( ISTIDRAJ ) SIHIR PERINGKAT TINGGI YANG SEOLAH-OLAH NAMPAK SEPERTI
MA’UNAH DAN KAROMAH PADA SEKALI IMBAS PANDANG
Golongan ini adalah ulama’-ulama’ dan orang-orang soleh yang mengambil ilmu dan
amalan bagi mendapat sesuatu yang luar dari kebiasaan :
(i) daripada buku-buku atau kitab-kitab tanpa merujuk kepada Guru yang ahli
pada babnya.
(ii) daripada orang yang terputus salasilah ilmu dan amalannya dengan ulama’
yang muktabar yang di atasnya oleh sebab jahat adabnya.
(iii) mengambil daripada dalam mimpi, pertapaan atau orang-orang yang bertapa
dengan tujuan seperti yang tersebut di atas.
Bagi orang-orang yang tersebut di atas, Allah SWT akan menghantar kepada
mereka jin-jin Islam yang soleh dan alim seumpama mereka itu. Jin-jin ini datang samada dalam mimpi atau dalam jaga dengan mengaku diri sebagai nabi, wali atau
malaikat untuk mengajar ilmu atau amalan bagi menolong dalam segala kerjanya. Jinjin
yang datang dalam mimpi atau jaga untuk mengajar ilmu atau amalan bagi
melakukan sesuatu yang luar dari kebiasaan akan (tidak dapat tidak) menetapkan
syarat untuk diterima sebagai taulan, rakan, sahabat atau khadam dalam semua kerja
dan kemahuannya melalui lidah, anggota dan hati.
Bagi meyakinkan Ulama’-ulama’ dan orang Soleh dengan apa yang dilaksanakan itu
benar, maka segala syarat yang diberikan akan sama dengan hukum syarak. Setelah
menerima syarat tersebut dan beramal dengan ilmu yang diberi, maka nyatalah pada
diri ulama’ atau orang soleh tersebut segala rupa bentuk perkara yang menyalahi
kebiasaan yang nampak pada zahirnya hampir sama dengan Ma’unah dan Karomah.
Mula dari saat penerimaan syarat tersebut, ulama’ atau orang soleh itu telah
mencampakkan dirinya ke dalam Syirik Uluhiyah (Murtad), dalam segala rupa bentuk
amalan Syariatnya selagi ia patuh dan tunduk kepada syarat tersebut.
Nota : Jika sebenarnya nabi-nabi, wali-wali atau malaikat yang datang sebagai utusan
Allah SWT pada diri orang-orang itu dalam mimpi atau jaga, maka apa yang
diisyaratkan atau diucapkan oleh nabi, wali atau malaikat yang datang itu kepadanya,
nescaya Allah SWT akan zahirkan ke atas dirinya seperti yang diisyaratkan atau
diucapkan itu. Maksudnya, diri orang yang menerima kunjungan itu akan berada
seperti yang diisyaratkan atau diucapkan tanpa apa-apa syarat yang dikenakan.
( ISTIDRAJ ) SIHIR PERINGKAT PERTENGAHAN
Golongan orang Islam yang fasiq, zalim dan munafik mengambil ilmu dan amalan
daripada Ulama’-ulama’ dan orang Soleh yang bersahabat dengan jin, yang patuh
kepada syarat yang sama dengan hukum syarak. Golongan ulama’ dan orang soleh
begini akan menurunkan ilmu dan akan meletakkan syarat yang sama seperti mana ia
terima daripada sahabat jinnya, dan dinamakan kepada muridnya sebagai pantang
larang.
Apabila si murid itu mengaku menerima ilmu dan amalan dengan segala pantang
larangnya maka Syirik Uluhiyah yang ada pada ulama atau orang soleh itu turun pula
pada si murid yang akan duduk beramal dengan dirinya berada dalam keadaan murtad.
Di kala itu si murid akan didatangi jin-jin Islam yang fasiq atau kafir dalam tidur atau
jaga dengan mengaku sebagai nabi atau wali atau malaikat dan meletakkan syarat
yang harus dalam hukum syarak bagi bersahabat dan berkawan dalam semua kerja
buatnya.
Diantara syarat-syarat yang harus dalam hukum syarak :
(a) Syarat dalam bentuk hidangan makanan dan minuman seperti pulut putih atau
kuning, ayam panggang, bubur warna, bertih dan sebagainya.
(b) Dalam bentuk pakaian berwarna kuning, hijau, hitam atau merah, cincin, wafak,
azimat, gelang, tangkal, mahkota, selendang dan sebagainya.
(c) Alat-alat senjata seperti keris, pedang, lembing dan lain-lain atau ketiga-tiga
syarat itu serentak atau dua dari tiga syarat di atas.
( ISTIDRAJ ) SIHIR PERINGKAT RENDAH (IHANAH DAN SYA’WAZAH)
Golongan orang-orang fasiq, zalim, munafik dan kafir yang ingin menonjolkan
kehebatan dan kebesaran. Mereka ini mengambil ilmu dan amalan daripada orang
yang sejenis dengannya daripada segala rupa bentuk jampi, serapah dan mentera
yang terpesong dari kaedah syarak pada kalimahnya dan ayatnya ataupun
mengadakan segala rupa bentuk pemujaan yang di luar batas syarak. Dengan itu,
mereka ini akan didatangi oleh jin-jin yang kafir samada di dalam mimpi atau jaga,
dengan mengenakan syarat-syarat yang haram dalam hukum syarak sebagai syarat
untuk bersahabat dan bertaulan dalam semua kerja buatnya.
Di antara nama gelaran bagi jin adalah seperti berikut :
1. Hantu Raya
2. Jin Tanah
3. Polong
4. Mambang
5. Bajang
6. Pari-pari
7. Langsuir
8. Toyol
9. Pontianak
10. Pelesit
11. Hantu Kubur
12. Jerangkung
13. Hantu Galah
14. Tenggelong
15. Harimau Jadian
16. Hantu Bungkus
17. Hantu Air
18. Pocong
19. Hantu Laut
dan sebagainya.
Kesemua yang tersebut di atas dan lain-lain yang seumpamanya adalah dari jenis jin
yang diberi nama sedemikian oleh orang Melayu, tetapi di dalam Al-Quran semua
jenis jin yang menjadi keturunan dan bala tentera Azazil Iblis Laknatullah disebut
Ifrit.
RISIKO YANG AKAN DITERIMA OLEH 3 KELOMPOK MANUSIA YANG
BERSAHABAT DENGAN JIN
Puak jin akan bertindak melayan manusia yang memohon pertolongannya dalam
segala rupa bentuk ilmu sihir, manusia itu dipanggil Kahin, A’arof atau Munajjin
seperti yang disebut dalam Hadis Nabi SAW. Seperti yang dijelaskan dahulu,
pengamal ajaran sesat yang mendampingi jin-jin dalam kerja buat mereka berada
dalam kesesatan Aqidah, Syariat dan Akhlak. Golongan ini mempamerkan segala
rupa bentuk kehebatan dan perkara-perkara yang luar biasa, di antaranya ;
(a) Kebal.
(b) Mandi minyak panas yang semata-mata mempamerkan kehebatan bukan
untuk tujuan perubatan.
(c) Segala rupa bentuk pukau memukau.
(d) Segala rupa bentuk ilmu jurus.
(e) Segala rupa bentuk hilang diri dan lain-lain kehebatan yang kesemuanya
khayal dan waham semata-mata.
Apabila pengamal ajaran sesat mati, jin-jin yang menjadi sahabat mereka itu akan
mendatangi anak cucu keturunannya dalam mimpi atau jaga, menuntut agar diteruskan
syarat perjanjian yang sedia ada.
Jika anak cucunya berdegil atau ingkar atas syarat-syarat tersebut, mereka akan
mengalami berbagai jenis bala dan penyakit serta halangan-halangan dalam kerja buat
mereka. Keadaan ini dipanggil gangguan keturunan (saka), dan antara tanda-tanda
gangguan tersebut dalam sebuah keluarga ialah:
(a) Masalah di dalam pertunangan, perkahwinan, kekeluargaan dan
kemasyarakatan.
(b) Mandul (bukan dari sebab masalah organ peranakan)
(c) Kerap berlaku keguguran anak dalam kandungan.
(d) Anak hilang dalam kandungan.
(e) Melahirkan anak cacat anggota atau fikiran atau cacat kedua-duanya.
(f) Melahirkan anak yang buruk akhlak walaupun menjadi ‘ahli agama’ atau
ulama’ besar kerana ada pada diri anak tersebut antaranya sifat-sifat berikut:
(i) Lekas marah (panas baran).
(ii) Cemburu buta, iri hati, hasad dengki dan jahat sangka.
(iii) Mimpi yang menyeronokkan yang jarang-jarang jadi kenyataan.
(iv) Jin menjelma masuk ke dalam dirinya mengaku nabi, wali atau
malaikat dengan menzahirkan perkara yang mencarik adat sebagai
bukti kebenaran.
(g) Mempunyai kebolehan mendatangkan perkara biasa melalui jalan yang luar
biasa, umpamanya mendatangkan objek seperti batu cincin, duit emas, keris
dan sebagainya.
(h) Suka bergaduh dan lekas naik darah sehingga pukul memukul dan bercerai
berai dan sebagainya.
