Halaqa # 66

Rabi’ Al-Awwal 16, 1438

“Meeting Allah ~ The Ever-Living”

Year 3

Attendance:

• 2 Sisters
• 1 Junior Sister

Location: Sister Sara’s home

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-Anfaal from Ayat 1 to Ayat 8.  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

Sisters read and discussed the following article:

What are you striving for? Dunya or Akhirah?

• PIC PICK

Sisters reviewed the following picture.

• NEXT HALAQA and News

In sha Allah, our next Halaqa will be held in two weeks on Jan.5th at Sister Sara’s home.

• SISTERS TALK

Sisters read and discussed the following article:

The Reality of the Akhirah

• MEETING ALLAH  (The EVER-LIVING) ~ Survey

Click here to read the 4  replies we received to our simple survey:

If you knew you'd pass away and meet Allah (The Ever-Living) tomorrow, what would you have wished you've done before your time on earth is over?

• SISTERS TALK

Sisters read and discussed the following article:

Ibn Atta's Words of Wisdom - 20th Step: Certainty of Faith and Indifference About the World (Page 78-80 of Pdf file)

• SISTERS TALK

Sisters reviewed the following:

Hadiths on Death

Quranic Verses and Hadiths on Death

• VIDEO  

The following short videos were chosen for today’s Halaqa:discussing Death:

Nouman Ali Khan: Physical And Spiritual Death (1:03)

Nouman Ali Khan ┇ Death is not an "IF" it is a "WHEN" (4:15)

What Happens After Death? | Mufti Menk (4:02)

Nouman Ali Khan on the Afterlife: Live Before You Die [CelebrateMercy] (5:59)

We're All Marching Towards Death | Nouman Ali Khan (7:`17)

• 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.

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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.