Friday, June 05, 2009

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On MAS-NY Fundraising

MAS-NY has many branches (subchapters as MAS-NY calls it). These branches are taking on a very serious responsibility on implementing the mission of MAS on the local grassroots level. In order "to move people to strive for God-consciousness, liberty, and justice, and to convey Islam with utmost clarity," as MAS mission says, and in order to realize a "Just and virtuous American society," as we see ourselves doing, we need to be very involved. We need to build Masjids, run schools, offer tarbiya programs to all sectors of the community, and to engage in the civic work of the society. We need to take care of our youth and develop them to carry the torch forward.
However, MAS has a unique opportunity that is different from all other local organizations. MAS leverage the large network of local presence in creating a vibrant effort on a larger scale. We benefit from each others' experience; we provide training to local workers; we push in the same directions; we take on responsibilities and challenges that no single local group or organization can take; and we create synergy between all local effort.
Our local work is only successful if supported by work on both the chapter (NY) and the national levels coordinating and supporting this large local network of MAS members and teams. NY is a unique city. It has a unique value in the whole world. It is one of the most important cities and by far the most influential. It is also a city of over 500,000 Muslims and Muslim youth are large in numbers.
Driving the good work of MAS forward in such a city cannot happen by the effort of a local teams only. It also cannot happen on the shoulders of volunteers only. MAS-NY should be able to hire a staff to provide support and training to all local projects, to hold large magnitude projects throughout the large city, to create a strong youth movement in schools and universities, to engage civically on the city level, to defend the rights of Muslims and others, to stand for big causes and to have a political influence, and to make meaningful results from all the huge, yet sparse, effort take place by many MAS and non-MAS work.
All this effort needs 2 things: 1) a group of dedicated people, and 2) financial means. MAS Tarbiya works so hard to develop those people. What is remaining is the fund. MAS-NY needs to hire the best lawyers, the best outreach staff, and the best youth workers. MAS-NY need to fund scholarship for young men and women studying Islam for the ability to teach it and convey it. MAS-NY needs to be able to hire an admin team to take care of the huge city-spread operation throughout the city.
The Muslim New Yorkers have a huge responsibility towards Islam and towards their people. This is a mandatory responsibility in front of Allah that MAS-NY rose to take on. MAS-NY cannot be successful without the help of all.

Please support, June 7th, Laguardia Marriot 7:00PM

Monday, May 25, 2009

An Islamic Games Thought - 2 things I like about competitive sports

One should reflect on almost everything. I was thinking of the benefits of being in the Islamic Games this past weekend and the answer list was big. The Islamic Games make you see many, say Salam to many, smile in the faces of many, feel the warmth of a community; that is a lot of reward if you have a clear intention.

But there is something unique about it containing competitive games and not just a gathering of Muslims. I am even talking in particular about games where the competition happens real time when two team compete against each other and not that where the competition is against time or score (like gymnastics for example :-) )

The 2 things I like the most are:

I - Competitive games show the reality of people. It puts all of us under the pressure of competition which shows our real personality and push some buttons rarely pushed in real life. I can see myself and my teammates as well as other team members behaving in a way that is a little different than that when they are relaxed. When we yell at the ref., when we yell at each others, when we yell at the other team, when we even yell at ourselves and our performance we show an example of us when we are challenged in real life. When we yell at the ref it shows our tendency to blame "unfairness" taking place beyond our hands without focusing on what we should do to overcome this "unfairness" if it really exisits. When we yell at each others it shows how much of a team we are. When we yell at the other team, and sometimes become a little physical or angry at them, it shows how much competing for worldly matters is more important to us than genuine issues such as brotherhood and love for the sake of Allah.

II - Competitive games sets a clear example of who will be able to win and when victory will take place. You can find the pillars of success in life while playing competitive games. When you see clear team work in the field, when you see clear leadership and full compliance to this leadership especially in crucial time during the game, when you see support from team members, when you see a spirit of winning, when you see patience in overcoming our tiredness and  our temptations to take jobs other than ours, when you experience our ability not to give up when we lose partially in the middle of the game, when you see support from people who are not playing yet would like the team to win, when you see the subs under the temptation of wanting to play prefer to sit out to give a chance for those who can do a better job, when you see us passing the ball to people even if they are not fully skillful and cheering them up when they make mistakes, you know that we are about to win. When you see otherwise, you will expect otherwise.

