Shaytan 1: DON'T WEAR HIJAB, YOU WILL LOOK UGLY

Surat Al-Fatiha (#1)

always and forever, Alhamdulillah

Rely ONLY on Allah(swt)

Umm Salamah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: Whenever the Prophet (PBUH) stepped out of his house, he would say,
"Bismillah, tawakkaltu `alallah. Allahumma inni a`udhu bika an adilla aw udalla, aw azilla aw uzalla, aw azlima aw uzlama, aw ajhala aw yujhala `alayya".
"[I go forth. (I begin with the Name of Allah, I trust in Allah; O Allah! I seek refuge in You from leaving or being led astray, or against slipping or being caused to slip; or doing injustice or being done injustice; or doing wrong or having wrong done to me)]".

[Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi reported it. According to At-Tirmidhi, this Hadith is classified as Hasan Sahih. Its wording is from Abu Dawud].

Patience of a Believer

Sa‘d ibn Abî Waqqâs (RA) said:

“I asked the Prophet (SAAS) who among the people are most severely tried? He said, ‘The Prophets, then the right acting people, and so on down through various categories of people. Man will be tested according to the strength of his faith. The stronger his faith, the more severe his trial, and the weaker his faith, the lighter his trial. The believer will be continually tested until he walks on earth with all his wrong actions forgiven’.” (al-Bukhârî)

Promise of Paradise for the Believers :)

[71] The Believers, men and women, are protectors, one of another: they enjoin what is just, and forbid what is evil: they observe regular prayers, practice regular charity, and obey Allah and His Messenger. On them will Allah pour His Mercy: for Allah is Exalted in power, Wise.

[72] Allah hath promised to Believers - men and women - Gardens under which rivers flow, to dwell therein, and beautiful mansions in Gardens of everlasting bliss. But the greatest bliss is the Good Pleasure of Allah: that is the supreme felicity.

Supplication in the Night Prayer

Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them, reported:
When the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) got up during the night to pray, he used to say:

O Allah, to You be the praise; You are the Light of the heavens and the earth. To You be the praise; You are the Supporter of the heavens and the earth. To You be the praise; You are the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is therein. You are the Truth; Your promise is True, the meeting with You is True, Paradise is true, Hell is true, the Hour is true. O Allah, I submit to You; affirm my faith in You; repose my trust in You, and I return to You for repentance; by Your help I have disputed; and to You I have come for decision, so forgive my earlier and later sins, the sins that I committed in secret and openly. You are my Lord. There is no god but You.


{ Sahih Muslim}

How to fight Sleepless Nights

If you toss and turn during the night without being able to fall asleep, do the following:

1. Remember Allah with Prophetic supplications or supplications taken from the Qur'an:
Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest. (Qur'an 13: 28)

2. Avoid sleeping during the day, except when you have no other choice:

And have made the day for livelihood. (Qur'an 78: 11)

3. Read or write until sleep comes:

And say: My Lord! Increase me in knowledge. ‘(Qur'an 20: 114)

4. Work hard during the day:

And [it is He no] makes the day Nushur [i.e. getting up and going about here and there for daily work, etc., after one's sleep at night or like resurrection after one's death]. (Qur'an 25: 47)

{An Excerpt from the book: "Don't Be Sad" - By Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni.

download the ebook here: http://www.islamhouse.com/p/51731}

Clothing, Blanket, and School Supply Drive for Afghanistan

The largest school supply drive ever for Afghanistan is HERE NOW.

During nearly three decades of war and destruction in Afghanistan, children were among the main victims. War not only killed and injured thousands of innocent Afghan children, but even the thousands who were not physically injured were deprived of their basic right to receive an education. Today, one of the big challenges facing poor Afghan families is how to provide their school-bound children with the supplies they need to succeed in the classroom. These families need assistance to send their children to school.

Universities, community colleges, and high schools throughout the entire state of California are participating in a school supply drive for the impoverished youth of a country confronted with a 28% literacy rate.

Acceptable donations: pens, pencils, rulers, notebooks, folders, papers, binders, sharpeners, erasers, highlighters, ANYTHING RELATED TO SCHOOL.

ALL THE SCHOOL SUPPLIES MUST BE NEW - Deadline is November 14th!

Acceptable donations: clothes (especially for children), blankets, and hijabs. All clothes should be of a quality you would wear, too. All school supplies (except backpacks) ought to be new.

