ADA APA DI BALIK VALENTINE DAY ?

Ukhti fillah…
Tanggal 14 Februari seakan-akan menjadi hari yang khusus bagi manusia secara umum, bahkan bagi seorang muslimah sekalipun. Dengan pengaruh dari berbagai media dan lingkungan, para gadis sibuk ikut-ikutan merayakan hari tersebut. Ada yang sibuk membuat coklat dan kue-kue untuk orang yang disayanginya, mengirimkan kartu, atau sengaja mengkhususkan membuat pengakuan cinta untuk lelaki pujaan hatinya. Na’udzubillah min dzalik. Hanya kepada Allah kita memohon pertolongan untuk dijauhkan dari perbuatan tersebut…
Setelah mengetahui fatwa-fatwa yang ada pada artikel sebelumnya, ada baiknya kita juga mengetahui asal usul adanya hari valentine. Dengan demikian, insya Allah kita akan lebih berhati-hati dan tidak segan-segan untuk meninggalkan hari raya tersebut. Apalagi jika kita benar-benar ingin menjadi wanita muslimah sejati, yang sangat cinta kepada Allah dan Rasul-Nya dan sangat takut dengan hukuman-Nya dan berharap keridhoan-Nya. Artikel berikut ini banyak menukil dari majalah As Sunnah dengan disertai berbagai tambahan dari penulis.
Definisi Valentine’s Day
Terdapat beberapa definisi yang terdapat di majalah As Sunnah edisi 11 tahun I untuk menjelaskan tentang hari valentine ini.
Pertama,
A day on which lovers traditionally exchange affectionate messages and gift. It is ovserved on February 14, the date on which Saint Valentine was matyred. (The Encyclopedia Americana, volume XXVII, hal 860)
“Sebuah hari dimana orang-orang yang sedang dilanda cinta secara tradisi saling mengirimkan pesan-pesan cinta dan hadiah-hadiah. Hari itu diperingati pada tanggal 14 Februari, suatu hari di mana St. Valentine mengalami martir.”
Kedua,
The date on the modern celebration, February 14, is believed to derive in the execution of a Christian martyr, St. Valentine, on February 14, 270. (The Encyclopedia Americana, volume XIII, hal. 464)
“Tanggal 14 Februari adalah perayaan modern yang diyakini berasal dari hari dihukum matinya seorang martir Kristen yaitu St. Valentine pada tanggal 14 Februari 270 M.”
Ketiga,
Valentine, St. priest and physician of Rome who suffered martydorn probably during the persecution under Claudius II in 269. his feast is on 14 Feb. The custom of sending valentines probably had its origin in a heathen practice connected with the worship of Juno Februalis at the Lupercalia(*) or perhaps in the mediaval belief the birds commenced to mate onf 14 Feb. (Everyman’s Encyclopedia, volume XII, hal 388).
“St. Valentine adalah seorang pendeta dan tabib dari Roma yang (dianggap) martir sewaktu kaisar Claudius II pada tahun 269 M. Peringatan tersebut pada tanggal 14 Febuari. Kebiasaan dengan mengirim valentine-valentine berasal dari upacara penyembahan berhala yang dikaitkan dengan peribadatan Juno Februarlis di goa Lupercal, atau (bisa jadi) pendapat bahwa burung-burung kwain pada tanggal 14 Februari.”
(*) Lupercalia merupakan upacara keagamaan (ritual) yang dilakukan oleh orang-orang Romawi kuno yang dilaksanakan setiap tahun untuk menyembah dewa Lupercus, yang oleh mereka dianggap sebagai dewa kesuburan, dewa padang rumput dan pelindung ternak. Sebagai suatu upacara ritual kesuburan, Lupercalia juga dihubungkan dengan penghormatan dan penyembahan kepada dewa Faunus sebagai dewa alam dan pemberi wahyu. Upacara atau festival tersebut dipimpin dan diawasi oleh suatu badan kegamaan yang disebut Luperci dan para pendetanya disebut Luperci.
Setiap upacara Lupercalia dimulai dengan mengorbankan beberapa ekor kambing dan seekor anjing yang dipimpin oleh para Luperci. Upacara tersebut dilakukan di dalam sebuah gua bernama Lupercal, berada di bukit Palatine, yang merupakan salah satu bukit di kota Roma. Setelah itu dua orang Luperci (dalam sumber lain dua orang pemuda) dibawa ke sebuah altar, kemudian sebuah pisau yang berlumuran darah disentuhkan pada kening mereka dan darah itu diseka dengan kain wool yang telah dicelupkan ke dalam susu. Setelah itu kedua orang tersebut diharuskan tertawa.
Kemudian para luperci memotong kulit kambing yang dikorbankan dan dijadikan cambuk. Kemudian mereka berlari dalam dua geromboloan mengelilingi bukit Palatine dan tembok-tembok kuno di Palatine, mencambuki setiap wanita baik yang mengikuti upacara maupun yang mereka temui di jalanan. Para wanita yang menerima cambukan itu dengan senang hati karena menurut mereka cambukan itu dapat menyebabkan atau mengembalikan kesuburannya.
