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Thursday morning, 24th June 2007, I flew to Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, because I couldn’t help myself from this feeling, I missed our Noble Guru Al Musnid Alhabib Umar bin Hafidh who happened to be in Malaysia at that moment. We met Thursday afternoon at the residence of Sayyed Abdurrahman Ali Haddad in Syah Alam area, Kuala Lumpur. During this gathering, I didn’t waste my time and approached him to report the progress of Dakwah Majelis Rasulullah s.a.w in Jakarta. He really put the Monday Night Majelis at Almunawar Mosque a priority, and the first sentences coming out from his mouth were about his presence in Majelis Monday night when he visited Almunawar Mosque, in Pancoran, South Jakarta. His face was bright and happy when he mentioned about the Majelis.I continued our conversation with the development and progress of dakwah which is now being influenced by political party. I admitted that as he taught us that dakwah should be without any political influence, but it didn’t mean we were neither anti-politic nor anti-party, as long as we were not inclined to any political party in performing dakwah and we were not against any parties as long as they were Moslem.

I confessed that many political parties have developed goodwill with Majelis Rasulullah s.a.w, such as: PKB, PKNU, Golkar, PBB, PKS and many more to come. There was a possibility that their purpose was merely for goodwill, but it was also possible that they had political purposes, Pilkada (The Election for Governor), Pemilu (General Election) and many other political purposes. Then I asked whether I should reject them?. Or what should I do if they invite me on behalf of their party, to attend Maulid or other events and ask me to deliver mau’idhah hasanah under their party’s flags?, and then being exposed in newspapers that I was the supporter for that particular party, or supporter for this particular candidate for governor?, all this time I committed to come if they invited me, and if they came I would greet and welcome them, all in the name of Allah s.w.t, but really it makes me worried from time to time, it is quite hard to deal with this.

He answered gently and clearly that our aim and purpose is Dakwah, never differentiate whether the audience are common people, political parties, or even non Moslems as long as there is a chance for Dakwah then go for it. Invite them to majelis, attend their invitation, and develop good relationship with them the way Prophet s.a.w had done in the past, they have their own purposes and we do have our own purpose, that is dakwah. Never put your name as a member of any party, not taking sides and stay neutral to all parties, attend if they invite, also invite them and keep performing dakwah gently in the name of Moslem unity.

Then we wrapped up our conversation and with little disappointment because I was hoping he could visit Jakarta but he refused gently, and said in his soft voice : “Nahnu natawajjah ilal yaman insya Allah” (we ought to return to Yemen), he used the word “Nahnu” (we) which was a polite way in Arabic language to substitute : “I”.

That night there was Tablig Akbar at Al Falah Mosque USJ Kuala Lumpur, with around 2000 audiences. The event was started after Magrib prayer, opened with the recitation of Dhiya;’ullami, then I delivered an opening speech for around 15 minutes, then our Noble Guru delivered speech which was being translated by Hb Ali Zaenal Abidin Alhamid, his speech was about introducing ahlussunnah waljamaah, and the living story of four Imam Madzhab.

I returned to Jakarta and arrived in the afternoon, to attend the majelis after Isya prayer at Al Anwar Mosque, Pondok Bambu. Continued with the second Majelis at Argabel Bangka, Mampang Prapatan South Jakarta, then I went home, preparing for tomorrow to fly to Denpasar. O’ my brothers, from any political parties, organizations or groups, and people from all walks of life, let us unite under the banner of Rasulullah s.a.w, in the name of Laa ilaaha illallah.

Wassalam
(Written by my lover Sayyid Munzir Al-Musawa www.majelisrasulullah.org)