East London Mosque? Oh wow that's my local 'big' mosque.
Nice video. Thanks for posting.
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East London Mosque? Oh wow that's my local 'big' mosque.
Nice video. Thanks for posting.
Kralamoonard
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No worries! And yep, after all, the benefit benefits the mu'min!
You're welcome! And aha, crazy small world
It's mind blowing for me actually, because I'm not actually from London; was born in Coventry and have lived in a town called Rugby since I was 2 (it's in the west midlands), but now I study in south west London. And yeah ELM is niiice;I went with a group of my friends after Uni since we heard he was giving a talk at ELM (and it was my first time going there) and it was crazy to see how big the mosque was compared to the tiny mosque in Rugby lol.
GetDigitized
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:OI'm from East London as well, don't go to ELM that much other than when I'm in the area (restaurants around there are great). London Central/Regents park Mosque is nice/huge as well if you haven't been.No worries! And yep, after all, the benefit benefits the mu'min!
You're welcome! And aha, crazy small world
It's mind blowing for me actually, because I'm not actually from London; was born in Coventry and have lived in a town called Rugby since I was 2 (it's in the west midlands), but now I study in south west London. And yeah ELM is niiice;I went with a group of my friends after Uni since we heard he was giving a talk at ELM (and it was my first time going there) and it was crazy to see how big the mosque was compared to the tiny mosque in Rugby lol.
NAK is great, incredibly based & humble, what other scholars do you guys follow? I've watched some of the series by NAK and random videos by Yasir Qadhi . That video is great because it's relateable , thanks for sharing.
Kralamoonard
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Aha another one! Yeah, I definitely need to go Central mosque, heard its YUUUGE! And yepp, the restaurants are very nice!
I was going to say Yasir Qadhi haha but mashallah seems you've already got the right idea
The Artisan
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what happens if you pray without your wadhu
GetDigitized
Member
From what I know(and googling confirms it) , if you did it purposely, it invalidates your prayer/it doesn't count(It's also a sin). You can clean yourself with clean sand if you don't have enough water(it's called tayamuum - not sure on spelling). If it was the case of you forgetting you didn't have wudu you just catch up on it and it doesn't count as a sin.
The Artisan
Member
Then I might have sinned.
The thing is, I showed up to a place not expecting to pray, but a jammat was taking place so I just joined it.
GetDigitized
Member
I wasn't intending to tell you if you had sinned or not, I thought you wanted to know what to do because you had accidentally done it, which is you should re-do/ catch up on the prayer. I mean forgetting you broke your wudu and then praying later on in the day without wudu is the situation I had in mind. In this case you need to re do the prayer as well.
In your situation I don't know what happens, I'd ask an imam.
I mean your intention wasn't bad so I don't think you're getting tons of gunnah (since you didn't know it was a sin & did it with good intentions - only Allah can decide that though ), if it's really weighing on your conscience I'd ask an imam.
At the very least you learnt from it and now you know to ensure you have wudu before praying.
You should't have done that. I mean, even if he jamat have started you can just make wudu and connect to it later.
Hell, if you break your wuduu, you should leave jamat make wudu and come back to it again
There is no prayer without wudu
The Artisan
Member
my mother fasted monday, said sunday night was something important. my dad implored me to pray but i did not.
what was this occasion?
what was this occasion?
crazy monkey
holds a masters in liberal arts
Shab-e-Meraj ?
The Artisan
Member
that sounds familiar, maybe very familiar
Sha'baan itself as a month is an important lead up to Ramadan and the Prophet (ص
used to fast a large portion of that month as relayed in authentic tradition.There are some other practises done during the month revolving around specific days, but authenticity of some traditions is disputed.
All in all, all of Sha'baan as a whole is good to do more acts to prepare for Ramadan with the exception of fasting the day of doubt (potential last day of Sha'baan in anticipation of Ramadan).
I glossed over a lot, but I hope that clears things up.
The Artisan
Member
would you wear this shirt?
TheRealTalker
Banned
would you wear this shirt?
A cross really doesn't mean anything and it can't (for Islam) save you are harm you.
Like any object or creation.
Rather some Muslims would refrain from wearing it for what it stands for as in they feel if they love Allah then they wouldn't wear something that says Allah has a son (downgrades Allah). Or if they love Isa (in a Islamic sense) then they wouldn't wear something that signifies something he preached against (as in the oneness of Allah).
Hope that helps.
The Artisan
Member
i wasn't wear it to represent Christianity but rather to respect it. It's also a Weeknd shirt, just happens to have a cross on it.
