Zakat

"Sesungguhnya zakat-zakat itu, hanyalah untuk orang-orang fakir, orang-orang miskin, pengurus-pengurus zakat, para muallaf yang dibujuk hatinya, untuk (memerdekakan) budak, orang-orang yang berhutang, untuk jalan Allah dan orang-orang yang sedang dalam perjalanan, sebagai sesuatu ketetapan yang diwajibkan Allah; dan Allah Maha Mengetahui lagi Maha Bijaksana"

Ada 8 asnaf zakat iaitu:

Fakir - orang yang tidak mampu bekerja untuk sara diri

Miskin - orang yang mampu bekerja tetapi tidak cukup untuk sara diri

Amil - pengurus zakat - gaji pengurus zakat, no bonus, gaji seadanya (more like non-profit organisation punya gaji)

Muallaf - Orang yang baharu memeluk Islam. So jangan lupa yang baru memeluk Islam, anda layak menuntut zakat.

Riqab - Hamba yang menebus dirinya dengan ansuran. Zaman sekarang dah takda hamba. Amalan memerdekakan hamba sangat popular pada zaman nabi dan zakat telah digunakan untuk tujuan itu.

Gharim - orang yang menanggung hutang dan tak dapat selesaikannya. Bukan hutang beli motor, kereta atau rumah. Zakat digunakan untuk counter Riba'. Orang muflis boleh apply mintak zakat. Company muflis takleh lah kot. Kena ikut company's act la.

Fiisabilillah - orang yang berjuang ke jalan Allah. Bukan Al-Qaeda. More towards jihad dalam memantapkan diri dan menegakkan syiar Islam. For example pendidikan, bina sekolah etc.

Ibnu Sabil - Musafir yang merantau dan putus bekalannya. Pusat zakat Selangor offer tiket penerbangan balik bagi golongan ini. Open to loopholes, tapi ko tau lah keji tak keji manusia can be. Pusat Zakat boleh je investigate lebih lanjut.

Nota: Proses permohonan zakat di Malaysia sgt tedious. Kena isi borang la apa la. Kadang2 tu, tak adil rasa kita tgk org yang memerlukan bantuan perubatan tak dapat terima zakat kononnya tak layak digelar fakir miskin. Be logical. Kalau org tu tak mampu bayar, maknanya dia boleh digolongkan dalam konteks gharim.

Pusat Zakat Selangor kutip zakat RM100 Juta setahun. Tetapi agihan pula taktau bagaimana. Bukak statistiks diorg jumlah kutipan ada, jumlah agihan tiada. dodgy? husnuzon lah takat ni. tp Pusat Zakat satu Malaysia kena:

1. transparent (tunjuk semua stats - jumlah kutipan/jumlah agihan lengkap)
2. tunjuk gaji pengurus zakat - setaraf corporate ke non-profit organisation?
3. satukan tabung satu malaysia, sebab org Selangor (ramai kaya) boleh tolong org kelantan (ramai miskin). So i guess takda isu kutipan berlebihan daripada agihan.
4. tabung/dana pusat zakat MUST be Pay and Go (which means, Pusat Zakat should not be allowed to INVEST the money)

Wallahualam.

Iskandar Malaysia

1. I have very little knowledge about Iskandar Malaysia.

2. All information that I know about Iskandar Malaysia was only obtained from the web.

3. I am also aware about Singapore wanting to invest in Iskandar Malaysia. Well let them come and put their money to Malaysia. Although you don't have to sell the lands to them.

4. Upon a quick, simple inspection using Google Earth, Iskandar Malaysia spanning from Pontian, Senai, Johor Bahru and Pasir Gudang will be literally and figuratively larger than Singapore.

5. However, I can't fail to notice how dark, dirty and shit-like the water surrounding The Malaysia-Singapore Causeway.

6. I think we should revisit the Crooked Bridge plan, as long as it will not benefit Mahathir and his cronies one single cent. If we build it, Malaysians should prosper, not the selected bangsawan few.

7. I was also informed that we only sell 1000 gallons of raw water for only 3 sen or 0.42 Singapore dollar, and then we buy filtered water from Singapore back. What great business is that?

8. Melaka buys 1000 gallons of raw water from Johor for 30 sen. It seems that we love Singapore so much or maybe we are too scared of them. They got bigger guns, you know!

9. Going back to Iskandar Malaysia, I have a few suggestions although I am skeptical the Malaysian government will ever listen to a puny blogger like me.

