YouTube: Live Hajj Stream from Al-Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
November 4, 2011 in Prayer, Ramadan, Videos
Subhan’Allah… Check out the live stream from Mecca below, Insha’Allah
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by Mehedi Islam
by Mehedi Islam
Al-Isharah presents: First Adhan In Sign Language
September 19, 2011 in Prayer
Al-Isharah (الإشارة), Arabic for ‘the sign’ or ‘signal’, has built a reputation on firsts. It was the first organisation to introduce British sign language mosque sermons (khutbahs) for the East London mosque in 2009, extending across England; it created the first information signing video on forced marriages; Al-Isharah is the first to provide Umrah pilgrimage trips catered to deaf Muslims.
The Muslim call to prayer (adhan) is an Islamic tradition beginning from when Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) chose the African Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi, a freed slave, to invite the community to pray. Since the time of the Prophet Muhammed (pbuh), the adhaan has remained the same. However, this beautiful call to prayer has not been experienced by the Deaf community, until now.
Under the guidance of a qualified Sheikh, Al Isharah took the initiative to translate and create the adhaan in to British Sign Language (BSL). Traditionally called in Arabic, the invitation reads,
“God is Great, God is Greater.
I testify that there is no god except the One God (Allah).
I testify that Muhammad is God’s Messenger,
Come to prayer, come to worship.
Come to success.”
Another first in the sign language adhan shows the need for resources and inclusivity for deaf Muslims.
by Mehedi Islam
Ibn Rajab on the 15th of Sha’ban
July 15, 2011 in General Islam, Prayer
It is a month to which people do not pay (sufficient) attention, between Rajab and Ramadan, and it is a month in which deeds are lifted up to the Lord of the Worlds…
The erudite scholar, jurist, and traditionalist, the learned Zain ad-Din Abu al-Faraj ‘Abd ar-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Abi al-Barakah Mas’ud al-Sulami al-Baghdadi al-Hanbali, also known as Al Hafidh Ibn Rajab Al Hanbali stated the following in Lataa’if Al-Ma’arif :
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Salah: Your FOCUS in the Age of Distraction
July 2, 2011 in Dhikr (Remembrance of God), Prayer
I was reading Leo Babauta’s great new eBook entitled “Focus” and came across a chapter that reminded me of Salah. The chapter talks about the importance of developing a ‘Focus Ritual’ to help a person fight daily distractions and focus on their most important tasks for the day.
Think about Salah for a moment, and the power it has to fight distractions when performed properly and full concentration. When the athan goes off, we physically get up, leave everything we do, cleanse ourselves with a purifying ritual called wudhu, walk to the nearest mosque, perform a set of pre-defined actions with full concentration and thought, then head back home feeling completely refreshed.
This happens 5 times a day at a minimum. Have you ever thought about the effect this action has in our day to day focus and for our spiritual productivity? Leo provides an interesting insight in the following passage: Read the rest of this entry →
