuffs. Every aspect of our lives, we should be grateful for them. To me, this whole understanding about how the little things affect you, can make me smile, and realize how foolish humans have been to ignore these small things.
ps: I know this blog doesn't make any sense. I just wanted to flow my thoughts. That's all... Posted by Dirgantoro on Dec 10, '07 6:08 AM for everyone Oleh Syaikh Abdullah bin Abdurrahman bin Shalih Ali Bassam
"Artinya : Dari Anas bin Malik Radhiyallahu 'Anhu, dia berkata. 'Rasulullah Shallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam berrsabda, 'Barangsiapa lupa shalat, hendaklah dia mengerjakannya ketika mengingatnya, tiada kafarat baginya kecuali yang demikian itu'. Lalu beliau membaca firman Allah. 'Dan, dirikanlah shalat untuk mengingat-Ku'".
Dalam riwayat Muslim disebutkan. âBarangsiapa lupa shalat atau tertidur sehingga tidak mengerjakannya, maka kafaratnya ialah mengerjakannya selagi mengingatnya".
MAKNA HADITS Shalat memiliki waktu tertentu dan terbatas, awal dan akhirnya, tidak boleh memajukan shalat sebelum waktunya dan juga tidak boleh mengakhirkan shalat hingga keluar dari waktunya.
Namun jika seseorang tertidur hingga tertinggal mengerjakannya atau dia lupa hingga keluar dari waktunya, maka dia tidak berdosa karena alasan itu. Dia harus langsung mengqadha'nya selagi sudah mengingatnya dan tidak boleh menundanya, karena kafarat pengakhiran ini ialah segera mengqadha'nya. Maka Allah berfirman.
"Artinya : Dan, dirikanlah shalat untuk mengingat-Ku" [Thaha : 14]
Rasulullah Shallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam membaca ayat ini ketika menyebutkan hukum ini, mengandung pengertian bahwa pelaksanaan qadha' shalat itu ialah ketika sudah mengingatnya.
PERBEDAAN PENDAPAT DI KALANGAN ULAMA Para ulama saling berbeda pendapat, apakah boleh menundanya ketika sudah mengingatnya ataukah harus langsung mengerjakannya .?
Jumhur ulama mewajibkan pelaksanaannya secara langsung. Mereka yang berpendapat seperti ini ialah tiga imam, Abu Hanifah, Malik, Ahmad dan para pengikut mereka. Sementara Asy-Syafi'i mensunatkan pelaksanaannya secara langsung dan boleh menundanya.
Asy-Syafi'i berhujjah bahwa ketika Rasulullah Shallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam dan para shahabat tertidur, mereka tidak melaksanakan qadha' shalat di tempat mereka tidur. Tapi beliau memerintahkan agar mereka menghela hewan-hewan mereka ke tempat lain, lalu beliau shalat di tempat tersebut. Sekiranya qadha' ini wajib dilaksanakan secara langsung seketika itu pula, tentunya mereka juga shalat di tempat mereka tertidur.
Adapun jumhur berhujjah dengan hadits dalam bab ini, yang langsung menyebutkan shalat secara langsung. Mereka menanggapi hujjah Asy-Syafi'i, bahwa makna langsung di sini bukan berarti tidak boleh menundanya barang sejenak, dengan tujuan untuk lebih menyempurnakan shalat dan memurnikannya. Boleh menunda dengan penundaan yang tidak seberapa lama untuk menunggu jama'ah atau memperbanyak orang yang berjama'ah atau lainnya.
Masalah ini dikupas tuntas oleh Ibnul Qayyim di dalam kitab 'Ash-Shalat' dan dia menegaskan pendapat yang menyatakan pembolehan penundaannya.
Mereka saling berbeda pendapat tentang orang yang meninggalkan secara sengaja hingga keluar waktunya, apakah dia harus mengqadha'nya ataukah tidak..?
Kami akan meringkas topik ini dari uraian Ibnul Qayyim di dalam kitab 'Ash-Shalat', karena uaraiannya di sana disampaikan secara panjang lebar.
Para ulama telah sepakat bahwa orang yang menunda shalat tanpa alasan hingga keluar dari waktunya, mendapat dosa yang besar. Namun empat imam sepakat mewajibkan qadha' di samping dia mendapat hukuman, kecuali dia memohon ampun kepada Allah atas perbuatannya itu.
Ada segolongan ulama salaf dan khalaf yang menyatakan, siapa menunda shalat hingga keluar dari waktunya tanpa ada alasan, maka tidak ada lagi qadha' atas dirinya sama sekali, bahwa qadha'nya tidak akan diterima, dan dia harus bertaubat dengan 'taubatan nashuha', harus memperbanyak istighfar dan shalat nafilah.
Orang-orang yang mewajibkan qadha' berhujjah bahwa jika qadha' ini diwajibkan atas orang yang lupa dan tertidur, yang keduanya di ma'afkan, maka kewajibannya atas orang yang tidak dima'afkan dan orang yang durhaka jauh lebih layak. Disamping itu, Rasulullah Shallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam dan para shahabat pernah shalat Ashar setelah masuk waktu Maghrib pada perang Khandaq. Sebagaimana yang diketahui, mereka tidak tertidur dan tidak lupa, meskipun sebagian di antara mereka benar-benar lupa, tapi toh tidak mereka semua lupa. Yang ikut mendukung kewajiban qadha' ini ialah Abu Umar bin Abdul-Barr.
