Panduan/Kisah Kehidupan
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Monday, 19 May 2014
Veteran RAMD Menyambut HUT Kemerdekaan Ke 56 Negara Tercinta Dalam Kegelapan
Petang
semalam saya dalam diskusi sesama kami thru email, saudara Shukri TYDP
NGO Wargakilang ajak kami berkumpul kat kedai dia, sembang-sembang minum
kopi sambil tengok orang main bunga api sambut MERDEKA. Saudara Wahab
Isa, Ketua Wargakilang Utara reply balik, dia kata:
“Kalau boleh pi rumah orang kampung yang masih guna pelita minyak tanah sambut MERDEKA pun ok juga”
So, tanpa dirancang malam tadi, selepas Isyak kami bertolak ke sebuah rumah di sempadan daerah Baling/Sik, Kedah saja nak merasa tengok macam mana orang sambut merdeka tanpa api tanpa bekalan elektrik ini.
“Kalau boleh pi rumah orang kampung yang masih guna pelita minyak tanah sambut MERDEKA pun ok juga”
So, tanpa dirancang malam tadi, selepas Isyak kami bertolak ke sebuah rumah di sempadan daerah Baling/Sik, Kedah saja nak merasa tengok macam mana orang sambut merdeka tanpa api tanpa bekalan elektrik ini.
(Meredah
gelap malam dengan torchlite di malam merdeka, tak pasti pula kenapa
sdra Shukri pakai vest pantul cahaya, mungkin dia risau takut lembu atau
pun babi hutan langgar kami)
(Antara
musuh yang sempat kami elak, semut malam yg orang kg panggil KONG-KIAK,
kalau kena gigit dengan lashkar kong-kiak ini, silap2 boleh demam)
Akhirnya,
ketemu juga kami dengan rumah Paklong Lazim – di Kg Machang Bubuk,
Malau, di sempadan daerah Baling/Sik di negeri Kedah.
(Rumah bertiang kayu hutan, berdinding buluh dan ber-atap zink, gelap gulita di malam merdeka)
(Bukan
pelita minyak tanah yang Paklong Lazim guna, tapi pelita karbaid.
Teringat waktu kecik-kecik dulu di kg, kami main meriam buluh guna
karbaid)
(Walaupun
hidup dalam serba kekurangan, rumah tanpa letrik tanpa air, tetapi
penghuninya miliki semangat patriotism yang teramat tinggi)
Bendera Malaysia dan bendera negeri Kedah yang separuh uzur di pintu rumah buluhnya ini membuktikan bahawa ianya tidak dipasang pada bulan MERDEKA sahaja, sudah tergantung di situ sejak sekian lama. Kata sdra Shukri, malu wei rumah kita pun tak pasang bendera macam ini!
Bendera Malaysia dan bendera negeri Kedah yang separuh uzur di pintu rumah buluhnya ini membuktikan bahawa ianya tidak dipasang pada bulan MERDEKA sahaja, sudah tergantung di situ sejak sekian lama. Kata sdra Shukri, malu wei rumah kita pun tak pasang bendera macam ini!
(Maklong,
isteri Paklong Lazim bersemangat meriwayatkan kepada kami kisah hidup
mereka yang mentakdirkan mereka suami isteri tercampak ke pinggir hutan
ini – biarlah ia menjadi kisah peribadi antara kami)
Alhamdulillah, hidup Paklong suami isteri tidaklah setiap malam dalam kegelapan kerana hari itu ada seorang hamba Allah yang prihatin tolong beli sebuah GEN-SET untuk bekalan letrik rumah ini.
Alhamdulillah, hidup Paklong suami isteri tidaklah setiap malam dalam kegelapan kerana hari itu ada seorang hamba Allah yang prihatin tolong beli sebuah GEN-SET untuk bekalan letrik rumah ini.
