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Ustaz Salman Alfarisi II Pertanian Dalam Islam

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There is no god but Allah. In the name
of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most
Merciful. All praise is due to Allah,
Lord of the worlds. O Allah, bestow
peace upon our master Muhammad and upon
the family of our master Muhammad. May
the peace, mercy, and blessings of
Allah be upon you. Brothers and sisters
, listeners of Silaturahim Radio, may
Allah have mercy on you. Praise be to
Allah, I am Muhammad Fahri, accompanied
by Ondi and Anis, present for the
Seerah of the Prophet program with
Ustaz Salman Alfarizi. Praise be to
Allah, we can share live now, and
thankfully Ustaz Salman has arrived in
the studio. Let us greet our brothers
and sisters. May the peace, mercy, and
blessings of Allah be upon you, Ustaz
Salman.
And may the peace, mercy, and blessings
of Allah be upon you, Brother Fahri. It
has been a long time since we last met
with Ustaz Salman. Whenever I hear the
name Ustaz Salman, what comes to mind
is your characteristic energetic voice.
Masyaallah.
Full power.
May Allah bless you. May Allah bless
you.
How do you maintain your fasting spirit
on the 14th day? Actually, not today
it is already the
15th, 15th, yes, 15 days
15th of Ramadan.
15th of Ramadan, Friday, which is said
to have some rumors, right? Praise be
to Allah, as I often say, go through it
as usual, just like in previous years.
Consider what is happening now as
something not needing to be thought
about too seriously. And
we continue fasting, we continue
worshiping Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala,
we keep doing all our routines as usual
. Rely on Allah.
Rely on Allah, yes.
Yes.
Stay healthy.
Stay healthy, of course. Stay healthy,
watch what you eat. By fasting like
this, we are actually more careful with
our food, more careful, right? So there
are many benefits as well.
More guarded, right? Still guarded. Yes
. True.
And along with our activities at home,
we also gather more with our family,
becoming closer, right, Ustaz? The
spirit of gathering with family is
actually, for those who know, stronger
than what is happening now. That is why
Allah gives us the concept of being
calm, of patience. When a disaster
strikes them, they say, "Indeed we
belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we
will return." This is a concept that is
very simply expressed by the Quran.
However, when we practice it, the
impact is extraordinary, incredibly
powerful.
So, people are taught by Allah that if
you are struck by disaster, you simply
respond with "Innalillah." We belong to
Allah
and to Him we will return. And we will
return to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala.
For those who understand this, it is a
very powerful reflex that makes one's
soul calm. His soul is calm.
Then when his soul is calm, he gathers
with his children, he gathers with his
family. This has extraordinary positive
energy.
It also boosts the body's immune system
, of course.
Boosting the immune system, increasing
...what is it? Thinking, I think in
this time I haven't gone anywhere,
Brother Fahri, it's been almost 2
months. That book, I am not actually a
writer.
But because of the pressing needs of
the Islamic boarding school.
Now I am writing.
I finished writing about Fiqh.
I finished writing about Tawhid, and I
wrote about the Seerah of the Prophet,
which is probably almost 300 pages.
Subhanallah.
I finished writing a simple Arabic
grammar book.
Yeah.
I got the idea from friends, from us at
the boarding school, I wrote about
entrepreneur hadiths.
Yeah.
So we made 40 entrepreneur hadiths and
40 hadiths about ethics. We are
currently creating commentaries on
verses about ethics and
entrepreneurship. So there are other
extraordinary things from Allah
Subhanahu wa ta'ala when we respond to
everything with "inna lillahi wa inna
ilaihi rojiun." But if it's responded
to with, "Oh, what should we do?" Panic
, yes, panic.
Everything falls into chaos.
The boarding school is still running as
usual.
As usual, Brother Fahri. Everything is
running. It’s just that almost 60%are
on break.
Hm. Some are on vacation.
Some are on break, so we do a lot of
farming and livestock.
Yeah. Yeah.
What we are going to discuss here
focuses on livestock. Great.
Yes, we farm, raise livestock, and we
also build.
Yeah.
But to keep the budget low, we act as
the construction workers. So I mix the
cement, I
plaster, I install the bricks, and the
other teachers do the same. Because we
don't have, well, we don't have
anything else to do. So
we shifted because, like I said,
because we respond calmly,
we quickly find useful activities.
Like that, Brother Fahri.
The energy is diverted to more useful
things, Ustaz, right? Extraordinary.
Today's theme is agriculture in Islam.
Correct. Now, for those who want to
join and ask questions, you can go
directly to our WhatsApp at 0811999720
or call us at 021 8451512. Please,
Ustaz.
Jazakullah khair. Peace be upon you,
and Allah's mercy and blessings. We
praise Him for guiding us to the path,
and may peace and blessings be upon our
master Muhammad, son of Abdullah, and
upon his family, his companions, and
those who follow him until the Day of
Judgment. I bear witness that there is
no god but Allah, alone with no partner
, and I bear witness that Muhammad is
His servant and messenger, and there is
no prophet after him. And furthermore.
Listeners and viewers of the Rasil
YouTube channel who are honored by
Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. Of course,
we offer our praise to Allah for His
infinite bounties. Peace and blessings
be upon the Great Prophet Muhammad,
may the peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him. May we be among those who
receive his intercession on the Day of
Judgment. Amen, O Lord of the worlds.
Alhamdulillah. Viewers and listeners,
let us first recite Al-Fatihah, which
we dedicate to the Messenger of Allah,
the scholars, the saints, the martyrs,
the righteous, and all the believers
who have preceded us. Amen.
Especially, we ask Allah that whatever
we are currently experiencing may be
lifted by Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Yesterday, may it be purified by Allah
Subhanahu wa ta'ala. May illnesses be
cured by Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. May
the economy be normalized again by
Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. For this
intention and every sincere intention,
and for the presence of the chosen
Prophet, may the peace and blessings of
Allah be upon him. Al-Fatihah. I seek
refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan
. In the name of Allah, the Most
Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise
is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds,
the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Master of the Day of Judgment. You
alone we worship, and You alone we ask
for help. Guide us to the straight path
. The path of those upon whom You have
bestowed favor, not of those who have
evoked [Your] anger or of those who are
astray. Amen. Viewers and listeners
whom we honor. Praise be to God, today
we meet on air for our series on the
Prophet's biography. Today, I am with
friends at the boarding school where we
compiled 40 entrepreneurship hadiths.
There, we discovered how Islam strongly
supports entrepreneurship. Yes.
I urge everyone listening to Rasil, do
not just aspire to be civil servants,
or work for state-owned enterprises, or
large foreign companies for a big
salary. I think those are outdated
goals, goals that are, what do you call
it? Not cool anymore, right? What's
cool is when young people today aspire
to be farmers, fishermen, or, what is
it? Civil engineers who can build this
and that. This is what we long for in
our religion. God willing, I will share
the hadiths we collected, and today is
our first meeting after the, what do
you call it, the Corona pandemic.
We will discuss the easiest
entrepreneurship to do, which requires
little capital and has a tremendous
impact. What is it? Agriculture. There
is a saying of the Prophet that is
extraordinary. If you knew that
tomorrow was the Day of Judgment, right
? If you realized that tomorrow was the
Day of Judgment, then plant something.
That is essentially the message from
the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him
. This is motivation from the Prophet
Muhammad, peace be upon him. Just
imagine, the Prophet said something
extraordinary in that hadith. Even if
it was announced that tomorrow is the
end of the world, that tomorrow is the
Day of Judgment. The Prophet's command
is to plant. Plant what, you might ask?
Well, exactly. But the Prophet said,
plant. Planting is not a quick process.
But that is the spirit of farming
according to the Prophet Muhammad,
peace be upon him. The Quran also tells
stories about agriculture in many
verses. I will open one of them, which
is in Surah An-Nahl. In Surah An-Nahl,
yes. I seek refuge in God from the
accursed Satan. It is He who sends down
rain from the sky, from it is your
drink and from it are plants on which
you pasture. He causes to grow for you
the crops, olives, palm trees,
grapevines, and from all the fruits.
Indeed in that is a sign for a people
who give thought. This, God says, He is
the Lord who sends down rain from the
sky for you. Muslims always say that
rain is a blessing. A blessing.
But unfortunately, Muslims receive very
little of the blessing of the rain. Now
, if we look at it from an agricultural
perspective. Why? Because rain becomes
a blessing. Rain provides the most
blessing to farmers. I am a farmer now,
listeners, viewers. I am a farmer. I
say that I have changed professions; I
am not just an ustadh anymore. I am a
farmer and a breeder now; when the rain
comes, we farmers are incredibly joyful
. We are currently planting
odot grass and signal grass for the
needs of our goats and cattle. We are
currently planting sente and Bogor taro
, yes. Bogor taro and sente. This will
be useful for tilapia and gourami fish
feed, especially.
Well, the taro is eaten
by humans, right? The taro is eaten by
humans, and the leaves are eaten by the
fish. Now, that is the cool and truly
amazing blessing of agriculture.
