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back when i was in asasi, i joined this one usrah group. i gotta be honest at first i have no friken idea what the hell did i signed myself into lmao because i was from a non-boarding school, we have no usrah traditions like boarding school does. anyways, long story short it was fine though. i got some new knowledges, meet new people. making new friends---not so much LMAO we barely talk during the usrah session itself ni lagi lagi bila terserempak kat luar. like u don't know me. HAHAHAAH aku dengan orang yang aku kawan 3 TAHUN pun aku still awkward with lagi u know. standard ah for me, standard.
anyways what i was trying to ketengahkan here was this one particular session we had--i remember this session the most because it was the most interesting discussion we ever had (i think?) maybe because the topic isn't cliche-per say, like about studying, jaga ikhtilat, and all that jazz. i don't exactly remember what the exact word was used to describe this thing-but its about-eh wait i think its 'secularism'? yea that definitely what it was.
secularism-as defined by wikipedia:
"the principle of the separation of government institutions and persons mandated to represent the state from religious institution and religious dignitaries" u might read this and think 'uhm..wtf bedah i suddenly can't read?' so lemme break this down for ya-its basically about the principle of having religious matter/ religious authorities to be separated completely from government/ way of living life/ administration. wikipedia also stated that one of the manifestation for this principle is that: 1) asserting the right to be free from religious rule and teachings, or, in a state declared to be neutral on matters of belief. 2) public activities and decisions, especially political ones, should be uninfluenced by religious beliefs or practices. i aint here to talk about this. this shit is too heavy for me and i 100% sure no one will ever wants to read if i start to discuss abt this here. but i am here to talk about the examples that my usrah's group naqibah (the one who lead the usrah) associate with the secularism view that evokes my thought process: muslimah athletes-especially sprinters should wear aurah covering running gear. the westerners reject this idea because they say that if sprinters wear loose-as opposed to the usual tight, body hugging outfit-their air friction increases, so their speed would be reduced, affecting their running performance. this, my naqibah said, is an example of westerners' secularism ways. because they didn't involve religious matter into it and stay strictly on a logical path. what's practical and what works. even though it might be wrong morally (if we take it to an islam context: women should wear aurah covering clothes) my naqibah added again, saying that one should not be worried about how will it affect the performance and that if we obey to Allah's rule--who knows if He would trade our obedience with allowing us to win the race? my islamic side was like 'yeaaa ftw' but my logical side was like 'um. but the 'westerners' got a point though ;;' i always find myself questioning a lot of things (islam context). but sometimes when i do and i bring my curiosity up to another person they would be like-'some things just cannot use logic one' or worser, 'kau mempersoalkan Tuhan ke? dem, lol. is it wrong for me to think? why am i not allowed to think? i was just mostly curious. like in this case of muslimah runners-i'd say the westerners had a point: looser clothings = more friction = less speed = not winning. is this secularism? idk. if you argue with me,saying-"but kalau dia pakai ketat sekalipun, tapi kalau Allah tak bagi dia menang, tak jalan jugak". or "macam mana kalau dia menang, tapi tak berkat sebab dia langgar perintah Allah?" okay. i see it this way: Allah told us in the Quran that one should not just pray if they want something, but they also need to WORK for it. i see wearing 'looser' clothings and just hope that because we obey the God, the God will give us the win-strategy as the anti-testament for that tbh. i mean-yes, for one thing aku tak la advocate muslimah runners should wear skimpy, tight clothings because they wouldn't win otherwise-but theres gotta be a way. a way for both party to win. my islamic and logical sides to win, lmao. idk- design something that is looser than the usual tight costume but reduce air friction as much as possible. in that way we both pray and work for it, no? even in Quran it was stated that we should read and behold---THINK. its because the whole-i read Quran as it is, listen to ulama' and not use an ounce of their own brain cells a lot of religious extremist were born. even dekat malaysia pun berlambak. the ustaz-ustazah keyboard, ha aku golongkan dalam golongan ni la. they only take whatever they are fed with. lebih kurang macam ayat cikgu selalu kat sekolah la: 'awak ni semua manja, makan je apa yang disuap, taknak fikir sendiri-' and then i read this one incident of a pair of desperate for cash couple, stole the surau/masjid's tabung money and got beaten up by the villagers. okay. lets see this in a factual way: a couple, not too young, stole the surau's tabung money. did not harm any people in the process. they were harmed instead for a pathetic amount of money they were trying to steal. there are only 2 of them but they were beaten up by probably a dozen. ok la argument number one: one should never steal. stealing is wrong. and some people when we give them a chance, they'd take that as a permission for them to do it again. counter-argument number one: one also should never beat another man no matter what the reason might be (unless they got beaten first/ as a defense). should've asked them first why did they're trying to steal it in the first place and have a fucking peaceful discussion/talk. when there is a need for it fucking send them to a fucking police station u fucking uncultured swines this is another form of religion extremist. beating the life out of people bcs they steal a mere amount of money from the surau. they think they were doing the right thing. ya know-putting justice into its place-because no matter what the reason might be, stealing is wrong and they HAVE to punish the wrongdoers. because 'the God would've wanted them to do so'. aku curious actually. duit tabung surau tu masuk poket siapa sebenarnya? its kinda like a zakat in a way, because the money was contributed voluntarily by people-but why does when people who actually need it, desperate for money, stole it they are beaten like some sort of stray dogs? should have make the duit tabung surau as the public's property tbh, for those yang really need it. appoint one person to be in charge of the money, and when those who really need it they just have to come to the surau and see the person in charge. tak payah borang borang kad bank bagai. bagi je. banyak pulak songeh dia. bukan duit kau pun. i am in no way of questioning Islam or Allah-aku noob hal agama, for realz. i just wanted to prove that logical/critical/rational thinking has a place in religion and it doesn't necessarily mean secularism. we're human beings in the end of the day. thinking got us survive to live another day since before centuries era lagi. stop taking things just the way it is, Allah gave us a brain for us to use. its not wrong to question something because without questioning, how will we know the truth, init? even ulamak like the 4 imaams-Hanafi, Shaf'ee, Maliki, Hanbli-they don't just read stuffs and believe it right there and then, they freaking discuss it. they did researches ('ijtihad'). sometimes they even have differing opinions. so? is that mempersoalkan Tuhan? no, its called being someone who utilize their freaking brain. okay habis rant. penat taip. for those yang nak read/dig deeper about analytical thinking in islam (tapi tak puas sebab entry aku macam noob sikit haha!) can read this post here: ciao. p.s. be free to disagree with me, i'd love to have a heated session of discussion/argument lmao
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