Prayer Times: The Week of June 22th
Fajr-4.30am
Zuhr-1.30pm
Asr-6.30pm
Maghrib 9.00pm
Isha 10.40pm
Day: 19 June 2018
Dear SNMC Brothers and Sisters,
Please donate to build a reserve for ongoing maintenance of SNMC Centre. You can pledge for one dollar a day per person in your family.
Now, you can also donate online at https://www.snmc.ca/donation/
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.
| SNMC JUMA PRAYER June 22nd, 2018 (Two Khutbahs):
1st Khutbah 1:00 pm: Khateeb – Imam Dr. Zijad Delic 2nd Khutbah at 2:15 pm: Khateeb – Imam Khaleel Siddiqui |
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SNMC Girl Guides of Canada
Are you looking for a fun environment for your girl(s) to learn new skills and make friends? Let them join the SNMC Girl Guides of Canada!
We are the only unit in Ottawa adopting the Girl Guides of Canada program with an Islamic approach. Being a girl guide allows girls to be involved in their community while also being part of an international sisterhood of guiding. Our trained volunteers work hard to facilitate activities that are fun and educational.
Since our unit launched in 2015, girls have learned to set-up their own tents and build a campfire, went snowshoeing and hiking through a forest trail, and helped collect food items for a local food bank. We hope you will join us on our next adventures.
We offer:
Weekly meetings with dynamic discussions, skills development, interactive games, and crafts.
Field trips
Sleepovers
Camping
Community service projects
Badges
Cookie sales
For who? Girls age 5-17
When? Sundays, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Where? SNMC Community Centre, 3020 Woodroffe Ave.
How to register:
– Visit the Girl Guides of Canada (GGC) registration page and select the 1st South Nepean Muslim Guiding Unit.
-Registration for new members opens June 2018 on a first-come-first-served basis.
Fees
-$180/year paid online to GGC (with a possibility of subsidy)
– $50 paid to the unit for crafts, supplies, and badges (there is a discount for sisters)
-Additional costs apply for activities and uniform
| SNMC Friday Night Lecture on June 22nd – with Imam Dr. Zijad
WHO: Imam Dr. Zijad WHAT: Discussion: Living the Spirit of Ramadan after Ramadan WHEN: Friday night, June 22nd (after ‘Magrib prayer SHARP) WHERE: SNMC Masjid/Mosque |
Come to join the ethno-cultural seniors of Ottawa for the first Annual Walk-A-Thon hosted by the Social Planning Council of Ottawa
Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Place: Andrew Hayden Park 3169 Carling Ave, Nepean, ON
Food Stall Will be Available
Come out and support our ethno-cultural seniors to raise funds to support isolated seniors so that they can attend social and recreational activities and help pay for space rental to hold these activities.
For more information please contact Sr. Zeba at zeba.ottawa@gmail.com
Why does SNMC have a visible main entrance for sisters?
Any family goes to pray to different masjids in North America faces a big challenge in identifying the entrance for sisters since it is usually located on the back side of the buildings or on the side.
This issue inspired the SNMC community to build sisters friendly masjid with a big and visible main entrance for sisters. Al-Hamdu Lillah the SNMC community achieved to have an equal prominence for both sisters and brothers which influenced many other masjids in the city now.
Lessons Truth Prevails: 10 Brothers of Prophet Yousif (AHS) put him into Desert Well
In our society, majority sometimes gang up and try to present false as truth. The story of Quran shows 10 brothers of Prophet Yousuf tried to trick their father Prophet Yaqoob, that Prophet Yousuf was eaten by wolf, they swore. But Prophet Yaqoob said, by God the wolf was very kind, he ate Yousuf but kept his shirt intact. In present society, we should be on the side of truth even we are minority. At the end, as the surah Yousuf showed, truth will prevail. God tests the true believers.
Joseph’s (Prophet Yousuf) brothers plotting against him. “Truly, Joseph (Yousuf) and his brother (Benjamin) are loved more by our father than we, but we are Usbah (a strong group). One from among them said: “Kill not Joseph, but if you must do something, throw him down to the bottom of a well, he will be picked up by some caravan of travelers. (Ch 12:8-10)
Their next movement opened the scene between them and their father Jacob (Yaqoob) (pbuh): They said: “O our father! Why do you not trust us with Joseph, when we are indeed his well wishers? Send him with us tomorrow to enjoy himself and play, and verily we will take care of him.”
Jacob (Yaqoob) suggested a point, which had not occurred to them in their discussion: he feared that desert wolves would eat him!
They were excited that they could now get rid of Joseph for after this they could stand a better chance of receiving their father’s affection. On leaving home, they went directly to the well, as they had planned, and cast him into the deep well. Joseph’s piteous pleas made no difference to their cruel hearts.
Then Allah revealed to Joseph that he was safe and should not fear, for he would meet them again some day to remind them of what they had done.
There was water in the well, which buoyed Joseph’s body, so he was not harmed. He sat lonely in the water, then clung to a rock ledge overheard and climbed on top of it. his brothers left him in this desolate place.
Then they killed a sheep and soaked Joseph’s (Yousuf) shirt in its blood. One brother said that they should swear to keep their deed a close secret. All of them took the oath. And they came to their father in the early part of the night weeping. (Ch 12:16)
The scene here is dark night, broken by the crying of ten men. The father is sitting in his house when the sons enter, the darkness of night covering the darkness of their hearts and the darkness of their lies struggling to come out. Jacob wondered aloud: “Why this weeping? Has anything happened to our flock?” They answered crying: “O our father! We went racing with one another, and left Joseph by our belongings and a wolf devoured him; but you will never believe us even when we speak the truth. (Ch 12:17)
“We were surprised after returning from the race that Joseph was in the belly of the wolf.”
“This is Joseph’s shirt. We foiled it soiled with blood, and did not find Joseph!”
They brought his shirt stained with false blood. (Ch 12:18)
Deep down in the heart Jacob said “What a merciful wolf! he ate up my beloved son without tearing his shirt!”. The broken hearted father burst into tears: “Nay! But your own selves have made up a tale. So for me patience is more fitting. It is Allah Alone whose Help can be sought against that which you assert.” (Ch 12:18)
Joseph (Yousuf) began to pray earnestly, pleading to Allah for salvation. Gradually his fear began to subside. His Creator was testing the young man with a great misfortune in order to infuse in him a spirit of patience and courage. Joseph, surrender himself to the will of his Lord.
The next scene shows the wide desert. At the horizon is a long line of camels, horses, and men; a caravan on its way to Egypt. The caravan of merchants halted at this famous well for water. A man lowered in his bucket. Joseph was startled by the bucket hurtling down and grabbed hold of it before it could land in the water. As the man began to haul he felt the load unusually heavy, so he peeped into the well. What he saw shocked him; a man was clinging to the rope! He held the rope tightly and shouted to his friends: “Better give me a hand fellows! Looks like I found real treasure in the well!”
His companions rushed to the well and helped him to pull out the stranger holding onto the rope. Standing before them was a healthy, handsome youth, beaming with an angelic smile. They saw in him a handsome prize, for money was all that mattered to them. Immediately, they clapped iron shackles on his feet and took him along to Egypt, far away from his beloved homeland of Canaan.
SNMC Spiritual: Fast for 6 days in Shawwal and get Ajr of fasting the whole year
| Ways to achieve Istiqāmah
According to scholars of suluk, i.e. scholars of behavior, there are certain steps to be followed in order to achieve Istiqāmah: 1. Always being aware of the final destination, i.e. the Day of Judgment (Akhirah). And to use this awareness in a positive way as a motive to do good deeds. One way to do it is by remembering that a person’s journey towards Akhirah starts the minute he or she passes away and leaves this world. One of the Salafs said: “If you live until the morning do not wait for the evening and if you live until the evening do not wait for the morning.” 2. Commitment (Mushāratah). One has to make a commitment that he or she will be steadfast and will do things in the right way and in the best way possible and to adhere to conjunctions of Islam. Unfortunately, many Muslims are being lenient in making such a commitment. 3. To make continuous efforts (Mujāhadah) to bring that commitment to reality. Some Muslims dare to make the commitment, but dare not to make the effort to make the commitment a reality. 4. Continuous checking and reviewing of one’s deeds (Muraqabah). Being honest with oneself so as not to give false excuses for failing to fulfill a commitment. 5. Self-accountability (Muhāsabah). This should be done twice: Firstly, before we start doing something, ensuring that it pleases Allāh, that we do it for His sake only, realizing the right way it should be done. Secondly, after the action has been done, to check whether we have achieved what we aimed for, and to check for defects and shortcomings, and that we still could have done it better by not being satisfied with our action. 6. Challenging oneself for not doing it perfectly after it has been done. Self-challenge here is a positive one by using it as a motive, and by aiming for improvement and having the intention of doing things better next time. This leads to making another commitment and continual commitments to improve our performance. 7. Striving for improvement (Tahsin). We have to make improvements in all that we do (daily activities, work, actions, good deeds, ibadah, etc.) as one of our objectives. 8. To be humble towards Allāh. Realizing that no one is perfect except Him, seeking His forgiveness, guidance and support. It should be emphasized that these steps or conditions apply to worldly matters as well as ‘ibādah and good religious deeds. |