Adapun di antara orang-orang yang tidak mewajibkan qadha' bagi orang yang sengaja menunda shalat ialah golongan Zhahiriyah, Syaikhul Islam Ibnu Taimiyah dan Ibnul Qayyim. Di dalam kitab Ash-Shalat, Ibnul Qayim menyebutkan berbagai macam dalil untuk menolak alasan yang tidak sependapat dengannya. Di antaranya ialah apa yang dapat di pahami dari hadits ini, bahwa sebagaimana yang dituturkan, kewajiban qadha' ini tertuju kepada orang yang lupa dan tertidur. Berati yang lainnya tidak wajib. Perintah-perintah syari'at itu dapat dibagi menjadi dua macam : Tidak terbatas dan temporal seperti Jum'at hari Arafah. Ibadah-ibadah semacam ini tidak diterima kecuali dilaksanakan pada waktunya. Yang lainnya ialah shalat yang ditunda hingga keluar dari waktunya tanpa alasan.
Sabda Rasulullah Shallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam. "Barangsiapa mendapatkan satu raka'at dari shalat Ashar sebelum matahari terbenam, maka dia telah mendapatkan shalat Ashar", sekiranya shalat Ashar itu dikerjakan setelah Maghrib, justru lebih benar dan mutlak, tentu orangnya lebih mendapatkan shalat Ashar, baik dia mendapatkan satu raka'at atau kurang dari satu raka'at atau dia sama sekali tidak mendapatkan sedikitpun darinya. Orang-orang yang berperang juga diperintahkan shalat, meski dalam situasi yang genting dan rawan. Semua itu menunjukkan tekad pelaksanannya pada waktunya. Sekiranya di sana ada rukhsah, tentunya mereka akan menundanya, agar mereka dapat mengerjakannya lengkap degan syarat dan rukun-rukunnya, yang tidak mungkin dapat dipenuhi ketika perang sedang berkecamuk. Hal ini menunjukkan pelaksanaannya pada waktunya, di samping mengerjakan semua yang diwajibkan dalam shalat dan yang disyaratkan di dalamnya.
Tentang tidak diterimanya qadha' orang yang menunda shalat hingga keluar dari waktunya, bukan berarti dia lebih ringan dari orang-orang yang diterima penundaannya. Mereka ini tidak berdosa. Kalaupun qadha'nya tidak diterima, hal itu dimaksudkan sebagai hukuman atas dirinya. Ibnul Qayyim menguaraikan panjang lebar masalah ini. Maka siapa yang hendak mengetahuinya lebih lanjut, silakan lihat kitabnya.
Uraian Syaikhul Islam Ibnu Taimiyah tentang masalah ini disampaikan di dalam 'Al-Ikhiyarat'. Dia berkata, "Orang yang meninggalkan shalat secara sengaja, tidak disyari'atkan qadha' bagi dirinya dan tidak sah qadha'nya. Tapi dia harus memperbanyak tathawu'. Ini juga merupakan pendapat segolongan orang-orang salaf seperti Abu Abdurrahman rekan Asy-Syafi'i, Daud dan para pengikutnya. Tidak ada satu dalil pun yang bertentangan dengan pendapat ini dan bahkan sejalan dengannya. Yang condong kepada pendapat ini ialah Syaikh Shiddiq hasan di dalam kitabnya, 'Ar-Raudhatun Nadiyyah'.
Inilah yang dapat kami ringkas tentang masalah ini, dan Allah-lah yang lebih mengetahui mana yang lebih benar.
KESIMPULAN HADITS DAN HUKUM-HUKUMNYA [1]. Kewajiban qadha' shalat bagi orang yang lupa dan tertidur, yang dilaksanakan ketika mengingatnya. [2]. Kewajiban segera melaksanakannya, karena penundaannya setelah mengingatkannya sama dengan meremehkannya. [3]. Tidak ada dosa bagi orang yang menunda shalat bagi orang yang mempunyai alasan, seperti lupa dan tertidur, selagi dia tidak mengabaikannya, seperti tidur setelah masuk waktu atau menyadari dirinya tidak memperhatikan waktu, sehingga dia tidak mengambil sebab yang dapat membangunnkannya pada waktunya. Kafarat yang disebutkan di sini bukan karena dosa yang dilakukan, tapi makna kafarat ini, bahwa karena meninggalkan shalat itu dia tidak bisa mengerjakannya yang lainnya, seperti memberi makan, memerdekakan budak atau ketaatan lainnya. Berarti dia tetap harus mengerjakan shalat itu.