Contact the person at your school (or the area/school nearest you) for more information on how to donate or help.

The schools participating:

• UCLA: Salomon Hossein salomonhossein@gmail.com


• Irvine Valley College: Alyass Kazimi and Gina Karimi gina.karimi@gmail.com


• Cal Poly San Luis Obispo: Sama Latif


• CSU-Northridge: Haleh Moustafa Haleh.moustafa.55@csun.edu


• CSU-Fullerton and North Orange County: Sahar Pearose sarah_pearose@hotmail.com


• Orange County: Shikib Mostamand Shikibie@yahoo.com


• South Orange County: Madeena Rafiq madeena25@msn.com


• San Diego State University: Obaid Hofiani obaid.hofiani@gmail.com


• Claremont: Gina Karimi gina.karimi@gmail.com


• University of Southern California/Los Angeles Area: Maryam Rahimi maryamra@usc.edu


• Cal State San Marcos: Ali Kazimi


• Palomar College: Ali Kazimi


• San Diego Area: Khatol Rahim


• UC Santa Barbara: Jahan Shahryar jshahryar@umail.ucsb.edu


• UC Riverside: Diana and Deeba Kazempoor dkaze001@ucr.edu or dkaze002@ucr.edu


• UC Irvine: Susan Pearose and Gina Karimi spearose@uci.edu or gina.karimi@gmail.com


• UC San Diego: Mustafa Shahryar MShahrya@ucsd.edu

Save the Date - 2008 MAS Convention 11.29.08

2009 Critical Language Scholarship Program

The United States Department of State and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) are pleased to announce the availability of overseas scholarships for intensive summer language institutes in eleven critical need foreign languages for summer 2009.

Languages offered: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish, and Urdu.

Countries may include: Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Russia, South Korea, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, or others where the target languages are spoken.

Critical Language Scholarships (CLS) provide seven to ten week group-based intensive language instruction and extensive cultural enrichment experiences at the beginning, intermediate and advanced levels (beginning not offered for Azerbaijani, Russian, Chinese or Persian). Full program details and the on-line application are available on our website, http://www.clscholarship.org/.

The CLS Program is part of the National Security Language Initiative (NSLI), a U.S. government interagency effort to expand dramatically the number of Americans studying and mastering critical need foreign languages. Students of diverse disciplines and majors are encouraged to apply. Participants are expected to continue their language study beyond the scholarship period, and later apply their critical language skills in their future professional careers in any field.

Deadline to Apply: On-line application due on Friday, November 14, 2008.

Grant Benefits: All CLS Program costs are covered for participants including: travel to and from the student's U.S. home city and program location, mandatory Washington, D.C. pre-departure orientation, applicable visa fees, room, board, group-based intensive language instruction, program-sponsored travel within country, and all entrance fees for CLS Program cultural enhancement activities.

Note: U.S. passport fees will not be paid by the scholarship. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions regarding the CLS Program and application process at http://www.clscholarship.org/.

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Sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

Administered by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers

Don't Forget to Fast 6 Days of Shawwal!!!!!

"Whoever fasts Ramadan, and six of Shawwal, it will be as if he/she has fasted for a whole year."
[Reported by Muslim, at-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Ahmad, Ibn Majah]

Hadith Qudsi 10 - Fasting

On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (PBUH), who said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says:
Fasting is Mine and it I who give reward for it. [A man] gives up his sexual passion, his food and his drink for my sake. Fasting is like a shield, and he who fasts has two joys: a joy whin he breaks his fast and a joy when he meets his Lord. The change in the breath of the mouth of him who fasts is better in Allah's estimation than the smell of musk.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim, Malik, at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).

Turn to Allah(swt) for Forgiveness

Anas Ibn Maalik (rAa) said: I heard Allaah’s Messenger (sAaw) saying:
“Allaah (swt) said, ‘Oh son of Aadam, as long as you call upon Me and hope in Me, I will forgive you for whatever (sins are) with you and I will not mind. Oh son of Aadam, if your sins were to reach the clouds in the sky and then were you to ask for My forgiveness, I would forgive you and would not mind. Oh son of Aadam, if you were to come to Me with sins as much as the earth and then you meet Me not worshipping anything with Me, I would come to you with as much forgiveness’.”

Saheeh: Recorded by At-Tirmidhee (no. 3540). Shaykh Al-Albaanee declared it to be authentic in “Saheeh Sunan At-Tirmidhee” (no. 2805).