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anispauzi Sunday, May 11, 2014

Bismillah.

Sometimes, we just need to force ourself to write. I always wonder how the classical scholars can wrote thousands of pages of books and I believe that it is Allah's blessings to them and the sincerity of their writing can be felt until today.

There is one saying that goes, " When you open your heart to seek knowledge, then the world will be your teacher". Yes, it is true indeed because when we put ourselves in the seeking knowledge mode, we'll find out that we learnt many things.

I just wanna share three things that was said by TG Nik Abdul Aziz that I think is very beneficial and we should have a try on it and feel the difference.

He said, in your daily life, do not forget or leave these three. At least, we practised 2/3 daily and continue praying to Allah to give the strength to practise and be consistent in all those three. In sha Allah.

They are:

1. Tahajjud prayer
2. Dhuha prayer
3. Al-Qur'an

In sha Allah, this practise will give us inner strength to go through all the ups and downs in life.

I believe that it is not easy to be consistent and we need always to renew our intention and believe that Allah knows BEST.

May Allah give us the strength and consistency in doing the good deeds and may Allah reward us with Jannatul Firdaus. Ameen.

GST

anispauzi Saturday, May 03, 2014

Bismillah.

Is it true that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) that will be implemented a year from now brings more harm than good? Is it true that we, as the final consumers will bear the entire tax burden from GST?

Let me brief you few disadvantages of GST.

1. It may result in inflation as general products prices will go up.

2. Increase the tax burden on low and middle income working groups.

3. Home prices will go up despite the fact that residential properties fall under the “Exempt-Rated” basket of goods .

4. The income level will not increase as much as the increase in the tax burden.

5. Everyone will pay tax and tax burden will be spread over which will lead to injustice .

For a basic understanding, with the implementation of GST, prices of goods and services will generally go up.

As a university student who will be graduated soon (in sha Allah), it is of my concern to own a house which is one of the basic necessities. Nevertheless, with the ‘craziness’ in the current home prices, it is of no doubt that after GST is implemented, the price will go even higher. Don’t you share the same thought and feeling? We, being the cream of the cream in the country should voice out our concern especially when it matters not only us, but the future generations as well.

It is not uncommon to hear the elders said, “ You students don’t talk and object too much. Just relax and soon you’ll understand ”. Respect are due to them because they are our future times. However, tolerating the future lives due to the discrepancies and mismanagement in today’s life is unacceptable and should be avoided.

http://www.nbc.com.my/blog/do-you-agree-that-gst-should-be-implemented-in-malaysia/

http://loanstreet.com.my/learning-centre/How-GST-Will-Impact-Home-Prices-&-The-Property-Market

http://www.scribd.com/doc/34573677/What-is-GST

http://www.yycadvisors.com/overview-of-gst-malaysia.html

http://www.wbiconpro.com/213-Rizal.pdf

Role Model

anispauzi Thursday, February 20, 2014

Bismillah.

The new semester has just began.Being the final year student, I am allowed to choose my preferred elective courses which total up to 12 credit hours, which is equivalent to four elective courses.Alhamdulillah, this semester, I chose al-Iqtisad fi Qur'an wa Sunnah (Economics in the Quran and Sunnah), lectured by Dr Mustafa Omar, a foreign lecturer. Most of the time, Dr Mustafa will share his life experience with us (his students) and often relate the knowledge we learnt in class with practical examples.

Alhamdulillah, today he shared with us something beautiful on the topic of Challenges in Reviving the Institution of al Amanah. I shall not dicsuss further this time what is al Amanah and its challenges. I will just elaborate on one point that will bring us to the examples that the lecturer gave. One of the challenges in reviving the institution of al Amanah is the absence of role model.