Upacara Lupercalia ini terus berlangsung sampai pada masa pemerintahan Kaisar Constantin Agung (280 – 337 M). Kaisar Romawi ini adalah kaisar pertama pemeluk agama Nasrani. Lewat masuknya agama Nasrani itu dan berbagai jalan yang ditempuhnya, dia memegang peranan penting dalam hal merubah agama yang dikejar-kejar dan diancam sebelumnya menjadi agama yang dominan (bersifat nasional). Pengaruh agama nasrani semakin meluas di kerajaan Romawi dan Dewan gereja memegang peranan penting di bidang politik. Pada tahun 494 M, Dewan Gereja di bawah pimpinan Paus Gelasius I merubah bentuk upacara Lupercalia menjadi perayaan purifikasi (pemurnian/pembersihan diri). Dan pada tahun 496 M, Paus Gelasius I mengubah tanggal perayaan purifikasi yang berasal dari upacara ritual lupercalia dan tanggal 15 Februari menjadi tanggal 14 Februari.
Keempat,
The St. Valentine who is spoken of as the apostle of Rhaetia, and venerated in passau as its first bishop. (Encyclopedia Briatannica, volume XIV, hal. 949).
“St. Valentine yang disebutkan itu adalah seorang utusan dari Rhaetia dan dimuliakan di Passau sebagai uskup yang pertama.”
Kesimpulan dari keempat definisi tersebut adalah Valentine’s day dirayakan untuk mengormati dan mengkultuskan st. Valentine yang dianggap martir yang mati dibunuh pada tanggal 14 Februari 269 M (sumber lain menyebutkan 270 M) dan juga dianggap sebagai seorang utusan dan uskup yang dimuliakan. Pengambilan istilah itu juga dikaitkan dengan Lupercalia, upacara keagamaan orang Romawi Kuno dan juga bahwa burung-burung kawin pada tanggal tersebut.
Nah, saudariku… Apakah engkau tahu apa itu martir? Martir adalah orang yang dianggap mati sebagai pahlawan karena mempertahankan kepercayaan (agama). Kini engkau tahu agama apa yang dipertahankan olehnya. Wallahul musta’an. Ya ukhti… bagaimana kita bisa turut serta pada hari yang ditetapkan untuk menghormati orang yang mempertahankan agama yang bukan Islam (ini bukan berarti kita dibolehkan untuk menetapkan hari khusus untuk kematian orang-orang yang mempertahankan agama Islam!).
Dan bila dikaitkan dengan upacara Lupercalia, maka ini juga sangat jauh dari syari’at Islam, bahkan penuh dengan kesyirikan yang merusak tauhid. Lihatlah bagaimana upacara tersebut dilaksanakan untuk menyembah dewa-dewa. Padahal tidak ada yang berhak disembah selain Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala. Belum lagi keyakinan batil tentang pengaruh cambukan yang dapat menyebabkan atau mengembalikan kesuburan. Padahal tidak ada yang kuasa untuk memberi kesuburan pada seseorang sebagaimana dalam firman-Nya yang artinya, “Atau Dia menganugerahkan kedua jenis laki-laki dan perempuan (kepada siapa) yang dikehendaki-Nya, dan Dia menjadikan mandul siapa yang Dia kehendaki. Sesungguhnya Dia Maha Mengetahui lagi Maha Kuasa.” (QS. Asy-Syuura [42]: 50)
Ketahuilah saudariku, tidak ada pilihan lain bagi kita kecuali meninggalkan jauh-jauh kebiasaan turut serta merayakan hari Valentine ini. Apakah kita hendak turut serta pada acara yang ditetapkan oleh Nasrani untuk mengkultuskan sang uskup yang mati sebagai martir? Padahal kita ketahui orang-orang Nasrani tidak akan senang sampai kita mengikuti agama mereka. Maka senanglah mereka ketika kita turut berbaur dalam hari raya mereka. Karena Rasululllah shollallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda, “Barangsiapa menyerupai suatu kaum, maka ia termasuk kaum tersebut.” (HR. Abu Dawud). Atau… apakah kita hendak mendukung pula upacara Lupercalia yang penuh muatan syirik dan kemaksiatan? Na’udzubillah mindzalik.
Cukupkanlah diri kita dengan apa yang telah diturunkan Allah dalam Al-Qur’an dan yang diajarkan Rasulullah shollallahu ‘alaihi wasallam kepada umatnya. Karena kasih sayang di antara sesama muslim jauh lebih indah dimana Nabi shollallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda, “Perumpamaan orang mukmin di dalam saling mencintai, saling mengaishi dan saling menyayangi adalah bagaikan satu jasad, jika salah satu anggotanya menderita sakit maka seluruh jasad merasakan (penderitaannya) dengan tidak bisa tidur dan merasa panas.” (HR. Bukhari dan Muslim). Maka engkau tidak perlu ragu-ragu untuk meninggalkan hari raya tersebut. Bertaubat adalah langkah yang utama dan mulia jika ternyata di hari yang lalu kita menjadi bagian dari perayaan tersebut. Semoga kita terus diberikan hidayah taufik oleh Allah untuk menjalankan amalan sesuai tuntunan syari’at. Aamiin.
Maraji’:
  1. Majalah As Sunnah edisi 11 tahun I.
  2. Riyadush Shalihin – edisi Indonesia – karya Imam Nawawi jilid 1. Takhrij Syaikh Muhammad Nashiruddin Al Albani. Duta Ilmu.
  3. www.muslimah.or.id

