Prohibition of Speaking Without Knowledge

Ibnu Majah narrates in his Sunan,

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ الْجُمَحِيُّ عَنْ إِسْحَقَ بْنِ أَبِي الْفُرَاتِ عَنْ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَيَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ سَنَوَاتٌ خَدَّاعَاتُ يُصَدَّقُ فِيهَا الْكَاذِبُ وَيُكَذَّبُ فِيهَا الصَّادِقُ وَيُؤْتَمَنُ فِيهَا الْخَائِنُ وَيُخَوَّنُ فِيهَا الْأَمِينُ وَيَنْطِقُ فِيهَا الرُّوَيْبِضَةُ قِيلَ وَمَا الرُّوَيْبِضَةُ قَالَ الرَّجُلُ التَّافِهُ فِي أَمْرِ الْعَامَّةِ

Abu Bakr bin Abi Syaibah told us. He said; Yazid bin Harun uttered to us. He said; Abdul Malik bin Qudamah al-Jumahi uttered to us from Ishaq bin Abil Farrat from al-Maqburi from Abu Hurairah, He said; Rasulullah SAW said, “There will come to the people years of treachery, when the liar will be regarded as honest, and the honest man will be regarded as a liar; the traitor will be regarded as faithful, and the faithful man will be regarded as a traitor; and the Ruwaibidhah will decide matters.” It was said 'Who are the Ruwaibidhah?' The Prophet replied: “Vile and base men who will speak in the affairs of the people.” (Narrated by Ibnu Majah) [1]

The noble hadith explained to us;

1. The dangers of saying without the foundation of knowledge.

Allah The Almighty stated in the Noble Quran, "And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned." [Quran 17:36, Saheeh International]

He (Allah) said again, "O mankind, eat from whatever is on earth [that is] lawful and good and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy. He only orders you to evil and immorality and to say about Allah what you do not know." [Quran 2:168-169, Saheeh International]

Thus, anyone who loves to speak using the religious words without attaining the proper knowledge, know that he is an ally of the Shaytaan, not defenders of Deen (religion) and not even defenders of justice nor upholder of Islamic Sharia!

2. This hadeeth tells us the importance of being sincere, at the same time also warns us about the dangers of deception.

Rasulullah SAW said, “Truth leads to piety and piety leads to Jannah. A man persists in speaking the truth till he is enrolled with Allah as a truthful. Falsehood leads to fajir and fajir [2] leads to the Fire (Hell), and a person persists on telling lies until he is enrolled as a liar". [Narrated by Muslim from Abdullah bin Mas'ud]

3. This hadith indicates importance of maintaining the trust and reminds us all of the dangers betraying trust.

The Prophet SAW said, "Wait for the hour when trust will be destroyed." A man asked, 'How it would be destroyed?', and he said: "Wait for the hour when the rule will be entrusted to those who don't deserve it." [Narrated by al-Bukhari from Abu Hurairah]

Rasulullah SAW also said, "He who is not trustworthy has no Faith" [Narrated by al-Bayhaqi in Syu'abul Iman, from Anas bin Malik, graded 'hasan' by al-Albaani in Takhrij Misykat al-Mashabih [35], asy-Syamilah]

4. This hadith explains, when society is in a state of chaos then shall them return to the scholars.

The scholars mentioned here are those who strictly adheres to the Quran and Sunnah by the understandings of the true manhaj of our pious predecessor (Salafussoleh) for they who know best the true meaning of life to our own. The scholars themselves has constructed a method called as 'Lau Kana Khayran Lasabaquuna Ilayhi' "لَوْ كَانَ خَيْرًا لَسَبَقُونَا إِلَيْهِ" (If there was any good in it, they would have preceded us in (doing) it.) If any action had goodness in it, then the companions of the Prophet  would have preceded us in it. So it means, whatever goodness there is, the Prophet and his companions have already shown it to us and now there is no need for inventing new things in religion is all aspects, including the muamalah (Islamic transaction), da'wah (preaching), tawheed (oneness of God), Jihad and others.

