PR (post Ramadan) Initiative

It was inevitable this time would come, the dreaded drop after Ramadan. The wind of the blessed month carries us to such high heights and for a while into the month of Shawwal we’re still riding high, still waking up an hour before fajr, still reading a Juz of Quran a day, still going to the Masjid for Salah… Then slowly you feel the wind leave you, like a glider gradually coming back down to the ground. Waking up for Tahajjud is Mission Impossible now, and if I do wake up I’m more like a character from Dawn of the Dead, straight up Zombie.

Be a Means for God’s Guidance

The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

That God makes use of you to guide one man is better for you than everything that the Sun’s course embraces. 

Jami’ al-Saghir, Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti.  

The Way to give Sadaqa

Imam al-Shafi’ (radi Allahu ‘anhu) when giving money to beggars would have the money on his open palms and offer it to the beggar, the beggar then takes the money from the Imams hands.

Lessons to take from this:

• When sadaqa is given an exchange is made.  The one receiving gains

Allah in Chinese

Meaning: main; host; owner; master; proprietor; the head of a family; Lord; Allah.It means ‘main’ or ‘host’. The ancient form of the character looks like a torch so it originally means ‘lampwick’. It is interesting to note that the current form of the character is composed of a dot on wang2 (king). I guess it might be considered as a ‘king’ at a place (a host). It is also a last name.  Pronounced: ‘Zhu3′.  Source

Further reading - Paper by Dr Umar Faruq ‘Abd-Allah.  Seek Knowledge in China, Thinking Beyond the Abrahamic Box.

Sweetness of Dhikr

أَلاَ بِذِكْرِ اللّهِ تَطْمَئِنُّ الْقُلُوبُ

…without doubt in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest. Q.13.28

Why do we find rest in the dhikr of Allah?

The Soul

• Our souls (ruh, pl arwah) by their nature are drawn to it’s Creator, they remember when in the pre-wordly life Allah asked them “Alastu biRabbikum?” - “Am I not your

The Pardoner العفو

اللهم انك عفو تحب العفو فاعف عنا

Oh Allah You are oft-Pardoning, You love to pardon, so pardon us.

 This is a profound name of Allah which is mentioned in the above du’a describeing Allah as ‘oft-Pardoning’ and who loves to Pardon.  It’s taken

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Constant State of Worship

Thoughts on Ramadan…

When we fast it’s as if we are in a constant state of worship during the fast. Salat for example begins with the takbir and ends with the salams, usually lasts 5 to 10 mins for fard prayer.

Every Du’a Answered

First lesson learned this Ramadan - Have complete certainty that every du’a is answered and ask for the best.

Our prayer room at work has been closed due to emergency refurbishment work which put me in a bit of a pickle on the first day of Ramadan. Wanting to catch the jama’ as much as possible the only other option was the local community Masjid.