Discover Eemaan Week ‘08 - Mon 24th to Fri 28th Nov
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Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
All praise is due to Allaah and to Allaah alone. And may Allaah send peace and blessings upon his slave and the seal of the Prophets and Messengers, Muhammad the son of Abdullaah.
To proceed,
The Islamic Society of City University presents…
Discover Eemaan Week ‘08 - “The Sweetness of Eemaan”
Monday the 24th of November to Friday the 28th of November
Once again Discover Eemaan week has graced us with its presence, and created the priceless opportunity for all of us to try and increase our Eemaan, and take it up one step up.
For those of you who don’t know, DEW is a week long event, and its aim is to help increase the Eemaan of each and every Muslim on and off campus, with the permission of Allaah. A chance for everyone, brothers and sisters to get together and act as that pillar of support, by encouraging one another to increase in those acts which are pleasing to Allaah, which normally we would find difficult to do so alone.
Allaah subhaanahu wa ta’aala says:
“Help you one another in Al-Birr and At-Taqwa (virtue, righteousness and piety);”
[al-Maaidah 5:2]
And He says:
“The believers are protectors, one of another, they enjoin what is just and forbid what is evil; they observe regular prayers, pay zakaat and obey Allaah and His Messenger. On them will Allaah pour His mercy, for Allaah is Exalted in power. Wise.”
[At-Tawbah 9:71]
This year, not only will we be encouraging all of the brothers and sisters to turn it up one notch by building upon their Islaamic attire, character, etiquettes and also encouraging everyone to revive and put into practice all of the sunnahs which we would generally find difficult to implement in our daily lives, but we will put into the practise the sunnah of visiting the sick, helping the elderly and feeding the orphan. The ISoc have organised heartwarming trips to the elderly homes, orphanages and a night to roam around London feeding the poor and homeless. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
“Whoever removes a worldly hardship from a believer, Allaah will remove one of the hardships of the Day of Resurrection from him. Whoever grants respite to (a debtor) who is in difficulty, Allaah will grant him relief in this world and in the Hereafter. Whoever conceals (the fault of) a Muslim in this world, Allaah will conceal him (his faults) in this world and in the Hereafter. Allaah will help a person so long as he is helping his brother.”
(Reported by Muslim (4867)).
Moreover, everday after Maghrib prayers, a ten minute presentation on the touching lives of the salaf as-saaliheen will be delivered by brothers so that we can rise to the occassion, learn and follow the wonderful lives of those who have given absolutely everything for the religion of Allaah. Not only that, but after Dhuhr congregational prayers a short presentation on a forgotton sunnah will be highlighted so that we can revive the beautiful, heart warming traditions of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), thus attaining the love of Allaah. For indeed, Allaah says:
“Say (O Muhammad to mankind): If you (really) love Allaah, then follow me (i.e. accept Islamic Monotheism, follow the Qur’aan and the Sunnah), Allaah will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allaah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful”
[Aal ‘Imraan 3:31]
Therefore, we have planned a Monday and Thursday fast for all brothers and sisters, with a huge mouth watering iftaar for those hungry rumbling stomachs. Two hundred miswaaks have been ordered, and revive a sunnah checklists will be ready to be distributed after Friday prayers. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
“Whoever revives an aspect of my Sunnah that is forgotten after my death, he will have a reward equivalent to that of the people who follow him, without it detracting in the least from their reward.”
(Reported by al-Tirmidhee, 7/443; this is a hasan hadeeth because of corroborating asaaneed).
And thats not all, we urge and implore our beloved Sisters in Islaam, inshaAllaah, for those not yet wearing the hijaab, to build up that courage, and don the hijaab, that beautiful garment, which is more than just a piece of cloth, but that which helps to protect and honour you; in the full trust that all of your brothers and sisters around you will help you along the way, with words of advice and encouragement. For those of you not wearing the jilbaab, take that leap and try and wear it just for a week; and those that mashaAllaah don’t fall into the categories above, then inshaAllaah to try and step it up, and wear the niqaab and dish in those gloves… who knows, this could be the opportunity to increase your Eemaan, and bring you that much closer to Allaah subhaanahu wa ta’aala, inshaAllaah.
With regards to our dear beloved brothers, how about we all raise our trousers above our ankles and “buss out” a white blinging thowb or shilwaar kameez for a week. Infact, I hear the kufi and the turban doesn’t look too bad either. Discover Eemaan Week is a chance to raise those barriers and come back to Allaah and His way. Let’s dunk the razors, apply the musk and walk with the miswaak between the teeth. For indeed, we began this semester in Ramadaan with our eemaan higher then ever, let’s end it on the same note… inshaAllaah.
