The Path

Hadhrat Abdullah bin Umar radiyalaahu anhuma had mentioned, "Whoever wishes to follow the way of another, should follow the ways of those who have passed away. These were the companions of Muhammad sallalaahu alayhi wassalam, who were the best people of this Ummah. Their hearts were most pious, their knowledge was deepest and they were least pretentious. They were people whom Allah Ta'ala had chosen to be companions of His Nabi sallalaahu alayhi wassalam and for the transmission of His Deen. You people should emulate their character and mannerisms. By the Rabb of the Kaabah! The Sahabah radiyalaahu anhum of Rasulullah sallalaahu alayhi wassalam were correctly guided."

Wednesday 24 March 2010

Travelogue Germany - Part 10


Before the work of dakwah has its roots in Switzerland, Muslims in Switzerland were seen as people of low morale and committed all kind of vices.The Schweiss people are the wealthiest among the Europeans. Practically whatever their worldly needs are fulfilled. But they are in dire need of contentment, serenity, complacency and peace of mind that could only be accorded by the deen of haq - Islam. It is said that two people committed assisted suicide weekly in Switzerland. It is the duty of each and every single Muslim to show the world, and these people in particular, Islam's way of life.  And, alhamdulillah, with the work of dakwah and tabligh, the way of life of Rasulullah SAW has started to come in the life of Muslims here. 

I'm proud to tell you that among the brothers that I met in Zurich who tirelessly made the effort of dakwah and tabligh were Subhinor and Abudzar, both are Malaysians. Subhi and Abudzar stuck closely to us all the time (about 5 days) we were there. From Madni Masjid we were taken to other masjids in the vicinity such as Xhamia Neseebach (Albanian Masjid) and to many other places to meet many Muslim living in Zurich including all the Malaysian staff stationed at Sauber-Petronas. Ziarad Khan, Muhammad Amin, Subhi and Abudzar were with us as our guides and mutarjim (translators). 

I believe Abudzar is still living in Zurich. I hope he still is. There's a great deal of deeni contributions that could be derived from him over there. Once he opened up a Tai Chi class that had attracted many people in Zurich. I was not surprised of the attraction since he is a very nice person. He never failed to put up a smile on his face. Even when he was upset the smile never faded away. However he abruptly stopped teaching Tai Chi when he dreamed of Rasulullah SAW telling him that Tai Chi is not from him (i.e. not from Nabi SAW). And mind you that Abudzar related his dream to us back in 2004, four years before the brouhaha raised by the ignorant people here in Malaysia after the National Ulama Council made a fatwa of haram on yoga (something quite similar to Tai Chi) to be practised by Muslims. Anyway, Abudzar rode his superbike for 248km escorting us like a sole outrider from Zurich to Ulm, Germany.




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  1. zarch2 April 2010 at 17:46

    Masyaallah, jemaah mubarak Tuan. Kini diSwiss sudah ada hampir 300 masjid, dikota Zurich dan kawasan disekitarnya sudah ada 30 masjid. Banyak masjid Kosovo dan Macedonia yang baru dibuka. Usaha pun bertambah banyak kena buat, tapi kami disini masih main-main lagi, doakan.


    - Maaf, yang saya ajar dulu tu Tai Chi, tapi dah lama pencen lepas dapat peringatan tu. Masaalahnya orang disini minat perkara sebegini tambah untuk mengisi kekosongan jiwa tapi masaalahnya Tai Chi ini bila diaorang kaji asalnya, ada sangkut-paut dengan Monk Budha. Jadi yang saya ajar fizikal tapi tak sengaja tersubahat pula bila diorang pi kaji lain dari itu.

    Apa-apa pun, alhamdulillah. Amin Itali dia baru balik dari Malaysia, lama dia kat sana, dekat 6 bulan, ni pun dia nak kesana lagi.

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  2. HAJI2 April 2010 at 23:24

    Masha'allah, berita gembira daripada Switzerland. Teruskan berusaha.

    Ok, saya akan betulkan posting di atas.

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