#khubah

ﻭَﻛَﺎﻥَ ﻳَﺨْﺮُﺝُ ﺇِﻟَﻰ اﻟْﻌِﻴﺪَﻳْﻦِ ﻣَﺎﺷِﻴًﺎ ﻭَﻳَﺮْﺟِﻊُ ﻣَﺎﺷِﻴًﺎ، ﻭَﻛَﺎﻥَ ﻳُﻜَﺒِّﺮُ ﺑَﻴْﻦَ ﺃﺿﻌﺎﻑ اﻟْﺨُﻄْﺒَﺔِ ﻭَﻳُﻜْﺜِﺮُ اﻟﺘَّﻜْﺒِﻴﺮَ ﻓِﻲ اﻟْﺨُﻄْﺒَﺔِ ﻭَﻳَﺨْﻄُﺐُ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﻋَﺼًﺎ

Nabi shalallahu alaihi wasallam keluar menuju tempat shalat Id berjalan kaki. Pulang juga berjalan. Nabi memperbanyak takbir di sela-sela Khutbah. Dan Nabi juga memperbanyak Takbir dalam Khutbah. Ketika Khutbah Nabi memegang tongkat (HR Al-Hakim, Thabrani dan Baihaqi)

Di Bab Jum’at atau hari raya Imam Syafi’i menganjurkan pakai tongkat. Bagaimana bila tidak ada tongkat?

(ﻗَﺎﻝَ اﻟﺸَّﺎﻓِﻌِﻲُّ) : ﻭَﺃُﺣِﺐُّ ﻟِﻜُﻞِّ ﻣَﻦْ ﺧَﻄَﺐَ ﺃَﻱَّ ﺧُﻄْﺒَﺔٍ ﻛَﺎﻧَﺖْ ﺃَﻥْ ﻳَﻌْﺘَﻤِﺪَ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﺷَﻲْءٍ

“Asy-Syaafi’i berkata: Aku senang bagi setiap Khatib, Khutbah apapun, untuk memegang sesuatu” (Al-Umm 1/272)

“Sesuatu” boleh tombak, boleh pancing, boleh senapan tembak (gun), boleh kayu, stick billiar pun boleh.

•] Shalat Id di rumah dan khutbah Saudara Muslim di Negeri Jiran tetap memegang tongkat, yang penting benda panjang, apapun itu. •] Khotib Indonesia pakai bedil

(kh.ma’ruf khozin)

Thirty years down the line, what will you remember as the impact that others have had on you, and what will others remember as the impact that had on them?

This was the crux of the khutbah (Friday sermon) delivered by Khalid Latif at the Islamic Center of New York University last Friday (Sept. 7, 2012). That Friday was the third time I went to jumu'ah at ICNYU and each time I went I heard a profound message that struck a deep chord (admittedly Khalid's khutbahs are better than the guest khateebs'). I started going to jumu'ah after I discovered the ICNYU during Ramadan and fell in love with the progressive, young, diverse community (blog post on why I fasted during Ramadan to come soon).

Last Friday's message really hit home and forced me to reflect on the amount of time I invest in developing and nurturing relationships. When I was a student at Princeton, I spend significant amount of time with my friends and mentors, meeting new people, and learning from them. However as a young professional in New York City working in a pretty demanding job, I don't spend as much time either meeting new people or deepening relationships with my friends. Unlike Princeton, I also don't belong to a particular community in New York, though I go to a few on a regular basis. The khutbah jolted me back to reality and made me re-think how I spend my time as developing human relationships is very important to me.