TheRealTalker
Banned
i wasn't wear it to represent Christianity but rather to respect it. It's also a Weeknd shirt, just happens to have a cross on it.
it is up to you
also it being about something is plausible
I mean people assume the star and crescent (from the Ottomans) is Islam's symbol but you see that symbol everywhere in games, anime, etc...
again symbols mean nothing in Islam
rather the intention is what matters
GetDigitized
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Edit- From googling it, scholars say no you're not allowed(If it's a Christian Cross).
would you wear this shirt?
You're fine. It's a band t-shirt.
would you wear this shirt?
I wouldn't, but that's more because I don't vibe with the design than for the imagery used.
E: The Weeknd ain't even that Christian, anyway.
TheRealTalker
Banned
I mean it is all about your Imaan in the end
if you now what the thing signifies in a general sense and you choose to wear it then it could effect your overall Imaan/link with Allah
it is like loving someone and then wearing a shirt joking about them or something
idk if I am making any sense but if you choose not to wear something like that then when push comes to shove and a actual test like scenario does appear then you would be able to react/reject it more quickly.
I for one wouldn't wear it.
if you now what the thing signifies in a general sense and you choose to wear it then it could effect your overall Imaan/link with Allah
it is like loving someone and then wearing a shirt joking about them or something
idk if I am making any sense but if you choose not to wear something like that then when push comes to shove and a actual test like scenario does appear then you would be able to react/reject it more quickly.
I for one wouldn't wear it.
GetDigitized
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What's wrong with the tag? Don't mods give you them anyway?
lol
GetDigitized
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Google the tag and you'll get it
I did, but I don't know anything about Creed. It's a rock band?
Either way mods give tags out, to make an assumption over it is a huge jump.
Yeah, they are.
I'm not particularly sure what Neo's insinuating here, either, lol. I'm sure a tag isn't indication of change in faith. You could just ask Rusty directly.
GetDigitized
Member
Yeah I was asking if he was insinuating that because he listens to the rock band that he's maybe lost his faith. It's the only thing I could think of... which is why I put the question mark =S
They're a christian rock band, the lyrics in his tag were about welcoming someone into Christianity. Was my joke that bad? I apologize ;-;
Edit: And almost no one gets to choose their tag so I'm curious as to what chains of events lead to him getting that, lol.
GetDigitized
Member
TIL.
Ah, that makes more sense.
Questioning someones religousness is kinda bad lol.
Some mods are emotional & salty af, might have done it out of spite.
RustyNails
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Omg I cant believe you all were talking about my tag lol. I made a dumb thread about Creed and any chance of their regrouping and I kinda used to listen to them growing up. Mod gave me the tag for it.
Of course I'm still Muslim. I'm both looking forward to and kinda scared of ramadan. The fasts are gonna be brutal! I'd like to make the OT, but since I was making it for 3 years, we decided Ashes was going to make 2016 OT. If anyone else want to make the 2017 OT please go ahead! Here's the one from last year.
irfaanator
Banned
i get you and the other dude with the same tag mixed up
The Artisan
Member
worst time of the year in my opinion. i wish i could flat out say I hate Ramadan
Lol. I remember your struggles last Ramadan. I am in a similar place as you were in matters of self-restraint. But we are human after all.
But I love Ramadan though. Best month for binge gaming too.
Love Ramadan. Great time to be fat and lazy..even with 20hr+ fasting days
Love Ramadan. Great time to be fat and lazy..even with 20hr+ fasting days
20 hour fasts? Damn. Where are you from?
Scandinavia
Day 1 is from 2AM to 10PM the next day. Way better compared to the last few years tho when it was 21-22hrs ;_;
I have to say good luck. Lol. At least the weather over there is moderate, unlike the tropical subcontinent where I am from. 15 hours for me. 4am to 7pm.
RustyNails
Member
So who wants to make Ramadan 2017 OT?
GetDigitized
Member
Why don't we just use this thread?
I volunteer if no one else wants to. It's always good to have a separate thread for it.
Ramadan 2017 |OT| The only month you have a date every night
Ramadan 2017 |OT| Let the real Hunger Games begin!
Ramadan 2017 |OT| Putting the slim back in Muslim
Ramadan 2017 |OT| Wallahi, I'm fasting!
I feel like we've definitely used one of these, haha
GetDigitized
Member
It and the first one are better than the other two.
RustyNails
Member
I love the hunger games one
I am most likely going to use that one unless anyone has objections.