About us
Our Dawah
What does the Islamic Society provide?
Who runs the Islamic Society?
How do I become a member?
How will I become informed of upcoming events?
SISTERS
Committee
Executive Committee
About us
For the past decade; the Islamic Society of City University (ISoc)
has been at the forefront of student activities. The ISoc is primarily
an Islamic service for the sole purpose to cater the needs of Muslim
students and to promote the ideals of Islam to non-Muslims in the
university. We are here for ALL Muslims, regardless of race, ethnicity,
gender or sect.
The Islamic service we provide is upon the methodology of purifying
(tafsiyah) Islam from that which is not from it and then cultivating
(tarbiyah) the Muslims upon the Islam as it was understood by the first
three generations of Muslims. We wish to inform our Brothers and
Sisters of the guidance of the Qur’aan and the Prophetic Sunnah as it
was understood by those blessed three generations that were closest to
it.
City ISoc has a proud history of adherening to the Qur’aan and
Sunnah and a strict policy whereby we always take matters of recourse
to the people of knowledge present here within the UK, whenever issues
requiring clarification arise. We are located in the basement of the
Gloucester building and have two large Prayer Rooms with separate Wudu
Facilities.
Our Da’wah
1. We worship Allah by way of Tawheed. So we do not supplicate to
anyone besides Allah nor do we seek refuge in anyone besides Him in
matters of bringing about good or repelling some harm. We call to
Tawheed first and we clarify that there is no Islam without Tawheed and
that whoever calls unto other than Allah has committed disbelief.
2. Our Creed is established upon the principle that “Allah is
described with what He has described himself with in His Book and upon
the tongue of His Messenger (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam), without
resorting to tahreef, tamtheel, tashbeeh, ta’teel or ta’weel.”
3. We affirm for Allah the best of Names, which He has affirmed for
Himself and which He has praised Himself with, whether they are
mentioned in the Qur’aan or the Sunnah.
4. We believe that there is no path towards achieving Allah’s
contentment, or a way towards Paradise, except through the Way of
Allah’s Messenger (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam). And whoever seeks a
way towards gaining Allah’s contentment through other than the Way of
Allaah’s Messenger, then he has gone astray and been blinded from the
truth. And he has lost in this world and the next.
5. We believe that the Legislation of Allah is what has been brought
down through the two revelations: The Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of
His Messenger (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam). This is what our Lord
has indicated in his saying: “Then we placed you on a Sharee’ah
(Legislated System) based on Our Command, so follow it, and do not
follow the desires of those who have no knowledge.” [Surah Al-Jaathiyah: 18]
6. We believe that the Qur’aan is the Speech of Allah, which was
revealed and not created, and that the Sunnah is what explains and
clarifies it. The Qur’aan is interpreted by the Sunnah and by the
interpretations of the Sahaabah (Companions) and those who followed
them in goodness. So the interpretation of the Qur’aan is by way of the
narration, meaning by way of the Sahaabah, the Taabi’een and the
Ahaadeeth concerning it.
7. We are obligated to take the Sunnah according to the way of the
Muhadditheen - in terms of their authenticity or weakness. So we take
what is found to be authentic and leave off what is weak.
8. We are obligated to worship Allah through the Sunnah, by
following it and by implementing it. This is based on the Prophet’s
saying: “Whoever does a deed, which is not in accordance to our affair (i.e. the Sunnah) is rejected.” And in another narration: “Whoever introduces into our affair (Sunnah) that which isn’t part of it is rejected.”
This is a summary and some brief words on our da’wah. And may the
peace and blessings of Allah be on Muhammad - the best, most dutiful,
most pious and purest of creation - and on his family and his
Companions.
What does the Islamic Society provide?
- Prayer Rooms & Wudu facilities (for brothers and sisters)
- Jumm’ah Prayers and Daily Salah
- FREE Iftar (Hot Food) during Ramadan, Mondays & Thursdays and the 13th 14th & 15h of every Lunar month
- FREE literature, tapes, CDs, books, Qur’aan for both Muslims and Non-Muslims
- Major Annual events such as Discover Islam/Imaan Week & Annual Dinner
- Regular lectures given by Scholars and Students of Knowledge
- Regular weekly study circles in the prayer room
- Regular courses on ‘Aqeedah, Fiqh, Purification of the Heart & Seerah
- Course Representatives to help and give you guidance on your studies
- 5 A-Side football (on a weekly basis)
- ISoc trips, picnics, tournaments & other “fun” events
- Arrange for Halal food to be served within the University
- And much more…
Who runs the Islamic Society?
