Treatment of women: The Prophet’s example. Khutba.
The treatment of women: The Prophet’s example. Khutba. Adams Mosque. Washington Jan 8, 2016 خطبة الجمعة بمسجد آدم بواشنطن – معاملة الرسول للنساء – ٨ يناير ٢٠١٦ – جاسر...
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Conference on Islamic civilization in Southern Africa
Durban, South Africa: Spoke in a conference on Islamic civilization in Southern Africa, on the better position that Muslim minorities have more than Muslim majorities to re-envision the Islamic civilization. This is because Muslim minorities are more concerned with a bottom up approach (society first) to Islam rather than top down (government first), and they are more capable of founding institutes of Islamic studies and associations of Muslim scholars that are free and creative, especially in South Africa. اليوم في مدينة ديرين بجنوب أفريقيا حيث ألقيت محاضرة في مؤتمر حول الحضارة الإسلامية في المناطق الجنوبية من أفريقيا، تحدثت فيها عن قدرة الأقليات المسلمة على تصور مشروع جديد للحضارة الإسلامية في هذا العصر أكثر من الأغلبيات المسلمة، وذلك نظرا لأن الأقليات تهتم بالشأن الإسلامي المجتمعي دون تركيز على قضايا الحكم والحكومة “الإسلامية” وهم كذلك يتمتعون باستقلال المؤسسات التعليمية والعلمائية الإسلامية خاصة في جنوب أفريقيا بعيداً عن هيمنة الحكومات المستبدة في بلاد الأغلبيات خاصة في العالم...
Read MoreLecture series Fundamentals Usul of Islamic Jurisprudence 1
Lecture series Introduction to the Fundamentals of Islamic Jurisprudence Usul al-Fiqh 1 Ottawa Mosque Dec 18 2015جاسر عودة – سلسلة محاضرات: مقدمة في أصول الفقه الإسلامي المحاضرة الأولي مسجد أوتاوا – ١٨ ديسمبر ٢٠١٥ ...
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Women Area in Mosque: Too Many Restrictions? (Part 1-5)
Where should women offer prayer within a mosque? And where did they pray during the lifetime of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? In Muslim countries, mosques that designate areas for women’s prayer rarely allow women to line up directly behind men in the same hall as was the practice in the Prophet’s Mosque during his lifetime. In many Arab countries, it is common to separate men’s prayer place from women’s, especially in small mosques. The distance between the two prayer areas varies from one mosque to another. The majority of mosques in Muslim countries contain special...
Read MoreThe 7 Roles of the Mosque
In Islam, mosques are not just “places of prayers.” Mosques are – in modern terminology – community centers. The role of the mosque in Islam is one of the major things that have to be reformed before the Muslim nation is capable of recovering from its present status. How do Muslims judge what the role of the mosque is from what is not? The answer is clearly by referring to the tradition of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in the days of the message. A quick survey reveals the following roles for the Prophet’s mosque during his lifetime. A Place for Prayers for All The mosque of the Prophet (peace be upon him) -in Madinah- was the main place for the believers to meet for collective prayers five times a day. This is the one and only role that the mosque is playing today. However, there is still a major difference, which is that the mosque of the Prophet (peace be upon him) was opened for everybody, men and women, old and small, Arab and non-Arab. Refer, for evidence, to numerous hadith narrated in Bukhari and Muslim, for example, under the chapters referring to mosques. There are currently shortcomings in mosques in this area in the following senses: – Women are generally not allowed in...
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