[Disalin dari kitab Taisirul-Allam Syarh Umdatul Ahkam, Edisi Indonesia Syarah Hadits Pilihan Bukhari Muslim, Pengarang Syaikh Abdullah bin Abdurrahman bin Shalih Ali Bassam, Penerbit Darul Fallah] Posted by Dirgantoro on Jul 4, '07 12:40 PM for everyone Tidak terasa, seminggu 3 hari sudah lewat sejak tim Student Project kami mulai bekerja ekstra intensif untuk menyelesaikan laporan akhir project kami. Namun sampai saat ini, laporan kami belum juga selesai. Nah, pertanyaannya adalah: Kenapa ini bisa terjadi??!! Depok, 4 Juli 2007 pukul 11:38 malam Lab SP 1235 Fasilkom UI ps: sebenarnya banyak sih alasan kenapa bisa gak slese2. Gak tau deh. Pikiran lelah, capek, dan makin gak jelas. Ngomongin gak jelas, gabung yuk di aliansi_manja.blogspot.com
Posted by Dirgantoro on Jun 5, '07 9:19 AM for everyone "Maka apabila kamu telah selesai (dari sesuatu urusan), kerjakanlah dengan sungguh-sungguh (urusan) yang lain". (Q.S. Al Insyirah: 7) Ayyuhal Ikhwah rahimakumullah. Tidak dipungkuri lagi dalam pandangan kita sebagai kader dakwah bahwa tabiat seorang mukmin sejati adalah berbuat, berbuat dan terus berbuat. Sehingga seluruh waktunya selalu diukur dengan produktivitas amalnya. Ia tidak akan pernah diam karena diam tanpa amal menjadi aib bagi orang beriman. Seorang mukmin akan terus mencermati peluang-peluang untuk selalu berbuat. Maka perlu kita ingat dalam sanubari yang paling dalam bahwa 'nganggur' dapat menjadi pintu kehancuran. Tidaklah mengherankan banyak ayat maupun hadits yang memotivasi agar selalu berbuat dan berupaya untuk menghindari diri dari sikap malas dan lemah. Malas dan lemah berbuat dianggap sebagai sikap dan sifat buruk yang harus dijauhi orang-orang beriman. Mengingat tugas dan tanggung jawab yang kita emban sangat besar dan masih banyak agenda yang menanti untuk diselesaikan maka segeralah untuk menyiapkan diri menunaikannya. Rasanya perlu dicamkan dalam benak pikiran kita akan nasehat syaikh Abdul Wahab Azzam: 'Pikiran tak dapat dibatasi, lisan tak dapat dibungkam, anggota tubuh tak dapat diam. Karena itu jika kamu tidak disibukan dengan hal-hal besar maka kamu akan disibukan dengan hal-hal kecil'. Oleh karena itu Rasulullah SAW. segera memberangkatkan para sahabat dalam ekspedisi militer yang beruntun sesudah Badar untuk meminimalisir konflik internal yang amat mungkin terjadi lantaran berhenti sesudah amal besar. Ayyuhal ikhwah rahimakumullah. Setiap kesempatan yang diberikan kepada seorang mukmin maka setiap saat itu pula ada satu kaedah perintah secara implisit untuk dapat mengukir prestasi dirinya. Agar apa yang dilakukannya dengan berputarnya waktu mampu disesuaikan dengan tuntutan zaman dan kapabilitas rijal-nya. Seperti kaedah dakwah yang memaparkan, 'setiap dakwah ada marhalah (tahapan)nya dan setiap marhalah ada tuntutannya dan setiap tuntutan ada orangnya'. Sangat mudah untuk dipahami bila setiap waktu ada tuntutannya maka kita mesti menyelaraskan diri agar sesuai dengannya. Tuntutan ini selaras dengan amanah yang diembankan kepada kita saat ini. Dan dalam pandangan Islam setiap amanah merupakan sesuatu tugas yang tidak boleh dikhianati atau diabaikan hingga tidak dapat menunaikannya dengan baik. Inilah kesempatan emas bagi kita untuk mengukir ukiran terindah dalam hidup kita secara personal maupun kolektif agar kita mampu memberikan cermin indah bagi orang lain ataupun generasi berikutnya. Inilah saat yang tepat bagi kita mengukir prestasi. Pergunakanlah sebaik-baiknya agar kita memiliki investasi besar dalam dakwah ini. Ayyuhal ikhwah rahimakumullah. Kita telah mafhum bahwa kemarin kita telah memaksimalkan tadhiyah untuk jihad siyasi. Dan kitapun telah mengetahui balasan yang diberikan Allah atas upaya maksimal kita. Namun bukan berarti kita telah selesai dalam amal jihadiyah ini. melainkan kita menindak lanjuti prosesi amal ini. Agenda besar yang dapat kita lakukan adalah: Pertama, Recovery tarbiyah, maksudnya adalah mengembalikan iklim tabawi seperti semula yang menanamkan sikap komitmen pada Islam sikap kekokohan maknawi dan militansi nilai-nilai dakwah. Begitu pula tentang apakah perjalanan liqa tarbawinya sebagaimana perjalanan di waktu normal. Memang kita akui bahwa saat kemarin perjalanan liqa tarbawi ini sedikit mengalami 'gangguan'. Juga kondisi ruhaniyah dan moral para kader dakwah yang selalu menjadi pijakan dasar bagi para kader apakah dalam kondisi prima ataukah sebaliknya. Sehingga aktivitas yang biasa dilakukan melalui mabit-mabit dapat dikerjakan atau jalasah ruhiyah yang selalu diagendakan bagi akhwat dan lainnya. Hal ini tentu berdasarkan pada pandangan bahwa tarbiyahlah yang menjadi pijkan dakwah kita sehingga aktivitas ini harus segera diin'asy (disegarkan) kembali. Ayyuhal