Wednesday, May 30, 2007

why http://sunnatullah.blogspot.com/ ?

My new Blog page comes with the adress http://sunnatullah.blogspot.com/ . But why? why sunnatullah. Here's the reason:



I understand that the deen promotes two field of knowledge which is the shariatullah and sunnatullah. This is actually the knowledge of my deen, Islam. The shariatullah part concerns with the way this deen works. It comes with the knowledge like tafseer, hadith, sirah, fiqh etc. The so-called 'agamawan' studies these ( I don't agree this classification of the term agamawan though). Meanwhile, the sunnatullah part of the Islamic knowledge deals with the way to make life easier. To put it in simpler terms, natural sciences, human sciences, mathematics, history, ethics and so forth. Therefore we need to understand here that Islamic knowledge covers all these areas of knowledge. There is no distinction between shariatullah and sunnatullah. Secularism separates the shariatullah knowledge and sunnatullah knowledge, but Islam unifies these two areas. This is actually the basic concept of Islamic epistemology.



Eversince my childhood, I haven't been much exposed to the shariatullah knowledge. I am highly oriented with the sunnatullah part of the islamic knowledge. from standard one till form five my education was emphasized on the sunnatullah part. In form five, only one subject refers to the shariatullah part which is the Pengajian Agama Islam subject. After SPM, I was sponsored by the government to do medicine which again put me dwelved in the sunnatullah part. Now, I do think that for the next 20 or 30 years to come, I will be highly involved in this part of knowledge. Not only involved but, develop the understanding of this area of knowledge which essentially is Allah's knowledge after all. The understanding and thus application of this knowledge will make man's life easier. I am involved in Medical world and therefore my involvement will lead to a healthier lifestyle so that man can perform their ibadah to Allah easier.

My understanding upon the concept of islamic epistemology made me choose the name for my blog address... http://sunnatullah.blogspot.com/ . suprisingly, this name is available for me to choose despite of it's vast meaning.

1 comment:

mydeen.me said...

my fellow muslim,i am being expose to sunnatullah, but, ALLAHU.. what am i doing about the knowledge, how much am i striving to enhance my knowledge and how far am i willing to go in order to attain the ever promised ALJANNA, IDINA SIRATUL MUSTAKEEM (AMEEN)