Chill Yo Islam Yo

Waking up for fajr seems to be getting harder and harder, when I try to go to sleep early I get this feeling of reading some eman rushin books, listening to speeches and watching nba games. As a result I don’t go to sleep until pretty late, like yesterday I came back from the Shakyh Hamza Yusuf Minara Program, Mashallah It was nice. I got to give him a pound for the first time and saw him in person. It’s kind of weird seeing a person for the first time, after you have been hearing him for so long on the internet and reading their books.

That wasn’t easy, as soon as he got off the stage everyone ran after him like he was wrapped with a million dollars. I was able to slickly penetrate through the crowd and eventually get him to say salaam to me. People were going crazy, from the men to the women. It’s good to know we have scholars who can ground themselves with alot of Muslims who are feeling their wisdom and approach to practically establishing Muslim communities here.

So after I came home, I ate desi food, destroyed my stomach, clogged up my arteries and ended up watching the Dallas vs New Orleans game. That was a waste because shatan got to me and I delayed isha till the 4th quarter.

Time to prioritize the deen with a fixed schedule. I noticed this is becoming a habit and that’s causing me to miss fajr or fagr as the egyptians say. Astugfurillah. Astukfurillah. I need to condition myself to go to sleep early and wake up early. I even set my alarm, then when I get up, “shatan is like saad you got some time keep resting”, before you know it I missed fajr. I have to make it up when I wake up and that I always try to do. The problem is standards, As Muslim’s we gotta get the big picture, not like Picasso, his pictures are random and have no order.

My friend’s mom throws a jug of cold water on him to make sure he get’s up fajr. Haha, he basically wakes up with wudu. Makes sense. Shatan is made out of fire, cool him down to get the person up for fajr. I should hire a person to do that for me. Actually no, because what’s going to happen when that person leaves. It’s all about the heart and establishing tawhid and attaining taqwa.

So my point was if something is preventing you from praying or delaying your prayers, then it’s time to give it up or save it till after prayer. Especially if your addicted to it. It’s amazing for me to see some of us including me go out of our way to do things for the dunya, wait for roller coasters on six flag lines, but it seems like a journey to pray salat for 5 minutes. That’s the problem. The solution is driving our energies in the right direction. May Allah swt prevent us from going astray and allow us to make up for our mistakes. Ameen…check out this video below, it’s mad funny and is all “Real halal talk”

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Salam,

My man, brother Shaikhr from Australia, made my official mascot. I told him I needed a hip-hoppin’ Muslim brother with a beard and a kufi. So here’s what he came up with.Tell me if you like it, if you don’t, It’s all good because I think its hot, haha.

Mashallah he’s got skills and hes sick with the graphics. Better get at him if you want some work done. He makes extraordinary cartoon’s for dawah like I’ve never seen before from a Muslim Artist. Check out his work here.

This is the Chill Yo Islam Yo mascot below, copyrights reserved, don’t jack it. Ha. Allah swt is watching.

Salam,

[Update] Haha, This FREE Shakyh Hamza Yusuf Event dosen’t mean he’s been arrested. Many people are thinking it means that. Sorry for not being clear, It’s a free Shakyh Hamza Yusuf  event speaking in the context of “Financial Matters”. You don’t have to pay to get in. Wait this is life is a prisoner for a believer, in that case he’s not free, nor are any of us,hehe. Thank’s I just had to clarify that due to some confused feedback. 

Free Event with Skayh Hamza Yusuf at Columbia University, what more can you ask for? Register quick to reserve your spot. Limited Space. Make moves.

Salam,

I wanted to let everyone know I just got an email stating that a fake quran is being sold on Amazon, The Islam haters are at it again. Spread the Word, Make dua that this is eliminated and Inshallah do your best to inform people about the Holy Quran. Not this bootleg shatan kuffar project. It’s called “The True Furqan”, two publishing companies including ‘omega 2001′ and ‘wine press’ are involved in printing this.

This fake quran is twisting up about 77 surah’s, eliminating ayahs and changing our original belief’s and law’s by God Almighty. Astugfurillah. It’s being called the ‘the 21st century Quran’.

May God Almighty guide people and protect us from going astray. Ameen. Spread the word about this peacefully and an a organized educated manner Inshallah.

