Haqq Dawah Media Presents:Glad Tidings S.2E.12 Islamic View on Marriage with Imam Bilal Ali 03/13 by Haqq Dawah Media | Islam Podcasts

Haqq Dawah Media Presents:Glad Tidings S.2E.12 Islamic View on Marriage with Imam Bilal Ali 03/13 by Haqq Dawah Media | Islam Podcasts: AsSalaam Alkuim, This is your Brother Kareem from The Haqq Dawah Group, and this is Haqq Dawah Media Presents: Glad Tidings Season 2 Episode 12 An Islamic View on Marriage. Today's episode will cover the ins and out of a successful Islamic marriage according to Quran and Sunnah. Todays guest is Imam Bilal Rashad Ali,from the Gainesville Community Mosque in Gainesville, Ga. Imam Bilal has been a Imam for 22 years.He is a National Speaker,Community activist,Youth Counselor, Marriage counselor and Gang Preventage Counselor. Imam Bilal is also on the City School Governance Council. Imam Bilal has been married for 25 years and has 6 sons and 2 daughters All this plus more is waiting for you on the latest episode of Glad Tidings. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to email us at: haqqdawahmedia@gmail.com Please catch the show notes at our blog: haqqdawah.blogspot.com Don't forget to follow us on: Twitter @thehaqqdawahgrp Tumblr: .haqqdawah Facebook: /thehaqqdawahgrp Blogger: haqqdawah.blogspot.com (more than show notes) Subscribe to our podcast on ITunes and Stitchers: Glad Tidings or Haqq Dawah Media Youtube: Haqq Dawah Media I pray you enjoy, AsSalaam Alkuim, Fe AmanAllah ( I leave you in the care of Allah) The Haqq Dawah Group

Haqq Dawh Media Present: Glad Tidings S2 E11 Time Management from an Islamic Point of View (Show Notes)

AsSalaam Alkuim,

Time Management from an Islamic Point of View.

Time Management:

The act or process of planning and executing control over the amount of time spent on said activities.

Rewards from good Time Management:

1. Effectiveness
2. Efficiency
3. Productivity

In Islam the two resources that guide us as Muslims, and our time management is The Quran and Sunnah( words and actions of Prophet Muhammad).

Time is a blessing that mankind must understand is a blessing given to us from Allah.

Time:

Span of life, the scope of man’s existence and the arena of his presence.

The most significant Surah about time is Surah Al Asr (Surah 103).

1. وَالْعَصْرِ‌

By Time.

2. إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ‌

Indeed man is in loss,

3. إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ‌‌

except those who have faith and do righteous deeds, and enjoin one another to [follow] the truth, and enjoin one another to patience.

Here in the Surah Allah swears upon time himself. When Allah swears by his creation, He is bring attention to it. He is pointing out it’s importance.

Man’s purpose is to worship Allah, and that is why we are blessed with time.

The act’s of worshipping Allah are allocated into specific time: ie Salah.

Allah say’s “ worship at fixed hours hath been enjoined on the believers.

Al Raham Verse 26;

“All that’s on the earth will perish”

Al Inshirah 94:7

So when you have finished (your duties) then stand up (for worship)

Time Management the Sunnah way

In Sunnah time is broken down into two parts;

1. A great blessing
2. A great responsibility

On the Day of Resurrection man will be asked about :

1. How he spent his lifetime
2. How he spent his youth
3. How he spent and acquired his wealth
4. What he did with his knowledge

Take advantage of 5 before 5:

The Prophet (SAW) advised to: “Take benefit of five before five: Your youth before your old age, your health before your sickness, your wealth before your poverty, your free time before you are preoccupied, and your life before your death”

As Muslims we must ensure we allocate and organize our time. By allocating and organizing your time you bring an important balance into your life.