ikhwah rahimakumullah. Kedua, Taushi'atut Tajnid (Ekspansi Rekrutmen), sesudah banyak orang yang berhimpun dalam barisan dakwah ini maka kita harus memberikan hak tarbiyah mereka. Apalagi mereka pun sesungguhnya sangat menanti kehadiran kader dakwah untuk bisa membina diri mereka dan menjadikan mereka sebagai bagian dari mesin besar dakwah ini. Pada waktu yang lalu rekrutmen kader terbatas pada satu pintu tertentu, yakni kalangan akademisi. Di hari ini segmentasi rekrutmen sudah sangat beragam. Sehingga para junud dakwah ini harus dapat mengantisipasi untuk memperluas wilayah pembinaan di berbagai kalangan. Orang-orang yang telah berhimpun itu secara tidak langsung mengandung tanggung jawab untuk membina mereka menjadi kader yang sesunguhnya. Ayyuhal ikhwah rahimakumullah. Ketiga, Ta'amuq Dzaty, memperdalam kualitas dan kemampuan diri. Sudah kita ketahui bahwa semakin banyak amanah yang dipercayakan umat kepada kita maka harus semakin meningkat kualitas dan kemampuan kita untuk dapat menunaikannya. Dan sekarang amanah yang diserahkan kepada kita pun dengan urusan yang beragam. Sehingga kita pun selayaknya memperdalam kemampuan kita untuk dapat menyelesaikan urusan orang banyak yang beragam itu. Ayyuhal ikhwah rahimakumullah. Keempat, Taqwiyatu Billah, memperkokoh hubungan dengan Allah SWT. yang dapat menjadikan diri kita mampu dan kuat tidak lain karena hubungan yang kuat pula pada Allah SWT. sehingga kita tidak boleh mengabaikan amal-amal yang menghantar diri kita ke arah itu. Dan amaliyah ini sedapat mungkin menjadi harian kader yang selalu menghias pada jiwa dan raganya. Semoga Allah senantiasa memberikan kekuatan kepada diri kita untuk dapat melaksanakan tugas-tugas yang kita emban hari ini. Amien. Wallahu 'alam bishshawab. "Dan katakanlah: "Bekerjalah kamu, maka Allah dan Rasul-Nya serta orang-orang mu'min akan melihat pekerjaanmu itu, dan kamu akan dikembalikan kepada (Allah) Yang Mengetahui akan yang ghaib dan yang nyata, lalu diberitakan-Nya kepada kamu apa yang telah kamu kerjakan". (Q.S. At Taubah: 105).
[Departemen Kaderisasi DPP PKS] Posted by Dirgantoro on May 3, '07 11:55 PM for everyone Assalamualaikum
Guys, teman2, sahabat2, dan para pejuang yang semuanya saya cintai karena Allah. Sudah saatnya untuk kita bergerak!!
Sudah tidak zamannya lagi kita terkekang dan menjadi budak hawa nafsu, kebodohan, kemalesan, dan ketidakmengertian, apalagi ke-masa-bodoan.
Sudah saatnya kita menjadi orang yang cerdas dan pintar dan tidak termasuk orang yang tidak mengerjakan hal-hal bodoh yang tidak beguna.
Sudah saatnya kita berkontribusi untuk kemajuan! Baik dunia dan akhirat!!
Join us!!
Together, we will change the world!!
Wassalamualaikum
~doain saya ya teman2...
Posted by Dirgantoro on May 2, '07 12:08 AM for everyone
Unsur atau faktor pertama dari
unsur-unsur itu adalah unsur pengetahuan. Yang tampak dalam pengetahuan manusia
akan kesalahannya dan dosanya ketika ia melakukan kemaksiatan kepada Rabbnya,
serta matanya terbuka sehingga ia dapat melihat kesalahannya itu, melepaskan
sumbatan dari telinganya sehingga ia dapat mendengar, dan mengusir kegelapan
dari akalnya sehingga ia dapat berpikir, dalam setiap kesempatan kembalinya diri
kepada fithrahnya. Saat itu ia akan mengetahui keagungan Rabbnya, kemuliaan
maqam-Nya dan kebesaran hak-Nya. Juga mengetahui kekurangan dirinya, mengapa ia
mengikuti syaitan, serta kerugiannya yang jelas di dunia dan akhirat jika ia
terus berjalan mengikuti perilaku Iblis dan tentaranya.
Saat itu, manusia butuh untuk memusatkan
pikirannya, menggunakan akalnya, serta merenungi dengan dalam tentang dirinya
dan apa yang berada di sekelilingnya, nilai-nilai yang ia miliki, perjalanan
dirinya, akhir perjalanannya kemana, makna kehidupannya, kematian dan apa
setelah kematiannya, tentang ni'mat Allah yang demikian besar baginya, sikapnya
terhadap ni'mat-ni'mat itu, tentang ni'mat Allah yang terus turun kepadanya, dan
kejahatan dirinya akan dilaporkan kepada Allah. Allah SWT akan menghidupkan
cintanya dengan memberikan ni'mat kepadaanya walaupun Allah SWT tidak butuh
kepadanya. Ia mendorong kemarahan Allah dengan melakukan maksiat, sedangkan ia
adalah orang yang amat membutuhkan Allah, dan Allah tidak menutup pintu-Nya bagi
hamba-hambaNya, meskipun mereka telah melampaui batas terhdap diri mereka
sendiri, dan Allah terus memanggil mereka:
"Janganlah kamu berputus asa dari rahmat
Allah. Sesungguhnya Allah mengampuni dosa-dosa semuanya". (QS. az-Zumar: 53)
Kesadaran jiwa adalah pangkal pertama
bagi bangunan taubat. Dialah yang akan mendorong hati untuk menyesal, kemudian
bertekad untuk meninggalkan dosa itu, lidahnya beristihgfar, kemudian tubuhnya
mencegah dari melakukan dosa itu.
