Eid Mubarak dear MM-ers!

Here’s another khutbah for you from brother Nouman discussing the opening surah from the Qur’an.

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Bismillah

Abdullah ibn Abbas radi Allahu anhuma said, “Indeed I do not know an action which can get one closer to Allah then birr (righteousness, good) to the mother.” [Saheeh - as-Saheehah 2799]

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This talk was given by Imam AbdulGhani Bashir this past year at Masjid Abu Hurairah in Toronto, Ontario. He studied in Sudan and later moved to Nairobi, Kenya where he runs an Islamic school. Fluent in English, Somali and Arabic, he speaks clearly and eloquently and has a calm and unassuming manner of speaking. He lives in Nairobi, Kenya with his family. He has spoken at major Islamic conferences and masajid around the world.

Enjoy a new khutbah courtesy of Qabeelah Haadi from AlMaghrib.

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New Khutbah by Nouman Ali Khan, delivered in February 2008. This is an inspirational khutbah, calling us to re-examine our relationship with Allah, and take a look at how it affects our day to day actions.

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A powerful and descriptive talk by Shaykh Yasir Qadhi on Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (RA), the first wife of the Prophet (SAW). This talk was given in Cardiff, Wales in January and a similar talk was given at Texas Dawah Conference in December 2007. JazakAllah khair to Abu Eesa and the brothers and sisters in Cardiff.

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Here’s a brief summary of a few of Sunday’s TDC talks, from our “reporter in the field”, Ahmad Al Farsi– Sex Ed., Domestic Harmony and Meet the Shayookh (Sh. Yasir Qadhi, Sh. Yaser Birjas, Imam Johari Abdul Malik) :

Sex Ed., by Sh. Yaser Birjas

A lecture that broke all taboos, to tell things as it is.

The shaykh delivered a MUCH needed lecture on the proper etiquettes of the bedroom for a Muslim couple, going way beyond the syllabus of “Fiqh of Love”, to very explicit details that I won’t mention here (I don’t feel a blog is the proper place to discuss this). Suffice to say that, insha’Allah, every married couple would benefit from learning the specifics covered in this lecture – specifics that many are too afraid to mention – but should not be afraid to mention, as long as the discussion takes place in the proper setting, with the appropriate conduct.

Domestic Harmony

A good talk addressing the issue of domestic violence; an unfortunate problem in many communities, including our own.

Not to nitpick, but I did have one issue with this talk – not with the topic itself, as we do need this topic to be addressed – but rather, the manner in which it was treated. A video was shown in which the term “waDribuhunna” found in verse 4:34 was mistranslated as “leave them” (according to Laleh Bakhtiar’s translation) instead of “hit them (lightly)”. It is unfortunate that the presenter of this video chose to address the problem of domestic violence by resorting to a modernist translation (no scholar in the Sunni tradition has ever accepted the meaning of “leave them” for this verse); I wish they had tried to solve the problem in a more legitimate fashion.

I have full confidence in TDC, and I know that if they had caught this “mistranslation” being propogated in this video, they would not have allowed it. IMHO the organisers should be more careful to pre-screen such material, prior to its presentation at the conference. Allahu ‘alam. Despite my criticism, let it be known that I love TDC for the sake of Allah.

Meet the Shaykh — Sh. Yasir Qadhi, Sh. Yaser Birjas, Imam Johari Abdul Malik

Masha’Allah, in this last session, we all got to get up close and personal with these three beloved shuyookh, as they shared their personal lives with us:

• How working in the field of da’wah affects their family lives.
• How our beloved shuyookh met their own beloved wives. For example, Imam Johari literally just walked up to his wife-to-be (after seeking permission from her wali) and said, “I’d like to make you an offer: how about you become my wife and I become your husband?”.
• How Imam Johari loves golf, as – in his opinion – the golf course is the closest thing to Jannah on Earth (with specific reference to “Jannaatun tajree min tahtiha al-anhaar“).
• We learned about the early days in the lives of our shuyookh. Imam Johari and his fellow Muslims used to pay WEEKLY for a plane ticket for Imam Siraj Wahhaj to come down to Howard University and give them a halaqah… now that’s devotion, masha’Allah.
• We learned why Sh. Yasir Qadhi is studying Islam at Yale (a non-Muslim institution), and how he plans to combine the analytical skills gained there with the traditional methods of teaching in the Middle-East and East.

