Pen Marks

I have a term project due this Monday and the teacher told us we could present the project as a Word document, a booklet form, or as a scrapbook. I have three more days to finish it – well she gave us the project a month ago and told us to get started but I procrastinated till the last week lol.

So I got an idea for this month’s project: an Islamic Scrapbook

We’re still in the begginning stages for last month’s project but I love multitasking. And I think this one should probably take less time. A few Jumuah’s ago, the khateeb was talking about how we can become true Mu’mineen, believers. He said something like, in order to become true Mu’mins we have to do what the believers do. And we can figure that out by going back to the Quran and looking at all the verses that start with ‘Oh you who believe…”

So inshallah I’m planning on doing two scrapbooks.

One has all the Oh you who believe verses, along with reflections, visual aids, quotes and things like that.

The second has all the Allah loves those who… and all the Allah doesn’t like… verses, with reflections, visual aids, quotes, and things like that.

For the scrapbook album I got two of them (one red, and one light lavender) from the Joann Fabrics store. That store is really pricey though. The really nice albums are like 25 dollars. I just got two simple ones for 9 dollars each. You can make your own album too with cardboard and things like that, but I didn’t feel like doing that.

For the verses, I can always ask Sheikh google and find some list, but if I really want to benefit from this, I think I should go and find the verses for myself. This way, I’ll be inshallah getting ajr for reading the Quran and it’ll be more of a challenge.

If anyone else wants to try this out, you’re welcome to use my ideas Send me the pictures if you ever make one!

Here’s the Lecture(s) of the Month for March:

Watch the promo and you’ll really want to finish watching the rest of the series

Am I the only one that is relieved that February is over? It seemed like it was lasting forever this year. Don’t ask me why I hate February, I don’t know why. I just do. Lol. Welcome March! Although I would very much like you to leave so I can welcome my favorite month…

Here’s another repost of an old post.

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Janazah Workshop for Sisters

Presented by Umm Amin

“Every Soul shall have a taste of death. And in the end to us shall you be brought back.” – 29:57

Elements of Janazah

• Moments before and after death
• Preparation
• Washing
• Shrouding
• Prayers
• Burial

The Focus of this presentation is on washing and shrouding.

Prophet Muhammed peace be upon him said: “Let only those who are trustworthy to wash the body.” – Ibn Majah

A Washer should

• Be trustworthy and a female muslim
• Know the Islamic way of washing the dead
• Should not comment on any defect of negative things that she sees

The sister’s body should be washed in a clean, secluded and private place where clean water and soap are available. – Young’s Funeral Home in Tigard is the most common place in Oregon.

Supplies you May Need:

• Scissors
• Sheet of cloth or opaque towel
• Wash cloths
• Comb
• Cotton, gauze
• Soap
• Bucket or pitcher
• Jewelry cutters
• Lotus leaves, sidr or camphor
• Drying towels
• Kafan (shroud)
• Acetone (nail polish remover)
• Waterproof apron

Prepare her body for Washing

• Place her on the wash table with her head and upper body slightly raised
• Remove her clothes, jewerly and surgery packing, fake nails, and/or extensions
• Cover her awra with a sheet of cloth or opaque towel. Start washing by saying bismillah
• Water shoul not be hot or cold
• Wash away any impurities using water and a cloth
• Lightly press her stomach to expel any remaining wastes

To be continued (in this post)

Did Dora die?

Not really. We had a Janazah workshop at the Masjid last night for the sisters. And for the demonstration, sister E used a life sized balloon dummy doll that looked like Dora the Explorer lol (well to me it did) She was wearing a purple Jilbab and a matching hijab. E put the Dora on the floor on top of a towel and covered her with a sheet. One of the sisters that came a little late thought that it was an actual person and freaked out lol.

Anywayz the notes from the slides will be up ‘really’ soon inshallah – just need to finish typing them up.

AN ATOM’S WEIGHT OF GOOD: PREPARING YOUR SISTER TO MEET ALLAH

Saturday, February 27, 2010
Women’s Side of Masjed Assaber after Ishaa @ 6:30 p.m.

There’s a workshop tonight at the masjid for the sisters inshallah. It’s all about preparing janazahs and there’ll be a demonstration as well as practise opportunities. Try to be there inshallah!

Go to any quotation site, and you’ll notice that the majority of quotes come from only famous people.

However, who ever said that wisdom comes primarily from famous people? The following is a compilation of true stories and conjured tales from MYM staff writers (as well as a special guest writer towards the end) that think otherwise and have encountered wisdom from unlikely sources.

Continue reading here

Three Fundamental Principles

Islamic Mini-Course by Shaykh Muhammed Abdurahman

Notes Part 3

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The Color Code:

Black & Bold: Titles

Black & Normal: Facts + Info

Red and Bold: Important Facts

Blue and Bold: Quran

Green and Bold: Hadeeth

Purple & Orange: Gems

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Be Patient

• Bear any harm that you encounter on the path of Dawah
• Be obedient to Allah and don’t do things he forbade you from doing

Patience – Sabr – is 3 Kinds:

1. Patience upon obedience to Allah (story of Sa’ad and his Mom)
2. Patience upon avoiding that which Allah has forbidden (Story of Yusuf)
3. Patience with regard to the decrees of Allah which he puts into effect. ie. Qadr (Story of Ayyub)

Home work: Choose one of the different kidns of sabr and write a page about it. Include examples.

Jihadun Nafs is 4 Kinds (according to Ibn Qayyim)

1. Strive to learn the deen
2. Strive to put that knowledge into action (Iqra’ then Qum)
3. Strive in Dawah
4. Strive to have patience against all hardships

Know may Allah have mercy upon you, that it is obligatory – Wajib – upon every Muslim, male or female, to learn and act upon the following 3 matters:

1. Knowing that Allah created us and provided sustenance for us, and He did not leave us without a purpose. Rather he sent a messenger to us. So whoever obeys him will enter Jannah, and who ever rejects and disobeys him will enter the Fire.
2. Knowing that Allah is not pleased that anyone should me made a sharer in worship with Him, neither any angel nor Prophet.
3. Knowing that whoever is obedient to the messenger and singles out Allah with all worship and tawheed, then it is not permissible for him to have friendship and alliance with those who oppose Allah and his messenger, even if they are related to him.

Assalamu Alaykum,

Remember last month I said I was going to post up my projects every month? Well I didn’t do much on January – just a bulletin board acutally maybe I’ll post up the pictures Anyways for this month and probably the next one too, I want to take part of the Masjid Makeover project that is being conducted by 1000GoodDeeds.com

The aim and intention of the masjid makeover project is to beautify and clean up our masjids. To promote team work. Develop project management and negotiation skills. Encourage going green and earth friendly behavior. The most important of all is to learn to do deeds selflessly for the pleasure of Allah.

The deadline is April 30. Just a heads up to all the Portland Sisters that read my blog, make sure you reply back to your emails!