(Risau
takut Gen-set kena curi, Paklong Lazim letak Gen-set ini dalam kandang
lembu/kambing; kalau ada orang nak masuk ambik mungkin kambing dan lembu
ini akan buat bising)
(Ha,
terang benderang rumah Paklong Lazim bila Gen-set dihidupkan. Maklong
bagi kat kami pisang NAGA ka apa nama, nala punya besar sekali telan
terus kenyang)
Boleh nampak kat TV yang berbalam-balam di belakang itu,meriahnya suasana orang-orang di KOLA LOMPO sambut malam MERDEKA!!!
Boleh nampak kat TV yang berbalam-balam di belakang itu,meriahnya suasana orang-orang di KOLA LOMPO sambut malam MERDEKA!!!
(Saudara Wahab sedang menyampaikan sumbangan beras dan sedikit makanan yang kawan-kawan kami minta tolong kirimkan)
Tong plastik putih yang banyak-banyak itu adalah sumber air minum yang Paklong Matzin pi ambik kat rumah-rumah berdekatan, bukan free – kena bayar, RM10 sebulan.
Kami berada di rumah ini agak lama, sehinggalah melepasi detik 12 malam hari Merdeka. Banyak yang kami bualkan, dan banyak pula kisah suka duka hidup beliau yang diceritakan. Yang paling agak mengejutkan ialah orang tua bernama MOHD LAZIM BIN HASSAN di hadapan kami ini rupa-rupanya adalah bekas TENTERA.
Begitu bangga beliau bercerita kisah ke SOMALIA sewaktu misi tentera kita ke sana; bangganya beliau sebab waktu itu Menteri Pertahanan adalah YAB Datuk Seri Tun Najib yang hari ini menjadi Perdana Menteri Malaysia.
Tong plastik putih yang banyak-banyak itu adalah sumber air minum yang Paklong Matzin pi ambik kat rumah-rumah berdekatan, bukan free – kena bayar, RM10 sebulan.
Kami berada di rumah ini agak lama, sehinggalah melepasi detik 12 malam hari Merdeka. Banyak yang kami bualkan, dan banyak pula kisah suka duka hidup beliau yang diceritakan. Yang paling agak mengejutkan ialah orang tua bernama MOHD LAZIM BIN HASSAN di hadapan kami ini rupa-rupanya adalah bekas TENTERA.
Begitu bangga beliau bercerita kisah ke SOMALIA sewaktu misi tentera kita ke sana; bangganya beliau sebab waktu itu Menteri Pertahanan adalah YAB Datuk Seri Tun Najib yang hari ini menjadi Perdana Menteri Malaysia.
(Kebetulannya pula waktu itu LIVE dari kaca TV, jelas kelihatan wajah DS Najib sedang memberi ucapan sempena malam MERDEKA)
(Buku/Paspot angkatan tentera yang disimpan rapi bukti bahawa beliau pernah berkhidmat sebagai Rejimen Askar Melayu Diraja)
(Testimonial perkhidmatan beliau dalam angkatan tentera yg begitu mengkagumkan)
Tercatat di situ:
“L Kpl Mohd Lazim Bin Hassan mula berkhidmat dalam angkatan tentera mulai 1 Oct 76 sehingga 30 Sept 97 selama 21 tahun. Sepanjang perkhidmatan beliau telah menunjukkan prestasi kerja yang amat membanggakan serta berhemah tinggi. Pernah berkhidmat di Somalia di bawah UNISOM II. Dengan pengalaman serta keperibadian yang terpuji, adalah diyakini beliau akan berjaya dalam masyarakat awam kelak”
Ya, beliau bukan sahaja punya keperibadian yang terpuji tetapi juga semangat patriotik yang tinggi. Memang tinggi sungguh semangat patriotism Paklong kita ini. Bersemangat sungguh beliau sewaktu meriwayatkan kepada kami kisah beliau dan platoonnya memburu gerombolan komunis di Banjaran Bintang berdasarkan kesan titisan darah seorang musuh yang berjaya ditembak, 15 Hari 15 Malam lamanya hingga ke Ijok, Perak.