Salam,

Giving dawah seems to be getting easier and easier, recently I’ve been seeing traditional Islamic Scarfs such as the shemagh aka keffiyah sparking a trend in fashion. Actually its been spreading for a while now, but I’ve seen it gradually becoming a trend in Brooklyn, where I live, and in New York City.

As a matter of fact urban outfitters is selling it on their website, and not surprising at all, its sold out at the moment. Check out an interesting article on the Chronology of the keffiyah here

Non-Muslims are starting to rock it in the hood also, and so do the Palestinians in the Gaza strip. It might not be a big deal to you, but I used to work at H and M and it’s just interesting to see how fashion no matter where it comes from can still bring people towards a certain culture especially from an Islamic tradition.

The shemagh is hot, I’m about to buy one myself or maybe a couple. Alot of celebrity’s are also rockin it. Such as brother Lupe fiasco and my man Shaykh Sudais.

The keffiyeh (Arabic: كوفية, kūfīyä; plural: كوفيات, kūfīyāt) is also known as a shmagh, shemagh or yashmag ( شماغ, šmāġ), a ghutra ( غترة, ġuträ) or a hatta ( حطّة, ḥaṭṭä), and is a traditional headdress of Arab men, made of a square of cloth (”scarf”, usually cotton, folded and wrapped in various styles around the head. It is commonly found in arid climate areas to provide protection from direct sun exposure, as well as for occasional use in protecting the mouth and eyes from blown dust and sand. - (Wikiepdia)

At the end of the day, it’s fashion but it has arrived suddenly. I look at anything for an opportunity to give dawah, if something comes from the Muslim world and it’s appealing over here. I’m pretty interested and impressed by how it happened. Sort of like how Hush puppies started their trend in the United States. Who ever knew a scarf from the Muslim World would be hot for fashion. Inshallah (God Willing) this can be just one window to opening up hearts to many other great things which came from the Middle East.

As a matter of fact, Non Muslims in Philadelphia rock the kufi with long white tees and timberlands. If they like our looks, maybe next they will open books to see why we do other things also.

For all you business minded individuals out there, what’s next to hit the streets? Inshallah it’s leather socks. Ha.

May God Almighty guide us all and help us attain love for all the Prophets including his last, Prophet Muhammad (peace and salutations be upon him and all of them) Ameen…

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Salam,
So much for the cell phone distractions in Salat ( Remember my Article; turn off the HellPhone Yo), I think I’m going to buy this Inshallah whenever it comes to the United States. It’s pretty hot, in addition to high tech cellular features, it has a whole bunch of Islamic Features including Prayer times, Holy Quran, Qibla Direction, and Date converter. Muslim engineers are finally making moves. That would be hot if it had a shatan detector.

Shout out to ilkone.

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Salam,

Logic vs Halal and Haraam, Shaykh Yusuf Al Qaradawi passed a Phatwa saying that it is permissble for one to drink Alcohol contained in Energy drink’s as long as the level is only 0.5 percent. Chill yo I think it’s a grey area, I mean dark grey area. Leave it alone, but then again he has the right to hold his views.

Excerpt from Article from BBC News

Yusuf al-Qaradawi’s fatwa says a level of 0.5% is allowed, whereas most Muslims would say alcohol of any quantity is banned.

Sheikh Qaradawi was recently refused entry to Britain as the UK government said his views could spark violence.

He issued his fatwa in response to a question about high energy drinks.

‘Distorted’

Sheikh Qaradawi is talking about tiny quantities of alcohol - equivalent to about one-eighth of a unit of alcohol.

He ruled there was no religious ban on consuming drinks with a minute amount of alcohol in them if it was formed naturally through the process of fermentation.

He quoted the rule derived from the sayings of the Prophet that if drinking a lot of alcohol makes you intoxicated then drinking a little is also forbidden.

Sheikh Qaradawi argued that any person who consumed a large amount of high energy drink would not become intoxicated, therefore they were permissible, even though they contained tiny amounts of alcohol.

But this logic has not gone down well.

The editor of a newspaper in Qatar, where Sheikh Qaradawi lives, complained that the sheikh had just stirred up a controversy that everyone could have done without.

