Educating
Is Not Everything
Translated by
Shazwani Mohd Ismail (PI-Gen’s translator)
From an
article entitled “Tarbiyah Bukan Segalanya”
Originally
written by Nurul „Izzah Zainol (Editor Majalah JOM!)
Source
: Majalah JOM! : Issue No.7, (October 2012), page 94~95.
Syeikh
Mustafa Masyhur once said: “Educating is not everything, but everything begins
with educating.” The first part of the phrase does not literally mean that
education is insufficient to hinder oneself from perceived vices. Otherwise,
what‟s educating for? Therefore it is completed with the second phrase which
emphasizes that in any circumstances, everything has to start by educating.
Beginning with those educational moments, a da‟i uses all the knowledge
gathered to align with the choices in life. Moving on, a da‟i becomes the
changing agent to his family, colleagues, in ceremonies and even on the public
transports.
There
is a couple of sighing coming from da‟is. First and foremost, da‟is are worried
and not ready to venture out the education circle, to be involved in the
hustle-bustle life of outsiders. Secondly, there are of those who prefer
freedom in profession and ambition, feeling that education puts their life into
trammel. Therefore, bear in mind that educating is not everything, causing
obstructions to their dreams. Even though the da‟wah movements are now more
into political arenas & country administration, educating is still the
pillar to the wide-spread of da‟wah. Also by educating, professional da‟i will
bloom and grow in their areas of expertise and spread the da‟wah through their
career. However, all the achievements and remarkable abilities budded from educating.
Usrah is
Stairway to Jannah
For commoners, doctors,
engineers, lawyers or even politicians and celebrities, usrah is never distant
from them. In the saying of Allah (meaning): “And hold firmly to the rope of
Allah all together and do not become divided…” [Ali-„Imran : 103]
Usrah is resembled as „the
rope of Allah‟, for us to understand Islam and in it there are many other
Islamic ways that abide to Islamic law. Just imagine a world of darkness &
misleading, we ought to have a trustworthy rope for us to hang onto. That is
where usrah plays its roles as a linking medium of reminder, reflection and
construction of strong religious principles. We indeed need it in times of the
ignorance becoming additionally creative and the world is in set to dress-up
and trap us. Without usrah, the true principles that has been instilled within
oneself for ever since, is shattered when it is put to a continuous tests –
poverty or luxury. That is simply usrah, a paradise on earth and it is a way to
the everlasting Jannah.
Glossary:
da‟i – a person who
preaches and summons others towards Islam teachings
da‟wah – an act of
preaching Islam
usrah – an education
system in form of groups in which is lead by naqib/naqibah for scholarly
discussions
jannah – heaven
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