~stand together~

Anas ibn Malik said, ” I shall tell you a hadith which I heard from the Messenger of Allah (May Allah shower peace and blessings upon him), and which no one will tell you after me. I heard him say “Among the signs of the Hour will be disappearance of knowledge and the appearance of ignorance. Adultery will be prevalent and the drinking of wine will be common. The number of men will decrease and the number of women will increase until there will be fifty women to be looked after by one man.”"

This hadith was reported in the two Shahihs from the hadith of Abd Rabbihi.

It is without a doubt that 'normal' males cannot accept the fact that their female counterparts are more successful than they are. I've asked a few males friends of mine as to whether they can accept these kinds of women. And not surprisingly, almost all of them cannot accept the fact that their future wives are those of the dominant types. But let's face it, being the current world in which the world in dominated by the number of females, tons of them are capable of supporting themselves, without having to rely on men, let alone to share their lives with them.

Or it could also be in a situation that can be considered much worse off, where the men are basically under the Queen Control regime. The men do not have a say in any kind of major decisions made in regards to family matters or being restricted to their respective partners, which could lead to further complications such as the men not being able to be 'free'.

Or it could be the most simple situation whereby the female partners are generally much better off in terms of position, salaries, or even up to a certain point their popularity as compared to their men partners. Whereby in this situation, the 'normal' men feeling inferior to their female counterparts and thus seek ways to imply their authorities in the relationship, where in normal circumstances, the men will invoke their polygamous rights (hak berpoligami) into the picture, EVEN though they understand very well that they do not have the capability to bear the responsibility that came along with the power to invoke the polygamous rights.

With that said, it is a complicated matter that can be of concern especially in this kind of climate whereby the world is slowly but surely dominated by females. One might even say that this kind of thought will only come from those without enough self confidence to see their partners NOT as superior, BUT as equals. Well, that might be true, but we have to keep in mind that these ARE humans we are talking about.

Well, of course, in the perfect world, if I were to have a more successful wife in my life, I would definitely view it positively, in the sense that I would be happy that someone dependable is on my side. Also as long as she does understand the duties and what can and cannot be done within the scope of being a wife. After all, I myself like smart and outspoken girls as opposed to passive and dormant girls.

The men will definitely have to try to improve on their situation, attitude so to speak, and have more confidence in making decisions to gain the respect of their female partners. And the same goes for women, naturally as women, they have something within themselves to be lead by men. Yes, call me sexist or whatever, but that's how it goes.

But of course, I'm a man that is still subject to criticism. WaAllhua'lam.

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http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/wkn20-2/Article/

So what was it that Kelantan was trying to do by reintroducing the gold dinar into the state's financial system?

The northeastern state of Kelantan surprised everybody last week when it announced all systems go for its gold dinar and silver dirham initiative. It took a bit of time before the federal government digested what Kelantan was doing and even then, response from Putrajaya and the central bank in Kuala Lumpur were generally guarded.

So what was it that Kelantan was trying to do by reintroducing the gold dinar into the state's financial system?

Of course it would be easy to think it was all political play. Kelantan is, after all, held by the opposition party, Pas. Analysts say by putting the gold dinar into the state's financial system, Kelantan managed to thumb its nose towards the federal government and scored what could well be precious political points.

Others, however, said that it was not all political and that Kelantan was not doing anything new. It was reintroducing a payment system practised in the Islamic world more than a thousand years ago.

They said based on the increased doubts cast on the valuation of currency after the 1998 crisis, what Kelantan did made some sense. Today's paper money, in actual fact, has no value other than the paper it is printed on, plus perhaps other costs incurred in producing and circulating them.

Enter one of the five tenets of Islam, the zakat, which some currency experts think was the single largest push factor that strengthened Kelantan's resolve to reintroduce the gold dinar into its financial system. In Islam's early years, zakat could only be paid with tangible merchandise. It cannot be paid with any instrument which denotes a promise to pay or a debt.

In the early days, metal objects were first introduced as money, which later emerged as coins. Value of the coins were attached to the value of metals they were made of. Some of the earliest known paper money can be traced to China and with its introduction, money, which was earlier backed by a commodity, became just representative money. It means what the money is made of no longer matters but the currency was backed by a governmen or a bank's promise to exchange it for a certain amount of silver or gold. For instance, the old British pound bill or pound sterling was exchangeable for a pound of sterling silver. And for most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the majority of currencies were based on representative money through the use of the gold standard.

Later, the gold standard was done away with, replaced by what is known as fiat money. Fiat is the Latin word for "let it be done". Money is given value by a government fiat or decree and enforceable legal tender laws were made. By law, the refusal of "legal tender" money in favour of some other forms of payments became illegal.

Herein lies the doubt over use of paper money for payment of zakat as the important tenet of Islam cannot be settled with just a promise to pay in which money in its current form is. There were views that if zakat was to be paid with paper money alone, only the value of the paper as merchandise can be accepted which means the value printed on the paper currency is irrelevant. Some currency experts said much of what Kelantan was premised on its efforts to once and for all put away doubts surrounding accuracy of the zakat payment.

The Kelantan state government said they have further plans as regards to the gold dinar but it was too early to be elaborated upon. What is certain however, is that the state cannot go to the extent of doing away with use of the national currency, the ringgit, because only the ringgit issued by Bank Negara Malaysia is recognised as legal tender.

As for the practicality of what Kelantan is doing, only time will tell. It will surely have to construct a comprehensive system to handle all the gold and silver in circulation, even if it is only within the state. And as for Bank Negara, the sole issuer of currency in Malaysia, it has not come up with a firm stand on the issue as yet. Many were asking why Bank Negara have remained relatively quiet on the issue. Perhaps the simplest explanation is that there is just no issue at all here, at least for now.

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"In a football match, it's the eleven best players that will win by the end of the day, not the best eleven players."

p/s: Ada siapa berani mahu tafsir ini quote? Huhu

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Finally some updates from me. Jst thought I'd share with u some of the highlights of the month that I thought was interesting and significant (to me at least). So here are some of them:

1. Reaching the equation: gambling w/o license=haram but licensed gambling=halal

Self explanatory. The first thing that came in my mind when I heard the news was "What The Fish!".

2. The invasion of non-muslim in Islamic Finance

Well, I have long known that Islamic Finance is becoming more popular these days, especially after the global meltdown following the collapse of several big names of corporations and banks. I was in the MPH bookstore's finance section in Midvalley the other day, then came one English guy to that section who was looking at the Islamic Finance shelves, and to my surprise, he picked up one book entitled the "Introduction to Islamic Finance".

3. Having a knack in tax

I've always known that I have a knack in tax. I've been helping both my mom and dad to do their e-filing (the deadline for individual tax assessment will be 30th of April every year, in case you didn't know) since last year. I've managed to save my mom a total of approximately RM500 in previous year. However, this year, I've managed to get a refund for my mom for a total of RM3,000+ this year. Hmm, maybe I should start to open up a service for e-filing next year for the public. Of course, with incentive and commissions.

4. Setting out to the wrong place and wrong time

I was reading a few blogs of my friends in school, about how they went out to adventure in all kinds of places, while I'm stuck here in Malaysia. Well, guess what, I had my own adventure a few weeks ago, I had set foot inside a BAR to attend the so-called Annual General Meeting for ICAEW Malaysia. Of course, there were tons of people drinking "mineral waters" inside there. Luckily, I didn't saw any "Muslims" inside there. Just for the record, I didn't hang out long enough to see through the meeting until the end, being a mosque was near enough and the Azan Maghrib was "berkumandang". I instantly left the meeting.

WaAllahua'lam.

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