Insh’Allah there will be a Fiqh of the Holiday season presentation today in the South Musalla from 1-3 pm, the details of which are below. We also have some other activities such as the National Geographic screening of ‘ Inside Mecca and a Youth Ilm program which entails a trip to Mount Norquay for some skiing or snow-tubing. You can read up on these programs in this email. Nonetheless, one particular event that I’m personally really looking forward to is the Saturday, January 5th 2013 UMRAH IN CALGARY program which will be conducted in the NW from 7:20 am-10:50 am. It’ll be a great way to start the 2013 year! Register your entire family including your kids today (by clicking on the link below) to ensure you receive your free Fortress of a Muslim Supplication textbook. A complimentary breakfast will be served! Remember, you and your family must catch the Fajr flight to receive the reward of Umrah!
On Saturday, Jan 5th at The Islamic Centre of NW Calgary
“The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: ‘Whoever prays the morning prayer in congregation then sits remembering Allah until the sun rises, then prays two units of prayer has the reward like that of Hajj and `Umrah, ‘Complete, complete, complete (in reward). (Tirmidhi)
Complimentary Fortress of a Muslim booklet for the first 200 participants to register and complimentary breakfast for all.
7:20 Call to prayer, Adhan 7:35 Fajr prayer 7:55-8:10 Explanation of certain prayers including greeting of the ablution, greeting of the Masjid, sunrise prayer, late morning prayer, prayer of the pious, prayer of repentance, prayer for need, prayer for travel, prayer for repentance and prayer for decision making
8:15-8:45 Morning supplications and study circles reviewing certain prayers. 8:45-9:15 Offering of various types of prayers individually 9:30-10:30 Breakfast-Cereal, fruit, pancakes, hash browns, coffee, tea and juice 10:35-10:50 Closing remarks
“After performing Salat Al Maghrib, she put her make-up, wore her beautiful white dress preparing herself for her wedding party, Then she heard the Adhan of ‘Ishaa and she realized that she broke her Wudu she told her mother : “mother, I have to go to make wudu and pray ‘Ishaa”
Her mother was shocked : “Are you crazy?!! Guests are waiting for you, to see you! what about your make -up? It will be all washed away by water!!” then she added:
” I am your mother and I order you not to perform salah now! wallahi if you make wudu now, I will be angry at you”
Her daughter replied :”wallahi I won’t go out from here till I perform my salah! Mother you must know that “There is no obedience to any creature in disobedience to the Creator.”!!
Her mother said:”what would our guests say about you when you’ll show up in your wedding party without make-up?! You won’t be beautiful in their eyes! and They will make fun of you!”
The daughter asked with a smile :”Are you worried because I won’t be beautiful in the eyes of creations? What about my Creator?! I am worried because, if I miss my salah, I won’t be beautiful in His eyes”
She started to make wudu, and all her make-up was washed away, but she didn’t car
Then she began her salah and at the moment she bowed down to make sujud, she didn’t realize that it will be her last one!
Yes! She died while in sujud! What a great ending for a Muslimah who insisted on obeying her Lord! Many people who heard her story were so touched!!
She put Him and His obedience first in her priorities, so He granted her the best ending that any Muslim would have!
She wanted to be closer to Him, so He took her soul in the place where Muslim are the closest to Him! Subhana Allah!
She didn’t care if she would be beautiful in the eyes of creatures so she was beautiful in the eyes of Her Creator!
O Muslim sister, imagine if you are in her place! What will you do? What will you choose : pleasing creations or your Creator?
O dear sister! Do you guarantee that you will live for the next minutes? Hours? Months?!!
No one knows when their hour will come? Or when will they meet angels of death? So are you ready for that moment?
O non-hijabi sister! What do you choose : Pleasing yourself by not wearing Hijab or pleasing your Lord by wearing hijab?
Are you ready to meet Him without Hijab?
And what about you, sister who are “in relationship” or “open relationship”, are you ready to meet your Lord today? Tomorrow?! What do you choose pleasures of this Dunya or pleasures of akhirah?!
May Allah guide us all to what pleases Him and grant everyone who is reading these lines good ending, Ameen.
[told by Shaykh “Abdul Mohsen al Ahmad”, it happened in Abha (the capital of Asir province in Saudi Arabia)]
# Do not go after the world even though it may run after you
# Act to gain reward from ALLAH and for the Hereafter.
# Do not give up bidding for good and forbidding from evil lest the wrongdoers get positions over you and ur prayers will not b granted.
# Be an enemy of the oppressors and helper of the oppressed.
# Keep ur affairs in order.
# Maintain good relations among yourselves.
# Keep Allah in view in the matter of prayer, because it is the pillar of your religion.
# Keep Allah in the matter of your neighbours. Because they were the subject of the Prophet’s advice. He went advising in their favor till his friends thought he allow them a inheritance.
# Keep Allah in view in the matter of QURAN. No one should excel u in acting upon it.
# Keep Allah in view in the matter of jihad with the help of ur property, life and tongue in the way of Allah.
# Avoid turning away from one another and severing mutual relations.
# U should strive for regard in kinship and spending for others.
# Keep Allah in the matter of orphans. So do not allow them to starve and they shouldn’t b ruined in your presence.
# Keep Allah in view in the matter of Allah’s house. Do not forsake it so long as u live, because if it is abandoned, you won’t be spared.
(23:1) Most certainly those Believers have attained true success
(23:2) who perform their Salat with humility:
(23:3) who refrain from vain things:
(23:4) who spend their Zakat dues in appropriate ways:
(23:5) who guard their private parts scrupulously,
(23:6) except with regard to their wives and those women who are legally in their possession, for in that case they shall not be blame-worthy,
(23:7) but those, who go beyond this (in lust for sexual desires), shall be transgressors:
(23:8) who are true to their trusts and their promises:
(23:9) and who strictly guard their Prayers.
(23:10) These are the heirs
(23:11) who will inherit Paradise and dwell therein for ever.
NFL players take leave, make journey to Mecca
At the peak of their NFL careers, Husain and Hamza Abdullah took a voluntary leave of absence from pro football for a leap of faith. While observing Ramadan, they visited 30 mosques in 30 days including the controversial mosque at Ground Zero. At the end of their cross country tour they made Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca. NBC’s Mary Carillo reports.
“After performing Salat Al Maghrib, she put her make-up, wore her beautiful white dress preparing herself for her wedding party, Then she heard the Adhan of ‘Ishaa and she realized that she broke her Wudu she told her mother : “mother, I have to go to make wudu and pray ‘Ishaa”