I really enjoyed the Islamic games and I really enjoyed reflecting on our team and other teams as well. I was very happy not only with the number of gold medals we got but with the attitude of winning that we demonstrated. I am upset from some of the mistakes some of us did but the overall spirit was a spirit of victory. Since competitive games is a very pressuring moment, I expect this spirit to hold when we carry on with our real endeavor.

Monday, May 18, 2009

There is an App for that

Inspired by my new phone and the ad campaign "there is an App for that," my kids showed me, I was extremely excited by the "movement" iPhone created. "35,000 applications and the it keeps coming," their website says. If you want to play, there is an App for that; if you want to work, there is an App for that; if you want to dream, there is an App for that. Isn't it a nice campaign?

I was thinking about the many local and national Muslim organization that are trying their best to offer a value and a service to the society in general and the Muslim community in particular. If you want to learn, there is an Org for that; if you want to advocate, there is an Org for that.; if you want to have fun, there is an Org for that; if you want to gather, there is an Org for that. Even if you want to vent, there is an Org for that :-)

However, all these iPhone applications gained value and created such a large movement because of the platform, the iPhone. The iPhone is what made them valuable and the iPhone is what gave them the chance. The iPhone is what created the movement where everyone became part of.

In order for all this effort on the analogous side of the Muslim organizations to create real value, in order for it to be a movement of khair (good) where everyone can benefit and benefit others, there should be the platform. I ask Allah to enable MAS to be this platform where everyone can participate and everyone can bring about value.

The iPhone is:
- a cool platform
- suitable for many
- very well known
- an open platform where not only iPhone can develop applications
but
- somehow expensive
- available only for AT&T customers

MAS should be
- a cool platform
- suitable for all
- very well known
- an open platform where all and not only MAS can participate
and
- inexpensive
- available for all customers

Friday, February 13, 2009

When you start over

When you start over, make sure that you are NOT

  • giving up,
  • going to stick again at the same point and start over, again and again,
  • demolishing what you have already established,
  • deceived by the excitement of new things,
  • just doing the very same thing over, or
  • doing that because you do not know how to complete.



Friday, January 09, 2009

My personal reflection on the situation in Gaza

Just some personal reflections





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Sunday, December 28, 2008

Some Leadership Qualities as Displayed by prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

A few of us are in leadership positions but all of us are in a need to embrace and demonstrate leadership qualities. Let us learn some of these qualities from our beloved prophet Muhammad (PBUH). They are much more but one hour can only take that much





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Monday, December 22, 2008

The price of being moderate

Taking extremes is bad. The word "wasat" (literally means middle) is used in the Quraan and the tradition of Allah's messenger to describe the attribute of Muslims, their actions, and their viewpoints. It is basically a middle point between two extremes both of which are bad.
A person whose courage is so intense and not mixed with wisdom isan extremest. This courage is going to bring about trouble. On the other hand, a person with mild courage is basically a coward. The middle, having courage which is guided by wisdom, is the moderate attitude.

People might think that stretching oneself to the extreme is difficult. I think that is absolutely wrong. Being moderate is more difficult. Knowing what the moderate point is and trying to reach it require more effort and more time. It is like a hill whose top is this "high" moderate point and both ends are the extremes. One needs to climb the hill to reach moderation. Also, staying moderate by maintaning your position always on the top needs effort.

There is a price of being moderate. You will have to be able to overcome the gravity from both sides to maintain your position. You also need to overcome people shouting from "both" sides telling you that you are wrong and you ought to come down. On the other hand, people of extremes are safe and relaxed in each side of the hill.

Friday, November 14, 2008

Purifying your life to Allah (Ikhlas)

Ikhlas is the essence of Islam. Purifying your deeds, your life, your death, your prayers, etc. to Allah and Allah alone. Some people call it sincerity. Got Ikhlas?





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Saturday, November 01, 2008

Things I learned from TAM 08: The SimplEx Problem Solving

Yes, SimplEx. It is not a typo, continue reading ...

During the TAM 08, we ran a couple of sessions about defining some of our challenges in MAS and finding innovative ideas to overcome them. What we did in the TAM 08, was a very simplified version of the Simplex tool often used for problem solving.

