Narrowing the Gap: Solutions on the Gap between Parents and Youth

insh’Allah I hope I can attend this or Ilmfest this year, both events look hot.

Al Maghrib is making power moves right now, Mash’Allah.

If you live in the VA or D.C. area don’t miss out!

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Best place for Muslims to live? America

I agree! Some Muslims have stop hating and start appreciating life.

Shiekh Hamza Yusuf said it best “Most Muslim countries don’t even have a minimum wage”

Here is an excerpt from the article in the Christian Science Monitor titled “Best place for Muslims to live? America” which I found interesting.

In the majority of Muslim countries the government is an intrusive enterprise with eyes and ears everywhere. The result is bleak. Countries reward only sycophants of the “divine” state. Muslims feel stifled by the encroachments of the establishment and lack of religious tolerance. If a man or a woman wanted to organize a protest against the government to gain the right to practice their religion more openly or be politically active against the status quo, may God help him to escape from the wrath of the state.

Many Muslim countries promote homogeneity while their citizens yearn for a right to diversity, which will give them the ability to practice their religious rituals freely.

In America, on the other hand, doors open to accommodate people’s religious beliefs. And that, along with citizenship rights and the opportunity to exercise the freedom to practice Islam day in and day out, is what makes the US so good for the millions of Muslims here.

 

Now go be a productive member of society without giving up your Islamic principles. =)

Amazing 3 Year Old Memorizes the Holy Qur’an

Subhan’Allah this is just amazing.

I’ve seen many young Hafiz’s, but this little brother Faraah Abdul Rehman took it to a whole another level.

Mash’Allah what a miracle, according to the Youtube Page he was born a Hafiz, Allah swt knows best. Either way this is impressive for his age.

Btw, he starts with a dua then recites Surah Maryam, I like how he raises and drops his pitch when he’s reciting.

Allah creates what He wills for verily Allah has power over all things. [24:45]

May Allah swt continue to shower his blessings on him and his family, Ameen!

Islam on Capitol Hill

I wasn’t able to go, but I heard and read a couple of thousand Muslims came through.

Not as much as they anticipated which was about 50,000, but it’s all good.

It was still an historical event mash’Allah.

“In addition to being an historic event I think it’s just a matter of all the Muslims coming together in one location to perform what is our obligation for the Friday prayer,” said one of the participants Lonnie Shabazz.

“The message was clear. I think the message basically was to let the American public know that all the stigmas that are attached to Muslims are not true.

“There is no White God, Black God, a Christian God, or a Jewish god. In America there is One God, One Humanity and all the Prophets (peace be upon them) came with one message. We have nothing to hide, this is our nation and we love the American people” - Imam Abdul Malik

Here are some highlights from the event

Jumu’ah Time

Preview of Imam Abdul Malik’s Khutbah and Prayer

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Grow the beard! How to Give Dawah and Not Scare Muslims Away

A while ago when I first started this blog, I wrote a post about why growing the Beard for a brother and wearing the Hijab for a sister is beneficial. _beardfont.jpg

I provided some proof and like every post, I was faced with criticism. To me it is what it is, if something is clear in the Qur’an and Sunnah then we should follow it. Haters? uhh well they are always going to come.

However on the other end of the spectrum, we have a problem with many Muslims today, who have a weird way of spreading Islam and encouraging people to follow the Sunnah and the commandments of Allah (swt).

To me it’s so backwards, I often see brothers with this failed method of giving daw’ah. What I’ve come to notice is some brothers and sisters only focus on appearance when it comes to Islam. So if they don’t see a brother with a beard or a sister wearing Hijab, all of a sudden that person is eliminated from their interpretation of “believers”.

Now what begins to happen is people become arrogant because all of a sudden they feel like they are too religious to give attention to a particular person or spend time with them.

Not only do they look at you like your an alien, but all of a sudden your not being invited to Islamic events or offered to pray salat in congregation just because you don’t look “religious”.

The other day we were getting ready to pray Salat, and the brothers were looking around to see who leads. One brother grabbed me and “said you lead you have a beard”. Since when did that become the criteria for leading the salat? Chill yo.

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