This is a very interesting article written by Dr Qazi Ashfaq Ahmad. You can check the original source here. Happy reading!

“Each one is born on the imprint of Islam, then his /her parents
bring him/her up as a Jew, Magii or Christian.” (Hadith: Sahih)

A human being undergoes two stages of life - one without using his/her intellect in the childhood and the other using intellect when grown up. In childhood, parents influence the most their religious rituals and other customs. The above saying of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) indicate this phenomenon of religion. After the downfall of Islamic civilisation and the isolation of religion from the efforts towards the material development of Western civilisation specially after the Renaissance, religion lost its importance in the daily living of humanity. Secularism and existentialism have taken the place of religious ideology.

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Apabila isu Wahhabiyyah timbul di tengah masyarakat hari ini, ia membawa saya mengimbau kenangan pahit saya melihat perpecahan yang menimpa pelajar Malaysia di Jordan pada akhir 90’an. Perbalahan tentang soal Salaf dan Khalaf telah mengucar kacirkan kehidupan pelajar dan ia terus berlarutan hingga ke hari ini. Pada masa itu, saya bermastautin di Ireland dan datang ke Jordan pada musim panas.

Semasa di Ireland, saya ada seorang housemate berbangsa Perancis yang baru 9 bulan masuk Islam. Dia masuk Islam selepas terpikat dengan falsafah, dan keindahan syair-syair Jalaluddin ar-Rumi. Jadi, orangnya agak ‘sufi’ dan jiwanya halus. Sedikit malang, dalam usia Islamnya yang begitu muda, dia telah dirunsingkan dengan suntikan maklumat supaya di dalam perjalanan Islamnya, beliau hendaklah berhati-hati sebab jika tersilap, akan terjebak ke belenggu Wahhabiyyah!

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