Going through the discussions about the challenges facing Tarbiya in the American context and discussions regarding our success in promoting MAS and recruiting people for our cause, I found out that many of us are very good in finding the facts and defining the problem. Many of us are actually very good in proposing ideas and even presenting a vision of what things will look like when the problem is solved. What we really need to improve at and develop skills in is finding solutions, selecting the best solutions, making sure stakeholders buy into that solution, and putting this solution into action. Maybe the sessions in the TAM were not long enough to allow participants to continue the cycle. Or, maybe, the TAM is not a place for excution in the first place. Nevertheless, I find this pattern very common throughout my life.

Many of us know, love, and excel in the first part of the Simplex, that is Simple. We need to be able to know, love, and excel in the second part of the Simplex, that is Ex. We need to move beyond analysis and vision to actions and plans.

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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Things I learned from TAM 08: On Reforming MAS

A verse in the Quraan hits my heart every time the issue of reform is brought to the table. Praise be to Allah for sending such a miraculous book that helps us at all times and all situations. When I become in charge of any project, I tend to be very critical of what has been done in the past in order to be able to bring about a change. While doing so, I also tend to offend several people who sweated to get this project where it is. I remember one of the founders of our full time school, a MAS project in our area, told me angrily responding to a joke I made about the school being a kitchen school*, “if it weren’t for the kitchen school of yesterday, you wouldn’t have your school of today.” Only then I realized how much harm we bring to the table when we are not careful about what we say and the way we present our criticism.

Why is that relevant to the TAM discussions? Well, very relevant!

As we take part in discussions regarding:

- how important diversity is in MAS,
- how crucial it is for indigenous Americans to be part of MAS,
- how vital it is to empower the young generation and give them the chance to lead,
- and how the American culture should be naturally embraced for Americans to consider us seriously,

we tend to undermine a lot of the wonderful work people of the past did. We tend to blame our immigrant community of bringing to America their cultural baggage who alienated so many people. We keep blaming them for speaking broken English. We keep blaming them for not being actively involved in the society. We keep blaming them for not being politically involved. We keep blaming them for not involving the youth. And so on and so forth.

I know this naturally happens as part of our analysis and critical views of the past, but we ought to adapt another attitude while going through these exercises especially while presenting our opinions. This attitude is what is described in the verse I started talking about in the beginning of the post. Allah says, after praising the immigrants of Mecca and the people of Medina, “… And those who came after them say, O our Lord, forgive us and those who preceded us in embracing the Iman and do not put in our heart any hatred to those who have believed …”

What is really worthy of noticing here is that the call for forgiveness is NOT ONLY for those before us but for ourselves as well. As if we are saying, “we too make mistakes. We too have shortcomings. We too are not perfect. We too will not fulfill our duties towards you O Allah and towards our deen. We too want forgiveness as those before us do.” I found this attitude a genuine Islamic feeling towards our parents, our teachers, our elderly, and the founders of our beloved organization, MAS.

Another important point to make is that we tend to judge people while we are not aware of the context they lived in and the struggle they went through. One time Huzaifa ibn al-Yaman, the companion of the prophet was talking to his students when one of them said, "if we were to meet the prophet and live with him, we would have prevented any harm from reaching him (PBUH)." This student of Huzaifa is saying that after the fact. Huzaifa taught him, and accordingly us, a lesson by telling him a short story***. This short story brought this man to the reality of not looking down to other's achievement while not living the same experienc as ther were.


In the eyes of Allah, they will be held accountable for what they did and we will be held accountable for what we do. As Allah said, “That was a nation who has passed away. They shall receive the reward of what they earned and you of what you earn. And you will not be asked of what they used to do.****”


O Allah forgive us and all those who preceded us in serving this dean and do not let any hatred comes to our heart to those who believed, Amin!


* There was so much cooking and food parties taking place, so much so it became more important than education (shhh)

** 59:10

*** this stroy is a home work

**** 2:134

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Things that I learned in the TAM 08: A definition of following the Sunnah

I was asked to share some of the things I learned from the TAM and some of the action items that we need to take into consideration ISA. I will have to start by saying that I learned a lot, especially by the challenging questions and discussions from my brothers and sisters to the instructors including myself. I will keep it as brief as possible and I will try to write more messages as I find time ISA.

I was presenting the part of the Basic Tarbiya Training course in which I was running a discussion of how we can establish love with people around us. I mentioned the incident of the Prophet (PBUH) grabbing the hand of Moaaz (r) telling him, “O Moaaz, I love you for the sake of Allah …” and continued to give him the advice. The discussion at that point transformed into a fundamental discussion of the definition of the Sunna of the prophet (PBUH).

One of the sisters said, “I find it so weird that someone picks my hand and tells me I love you.”

