Cancelled: Dr. Salah As-Sawi is our khateeb on Dec. 9th, 2011
NOTICE: The khoutbah was cancelled because of conflict in Dr. As-Sawi’s scheduele. Sorry for the inconvenience and we apology for this issue.
Dr. Salah As-Sawi is our khateeb for the coming Friday (Dec. 9th, 2011). This is great news for our little mosque. Ma Sha2 Allah, Dr. As-Sawi is one of the most prominent scholars in North America. He is coming to give a course on Politics and Sharia.
The khoutba is in Arabic but he will be summarizing (in Sh2 Allah) in English at the end.
Seven whom Allah will shade in his Shade on the Day of Judgement
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:
“There are seven whom Allah will shade in His Shade on the Day when there is no shade except His Shade: a just ruler; a youth who grew up in the worship of Allah; a man whose heart is attached to the mosques; two men who love each other for Allah’s sake, meeting for that and parting upon that; a man who is called by a woman of beauty and position [for illegal intercourse], but he says: ‘I fear Allah’; a man who gives in charity and hides it, such that his left hand does not know what his right hand gives in charity; and a man who remembered Allah in private and so his eyes shed tears.” (Al-Bukhari & Muslim)
A great event with great participation
Jazakoum Allah khairan everybody who contributed to the success of the monthly gathering. It was really a great event. Everybody was extremly delighted to see all of this happiness in the same place.
Thanks for Br. Hassan As-Shaharni for his well thought reminder. Thanks also for the well organized game. Thanks for Razi for his translation. His translation was so great that everybody was enjoying the game regardless of the language.
Thanks for Ahmad, Issam, Mouhamad, Khaled and everyone else who kept running around to serve everyone. Thanks for Sami and Othman for the overall organization and management.
Congratulations for our fresh graduate engineer. Wish him all the best. Congratulations for Hajj Saad and Hajj Shams-d-Doha who just came back from the house of Allah.
May Allah reward you all and may Allah gather you all in his paradise.
Moon has not been sighted; First of Muharram 1433 is Sunday November 27th, 2011
This is to let you know that the moon has not been sighted anywhere in the world on Friday, 29th Zul-Hijja, 1432, 25th of November, 2011, in accordance with our criteria. Therefore, Saturday, November 26th, is the 30th day of Zul-Hijja and Sunday, November 27th, is the first day of Muharram and the first day of the Islamic new year 1433.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you, your family and Muslims around the world all the best.
Please don’t forget that Rasoul Allah (SAAW) encouraged fasting the 9th and 10th of Muhrram, which will be on Monday and Tuesday, December 5th and 6th, in shaa Allah. We fast these days to thank Allah Taala for saving Prophet Mousa (AA) and his people from oppression.
Let us start our new year with obedience and repentance to Allah Taala, asking Him SWT to forgive us all our shortcomings and to guide us toward the straight path, unite the Umma of Muhammad SAAW toward better future and success in this life and the hereafter, and to bestow His mercy and protection on all of us.
This is a good chance for ourselves and our children to reflect on the life long struggle of the Prophet SAAW and his companions, their sacrifices to bring Islam to us, and the lessons learned from Seera in general and Hijra in particular.
All the best to you and yours
Wa assalamou alaikoum
Salam Elmenyawi – Muslim Council of Montreal
http://www.muslimcouncil.org