Abu Hafsah

From Georgetown Guyana

Khutba From March 10th 2017

On the authority of Abdullah ibn Umar (May Allah be pleased with them both), he relates that the Prophet (Peace be upon him) once held my shoulders and said: "Live in this world as (if you are) a wayfarer or a stranger." And Abdullah ibn Umar (May Allah be pleased with them both) used to say: "If you live till night, then do not wait for the next day (i.e. do not have hopes that you will live to the next day), and if you wake up in the morning do not have hope that you will live till the night. And take (advantage) from your health before your sickness and take advantage of your life before your death (i.e. do every possible obedience in your life before death comes to you for then no deeds can be performed.)" [Bukhari and Tirmidhi] Explanation The similitude of 'Living in this world as a wayfarer' is like that of a traveler in this world who undertakes a journey and then stops to rest under the shade of a tree in a particular place. So the traveler ties his mount, lays down his luggage and retires for a

Everyone shall taste death. And only on the Day of Resurrection shall you be paid your wages in full. And whoever is removed away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, he indeed is successful. The life of this world is only the enjoyment of deception (a deceiving thing). (Aali Imran 3:185)

This is a Meccan Sura which stresses that the believers are the ones who will succeed, whereas the disbelievers will be punished for their arrogance and derision. Several proofs are given of God's Oneness and His power, and the inevitability of the Resurrection is emphasized. "[How] prosperous are the believers! Those who pray humbly, who shun idle talk, who pay the prescribed alms, who guard their chastity except with their spouses or their slaves with these they are not to blame, but anyone who seeks more than this is exceeding the limits who are faithful to their trusts and pledges and who keep up their prayers, will rightly be given Paradise as their own, there to remain. (23:1-11)

The initial theme of the talk was to discuss Women in Islam but Abu Hafsah, rather than taking the standard approach decided to show how the Muslim Women are THE MOST empowered member of our communities - and have been for THOUSANDS of years before Women in the West had any rights/power whatsoever.

A short naseeha piece offered by Abdulmalik Clare (Formerly known as Jerome Clare) a dynamic Da'ee who was the first completely blind person ever accepted into professional wrestling.