We are also planting sweet potatoes.
Sweet potatoes have extraordinary
blessings. When the sweet potatoes are
harvested
they are eaten by us humans, and the
leaves are eaten by the goats.
The leaves.
Today, Brother Fahri, today
we are buying corn seeds. Buying corn
seeds, yes. The corn will later be
harvested by humans, right? The corn is
gathered by humans.
The stalk and the leaves
are for the goats.
Chopped up for the goats. The cob,
Brother Fahri, is also chopped up for
the goats.
Oh, they like the cob too, right?
Brother Fahri's one
isn't it too hard? If it's sweet corn,
you buy it, uh, you eat it, you harvest
it for boiled corn, once it's boiled,
the cob is
chopped up again into goat feed.
The corn husk
can also still be used.
So when I discuss this with friends,
why do we Muslims seem so far behind
the Prophet, behind the teachings of
the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him
? Brother Fahri, why do you say that?
Muslims always say that rain is a
blessing. Yeah.
What kind of blessing? We only end up
getting the floods. Because Muslims
nowadays are too proud to be farmers.
There are no Muslims who want to be
small-scale farmers.
Yeah.
If there's an SMS for me today. Oh,
that is especially for the young people
, right? Especially the young people
listening to us or fathers who have
children who are genuinely serious
about wanting to farm, right? Because
this is from Allah, not from Salman,
and this is from the Prophet Muhammad,
peace be upon him, from Allah and His
messenger. Look at this in Surah
An-Nahl verse 10. Hualladzi anzala
minasama maa. It is He who sends down
rainwater from the sky. Lakum minhu
syarabun. From that rainwater, some
becomes drinking water for us. That's
one thing we are clear on, right?
Waminhu syajarun. And from it, trees
grow. I ask, which Muslims today are
the ones who are growing trees? Now,
this is powerful, friends. This is
about agriculture for Muslims and these
are the teachings of the Quran. Uh.
During these plague times, I am really
focusing on several pesantren
businesses, and that includes trees,
concerning trees. Uh, during these
holidays, I visited the villagers
around the pesantren who have two Miki
avocado trees. Does anyone know what a
Miki avocado is? It's similar to a
butter avocado, according to the locals
. It's tastier, in my opinion.
The flesh is thicker, right?
Yes, the flesh is thick, Brother. And
the flesh has this melt-in-the-mouth
sensation.
People in Medan scrape this avocado.
Don't juice it. I don't juice it. So
it's scraped
so it still has texture, right?
Yes. Scraped. Put into a glass. Add ice
, add milk, add palm sugar.
Ah. Delicious.
Mash it up a bit, Brother Fahri. Oh my
God, that is extraordinary. Especially
this avocado butter.
I was talking to him and he said, "
Ustaz, at the very least, this tree of
mine yields Rp25 million per harvest."
Per tree.
Just one tree, and the middlemen come
to collect it.
Uh-huh. So if he wants to sell it
seriously to others, he shouldn't sell
to the middlemen. He could probably get
more than that. So from two trees, he
gets Rp50 million.
And the special thing about this Miki
avocado is that once it’s harvested,
it’s ready to bloom and fruit again.
Now, this is from God. No. "Lakum minhu
syajar syarabun waminhu syajar."
Uh-huh.
From that rainwater, some becomes trees
. Muslims. If Muslims only want to be
civil servants, what kind of tree is
that?
Hm. That Bogor Agricultural University.
They end up becoming what, exactly?
More of them become employees rather
than farmers, right?
Even though the Qur'an talks about this
, agriculture, "waminhu syajar," and
from it come trees. If we discuss
agriculture concerning trees, my noble
listeners, Indonesia is a warehouse for
trees. We want to talk about how any
tree can turn into money in this great
country. At the Islamic boarding school
, we chose avocados and durians.
Because I think like this, the king of
fruits is the durian, right? There’s
no one who specifically drives their
whole family in a car, saying, "Where
are we going?""We’re going to eat
avocado," that doesn't happen. "
Where are we going?""We’re going to
fight over some snacks," that doesn't
happen, but "Where are we going?""Going
to eat durian," that happens.
Now, that is extraordinary. We also did
a comparative study during these times
and saw someone who had a durian tree,
even if it was just one in front of
their house, that generated
extraordinary money to help the
family's economy. So that is what we do
, plant avocado trees, durian trees,
because this is from God. Because this
is a teaching from God. So this rain is
a blessing. If we don't treat it as a
blessing, like some abracadabra thing,
it won't be a blessing. So we must
process it, process it into what? Into
trees.
Yes.
That is what is recommended by Allah
SWT. So make it into trees. Now,
Indonesia is a storehouse of trees. We
can plant mahogany, we can plant teak.
We can plant cloves, we can plant all
sorts of things. In Sumatra, everything
is planted with palm oil instead. That
is a loss, in my opinion.
So if anyone in North Sumatra is
listening to me, please tell the
Governor of North Sumatra, don't just
grow palm oil everywhere.
That is foolish in my opinion, there is
other potential, like cloves, pepper,
and so on.
Which are beneficial for all of us.
Because if we all plant palm oil
simultaneously, people will control the
price later.
But if some plant palm oil and some
plant cloves, then no one can corner us
, right? Ah, this is from God. He sends
down water as rain from the sky, some
of it for us to drink. Yet again, those
who profit from this beverage business
are often those who are not Muslim. But
there is one of our brothers in Bintaro
, Yufia. They are Muslims who started a
beverage business. So it is a blessing
for them. May they be blessed by Allah
Subhanahu wa ta'ala. Now, trees, "fihi
tusimun". And there are also those that
grow grass. So, that rainwater also
helps grass to grow. For us livestock
farmers, especially myself, we have
experienced a difficult summer where it
was truly hard to find grass. So,
during this rainy season, we plant
grass so that when the dry season comes
, our grass supply is on standby. Of
course, there is management involved in
keeping this grass on standby. Starting
from training our goats and cows to eat
dried grass. So, while we are here now,
we cut the grass, dry it, and there is
a concept where we add molasses and
other things, like salt, so even though
it's dry, it remains crunchy for the
goats. So, Allah says that water is
what I send down as rain. As I said
earlier, the first purpose is indeed
for drinking. Our discussion earlier
was about agriculture for trees and
also for growing grass. You can't
imagine there are grass farmers, right?
You've never heard of it, perhaps
Brother Fahri hasn't either. Well, I am
a grass farmer. Brother Fahri, just
come to my Islamic boarding school; we
plant Odot and Sulam Jana grass, it's
very vast. So we are grass farmers, and
I even invite some local residents—
not many, maybe two people now—to
just plant grass, and we will buy it.
Are there grass seeds for that?
Yes, grass seeds.
Do you buy them, Brother Fahri?
Yes, we buy them.
We buy the Odot grass seeds and the
Sulam Jana grass seeds as feed for the
cows.
For cow feed. It has better nutrition
than other types of grass. So, farmers.
So, the Quran tells us.
Allah sends down water from the sky to
grow grass.
Yeah.
If people don't know, they just think
grass grows on its own, right?
But when we are serious about it, it
turns out there is truly a blessing in
it.
Yes. When we grow our own grass, our
livestock become much easier to manage.
So we no longer need to go everywhere
looking for grass to cut. Just around
our farm.
Yes. There aren't any grass farmers yet
, right?
There are, but it's not popular yet.
Not popular yet, right? Not many. Even
though that is the staple food for
livestock.
Cows and goats.
And it's extraordinary, friends. If we
campaign for this, one type of
livestock that cannot be cartelized by
dealers is goats and cows. It's
difficult for them to be cartelized.
Because why?
If you raise catfish, fish, or chickens
, they can be cartelized by investors
because their feed is artificial. Well,
for goats, the feed is natural.
That's right.
So even the poorest person can raise
goats, right? Especially since the land
in Indonesia is so vast, right? So God
says, "I sent down rain from the sky
for you to drink, to grow your trees,
and to grow grass." Here, it is
explained by God that the grass I grow
becomes fodder for your livestock. Now,
this comes from God, right? Then what
else does God say in the Quran, still
in Surah An-Nahl, verse 11? Yumbu lakum
bihizzara'a wazzaituna w nakakhila wal
a'naba waminamarat. Inna fi dzalika la
laatan liqaumi yatafakkarun. With that
rainwater, God grows plants, right? The
plants are diverse, of course. But
because this Quran was revealed in an
Arab land, so that Arabs would be more
familiar, God used the olive as the
first example. Now, this exists on the
Arab plains, right? Dates also exist on
the Arab plains. Grapes also exist on
the Arab plains, right? But also all
kinds of fruits. God used language that
is universal, plants and fruits. But
there are some specific examples:
olives, dates, and grapes.
When I study this verse, I differ from
some of my friends who study it. They
are truly obsessed with farming dates,
farming grapes, farming
olives
that are mentioned in the Quran.
