Demand on Leadership

Impian rakyat adalah melihat keadilan dan kesaksamaan

Advise to leader

Pengampu, penasihat yang membawa reba dan rebah
Oleh: DR. MOHD. ASRI ZAINUL ABIDIN

Caution: When sukuk is on steroid

Sukuk on steroid could spell disester to the Islamic bond market. If there is an Islamic capital market crash, what's the alternative goodness does this Islamic product could offer to investors?

Does the Islamic bond market comply with sharia law?

Divine laws > man-made laws. Secularism distorts and clouds the truth.
Faith, law and democracy
Defining the limits of exceptionalism
Feb 14th 2008 THE HAGUE, ROME AND TORONTOFrom The Economist print edition
The right of faiths to run their own affairs and regulate their adherents' lives has recently become controversial—because of fear of Islam

Election, democracy and who?

Pilihan raya: Antara calon dan keperluan rakyat

When truth prevails...

When truth prevails... The shari'ah law is a devine law sent to mankind to govern their life congruent with the will of God. In a secular world, people cnsider it to be uncivilised and unjust. This is not true! Those thoughts are purely based on desires and limitless freedom. Only wise and rational people can see, understand and realise the importance and relevence of shari'ah law.

What role for sharia in the West?

My Book - Hidup Kaya Tanpa Riba

Buku yang mengungkap persoalan membina kekayaan menurut perspektif Islam dalam konteks kita yang hidup dan mendepani cabaran abad ke-21. Buku ini juga menghuraikan konsep-konsep seperti kaya, rezeki, zuhud dan kepentingan mengingati mati sebagai dorongan motivasi buat pembacanya mengejar kekayaan dunia tanpa mengabaikan kejayaan di akhirat.Apakah yang dimaksudkan dengan pengurusan kekayaan dan kewangan peribadi daripada perspektif Islam? Bagaimanakah perkara ini berbeza dengan pengurusan kekayaan dan kewangan peribadi konvensional? Mengapakah kita, terutamanya umat Islam perlu melengkapkan diri dengan ilmu pengurusan kekayaan dan kewangan peribadi secara Islam? Adakah perkara ini mampu dilaksanakan dalam konteks ekonomi Malaysia pada masa kini?Ini adalah antara persoalan-persoalan yang dirungkai dalam buku ini bagi memberikan kefahaman asas dalam hal pengurusan kekayaan dan kewangan peribadi daripada kaca mata Islam. Buku ini menghuraikan beberapa persoalan pokok dan strategi-strategi asas berkaitan dengan tajuk ini.Ilmu berkaitan dengan pengurusan kekayaan dan kewangan peribadi adalah penting untuk semua. Malangnya, pendedahan berkenaan dengan kemahiran ini kurang ditekankan. Ataupun dapat dikatakan ia tidak diajar secara formal dalam sistem pendidikan kita. Akibatnya, ramai yang menjadi hamba kepada wang dan harta kekayaan dunia.Lebih kritikal lagi apabila penulisan berkaitan dengan soal pengurusan kekayaan dan kewangan perinadi secara Islam begitu sukar didapati terutamanya dalam bahasa Melayu. Menyedari majoriti orang Melayu di Malaysia adalah beragama Islam dan tahap literasi masyarakat dalam bidang ini begitu penting dipertingkatkan, buku ini diharap dapat memberi kefahaman asas dalam bidang ini. Selain itu, buku ini juga diharap dapat membuka jalan yang lebih luas kepada banyak lagi penulisan berkaitan dengan persoalan ini pada masa hadapan.Semoga buku kecil ini mampu merangsang kesedaran masyarakat dalam soal pengurusan kekayaan dan kewangan peribadi secara Islam. Ini penting dalam usaha kita meningkatkan lagi kedudukan ekonomi ummah. Pada masa yang sama, kita mencapainya selaras dengan kehendak syariat Islam.

Muslim's character

"The believer has four characteristics. If he is afflicted by any misfortune, he remains patient and steadfast. If he is given anything, he is grateful. If he speaks, he speaks the truth. If he passes a judgment on any issue, he is just." - Ubayy Ibn Kab

Ayah (1949-2007)

Ini coretan duka seorang anak yang tidak bersama ketika pemergian ayahnya…

Dulu ayah sambut
kelahiranku
Tapi semalam aku tidak mengiringi jenazahnya

Aduhai...
sedihnya hati tak terperi...
tak kala ayh pergi
tak dapat aku bersama mengabadikan ayahanda tercinta...

