1. Stalled Car Anecdote:
Value Clarification for Assessing
the Prevailing Values and
Behavior
Gaphor M. Panimbang
gp_rseufi@yahoo.com.ph
gpanimbang@yahoo.com

2. Picture yourself piling into a car with your
fellow teachers/officemates about to embark
on road trip to a conference . . .

3. B what would happen if the car
ut
came to a screeeeeching halt . . ?
And suddenly you were
stuck on the road . . .

4. disillusion dormant
disappointe
d
determined
Thinkof how your group
Think of how your group
would behave .. .. .. ..
would behave

5. F ourDistinct Groups
Four Distinct Groups
Group 1 Group 2
Group 3 Group 4

6. What can we do? Trying to fix the car
They have the right
attitude
They must need better
coordination
They must determine
what is wrong
They must agree on
plan of action
They must combine
their individual forces
Group 1

7. What can we do? Sleeping inside the car
They must be
informed of the
problem and made
to realize its
gravity
They must be told
what they can do to
ameliorate the
situation
Group 2

8. What can we do? Standing & watching the car
 Determine why are
they standing
– Are they lazy?
– Do they think the car
cannot be fixed?
– Do they not trust those
who are trying to fix
the car?
– Do they think the car is
not necessary to reach
their destination
– Do they lack confidence
in their ability to
contribute?
Group 3

9. What can we do? Hindering the effort
 Gentle education is
preferable
 Do not allow them
to distract you from
your task
 Deal with them
Islamically
Group 4

10. WARNING!
If something
is not done,
the entire
journey will
go up in
smoke . .

11. What must we do?
Every group must CONT IB E
R UT ,
in its own way, to restart the car
Engaged small sacrifices of doing what is
NE DE rather than what we W
E D ANT individually
W need to H
e ONE our skills, yet be diverse enough
in our abilities to perform a variety of functions
W need a J P ST
e UM ART
W need occasional T
e UNE UP to
ensure that we are functioning

12. Let us reflect upon our own
character and actions and ask?
Are you eager to help but lack
direction or coordination?
Are you in a state of dormancy?
Are you quite observer, who wait in
vain, for a tow truck to lift us into
action?
Are you trying to destroy the work of
others?

13. Remember . . .
Regardless of which group we
identify with, we are crippling
and we will continue to be a
liability until
we . . . . . . . . . . .
GE OUR ACT
T
COOP RAT L
E IVE Y!

14. Points for Reflections . . .
 The welfare of the people
will not be complete –
neither in his world, nor in
the hereafter, except with
ijtimaa’ (collectiveness),
ta’aawun (mutual
cooperation), and tanaasur
( mutual help)
Shaykhul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah
Source: Al-Hisbah fil-Islaam (p.9)

15. Points for Reflections . . .
“ A believer with
respect to another
believer is like a
building, one part
strengthens the
other”
(Recorded in Bukhari & Muslim)

16. Points for Reflections . . .
“And hold fast
altogether to the
rope of Allah and
do no be divided”
(Surah Al-Imran 9:44)

17. Points for Reflections . . .
 "None of you attains to
the status of faith until
he wishes for his
brother whatever good
he wishes for himself‘
 "The best of men is the
one who is of most
benefit to them".
Recorded in Bukhari & Muslim

18. Points for Reflections . . .
In Islam lays great
importance in brining
hearts together and
encouraging Ijtimaa’ on
our daily lives:
• Acts of worship
• Hajj (Pilgrimage)
• Learning in knowledge
• Eating
• others

19. 1. Muhammad (saw) “Indeed the messenger of
Allah you have the most
2. Isaac Newton
beautiful pattern of conduct”
3. Jesus Christ Surah Al-Ahzab 33:21
4. Buddha
5. Confucius
6. St. Paul
7. Ts’ai Lun
8. Johann Gutenberg
9. Christopher Columbus
10. Albert Einstein

20. Testimonial . . .
“My choice of Muhammad to
lead the world’s most
influential persons may
surprise some readers and be
questioned by others, but he
was the only man in history
who was supremely successful
on both the religious and
secular levels . ”
-Michael H.Hart
American Historian & Mathematician

21. What does our elders/
forefathers say about unity and
cooperation?

22. T AD-T AD Kalbihan o Opakat
 Paraniyawaan o kaphaginged
 Dii kaphasodan o bager o kaphaginged
OB
 Moayan o kaphagari-ari ko Islam
 Kasangkapan o ikapiya o inged nago so magi-
inged on
 Khaagawan, khaapasan, ago lindongan
OB
 Kapaar, daag, menang, nago bantogan
 Bayanan o tihaya a lomalangkap i sinadao
 Phoonan o kaphagisa-isa a lalan o paratiyaya
 Kaaden o maana o SALAM
 Tanda o Islam a lalan ko paratiyaya

23. Piyakasaibarat sa KAYO a tomadeng iyan
so kapipiya ginawa, raon iyan so
kaphakatamok, na aya ombos iyan na so
T AD-T AD
kadatu, na aya onga niyan na so elmo.
OB
Lagid o TOROGAN a dii
makambabagera, nago dii makasosomanga,
nago dii makashosolaya na phekaisa-isa so
OB
antap.

24. So sagorompong a bok na o makambabid-
babid na masarig a igakot ko
T AD-T AD
makapembela-belag.
OB
So tarintik a oran na igira a lagid a
dimalapang a kaphangontawar iyan na
mapangangandam o tao na aya khapiya
OB
niyan na impiten so pithaong na kowaanon
so daway ka an di khapaawingi.

25. Finally . . . . . . .
There is no doubt that this sense of unity
necessitates that: we all work together
cooperatively as required by Islam as
sincere brothers . . .
To enlighten us about the spirit of
cooperativism, we are fortunate in having
us here . . . .
JOSEPHINE L. PENDUMA
 CDA- Cooperative Development Specialist II

26. Thank you & Wassalam!