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Oleh Murni Wan Omar
murni@hmetro.com.my
PETALING JAYA: Seorang saksi memberitahu Mahkamah Rendah Syariah di sini, semalam, bahawa seseorang individu tidak boleh mengajar ajaran Islam termasuk mengucap dua kalimah syahadah kepada bakal saudara baru atau mengajar Muqadam jika tidak mempunyai tauliah.
Penguat Kuasa Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (Jais) Ahmad Tarnuzi Nokin berkata demikian ketika memberi keterangan di dalam kes seorang penceramah agama, Dr Abdullah Yasin, 63, yang didakwa mengajar tafsir al-Quran, Surah al-Baqarah, ayat 14 hingga 20 yang berhubung agama Islam tanpa tauliah yang diberikan mengikut Seksyen 118(3), Enakmen Pentadbiran Agama Islam.
Dia didakwa melakukan perbuatan itu di sebuah Pusat Rukun Tetangga, Seksyen 14/26 Petaling Jaya, pada jam 4.30 petang, 24 April 2006.
Dia didakwa melakukan kesalahan mengajar tanpa tauliah mengikut Seksyen 119(1) Enakmen Pentadbiran Agama Islam yang membawa hukuman denda tidak melebihi RM3,000 atau penjara tidak lebih dua tahun, atau kedua-duanya sekali, jika sabit kesalahan.
Abdullah diwakili peguam syarie, Kamar Ainiah Kamaruzaman manakala pendakwaan dijalankan Pegawai Pendakwa Syarie Mohamad Nazri Basrawi di hadapan Hakim Syarie Ghazali Ahmad.
KAMAR: Pada 24 April 2006, kamu berada dalam dewan tempat kejadian, kamu dengar apa yang diajar?
TARNUZI: Saya tidak mendengar dengan jelas, tetapi dia (Abdullah) ada menulis ayat al-Quran di papan putih.
KAMAR: Apa ayat itu?
TARNUZI: Saya tidak pasti.
KAMAR: Kamu pasti ia ayat al-Quran bukan bahasa Arab?
TARNUZI: Ya.
KAMAR: (Rujuk kepada tafsir al-Quran yang didakwa digunakan Abdullah pada hari kejadian) Cuba tunjukkan kepada mahkamah, ayat mana kamu kata tertulis di papan putih?
TARNUZI: Saya tidak ingat.
KAMAR: Ada kamu atau sesiapa rakamkan tulisan di papan putih itu?
TARNUZI: Tidak ada.
KAMAR: Sila rujuk sekali lagi, al-Quran ini dicetak oleh siapa?
TARNUZI: Tidak pasti tetapi ada cop 'Royal Saudi of Arabia'.
KAMAR: Adakah al-Quran ini yang diluluskan atau palsu?
TARNUZI: Saya tidak pasti.
KAMAR: (rujuk kepada tafsir al-Quran) Tolong bacakan kepada mahkamah tafsir Surah al-Baqarah ayat 14 hingga ayat 20. Setuju jika saya katakan ayat ini menerangkan sifat orang munafik?
TARNUZI: Ya.
KAMAR: Adakah salah bagi orang yang berilmu memberi peringatan mengenai sifat orang munafik kepada jemaah?
TARNUZI: Tidak boleh tanpa tauliah.
KAMAR: Adakah itu kehendak Islam?
TARNUZI: Tidak, tetapi ia undang-undang berdasarkan Islam.
KAMAR: Adakah Abdullah tidak layak mengajar Islam?
TARNUZI: Layak, tetapi dia tidak mempunyai tauliah.
KAMAR: Saya katakan kepada kamu di Selangor hanya orang ada tauliah boleh mengajar?
TARNUZI: Ya.
KAMAR: Kalau kamu sendiri yang tidak mempunyai tauliah mengajar anak kamu membaca Muqadam?
TARNUZI: Tidak boleh.
KAMAR: Jika ada seorang mualaf datang kepada kamu dan meminta supaya diajarkan solat?
TARNUZI: Tidak boleh.
Sementara itu menjawab soalan Mohamad Nazri, Tarnuzi berkata, tauliah diperlukan bagi mengelak individu mengajar ajaran tidak betul serta lari dari landasan Islam.
NAZRI: Selain ajaran tidak betul, apa lagi?
TARNUZI: Mengelak daripada ajaran sesat atau fahaman yang tidak betul, tetapi ia hanya pendapat saya.
NAZRI: Adakah perlu ada pengiktirafan atau tauliah walaupun dimasukkan di dalam senarai dikecualikan daripada mendapat tauliah mengajar yang dikeluarkan Jais?
TARNUZI: Ya.
Dalam prosiding semalam, Mohamad Nazri memohon sapina dikeluarkan terhadap Ketua Penolong Pengarah Bahagian Pengurusan Dakwah Jais, Mohd Zaki Arshad untuk memberi keterangan dalam prosiding akan datang.
Anyone Can Give Da’awah
There are quite a few Muslims who believe that only learned people or scholars are allowed to preach (give da’awah), whether it is to Muslims or non-Muslims. This creates confusion among those who don’t have qualifications from Al-Azhar University, or any other institution that is deemed acceptable. Does that mean I can’t give da’awah to those who may even ask for it? Many times I have seen a young man or woman giving da’awah and someone else demanding that they show their qualifications before they go ahead. It creates conflict and tension between Muslims, when there should be encouragement that people want to sit in a gathering that is talking about God.
In the Qur’an in Surah Yaseen, God talks about the messengers who came to a particular town to give da’awah. These people did not believe in them, so God sent them two and three, hoping that they would believe, but they didn’t.
That’s when a man came from another town, running, to give da’awah to these people. The Qur’an calls him a man, not a scholar or a religious man or even a wise, learned man. He is just a man.
36: 20: And there came running from the farthest part of the town, a man, saying: “O my people! Obey the Messengers;
He preaches to this nation, hoping they would believe in the messengers. Just look at his passion. He has come running from the farthest part of town. In Arabic the word running means he heard the news and sprinted, even though he was from the farthest part of town. He didn’t stop until he reached this nation and told them to believe in the messengers.
We don’t hear that the messengers stopped this man and told him that this was only a job for messengers, learned ones or scholars. He comes in, preaches without interruption, and is killed by these disbelievers because they still didn’t believe in the message.
36: 26: It was said (to him when the disbelievers killed him): “Enter Paradise.” He said: “Would that my people knew!
And the man is not angry from his people. He doesn’t seek revenge. He is admitted into Paradise and still wishes that the disbelievers could have believed him. He is so passionate about his religion and faith. He wants everyone to believe so they can be admitted into Paradise with him. Another person would have entered paradise and thought ‘Well it’s their bloody loss!’ But no, not this man. He entered Paradise and was still thinking about his people, wishing they could have believed.
From this we learn that it is our duty to give da’awah, indirectly through our good manners and success in our daily lives or directly if we see a situation that calls for it, like this man in the Qur’an. We don’t have to have extensive knowledge in the religion to give da’awah. We can just talk about the sun and the moon and how they were created for example. We can share the little knowledge that we have. We can be kind and caring because feelings reach out to people. If I’m asked a question that I don’t know the answer to, then I can research on it and then give the answer. I’m not expected to say, ‘Oh wait, I can’t give you Da’awah, I have to take a 4 year shariah degree before I can. Can you wait till then!’