10. First of, Pontian towards Kukup can be developed as a great tourist attraction. The beach is alright and the water is calm. I have never been to Pontian but I am informed that it is already a tourist destination, notably the Pulau Kukup. Long beach overlooking a quite big Pulau Kukup stretching towards Tanjung Piai where a lighthouse can be buit there to help ships going towards.... the causeway! (will discuss this later)

11. Maybe a theme park can be placed in Pontian (or JB) as well. Pontian can be theme park city while Kukup will be retain the quitness and traditional Kampung village for the tourist to chill in.

12. Ships can then enter the Johor strait and a great harbour can be improved in the white area from the map called Port of Tanjung Pelepas.

13. I do not know how deep the sea level in Johor Strait, but smaller ships (and maybe bigger ships can go pass through the Second Link Bridge (being replaced by the new suspension bridge) towards Johor Bahru.

14. Ships can then go to Pasir Gudang straight from Tanjung Piai (vice versa). The Johor Bahru Causeway will be replaced by a suspension bridge, crooked or not to allow water flowing smoothly and improve ecological quality in that area. Again this can also allow ships going pass the strait with ease especially when they are transporting goods from Pasir Gudang.

15. All of my suggestions above shouldn't have anything to do with Singapore as we are only developing our side of the country (except for the bridges).

16. I really think we should ask something back from Singapore for doing them a favour GIVING raw water at a very, very, very cheap price. i.e. like and UFTI or GIFT for some peculiar reasons.

17. Oh wait a minute, we don't want anything from them, we are only developing our own nation inside our OWN sovereignty.

18. Must be wise lah, kawan!

19. So maybe it's wise to renegotiate the water fee since we don't actually benefit anything from that deal. We can filter our own water for God sake! As a 'ransom', tell Singapore to build the brudges together. Report to a world environment authority giving them evidence on how shit the water is now surrounding the causeway. Independant tribunal can also be sought (Pedra Branca was successful for them although we were fighting over stupid rocks).

20. Just look at how dark and dirty the water is from a satelite image:

How stubborn I am

Yes, I have heard of the Malaysian Government's decision to scrap Teaching Maths and Science in English beginning 2012.

However. I still think abolishing PPSMI is not a good way to move forward.

How hard PPSMI can be, students MUST take the challenge.

Teachers must be trained well to achieve better success for students.

So what if one day people want PPSMI back?

Revert to PPSMI?

There are drawbacks in executing PPSMI.

Same goes to Dasar Ekonomi Baru.

Whatever it is... Khir Toyo is not the only one who got super rich after entering politics.

How random.

BN, PR, Hindraf... we are all the same = Malaysian Politicians

Funny quotes/incidents proving that we are all the SAME as we are all Malaysian Politcians.

1. BN spoke about how the alternative media like Malaysiakini, Harakah daily and others being biased and must be controlled or ban because 'they could cause confusion and generate hate'. Even bloggers are not spared. Pakatan, defended all these media because the they support its agenda.

--- Pakatan (notably Anwar and Lim Guan Eng ban UTUSAN journalists from hearing their press conference!

Verdict: Freedom of speech from BOTH sides my ass.

2. Some UMNO leaders being branded as racists and would usually say something like "Go back to China/India" or "Go back to where you came from" or "Kalau tak suka boleh keluar Malaysia" out of anger (and stupidity)

--- One Hindraf (championed by Pakatan) leader named C Tharmaraj today asked Lim Guan Eng (DAP) to 'step down as Chief Minister of Penang and go back to where he came from (Malacca)'

Verdict: We are all racists still even if it takes 0.001% of your soul, because we are from different ethnics and backgrounds, just live with it! Malaysians Malaysia my ass. Keep your identity intact while respecting other people's beliefs and cultures and we will make our nation great (again).

3. BN components care about their people of different ethnics. UMNO wants to protect the rights of the Malays, MCA representing the Chinese, MIC helping the Indians etc.

--- Pakatan say they are different. They are not really race-based and will NEVER use the race cards. Well not quite right.. PKR still claim they will protect the Constitution including the Malay rights and the existence of Kings and Rulers. NEP will abolished, yes, but it's not really abolishing it, but literally RENAMING it. PKR is still predominantly Malays. DAP, how many Non-Chinese is in DAP? They even have websites in Chinese. Youtube comments and pages are in Chinese language as well. How many Malays are in DAP? So of course they want equality because it will favour Non-Malays with the demise of hardcore poor as well (who are mostly Bumiputras). One MP from DAP even had the b*lls (or should I say t*ts because the MP doesn't have them) to say that the government should allocate more fund to help young entrepreneurs regardless of their financial backgrounds (again, not helping poor people! WHAT are you??). Meanwhile, Hadi (PAS-Pakatan) today has said that removing the 30% Bumi quota by PM will weaken Bumis. PAS members are almost 100% Malay Muslims.