(i) Hilang ceria diri dalam rumah kediaman.
(j) Sakit yang berlari-lari (berpindah-pindah tempat di badan) atau sakit di antara
kulit dan isi yang tidak dapat dikesan oleh doktor pakar melalui kaedah
saintifik.
(k) Jin menjelma masuk ke dalam badan sehingga tidak sedarkan diri, biasanya
dipanggil histeria, kerasukkan dan sebagainya.
(l) Mimpi yang menakutkan dan menzahirkan beberapa perkara yang
merosakkan dan menakutkan seperti :
- Api yang menyala dengan sendiri. - Bunyi orang berjalan.
- Bunyi orang menangis. - Bau-bauan.
- Bunyi bising dan sebagainya.
ANTARA SEBAB-SEBAB SESEORANG ITU DISIHIR
(a) Masalah perniagaan seperti berkedai, berjaja, kontraktor dan sebagainya.
(b) Putus pertunangan dan masalah pinangan yang tidak diterima.
(c) Merebut pangkat kedudukan dalam masyarakat.
(d) Merebut pangkat dalam pekerjaan samada swasta atau kerajaan.
(e) Merebut harta pusaka.
(f) Irihati dengan jiran, cemburu, jahat sangka dan lain-lain yang seumpamanya.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
SYI‘AH IMAMIYYAH ITHNA ‘ASYARIYYAH
Akhir-akhir ini terdapat kecenderungan orang Islam mencemuh dan mengutuk para sahabat Nabi r.hum., bahkan lebih parah lagi melabelkan mereka sebagai munafiq dan kafir. Mereka melontarkan tuduhan bahawa sahabat menyembunyikan fakta-fakta penting agama dan juga menyelewengkan al-Quran. Justeru mereka meragui kebenaran dan kesahihan ajaran Islam yang ada pada hari ini lantaran ianya dibawa oleh sahabat Nabi s.a.w dan sebagai alternatif mereka cuba menampilkan satu bentuk ajaran lain yang kononnya datang dari anak cucu Nabi s.a.w. (Ahlul bait)
Risalah ini bertujuan untuk memberi maklumat dan penjelasan kepada masyarakat mengenai fahaman Syi‘ah* supaya mereka menjauhi dan tidak terpengaruh dengan fahaman tersebut dan bertujuan menyedarkan mereka yang terbabit bahawa pegangan fahaman Syi‘ah adalah bercanggah dengan ajaran Islam sebenar.
Siapakah Syi‘ah?
Syi‘ah ialah golongan yang mendakwa Sayyidina ‘Ali lebih utama daripada sahabat-sahabat lain dan mengkafirkan sahabat-sahabat yang lain. Inilah perkara pokok yang membezakan golongan Syi‘ah daripada golongan-golongan Islam yang lain. Terdapat beberapa banyak aliran di dalam Syi‘ah itu sendiri yang pada dasarnya masing-masing mempunyai konsep yang tersebut di atas. Tetapi aliran-aliran itu berbeza antara satu dengan yang lain kerana wujudnya fahaman-fahaman atau ajaran-ajaran yang saling berbeza. Tetapi tumpuan yang utama akan diberikan kepada Syi‘ah Imamiyyah Ithna ‘Asyariyyah* kerana kekeliruan yang timbul di dalam masyarakat sekarang ini ialah berhubung dengan Syi‘ah Imamiyyah Ithna ‘Asyariyyah. Syi‘ah inilah yang dipertikaikan oleh para ‘ulama’ di setiap tempat pada masa ini kerana ramainya bilangan mereka dan kedudukan mereka yang semakin popular terutama selepas tercetusnya revolusi di Iran.
SYI‘AH IMAMIYYAH ITHNA ‘ASYARIYYAH
Syi‘ah Imamiyyah Ithna ‘Asyariyyah ialah Syi‘ah yang mempercayai keimaman dua belas orang imam secara berturut seperti di bawah ini:-
1. ‘Ali bin Abi Talib (wafat 40 H)
2. Hasan bin ‘Ali (wafat 50 H)
3. Husain bin ‘Ali (wafat 61 H)
4. ‘Ali Zainal ‘Abidin bin Husain (wafat 94 H)
5. Muhammad al-Baqir bin ‘Ali Zainal ‘Abidin (wafat 117 H)
6. Ja‘far as-Sadiq bin Muhammad al-Baqir (wafat 148 H)
7. Musa al-Kazim bin Ja‘far as-Sadiq (wafat 183 H)
8. ‘Ali ar-Ridha bin Musa Kazim (wafat 202 H)
9. Muhammad al-Jawaad bin ‘Ali ar-Ridha (wafat 220 H)
10. ‘Ali bin Muhammad al-Jawaad (wafat 254 H)
11. Hasan bin ‘Ali al-‘Askari (wafat 260 H)
12. Muhammad bin Hasan al-‘Askari al-Mahdi (ghaib 260 H)
Mereka percaya Imam Kedua Belas telah ghaib dan ia akan muncul kembali ke dalam masyarakat setelah dunia ini dipenuhi dengan kezaliman dan kekacauan. Mereka juga percaya kepada al-bada’, ar-raj‘ah, tahrif al-Qur’an, (akan dijelaskan secara terperinci di dalam siri-siri selepas ini ), kemurtadan para sahabat termasuk Sayyidina Abu Bakar, ‘Umar, ‘Utsman r.a. dan sahabat-sahabat besar Rasulullah s.a.w. yang lain, ‘ismah para imam dan lain-lain. Biasa juga Syi‘ah ini disebut sebagai Syi‘ah Imamiyyah atau Ja‘fariyyah sahaja. Syi‘ah ini juga dikenali sebagai Rafidhah kerana fahaman-fahaman dan ‘aqidah-‘aqidahnya yang melampau.
Di Malaysia kumpulan Syi‘ah ini dipercayai mula bertapak selepas kejayaan Revolusi Iran pada tahun 1979. Pengaruh ajaran dan fahaman kumpulan ini menular ke negara ini melalui bahan-bahan bacaan dan orang perseorangan sama ada yang berkunjung ke Iran atau yang datang dari Iran. Fahaman Syi‘ah ini bertambah meruncing apabila beberapa orang pensyarah universiti tempatan telah memainkan peranan untuk menyebarkan fahaman Syi‘ah Ja'fariyah secara serius kepada para pelajar di Institut Pengajian Tinggi. Pengaruh fahaman Syi‘ah ini kian menular ke negeri-negeri di Semenanjung Malaysia, antaranya Kelantan, Johor, Perak, Wilayah Persekutuan dan Selangor.
Muzakarah Jawatankuasa Fatwa Majlis Kebangsaan Bagi Hal Ehwal Agama Islam dalam keputusannya yang bertarikh 5 Mei 1996 telah mewartakan kesesatan Syi‘ah dan mengharamkannya dari diamalkan di Malaysia.
Antara negeri yang telah mewarta dan mengharamkan Syi‘ah ;
Selangor : 19 Januari 1998
W.Persekutuan : 3 April 1997
Terengganu : 25 September 1997
P. Pinang : 16 Januari 1997
N.Sembilan : 12 Mac 1998
Kelantan : September 1987
BEBERAPA CONTOH PENYELEWENGAN SYI‘AH
1) Syi‘ah - Al-Quran Sudah Diseleweng. Aqidah Syi‘ah mengatakan bahawa Al-Quran sekarang ini telah diubah, ditokok-tambah dan diselewengkan. Di dalam kitab Al-Fashlu Al-Khitaab at-Thabarsi menukilkan kata -kata Sayyid Ni`matullah al-Jazaairi: "Bahawa tokoh-tokoh Syi‘ah telah sepakat tentang sahihnya hadits-hadits yang sampai ke peringkat mutawaatir yang menunjukkan dengan jelas tentang berlakunya penyelewengan al-Quran (An-Nuuri At-Thabarsi, Fashlu al-Khitaab, hal. 30)
AGAMA ISLAM - Tidak perlu dijelaskan hukum meragui kitab suci al-Quran.
2) Syi‘ah - Imam Adalah Maksum. Dinyatakan dalam Kitab `Aqaid al-Imamiah oleh Syeikh Muhammad Redha al-Muzaffar, hal. 72: Akidah Kami Tentang Imam itu Maksum Kami mempercayai bahawa imam-imam itu seperti nabi-nabi, ia wajib maksum dan terpelihara daripada sifat-sifat yang buruk dan keji yang nyata dan yang tersembunyi, semenjak daripada kecil sehinggalah mati, sengaja atau lupa sebagaimana mereka juga terpelihara daripada sifat lupa, tersalah dan lain-lain. Khomeini menyatakan:"Kita tidak dapat menggambarkan para imam itu mempunyai sifat lupa dan lalai." (Khomeini, Al-Hukumah Al-Islamiyah, hal. 91)
Bahkan imam-imam dianggap lebih tinggi kedudukannya dari Nabi-nabi a.s. Perkara ini dinyatakan dengan begitu banyak sekali dalam kitab-kitab muktabar Syi‘ah seperti Al-Anwar An-Nu’maniyah, Al-Kafi dan juga seperti yang disebutkan Khatimatul Muhaddisin (penyudah ahli hadis) di sisi Mulla Baqir Al-Majlisi dalam kitabnya Biharul Anwar jilid 27 hal. 29: Ali bin Hussain a.s. berkata: "Imam-imam boleh menghidupkan orang mati, menyembuhkan penyakit sopak dan buta serta berjalan di atas air, beliau berkata lagi: "Tidak ada sesuatu yang diberikan Allah kepada Nabi-nabi kecuali akan diberikannya kepada Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. serta diberikan juga kepadanya sesuatu yang tidak diberikan kepada Nabi-nabi sebelumnya. Dan setiap apa yang diberikan kepada Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. pasti akan diberikannya kepada Amirul Mukminin Ali a.s. bahkan kepada Hasan, Hussin a.s. kemudian kepada Imam-imam selepasnya sehingga hari kiamat dengan ditambah ilmu-ilmu yang baru (yang tidak dimiliki oleh Nabi-nabi) pada setiap tahun, pada setiap bulan dan demi Allah pada setiap saat."
