The Virtues of the Friday Prayer - SeekersGuidance Islamic Knowledge Podcast

SeekersGuidance Islamic Knowledge Podcast

Understanding Virtue through the Prophetic Teachings (Lesson Thirteen): In this lesson Shaykh Faraz discusses the importance of the Friday prayer, how it may expiate our sins, and some etiquette pertaining to it. Abu Hurayra (Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Whoever performs ritual ablution and does so well, and then goes to the Friday prayer, listens, and is attentive shall have all their sins between that Friday and the previous Friday as well as three extra days. And whoever touches pebbles has idled.” [Muslim and others]

The Virtues of the Friday Prayer
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YouTube - Stealing from Imam Siraj Wahhaj & a Prophetic Dua for Love of Allah - SeekersDigest - Faraz Rabbani

YouTube - Stealing from Imam Siraj Wahhaj & a Prophetic Dua for Love of Allah - SeekersDigest - Faraz Rabbani

SeekersDigest - Faraz Rabbani’s Reflections on Travel, Teaching, and Life… SeekersDigest - Episode 002 - Stealing from Imam Siraj & Prophetic Dua for Love.

Oh, Canada: Coming in June… Shukr Canada (www.Shukr.ca)

Oh, Canada: Coming in June… Shukr Canada…

YouTube - Nader Khan - Video Clip - Allahu

YouTube - Nader Khan - Video Clip - Allahu

A brief clip of the track “Allahu” from Nader’s new Album, “Take My Hand”.

For more info: http://www.naderkhan.com/

One of the best recent renditions… Masha’ Allah!

See: http://www.naderkhan.com

Islamic Beliefs for Seekers: Dardir’s Kharida Explained

Islamic Beliefs for Seekers: Dardir’s Kharida Explained - (with Faraz Rabbani) SeekersGuidance.com

This course aims to enhance ones understanding of Islamic Beliefs and will cover one of the foremost core texts (mutun) in Islamic beliefs, Imam Ahmad al-Dardir’s al-Kharida al-Bahiyya.

Lesson Sample: How “La ilaha illa’l Llah” Summarizes all Belief

This course will cover one of the foremost core texts (mutun) in
Islamic beliefs, Imam Ahmad al-Dardir’s al-Kharida al-Bahiyya, with the
goal of giving us a solid understanding of:

(1) The essential beliefs–we must believe about Allah, Prophets, and
Transmitted Matters–with clarity and depth, as transmitted by the
great imams of Islam.

(2) The underlying methodology of mainstream Islamic beliefs—the way of
the Ash`aris and Maturidis—including the breakdown of rational and
normative rulings, which is the basis of sound reasoning, and a brief
overview of traditional Islamic logic.

(3) The centrality of transcendence (tanzih) in sound beliefs, and its
clear Qur’anic basis, through investigation of the verses some
interpret in ways that entail affirming similitude between Allah and
His creation (tashbih, anthropomorphism).

(4) How the traditional understanding of Islamic beliefs assists in
bringing one’s faith to life, and is a means towards realization and
understanding of the light of the Qur’an and Prophetic example.

Islamic Beliefs for Seekers: Dardir’s Kharida Explained - (with Faraz Rabbani) SeekersGuidance.com

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Eliyahu advocates carpet bombing Gaza | Israel | Jerusalem Post

Eliyahu advocates carpet bombing Gaza | Israel | Jerusalem Post

All civilians living in Gaza are collectively guilty for Kassam attacks on Sderot, former Sephardi chief rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu has written in a letter to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

Eliyahu ruled that there was absolutely no moral prohibition against the indiscriminate killing of civilians during a potential massive military offensive on Gaza aimed at stopping the rocket launchings.

The letter, published in Olam Katan [Small World], a weekly pamphlet to be distributed in synagogues nationwide this Friday, cited the biblical story of the Shechem massacre (Genesis 34) and Maimonides’ commentary (Laws of Kings 9, 14) on the story as proof texts for his legal decision.

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Seeker’s Digest: Reflections on the ICNA Convention Talks - Faraz Rabbani (YouTube)

YouTube - On the ICNA Convention Talks (May 23-24, 2009) - Faraz Rabbani’s Reflections

This is a new series–called “Seeker’s Digest: Faraz Rabbani’s Reflections…”  The first episode is brief reflections on the three talks I gave at the ICNA Convention in Hartford, CT, May 23-24, 2009.

Children are born believers in God, academic claims - Telegraph

Children are born believers in God, academic claims - Telegraph

Dr Justin Barrett, a senior researcher at the University of Oxford’s Centre for Anthropology and Mind, claims that young people have a predisposition to believe in a supreme being because they assume that everything in the world was created with a purpose.

He says that young children have faith even when they have not been taught about it by family or at school, and argues that even those raised alone on a desert island would come to believe in God.

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Money Matters: The Importance of Islamic Finance - SeekersGuidance (www.SeekersGuidance.com)

Money Matters: The Importance of Islamic Finance - All Courses - Courses

Based on classical and contemporary texts, such as Mufti Taqi
Usmani’s Islamic Finance: An Introduction, this dynamic and interactive
course will give you the understanding you need to fulfill your
financial duties to Allah with excellence.

How to give zakat properly, including on contemporary financial instruments and investments

The fiqh of charity

Providing for family, parents, and children

Wills, bequests, and inheritance

The halal and haram of everyday transactions–buying, selling, and dealings

Making your work, earnings, and spending halal–and a means of seeking Allah’s pleasure

What is riba, why it is haram, and the principles of Islamic finance

Investing in halal ways–contemporary Islamic financial instruments

Key contemporary financial issues you should know about

Based on authoritative contemporary sources (such as the writings of
Mufti Taqi Usmani, the Islamic Fiqh Academy, and the AAOIFI Shariah
Standards) and classical references

Who needs this course?

Any Muslim serious about fulfilling their duty to Allah with excellence. This is not just a course for “finance professionals.”

Every adult Muslim needs to know how to submit to Allah in money
matters–and should know how to seek the pleasure of Allah in their
earning, spending, and investing.

What will you get from this course?

You will understand what you need to know to fulfill your
responsibility in money matters, and how to bring the radiant example
(sunna) of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)
into your work, earning, spending, and investing.

You will gain clarity and understanding about the wisdom and benefit
of the commands of Allah on money and finance matters–such as “Why is
riba haram, anyways?”–and will appreciate the clarity, depth, and
benefit of the guidance of the Shariah in matters of finance.

You will understand fundamentals of the many contemporary Islamic alternatives to riba-based financial products.

You will find out about contemporary Islamic finance scholarship–so
that you know whom to listen to; whose answers to rely upon; and,
importantly, what questions to ask, and how to distinguish between
truly Shariah-compliant financial products and mere claims.

Money Matters: The Importance of Islamic Finance - All Courses - Courses

Shaykh Yahya Rhodus Online Course - Ghazali’s Book on Faith in Divine Unity and Absolute Trust - SeekersGuidance (www.SeekersGuidance.com)

In Whom Do You Trust?

Shaykh Yahya Rhodus is an amazing teacher and person, someone who has the spiritual depth and insight to meaningfully explain one of the deepest and most moving books within Imam Ghazali’s Ihya’… Not to be missed.

Nader Khan sings “Lamyat Al Ajam” by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad - Praise of the Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace) in English

YouTube - Nader Khan sings “Lamyat Al Ajam” by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad

Toronto Youth Tarbiyah Conference 2009 - Islamic Foundation of Toronto

YouTube - Youth Tarbiyah Conference 2009 - Trailer

Goldman Sachs - A story of influence and power - CBC Radio - The Current

CBC Radio | The Current | The Best of The Current Podcast

Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter David Cay Johnston has the story of
Wall-Street banking giant Goldman Sachs … its remarkable ability to
survive in tough economic times and its curiously consistent ability to
shape a nation’s economic policy.

Listen or Download:  18/05/09: Goldman Sachs [mp3]

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CNN: Islamic Finance - Religion and Money: The price of faith

Religion and Money: The price of faith - May. 13, 2009

(Money Magazine) — Kashif Saroya held out against getting a credit
card for as long as he could. As a Muslim, he was mindful of the
prohibition in the Qur’an, Islam’s holiest book, against paying or
receiving riba, usually understood as interest. That meant no plastic.

But
just saying no to credit in a country that runs on it was a lot harder
than Saroya anticipated - as he learned one day in 2003, five years
after leaving Pakistan to study and work in the U.S.

The
Minneapolis resident needed to rent a car to pick up his parents, who
were flying to America to visit him for the first time. But the rental
agent wouldn’t hand over the vehicle without a credit card. Panicked
that he’d leave his parents stranded, Kashif got a friend to rent the
car and let him sign on as a second driver. A few days later he applied
for his own Visa. Just in case.

Saroya and his wife, Lori, both
28, constantly feel the tug between their desire to adhere to the
teachings of Islam and the practical realities of life in the modern
U.S.

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The Associated Press: US scholars planning Islamic college

The Associated Press: US scholars planning Islamic college

A group of American Muslims, led by two prominent scholars, is moving closer to fulfilling a vision of founding the first four-year accredited Islamic college in the United States, what some are calling a “Muslim Georgetown.”

Advisers to the project have scheduled a June vote to decide whether the proposed Zaytuna College can open in the fall of next year, a major step toward developing the faith in America.

