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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Relief for Africa as Ghana keep World Cup hopes alive

                        Ghana were the only team to make it into the knock-out stages of the last tournament



By Joshua Howat Berger (AFP) – 1 hour ago
JOHANNESBURG — Africa rallied behind Ghana on Thursday after the Black Stars kept the continent's dreams of football glory alive by making it through to the second round of the first World Cup on African soil.
Africa had faced the ignominy of having no representatives in the business end of the tournament for the first time in 28 years after a string of failures by the continent's five other representatives.
But the Black Stars limited three-times champions Germany to a 1-0 victory in Johannesburg late Wednesday, a result which enabled them to stagger into second place in Group D and thus line up a showdown with the United States.
"The African National Congress congratulates Ghana for representing the entire continent by proceeding to the next round of this 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament," said South Africa's ruling party in a statement.
"Well-done Ghana for doing Africa proud and all of us as Africans proud."
Tournament organisers were also desperate for at least one African team to make it through to the knock-out stage given it is the first time the tournament is being held on the world's poorest continent.
"We wish to congratulate Ghana for keeping the African flag and the representation high in the tournament and we wish them luck in their next game against the USA," said Rich Mkhondo, spokesman for the local organising committee.
"This is an African World Cup, and we have always maintained that we wish and hope that the African teams will do well, and they are making us very proud."
Ghana, the first African nation to win its independence, was the continent's trail-blazer at the last tournament when they also were the only team to make it into the knock-out stages.
They managed to beat the US at the 2006 tournament in Germany and a repeat performance would give them a decent chance of making the semi-finals with either Uruguay or South Korea standing in their way.
No African team has ever made it to the semi-finals of a World Cup, and the hosts have been quick to transfer their allegiance to Ghana in the wake South Africa's first round exit on Tuesday.
"Ghana Fly the Flag for Africa", read a headline in the Johannesburg-based daily The Star, adding that they had provided "some much-needed relief for Africa ... whose teams have been disastrous."
Although a record six African teams qualified for the tournament, Cameroon, Nigeria, Algeria and South Africa have all been knocked out and Ivory Coast are almost certainly doomed to lose out to Brazil and Portugal.
Reigning champions Italy are also struggling after drawing against lowly New Zealand and Paraguay in their opening games and need a victory over Slovakia Thursday to be sure of making the last 16.
Two of Europe's other big guns, former champions Germany and England, have already booked their ticket to the second round and will meet in Bloemfontein on Sunday.
English newspapers are already savouring the prospect of a new battle between the old enemies. England won the 1966 World Cup against Germany but have since suffered heartache agains the same team -- including their defeat on penalties in the 1990 semi-finals.

Evra pledges to reveal 'truth' behind humiliation

France's defender Patrice Evra looks dejected at the end of the Group A first round 2010 World Cup football match France vs. South Africa on June 22, 2010 at Free State Stadium in MangaungBloemfontein. South Africa won 2-1. AFP PHOTO FRANCK FIFE


By Agence France-Presse, Updated: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 9:24 PM


France captain Patrice Evra promised on Tuesday that his disgraced and humiliated World Cup team would not risk further public anger by claiming lucrative cash handouts.
But the Manchester United defender, dropped for the final match of his country's doomed campaign, pledged not to hold back on revealing the inside secrets of how France's World Cup fell apart in a storm of resentment and rage.
"I share the pain of all France. Tonight is the time for apologies. It's an apology that could have been made yesterday, but I was banned from doing so by the coach," said Evra, one of the ringleaders of the players strike on Sunday which was called to protest the expulsion of teammate Nicolas Anelka.
His part in that disastrous public exercise was punished by embattled coach Raymond Domenech who dropped him from the team's 2-1 defeat to South Africa on Tuesday.
"Now is not the time to settle scores. All of France will have the time to have explanations for this disaster. I will give them. I will talk about what has happened. I will tell the truth. I have nothing to hide."
France, the 1998 champions and 2006 runners-up, ended their ill-starred South African adventure at the bottom of Group A having lost to Mexico and South Africa and scraping a 0-0 draw with Uruguay.
They went home with one point, one goal and with the unwanted title of laughing stock of the football world.
Aware of the public fury, Evra said his teammates would not claim the bonuses owed to them from lucrative marketing deals.
"We will not accept a single cent from sponsors. We will refuse all the bonuses," said Evra.
According to the agreement signed with the French Football Federation (FFF) the players would not receive any extra money for failing to reach the second round, but were liable to benefit from lucrative marketing revenues generated by the squad.
The Manchester United star refused to admit that the strike on Sunday, described as "unspeakably stupid" by Domenech and which saw the players refuse to train, had been a mistake.
"Our pain wasn't exaggerated. We communicated our reasons for what happened," he said.
"Tonight I was dropped from the team without a valid reason. These are difficult times."

Saturday, June 19, 2010

US midfielder London Donovan scores a goal

US midfielder Landon Donovan shoots and scores a goal during their Group C first round 2010 World Cup football match on June 18, 2010 at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg.  AFP PHOTO GABRIEL BOUYS

USA 2 Slovekia 2

US midfielder Landon Donovan R shoots and scores a goal past Slovenia's goalkeeper Samir Handanovic up and Slovenia's defender Marko Suler during their Group C first round 2010 World Cup football match on June 18, 2010 at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg. AFP PHOTO PEDRO UGARTE

