Tribute 2 The King..

Perhaps this post come a lil' too late as the the final farewell has taken place yesterday with live telecast from the Staples Centre, Los Angeles. However, let's just say that it took time to recover from the shocked his death brought me...

Ever since the news of his death, there were lot of rumours on his faith. Some may say he's Jehovah till the last of his breath, but lot more will claimed that he died as a muslim.

Thus, this is what trigger me to post something on all this huhaa. I guess not only tons are obssesed with his life, but many more are obsessed to Muslimize MJ. This made us muslim being perceived as being thirsty for big names to join the list of those who embraced Islam. World had seen the same obsession with Lady Diana Spencer after her passing in 1997. My say on this is..let the man rest in peace. His faith has nothing to do with us...it is between this king with the King of all King. Our only hope is we will be given a good ending to our own life.

Just as a food for our thought..let us share the reflection on this topic by digesting the khutbah by Sheikh Yasir Qadhi as below:



Shaykh Yasir Qadhi commented on MuslimMatters :

"I gave a khutbah at a masjid yesterday, the second half of which was dedicated to the passing away of Michael Jackson. Before the rumors spread even more, let me clarify explicitly what I said:

I mentioned that there are lessons to learn from his life, and from his death. This was a man who was handed the keys to this world, yet he failed to find happiness through them. He was always a troubled person, searching for happiness in (sometimes) eccentric ways. This shows that true happiness does not come about through this life.
- The unexpectedness of his death is also a lesson for all of us; we all have our appointed time as well.
- I said that there are plenty of signs, insha Allah, that he has accepted Islam. I have met Jermaine Jackson at the GPU conference (he’s not a ‘friend’ of mine because we’ve only met once) and he had said that Michael was interested in Islam.
- I also mentioned, based on Imam Zayd’s article and other sources, that there are trustworthy sources that indicate he had accepted Islam in LA, and we hope the best for him and pray that he did in fact accept Islam.Such statements have a tendency to ‘grow’ as they leap from blog to blog and mouth to mouth, so I want to state very clearly that I have no direct and explicit knowledge of his state of Islam; we merely hope the best insha Allah, and there are may positive signs for this.Lastly, and on a personal note, I thank Allah that He saved me from ever becoming addicted to music. However, growing up in the 80s, I could not save myself from its smoke even if Allah saved me from its fire! And of the very few people whose music actually impressed me and allowed me to see and feel why people are so attracted to music is MJ. I remember watching some of his videos as a kid and couldn’t help be impressed by his moves.For those who have never tasted the sweetness of the Quran, I honestly cannot expect them to understand why music is haram. They have nothing else to compare it to. Music is a powerful medium that moves the body and stirs the soul (literally and metaphorically). It is only because we have the Quran that we can state that the way music does this is more detrimental in the long run, and only the Quran can move you in a pure and dignified manner.A dear friend, Shaykh Abu Eesa, wrote something about this which is a must read on the subject:http://alternativeentertainment.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/dealing-with-skeletons-in-the-closet.

I hope this clears up any misunderstanding.
Yasir "

Lemau...

Hari ini seperti biasa bila ada lapor diri maka kehidupan di ofis akan jadi havoc giler. Setelah bersusah payah menyiapkan segala benda termasuklah PO yang macam nak pecah kepala disediakan, terpaksalah mengadap muka yang cun (eheks!) ni menguruskan rusa-rusa yang baru nak masuk kampung tuh..

Bila part-part macam ni teringatlah pulak masa first day melapor diri ke tempat 'hangat dan hangit' ni. I still remember perasaan yang berdebar-debar report duty...alih-alih bila mai, depa kata tak mau M41. Adush...terasa diri yang hot ni menjadi lemau serta merta. Bengang ada, sedih pun iya.

N'way, berbalik pada hari kejadian..ramai le yang tak sabar-sabar nak menunggu muktamar penempatan mereka. Spekulasi tentang mana yang diorang patut dapat tu tak yah le cerita. Ada yang siap nak belanja kalau reveal penempatannya sebelum release PO. Hmm..nasib baik akak berintegriti. Banyak lagi benda yang perlu difokuskan agar hidup selesa di opis bertuah ini.

Selesai taklimat, sebagaimana yang dijangka, keadaan lagi bertambah havoc. Macam-macam jenis manusia dengan pelbagai cerita datang mengharap belas ihsan supaya ditukarkan mengikut kemahuan. Tapi apa kan daya..keputusan bukan ditangan beta. 'Saya yang menurut perintah' itu jek jawapannya. Itu pun nampaknya membuat ramai yang bengan dan bengong. Ada plak yang sanggup menggugut nak berenti kerja. Hmmm...aku peduli apa. Yang penting aku jalankan kerja sebagaimana yang diarahkan.

Tapi nampaknya...dalam gawat-gawat ekonomi ni masih ramai manusia yang tak sedar diuntung. Kesian dengan orang yang betuk-betul nak kerja tapi tak berjaya. Ni dah dapat, berlagak pulak.

Moral of the story nye..orang bodoh ramai berlagak sombong. Perasan benar dirinya orang mau..tapi tak sedar dia sebenarnya LEMAU. Moga-maga aku tak tergolong le dalam orang begitu dulu, kini dan selamanya...

Gud nite!