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IlmSummit Day 2: From Madinah To Yale

Saturday, July 25, 2010 IlmSummit, Houston, Texas Today was our first full day at IlmSummit, and I have to say, this was pretty intense. My roommate Hassan Rasool (a brother from Wisconsin) and I woke up at around 5:40am and quickly got ready for Fajr. We got to the hotel lobby in time Alhamdulillah, and we then prayed behind Qari Uthmaan Khan. His recitation was amazing Masha’Allah, and I felt myself relaxing as I stood there, letting the powerful words sweep by and sink through. After the prayer, we...

25 July 2010 | IlmSummit | , , , , , , | 3 Comments
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IlmSummit Day 1: The Rihlah

Editor’s Note: Alhamdulillah, we are excited to present that one of our MYM writers, Arif Kabir, will be live blogging from IlmSummit! Insha’Allah, for each day, he will be posting a brief recap of the day’s proceedings. You can view all of the IlmSummit posts over here. Friday, July 23, 2010 IlmSummit, Houston, Texas Preface – Alhamdulillah, Allah (subhanahu wa ta’ala) has blessed me with the opportunity to attend this year’s AlMaghrib IlmSummit. For those of you who don’t know, IlmSummit is a special summer program that AlMaghrib Institute...

23 July 2010 | IlmSummit | , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments
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Encounter With Muslim Superheroes

While over a friend’s house, we began to watch The Incredible Hulk. The movie itself wasn’t too impressive, but it was rather interesting to see other superheroes like Iron Man subtly weave their way into this movie. I mentioned this to my friends on our way to the Masjid for the Maghrib Salah, and they explained to me that these individual Marvel movies are all adding up to an Avengers movie that is slated to be released in 2013. The Avengers are a team of superheroes that include the...

30 June 2010 | Distinctly Muslim | 3 Comments
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A Pure Mind

Do you get sins based on your thoughts? Two years ago, I witnessed this question being posed to Shaykh Yasir Qadhi in an AlMaghrib seminar. Fortunately, the answer was in the negative and that one does not get sinned based on their thoughts except when in Makkah, Alhamdulillah. I had left it at that for the time being, but when I later listened to a lecture entitled, Allah Is Al-Hayyiy, I was amazed to hear the following: The Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wa sallam) once came to the Sahabah and...

19 April 2010 | Divine Message | , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments
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The Extra Mile

Ever wondered what was the difference between an ordinary person and an extraordinary person? It’s just that one remained ordinary, while the other went the extra mile, making him extraordinary. Sounds too simple to be true? Take a quick look at the famous personalities around us. Whether they are famous in the field of politics, sports, acting, or any other prolific career, they usually got there by simply putting in the extra time that others didn’t. In politics, anybody can theoretically run for an elected position, yet we only...

04 April 2010 | Community Activism | , , , , , , , | 10 Comments
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Get Your Game On

Ever since I was young, my parents never allowed me to get a game console. Never. Whether it be Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, GameCube, Sega Genesis, PS1, PS2, PS3, XBox, Xbox 360, or anything else, I was never allowed to play these at home. This made it really hard while in elementary and middle school because practically everybody at school had one type of game console or another, and most conversations pivoted on the newest games that would come out. I tried convincing my parents numerous times to let...

01 April 2010 | Community Activism | , , , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments
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Qualities of a Hafidh

“Come in”, Shaykh Haroon Baqai said. I walked in slowly, shaking from head to toe. I had only applied for the Hifzh School a few days ago, and now I found myself entering his office for a scheduled interview. Alhamdulillah, it went smooth and after answering a few questions and memorizing an Ayah from Surah Saad and reciting it to him, the interview came to a close and I quickly sprinted out of the office in relief. By the grace of Allah, I was accepted. For the next few...

22 March 2010 | Divine Message | , , , , , , , , , , | 20 Comments
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Emo Muslim Youth?

Our society is filled with hurt and despair. The sad part is that we, as Muslim youth, don’t make it any better. Unfortunately, many people do not realize that any statement or action of hurt will hurt, regardless of what one may say.

20 February 2010 | Uncategorized | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 11 Comments
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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. What do they decide to do?

02 February 2010 | Community Activism | , , , | 7 Comments
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The Outlook of Young Imam An-Nawawi

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 Story shared by Shaykh Yasir Qadhi at Sacred Scrolls” ↩

14 January 2010 | History | , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments
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