CR#1 : Shalat. Meski Tubuh dan Hati Berat Melakukannya

Bismillah.

 

#CatatanRamadhan 

 

Ahlan Ya Ramadhan~ Mumpung Ramadhan, mari pompa semangat kita untuk menulis tentang Al Quran. Kalau tahun-tahun sebelumnya, ada kegiatan jadi panitia MFA NAKID, dan sejak tahun kemarin kegiatan rutin itu tidak ada lagi. Mari mulai lagi nulis Refleksi Ramadhan, atau dulu pas awal Ramadhan Inspirasi. Menulis satu tulisan tiap hari. Tahun ini aku kasih kode CR, catatan Ramadhan.

Btw, I know I am kinda late, but can you just forgive me? ^^ It's not easy finding the right time to write, but the effort count, isn't it?

 

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Video cuplikan dari Deeper Look ini mengingatkanku pentingnya shalat. Ustadz mengingatkan bahwa hanya dengan shalat kita bisa terputus dari urusan dunia, dari distraksi-distraksi, kita menghadapkan tubuh dan hati kita kepada Allah, dan bertakbir, "Allahu Akbar", lalu semua hal, semuanya jadi terlihat kecil, karena yang ada di hadapan kita adalah Allah. Shalat akan membantu kita memperbaiki diri kita, mengingatkan kita akan visi yang lebih besar agar kita tidak tenggelam dalam distraksi.

 

"The word salah literally means reform, to put the the the stick in the fire. So it's reforming us. It's correcting us, but it's it's actually burning off our distractions in life and it's connecting us to the bigger picture so we don't get lost in the small things." - Nouman Ali Khan

 

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Disebutkan dalam Al Muddatsir bahwa kebanyakan orang yang masuk ke neraka, karena mereka tidak mendirikan shalat. Kenapa manusia membutuhkan shalat?

 

Karena lewat shalat, kita diingatkan lagi dan lagi bahwa Allahu Akbar, Allah Maha Besar. Saat shalat, kita meninggalkan dunia dan hanya fokus kepada Allah. Bahkan gerakan tubuh kita, apa yang diucapkan lisan kita, bukan lagi sesuai kehendak kita. Karena kita tahu Allahu Akbar, tubuh ini, mata ini, lisan ini meski kita diberi kendali atasnya, tetap saja milik Allah. Seharusnya digunakan sesuai koridor yang Allah berikan, sesuai petunjuk yang Allah berikan. Apa yang kita lakukan saat shalat seharusnya membuat kita teringat lagi orientasi kita, tujuan hidup kita, tugas kita di bumi, bahwa kita hamba Allah.

 

"When we say Allahu Akbar, we say this multiple times in a day, at specific times specific times. No matter what activity you're doing, it disrupts your activity and you turn back towards Allah and you face the same direction, and you reorient yourself, and you leave the entire world. 

The the argument you were having, the project you were working on, you know the meetings you were going to have, family time, whatever you were doing all of that stopped and you just stood in front of Allah and the world disappeared. Whether it was 5 minutes, 2 minutes, 10 minutes, but the world didn't exist anymore. It's just you and Allah and you're just facing Allah directly. Allah truly became for those moments because nothing is greater than Allah when you're standing there.

In fact, Allah is so Akbar that your mouth is not saying anything Allah doesn't want you to say. You're only going to say what Allah wants you to say. Your body will move exactly where Allah wants you to move. Your eyes will only go where Allah wants them to go. You are demonstrating Allahu akbar when you pray. You're not just saying it, you're showing it."

 

Rutinitas harian, kerja payahmu tiap hari kadangkala membuat kita lupa orientasi. Rasanya ingin berhenti saja, rasanya ingin pergi dan menghilang. Lalu waktu shalat tiba, dan kita menghadap kepada Allah, lalu teringat lagi bahwa setiap hal, termasuk yang kecil, setiap usaha kita, semua itu tidak akan sia-sia. Kenapa? Karena Allah lewat shalat mengingatkan kita, tentang tujuan akhir kita. Pulang ke Surga-Nya. Atau yang terdekat, pengingat bahwa kita saat ini sedang berusaha agar selamat di hari akhir nanti, di hari saat amalan ditimbang, dan para malaikat menunjukkan pada kita catatan amal kita TT Dan kita hanya bisa diam, karena kita tak lagi diberi kendali atas lisan kita. Pun tangan kita, begitu pula kaki kita, mata kita, telinga kita TT. 

