Zia Sheikh – Connect ICI
AI: Summary ©
AI: Transcript ©
As-salamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, this is your
brother Imam Zia at the Islamic Centre of
Irving and I'm just wanting to tell you
about a very exciting programme that is going
to start at the Islamic Centre and that
is called the Connect or the Unity Programme
and the purpose behind this programme is to
unite people and connect them in the house
of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in the
Masjid.
There are many hadith which talk about the
importance of the Masjid in one's life, there's
a very famous hadith in which the Prophet
a.s. talks about seven people that are
underneath the Arsh of Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala on the Day of Judgement and one
of those people is Rajulun Qalbuhum Mu'allakum
Bil-Masjid, a man whose heart is connected
to the Masjid, he feels good in the
Masjid and he feels out of place when
he's out of the Masjid and this is
the attitude that we're trying to instil into
people that they actually make Masjid their home
and they regard it as being a place
where they feel comfortable and they feel a
place where they can come and just be
amongst friends, be amongst people that are supportive
of their causes of helping them in becoming
better Muslims and these are things that actually
are mentioned in the same hadith which talk
about for example the youth being attached to
Islam and practicing Islam and then the same
hadith talks about two people that love each
other only for the sake of Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala, they unite for the sake
of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and they
separate for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala, so all of these things are
basically starting from the Masjid, the unity of
the Masjid builds relationships, it builds brotherhood, it
encourages the youth to become better practicing Muslims
and ultimately the purpose is that we reserve
our place inshallah underneath the Arsh of Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala on the Day of
Judgment, so please try to come, it's going
to be conducted at the last Friday of
every month, there's going to be a program,
a lecture, ice cream for the kids and
then social interaction between the brothers and also
the sisters upstairs, so please do try to
participate, Jazakumullah Khairan, Assalamualaikum Wa
Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu.