Archive for September 2008
What am I supposed to do on Eid?
Eid Mubarak!
Joyous wishes of Health and Happiness. May Allah Accept our good deeds and grant us Ramadaan again!
EID 101
Discover what Prophet Muhammad, sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam, did on Eid, what YOU need to do, and why…in just 2 minutes with this multimedia presentation.
FiqhFlash.com
Muhammad alShareef HeartWheel Journal and Videos
“…I really enjoyed Ramadaan. I just wish I had someway to build on it..”
Try this. It’s called the HeartWheel Journal. Some took advantage of it during Ramadan. It’s an ingenious tool that educates, motivates and inspires you towards Ihsan (excellence).
The purpose is simple: “That which is measured, improves.” Try it out for yourself.
How do I get a copy?
Download your FREE copy here: HeartWheel Journal.
How do I use it?
Read this.
If you want the full audio click here. Scroll down to “HeartWheel Journal.”
How do I experience it’s massive benefits?
Don’t procrastinate. Print and bind (Kinkos) ASAP. It doesn’t work as an unopened PDF file in My Docs.
Questions?
Reflections? Share your thoughts on the HeartWheel Journal at the almaghrib forums.
**Check the YouTube Channel for the UK Islam Channel accompanying videos that were shown throughout Ramadaan.
The HeartWheel concept has been used even for Hajj.
HeartWheel Journal Ramadaan Videos
These videos deliver powerful bite-size gems to help you implement the concepts.
(This series has been uploaded with permission by Islam Channel)
Go to the brother’s YouTube Channel (May Allah Reward him!) who recorded the videos for ‘take away gems’
Continue For More Videos and Knowledge.
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8 Basic Errors Muslims make when Paying Zakat Al-Fitr
8 Basic Errors Muslims make when Paying Zakat Al-Fitr
By Muhammad Alshareef, compliments of www.HeartWheelJournal.com
I feel compelled to put this together because I’ve seen the following errors being committed even since I was a young boy. In sha Allah, you can help me spread the word by sharing this article with your community, friends and family.
What is Zakat ul-Fitr? Think “Iftar”, Zakat Ul-Fitr is the charity that we pay at the end of Ramadan. Here is the foundational hadith that establishes the obligation of Zakat ul-Fitr:
Ibn `Umar reported that the Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam), made Zakat al-Fitr compulsory on every slave, freeman, male, female, young and old among the Muslims; one Saa` (a measurement: four double handfuls) of dried dates or one Saa` of barely.
[Sahih Bukhari - Arabic/English, vol. 2, p. 339, no. 579]
To understand Zakat ul-Fitr, here is a good summary of it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakat_al-fitr
But unfortunately, our community makes some basic errors in the payment of Zakat Al-Fitr that must be clarified.
Error One: Paying at Eid Salah
Some people go to Eid prayers and drop money into the donation box thinking that they have paid their Zakat ul-Fitr. No, Zakat al-Fitr, which is food, must be in the hands of the needy family BEFORE Eid prayer. If someone goes to Eid prayer and pays then it is GUARANTEED that the money will NOT arrive on time. And thus the person paying is sinful for having missed the payment of Zakat al-Fitr. May Allah forgive us.
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Muslims and the University Culture
Muslims and the University Culture
In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
A.B KhanWhen a Muslim in a North American university or college for the first time, he or she comes into contact with a community whose culture and lifestyle are diametrically opposed to the Islamic way of life.
The culture of Western universities can only be described as hedonistic, nihilistic and narcissistic. That is to say, many inhibitions are let loose and individual whims and fancies run wild. The freshman year itself begins with orientation, which while supposedly a process of introduction and transition to the university for the first-year student, is an opportunity for most participants to drown themselves (sometimes literally) in alcohol and pursue sexual opportunities.
What Do You Know About Islam?
Ramadaan: Europe
Paris
Russia
Unity Based on Renewal & Guidance, After One Year
“Change We can Believe in?”
Perhaps.
Few posts these days are written with this kind of rigor, passion and perspective.
The jaw-dropping analysis on one of this year’s juiciest topics is informative, provocative, frightening, compelling, witty, entertaining and, most of all, brazen. This riveting post isn’t simply a commentary; it’s an emergency call to action.
Brace yourself.
Did You See Him Talking To Her?
You’re walking from first period to your second class and you see one of the “religious” brothers in your school, Ahmed, giving a phone number to Ashley, the varsity cheerleading captain and that year’s homecoming queen….
Ramadan Around The World
Hurricane Ike: Powerful Images
Supplication for Anxiety and Sorrow
O Allaah, I am Your servant, son of Your servant, son of Your maidservant, my forelock is in Your hand, Your command over me is forever executed and Your decree over me is just. I ask You by every name belonging to You which You name Yourself with, or revealed in Your Book, or You taught to any of Your creation, or You have preserved in the knowledge of the unseen with You, that You make the Qur’aan the life of my heart and the light of my breast, and a departure for my sorrow and a release for my anxiety.’
The short – but eventful – life of Ike
Please see these powerful images here
