Husnu Zone

Tulisan Ust. Nadirsyah Hosen (Nadirsyah Hosen) ini tampak menggugah, tapi perlu dikritisi secara ilmiah agar tidak menyesatkan publik awam, khususnya dalam memahami dakwah Islam dan metode debat agama.

Pertama, menyederhanakan model dakwah Nabi hanya pada “lembut dan toleran” adalah ahistoris dan cherry picking. Nabi SAW memang menunjukkan akhlak luhur dalam banyak dialog, seperti dengan utusan Najran. Tapi dalam konteks lain, seperti dengan kaum Yahudi Madinah yang berkhianat, beliau tegas dan konfrontatif. Beliau berdakwah dengan hikmah, yaitu menempatkan kata dan sikap secara proporsional sesuai kondisi dan audiens (Q.S. An-Nahl: 125). Hikmah bisa lembut, bisa juga tegas.

Kedua, mengkritik metode apologetik-konfrontatif dengan menyebutnya “palu godam” adalah reduktif dan bias. Metode ini dalam tradisi Islam justru memiliki akar kuat dalam ‘ilm al-kalām dan jadal / seni berdebat untuk menegakkan kebenaran. Bahkan, Qur’an sendiri memakai pendekatan debat terhadap keyakinan batil, seperti menyanggah trinitas (Q.S. Al-Ma’idah: 73) dan mempertanyakan logika penyembah berhala (Q.S. Al-Anbiya: 66–67). Bukankah itu bentuk kritik teologis yang konfrontatif tapi ilmiah?

Ketiga, menyamakan perbandingan ayat kitab suci dalam debat ilmiah dengan “penghakiman” adalah kekeliruan epistemologis. Dalam forum ilmiah, membandingkan ajaran agama secara tekstual adalah wajar, asalkan disertai metodologi yang jujur dan pemahaman terhadap konteksnya. Banyak mualaf masuk Islam justru setelah melihat superioritas ajaran tauhid dibanding doktrin lain. Apakah semua bentuk perbandingan itu harus dicurigai sebagai “ego”?

Keempat, menyamaratakan semua pendebat Islam sebagai pengejar sensasi dan ego adalah straw man fallacy. Tak semua dialogis apologetik bersikap kasar. Banyak cendekiawan Muslim yang kritis namun santun. Jangan salahkan senjatanya, tapi lihat siapa dan bagaimana menggunakannya.

Terakhir, membungkam kritik atas agama lain demi menjaga “perasaan” adalah bentuk moral relativism yang bertentangan dengan prinsip dakwah Islam. Islam datang untuk menyampaikan kebenaran, bukan sekadar menjaga harmoni semu. Tentu, adab itu penting ,tapi kebenaran tetap harus disampaikan, walau pahit.

Maka, alih-alih melabeli debat agama sebagai “penghakiman” atau “palu godam,” lebih baik kita dorong diskusi lintas agama yang cerdas, jujur, berbasis ilmu, dan tidak alergi terhadap kritik.

Karena kebenaran bukan hanya harus disampaikan dengan adab, tapi juga dengan keberanian.

Wallahu a‘lam.

You must be able to appreciate the little things in life and be able to extract happiness from the common things to be at peace in this world.

Many have failed not because of lack of skill, but of lack of discipline. Let not lack of discipline come between you and Paradise.

We are social creatures, we need brotherhood and sisterhood to be at peace.

Everyone is brought up with their own social values.

They are free to do whatever they want - what is right is up to them.

Whatever you do, don't give anyone an explanation, if that is how your heart truly feels (not the society).

Having said that, Men should not say to women they should wear this or not wear this - its the choice of our sisters, mothers, daughters, wives etc.

Mohammed Abbasi

A brief explanation:

Some Muslim women cover their heads and hair for traditional and religious reasons. Through Muhammad, Allah’s commands women to be modest, and cover their beauties like their hair and their chest. At home, among family and in front of their husband, Muslim women do not need to cover their heads.

It should be noted that not all Muslim women wear head scarves. Some wear both head covering and veil, called the Niqab. Others wear merely simple head scarves called Khimar. The Burqa and Chador cover the woman from head to foot, and are worn in some Muslim countries. All clothing that is said to follow the laws of Allah is called Hijab.

However, some Muslim women feel that such covering is not important at all. It is a common misconception that all Muslim women dress the same. While many do cover their heads with head scarves, many don’t cover, and wear more westernized style clothing. Still clothing should be simple and not be meant to attract men or express vanity, according to the Qur’an.

Wearing head scarves is not simply a Muslim practice. Covering the head in temple in the Jewish tradition is equally important. Hassidic Jewish women may also cover their heads with a hat, scarf or wig. In the Christian tradition, until recently, it was thought to be very vain to not wear hats or head scarves when attending church. All these traditions stress modesty, and elaborate hair styling, or even showing the hair is thought to be vain, which is a sin.

Just as in the Muslim world, many Christians no longer find it necessary to cover the hair. Many Jewish sects still require the head to be covered by all men, and by women as a sign of respect and modesty. However, some Jewish sects have a more lax dress code.

While wearing head scarves in Muslim tradition may be thought of by many Westerners as oppressive, it is often simply a traditional part of local dress. Further, unless one lives in a restrictive, theocratic country, wearing head scarves is optional. Many Muslim women also find it saves time to don a scarf rather than to style the hair. They argue that women who must spend so much time before a mirror each morning to style their hair are experiencing oppression by fashion dictates.

Mohammed Abbasi

Islam

Paul Salahuddin Armstrong

www.KhilafahOnline.com

Those who have died without faith are poor souls no matter how rich they may have lived

The truly successful are those who turn their sorrows to joys in the hereafter, and loss to gain by being truly patient.

Try to be the one that opens the doors of goodness and righteousness for others so that the doors of Paradise will be opened for you. :)

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