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Something for the Ladies…

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Assalaamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you
Insha-Allah the follwing programme will take place this weekend - please note that this is a ladies only event.
Programme Title: Ummul Mu’mineen - The Life of the Mother of the Believers, Khadeeja (May Allah be pleased with her)
Date and Time: Saturday 19 April 2008 - 4pm-5pm
Venue: Savile Town Community Centre, […]

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Something From the Weekend

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Assalamu-Alaykum (Peace be Upon you)
Alhumdulillah (all Praise belongs to Allah) the program on Saturday went ahead and everybody seemed to enjoy it.
We were enlightened by words of wisdom from Moulana Imran and uplifted by the Qur’an recitation, Nazams and Arabic Nasheeds from the students he brought down with him.
Jazakallah (may Allah give the best recompense) […]

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Assalamu-Alaykum (Peace be Upon you)
Well here it is as promised, the recording for the program that was held at Zakaria Masjid on Sunday 24 February 2008.
Once again, jazakallah khair (may Allah give the best recompense) to all those who took part and helped out in any way, and a special thank you to IMWS for […]

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Assalaamu-Alaykum (Peace be Upon you)
Alhumdulillah (all Praise belongs to Allah), as you may have gathered from the comments in the preceeding post, the event on Sunday took place and went really well alhumdulillah.
There were around 200 men and about 60 women (come on people we can do better!!) and according to one report, lots of […]

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Assalaamu-Alaykum (Peace be Upon you)
Insha-Allah (with the Will of Allah), Hidayah Blog will be holding its first event, which will be a Qur’an conference, this Sunday 24th February 2008 in Zakaria Masjid, Dewsbury.
The speakers include homegrown talent such as Moulana Shahid Feroz and Moulana Hasib Mayat from Batley who will both be delivering […]

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A Gift from the Shaikh!

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Assalaamu-Alaykum (Peace be Upon you)
Alhumdulillah (all Praise belongs to Allah) I met the Imam of Masjid-e-Hidayah, Dewsbury (he is also my friend!!) this weekend.
He gave me a little present, but said that I could only have it on one condition…
The condition being that I share it with everyone else! So, just click on the […]

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Christmas Trees or Qurbani?

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Assalamu-Alaykum (Peace be Upon you)
Well it’s that magical time of the year again!
That time when everybody comes together, shares a good ol’ family meal and sacrifices a lamb…? (Qurbani)
Yes I am of course talking about the up and coming Eid-ul-Adha. Why what were you thinking? Christmas?
Ok, while we’re on the topic of festivals, […]

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Eid Mubarak?

Friday, October 12th, 2007

Assalaamu-Alaykum (Peace be Upon you)
As there are some people who are celebrating Eid today (Friday 12th October 2007) and some who aren’t, I think it’s important for my readers to know what’s what…
The Facts
The Astronomical New Moon is on Thursday, October 11, 2007 at 5:00 GMT (i.e., 1:00 am EDT, or October 10, 10:00 pm […]

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Laylatul-Qadr - The Night of Power

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

Assalamu-Alaykum (Peace be Upon you)
Well as we are well into the last Ash’ra (last 10 days) of Ramadhaan, people will inevitably start having the usual conversations about Laylatul-Qadr (The Night of Power)…..
When is it?
Is it on the odd nights or on the even nights?
Is it the night of the 27th?
As my knowledgeable readers will be […]

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Last Minute Rush!

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Assalamu-alaykum (Peace be Upon you)
Last few days of Ramadhaan remaining- time to take stock
Just come back from Juma (Friday prayers) and the Imam did a hair raising Khutba (in English), really made you think.
The main point which he was trying to put across was that nearly half of Ramadhaan has gone and what have we […]

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