Berkarir Surga di negeri " Freedom of Choice"

Assalamu alaykum warahmatullah.

Judulnya mungkin sudah familiar di telinga sisters. Ya benar banget. buku ustadz Felix Siaw adalah salah satu turning point dalam hijrahku.

The struggle living in non Muslim land

Living in Australia or others Western countries as Muslim is tough. Been away from country and family has tough us how to be strong. This land that I'm living in, they called the Land of freedom, where you can have your freedom of anything including freedom of religions or some others might be doesn't have religion or atheist.

Trap that they called choice

Many of Muslim brothers and sisters lose their faith and turn to be someone that against their brothers and sisters. Someone of them enjoy them self drinking alcohol and went to celebration that's everyone knows that act are actually haram or prohibited in Islam. Some sisters took off their hijab because they wanted to get a good and fancy job.

“Wallahi, the job that required you to take off your identity as Muslimah, means that job is not the best for you or some Muslim become a transgender, guy and lesbian here.”

Because there is law and regulation protected them. Those KAUM are happy the fact that government actually taking their side but actually it's gonna destroy them slowly. Nowadays, People are busy talking about freedoms. Lots of them actually fight for the freedom in terms of the freedom that gonna destroy humanity.

The Consequences

Freedom of choices doesn't make you free from the consequences, forget about the lands of freedom, Allah has made us free. Allah has given us a freedom of choice but don't forget that there's a day call the day of judgment, which we will be asked about those all free choices and decisions that we have made.

Berkarir Surga di negeri " Freedom of Choice"

Allah Swt Said:

“ ﴿وَعَدَ اللهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ دِينَهُمُ الَّذِي ارْتَضَى لَهُمْ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ أَمْنًا يَعْبُدُونَنِي لاَ يُشْرِكُونَ بِي شَيْئًا﴾ [النور: 55].

﴾Allah has promised those who have believed among you and done righteous deeds that He will surely grant them succession [to authority] upon the earth just as He granted it to those before them and that He will surely establish for them [therein] their religion which He has preferred for them and that He will surely substitute for them, after their fear, security, [for] they worship Me, not associating anything with Me﴿ [An-Noor: 55].

This is the promise of Allah for those who follow his path and worship Him alone without associating partners with him in worship.”

The Law and Regulation In Islam

However, If there is a legislated necessity or pressing need to reside temporarily in the land of the non-Muslims for the purpose of Daw`ah or for an Islamic reason or for a worldly purpose, whether it is a necessity or a lesser need, like work, business, education, medical treatment, or another reason which is permissible in Islam and not possible to achieve or to attain in his native country, then in this case the scholars make an exception from the general prohibition [mentioned in the previous Hadiths and verses], so long as the person meets the compulsory conditions of travel to a non-Muslim land, which are as follows:

1. The traveler must know the rulings (Ahkâm) of his religion that will be enough to protect his religion, so that his faith and Islam will not be affected by the tribulations of doubts and the fear of being misguided by desires.

2. He must be able to display the rituals of Islam completely, performing it fully without fear or opposition. These include the establishment of the obligatory prayers, Fasting Ramadan, performing Hajj and suchlike. Also included is the outward appearance, of general forms of dress and etiquettes, where he will not be prevented from showing his difference from the polytheists in these matters.

3. He must be able to stick to the belief of allegiance and disavowal that is one of the necessities and conditions of the Islamic testimony of faith by avoiding any loyalties and association to the non-Muslims and loving them in their way. So he remains disliking them and having inward enmity to them and not being pleased with their actions because from the rights of disavowal is hatred of polytheism and disbelief and their followers, hatred that is devoid of any love or cordiality. Also he should not imitate them in what characterizes them in their religion as well as in their worldly matters, where he is distinguished from them in his manners and his appearance without compromising his religion, without participating in their celebrations and festivities, without congratulating them on their celebrations and festivals, without taking them as supporters and without having affection for them because loving the enemies of Allah necessitates agreeing with them, following them and being pleased with their actions without criticizing it or disliking it, and this without doubt opposes the creed of allegiance and disavowal, which is the firmest pillars of Islam

﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لاَ تَتَّخِذُوا عَدُوِّي وَعَدُوَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَاءَ تُلْقُونَ إِلَيْهِم بِالْمَوَدَّةِ﴾ [الممتحنة: 1].

﴾O’ you, who believe, do not take my enemies and your enemies as allies, extending to them affection﴿ [Al-Momtahina: 1].

Wassalamualaykum Warahmatullah wabarakatu.