One of my relatives from Saudi Arabia fowarded me a link to this website called Aqim Salatak. It’s a group of Muslims in Saudi Arabia producing videos to promote the prayer of Salah. MashaAllah, some of them are really good. The most popular one that many of “western” Muslims have seen is this one. I’ve uploaded the ones that I have never seen before here:
Finally! It’s about time! MashaAllah! May Allah (swt) give this project success! It’s the first of it’s kind!
Where Islam Meets America
Introducing Zaytuna College
Islam has never become rooted in a particular land until that land began producing its own religious scholars. During its twelve-year history in the San Francisco Bay Area, Zaytuna Institute has helped a generation of American Muslims appreciate the enduring legacy of Islamic scholarship. Now, Zaytuna has arrived at a new chapter in its history—and, God willing, in the history of Islam in America.
Please join Imam Zaid Shakir and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf during this special evening as they introduce Zaytuna College, discuss the need for establishing an accredited institution of higher learning, describe the details of the Bachelor’s degree programs the College will offer, and introduce the Bay Area Muslims who will help make it a reality.
Finally, they will invite you to support Zaytuna College, where future generations of Muslims can begin to shape the land in which they live.
Zaytuna is having a fundraiser banquet in California for this project they have initiated on Saturday Jan. 10, 2009. I highly recommend to go to this event if you can, if not then support it by sharing it with your family and friends who can attend and help support Zaytuna.
Looks very interesting. Putting aside the fiqh issue of music, this community is probably the largest group with the American Muslim youth community. Even for those who don’t listen to a drop of music, you’ll here brothers droping “yo son” or “sup” or “what’s good homie” and all of these elements are pat of Hip Hop culture. Even the scholars have learned the lingo of the Hip Hop culuture in order to communicate to the youth such as Imam Suhaib Webb and Imam Abdul Malik.
Another aspect is that Hip Hop in the Muslim world is extremely popular and widely accepted. Even in the streets of Mecca. Whether it is good or bad, and whether it is halal or haram, Hip Hop culture is a dominating factor amongst Muslim youth. Even if you look at the young Muslims who are strict with their opinion on music and don’t listen to anything, you will see them listening to spoken-word poetry which is basically hip-hop/rap without the beat. You will find many institutes and organizations using non-instrumental music that contains beats from the hip-hop world (beat-boxing, etc.).
Here is the trailer for RIS 2008:
Out of all the conventions I have been to, Reviving the Islamic Spirit is the best convention in North America. Hands down!
I wish I could go, but unfortunately I will not be able to make it.
The first ever Islamic event to be held at the famous Jacob Javits Convention Center will be Al-Maghrib Institutes one-weekend seminar, Torch Bearers, taught by Sh. Waleed Basyouni. I’m pretty impressed that Al-Maghrib and Qabeelah Tayybah (the student tribe in NYC) were able to reserve and book this place. Shout out to the brothers of Tayybah who are working hard in promoting it and organizing everything. May Allah (swt) reward them with jannat-ul-firdaus.
I’m also really amazed and love the website they made just for this course: LegacyOfGreatness.com
Here is their trailer:
Details for the seminar can be found here. Register here to take the class.
Word on the streets say they are expecting well over 500 students. After almost 2 years of not taking any Al-Maghrib classes, I am breaking my silence and enrolling for this class. You can thank mu wife, haha.
Good friend of mine asked me to help promote this event:
“Seerah: The Shepherd’s Path”
taught by Shaykh Abdulbary Yahya
Enroll for the class here: http://www.almaghrib.org/enroll.php
(select “The Shepherd’s Path” in New Jersey)Dates: Oct. 10-12 and Oct. 17-19, 2008
Timings:
Fridays (10/10; 10/17): 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Saturdays (10/11; 10/18) and Sundays (10/12; 10/19): 10:00am - 7:00pmLocation (all 6 days):
Rutgers Newark
Paul Robeson Campus Center, Multi-Purpose Room (Room 231)
350 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Map: http://tinyurl.com/6rem2aThere will also be a FREE FRIDAY night on Oct. 10th. All guests are welcome to attend the first night and see the amazing Durbah experience for themselves
Guests will only be required to sign-in when entering. This is an excellent da’wah opportunity, so please invite your non-Muslim friends to take the class!
Discount available: Save $30 on registration using the “Power of 10″ program. See the following thread for details: http://forums.almaghrib.org/showthread.php?t=28624
Deadline for the discount is Oct. 3rd, so act now!Babysitting available: Alhumdulillah, we were able to arrange babysitting for children. The deadline to register your children for babysitting is Monday, Oct. 6th. Please email hospitality@durbah.org to register. Children MUST be registered by Oct. 6th in order to secure a spot, as we cannot accept any children who are brought without being pre-registered.
Financial Aid is also available. See the following thread for details: http://forums.almaghrib.org/showthread.php?t=28272
Hope to see you there, Insha’Allah
Answer: Hustle for layla-tul-qadr (the night of power, the night of mercy, the night of forgiveness, etc.) in the last 10 nights of Ramadan.
First and foremost. It can be in ANY of the nights of the last 10 days. Even if you do the odd ones, it could be the even ones too, since some Muslims started on Sept 1 and some on Sept 2, thus every night in the last 10 nights are technically odd for the entire ummah. Somewhere there are Muslims praying every night trying to catch it.
Secondly, Allah only knows when it will be. I’ve also wondered since only Allah knows, then it is highly possible that Allah could switch it up for different communities and areas of the world. That would make it even more true to those who really deserve it and just spend every night trying to seek it (instead of the typical community coming out on the ‘27th night’, which gives them only a 10% chance of getting it.
Thirdly, just do it every night and you’ll have a 99% chance of getting it. Just 10 nights.
Why is this post being written after the 27th night (for those who started on Sept 1.)? Once this night is done, the masjid is empty the next days, until Eid. So inshaAllah we should still try to attend the masjid continuously, because it could be the following nights still.
The Signs Layla-tul-Qadr
This is the first peek in to G2: Return of the Lota. As everyone expected, one of the many scenes that G2 will feature is the Halal Mixtape 2 scene, and this is the video for the song “SunnahBack”, one of the parody songs from the Halal Mixtape 2. This song is about how we need to get our sunnah on in our lives. Enjoy this video and remember, this isn’t a real song, we’re just acting, and its comedy, with a message! Enjoy!
http://www.lota-pani.com/G2/
No musical instruments.
Click here to watch in HD quality
Sunnah Back - G2: Return of the Lota from LotaPani Pictures on Vimeo.
Sneakpeak to Gandaghee 2: Return to the Lota.
This is a promo video of the organization called ONE which is trying to put an end to worldwide hunger and poverty. They are reaching out to the various faiths in trying to mobilize each religious community to join and help the fight against hunger and poverty through out the world. The sad reality is that many of these poverty stricken people are Muslims but yet there is a lack of Muslim help on such a large scale like ONE. Imam Johari Abdul Malik and Native Deen’s, Naeem Muhammad, are featured in the video.
