Sunday, June 17, 2018
Ramadan has passed, Moon Shawwal has greeted. One month we have worship in the month of Ramadan. In the month of Shawwal it's time we aretiqomah to always perform worship to Allah SWT. The moon of Shawwal is synonymous with Eid al-Fitr and the time to connect together.
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Silaturahim or Gathering become a medium of ukuwah Islam. Through friendship, making all Muslims united as brothers, no enemies, and there is no mutual hatred. Everything is made into one.
In fact, Allah (SWT) commands in His word to connect friendship. Hospitality is one of the noble deeds and obligations in religion.
Many verses of the Qur'an and hadith that explain us to connect the ropes of friendship and explain the various virtues.
Command and virtue of friendship
Allah Ta'ala ordered to connect the ropes of friendship, in his word:
واعبدوا الله ولا تشركوا به شيئا وبالوالدين إحسانا وبذي القربى واليتامى والمساكين والجار ذي القربى والجار الجنب والصاحب بالجنب وابن السبيل وما ملكت أيمانكم إن الله لا يحب من كان مختالا فخورا
"Worship God and associate not with him anything. And do good to two mothers-fathers, relatives, orphans, poor people, close neighbors and distant neighbors, and peers, ibn sabil and servant your sahaya. Allah loveth not those who are proud and boast of themselves "(Surat An Nisa: 36).
God also says:
وآت ذا القربى حقه والمسكين وابن السبيل ولا تبذر تبذيرا
"And grant to the close of the families of their right, to the poor and to those who travel, and do not waste your wealth extravagantly" (Surat al-Isra: 26).
He also said:
فآت ذا القربى السبيل ذلك خير للذين يريدون وجه الله وأولئك هم المفلحون
"So give it to the nearest relative of his right, so (to) the poor and those in transit. That is better for those who seek the pleasure of Allah; and they are the lucky ones "(Surah Ar Rum: 38).
Likewise the Prophet sallallaahu 'wasallam, he ordered his people to connect friendship, in his words:
من كان يؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر فليكرم ضيفه, ومن كان يؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر فليصل رحمه, ومن كان يؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر فليقل خيرا أو ليصمت
"Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, honor his guests. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, then connect the ropes of friendship. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, then say good or silent "(Narrated by Bukhari).
There is even a serious threat to the person who breaks friendship, he said:
لا يدخل الجنة قاطع رحم
"Not entering Paradise who breaks hospitality" (Narrated by Bukhari - Muslim).
And among the virtues of connecting friendship is dilated sustenance and lengthened its age. Rasulullah sallallaahu'alaihi wasallam said:
من أحب أن يبسط له في رزقه, وينسأ له في أثره فليصل رحمه
"Whoever wants to expand his sustenance and prolong his life, then connect the ties of friendship" (Narrated by Bukhari - Muslim).
And it is also one of the reasons for one's entry into heaven. Rasulullah sallallaahu'alaihi wasallam said:
أيها الناس, أفشوا السلام, وأطعموا الطعام, وصلوا الأرحام, وصلوا الجنة بيلام
"O mankind, scatter greetings, give food, connect silaturahim, pray at night when people are sleeping, you will go to heaven safely" (Ibn Majah, At Tirmidhi, Al Albani al-Mahani in Shahih Ibni Majah).
Silaturahim is connecting with the friends. An Nawawi rahimahullah explains:
وأما صلة الرحم فهي الإحسان إلى الأقارب على حسب حال الواصل والموصول فتارة تكون بالمال وتارة بالخدمة وتارة بالزيارة والسلام وغير ذلك
"As for friendship, it is doing good to the kin-relatives according to the circumstances of the person who wants to connect and the state of the person to be connected. Sometimes in the form of goodness in the matter of treasure, sometimes with the help of energy, sometimes by visiting, by greeting, and other ways "(Syarh Sahih Muslim, 2/201).
Source: Muslim.or.id