Islam Kuat Muslim Kaya

tajuk macam familiar, but we will get to that later.

just a few from Rich Dad's Guide To Affliction. errr... Investing. something that suddenly crossed my Deadmind. [bukak wallet, keluarkan resit yang bernota di belakangnya. damn sejak bila aku buang habit bawak note book ni??]

1. On Insider
"If you can be an insider, why be an outsider?' - lebih kurang kata Rich Dad
-kalau boleh jadi orang dalam, kenapa jadi orang luar? - lebih kurang translationnya.

so I called Abang Man, seorang Orang Dunia yang kejar agama, to get a few advices and reminder and confirmation. antara ayat famousnya ialah,

"Kalau kemungkaran dalam hati orang yang selalu ke masjid masih ada, macam mana dengan kemungkaran dalam hati orang-orang di luar masjid??" - roughly what Abang Man said.
"Kalau amal orang di dalam masjid pun masih tak betul, bagaimana halnya dengan orang2 di luar masjid?" - my own understanding before confirming with Abang Man.

IMO, in this case, insider=kaki masjid, outsider=yang malas ke masjid ler, saper lagi.

kata Rich Dad, jadilah kaki masjid.

dan satu lagi, orang dunia yang kejar agama adalah lebih baik dari orang agama yang kejar dunia. - sumber dari Abang man jugak.

2. On Team
Rich Dad sangat pentingkan team play. Team play adalah permainan orang2 B-I quadrant. That's why they crushed solo players from E-S quadrant.

I just returned from Shin Anjo weekly meeting, and one of them said this to us:
Abu Bakar r.a. used to say
"Lebih baik aku melakukan 100 kesalahan di bawah mesyuarat, daripada melakukan satu kebaikan tanpa mesyuarat"

well, maybe no direct relation but still applied, at least for me.

3. On tak ingat daa...
ni la padahnya tak bawak note pad, semua yang terlintas di fikiran pun hilang begitu saja...

4. On Quadrant
there are 4 quadrant: E-S-B-I, kata Rich Dad

I called Abang Man about another Quadrant, that he called Tarekat. he told me that there are 3 tarekat.

1. tarekat orang kapir [kalau ikut mr khuruj, orang yang quote dari evil western book tu kapiaq. kita dah ada kitab agung, kenapa nak ikut orang lain? saya dah baca kitab al-ghazali dari umur 10 tahun lagi tau! -kata mr khuruj. yes, I hold a grudge against him.]:
-mereka ini percaya bahawa dengan kekayaan dan kekuatan akan memberi mereka kejayaan, dalam urusan dunia mahupun agama mereka, akan bertambah maju dan berkembang.
-kata Abang Man, ini tarekat orang kafir.

2.tarekat syariat.
-mereka ini ialah orang Islam yang semayang, poser, buat haji, keluar tabligh dsb, buat amal dsb, tapi dalam hati mereka ada yakin yang, kalaulah mereka ada kekayaan dan kekuatan harta mahupun negara, tentera, ekonomi dsb, agama akan bertambah maju.
-kata Abang Man, orang kapir tak akan pandang pun mereka ni. Tak ada bezanya dengan tarekat nombor satu tadi.

3.tarekat nabi s.a.w.
-tak perlu kekuatan senjata ataupun ekonomi untuk Islam maju. Nabi ditawarkan harta, pangkat raja, wanita dan sebagainya supaya nabi stop dakwah, tapi nabi kata, letak bulan dan matahari kat tangan aku pun aku takkan stop.
-kata Abang Man, orang kapir dan dunia akan datang menunduk diri pada orang yang ikut tarekat nabi dengan betul. macam para sahabat r.a. telah tunjukkan pada kita yang baca sejarah.

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF <-- this is important point. ok, ingat balik dah.

3. On Sell
kata rich dad, " If you can't sell, you can't be a successful businessman or entrepreneur"
or, "If you can't sell, don't start a business"

yang aku nak apply di sini ialah
"if you can't do dakwah, you can't be a successful moslem"
or
"if you don't do dakwah, you better stop being a moslem" - maybe a bit hard, but I need to be hard ON ME/myself.

I find a very similarity between selling and dakwah. well, you decide.
after all, OPINION IS THE CHEAPEST COMODITY ON EARTH!"

5. On Leader
kata Rich Dad, "all leaders are speakers" or sth like that,
and "all great leaders are great speakers", or sth similar.

imo, bayan is one kind of public speaking which can improve our skill in speaking to a lot of people at once.

imo, the best business in this world is tabligh business.

and lastly,
on Rich Dad Poor Dad..
err no, on our title this time

Islam Kuat Muslim Kaya
Muslim Kuat Islam Kaya
Muslim Kaya Islam Kuat
Islam Kaya Muslim Kuat

which one is your choice?
this is real life, no right or wrong, at least if you are one of Rich Dad's follower...
for Poor Dad followers, there is always right or wrong, white and black. and solo all the time...
kata Rich Dad, bring your team when exploring grey area.... [refer no.2 On Team]

oh, history does repeat itself. did repeat itself, and will repeat itself.

I believe we started with Islam Kuat before Muslim Kaya, according to my understanding of history. and after Muslim Kaya, Islam Tumbang, is what happened in history, according to me.

despite all this, why I want to be Kaya?

because atm, I am just wasting God's strength in me. God's power in me. I have been mediocre all my life, living frugally, playing it safe, never challenge myself to the maximum, and severely lack in character.

I just want to be wealthy, in mind and in character. and using all God's given ability to the fullest. to be rich is really a petty reason. there is something bigger behind being rich, that is - rich in character, in knowledge, in relationship, in giving it back, in serving more and more and more...