The Islamic Society is run on a voluntary basis by students at
City University (Committee). We are not a closed society and welcome
all Brothers and Sisters to get involved and actively participate in
the running of the ISoc. With your help inshaAllah, we can continue to
provide for our members.
How do I become a member?
All students at City, regardless of religious affiliation, are
welcome to join the society. To become a member just pop down to the
prayer room and ask a committee member for a form
How will I become informed of upcoming events?
We pride ourselves on organising a whole host of halal campus
shenanigans. To keep yourself up to date on the latest at City ISoc,
enter your email address into the “Mailing List” box on the right hand
side and we’ll add you to our mailing list. Alternatively, check our Home Page for updates.
EVERYONE is welcome to all our events!
Sisters
The Sisters’ section of City University Islamic Society
seek to provide for you a friendly and welcoming environment to pray,
relax, study and even socialize with your fellow sisters. This is our
equivalent to the University’s ‘Wonder bar’ except that in the prayer
room we provide a variety of valuable resources which will support your
spiritual, social and educational needs, inshaAllah.
For those sisters without hijaab, we provide hijaabs for you to pray
in. So don’t worry! Please do not hesitate to visit the prayer room
even if you don’t wear hijaab. Who knows? Maybe you would find yourself
nice and worthwhile friends. We strongly believe that everybody feels
welcomed and comfortable in the prayer room, no matter how ‘practicing’
they may or may not be.
Within our large prayer room we organize many regular study circles
and also very popular social get-togethers throughout the year (see our
notice board for latest events). So I hope that our Society will
inshaAllah form a cornerstone of your social life at university, not
only increasing your knowledge but also providing many laughs and
lifetime friends.
I pray that your time at university be a prosperous occasion to
instigate your potential in your studies and to inspire your continuous
spiritual journey. May Allah fill your days here with ease, peace and
joy.
Committee
The ISoc Committee is a team of dedicated brothers and sisters at
City University who look after the affairs of the Islamic Society.
The committee members are here to serve the Muslims at City in any
way they can. We are responsible to our members and try our utmost to
run the society to the high expectations our students come to expect.
Joining the committee isn’t the only way to get involved with the
Islamic Society, much of what we have accomplished is down to the hard
work and dedication of non-committee members! So please, if you want to
get yourself involved, drop us an email.
The committee members are listed below. The committee is divided
into various groups, each group has its own team leader. Whenever
possible, contact should be made with the team leader to whom you think
your question would be best answered by. General enquiries should be
emailed to islam@city.ac.uk.
As an ISoc we have a policy we try to adhere to of taking recourse
to the people of knowledge, present here within the UK, whenever
matters requiring clarification arise.
We try to respond to all emails within 24 hours. Phone calls to any
of the committee members should be made at a reasonable hour, between
9am and 10pm.
Executive Committee
Ameer & President: Saleh bin Ibraheem (islam@city.ac.uk)
Vice Ameer: Ashik bin ‘Abdul-Bashar
Vice President: Hasib Hussain
Headsister: Rabiya bint ‘Uthman (sisters@city.ac.uk)
Treasurer: Sa’eed Jama
Team Leaders
Charity & Fundraising Team: Sa’eed Louch
Dawah Co-ordinator: Jawad Ahmed
Public Relations: Hasib Hussain
Minister of Events, Lectures & Speakers: Muhammad Anfor Ali
Technical Leader: Robert (responsible for technical production of events - DVDs etc)
Head of Recreational Activities: Shaadi
Tarbiyah Leader: Ashik bin ‘Abdul-Bashar
“Khateeb Master”: Ashik bin ‘Abdul-Bashar (responsible for appointing khateebs and assigning topics)
Librarian: Kawkab
Editor in Chief of Newsletter: Kevin Philipose
Magazine Leader: Hasib Hussain
Prayer Room Caretaker: Imran
Webmaster: Hameed bin ‘Abdul-Adheem