Nazim Mangera – Muslim Spotlight WNY Muslims

My

name is Nazi mangira. I'm the Imam at the Islamic Society of Niagara

Frontier, and I have a master's in Arabic, Master's in Islamic

Studies, and I recently completed my Mufti course, and that's

considered to be a master's in Islamic jurisprudence. And

Alhamdulillah, right now I'm currently studying for my PhD in

Islamic studies. So at the age of 13, I migrated, I can say

migrated, or I moved from Toronto, Canada to Dewsbury, England, and

that's where I went to complete my Islamic scholar course. I

memorized the Quran there, and also I completed my Islamic

education there.

That was the best decade of my life, and as well as the worst,

the best, because I memorized the Quran and I acquired the Islamic

knowledge and became Islamic scholar, and I became an imam.

Once I moved from Toronto, Canada to Buffalo, it was a bit difficult

because I didn't know anybody in the community. Once, we initially

got used to the community and the Muslims here and non Muslims alum,

we've had a wonderful time here. I had the opportunity to visit many

masjids and many churches and synagogues and places where we

have interfaith events. So in these events, many non Muslims

would come and talk to me and ask me and pose this question, that,

is there any book out there on the teachings of Prophet Muhammad? Is

there any book out there which I can learn about the etiquette

which is taught by Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa

sallam, there was a demand and there was a need, and eventually I

decided to fulfill that need and to take care of that demand. So I

wrote this book, a gift for every human being, 100 inspirational

sayings of Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and I

compiled 100 inspirational sayings of the Prophet Muhammad,

sallAllahu, alayhi wa sallam. The book has been received wonderfully

by Muslims as well as non Muslims, and it was so difficult going

through hundreds and 1000s of Hadith, compiling the book and

also writing the commentary, also sacrificing a lot of time for my

family and not fulfilling their rights as much as I wanted to

inshaAllah through this many people will benefit from the book.

One thing I can advise the Muslims here in North America and

especially in our communities, that we need to frequent the

masjid as much as possible. We need to come and visit the house

of Allah subhanho wa Taala as much as possible. The more we are

connected with the masjid, the more we are attached with the

masjid, the more we'll be revived, and the more we'll be strong in

our faith and religion. With respect to our children, I feel

that as Muslim parents, we are not imparting enough knowledge to

them, and also we're not attaching them to their religion and their

Masjid as much as possible. So we need to realize this and to make

sure that the religion of Islam remains in our progeny in the

future.

All.