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Agenda To Change Our Condition
Agenda To Change Our Condition
Agenda To Change Our Condition
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They were only commanded to worship Allah with purity, making the religion
solely
so e y for
o Him (98:5)
He brought you forth from the earth and has caused you to cultivate it (11:61)
` The summation of Taqwa is avoiding prohibitions and
fulfilling injunctions both inwardly and outwardly.
` 4 Aspects
1. Fulfilling obligations outwardly.
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Fulfilling g inwardly.
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3. Avoiding prohibitions outwardly.
4. Avoiding prohibitions inwardly.
` Applied to 8 things
1. The heart
2. The tongue
3. The eyes
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4. Th
The ears
5. The stomach
6. The genitals
7. The hands
8. The feet
` 5 Stations
1. Station of Submission – guarding against
disbelieve
2. Station of Repentance – guarding against
forbidden things
3. Station of Scrupulousness – guarding against
doubtful matters
4. Station of Freedom(zuhd) – guarding against
extraneous matters
5. Station of Vigilance – guarding against other than
Allah occupying the heart
` The moral rectitude of one’s offspring
` Blessings
l come from
f above
b and
d below
b l
` Provision from Allah and a way out of difficult
circumstances
` Safety
` The divine presence, manifested as Allah’s
protection
` Victory
` A good end to life
` Paradise itself
` Spiritual Struggle.
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If you avoid what has been prohibited for you from the
enormities, the We will cover over any other wrongs (4:31)
` Enumeration of the Enormities
◦ 4 enormities relate to the heart
◦ 4 enormities relate to the tongue
◦ 3 enormities relate to the stomach
◦ 2 enormities relate to the genitals
◦ 2 enormities relate to the hands
◦ 1 enormities relate to the feet
◦ 1 enormities relate to the whole body
` Recitation of the Quran with reflections
` Concern ourselves with the appropriate
supplications and dhikir in their respective
times and places
places.
` The 5 pillars
` Active Outreach
` F
Focus
` Cooperation
◦ “We should speak well of other organizations or be silent about them.”
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◦ “If some appear to be or actually
y are misguided,
g , then we should offer
counsel and pray for them.”
` Good Character
` Kinship
` Families
` Charity
` Qur’an
` Remembrance of Allah
` Commanding
d good
d and
d fforbidding
b dd evill
` Empathy
` Supplication
` Physical Health
` Commitment
` Time
` Attitude
` Devotion The Propehet (pbuh) informed us
that Allah loathes “he said, she
said” (qila wa qal) conversations.
` Guarding the Prayer
` Stages
◦ 1: the times of the prayer
◦ 2: ritual purity
` The P
Th Prophet,
h “All
“Allah
h will
ill continue
i to assist
i his
hi
servant, as long as the servant is assisting his
brother ”
brother.
` The word “Civic” is derived from the word
“city” – civic involvement refer to the
meaningful ways in which a private citizen is
best involved in the life of his or her city.
city
` IMAN (chicago), ADAMS (Virginia), MSA, MAS,
MISG etcetra.
` Simple yet practical.
` Not only educate but also provide the tools
(realistic approach).