Uber busy lately!

Assalaamu Alaykum all,

Apologies for the lack of blogging recently, I've been uber busy lately and didn't have time.

First news is we have managed to organise an excellent and successful Masjid Open Day, 51 people coming to learn about Islam as well as one young woman who said her shahadah and was then welcomed into Islam by her sisters who were helping out in the sisters section.

The number one point of interest and dispute we have from non-Muslims when giving them Da'wah is that they say we oppress our women, now if we are going to argue back the easiest way of doing this is to get a sister to say it. I could argue 1000 times that I don't oppress my wife and never be believed, but my wife has to say it only once to be believed.

Unfortunately due to cultural jahil reasons, many Muslims DO forbid their women from going to the masjid, not even providing prayer and wudhu facilities for them, Shame on them for disobeying Rasoolullah (saws) who said "do not forbid the women from going to the masjid even though their houses are better for them." (Abu Dawud) And also, shame on them for giving such a bad impression of Islam and ammunition to those who will attack Islam any way they can.

The Scholars have clarified five reasons for men talking to women and visa versa,

1. Trade and Business - a man buying from a woman or a woman buying goods from her man. Yes it is better for women to get their menfolk to go to the shops for her, but if she cannot or has no husband or father to help her?

2. Medical help - if the injury is serious, not small and no female doctor of sufficient ability available then there is an allowance for the women to go to a male doctor, but should if possible to accompanied by a mahram and not exposing any more of the body than necessary.

3. Jihad - Yes the women of the past used to go in Jihad, to tend the wounded soldiers and even fighting, look at the stories of the women from the sahabah, many of them fought and killed the kuffar.

4. Teaching matters of the Deen - If the most qualified person in a given matter of the deen is a women than there is no harm of the man learning from her, as long as certain etiquette's are observed. But this allowance is for matters of the deen, not for other affairs as some people try to use it to allow mixed sex secular education.

5. Da'wah - Enjoining the good and forbidding the evil - If a woman sees an evil it is obligatory for her to forbid it if she can, and if she has an opportunity to enjoin the good then it is obligatory for her to do so. The sisters from Lal Masjid who were going around closing the brothels and bollywood music shops and beating those who refused were doing the right thing, and the sisters who talk to non-Muslims and tell them about Islam are doing the right thing.

Allah says in the Quran, that we are the best of nations because we invite to the good and forbid people from the evil. Elsewhere he says those who invite to the good and forbid the wrong, they are the ones who are successful. These verses are general, not particular to men and men should well remember that.

I hope that helps a little to dispel some peoples notions of it being allowed to stop women doing da'wah, which is what some men and women try to do.

Another matter of interest lately that has kept me busy and stopped me blogging is that I've finally got a job! I am sure any non-Muslim reading this will be upset thinking how dare this extremist preach to us when he doesn't even work?

But I have been looking hard and finally alhamdulillah I found a job, one major problem though being its in another city so not only do I have to work for 8 hours, but have 2 hours travelling time each end of that as well.

I must admit it is hard, as this means I don't see my wife and kids in the morning, and only get to see my son for a couple of hours in the evening when I come home. This is heartbreaking sometimes when I have had so long with him before but inshallah if i get the money I need I can get out of here sooner and look after him and my daughter better in the future by taking them from this filthy land to one better suited to Muslims.

Assalaamu alaykum,
Abu Abdillah

Former spy Glen Jenvey embraces Islam at the hands of one of the Islamists he used to slander and attack

Assalaamu alaykum all,

Allahu Akbar! excellent news, the slanderer of Islam, the one who used to run to the press attacking Islam and inciting hatred has now embraced Islam. He would sit on Islamic discussion forums, taking notes of anything which could be taken badly and then go the tabloids and sell these stories onto them.

For those who don't know, Glen Jenvey was amongst the most severe in his hatred of Islam but Allah can change the hearts of whomever he wills, and he has now embraced Islam.

So if any of you see our new brother, Omar Hamza Jenvey, remember to give him a big hug and offer him whatever help he needs, Allah is the flipper of hearts and we love brother Omar for the sake of Allah, just as we used to hate him for the sake of Allah when he was the enemy of Islam.

We had a similar story in my city, when one of the people who had been most severe in their hatred of Islam, whose face would go red as he shouted filth and obscenities about Islam, Allah and our beloved Rasool (saws), embraced Islam and now instead of coming up to the Dawah tables and attacking us and trying to pull people away, comes up and talks to us and tries to help.

Just goes to show, everyone can change, Islam is coming back and inshallah more enemies of Islam will come into the fold, become our brothers and we will go from strength to strength, Inshallah.

Assalaamu alaykum,
Abu Abdillah

Do not forbid them from going to the Masjid... kids that is.

Assalaamu alaykum all,

I have been helping out in a new masjid here recently so not had much time for the blogg, we are basically organising a masjid open day where we throw open the doors of the masjid and invite all the kuffar in to take a look around, take a tour, listen to short talks and long Q and A sessions and recieve free food and literature.

Alhamdulillah has been going very well, the local brothers there are learning a lot about Dawah and us brothers who do Dawah who are normally kept at arms length due to be vocal on certain topics around the rulers in the Muslim lands have been welcomed in and are being helped and listened to as well so win-win for us, win because gets more people out giving Dawah and win as more trusted in the community also.

Anyway... this masjid has always let kids in, who are generally well behaved, sit still or join in during salaat and then might play a little after but nothing too bad and anyway I always think it is great to see kids playing and Abdullah loves it, running and playing with other kids his age and older when the masjid is empty.

So we are stuffing envolopes, sending out to churches, doctors surgeries etc and Abdullah is playing, when a committee member comes up and tells me not to bring children to the masjid. I tried to politely point out I am trying to help the masjid but he said ok, but don't bring your kids next time.

It is so wrong and frustrating, did the Prophet (saws) not have children climbing all over him once in salaah? did Umar ibn Al-Khattab not rebuke a man not kissing his son when he came to see him in the Masjid?

This is far removed from the Sunnah, turns the masaajid into cold lifeless places, subhanallah we should allow the kids to wrestle and the men as well in the masjid as this also is a sunnah but instead we are making them into churches instead.

I'll write some more posts on the open day when I get chance and let you all know how it goes.

Assalaamu alaykum,
Abu Abdillah