2 goals that were for US, and 1 that wasn't

RONALD BLUM, AP - 7 hours ago
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Maurice Edu kicked the ball into the net. American players jumped around wildly, thinking they had capped a historic comeback, turning a two-goal, first-half deficit into a 3-2 victory over Slovenia in the World Cup.
"Then I heard the whistle," Edu said
Referee Koman Coulibaly of Mali had called it off.
Over and over, American players asked, "Why?"
In English. Then in French.
"He just ignored us," Landon Donovan said. "Or he didn't understand."
Perhaps Coulibaly, working his first World Cup game, will never explain himself. By the rules, he doesn't have to speak to the media on game days, and his next availability isn't until Monday. Perhaps it will remain one of those unsolved soccer mysteries.
What's known for now is this: Donovan and Michael Bradley scored second-half goals that did count, and U.S. hopes to reach the second round remained alive with a 2-2 tie Friday night.
And for one moment, Edu felt "pure excitement."
It did not last.
Now it comes down to Wednesday's match against Algeria.
"My guess is there's not many teams in this tournament that could have done what we did and arguably won the game. And that is what the American spirit is about," Donovan said. "And I'm sure people back home are proud of that."
Slovenia (1-0-1) leads Group C with four points and would have qualified for the second round with a win. The U.S. and England (both 0-0-2) are tied for second with two points each following England's 0-0 draw with Algeria (0-1-1).
The top two teams in the group advance, so the U.S. would make the second round with a victory against Algeria. The Americans also could advance if they tie the Algerians while England draws Slovenia, provided the U.S. maintains its advantage in goals scored over the English, currently 3-1.
"We can still get through," goalkeeper Tim Howard said. "Being down 2-0 in a game, I've played long enough to feel very lucky and fortunate to come out of it still in the World Cup."
It was the second time in a month that an official's call had thwarted American sports history. Just a few weeks ago umpire Jim Joyce's decision cost Detroit pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game. Different sports, yes, but enormous consequences in both cases.
This would have meant so much more than one World Cup match, more than the largest country in the tournament, with 300 million people, tying the smallest with 2 million.
"I'm a little gutted to be honest," Donovan said. "I don't know how they stole that last goal from us."
Donovan took a free kick from the side of the penalty area in the 85th minute, as players jostled in front. Aleksandar Radosavljevic held Michael Bradley in a bear hug, and Edu spun away from Bojan Jokic and, one step into the 6-yard box, stuck out his left foot and put the ball in.
It was unclear to the U.S. what Coulibaly actually called. At the time of the whistle, American captain Carlos Bocanegra, who was a few feet away from Edu, did have an arm around Nejc Pecnik, preventing the Slovene from jumping for the ball.
"Whistles were blown very early. No explanation," Bocanegra said.
"There's no point talking about it," said a disgusted Michael Bradley, the coach's son.
But there's no forgetting it either.
"What I've heard is that there were three fouls in the box, and all of which were against Slovenia players," coach Bob Bradley said.
"In the midst of the game with everything that's going on, it's rare that when a tough call is made that a referee at that moment will give you an answer," he said. "Sometimes after the fact you might get an answer, but that's not always the case, either. When you're involved in the game long enough, there are moments where you are frustrated, because you feel that situations have not been handled 100 percent correctly or fairly. But that's the way the game works sometimes, so you move on."
Slovenia was outshot 14-7, but had two shots on goal in the first half and scored on both.
The Green Dragons went ahead when Valter Birsa got behind Bradley and the defense, found 5 yards of space and from about 28 yards caught Howard flat-footed. The goalkeeper was screened by defender Oguchi Onyewu, who slid across to deny Birsa the right side of the goal. The ball sailed past Howard and went in.
"I just lost sight of it," Howard said.
The U.S. nearly tied it when Clint Dempsey crossed toward Donovan inside the 6-yard box. But as Donovan was about to redirect the ball into the goal, Miso Brecko made a sliding deflection to knock it away. Donovan skidded into the goal without the ball, and several American players put their hands on their heads in frustration.
On the counterattack, Zlatan Ljubijankic ran up the middle, took a pass and sent an 8-yard right-footed shot under Howard.
A pro-American crowd of 45,583 at Ellis Park that had been chanting "USA!" was silenced. Frustration showed when Donovan, wanting to take a free kick, shoved Jose Torres, who had the ball. Torres, a 22-year-old midfielder, started in place of the more defensive Ricardo Clark.
"Jose's a young kid who is playing in his first World Cup game," Donovan said. "It's just an emotional game and at the moment I wanted to let him know what I needed to tell him."
American players retreated to their locker room and talked of a need to regroup.
"This group will never be together again," was how defender Jay DeMerit remembered the discussion. "`We just said if we're going to go down, we go down swinging."
Bob Bradley made two lineup changes at halftime, inserting Benny Feilhaber and Edu for Torres and forward Robbie Findley, who received his second yellow card of the tournament for a hand ball in the 40th and will be suspended for the Algeria game. Dempsey pushed up from midfield to forward.
Donovan started the comeback in the 48th minute when he ran onto a Steve Cherundolo pass from midfield and got by Bostjan Cesar, a defender who fell down and then unsuccessfully chased after him. Donovan originally planned to cross, but came down the endline and shot from the 6-yard box, putting the ball over goalkeeper Samir Handanovic and into the roof of the net.
It was the third World Cup goal for Donovan, his first since 2002, and his record 43rd for the national team.
"I decided to take a touch and aim high -- and aim at his head," Donovan said. "And I don't think he wanted to get hit from there."
Michael Bradley tied the score in the 82nd, when Jozy Altidore's header off Donovan's free kick fell in the middle of the penalty area. Running at full speed, Bradley caught up to it about 8 yards from goal and with his right foot tapped it over Handanovic's head.
"That's Mikey. He was pretty energetic at halftime," Howard said. "He wanted the talk ... to stop and to put our money where our mouths are. He did a good job of being an example of that."
Slovenia coach Matjaz Kek talked about his team losing its concentration in the second half and how the Americans benefited from it. "We were ahead of the United States, but we didn't overcome this pressure," he said.
It was almost the first come-from-behind win for the Americans in World Cup play. The United States is 6-16-5 in the World Cup, never falling behind in its victories. That would have changed, if not for what the U.S. believes was a phantom foul.
"I haven't seen the replay, but I've had 43 text messages from people who did, and they didn't see a foul, either," U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati said.
During the last week, U.S. players said this wasn't so much a "must-win game" as a "can't-lose" match.
That changes against Algeria.
"Now we have to win," Donovan said. "Period. End of story."

From Yahoo Malaysia Sports

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Fernandes Switzerland 1 Fernando Spain 0

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 16: Goalscorer Gelson Fernandes of Switzerland celebrates victory after the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group H match between Spain and Switzerland at Durban Stadium on June 16, 2010 in Durban, South Africa. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)




DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 16: Fernando Torres of Spain looks dejected after defeat in the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group H match between Spain and Switzerland at Durban Stadium on June 16, 2010 in Durban, South Africa. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

Swiss shock favorites Spain in Durban

Reuters - 53 minutes ago
By Nick Mulvenney
DURBAN (Reuters) - Switzerland pulled off the biggest shock of this World Cup when they beat European champions Spain 1-0 in Group H on Wednesday, their first ever victory over their opponents in 19 games.

Gelson Fernandes' goal after a mix up in the Spanish defense gave the Swiss a shock 52nd minute lead and Spain, for all their talent and guile, were unable to find a way through the massed ranks of white Switzerland shirts.

"We tried in an orthodox way and in an heroic way but we were not able to score. It wasn't our day. We dominated almost all the match," Spain coach Vicente del Bosque said.

"This defeat means that we have to win the other two (group) matches," he added.

The Swiss, who have now not conceded a goal in the World Cup since a 3-0 defeat to Spain in 1994, share the lead in Group H with Chile, who beat Honduras 1-0 earlier on Wednesday.

After a forgettable first half, the Swiss looked like spending another 45 minutes defending for their lives until goalkeeper Diego Benaglio's long punt caused chaos in the Spanish defense.

Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas clashed with Swiss striker Eren Derdiyok and Gerard Pique was unable to stop the ball falling to Fernandes, who clipped the ball into an empty net.

The defeat ended a run of 12 straight victories for the Spanish, who had qualified for the World Cup with a 100 percent record and were many pundits' favorites to win the tournament.

The European champions enjoyed a near monopoly of possession for much of the game but were unable to convert the chances they created.

Del Bosque, who had started the match with David Villa as a lone striker, brought Fernando Torres and Jesus Navas on after the goal to try and rescue the game but they were unable to find a way through.

Xabi Alonso hit the underside of the bar with a fine strike in the 70th minute, Navas shot lamely Benaglio when through on goal about a minute later, and Pique squandered another chance on the next Spanish attack.

Derdiyok, playing in place of his injured captain Alex Frei, then jinked his way through the defense to almost double the Swiss lead but, to the relief of the Spanish, his shot came bouncing back off the post.