Inilah yang diperingatkan oleh Al Quran
dalam firman Allah SWT:
"Dan orang -orang yang telah diberi
ilmu, meyakini bahwasanya Al Qur'an itulah yang hak dari Tuhanmu lalu mereka
beriman dan tunduk hati mereka kepadanya" (QS. al Hajj:
54.). Dengan runtutan ini yang ditunjukkan oleh hurup sambung
"fa".
Yang pertama adalah pengetahuan, yang
dengannya manusia mengetahui bahwa kebenaran adalah dari Rabb mereka. Dan itu
akan menyebabkan mereka mengimaninya. Dengan demikian, ilmu pengetahuan adalah
petunjuk dan pemimpin keimanan. Kemudian keimanan itu akan mengantarkan pada
ketundukan dan khusyunya hati.
Allah SWT berfirman tentang sifat kaum
muttaqin:
"Dan (juga) orang-orang yang apabila
mengerjakan perbuatan keji atau menganiaya diri sendiri, mereka ingat akan
Allah, lalu memohon ampunan terhadap dosa-dosa mereka dan siapa lagi yang dapat
mengampuni dosa selain dari pada Allah? - Dan mereka tidak meneruskan perbuatan
kejinya itu, sedang mereka mengetahui". (QS. Ali Imran:
135)
Mereka itu menyebut Allah, dan meminta
ampunan dari dosa mereka kepadaNya. Istighfar itu terjadi akibat dzikir atau
mengingat Allah SWT. Dan dzikir di sini adalah suatu macam pengetahuan. Karena
yang dimaksud di sini bukan dzikir dengan lidah, seperti disangka orang. Namun
ia adalah kebalikan dari lupa dan kealpaan. Dan ia adalah bagian dari
macam-macam pengetahuan. Seperti firman Allah SWT:
"Dan ingatlah kepada Tuhanmu jika kamu
lupa." (QS. al Kahfi:
24)
Ilmu pengetahuan dalam Islam didahulukan
dari keadaan jiwa dan perbuatan tubuh. Oleh karena itu, tidak aneh jika ayat
yang pertama diturunkan dalam Al Quran adalah:
"Bacalah dengan nama Tuhan-mu yang telah
menciptakan." (QS. al 'Alaq:
1)
dan membaca adalah kunci ilmu
pengetahuan.
Imam Al Bukhari berkata dalam shahihnya:
bab: "Ilmu sebelum beramal". Ia berdalil dengan firman Allah
SWT:
"Maka ketahuilah, bahwa sesungguhnya
tidak ada Tuhan (Yang Haq) melainkan Allah dan mohonlah ampunan bagi dosamu dan
bagi (dosa) orang-orang Mu'min, laki-laki dan perempuan". (QS. Muhammad: 19)
Maka di sini didahulukan perintah untuk
berilmu dari perintah untuk beristighfar.
Al Qusyairi berkata dalam kitabnya
"Risalah Qusyairiah": taubat yang pertama adalah: bangunnya hati dari kelalaian,
serta sang hamba melihat kondisi yang buruk akibat dosa yang ia poerbuat. Dan
itu akan mendorongnya untuk mengikuti dorongan hati nuraninya agar tidak
melanggar perintah Allah SWT. Karena dalam khabar disebutkan: "penasehat dari
Allah SWT terdapat dalam hati setiap orang muslim". (Hadits diriwayatkan oleh
Ahmad dari An Nuwas bin Sam'an). Dan dalam khabar:
"Sesungguhnya di dalam tubuh terdapat
segumpal daging, jika ia baik maka baiklah seluruh tubuh, dan jika ia rusak maka
rusaklah seluruh tubuh, ketahuilah itulah hati". (Hadits muttafaq alaih dari
Nu'man bin Basyir).
Jika hatinya merenungkan keburukan
perbuatannya, serta ia menyadari dosa-dosa yang ia perbuat itu, niscaya daam
hatinya akan terdetik keinginan untuk bertaubat, dana menjauhkan diri dari
melakukan tindakan-tindakan yang buruk itu. Kemudian Allah SWT akan membantunya
dengan menguatkan tekadnya itu, melakukan tindakan koreksional atas
dosa-dosanya, serta melakukan perbuatan-perbuatan yang seharusnya dalam
bertaubat. (Risalah Qusyairiah dengan tahqiq Dr. Abdul Halim Mahmud, dan Dr.
Mahmud bin Syarif, (juz 1/ 254, 255)) (diambil dari Tuntunan Bertaubat kepada Allah SWT by Dr. Yusuf Al-Qordhowi
Posted by Dirgantoro on Apr 20, '07 3:15 AM for everyone
'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says. This is the text of
the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of
Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005. I am honored to be
with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities
in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is
the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to
tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.
The
first story is about connecting the dots. I dropped out of Reed College
after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for
another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out? It
started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed
college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so
everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and
his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute
that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting
list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an
unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course." My
biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated
from college and that my father had never graduated from high school.
She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few
months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to
college. And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively
chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my
working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition.
After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I
wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me
figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had
saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it
would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking
back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped
out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me,
and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting. It wasn't
all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in
friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to
get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And
much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition
turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example: Reed
College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on
every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped
out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a
calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and
san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between
different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great.