Yes. Mentioned in the Quran, because
they are even obsessed with creating a
"Quranic garden."
In Indonesia, in my opinion, we don't
need to be so rigid. So, it doesn't
have to be olives, it doesn't have to
be dates. Because, the operational
costs of planting dates and olives in
Indonesia are very high, even if
the region is suitable, right? Unless
you pick areas that are truly suitable.
So this verse doesn't mean only grapes,
olives, and dates. Not at all. Other
plants are also appreciated by Allah
Subhanahu wa ta'ala. Other fruits are
also appreciated by Allah Subhanahu wa
ta'ala. So it's as if God wants to say,
"Well, if we are in Indonesia, we plant
rice, we plant soybeans, plant yams,
plant cassava, especially in these
times." Just look at these current
times. I pray that this condition will
end soon.
I
but if this condition remains the same,
the thing we worry about most is food,
food remains the main concern.
Even if you have trillions in money
that one trillion is just paper and
numbers, right?
If there is no food,
what are you going to buy?
What to buy? I heard earlier chatting
with Mr. Ehsan outside after the
broadcast that Vietnam doesn't want to
sell its rice, India doesn't want to
sell its rice,
then Indonesians are just biting their
fingers now, saying, "Hello, where have
you been, Indonesians?" Too busy being
civil servants, I guess.
Being civil servants, SOE employees,
employees of international companies.
Just finding out about this now.
Yeah.
The government is just pretending that
the food supply is still strong. Who
knows. The fact is we aren't, because
look at it this way,
our rice fields have become airports,
our rice fields have become housing,
our rice fields have become toll roads.
It's like we have no other ideas, why
must we build airports on rice fields?
Why not find other land? Right, exactly
.
And now it's finally clear that
creating new farmland is expensive.
It's not easy to create new
agricultural land. But it's possible.
Of course, it's definitely possible.
Especially for Indonesia, it's
definitely possible. Now, in times like
these, the ones who will actually
survive are the farmers.
Yes, farmers will survive, and what’s
extraordinary is that in places like
Mecca and Medina, they benefit from
having dates, they benefit from grapes,
they benefit from olives. But after we
re-examine it, in Indonesia, we are
also very fortunate. We have sweet
potatoes.
Yes.
Sweet potatoes grow; you plant them and
three months later, you can harvest,
Brother. Brother Fahri. And sweet
potatoes have excellent nutrition. Also
, you can eat sweet potatoes without
any side dishes, Brother Fahri.
Uh-huh.
If you're hungry, you can eat them. No
need for anything else. I often ask my
wife at home, "Brother, what do you
want for breakfast tomorrow morning?""
Sweet potatoes and black coffee, no
sugar."
Hm. Because the sweet potato is already
sweet, right? The sweet potato is
already sweet.
And natural, too.
It's natural. Especially purple sweet
potatoes, they are so sweet.
There's also honey sweet potato, like
the Cilembu one.
Oh my God, talking about those
varieties,
Indonesia...our Indonesian sweet
potatoes are really cool. There are so
many types of sweet potatoes.
Yes.
How many types of taro are there?
Brother Fahri, in times like these, I
hope this situation breaks
the frozen mindset of young Indonesians
, especially, and most importantly, the
parents who always
tell their children to become civil
servants, always civil servants. No
parent wants their child to be a farmer
.
People are afraid of their children
becoming farmers. Now it's been proven,
we at the Islamic boarding school,
Brother Fahri,
are already planting sweet potatoes.
Today we are planting corn. And we are
planting sweet potatoes in several
locations with
Ustaz Salman's boarding school has a
large area in the back, maybe for
farming.
Alhamdulillah, there is land for us to
farm.
And there is also land belonging to
people from Jakarta; they have so much
land there,
and the Jakartans don't even know where
their land is, so we ask to cultivate
it. We ask for permission to cultivate
it, so it becomes
sweet potatoes.
Why? Because we just heard that it was
supposed to end in June, now it’s
extended again, maybe it ends in
October. Are we going to die of hunger
or die because of this virus? We don't
know, both lead to death, and if the
economy falls into chaos and people
can't eat, there will be war.
Uh-huh. That's even more dangerous.
Even more dangerous. Ah, there is a
solution from Allah in the Quran, what
is it described as? Farming. Yeah.
It’s still May, June, July, August,
September, we harvest sweet potatoes,
sir.
3 months.
Plant it today.
Plant it today, by September we harvest
sweet potatoes.
Is corn 2 months or 3? Corn doesn’t
even take 3 months. We plant corn today
. It’s May, right?
Yeah.
May, June, July, we harvest our corn.
See, imagine that. Later, when we
harvest this corn, we can just boil it
and eat it right away.
Yeah. That’s the beauty of Indonesia.
So, there are several staple foods in
Indonesia that we can consume directly
without needing side dishes.
Yes.
So, if possible, let's campaign to move
away from rice.
Yeah.
I mean, yeah. But I get contradicted
too, you’re saying don't use rice
anymore. What’s the deal? They say
rice, the process is, well, we harvest
it, right? After we harvest that rice,
we need to dry it first, then mill it.
Yes.
And only then do we cook it, and it has
to have side dishes. A lot of them.
If it’s corn, Brother Fahri, once
it's ready, we just pick it and put it
in
a pot or a pan with enough boiling
water
and it can be consumed immediately.
Take it out, it’s cooked, eat it
right away and it's delicious.
Yeah. You don't need to use
steak, no need for fish, no need for
chili sauce, you don't need any of that
.
Now, this is the same with sweet
potatoes, too. Sweet potatoes, brother,
you pull them up, they’re harvested.
Yeah.
Pull them up, they’re harvested, you
just put them in water. Boiling water
is enough.
Boil until cooked and eat it. And the
nutrition, MashaAllah Tabarakallah, is
not inferior compared to rice. It's
just that our people already think that
rice is the only thing that sustains
the stomach. So if they haven't eaten
rice, it feels like they haven't eaten
at all.
The mindset is rice. Even though corn
is the same, right?
The content is the same, the
carbohydrate content is even high, the
sugar content
is actually better in corn compared to
what’s in
rice, right? So, in times like these,
the study of agriculture ala the
Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi
wasallam and based on the Quran and
Sunnah that we are studying right now
is actually truly extraordinary, its
benefits are great for our society. Ah,
so I’d also like to invite everyone,
because I pray that this Corona thing
ends tomorrow. But if it lasts until
October, I invite us all to plant sweet
potatoes or corn in our own homes.
Yeah.
Just in the front or back of each of
our houses. You might have a plot of
land, maybe 2 meters.
Yeah.
It doesn’t have to be big. Just 1 or
2 meters is enough. We don't know what
this food situation will be like later.
At the very least, we help this country
by having a food supply on standby in
our own homes. And this is a teaching
of the Quran; it’s not just because
there’s a pandemic, no. Whether there
is a pandemic or not, agriculture is
always motivated by the Quran, you see.
Now, once again. So, from rainwater,
God grows various kinds of plants,
including olives, dates, grapes, and
fruits. Speaking of fruits, Indonesia
holds who knows how many kinds of them.
Oh, God.
An earthly paradise.
A paradise. That's right, sir. This
Indonesia of ours, unfortunately, yet
again.
Our young people or modern parents,
none of them are steering their
children toward that, you know. We
truly have so many fruits. Now, take
longan; people say Bangkok longan is
tastier. Musang King durian, they say
it’s from Malaysia. Even papaya, they
choose Thai papaya or whatever other
kind. It’s as if Indonesia—actually
, our local fruits beat Thai papaya,
beat Thai or Bangkok longan, they
really do.
Indonesia’s fruit potential is huge,
not to mention there’s an
extraordinary fruit, brother, the
coconut.
Coconut.
There is no power nor strength except
by God.
It has so many benefits.
Good heavens, Brother Fahri, if
there’s a young person who wants to
plant coconuts.
Yeah.
For example, they buy a large piece of
land somewhere. They check its
potential—we have laboratories—to
see if the soil is suitable for
planting coconuts. They plant that
coconut, Brother Fahri, and wait until
it bears fruit. Once it bears fruit,
they just need to decide whether to
make coconut oil or coconut water. And
both are profitable.
Yes. If they make coconut oil, they can
sell the coconut, the husk, and the
shell. These coconuts are ready for
harvest, Brother Fahri. Old coconut
trees must be cut down; the older the
coconut tree gets, the more expensive
the wood is.
Just imagine, sir.
Used for building wood or something
like that.
Oh, my God, it’s extraordinary. But
the blessing of the rain that God
mentioned for growing these plants,
unfortunately, only results in floods
for Muslims in Indonesia. Yeah.
Why? Because Indonesian Muslims don't
want to think about it. They don't want
to think that way. That's it, Brother
Fahri. Yes.
I really want to campaign for this
through Ruha Alfajar, through Radio
Rasil. I convey this in lectures
everywhere, inviting people, because
this is a Quranic story, not someone
else's. This is a Quranic story, and in
my opinion, the greatest potential for
this Quranic story is actually in
Indonesia, in an agrarian country like
ours.