Torres had a couple more openings in the dying minutes of the game but failed to exploit them and, after five minutes of added time, the Swiss were able to celebrate a famous victory.

(Editing by Nigel Hunt)

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

World Cup: USA 1-1 England - Man Of The Match

Who was the top player for the USA in their draw with England?
By Allen Ramsey
Jun 12, 2010 4:24:00 PM
It was a solid result for the USA as they worked a 1-1 draw with England to open Group C play. England took and early lead only to have Clint Dempsey level the match just before the break on what can only be described as a major gaffe by England 'keeper Robert Green.
But which player did the most to make sure the USA left with at least a point?
The answer seems to be pretty obvious. American goalkeeper Tim Howard was the exact opposite of his counterpart in the England goal. Howard made several massive stops to keep the Three Lions from ever regaining their lead including one at point blank range off of Emile Heskey.

From goal.com



Steve Cherundolo, who dominated James Milner in the opening 30 minutes before putting the clamps on Shaun Wright-Phillips, also deserves to have his name called as one of the top performers on the night. Cherundolo not only locked down his side of the field defensively but drew several fouls in the first half as he bombed forward.
Another player for the USA who had a fine showing was midfielder Michael Bradley who did very well to help relieve pressure by passing and dribbling his way out of trouble.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Johan Cruyff: Winning The World Cup Will Be 'Impossible' For England Under Fabio Capello

Goal.com - 6 hours ago
Holland legend Johan Cruyff believes that England cannot win the World Cup under Fabio Capello, citing that the way the Three Lions play is too similar to Italy as they are 'only interested in the result'.

The former Barcelona star believes that the influx of Italian managers like Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea, Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini and Capello has affected football in England.

"With Capello on the bench, all the world knows how England will play. It's a curious situation in England,” Cruyff told The Mirror.

"The Italian coaches are influencing the philosophy. There are the examples of Ancelotti, Mancini and Capello.

"England now have many similarities to Italy. The mentality has changed and now they are only interested in the result.

"After the failure in Germany is 2006, now England needs a great spectacle but that is impossible with Capello as coach."

This is not the first time that the Dutchman has criticised Capello and his attack on the Three Lions boss is one of the few that he has faced since becoming England manager.

Cruyff believes that Spain, Argentina and Brazil are the three teams that will be the favourites to win in South Africa, but he is not as optimistic about Holland’s chances.

"If Spain can show their quality on the pitch then they can aspire to great success. But they must improve with each game without suffering from growing pressure.

"They must show the same pride and quality that they did at Euro 2008 to win the World Cup.

"It would be unfair for Argentina just to rely on Lionel Messi. Their system and team must be strong and they must make changes when necessary to make sure his work is not lost.

"Brazil have incredible talent and they are different now. Now they have a big keeper, a good defence and a more European style. They can be more negative. For me now, Spain is the Brazil in this World Cup.

"Holland has some good players but the stars don't play in Holland. Without playing in Holland, it's impossible for the team to improve long term."

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

South Africa hammers Guatemala 5-0

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POLOKWANE, South Africa (AP) -- Katlego Mphela converted two penalties and South Africa defeated Guatemala 5-0 on Monday in the last chance for players from the host nation team to impress before the World Cup squad is announced.



Reneilwe Letsholonyane, Surprise Moriri and Bernard Parker also scored at the Peter Mokaba Stadium to give Bafana Bafana a boost in the final run-in to the tournament.

Guillermo Ramirez missed a second-half penalty for Guatemala when his spotkick was saved by Moeneeb Josephs.

Captain Aaron Mokoena became the first player to win 100 caps for South Africa and celebrated by wearing the number 100 on his shirt.


Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira will cut five players Tuesday to get his roster to 23.

From Yahoo Malaysia Sport.

30,000 quit Facebook in protest


AFP - Tuesday, June 1
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - – A group protesting Facebook's privacy policies said Monday more than 30,000 people had heeded its call to quit the social networking giant.

"For us it comes down to two things: fair choices and best intentions. In our view, Facebook doesn't do a good job in either department," the organizers, who did not identify themselves, said on their website for Monday's "Quit Facebook Day."

"Facebook gives you choices about how to manage your data, but they aren't fair choices."


The group said at 2300 GMT that 32,749 had dropped out of the Facebook universe.

Facebook.com is visited monthly by 540 million people, or slightly more than 35 percent of the Internet population, according to Google data.

Facebook is overhauling privacy controls in the face of a barrage of criticism that it is betraying the trust which has made it the world's biggest social network.

Facebook redesigned its privacy settings page to provide a single control for content and "significantly reduce" the amount of information that is always visible to everyone.

Facebook also said it is giving users more control over how outside applications or websites access information at the service.

Critics continue to call for Facebook to make all user information private by default and then let people designate what they want to share case-by-case in an "opt-in" model.

Monday, May 24, 2010

Inter win Champions League

MADRID (AFP) - – Diego Milito scored both goals as Inter Milan beat Bayern Munich 2-0 in the Champions League final at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday as charismatic coach Jose Mourinho engineered an historic treble.

Argentine striker Milito embarrassed each of Bayern's centre-backs in turn as the Bavarians' vulnerable defensive core was ruthlessly exposed.

In their first Champions League final since 1972, Inter won their third European title and first since 1965.

They also became the first Italian team to achieve the treble of Serie A, Italian Cup and Champions League.

But the celebrations were tempered by Mourinho admitting that the match would almost certainly be his last as he seeks new challenges having become only the third coach to win the European title with two different clubs. Related article:Mourinho to bid Inter arrivederci, plans Madrid talks

"I want to be the only coach to win the Champions League with three different clubs," he said. "It's more likely that I will leave rather than stay."

Real Madrid are widely expected to be Mourinho's new employers.

Bayern coach Louis Van Gaal, who once worked with Mourinho at Barcelona, was not impressed by the Italian side's tactics.

"Inter are a hard team to play and I think we played attractive football," said the Dutchman.

"We tried to attack in tight spaces. We choose to play offensively. Inter won and they have every right to play the way they want."

Milito said: "I'm 30, I had to wait a long time to win a trophy like this but this is football and football always gives you a chance to make amends.

"I thank Jose Mourinho and the president for bringing me here last summer, tonight was just fantastic." Related article: Italian press bittersweet as Inter win, Mourinho leaves

Inter's Samuel Eto'o became only the fourth player to win the competition in successive seasons with different clubs having been on the Barcelona winning team a year ago.

Bayern came closest early on as Arjen Robben beat Cristian Chivu and Walter Samuel with some wing wizardry down the right but Ivica Olic prodded his cross wide of the near post.

Hamit Altintop then created space on the edge of the Inter box on 13 minutes but his shot was deflected for a corner. Related article: Milito the 'Prince' becomes king

Bayern had a decent penalty shout when Daniel Van Buyten's header hit Maicon's arm.

Wesley Sneijder tried his luck with a 40-yard free-kick which skimmed off Altintop's head but goalkeeper Hans-Jorg Butt was alert to punch clear.

Robben had an opportunity with Inter bodies around him but he hurried it and shot embarrassingly off target.

Milito's first goal on 35 minutes came against the run of play and from a defensive lapse as Inter targeted the fragile heart of Bayern's defence.

