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Signs of the fall down of the world financial system have emerged, caus-
ing great fear to people all over the world. Many governments called upon
economists and experts to find a way out. Financial organizations and their
agents began to think about rescue plans. One person sought out to express
the moment in history; she is going through in this comment; “He comes
home later than usual and tired every night. I try to talk to my father, but he
nods a long with a look that says: please let me get some rest. He has too
much on his mind. My dad works for filtration company and, believe it or
not, at moments it can be a pretty stressful job, especially recently with the
economic downfall. He has to lay off people by the tens to deal with this
low time in our history. Just last weekend he let go 50 hard working people.
His emotions show on his face. When he walks in the door, I can see the
conflict and frustration dragging along side of him. This makes me feel like
I cannot talk to him about what happened at school or at practice, because
nothing measures up to what he endured during the day. Our family friend Throughout the millennia from Neanderthals to modern day we as humans have celebrated holidays for almost all occasions. Each religion and culture has its own
currently does not have a job and with the drop at the moment there is not unique Identifiable holiday or festivity. For Muslims, this year, the holiday season begun with the devout practices of Ramadan ending with Eid Al-Fitr and the second
much hope for recent employment.” There is a little what a student in college holiday will conclude with the festival of sacrifice better known as Eid Al-Adha.
had to say about the economy down fall and more in depth what she deals By the time this article gets into your hands you will be celebrating Eid Al-Adha, the festival that marks the end of a long year. Eid which is an Arabic word and
with at home. roughly translated in English as “festivity” is celebrated among the Muslims nation wide twice a year. Eid Al-Adha is the second among the two Eids. The word Adha
Read more at PAGE 4A itself means “sacrifice” symbolizing when Prophet Abraham dreamed to slaughter his son prophet Ismail and Allah saved Ismail by replace him on a big domestic animal
to be slaughter. Eid Al-Adha is celebrated on the 10th day of Dhul Hijja, in other words Eid Al-Adha occurs the day the end of pilgrimage on the day of Arafah. Dhul
Read more at PAGE 5A
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Editor's
LETTER
All praises and thanks are due to Allah, the Exalted, for guiding us to the path of Islam. Many thanks go to the writers,
editors, founders, designers, organizers, and sponsors of Dar Al-Hijrah Times.
These series of community issues' articles that Dar Al-Hijrah Times will present to the rest of the community are of the utmost
acme to pay attention to, and perhaps deduce some common knowledge and solutions out of what our Muslim community is
undergoing. Most of these articles are written by youths in elementary, high school, college, and or graduate levels. Hence, they SALAHUDIN STUDENT UNION EDITORS:
face most of these problems in a daily life and their articles need attention from the community leaders and others to take heed in OFFICIALS ABDIKADIR M. IBRAHIM
what they say. aibrahim@daralhijrah.com
The eleventh century theologian Imam Hamid Abu Al-Ghazzali was present during the prime times of the first entry of those CHAIR:
who invaded the Holy Land illegaly. Scholars in the Islamic tradition say that he did not utter one word of jihad during this period, MOHAMED SAMATAR KAAMIL HAIDER
even one time on the pulpit during his Friday khutbah (sermons). The hall fame of Muslim scholars had a split regarding this
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situation and why did the imam not talk about jihad or at least made some sort of remarks towards the aggression of the people
against the invasion.
Some scholars say that the imam did not have the adequate means or courage to say what he was ought to say. Others, majority, VICE-CHAIR: SPONSORED BY
agree that the imam Al-Ghazzali saw what many people at his time did not see. The Muslims at that time were very weak in their MARYAN YUSUF DAR AL-HIJRAH ISLAMIC
iman or even had content with their religion as they were supposed like the earlier generations; thus, they were in the amusements myusuf@daralhijrah.com CIVIC CENTER
of drugs, alcohol, prostitution, music, and other vices that were clearly prohibited by the Qur'an and hadiths. Imam Al-Ghazzali,
thus, built a school where students were coupled to study and sleep together, a rather modern dormitory. The latter scholars argue
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that out of this school, after many years, came a man that not only pushed the invaders out of the Holy Land but did so in a manner
that till today is talked about in the West, Salahudin Al-Ayoubi. JIHAN SAMATER DAR AL-HIJRAH YOUTH COUNCIL
Our religion dictates us to teach our youth and progress them towards that which is good, for surely any civilization has rested jsamatar@daralhijrah.com (DYC)
on the shoulders of the youth to make way. Sending our youth back home to bomb themselves or even going back into a war
that is no longer a civil war, rather a tribal war, is devestating to our community and a great shame upon those who know better TREASURER: DYC@DARALHIJRAH.COM
of what Islam does teach. KHADIJA HASSAN
Like the story of Imam Al-Ghazzali, we as a community need to put our resources collectively and start building institutions khassan@daralhijrah.com
that can teach our youth what Islam really is about. At this point in Minnesota, we have enough mosques but not enough institu-
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Pure Faith Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) states numerous times for help- own periscope of Islam, which in return becomes bid’ah, an
Islam is pure ing ones neighbors, and the followings are some examples innovation to the religion.
