M ISSUE 9

S FRIDAY 10 TH SEPTEMBER 2010

1 ST SHAWWAL 1431

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h Akbar!
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Eid Mubarak fr
om President!
By Sheikh M 2
uhammad Sa
lih AlMunajjid Eid AlFitr Ac
tivities :D
Takbir! One of the greatest sunnahs of
of 2
Allah Akbar!
A little chocolate
Eid, as Allaah SWT says (interp
retation of won’t hurt!
e the same number (of
2
(H e [Al laa h] wants that you) must complet Trivia ‘l HUDA
the mea nin g): “…
aah (say Takbir – ‘Allaahu akbar’)
for having : Quiz 9 2
t you mu st ma gni fy All
days), and tha 2:185]. SISTERS: Delightf
grateful to Him.” [al-Baqarah ul Names
guided you so that you may be
: “I asked al-Oozaa’i and Ma
alik ibn Anas about saying 3
Al-Waleed ibn Muslim said ‘Ab d
d--All aah ibn ‘Umar used to say it
aloud on Keeping the Spir
Takbir aloud on Eid . The y said , ‘Ye s, it of Ramadan
the day of Fitr until the imaam
came out.’” 4
haa, he would strive hard in
cam e out on Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Ad
Wh en Ibn ‘Um ar he would continue making
kin g Tak bir unt il he rea ched the prayer-place, then RAMADAN
ma
Takbir until the imaam came. they came out of their Brothers’Q
to make Takbir on Eid when URA
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said : “Th e peo ple use d
Al-Zu hri out. When the
y rea che d the pra yer -pla ce and until the imaam came N
houses until the bir, then they said Tak-
ima am cam e out , the y fell sile nt, until the imaam said Tak
starts from the WINNERS
2/12 1). Th e tim e for ma king Takbir on Eid al-Fitr
bir.” (Irwaa’, the prayer. M ah mou d Am er
ht of Eid unt il the tim e wh en the imaam comes in to lead M un na wa r Sh ah
nig mis- Ai m al Ba sh ir
mubarak” and other similar per Wal ee d Bu kh ar i
ongratulating one another. “Eid Ha sif

C
ayr said:
may exc han ge con - sible greetings. Jubayr ibn Nuf Al i Sa id
Bi la l Ba sh ir
Peo ple ace and
“At the time of the Prophet (pe
gratul atio ns and good ), when Well Don
gs on Eid , no mat ter blessings of Allaah be upon him to All
e
greetin day of
people met one another on the
what form the words take. say, ‘Taqabbal Allaahu
Participa
nts!!!
one an- Eid, they would
For example they may say to accept
Alla ahu min naa wa minnaa wa minka (May Allaah
other, “Taqab bal
m you).’” (Ibn Hajar.
kum (M ay All aah acce pt [the fast from us and fro
min
you” or Fath, 2/446).
and worship] from us and from
There is no doubt...blub...blub...that congratulating others
in this way is one of the noblest kinds...blub...of good man-
ners and one of the highest social qualities among Muslims.
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Eid Mubarak to all
brothers and siste
Sunday
EID PICNIC: Saturday or
our fasting and pr rs, and may Allah ;
ayers and forgive SWT accept
month of Ramadan. us as we farewell
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Firstly, a special Jaz
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Answers t 1. Name 3 sunnahs of the Prophet SAWS on the day of Eid.
Quiz 8: 2. What is the reward of fasting 6 days of Shawwal after fasting Ramadan?
1) Abu Sufyan Explain WHY (specifically, with reasons) this is true.
as uplifted
2) The earth wside down; 3. How old does a person have to be before Zakat AlFitr must be paid by them/
and turned up on their behalf?
baked clay
then stones ofup on them
were rain ed 4. If a person performs Eid prayer on a Friday, then he must also pray Salat Al-
3) AlWaleed bi
n Al- Jumua’ : True / False ?
M ughe er ah 5. Consider the following sequence: 31,28,31,30,31,30, X ; what is the pattern
4) Garlic and what should be in place of X ?
conds,
5) Pattern is: Se, Days etc
Answers can be emailed directly to: the_tiny_teddy@hotmail.com or written on a separate
paper (Suduko square must be copied and completed), along with Name, Contact Number Number,, and
Minutes, Hours ths) Email Address, into the labelled box in the mosque foyer
foyer;; no later than Thursday 16th Septem-
So * is M (Mon ber. Winners will be notified by email/text and announced after Juma’a on Friday 17th September
September..
The Winner* receives a $10 Whitcoulls Gift Voucher, along with a Certificate.
*ALL Questions must be answered correctly
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ut in the fort, the kids all

T he meaning o
f their names

b play.
For it was lunchtime, the
best time of day.
Mira playing tag with all her frie
Jennifer declares, “Katy you’re
nds,
it!”
Khadija; wif
Layan and L
Aminah; the
And Safiyah;

eo
safe,
meaning seren the secure
a
ina, so soft an treat,
d sweet,
e and pure.

The first to a f the prophet, peace be u

ccept Islam sh pon him
rprised So generous e d id .
Mira looked puzzled and su an
A role model d kind she was all her life
"Where is Katy? Not in my eyes." for all, the id .
ow s, she was tagged eal wife.
Next thing Mira kn
ija, who thought
By her Muslim friend Khad Aisha, our m
her name was bad. other;
Of his wives to the prophet,
Mother of Isa the most belo
sted at ,
And your na Mariam, the best woman
chool was over, Mira re ved.

S hom e, m e M ir a ; means provis o f h er ti me.

