Etiquettes and Manners
Dear brothers and sisters, what distinguishes our religion from other religions is the manners each and every one of us is expected to abide by. Among these we have shared values of manners but on top of that we…
Trials and Tribulations
The imam began this week’s reminder with ayat 140 from Sura Imran which is translated to say: If a wound should touch you – there has already touched the [opposing] people a wound similar to it. And these days [of…
Diseases of the Heart (2)
The imam referenced ayats 31 to 3 from Sura Qaaf of the Glorious Quran in which it said: And Paradise will be brought near to the righteous, not far, [It will be said], “This is what you were promised –…
Disease of the Heart
All praise is due to Allah SWT. Peace and blessings upon His Messenger, his family and his companions. This week’s reminder is about diseases of the heart. The imam referenced ayats 88 and 89 from Sura Ash-Shu’ara of…
Taqwa – Awareness of Allah
Dear brothers and sisters, it is is a condition on every Muslim to have fear and awareness (Taqwa) of Allah SWT, at all times, and to avoid all that has been forbidden. This is not specific to certain group…
Oppression 2017
Allah SWT created this religion for humanity to reform two dimensions; first one the relation of the individual with Allah SWT in order to become true slaves of him SWT, and the second one is the relation between humans themselves…
Heedlessness
The imam referenced the following passages from the Quran in regards to todays reminder. The first is from Sura Yunus, ayat 7 which is translated to say: Indeed, those who do not expect the meeting with Us and are…
Qurbani/ Sacrifice
This week’s reminder is about the sacrifice or Qurbani. Eid al-Adha is meant to be recognition of the material and spiritual favours of Allah SWT to his creation, manifested by the ritual slaughtering, called Qurbani, necessary for all able…
Eid Sermon (Khutba)
The Eid Khutba begins with the following declaration of faith: Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest, there is no Lord except Allah and all praise and thanks to Allah. The word Eid…
Hajj
All praise is due to Allah (SWT). Peace and blessings upon our beloved prophet (SAWS) his family and his companions. Dear brothers and sisters, life is a balance between working for this world and living your life and working for…