Jaffari Community Centre

- Touching upon the celebrations of the birthday of Jesus this week and the Orthodox Christians (Ethiopia, Coptic Church in Egypt, Greece, Ukraine and Russia) will celebrate in early January  - Narrating the first advice that Allah gave to Prophet Isa  - The moral lessons behind the 4 mentioned aspects of advice: prayer, charity, devotion to his mother, and the absence of arrogance ...

- Birth of a child as a cause of joy and happiness  - However the birth of a female child was considered a bad omen in pre-Islamic jahiliyyah society, and even today in various societies  - Female infanticide is a large issue impacting all eras  - Sura at-Takwir verses 8-9 also refer to this unfortunate issue  - Some Arabs would consider a baby girl as a sign of disgrace and wo...

- Right wing politics in which immigrants and minorities are being marginalized is sweeping across Europe as well as India. - Modi’s BJP government passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) which will grant citizenship to six religious minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan or Bangladesh. The communities who will be given this citizenship from these countries are Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Pars...

- The 'phenomenon' of Friday the 13th, and the associated 'bad luck' - Since wedding season is around the corner, it is a good time to talk about a similar concept: Qamar dar Aqrab - It is makruh to have a wedding on this day - However it is not that it will bring bad luck upon the marriage; rather it means that the amount of thawab will not be at full potential. There is a difference between the...

- Two forms of guidance: revelation and the sunnah of the Prophet/Ahlul Bayt - Sunnah of the ma'sum are through hadith (statements), amal (action), taqrir (silent approval) - Two types of hadith: verbal and written statements - Since the 11th Imam was preparing the community for ghaybat, many communications between the Imam and the Shi‘as took place in written forms—letters. - ‘Allāmah Bāqir Sharī...

- Celebration of the founder of our faith, the father of Fāṭimah, the grandfather of Ḥasanayn, the brother of ‘Ali, the best of all the prophets and that is why Almighty Allãh decided to send him as the last one! - Position of the Prophet in this world - Human beings are placed at the top of the pyramid of creation - What is the status of angels? - The superiority of man over angels as demonstrate...

- Summarizing a visit to Iraq, and the turmoil taking place there - All 3 capitals of Shi'a power are seeing unrest: Beirut, Baghdad, Tehran - THis is not a coincidence, but it cannot entirely be attributed to foreign instigation - The problem of corruption, unemployment and lack of efficient and regular services is a reality which cannot be denied. Saddam was removed 15 years ago! - The situation...

- Discussing the issue in India regarding the Babri Masjid controversy - India was known for its secular political system but the present BJP government is catering to the right wing Hindu lobby, RSS - They promised to get the Ram temple built on the site of Babri Masjid which was demolished by the Hindu mobs in 1992 - The five-judge constitution bench of the top court gave a verdict on Saturday t...

Milad un-Nabi 1441 Recited By: Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi Date: November 14th, 2019 www.youtube.com/islamicentre www.facebook.com/IslamiCentre.org www.twitter.com/sayyidmrizvi www.islamicentre.org

- After the ‘azã and grieve on Sayyidush Shuhadã’ during Muḥarram and Ṣafar, Eid-e Zahrã’ is like an annual closure to the ‘azã’. - This is the day when ‘Umar ibn Sa‘d, the commander-in-chief of the Yazidi forces was killed by the forces of Mukhtãr bin ‘Ubaydullãh ath-Thaqafi in Iraq in 66 AH. - Discussing the basis of the emotions of sadness and joy - Shi'ism, and its basis upon the concept of lo...