Allahumma in-nee a’outhu bika min an-nifaaq! (O Allaah, I seek refuge with you from hypocrisy)

From Jubair bin Nufair who said that he heard Abu ad-Dardaa, while he was at the end of his prayer, having finished the tashahhud, seeking refuge in Allaah from nifaaq (hypocrisy), and he exceeded in seeking refuge from it.  So Jubair said: And what is it with you O Abu ad-Dardaa, and with nifaaq?  So he said: Leave us alone, leave us alone.  For by Allaah, a man turns away from his deen in just a single hour, and so he becomes totally devoid of it (i.e. loses it altogether).” (Siyar A’laam in-Nubulaa 2/383 and ad-Dhahabee said “Its Isnaad is Saheeh”.).

Quoted from “Imaan Builder 4: The Observance of Sincerity in One’s Speech and Action,” accessible via SalafiPublications.com, and Allah knows best.

Are we trustworthy?

From Abdullaah bin Mas’ood who said that he heard the Messenger of Allaah (sallahAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) say, “This knowledge will be inherited by the trustworthy ones of each generation.”

Anna Baltzer & Mustafa Barghouti

 

I think most people have seen the following two interviews on the Daily Show by now, but if you havent, its really worth watching:

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Exclusive – Anna Baltzer & Mustafa Barghouti Extended Interview Pt. 1
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Exclusive – Anna Baltzer & Mustafa Barghouti Extended Interview Pt. 2
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis

Message from Anna Baltzer:

Dear friends,

Last night Dr. Barghouti and I were on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart talking about Palestine.

Dont Kill Your Time!

Original Source

The Quran and Sunnah both emphasize the importance of time in the life of a Muslim. Allaah swears in the beginning of many Soorahs (chapters) by time or moments in time, for example Allaah Says (what means): “By the dawn and the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Thul-Hijjah)…” [Quran 89: 1-2]

Using Islam to justify killing leads ‘to hellfire’

Scholar talks of Jihadists during Muslim educational forum

by Matthew Brown- Baltimore Sun (source)

The use of Islam to justify killing is “an innovation” in the religion, a Muslim scholar told a Baltimore conference Saturday, and warned: “Most innovations lead to hellfire.”

“The Satan always has people that he will be able to deceive,” Dr. Waleed Basyouni said during a presentation he called “Reclaiming Islam from the Jihadists.”

Hundreds of Muslims went to the Baltimore Convention Center on Saturday to hear Basyouni and others promote what organizers described as a moderate, modern interpretation of Islam for the United States and the West. It was the opening day of Ilm Fest, an annual education conference previously staged in New York, Chicago and Toronto.

On the agenda for this year’s event, which concludes today, are talks on reconciling Muslim practice with U.S. citizenship, Islam and social justice, and domestic violence in the Muslim community.

“One of our main focuses is to try to tackle different challenges that Muslims face today, particularly youth growing up here,” organizer Mobeen Vaid said. “It’s really to give people a way to maintain their Muslim identity in America and telling them how to positively contribute to society.”

Ilmfest!!!

so how was ilmfest?….it was awesome mashaAllah! inshaAllah i’ll be posting thoughts on it coming up, but for the time being, suffice it to say that all of the masha’ikh did a phenomenal job, and for those of us who were there, we thank Allah for being able to witness that.

ILMFest- Generation Islam in Focus

Asalamualaykum,

I’ll make it brief: if you havent registered yet, REGISTER!!!!

www.ilmfest.com

Look forward to seeing you there inshaAllah.

Hakeem the dream: My life as a Muslim

By

Gary Meenaghan  on Friday, September 11, 2009

For many involved in basketball, Michael Jordan is God. But for former Houston Rocket Hakeem Olajuwon, Jordan has an altogether different meaning: it means home. And his God is Allah.

The 46-year-old Muslim’s “open and quiet life” in the Hashemite Kingdom is almost the antithesis of his years as arguably the best centre basketball has ever seen.

When the 6ft-10in Nigerian joined the Rockets in the 1984 NBA Draft from the University of Houston, he was the first pick – ahead of Jordan and Charles Barkley. Within a decade he had not only led his side to two successive championships, he also became the first player in NBA history to be simultaneously voted Most Valuable Player (MVP), Defensive Player of the Year and Finals MVP in a single season.

Reminders Benefit the Believers.

Two Simple Reminders:

`Â’ishah tells us: “During the last ten nights of Ramadan, the Prophet (peace be upon him) would tighten his waist belt and spend the night in worship. He would also wake up his family.” [Sahîh al-Bukhârî (1920)]

Abû Hurayrah relates that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Whoever spends Laylah al-Qadr in prayer, believing in Allah and seeking His reward, will be forgiven all of his past sins.” [Sahîh al-Bukhârî (1802) and Sahîh Muslim (760)]

Malaria Event: My Review :)

I spent almost the entire day on Saturday at the Gaylord National Convention Center at the Malaria Fundraiser hosted by Islamic Relief.  It was the largest fundraising event that I’ve ever been to aside from those done specifically during conventions and although the turnout wasnt as large as I had anticipated, the organization- from registration, program management, and speaker services- seemed to be handled very well, walhamdulillah.