Ketika Kungfu Menantang Karate



FILM IP Man itu sungguh dahsyat adegan laganya. Dalam hal tata kelahi dan adegan bertarung, film ini lumayan bisa mengisi kekosongan film laga sejenis. Saya selalu suka dengan film-film kungfu seperti genre film Kungfu Master. Pertarungan antar pendekar dipenuhi filsafat dan tindak moral yang menunjukkan tingginya penghargaan pada etika. Seorang jago kungfu bukan cuma jago berkelahi, namun juga bijaksana dan cendekia. Inilah yang saya suka dari Kungfu Master.

Film IP Man ini bisa mengisi celah kerinduan pada film sejenis. Saya juga selalu suka dengan film kungfu dengan setting tahun 1950-an, ketika Cina dijajah Jepang. Pada saat itu, tidak cuma invasi dan penjajahan, tetapi ada pula unjuk kekuatan bela diri, apakah bela diri Jepang yaitu karate dan berhadapan dengan bela diri Cina yaitu kungfu.

Dalam genre film kungfu versus karate ini, saya mengenal ada dua film yang paling menonjol yaitu Fist of Fury (yang dibintangi Bruce Lee) dan Fist of Legend (Jet Lee). Menurut banyak info, kisahnya diambil dari kisah nyata di Shanghai. Kisahnya tentang pemuda bernama Chen Chen yang hendak balas dendam atas kematian gurunya Huo Yuan Jia. Dalam stau pertarungan yang curang, Huo Yuan Jia, sang jago kungfu tanpa tanding, dikalahkan oleh karateka Jepang bernama Ryuji Akutagawa. Chen Chen kemudian menantang orang Jepang yang meracun gurunya itu.