The question that came to mind and to the discussion was: is grabbing the hand of someone and saying to her I love you, part of the Sunnah of the prophet?

The answer is definitely YES. The Sunnah, as defined by scholars of Usul is what the prophet (PBUH) said, did, or approved of after he became the messenger of Allah*. Therefore, grabbing the hand of someone and telling him, I love you, is part of the Sunnah. How is it then weird to this sister?

There are two reasons that will make someone feels that an action of the prophet (PBUH) is weird or not accepted. First, one should question the basis on which we base our judgment. We often tend to judge the Sunnah based on factors that need judgment themselves. For that matter, we should actually use the Sunnah to judge those factors and not vise versa.

The other important reason is our misunderstanding of the Sunna of the prophet and that is the point I want to focus on here. I want to first write a very clear yet subtle difference in the definition of “following” the Sunnah of the prophet. People tend to borrow from the definition above and say, “following the Sunnah is following what the prophet did, said, or approved of.” This definition, in a sense, is not accurate (unless you define accurately what the word following means). The prophet did so many things and none of the scholars would dare to say we should do to follow his Sunnha. As obviously known, the prophet dug a ditch around Madinah at the time of al-ahzab and no one ever claims that this should be done these days. Although the Sunnah of the prophet was to dig a ditch around Madina, it will look weird if someone does that these days claiming that he is following the Sunnah of the prophet.

Although, the example above is naïve and all of us know it, in many ways of our life we dig a ditch around us and claim that we are following the Sunna of the prophet. The way we dress, the way we speak, the way we express our feelings, the way we think of Islamic work, and even the way we deal with our families is full of examples in which we are literally following the model of digging the ditch around us. We are the ones who make the Sunnah appear very weird and irrelevant to people around us especially people who are closely monitoring us to find out what Islam is.

We ought to define following the Sunnah of the prophet as doing what we think he (PBUH) would do should he were to do it now. With this definition we will make the Sunnah as relevant as it should be and it will make sense to all.

  • Digging the trench is a sunnah but protecting your land with all possible sophisticated means is the real Sunnah
  • Grabbing the hand and saying I love you is a sunnah but expressing the care and love is the real Sunnah
  • Sending people with messages is the sunnah but utilizing all possible sophisticated means of communication is the real sunnah
  • Brushing the teeth with a specific tree branch is a sunnah but using the best tooth brush and tooth paste to clean the mouth is the real Sunnah**
  • And so on ..

Coming back to the Basic Tarbiya course***, one should understand that the Sunnah of the prophet (PBUH) is to love others, care about them, express this love, communicate his message to them, etc (as we described in detail during the course). The methods and the tools are subject to change and are dependent on the context which the prophet himself would have changed them when the context changes.

Comments are appreciated …


* Sheikh Mustafa Al-Seba3i (r), “Sunnah and its position in Islamic Sharia”
** One would claim that it is proven scientifically that this specific tree branch is the best way of cleaning the teeth. Well, you know my answer
*** the whole sound track of the course is available and will be uploaded if the requests are a lot :-) (since it is kind of long)

Friday, September 26, 2008

Evaluating yourself against a high quality Muslim

The qualities of the servants of the Most Gracious is eloquently mentioned in Surat Al-furqan. One ought to measure him/herself to such high standards. I picked a couple of important attributes of those people and presented for us to aspire to be. Listen and evaluate yourself






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Friday, July 11, 2008

Brotherhood In Islam




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Saturday, July 05, 2008

Time to Travel

This speech is about the tradition of the Prophet (PBUH) when he used to travel. Since this time when people travel, I thought of sharing his tradition with the Friday gathering.






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In the following few points we will go through a list of traditions prophet Muhammad used to do.

Planning your trip

1- Istikharah. The prophet (PBUH) used to ask Allah Ta’ala for guidance, a process called Istikhara (asking for guidance). The way you do this is to make 2 Rak3at of Salah other than the mandatory Salah and pray using the following prayer: "O Allah, I consult You as You are All-Knowing and I appeal to You to give me power as You are Omnipotent, I ask You for Your great favor, for You have power and I do not, and You know all of the hidden matters . O Allah! If you know that this matter (then he should mention it) is good for me in my religion, my livelihood, and for my life in the Hereafter, (or he said: 'for my present and future life,') then make it (easy) for me. And if you know that this matter is not good for me in my religion, my livelihood and my life in the Hereafter, (or he said: 'for my present and future life,') then keep it away from me and take me away from it and choose what is good for me wherever it is and please me with it."