Perkara biasalah bagi tentera hidup bergelap di dalam hutan belantara waktu itu – tapi tak sangkalah pula selepas pencen beginilah pula nasib diri yang menimpanya.
Walaupun jiwa patriotiknya begitu menebal mengalahkan majoriti ahli-ahli politik kita di luar sana, namun sebagai manusia biasa, antara rasa semangat yang membuak itu terselit juga rasa kesal yang mendalam. Saya agak terkesima dan sedikit rasa terkedu bila dengan nada suara yang agak perlahan Paklong Lazim cakap:
“Kita dah tolong negara, takkan NEGARA tak boleh tolong kita pula kot?”
Apa yang Paklong Lazim nak ialah bekalan letrik dan sebuah rumah yang sedikit sempurna.
Kesian beliau, minta letrik tak dapat. Alasan yang diberikan oleh pihak yang berkenaan sebab struktur rumah itu tak memenuhi kriteria; dikatakan rumah tiang kayu hutan dan dinding buluh macam rumah beliau ini tak boleh sambung lektrik; saya yang berkelulusan Electrical Engineering dari Amerika ini pun penin – professor manalah agaknya yang pi ajaq kata kalau guna tiang kayu hutan dan dinding buluh arus lektrik tak boleh lalu!! – tak apalah mungkin ada sebab lain yang kita tak tahu.
Yang kami nak habagnya, tak patut benar haih di tahun ke 56 negara merdeka, masih ada lagi anak bangsa, bekas tentera pula itu yang dulunya bertanggungjawab menghapuskan pengganas kominis - untuk membolehkan depa-depa di KOLOMPO main bunga api sambut MERDEKA malam ini - tetapi orang yang berkenaan sendiri hidup dalam kegelapan, hidup doif dengan rumah berdinding buluh dan bertongkatkan kayu hutan - sebab tak mampu nak buat rumah lain yang lebih sempurna.
Malam tadi, malam merdeka ke 56, kami tinggalkan L KPL Mohd Lazim Bin Hassan dalam kegelapan malam, dengan penuh harapan dan sembah penuh takzim agar di suatu musim nanti akan ada bapa Menteri atau pun orang-orang besar negara sudi datang melawat sendiri keluarga ini, kerana sesungguhnya tinggal di nun di kaki hutan sana seorang rakyat yang TERAMAT TINGGI semangat patriotismenya.
Gambar di bawah ini mampu menceritakan segala-segalanya.
Tercatat di situ:
“L Kpl Mohd Lazim Bin Hassan mula berkhidmat dalam angkatan tentera mulai 1 Oct 76 sehingga 30 Sept 97 selama 21 tahun. Sepanjang perkhidmatan beliau telah menunjukkan prestasi kerja yang amat membanggakan serta berhemah tinggi. Pernah berkhidmat di Somalia di bawah UNISOM II. Dengan pengalaman serta keperibadian yang terpuji, adalah diyakini beliau akan berjaya dalam masyarakat awam kelak”
Ya, beliau bukan sahaja punya keperibadian yang terpuji tetapi juga semangat patriotik yang tinggi. Memang tinggi sungguh semangat patriotism Paklong kita ini. Bersemangat sungguh beliau sewaktu meriwayatkan kepada kami kisah beliau dan platoonnya memburu gerombolan komunis di Banjaran Bintang berdasarkan kesan titisan darah seorang musuh yang berjaya ditembak, 15 Hari 15 Malam lamanya hingga ke Ijok, Perak.
Perkara biasalah bagi tentera hidup bergelap di dalam hutan belantara waktu itu – tapi tak sangkalah pula selepas pencen beginilah pula nasib diri yang menimpanya.