Goalkeeper Julio Cesar punted the ball upfield and Milito held off Martin Demichelis to flick it on to Sneijder.

The Argentine forward then turned and left his compatriot on the wrong side of goal before taking Sneijder's return pass and exploiting the gap behind Demichelis to clip the ball over Butt.

Inter should have scored a second before the break when Milito dragged Demichelis out of position again, wide left this time and played in Sneijder through the middle but the Dutch playmaker shot straight at Butt.

If the nervy and cautious first half was a disappointment, the start of the second quickly made up for that.

From the kick-off Bayern opened up Inter thanks to a flick by Olic to Altintop, who then slipped in Thomas Muller but he overstretched as he shot and hit Cesar's legs.

A minute later Samuel drove out of defence, played the ball to Goran Pandev and he played it out to Milito who cut inside Van Buyten and pulled the ball back for Pandev, but the Macedonia forward's left-foot curler was tipped over acrobatically by Butt.

Lucio then took an unecessary risk in his own box and put Maicon in trouble with the full-back losing the ball to Altintop who shot narrowly wide.

Sneijder had a couple more free-kick chances but shot over with the first and Butt easily saved the second.

Up the other end Esteban Cambiasso headed a high bouncing Muller effort off the line before Cesar made a one handed save to stop a Robben inswinger from wide right that was heading for the top corner.

Samuel then made a couple of timely blocks to deny Muller as Bayern pressed.

But Milito settled the match 20 minutes from time.

He beat Van Buyten one-on-one, dropped a shoulder before stroking the ball home past Butt with aplomb for his sixth goal in the tournament this season.
From Yahoo! malaysia News

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Dosa-Dosa & Facebook

Salam kepada semua. Harap artikel dari www.zaharuddin.net ini akan menjadi panduan kepada kita semua di Facebook...
Semenjak empat bulan terlibat dalam menyampaikan mesej kebaikan, melarang kemungkaran melalui facebook. Disedari terdapat beberapa cara penggunaannya yang patut ditegah dan boleh jatuh perbuatan tersebut kepada haram, malah berganda-ganda haramnya.
Perlakuan dan perbuatan melalui facebook yang boleh mengundang dosa terlalu banyak, namun di kesempatan ini, cukup saya senaraikan enam perkara, iaitu :-
1) Mendedah keaiban suami, isteri di facebook.
Terdapat beberapa kes yang dilihat sama ada secara langsung atau tidak langsung, pemilik facebook meluahkan perasaan sedih, kecewa, benci, marah terhadap pasangan di ruang status mereka. Mendesak suami atau isteri juga melalui status facebook. Kemudian, status tersebut mendapat komentar pelbagai dari rakan-rakan mereka. Sebagai contoh, ada yang secara terbuka mendesak suami membeli rumah, kereta, pinggan mangkuk, perabot, pakaian dan sebegainya melalui status mereka. Tertekanlah suami serba salah.

Sebagaimana yang disebut oleh ramai specialist di dalam bidang rumah tangga, kebanyakan wanita suka berkongsi dan meluahkan perasaan mereka kepada orang lain sebagai pelepas kepada beban yang ditanggung. Adakalanya ia mungkin bukan bertujuan untuk menjatuhkan suaminya, bukan pula untuk tujuan membuka aib suami atau untuk mencari penyelesaian. Pendedahan itu hanya sebagai pelepas tekanan di dalam diri.

Namun, tanpa disedari perbuatan tersebut tergolong dalam mengumpat yang diharamkan oleh Islam. Semua perlu memahami bahawa mereka tidak boleh sewenangnya bercerita perihal rumahtangga atau pasangan mereka secara terbuka sama ada melalui facebook atau kepada rakan di pejabat dan sebagainya. Sebarang masalah yang sudah tidak dapat diselesaikan olehnya, hanya dibenarkan untuk diluahkan kepada seseorang yang diyakini punyai autoriti seperti ibubapa, mertua dan adik beradik yang diyakini boleh berperanan membantu, bukan berpotensi mengeruhkan lagi keadaan. Boleh juga dikongsikan secara tertutup kepada pihak ketiga seperti Qadhi, Mufti, para ilmuan sama ada Ustaz, Ustazah atau Kaunselor Rumahtangga.

Pendedahan masalah dan info yang boleh mengaibkan suami (dan isteri) TIDAK DIBENARKAN sama sekali disebarkan melalui facebook. Apabila ia dilakukan, ia dengan mudah sekali boleh mengundang dosa.

Terdapat sebahagiannya info tidak secara langsung mengaibkan pasangan, tetapi selaku pembaca, kita dapat ‘membaca' dan mengetahui secara tersirat bahawa si pemilik sedang ‘perang dingin' dengan pasangannya. Ada juga yang difahami, suaminya sedang gagal memenuhi apa yang diingininya, bersifat kurang baik kepadanya dan sebagainya. Ingatlah semua, rumahtangga adalah amanah, jangan meruntuhkannya melalui facebook.

Beramanahlah, berikan suami dan isteri anda password facebook anda, agar mereka sentiasa boleh meneliti mesej-mesej yang dihantar kepada anda. Boleh juga pasangan berperanan selaku penyemak dan memadam (delete) mana yang perlu jika dimasukkan secara emosi tanpa pertimbangan aqal yang wajar.

2) Terlebih gambar

Ramai di kalangan wanita hari ini sudah mempunyai facebook, mungkin sudah menjadi lumrah wanita yang biasanya inginkan kecantikan dan pujian terhadap kecantikannya. Oleh itu, semakin ramai wanita yang memuatkan gambar mereka, sama ada jarak dekat, sangat dekat ( sehingga memenuhi kotak gambar) dan jauh (beramai-ramai atau seorang diri). Ditambah pula lagi dengan gaya, aksi dan fesyen yang pelbagai.

Agak pelik juga kerana sebahagian mereka sudah bersuami dan kelihatan suami mereka memberikan sepenuh keredhaan atas tayangan gambar sedemikian kepada khalayak, tanpa sebarang rasa cemburu dan prihatin. Lebih merbahayakan, ramai pula lelaki yang menontonnya, sebahagiannya memberikan pujian, malah ada yang berani bergurau senda, dan membuat ‘lamaran' nafsu.

Lebih pelik, tuan punya facebook yang sepatutnya mampu mengawal dan memadam sebarang komen kurang etika, kelihatan membiarkan sahaja lamaran nafsu (seperti ajakan berdating, kahwin-padahal telah bersuami) tersebut di ruangan komentar gambarnya, tanpa rasa bersalah.

Berterusan bercanda mereka melalui ruang komentar, si lelaki dan wanita ada juga yang telah beristeri dan bersuami, cuma atas tiket kawan lama, sepejabat dan sebagainya, hal tersebut dibiarkan. Malah jika kedua-duanya masih bujang sekalipun, ia tetap BERDOSA dan SALAH di sisi Islam kerana ia termasuk dalam kategori larangan Allah ‘janganlah kamu menghampiri zina'.

Saya bimbang, ramai pula lelaki yang menjadi dayus dek kerana gambar isteri terdedah aurat ( atau menutup aurat kurang sempurna) ditayang sehabisnya di facebook. Baca perihal ciri lelaki dayus di sini .