Yes.
If we talk about agriculture in Mecca
and Medina, it’s limited, just like
Brother Fahri said earlier, when you
asked what kind of agriculture there is
.
Yes.
Limited to dates, olives, and grapes.
Just that much.
Because the place isn't that fertile.
Our place isn't that fertile either. By
the way, Brother Fahri, do you know
there’s a tree called the sugar palm?
Sugar palm, right?
Do you know the sugar palm? I don't
know if there are any Indonesians who
farm sugar palm. But for me, Fahri, if
God grants me extra fortune later,
the next farming venture I will take on
if I own land, for example,
I will try to open a coconut or sugar
palm farm, because everyone is already
doing palm oil or other crops. Clove
farming too. Sugar palm farming.
Is it rare?
It is rare.
The result is sugar, that sugar.
That's the result. There are several
results, many. First, also
the palm fiber is good.
It produces palm fiber, right?
The fiber on the tree, right?
Yes, that fiber.
I think it's the coolest roofing
material, palm fiber.
Yeah.
Tiles and all that. Back in my village,
near my village, there's a place called
Sibanggor. The village name is
Sibanggor.
Uh-huh.
Sibanggor has Sibanggor Julu, Sibanggor
Tongas, Sibanggor Jae, and other
villages around there where the people
in Tanah Male use palm fiber roofs.
Palm fiber roofs. Yes. All of them.
It's fiber. That palm fiber roof, Fahri
, it lasts for 70 years.
Oh, including
by the time you pass away, Fahri, it's
been 70 years. Your grandchildren can
still use that fiber roof.
But can it hold water?
It holds water.
So it's like this, P. When the weather
is cold, the fiber warms the house.
Yeah.
When the weather is hot
it cools it down.
It keeps the house cool.
That's like advanced technology.
Extraordinarily advanced. Unfortunately
, the people in Sibanggor Julu and
Tanah Male have cut down their sugar
palms. They now use roof tiles and
asbestos. Sometimes we use modern
things we don't actually need.
There are modern things that actually
mislead our lives. Now, if I have the
means, if an investor wants to, I'd
suggest this.
I don't need to manage it; you can
manage it yourself, sir. You have 40
hectares of land, for example,
just plant sugar palms. And the
intention behind planting them
shouldn't just be business. Sometimes
when people come to me, they
immediately ask about the profit.
True. Profit and loss. So
profit and loss. People nowadays, if
they invest billions, they always
expect that if they deposit billions in
a bank, they will get a certain amount
of interest. Yeah.
But if I plant sugar palms, what comes
of it?
Don't think like that. We must also
contribute to the world's lungs, which
are trees. We must contribute to
reducing greenhouse gas emissions; look
at the impact of the roofs we use now
on the world. So don't just think about
money. If we talk about farming, like
when we talked about catfish with Mr.
Ihsan earlier. If we talk about catfish
farming, we'd lose if we competed
against dishonest people. Yeah.
But if we talk about catfish farming,
our intention is so that Muslims who
want to consume catfish can have ones
that are truly halalan thayyiban,
making the reward a blessing.
The reward for cattle and goat farming
is a blessing too. Why? It’s not just
business. The goal is to supply the
market so that people's sacrificial
goats are healthier, and people's
sacrificial cows are healthier.
Currently, many entrepreneurs don't
base their farming and livestock
practices on the Quran. During the
sacrifice season, goats are injected or
cows are given some kind of vitamin
just to make them look fat, even though
we don't know what's really inside them
. Yeah.
So, our intention is to stabilize the
universe, stabilize this life, and it's
not through the profit we discuss, but
the 'berkeh'(blessing), as the Betawi
people say.
Yes, the 'berkeh', which has no
monetary value. Uh-huh.
If we always rely on profit
calculations, we will never be
enthusiastic about farming. It would be
better for us to open a Bukalapak or
those electric companies like the ones
Jack Ma built. Yeah, that's profitable.
But how far does that profit go? I ask,
if the profit we earn actually messes
up, what's it called? The balance of
the universe, then what's the point?
Yeah.
Right? And if we become farmers and
ranchers, we don't just get blessings,
but we also help maintain the balance
of the universe, you know.
Uh-huh.
That's what we're aiming for. Imagine
if we planted sugar palm (aren),
brother. Let’s go back to the sugar
palm earlier. Because I really want
someone to farm sugar palm. The fibers
(ijuk) are used for, you know, roofing.
There are the midribs (lidi). Those
midribs have so many uses if we look
for them. Besides roofing, the fibers
can be made into rope. Not to mention
every Ramadan, we consume what's called
the fruit, the sugar palm fruit (
kolang-kaling).
Kolang-kaling, or caruluk. As the
Sundanese call it.
As the Medan people call it 'naw'.
Yes.
That’s all over from Sabang to
Merauke, I think.
Everyone in the country eats
kolang-kaling, Brother.
Yes.
That’s not even considering other
types of processing. That’s just
simply.
Soaked in sugar or syrup, that alone is
delicious.
As simple as that, or made into compote
. He.
Just think, how are we treating these
natural gifts for the Islamic
population of the Republic of Indonesia
? We are busy worrying about corona and
such, just go hoe the land, that's it;
why bother thinking about this corona?
Don't think about it, just stay
productive; social distancing in
farming is naturally built in—if
you're hoeing, don't get too close,
Brother Fahri.
Yes, you might get hit by a hoe.
If you get too close while hoeing,
you'll get hit, so farming
automatically enforces social
distancing and hand sanitizer.
If you are exposed to pig impurity,
Brother Fahri, no matter what you use
to wash it, it won't work. What must
you use?
Soil.
Soil.
If you are farming. My God, it's
totally sterile, Sir. But rarely do
people realize, I actually get these
ideas during times like these. Oh my
God. Yeah.
Farming, it turns out, is in the Quran;
it's a story about agriculture. There's
so much, Brother. There are so many
stories about agriculture in the Quran.
It turns out Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala
was so serious about these times, my
God, food security is extraordinary.
People are afraid of social distancing.
Farming is inherently social distancing
.
People are afraid of
uh, hand sanitizer. It turns out the
thing that can most effectively remove
the worst germs, according to this
religion, is soil.
Then we need fresh air, right?
Yeah.
Do you think the freshest air is in
this air-conditioned room? No way, bro.
In the garden,
there are many trees, yeah. Where the
circulation between carbon dioxide and
oxygen
uh, the exchange is perfect.
Yeah.
Between the cows, the trees, the grass,
everything; the cycle there is perfect.
True.
Not to mention the sunlight.
Oh my God, people only just started
talking about basking in the sun at 10
AM. You're so slow. That’s why the
Quran is beautiful, it's already there.
Our Quran is truly beautiful. So the
Quran invites us to farm, and it turns
out, my God,
it has tons of benefits. Tons of
benefits. Tons of benefits. People are
busy going to, uh, fitness, to the gym,
wherever,
paying money. Working out in an AC room
is just the same as nothing.
Hm. Not sweating, right.
Not sweating. The air circulation isn't
right there, Brother. Yeah.
Your body might be muscular,
but how many muscular people already
have health problems?
Yeah.
Especially after reaching 40 years old.
Look at a farmer, they're muscular; the
older they get, the healthier they are.
So,
uh, I see farming as told by Allah in
the Quran. I see the Prophet's saying.
He said, "If you realize tomorrow is
the apocalypse, then plant a seed."
Yeah. It turns out it holds a wealth of
benefits for us. A wealth of benefits.
Not to mention, Brother Fahri, when
speaking about when this "Ms. Corona"
is finished, we have such an
extraordinary social interaction there.
We exchange seeds with our neighbors,
we exchange harvest yields. That's
truly extraordinary, right. And our
friendship with nature is becoming
increasingly, increasingly,
increasingly close, yeah.
Modern humans have become distant from
the universe, distant from nature, yeah
. So, it doesn't mean I am removing
monotheism in this case, yeah.
Precisely, monotheism encourages
someone to love this universe, right.
If there is someone who dislikes the
universe after studying monotheism,
that's fake monotheism.
Yes.
So, the Quran actually tells stories
about agriculture and animal husbandry,
yeah. I haven't read about the animal
husbandry part yet, Brother. Because
today is only about agriculture, right.
I will move to another chapter in the
Quran, in Surah Abasa. Uh, "Abasa wa
tawalla," this is surah number 80.
Regarding Surah An-Nahl earlier, I
forgot which chapter it was. Chapter 80
. Viewers, please open your Qur'an to
verse 24. I seek refuge in Allah from
the accursed Satan. In the name of
Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most
Merciful. "Then let mankind look at his
food.""It is We who pour down rain in
abundance, then We split the earth in
clefts, and cause grain to grow therein
, and grapes and clover, and olives and
palm trees, and gardens of thick
foliage, and fruits and herbage—
provision for you." There, that’s
just up to that point for now. Let’s
translate it. So, mankind should pay
attention to their food. Ah, that is a
command from Allah for us. It turns out
it’s not about hoarding wealth, but
paying attention to our food.