1. Time for praying to your Lord
2. Time for questioning yourself
3. Time for reflecting on Allah’s creation
4. Time for food and drink

Time management tips used by our Prophet (SAW)

1. Be an early riser
2. Schedule your life around your 5 daily Salah
3. Prioritize and be consistent
4. Hasten to do good
5. Honor the time of others

My two cents Brothers and Sisters is before you do anything make good intentions, start every actions with Bismallah, and sincere dua to Allah.

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The 'Voyager King' Mansa Abubakari II - Africa's Greatest Explorer

The Story of Mansa Abu Bakari II

An African emperor who ruled Mali in the 14th century discovered America nearly 200 years before Christopher Columbus, according to African griots. Mansa Abubakari II, the 'Voyager King' once ruled what was the richest and largest empire on earth - covering nearly all of West Africa. According to a Malian scholar, Gaoussou Diawara in his book, 'The Saga of Abubakari II... the emperor, who was a Muslim, gave up all power and gold to pursue knowledge and discovery. Abubakari's ambition was to explore whether the Atlantic Ocean - like the great River Niger that swept through Mali - had another 'bank'. In 1311, he handed the throne over to his brother Mansa Musa, and set off on an expedition with 2000 boats to cross the Atlantic. His predecessor and uncle, Sundiata Keita, had already founded the Mali empire and conquered a good stretch of the Sahara Desert and the great forests along the West African coast. Gold fields The book also focuses on a research project being carried out in Mali tracing Abubakari's journeys. "We are not saying that Abubakari II was the first ever to cross the ocean," says Tiemoko Konate, who heads the project "There is evidence that the Vikings were in America long before him, as well as the Chinese," he said. The researchers claim that Abubakari's fleet of pirogues, loaded with men and women, livestock, food and drinking water, departed from what is the coast of present-day Gambia. They are gathering evidence that in 1312 Abubakari II landed on the coast of Brazil in the place known today as Recife. "Its other name is Purnanbuco, which we believe is an aberration of the Mande name for the rich gold fields that accounted for much of the wealth of the Mali Empire, Boure Bambouk." Another researcher, Khadidjah Djire says they have found written accounts of Abubakari's expedition in Egypt, in a book written by Al Umari in the 14th century. "Our aim is to bring out hidden parts of history", she says. Black traders Mr Konate says they are also examining reports by Columbus, himself, who said he found black traders already present in the Americas. They also cite chemical analyses of the gold tips that Columbus found on spears in the Americas, which show that the gold probably came from West Africa. But the scholars say the best sources of information on Abubakari II are Griots - the original historians in Africa. Mr Diawara says the paradox of Abubakari II, is that the Griots themselves imposed a seal of silence on the story. "The Griots found his abdication a shameful act, not worthy of praise," Mr Diawara said. "For that reason they have refused to sing praise or talk of this great African man." Mr Diawara says the Griots in West Africa such as Sadio Diabate, are slowly starting to divulge the secrets on Abubakari II. 'Hard-nosed historians But the research team says an even bigger challenge is to convince hard-nosed historians elsewhere that oral history can be just as accurate as written records. Mr Diawara believes Abubakari's saga has an important moral lesson for leaders of small nation states in West Africa, which were once part of the vast Mande-speaking empire. "Look at what's going on in all the remnants of that empire, in Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea. "Politicians are bathing their countries in blood, setting them on fire just so that they can cling to power," says Mr Diawara. "They should take an example from Abubakari II. He was a far more powerful man than any of them. And he was willing to give it all up in the name of science and discovery." "That should be a lesson for everyone in Africa today," concludes Mr Diawara.

A story of the Best of Days

A story from the life of the second Caliph Omar, illustrates the significance of Friday.   A learned person from among the Jews said to Omar Ibn Al Khattab “In the Quran you people read a certain verse; if that verse had been revealed to us, we would have celebrated that day annually.” Omar asked, “Which verse is that?”  The man replied, “This day, I have perfected your religion for you’.  Omar then said, “Verily I remember the day and the place where this verse was revealed.   It was already a double celebration for us.  Firstly it was Friday-a day of Eid (celebration) for all Muslims and secondly, it was the day of Arafat – the most important day of the Hajj.” Omar further stated that this verse was revealed after Asr (afternoon prayer) while Prophet Muhammad was sitting on his camel.

