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57. autumn insight

Idris Mears

bowling along the lanes of a landscape sculpted
by generations of human use and neglect
the wind-screen of my life and times’
addiction to the auto-mobile
puts the ‘screen’ between
me and the eye-
smarting sweet reek of the bonfire
the shoulder-hunching bluster of the wind bowling
the bone-dry leaves along

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Mosque Programme

Rabī‘ al-Awwal and the Winter Deen Intensive »

Winter Deen Intensive

Rabī‘ al-Awwal 1433

The Ministry of Awqaf in Morocco announced that the month of Ṣafar completed 30 days on Tuesday 24th January 2012, and so Rabī‘ al-Awwal 1433 began at Maghrib of that day.

A gathering in the Ihsan Mosque

Everyday: After Ṣubḥ and after ‘Ishā (the jamā‘ah for which in the Ihsan Mosque is set at 6pm throughout the winter), until further notice, there is the recitation of a rubu‘ – a quarter Ḥizb of Qur’ān.

Thursday: Shaykh Abdalhaqq Bewley teaches every Thursday after ‘Ishā, and is at present working through ‘Ulūm al-Qur’ān ‘The Sciences of the Qur’an’, at the moment studying Asbāb an-Nuzūl ‘The Circumstances and Causes of the Revelation’.

On Sundays: At 11.30 am there is tea and coffee followed by recitation of a Ḥizb of Qur’an. This is a particularly good time for visitors, whether Muslims or non-Muslims, to meet the community. All welcome. Visitors from London who choose to come by rail should note that for several years now the weekend has been used by Railtrack for line repairs and so part of the journey has been necessary by coach making the whole journey somewhat long, particularly if returning the same day. A car is strongly advised.

On Fridays: There is recitation of the Friday Ḥizb of the Dalā’il al-Khayrāt after ‘Aṣr.

In-Site

al-Risalah of Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani – Online Fiqh Course by Mufti Abu Layth »

On the 9th February, Mufti Abu Layth will begin a weekly online fiqh course covering the ‘Risalah’ of Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani, who was also known as ‘Young Malik’.
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Meem Institute »

Meem Institute

The Meem Institute

The Meem Institute was established in Leicester in 2011 in order to transmit the sciences of the Deen, particularly the three sciences of Islam, Iman and Ihsan i.e. fiqh, ‘aqida and tasawwuf but not forgetting tafsir of Qur’an and other sciences, in the most traditional manner possible and in a way which would be recognised in any Muslim society in the world today.

Outlook

There is, however, a fundamental difference in outlook that is important to explain. Rather than assuming that we are a beleaguered minority in an alien land, holding on to a vanishing culture and tradition, and surrounded by people who are hostile to Islam, our starting point is that we are historically in exactly the right place at the right time.

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Murder Inc. – Abdassamad Clarke »

Murder Incorporated

Abdassamad Clarke

Yet another dead Iranian scientist and everyone knows who did it, but no one can do anything, will do anything. What makes sense of this story? Well, history does. Murder Incorporated, a name that used to strike terror in people’s hearts until erased by Hollywood’s forgetfulness machine and substituted with names such as Al Capone and films such as the Godfather with their Sicilian mafiosi. But Murder Inc., with Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, Dutch Shulz et al. One of the rare lineup photographs revealingly shows some more of them with their names below: a host of non-Italian names.
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Khutbahs

Eschatology – The End Times. 20/01/2012 » - 22/01/12

Eschatology – The End Times

Abdassamad Clarke

Please click below to listen to the Khutbah by Hajj Abdassamad Clarke entitled “Eschatology – The End Times.” This Khutbah was delivered at the Ihsan Mosque on 20th January 2012.

تاريخ اليوم السادس وعشرين من شهر صفر في السنة ألف وأربع مائة وثلاثة وثلاثين

فما بال قومٍ يأسسون دينهم على أُمور غيبية بعيدة عن مركز الإسلام المعروف مثلاً من أسس دينه على أمور ستحدُث في آخر الزمان من خروج الدجال ونزول عيسى بن مريم عليه السلام وخروج يأجوج ومأجوج وظهور المهدي؟
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