The editor said the fatwa from a cleric of the status of Sheikh Qaradawi would inevitably be misunderstood and distorted to suggest he was giving permission to Muslims to drink alcohol.

Sheikh Qaradawi, who is a well-known TV figure, views himself as a moderate voice of Islam.

What do you think he should have done? To me it is an issue that definitely should have been avoided, because some people take phatwa’s too far. I don’t understand, these scholars should sometimes stick to the safe side, but then again they can’t say something is haraam if in principle it isn’t. I guess I still completely reject it, I wonder what this might spark others to do.

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Salam,

Their are two things which go hand in hand, one is to internalize criticism and the other is judging yourself before judging others. Let’s accept it, No one is perfect, we aren’t angels.

We gotta constantly discipline our soul and most importantly be aware of our actions, because the Angels are writing down, and it don’t stop till your soul leaves your body. Look at yourself in the mirror, ask yourself What kind of a person am I? Evaluate your performance as a believer.

The question for today is do we put ourselves above other people when we approach them. You already know the devil is working hard to kick that pride in us, but that’s a disease of the heart and we gotta work on that Inshallah.

The Prophet saw said: “No one with the slightest particle of arrogance in his heart will enter paradise.”

A man remarked, “But a man likes his clothes to be nice and his sandals good.” The Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, “Verily, Allah is beautiful and loves beauty. Arrogance is refusing to acknowledge what is right and considering others beneath one.” (Mishkat al-Masabih)

What a beautiful Hadith, to put things into perspective, basically by judging others you energize that pride and start thinking your all pious. Chill Yo that’s Haraam Yo. See the interesting thing about living life as a Muslim is that to reaffirm your faith you gotta ask yourself, Am I living by the Sunnah? Do I follow the commands of Allah swt? If not then how can you expect a return in the hereafter. It’s all relative and we gotta stick to the principles. Remember Heaven or Hell can mean a blink of an eye.

Sayyiduna Ali (Allah be pleased with him) said: ” The world and the hereafter are like the east and west, and the traveler is between them. To the extent that he draws close to one, he distances himself from the other” (Ibid., 647.) So basically make up your mind. Either you go wild right now and suffer in the hereafter or you chill out, attain taqwa and chill in paradise.

Nowadays we have this wildfire spreading in peoples minds that they are quick to judge other people. Not only that, but they also like to spread rumors and if one wants to change they continue to backbite or bring up incidents from the past. As a result this destroys motivation for the individual who wants to change.

Of course it shouldn’t, we should all recognize that we are accountable to Allah (swt) alone and from him we come and to him we shall return. If a believer is making an effort to strive for good and you keep knocking him off the straight path. Then just accept that your the devils advocate.

The reason why I bought this up is because I feel that we might at times be driven with the mentality to point out other’s mistakes and elevate ourselves above others. The bottom line is we don’t know who Allah (swt) loves more. So stamp this Hadith in your heart.

Our beloved Prophet Muhammad (Peace and salutations be upon him) said, “ Should you become eager to mention another’s faults, recall your own. “ (Ar-Rafi)

At the end of it all, we gotta understand when someone tells us something for our own benefit, its to help us. It’s that simple, don’t assume that he or she is trying to put you down, If you do that I promise you will never change. This is something we are all working on to some degree everyday, the better we get the more impact we will see in our life.

May Allah (swt) help us take constructive criticism and give us understanding of the deen and dunya! Ameen…don’t get it twisted.

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Salam, Out of all the shirts targeting different Muslim Markets, I found these one’s to be very interesting and appealing. They vary from age and styles…

oh yea and the Official Chill Yo Islam Yo Shirt which will be sold online soon Inshallah in a new design, I know I’ve kept everyone waiting. My bad, trying to juggle the dunya and deen…

MuslimTees

Phatwa Factory 

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Salam,

Inshallah I will be going to the ICNA convention this year, I hope you are too. This year’s confirmed Speakers Include Sh. Yasir Qadhi, Imam Siraj Wahaj, Sh. Yusuf Estes, Nouman Ali Khan, Dr. Ingrid Mattson and many more. Check out the promo video below. Register Here…

Vendors can now register themselves and select their top choices for booth locations. ICNA has started registration early due to high demand. Register your booth today!