In conditions like these, it’s very
clear. I’ve been contacted by several
people who have a lot of money, but
their money is no longer useful. See,
that’s how it is. Their money is no
longer valid. What are they going to do
with it? They must eat. You can’t
exactly eat money. So, humans must pay
attention to their food, their source
of sustenance. "Anna shobabnal maa". It
is We who truly pour down rain from the
sky. Again, it’s the same as Surah
An-Nahl earlier, rain. Yes, once again
the story is about rain, and the place
with the highest rainfall is Indonesia,
right? Exactly. "...ardho syaqqo." Then
We are the ones who truly split the
earth. Farmers would understand this
well. When a long drought comes, the
soil is stiff and hard, but when the
rain comes,
it’s loose, right?
It becomes loose. Very cool. It’s
ready to be planted. Yes. "Faambatna
fiha habba." Sir. Then We cause grain
to grow on the surface of that earth.
Which country do you think grains grow
in, Brother Fahri?
Asia, Indonesia.
Right, Asia, Indonesia is the most
prominent. We’ve already said
Indonesia, this isn't Arabia.
Yes. So, the Qur'an seems to really
understand
that this is motivation for the
Indonesian people.
So, the grains that grow in Indonesia.
Yeah.
Grains grow in Indonesia. Look at the
VOC, the largest company in history,
they say. Even now, no one can compete
with the VOC. Brother Fahri. Yeah.
The entire world's businesses—Jack Ma
, Bill Gates, all of them—can't even
match the VOC's assets. For all the
size of their businesses, they were
looking for Indonesia.
Yeah.
For what? For its agriculture.
Correct.
The spices they needed. Eh, the
Indonesian people aren't planting them.
Not planting turmeric, not planting
ginger—these are all grains, right?
Not planting galangal, not planting
kencur. Who is thinking about that now?
Yeah.
Whereas, let's take Indofood, Brother,
they need spices.
Right, for their products,
for their seasoning products. Indo—
let’s just say Indomie and all those,
there’s a whole lot of them. Yes. I
met the person in BSD who supplies them
, and I’ve been invited to his place.
Good heavens. I said, it’s lucky
he’s a Muslim. Be grateful you are a
Muslim. I told him, his name is Mr.
Roni.
Alhamdulillah, you are a Muslim, Sir. I
said.
Why? It's not about the competition
between Islam and non-Muslims or Islam
and China, no, it's not. I'm not
talking about that. I'm saying that the
Qur'an touches on this, and this is our
holy book. And it's not being practiced
by this community.
This community is busy arguing.
That’s all they do; their shouting
isn't useful for life; it's rarely real
, in my opinion.
Rarely, in my opinion.
This is what we need to campaign for.
Rarely do people want to campaign for
things like this, and this is the story
of the Qur'an. Look at the Qur'an: "
fa-anbatna fiha habba"(and We caused
grain to grow within it). And that is
Indonesia, ladies and gentlemen. What
kind of grains grow in this great
republic? Candlenuts grow abundantly in
the republic we love. If we planted
ginger, turmeric, galangal, and
aromatic ginger. Do you know aromatic
ginger, brother?
Yes. A type of spice, right?
Yes. Aromatic ginger, we plant that. Oh
, in Medan, there's something called UB
or something, I forgot the Indonesian
name, I forgot. When cooked, it makes
our food so fragrant; no one is doing
that. I am sure that if we extracted it
, turned it into powder, and put it
into spices, wow.
That new powder.
It would be totally amazing. That’s
Indonesia, it doesn't exist in Arabia.
Yes.
It doesn't exist in Arabia. Maybe only
cardamom exists in Arabia. That's it.
But if we go to Egypt, maybe it's there
. If we go to Palestine, it's there. If
we go to the Levant, it's there; if we
go to Yemen, it's there. But in Makkah
and Madinah, if it exists, it's very
little. True. We see that it is
abundant here in Indonesia. But again,
unfortunately, Indonesian Muslims
haven't looked at this. Haven't looked
at this. Then indeed, here God says "wa
'inaban wa qadba." The plants are
grapes and special dates. Of course,
because the Qur'an was addressing the
people of Madinah and Makkah at that
time. "Wa zaitunan wa nakhla," olives
and dates. Again, I am not against the
school of thought that says we can
plant dates, olives, and so on here.
But personally, I would rather suggest
we stick to local wisdom. What grows
here for us? If it's guava, then let's
plant guava. Just imagine if we were
guava farmers and we also had Muslim
entrepreneurs who built a fresh guava
juice factory. Wow, I can't even
imagine it.
That would be great. "Wa hadaiqa ghulba
." Dense gardens. Where are those dense
gardens, brother Fahri? Yes, in
Indonesia.
Indonesia has many forests too.
Yes. In Arabia, where would you find
gardens? It's all desert. So, since
this virus, because I've been studying
a lot, I've discovered new, powerful
knowledge that we will share here—
teachings from the Qur'an and the
Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.
The Qur'an is addressing the people of
Indonesia. O you who own gardens. So,
please don't leave your land idle. I am
saying this to the viewers and
listeners tuning in. If you have land,
if you have vacant land anywhere,
it's forbidden, Sir. Leaving it idle
for decades. It's better if you invite
people to collaborate, let them plant,
and see what the results are.
Especially if you are already well-off,
maybe you don't even need to ask for a
large share. What matters is that the
land is productive. Because in our
Hadith, we are forbidden by the Prophet
Muhammad peace be upon him from letting
land die. Leaving land to die, that is.
So I urge anyone who has vast, unused
land to reflect, pray to Allah, and
seek much forgiveness from Him, because
it is a prohibition from Allah and His
Messenger to let our land go to waste.
Let's look at the next verse. "Wa
fakihatan wa abba," fruits and
vegetation. The stories of fruits and
grains are in the Quran, Sir. Yeah.
And that exists in Indonesia. Indonesia
, right. "Mata'an lakum." Allah says it
is as a provision for your lives, O
people. Yes. So Allah sends down rain,
Allah brings to life the grains, the
plants, and the trees. As provision for
your lives so that your lives are free,
not controlled by others. I truly
remember King Faisal, he was so
confident back then. When America and
their international oil business
cronies offered to make life more
prosperous in Saudi Arabia by
extracting their oil and their
potential at that time. What did he say
? "Eh, no need.""I am used to eating
dates""
and bread." Ha, that's spot on. So that
life provision is dates. In Indonesia,
that life provision is our agriculture
and our livestock; those are our life
provisions. Especially right now, this
is what people are searching for.
Yes.
They said Mr. Jokowi wants to create
agricultural land. Too late, Mr. Jokowi
, too late. But better late than never.
Yes. I pray that the honorable
President Joko Widodo succeeds in
regrowing the spirit of agriculture and
plantations for the youth of Indonesia.
Not the older generation,
the youth of Indonesia. And
I hope the government truly fully
supports the agricultural potential in
the Republic of Indonesia. Don't just
keep focusing on this, the proof is
that all these modern things are
useless, they just keep building malls.
Yeah.
I was just discussing with some farmers
in our village at the boarding school
yesterday. Pray for me, if I have the
means in 2020, we must create a market
specifically for farmers.
Yes.
So in this market, the only ones
allowed to sell are farmers.
Just farmers.
If they aren't farmers, they aren't
allowed to sell.
Yeah.
Oh. We will discuss it. Oh, why is that
? There will be positive effects later.
So that for the farmers, as Sandiaga
Uno once campaigned, he said there are
nine links in the supply chain that we
must break. He was confused at that
time. Hopefully, he hears this. But
maybe he already knows, yeah.
The easiest way is to break the chain
of these middlemen by creating a market
specifically for farmers.
Yes. They can sell directly to that
market.
Yes. Not just that, brother. Yes. So
it’s like that. But we really need to
screen them, just like how people were
screened with Covid-19 tools. "Hey,
where are you a farmer?"
I
if you're not a farmer, you aren't
allowed to sell here. Wow, that it's
done.
The middlemen all die off. Yes. But it
needs government support because the
market must be made as cool as possible
, as good as possible. No thugs there,
nothing like that there. So the farmers
feel at ease.
So what will the results be? Farmers
feel they sell their produce for better
prices, and the government doesn't have
much trouble, just preparing the market
.
Consumers feel that tomorrow there
won't be any more price hikes for
chilies, potatoes, or onions. Yeah,
there won't be, because no one is
manipulating the prices.
Yeah, that's it. So that breaks the
chain of, what do you call it? The
middlemen earlier. Those middlemen,
whether for fish—for instance, we
want to create a farmers' market and a
livestock market. So, farmers and
breeders sell in that market, and we
will announce the buyers; we've
discussed that yesterday, we just need
to find, what do you call it? Find the
fuel so that this market can be built.