2- Time to leave. The prophet used to Choose the best time to go out. He used to choose early morning and rarely start his trip other than Thursday.

3- Choosing company. Traveling alone is not recommended. As a matter of fact the prophet discouraged it a lot. He encouraged people to travel in groups of three and up. He also recommended that travelers should choose a leader from among themselves to lead the group in the trip.

4- Asking for forgiveness and repenting to Allah before you leave

5- Delivering any trusts to people if any

6- Saying good bye to the family and friends. The prophet used to say to those whom he leaves behind when he leaves: “We leave you as a trust with Allah, the one whose trusts are never wasted.” He also used to make Doaa for those who travel telling them, “May Allah provide you with piety, forgive your sins, and guide you to the good wherever you are.

7- Asking the traveler to pray for you. The prophet used to ask the traveler to pray for him and he mentioned that the prayer of the traveler will not be declined.

Starting the Trip

8- What you say when you ride. When the prophet (PBUH) rides on his ride, he says, “Glory to Him Who has subjected this to us, and we could never have it (by our efforts). And verily, to Our Rubb we indeed are to return!

9- Supplication when you start the trip.O Allah, we ask You during this journey of ours for righteousness, piety and such deeds as are pleasing to You. O Allah, make easy for us this journey of ours and make the distance short for us. O Allah, You are our Companion during the journey and the Guardian of the family and the property in our absence. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the hardships of travelling, unhappiness connected with ghastly scenes and evil turns in property and family.

10- Making Supplication during traveling as it is not declined.

11- Remembering Allah and mentioning Him during the trip. The prophet advised his companions to say “Allahu Akbar,” every time they are going up hill and “Subhana Allah,” every time they are going down.

Arriving at your destination

12- What you say when you arrive. The prophet used to say when he enters a village, “O Allah, I ask you from the good of this village and the good of its people and I seek refuge by you from the evil of this village and the evil of its people.

Coming back home

13- When coming back, the prophet used to do the same thing for the departing trip and he adds, “To our Lord we continuously return, to Him we continuously repent, to Him we are in continuous obedience.

Arriving at the home town

14- When you see your home town, you should say, “O Allah, make me dwell in it in good and provide from me a blessed provision.

15- Start by 2 Rak3at in the Masjid if you can.

16- Do not surprise your family. The prophet used to inform them that he is coming and he would never arrive at night in surprise.

Friday, May 16, 2008

Youth around the Prophet




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Belonging to Islam - PART II

Part 2: enjoy and learn




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"Say I believe in Allah, then be upright





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Belonging to Islam - PART I





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Friday, January 18, 2008

In the Shades of Hijrah - Part II

Part 2: enjoy and learn




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Friday, January 11, 2008

In the Shades of Hijrah - Part I

The event of Hijra is so important in the Muslim history. It is so interesting that we talk about the incendent itself and forget about what made this event what it is. In this speech, I tried to go back years before this event and learn some lessons. This will be continued next week ISA. Please listen and comment. We need to learn more lessons ISA.




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Friday, January 04, 2008

What is Haya'

The prophet says, "Every religion has its unique charachter trait, and the character trait of Islam is "Haya' " Here is what it means and how important it is




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Thursday, December 20, 2007

Eid al-Adha Speech 1428 - 2007

Some lessons from the farewell speech of the Prophet during his last and only Hajj




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Lessons from Surat Yusuf - Part II

This Jumaa Khutba talks about some lessons learned from the surah of Prophet Yusuf--PBUH. A lot of lessons that could help us live our lives as righteous and successful human beings despite the lack of support we get from people around us.




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Saturday, November 24, 2007

Lessons from Surat Yusuf - PART I

This Jumaa Khutba talks about some lessons learned from the surah of Prophet Yusuf--PBUH. A lot of lessons that could help us live our lives as righteous and successful human beings despite the lack of support we get from people around us.




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Monday, November 12, 2007

Psychological Projection

Since I am no authority in psychology, I refer you to read about this here. But in brief, psychological projection is a defense mechanism by which people deny their own ill thoughts and behaviour by blaming it on others. It is amazing to know that this is happening all the time. Pharaoh accused Moses of "declaring mischief on earth." Moses? Allah's prophet is the one who is going to declare mischief on earth? How about you Pharaoh? Calling people to Allah? :-)

You will find it all over around you. People accuse one another of things they personally suffer from: "She is not sincere to me," "He did this because of his ill heart," or "No one loves me." How often you heard some people saying, "Muslims do not accept to live with others who hold different ideas or embrace different religion." That is projection.