Finally, what greater way is there to show our love for Allaah and His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) then to follow him, accept all that he accepted, reject all that he rejected, and practise all that he practised. During the whole course of this week, we have organised talks by external speakers everday to help aid and raise our eemaan. Dont forget, a fun, joking, happy Wednesday has been planned to strenghthen the brother and sisterhood we already have. Discover Eemaan Week is a chance not to be missed, lets step up to the challenge!
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i just read the whole thing today.. i already got the Emaan buzz.. SubhanAllah im really excited for next week now, even more than before!!!!!!
I’m kinda confused…Who’s doing the ‘Question Time’ on thursday? Is it Shaykh Haitham al-Hadaad or Dr Khaled Khan cos the leaflet says Shaykh Haitham and on the side of the blog it says Khaled Khan? Just wondering if it’s a mistake…
Bismillaah walhamdulillaah was-salaahtu was-salaam ‘alaa rasoolillaah wa ba’d,
Dr Khaled Khan is the confirmed speaker for Thursdays talk inshaAllaah. The poster has been ammended.
“And thats not all, we urge and implore our beloved Sisters in Islaam, inshaAllaah, for those not yet wearing the hijaab, to build up that courage, and don the hijaab, that beautiful garment, which is more than just a piece of cloth, but that which helps to protect and honour you; in the full trust that all of your brothers and sisters around you will help you along the way, with words of advice and encouragement.”
I love your veil
What’s all this tale about the veil?
Fred and Gail shout and hail
Straw as hero
For his hail of fire on Aïsha’s attire.
Did Straw want Aïsha to show
Herself from head to toe?
Let Gail wear a mini-skirt
For her flirt.
And let Aïsha wear on her face
Or on her hair
Whatever piece
That would bring her peaceVis-à-vis God and vis-à-vis Man.
Oh, man!
Why d’you wish her to disclose
Her beautiful eyes and nice nose
Or her lips or her hips
If that belongs to her?
Come on, Sir!
That body you want her to show
Is a diamond dearer than the glow
Of the face of Marilyn Monroe!
“And may Allaah send peace and blessings upon his slave and the seal of the Prophets and Messengers, Muhammad the son of Abdullaah.”
Muhammad
What can I say on your day
When every day is your day?
O Muhammad ! O Taha ! O shafi’na on the Last Day!
From the day you stood to say:
O Man ! I’m but a man
Sent to save you, sent to tell you
The way that’ll lead you away
From the one who led you astray
To the One Who made you ’n the best way
And gave you beauty and bounty in every way
And will yet give you joy where you’ll stay
For ever and ever, as you say !
From that day,
O Muhammad ! O Taha ! O shafi’na on the Last Day !
Men came to you on foot and horseback;
They said as you said
And prayed as you prayed
And when attacked, they fought back.
You lived in a shack
While your beauty was brighter than the moon ;
You ate with your hands
While one with your beauty would use a gold spoon ;
You sat on the sands
While one with your glory
Would build himself storey upon storey :
And that’s why your story
Has gone as far as Brunei and Zinjibar
And London and New York
Where people eat with a knife and fork,
They too say as you said
And pray as you prayed
And when wrongly questioned, they answer back.
O Muhammad ! O Taha ! O shafi’na on the Last Day !
What can I say on your day
When every day is your day ?
From just a few those who came to you
Filled every hill, swamped every dale,
They made Time stand still till their tale
Made the mightiest kingdoms frail
And brought the Muslim flag as close as Prague !
The Arabian Nights tells of made-up knights
And of Harun al-Rasheed
Whose life the Truth of your Message
Made eed upon eed !
And yet someone came to draw
A pic of a man whose peer he never saw,
And papers and commentators
Seeking cheap money and fake glory
Made every story
Out of the Story of the man whose glory
Defies all Posts and all Tribunes and all Times !
O Muhammad ! O Taha ! O shafi’na on the Last Day!
What can I say on your day
When every day is your day?
When your name has brought fame
To a Dane who became insane?
What can I say on your day
When night and day
Souls repeat your words
As if they were songs of jungle birds!
Peace be upon you and all those who followed your way!
O Muhammad ! O Taha ! O shafi’na on the Last Day!
Labbayk
Wake up and stay awake
-O Heart- and say Labbayk
Say: Labbayk Allahumma Labbayk
Say it with every seed and grain
Say it with every drop of rain
Say it and say it again and again
Say it with the stars in the skies
Say it with the light in your eyes
Say: Labbayk O Lord, O Wise!
Say it and let your tears,
Let them translate your hidden fears—
For only Allah hears
All that are on earth and in the skies.
Say Labbayk to Him Alone
Whose boundless mercy shone
Even in the heart of him
Who once worshipped a stone,
But then heard Labbayk Allahumma Labbayk
And his heart shook as with earthquake
And said: Yes, I made a mistake;
But now I say Labbayk Allahumma Labbayk!