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Some Thoughts on the Lost Art of Reading Aloud - NYTimes.com

Editorial Notebook - Some Thoughts on the Lost Art of Reading Aloud - NYTimes.com

Sometimes the best way to understand the present is to look at it from the past. Consider audio books. An enormous number of Americans read by listening these days — listening aloud, I call it. The technology for doing so is diverse and widespread, and so are the places people listen to audio books. But from the perspective of a reader in, say, the early 19th century, about the time of Jane Austen, there is something peculiar about it, even lonely.

In those days, literate families and friends read aloud to each other as a matter of habit. Books were still relatively scarce and expensive, and the routine electronic diversions we take for granted were, of course, nonexistent. If you had grown up listening to adults reading to each other regularly, the thought of all of those solitary 21st-century individuals hearkening to earbuds and car radios would seem isolating. It would also seem as though they were being trained only to listen to books and not to read aloud from them.

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Is Sugar More Addictive than Nicotine?

FORA.tv - How to End Overeating: Dr. David Kessler

Raising Upright Children: A New Course on Islamic Parenting - www.SeekersGuidance.com with Faraz Rabbani and Shireen Ahmed

Raising Upright Children: A New Course on Islamic Parenting

When it comes to parenting advice, there is no shortage of opinions. But which of them is most appropriate for Muslim parents today?

• Inculcate Islamic manners and the Prophetic character in their children
• Provide children with sound Islamic education
• Raise a spiritual child who loves Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him)
• Protect one’s children from negative influences, and
• Discipline children when necessary

Summer Semester begins on May 24th: Register Soon!    This semester we are offering the following brand new courses:   Islamic Parenting: Prophetic Guidance on Raising Children - Shaykh Faraz Rabbani and Ustadha Shireen Ahmed Imam Ghazali’s Faith in Divine Unity and Trust in Divine Providence - Shaykh Yahya Rhodus Introduction to the Rules of Qur’anic Recitation (Tajwid) - Part One - Shaykh Mohamed-Umer Esmail   The Shatibi Certificate in the Seven Qur’anic Recitations (Qira’at) - Part One - Shaykh Mohamed-Umer Esmail Visit our website to browse through our full course catalogue and listen to the samples of lectures.

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Rise to the Occasion - Be one of 200 to raise $50 each to Support the HelpImamSiraj.com Drive…

The American Ummah should be ashamed! - Where are 200 believers!? (190 left!) | MR’s Blog

MR says:

MR’s online fundraiser for Imam Siraj Wahhaj from MR on Vimeo.

I recorded the video late last night after being inspired by one of the brothers who organized HelpImamSiraj.com.

I am looking for 199 people to donate $50 for this cause. Imam Siraj Wahhaj (may Allah preserve him) has raised millions of dollars since the 80s, 90s and in the current decade. He has raised money for ISNA, ICNA, MAS, CAIR, MSA National and MSAs across the country. He has visited hundreds of Islamic centers and Islamic schools to help them fund raise money in order for Islam to spread in this country and to make it easy for Muslims to live here.

When he is need and suffering we are struggling just to give him a few dollars. Literally it is just a few dollars. It’s just pocket change for us. Alhamdulillah HelpImamSiraj.com has raised around $80,000 but they need more. I think the total cost is around $150,000. MuslimMatters.org has raised $5,000, and a few MSAs on the west coast have also raised around $4,000 to $6,000.

I want to topple this goal with $10,000 inshaAllah! It’s very easy. All we need is 200 people to each donate $50. It doesn’t matter how old you are because even a 14 year old can afford it (see video above for details). I’ll post your name below and a link to your site if you want to. You don’t have to write your name either. You can be anonymous or use an anonymous nickname. If you can’t donate $50, I am almost positive you can find someone amongst your family and friends that can donate.

Lastly, a non-Muslim donated $1,000 for Imam Siraj. If a non-Muslim can donate this much, then surely you can afford $50 for a man who has done more than enough for the American Muslim Ummah.

How to donate:

Go to HelpImamSiraj.com and on the right side you will see a donate button. Click that and enter $50 as the amount if donating from your bank account. If using a credit card then donate $51.75. You can also mail a check to Siraj Wahhaj, P.O. Box 312264, Atlanta, GA 31131.

Islamic Finance Training Online - In Depth, Reliable, Standard-Compliant

Assalam alaykum all,

I pray you find this email in best of health and spirits.

Islamic Advisory Group of Dubai has recently launched www.islamicadvisory.com for Islamic Finance Training Online, under the guidance of renowned scholars and specialists in the field. It will definitely change the way you perceive Islamic Finance and inshAllah will help in removing the veils of confusion from your heart and mind regarding the soundness of Islamic Finance.

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