Here, he first quoted the example of Tuan Guru Hj Nik Abdul Aziz b Nik Mat, the previous Menteri Besar of Kelantan that served for almost 22 years. He started by posing this question to us , " How many people in the Muslim world who are like TGNA? " Then, he told his story to us about his experience of visiting TGNA in Kelantan. " TGNA just wore a simple sarong and did not show any extravagance , yet very humble. I was shocked at the time when TGNA cross the road to go and buy some 'kuih muih' to entertain us as his guest. The humbleness, the place and the muamalah of TGNA indicated how he really assume his position as the Menteri Besar of Kelantan as an amanah from Allah, though at political level there are lots of temptations that could have distracted somebody without clear objectives in this world." There are many other good things in the characters of TGNA though there are many people out there who didn't like this figure.

DrMAZA once quoted TGNA had his own standard whereby if somebody accused him of taking bribes or commiting crimes , people would not believe it. Why? The reason is simple, it is because he had taken almost the entire of his life in serving the people as the way that is regulated in Islam (by showing good examples to the people and walk the talk) and only the less-intelligent people would call him a kafir or any other accusations. I wondered, how people can accuse TGNA of being a kafir when he had only missed his tahajjud prayer three times in his life?

An ustaz once said that TGNA used to call his secretary (Ust Fadhli), in the early morning around 3-4 am to give some media-statement and at the same time asked his secretary to come to the mosque and pray solat Subh in congregation. The ustaz said that how husnu dzon is TGNA when he's expecting other people also woke up for tahajjud every night, as he is.

Though some might argue why we should take a person that is alive as our role model and why not just take Prophet Muhammad SAW as our role model? It is good to bear in mind that sometimes we need practical examples in our life.This does not mean taking Prphet Muhammad SAW as not a practical example, but to suit with the current era, it is also practical to take somebody who eat the same rice that we eat , live in the same era that we live as long as that person is also following the teachings of Prophet Muhammad SAW and whatmore when the person is encouraging us to also follow the teachings of Prophet.

Tn Guru Hj Nik Abdul Aziz b Nik Mat

May Allah guide us to the right path.
Amin.

The So-Called 'Janji Ditepati '

anispauzi Wednesday, January 15, 2014

The price hikes are ‘awesome’. The withdrawal of sugar subsidy, the new electricity tariff increase (15%-18% starting next month), the replacement of SST (Sales and Services Tax) to GST (Goods and Services Tax) and the latest increase in toll prices which will take effect starting next months are driving the consumers crazy. These hikes are subsequent and too much for consumers. While the consumers are just adjusting themselves from the withdrawal of sugar subsidy after the announcement of Budget 2014, then without warning, came other price increases which are quite burdensome to the consumers.

A simple economic theory is: tax is one of the major sources of government’s revenue. This theory is a known fact to all and from the Islamic perspective, imposing tax is justifiable on the ground that the government is responsible to fulfill the basic needs of its citizen. However, the imposition of tax should not be heavy which may result in killing the work incentives of the tax payers.

I opine that the government should administer its financial position in a better and more effective ways like eliminating corruption in its dealings and should not spend extravagantly at the expense of the citizen. The ministers must realise that they are chosen by the rakyat not to thicken their own pockets but as a representative to voice out their opinions and hardships whenever necessary. The time has come when the ministers have to actually realize their promises during the General Election before. The price hikes came one after another and the Malaysian Rating Corporation(Marc) chief economist Nor Zahidi Alias said the main concern was that a slew of increases were being imposed at about the same time.He added, “Sugar and fuel prices have gone up and the electricity tariff hike will take effect soon.This will cause an upward pressure on consumer prices”.

TNB being the monopoly in the power industry is not hesitated in its decision to increase the tariff with the justification it is earning less than the cost it bears. Without major competitors in the industry, the customers are given no choice because whether we like it or not, we have to follow because a rejection will not affect TNB at large and yet we are affected which means no electricity. Nevertheless,some argues that competitors in the power industry is not a good idea because in the end the customer will be the victims of price competitions among the suppliers.

Regarding the anticipated toll hikes which will take effect next month (speculated to be between 50 sen to RM2), I think this is another way for government to take the citizen’s money legally. The government, holding a large part in the toll concessions should have a say in the decision and not to give the excuse that this increase is unavoidable due to the agreement with the private sectors. Majority of toll concessions are owned by government entities such as Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), Khazanah Nasional and the Employees Provident Fund (EPF).

