Faith Fridays - A Sociology Lesson from Surah Yusuf by Sheikh Sajid Umar [VIDEO]

Every Friday we hope to bring you a khutbah or short lecture in English that we feel may be of benefit to you. Think of it as a weekly khutbah from a different perspective. All you need to do is spend 30 minutes (or less) a week to learn something new.

If you have any suggestions on a video that we should share please send us an email via "Write for Us".

Jummah Mubarak!

If you don't already know Young Muslims Project have something big planned as we gear up to the best time of the year, Ramadhan! This weeks segment is a teaser for our first event. I won't say anything more just that you have to stay tuned to watch.

Surah Yusuf is personally one of my favourite chapters in the Qur'an. It's one of the easier chapters to read because it's like a story being told. There are so many lessons to be learned from this chapter that AlKauthar Institute has a whole course on it that's incidentally going to be in Kuala Lumpur next weekend. 

This particular lesson is about the analogy of the sun, the moon and the stars, and family dynamics.

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Surah At-Teen and What it Means to Us - Part III

Part 1 here. Part 2 here.


Lessons and Tips

Masjid Al Aqsa from AtlasTours.net

Allah started the surah by mentioning blessed objects and the most excellent characters. Then He emphatically stated that He created Man perfectly and with balance. But when Man strays He can reduce us to the scum of the earth. Those who will be saved are those who believe and act on that belief. So if you know all this why would you want to continue living in ignorance? At the end of the day Allah is the Best Judge of belief and good deeds and the one who lays down the law.

What are the lessons we can derive?

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Faith Fridays - Exposing Pornography by Sheikh Yassir Fazaga [VIDEO]

Every Friday we hope to bring you a khutbah or short lecture in English that we feel may be of benefit to you. Think of it as a weekly khutbah from a different perspective. All you need to do is spend 30 minutes (or less) a week to learn something new.


If you have any suggestions on a video that we should share please send us an email via "Write for Us".

Jummah Mubarak!

We live in a world where we are continually bombarded with sexualised images. From the television to the internet, sometimes even radio shows insinuate sexuality. And then there's pornography. It is everywhere, you can't escape lewd images wherever you go.

Pornography is an industry that preys on human beings' weaknesses. There are many people out there who suffer from pornography addiction in silence. Yet because it is a sensitive topic we shy away from even talking about it.

Imagine then when an imam decides that pornography should be the topic of his Friday khutbah. Surprised? You shouldn't be. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was never one to shy away from discussing issues that were relevant to the community even if they were deemed to be sensitive.

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Surah At-Teen and What it Means to Us - Part II

Part 1 here


Just a quick recap - The previous verses spoke about blessed objects and places and how they allude to blessed Prophets. These were things that Allah was swearing by. These were the objects of the oath ("I swear by these things..."). Now we're going to find out what is the subject of the oath (the subject meaning what comes next in the sentence). What is this great thing that Allah wants to tell us that He is swearing on all these blessed things?


The Verses

Verily, We created Man of the best stature (mould)

Laqad khalaqna al-insana fee ahsanitaqweem

The “la” here is the pronoun that signifies the highest level of emphasis. “La” is usually translated as “verily” but we rarely speak in this kind of English anymore. To put it colloquially “la” in this sense is akin to saying “for sure!”

Remember that Allah is al Khaliq, the Creator. He created everything and He created all of this from nothing. We, as human beings, we only fashion something new from what already existed. Going by the literal understanding of the four objects Allah is telling us to look at the signs of His creation, how they benefit Man so much. Allah is telling us that He has provided for us everything that we need to live.

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Surah At-Teen and What it Means to Us - Part I

From Skinny Secrets

As youth sometimes it is a little difficult to relate to the glorious Qur'an. We seem to think that because it was sent 1400 years ago and in the middle of the desert, it's hard to find links with the lives we lead today.

InshaAllah I will attempt to look at Surah At-Teen and try to bring to light some of the thoughts and emotions we should feel when reading this surah. Why surah At-Teen? Because it's a relatively short surah, a number of us would have memorised it and I find it to be a beautiful surah with some very important lessons. For the tafseer of this surah I have relied on two sources, Imam Suhaib Webb's tafseer and Nouman Ali Khan's tafseer (Audio: part 1 and part 2, transcript).

1. By the fig, and the olive,

2. By Mount Sinai,

3. And by this city of security (Makkah),

4. Verily, We created man of the best stature (mould),

5. Then We reduced him to the lowest of the low,

6. Save those who believe (in Islamic Monotheism) and do righteous deeds, then they shall have a reward without end (Paradise).

7. Then what (or who) causes you (O disbelievers) to deny the Recompense (i.e. Day of Resurrection)?

8. Is not Allah the Best of judges?

I will attempt to divide the series according to the following: verses 1 to 3 (the oaths), verses 4 to 8 and finally the lessons we can learn.

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Salaam

By Yasmin Kassim

As-salaam-ulaykum my dear brothers & sisters,

Salam by Peter Fuss

I’m sure that most of you as Muslims would have naturally responded my salaam with “wa-alaykum-salaam”, right? Hehe. Not surprising, this habit of replying is almost a natural response amongst us Muslims, regardless of whether we really know what it means. When I was younger, about 9 years old I used to think as-salaam-ualaykum meant “Hello, how are you?” in Arabic…Haha I was young. Until not so long ago, I actually found out that it meant “peace be upon you”. I thought to myself, why was ‘peace’ used as the greeting of the Muslim society, there should be a greater meaning to this.

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Dialogue or Monologue?

Salam everyone!

YMP has another exciting program for you this Sunday!

Growing up in a multi-cultural society that we do here in Malaysia, we are bound to come across people from different backgrounds, cultures, and religions. As youths, we probably do not know or have misconceptions about how we interact with with non-Muslims when it comes to matters of the religion as well as in other aspects of life. Do we really understand the role that we have as youth in representing our religion that is Islam? Whether it be through action, words, or thinking, we are all representatives of Islam to non-Muslims in every day of our lives.

Join us as we explore this relationship that we have with others of different faiths with not one, but TWO sheikhs from the US and Canada: Dr. Awadh Binhazim and Sheikh Dr. Reda Bedeir (via web).

Dr. Awadh Binhazim is in Kuala Lumpur to conduct the next course by alMaghrib (http://almaghrib.org/seminars) and Dr. Reda Bedeir will join us all the way from Canada via webcam!

More about Dr. Awadh Binhazim:
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/religiouslife/affiliated-chaplins

More about Dr. Reda Bedeir:
http://almaghrib.org/instructors/reda-bedeir#profile

When? Sunday, 5 June 2011, 9.30 AM

Where? 

 Kelab Golf Perkhidmatan Awam (KGPA), Bukit Kiara, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur

GoogleMap to KGPA: http://goo.gl/1ddum

Please take note that registration starts at 9.30 am and the talk WILL begin at 10 am sharp to accommodate the time difference between Malaysia and Canada. Please be punctual. Entry by donation and registration at the door. For more info, please contact Din at 012 297 9855.

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