AGAMA ISLAM- Jelas terdapat dalam al-Quran dan Hadits-hadits sahih menyatakan bahawa yang maksum hanyalah para rasul dan anbiya' sahaja. Oleh itu dalam hal-hal yang berkaitan dengan akidah, memerlukan kepada dalil-dalil yang qat'ie. Ini dijelaskan oleh ayat-ayat al-Quran seperti berikut yang bermaksud: "Dan ia tidak memperkatakan (sesuatu yang berhubung dengan ugama Islam) menurut kemahuan dan pendapatnya sendiri. Segala yang diperkatakan itu (sama ada al-Quran dan Hadits) tidak lain hanyalah wahyu yang diwahyukan kepadanya." (An-Najm ayat 3 - 4)
3) Syi‘ah - Ilmu Allah Berubah-ubah Mengikut Sesuatu Peristiwa Yang Berlaku Kepada Manusia (al-Bada'). Dari segi bahasa al-Bada' bermaksud lahir sesudah tersembunyi. Menurut akidah Syi‘ah , al-Bada' ialah Allah mengetahui sesuatu perkara setelah berlaku peristiwa berkenaan yang sebelum itu dianggap tersembunyi daripada-Nya. Perkara ini jelas menganggap Allah itu jahil atau tidak mempunyai ilmu yang meliputi. Disebutkan oleh al-Tabatabai dalam kitab al-Usul Min al-Kafi oleh al-Kulaini juzu' 1 hal. 146:"AI-Bada" ialah zahir perbuatan yang tersembunyi disebabkan ternyata tersembunyi ilmu kerana adanya maslahah. Kemudian diluaskan penggunaannya, maka kami maksudkan dengan al-Bada' itu ialah lahirnya setiap perbuatan yang sebelumnya itu adalah tersembunyi (daripada Allah S.W.T)".
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http://www.darulkautsar.net/article.php?ArticleID=125
Risalah ini bertujuan untuk memberi maklumat dan penjelasan kepada masyarakat mengenai fahaman Syi‘ah* supaya mereka menjauhi dan tidak terpengaruh dengan fahaman tersebut dan bertujuan menyedarkan mereka yang terbabit bahawa pegangan fahaman Syi‘ah adalah bercanggah dengan ajaran Islam sebenar.
Siapakah Syi‘ah?
Syi‘ah ialah golongan yang mendakwa Sayyidina ‘Ali lebih utama daripada sahabat-sahabat lain dan mengkafirkan sahabat-sahabat yang lain. Inilah perkara pokok yang membezakan golongan Syi‘ah daripada golongan-golongan Islam yang lain. Terdapat beberapa banyak aliran di dalam Syi‘ah itu sendiri yang pada dasarnya masing-masing mempunyai konsep yang tersebut di atas. Tetapi aliran-aliran itu berbeza antara satu dengan yang lain kerana wujudnya fahaman-fahaman atau ajaran-ajaran yang saling berbeza. Tetapi tumpuan yang utama akan diberikan kepada Syi‘ah Imamiyyah Ithna ‘Asyariyyah* kerana kekeliruan yang timbul di dalam masyarakat sekarang ini ialah berhubung dengan Syi‘ah Imamiyyah Ithna ‘Asyariyyah. Syi‘ah inilah yang dipertikaikan oleh para ‘ulama’ di setiap tempat pada masa ini kerana ramainya bilangan mereka dan kedudukan mereka yang semakin popular terutama selepas tercetusnya revolusi di Iran.
SYI‘AH IMAMIYYAH ITHNA ‘ASYARIYYAH
Syi‘ah Imamiyyah Ithna ‘Asyariyyah ialah Syi‘ah yang mempercayai keimaman dua belas orang imam secara berturut seperti di bawah ini:-
1. ‘Ali bin Abi Talib (wafat 40 H)
2. Hasan bin ‘Ali (wafat 50 H)
3. Husain bin ‘Ali (wafat 61 H)
4. ‘Ali Zainal ‘Abidin bin Husain (wafat 94 H)
5. Muhammad al-Baqir bin ‘Ali Zainal ‘Abidin (wafat 117 H)
6. Ja‘far as-Sadiq bin Muhammad al-Baqir (wafat 148 H)
7. Musa al-Kazim bin Ja‘far as-Sadiq (wafat 183 H)
8. ‘Ali ar-Ridha bin Musa Kazim (wafat 202 H)
9. Muhammad al-Jawaad bin ‘Ali ar-Ridha (wafat 220 H)
10. ‘Ali bin Muhammad al-Jawaad (wafat 254 H)
11. Hasan bin ‘Ali al-‘Askari (wafat 260 H)
12. Muhammad bin Hasan al-‘Askari al-Mahdi (ghaib 260 H)
Mereka percaya Imam Kedua Belas telah ghaib dan ia akan muncul kembali ke dalam masyarakat setelah dunia ini dipenuhi dengan kezaliman dan kekacauan. Mereka juga percaya kepada al-bada’, ar-raj‘ah, tahrif al-Qur’an, (akan dijelaskan secara terperinci di dalam siri-siri selepas ini ), kemurtadan para sahabat termasuk Sayyidina Abu Bakar, ‘Umar, ‘Utsman r.a. dan sahabat-sahabat besar Rasulullah s.a.w. yang lain, ‘ismah para imam dan lain-lain. Biasa juga Syi‘ah ini disebut sebagai Syi‘ah Imamiyyah atau Ja‘fariyyah sahaja. Syi‘ah ini juga dikenali sebagai Rafidhah kerana fahaman-fahaman dan ‘aqidah-‘aqidahnya yang melampau.
Di Malaysia kumpulan Syi‘ah ini dipercayai mula bertapak selepas kejayaan Revolusi Iran pada tahun 1979. Pengaruh ajaran dan fahaman kumpulan ini menular ke negara ini melalui bahan-bahan bacaan dan orang perseorangan sama ada yang berkunjung ke Iran atau yang datang dari Iran. Fahaman Syi‘ah ini bertambah meruncing apabila beberapa orang pensyarah universiti tempatan telah memainkan peranan untuk menyebarkan fahaman Syi‘ah Ja'fariyah secara serius kepada para pelajar di Institut Pengajian Tinggi. Pengaruh fahaman Syi‘ah ini kian menular ke negeri-negeri di Semenanjung Malaysia, antaranya Kelantan, Johor, Perak, Wilayah Persekutuan dan Selangor.
Muzakarah Jawatankuasa Fatwa Majlis Kebangsaan Bagi Hal Ehwal Agama Islam dalam keputusannya yang bertarikh 5 Mei 1996 telah mewartakan kesesatan Syi‘ah dan mengharamkannya dari diamalkan di Malaysia.
Antara negeri yang telah mewarta dan mengharamkan Syi‘ah ;
Selangor : 19 Januari 1998
W.Persekutuan : 3 April 1997
Terengganu : 25 September 1997
P. Pinang : 16 Januari 1997
N.Sembilan : 12 Mac 1998
Kelantan : September 1987
BEBERAPA CONTOH PENYELEWENGAN SYI‘AH
1) Syi‘ah - Al-Quran Sudah Diseleweng. Aqidah Syi‘ah mengatakan bahawa Al-Quran sekarang ini telah diubah, ditokok-tambah dan diselewengkan. Di dalam kitab Al-Fashlu Al-Khitaab at-Thabarsi menukilkan kata -kata Sayyid Ni`matullah al-Jazaairi: "Bahawa tokoh-tokoh Syi‘ah telah sepakat tentang sahihnya hadits-hadits yang sampai ke peringkat mutawaatir yang menunjukkan dengan jelas tentang berlakunya penyelewengan al-Quran (An-Nuuri At-Thabarsi, Fashlu al-Khitaab, hal. 30)
AGAMA ISLAM - Tidak perlu dijelaskan hukum meragui kitab suci al-Quran.