Verdict: Race-based politics outdated? You people ahh.. so in denial! And yeah, PAS (Malays/Muslims) and DAP (Chinese,Indians/Secular, Socialists) will never work together because they are so different! Nuff said.

4. Corruption corruption corruption... People always blame Barisan leaders as MOST corrupt. Which is true but how about the people from the other side?

--- Fairuz (PKR) had a corruption case regarding quarries in Penang. Well, he is not alone. One young PKR leader has asked around young Malay entrepreneurs if they would like to open business with his help. He blatantly said, "ini bukan rasuah.. tapi PROFIT SHARING lah!" (translated - this is not corruption but profit sharing will do). Man that is worse than UNDER TABLE one-off money. You will get lump sum money in a traditional bribery but profit sharing is far worse! Say if the young company made RM1 Million so how much the company has to share with you? 50%? What about next year? another round of 'profit' for only lobbying the project? Next year? For the next 10,20 years? Kaya lah kau camtu goyang kaki saja! Every year plak tu! What have you done to help these young businessmen? Virtually nothing if you ask me. And what's up with this DAP case of buying RM4000 karaoke set? Every single cent also want to take ah? Siao lu!

Verdict: People still want to get rich quick even if it's dirty money. But of course not all leaders like that.

more to follow...

Snippy-Piglets

On unity government...

I don't know what Abdul Hadi Awang is trying to do. Did he just realise that the Pakatan way would be a more liberal and anti-Malay/Muslim way of living in Malaysia because of the presence of more dominant parties PKR and DAP (difference of ideologies)? Or simply he could smell an opportunity to join the Federal Government the quickest? Or maybe SINCERELY wanting to bring all Muslims in Malaysia together looking at how Muslims are divided in Malaysia? (UMNO-Muslims, UMNO-seculars, PAS-pro muzakarah Muslims, PAS anti-muzakarah, PAS Erdogans, PKR-Muslims, PKR-liberals-seculars, Indian-Muslims... etc). Whatever the reason is, PAS joining UMNO would be cheating. (froggies rule?). PAS joining Barisan Nasional to fight together for the next GE is however, not cheating. I don't really mind if Muslims in Malaysia really want to bond together because that is what Prophet Muhammad PBUH would want, since he detests Qabilah practice (Muslims having various groups) among the Muslims. However, this must only be done without the expense of the Non-Muslims because Prophet Muhammad encourages Muslim leaders to take good care of all citizens regardless of races. I know the Pakatan leaders have held a press conference rejecting a unity government, but, they can always discuss with Barisan Nasional on how to improve Malaysia for the benefits of the people.

On Tuan Guru Nik Aziz...

I have to agree with Mahathir when he said Tuan Guru is old and grumpy, like him! Although it could be contributed by the way PAS was so-called 'treated' many years ago (1970s when they joined Barisan), he forgot that Islam encourages people to forgive and forget. Depicting UMNO as communists and Sky Kingdom practices is somewhat shallow and of a sweeping statement. Worse, UMNO was once called kaffirs which really left a bad taste on people's perception of PAS, extreme and shouldn't be able to go well with liberals and seculars like DAP. Tuan Guru can accept ex-UMNO people (ie forgiven and forgotten of their past) like Anwar and many others in PKR (literally ex UMNO members and MPs) but not the current UMNO people although they had nothing to do with the 1970s issue. I guess it's because this is politics. He is againts the idea of a unity government, like Husam, because he doesn't want to see PAS under UMNO, worse than what he feels PAS's current position. Well, Nik Aziz is still human... derived from the word Insaan, that would mean Forgetful, in Arabic. So he made a mistake calling people names.. even Nasha was not spared, being emotionally shown to the door to join UMNO if Nasha was so interested about uniting the Muslims. Well, I am. So don't call me names if I want something better for the Muslims. In fact what are you so scared of? You can even expose UMNO wrong-doings when you are with Barisan in a party of your own!

On Chin Peng returning to Malaysia...

