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 "