tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908005902260141222024-03-13T21:21:25.844+11:00Al-FurqanIslamic Information CentreAbu Thaabithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09937789441978082401noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-49270114694445619052009-04-14T08:05:00.006+10:002009-04-14T11:58:30.543+10:00family day in the yarra ranges<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fXuvck_VApU/SePtLy1ayBI/AAAAAAAAABY/T50Yl3iGDvA/s1600-h/jd4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fXuvck_VApU/SePtLy1ayBI/AAAAAAAAABY/T50Yl3iGDvA/s320/jd4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324359971362228242" border="0" /></a>the picturesque yarra ranges (source of the yarra river pictured above) hosted our quarterly family day out on 12/4/2009 attended by approximately 40 families from both victorian ahlus sunnah wal jamaah centres.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fXuvck_VApU/SePr-JBQ3MI/AAAAAAAAABI/FSGfQQPguY8/s1600-h/jd3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fXuvck_VApU/SePr-JBQ3MI/AAAAAAAAABI/FSGfQQPguY8/s320/jd3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324358637287693506" border="0" /></a>plenty of food to go around alhamdulillah, we had enough left over for the brothers who came in the afternoon for the mountain drive<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fXuvck_VApU/SePr-Nz5cqI/AAAAAAAAABA/34BWmDzbG8Y/s1600-h/jd2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fXuvck_VApU/SePr-Nz5cqI/AAAAAAAAABA/34BWmDzbG8Y/s320/jd2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324358638573810338" border="0" /></a>warm up for the inevitable soccer showdown<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fXuvck_VApU/SePr93MOA6I/AAAAAAAAAA4/0Y2GXwr28Cw/s1600-h/jd1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fXuvck_VApU/SePr93MOA6I/AAAAAAAAAA4/0Y2GXwr28Cw/s320/jd1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324358632501805986" border="0" /></a>Abu Thaabithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09937789441978082401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-57768046581819128832009-04-14T07:57:00.002+10:002009-04-14T08:04:50.004+10:00Blog updateSalat times in the markaz will now be regularly updated at top of the sidebar on the right >Abu Thaabithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09937789441978082401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-74628086942614345522009-04-02T21:34:00.008+11:002009-04-14T12:13:28.450+10:00youth centre now open<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">BarakAllahu lahum the shura and youth committee has refurbished the bookshop and coffee lounge into an islamic youth centre.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fXuvck_VApU/SePwzOEvmjI/AAAAAAAAABg/AnzV_9sOgnU/s1600-h/youth+centre.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fXuvck_VApU/SePwzOEvmjI/AAAAAAAAABg/AnzV_9sOgnU/s320/youth+centre.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324363947224046130" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">the youth can now play table tennis, fooze ball, air hockey or just kick back, socialise and read the latest titles.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">books, dvds, perfume and other products are still available.</span><br /></div>Abu Thaabithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09937789441978082401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-77376659737328638212009-03-19T15:19:00.001+11:002009-03-19T15:22:46.252+11:00THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHERS IN THE LIFE OF THE STUDENT OF KNOWLEDGE<div class="snap_preview"><p>Sheikh Bakr Abu Zayd (May Allah have mercy on him) said, “The one who does not master the fundamentals shall never achieve,” “The who attempts to attain knowledge all at once, it shall depart from him all at once,” and it is also said, “The crowding together (of different subjects of) knowledge in one’s hearing leads one’s understanding astray.”</p> <p>Therefore, it is necessary to lay the foundations in every subject that one studies by mastering a brief foundational text concerning the subject under the direction of a proficient teacher, not by himself. And he should acquire knowledge in stages.</p> <p>Allah says, <strong>“And it is the Qur’an which we have divided (into parts), in order that you might recite it to men at intervals. And we have revealed it by stages.” </strong>(17:106)</p> <p>Sheikh Bakr also states:</p> <p>The ideal in seeking knowledge is that one who learns from instructions of teachers. Knowledge should be acquired from the mouths of men, not from scrolls or books. The first way constitutes building a connection through one who speaks, and this is the teacher. The second way is through the book, which is lifeless, so how can it give you a connection?</p> <p>It has been said, “Anyone who enters knowledge alone shall depart alone.” This means that anyone who who begins to seeking knowledge without a teacher shall depart from it without knowledge. Knowledge is a craft, and every craft requires a craftsman. Therefore, it is necessary to learn it from an expert teacher.