Hatiku sedih
hatiku pilu…
merah mawar padaku lesu
ku jerit pada dada laut hiba hatiku
namun hatiku masih menangis…
mengenang kasih ayah
kasih yang selembut cahaya purnama
yang kini hanya tinggal kenangan
dalam dasar sanubari seorang anak di perantauan

Aku menangis lagi..
Ayah telah pergi selamanya…
Tak perlu aku cari kerana
ayah tak akan ku temui bila aku pulang nanti

Untuk ayah…
hanya doa dan air mata

Ya Allah,
Tuhan yang hidup selamanya
kupohon rahmat dan kasih Mu untuk ayahku...
kasihanilah ayah sepertimana ayah mengasihaniku dahulu
ayah tak pernah kecewakan hajatku,
maka Kau penuhilah hajatnya agar diampun dosanya,
luas dan terangilah kuburnya,
jadikanlah tempat ayahku bersemadi sebagai taman-taman syurga
terimalah amal baiknya,
sedekah jariahnya,
kasih ikramnya...
dan jadikanlah segala amalan kami anak-anaknya
Kau terima sebagai amalan anak-anak yang soleh.

Ku pohon ampun buat ayahku,
kupohon kasihMu ya Rahman, ya Rahim,
Tuhan yang tidak mati dan hanya Kau yang kekal abadi..

Mohd Arshad Anoh passed away on 21 Zulhijjah 1428/31 Disember 2007

Leadership in Islam

Wahai pemimpin! kemewahan diri bukan kehebatanmu
Oleh: DR. MOHD. ASRI ZAINUL ABID

Marx-capitalism

“protect the poorest of the poor, protect un-organised workers, protect womenfolk who have no income.”

The capitalist communist
from The Economist Print Edition
How a poetic Marxist has transformed business prospects in West Bengal
UNTIL a few years ago foreign capitalists were unlikely to look for investment opportunities in the Indian state of West Bengal, seat of the world's longest-serving democratically elected communist government. They were about as likely to ask for the novels of Gabriel Garcia Marquez in Bengali, the local language. That both are now readily available is largely down to one man. He is Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the state's chief minister, a poet and playwright, the translator of the great Colombian-born novelist--and a life-long communist.
Since taking charge of West Bengal in 2000, Mr Bhattacharjee has embraced business with apostate zeal. The results have been little short of revolutionary. Under a coalition of leftists led by his own Communist Party of India (Marxist), which has won seven consecutive elections, West Bengal was previously best known for industrial action, capital flight and the immiseration of its capital, Calcutta, recently renamed Kolkata. Things improved slightly in the mid-1990s, after investors were officially invited to the state. But only in recent years, after Mr Bhattacharjee began travelling the world and wooing foreign companies, have many actually come. They have joined an influx of Indian firms in computer services, manufacturing and steelmaking. Tata Motors says that next year it will start producing a new low-cost car--expected to sell for less than $3,000--at a factory it is building at Singur, near Kolkata. ...

Ethical business

Hold other things equal, what Wal-Mart has done according to this report is exemplary:

Wal-Mart's mixed 'green' bag
Results from the giant retailer's audit of its social and environmental practices show just how hard it is to grow a company and be eco-friendly at the same time, writes Fortune's Marc Gunther.

The dollar we no longer trust

What's sinking the dollar?
Fortune's Geoff Colvin takes a closer look at the greenback's spiraling decline

What's the purpose of your existence?

As far as Islam is concerned, religion is the course for man to serve his true purpose of existence. When human being declare war against Islam, it's a war against one's purpose of being. The outcome, one will be lost in ignorance.

I found this article was unintellectually written, written by a man whose vision has been blinded.

everywhere this century; it will do so least when it is separated from the state
Nov 3, 2007 (4 days ago)
The new wars of religion
from The Economist Print Edition
Faith will unsettle politics everywhere this century; it will do so least when it is separated from the state

What do you do to combat poverty?

The war on want
Nature 449, 947 (2007). doi:10.1038/449947a
Many 'developing' countries are much more developed than some people think. Their rapid progress should inspire scientists and their institutions to do more to confront global poverty

Learning organization

Why Is Nissan Mimicking MySpace?
from BusinessWeek Online -- Most Popular Stories
The Japanese carmaker is rolling out a social networking site, called N-Square, designed to bypass bureaucracy by boosting informal contacts.

Methodology - The Role of Sunnah

Examples are in the article:

Puasa tidak boleh berpisah dari dalil sunah
Oleh: DR. MOHD. ASRI ZAINUL ABIDIN

Something on Ijtihad

Menentukan pendirian umat Islam terhadap Barat
Oleh: DR. MOHD. ASRI ZAINUL ABIDIN

The Greatest Economist

Prophet Yusuf as was the greatest economist ever. This great economist was able to make correct prediction of the economy

He claimed the post of an economist for Egypt and clearly he had the knowledge of the job.

[Quran, 12:55] Yusuf said: ?Make me the treasurer of the treasures of the realm (of Egypt); I will indeed guard them carefully for I know how to manage them.?

Meaning of Independence

When we worship no other god but Allah.

Merdeka: Antara penghayatan dan acara tahunan
Oleh: DR. MOHD. ASRI ZAINUL ABIDIN