Film IP Man tak jauh beda dengan itu. Ceritanya adalah ketika Jepang menjajah Cina dan mengklaim bahwa bela diri Jepang jauh lebih baik dari Cina. Dalam situasi itu, muncullah sejumlah pendekar kungfu yang adu ilmu dengan karateka Jepang. Sosok IP Man (diperankan Donnie Yen) adalah pendekar yang di bagian akhir film harus bertanding adu ilmu dengan karateka Jepang. Di sinilah letak serunya film. Adegan perkelahiannya sungguh menarik dan mengingatkan saya pada aksi Jet Lee dalam Fist of Legend. Pukulannya keras dan cepat, serta ada kombinasi dengan tinju gaya Jepang. Jika anda suka genre film kungfu, saya rekomendasikan agar nontonlah film ini.(*)

Biografi Linda Lee Cadwell

Linda Lee Cadwell (born Linda C. Emery; March 21, 1945) is an American teacher and the widow of martial arts master and actor Bruce Lee.

 

Life and career

Cadwell was born in Everett, Washington, the daughter of Vivian and Everett Emery. Her family was Baptist and of Swedish and English descent. Linda met Bruce Lee while she was attending Garfield High School, where Bruce came to give a Kung Fu demonstration; he was attending the University of Washington at the time. Eventually, she became one of his Kung Fu students when she was attending the University of Washington as a pre-medical student.
She continued to take Kung Fu lessons from him while attending college. They married on August 17, 1964; Linda was a few credits short of graduation from the University of Washington. They had two children together, Brandon Lee and Shannon Lee. Bruce Lee had opened his own Kung Fu school at the time and was teaching Jeet Kune Do. Bruce Lee died suddenly on July 20, 1973 of cerebral edema.
Linda was remarried to Tom Bleecker in 1988, but they divorced in 1990. She married stockbroker Bruce Cadwell in 1991 and they live in Boise, Idaho. In 1996, Bleecker published a book on his version of how Bruce Lee died. Linda Lee Cadwell attempted to stop its publication, but was unsuccessful.[citation needed]
Her son Brandon Lee, an actor like his father, died in a fatal shooting accident on a movie set while filming The Crow on March 31, 1993, nearly twenty years after his father's death. Brandon's fiancee, Eliza Hutton, was involved in an out-of-court settlement with the producers of The Crow in 1993, and was instrumental in having the film released in 1994.
Cadwell has continued to promote Bruce Lee's martial art Jeet Kune Do. She retired in 2001, and her daughter Shannon (who is now in charge of the Lee family estate), together with son-in-law Ian Keasler, run the Bruce Lee Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching Bruce Lee's philosophy on martial arts and his writing on philosophy.

Books

Linda wrote the 1975 book Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew (ISBN 0-446-89407-9), on which the 1993 feature film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story was based. She was portrayed by actress Lauren Holly in the film adaptation.[6] Lee also wrote the 1989 book The Bruce Lee Story (ISBN 0897501217).

Biography for Shannon Lee




 
Date of Birth
19 April 1969, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Birth Name
Shannon Emery Lee
 
Height
5' 9" (1.75 m)

Spouse
Ian Keasler (August 1994 - present) 1 child


Trivia
Younger sister of Brandon Lee.
Daughter of Bruce Lee and Linda Lee Cadwell
Her Cantonese name is Lee Heung Yee; her Mandarin name is Lee Siang Yee.
Lives in Pacific Palisades, California.
Majored in music at Tulane University in New Orleans.
Is of German, Chinese, and Swedish descent.
Granddaughter of actor Hoi-Chuen Lee
In 2000 it was strongly suggested that she stop acting because of the deaths of her father and brother. Both died because of strange circumstances while working on their fifth movie. She finished work on her fifth movie in 2001 still alive.
Niece of Robert Lee


Personal Quotes
I'm definitely the lazy one in my family. I used to ask my mom if Dad ever, like, veged out on the couch watching TV or anything. She said no, that both he and Brandon were far more active.
[Concerning the Lee Family Curse Allegations or Conspiracy Theories] I shrug that stuff off. I don't believe in it and find it to be good fodder for folks looking to gossip or ruminate on creepy stories. If I really felt cursed, I would probably be afraid to live my life, and life is meant to be lived.