Muslims are pure of his hadtihs. The ideology which promotes hate and violence is not part
The world is pure but sadly In a Hadith related by Abu Hurairah (r.’a.) the Prophet of Islam, no more than excessive and deviation from the
People are not purified (pbuh) said, path of majority of Muslims, but unfortunately in these days
The Quran is pure "By Allah, one is not a true believer, By Allah, one is many people use the name of the religion to fulfill their po-
The Prophets are pure not a true believer, By Allah, one is not a true believer litical agenda and to promote their hate crimes to the society.
The Nasheedist of the Month is:
But sadly (three times). He was asked 'Who?" Upon which he And if the Muslims do not stand shoulder to shoulder to stop
People are not taking advantage of the universe replied, "The one whose neighbors do not feel secure this virus idea, it will create more problems. This corrupted Ebtisam Mohamed
The sun is pure from his or her mischief and evil. ideology has a tie and is sister to the idea of (khawrijtes) Ebtisam Mohamed is a very bright and respectful student.
The moon is pure who killed the Islamic caliphate, Ali bin Abi Talib (r.’a). This This month she has been especially considerate of those
But sadly In another Hadith, related by Anas (r.’a.), the Prophet type of extremism, who put much emphasis on people’s ap- around her and very respectful to her elders. She walks into
We are polluting it (pbuh) said pearance and based on their corrupted description makes a room and brightens it with her wonderful attitude and
Allah gave us pure faith, "One has not affirmed faith in me (i.e. One is not a true anyone who does not fit their portrayal out of the religion good manners. She keeps up with her Quran and deserves
Pure Prophets, Pure Quran, follower) who eats to his or her satisfaction and sleeps will not make any benefit for Muslims nor to others. When to be noticed this month. Masha-allah Ebtisam! May Allah
Pure world, comfortably at night while his or her neighbor goes the world becomes one room with sophisticated technology, bless you and those around you. Keep it up!!
So are you ready to make yourself hungry - and he or she is aware of it." internet with YouTube and Facebook, this ideology is tak-
Purified Muslim Another hadith narrated by Abu Shurayh (r.’a.) that the ing the minds of the younger people who have no ability of Maryan Yusuf and Khadija Hassan
Allahu Akbar Prophet (pbuh) said knowing who is who. The Nasheed Crew coordinators
The day that our Prophet celebrated has come "Whoever believes in Allah and the final day (Day of Islam is a religion of moderation, it is not and has never .............................................................
Judgment) it is essential that he or she does not harm been nor it will be to far and extreme to the right nor to far
Allahu Akbar his neighbors and whoever believes in Allah and the and extreme to the left. It is a religion of peace and mercy
Today is Eid final Day it is essential for him or her to entertain his that tells its followers to respect the elders, to be kind to the
Allahu Akbar today Muslims are purified or her guest with kindness and generosity and whoever youngsters, to feed the needy, to cloth the naked, to educate
Allahu Akbar believes in Allah and the Final Day it is essential that the ignorant, to welcome the guests, to forbid evil, and tell
Today the mosques will be full of people he or she speaks what is good or otherwise remain and encourage the good. These are the core values of Islam,
Allahu Akbar silent." which we need to apply to ourselves and to implement to
Today all Muslim are excited It is reported, on the authority of Ayesha (r.’a.) and Ibn our daily activities. Therefore, a Muslim person should be
Allahu Akbar Umar (R.A.) that the messenger of Allah (pbuh) said a productive and active citizen who contributes to the com-
Now that is Eid “Eid Mubarak” "The Angel Jibra'il (A.S.) counseled me so frequently mon good. Sh, Abdirahman Sharif , Imam of Dar Al-Hijrah
regarding the rights of the neighbor that I feared, he mosque, said , “our curriculum is one that teaches people self
Our Day too would be declared an heir." responsibility and development”, in other words, we build
Our day to share has come people from the grassroots, teach them how to succeed in
Our day to share love has come These are just few hadiths of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), their education in both Islam, school, and other subjects, to
Our day to share time together has come in which he emphasized the importance of helping our be obedient to their parents, help needy people, to be truth-
Our day to cherish our lives has come neighbors. If we put our resources together and prioritize ful and not lie, to be law abiding citizens, to be active in the
Our day to share the only, only day has come our work and most importantly understand our religion community they live in, to keep their Islamic identity, and
Its Eid Mubarak Brothers and Sisters and follow it truly, we would be able to help and satisfiy to treat people as to how they want to be treated, whether
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encountering these days is misunderstanding the religion of hamed (pbuh) commanded us to do so. Two days ago, Br.