It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that
science can't capture, and I found it fascinating. None of this had
even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years
later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came
back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first
computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that
single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied
the Mac, its likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had
never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy
class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful
typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the
dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear
looking backwards ten years later. Again, you can't connect the dots
looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you
have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You
have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
My second story is about love and loss. I was lucky - I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I
started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and
in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a
$2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our
finest creation - the Macintosh - a year earlier, and I had just turned
30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you
started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very
talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so
things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge
and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of
Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out.
What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was
devastating. I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt
that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down - that I
had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David
Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly.
I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from
the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me - I still
loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one
bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to
start over. I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting
fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to
me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of
being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to
enter one of the most creative periods of my life. During the next five
years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and
fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went
on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy
Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In
a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I retuned to Apple, and
the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current
renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together. I'm
pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired
from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient
needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose
faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was
that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is
as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to
fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied
is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great
work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep
looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know
when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better
and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it.
Don't settle. My third story is about death. When I was 17,
I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it
was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an
impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked
in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last
day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And
whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I
need to change something. Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the
most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big
choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations,
all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just
fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid
the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in
the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't
even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost
certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect
to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go
home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to
die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd
have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to
make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as
possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes. I lived with
that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they
stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my
intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the
tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when
they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying
because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer
that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now. This
was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope its the closest I
get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but
purely intellectual concept: No one wants to die. Even people who want
to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is
the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is
as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention
of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way
for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from
now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be
so dramatic, but it is quite true. Your time is limited, so don't waste
it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is
living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise
of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important,
have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow
already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is
secondary. When I was young, there was an amazing publication called
The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation.
It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in
Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was
in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing,
so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It
was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came
along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great
notions. Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth
Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final
issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of
their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road,
the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so
adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It
was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay
Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you
graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. Thank you all very much.
Posted by Dirgantoro on Apr 18, '07 7:50 AM for everyone Semoga pernikahan bukan tempat dimana idealisme terkubur tanpa peti dan
cita-cita tinggi kehabisan anak tangga. Ustadz Rahmat Abdullah mengambarkan dua
tipe manusia yang menyikapi pernikahan sebagai komitmen tetapi menjadi berbeda
ketika dihadapkan pada ujian. Mudahnya, kita ambil kasus tentang komitmen bahwa
pernikahan tak boleh memutus tarbiyah yang berkelanjutan dan da’wah yang ingin
kita tegakkan. Setelah kita bergabung dalam liga’at dan da’wah, kemudian kita
menikah, hendaknya nilai-nilai perbaikan diri tanpa henti itu terus berlanjut.
Berikut ini saya ringkaskan uraian Ustadz Rahmat dari artikel beliau yang
berjudul Gairah Cinta dan Kelesuan Da’wah.
Seorang masyaikh da’wah bercerita. Ketika menikah, ia dan isteri langsung
berpisah dari kedua orang tua masing-masing untuk belajar hidup mandiri atau
alasan lain, seperti mencari suasana yang kondusif bagi pemeliharaan iman
menurut persepsi mereka waktu itu. Mereka mengontrak rumah petak sederhana.
Nah, tentang tarbiyah dan da’wah, berikut ini uraiannya. “Begitu harus
berangkat , mendung menggantung di wajah pengantinku tercinta,” tuturnya. Dia
tidak keluar melepas sang suami tetapi menangis sedih dan bingung, seakan
doktrin da’wah telah mengelupas. Kalau Juraij, ahli ibadah bani Israil itu
bingung memilih antara shalatnya dan panggilan ibunya, sekarang yang
membingungkan justra “zaujiau da’wati” isteriku atau da’wahku ?
Dia mulai gundah. Kalau berangkat isteri cemberut, padahal sudah tahu menikah
dengannya resikonya tidak dapat pulang malam. (menurut bahasa Indoneisa
kontempporer, diatas pukul 24.00 disebut pagi). Dia katakan pada isterinya:
“Kita dipertemukan oleh Allah dan kita menemukan cinta dalam da’wah. Apa pantas
sesudah da’wah mempertemukan kita lalu kita meninggalkan da’wah. Saya cinta
kamu dan kamu cinta saya. Tapi kita pun cinta Allah!” Dia pergi menerobos
segala hambatan dan pulang menemukan sang permaisuri dengan wajah masih mendung
namun membaik setelah beberapa hari. Beberapa tahun kemudian setelah beranak
tiga atau empat, saat kelesuan menerpanya, justru istri dan anak-anaknyalah
yang mengingatkan, “Mengapa tidak berangkat dan tetap tinggal di rumah?”
Subhanallah, mereka kini telah menikmati betapa manis dan barakahnya da’wah.
Mereka telah berhasil membawa surga kemanapun jua. Bahkan saat semangat turun,
penghuni rumah yang berkepribadian surgawi mendorongnya untuk terus ikut
berkontribusi menyebarkan dan menghadirkan sususana surga ke santero jagad
raya. ”Mengapa tidak berangkat?”
Lain lagi kisah sepasang suami yang juga dari masyarakat da’wah. Kisahnya
mirip, penyikapannya yang berbeda. Pengantinnya tidak siap ditinggalkan untuk
da’wah. Perang batin terjadi dan malam itu ia absen dalam li’qaat. Dilakukan
evaluasi terhadapnya sampai menangis, ia sudah kalah oleh penyakit ”syaghalatna
amwaluna waahluna : kami telah dilalaikan oleh harta dan keluarga” (Qs. 48:11).