3) Penyamaran

Lelaki menyamar sebagai wanita untuk menjadi friend dan seterusnya mendapat maklumat wanita. Ada dilaporkan juga, sebahagian lelaki berang kerana tidak diluluskan menjadi ‘friend' seseorang wanita. Akibatnya, si lelaki tidak mendapat kemudahan akses kepada gambar-gambar wanita tersebut. Bagi membolehkannya mendapat akses, terdapat lelaki yang mula menyamar menjadi wanita, meletakkan gambar mana-mana wanita yang boleh dijumpai secara mudah tertebaran di interent, diletakkan sebagai dirinya. Melalui cara itu, lelaki ini berjaya menjadi friend dan menonton seluruh gambar wanita terbabit dan berbuat apa yang disukainya dengan gambar itu.

Si wanita yang pada asalnya merasa selamat kerana merasakan dirinya telah menapis sebaiknya, rupanya masih terdedah gambarnya kepada yang orang yang tidak sepatutnya. Kerana itu, walau anda hanya membenarkan friend untuk menatapi gambar anda, pastikan semua gambar tersebut masih terhad dan terjaga.

4) Download gambar untuk simpanan dan tatapan.

Dimaklumkan juga, akibat dek kerana gambar wanita yang terlalu ‘bersepah' difacebook, terdapat lelaki berhati buas yang memuat turun gambar tersebut dan disimpan sebagai koleksi peribadinya. Justeru, sedarlah, mana-mana wanita yang dikurniakan Allah punyai ‘rupa' yang menurut pandangan ramai sebagai elok dan menawan. Golongan sebegini amat perlu sekali lebih berwaspada lebih daripada mereka yang lain.

Malangnya, golongan sebegini kelihatan lebih ghairah menjaja gambar mereka untuk mendapat lebih banyak pujian dan ...'DOSA'. Simpan sahajalah gambar-gambar 'kiut' (cute) anda, cukuplah ia buat tatapan suami. Cukuplah pujian rakan sekeliling yang benar-benar mengenali anda. Tidak perlulah tamakkan pujian manusia luar.

Tunggu sahajalah pujian para malaikat dan bidadari di Syurga nanti, terlampau tidak sabarkah wahai diri? Sedarilah, ke'kiut'an anda mungkin menjadikan sebuah rumahtangga hancur, kecemburuan wanita lain, kerana boleh wujud gejala suami yang membanding-bandingkan wajah dan tubuh anda dengan isterinya. Jika itu berlaku, pemilik gambar mendapat saham dosa.

5) Tagging gambar tanpa izin dan gambar silam yang membuka aurat.

Tagging atau menandakan sesuatu gambar yang disiar merupakan satu fungsi mudah untuk menyebarluaskan gambar seseorang termasuk diri sendiri kepada kenalan dan rakan. Malangnya fungsi ini menjadi sumber dosa yang banyak juga dewasa ini. Isu ini juga pernah ditulis oleh beberapa penulis lain seperti Ust Abu Umair dan Sdr Shahmuzir. Saya ingin menegaskan lagi tulisan mereka.

Ini adalah kerana, terdapat ‘trend' menyebarkan gambar-gambar lama, dan kemudian meletakkan tagging kepada individu di dalam gambar. Perlu disedari, setiap gambar yang di'tag', akan muncul dan boleh dilihat oleh semua friend, dan rakan kepada friend tersebut juga boleh menontonnya.

Ini boleh menjadi dosa, kerana :-

a- Sebahagian individu di dalam gambar terbabit mungkin dahulu tidak menutup aurat, tetapi kini telah menutup aurat. Justeru penyebaran gambarnya yang tidak menutup aurat adalah haram.

b- Individu terbabit berada di dalam rumah, bersama keluarga, justeru penutupan auratnya tidak begitu sempurna kerana di dalam rumah sendiri atau di dalam keadaan ‘candid', tetapi akibat ketidakperihatinan sebahagian ahli keluarga terhadap hal aurat. Gambarnya yang sedemikian tersebar. Sepatutnya, kita yang di'tanda' boleh dengan segera delete 'tag' itu, hasilnya walau gambar masih tersiar tetapi ia tidak mempunyai sebarang pengenalan. Itu paling kurang boleh dilakukan oleh individu yang prihatin dan berawas-awas. Namun malangnya, sebahagian pemilik facebook tidak sedar mereka boleh ‘untagged' nama mereka. Malah kalau mereka boleh untagged sekalipun, penyebaran gambar sedemikian tetap salah dan berDOSA di dalam Islam.

c- Gambar mengaibkan orang lain. Gambar yang disiarkan itu, walaupun menutup aurat, tetapi dalam situasi mengaibkan. Mungkin ia tidak mengaibkan individu yang menyiarkannya kerana dia dalam keadaan baik dan bagus. Namun rakannya berada dalam situasi mengaibkan, tambahan pula dia kini merupakan ‘seseorang' yang terhormat, punyai kedudukan baik di mata masyarakat,. Apabila gambar sedemikian disiarkan, ia mencemar nama baiknya. Penyiaran sebegitu sama seperti mengutuknya secara langsung di khalayak ramai, sama ada sengaja atau tidak, semua perlu sedar..anda mungkin bebas menyiarkan gambar anda, namun gambar orang lain. Keizinan perlu diperolehi terlebih dahulu sebelum siaran dibuat.

6. Mengutuk diri sendiri & kebaikan

Adakalanya terdapat juga wanita-wanita berpenampilan cukup solehah, berpakaian extra caution dalam bab aurat sewaktu zaman universiti atau sekolahnya. Namun sesudah masuk ke alam pekerjaan dan perkahwinan, imejnya berubah begitu drastik dengan make up cukup jelas menghiasi wajah, baju bekerlipan warnanya, yang tebal dahulu sudah jadi nipis, adakalanya tidak sempurna dan macam-macam lagi. Alasannya? Seribu satu macam. Suami pula mungkin bukan dari jenis yang cermat untuk menegur dan menasihat.

Yang menyedihkan, apabila tersiar gambar lamanya yang berpakaian extra caution lagi sopan di facebook, disiarkan oleh rakan-rkana lama. Tuan punya tubuh, kelihatan tanpa malu dan segan mengutuk dirinya sendiri sama ada secara langsung atau tidak langsung. Lahirlah kata-kata, ‘zaman aku ekstrem', ‘zaman solehah', ‘waktu innocent', zaman-zaman suci', 'itu zaman kuno dulu', 'itu masa duduk bawah tempurung' dan lain-lain frasa yang sepertinya.

Tanpa disedarinya, ia mendedahkan keaiban dirinya sendiri, apabila berkata zaman solehah, bermakna kini adakah dia mengaku tidak lagi solehah?, kini tidak suci?. dan lain-lain. Ia juga sekaligus seolah mengutuk pemakaian sopan dirinya dahulu. Ingatlah wahai diri, jika tidak mampu istiqamah atas pakaian dan penampilan dahulu, janganlah sampai mengutuknya. Kerana ia sama seperti mengutuk pakaian yang sopan lagi baik, seolah mendahulukan yang kurang baik.