2) Syi‘ah - Imam Adalah Maksum. Dinyatakan dalam Kitab `Aqaid al-Imamiah oleh Syeikh Muhammad Redha al-Muzaffar, hal. 72: Akidah Kami Tentang Imam itu Maksum Kami mempercayai bahawa imam-imam itu seperti nabi-nabi, ia wajib maksum dan terpelihara daripada sifat-sifat yang buruk dan keji yang nyata dan yang tersembunyi, semenjak daripada kecil sehinggalah mati, sengaja atau lupa sebagaimana mereka juga terpelihara daripada sifat lupa, tersalah dan lain-lain. Khomeini menyatakan:"Kita tidak dapat menggambarkan para imam itu mempunyai sifat lupa dan lalai." (Khomeini, Al-Hukumah Al-Islamiyah, hal. 91)
Bahkan imam-imam dianggap lebih tinggi kedudukannya dari Nabi-nabi a.s. Perkara ini dinyatakan dengan begitu banyak sekali dalam kitab-kitab muktabar Syi‘ah seperti Al-Anwar An-Nu’maniyah, Al-Kafi dan juga seperti yang disebutkan Khatimatul Muhaddisin (penyudah ahli hadis) di sisi Mulla Baqir Al-Majlisi dalam kitabnya Biharul Anwar jilid 27 hal. 29: Ali bin Hussain a.s. berkata: "Imam-imam boleh menghidupkan orang mati, menyembuhkan penyakit sopak dan buta serta berjalan di atas air, beliau berkata lagi: "Tidak ada sesuatu yang diberikan Allah kepada Nabi-nabi kecuali akan diberikannya kepada Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. serta diberikan juga kepadanya sesuatu yang tidak diberikan kepada Nabi-nabi sebelumnya. Dan setiap apa yang diberikan kepada Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. pasti akan diberikannya kepada Amirul Mukminin Ali a.s. bahkan kepada Hasan, Hussin a.s. kemudian kepada Imam-imam selepasnya sehingga hari kiamat dengan ditambah ilmu-ilmu yang baru (yang tidak dimiliki oleh Nabi-nabi) pada setiap tahun, pada setiap bulan dan demi Allah pada setiap saat."
AGAMA ISLAM- Jelas terdapat dalam al-Quran dan Hadits-hadits sahih menyatakan bahawa yang maksum hanyalah para rasul dan anbiya' sahaja. Oleh itu dalam hal-hal yang berkaitan dengan akidah, memerlukan kepada dalil-dalil yang qat'ie. Ini dijelaskan oleh ayat-ayat al-Quran seperti berikut yang bermaksud: "Dan ia tidak memperkatakan (sesuatu yang berhubung dengan ugama Islam) menurut kemahuan dan pendapatnya sendiri. Segala yang diperkatakan itu (sama ada al-Quran dan Hadits) tidak lain hanyalah wahyu yang diwahyukan kepadanya." (An-Najm ayat 3 - 4)
3) Syi‘ah - Ilmu Allah Berubah-ubah Mengikut Sesuatu Peristiwa Yang Berlaku Kepada Manusia (al-Bada'). Dari segi bahasa al-Bada' bermaksud lahir sesudah tersembunyi. Menurut akidah Syi‘ah , al-Bada' ialah Allah mengetahui sesuatu perkara setelah berlaku peristiwa berkenaan yang sebelum itu dianggap tersembunyi daripada-Nya. Perkara ini jelas menganggap Allah itu jahil atau tidak mempunyai ilmu yang meliputi. Disebutkan oleh al-Tabatabai dalam kitab al-Usul Min al-Kafi oleh al-Kulaini juzu' 1 hal. 146:"AI-Bada" ialah zahir perbuatan yang tersembunyi disebabkan ternyata tersembunyi ilmu kerana adanya maslahah. Kemudian diluaskan penggunaannya, maka kami maksudkan dengan al-Bada' itu ialah lahirnya setiap perbuatan yang sebelumnya itu adalah tersembunyi (daripada Allah S.W.T)".
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http://www.darulkautsar.net/article.php?ArticleID=125
Haji Mohd Salleh bin Abdul Karim
Haji Mohd Salleh bin Abdul Karim dilahirkan di Tanjung Olak Panchur, Bukit Pasir, Muar, Johor pada tahun 1916. Masa mudanya banyak dihabiskan dengan menuntut ilmu daripada beberapa orang guru termasuklah guru di kampung isterinya, Hajah Esah Haji Abdul Rashid, di Ara Pasung, Pontian, Johor.
Antara guru-guru Haji Mohd Salleh ialah Haji Hussein (belajar agama dan al quran), Haji Alias, Haji Adam dan Haji Ahmad. Beliau juga turut belajar daripada Haji Abdul Fadhil bin Abu Bakar Banten yang membawa ajaran Wirid Khaujakan di Johor selepas mendapat perkenan Sultan Ibrahim dan telah dilantik sebagai ketua kumpulan Wirid Khaujakan di Batu Pahat , Johor.
Haji Mohd Salleh atau lebih dikenali sebagai Panglima Salleh atau "Kiai Salleh" atau "Panglima Salleh Selempang Merah" merupakan seorang pahlawan Melayu keturunan Banjar yang bangkit menentang kekejaman komunis semasa selepas kekalahan Jepun semasa Perang Dunia II.
JASA
Kepimpinan Haji Mohd Salleh terserlah semasa kekalahan pihak Tentera Jepun di tangan pihak Tentera Berikat pada pertengahan bulan Ogos 1945. Di Semenanjung Tanah Melayu, peristiwa tersebut menimbulkan apa yang dinamakan tempoh Kekosongan Kuasa. Tempoh tersebut berlangsung selama dua minggu sehingga ketibaan Askar British yang menandakan permulaan Pentadbiran British Baru di Tanah Melayu.
Sebelum ketibaan pihak British, pihak komunis yang dikenali sebagai Askar Bintang Tiga yang sebelum itu berjuang menentang Jepun di bawah payung Malayan People Anti-Japanese Army atau MPAJA telah mengambil kesempatan untuk berkuasa dan bertindak kejam terhadap orang-orang yang dianggap bekerjasama dengan Jepun. Mereka tidak mengenal mangsa dan menghukum sesiapa sahaja yang dianggap bersalah tanpa mengikuti proses undang-undang yang betul. Lazimnya mereka yang di dapati bersalah akan dikenakan hukuman mati.
Kekejaman Askar Bintang Tiga berleluasa di Tanah Melayu termasuk di kawasan Batu Pahat dan Muar di Johor. Masyarakat Melayu di kawasan Parit Sulong, Batu Pahat, Johor, yang pada ketika itu tidak mempunyai kelengkapan senjatapi untuk mempertahankan diri telah memilih Haji Mohd Salleh untuk memimpin pakatan untuk mempertahankan diri dari kekejaman Askar Bintang Tiga.
Dengan hanya bersenjatakan parang panjang dan amalan Ayat Empat, Haji Mohd Salleh telah memimpin masyarakat Batu Pahat untuk menggempur kubu-kubu Askar Bintang Tiga di Bukit Berdiri dan Bukit Alam, Parit Sulong, di Parit Lubok, Semerah, di Kangkar Senanga, dan di Air Kuning, Bakri, Muar. Pasukan pejuang di bawah pimpinan Haji Mohd Salleh terkenal dengan gelaran tentera parang panjang dan 'Selempang Merah iaitu sejenis kain selendang berwarna merah yang dibekalkan kepada setiap orang ketika menghadapi atau berhadapan dengan musuh.
Terdapat pelbagai kisah mengenai kehebatan ilmu kebatinan Haji Mohd Salleh dan pengkutnya mendakwa ramai Askar Bintang Tiga melihat beribu-ribu pejuang yang tinggi menggalah menuju ke arah mereka untuk mencabut nyawa mereka, sedangkan yang datang itu hanyalah Panglima Salleh dan pasukanya yang dianggarkan berjumlah seratus orang sahaja.
Walauapapun yang sebenarnya berlaku, yang jelas adalah Haji Mohd Salleh bin Abdul Karim berjaya menyekat kegiatan Askar Bintang Tiga pada masa itu secara berkesan sehinggalah pihak British kembali menjajah Tanah Melayu.
Kegagahan dan keberanian, Haji Mohd Salleh diiktiraf oleh Kebawah Duli Sultan Johor Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim ibni Sultan Abu Bakar yang bertitah pada 26hb Disember 1945 bahawa Haji Mohd Salleh adalah Panglima Melayu. Sejak itu Haji Mohd Salleh mendapat gelaran Panglima.
Sebagai mengenang jasa Haji Mohd Salleh, DYMM Sultan Johor telah mengurniakan beliau Pingat Ibrahim Sultan (PIS)pada 17hb September 1955. Haji Mohd Salleh menghembuskan nafas yang terakhir kerana diserang penyakit radang paru-paru di Hospital Besar Johor Bahru pada 21hb April 1959.
TENTERA SELEMPANG MERAH
Tentera Selempang Merah berasal dari Johor, Malaysia di bawah pimpinan seorang kiai yang bernama Kiai Salleh yang penuh dengan ilmu kebatinan Melayu.
Tentera Selempang Merah ini menjadi terkenal selepas kekalahan tentera Jepun. Apabila Bintang Tiga mengamuk den membunuh tokoh agama dan pemimpin kampung, Tentera Selempang Merah tampil mempertahankan masyarakat Melayu dengan menyerang komunis dan tali barut mereka.
Pergerakan ini membantu membantutkan kekejaman komunis sehinggalah kehadiran kembali Tentera British ke Tanah Melayu selepas Perang Dunia II. Sewaktu kejadian 13 Mei, pasukan ini datang dari Johor untuk membantu orang melayu di Kuala Lumpur, bagaimanapun telah ditahan oleh pihak polis sebelum sempat membantu.
