A Night Of Contemplation

Around 1 in the morning I decided to ring up an old friend of mine. well, not just a friend, a brother. Hadi reminded me last night of the upcoming school year. During the course of the conversation, I noted how so many muslims would be attending Ainlay this coming year. We started formulating ideas as to how we could bring all of us together. Being part of Al-ikhwan for so long, I have come to realize just how important Unity really is. I know we hear these things in group discussions but being able to experiance it first hand is something in itself. There are times in life when I have been pressured by people to do wrong. But just constantly being with my muslim brothers has saved me in countless dark encounters. They sheltered and protected me from harms way. We always hear of negative peer pressure but how rarely do we hear of friends actually being pillars of support for each other. The Qurans talks about brotherhood numerous times but this verse touched me:

3:103 And hold fast, all together, by the rope which Allah (stretches out for you), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude Allah's favour on you; for ye were enemies and He joined your hearts in love, so that by His Grace, ye became brethren; and ye were on the brink of the pit of Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus doth Allah make His Signs clear to you: That ye may be guided

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This is why I am a muslim, because the whitest of the white and the blackest of the black can be brothers, or better yet, they are brothers.

At brothers Tamir wedding (2003)
My bros Hadi and Kamil Since 2002

At my place

Man last night was hectic, it was the last night for the mball registration. Muntaka, Hafsa ,Youcef and Herra came to my house last night at 6 and Muntaka left at 12. Actually it was kinda fun especially watching the sisters and them trying to make teams. The sisters pull through they got 6 teams mashallah and the brothers got 9 teams. I can't wait fo this tourney it's gonna be hype,fun and exciting. Hopefully we get a huge crowd of audience on the 27 at Grant Mac to cheer on the basketball teams and to support mball. So that in the future people will be encourage to organize such tournaments.

Last night at my place we also had a meeting for the volunteer appreciation night this Wednesday at sultan banquet hall at 7. We got youcef to be Mc and Muntaka to do closing remarks. I escape from any position even though youcef wanted me to be Mc or co Mc with him, but his plan failed . I most likely just be their chilling that evening and making fun of muntaka and youcef (jk I would never do that to my bros).
Inshallah this week is looking to be a fun and exciting week with the volunteer appreciation dinner and the mball tourney.

Suniya

It"s been two days since I have return from suniya and I am starting to miss it. Not the academic work but the schedule where you were always busy. Where you always had to be punctual. Where it gave you a since of order and organization. Today I woke up a 9 came downstairs and just started to watch TV I had no plan no organization. The feeling I had was indescribable I was wasting my time. Instead of watching TV I could be reading a book which would be increasing my knowledge which would benefiting the society.

"Each one must realize that every moment that passes by is an opportunity gone, used or abused; never to return. Soon time will be up and we'll have to leave this physical world (Qur'an 3:185) and give account for our lives (Qur'an 99:7-8)"

I am glad that I went to suniya because on the day we were suppose to leave I had second thoughts whether I should go or not,if it would be fun and worth wild to go. But I am glad that I went because it was a reminder to me that even though I have cloths on my back people in the world don't. Where I have food on my plate others go to bed hungry. It was a reminder to stay content with whatever I have. Consider these statistics

nearly 800 million people do not get enough food
half a billion people suffer from some form of malnutrition, 250 million of these are children of preschool age .
The United Nations reports that each year, 15 to 20 million people die of hunger-related causes, including diseases brought on by lowered resistance due to malnutrition. Of every four of these, three are children. Over 40% of all deaths in poor countries occur among children under five years of age.
"The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted, uncared for, and deserted by everybody. The greatest evil is the lack of love and charity, the terrible indifference toward one's neighbor, who lives at the roadside, assaulted by exploitation, corruption, poverty, and disease". [Mother Teresa]

we have to start to care and realize that their are men,women and children in the world that are dyeing from hunger, malnutrition and disease.

Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said that ...
Anyone who meets the needs of the widow and the poor is like a warrior fighting for AllahÂ’s cause, or like a person who fasts during the day and prays all night.

The best expression of Islam is to feed the hungry and be cordial to people, irrespective of whether you know them or not.