WebSutera.com: Sarjana Islam Dr. Fathi Yakan meninggal

Islamic Action Front leader Fathi Yakan, an ifluenced cleric, died after he was hospitalized in serious condition on Friday night, Lebanese media reported.

Voice of

Lebanon

radio said erlier that Yakan died at Hotel Dieu Hospital where he was hospitalized the night before.

Sheikh Fathi Yakan, an Islamic cleric, was born in 1933 in Tripoli. He held a seat in the parliament of Lebanon in 1992. He became involved in Islamic work in Lebanon in the mid 1950s and was a pioneer in the establishment of the Islamic Movement. (Source: World Bulletin.net)

Semalam (13 Jun 2009), dunia Islam kehilangan sebutir mutiara gemerlapan yang sekian lama mencurah bakti kepada umat. Ketua Pembangkang

Malaysia

, Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim menyatakan bahawa “Dr. Fathi Yakan, aktivis pergerakan Islam tersohor telah pulang ke rahmatullah pada usia 76 tahun. Beliau merupakan pengarang buku ‘Mengapa Saya Berintima’ dengan Islam?’ yang menjadi rujukan pengenalan kepada aktivis pergerakan Islam seluruh dunia.

“Almarhum Dr. Fathi juga merupakan di antara ulama’ dan sarjana besar dunia Islam. Penulisan dan kuliahnya menzahirkan ketegasan. Saya kenangkan pertemuan saya dan Almarhum Ustaz Fadhil Noor dengan Almarhum Dr. Fathi Yakan di Riyadh hampir 30 tahun lalu.

“Saya amat terkesan akan nasihat beliau kapada kami dalam menangani arus aliran pelampau menerusi gerakan Islam ketika itu. Menurutnya seringkali sosok keras menimbulkan masaalah kapada gerakan lantaran keengganan mereka tunduk kapada semangat jamaah.

“Jamaah terperangkap akibat gelagat mereka atau akhirnya dikhianati oleh sebahagian mereka. Seperkara lain yang disentuh beliau ialah bahaya penyakit “ghurur” - keangkuhan - di kalangan pendukung gerakan akibat kedangkalan ilmu serta kurangnya tawaddu’.

“Mereka menganggap diri mereka sahaja jaguh, hebat berbicara soal jihad, dan kurang tasamuh atau berlapang dada menerima kekuatan atau pandangan lainnya.”

Al-ManarTV also reported that the Head of Islamic Labor Front in Lebanon Fathi Yakan passed away Saturday afternoon after he was hospitalized for serious health problems on Friday night. Yakan was announced dead Saturday morning, but an Islamic Action Front statement later denied the Sheikh was dead, but acknowledged he was in serious condition.

Dr. Fathi Yakan is a prominent Islamic scholar and caller. He was born in Tripoli, north of Lebanon, on the 9th of February 1933.

With a Ph.D. in Arabic and Islamic Studies, Sheikh Yakan was among the pioneers of the Islamic movement in the 1950s. He was also the General Secretary of the Lebanese Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya from 1962 until 1992 when he won his seat in the Lebanese parliament. He is a key activist on the political stage, which was very clear during the 1996 elections.