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Notice of General Meeting

Please be informed that a General Meeting will he held at the Claremont Main Road Mosque on Sunday 5 September 2010 from 10a.m to 12a.m.


RAMADAN KARIM WA MUBARAK

We welcome the blessed month of Ramadan with a firm intention and sincere resolve (niyyah) to fast the entire month with unswerving faith in Allah and seeking thereby an increased level of taqwa – a heightened sense of self awareness. We wish you all a joyous and spiritually rejuvenating month of Ramadan. May God, the Most Compassionate, accept our fasting, our prayers, and acts of generosity, and shower us, our families, and the entire human family with his blessings of peace and compassion. May we all recommit this Ramadan to striving for peace with justice, equality and human dignity for all of humankind.

May your Ramadan 2010 be among the best ever, Insha-Allah.

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Post Tarawih talk by Mujahid Osman 2 September 2010 Grade 10 Madrasah Student

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Islam VS Secularism


Mujahid_OsmanIntroduction:

As Muslims living in a secular state where we are always confronted with difficult tasks.

These tasks always put us in weird positions and it sometimes questions our Islamic morals,

values, ethics and code of life. The great challenge is to narrow the gap between being a secular

citizen and a conscientious Muslim.

The Conscientious Muslim:

As Muslims there are 4 main sources of law.

Namely:

  1. The Quran
  2. The Authentic Prophetic Traditions (Ahadith or Sunnah)
  3. Scholarly analysis (Qiyas)
  4. Consensus (Ijma)

Now as Muslims we are told to follow the first two as Allah says in the Quran:

“Oh Believers! Obey Allah (i.e. follow the Quran) and Obey the messenger (i.e. authentic Sunnah)

In the first source our creator has eloquently placed law for us to follow and laws for us to abide by in-order to create a just, socially correct and pious life. As many of us know the Quran has beautifully been translated into many languages. The exegesis (tafsir) of the Quran has also been translated into a variety of language, which can be found anywhere, on the web and in bookshops. So there is no excuse not to use it in-order to create just and pious life.

In the second source our noble Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) has also beautifully delivered a code of life with Islamic ethics and values which he has strongly advised us to follow. An example of this would be the very beautiful and famous saying:

“‘You have just completed the smaller strive (jihad) it’s now to the bigger strive (jihad).’  A companion then asked the Prophet ‘what is the bigger jihad’ he replied: ‘It is the jihad of the inner desires.’”

We have very briefly identified what in my view makes a Conscientious Muslim. Hopeful we all can take cognisance of it.

The Secular Citizen:

 

Khutbah 27 August 2010 By Hafiz Dr Shuaib Manjra

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REFLECTIONS ON RAMADAN: JUMU’AH KHUTBAH AT CLAREMONT MAIN ROAD MUSJID. 27 AUGUST 2010

SHUAIB ISMAIL MANJRA

 

Someone once wrote insightfully that when you want to determine the direction of your life …… look to the end of your life and reflect on your thoughts on your death-bed. Then you reflect upon life, what you should have done, how you would have lived your life differently, what you would have really valued and what you would not have cared much for. Then do that today and set your goals according to that.

 

I say this because as we reach the mid-point of Ramadan we begin to focus on the end – the celebration of Eid. I would suggest that in our minds we go to the end of the month and reflect back on what we should have done and would have done differently.

Now I can imagine that every one of us has been bombarded with talks on Ramadan - on the fiqh of Ramadan, the meaning of Ramadan, the ethics of Ramadan, the lessons of Ramadan and indeed the role of Ramadan as a training event for the rest of the year. We have been regaled with this nasihah with such consistency and intensity so as to begin to develop immunity to such messages. I certainly tend to switch off most times.

   

Post Tarawih talk by Ameera Conrad - 27 August 2010 - CMRM Madrasah Student

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Bismillahi Rahmaan ni Raheem

Esteemed Imam, ladies and gentlemen, Asalaamualaikum.

DSC09486Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Patience and fortitude conquer all things.” I fully agree with that statement. It is vital to all of us, that we endeavour to find patience in all aspects of our lives. My name is Ameera Conrad, and this evening I will be talking about a few vital areas of patience; the Islamic meaning of patience, the different types of patience and the relevance and importance of patience to both teenagers and their parents.

Firstly, the Islamic meaning of patience. The Quraan describes patience as being one of the paths that lead people from darkness into light. It is a moral characteristic which requires the demonstration of determination and consistency during both times of adversity and times of contentment. The most striking example of patience in Islam is that in the lives of the Prophets; these men who showed patience with society while teaching the way of Islam and leading a life which was morally sound. Surat al-Ma’arij says, “Therefore be patient with a beautiful patience.” This is a message to us, we must have patience at all times and do so knowing that hardship and difficulty is a test from Allah (swt) and that with faith, conviction and patience, we can overcome any problem.

   

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