Tag Archives: Abdur-Rahmaan Mirza
Where is our Da’wah?
You know, I keep hearing about all these non-muslims converting to islaam, especially after 9/11. It makes me really happy and at the same time, very sad. “Sad? Are you okay brother, you may ask? Why would it make you sad?” I am sad because out of all of those thousands who have converted to Islam, I have not helped with even one. I am sad because I have a beard and I look and try to act like a Muslim around others. I am sad because I know I am supposed to treat my friends and neighbors well and I do. Yet they may have asked me questions on Islam but nothing has led them to conversion.
Our Agreements Before Our Disagreements
Throughout the history of Islam, there have been differences of opinions between the scholars. They have been divided our Ummah into various branches and sects as well as united us when we understood etiquettes and certain guidelines for our disagreements. I will not go into details concerning the etiquettes of disagreement, but I am willing to share what Shaikh AbdulBary Yahya taught me in “The Purification Act,” and what Shaykh Yaser Birjas taught me in “The Code Evolved.” The important lessons present in this article convey what difference of opinions exist and why, etiquettes and guidelines for those differences and lessons that we’ve learned from the differences of our pious predecessors. Continue reading