Muslim Youth Musings

Giving Back To Our Communities

All too often, we see individuals being raised up by their communities and then just leaving when they’re old enough.

When they were younger, they used to attend the full-time/weekend school, spend hours at the playground with other children, attend the after-school Karate or sports program, participate in the community festivals, get scolded by their wizened elders, and get loved and spoiled by their uncles and aunties…They were being raised by the whole village, by the whole community.

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How YOU(th) can be a STAR!

When you look up at the night sky these days, in your own city, what do you see?

For me, all I see are a bunch of gloomy clouds. MashaAllah it’s a beautiful picture, but tell me, do you see any STARs?

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One Way

A lot of people have exams coming up. During one of my Arabic Classes, one student asked the teacher to cancel next week’s class because of she needed to study to get a perfect grade. When we want something, like an A on our exam, or a new electronic, or to win in this competition, we always have a plan to help us make our way towards that goal. We might study, work to raise money, practice and so on. We know for a fact that sitting around and dreaming about that goal without actually putting in some kind of work will never get us to there.

As Muslims we all pretty much have the same ultimate goal; to get to the highest level of Paradise, Al-Firdaus.

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The Battle of Badr

The Battle of Badr took place in the blessed month of Ramadaan in the 2nd year after the Hijrah.

The Battle of Badr has been referred to in the Qur’aan as the “Day of Furqaan”. Furqaan in Arabic means to separate and to distinguish because on that day, Allah clearly distinguished truth from falsehood. On that day, He gave the believers a sound victory and vanquished the hopes and aspirations of the disbelievers who were attempting to bring an end to the growing Islamic Movement.

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Young Imam An-Nawawi’s Outlook

When Imam Nawawi was young, he used to be pursued by the children of his town as they continually asked him to join them in their games.

They used to sneer, jeer, and try every conceivable method to get him to join, but he used to break away from them crying while saying,

“Allah did not create me to play” 1

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  1. Story shared by Shaykh Yasir Qadhi at Sacred Scrolls
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MYM is featured in Mission:Ramadan!

New E-Book for all

Alhamdulillah, ProductiveMuslim.com has released an eBook entitled, Mission: Ramadan. It basically comprises of 30 bloggers each writing on one theme, this year being Qur’an, for the month of Ramadan. Go ahead and click the cover image to view the eBook!

In the book itself, there are two articles written by MYM staff writers – Day 2 has been written by Jawaad Ahmad Khan (personal website) and Day 28 by Yours Truly (also published on MYM).

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Dare to be Different!

“Whoever sticks to my Sunnah, when the rest of my Ummah…”

I’m just passing on to you all a Hadeeth (statement) of our Prophet Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)… something to think about. By the way, this is a kind of follow-up on the beautiful article by our brother Jawaad Ahmad Khan (Are You Different?), on this same issue.

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