The Master's Lecture Note
Chapter 14 Ngajikhun
Right at 1 pm the international group of students Prince Of Songkla University left for Ban nua Mosque to follow the rihlah and study with the material “Fatwa Ulama About Cultural Tolerance in Thailand and Empowerment of Muslim Communities.”
Ngajikhun is an organization of Indonesian Muslim student associations from the words ‘Naji’ and ‘Khun’ are people, so people teach in Thai, Thai, Before leaving for Ban Nua Mosque we stop by the beach near the mosque for relaxation and taking pictures, permitha friends are very fond of selfie photos including me, and I am very happy, because the actual event will only start at 16.00 ba’da ashar local time, arriving at our mosque is welcomed with a beautiful view of the large mosque and several school buildings around it, my temporary assessment is no different from most mosques in Indonesia, Ban Nua Mosque consists of 2 floors, on the 1st floor there is a library and cooperative and a multipurpose reading room that can be formed like a simple meeting room plus the worship of the ashar most of the elderly.
Hem ... similar in our place isn't it?
After the Ashar prayer we were received by the imam of Ban Nua Mosque named ustadz Thabrani Bin Abdul Latif, this opportunity is a special occasion because it is not easy to meet the imam of Ban Nua Mosque there are among us who have been to Ban Nua Mosque twice but have never met him.
Long story short, we had a lot of discussions, in the beginning, Ustadz gave an introduction to the history of the Ban Nua Mosque which actually existed since the beginning but only in Pugar 17 years ago with funds from the village community around more or less there one thousand eight hundred Muslims in the village and the majority of Ban Nua residents work as fishermen and you know the cost for the renovation of the mosque? 30 Million bath or equivalent to 10.5 billion rupiah (1 bath 350 rupiah) yes from the fishing village 17 years ago can raise such large funds without costs from the government anyway, not until there we made takjup.
The mosque also has a business charity in the form of cooperatives, savings and loan cooperatives, amil zakat bodies and there is also a unique tradition every Friday they hold tea and eat together, in the event, many Muslims came and gave infaq to the mosque, not to mention they had a homestay, which is a rented house and the rent was 30% entering the mosque they understand very well the tourism potential of the surrounding area so that the total turnover of money there is 20 million bath or 7 billion rupiah for one year a fantastic figure for a size masjids.
Not only that the mosque also provides scholarships for outstanding students who want to continue their studies to the college level because the school in this mosque is only until elementary school and the mosque can also provide assistance to 7 people with a cost of 7000 bath per month, each, we were all astonished and wondered why it could be amazing like this Ban Nua Mosque moreover they did not get any help from the government, he said, the Thai government only provides assistance to teachers enrolled in the ministry of education only the rest of their own school operating funds that manage, for example, I also wondered and Mr. Riski PhD student majoring in Environmental Management from Padang who happened to have been in Hat Yai whispered to me that Ustadz Thabani was a doctor and his S1 in arab, he said, His S2 in Malaysia and his S3 at taksin university in my heart murmured that it was appropriate that the doctor automatically had extensive thoughts in developing this mosque, he said, naturally if he is busy and difficult to find, I compare in my village takmir mosque usually a pensioner or people who do not work, special duties takmir only adhan and congregational prayer only, only, not only that Mr. Cecep as chairman of Ngajikhun also fascinated and want to have a guidebook that they have to run the existing system for us to learn.
Not until there, though, back at our goal is rihlah about ‘ Fatwa Ulama About Cultural Tolerance in Thailand and Empowerment of Muslim Community’ because we want to know how the minorities here to survive in upholding the faith, there is something interesting from the explanation of Ustadz Thabani he said that in this village there is a so-called customary law that adheres to the sharia system there is an assembly consisting of elect people who are authorized to give fatwas to every Muslim here, what is clear in southern Thailand if you have spoken Muslims must be women here all wear hijab or hijab and men like to use a dress like me that when new to Thailand buy rice using color pants and T-shirts with a loud say ‘Assalamulaikum’, sharia law does not play an example if there is a non-Muslim who wants to marry a Muslim woman and intends to convert to Islam then the non-Muslim man must be quarantined to assess seriousness to enter Islam so the intention of marriage should Lillahita'alla is the best prevention so as not to occur in and out of religion and for those who drink liquor and drugs they provide social sanctions that is by not getting social services such as zakat, death services are only limited to fardhu kifayahnya only and other financing that I have mentioned above but after being embraced or warned first.
Regarding the non-Muslim traditions that exist there or the limits of tolerance, Ustadz Thabani said that they forbid Muslims to follow activities that are not in accordance with sharia even though only to see he understood the purpose and purpose of each event that exists, the scholars at Ban nua Mosque are very firm and brave even though everyone is mahfum that Thailand is Muslim-majority but led by a non-Muslim leader, again we ask whether there is intervention from the government and non-Muslims who may not be happy with the activities of Muslims here? He replied that there was nothing even calmly he replied that the Thai government was very tolerant and could be more tolerant than the government held by Muslims themselves, he seemed to smile after saying this sentence.
From this we can see Islam is so extraordinary in the welfare of people's lives, they are a minority but very appreciated and respected even the government has respect for them, little message we can that the unity of the people in carrying out the rules of Islam is very big impact but unfortunately we as Muslims sometimes still not kaffah in living it what has been taught by rasullulah because of Islam alone we can not take pieces or modified as we want because Allah SWT who knows the best advantages and disadvantages of humans, because Muslims advance because they hold their religion, Muslims are destroyed because they stay away from their religion, let us together establish the pillars of Islam that have been neglected that is the message conveyed by Ustadz Thabarani to us who are present.
After from Ban Nua mosque we continue the journey to the beach around there the next event is the election of the chairman of ngajikhun by acclamation who was elected is Mas Saiful, deliberately I have lobbied other ngajikhun members as a lesson because it has made me the chairman of the permitha, although pale there is no choice for him but to accept the mandate.