Ia berjanji pada dirinya: ”meskipun terjadi hujan, petir, dan gempa saya harus
hadir dalam tugas-tugas da’wah.” pada giliran berangkat keesokan harinya ada
ketukan kecil di pintu, ternyata mertua datang. ”Wah ia yang sudah memberikan
putrinya kepadaku, bagaimana mungkin ditinggalkan?” maka iapun absen lagi dan
dimuhasabah lagi dan mengangis-nangis lagi. Saat tugas da’wah besok apapun yang
terjadi, mau hujan, badai, mertua datang, dan lain-lain pokoknya saya harus
datang. Dan begitu pula ketika harus berangkat ternyata ujian dan cobaaan
datang kembali. Dan iapun tak hadir dalam tugas-tugas da’wah.
”Hai orang-orang beriman, penuhilah panggilan Allah dan rasul-Nya, dikala Allah
dan rasul menyeru kalian kepada sesuatu yang memberikan kehidupan pada kalian
... ”(Al Anfal 24)
Dari kisah tersebut, tercermin hanya cinta yang sehat yang kita inginkan. Cinta
yang dengan pas meletakkan prioritas. Cinta kepada isteri yangtidak menumpulkan
semangat berjihad dan berda’wah. Panggilan Allah untuk menda’wahkan Diin ini
begitu jelas menuntun respon kilat dari jiwa muklmin sejati. Panggilan itu
memang menuntut kita sering pergi meninggalkan isteri. Tetapi bukan kah jarang
bertemu menumbuhkan rasa rindu yang lebih menggebu?
Semoga
dahi kita tidak berkerut. Dua kisah ini memang terjadi di kalangan aktivis
da’wah. Berat rasanya bagi kita untuk mengerti bagaimana mereka bisa
menyuguhkan totalitas yang penuh terhadap da’wah. Apa kita bisa? Tetapi memang
mengharapkan suasana surgawi ada dimana saja. Apa salahnya kita mengenali yang
hebat-hebat agar menjadi motivasi untuk berkompetisi. Sekedar hidup baik itu
tak cukup. Karena Allah mencipta hidup dan mati tidak untuk memilih yang
sekedar baik saja. Yang Allah inginkan adalah yang terbaik!
”Dialah Allah yang telah menciptakan kematian dan kehidupan untuk menguji
kalian, siapa diantara kalian yang terbaik amalnya. Dan Allah Maha Perkasa Lagi
Maha Bijaksana.”
written by Rizky Syabana taken from Fasi 78 Mailing List Posted by Dirgantoro on Apr 18, '07 5:29 AM for everyone Entah kenapa hari-hari ku semakin tidak jelas. Yang semakin aneh, seiring bertambahnya amanah dan kewajiban, saya semakin males dan bingung untuk bergerak dan melakukan apa yang seharusnya saya lakukan. Ironisnya, diantara waktu2 kemalesan itu, malah saya isi dengan kebodohan2 yang tidak mungkin saya ceritakan disini.
Tau tidak mengapa saya jarang menulis blog ini? Terutama untuk akhir2 ini? Karena kalau saya tetep memaksa untuk menulis, yang ada ya yang seperti ini. Memperlihatkan kekurangan dan jatuhnya saya. Idealnya kan, setelah mengalami kemunduran seperti ini, ada kontemplasi lalu ada kemajuan. Nah, pada fase kemajuan inilah waktu yang baik menulis blog, sayangnya, sampai sekarang saya belum berhasil untuk maju...
Nafs, it's all becoz of nafs! Adalah nature atau fitrah dari manusia untuk memiliki hawa nafsu. Biasanya, orang membungkusnya dengan istilah mood, but we all know it's nafs.
Doain saya ya teman2!!
Posted by Dirgantoro on Apr 12, '07 2:44 AM for everyone
Tidak terasa sebentar lagi genap setahun
kepengurusan telah berlalu sejak DPM Fasilkom UI 2006-2007 mulai berjalan. Ini
berarti kepengurusan DPM Fasilkom UI, sama seperti BEM Fasilkom UI, akan segera
berganti kepengurusan. Ataukah hanya BEM Fasilkom UI yang akan berganti
kepengurusan? Entah mengapa, kok saya merasa DPM Fasilkom menghilang ya selama
5-6 bulan terakhir? Kalau tidak salah, sekitar bulan November, keberadaan DPM
Fasilkom nyaris tidak terlacak di Fasilkom. Ini berarti sekitar setengah waktu
kepengurusan DPM Fasilkom menghilang. Apakah yang terjadi? What went wrong?
