Wise to Share

Yesterday I was invited at a friend’s place to a dars (a talk that involves remembering Allah and giving good advice to the audience). Her mother had passed away a few days back and this gathering would serve as a condolence meet as well. There were many ladies present. Some of the ladies who are teachers at different Islamic institutes in Jeddah gave very inspiring talks. One lady shared her personal story of her mother’s last days with her. The host  Shahjahan’s daughter Ayesha recited Chapter 84 Al Inshiqaq from The Noble Quran. The ladies had gathered with the intention of remembering Allah, taking time to remember the destroyer of all pleasures; death, and to pay condolences to the host on her mother’s demise. One of the teachers started her talk by reminding us that we all should have Taqwa (consciousness) of Allah and should focus more on preparing for the Hereafter. Then she related a very interesting story from Israelite traditions in which the moral was to be content...

Fatma Joe, another former Christian from Kanyakumari, India, was the chief guest at this event. She was just 4 years old when she came to Saudi Arabia. She did not have a good experience with her Muslim classmates at school as they had a superiority complex over the non Muslims. She did not have much knowledge about Christianity therefore, around the age of 14 years, she became an atheist. Whenever there were debates over religion her atheism grew even stronger as she could not get convincing answers. Some years back she met a Muslim boy whose mother was a teacher at a Madrasa. They showed her a completely different picture of Islam from what she used to see through media. This made her rethink about her opinion of Islam. When she researched about Islam she was amazed by the comprehensive nature of its teachings. Islam covers all the aspects of life- how you should be behaving as a person, how you should be dealing with others, and how you should be performing as a stat...

On 4th January 2019, Maulana Hifzur Rahman Seoharvi Academy-Jeddah organized the Annual Reception-2018 in the honour of the new Muslim sisters in the famous Lasani Restaurant, Jeddah. A few days ago they organized such an event for the new brothers in Islam. The Seoharvi academy has been very active for the past 7 years in welcoming the newly reverted Muslims into the community. They are playing a very important role in making the new Muslims feel welcome and accepted as well as appreciated by the Muslim community. They encourage them to speak out and share their journeys of Faith and enlighten the listeners. This lets them feel that they are not alone in their hard journeys and the audience also gets to understand the value of Islam as a Faith. Inviting them over to share their stories and giving gifts is a beautiful way of making them feel at home. The function started with the beautiful recitation of the Noble Quran, (Chapter 59: Al Hashr, verses 21-24) by a young girl...