</p> <p>As-Safadi said:</p> <p>For this reason, the scholars say, “Do not take knowledge from a Suhufi, nor from a Mushafi,” meaning: do not read the Qur’an to someone who only read from a mushaf, nor Ahaadeeth or anything else to someone who acquired knowledge of that from Suhuf (scrolls).</p> <p>Al-Awza’i used to say, “This knowledge was noble, men would acquire it from one another. However, when it entered the books, those who were not qualified for it entered it.”</p> <p>The one who studies the life of Imam Muslim will find that he had many teachers to who he travelled in order to learn from them. Adh-Dhahabi arranged them alphabetically and they reached two hundred and twenty teachers who he narrated from in his Sahih.</p> <p><em>Extracted from The Biography of Imam Muslim bin Al-Hajjaj by Salahuddin Ali Abdul Mawjood - DARUSSALAM.</em></p><p><br /><em></em></p><a href="http://brenttheblogger.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/the-importance-of-teachers-in-the-life-of-the-student-of-knowledge">http://brenttheblogger.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/the-importance-of-teachers-in-the-life-of-the-student-of-knowledge</a>/</div>Abul Laythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10112260656093789652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-49150384545217409452009-03-14T09:09:00.003+11:002009-03-27T21:35:26.742+11:00BookshopThe bookshop is currently closed to make way for the upcoming youth centre, however books are still currently available just contact the us and leave a message, we will be opening another dedicated bookshop in the future inshaallah.Abu Thaabithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09937789441978082401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-19804313574970262682009-02-22T22:31:00.003+11:002009-03-14T09:09:02.358+11:00Times of congregational prayer in the centre as of 13/03/09FAJR - 6:15 AM<br /><br />ZUHR - 1:45 PM<br /><br />ASR - 5:30 PM<br /><br />MAGHRIB - <a href="http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Easmaazam/prayertimes.htm">please refer to calendar</a><br /><br />ISHA - 9:30 PM<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">JUMU'AH - 1:30 PM<br /><br />Note Fajr is moving back at the moment but we are keeping Isha a bit later still<br /></span>Abu Thaabithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09937789441978082401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-18417927089958954102009-02-21T14:14:00.002+11:002009-02-21T14:22:34.724+11:00beach day sunday 22nd febthe long awaited beach day for brothers is tomorrow bi'ithnillah if you haven't paid yet you can pay tonight at the centre, for more details email us or call the centre.Abu Thaabithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09937789441978082401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-37397530704265617762009-02-09T11:58:00.002+11:002009-02-21T14:23:41.897+11:00Payer Times in the centre as of 9/2/09its been a while since ive updated the blog for prayer times i apologise for that<br /><br /> FAJR - 5:45 AM<br /><br />ZUHR - 1:45 PM<br /><br />ASR - 5:30 PM<br /><br />MAGHRIB - <a href="http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Easmaazam/prayertimes.htm">please refer to calendar</a><br /><br />ISHA - 10:00 PM<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">JUMU'AH - 1:30 PM</span>Abu Thaabithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09937789441978082401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-49219520172397818842009-01-21T07:06:00.002+11:002009-01-21T07:09:27.423+11:00Al Furqan beach dayAlhamdulillah, brothers from our youth committee have organised a beach day bbq at a relatively secluded beach, the date is on a sunday to be announced, i will post the flier shortly.Abu Thaabithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09937789441978082401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-45387169970993272592009-01-11T19:13:00.000+11:002009-01-11T19:51:02.545+11:00Camp videoBrother Abu Zayed hafithahaallah our Dawah comittee manager produced this 17MB video from our recent camp.<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzMtGikUyt1DdOKvo3dIGrjNTuVtLiawMETiylzfGj4Kz4GKxkhuZyxEO2DJRg9TLbfIhZMdS8Oha6N8_HH3A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Abu Thaabithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09937789441978082401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-4197901171087482032009-01-09T15:09:00.001+11:002009-01-11T20:00:31.655+11:00Points from todays khutbahAlhamdulillah wasalatu wasalaam 'ala muhammad wa 'ala alihi wa sahbih.<br /><br />Todays sermon as we would hope like the sermons in most of the muslim world was influenced by the current events in our heartland, close to the third holiest place masjid al aqsa, these events alhamdulillah have started to wake the sleeping ummah inshaallah for the better, may Allah guide us all back to the deen and forgive all our sins and give us the best success.