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Please pass onto any who may be interested.  The open days are designed to welcome people not of the Muslim faith into the Masjid see how they operate. In these days of fear mongering. We must all try and understand each other. Even if we don't agree.

PS. Let me know if any churches, temples, synagogues are holding open days in the east end. I'd love to visit.

London Markaz aka Masjid Ilyas aka Mega Mousque

Been ages since I last visited a Thursday night gathering. I must say it felt good. Talks at any Markaz keep it simple. They don't go in to politics, or fiqh issues and keep it on Iman, Salaat and dawa work.

Reminders are good for those who give them and those who listen to them.

Dawa stalls

Just finished work and making my way to a spot of grappling and I see a dawa stall at the main entrance to Stratford shopping centre (McDonalds side, and not station side). I stop and greet the brothers and ask them how their day's been. We start talking, and about how the PCO's, then plain cloths police had moved them away from the Stratford station entrance, and that they are pitched in Brixton every Sunday (I think) and I'm asked to watch the stall while they offer Magrib Salaat.

Nobody really stopped to talk, but one very big guy looked at the material on the stall and swore under his breath and continued his journey. I didn't react fast enough. I genuinely wanted to understand why is was soo angry / offended.

After the three stall brothers finished magrib, they told me to just find three others and set my own stall up. I questioned further and that was about it, find three other brothers and just do it. I asked if I could first shadow them at their table for a few Sundays before setting up my own shop. They informed me about a stall near Forest Gate Majid. They mentioned that they had a different style (now I am intrigued). Every Sunday after dhur.

It is something I would love to do. Insha'Allah I will have to make time for such a reward earning activity.

In Pursuit of Happiness

As part of my life redesign I'm currently studying the works of the great Sufi Imam Al-Ghazali.

I watched a documentary about his life (The Alchemy of Happiness) and also Hamza Yusuf's thoughts on his life - (playlist here)

I've ordered the book Alchemy of Happiness (Forgotten Book) by Al-Ghazali and eagerly await it's arrival.


'Abu Hamid al-Ghazali is one of the great Muslim jurist, theologian and mystics of the Muslim world. He lived in the 12th Century. He was a polymath who wrote on a wide range of topics including jurisprudence, theology, mysticism and philosophy. In the west he is famous for his devastating attack on philosophy specifically metaphysics in his tahfut al-falasifa, Incoherence of the philosophers. He is also the author of the famed ihya' `ulum al-din (Revival of Religious Sciences) a book that combined mysticism with practical everyday life actions by emphasizing the underlying psychology of daily life practices and its ramification on life in this world and the hereafter. AKA: al-Ghazzali , Algazel (450-505 AH/1058-1111 AD)'

Retrieved from "http://www.ghazali.org/site/gz-mini.htm"

Studying Aqeedah Tahawia (The Aqeedah (Beliefs) of Ahlus-Sunnah)

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I'm currently going to a weekly 3 hour class (8 weeks) on Aqeedah Tahawia in Newham with Shaykh Abul Hasan Hussain Ahmed organised by http://www.sunnicourses.com/

So far it's been very beneficial. With a great emphasis on being diligent in regards to whom we gain our knowledge from. Checking the line of ilm (knowledge). I'll update on these classes as I continue to attend them.

Volunteer opportunity with MADE in Bosnia for a Year

http://madeineurope.org.uk/volunteer/the-journey

What a great opportunity for anyone who can do this for a year. Pass it on folks

Too be young again. I'd have jumped at this by in 2000.

Muzlamic meals on wheels

Here's an idea, a national online matching service which puts a Muzlamic family in touch with an elderly person/ couple. The elderly person/s can be of any faith. Now once paired up. The central team would pay for CRB check and deliver two tiffins to the family take on the honor of feeding this elder of thier community along with the elders contact details. Idealy on the same street.

When dropping off one food filled tiffin, they'd collect yesterdays one.Have a chat, inform relevant parties if any problems

Just an idea. Any thoughts??? It's like adopting a Grandpa/ Grandpa.