......On Religious Teachings In Brunei....

All of a sudden ja, once again I'm really in the mood to criticise something that's not quite right in my opinion. Being a Public Policy student, I think my critical mind really suits the programme well.

I just had a thought of this matter, by which I share the same fruit of thoughts with my junior, who is also a PPA student and a RESCO colleague and friend of mine, Asri. It's regarding the syllabus (lurus kah ejaan ku atu?) of the religious teachings. True, hukum ugama inda buleh diubah. But hukum ugama Islam also buleh dan akan kekal untuk diikuti sepanjang zaman. I'm talking of the use of old terms in teaching children on ugama subjects.

Example, penggunaan terms macam 2 marhalah, 2 kolah. How far or how much they actually measure or weigh in today's modern term? Rasanya inda salah if we turut memakai modern term for the intended weight or distance. 2 marhalah, contohnya, ada yang cakap 56 batu. 56 batu is how many km? Is 2 kolah 2 baldi? Or 2 kolam renang? Atau 2 butul. Questions as such might be asked and even I myself asked the question during my ugama days to my teacher and the response that I got was nothing more than 'Wallahu A'lam'. Cikgu sendiri pun kurang pasti. Macamana kan faham kalau pendidik sendiri pun inda tau.

Sukatan seperti marhalah atau kolah atu adalah sukatan lama. Maybe terlalu lama udah. Tambahan lagi sukatan atu dalam term Arabic, bukan melayu. Sekali lagi ditekankan, maksud disini bukan untuk mengubah hukum, tetapi mengubah term sukatan atu kepada term yang lebih diterima di zaman modern ani contohnya litre, km, kg dan sebagainya. Sedangkan sukatan cupak atau kati lagi kitani inda pakai. Zaman nini-nini tani udah tu ah. Alum jua lama banar kali mun kan dibandingkan dengan sukatan marhalah atau kolah.

Sedangkan zakat lagi dipersetujui boleh dibayar dengan nilai beras. Sedangkan masuk waktu sembahyang kitani udah buleh tau awal dengan meliat waktu arah jam tangan dan jam dinding, inda lagi pakai bayang-bayang kayu. Ani kan pula mengubah term sukatan kepada term yang lebih standard.

Islam ani adalah agama yang mudah difahami dan diikuti. Tapi kalau sudah masalah kecil macamani inda dapat ditangani, macamana kan Islam dipraktikkan didalam hidup? Kalau benar Islam atu sesuai diikuti sepanjang zaman, nah, selaraskan tia Islam atu according to modern education system.

Renungkan tia......