Man this one is so ridiculous even having to discuss it! Anwar seconded the motion (expectedly), because he simply wants to please people who support Communism/Socialism that made of some part of Pakatan Rakyat (shall I say DAP? SAPP?). I almost choked to death when some Malay guys on Facebook bravely saying how they welcome Chin Peng back home, obviously hardcore fans of Anwar Ibrahim. (monkey see, monkey do!). They even said something like "those people killed by PKM are the slaves of the invaders (English)". Slaves of invaders or slaves of the nation? Nothing against the former DPM, I am saying all this because I don't want to see the decendants of the people getting killed fighting the Communist guerillas being illy-provoked. Well yeah, PKM fought for the country against the Japanese and even the English later to achieve democracy. Well, it's because they wanted to rule Tanah Melayu as well! With their own ideology 'some more'! Who wouldn't jump into that kind of opportunity? Being the new kings? The Malayan and English forces fought them off and the Malaysian government called truce with PKM in the 1980s. Chin Peng, Samsiah Faqih, Razak Mohiedeen.... I don't think they were allowed home because the Government didn't want to spur anger among the fighters who were still living, and their families and friends. Bringing them home would indicate they were forgiven of their brutal insurgency. So, it's a no-no. I think Samsiah died and her body was brought home. I don't think it's a big deal anyway since they are happy to believe in Communism, now that China's current government practices a bit of the Communism anyway so they will be fine. In addition, my great uncle was killed by a PKM member and so was their Chinese neighbour, simply for not co-operating. So over my dead body PKM can be forgiven. Yeah I talked about forgive and forget earlier but this is different when we are talking about innocent and national heroes' lives been taken. Nuff said.

On Manohara vs Hubby...

I don't think it's a national issue. It's a waste of time really. So what if your husband loves dominatrix sex? Don't give me that bull-crap that you were against it. You could have said no and asked him to stop nicely. You are his wife for God sake, not his slave! When you said you were 'numb', it is sort of like a give away to me that you are simply being in denial. I can't find drugs that can make you numb but concious at the same time. You kinda loved it didn't you? Until you found it awkward being treated like a sex slave after telling the whole ordeal to your mom. You naive little girl. You thought you hit the jackpot marrying a prince and living like a princess. Well, I am sorry. Life is definitely not a fairy-tale movie. Did anyone tell you that? Did your mom tell you that or she was delightful when she heard the news her daughter's marrying a prince? And what the hell is this talk about you being kidnapped and being raped by your husband? My God. My prophet told me a wife is like a field, where her 'husband can plow the seeds in anyway he wants... as long as the wife is clean from haid and nifas... and never do it from the anus because God will never look at the face of men who do it in Paradise...'. So there's no such thing as rape in a married life. Allowing sex is one of the reasons people get married in Islam. I'm sure this Manohara is Muslim despite her Indonesian name and that half-covered-UMNO-like scarf. And yeah, suddenly you wanted to make it like a national issue by joining forces with the riots against Ambalat-invasion? Fame-seeker! Glory-hunter! And now she is shooting for an Indonesian series. Obvious! So again, just keep your bloody love story behind closed doors! You are just making a mockery of your already-screwed marriage. It's a joke really!

On calls for justice for gay people in Malaysia...

Oh please... you are in Malaysia, you live by its rules. You wanna change it, make your own party, win election and debate in the Parliament and see if it's gonna work in a traditional, Muslim-dominated country like Malaysia. Adultery, be it from the 'front' or from 'behind' is a crime in Malaysia. But I know the authority (cops) don't really catch people for adultery (hell yeah spas with prostitutes are everywhere in KL). The JAKIM snoop-cats however, are more interested with Muslims committing adultery. This is somewhat against the real teachings of Islam as Muslims are not allowed to search-and-catch, storm into properties, snoop around people committing sins (mencari-cari kesalahan orang lain adalah dosa besar). However, if by-chance that you are caught committing a crime, you should be punished. If one is committing a crime and a neighbour called the authority, that shouldn't be a problem, Islamically. But again, I am sure there are thousands of gay people in Malaysia (Western-culture-shocked, easily-influenced, emotional people - yeah don't blame God for it), they can live on with their lives as long as they don't get caught. I bet gay guys in Malaysia are mostly Malays. Wanna bet on that? I don't care really as long as you realise one day what you are doing is against any religion, unnatural, unhealthy and you don't establish a recruitment agency to lure others into your dungeon and thats fine really. P/S: I have a senior who is a drag Queen now in KL. Or should I say drag half-Queen?

On not punctual people...

I was really angry having to wait for 42 minutes for a couple of so-called educated, Raja Petra fans friends to treat them from my first pay. That was not the first time and on top of that, I was double booked for their friend from Portsmouth. (obviously if they are reading this, yeah screw them I had enough of being nice to KIDS). If you made a promise, I don't expect you to break it. If you are late, should have called or texted me earlier. I even gave 40 minutes of waiting time but thats probably the limit. In the 42nd minute, I just left for home from Leicester friggin Square. Saved me some bucks as well despite losing some 'friends'. I don't care I just hate being made a waiting toy!

On Arsenal new signing...

Fact: Thomas Vermaelen is shorter than Toure and Gallas by a centimeter. And we are having problems with the aerial defence at the back! Thank God for that. I expect more signings especially from the midfield. Strong, powerful, Vieira-like midfielder. A prolific towering striker like Dzeko wouldn't hurt as well after getting rid of that Ade-BAH-yor.