<br /><br />The khateebs main points included:<br /><ul><li>situation in gaza is another episode in the struggle between islam and kufr</li><li>khateeb used the examples from the quran to see why the oppressors are so cruel as in surat buruj verses 7&8 "And they witnessed what they were doing against the believers (i.e. burning them) , They had nothing against them, except that they believed in Allah, the All-Mighty, Worthy of all Praise!" and surat al-maidah part of verse 82 "Verily, you will find the strongest among men in enmity to the believers (Muslims) are the Jews and those who are polytheists..."</li><li>the issue of particularly targetting HAMAS was because they proved to be able to govern its people and give inspiration of future islamic states in the muslim lands, but their destiny in the eyes of the disbelievers was to destroy them like the islamic movements in algeria, somalia, afghanistan, chechnya and others</li><li>the whole situation didn't come overnight, for decades their plots were being formed including destruction of the khilafah, deals with the british, infiltrating political and media circles and silencing opposing ideas.</li><li>as it didnt happen overnight, it will not finish over night, the solution has to start with the muslims returning tpo their deen and calling others to it.</li><li>and the end will be with the army of the believers with Eisa (Jesus) peace be upon him, fighting the dajjal (false messiah) army.</li></ul>Abu Thaabithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09937789441978082401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-40174412399023614382009-01-05T13:23:00.000+11:002009-01-05T14:40:19.386+11:002009 camp conclusionAlhamdulillah wa salat wa salaam 'ala rasulallah<br /><br />Alhamdulillah the camp went well, victorian brothers all arrived safely home by this morning and some who left early arrived sunday, may Allah reward the brothers who organised the event and the masheikh who came to benefit us with their knowledge.<br /><br />There was many activities and state of origin competitions including soccer, water polo and volleyball, we also had rowboating, bushwalking and islamic lectures.<br /><br />On a saddening note, the zionist aggression on gaza escalated and we had a phone link with a doctor in one of gazas hospitals, he described an alarming and tragic situation in general and spoke of the overwhelmed hospitals and lack of medical supplies and the suffering of the people.<br /><br />From the day we arrived almost every salat the imam would make qunoot asking Allah to aid the muslims in gaza and around the world.<br /><br />May Allah guide the ummah back to the deen and may He make the oppressors suffer in this life and the next.Abu Thaabithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09937789441978082401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-50730150794646237062008-12-28T15:21:00.000+11:002008-12-28T16:09:28.917+11:00supplicate for the ummah and the people of gaza in particularwith the news of large scale attacks against gaza, ongoing threats and blockades by the zionist occupation, many fresh images of the unnecessary destruction of buildings and of the suffering and abuse of the population, i bring a reminder.<br /><br />do not sit back and say 'what can i do?' you can do something, are you a muslim? then at the very least you have to hate the suffering and oppression of your fellow muslims in your heart, and by your tongue you have to make duaa, supplicate to Allah to ease their suffering and hasten their mourning and remove the oppressors from our land, and supplicate that Allah unites the ummah again so we are not so weak to be abused and humiliated as we are now.<br /><br />the following is a relevant excerpt from islamQA fatwa #<span id="fatwa_no">7837 </span>( How can we support our brothers who are in need or who have suffered disasters?)<br /><br />The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:<span style="font-style: italic;"> “The relationship of the believer towards the people of faith is like that of the head to the body. The believer feels the pain of the people of faith just as the body feels the pain of the head.”</span> (Narrated by Imaam Ahmad). <p align="justify">Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) neatly summed up the ways in which a believer can support his fellow-believer. He said:There are different ways of supporting a fellow believer: with one’s wealth, with one’s position of</p> <p align="justify"> authority or power, by means of physical service, by offering sincere advice and guidance, by making <span class="hilite">supplication</span> (du’aa’) and asking for forgiveness for them, and by feeling their pain. The level of one’s support will be affected by the level of one's faith. The weaker a person's faith, the weaker his support will be; the stronger the faith, the stronger the support. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was the greatest of all people in his support for his companions, so the more closely his followers follow him, the greater will be their support for their fellow-believers. (al-Fawaa’id, 1/171)</p>Abu Thaabithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09937789441978082401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-30124393359195875062008-12-27T11:00:00.000+11:002008-12-28T23:23:24.611+11:00camp reminderJust a quick reminder about the camp, the bus is almost booked out, contact us ASAP if you still want to come and haven't confirmed, we are leaving on the 31st bi'ithnillah.Abu Thaabithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09937789441978082401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-66283125847520976502008-12-27T10:07:00.000+11:002008-12-28T23:20:21.829+11:00main points of todays sermon 26/12/08alhamdulillah wa sallaallahu ala muhammad<br /><br />Today the khateeb, may Allah have preserve him, spoke mainly about the issue of the christmas and what it is and what it means to muslims. As most of us know christmas is not part of christianity and certainly not part of islam, rather it is a pagan festival modified by the christian movement in order to ease the pagans into christianity, there is many researches, by non muslims, about this issue so i don't need to go into details here.<br /><br />In the second part the khateeb, may Allah bless him, mentioned firstly about the ruling of celebrating and congratulating non muslims on their festival days and then mentioned other innovated acts practiced these days.<br />The khateeb quoted several scholars including imam ibnul qayyim who said: "Congratulating the disbelievers on the rituals that belong only to them is forbidden by consensus(ijma'), as is congratulating them on their festivals and fasts by saying ‘A happy festival to you’ or ‘May you enjoy your festival,’ and so on. If the one who says this has been saved from disbelief, it is still forbidden. It is like congratulating someone for prostrating to the cross, or even worse than that. It is as great a sin as congratulating someone for drinking wine, or murdering someone, or having illicit sexual relations (outside marriage), and so on. Many of those who have no respect for their religion fall into this error; they do not realize the offensiveness of their actions. Whoever congratulates a person for his disobedience or bid’ah or kufr exposes himself to the wrath and anger of Allaah."<br /><br />many more similar statements were made by scholars to the same effect, for more detail on these rulings you can visit sheikh saleh al-munajids website with the following links:<br />http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/947<br />http://www.islamqa.com/en/cat/148/ref/islamqa/1130<br />http://www.islamqa.com/en/cat/148/ref/islamqa/11427<br /><br />As for other innovated acts these include birthdays and saints feast days, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color:black;">the prophet SAWS instructed us on two yearly festivals, eid al fitr and eid al adha, and the weekly (lesser) eid which is </span></span>jumaah (friday), and he SAWS never celebrated a persons birthday and in fact warned us in authentic narrations to not exaggerate his status as the christians did with prophet jesus peace be upon him, such innovated festivals are useless and forbidden whether it has a good intention or not as the prophet SAWS said said: “Whoever does something that is a not part of this matter of ours (Islam) will have it rejected”.<br /><br />So the khutbah was alhamdulillah a timely reminder about these issues which certainly we see a lot of in the ummah and we ask Allah, Al Hadiy, to guide the ummah back to the straight way, reestablish the khilafat and assist those who are striving for that in every vocation.<br /><br />Subhanaka rabbana wa bihamdika ashhadu anlaa ilaha illa allah astaghfiruka wa atoobu ilayka.Abu Thaabithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09937789441978082401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-80067217942228765922008-12-22T10:58:00.000+11:002008-12-25T12:35:46.394+11:00Paintball aftermathAlhamdulillah our first paintball experience went well today, with 24 participating brothers making two teams, i think everyone was exhausted by the time we left and everyone has at least one bruise they can show off to their families, i have heaps including 4 on my head but as the supervisor said 'this is an extreme sport', so i say a few bruises afterward doesn't spoil the great fun that one has painting your opponents orange.<br /><br />thankyou to the organising brothers jazahumallahu khayran, and thankyou to the venue staff, who provided a safe and fun experience for us.Abu Thaabithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09937789441978082401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-92219850451450071752008-12-18T23:47:00.000+11:002008-12-19T08:01:06.108+11:00Mind Body Spirit Festival November 2008Here is glimpse of our work at the mind body Spirit festival this past november, may Allah azza wa jal greatly reward those who participated and sponsored our presence at the event.<br /><br />Video is 10mb<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyldSH3DBqKDSOaEPeymAJE-zR5GDBgw4EfEwiiA4lnhk8ZGVJNeUY5OCt3kTyfs5rawsZhGgwj3BtC-7bsQA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Abu Thaabithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09937789441978082401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-6816212553233193332008-12-14T23:44:00.000+11:002008-12-16T22:30:20.823+11:00upcoming ASWJ camp 2009for melbourne bookings, contact brother tamer, email us for his number or call into the centre.