Asalaamualaikum wa ragmatullah hi wa barakaatu ...
Peace & Blessings upon you all
So i AM grateful for today... its a beuatiful day ... what i am most grateful for is the fact that i woke up this morning. simple. thats all. another day. another chance. life goes on...
i apologise for not sending a mail last week... i got busy at work... and well the rest is history.
STOP THE BOYCOTT!!!
WELL THE DEBATE GOING AROUNd OUR COMMUNITY AT THE MOMENT is do we boycott or do we not... do we boycott certain products and companies who have affiliations to Isreal or not? the argument of course is that by purchasing these products we are supporting the Zionist who inturn are using it to build weopons and pay for ammunition that is massacereing our brothers and sisters in Palestine.. and thus we should boycott them... further, if we buy goods from the companies who purchase Isreali products we are enabling the Isreali army to grow and become stronger....[ 4th largest army in the world]
In essence i have no qualms with anybody wanting to boycott a particular product or company for the reason that they beleive that by doing so they will be contributing in sum small way to saving the lives of our brothers and sisters in Palestine... or thatthey would be financially crippling the ability of the Isreali's ... in fact it is noble intetnions like these that could contribute to a change in society that would revolutionise the world we live in...
the question i ask today is...WHY ARE WE "BOYCOTTING" ALLAH?
why are we "boycotting" the masjids? think about it.. how many people got up and read fajr this morning? how many people got up and read fajr inthe masjid this morning? OK fajr is early... and we are all tired... ok then ... how many people read ASr in the masjid yesterday? ok.. we are busy at work/campus/ etc...
OK ... OK ... Ok...
As muslims we know that salaah is a afard.. and the benefittes of reading salaah in jammah ( congregation) and on time ... is well documented... so it saddens me to have to inform that in two of the bigger masajids in CApe town... we struggle to fill one/ and 2 saffs( rows) for fajrr.. and speaking to people it seems that many other masjids also struggle to fill a saff.
Alhumduliilaah every good deed we do is inspred by Allah swt.. and we should never believe that becuase we do make fajr in the moorning or in the masjid that we are somehow better than the rest... no! If we are of those who make our fajr on time.. or in the masjid then we thank Allah for that gift... and we are humbled... and if we have not been as consistent in our fajr salaah then we ask for forgiveness and make sincere dua that Allah swt send a an agel to wake us up in the morning...
So i ask again... why the "boycott"!!!
i believe that we need to prioritise what is important to us. I say whats the use we boycottt all theses companies and products if we cannot even get up for fajr... or even fill a saff for fajr. I recognise the fact that we are human beings and we err... hell i oversleep from time to time... but can we really oversleep 335 days [ yes i knw a year has 365 days... but i dont count the days of ramadaan... coz Alhumdulillah the Masjids are full and filled with energy... aahh .. how i long for Ramadaaan] .. and if we do forget or miss a salaah we should feel gutted...
we need to prioritise our DEEN. We need to protect our salaah.. all five of them... and understand that we are closest to Allah swt when we are in sujood.
THE "BOYCOTT" HAS TO COME TO AN END!
i relate to you a story... from the times when Islam flourished in Spain... the enemies of Islam.. wanted to know if they could attack the Muslims... so they sent spiies into the muslim lands... as the one sppy entered intot he Muslim lands he saw a young boy crying along the road... he asked the Boy.. "why are you crying" ... he siad.. " my mother does not want me to join the muslim army until i finish learning the Quraan" [ Allah hu akbar] The spy went back and related his story to the leaders and said "we cannot attack a nation like that" so they didnt...
YEARS LATER ... another spy went back... he again came accross a boy crying... and stopped and asked " boy why are you crying..." the boy answered... " my mother didnt want to buy me a she- slave" { may Allah protect us all] ... and that was the beginning of theend...
THE POINT IM TRYING TO MAKE IS ... if we look at the history of "Islamm... Islam rose not becuase they had the greatest of weopons... ... Islam did not Flourish and receive Victory becuase they were the Biggest armey.... ISLAM FLOURISHED becuase they priortised their DEAN ... and victory does not come from the might of the weoponry... but comes from Allah swt... and the streght of Imaan... lets remember that...
In my humble opinion... it matters not that we eat mcdonalds.. or drink coke ... the enemies of Islam will be the enemies of Islam and even if they have the biggest army in the world... My brothers... mysisters... i say ...
hold firm.. be steadfast... work hard... trust in Allah swt...
for ... VICTORY COMES FROM ALLAH SWT ...
THIS does not mean that we sit back .. make dua.. and boom.. we win.
NO! Islam is apractical way of life... So we work on it... and put effort in and place our trust in Allah swt...
we make dua that Allah increase us all in our Imaan and may He make us of those who are steadfast in our Salaah... Ameen.
i leave you with a Hadeeth:
anas ibn malik said: " the messenger of Allah swt wa reported to have said: ' whoever performs salatul fajr in jama'ah (congragation) and then remembers Allah untilt he sun has risen and thereafter performs two rak'aat. For him is a the reward equal to a hajj and umrah"
Anas said the Messenger said: ' complete, complete, complete'. [ tirmidhi, vol3, 583]
i know it couldbe diffcult to achieve this everyday... but let us attempt to set aside one day in our week ... or month ... and know that i love you for the sake of loving Allah swt...
and if i hav said anyhting to offend/ insult... or in error i ask forgiveness and if i have said anything beneficial then it comes from Allah swt... and HE is the Most Merciful, All powerful.
Allah hu akbar!!
go forth and seek your out the bounties of your Lord.
fluit fluit.
my storie is uit.
think. ponder. reflect.
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xBOX: RASHAAD WOOKAY took a trip to DELITE FOOD EMPORIUM IN RUTH RD. While in the SHOP, next TO HIM he spoke to the AB OLDAY in a friendly manner."Look," he said, "let's have a little game. I'll ask you a riddle. If you can answer it, I'll buy you a drink. If you can't then you buy me one. OK?""Ja, dat sounds purty good," said the AB OLDAY.RASHAAD said, "My father and mother had one child. It wasn't my brother Zaheer. It wasn't my sister... Allie( heheh). Who was it?" AB scratched his head and finally said, "I give up. Who vas it?""It was ME," chortled the rASHAAD.So AB paid for the drinks. Back in TUSSEN RD, AB went into the OPERA SUPRMARKET and spotted one of his CHOMIES." MUNEER" he said, "I got a game. If you can answer a question, I'll buy you a drink. If you can't, you have to buy me vun. Fair enough?""Fair enough," said MUNEER."Ok," AB said, "my father and mudder had vun child. It vasn't my brudder. It vasn't my sister. Who vas it?""Search me," said Sven. "I give up, who vas it?" AB burst out LAFFING, "It vas some WOOKAY IN RUTH RD"
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PSP: The name `India' is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu. The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name `Hindustan' combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus.
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