Haqq Dawah Media Presents: Glad Tidings Season 2 Episode 10 Little Known Facts about Islam (Show Notes)

AsSalaam Alkuim,

In the name  of Allah, The Most Beneficent, The Most Merciful

This is Haqq Dawah Media Presents: Glad Tidings Season 2 Episode 10: Little known facts about Islam. As you can see the show will cover facts about Islam that you may not know and I will sprinkle in some facts about Muslims also. So, let’s begin.

1. Islam is not a new religion.

1. The first Muslim was our father Adam (AS). Not Muslim as we are today but, as a man who worshiped Allah alone, and followed Sharia. It wasn’t until later on in life did people start following and worshiping other than Allah. ( After the death of Adam and up until the time of Noah (AS), and after).
2. All the Prophets of Allah were Muslims and taught the Islam of their time.
3. It was until Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that we have the Islam that we follow today.

     2.  The first Quran translated to english was by a man named Alexander Ross in 1649. Mr Ross was the chaplain to King Charles 1. The Quran was translated from French.

     a.  Next was George Sale who named the translated Quran Alcoran of Mohammed.

     b. The first Muslim to translate the Quran to english was Mirz Abdul Fazl in 1910.

     3. Muslims do not believe in the “Original Sin” concept

1. As Muslims we do believe that Adam (AS) did eat from the tree Allah forbid him from doing. What we don’t believe is that we pay for his actions and that we are born sinning.  The Quran speaks on this in Surah 53 Verse 38-39. “ man can have nothing but what he strives for.”
2. Matter of fact the original sin is a concept only followed by Eastern christians.
3. Even the bible says: “The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son.  The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.”

    4.  The Muslims created a House of Wisdom (Bait-ul-Hikmat), which was active during the 9th –13th     centuries, where both Muslim and non-Muslim scholars sought to translate the world’s knowledge into Arabic. Many classic works of antiquity that might have otherwise been lost were preserved in Arabic and Persian and later translated into Turkish, Hebrew, and Latin. Here, scholars synthesized and significantly advanced knowledge gained from the Roman, Chinese, Persian, Egyptian, Greek, Byzantine, and other civilizations.

      5. There are an estimated 1.6 billion Muslims in the world, which is about 1/5 of the world’s population. Due to birth and conversion rates, Islam is considered to be the fastest-growing religion in the world today.

     6.  Islam prove the life of Adam, Noah, Moses, Jesus and other Prophets (AS). This is due to the fact that they are mentioned in the Quran. Being that the Quran is the words of Allah and there is no falsehood in it and these Prophets are mentioned it is proven that they onced lived. No one can say for sure that they know where the graves for these Prophets are and there is no authentic history of them. It could be said without the Quran that these Prophets and their stories were false.

     7. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is the only Prophet that is history books and has a marked identified grave.

     8.  The Islamic world produced the first skilled, specially trained pharmacists, who made their own medicines and worked closely with physicians.

     9. The first mosque built in the U.S. was the “Mother Mosque of America,” which was built in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1934. It is still used for worship today. First documented.

   10. Islam is the fasting growing religion in Ireland.

   11. Islam was spread by war and peace.

1. Yes Islam was spread by war as all civilizations were. This action is nothing new to history. Difference being that Islam never forced anyone to convert. The conquered territory were given two options, convert or pay a protection tax (Jizya) to help pay for the Army for the territories protection.
2. There are numerous countries that Muslims never set foot on that converted due to their interactions with Muslims (trading or just ones they came in contact with).  Areas and countries such as Central Asia, The Sahara, Timutu, The Sudan, Uganda, South Asia, East Indies, and the Bulkins.
3. During the infant stage of Islam in Mecca,many Muslims were persecuted. Some of these Muslims left and went to Abyssinia (current day Ethiopia) and some went to Somalia and other places. While in Somalia the Somalis were so impressed with the Muslims and adopted Islam well before it took root in the Arab Peninsula. ( Somali Muslim percentage is 99.8%) May Allah guide and give them peace and stability.