To continue, we must realize that the price hikes will not stop just there. For example, the restaurants’ operators will increase the food prices. We, as a concerned customer could not say much since this will go back to the actions of the government itself, in increasing the prices. In a short run, the cost of living will go up and will limit the customers’ spending. This situation will lead to another financial problem which shall not be discussed here.

In a nutshell, the government should comply to its promises to reject negative elements to safeguard people’s interest. I am not willing for my beloved country to worsen financially as much as I am not willing to see the governments are bullying the citizen in tricky ways. If this continues, the government must not be surprised to see any movements from the side of the people who are silently oppressed.

anispauzi

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This article was published in The Malaysian Insider on 27th December 2013

Selamat Datang 2014

anispauzi Wednesday, January 01, 2014

Dalam kehidupan sehari-hari ada kala kita mungkin telah melampaui batas. Imaginasi kotor, percakapan dan perbuatan yang tidak betul menjadikan kita selalunya semakin jauh dengan Allah SWT. Tetapi itulah kita manusia, tak lari dari kesilapan..dan mujurlah Allah selalu membuka pintu taubat kepada kita, agar dapat kita meneruskan perjalanan menuju akhirat dengan lebih berkat. Hendaknya kita sekurang-kurangnya selalu menjaga Tujuh Sunnah Nabi SAW setiap hari.

Ketujuh2 sunnah Nabi SAW itu adalah:

Pertama:
Tahajjud, kerana kemuliaan seorang mukmin terletak pada tahajjudnya. Pastinya doa mudah termakbul dan menjadikan kita semakin hampir dengan Allah.

Kedua:
Membaca Al-Qur’an sebelum terbit matahari, alangkah baiknya sebelum mata melihat dunia, sebaiknya mata membaca Al-Qur’an terlebih dahulu dengan penuh pemahaman. Paling tidak jika sesibuk manapun kita, bacalah ayat 3Qul, atau ayat qursi.

Ketiga:
Jangan tinggalkan masjid terutama di waktu subuh. Sebelum melangkah kemana pun langkahkan kaki ke mesjid, kerana masjid merupakan pusat keberkahan, bukan kerana panggilan muadzin tetapi panggilan Allah yang mencari orang beriman untuk memakmurkan masjid Allah.

Keempat:
Jaga solat dhuha, kerana kunci rezeki terletak pada solat dhuha. Yakinlah, kesan solat dhuha sangat dasyat dalam mendatangkan rezeki.

Kelima:
Jaga sedekah setiap hari. Allah menyukai orang yang suka bersedekah, dan malaikat Allah selalu mendoakan kepada orang yang bersedekah setiap hari. Percayalah, sedekah yang diberikan akan dibalas oleh Allah berlipat kali ganda.

Keenam:
Jaga wudhu terus menerus kerana Allah menyayangi hamba yang berwudhu. Kata khalifah Ali bin Abu Thalib, “Orang yang selalu berwudhu senantiasa ia akan merasa selalu solat walau ia sedang tidak solat, dan dijaga oleh malaikat dengan dua doa, ampuni dosa dan sayangi dia ya Allah”.

Ketujuh:
Amalkan istighfar setiap saat. Dengan istighfar masalah yang terjadi kerana dosa kita akan dijauhkan oleh Allah.

Zikir adalah bukti syukur kita kepada Allah. Bila kita kurang bersyukur, maka kita kurang berzikir pula, oleh kerana itu setiap waktu harus selalu ada penghayatan dalam melaksanakan ibadah ritual dan ibadah ajaran Islam lainnya. Zikir juga merupakan makanan rohani yang paling bergizi, dan dengan zikir berbagai kejahatan dapat ditangkal sehingga jauhlah umat manusia dari sifat-sifat yang berpangkal pada materialisme dan hedonisme.

Selamat Tahun Baru 2014. Semoga lebih cemerlang di tahun ini .

«Ustaz Don Daniyal»
7 Sunnah Hebat

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