Amir Hamzah
Batu Pahat
Antara guru-guru Haji Mohd Salleh ialah Haji Hussein (belajar agama dan al quran), Haji Alias, Haji Adam dan Haji Ahmad. Beliau juga turut belajar daripada Haji Abdul Fadhil bin Abu Bakar Banten yang membawa ajaran Wirid Khaujakan di Johor selepas mendapat perkenan Sultan Ibrahim dan telah dilantik sebagai ketua kumpulan Wirid Khaujakan di Batu Pahat , Johor.
Haji Mohd Salleh atau lebih dikenali sebagai Panglima Salleh atau "Kiai Salleh" atau "Panglima Salleh Selempang Merah" merupakan seorang pahlawan Melayu keturunan Banjar yang bangkit menentang kekejaman komunis semasa selepas kekalahan Jepun semasa Perang Dunia II.
JASA
Kepimpinan Haji Mohd Salleh terserlah semasa kekalahan pihak Tentera Jepun di tangan pihak Tentera Berikat pada pertengahan bulan Ogos 1945. Di Semenanjung Tanah Melayu, peristiwa tersebut menimbulkan apa yang dinamakan tempoh Kekosongan Kuasa. Tempoh tersebut berlangsung selama dua minggu sehingga ketibaan Askar British yang menandakan permulaan Pentadbiran British Baru di Tanah Melayu.
Sebelum ketibaan pihak British, pihak komunis yang dikenali sebagai Askar Bintang Tiga yang sebelum itu berjuang menentang Jepun di bawah payung Malayan People Anti-Japanese Army atau MPAJA telah mengambil kesempatan untuk berkuasa dan bertindak kejam terhadap orang-orang yang dianggap bekerjasama dengan Jepun. Mereka tidak mengenal mangsa dan menghukum sesiapa sahaja yang dianggap bersalah tanpa mengikuti proses undang-undang yang betul. Lazimnya mereka yang di dapati bersalah akan dikenakan hukuman mati.
Kekejaman Askar Bintang Tiga berleluasa di Tanah Melayu termasuk di kawasan Batu Pahat dan Muar di Johor. Masyarakat Melayu di kawasan Parit Sulong, Batu Pahat, Johor, yang pada ketika itu tidak mempunyai kelengkapan senjatapi untuk mempertahankan diri telah memilih Haji Mohd Salleh untuk memimpin pakatan untuk mempertahankan diri dari kekejaman Askar Bintang Tiga.
Dengan hanya bersenjatakan parang panjang dan amalan Ayat Empat, Haji Mohd Salleh telah memimpin masyarakat Batu Pahat untuk menggempur kubu-kubu Askar Bintang Tiga di Bukit Berdiri dan Bukit Alam, Parit Sulong, di Parit Lubok, Semerah, di Kangkar Senanga, dan di Air Kuning, Bakri, Muar. Pasukan pejuang di bawah pimpinan Haji Mohd Salleh terkenal dengan gelaran tentera parang panjang dan 'Selempang Merah iaitu sejenis kain selendang berwarna merah yang dibekalkan kepada setiap orang ketika menghadapi atau berhadapan dengan musuh.
Terdapat pelbagai kisah mengenai kehebatan ilmu kebatinan Haji Mohd Salleh dan pengkutnya mendakwa ramai Askar Bintang Tiga melihat beribu-ribu pejuang yang tinggi menggalah menuju ke arah mereka untuk mencabut nyawa mereka, sedangkan yang datang itu hanyalah Panglima Salleh dan pasukanya yang dianggarkan berjumlah seratus orang sahaja.
Walauapapun yang sebenarnya berlaku, yang jelas adalah Haji Mohd Salleh bin Abdul Karim berjaya menyekat kegiatan Askar Bintang Tiga pada masa itu secara berkesan sehinggalah pihak British kembali menjajah Tanah Melayu.
Kegagahan dan keberanian, Haji Mohd Salleh diiktiraf oleh Kebawah Duli Sultan Johor Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim ibni Sultan Abu Bakar yang bertitah pada 26hb Disember 1945 bahawa Haji Mohd Salleh adalah Panglima Melayu. Sejak itu Haji Mohd Salleh mendapat gelaran Panglima.
Sebagai mengenang jasa Haji Mohd Salleh, DYMM Sultan Johor telah mengurniakan beliau Pingat Ibrahim Sultan (PIS)pada 17hb September 1955. Haji Mohd Salleh menghembuskan nafas yang terakhir kerana diserang penyakit radang paru-paru di Hospital Besar Johor Bahru pada 21hb April 1959.
TENTERA SELEMPANG MERAH
Tentera Selempang Merah berasal dari Johor, Malaysia di bawah pimpinan seorang kiai yang bernama Kiai Salleh yang penuh dengan ilmu kebatinan Melayu.
Tentera Selempang Merah ini menjadi terkenal selepas kekalahan tentera Jepun. Apabila Bintang Tiga mengamuk den membunuh tokoh agama dan pemimpin kampung, Tentera Selempang Merah tampil mempertahankan masyarakat Melayu dengan menyerang komunis dan tali barut mereka.
Pergerakan ini membantu membantutkan kekejaman komunis sehinggalah kehadiran kembali Tentera British ke Tanah Melayu selepas Perang Dunia II. Sewaktu kejadian 13 Mei, pasukan ini datang dari Johor untuk membantu orang melayu di Kuala Lumpur, bagaimanapun telah ditahan oleh pihak polis sebelum sempat membantu.
Amir Hamzah
Batu Pahat
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Rules of Thumb
Who doesn’t want a little advice about saving time, saving money, and avoiding unpleasantness on the bus? Here’s a selection of the 1000 highly opinionated, highly idiosyncratic guidelines in Rules of Thumb: A Life Manual – Brilliant Guestimates, Shortcuts, and a Few Shots in the Dark by Tom Parker.
- To measure water for cooking rice, rest the tip of your index finger on top of the rice and add enough water to reach the first visible joint. This works for any size pot.
- For every day you spend in the hospital, plan on one week to recuperate.
- To avoid lunatics on public buses, sit in the middle. The friendly lunatics sit as close to the driver as they can, and the unfriendly ones sit as far away as they can.
- All putts break towards the water, even on greens that appear perfectly flat. That’s because all greens are contoured for drainage.
- An extension cord should be as thick as the cord you plug into it.
- Any cop will tell you that in a bar fight, the shorter of the two men probably started it.
- If you ask a negative question, you will get a negative answer.
- For a minimum level of financial security, your net worth (the cash value of all your assets) minus all your debts should equal one year’s income.
- Keep white wine in your fridge and take it out 30 minutes before serving. Keep red wine out of the fridge and put it in 15 minutes before serving.
- If you’re playing cards in any gambling game for over 20 minutes and haven’t figured out who the patsy is, it’s you.
- As a manager, expect 80 percent of your work to be done by 20 percent of your staff. Also, expect 90 percent of your headaches/ problems to come from 10 percent of your staff.
- You are wealthy enough to give some money to worthy causes when you can buy all the groceries you need.
- To measure water for cooking rice, rest the tip of your index finger on top of the rice and add enough water to reach the first visible joint. This works for any size pot.
- For every day you spend in the hospital, plan on one week to recuperate.
- To avoid lunatics on public buses, sit in the middle. The friendly lunatics sit as close to the driver as they can, and the unfriendly ones sit as far away as they can.
- All putts break towards the water, even on greens that appear perfectly flat. That’s because all greens are contoured for drainage.
- An extension cord should be as thick as the cord you plug into it.
- Any cop will tell you that in a bar fight, the shorter of the two men probably started it.
- If you ask a negative question, you will get a negative answer.
- For a minimum level of financial security, your net worth (the cash value of all your assets) minus all your debts should equal one year’s income.
- Keep white wine in your fridge and take it out 30 minutes before serving. Keep red wine out of the fridge and put it in 15 minutes before serving.
- If you’re playing cards in any gambling game for over 20 minutes and haven’t figured out who the patsy is, it’s you.
- As a manager, expect 80 percent of your work to be done by 20 percent of your staff. Also, expect 90 percent of your headaches/ problems to come from 10 percent of your staff.
- You are wealthy enough to give some money to worthy causes when you can buy all the groceries you need.
What do squash champion Nicol David, shuttler Lee Chong Wei, cartoonist Lat and shoemaker Jimmy Choo have in common? -by Chan Li Jin
Apart from hailing from Penang, these four have also topped the charts in the inaugural Reader’s Digest Trust poll conducted recently in Malaysia. Together with Dr Jemilah Mahmood, founder and former president of MERCY Malaysia, these top five people have similar traits that warrant public adoration: perseverance, simplicity, honesty and down-to-earth grit.
Above all, they are all self-made success stories that have put Malaysia on the world map.
This is just one of the things we found out from our Trust survey. For the first time ever, we have conducted a nationwide survey asking people to rate 50 influential Malaysian personalities on their trustworthiness on a scale of one (“Not trusted at all”) to ten (“Trust completely”). The list was presented in random order.
We then calculated an average score for each person and ranked them in order of perceived trustworthiness.
The list of people was chosen based on their public profiles; all are often in the public eye and are considered leaders in their respective fields.
The list is by no means exhaustive and is expected to be a general overview rather than a spotlight on specific individual achievements.