<br /><br />click on poster image to view:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fXuvck_VApU/SUUALBr5kVI/AAAAAAAAAAM/wSL_RTmIOYE/s1600-h/20081207141954_ASWJ_Camp_09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 290px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fXuvck_VApU/SUUALBr5kVI/AAAAAAAAAAM/wSL_RTmIOYE/s320/20081207141954_ASWJ_Camp_09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279626327592898898" border="0" /></a>Abu Thaabithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09937789441978082401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-75341246691673874032008-12-14T10:57:00.000+11:002008-12-14T11:05:42.128+11:00paintball deferred for next weekendpaintball for brothers is canceled today because of rain and shura decision, next weekend inshaallah its on, any brothers returning from hajj will also be able to participate bi'ithnillah there is still positions available, please come down to the centre to sign up or ring us.<br /><br />cost is $50 for the morning and 200 paintballs, $20 for extra 100 paintballs or cheaper for larger amounts, we will probably have a bbq afterwards but that is to be confirmed transport is your own or carpool with others venue is in cockatoo about 40 mins away.Abu Thaabithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09937789441978082401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-1676575667130457692008-12-11T16:33:00.001+11:002008-12-14T10:57:03.686+11:00Prayer times in the centre as of 12/12/08FAJR - 4:30 AM<br /><br />ZUHR - 1:30 PM<br /><br />ASR - 5:30 PM<br /><br />MAGHRIB - <a href="http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Easmaazam/prayertimes.htm">please refer to calendar</a><br /><br />ISHA - 10:30 PM<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">JUMU'AH - 1:30 PM</span>Abu Thaabithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09937789441978082401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-53916990667742699812008-12-10T07:25:00.000+11:002008-12-10T17:28:46.973+11:00eid mubarak<div style="text-align: center;">Alhamdulillah wa salatallahu ala muhammad wa 'ala alihi wa sahbihi.<br />to my brothers and sisters in islam asalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuhu<br />to other viewers asalaamu 'ala manitaba al huda<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eid mubarak wa taqabalallahu minna wa minkum</span><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;">as you can see our blog has been neglected since our blog hero and example of the best of us, abul-layth hafithahallah, has left the comfort of his family and homeland in order to seek beneficial knowledge, may Allah azza wa jal make us all sincere to Him and forgive our sins and shortcomings and make us all saaliheen.<br /><br />inshaallah i will update as best i can and as regularly as i can, again our intention here is to keep our people aware of what we are doing down here, and to bring attention and support to our dawah, without diverting attention from the main ASWJ website, may Allah grant us success and reward accordingly His deserving servants.<br /><br />watch this space as inshaallah shortly we will present:<br /><ul><li>updated prayer times at the musallah<br /></li><li>mind body spirit festival report including a video of the event<br /></li><li>annual camp announcement (1-4 jan 2009 in Sydney)<br /></li><li>paintball skirmish <span style="font-weight: bold;">this weekend</span> 12 dec (contact us soon as deposit is required tomorrow)<br /></li></ul><br />jazakumallahu khayran wasalaamu alaykum.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div>Abu Thaabithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09937789441978082401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-42120988217449034402008-11-23T11:43:00.000+11:002008-11-23T11:54:14.674+11:00Mind Body Spirit Festival<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D_kSI43NnI8/SSipg5IMpKI/AAAAAAAAAAU/gAatGbVSzDg/s1600-h/lg-mbslogo.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 43px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D_kSI43NnI8/SSipg5IMpKI/AAAAAAAAAAU/gAatGbVSzDg/s200/lg-mbslogo.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271649746393277602" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 56px; font-weight: bold; "></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D_kSI43NnI8/SSipg5IMpKI/AAAAAAAAAAU/gAatGbVSzDg/s1600-h/lg-mbslogo.gif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 56px; font-weight: bold; "></span></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D_kSI43NnI8/SSipg5IMpKI/AAAAAAAAAAU/gAatGbVSzDg/s1600-h/lg-mbslogo.gif">MELBOURNE</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 56px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">28 - 30 NOVEMBER 2008 </span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;"><h3 style="text-align: center; color: rgb(102, 0, 102); margin-left: 24px; padding-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; font-size:1.2em;"><span style=" ;font-size:0.8em;">MELBOURNE EXHIBITION CENTRE</span></h3><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 24px; font-size:1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Open 