Where Are They Now
Now hosting WMAC MASTERS, a show in which martial artists compete against one another
(March 2009) Serves as the CEO of the Bruce Lee Enterprises. Shannon currently oversees the licensing of her father's name and likeness.



Biography for Brandon Lee

 

Date of Birth

1 February 1965, Oakland, California, USA

Date of Death
31 March 1993, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA (accidental gunshot wound from faulty prop revolver)

Birth Name
Brandon Bruce Lee
Height 
6' (1.83 m)

Mini Biography
He was born on February 1, 1965 to Bruce Lee (Martial Arts idol) and Linda Lee Cadwell. Brother to Shannon Lee. In 1965, they moved to Hong Kong where Brandon became fluent in Cantonese by the age of 8. He attended Boston's Art-Oriented Emerson College in Massachusetts. He studied Martial Arts and drama, like his father. In 1983, he was expelled from school because of misbehavior, but received his diploma at Miraleste High School. He was in Rapid Fire (1992), Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991) and a few more films, including The Crow (1994). He turned down offers to be in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993). Bruce died (while filming) at the age of 32, of what is to be believed, a brain hemorrhage. Brandon died at the age of 28 on the set of The Crow (1994). The film crew shot a scene in which it was decided to use a gun without consent from the weapons coordinator, who had been sent home early that night. They handed Michael Massee the gun loaded with full power blanks and shot the scene, unaware a bullet head from an inert round had accidentally been lodged in the barrel. Even though the gun was pointed away from Lee, the force from the blank curved the flight of the bullet head and it shattered his spinal cord. The crew only noticed when Lee was slow getting up. The doctors worked desperately for five hours, but it was no use. After his spinal cord was shattered, he had no chance of survival. He was pronounced dead at 1:04 P.M. the next day. He was supposed to marry Eliza Hutton on April 17, 1993. His body was flown to Seattle to be buried beside his father in Lake View Cemetery.
IMDb Mini Biography By: Caryn Liles

Mini Biography
Born in Oakland, California, USA, Brandon Lee spent the first eight years of his life in Hong Kong. By the time he was able to walk, he was already involved in learning about martial arts from his father, martial arts expert and famed actor Bruce Lee. After Bruce Lee's untimely death, Brandon, his mother Linda Lee Cadwell (an American of Swedish heritage), and his sister Shannon Lee moved to Los Angeles. He attended high school in Los Angeles, where he realized that he had also inherited acting ability along with his martial arts skills. He continued his education and interest in acting at Emerson College in Massachusetts, where he majored in theatre. Having chosen an acting career, Lee took his work seriously. He studied at the Strasberg Academy, with Eric Morris in New York and in Los Angeles, and in Lynette Katselas' class in Los Angeles. His first professional job as an actor came at age twenty, when casting director Lynn Stalmaster asked him to read for a CBS television film, Kung Fu: The Movie (1986) (TV). Lee's first role in a feature film was Long zai jiang hu (1986) (aka "Legacy of Rage" (1986)) for D.M. Films of Hong Kong, followed by a co-starring role in Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991).
IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous


Trade Mark
Usually played a character on the wrong side of the law


Trivia
Killed while filming the movie The Crow (1994) by a projectile shot from a gun firing blanks.
Lived in Hong Kong for a couple of years as a little boy.
Spoke Cantonese.
At the time of his death, was engaged to Eliza Hutton.
Older brother of Shannon Lee.
Interred at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Had blonde hair as a baby.
His Chinese star sign is the Dragon. He was born on Chinese New Year's eve, last day of the dragon.
Was first asked to play the role of Bruce Lee in his father's biopic. The role was later given to Jason Scott Lee.
Was in talks with filmmakers about making Rapid Fire 2.
Was to be married in Mexico on April 17th 1993.
Dedication at the end of Lee's last film, The Crow (1994), reads "For Brandon and Eliza (Hutton)".
He is of Chinese, Swedish descent, English and German descent.
Since his father (Bruce) is of German-Chinese descent and his mother (Linda) is of Swedish and English descent (she has blonde hair and blue eyes), Brandon was born with blond hair which is very unusual for a person of mixed race. However, as he aged, his hair color changed to brown.
The apple never falls far from the tree: Brandon played the character "Jake Lo" in Rapid Fire (1992); his father Bruce Lee played the character "Billy Lo" in The Game of Death (1978).
Nephew of Robert Lee
Grandson of actor Hoi-Chuen Lee.
Growing up in Bruce's shadow wasn't always easy for the younger Lee. As a child, Brandon was about to sign up with a local martial-arts studio...until he noticed a large poster of his dad on the wall; Brandon ran from the dojo in tears. Later, as a teenager, he dropped out of two different high-schools (once, after an "altercation" with the vice-principal).
He was a troubled youngster but an outstanding surrogate-parent. When his actress-sister Shannon Lee and a friend were arrested for underage- joyriding in their mom's car, Brandon sat her down and gave her a classic "It's Okay To Have Fun But Don't Ever Take It Too Far" lecture. Indeed, Shannon claims that if Brandon had lived to see her wedding day, he would have walked her down the aisle.


Personal Quotes
I don't want to be remembered as 'the son of Bruce Lee'
I always had a pretty good knack for raising hell.
Because we do not know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. And yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, an afternoon that is so deeply a part of your being that you cannot conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four, or five times more? Perhaps not even that. How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems limitless.
[About The Crow (1994)] "It's a story about justice for victims".
[About The Crow (1994)] "I've done other films with violence in them, but I must say I've never done anything where I felt the violence was as justified as it is in this...This is justice".
I've done my work and I'm happy with it...I respect my father very much, but I'm a very different person than he was.
"I don't know if I was destined to play this role, but I feel very fortunate to be doing so." (on his last film, "The Crow")
"The trip reinforced my suspicions that, despite my Pacific Rim heritage, I'm about as American as you get." (explaining that he feels no particular affinity for Asia and does not want to live there)
"It's either in the genes, or I watched too many of his movies as a kid" (on why his film roles echo those of his dad)
"It's such an intensely personal thing for me.. I'd probably have been a little too crazy" (On why he refused the role in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)).
A fight can express things people might not be able to say with words.
"It's funny, [...] for that sequence the director just said, say something insulting to him, it doesn't matter what. So I said something pretty insulting, and they didn't subtitle it, and they never asked me what it meant. [..] (Laughter)" (on the insult he says in Cantonese in the movie "Rapid Fire")
You only have the burdens on you that you choose to put there.
All I can tell you is that you cannot make choices in your own career, either career choices or choices when you're actually working as an actor, based on trying to downplay or live up to a comparison with somebody else. You just can't do that. You have to do your own work based on your own gut, your own instincts, and your own life.
[About "The Crow"] "It's a story about justice for victims."
[About Eric Draven] He has something he has to do and he is forced to put aside his own pain long enough to go do what he has to do."
[on why moving on after grief is important to realize your own dreams and purpose] Sometimes a personal tragedy provides the impetus we need to move on in life. It's easy to become stuck. We get lazy and we don't want to change. Change can be such a hassle. That's not to say that everyone requires a tragedy in their lives in order to get their ass moving, to take some kind of action or make some kind of decision: but if it happens, it can be definitely open your eyes. It can make you look at life differently, it can change your whole world, 'Why did this have to happen? What have I done? Why couldn't it have been somebody else?' Sometimes it can make you a better person, Or a different person.

Salary
The Crow (1994) $750,000
Rapid Fire (1992) $270,000
Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991) $250,000
Long zai jiang hu (1986) $200,000