   12.  The oldest University is an Islamic Woman's University, University of Quranaouiyine  founded in           Fez, Morocco in 859.  By Fatima al Fihri ( may Allah bless her). It is still open today.

   13.  The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world.

   14.  The Sears Tower ( now the Willis Tower) in Chicago was designed by a Muslim American Fazlur Rahman Khan.

   15.  Islam and the Nation "of Islam" are two different religions. Islam is a religion for all races and enjoins the worship of the One Unseen God who never took human form. On the other hand "the Nation" is a movement geared towards non-whites that teaches God appeared as a man named Fard Muhammad and that Elijah Muhammad was a prophet. According to orthodox Islam these are blasphemous beliefs that contradict the basic theology defined throughout the Qur'an and other authentic texts. The followers of "the Nation" adhere to some Islamic principles that are mixed with other practices and beliefs completely alien to authentic Islamic teachings.

 16.  Forced marriages, honor killings, female genital mutilation and the confinement of women to their homes are all forbidden in Islam. These practices stem from deeply entrenched cultural traditions and/or ignorance of the true Islamic teachings or how to apply them in society. Arranged marriages are allowed in Islam but are not required. In fact, one of the conditions for a valid Islamic marriage contract is the mutual consent of both parties to the marriage. And divorce is permissible provided the Islamic guidelines are followed which protect the rights of all affected parties, especially women and unborn children.

    

17.  Most historians agree Columbus was not the first person to “discover” America and that explorers, including Muslims from West Africa, arrived several centuries before Columbus. In fact, when Columbus made his historical journeys, he relied on the maps and geography studies of the 12th-century Muslim scholar Al-Idrisi.

With # 17 that leads us to S.2 Ep. 10 B the story of my Brother Mansa Abu Bakari.

May Allah let this information be beneficial! (Ameen)

AsSalaam Alkuim,

The Haqq Dawah Group

Haqq Dawah Media Presents: Glad Tidings S.2 Ep.9 The Islamic Concept of the Heat 02/22 by Haqq Dawah Media | Islam Podcasts

Haqq Dawah Media Presents: Glad Tidings S.2 Ep.9 The Islamic Concept of the Heat 02/22 by Haqq Dawah Media | Islam Podcasts: AsSalaam Alkuim, In the Name of Allah The Most Beneficent The Most Merciful This is your Brother Kareem from The Haqq Dawah Group, this is Haqq Dawah Media presents Glad Tidings Season 2 Episode 9 The Islamic concept of the Heart. Todays episode will cover the miracles of the heart, and the why the heart is so special to Muslims. The first part will cover the miracles of the human heart. The second part will be about the special function of the heart and how it relates to Allah. The last section will be how to ensure and what to do to ensure your heart is a strong heart. Please look for the show notes on our blog on blogger.com (haqqdawah). Look for and subscribe to our podcast on I Tunes and Stitcher (Haqq Dawah Media Glad Tidings). Follow us on Youtube: Haqq Dawah Media Twitter: @thehaqqdawahgrp Blogger: haqqdawah.blogger for show notes Tumblr: haqqdawah FaceBook: /thehaqqdawahgrp Working on getting an Instagram If you have any questions or comments please email us @ haqqdawahmedia@gmail.com AsSalaam Alkuim, Haqq Dawah Group

HaqqDawah Media Presents: Glad Tidings Season 2 Episode 9 The Islamic Concept of theHeart Show Notes (kind of)

ASalaam Alkuim,

I attempted to do this episode at least four time, but every time I tried something came up. So, after all that I decided to up load audio to take the place of me on the show. Then I lost the show notes to put on the blog. With all that said, I am going to add a link on the page to direct you to some great info on the Concept of the Islamic heart. Pray you enjoy.




AsSalaam Alkuim,

The Haqq Dawah Group,

Why the heart is so important in Islam