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SNMC Annual Bazaar, BBQ and Quran Competition on Friday, March 30th & Parking

SNMC Annual Bazaar, BBQ and Quran Competition

When: Friday, March 30th, 2018 from 1 PM to 7 PM

Where: SNMC, 3020 Woodroffe Ave.

Please note that Bazaar attendees can park at Farm Boys across the street and Michael Jean Elementary School beside SNMC only on the day of the bazaar, Friday, March 30th.

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Donate for SNMC Parking Lot Extension Project

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Please help SNMC to extend the parking lot. SNMC collected $25K so far, need another $25K.

Please donate online at www.SNMC.ca by PayPal, MC or visa $1,000, or $500 or $250 or $100. It is our masjid, our legacy. You can pay online, by credit card or by pledge form at www.snmc.ca

Let us remember charity does not decrease wealth. Also, Allah (swt) will return 10 times every dollar we donate in this life and many folds in the life hereafter. May Allah (swt) accept our effort, time, and money. We will be successful if Allah (swt) accepts our efforts.

Let us seek His forgiveness and pray for His acceptance of our efforts.

May Allah swt accept our effort, time, and money.

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Help Eastern Ghouta (Syria) Refugees: SNMC (updated) target is to donate $50,000

Help Eastern Ghouta (Syria) Refugees: SNMC (updated) target is to donate $50,000

Homes are burnt, already thousands fled and over 500 killed.

Refugees need shelter, food, and medicine.

Every dollar you donate will be matched by SNMC.

The fund will be given via Islamic Relief Canada who has staff working on the ground in Eastern Ghouta.

You can donate from Zakat and Sadaqa/refugees and still get a CRA tax receipt!

Please donate online at www.SNMC.ca You will notice a donation window on the left-hand side of the Home Page. Please select “refugee” option for the drop-down list and add comments for Eastern Ghouta refugees. 

Thanks for your generosity!

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SNMC Vision: Scholarships for Students

SNMC Vision: Outreach by Scholarship

SNMC is a Canadian Registered Charity organization and has been distributing scholarships to students for the last 20 years in Ottawa.

As part of outreach activities in 2018, SNMC is planning to spend $50,000, a total of  73 scholarships, to award scholarships to students at Carleton U, Ottawa U, Algonquin College, Public High Schools. These scholarships will be distributed by the institutions to any Canadian of any ethnicity or any faith or no faith.

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SNMC Heritage: Is it obligatory to follow one of the 4 Fiqh Schools?

It is not obligatory for a Muslim to follow any particular madhhab among four. People vary in their level of understanding and ability to derive rulings from the evidence. There are some for whom it is permissible to follow (taqleed), and indeed it may be obligatory in their case. There are others who can only follow the shar’i evidence. In Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah this question was answered in a detailed manner, which is worth quoting here in full.

Question: 

What is the ruling on following one of the four madhhabs in all cases and situations?

Praise be to Allaah, and blessings and peace be upon His Messenger and his family and companions.

Firstly: the four madhhabs are named after the four imams – Imam Abu Haneefah, Imam Maalik, Imam al-Shaafa’i and Imam Ahmad.

Secondly: These imams learned fiqh (jurisprudence) from the Qur’aan and Sunnah, and they are mujtahideen in this regard. The mujtahid either gets it right, in which case he will have two rewards, the reward for his ijtihaad and the reward for getting it right, or he will get it wrong, in which case he will be rewarded for his ijtihaad and will be forgiven for his mistake.

Thirdly: the one who is able to derive rulings from the Qur’aan and Sunnah should take from them like those who came before him; it is not right for him to follow blindly (taqleed) when he is believes that the truth lies elsewhere. Rather he should follow that which he believes is the truth. It is permissible for him to follow in matters in which he is unable to come to a conclusion based on the Qur’aan and Sunnah and he needs guidelines concerning a particular issue.

Fourthly:  Whoever does not have the ability to derive rulings himself is permitted to follow one whom he feels comfortable following. If he is not comfortable following him then he should ask until he finds someone with whom he is comfortable.

Fifthly:  From the above, it is clear that we should not follow their opinions in all situations and at all times, because they may make mistakes, but we may follow their views that are sound and are based on the evidence.

  1. Fataawa al-Lajnah, 5/28
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SNMC Spiritual: Praying Salah at Workplace

Any Muslim has right to perform salah/prayer at workplaces, by Canadian Charter of rights. One can book a conference room and few people may pray in jamah.

No fear or force! One can request from superiors in the workplace to have a small room for prayers.

For Wadhu, we can make wudu at home and wear strong socks, and wipe out/ make masaa our feet.

Alalh swt knows best!

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New SNMC Matrimonial Web Site, www.snmcmatchmaking.ca

New SNMC Matrimonial Web Site

We are proud to launch a new service for our community.

SNMC Matchmaking provides a safe and halal platform for single Muslims to find a potential spouse.

SNMC Matchmaking offers the perfect setting and guidance for single Muslims and their families to meet and interact with others, within Islamic boundaries. The program aims to develop long-lasting marriages.

Please create your account at this address:
https://www.snmcmatchmaking.ca/

Once your account is approved, you will be able to browse anonymous profiles to find potential matches.

Our service is:

·         LAWFUL: All stages of the matchmaking process follow Islamic principles and boundaries.

·         CONFIDENTIAL: All applicant information is carefully protected to ensure confidentiality. We never disclose your personal information. No members have access to information that can identify other members.

·         SAFE: All candidates undergo a verification process before receiving approval. We only accept serious applicants who are looking to get married.

Please feel free to contact us at admin@snmcmatchmaking.ca if you have any questions.

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SNMC JUMA PRAYER March 30th, 2018  (Two Khutbahs): 1:00PM & 2:15PM

SNMC JUMA PRAYER March 30th, 2018  (Two Khutbahs):

1st Khutbah 1:00 pm: Khateeb –  Imam Dr. Zijad Delic

2nd Khutbah at 2:15 pm: Khateeb – Hafiz Samiullah Hashimy

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SNMC Friday Night Lecture on March 30th–with Hafiz Samiullah Hashimy after Salatil Magrib 

SNMC Friday Night Lecture on March 30th  – with Hafiz Samiullah Hashimy after Salatil Magrib 

WHO:  Hafiz Samiullah Hashimy

WHAT: Lecture – The Virtues and Benefits of 5 Daily Prayers

WHEN: Friday night, March 30th – 7:45 pm (after ‘Magrib prayer SHARP)

WHERE: SNMC Masjid/Mosque

The prayer is the direct communication with our Rabb and we have to learn all we can do better that communication with the Lord and benefit in Duniya and the Akhira. Please join Hafiz Samiullah in his discussion on the topic. All are welcome!

 

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Weekly Verse

Almighty God reminds men/women in the Qur’an:

وَالْعَصْرِ

إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ

“By the Time! Insan (human being) is indeed in loss, except those who believed and did good deeds, exhorted one another to Truth, and exhorted one another to patience and constancy.” (Al ‘Asr 1-3)