Chill Yo Islam Yo

At least one Friday of every Month, their has to be one Muslim brother who does something stupid to annoy the Sheikh. The most recent one? A brother blocked a neighbors driveway so he could catch the Jumu’ah Salat with congregation, then the whole Salat we heard someone “honking”.

As a result, he ruined the concentration for all the brothers and sisters making the friday prayer, but more importantly he pissed the neighbor off.  Sometimes Shatan makes you think that your doing the right thing when it really backwards.

Islam teaches us to be considerate to everyone, more specifically to the neighbors who have certain rights in Islam.

So where is the proof? Let’s look at a few hadith and one ayah.

Related by Abu Hurairah (R.A.) the Prophet (PBUH) said:
“By Allah, he is not a true believer, By Allah, he is not a true believer, By Allah, he is not a true believer (three times). He was asked ‘Who?” Upon which he replied, “The one whose neighbors do not feel secure from his mischief and evil.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr: Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said:

“The best companion in Allah’s estimation is the one who is best to his companion, and the best neighbour in Allah’s estimation is the one who is best to his neighbour.”- Al-Tirmidhi, Number 1287 

More importantly here is an ayah from the Holy Qur’an:

Worship Allah and join none with Him in worship, and do good to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, (the poor), the neighbor who is near of kin, the neighbor who is a stranger, the companion by your side, the wayfarer (you meet), and those (slaves) whom your right hands possess. Verily, Allah does not like such as are proud and boastful;

There you have it, next time your headed to the Masjid, make sure you don’t block the driveway.

This is a little random, but I thought it was pretty good marketing. My cousin a.k.a blogger angrybrownguy got coupons from McDonald’s in Urdu! And this isn’t in Pakistan it’s in New Jersey.

Maybe this is one step closer for McDonald’s to start serving halal, since a good percentage of South Asians in North America are Muslims.

When I met Shaykh Hamza Yusuf at the ISNA convention this year, I told him maybe if McDonald’s and Burger King started serving Halal across the states, more Muslims would start eating it, more halal means less haraam. He said “it’s good it’s not halal, it’s bad for your health anyways, you shouldn’t be eating it regardless”.Ha-ha.

Check out the coupon below

“Taste zyada, price kum” means ” More tasteful, less pricey”

Mash’Allah! This should inspire us all.

7:31.O Children of Adam! Take your adornment (by wearing your clean clothes), while praying  and going round (the Tawaf of ) the Ka’bah, and eat and drink but waste not by extravagance, certainly He (Allah) likes not Al-Musrifun (those who waste by extravagance).

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (PBUH) said, “One who strives to help the widows and the poor is like the one who fights in the way of Allah.”

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Like DMX said “Y’all been eatin long enough now stop bein greedy
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I was reading about the history of Islam in Spain and came across some pretty amazing facts. Surprised me at first, but yea real talk, read below on how much Muslims accomplished in Southern Spain alone:

Did you know that…..

•  Al-Andalus, which means, “to become green at the end of the summer” is referred to the territory occupied by the Muslim empire in Southern Spain
• The city of Cordoba had 700 mosques
• Some 60,000 palaces, and 70 libraries - one reportedly housing 500,000 manuscripts and employing a staff of researchers, illuminators, and book binders.
• Cordoba also had Europe’s first street lights
• It also had Fifty hospitals
• In the seven centuries Muslim ruled also known as “The Golden Age”, Muslims treated Christians and Jews with tolerance, this resulted in many of them accepting Islam! In fact, many Jews and Christians held government positions.
• All Jews and Christians were allowed to maintain their beliefs and live their lives as they desired as long as they respected their Muslim rulers
• In Muslim Spain, knowledge from Greece and Rome was preserved. Arab scholars produced encyclopedias on medicine and astronomy in 11th century, also including astrology, psychology, zoology, biology, botany, chemistry, physics, mathematics, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, etc., which Christian scholars acquired and translated.
• Muslims in Spain produced cotton, paper, salt, silk, satin, pepper, stamps, clocks, soaps, rulers, maps, globes, furs, velvets, described over 200 surgical instruments, and named over 200 stars with Arabic names.

Most importantly, their were certain factors that played a key role in the collapse of Muslim Spain

• The greed and self-indulgence that gripped its elites, the loss of a unifying religious vision
• The rivalries that weakened and divided the Muslims
• The loss of religious tolerance

Lesson learned -

I end with an Ayah from the Holy Qur’an

“and hold fast to the rope of Allah and do not be divided.” (Qur’an 3:103)

May Allah swt guide us to the straight path, keep us united, and give us the knowledge to excel in all spheres of life so we can help the World, Ameen!

Here is an essay I wrote for a class I took last semester called “Women in Islam”.

The topic I chose was “Islam and Mercy”, Send some halal feedback a.k.a constructive criticism.

Here is a sneak peek at the end of the essay where I quoted my favorite Hadith

“I end with a beautiful hadith by the beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) where he said, “Those who show mercy to their fellow beings will be shown mercy by the Merciful Lord. So, show mercy to those on the earth, and He Who is in the heaven will show mercy to you.” (At-Tirmidhi)

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Islam and Mercy By Saad Ahmad (Chill Yo Islam Yo)

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