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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