Those who keep blaming Muslims of not accepting others ARE the ones who do not accept Muslims who proved time after another throughout their teachings and their history that they can live sincerely and willingly with others and bring to their communities what is best for them.

Just a little hint to the reader. If you find yourself accusing others with things that they do, examine your heart. You might be a victim of psychological projection.

Wallahu A3lam

By Allah, That is not the Character of a Liar!

This story happened in the streets of Mecca at a time when Prophet Muhammad was completely disbelieved by his people. There was a huge negative image around Islam and around him personally. Islamophobia was at its utmost at that time. People were warned not to talk to him: "He is a liar. He creates problems between people and their spouses and their sons and daughters. Stay away from him." He--peace be upon him--never stopped calling people to Allah. He never stopped living as a sincere human being with high quality character in a society that was prejudicial to him.
While walking in the marketplace, Prophet Muhammad found a very old lady struggling to carry the goods she bought from the marketplace to her house. He, unhesitatingly, offered her help. While carrying her stuff towards her house, he never called her with a name except "O my mother." After he dropped all the stuff before her house, she told him that she cannot pay him back for what he did for her except with a sincere advice. "There is a man in Mecca called Muhammad. He is a liar. Do not listen to him." She advised him sincerely. He-peace be upon him--responded by saying, "O My Mother! By Allah, I am not a liar." It was a surprise to her to know that this man whom every one accuses of being a liar is the very same man who helped her getting her stuff home. Shortly, she realized that she was a victim of a false rumor. She then told the prophet, "By Allah, that is not the character of a liar!"

Living at a time when so much hatred spread around about Islam and Muslims, we must follow the tradition and the character of the Prophet in serving our society and showing humanity who Muslims are and what Islam is. We will soon make people who were prejudicial to us to proclaim it clearly, "This is not the character of a liar!"

Wallahu A3lam

Friday, November 09, 2007

Importance of Character in Islam

This Jumaa Khutba talks about the importance of good character and its value in Islam. How is all the rituals we do are related to good character and how our faith cannot exist without good character. It then concludes with the virtues of good character. May Allah grant us and guide us to good manners, Amin




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How to Worship After Ramadan

This Khutba touches upon the idea of our Iman going very down after Ramadan and how to prevent this from happening. It basically gives the advice to worship Allah in a comprehensive manner not only focus on spirituality. Enjoy!




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Saturday, October 27, 2007

Standing Together Against Hatred

This Jumaa Khutbaa could help Muslims espeically the youth to understand these acts of promoting Islamophobia and bashing Islam along with a plan of action such as the one launched by MAS Youth, MY Bridge




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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Do You Love Allah? Does He Love You?

Loving Allah is part of our worship to Him. The true worship is a complete submission with a complete love. But do we really love Allah? How do we know? How can we increase His love in our hearts? How can we make Him love us? What do we gain if that happens?




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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Back to School

A message to parents, teachers, AND STUDENTS!




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Friday, August 31, 2007

Ready for Ramadan?

Are you ready for Ramadan? Can you really make it a blessed month as the prophet said? Did you plan already? Not yet? What are you waiting for? Listen and get ready!.




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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Introduction to Islamic Tarbiya PART II

The attached session is 2/3 sessions help in Andalusia School. It has some nice discussion about Islamic Tarbiya and what teachers should be aiming for throughout the year.




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Introduction to Islamic Tarbiya PART III

The attached session is 3/3 sessions help in Andalusia School. It has some nice discussion about Islamic Tarbiya and what teachers should be aiming for throughout the year.




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Introduction to Islamic Tarbiya PART I

The attached session is 1/3 sessions help in Andalusia School. It has some nice discussion about Islamic Tarbiya and what teachers should be aiming for throughout the year.




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Friday, August 24, 2007

"Have Taqwa wherever you are ... " Part IV

This Attached lecture is about how to fight and defeat the sins of the future. Ta'ala




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Friday, August 10, 2007

"Have Taqwah wherever you are ..." PART III

This Attached lecture is about the second part of the prophetic advice, "... and follow the bad deed with a good one, it wipes it out ..." This lecture show the consequences of disobeying Allah Ta'ala




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