Assolahta wa atuzzakah.

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

 السلام عليكم

entry ni special utk kawan2 dan diri saya yang nk jadi hamba yang lebih bersyukur - 2011 resolusi, aite ;)

Difference between al-Hamd and ash-Shukr

Question:

What is the difference between al-Hamd and ash-Shukr ?

Answer:

There are many differences between al-hamd and ash-shukr, however that which makes them exact is that al-hamd is praising with the tongue, and praising everything that is jameel (beautiful), and as for ash-shukr then it occurs with both the tongue and action.

Therefore, it is not said that so and so praised Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, with his action. It is necessary that al-hamd occurs with the tongue. However, ash-shukr is possible with the tongue and it is possible with action. He, the Mighty and Majestic, said, “That you be grateful to Me and to your parents” (Luqmaan 31:14), and He also said, “Work, O family of Daawud, (out of) gratefulness” (Saba 34:13).

From the point of view of where it occurs, ash-shukr is more general than al-hamd, because it includes the praise of the tongue and the action, and al-hamd is more specific because it only occurs by the tongue.

And as for that which is praised, (then from this angle) al-hamd is more general. So this (matter) is from the issues about which the scholars have said that between the two there are generalities and specifics, that they are both in agreement in one thing, but separate from each other in another thing.

Shaykh Saalih Aal ush-Shaykh
Sharh Thalaathat ul-`Usool
Translated by Abu `Iyaad Amjad Rafiq

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from Journey Through Quran Seminar I had last year with Sheik Omar Baloch, singkap balik surah Al-Kauthar,

108:1

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Sesungguhnya Kami telah mengurniakan kepadamu (wahai Muhammad) nikmat yang banyak (di dunia dan di akhirat)

108:2

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Oleh itu, kerjakanlah sembahyang kerana Tuhanmu semata-mata, dan sembelihlah korban (sebagai bersyukur)

108:3

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Sesungguhnya orang yang bencikan engkau, Dia lah yang terputus (dari mendapat sebarang perkara yang diingininya).

tanda syukur kita, pada perbuatan kita :) kita saayang sgt mak ayah kita kan, kita appreciate depa, kn. jd, ape kite buat..? kite cuba sedaya upaya untuk buat mereka gumbira. kita nk reward depa dgn, result UPSR, PMR, SPM, kita jd anak yang baik utk mereka..same jugak, bila kita bersyukur. kita tunjuk melalui perbuatan kita...termasuk lah anjuran Sujud Syukur. bila happy sgt, kita nk terus prostrate. perbuatan lah tu.  seperti kereta yang lawa. Cadillac, for an example..kite tahu kereta tu lawa, kite puji2 kereta. "Pergh, cunnye.." tapi tak pula kite ucapkan terima kasih kat dia, kn. "Terima kasih lah for being cun". Tapi kite tunjuk yg kita grateful through what? jaga kereta tu elok2, polish kereta tu kilat2, simpan dalam garaj = perbuatan.

 Memuji lebih umum dari bersyukur kerana hak mutlak kepujian itu diberikan ke atas yang dipuji pabila bersifat dengan sifat atau sifat-sifat yang baik. Hatta yang dipuji itu tidak melakukan sesuatu kebaikan terhadap yang dimuji. 

Allah berfirman disini, Pray and Sacrifice/Zakat. Why Pray and Zakat to show our Shukr? (banyak ayat-ayat yang menggabungkan dua kalimah ini. Lihat pada Surah Al-Baqarah [83, 110], An-Nisa [77], Al-Bayyinah [5], Al-Mujadalah [13], Fatir [29], Al-Ahzab [33], Al-Anfal [3-4], An-Naml [3], An-Nur [37, 56], Al-Hajj [41, 77], Al-Hajj [41], Maryam [54-55], Ibrahim [31], At-Taubah [11, 18, 54, 71], dan Al-Anbiya [73].

Memang ada tafsiran para ulama’ mengatakan bahawa solat itu menunjukkan hubungan kita dengan Allah s.w.t. secara langsung manakala zakat pula adalah berkaitan hubungan kita dengan manusia. Bila kita bersembahyang dan berdoa  itu seperti bonding time kita dgn Allah. Whereas zakat performs its miracle by bonding the people's hearts together. Kita menolong orang lain, manakan hati dengan hati tak embrace antara satu sama lain..It also reminds us of the legacy of Nabi Allah Ibrahim alayhissalam who sacrificed his son Nabi Ismail alayhissalam. 

Maka tersenyumlah Nabi Sulaiman mendengar kata-kata semut itu, dan berdoa dengan berkata:

" Wahai Tuhanku, ilhamkanlah daku supaya tetap bersyukur akan nikmatMu yang Engkau kurniakan kepadaku dan kepada ibu bapaku, dan supaya aku tetap mengerjakan amal soleh yang Engkau redai; dan masukkanlah daku - dengan limpah rahmatMu - dalam kumpulan hamba-hambaMu yang soleh"

Allah (SWT) says,"And We have enjoined on man (to be dutiful and good) to his parents. His mother bore him in weakness and hardship upon weakness and hardship, and his weaning is in two years - give thanks to Me and to your parents. Unto Me is the final destination". 

( سورة لقمان , Luqman, Chapter #31, Verse #14)