At the very least, we want to set an
example in our village first.
Hm. Later if it succeeds, we will
propose it to the sub-district, the
regent, the minister, wherever, so
those middlemen are gone. So*mata'akum*
, all the agricultural resources
prepared by Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala
are*mata'akum*, provisions for life.
And*wa li-an'amikum*, provisions also
for your livestock. Oh my God, if we
talk about agriculture and livestock,
if you talk about livestock in
Indonesia, what livestock doesn't
thrive here, brother Fahri?
Yeah.
In Indonesia, people even breed
crickets, it exists, it's there.
There is
breeding flies, well, people call it
maggots.
Heh.
Not just any fly.
Breeding snakes. Not snakes,
caterpillars. Cat
caterpillars for feed.
Bird feed, especially for murai.
Murai breeders are really active now,
right? That’s right. But
the price is dropping now because there
are so many. That's why I always say if
someone is breeding murai, don't just
follow along and breed murai, it’ll
fall, it’ll just drop. I say instead,
when someone breeds murai, we breed
something else that's cooler than murai
, so the price competition isn't among
fellow murai breeders. I told that to
my friends. For example, in our Islamic
boarding school, we breed tilapia,
don't just breed all tilapia. I said, "
Sir, breed catfish, sir, breed goldfish
, sir, breed gourami." Later our market
will sell things like that. It
shouldn't be all gourami, or the price
of gourami will fall. Suddenly what's
in season
everyone storms in, it's the season for
coffee shops. Everyone opens a coffee
shop. "Ah,
just following the trend, I guess.
Let's not do that. The livestock should
be that way too. So, this is the
guidance from the Quran. We only shared
one hadith; other hadiths may be shared
on another occasion since I see we only
have an hour.
Yes.
I will repeat it again. The Quran and
the Sunnah, as well as the Prophet
Muhammad (peace be upon him), directly
motivate us to farm, to engage in
farming. And this agriculture has so
many benefits. It was even emphasized
by Allah as 'mata'akum,' as provisions
for your life. In seasons like this, it
is truly evident that agriculture is '
mata'akum.' It is a sustainable food
source, and in these virus conditions,
I am sure farmers are very clean. Why?
Because social distancing actually
happens there. Because they are in
contact with the soil, and soil is an
extraordinary germ killer.
Then what else was there? The air is
truly fresh. The sun shines directly on
them. Good. Sweat comes out, and it's
healthy. That's right. This is all I
can convey, brother Fahri. Go ahead,
Ustaz.
I leave it to you, brother. Subhanallah
. We are enlightened, aren't we? It
turns out the impact of agriculture is
truly extraordinary, Ustaz Salman.
True.
Because all this time, what should I
call it? Agriculture is synonymous with
poverty, right?
Yes.
Why is it like that? Whereas if we were
to take agriculture more seriously, it
turns out that besides being beneficial
to others, it could certainly improve
our economy even more. Insha'Allah.
Very much so. True. Insha'Allah.
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together for the Sirah Nabawiyah
program with Ustaz Salman Alfarizi,
discussing agriculture in Islam. It
felt as if the revelation Allah sent
down was hinting at Indonesians, who
have vast land but don't utilize it
well. Indeed, for Indonesians.
If I may say, it's a wake-up call for
Indonesians.
That is why if there is vast land,
right?
What should we call it? Cultivate it,
right?
Cultivate it, manage it.
For instance, if brother Fahri has 50
hectares of land in the village, right?
Subhanallah, that is vast, indeed.
Yes, we just have to speak it into
existence.
Yes.
May it be said 'Amin' to by the angels,
right?
Amin.
Just plant, don't leave it empty like
that. Don't sell it to a factory, right
?
Sold to a factory. The thing about
Indonesians is actually this—the
funny thing about Indonesians is that
many Indonesians own land but do not
cultivate it.
Many people want to cultivate but don't
own land.
Well, that's it, I need to make
landowners realize that if you already
own that much land, just let the
villagers cultivate it.
Yeah. Those who are actually experts in
farming.
Truly experts. If necessary, you should
even create the market for it. H
So you say," Cultivate this, the
important thing is I don't want to take
any profit. The result is 100%yours,
but I will be the buyer. "
I
I have the courage to say that, Mr.
Pari.
Yeah.
I have the courage to say that. So I
provide the capital to plant and
cultivate grass. The important thing is
that the capital shouldn't be lost.
Then, those who harvest the grass, I'm
the one who buys it. And there's no
need for profit sharing. I said that.
But the capital must not be lost. He
said.
Yes.
We do that, brother. Hopefully, those
listening to us can do the same.
God willing, perhaps some want to
collaborate to open up some land or
something.
Like the sugar palm trees earlier, in
the future we could export the fibers.
Export the fibers somewhere, right? Exp
Sugar palm fruits.
Sugar palm fruits or even the palm
sugar itself.
Palm sugar is better than white sugar.
Clearly. Brown sugar.
It's safer, right?
Safer
than white sugar, isn't it? White
poison, so to speak.
Yeah, white sugar has so many issues.
Alright, there's a question, Ustaz,
from Mr. Sofyan Effendi. Peace be upon
you, and Allah's mercy and blessings,
Ustaz."
Plant a tree even if tomorrow is the
day of judgment. "Is that a hadith or
something else, Ustaz? I didn't quite
hear it clearly earlier. It is a hadith
.
A hadith, right?
Yes, a hadith. But who is the narrator?
Maybe next week I will inform you. Or
later via WhatsApp, I will convey the
hadith from the Prophet Muhammad (peace
be upon him), that he said," If you
know tomorrow is the end of the world,
then plant. "Yes, that is a hadith from
the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon
him. So
so much does the Prophet want this
Ummah to be farmers, to plant. Because
in Medina, the Prophet also motivated
his companions. The Prophet once
planted how many hundreds of date palms
? 300 trees in the garden of Salman
al-Farisi (may Allah be pleased with
him).
Yeah.
In Khaibar, the Prophet planted date
palms.
The Prophet never let any land sit
empty; he would have it cultivated
immediately. If there is empty land,
it's immediately cultivated. Empty land
is immediately cultivated. And the
perspective of the Prophet (peace be
upon him) was not like modern people
who are always looking for profit,
profit, profit; not always
talking about profit, brother.
Even if tomorrow is the end of the
world, plants must be planted, right?
That's how passionate he was.
So passionate.
Encouraging us to farm, to utilize the
plants, the
empty land.
There is a caller who wants to join.
Hello, peace be upon you.
Peace be upon you too.
With whom and where, sir?
Nasrul in Depok, Ustaz.
Mr. Nasrul, please go ahead. Peace be
upon you, Ustaz Salman.
Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy
and blessings.
Yeah, because of corona, I rarely visit
there anymore, Ustaz Salman.
My goodness, Mr. Nasrul, he often gets
there.
His supplies.
Subhanallah.
Thank you, Mr. Nasrul. Yes, you're
welcome.
Right. Ustaz, this question is more for
people who have limited land. Yes.
Actually, listening to you earlier, the
spirit of relying on Allah is
extraordinary. What do you think is the
most effective thing for us with small
plots to plant, something that provides
immediate benefits and joy from Allah
as our plants thrive? Yeah.
Should it be done as a community, Ustaz
, where every region is encouraged to
plant the same type of crop? That is
all. Thank you, Ustaz, you are amazing.
Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullahi
wabarakatuh. Peace.
Mr. Nasrul, we have already agreed to
meet once this pandemic is over,
haven't we? Masha Allah, thank you so
much for your help, Mr. Nasrul, in
supporting the students at the boarding
school.
Yeah.
May Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala bless you
. Everyone who has helped us, the
listeners, have contributed so much.
May everyone be blessed by Allah
Subhanahu wa Ta'ala.
Amin ya Rabbal Alamin.
Well, for those with limited land, I
suggest planting cassava. Because
cassava is easy to grow, as long as we
loosen the soil. You can mix in some
wood ash from burnt trash. If you have
goat manure, you can add that too. Wait
a day until the soil cools, then just
plant a few cassava stems, and you'll
soon see the process of it growing into
tubers. As told in the Quran, it is a
sign of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala's
power that is truly real for those who
want to farm. So, I recommend that, or
something else with great benefits.
Besides cassava, herbs also have
tremendous benefits. Herbs have
wonderful benefits for us. For example,
since your land is small, just plant
ginger. Yeah.
Yes, ginger, spices, turmeric, like
that.
Ginger is also quite popular right now.
Oh, it's absolutely amazing.
It is truly extraordinary because it
was rumored to be very effective
against corona, right? Even though...
not necessarily.
Not necessarily.
Don't be like that. Ginger has many
benefits, whether there is corona or
not. Just leave it at that, brother
Fahri. It doesn't have to be because of
corona. Ginger has many benefits, and
the great thing about ginger is...
Brother Fahri...we plant it, and it
doesn't give us any trouble.
Yeah, plant it and just forget about it
.
Just forget it.