Walaupun jiwa patriotiknya begitu menebal mengalahkan majoriti ahli-ahli politik kita di luar sana, namun sebagai manusia biasa, antara rasa semangat yang membuak itu terselit juga rasa kesal yang mendalam. Saya agak terkesima dan sedikit rasa terkedu bila dengan nada suara yang agak perlahan Paklong Lazim cakap:
“Kita dah tolong negara, takkan NEGARA tak boleh tolong kita pula kot?”
Apa yang Paklong Lazim nak ialah bekalan letrik dan sebuah rumah yang sedikit sempurna.
Kesian beliau, minta letrik tak dapat. Alasan yang diberikan oleh pihak yang berkenaan sebab struktur rumah itu tak memenuhi kriteria; dikatakan rumah tiang kayu hutan dan dinding buluh macam rumah beliau ini tak boleh sambung lektrik; saya yang berkelulusan Electrical Engineering dari Amerika ini pun penin – professor manalah agaknya yang pi ajaq kata kalau guna tiang kayu hutan dan dinding buluh arus lektrik tak boleh lalu!! – tak apalah mungkin ada sebab lain yang kita tak tahu.
Yang kami nak habagnya, tak patut benar haih di tahun ke 56 negara merdeka, masih ada lagi anak bangsa, bekas tentera pula itu yang dulunya bertanggungjawab menghapuskan pengganas kominis - untuk membolehkan depa-depa di KOLOMPO main bunga api sambut MERDEKA malam ini - tetapi orang yang berkenaan sendiri hidup dalam kegelapan, hidup doif dengan rumah berdinding buluh dan bertongkatkan kayu hutan - sebab tak mampu nak buat rumah lain yang lebih sempurna.
Malam tadi, malam merdeka ke 56, kami tinggalkan L KPL Mohd Lazim Bin Hassan dalam kegelapan malam, dengan penuh harapan dan sembah penuh takzim agar di suatu musim nanti akan ada bapa Menteri atau pun orang-orang besar negara sudi datang melawat sendiri keluarga ini, kerana sesungguhnya tinggal di nun di kaki hutan sana seorang rakyat yang TERAMAT TINGGI semangat patriotismenya.
Gambar di bawah ini mampu menceritakan segala-segalanya.
Kami sendiri jadi terkesima, tak tau nak kata apa. Belum pernah kami ketemu rakyat Malaysia yang se-patriotik ini. Walaupun hanya berdinding buluh tetapi tidak lupa digantung gambar DYMM Seri Paduka YDP Agong, pemimpin no-1 negara.
Selamat Hari Merdeka!!
5 Difficult Sunnahs You Ought To Be Doing
"May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be Upon You"
Praise
be to Allaah, we seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge with
Allaah from the evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds.
Whomsoever Allaah guides will never be led astray, and whomsoever Allaah
leaves astray, no one can guide. I bear witness that there is no god
but Allaah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.
Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah
As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu
5 Difficult Sunnahs You Ought To Be Doing
1. Praying Tahajjud or the Night Prayer.
Oh yeah, this one is difficult. It’s hard enough for many Muslims to even get up for Salaatul Fajr (the Dawn Prayer) which is mandatory. It’s certainly no easy thing waking up even earlier for the night prayer. Establishing and maintaining this wonderful act takes great sacrifice and patience.Which is why the rewards are so plentiful.
In fact, this is one of the few Sunnahs that are endorsed by Allah in the Quran as well as the hadith.
Arise to (pray) the night except for a little. Half of it or subtract from it a little.
Chapter 73, verse 2-3.
2. Making All of The Sunnah Prayers
- Two Rakaah before Salaatul Fajr; none after.
- Four Rakaah before Salaatul Dhuhr; two Rakaah after.
- Four Rakaah before Salaatul Asr; none after.
- None before Salaatul Maghrib; two Rakaah after.
- None before Salaatul Isha; two Rakaah after.
- It is also recommended that you make Salaatul Witr before going to bed. This can also be combined with Tahajjud instead.
