Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem
EXTRACT
We have now entered a new Islamic
year, and this is a great occasion for us to reflect upon many points. Firstly,
this is the month of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. ...When
our children are in grade two or so, they learn the Islamic calendar, the
number of months, the days of the week, etc. …Did we learn our Islamic calendar
and after learning it, did we bring an Islamic related life?
Very sadly, many people even forget the
simple names of our Dien such as ‘Musallah’. We forget the Salaah times and how
many Salaah there are, and how many Rakaats in each Salaah, etc. If we do not
keep contact with our Dien and practise it, we will forget all these things.
Today, this is a reality in
Malawi. Many born Muslims have forgotten their Dien and now believe in three
gods. One of our students opened a Madrasah there and out of forty students, thirty
five of them said that there were three gods.
In the world, whether it be
Palestine, Iraq or anywhere else, wherever Muslims mixed excessively with non-Muslims, they
forgot their identity and adopted all their un-Islamic concepts...
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