RAZEEF MEMBELA ANJING KERANA IA CIPTAAN TUHAN

RAZEEF MEMBELA ANJING KERANA IA CIPTAAN TUHAN | Muhamad Razeef Che Shamah berusia 33 tahun membesar dalam keluarga Islam, Razeef, anak kedua antara lima beradik, dibesarkan dengan tanggapan bahawa anjing adalah makhluk yang kotor danini membuatkan ramai orang Melayu di negara ini, malah adik-beradiknya juga tidak berani dengan seekor haiwan yang dinamakan anjing.


Dan pada hari ini Razeef Bobo melihat anjing terbaring tidak bermaya di jalan raya semasa memandu di Jalan Bukit Kuda di Klang. Bobo telah jelas dilanggar oleh sebuah kereta dan pemandu melarikan diri tempat kejadian. “Saya dalam keadaan tidak bersedia untuk membantu perkara musibah ini, jadi saya melengkungkan nya dalam tangan saya dan bergegas bawa ke doktor haiwan,” kata Razeef.


Malangnya, doktor haiwan tidak dapat menyelamatkan salah satu daripada kaki belakang Bobo ini. “Semasa saya membawanya pulang, ibu saya fikir saya telah hilang akal. Tetapi apa yang boleh saya lakukan? anjing ini menjadi rakan yang berkaki tiga, ”


Hari ini, Zainab Amir, ibu dan suri rumah berusia 62 tahun ini suka memasak untuk anjing beliau. “Ibu saya kini mulai suka anjing ini seperti yang saya lakukan sekarang,” tegas Razeef.

Menurut Razeef, Islam meminta orang ramai untuk berfikir dan ingat tanggungjawab setiap orang terhadap makhluk Tuhan.

“Anjing adalah makhluk Tuhan juga, jadi siapa yang memberikan kita hak untuk mengabaikan, menganiaya, atau bahkan membunuh mereka?” soal Razeef.

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Thirty-three-year-old Muhamad Razeef Che Shamah had no idea how much his life would be completely transformed, not until 2012 when he chanced upon a dog name Bobo.

Growing up in a traditional Muslim family, Razeef, the second child among five siblings, was brought up with the notion that dogs were filthy creatures and due to this, like many other Malays in this country, he and his siblings were fearful of dogs.

Until that fateful day when Razeef saw Bobo lying lifeless on the road while driving along Jalan Bukit Kuda in Klang.

Bobo was evidently hit by a car and the driver had fled the scene. “No one was willing to help the poor thing, so I scooped him up in my arms and rushed him to the vet,” said Razeef.

Unfortunately, the vets could not save one of Bobo’s hind legs. “When I first brought him home, my mother thought I had lost it. But what can I do? He is my special three-legged friend. He taught me how to love dogs,” Razeef told theantdaily.

Today, Zainab Amir, his 62-year-old housewife mother, enjoys cooking for his dogs. “My mother loves them as much as I do now,” beamed Razeef.

So devoted is Razeef, a modest businessman, that today he dedicates his life saving stray, abandoned and injured dogs as well as cats and shares his double-storey terrace house in Shah Alam with seven dogs and 223 cats.

However, he said that Bobo remains his best friend. “He taught me compassion I never thought I had."

Razeef’s story may not be a big deal in another country but then this is Malaysia, where even the use of dogs to lead in contingents in the recent Glasgow Commonwealth Games opening ceremony was made an issue by some Muslims.

It is not uncommon to see dogs left to wander the streets, fending for themselves until the dog snatchers make their next round.

“Many Muslims have grown up with the misconception of Islamic teachings in relation to dogs and for this reason, this misunderstanding has led to the mistreatment of these poor blameless animals,” said Razeef.

According to him, dogs are regarded as unclean in Islam, but there is a scripture in the Quran about a Muslim man who offered water to a parched dog.

“A fellow member of his group witnessed what this man did and went to make a complaint to Muhammad declaring that the man is soiled because he had touched a dog. Muhammad chastised him, saying that what the thoughtful man did was righteous because he showed compassion to God's creature,” said Razeef.

“In Islam one good deed is equivalent to 10 bad acts. There is an account of a sinner in two distinct Hadiths narrated by Abu Hurayrah, also known as the cat-loving companion. The Prophet informed his travel companions of the virtue of saving the life of a dog by offering it water and quenching its thirst: one referred to was a man who was blessed by Allah for offering water to a thirsty dog,” he added.

“The other was of a prostitute, who filled her shoes with water and offered it to a dog that was lolling its tongue in thirst. For this deed she was awarded the greatest reward which is everlasting paradise in heaven,” said Razeef.

The Quran narrates in Surat Al-Kahf, or ‘The Cavern’, the tale of a number of pious youths who had taken refuge in a cavern from the persecution and violence of the unbelievers.

He said these righteous people had a dog with them, and the fact that Allah mentioned the dog and accepted the dog to be among them suggests that dogs are allowed to live among people.

“But somewhere along the line, someone manipulated the Hukum and as a result, every young Muslim child growing up in this country was and still is taught that dogs are najis,” added Razeef.

According to Razeef, Islam asks people to reflect upon this and be mindful of each person’s responsibility towards God’s creatures. After all, the value of this particular creature of God is undeniable.

“Dogs are God’s creatures as well, so who gives us the right to disregard, mistreat, or even murder it?” asked Razeef.