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[1] Shaikh al-Albaanee graded it as “Hasan li shawaahidihee” (Good due to other supporting chains) in “al-Saheehah” (1887). Shaikh Muqbil also graded it as “Hasan li ghairihee” in “Saheeh Dalaail al-Nubuwwah” (568)]
[2] Fajir : A wicked evil doer, a sinner by action.
[3] See explanation of Surah al-Ahqaaf, verse 11 in Tafseer Ibn Katheer.

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Larangan Berkata-kata tanpa Ilmu

Imam Ibnu Majah meriwayatkan di dalam Sunannya :

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ الْجُمَحِيُّ عَنْ إِسْحَقَ بْنِ أَبِي الْفُرَاتِ عَنْ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَيَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ سَنَوَاتٌ خَدَّاعَاتُ يُصَدَّقُ فِيهَا الْكَاذِبُ وَيُكَذَّبُ فِيهَا الصَّادِقُ وَيُؤْتَمَنُ فِيهَا الْخَائِنُ وَيُخَوَّنُ فِيهَا الْأَمِينُ وَيَنْطِقُ فِيهَا الرُّوَيْبِضَةُ قِيلَ وَمَا الرُّوَيْبِضَةُ قَالَ الرَّجُلُ التَّافِهُ فِي أَمْرِ الْعَامَّةِ

Abu Bakr bin Abi Syaibah memberitahu kepada kami. Dia berkata; Yazid bin Harun menuturkan kepada kami. Dia berkata; Abdul Malik bin Qudamah al-Jumahi menuturkan kepada kami dari Ishaq bin Abil Farrat dari al-Maqburi dari Abu Hurairah, dia berkata; Rasulullah SAW bersabda, “Akan datang kepada manusia tahun-tahun yang penuh dengan penipuan. Ketika itu pendusta dibenarkan sedangkan orang yang jujur didustakan, pengkhianat dipercaya sedangkan orang yang amanah dianggap sebagai pengkhianat. Pada saat itu Ruwaibidhah berbicara.” Ada yang bertanya, “Apakah yang dimaksudkan dengan Ruwaibidhah?”. Beliau menjawab, “Orang bodoh yang turut campur dalam urusan masyarakat umum.” (Hadith Riwayat Ibnu Majah) [1]


Hadith yang agung ini menerangkan kepada kita:



1. Peringatan akan bahaya berbicara tanpa landasan ilmu. 

Allah ta’ala berfirman, “Janganlah kamu mengikuti sesuatu yang kamu tidak mempunyai ilmu tentangnya, sesungguhnya pendengaran, penglihatan, dan hati, itu semua akan dipertanggungjawabkan.” (QS. al-Israa’ : 36).

Firman Allah lagi, “Wahai manusia, makanlah sebahagian yang ada di bumi ini yang halal dan baik, dan janganlah kalian mengikuti langkah-langkah syaitan, sesungguhnya dia adalah musuh yang nyata bagi kalian. Sesungguhnya dia hanya akan menyuruh kalian kepada perbuatan dosa dan perkara keji, dan agar kalian berkata-kata atas nama Allah dalam sesuatu yang tidak kalian ketahui ilmunya.” (QS. al-Baqarah : 168-169).

Jadi, sesiapa sahaja yang suka berbicara mengunakan kata-kata agama tanpa ilmu, sesungguhnya dia adalah sekutu bagi Syaitan, bukan pembela agama dan bukan juga pembela keadilan atau penegak Syariat Islam!


2. Hadith ini menunjukkan pentingnya kejujuran, dalam masa sama mengandungi peringatan akan bahayanya penipuan. 

Rasulullah SAW bersabda, “Wajib bagi kalian untuk bersikap jujur, kerana kejujuran akan membawa  kepada kebaikan, dan kebaikan itu akan membawa ke syurga. Apabila seseorang terus menerus bersikap jujur dan berusaha untuk sentiasa jujur maka di sisi Allah dia akan dicatat sebagai orang yang Siddiq. Dan jauhilah kedustaan, kerana kedustaan itu akan membawa kepada kefajiran [2], dan kefajiran akan menjerumuskan ke dalam neraka. Apabila seseorang terus menerus berdusta dan mempertahankan kedustaannya maka di sisi Allah dia akan dicatat sebagai seorang pendusta.” (Hadith Riwayat Muslim dari Abdullah bin Mas’ud).