The top trusted people have managed to carve a name out of nothing. Plus, they have maintained humble and down-to-earth profiles despite becoming household names, evading excessive publicity (and scandals) and the temptation to make fast bucks via product endorsements. Where human credibility is concerned, popularity does not necessarily spell public trust.
“Popularity is pop,” says Paul Jambunathan, Consultant Clinical Psychologist of Sunway Medical Centre and Monash University Malaysia. “Trust is built on a slow and measured disclosure of thoughts, ideas, feelings and acceptance. The more consistent you are with what people believe you to be, the more likely they will accept and trust you,” he says.
Poll aside, do we trust people more if we know them personally? Yes and no, says Associate Professor Dominic Lau, Lecturer and Head of Applied Research at UCSI University. “People trust you when they believe what you offer has value to them. If it doesn’t strike a chord, even your closest friends will doubt your best of intentions.”
Take fengshui master Lillian Too (# 48), for instance, who ended up closer to the bottom of the list. Loud in voice and louder still in dressing and style, her aggressive marketing-skewed talks, TV appearances and books have done little to improve public respect.
Compare this to, say, Chef Wan (# 10), whose success is seen to be due to his passion for cooking and dogged determination. As a 35-year-old male survey respondent commented, “You can’t lie when it comes to taste.”
According to Puan Sri T. Ampikaipakan, a corporate trainer and consultant, trust is an instinct we acquire at birth. “This is why first impressions are so important,” she says. “Babies have absolute trust in their primary caregivers for the first seven months. After the eighth month, they start crying when carried by strangers because they’ve developed preference for the people they trust most.”
She adds that the same vulnerability of trust applies in relationships, the family, workplace and the world in general. “You may do a hundred things right and no-one will even think about how trustworthy you are. But do one thing wrong, or leave one promise unfulfilled, and you would lose the total trust forever.”
That’s where transparency comes in. Puan Sri T. Ampikaipakan explains: “People are watching and judging you all the time. Where necessary, always keep others informed of the big picture, so that they can understand the circumstances when you cannot fulfil a certain promise. Then you won’t be seen to be breaking their trust.”
It’s all about being accountable, whether to the country, company, team or self. Let’s see who ranks highly on the trust meter, and who needs more work.
Ability to Deliver
What does it take to be a cut above the rest? Patience, persistence, perhaps even long-drawn suffering and sacrifices, says Dominic Lau.
Indeed, many in our poll have some form of battle scars to prove their mettle: Jimmy Choo’s business tussles, Afdlin Shauki’s body image problems, Michelle Yeoh’s rise up the movie world from Hong Kong to Hollywood.
Obviously the longer you are in an industry, the better you get. “No matter what you do, people will trust you more if you can deliver,” says Lau. “They don’t define trust as ‘time-tested’ for nothing.”
That’s good news for parents who are sometimes disappointed when their children don’t end up in professions like pilots, teachers or doctors, the top three trusted professions in our poll. Blue-collar professionals such as farmers (# 11), electricians (# 18) and musicians (# 21) also command substantial trust, provided they are good in what they do.
Inspirational Factor
It’s easy to place your trust in people who have accomplished awe-inspiring feats, such as MERCY Malaysia founder Dr Jemilah Mahmood (# 2), who has travelled to war-torn and disaster-struck areas to provide humanitarian aid. The same goes for Datin Paduka Sharifah Mazlina (# 10), the first Asian woman to trek to the North and South Poles.
In an interview with The Star newspaper in July 2009, Dr Jemilah said: “Malaysians had become such ‘materialistic’ people; the world around us is suffering and we claim to be caring people . . . when we measure success and development by material wealth and tall buildings. We need role models, to know that the little that we do has made a difference to someone else’s life. These things are worth more than anything money can buy.”
Family Ties
Ever wondered why job application forms require you to fill in the names and occupations of your parents and siblings? That’s because our family background has a bearing upon our character and value system, says Lee Wee Min, Executive Director of Focus On The Family Malaysia.
“Values need to be taught at the formative years as they are learnt at a subconscious level. Once a child reaches pre-adolescence, they are exposed to the distractions and delusions from the media and peers. If they’ve got a strong foundation, nothing can shake their value system,” says Lee.
A good example is world squash champion and Malaysia’s sporting darling, Nicol David. Her mother is a teacher, her father is an engineer and both her sisters are national squash players. In an email interview with Reader’s Digest, David attributes her success to her family’s strict upbringing and the support of the people surrounding her.
Emotional Engagement
According to Paul Jambunathan, trust can exist only with one vital ingredient: respect. This means that for people to trust you, you respect them for who they are, not what you expect them to be.
This is echoed by consultant rheumatologist Dr Amir Zain, who shares that he develops trust among his patients by engaging in honest and effective communication. “The more a patient finds out about his illness, the better I can communicate with him.”
The same applies to people in the entertainment industry, such as award-winning producer and actor Afdlin Shauki (# 9) and award-winning actress Adibah Noor (# 6). Their baby-faced appearance has emotional appeal, notes plastic surgeon Dr Eileen Fong.
“In almost every movie or cartoon, the good guys always have clean, clear skin, bright eyes, full cheeks, cherubic upturned smiling lips, small pert nose and eyebrows that are correctly located away from the eyes. In contrast, the ‘she-devil’ and ‘Mr Sinister’ is always portrayed by people with shifty eyes, hollow cheeks, thin lips, scarred face, crooked nose and vixen eyebrows,” she says.
The New Media
We now live in a dangerous new age of mobile connection and viral marketing where one can gain fame or infamy at a click. This is an additional reason for reputation management, so that public figures will always have their right foot forward.
“The trend for reputation management is still new here, although it is widely practised in other parts of the world,” says Baxter Jolly, Managing Director of PR company Weber Shandwick Worldwide. It’s like having an insurance against bad press. Just one bout of negative reporting will destroy all you’ve ever worked for, such as Ning Baizura’s (# 46) doctored nude photos, which were circulated through the internet.
The fear is that new media can cause public apathy. The more we hear about crime rates, lack of transparency and other social problems via SMS, blogs and other online sources, the more jaded the public becomes.
Impression Management
An important and yet often overlooked aspect of gaining trust is impression management, says image consultant and trainer, Dolly Kee, Managing Director of Image Power. Based on what people know about you, they would already have developed certain expectations on how you should dress, look and talk. “An image is formed by totalling what they see, hear and feel, so it’s an entire package,” she says.
This said, we can safely conclude that the more comfortable you are in your own skin, the more you can get people to trust and accept you. “People don’t like pretenders. You must like and trust yourself first before you can get others to trust you,” says Kee.
Malaysia's Most Trusted 2010
Individuals
1. Nicol David (squash world champion)
2. Dr Jemilah Mahmood (founder of Mercy Malaysia)
3. Lee Chong Wei (badminton Olympic silver medalist, Beijing Games)
4. Lat aka Mohd Nor Khalid (cartoonist)
5. Jimmy Choo (shoe designer)
6. Adibah Noor (singer/actress)
7. Michelle Yeoh (Hollwood actor)
8. Jins Shamsuddin (veteran actor)
9. Afdlin Shauki (aka Chief Kodok, actor/comedian)
10. Chef Wan (chef)
11. Paduka Sharifah Mazlina (adventurer, first Malaysian woman Antarctic Solo Expeditor)
12. Misbun Sidek (badminton coach)
13. Ivy Josiah (executive Director, Women's Aid Organisation)
14. Marina Mahathir (AIDS advocate)
15. Aznil Nawawi (actor/compere)
16. M Nasir (singer)
17. Zang Toi (designer)
18. Rashid Sidek (badminton player)
19. Jailani Sidek (badminton world champion)
20. Gurmit Singh K.S. (executive director of the Centre for Environment)
21. Amy Mastura (singer)
22. Sheila Majid (singer)
23. Siti Nurhaliza (singer)
24. Shebby Singh (former football coach, football presenter)
25. Razif Sidek (badminton player)
26. Jaclyn Victor (Malaysian Idol)
27. Maya Karin (actress, television personality and singer)
28. Ahmad Idham (movie director)
29. Harith Iskandar (comedian, actor)
30. Erma Fatima (actor)
31. Ramli Ibrahim (choreographer)
32. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (astronaut)
33. Irene Fernandez (migrant worker activist)
34. Kee Thuan Chye (dramatist, poet and journalist)
35. Aziz M. Osman (director)
36. Tiara Jacquelina (actress/producer)
37. Alex Yoong (race car driver)
38. Asha Gill (television personality)
39. Fish Leong (singer)
40. Soo Kui Jien (tv presenter)
41. Mano Maniam (Fulbright scholar/actor)
42. Deanna Yusoff (actress)
43. Sharifah Amani (actress)
44. Reshmonu (singer)
45. Angelica Lee (actress)
46. Ning Baizura (singer)
47. Ella aka Norzila binti Haji Aminuddin (singer)
48. Lillian Too (feng shui master)
49. Awie Singer (actor)
50. Azwan Ali (TV host)
Profession
1. Pilot
2. Teacher
3. Doctor
4. Paramedic
5. Firefighter
6. Surgeon
7. Scientist
8. Dentist
9. Pharmacist
10. Nurse
Above all, they are all self-made success stories that have put Malaysia on the world map.