And it grows. And it grows.
You didn't even fertilize it? Nope.
Just relax. That's why I really wanted
the boarding school to plant it, but it
hasn't been realized yet.
Only a few plants so far. It hasn't
been fully realized yet.
Yes.
So, things like this, if we have a
small plot of land, the benefits are
huge, because ginger can be used for
medicine, and we can do various things.
As for cassava, well, cassava takes a
bit longer, you know. The sweet potato
can be used for our own food. Yeah,
that's really cool. And you'll
experience an incredible sensation when
boiling purple sweet potatoes harvested
from our own backyard.
The taste is different.
Very different, because we cared for it
.
Indeed. Waiting for three months,
brother Fahri.
Waiting for three months, you know.
That's truly amazing, isn't it? Ah,
then, regarding the national sectors I
was asked about earlier, regarding each
respective region. My suggestion is
like this. If I were president of
Indonesia, there would be three sectors
that would be my main focus.
Yeah.
The first, of course, remains education
.
Education.
Yes. Still education. The second is
agriculture.
Agriculture and livestock. Yes, I treat
this as one package. The third is the
fishermen.
Those are my programs. So, education
must be right.
Agriculture and livestock must be right
, and the fishermen must be supported.
The fifth, health, you see.
These would be my programs if I were
president. Why do I say that? The
president of Indonesia must have a
great agricultural program for the
Republic. So if Mr. Anies Baswedan
wants to be president in 2024, well,
you never know, right? Who knows if he
wants to be that. Regarding education,
I am sure Mr. Anies Baswedan is very
expert. I was inspired by him from"
Indonesia Mengajar, "right?
But I don't know about his stance on
agriculture. He must have agricultural
experts who are truly capable. What was
that again? Like what Mr. Nasrul asked
earlier,
we shouldn't all just plant mangoes.
Don't.
From Sabang to Merauke, there must be
local wisdom for each.
In Papua, what kind of fruit is good?
Well, like that.
That's what should be planted in Papua.
What is the name of that fruit? It
tastes like a mix of durian, longan,
and rambutan. What is it?
Ah, it's on the tip of my tongue. But I
planted it at the boarding school,
brother Fahri.
I planted it at the boarding school,
I've heard it's medicinal. It can be
used for medicine too, right?
But it tastes delicious.
It tastes great. Ah, why did I forget
the name?
If only someone knew.
Cool. Yes, if anyone knows, please send
a message. I forgot the name even
though we planted it at the school. H.
Try looking at Papua, that Papuan
rambutan is really cool.
Let's go to NTT, NTB, Maluku, and
Sulawesi. Sulawesi has several
provinces. Kalimantan, Java, and
Sumatra have diverse local agricultural
wisdom. If.
Matoa.
Iowa, they say.
Thank you, Mrs. Tini. Matawa, said the
Ustaz. That's right, Mata, Matoa. Yes,
yes, yes, Matoa. Delicious.
Good. It's delicious, right?
It's delicious, brother. If we bite
into it, it's like durian, but the
texture is like longan
or rambutan.
A mix between longan.
Yes. That's it. So delicious. Really
delicious, they say it's from Papua.
And we plant it in boarding schools,
but it's less popular, right? Yeah, in
Indonesia.
Because Indonesians are more into
Korean dramas, Korean stuff. Ah, as if
Korea is so great, we are greater than
that, you know. So if I ask, what we
need is, each region has its own
specialty. So we must cultivate that
regional specialty. For example, the
coconut we mentioned, not all of
Indonesia is suitable for coconuts,
Brother Fahri.
Yes. There are
regions on the coast.
Yes. Areas that are suitable for
coconuts, analyzed by the president,
then plant coconuts there. Yeah.
Yes. Analyze areas suitable for
planting or, uh, what was it? Sugar
palm.
Sugar palm. Yeah.
Plant in areas suitable for that
adjust it to the region. Suitable for
what?
If that were utilized
it would beat any country in the world.
People from all over the world would
come to learn in this republic. I
wonder why none of our presidents ever
noticed that. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
was here for 10 years, you know. There
was no movement in that direction. Even
Mr. Joko Widodo, nothing like that.
Nothing. Only Mr. Suharto really talked
about it, he made programs for, uh,
dams and irrigation
rice self-sufficiency, he was actually
good in that regard. I agree with him
on that and I hope later there's a
president who talks about it. So, if I
ask what to plant on a large scale, we
have the IPB
yes
take it to the soil laboratory
the researchers are there, right
I know Habib Idrus in Kampung Rambutan,
he's a friend of Mr. Fahid and Mr.
Ihsan
he's a soil expert, and it turns out
soil is truly different everywhere.
Yes.
This soil is only suitable for planting
vegetables.
H
like that. Don't plant trees. It's not
suitable here.
Ah, this soil is suitable for trees. We
can even check if it's suitable for
durian trees or what kind of trees,
it's that detailed.
Oh my God. If we played that game, when
a virus like this comes, we'd just be
kicking back and relaxing. Why?
Everything is on standby.
Like that. So sometimes I wonder, why
do we forget this potential? Come on,
let's play this potential again.
Especially, I hope at least one young
person hears us who has this spirit,
who wants to change
uh, Indonesia from that. And I hope
there is someone from Anies Baswedan's
team who is listening to us if he
becomes president in 2024.
They must, they must focus on this
agriculture, yes, they must focus. I am
sure if we focus on agriculture,
Indonesia will become a king in this
world. God willing.
Glory be to God.
Ah, so that's how it is, Mr. Nasrul.
For individuals, I suggest that if you
have limited land, plant tubers, ginger
, or corn, things that we can
immediately enjoy the results of. But
if it is on a regional scale, I
encourage each region to have its own
signature fruit, and that is what we
must promote, make boom, and advertise,
right? Thank you, Mr. Naslaham. Matoa
fruit.
Yes. Have you ever eaten Matoa, brother
?
Not yet. I just heard of it too.
It’s expensive, you know, if we buy
it.
It's probably not in malls yet, is it?
It's in Total Buah, I've seen it there,
and we've also seen it at All Fresh.
Peace be upon you, Ustaz Salman. Masha
Allah, Ustaz Salman, your lecture was
very good. Hopefully, many farmers will
survive in times like these. Amen. Amen
. Amen. Amen.
And hopefully, their land won't be sold
off, right? Those who have a lot of
land, plant it with
trees or something like that.
Plant it. Once again, those who have a
lot of land, invite farmers to farm.
No need for profit sharing. Then what?
You create the market. So the farmers
sell to you. Your profit comes from
buying directly from the farmers. If
this is played out
I am sure this is the second way, Mr.
Sandono, if you hear me. This is Mr.
Sandegono's second way to break the
middleman chain.
Yes. Yes.
Mr. Sandono has money here.
Yes. You have land that might be empty;
instead of you just dealing with coal
all the time. Right?
Come on. If it's coal, it just
generates money. You just get richer.
Yes.
If you become a farmer, farmers prosper
, they have land to work on without
having to buy the land—you still own
it.
They work on it, and 100%of the results
go to them, to the farmers. Then what
is the profit for me as the landowner?
I am the one who buys their produce.
Yes.
I am the one who brings their produce
to Jakarta. I already have the market
in Jakarta. Meet directly with
with whom? With the buyers, the direct
consumers.
Yes.
Oh, that is very cool if that happens.
It also brings welfare to the farmers.
Bringing welfare to the farmers and
bringing welfare to the people of
Indonesia.
It will also raise the level of the
farmers later. So they will eventually
want to become farmers.
They will want to become farmers later.
Glory be to God.
Yes. I will read the text messages that
have already come in. Ms. Helma in
Cibubur, a Rasil listener, is a fan of
Ustaz Salman, she says. I am a
kindergarten teacher and would love to
visit Ustaz Salman's Islamic boarding
school to take the children to see the
farming there. Is it allowed, Ustaz?
Ma'am
where is the address? WhatsApp me, I
will share my location later, God
willing. Welcome, Ms. Helma, I say
welcome. Please come, we will show you
our agricultural sites, which perhaps
not many people know are quite vast.
It's not just about utilizing the land.
Utilizing the land and planting several
types of plants. Because in Indonesia,
there is a term called intercropping.
Intercropping. Correct. So, one plot of
land has several plants, right?
We make a fish pond. A fish pond has
some space, right?
Use that space for plants. This is what
we are learning about, above the fish
pond there's something called
aquaponics. Aquaponics is
very easy, right. It's very easy, we
just find used bottles, we cut them or
use old plastic cups, we make holes,
and we add water spinach or bok choy
seeds.
It doesn't use soil.
No soil used. It only utilizes the
nutrients in the water from the fish.
Yeah.
It's like this, brother. The fish
excrete waste in there. The fish also
release something that isn't useful for
them, it's not useful for them,
but it's useful for plants.
That is very cool. Yes, a very
extraordinary mutual symbiosis. Welcome
, Ms. Helma.
