Archive for December, 2013

Manners of Prophet (PBUH) with the Youth with Ali Shaykh Abu Bakr – 30 December


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The poster speaks for itself. A little background, Habib Ali of  Shaykh Abu Bakr Bin Salim family, is the head discipline teacher of Dar al-Mustafa (Darul Mustafa) school in Tareem, Hadhramout, Yemen. He has to be the most pleasant and friendliest discipline teacher we’ve met. His area of expertise are fiqh (legal rulings) and seerah (Prophet’s biography).

This session will be a small one for high engagement. 30 minutes of talk and 1 hour of Q&A. Open to those below 40 years old. Ustaz Iqbal, a post graduate student at CASIS, UTM, will be translating Habib Ali’s words from Arabic to English/Malay.

40 Hadiths Dowra with Muhammad Al-Ninowy – 25 December

 

A dowra is much like a course, which can be one day to forty days, and at the end of which, the teacher will give an ijaza (graduation). Spaces are limited. Please register below [Registration is closed. Dowra is full.]

Why We Gave Pizzas to Muslim Gangsters in Denmark? with Abdul Aziz Fredericks – 25 December

 

A teacher, and an education consultant focusing in Special Needs Education, Shaykh Fredericks was also trained in the fields of Islamic sciences which led him to da’wah work around the world. Join us as he shares his experiences being involved in various communities, issues faced and some successful solutions.

Admission is free, no registration required. Click here to link to the FB Event Page and here to view the map.

Stories of Women in Prophecy: Hagar, Mary & Fatimah – 24 December

An evening to place focus on the significance of women in the role of prophecy. Be it the wife, the mother or the daughter, these three figures were among if not the closest to prominent prophets of the past known by many till today.

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Click on the names below, to know about each speaker:

  1. Shaykh Dr. Muhammad Al-Ninowy
  2. Shaykh Abdul Aziz Fredericks
  3. Shaykh Afeefuddin Al-Jailani

Admission is free, no registration required. Click here to link to the FB Event Page and here to view the map of Talent Lounge, Ground Floor, Menara Mustapha Kamal, Damansara Perdana. It’s near IKEA/Curve.

The Black Contribution in Islam: From Bilal to Makandal, from Mansa Musa to Malcolm X with Muhammad Mendes – 17 December

This evening will be stories about African descent Muslims from the earliest to recent times, from within Africa to beyond Arabia. We’ll also look at how the Hijra to Habsyah affected culture and identity as well as how the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) led the movement for the freedom and emancipation of slavery and suppression.

Click here for FB Event Page. Help spread the word to those you know who might be interested in this presentation.

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At 17, Muhammad-AbdulHaqq Adeyinka Mendes embraced Islam after a life changing journey to Israel. He studied Arabic for his BA at Ohio, and major Islamic sciences in Syria, Mauritania and Nigeria.

He is the founding director of Sacred Service, an organization committed to the spiritual healing of humanity and a lived articulation of Islam rooted in the socio-cultural realities of indigenous Americans.

To teach his children, he writes qasidahs (poems, hymns) in English. Using the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, he wrote one about the Prophets. Shaykh Yahya Rhodus closed two Peace Meal events with his rendition of that particular qasidah.

An Afro Perm for Kalimantan & Sarawak – 18 December

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Afro, bald. Cycle of life. Well known by public, except how many of them really comprehend it? Think about it, do you cherish the moment when you have everything, until it slowly fades away? Come and look to it in terms of nature, look around you. How does the surrounding looks now, compare to 50 years back?

Together, we unite at Serai Restaurant, KL Life Centre, Jalan Sultan Ismail on December 18th, to remind ourselves again how sick is the nature now, and let’s find the way to fix it. We’ll be screening “How To Restore a Rainforest” by Willie Smits and “What Rainforest : Wake Up and Smell the Palm Oil” by Hillary Chiew / Chi Too / Ketapang Pictures. Link to FB Event Page here.

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This is a series on environment focusing on permaculture based thinking and solutions, namely looking at polyculture ecosystem (2 December), modeling nature (10 December), and counter deforestation (18 December), organized by Peace Meal and Basatin Filahah Permaculture. It’s free and open to non-tree huggers and coffee drinkers. See poster above.