3. Hadith ini juga menunjukkan pentingnya menjaga amanah dan memperingatkan kita semua akan bahayanya mengkhianati amanah.

Rasulullah SAW bersabda, “Apabila amanah telah disia-siakan maka tunggulah datangnya hari kiamat.” Lalu ada sahabat yang bertanya, “Bagaimanakah amanah itu disia-siakan?”. Maka Baginda SAW menjawab, “Apabila suatu urusan diserahkan kepada bukan ahlinya maka tunggulah kiamat.” (Hadith Riwayat Bukhari dari Abu Hurairah).

Rasulullah SAW juga bersabda, “Tidaklah beriman pada diri orang yang tidak memiliki sifat amanah.” (Hadith Riwayat al-Baihaqi dalam Syu’abul Iman dari Anas bin Malik, dihasankan al-Albani dalam Takhrij Misykat al-Mashabih [35] as-Syamilah)


4. Hadith ini menerangkan, apabila masyarakat berada dalam keadaan yang kacau bilau maka hendaklah mereka kembali kepada para ulama.

Ulama yang dimaksudkan adalah mereka yang berlandaskan manhaj fahaman yang benar terhadap al-Quran dan Sunnah sebagaimana jalan golongan Salafussoleh. Kerana merekalah (salafussoleh) yang lebih mengetahui makna sebenar hidup ini berbanding kita. Sebab itulah ulama sendiri membina satu kaedah, "لَوْ كَانَ خَيْرًا لَسَبَقُونَا إِلَيْهِ" Lau Kana Khairan Lasabaquuna ilaih [3] (Sekiranya ia baik, semestinya mereka akan lakukan dahulu), yakni sekiranya sesuatu perkara itu baik, semestinya para sahabat akan melakukannya terlebih dahulu dan tidaklah perlu bagi kita untuk mencipta dan mengada-adakan perkara baru didalam agama, dalam setiap aspek termasuklah di dalam perkara muamalah, dakwah, tauhid, jihad dan lain-lain.

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[1] Syeikh al-Albaani menyimpulkan hadith ini sebagai 'Hasan li Syawaahidihi' (Baik kerana dikuatkan sanadnya) dalam al-Sahihah, #1887. Syeikh Muqbil juga menyimpulkan hadith ini sebagai "Hasan li ghairihi" di dalam Sahih Dalaail an-Nubuwwah, #568.
[2] Fajir : Orang yang buruk akhlaknya dan selalu melakukan maksiat.
[3] Rujuk Tafsir Quran al-Azim oleh Ibnu Katsir, penerangan ayat 11 surah al-Ahqaaf.

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7 Ethics for Muslimah dress code

A Hijab is a word that indicated the following conditions:

1. Clothing must cover the entire body, only the hands and face may remain visible (According to some Fiqh Schools) .
2. The material must not be so thin that one can see through it.
3. The clothing must hang loose so that the shape / form of the body is not apparent.
4. The female clothing must not resemble the man's clothing.
5. The design of the clothing must not resemble the clothing of the non believing women.
6. The design must not consist of bold designs which attract attention.
7. Clothing should not be worn for the sole purpose of gaining reputation or increasing one's status in society.

The reason for this strictness is so that the woman is protected from the lustful gaze of men. She should not attract attention to herself in any way. It is permissible for a man to catch the eye of a woman , however it is haram (unlawful) for a man to look twice as this encourages lustful thoughts.

Islam protects the woman, it is for this reason that Allah gave these laws. In today's society womankind is being exploited, female sexuality is being openly used in advertising, mainly to attract the desires of men and therefore sell the product. Is the woman really free in today's society ? The answer is obviously no, the constant bombardment by the media as to how the ideal woman should look and dress testifies to this.

Islam liberated woman over 1400 years ago. Is it better to dress according to man or God ?

Allah has stated in the Quran that women must guard their modesty.

" Say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty ; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what must ordinarily appear thereof. " [Quran : 24.31]

 " Say to the believing man that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty ; that will make for greater purity for them, and God is well aquatinted with all they do. " [Quran : 24.30]

" And O ye believers turn ye all together toward God, so that ye may attain bliss. " [Quran : 24.31]

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