KESIMPULAN

Itulah facebook, ia boleh menjadi sumber pahala, jika diguna dengan betul, boleh menjadi pemudah azab jika digunakan tanpa ilmu dan limitasi. Berhati-hatilah dan berpada-padalah pemilik facebook.

Niat untuk mendekatkan ukhuwwah antara rakan lama, sekolah dan sebagainya tidak sama sekali boleh menghalalkan sembangan mesra, gurauan senda di antara suami dan isteri orang, antara lelaki dan wanita yang bukan mahram. Ia hanya akan membawa kepada kemudaratan dan keruntuhan rumahtangga. Janganlah lagi mempermainkan nama 'ukhuwah' untuk berbuat dosa.

Ukhuwwah itu hanya terhad sesuatu yang membawa kepada ingatan kepada Allah, mengajak kebaikan dan menjauh kemungkaran. Lihatlah surah al-Hujurat dan fahamkan kalam Allah sebaiknya akan erti ukhuwwah di kalangan mukmin.

Sekian



Zaharuddin Abd Rahman

www.zaharuddin.net

3 Mei 2010

Sunday, May 16, 2010

7 Things to Stop Doing Now on Facebook

Using a Weak PasswordAvoid simple names or words you can find in a dictionary, even with numbers tacked on the end. Instead, mix upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, and symbols. A password should have at least eight characters. One good technique is to insert numbers or symbols in the middle of a word, such as this variant on the word "houses": hO27usEs!

Leaving Your Full Birth Date in Your Profile
It's an ideal target for identity thieves, who could use it to obtain more information about you and potentially gain access to your bank or credit card account. If you've already entered a birth date, go to your profile page and click on the Info tab, then on Edit Information. Under the Basic Information section, choose to show only the month and day or no birthday at all.
It's an ideal target for identity thieves, who could use it to obtain more information about you and potentially gain access to your bank or credit card account. If you've already entered a birth date, go to your profile page and click on the Info tab, then on Edit Information. Under the Basic Information section, choose to show only the month and day or no birthday at all.

Overlooking Useful Privacy ControlsFor almost everything in your Facebook profile, you can limit access to only your friends, friends of friends, or yourself. Restrict access to photos, birth date, religious views, and family information, among other things. You can give only certain people or groups access to items such as photos, or block particular people from seeing them. Consider leaving out contact info, such as phone number and address, since you probably don't want anyone to have access to that information anyway.


Posting Your Child's Name in a Caption
Don't use a child's name in photo tags or captions. If someone else does, delete it by clicking on Remove Tag. If your child isn't on Facebook and someone includes his or her name in a caption, ask that person to remove the name.

Mentioning That You'll Be Away From HomeThat's like putting a "no one's home" sign on your door. Wait until you get home to tell everyone how awesome your vacation was and be vague about the date of any trip.

Letting Search Engines Find You
To help prevent strangers from accessing your page, go to the Search section of Facebook's privacy controls and select Only Friends for Facebook search results. Be sure the box for public search results isn't checked.

Permitting Youngsters to Use Facebook Unsupervised
Facebook limits its members to ages 13 and over, but children younger than that do use it. If you have a young child or teenager on Facebook, the best way to provide oversight is to become one of their online friends. Use your e-mail address as the contact for their account so that you receive their notifications and monitor their activities. "What they think is nothing can actually be pretty serious," says Charles Pavelites, a supervisory special agent at the Internet Crime Complaint Center. For example, a child who posts the comment "Mom will be home soon, I need to do the dishes" every day at the same time is revealing too much about the parents' regular comings and goings.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

United ikrar bangkit musim depan

MANCHESTER, England - Sir Alex Ferguson berkata Manchester United akan bertambah kuat musim depan, selepas takhta kejuaraan Liga Perdana terlepas kepada Chelsea.

Buat pertama kali dalam tempoh empat tahun, pasukan bimbingan Ferguson dinafikan kejuaraan oleh Chelsea, apabila Blues menang besar 8-0 ke atas Wigan.

Keputusan itu menyebabkan kemenangan United 4-0 ke atas Stoke, tidak lagi memberi apa-apa makna.

Walaupun mengakhiri musim di tangga kedua, Ferguson yakin United, satu mata di belakang Chelsea, akan kembali muncul sebagai pasukan juara musim, menerusi beberapa rombakan.

''Sudah tentu kami akan kembali lagi musim depan. Itulah perkara yang seharusnya dilakukan oleh Manchester United.

''Kami akan membawa balik kejuaraan ke kelab terbaik di dunia.

''Kami telah bekerja keras sepanjang musim dan akan melakukan penilaian prestasi secara keseluruhan.

''Keadaan skuad ini sudah cukup baik namun saya akan menilai secara mendalam. Mungkin ada satu atau dua perkara yang perlu dilihat, '' katanya.

Ferguson turut memuji kehebatan Chelsea sepanjang musim ini dan mengakui pasukan Carlo Ancelotti, layak menjulang kejuaraan.

''Juara Liga memang layak milik mereka. Liga ini adalah antara yang paling sukar di dunia. Kepada Ancelotti, saya ucapkan tahniah.

''Saya akui sukar buat Wigan mendapatkan sesuatu pada perlawanan tersebut.

''Selepas mendapat tahu Wigan terpaksa bermain dengan 10 pemain, segala harapan kami musnah," katanya.

Selepas menamatkan musim ini dengan kejayaan tunggal menjulang Piala Liga mengalahkan Aston Villa, Ferguson mendapati punca kejatuhan United bermula selepas gagal pada Liga Juara-Juara.

Dia menyalahkan kekalahan pada peringkat suku akhir kepada Bayern Munich, menerusi peraturan gol di tempat lawan, dan kontroversi membenarkan gol John Terry, yang memberikan kemenangan kepada Chelsea ketika berdepan United, menjadi faktor kejatuhan Red Devils.

''Saya tidak mahu memperkatakan tentang semua perkara buruk yang telah berlaku.

''Anda boleh bercakap banyak perkara dan keputusan buruk di Stamford Bridge, yang mengubah segala peluang kami.

''Liga Juara-Juara adalah kekecewaan terbesar kami. Kami sepatutnya bermain pada perlawanan akhir," katanya.

United mendahului 2-0 pada separuh masa bertemu Stoke, menerusi gol Darren Fletcher dan Ryan Giggs.

Gol sendiri oleh pemain pertahanan Stoke, Danny Higginbotham dan satu lagi jaringan Park Ji-Sung, memberikan kemenangan mudah buat pasukan tuan rumah, namun ia tidak lagi memberikan sebarang makna.

Selepas permainan, Ferguson menuju ke bilik persalinan dan memberikan penghargaan kepada penyokong United dan berkata: ''Hidup ini sentiasa berdepan saat turun namun anda perlu melaluinya.

''Mungkin kami boleh melihat kembali pada perlawanan yang lalu, tewas dua kali kepada Chelsea adalah satu kekecewaan besar.

''Ketika itu mereka juga meningkat mendadak dalam setiap perlawanan," katanya. - AFP

(Utusan Malaysia Online)

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Monday, April 26, 2010

Rooney collects PFA award


Monday 26 April 2010

Wayne Rooney has won the PFA player of the year for the first time following a stellar campaign at Manchester United in which he scored 34 goals.