3. Fasting on Mondays and Thursdays
Generally, fasting is difficult no matter when you do it. It’s
difficult to do it for thirty days straight during Ramadhan. And it’s
difficult to do it twice a week outside of Ramadan.
But it is an act that is loved by Allah. So, it is something you should try to make part of your life. After all, this is one action that no one except you and Allah knows about.
People can see you pray. And they can see you give charity. And they can see you read Quran.
But no one can “see” you fast. Even if you tell someone you’re
fasting, no one knows the truth except you and Allah. That’s one of the
reasons Allah loves this deed so much.
4. Reciting Suratul Kahf on Fridays
Suratul Kahf (the Chapter of the Cave) is a very interesting chapter.
It is the 18th chapter of the Quran and includes many lessons and
stories. Some of the stories included are:
- The story of the Companions of the Cave.
- The story of Musa and Khidhr.
- The story of Dhul Qarnain and Gog and Magog.
Some of the lessons included are:
- Leaving the land of disbelief if oppressed for your beliefs.
- Understanding that all pleasures in this world are temporary.
- Being patient with Allah’s decree.
- Signs of the Last Day.
Whoever reads Suratul Kahf on Friday, he will be illuminated with light between the two Fridays. Narrated by Al-Hakim
It’s easy to see the benefits of reciting suratul Kahf every Friday.
But actually doing so is not so easy. Some reasons I think many people
neglect this action:
- It’s a fairly long chapter. It takes about forty minutes to read the entire chapter in Arabic with proper Tajweed. Even someone who reads better than I do would probably take at least half an hour.
- You have to know how to read Arabic and read it pretty well. If you don’t know how to read Arabic or if you’re not very good at it, you’re going to find what takes me forty minutes will probably take you a couple of hours. Not trying to discourage you. Just keeping it real. And no, you can’t read it in English and expect the same reward.
- People forget. It’s not easy to remember to do something once a week, week in and week out. If it’s done every day, it might be easier to remember. My suggestion, program your cell phone calendar to remind you that it’s Friday and you have to read Suratul Kahf.
- People are lazy. Plain and simple.
5. Making Two Rakaahs After Every Wudu
Seriously? This one is not even all that difficult. But I’m sure many people don’t do it.
Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allah, upon whom be peace, said to Bilal, “O Bilal, tell me what good deed you have done in Islam that I hear the sound of your footsteps in Paradise?” Bilal said, “That after I purify myself during the day or night, I pray with that purification as much as Allah has destined for me.” Related by Bukhari
I can understand why you might want to neglect this deed. If you work
in an office building or are in school, it may not be so easy to find a
place to make a two rakaah several times a day.
But this is a list difficult Sunnahs, isn’t it?
Don’t be too hard on yourself if you’re not fulfilling any of these.
Even though there is great reward in doing them, they are voluntary
acts. So there is no punishment if you decide not to do them.
However, rather than neglect them altogether, pick out the ones you think you can do. And then, do it.
It’s really that simple.
Jahannam : Hell in Islam: The Worst Destination (Part 1 of 4)
"May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be Upon
You"
Bismillah Walhamdulillah
Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah
As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu
Pictures of Their Punishments
(1) The Punishment of the People of Hell Will Vary in Degree
As Hell has various levels, in some of which the torment and
horror is greater than in others, so the people of Hell will be given
different levels of punishment. According to a hadith narrated by Muslim
and Ahmad from Samurah, the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alaihi WaSalaam) said,
concerning the people of Hell:"There
are some whom the Fire will take up to their ankles, others up to their
knees, others up to their waists, and others up to their collarbones".