Basatin Filahah Permaculture (BFP) is a company recently set up by four friends with a passionate interest in the permaculture approach toward actualizing a world of right livelihood for the common good. BFP offers educational, research and advisory services in permaculture design, right livelihood and the gift economy.

Metaphysical Teachings of Rumi & Ibn Arabi Regarding Women – 16 December

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How does the spiritual and cosmic reality of women-hood relate to the Shari’ah, fiqh and the social role of women? We’ll be looking at the Qur’an, Hadith and Rumi’s ever famous Masnavi and the renowned text of Ibn Arabi Al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya (The Meccan Illuminations).

Click here for FB Event Page. Help spread the word.

At 17, Muhammad-AbdulHaqq Adeyinka Mendes embraced Islam after a life changing journey to Israel. He studied Arabic for his BA at Ohio, and major Islamic sciences in Syria, Mauritania and Nigeria.

He is the founding director of Sacred Service, an organization committed to the spiritual healing of humanity and a lived articulation of Islam rooted in the socio-cultural realities of indigenous Americans.

To teach his children, he writes qasidahs (poems, hymns) in English. Using the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, he wrote one about the Prophets. Shaykh Yahya Rhodus closed two Peace Meal events with his rendition of that particular qasidah.

Fund Raising Gift Pack – English Islamic Book Set

THESE BOOKS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR SALE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

You can buy at Mukha Cafe, or scroll down to order online. Below is a little preview. Hopefully with this, we can rely less on donations. Looking forward to your support. 🙂

Book of Assistance, Imam Al-Haddad (1634-1720)

This book is highly recommended and covers the practical steps towards getting closer to Allah. The author did a great service to the Muslims by writing such a useful book, may Allah be pleased with him and his fathers and children. It covers the basic practices one must take on, by spiritual struggle, in a clear and concise manner, as was the style of Imam al-Haddad. The translation is eloquent and fairly accurate, giving a good feel for the Arabic original. It is an essential book for any English speaking Muslim. via Rusi, Amazon

Professor Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas

A prominent contemporary Muslim thinker. He is one of the few contemporary scholars who is thoroughly rooted in the traditional Islamic sciences and who is equally competent in theology, philosophy, metaphysics, history, and literature. His thought is integrated, multifaceted and creative. Al-Attas’ philosophy and methodology of education have one goal: Islamization of the mind, body and soul and its effects on the personal and collective life on Muslims as well as others, including the spiritual and physical non-human environment. He is the author of twenty-seven authoritative works on various aspects of Islamic thought and civilization, particularly on Sufism, cosmology, metaphysics, philosophy and Malay language and literature.

Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad @ Professor TJ Winter

Britain’s most influential Muslim. The theologian is considered more significant within Islam than Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. It was the sight of peach juice dripping from the chin of a teenage French female nudist that led a Cambridgeshire public schoolboy to convert to Islam. The hitherto unnoticed Mr Winter, who has an office in Cambridge University’s Divinity Faculty, where he is the Shaykh Zayed Lecturer of Islamic Studies, has been listed ahead of the presidents of Iran and Egypt, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, and the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, Mahmoud Abbas. “Strange bedfellows,” he concedes. – adapted from The Independent

Habib Ali Al-Jifri

He took knowledge through the unbroken chains of transmission from the great scholars and savants of the Muslim Community and took licenses to teach and disseminate (Ijaza) from more than 300 masters in the different sciences and paths of spiritual education from different countries in the Muslim world. He is the Founder and General Director of the Tabah Foundation in the UAE, Member of the Board of Directors of Dar al-Mustafa for Islamic Studies in Tareem, and a lecturer therein. – source, Dar Al Faqih publishing.

Becoming Muslim by Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller

Few things have moved so many, for so long, and so powerfully, as the need for God. This is the story of a young American Catholic university student who became a Muslim interpreter in the Middle East. A spiritual odyssey of philosophical readings, working at sea, and traveling abroad, it is above all an encounter with people, from weathered fishermen, to worldly professors, to veiled women in Egypt. In a world in which men are deemed bound by their earliest enculturation, it tells the unforgettable tale of a one man’s farewell to Christianity, passage through atheism, and finding of the Divine Reality in an Arabic revelation sent down in Mecca fourteen centuries ago. – via Good Reads