This is just one of the things we found out from our Trust survey. For the first time ever, we have conducted a nationwide survey asking people to rate 50 influential Malaysian personalities on their trustworthiness on a scale of one (“Not trusted at all”) to ten (“Trust completely”). The list was presented in random order.
We then calculated an average score for each person and ranked them in order of perceived trustworthiness.
The list of people was chosen based on their public profiles; all are often in the public eye and are considered leaders in their respective fields.
The list is by no means exhaustive and is expected to be a general overview rather than a spotlight on specific individual achievements.
The top trusted people have managed to carve a name out of nothing. Plus, they have maintained humble and down-to-earth profiles despite becoming household names, evading excessive publicity (and scandals) and the temptation to make fast bucks via product endorsements. Where human credibility is concerned, popularity does not necessarily spell public trust.
“Popularity is pop,” says Paul Jambunathan, Consultant Clinical Psychologist of Sunway Medical Centre and Monash University Malaysia. “Trust is built on a slow and measured disclosure of thoughts, ideas, feelings and acceptance. The more consistent you are with what people believe you to be, the more likely they will accept and trust you,” he says.
Poll aside, do we trust people more if we know them personally? Yes and no, says Associate Professor Dominic Lau, Lecturer and Head of Applied Research at UCSI University. “People trust you when they believe what you offer has value to them. If it doesn’t strike a chord, even your closest friends will doubt your best of intentions.”
Take fengshui master Lillian Too (# 48), for instance, who ended up closer to the bottom of the list. Loud in voice and louder still in dressing and style, her aggressive marketing-skewed talks, TV appearances and books have done little to improve public respect.
Compare this to, say, Chef Wan (# 10), whose success is seen to be due to his passion for cooking and dogged determination. As a 35-year-old male survey respondent commented, “You can’t lie when it comes to taste.”
According to Puan Sri T. Ampikaipakan, a corporate trainer and consultant, trust is an instinct we acquire at birth. “This is why first impressions are so important,” she says. “Babies have absolute trust in their primary caregivers for the first seven months. After the eighth month, they start crying when carried by strangers because they’ve developed preference for the people they trust most.”
She adds that the same vulnerability of trust applies in relationships, the family, workplace and the world in general. “You may do a hundred things right and no-one will even think about how trustworthy you are. But do one thing wrong, or leave one promise unfulfilled, and you would lose the total trust forever.”
That’s where transparency comes in. Puan Sri T. Ampikaipakan explains: “People are watching and judging you all the time. Where necessary, always keep others informed of the big picture, so that they can understand the circumstances when you cannot fulfil a certain promise. Then you won’t be seen to be breaking their trust.”
It’s all about being accountable, whether to the country, company, team or self. Let’s see who ranks highly on the trust meter, and who needs more work.
Ability to Deliver
What does it take to be a cut above the rest? Patience, persistence, perhaps even long-drawn suffering and sacrifices, says Dominic Lau.
Indeed, many in our poll have some form of battle scars to prove their mettle: Jimmy Choo’s business tussles, Afdlin Shauki’s body image problems, Michelle Yeoh’s rise up the movie world from Hong Kong to Hollywood.
Obviously the longer you are in an industry, the better you get. “No matter what you do, people will trust you more if you can deliver,” says Lau. “They don’t define trust as ‘time-tested’ for nothing.”
That’s good news for parents who are sometimes disappointed when their children don’t end up in professions like pilots, teachers or doctors, the top three trusted professions in our poll. Blue-collar professionals such as farmers (# 11), electricians (# 18) and musicians (# 21) also command substantial trust, provided they are good in what they do.
Inspirational Factor
It’s easy to place your trust in people who have accomplished awe-inspiring feats, such as MERCY Malaysia founder Dr Jemilah Mahmood (# 2), who has travelled to war-torn and disaster-struck areas to provide humanitarian aid. The same goes for Datin Paduka Sharifah Mazlina (# 10), the first Asian woman to trek to the North and South Poles.
In an interview with The Star newspaper in July 2009, Dr Jemilah said: “Malaysians had become such ‘materialistic’ people; the world around us is suffering and we claim to be caring people . . . when we measure success and development by material wealth and tall buildings. We need role models, to know that the little that we do has made a difference to someone else’s life. These things are worth more than anything money can buy.”
Family Ties
Ever wondered why job application forms require you to fill in the names and occupations of your parents and siblings? That’s because our family background has a bearing upon our character and value system, says Lee Wee Min, Executive Director of Focus On The Family Malaysia.
“Values need to be taught at the formative years as they are learnt at a subconscious level. Once a child reaches pre-adolescence, they are exposed to the distractions and delusions from the media and peers. If they’ve got a strong foundation, nothing can shake their value system,” says Lee.
A good example is world squash champion and Malaysia’s sporting darling, Nicol David. Her mother is a teacher, her father is an engineer and both her sisters are national squash players. In an email interview with Reader’s Digest, David attributes her success to her family’s strict upbringing and the support of the people surrounding her.
Emotional Engagement
According to Paul Jambunathan, trust can exist only with one vital ingredient: respect. This means that for people to trust you, you respect them for who they are, not what you expect them to be.
This is echoed by consultant rheumatologist Dr Amir Zain, who shares that he develops trust among his patients by engaging in honest and effective communication. “The more a patient finds out about his illness, the better I can communicate with him.”
The same applies to people in the entertainment industry, such as award-winning producer and actor Afdlin Shauki (# 9) and award-winning actress Adibah Noor (# 6). Their baby-faced appearance has emotional appeal, notes plastic surgeon Dr Eileen Fong.
“In almost every movie or cartoon, the good guys always have clean, clear skin, bright eyes, full cheeks, cherubic upturned smiling lips, small pert nose and eyebrows that are correctly located away from the eyes. In contrast, the ‘she-devil’ and ‘Mr Sinister’ is always portrayed by people with shifty eyes, hollow cheeks, thin lips, scarred face, crooked nose and vixen eyebrows,” she says.
The New Media
We now live in a dangerous new age of mobile connection and viral marketing where one can gain fame or infamy at a click. This is an additional reason for reputation management, so that public figures will always have their right foot forward.
“The trend for reputation management is still new here, although it is widely practised in other parts of the world,” says Baxter Jolly, Managing Director of PR company Weber Shandwick Worldwide. It’s like having an insurance against bad press. Just one bout of negative reporting will destroy all you’ve ever worked for, such as Ning Baizura’s (# 46) doctored nude photos, which were circulated through the internet.
The fear is that new media can cause public apathy. The more we hear about crime rates, lack of transparency and other social problems via SMS, blogs and other online sources, the more jaded the public becomes.
Impression Management
An important and yet often overlooked aspect of gaining trust is impression management, says image consultant and trainer, Dolly Kee, Managing Director of Image Power. Based on what people know about you, they would already have developed certain expectations on how you should dress, look and talk. “An image is formed by totalling what they see, hear and feel, so it’s an entire package,” she says.
This said, we can safely conclude that the more comfortable you are in your own skin, the more you can get people to trust and accept you. “People don’t like pretenders. You must like and trust yourself first before you can get others to trust you,” says Kee.
Malaysia's Most Trusted 2010
Individuals
1. Nicol David (squash world champion)
2. Dr Jemilah Mahmood (founder of Mercy Malaysia)
3. Lee Chong Wei (badminton Olympic silver medalist, Beijing Games)
4. Lat aka Mohd Nor Khalid (cartoonist)
5. Jimmy Choo (shoe designer)
6. Adibah Noor (singer/actress)
7. Michelle Yeoh (Hollwood actor)
8. Jins Shamsuddin (veteran actor)
9. Afdlin Shauki (aka Chief Kodok, actor/comedian)
10. Chef Wan (chef)
11. Paduka Sharifah Mazlina (adventurer, first Malaysian woman Antarctic Solo Expeditor)
12. Misbun Sidek (badminton coach)
13. Ivy Josiah (executive Director, Women's Aid Organisation)
14. Marina Mahathir (AIDS advocate)
15. Aznil Nawawi (actor/compere)
16. M Nasir (singer)
17. Zang Toi (designer)
18. Rashid Sidek (badminton player)
19. Jailani Sidek (badminton world champion)
20. Gurmit Singh K.S. (executive director of the Centre for Environment)
21. Amy Mastura (singer)
22. Sheila Majid (singer)
23. Siti Nurhaliza (singer)
24. Shebby Singh (former football coach, football presenter)
25. Razif Sidek (badminton player)
26. Jaclyn Victor (Malaysian Idol)
27. Maya Karin (actress, television personality and singer)
28. Ahmad Idham (movie director)
29. Harith Iskandar (comedian, actor)
30. Erma Fatima (actor)
31. Ramli Ibrahim (choreographer)
32. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (astronaut)
33. Irene Fernandez (migrant worker activist)
34. Kee Thuan Chye (dramatist, poet and journalist)
35. Aziz M. Osman (director)
36. Tiara Jacquelina (actress/producer)
37. Alex Yoong (race car driver)
38. Asha Gill (television personality)
39. Fish Leong (singer)
40. Soo Kui Jien (tv presenter)
41. Mano Maniam (Fulbright scholar/actor)
42. Deanna Yusoff (actress)
43. Sharifah Amani (actress)
44. Reshmonu (singer)
45. Angelica Lee (actress)
46. Ning Baizura (singer)
47. Ella aka Norzila binti Haji Aminuddin (singer)
48. Lillian Too (feng shui master)
49. Awie Singer (actor)
50. Azwan Ali (TV host)
Profession
1. Pilot
2. Teacher
3. Doctor
4. Paramedic
5. Firefighter
6. Surgeon
7. Scientist
8. Dentist
9. Pharmacist
10. Nurse
Dreamers: The Digg Idea
For two months after he launched digg.com, Kevin Rose didn't need an alarm clock. "By 6 a.m., I was up and on the computer," he recalls. "It was the sheer fear of not knowing what was on my own home page."
