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Asslamo Allaikum,
Went to a friend’s house a few weeks ago after Esha and a whole bunch of guys were there, watching 300 on a wide Plasma TV.
I hung around for a few minutes and watched bits of the movie & then the next day there was a discussion in the Masjid parking lot as to how great the movie was and so on…
Comments were passed around that this was a MAN’s movie & so on…
I did watch about 15-20 minutes of adrenaline charged fictional re-telling of the battle of Thermopylae and it sent my mind racing to a very important issue. We (Muslims in the West) have three urgent and candid problems:
1. We have no CLUE about our own history…I mean we have NO IDEA that Sahaba (RA) of Rausl-ullah (Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam) defeated NOT ONE BUT TWO Super-powers i.e. the Romans and the Persians! And such a feat has never been achieved in the history of mankind!
2. We have NO ROLE MODELS for Muslims, Non-practising Muslims go after celebrities (Movie, stars, singers etc) and what do practising Muslims have??? Dawud Wharnsby Ali (nothing against the brother!)
3. We have no credible, effective, media outlets, magazines, books, stories (for kids)….Please read my words….I am not saying that we don’t have ANY!
Some of you may say that isn’t Rasul-ullah (Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam) supposed to be our role-model? That is absolutely true (till eternity) however Muslim history has produced some colossal figures, Rijal (men) & Nisa (women) who were the Masters of their time and inspired Muslims for generations!
One name spring to my mind straight away, Shaykh-ul-Islam Ibn-Taimiyya (RA)…Hundreds of years have gone since he was around but his legacy is alive and still very much with us!
Now, I would like you to focus your attention on this thread below and please pay particular attention to the wise comments by Br Bawar & Aapa Mehnaz!
http://www.turntoislam.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14171
Our youth are growing up in a cultural-crisis, there is an identity crisis in their mind and you can see it, feel it….Are they Muslims? Are they Arabs? Are they Americans? Are they British? What are they? Imagine young minds grappling with these issues at school and everywhere else!
Most of our youth don’t EVEN know about their ethnic identity any more! Islam doesn’t tell you to HIDE your ethnic identity, rather it tells you NOT TO THINK of yourself as superior!
Net result! In the absence of al of the above, we watch FICTION like 300 and are affected by it!
Our Islamic identity and our Eeeman suffers….These may seem like sweeping statements to some of you; but imagine a 13-14 year old watching the movie but no historical information or context about Islam! What do you think is going through the young man’s mind?
I keep stressing that ALL OF US need to know our mission in life….Broadly it is to invite MUSLIMS to Qur’aan/Sunnah and Non-Muslims to Islam!
But all of us are different with different back-grounds, different capabilities, different approaches and we HAVE to discover our talents, our capabilities and find OUR OWN LITTLE-MISSION!
My mission although it may in the broader sense may agree with some of you, YET in details and particulars it is vastly different!
Muslim men & women NEED to discover themselves and set themselves up as role-models for our youth!
What are you good at? Use it for the Ummah? ****DISCOVER YOURSELF*******
Can you wipe someone’s tears?
Can you provide financial assistance to poor Muslims?
Can you organise events?
Can you GO BEAT PEOPLE UP? (Just kidding, thats my weekend job!)
Lastly, a note to my beloved Brothers/Sisters who sent PM’s & e-mails about the abuse that I have personally suffered at TTI lately…
Jazakullah Khairun for your kind words and support!
But remember, when you set yourself up (or set your little lemonade stall for the Ummah!) YOU WILL GET ATTACKED! YOU WILL BE REVILED AND YOU WILL BE HUMILITAED!
That’s the way the cookie, crumbles!
Do EVERYTHING for the sake of Allah and say, “My reward is with Allah (SWT)”!
Evaluate criticism objectively and improve BUT leave the tittle-tattle to those who indulge in those things, we have better things to do!
DO YOU KNOW YOUR MISSION IN LIFE? WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR THE UMMAH? CAN YOU FOCUS!!!
Went to a friend’s house a few weeks ago after Esha and a whole bunch of guys were there, watching 300 on a wide Plasma TV.
I hung around for a few minutes and watched bits of the movie & then the next day there was a discussion in the Masjid parking lot as to how great the movie was and so on…
Comments were passed around that this was a MAN’s movie & so on…
I did watch about 15-20 minutes of adrenaline charged fictional re-telling of the battle of Thermopylae and it sent my mind racing to a very important issue. We (Muslims in the West) have three urgent and candid problems:
1. We have no CLUE about our own history…I mean we have NO IDEA that Sahaba (RA) of Rausl-ullah (Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam) defeated NOT ONE BUT TWO Super-powers i.e. the Romans and the Persians! And such a feat has never been achieved in the history of mankind!
2. We have NO ROLE MODELS for Muslims, Non-practising Muslims go after celebrities (Movie, stars, singers etc) and what do practising Muslims have??? Dawud Wharnsby Ali (nothing against the brother!)
3. We have no credible, effective, media outlets, magazines, books, stories (for kids)….Please read my words….I am not saying that we don’t have ANY!
Some of you may say that isn’t Rasul-ullah (Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam) supposed to be our role-model? That is absolutely true (till eternity) however Muslim history has produced some colossal figures, Rijal (men) & Nisa (women) who were the Masters of their time and inspired Muslims for generations!
One name spring to my mind straight away, Shaykh-ul-Islam Ibn-Taimiyya (RA)…Hundreds of years have gone since he was around but his legacy is alive and still very much with us!
Now, I would like you to focus your attention on this thread below and please pay particular attention to the wise comments by Br Bawar & Aapa Mehnaz!
http://www.turntoislam.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14171
Our youth are growing up in a cultural-crisis, there is an identity crisis in their mind and you can see it, feel it….Are they Muslims? Are they Arabs? Are they Americans? Are they British? What are they? Imagine young minds grappling with these issues at school and everywhere else!
Most of our youth don’t EVEN know about their ethnic identity any more! Islam doesn’t tell you to HIDE your ethnic identity, rather it tells you NOT TO THINK of yourself as superior!
Net result! In the absence of al of the above, we watch FICTION like 300 and are affected by it!
Our Islamic identity and our Eeeman suffers….These may seem like sweeping statements to some of you; but imagine a 13-14 year old watching the movie but no historical information or context about Islam! What do you think is going through the young man’s mind?
I keep stressing that ALL OF US need to know our mission in life….Broadly it is to invite MUSLIMS to Qur’aan/Sunnah and Non-Muslims to Islam!
But all of us are different with different back-grounds, different capabilities, different approaches and we HAVE to discover our talents, our capabilities and find OUR OWN LITTLE-MISSION!
My mission although it may in the broader sense may agree with some of you, YET in details and particulars it is vastly different!
Muslim men & women NEED to discover themselves and set themselves up as role-models for our youth!
What are you good at? Use it for the Ummah? ****DISCOVER YOURSELF*******
Can you wipe someone’s tears?
Can you provide financial assistance to poor Muslims?
Can you organise events?
Can you GO BEAT PEOPLE UP? (Just kidding, thats my weekend job!)
Lastly, a note to my beloved Brothers/Sisters who sent PM’s & e-mails about the abuse that I have personally suffered at TTI lately…
Jazakullah Khairun for your kind words and support!
But remember, when you set yourself up (or set your little lemonade stall for the Ummah!) YOU WILL GET ATTACKED! YOU WILL BE REVILED AND YOU WILL BE HUMILITAED!
That’s the way the cookie, crumbles!
Do EVERYTHING for the sake of Allah and say, “My reward is with Allah (SWT)”!
Evaluate criticism objectively and improve BUT leave the tittle-tattle to those who indulge in those things, we have better things to do!
DO YOU KNOW YOUR MISSION IN LIFE? WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR THE UMMAH? CAN YOU FOCUS!!!