According to another report, "up to their necks" (Muslim in Kitaab
al-Jannah wa Sifaat Na'imihaa, Baab Shiddat Harr an-Naar, 4/2185)
The
Messenger of Allaah (Sallallaahu Alaihi WaSalaam) has told us about
those who will receive the lightest punishment in Hell. al-Bukhaari
reports from al-Nu'maan ibn Basheer who said:
"I heard the Messenger of Allaah (Sallallaahu Alaihi WaSalaam) say, "The
person who will have the least punishment among the people of Hell on
the Day of Resurrection will be a man under the arch of whose feet will
be placed a smouldering ember, and his brains will boil because of it."
al-Bukhaari
and Muslim both narrate from Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri that he heard the
Messenger of Allaah (Sallallaahu Alaihi WaSalaam) say, when his uncle
Abu Taalib was mentioned: "Maybe
my intercession will help him on the Day of Resurrection, so that he
may be put in a shallow part of Hell, with fire reaching to his ankles
and causing his brain to boil". (al-Bukhaari
in Kitaab ar-Riqaaq, Baab Sifaat al-Jannah wan-Naar, Fath al-Baari,
11/417 and Muslim in Kitaab al-Imaam, Baab Shifa'at an-Nabi (Sallallaahu
Alaihi WaSalaam), 'Ali ibn Abi Taalib, 1/195, hadith no. 360)
Many aayaat confirm the different levels of punishment that will be given to the people of Hell:
"The hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire.." (4:145)
"..and on the Day that Judgement will be established : "Cast the people of Pharaoh into the severest Penalty!" (40:46)
"..and on the Day that Judgement will be established : "Cast the people of Pharaoh into the severest Penalty!" (40:46)
"Those
who reject Allaah and hinder from the Path of Allaah, for them will We
add penalty to penalty, for that they used to spread mischief ". (16:88)
(2) Roasting of the Skin
The
Fire of the Almighty will burn the skin of the kuffaar. The skin is the
site of sensation, where the pain of burning is felt, and for this
reason, Allaah (Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala) will replace the burnt skin with a
new one, to be burnt anew, and this will be repeated endlessly:
"Those
who reject Our Signs, We shall soon cast them into the Fire. As often
as their skins are roasted through, We shall change them for fresh
skins, that they may taste the penalty. For Allaah is Exalted in Power,
All-Wise" (4:56)
(3) Melting
One
of the kinds of torment will be the pouring of al-Hameem over their
heads. al-Hameem is ultra-heated water; because of its extreme heat, it
will melt their innards and everything inside:
"... then as for those who disbelieve, garments of fire will be cut out for them, boiling water will be poured down over their heads. With it will melt or vanish away what is within their bellies, as well as skins". (22:19-20)
"... then as for those who disbelieve, garments of fire will be cut out for them, boiling water will be poured down over their heads. With it will melt or vanish away what is within their bellies, as well as skins". (22:19-20)
at-Tirmidhi reported from Abu Hurayrah (Radiyallaahu Anhu) that the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alaihi WaSalaam) said: "al-Hameem
will be poured on their heads and will dissolve through until it
reaches their sides and all their innards will drop out, until it comes
out of his feet, and everything is melted, then he will be restored as
he was." He (at-Tirmidhi) said, "It is a sahih ghareeb hasan hadith". (at-Takhweef min an-Naar, p.145, Jaami' al-Usool, 10/540)
(4) Scorching (the face).
The
noblest and most dignified part of a person is the face, hence the
Prophet (Sallallaahu Alaihi WaSalaam) forbade us to strike the face. One
of the ways in which Allaah (Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala) will humiliate the
people of Hell is by gathering them on their faces, blind, deaf and
dumb, on the Day of Resurrection:
"..We
shall gather them together prone on their faces, blind, dumb, and deaf;
their abode will be Hell; every time it shows abatement, We shall
increase for them the Fierceness of the Fire". (17:97)
Then they will be thrown on their faces in the Fire:
"And
if any do evil, their faces will be thrown headlong into the Fire; "Do
you receive a reward other than that which you have earned by your
deeds?" (27:90)
The Fire will burn and cover their faces forever, with no barrier between them and it:
"If
only the unbelievers knew when they will not be able to ward off the
Fire from their faces, nor yet from their backs, and no help can reach
them!" (21:39)
"The Fire will burn their faces and they will therein grin, with their lips displaced" (23:104)
"Their garments of liquid pitch, and their faces covered with fire". (14:50)
"Is then one who has to fear the brunt of the penalty on the Day of Judgement his face, ?" (39:24)
Look at this horrific scene that makes one shudder!