TERKINI: BN menang kerusi Hulu Selangor

HULU SELANGOR, 25 April - Calon Barisan Nasional (BN) P. Kamalanathan menang pilihan raya kecil kerusi Parlimen Hulu Selangor. Beliau memperolehi kira-kira 1,725 undi menewaskan calon Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Datuk Zaid Ibrahim. Kamalananthan terima sebanyak 24,997 undi, manakala Zaid terima 23,272 undi.

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Saturday, February 6, 2010

HUKUM PELABURAN ASB ( dipetik dari www.zaharuddin.net)

Apa yang akan saya nyatakan di sini adalah semata-mata pandangan peribadi dan ia bukannya fatwa dan hukum yang putus bagi orang ramai. Ia merupakan satu pandangan yang dilihat dari sudut akademik dan fakta yang ada disekeliling kita.
1) Pandangan Yang Mengharuskan
Antara yang mengharuskan adalah Majlis Fatwa Perak, Majlis Fatwa Sarawak dan beberapa tokoh akademik.
Teks keputusan fatwa Perak berbunyi [1] :-
Untuk makluman tuan mesyuarat jawatankuaa syariah perak yang berlangsung pada 1 Ogos 1992, membuat keputusan berdasarkan pendapat terbanyak serta dengan alasan-alasan syarak yang dikemukakan adalah seperti berikut :
"Bermuamalah dengan skim ASN dan ASB adalah harus dan segala keuntungannya berupa dividen atau bonus hukumnya HALAL".
Antara alasan-alasan yang dikemukakan ialah :
1. Penglibatan umat Islam dengan skim ASN dan ASB yang ditaja oleh kerajaan begi membiak, mengembang dan meningkat ekonomi orang Islam di Negara ini yang bermuamalah atas jalan ‘Qirad. Apabila didapati pelaburannya kepada yang halal lebih banyak daripada yang haram hukumnya adalah HARUS sepertimana nas yang terdapat didalam kitab.
a- Ihya Ulumiddin
b- Al-Fawaid al-Janiah Fi Al-Ashbah Wa An-Nazair ‘Ala Mazhab As-Syafie
2. Kedudukan ekonomi anak bumi khasnya umat Islam di negara ini dalam keadaan tenat dan sampai ke tahap darurat. Darurat yang dimaksudkan itu ialah dilihat dari aspek. ekonomi umat secara berkelompok bukan dari sudut individu.
Teks fatwa Negeri Sarawak pula berbunyi [2] :-
Ahli mesyuarat bersependapat bahawa bermuamalah dengan skim ASN adalah harus dan hasil yang diperolehi daripadanya (dividen atau bonus) adalah halal. Amanah Bumiputra ASB pelaksanaannya sama seperti ASN yang dahulu (sebelum diurusniaga di dalam Bursa Saham Kuala Lumpur (BSKL) bahkan ia adalah kesinambungan kepada ASN bermuamalah atau melabur saham kepada ASB adalah juga harus dan hasil keuntungan daripadanya adalah halal. Tidak harus bagi seseorang itu meminjam wang secara berfaedah yang bertujuan untuk membolehnya membeli saham (ASB & ASN)

1. Fatwa Yang Mengharamkan
Antara fatwa yang mengharamkan adalah Majlis Fatwa Selangor. Teks mereka adalah seperti berikut [3] :-
1. Ahli Jawatankuasa Perunding Hukum Syara' (Fatwa) telah membincangkan perkara di atas dengan penuh teliti dan panjang lebar dan mengambil keputusan seperti berikut :

1.1. Zakat Daripada Wang Bonus Dan Dividen ASBKeputusannya :
" Wang bonus dan dividen yang diterima daripada hasil pelaburan ASB adalah tidak diwajibkan zakat kerana pelaburan bercanggah dengan hukum syara' "

1.2. Bolehkah wang digunakan pergi menunaikan Haji ke Tanah Suci Mekah
Keputusannya

" Ahli Jawatankuasa yang hadir bersetuju memberi pandangan bahawa oleh kerana pelaburan ASB pada masa ini, terdapat pelaburan di tempat-tempat yang bercanggah dengan hukum syara', maka ia tidak diharuskan sehingga pihak ASB membersihkan dan tempat-tempat tersebut.

Ahli Jawatankuasa Perundingan Hukum Syara'(Fatwa) yang hadir bersetuju memberi pandangan bahawa. oleh kerana pelaburan ASB pada masa ini terdapat pelaburan di tempat-tempat yang bercanggah dengan hukum syara'. maka ia tidak diharuskan sehingga pihak ASB membersihkan dari tempat-tempat tersebut.
Demikianlah dua aliran pendapat dan fatwa berkenaan Amanh Saham Bumiputra, namun dengan hormat kepada kesemua badan fatwa, secara ringkasnya, saya menyokong pendapat yang mengharamkan di atas asas berikut :-

1) Aqad Pelaburannya Tidak Jelas
Aqad pelaburannya tidak jelas dan tidak jelas samda menuruti ‘Qirad' atau ‘Mudarabah' atau Musharakah. Jika ia menggunakan mudarabah sebagai yang didakwa oleh Majlis Fatwa Perak pelaburan ini disyaratkan menentukan kadar nisbah pembahagian keuntungan seperti 80 : 20 dan sebagainya di awal pelaburan. Namun hal ini tiada dinyatakan langsung di dalam pelaburan ASB.
Perlu disedari bahawa jika sesebuah aqad itu tidak sah dari sudut syara' maka seluruh pelaburan adalah batal tanpa mengira pelaburannya diletakkan di dalam industri halal atau haram.


2) Jaminan modal atau ‘capital' juga menyebabkan aqad pelaburannya bermasalah dari sudut Shariah.
Termaktub bahawa capital (modal) pelaburan ASB adalah di jamin oleh PNB. ini bermakna syarat dalam aqad pelaburan ini telah bercanggah dengan syarat pelaburan Mudarabah dalam Islam yang tidak membenarkan pengusaha ‘Mudarib" (dalam hal ini adalah PNB) menjamin selamatnya modal para pelabur.

Malah menurut mazhab As-Syafie, aqad pelaburan tadi dikira batal. Modal pelaburan sememangnya tidak boleh dijamin oleh pihak yang menguruskan pelaburan juga difatwa kan oleh Kesatuan Ulama Fiqh Sedunia (Majma' Fiqh Islami) atau OIC Islamic Fiqh Academy dalam konvensyen mereka yang kesembilan dimana mereka telah memutuskan bahawa jaminan modal hanya dibenarkan jika ia datang dari pihak ketiga (dalam hal ASB, yang menjamin bukan datang dari pihak ketiga) malah jika ia jaminan dari pihak ketiga sekalipun Majlis Fiqh Dunia bersepakat mensyaratkan ia tidak dimasukkan di dalam kontrak pelaburan. Malangnya, klausa ini dimasukkan di dalam aqad pelaburan ASB yang diwakili oleh borangnya.
Keistimewaan jaminan modal ini adalah tidak sah menurut SELURUH ULAMA EMPAT mazhab juga. Ini kerana dalam konsep Pelaburan Islam yang dikenali sebagai Mudarabah dan Musyarakah, tiada sebarang jaminan dari pengusaha bahawa modalnya terjamin.
Menurut Mazhab Maliki dan Syafie menganggap kiranya terdapat dalam kontrak mana-mana pelaburan mudarabah yang mana pihak pengurus menjamin bahawa modal tidak akan lupus walau apapun keadaan berlaku (samada akibat kelalaian atau tidak), maka aqad atau kontrak itu terBATAL. (Hashiyah Ad-Dusuqi, 5/284 ; Mughni al-Muhtaj, As-Syarbini, 3/419 ).
Manakala menurut Mazhab Hanafi dan Hanbali, syarat seperti ini terbatal dan kontrak adalah sah (Bada' as-Sanai, al-Kasani, 5/115 ; Al-Insaf, Al-Mardawi, 5/313)