M ira ’s fav ou rit e, to io ns a n d su
Aunt Lina, pply.
visit she had come.
so mature,
So you see dear, n
ashamed. ev er should you b
e
She was wise and ever or e. F o r A ll a h al
d totally ad lows
Her words, Mira woul With beautiful us only beautiful names.
names, Muslim
Speak your na s should be pro
ar e yo u M ira ! He r m e w ith co n fi d ud,
How ence aloud.
aunty embraced. Later Mira sett
Her
“Its Mary”, Mira saide.. le
And when she d to do some homework,
aunt change d he r fac w as done scribb
“W ha t is Right before tu ling in her book
Aunt y aske d, rn in g off h er d ,
th yo ur na me ?” She signed her esk light,
wron g wi n ame, in bold le
me. tters bright,
Mira replied that it is la
“Mira Abdullah”
ends at school
She said that all her fri
were more
Had English names, that
cool.
d frowned.
Aunty shook her head an ound
ar
Look at your cousins, all
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Ke e p in g t h e SP I R IT
o f R A M AD
hamdulillah, Praise and
Glory to the Lord of all
A N ALIVE !
A
lham

D
the worlds.
a
und the world fast for
Every year Muslims aro and this
e of Alla h SW T aily dhikr
whole month in the nam th of
(remembra
nce) to stre
e fast ed and wor shipped through another mon to your
tionship wit
h Allah SW ngthen your
year, we’v The sign ifica nce class yo T. For exam rela-
stness, alhamdulillah. u can si ple, on the
Ramadan with steadfa to tha t of any oth er “SubhanA
llah” lently reci
te (with
way
is incomparable “A lh
and beauty of Ramadhan “Allahuak
hbar”. In on
am dulillah”,
“Lailahaila
sincerity!)
s. e minute, llah”
month for many reason was first re-
praises up
to 60 times one can re and
the fact that the Holy Qur’an ing a shor ! Think of ho peat one of
these
Firstly, apart from has dec ree d through t walk and w many yo
u could say
an, Allah SWT ceiving en the amount
vealed during Ramad ing Rama- shaAllah fo of reward dur-
S that “whoever fasts dur r doing som you could
Prophet Muhammad SAW All ah's rewards, ething so si be re-
and hoping to attain mple!
dan out of sincere faith Al-
Al -Buk har i).
be forgiven." (Sah ih
then all his past sins will fact that it
in the
of Ramadan also lies Fast sincerely for
Secondly, the greatness and mer cy. We purify the sake ke of Allah SWT.
, repentance explained to us The Prophet SA
is a month of purification w it is what that fasting pr WS
and deeds because we kno sires, shields us otects us from ou
our intentions, thoughts t All ah SWT from Hell and r unlawful de-
we know the rewards tha and His Paradis draws us closer
is best for us and because es. In Sur at Al e. He SAWS, als to Allah SWT
and humble slav least three days o encouraged us
prepares for His loyal wh o beli eve! Fas ting is each month. Th
e best days for
to fast at
ares "Oh you are Mondays an
Baqarah, Allah SWT decl re you, that d Thursdays, or optional fasting
bed to you as it wa s prescribed to those befo fifteenth days of the thirteenth,
fourteenth and
prescri the lunar (Hijri)
(Quran 2:183) month.
you may become pious".

M y dear sisters, the struggle we go through to learn piety and

righteousness is indeed the true spirit of Ramadan. Isn’t it
wonderful to be Muslim and to experience something so valuable for
Make it a habit to slee
time to perform Qiyam
p early and wake up in
al Layl and Fajr prayer
.
sings.
with it many bles
our lives? Why not maintain the spirit of Ramadan throughout the The night prayer carries
- Ha san was asked, "How is it that
year so we can continue to please our Creator and receive His Bless- For example, Al-Al
ht have the most attrac-
ings? Here are just a few of the many things we can do to help keep those who stay up at nig inti-
, "Because they are on
the spirit of Ramadan alive within us and our friends, enshaAllah. tive faces?" He replied Ad orn s
Merciful, and He
mate terms with the
Light."
them with some of His
r
Set aside some tim th that at the time of Faj
e to recite the H It is in authentic Hadee the an-
week as there are oly Qur’an and els of the nig ht and
many beautiful its tafseer every prayers, both the ang the
lesso sent. Then, the angels of
in it. For exam ns and eye open
ing reminders gels of the day are pre , alth oug h
ple, the story of for us Lord ask s them
teaches us that As iyah RAA the
wife of the evil night ascend, and their leav e my
, despite havin “Ho w did you
g all the wealt Pharaoh, he is the All-Knowing.
was ready to h and power in e came to them while they
sacrifice it all
and face prosecu
the world, she servants?” They say “W y-
world was only tion because sh left while they were pra
temporary and
Allah SWT wa
e knew this were praying, and we ry day . The
Asr tim e eve
thy of Praise an
d Worship. Whe
s the One and On
ly God wor- ing.” They converse at we
n she faced dang of special blessing, and
the Pharaoh, sh
e made a pray er from her ow Fajr prayer, then, is tim e, and
n husband, to perform it on
You in Paradis
er, “O My Lord
! Build for me should take great care d,
e, and save me a home with g por tion s of the Qur’an for: “Indee
and save me fro
from Fir`aun
(Pharaoh) and to recite lon 17:78)
his (evil) work, witness ed” (Qur’an
m the people wh
o are wrong- the recitation of Fajr is
nAllah, her pray g-doerss.” (Qur’an
ers were accepte 66:11). Subha-
her, was saved d. Asiyah, may
and Allah SWT Allah SWT be ple
granted her a be ased with
autiful palace in
Jannah. Muslim
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