Here's why: Seasoned editors do not deliberate over Digg's front page. It's strictly a popularity contest. Users post news stories and images—found anywhere from the websites of big newspapers to small blogs—and with the click of a button, other users either "digg" the items (meaning they like them) or "bury" them (meaning they don't). On a given day, you can find breaking news about Iraq next to such headlines as "Bacon Flavored Jelly Beans!" and "Another Road Sign Warns of Zombies." "Sometimes you'll look at two headlines and say, No sane editor would ever put these next to each other," says Rose, 32. "That's part of the charm."
Today, the site gets 35 million different visitors a month. One link from Digg's home page can produce a tsunami of traffic that can turn a Web newcomer into a real player—or crash an ill-equipped smaller site. And investors are banking on the idea's value; just last September, Digg secured $28.7 million in new venture-capital funding. Many believe Digg is worth much more: Last summer, Google was reportedly in talks to buy it for $200 million. (Neither company will comment.)
Rose says a big cash-in was never part of his plan. When he started Digg, he thought, "If this can pay my rent and I can chill in my apartment and drink my tea and have an awesome little office, that'd be more than I could ask for." It's the kind of dream you'd expect from a Web wunderkind. As a child in Las Vegas, Rose was "the most unpopular kid in school," who at age eight spent hours on his family's Commodore 64, typing code to summon an animated balloon. In the early '90s, he persuaded his parents to buy him his own computer, which he used to talk tech with other "nerds" in chat rooms.
Rose's passion sometimes took precedence over schoolwork, prompting his mother to confiscate his keyboard when bad report cards arrived. "I drilled a hole in my desk and put a chain through it so she couldn't take it again," Rose says. At 15, he was repairing computers. By 19, he had a computer-support job at the Department of Energy's Nevada Test Site while he was going to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. And by 21, he'd dropped out and moved to Silicon Valley.
Rose came up with the idea for Digg in 2004 while hosting a cable news show about tech trends. Social networking sites like Facebook had just taken off, drawing users who could post photos, links, and video and then talk about them. Rose created a site that would take that approach to news. It debuted in November 2004. "It was an experiment," he says. "I wanted to see what kind of news would surface and whether it would be of good quality." But when the number of people visiting Digg reached a few thousand a month—enough to garner ads—Rose quit his day job. By 2005, Digg's monthly traffic had hit 200,000, and he'd hired a CEO and a staff and raised $2.8 million. Today, Digg is among the most-visited sites in the United States.
Like many sites, Digg hasn't yet figured out how to transform its traffic into profit. Nonetheless, it continues to evolve. Digg now recommends stories to users based on other stories they like. It also lets them vote on questions they want to ask politicians and celebrities.
In the meantime, Rose is sleeping through the night. He still checks the home page every morning when he gets up. But he makes a cup of tea first, then sits back to enjoy the mutiny.
Getting Ahead with Kevin Rose
Q. Is starting an Internet business as easy as it seems?
A. Oh, absolutely. Back in 2000, just to get a site off the ground, you had to buy expensive servers. There weren't as many freelance developers. Now you can get a rented server for $100 or less per month and hire a freelance coder for 10 to 12 bucks an hour and get off the ground for a few thousand dollars.
Q. What's your advice for someone who wants to launch a site?
A. People spend too much time planning and trying to get everything perfect before they launch. You're never going to know what users think until you get a site into their hands. Get something out there, find out what the community thinks, then refine and rerelease, refine and rerelease. You're going to get a lot of things wrong, and that's okay. You can always kill anything you don't like. Other than that, hold off as long as possible before taking investments, because the longer you wait, the higher your valuation and the less of your company you'll have to give away.
Q. Are you ever off the computer?
A. It's easy to get lost in the computer; I probably spend 12 to 14 hours a day on it. But on the weekends, I need to unplug. As I get older, I realize I can't live online. It's going to burn me out or kill me. I also just got glasses for the first time in my life.
Q. What's the best business advice you've ever gotten?
A. You don't have to work for other people; you can do your own thing and it can work out. Also, do something you love. In my family, we've each followed our passions in life. That's the most important thing.
Q. Are there certain entrepreneurs or businesspeople who've inspired you?
A. Growing up, it was Bill Gates for sure. And of course, Steve Jobs. I love the fact that he pays extreme attention to detail in his products. There's something about opening an Apple product and everything from the lettering on the manual to the way it's packaged is perfect—that means a lot.
Here's why: Seasoned editors do not deliberate over Digg's front page. It's strictly a popularity contest. Users post news stories and images—found anywhere from the websites of big newspapers to small blogs—and with the click of a button, other users either "digg" the items (meaning they like them) or "bury" them (meaning they don't). On a given day, you can find breaking news about Iraq next to such headlines as "Bacon Flavored Jelly Beans!" and "Another Road Sign Warns of Zombies." "Sometimes you'll look at two headlines and say, No sane editor would ever put these next to each other," says Rose, 32. "That's part of the charm."
Today, the site gets 35 million different visitors a month. One link from Digg's home page can produce a tsunami of traffic that can turn a Web newcomer into a real player—or crash an ill-equipped smaller site. And investors are banking on the idea's value; just last September, Digg secured $28.7 million in new venture-capital funding. Many believe Digg is worth much more: Last summer, Google was reportedly in talks to buy it for $200 million. (Neither company will comment.)
Rose says a big cash-in was never part of his plan. When he started Digg, he thought, "If this can pay my rent and I can chill in my apartment and drink my tea and have an awesome little office, that'd be more than I could ask for." It's the kind of dream you'd expect from a Web wunderkind. As a child in Las Vegas, Rose was "the most unpopular kid in school," who at age eight spent hours on his family's Commodore 64, typing code to summon an animated balloon. In the early '90s, he persuaded his parents to buy him his own computer, which he used to talk tech with other "nerds" in chat rooms.
Rose's passion sometimes took precedence over schoolwork, prompting his mother to confiscate his keyboard when bad report cards arrived. "I drilled a hole in my desk and put a chain through it so she couldn't take it again," Rose says. At 15, he was repairing computers. By 19, he had a computer-support job at the Department of Energy's Nevada Test Site while he was going to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. And by 21, he'd dropped out and moved to Silicon Valley.
Rose came up with the idea for Digg in 2004 while hosting a cable news show about tech trends. Social networking sites like Facebook had just taken off, drawing users who could post photos, links, and video and then talk about them. Rose created a site that would take that approach to news. It debuted in November 2004. "It was an experiment," he says. "I wanted to see what kind of news would surface and whether it would be of good quality." But when the number of people visiting Digg reached a few thousand a month—enough to garner ads—Rose quit his day job. By 2005, Digg's monthly traffic had hit 200,000, and he'd hired a CEO and a staff and raised $2.8 million. Today, Digg is among the most-visited sites in the United States.
Like many sites, Digg hasn't yet figured out how to transform its traffic into profit. Nonetheless, it continues to evolve. Digg now recommends stories to users based on other stories they like. It also lets them vote on questions they want to ask politicians and celebrities.
In the meantime, Rose is sleeping through the night. He still checks the home page every morning when he gets up. But he makes a cup of tea first, then sits back to enjoy the mutiny.
Getting Ahead with Kevin Rose
Q. Is starting an Internet business as easy as it seems?
A. Oh, absolutely. Back in 2000, just to get a site off the ground, you had to buy expensive servers. There weren't as many freelance developers. Now you can get a rented server for $100 or less per month and hire a freelance coder for 10 to 12 bucks an hour and get off the ground for a few thousand dollars.
Q. What's your advice for someone who wants to launch a site?
A. People spend too much time planning and trying to get everything perfect before they launch. You're never going to know what users think until you get a site into their hands. Get something out there, find out what the community thinks, then refine and rerelease, refine and rerelease. You're going to get a lot of things wrong, and that's okay. You can always kill anything you don't like. Other than that, hold off as long as possible before taking investments, because the longer you wait, the higher your valuation and the less of your company you'll have to give away.
Q. Are you ever off the computer?
A. It's easy to get lost in the computer; I probably spend 12 to 14 hours a day on it. But on the weekends, I need to unplug. As I get older, I realize I can't live online. It's going to burn me out or kill me. I also just got glasses for the first time in my life.
Q. What's the best business advice you've ever gotten?
A. You don't have to work for other people; you can do your own thing and it can work out. Also, do something you love. In my family, we've each followed our passions in life. That's the most important thing.
Q. Are there certain entrepreneurs or businesspeople who've inspired you?
A. Growing up, it was Bill Gates for sure. And of course, Steve Jobs. I love the fact that he pays extreme attention to detail in his products. There's something about opening an Apple product and everything from the lettering on the manual to the way it's packaged is perfect—that means a lot.
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