Menurut Shariah, hanya dua jenis jaminan modal di izinkan dalam aqad Mudarabah iaitu:-

a- Jaminan modal dikembalikan jika pihak ‘mudarib' ( pengurus pelaburan) mengkhinati mana-mana isi kontrak, kecuaian yang jelas dalam pengurusan dan yang sepertinya.
b- Jaminan dari pihak ketiga dan bukannya pihak pengurus pelaburan (mudarib)

3) Dana terkumpul dilabur secara bercampur di dalam industri halal dan haram.
Pelaburannya bercampur dengan yang haram lebih daripada 30 peratus. ASB juga TIDAK PERNAH DIBINCANGKAN OLEH Majlis Penasihat Shariah Suruhanjaya Sekuriti DAN OLEH KERANA ITU, ia tidak termasuk di dalam senarai kaunter yang jelas statusnya.
Ia bermasalah dari sudut Shariah kerana menurut statistic tahun 2005, dana ASB telah dilaburkan di beberapa tempat yang haram seperti :-

1- Sebanyak 37.30 % ke sebuah bank konvensional terbesar.
2- Commerce Asset Holdings Berhad (Konvensional) - 1.11 %
3- British American Tobacco berhad 1.07 %

Majlis Shariah Suruhanjaya Sekuriti Malaysia yang bertanggung jawab dalam mengenalpasti dan meletakkan fatwa berwibawa untuk menentukan sesebuah kaunter atau dana pelaburan itu halal disertai oleh umat Islam atau tidak, pernah meletakkan kadar 33 peratus industri haram sebagai had larangan melabur dalam syarikat atau pengurus dan bercampur halal haram.
Saya tidak bermaksud Pelaburan ASB telah dibincang dan ditolak oleh Majlis tersebut, tetapi ianya belum lagi iktiraf oleh Majlis Penasihat Shariah, Suruhanjaya Sekuriti Malaysia yang bertanggung jawab mengesahkan sesuatu pelaburan itu halal atau tidak. Iaitu, ia belum dibincangkan dan tidak pula di ‘table' untuk perbincangan mereka.
Namun, Majlis Penasihat Shariah ini pernah mengeluarkan keputusan garis panduan atau ukur rujuk berkenaan pelaburan dalam syarikat (secara beli sahamnya atau lainnya) yang mana perniagaannya bercampur seperti berikut ( agak panjang dan saya terpaksa menyertakan yang berkaitan sahaja):
" The SAC (Shariah Advisory Council) at its second meeting on 21st August 1996, discussed the status of companies running a mix of permissible and prohibited activities. The SAC resolved that such companies with some prohibited elements which do not exceed the benchmark determined by SAC. ..............
..... iii. The core activiies of the company have importance and maslahah ( benefit in general) to the Muslim ummah and the country, and the haram element is very small and involves matters such as 'umum balwa ( common plight ), 'urf and the right of the non-muslim community which are accepted by Islam..
Based on the Prophet SAW word 1/3 or 33.33 % "is enough" and can be used as a guideline for the basis of formulating a benchmark. The question is whether this benchmark is suitable to be used for mixed companies, because it relates to the bequest of property and giving of alms. Even so, it cannot be denied that it can be used as a benchmark to set the upper limit of a mixture because an amount exceeding the percentage will be considered excessive"
Justeru, jika kita melihat jumlah peratusan pel;aburan ASB di bank konvensional iaitu 37 peratus, ia telah melebihi ‘benchmark' 1/3 yang ditetapkan badan berwibawa ini.
Hakikatnya, masih banyak lagi kaunter atau syarikat yang halal untuk dilabur oleh dana ASB walaupun mungkin tidak mampu memberikan keuntungan setinggi bank konvensional ini, yang terpenting biar halal walaupun sedikit, daripada banyak tapi haram
Ada sesetengah pihak berkata ianya dibenarkan di atas dasar maslahat kerajaan untuk beri kekuataan ekonomi dan sebahagian kekayaan negara kepada bumiputra secara mudah.
Namun bagi saya ia ternyata hujjah yang longgar. Ini kerana maslahat yang dicanagkan adalah merupakan kepentingan yang boleh diperolehi dengan cara halal. Masih banyak tempat yang halal untuk dilaburkan.
Imam Abu Ishak As-Syatibi (790 H), pakar ilmu maqasid Islam silam meletakkan panduan dan syarat berikut jika ingin mendakwa sesuatu itu sebagai maslahat:-

1- Mestilah tidak hanya memandang maslahat duniawi sahaja, bahkan mesti meneliti maslahat ukhrawi juga.
2- Maslahat hanya diterima pakai dalam hal kebaikan untuk Deenul Islam.
3- Maslahat untuk menjaga hak ramai didahulukan dari menjaga hak sekelompok.
4- Maslahat mestilah bersandarkan dalil-dalil yang jelas.

Justeru amat jelas tiada maslahah dalam menggunakan suatu kontrak dan kaunter pelaburan yang haram, sedangkan ianya boleh menggunakan kontrak Islam Mudarabah, dan boleh memilih kanter halal sahaja, seperti yang di lakukan oleh Public Ittikal, Unit Trust Islam, pelaburan GIPPS oleh RHB Asset Management dan banyak lagi. Ia juga memberi pulangan yang boleh tahan, dan yang lebih penting ianya HALAL.
Ini bukanlah fatwa tetapi hanya pendapat peribadi atas kajian peribadi, bagi sesiapa yang menyakini fatwa yang mengharuskan, ia terpulang kepada anda, dan bagi sesiapa yang menyakini fatwa Selangor dan tulisan ini, anda juga bebas.
PINJAM DUIT DARI BANK UNTUK SERTAI ASB
Walaupun isu di atas masih diperdebatkan oleh mereka yang berkenaan, namun jika anda meminjam dari Bank Konvensional untuk tujuan menyertai pelaburan ASB, ia telah disepakati haram oleh Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan dan semua mufti-mufti Malaysia. Ini kerana pinjaman wang dari bank konvensional tersebut adalah riba. Tatkala itu, isu ASB tidak perlu diambil kira lagi kerana asal cara dapat duit untuk melabur itu pun sudah haram.
Sekian, Wassalam

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[1] http://mufti.perak.gov.my/kemusykilan/asn.pdf
[2] http://www.e-fatwa.gov.my/mufti/fatwa_search_result.asp?keyID=952
[3] http://www.e-fatwa.gov.my/mufti/fatwa_search_result.asp?keyID=1155