 

Allah is actually making us think about the long term every few hours. What does that do? If we truly
contemplate the prayer, then we become aware, reaware of judgment day, which iswhat we're heading towards. Every few hours, renewed, a renewed sense of purpose, a renewed sense of awareness that I'm on a journey and I'm taking steps even today towards that journey.

What's even more remarkable to me is on that day there's parallels between judgment day and the prayer. On judgment day we will be standing. In prayer we're standing. On judgment day nobody speaks unless Allah gives permission. In prayer we don't speak unless we we say what Allah permits us to say.

On judgment day, Allah describes that there are angels that are going to be showing us the deeds that we did and they're writing and by the time you end your prayer, you acknowledge the presence of the angels that are documenting you. Asalamu'alaikum warahmatullah. (2 salam saat selesai shalat --keterangan) 

 

Shalat juga menjadi energizer, tempat kita rehat dan mengisi kembali energi kita. Pengingat bahwa lelah ini hanya sementara. Bahwa dalam kesulitan ini, ada lebih dari satu kemudahan yang Allah hadirkan.

 

Disebutkan juga di video tersebut, bahwa shalat adalah bukti keimanan. Sebegitu hebatnya shalat, bahkan tiap masalah yang kita miliki dalam hidup, solusinya bisa kita dapatkan kalau kita mendirikan shalat dan berusaha khusyu' dalam shalat kita.

 

Muslims used to pray towards Jerusalem, and then Allah revealed that we should pray towards the Ka'ba eventually and then the Jews came to the Muslims and said "Oh you were praying towards the wrong direction! Those prayers don't count." 

And Allah responded and He said, "Allah will not let your faith be wasted." He didn't say Allah will not your let your prayer be wasted. He said, "Allah will not let your faith be wasted." Because that's Allah's way of teaching us the prayer itself is the ultimate evidence of faith.

 

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Mari tetap shalat, meski tubuh dan hati berat melakukannya...

 

When somebody comes to me and say, "Ustad, I don't wear hijab. What should I do?" Pray.

"Ustad, I have a problem. I'm still trying to quit alcohol. What should I do?" Pray. 

I have some bad habits I don't want to talk about. What should I do? Pray.

I don't know where to begin. Pray.

I feel disconnected from all. Pray.

How many? Five. Five.

I don't even know if I can tell. I don't even feel anything when I pray. Okay, pray.

Don't give it up. Don't let it go. 

 

Jangan meninggalkan shalat. Dirikanlah shalat. Pegang kuat-kuat dan laksanakanlah, meski dalam kondisi iman begitu rendah, hati tubuhmu berat untuk melakukannya, tetap saja, shalatlah. Shalat akan menyelematkan kita, dari fakhsya dan munkar, dari keburukan yang ada dalam diri kita.

 

Allah says the prayer ultimately is the thing that protects you from shamelessness. And the prayer is ultimately something that protects you from all other evil things. 

In other words, in me, in you, in every human being, there is a desire to do bad things. And the thing that will give you the power to overcome that burn inside you, that fire inside you is the prayer.

The prayer is a every few hours fire extinguisher over your anger problem, your hormonal issue, your addiction to whatever or whatever else, your all the things that the evils that have that are inside us. things that's inside us will be suppressed because Allah says the salah is the thing that prevents shamelessness and evil from taking root, it stops it.

And what is the salah? It's the remembrance of Allah. Is the ultimate remembrance of Allah.

 

Terakhir, selamat menjalankan ibadah puasa di bulan Ramadhan! Mari jalani tiap shalat dengan kesadaran bahwa shalat adalah ibadah yang sangat penting untuk kita. Semoga Allah memudahkan dan melancarkan ibadah kita di bulan Ramadhan ini. Aamiin.

 

Wallahua'lam.