“My son, I advise you to have Taqwa of Allah and to be fearful of Him, in public and private. Observe the rights of Allah, His Messenger ﷺ, your …
A Father’s Advice to his Son – Al-Qutub Ar-Rabani Shihab Ad-Din As-Suhrawardi’s Wasiya
As salaamu alaikum,
Two of our esteemed teachers of the proper Sunni Creed have teamed up for what is sure to be a powerful gathering of knowledge. The price is right; come on down!
Allah states: “Those whom believe pay attention: Revere Allah & speak a Straight-Word (Truthful/Honest-Speech).” (Noble-Qur’ān: Chpt.33, V.70) …
The Nifāq/Hypocrisy of Amīn Muhammad
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One of the significant heretical innovations present in our times is the methodology of La-Madhabism, which advocates for the abandonment of the …
Early Wahhabi Dissociation from La-Madhabism
While purportedly aiming to unify Muslims, La-Madhabism instead bred discord, even over minor points of contention. They entered into various Muslim lands and spread their alien views on numerous issues, cloaked as the sole possessor of the pristine religion, at times even considering Islam to have truly entered these lands upon their arrival, picking fight with Muslims who follow traditionally established schools of law, declaring traditionalist scholarship as heretics, establishing their exclusive Masjids right next to existing ones, degrading the quality and standards of Islamic scholarship and discourse with their protestant style of preaching & learning, and wasting huge sums of money, time and energy of Muslim world over all of this.
Gareth Bryant’s Hujjah/Refutation against the “Imāms-Roundtable”
You know, dogs bark for a number of reasons; from being ferocious, to being bored, an even from being scared. No matter what reason a dog barks, you can expect them to bark. Dogs also yelp when they are hurt and wounded, and that is something to keep in mind as you read this (if it’s even discernible). It is possible that one dog can do all of them in their barking and yelping, and in this case, yelping is most likely out of being hurt and wounded, or barking for attention and out of boredom, and barking out of ferociousness, highly unlikely!
What’s the “Imāms-Roundtable” anyway?!!! In Theory, it’s allegedly supposed to be an Entity/Forum to discuss & strategize how to address Religio-…
Gareth Bryant’s Hujjah/Refutation against the “Imāms-Roundtable”
As salaamu alaikum,
The khutbah for the joint Eidul Fitr celebration, a joint effort between us at The Quba School & Islamic Center and our neighbors, The Pioneers of Masjidun Nut Islamic Learning Center.
So one night during Ramadan, one of the little girls from our community comes up to me and says, “I have a gift for you.” I replied, “A gift for me?” She nodded yes and then left, then came back a few moments later and handed me this letter. I was already overjoyed when she handed it to me, before I even read it, and then I got to the end of it. I thanked her and told her how sweet and thoughtful of her to give me this letter, and then I asked her, “I thought you said that this was for me?” She replied, “It is.” I said, “But this says ‘to the brothers’.” She said, “Yeah, but mostly you.” 😀 These are some of the most heartwarming words I have ever laid my eyes on! ♥️🖤💚
As salaamu alaikum,
In these last nights of this blessed month-the nights most beloved to Allah-please consider emulating the Beloved to Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم in being more generous than a swift wind! May Allah double and multiply your reward!
As salaamu alaikum,
A great lineup put together by my fellow Imam (who is also my Imam), Imam Amin Muhammad of Masjid Muhammad of Atlantic City. You don’t see my name on here, because I am in the “And more (to be announced)” category. I am not listed because I have to be announced! 😄
We ask Allah to make this program a tremendous success ameen!
As salaamu alaikum,
I was in an Uber ride the other day, and I was picked up by this elderly man whose name was Dennis. I would say that he was in his mid-seventies, probably closer to 80 years of age or even older. They say that you can tell a lot about a person by what kind of music they listen to, and as I got in the car, this man had a satellite radio station on that said “Music from the ‘50’s & ‘60’s” or something like that. He had a brand new 2024 Honda CR-V Hybrid SUV, and just like most of these new cars, they come equipped with touchscreens. The ones on this model are big and bright, almost like a television. I gauge Uber drivers on how they engage me; if they talk, I will engage them. Dennis noticed that I had changed my destination, so he used that to segue way into a conversation. He asked me where was I headed and what I did for a living. I obliged him with a response, and then I asked him about a group called The Flamingos and if he was familiar with them, and he responded yes.
I think with old age, details become increasingly important, because elderly people seem to tell you all the little things, and then there’s a gift with it, because they are able to express things like a summary, and in the midst of it, there will be a jewel of wisdom dropped. It was dark when Dennis picked me up, and during our dialogue I noticed that his driving was relaxed, and it was because he had trouble seeing. He even expressed that he had trouble seeing, and I was thinking to myself that maybe he should consider driving at a more suitable time; telling me while I’m a passenger is not the most soothing news!
Dennis went on to tell me about how he purchased the new car, which was by getting rid of his old one. This old car must have been very dear to him, one that he had for a very long time, and one that-just like his music selection-represented how things used to be, and if it were up to him, things would never have changed. Dennis was a very simple man; one that worked his entire life and was totally vested in the U.S. system which was designed for people like him. Dennis was so fond of his old car (which I never found out what kind of car it was by the way, or at least I don’t remember him mentioning it) that he kept track of who bought it and where. Then he went on to tell me that he was doing Uber to pay for the new car, and how he would sometimes send in two payments in advance, to pay the car off faster. This is where he dropped a jewel when he said, “Because if you don’t send it, you’ll spend it.” I took it as a jewel because it kind of summed up Dennis’ life: he worked his whole life, he cherished things that were dear to him, he followed the rules, he wasn’t a risk-taker, and he moved to his own beat and would not be easily swayed, and at the same time he was stubborn, stuck in his ways, coming from a time where “those were the good ‘ol days”, days that sometimes prevent people from adjusting in the time that they’re in, and you find older folks sometimes either having trouble adjusting to current times (especially with technology & social media), or they just don’t want to be bothered.
Dennis gave me one more insight into the type of person I observed him to be (and I could be totally wrong in this entire story 😄): As my ride was coming to an end and I was about to get out of the Uber, I instructed Dennis that the GPS is off from the spot where I needed to get off. He hesitantly listened to the redirection, and then I showed him an easy way to get back on the main road. He thanked me, and we parted ways, and as I headed into the building, I happened to look back, only to see Dennis turn around…to go back the way he came. Ahh…the good ‘ol days, when things (and people) were simple!
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