Be Careful About GAM

-       Your Excellency our master KH. Masbuhin Faqih as the head master of Mamba'us Sholihin Islamic boarding school.

-          Honorable juries in this speech contest who are attending in this great agenda.

-          Respectable all managers 2008-2009

-          Dear my brothers in one aqidah,

-          And dear audiences...

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

Good night every body! Well,

            For the very first time let’s thank our God, due to the blessing of Him, we are able to face to face in this sunny night by good condition and happy situation. And because of His mercy we can take part in this Mauled Nabi Fiesta English Speech Contest.

            Secondly, may sholawat and salam be with our prophet Muhammad by saying...as our guider that has been guiding us to the right course, namely the course that allowed by Allah it means Islam religion.

            Thirdly, I’ll never forget to say thank you very much to the committee board for giving me time and chance to deliver my speech in front of this public. And our speech here entitles...

"Be Careful About GAM"

(Anti Mauled Movement)

            Dear my brothers in one aqidah and dear audiences,

            As we have known, that GAM in Aceh has been dismissed. But now, in every part many GAMs campaign. Moreover, nowadays is near with mauled event. Of course, like usual it will be happened answering back and forth Marhaban Gegap Gempita. In a row with crowded of mauled celebration, the members of GAM aren’t inferior to denounce the celebration of mauled.

            It appears, there are many ulama who didn’t agree about GAM. One of them is Prof. Dr. Manarul Hidayah, as the leader of Al-Mahbubiyah Institution Jakarta, he doesn’t agree about GAM because propaganda of aqidah doctrine to Rosulullah like mauled will be deleted. Whereas, this celebration is one of ulama Salafusholeh’s legacy. All people know that this celebration has been held since for centuries and bequeath by ulama Mutaqaddimin. A hundred poetries about the glory of prophet has known and read in every mauled celebration. Even, it has become famous song like song of Sufi’s distich, Umi Kulsum or Haddad Alwi and Sulis. In every pesantren and Moslem villages in Indonesia read nadloms like barzanji, mauled diba'i, natsar etc. some habaib usually read simtudduror with their students, and there are many kinds of poetry and qosidah about respecting our prophet.

            Dear brothers and happy Moslem brothers,

            If this celebration is not suitable to celebrate, the earlier ulama should forbid it. But who knows where, recently and suddenly GAM in a lively group to campaign their aqidah in every occasion. The occasions that very not suitable are in Friday speech form, Pengajian or speeches public. How this matter sources? Is mauled bid'ah?

            Happy Mamba'us Sholihin students,

            Actually, GAM has strong reason that mauled party is bid'ah. According to them, bid'ah is something that didn’t do by Rosulullah at that time. They said, "So, everything that didn’t done by Rosulullah is bid’ah, and bid’ah is deviate! There is no bid’ah hasanah! Bid’ah is bid’ah!" maybe like that their reason that suggested by GAM. Especially in this mauled matter, as though they said that our prophet didn’t celebrate his birthday, but why we as members of religious community try to make law and lively come to mosque/house prayer and do something that never imitated by prophet. Isn’t it something that pretended?

            We can question that implementing of birthday celebration for someone like son, wife, husband, friends, honey or another one celebrated in a large scale. But why do celebrate the noble man deemed bid’ah, something that deviates? It means that son, wife, husband, friends, honey etc. are more special than our prophet is.

            Dear my brothers in one aqidah,

            This speech is not for debating, but it for giving expression one of figure ulama tell about dalil mauled. He copied Hadits from ulama opinion about celebrating mauled. Copied from madarijussu'ud book page 15-16.

1. Our prophet has decreed;

مَنْ عَظّمَ مَولِدِى كُنتُ شَفِيعًا لَهُ يَومَ القِيَامَةِ وَمَنْ أَنفَقَ دِرْهَمًا فِى مَولِدِى فَكَأَنَّمَا أَنفَقَ جَبَلاً مِن ذَهَبٍ فِى سَبِيلِ الله.

"Who glorify my birthday, so, he will get my mediation in the doomsday. And who spend dirham for necessity my birthday, as if he have spent gold as big as mountain for necessity in the way of Allah."

2. According to Abu Bakar As-Siddiq ra.

مَنْ أَنفَقَ دِرْهَمًا فِى مَولِدِ النَّبِي صَلّى اللّهُ علَيه وسَلّم كَانَ رَفِيقِي فِى الجَنَّةِ.

"Who spend wealth for necessity mauled nabi Muhammad SAW so, he will become my friend in the heaven."

3. According to Umar bin Khottob ra.

مَنْ عَظّمَ مَولِدَ النَّبِي صلّى اللّه علَيه وَسلّم فَقَدْ أَحْيَا الإِسْلاَم.

"Who glorify Muhammad’s birthday, so really he has revived Islam religion."

And there a lot of hadits that explain about celebrating mauled nabi Muhammad SAW.

            Happy my Moslem brothers,

            So, the conclusion is celebration to glorify birthday of our prophet has held by Khulafaur Rasyidin. Even, they have put out side opinion that has been heard by ulama after them. So, be believe that mauled celebration is not bid’ah. Because, they celebrated and elevated our prophet.

            The celebration of mauled is more important than another Islam celebration. For example, Nuzulul Qur’an celebration. Because of Rosulullah that has got Qur’an. Shortly, Nuzulul Qur’an will never there if not earlier by Rosulullah.

            Happy Moslem brothers and happy audiences,

            Begin this time, it’s time for us as young generation of Islam religion to grow our loving into mauled celebration. And the last from me, as the suggestion for all of participants and audiences, let’s make our Islam religion happy, smile, and fly in the sky among all of religion in this world.

            Dear my brothers in one aqidah,

            Perhaps thus all of my speech, may what I have delivered above can be useful for us especially for our lovely religion Islam. I beg your pardon if you find mistakes on me, thank you very much for your attention. And the last for me, see you next time and I say...

ثم السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

Let’s grow our loving into mauled celebration,

Let’s cultivate a culture from our salafusholeh’s legacy.

Bravo Islam religion...

Thanks.