Of course, the talk would not have been complete without a jinn story from Sh. Yasir Qadhi … and subhan’Allah, the story he related occurred DURING his aqeedah class, in which he taught a session on black magic. I won’t tell it, except to say that the 300 or so students who witnessed it directly must have been FREAKED OUT beyond belief! [Note from the Editor - Aww! We want to hear the story too!]

Yasir Qadhi added his bit:

I’m writing from the convention center… I’m attending all of the lectures by our dear Shaykh Salah al-Sawi. He is giving an intensive series on the Fiqh of Family life, very interesting.

Its amazing to see ALL of us speakers, whenever we don’t have our own lectures, are eager to attend Sh. Salah’s lectures. Right now I have Kamal al-Makki, Isam Rajab and Yassir Fazaqa next to me (Yaser Birjas is giving his own lecture now, but attended the previous sessions).

It’s only in Arabic, so audience is the smallest out of all the lectures, but of course its the most academic.

May Allah bless Sh. Salah, and all of the other people of knowledge who benefit the Ummah!

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Bro. ibnabeeomar was kind enough to stay up past his bed time in order to bring the MM readers a quick recap of Saturday’s talks on “Archetype of a Muslim Husband”, “Rules of Islamic Engagement” & “Men are from Mecca, Women are from Medinah”:

Archetype of a Muslim Husband, by Yaser Birjas

• There are not enough lectures on how to take care of your wife – men know better than to attend!
• Correction: The “perfect” husband can only be found in Jannah.
• To be a good man, you must be good inside the house as well as outside. Too many times men have one face outside, and transform into someone else when they come home.
• Don’t look for someone that doesn’t have mistakes; look for someone who works at rectifying their mistakes.
• Being strict does not make you more religious: be playful in the house; it is a concession we’re given so take advantage of it (as long as it doesn’t violate shari’ah).
• Be generous to your family first before being generous to others, like guests.

Rules of Islamic Engagement, by Waleed Basyouni

• The Qur’an says those daughters who were killed out of ignorance by their fathers will be asked why they were killed; Allah will not even honor the killers enough to directly ask them the question.
• Women worry about their future until they get married; men don’t worry about their future until they get married.
• Moral societies must be based on family units.
• “Love is the force behind every action on Earth“, Ibn al-Qayyim.

Men are from Mecca, Women are from Medinah, by “The Three Yasers” (Hilarious!)

• Yasir Qadhi was asked to speak on this panel because Yaser Birjas and Yaser Fazaqa were already confirmed, so they asked him due to the fact that his name was Yasir: “Why are no women speaking on the panel? If any women here are named Yasir, they are welcome to come speak.“
• Yaser Fazaqa spoke after Yasir Qadhi because, as he said, they decided age will come before beauty.
• Makkah was dry and rough; the Makki verses are short, small, and to the point. Medinah was more serene and peaceful; Madani verses are longer and more detailed (Kamal al-Makki was asked to speak since his last name is al-Makki, and he is short! )
• The wife of Imraan prayed for a son that she could dedicate to the service of Allah – her dua was answered, but this exceptional son first needed an exceptional mother to give birth to him: Maryam (peace be upon her).

A shiny new Yasir Qadhi video just for you! This one’s called The Journey of Worship, and goes over why we worship Allah, how to worship Him, how to perfect that worship, and what the levels of worship are.

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Apparently, Shaykh Yasir also delivered this speech at the IRF Peace Conference 2007 in Mumbai, India. I hope the thousands there got to hear it, because this is a solid lecture. Watch it and you will change the way you think about sleeping or going to work with your relation to Allah (SWT).

The video is produced by the recently launched Wasat Studios which I am a team member of. We just launched a new website at www.wasatstudios.com, so be sure to check it out. We have more vids of YQ and others on the way so stay tuned.

First a khutbah from last Friday on The Good Things of This World, delivered at Masjid at-Taqwa in Brooklyn,

And this video, from a fund raiser in the OC

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This is a lecture that was delivered in Toronto this July regarding lessons that can be learned from the Treaty of Hudaybiyah in our times.

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Please also see the related video by Shaykh Yasir – Muslims in the West, Where Are We Going?