Defamation / Slander / Fitnah

I shouldn't let bad people action to affect me or my life but what can I do. I'm just a normal human being with feelings. If there's only a delete button to delete any unwanted emotion and memories kan best. There was an incident  on Wednesday and it has affected me ever since. Someone has said something in a very harsh way ie; biadap. I was so blurred when it happen because I just don't know what the fella was saying. There were actually 3 of us who were cornered in the elevator by that fella. Me and my friend was accused of doing something we didn't even know of. A cased of being defamed, slandered or simply a fitnah. 

I was deeply affected by that. Was and still. No intro or anything just a non-stop harsh stuff. What makes me really angry is that this fella simply made an accusation without even checking the facts. And adding salt to the wound is this fella is telling everyone about it. And no one seems to care to check on the facts. They just believe what being told. So let me share something about fitnah from islamic point of view.

Al-Humazah : 1

"Celakalah mereka yang mengumpat dan memfitnah"

An-Nur : 19

"Orang yang ingin agar (berita) perbuatan yang keji itu tersiar di kalangan orang-orang beriman, bagi mereka azab yang pedih di dunia dan akhirat. Allah mengetahuinya sedang kamu tidak mengetahui"

Al-Isra'a : 36

"Dan janganlah kamu mengikuti apa yang kamu tidak mempunyai pengetahuan tentangnya. Sesungguhnya pendengaran, penglihatan dan hati, semuanya itu akan diminta bertanggung jawab tentangnya"

Al-Baqarah : 191

"Dan fitnah itu lebih besar bahayanya dari pembunuhan"

An-Nur ; 23-24

"Mereka yang memfitnah perempuan suci, celakalah di dunia dan akhirat; bagi mereka hukuman yang dahsyat di hari pengadilan; lidah, tangan dan kaki mereka menjadi saksi di atas perbuatan mereka"

Al-Buruj : 10

"Orang yang memfitnah orang mukmin, kemudian tidak bertaubat, bagi mereka azab jahanam dan neraka yang membakar"

Khutbah Rasulullah di Mekah : 23/2/632

"Menyebut 15 aspek sosial. Satunya : Jangan memfitnah"

Dari Imam Ghazali

"Mengumpat itu dosanya sama dengan berzina 30 kali"

Dari Imam Al-Mawardi

"Orang yang biasa mengumpat, isi batinnya kotor"

I so love the last ones. I'm not making this stuff. Took this from here. So fikir-fikirkan lah ye. If you are sinful towards Allah, you can always asked forgiveness from Him. But when you wronged people, only that people can forgave you. This served as a reminder to myself too. I'm collecting a lot of pahala from those who wronged me. Alhamdulillah for I have a lot of sins to cover for. One of it is for not being able to simply forgive and forget. Again, I'm just human being with emotions; I haven't mastered the talent quite yet. I have patients but I won't easily forgive and forget. My bad. Pemaaf itu sifat yang mulia. I know that but it's easier said than done. 

So kepada mereka yang berkenaan, ingatlah, dosa sesama manusia ni, hanya manusia yang dapat memaafkan. Janganlah biarkan akal fikiran kita dikaburi oleh fitnah atau umpatan yang belum tentu kebenarannya itu. Carilah kebenaran supaya kita tidak terjebak dalam kancah fitnah yang akhirnya akan merugikan diri kita sendiri.

This thing will not end here. Well unless and until that fella cleared my name. And my friend name. I'm not asking too much, right.