Halaqa # 40

Safar  5, 1437

Advice ~ Sincerity

Naseeha

Year 2

Attendance:

• 4  Sisters
• 1  Junior Sisters
• 3  Junior Guests

Location: Headquarters (upstairs)

Agenda: (please note, we have included many links where you can read in detail more on each subject)

• OPENING DUA

O Allah, bless this Halaqa, allow us to gain, act upon  and share beneficial knowledge. Guide us, forgive our sins and grant us Jannah with our families and loved ones. Ameen

• QURAN RECITATION

We read Surah Fatihah aloud altogether, then sisters individually read aloud a few letters/words, ayahs (according to her ability and with the help and encouragement of her fellow sisters). We read   Surah Al-Maaida from Ayat 3 till Ayat 13. In sha Allah, this will be an ongoing part of our Halaqa and one day in sha Allah, we will have Khatam Quran and begin again.

• SISTERS TALK

Sister Safiyyah, is our special guest today. She is on our Shura Council and has just recently 

gained her certification as a life coach.  She, shared with us what Life Coaching is and how she

plans to help our New Amanah members with her expertise. To read a summary of her talk, 

click here.   In sha Allah, our website www.amanahsisters.com will be updated shortly to 

include details on how to gain access to this new service available to our Amanah Sisters.

• SISTERS TALK

Sister Winnie recited Surah Al-Asr in Arabic then read the approximation in English.  She then shared the following:

At-Tabarani recorded from `Abdullah bin Hisn Abi Madinah that he said, "Whenever two men from the Companions of the Messenger of Allah used to meet, they would not part until one of them had recited Surat Al-`Asr in its entirety to the other, and one of them had given the greetings of peace to the other.'' Ash-Shafi`i said, "If the people were to ponder on this Surah, it would be sufficient for them.''

            To read some English Tafsirs of Surat Al-’Asr, click on the following links:

Tafsir Ibn Kathir, English

Word by Word translation

Tafheem Maududi

• NEXT HALAQA and Upcoming Events

In sha Allah, our next Halaqa will be held on Thursday December  3rd, 2015 indoors  at our Headquarters upstairs from 10am-12 noon.   

Upcoming Activities in the Community:

There is registration for AquaFit Classes in Mississauga and limited availability for Childrens swimming lessons. Classes start December 19th, 2015 in sha Allah.

If you would like to learn more we can send you contact details.

There is a Halaqa on Sundays at Isna Masjid Mississauga for sisters and girls.

Correction of some misunderstandings in Islamic belief

English halaqah: 2-3pm

Arabic halaqah: 3-4:30pm

Presented by: Sr. Hanan Kandil

There is a Girls/Sisters Gala presented by Olive Grove happening, insha Allah, on Nov 26th, 2015.  For more information, click here

• SISTERS TALK

Etiquettes of Sincerely Giving Advice  

Advice has a sublime position in Islam. A beneficial sincere advice is the one in which the advisor abides by the etiquettes of the Sharee‘ah that the scholars have mentioned. Among those etiquettes are:

1- The advisor should give his advice sincerely for the sake of Allaah The Almighty, without seeking ostentation, fame, worldly gain or showing superiority.

2- The advisor should have enough knowledge about the advice which he is giving. This is because advising is a form of enjoining the good and forbidding the evil. If a person does not have enough knowledge about what he is advising about, he may forbid the good, thinking that he is forbidding an evil, and vice versa.

3- He should give it privately. Giving advice publicly is a reproach and rebuke that is disliked. Mis‘ar ibn Kidaam, may Allaah have mercy upon him, said, “May Allaah have mercy upon a person who presented my faults to me in secret, for giving advice in public is a rebuke.”

4- Gentleness in giving advice and avoiding excess and rebuke. The Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, said: “Gentleness does not enter anything except that it adorns it.”

On his part, the one being advised should listen to the advice, apply the good that it contains and rid himself of the evil desires of the self. The righteous predecessors would consider advice a gift that the advisor had presented them. ‘Umar, may Allaah be pleased with him, said, “May Allaah have mercy upon a person who gifted me my faults!” Also the advisee should not let harshness of the advisor deprive him of benefiting from the advice.

We ask Allaah The Almighty to make us all from those who listen to speech and follow the best of it.

The above was an excerpt from the following article: Giving Sincere Advice

• SISTERS TALK

Luqman’s Advice to His Son

(part 1 of 2): Solutions for 21st Century Parents read by Sister Sara

(part 2 of 2): Begin with a Strong Foundation read by Sister Mona

• SISTERS TALK

On December 4th, 2014, Sister Rim shared with us an article during

Halaqa #17  Intentions / Giving Advice .  It was entitled:

Giving Advice in Islam and our Duties as Muslims to do this.

Click on the above title to read the full article.

• TECH TALK

There is a youth hotline/ website called Naseeha

Click here to read more about them. 

• VIDEO  

Hadith 7: The Religion is Naseehah (Sincere Advice)

Dr. Mohamed Allali 6:56

• CLOSING DUA

For the expiation of sins, said at the conclusion of a sitting or gathering. To listen to this dua click here

196 - "How perfect You are O Allah, and I praise You. I bear witness

that None has the right to be worshipped except You. I seek Your

forgiveness and turn to You in repentance."

سُبْحـانَكَ اللّهُـمَّ وَبِحَمدِك، أَشْهَـدُ أَنْ لا إِلهَ إِلاّ أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتوبُ إِلَـيْك

Subhânaka l-lâhumma wa bi-hamdika. Ash-hadu an lâ ilâha illâ

anta, astaghfiruka wa atûbu ilayka.

If any of this information was good and true, know that it comes from Allah subhanahu

wa ta’ala.  If there are mistakes we ask for Allah’s Forgiveness and Mercy.