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Opportunity to rent, with all modern facilities, SNMC Banquet hall at 50% cost of City of Ottawa or other banquet halls but in a more Muslim-friendly environment for a wedding party, meeting, private or public dinner, events etc. for 25 to 500 persons.

For rental inquiries please email us at info@snmc.ca

Phone: 613-440-6300, details on www.SNMC.ca/services

Let us be patient until God makes a way for us, and not become like the Fish Prophet Younus (AHS) when he called God, as he was distressed in the tummy of the fish.

Children spend a great deal of their time in schools and online. Today’s school culture is diverse due to ethnicity, language, culture, and religion. Each child tries to make some friends and socialize with those friends.

Unfortunately, a small percentage of kids are bullied at schools. Further, there is a fair chance our nice quiet kids might be bullied in school. He or she may feel shy to share with parents or even with siblings. They may not even share their feelings with class teachers. A young boy or girl may suffer silently.  Gradually they may lose interest in school, feel isolated and then become depressed. Many children complain of tummy pain especially when they cannot put their thoughts into words. For information about Ottawa’s public school students who are bullied, please read the survey below. (http://www.torontosun.com/2012/10/06/controversial-school-survey-results-in)

After being bullied (in-person or online), being in isolation and feeling depressed, some kids take drastic actions.  Their actions could lead to a path of self-destruction, and in extreme cases, followed the path of suicide. Have you heard of Amanda Todd’s story yet? Let’s all learn from this case! (https://nobullying.com/amanda–todd-story/).

As parents, we need to be proactive about what is happening in our schools and meet the homeroom teachers. In addition, it’s important parents know what is happening in their child’s online presence. You could consider volunteering at your child’s schools to get to know the school culture and read your child’s social media posts.

We can also invite the parents and friends of our children and visit the homes of our children’s friends to ensure our children’s safety.

We also need to spend quality time with our children and join activities in a masjid as a family unit. The best gift a parent can give to their children is the quality of their uninterrupted time. Children will always remember the time that parent spend with their parents

Additional Resources:

Bullying – We can all help stop it A guide for parents of elementary and secondary school students

“And if they only knew what was in the prayers of ‘Isha’ and Subh [Fajr], they would come to them even if they had to crawl.” [Al-Bukhari & Muslim]

“One who performs `Isha’ prayer in congregation, is as if he has performed Salat for half of the night. And one who performs the Fajr prayer in congregation is as if he has performed Salat the whole night.” [Muslim]

“No Salat is more burdensome to the hypocrites than the Fajr (dawn) prayer and the `Isha’ (night) prayer; and if they knew their merits, they would come to them even if they had to crawl to do so.” [Al-Bukhari & Muslim]

So, If we pray Isha  (8:00 pm at SNMC) in jamah at masjid, we will get ajr as if we are busy with ibadah for half of the night. If we also pray Fajr  (6:30 am at SNMC)in Jamah, we will be counted as if we are busy with ibadah all night.