"The
Day that their faces will be turned upside down in the Fire, they will
say, "Woe to us! Would that we had obeyed Allaah and obeyed the
Messenger." (33:66)
(5) Dragging
Another of the painful torments that the Kuffaar will suffer is being dragged on their faces into Hell:
"Truly
those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad. The Day they will
be dragged through the Fire on their faces : "Taste the touch of Hell." (54:47-48)
Their pain at being dragged will be increased by the fact that they will be tied up in chains and fetters:
"...But
soon shall they know - when the yokes round their necks, and the
chains, they shall be dragged along, in the boiling fetid fluid, then
shall they be burned". (40:70-72)
Qataadah said, "They will be dragged once in the Fire, and once in al-Hameem." (Ibn Rajab, at-Takhweef min an-Naar, p.147)
(6) Blackening of the faces.
Allaah (Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala) will blacken the faces of the people of Hell in the Hereafter:
"On
the Day when some faces will be white and some faces will be black;
to those who faces will be black : "Did you reject Faith after accepting
it? Taste then the Penalty for rejecting Faith". (3:106)
This is intense blackness, as if the darkness of night had covered their faces
"But
those who have earned evil will have a reward of like evil, and
ignominy will cover their faces. No defender will they have from
Allaah. Their faces will be covered, as it were, with pieces from the
darkness of night. They are Companions of the Fire, they will abide
therein [for aye!] (10:27)
(7) The Fire Will Surround the Kuffaar
The
people of Hell are the Kuffaar whose sins and disobedience surround
them, leaving no hasanah for them. Allaah (Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala) said,
in response to the Jews who claimed that the Fire would only touch them
for a certain length of time:
"Nay,
those who seek gain in evil and are girt round by their sins - they are
companions of the Fire; therein shall they abide " (2:81)
No
one will be in such a state unless he is a kaafir and a mushrik.
Siddeeq Hasan Khan says, "What is referred to here by evil deeds is a
certain type of deed, the reasons for which should be overwhelming, with
no way out or means of achieving hasanah. Eternity in Hell is for the
kuffaar and mushrikeen, so evil and sin in this aayah has to be
interpreted as meaning kufr and shirk. Thus the arguments of the
Mu'tazilah and Khawaarij are shown to be false by the proven mutawaatir
reports that state that the sinners among the monotheists will
eventually be brought forth from Hell."