Please, come in. Later, if you want the
phone number, just try messaging Rasil
on WhatsApp, okay?
Yes, just send a WhatsApp to Rasil.
Correct. Two final SMS messages before
we sign off, from a servant of Allah,"
Sir, behind my house there is a little
empty land but it's not planted because
I don't know what plants are suitable.
"
Then the second one, the ambition of
most of this nation's children is to be
employees. Ustaz, rarely do they want
to be entrepreneurs.
Is this the mentality of the nation's
children that is poorly forged, or are
the educators who don't understand
their students? Alright, for your first
point, for the land behind your house,
I highly suggest tubers.
They are also faster
to harvest. You only need to loosen the
soil, and if there is cow or goat
manure nearby, please take it. If there
isn't, come to the Islamic boarding
school for free.
Yeah.
Free. If there are burnt remnants
nearby, please take them. If there
aren't any, you can create them
yourself. It's very easy. Loosen the
soil, mix it with that, and let it cool
for a bit. If the goat or cow manure is
not cold yet, let it cool. Because if
you plant directly, the plants could
die.
Just plant tubers, Sir. The tubers I
highly recommend are sweet potatoes.
Sweet potatoes, or if not, potatoes are
also fine.
Potatoes are fine, sweet potatoes are
also fine. As long as the soil is loose
, God willing, it's very easy. If you
aren't used to hoeing, do some warm-up
first. Don't just start digging or
you'll get hurt.
There is a science to hoeing, you know.
There is a science to hoeing. There are
ways to do it, and you are welcome to
come, we will teach you how to hoe,
right?
Ah, what was the next point again? It
said that
in
this country, why do the children of
this nation just want to be civil
servant employees?
This mistake, this is not about
scapegoating, but we must realize it.
First, schools also always want to
create employees, right. Yeah.
Parents always want their children to
have jobs. So, people just want to work
, right? We scramble for jobs in
Sudirman, Kuningan, Gatot Subroto,
everyone works there, stuck in traffic,
happily stuck in traffic. With only
minimum wage. If it's not enough, we
protest. Meanwhile, we abandon lands in
Sukabumi, Cianjur, Cirebon, and other
places. Because our excuse is the
classic one: no capital, the government
doesn't care, and we can't make a
living. Because, well, because the
mindset is not right. Right?
If our mindset is to help stabilize the
universe, to contribute air and so on
to this universe, the universe will
thank us, and Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala
will grant us other blessings if we do
this. So I invite you not to be afraid,
not to worry, become an entrepreneur. I
am talking about agriculture today. The
Qur'an offers many entrepreneurial
lessons, not just agriculture. Later we
can discuss the hadiths of the Prophet,
peace be upon him, one by one.
Now, what was I saying earlier?
Changing this is not easy. So again, if
I were the president of this republic,
let's not make our education solely
about producing people with degrees
like SPDI or LCMA. I am often invited
to speak and they give me the title
LCMA. I just stay silent, even though I
am not an LC or an MA. There are even
some who invite me as Dr. Salman
Alfarisi, LC. MA. I just stay silent,
write whatever you want, it's up to you
. Because for me, we shouldn't be too
focused on that, it always ends up
being about diplomas, always about
degrees. And we truly idolize those
titles, those numbers on a piece of
paper. Even though there is no
creativity, that should be the mandate
for the Bogor Agricultural University.
To preserve all the agriculture in this
republic that we are proud of. I really
wish, they say I don't know if it's
true or not. Or maybe it's becoming the
Bogor Insurance Institute instead,
right? So, this must change; I think we
should change it through education
outside of formal primary and secondary
schools. I invite all ustaz to stop
obsessing over qunut, the number of
tarawih cycles, the coming of dukhan,
or the caliphate; those have been
discussed too often and are outdated
topics. The Qur'an provides a very wide
variety of entrepreneurial studies. I
encourage ustaz, come on, give lectures
on entrepreneurship. Don't just obsess
over laws. Look at what people discuss
during Ramadan, like imsak. Too shallow
. Oh God, I say, why can't the Muslim
community move on? They are busy
looking for arguments about imsak,
whether they are pro-imsak or against
it. I said," You two are both foolish.
"" I said those looking for arguments
for 'imsak' are foolish, and those
looking for arguments against it are
also foolish in my opinion. "Yeah.
Why?
Because this Ummah is lagging far
behind regarding the story of
entrepreneurship in the Quran. That is
the perspective I see, which is why I
said it's foolish. It’s not meant as
an absolute insult to the gentlemen
debating 'imsak.' Here is what I mean.
What is the benefit if we all practice
'imsak' globally? What is the benefit
if the whole world doesn't practice it?
There is none. So what we should be
discussing are verses about how to make
this Muslim community productive. Well,
that's it. We need to change the
mindset of Indonesians who just want to
keep working, working, and working. In
the end, we all just become employees.
Our workers in China are supposedly
thrown away on ships; it's our own
fault. Why do we just become employees?
Hm.
We have the seas, we have the fish. Our
local people can build ships.
Yet we end up working for others.
We end up working on other people's
ships.
Our own people, Brother Fahri. Have you
ever seen our own people build a ship,
Brother Fahri? I have a relative in the
village named Waiten.
His name is Waiten. Take my friend, his
name is Uyung. We were classmates in
boarding school. His father was a boat
maker, sir. He could make small or
large boats, depending on the money.
Heh.
Our local people can do it.
Support those kinds of things.
But Waiten even said," You must go to
school so you don't end up a boat maker
. "
Why? Because there is no support; our
government is also foolish, knowing the
people's potential is great but seeking
elsewhere instead.
So, if Anies Baswedan becomes president
in 2024 and he doesn't pay attention to
this potential, he's a foolish
president too. That's what we say. Why
not? The potential is there, but our
workers are crying out because of that;
we really need to look at ourselves,
bro.
Yeah.
Why didn't we do that from the
beginning? I have an acquaintance,
he’s a Navy colonel. A Marine, from
the Navy. He once served by sailing
from Sabang to Merauke in a year,
guarding our republic's borders. Do you
know what? Brother Fahri, he just puts
out a fishing line with whatever bait.
Heh.
In a minute, boom, he catches a tuna.
Without needing fancy bait.
Without sophisticated equipment like
others; have you ever watched National
Geographic when they catch tuna? Yes,
on the Discovery Channel, right? They
use computers, it’s all very
sophisticated. We don't need that,
friend, we don't need it. You have a
boat, you go out to sea, and you get it
. For me, Brother Fahri, do you know
Medan anchovies?
Yeah. Small scale.
Small things are the best.
Ms. Susi recently made a regulation
that caused quite a stir. I don't know
what the analysis was behind it. What's
clear is that our village folks have
ideas for catching anchovies without
needing those fancy, computerized ships
.
Trawlers aren't necessary. No need for
anything strange; they can do it
themselves. Now, these potentials, if I
were Ms. Susi back then,
I wouldn't immediately ban them, but
study how they could catch these
anchovies without damaging
the ecosystem under the sea. Instead,
they were just bombarded. I said there
was no need for that. I said we need a
president who really understands
Indonesia, you know. Not one looking
for a spotlight or just chasing money.
Our presidents seem to become super
rich immediately after taking office,
right? So, if it's like that, the
president...it just won't work. So, if
you ask why the youth of this country
are like this,
it touches on the government sector,
the kind of creative government that
thinks about how to ensure the youth
have an entrepreneurial spirit and have
full support from the nation. Our
potential in agriculture, livestock,
and fishing is huge, huge, huge, truly
huge. I am waiting for a president who
dares to initiate that. Only God knows.
Oh, God willing. Glory be to God.
Yes, until we are called a country that
is, what do you call it? A sleeping
tiger, right?
Yes, that's right. Correct.
Lots of potential but not utilized.
Not utilized. What a shame, such a
shame.
Alright, Ustaz. We are limited by time,
perhaps there is something you'd like
to convey in
closing, the conclusion from our study
is very simple. Oh, Muslims of
Indonesia, especially those gifted in
farming, please farm. Farm if you are
gifted in farming. For other series on
talents, God willing, we will try to
present hadiths from the Prophetic
biography and the Quran about other
types of entrepreneurship. Hopefully,
the passion of the youth for
agriculture will become even greater in
this country.
Amen.
This is all I can convey. May peace and
God's guidance be with you. I apologize
for any mistakes. Peace be upon you and
God's mercy and blessings.
And peace be upon you too. Thank you,
Ustaz Salman Alfariz, for the
enlightenment and the knowledge this
morning on the Sirah Nabawiyah program
with the theme of agriculture in Islam.
May it inspire us and broaden our
perspectives. To all brothers and
sisters who have joined, thank you very
much. For those whose questions we
couldn't address, we apologize due to
limited time. I am Fahri, accompanied
by Anis and also Oni Nur, signing off.
Glory be to You, O God, and by Your
praise, I bear witness that there is no
god but You, I seek Your forgiveness
and repent to You. And peace be upon
you and God's mercy and blessings.