Pada awalnya, sejak BPM Fasilkom
resmi menjadi DPM Fasilkom, semua berjalan dengan cukup baik. Adanya pelantikan
pengurus BEM Fasilkom pertama dan terbentuknya kepanitiaan PMB yang merupakan
tanggung jawab DPM adalah bukti-bukti nyatanya. Bahkan sekitar bulan Oktober,
DPM Fasilkom mengeluarkan surat peringatan pertamanya pada BEM Fasilkom. Sebuah
kejadian yang cukup fenomenal dan mendapat perhatian tersendiri oleh masyarakat
Fasilkom. Namun, memasuki bulan November, entah kenapa, kinerja DPM mulai
terlihat bermasalah. Koordinasi DPM UI dengan DPM Fasilkom UI terkait dengan
isu pemilihan MWA unsur mahasiswa yang kurang, dan yang paling bermasalah,
ketidakjelasan follow-up PMB yang
merupakan tanggung jawab penuh DPM Fasilkom. Di bulan-bulan berikutnya, DPM
Fasilkom semakin menghilang. Saya, sebagai pengurus BEM Fasilkom, mulai
merasakan ketiadaan DPM dalam mengontrol kinerja BEM (kecuali untuk kepanitiaan
CGT). Kelanjutan PMB yang menyisakan
satu acara terakhir ‘Momen Pelantikan’ tak kunjung berjalan, seolah DPM
melupakan bahwa keberadaan ‘Momen Pelantikan’ ini merupakan kewajiban DPM
(sesuai dengan apa yang tertulis di hasil musyawarah mahasiswa Fasilkom UI
2006). Lalu tidak kunjung berjalannya MaMah (Majelis Mahasiswa) menambah satu
lagi kelalaian DPM, meskipun pada akhirnya, terdapat tindakan nyata pada hari
Jumat, 30 Maret 2007 yang lalu (hasil MusMa 2006, MaMah harus berjalan paling
lambat Maret 2007). Hingga yang paling
terakhir, sampai hari ini, tidak kunjung terbentuknya panitia Pemira Fasilkom
2007, padahal sebentar lagi kepengurusan BEM yang sekarang segera berakhir. Beberapa
hari yang lalu, ketua DPM UI bertanya
kepada saya “Kemana nih DPM Fasilkom UI?”. Dari pengakuan beliau, ternyata DPM
Fasilkom adalah DPM yang paling bermasalah dalam hal koordinasi dengan DPM UI.
Sebenarnya kejadian di kepengurusan
seperti ini bukanlah yang pertama. Sewaktu nama DPM masih BPM, kejadian ini sempat
beberapa kali terjadi. Salah satu contohnya adalah BPM Fasilkom 2004-2005.
Kepengurusan ini bahkan lebih parah dari DPM yang sekarang. Pada waktu itu
satu-satunya kegiatan yang berjalan adalah Pemira. Itupun setelah di
peringatkan keras oleh Senat Fasilkom. Menurut saya, satu-satunya kepengurusan
BPM yang paling baik kinerjanya adalah BPM tahun lalu, BPM Fasilkom 2005-2006.
BPM ini berhasil mengadakan Musyawarah Mahasiswa Fasilkom, yang menghasilkan
arahan dan landasan aturan untuk lembaga-lembaga yang berada di Fasilkom UI.
Hubungan koordinasi antara Senat (sekarang BEM) dengan BPM (sekarang DPM) yang
sebelumnya tidak jelas dan tidak memiliki landasan hukum menjadi jelas dan
berlandaskan AD/ART. Namun, menjadi ironi tersendiri bahwa kepengurusan setelah
itu bukannya malah menjadi semakin baik, malah kembali ke ketidakjelasan. Bahkan
kejadian seperti BPM Fasilkom 2004-2005 kemungkinan besar akan terulang
kembali,atau bisa jadi lebih parah. Apakah perlu BEM Fasilkom mengambil alih
penyelenggaraan Pemira? Jangan lupakan juga kewajiban lama DPM Fasilkom
mengenai acara ‘Momen Pelantikan’. Beberapa minggu yang lalu, kita sudah sepakat bahwa
Momen Pelantikan akan digabung dengan acara puncak dan penutup SBF (Sekolah BEM
Fasilkom). Namun sampai detik ini, tidak ada sedikit pun publikasi mengenai
acara penutup resmi PMB ini. Padahal kita semua mengetahui pentingnya acara
ini.
Saat ini keberadaan DPM
dipertanyakan. Bahkan, saya yakin kebanyakan mahasiswa Fasilkom, terutama
mahasiswa angkatan 2006, tidak merasakan keberadaan DPM. Kenyataan ini
melahirkan 1 pertanyaan yang patut kita renungkan bersama: Perlukah DPM
Fasilkom ada? Toh pada kenyataannya, ada tidak adanya DPM sama saja. Tidak ada
perubahan yang signifikan yang mempengaruhi kehidupan mahasiswa Fasilkom. Sudahkah
DPM Fasilkom menyalurkan aspirasi mahasiswa Fasilkom? Bahkan, apakah kita perlu
DPM Fasilkom untuk menyalurkan aspirasi kita? Jujur saja, dengan keadaan
seperti ini, saya tidak yakin akan adanya calon pengurus-pengurus baru DPM
Fasilkom. Ya gimana mau ada calon baru kalau kebanyakan mahasiswa tidak tahu
(atau lupa dengan) adanya DPM. Namun bagi mahasiswa yang tahu, belum lupa, dan
peduli dengan eksistensi DPM Fasilkom UI (seperti saya), setelah membaca semua
penjelasan di atas, ada baiknya kita bersama-sama mencoba mengingatkan DPM.
Kita bisa mulai dengan menanyakan langsung ke pengurus-pengurus DPMnya atau
bisa juga dengan mengirim surat resmi yang ditujukan ke lembaganya. Saya yakin,
kalau banyak yang mengingatkan DPM tentang pentingnya eksistensi mereka, mereka
akan sadar dan segera bergerak. Bagaimana bila mereka tetap bandel? Bubarkan
saja DPM Fasilkom UI.
Dirgantoro Muhammad Mahasiswa Fasilkom UI Angkatan
2003 Koordinator Bidang 2 BEM Fasilkom UI 2006-2007
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