10am - 7pm daily<br />Adults: $16.00<br />Concession/Student: $13.00<br /><br />Children under 14 free<br />All enquiries phone:<br />03 9276 5555</span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 24px; font-size:1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 24px; font-size:1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Mind, Body and Spirit Festival aims at attracting audience that seeks alternative means to gaining inner peace, self development and guidance to life general. Our Dawah seeks to present ISLAM as the ultimate way, informing the wider community. For discounted Ticket call Al-Furqan Islamic Information Centre</span></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-78506365803634260712008-10-31T22:00:00.001+11:002008-10-31T22:04:53.086+11:00Prophetic Traditions from today's 'Khutbah'<span style="color:#cc0000;">The Prophet of Allaah, Muhammad ibn Abdullaah (peace be upon him) has been reported to of said, <em>"The thing that I fear most for you is the minor Shirk; Riyaa."<br /><br />"Should I not inform you of that which I fear for you even more than the dangers of Dajjaal? It is the hidden Shirk; A person stands to pray, and he beautifies his prayer because he seeas the people looking at him."<br /><br />"O People! Fear this Shirk (meaning riyaa), for it is more inconspicous than the crawling of an ant."<br /><br />“The first of people against whom judgment will be pronounced on the Day of Resurrection will be a man who died a martyr. He will be brought and Allah will make known to him His favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: ‘And what did you do about them?’ He will say: ‘I fought for You until I died a martyr.’ He will say: ‘You have lied - you did but fight that it might be said [of you]: ‘He is courageous.’’ And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire. [Another] will be a man who has studied [religious] knowledge and has taught it and who used to recite the Qur’an. He will be brought and Allah will make known to him His favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: ‘And what did you do about them?’ He will say: ‘I studied [religious] knowledge and I taught it and I recited the Qur’an for Your sake.’ He will say: ‘You have lied - you did but study [religious] knowledge that it might be said [of you]: ‘He is learned.’’ And you recited the Qur’an that it might be said [of you]: ‘He is a reciter.’ And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire. [Another] will be a man whom Allah had made rich and to whom He had given all kinds of wealth. He will be brought and Allah will make known to him His favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: ‘And what did you do about them?’ He will say: ‘I left no path [un-trodden] in which You like money to be spent without spending in it for Your sake.’ He will say: ‘You have lied - you did but do so that it might be said [of you]: ‘He is open-handed.’’ And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire.”</em></span>Abul Laythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10112260656093789652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-79320508730015885852008-10-25T20:25:00.001+11:002008-11-26T21:07:51.496+11:00Prayer Times In The Centre - Effective as of 26 NovemberFAJR - 4:45 AM<br /><br />ZUHR - 1:30 PM<br /><br />ASR - 5:30 PM<br /><br />MAGHRIB - <a href="http://members.iinet.net.au/~asmaazam/prayertimes.htm">please refer to calendar</a><br /><br />ISHA - 10:00 PM<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">JUMU'AH - 1:30 PM</span>Abul Laythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10112260656093789652noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590800590226014122.post-32983017211420283822008-10-16T18:00:00.000+11:002008-11-23T02:04:21.839+11:00SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SHEIKH ABU AYMAN BACK!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_D_kSI43NnI8/SSeA0ISvTzI/AAAAAAAAAAM/MTfwJxocFvM/s1600-h/hadeeth.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 85px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 130px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271323521928089394" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_D_kSI43NnI8/SSeA0ISvTzI/AAAAAAAAAAM/MTfwJxocFvM/s400/hadeeth.gif" /></a> As-salaamu'alaikum, <div><br />Saturday night 'fiqh' class with Sheikh Abu Ayman for brothers is back. It will be run from Maghrib to Isha and the book being studied is Hafiz Ibn Hajar's Bulugh al Maram.<br /></div><div>A video link up will running for the sisters in the coffee shop.<br /><br />For more details please phone 9548 1770<br /><br />23 November 2008</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Sheik Muhammad Omran Saturday Night - Hadeeth Class is seated by Sheikh Abu Talha, the circle of knowledge continued as ussual, following the Sheik's absence, trip overseas - understanding our present day events, how one is to relate, following to the Islamic teachings.</div><div><br /></div><div>Our Sheikh will commence his class this Saturday, insha'allah.</div></div>Abul Laythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10112260656093789652noreply@blogger.com0