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Archive for November, 2008


Yoga

Kontroversi lagi, kali ini isu Yoga.

Banyak pihak cuba mempertikaikan (seperti biasa la…) tapi kali ini ada suara dari istana yang meminta agar ulama kita merujuk kepada istana dahulu sebelum mengeluarkan sesuatu fatwa, kerana hal ehwal Islam terletak di bawah payung Raja-raja Melayu.

Kalau sebelum ini kita tgk org tak reti agama mempertikaikan fatwa (seperti dlm kes fatwa Mufti perak yang mengatakan filem bollywood mendatangkan kesan negatif, di mana pendapat kakak2 tepi jalan di ambil = Mufti v mereka di tepi jalan).

In my humble opinion, Islamic matters were put under the Sultans so that it will be protected from any political influence and to ensure its independence, since in Tanah Melayu, Royals are supreme and perhaps no one dare to mess with sultans.

If the institution which should be guarded by the  Raja-raja Melayu is being whacked oleh their very own guardian, who else should they turn to?

Hukum Allah, samada wajib, sunat, harus, makruh, haram, sah, batal atau halal semuanya tidak berdiri dengan sebab izin penguasa. Hukum itu wujud kerana wujud dalil2 dari Kitab Allah dan Sunnah Rasul, sekalipun tak dipersetujui oleh pihak penguasa.

Teringat satu hadith nabi yang bermaksud

“Sesungguhnya Allah tidak mengangkat ilmu begitu sahaja dari dari (dada2) manusia, tetapi Dia mengangkat ilmu dengan cara mematikan ulama, sehingga tidak ada orang yang alim. (Ketika itu) Manusia-manusia akan mengangkat pemimpin2 yang jahil dikalangan mereka, lalu (pemimpin2) ini ditanya dan mereka berfatwa tanpa ilmu. MEREKA INI SESAT LAGI MENYESATKAN.”

Itu adalah gambaran nabi berkenaan keadaan akhir zaman. Semoga Allah menjadikan kita dari golongan yang diberi petunjuk olehnya, juga dari golongan yang menyokong agamanya ke Hari Pembalasan.

Weird Law

25. It is illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry rabid dogs or
corpses.

24. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.

23. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British
monarch upside down.

22. In France, it is forbidden to call a pig Napoleon.

21. Under the UK’s Tax Avoidance Schemes Regulations 2006, it is illegal not
to tell the taxman anything you don’t want him to know, though you don’t
have to tell him anything you don’t mind him knowing.

20. In Alabama, it is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while driving a
vehicle.

19. In Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk.

18. Royal Navy ships that enter the Port of London must provide a barrel of
rum to the Constable of the Tower of London.

17. In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants
– even, if she so requests, in a policeman’s helmet.

16. In Lancashire, no person is permitted after being asked to stop by a
constable on the seashore to incite a dog to bark.

15. In Miami, Florida, it is illegal to skateboard in a police station.

14. In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation.

13. In England, all men over the age of 14 must carry out two hours of longbow
practice a day.

12. In London, Freemen are allowed to take a flock of sheep across London
Bridge without being charged a toll; they are also allowed to drive geese
down Cheapside.

11. In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing
squad.

10. In the UK, a man who feels compelled to urinate in public can do so only
if he aims for his rear wheel and keeps his right hand on his vehicle.

9. In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on Sundays can be jailed.

8. In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon more than six-feet
long.

7. In Chester, Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise and
from staying after sunset.

6. In the city of York, it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient
city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow.

5. In Boulder, Colorado, it is illegal to kill a bird within the city limits
and also to “own” a pet – the town’s citizens, legally speaking, are merely
“pet minders”.

4. In Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to
wear false teeth.

3. In London, it is illegal to flag down a taxi if you have the plague.

2. In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman’s genitals but is
forbidden from looking directly at them during the examination; he may only
see their reflection in a mirror.

1. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast is legally the
property of the King; the tail, on the other hand, belongs to the Queen - in
case she needs the bones for her corset.