Sins
and evil deeds surround the Kuffaar like a bracelet around the wrist,
so their punishment should fit their crimes. Hence the Fire will
surround the Kuffaar on all sides, as Allaah (Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala)
says:
"There will be a bed of Hell and over them coverings " (7:41)
The
"bed" is what comes under them, and the "coverings" are what come over
them. What is meant is that fires will surround them from above and
below, as Allaah (Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala) says:
"On the Day when the torment shall cover them from above them and from underneath their feet" (29:55)
"They shall have coverings of Fire above them, and coverings of Fire beneath them". (39:16)
Some
of the Salaf interpreted the "Bed" (al-Mihaad) as meaning a mattress
and the "cover" (al-Ghawaash) as being a blanket (Tafseer Ibn Katheer,
3/168)
The
"surrounding" may be interpreted in another way, which is that Hell
will have a wall to surround the kuffaar so that they will never be able
to get out or escape form it, as Allaah (Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala) says:
"..Verily We have prepared for the wrongdoers a Fire whose like the walls and roof of a tent, will hem them in; If they implore relief, they will be granted water like melted brass, that will scald their faces. How dreadful the drink! How uncomfortable a couch to recline on!" (18:29)
"..Verily We have prepared for the wrongdoers a Fire whose like the walls and roof of a tent, will hem them in; If they implore relief, they will be granted water like melted brass, that will scald their faces. How dreadful the drink! How uncomfortable a couch to recline on!" (18:29)
(8) The Fire Will Leap Up Over Their Hearts
Allaah (Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala) says:
"By
no means! He will be sure to be thrown into that which Breaks to
Pieces. And what will explain to you what that which Breaks to Pieces
is? the Fire of the Allaah, kindled , that which mourns to the
hearts". (104:4-6)
Muhammad ibn Ka'b al-Qurtubee said, "The
Fire eats into him until it reaches his heart, then his body will be
created anew. It was reported that when Thaabit al-Bananee read this
aayah, he said, "The Fire will burn them until it reaches their hearts,
while they are still alive; this is how great their suffering is!" Then
he wept." (at-Takhweef min an-Naar, p.146)
(9) Their entrails will be spilled out in the Fire
al-Bukhaari and Muslim report from Usaamah ibn Zayd that the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alaihi WaSalaam) said: "A
man will be brought forth on the Day of Resurrection and thrown into
the Fire. Then his entrails will be spilled out into the Fire, and he
will be forced to walk around and around like a donkey in a treadmill.
The people of Hell will gather around him and say, "O So-and-so, what is
wrong with you? Did you not enjoin us to do good and forbid us to do
evil?" He will say, "I used to order you to do good, but I did not do
it, and I used to forbid you to do evil, but I used to do it." Then he
will walk around and around like a donkey in a treadmill" (al-Bukhaari and Muslim, Mishkaat al-Masaabeeh, 2/642, hadith no. 5139)
One
of the people whose entrails will be spilled out in Hell is 'Amr ibn
Lahay who was the first to change the religion of the Arabs. The Prophet
(Sallallaahu Alaihi WaSalaam) Sallallaahu Alaihi WaSalaam him dragging
his own entrails in Hell. Muslim reports from Jaabir ibn Abdullaah that
the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alaihi WaSalaam) said, "I
saw 'Amr ibn 'Aamir al-Khuza'ee dragging his own entrails in Hell, and
he was the first one to introduce as-Saa'ibah (a she-camel turned loose
for free pasture for the sake of idols, upon which nothing was allowed
to be carried". (Mishkaat al-Masaabeeh, 2/642)
(10) The Chains, Fetters and Hammers of the People of Hell
Allaah (Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala) has promised that the people of Hell will have chains fetters and hammers in the Fire:
"For the Rejecters We have prepared iron chains, yokes and a blazing Fire". (76:4)
"With Us are fetters and a Fire and a food that chokes, and a penalty grievous". (73:12-13)
The yokes will be placed around their necks:
"...We shall put yokes on the necks of the unbelievers. It would only be a requital for their ill deeds". (34:33)
"When yokes round their necks, and the chains, they shall be dragged along." (40:71)
The chains or fetters are something with which Allah (Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala) will punish them:
"With Us are fetters..." (73:12)
The
chains are another kind of punishment, with which the wrongdoers will
be tied up, just as criminals are chained up in this world. See how the
Qur'aan describes them:
"The
stern command will say, "Seize him and bind him, and burn him in the
blazing Fire, further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is
seventy cubits". (69:30-32)
Allaah (Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala) has promised the people of Hell hooked rods of iron which are like hammers with which the evildoers will be beaten when they try to escape from the Fire, and they will be thrown ever deeper into Hell:
Allaah (Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala) has promised the people of Hell hooked rods of iron which are like hammers with which the evildoers will be beaten when they try to escape from the Fire, and they will be thrown ever deeper into Hell:
"And
for them are hooked rods of iron . Every time they seek to get away
therefrom, from anguish, they will be driven back therein, and said to
them: "taste the torment of burning!" (22:21-22)