ing international relations with the world at large. In terms marvelous histories, you will find out that their goals were unemployment. Is this recession or depression?
of religion, there are many think that we are different than to please Allah in any means possible. They come up with We all hear this, in the media but let us get the facts
from Christians and Jewish, so they we let a lone their reli- efforts and Allah; the al-mighty gave them izza (honor). straight. How did we get here? “Greed” right now is the
gion they will let our religion a lone. We can live together as My brothers and sisters in Islam I directed to you to fear hot topic. Taxpayers stated how greedy wall investment
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The significance of Eid is indeed a great tradition because Ibn Abbass (ra) reported: “I participated in the Salaat- say it feels as if the whole community has awakened from
the prophet (pbuh) celebrated it himself. al-Eid-al-Fitr with the Messenger of Allah (saw), Abu a deep sleep especially the children. In back home, children
Unas (ra) reported that when the Prophet Muhammad Bakr (ra), Umar (ra) and Uthman (ra), and all of them are bombarded with gifts, candy, and money. Keep in mind Sometimes in life we do not know what we have until it
(saw) migrated from Makkah to Madinah, the people of held Salaat-al-Eid before Khutbah, and then the Prophet that the givers of these gifts are not just family and friends is gone forever. Most of us grow old with those who we love
Madinah used to have two festivals. On those two days Muhammad (saw) delivered the Khutbah (sermon)” but even strangers walking the streets. and some of lose their loved ones at a very young age, but
they had carnivals and festivity. The Prophet Muham- Hadith, Muslim. All In all it is safe to say that you are never too old to cel- it is all part of Allah’s test. Those who have their parents are
mad (saw) asked the Ansaar (the Muslims of Madinah) After the khutbah takes place Muslims depart to their des- ebrate Eid especially Muslims in the west. This should give being tested on how he should treat his parents, and those
about it. They replied that before Islam they used to tination of celebration with candy, money, presents, and the us more meaning to greatly emphasize Eid as it is a Muslim who do not are being tested on how he or she should survive
have carnivals on those two joyous days. The Prophet Eid greeting”Eid Mubarak!” holiday. Billions of Muslims celebrate Eid each year, we without someone to love him or her. For those who have
Muhammad (saw) told them: 'Instead of those two days, Around the world, Eid has preformed differently. For the shall understand that no matter how hectic life can get Eid their parents should be lucky and take advantage of the love
Allah has appointed two other days which are better, the Arab world, Eid is the perfect time to provide the best hos- will always light our hearts with the thoughts of joy, laugh- they are receiving, because honestly they are more blessed
days of Eid-al-Fitr and Eid-al-Adha.' (Hadith) pitality and pamper or should I say over-pamper the cluster ter, and compassion. than millions of people who pray not to wake up the next
The traditions, customs, rituals, and acts of Eid vary from of guests that come in and out on the day Eid. The women May you have a blessed Eid, full of love, laughter, and luck, morning. Innocent children are being suffocated and abused
country to country. For one thing Eid Al-Adha is not just a of these families usually prepare vast amounts of different Eid Mubarak to you, your family, and your loved ones.
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holiday to enjoy one’s self and celebrate it, but rather it has food and sweets during the week before Eid. Arabic coffee be to Allah because they are deeply living in peace.
a bigger inner spiritual meaning. Eid Al-Adha is in many and chocolate are all time favorites usually being distributed Everything happens for a reason though and every step
ways the true “thanksgiving” of all Muslims. Muslims all after the guests leave. The Eid is divided into three days of we take lead us to a new journey. The move we make today
over the world display their joy for health, happiness, op- visiting family and friends. Each visit usually lasts no more will affect us tomorrow and the rest of our lives. After know-
portunity and wealth. than twenty minutes starting with the elders on the first day. ing this then why make a wrong/negative choice? Brothers
For many Muslims who are financially capable to do so Southeast Asian Muslims such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and sisters be careful, and know who you bring close to your
may sacrifice their finest domestic animals as a way to sym- and so forth, Eid is known as “Hari Raya AidlAdha” liter- heart because not everyone can be the way you expect him
bolize Abraham's sacrifice of his son Ishmael. The animals ally meaning “grand day.” In this part of the world, Eid is or her to be.
that are sacrificed are termed "udhiya” enchantingly known
as "qurbani", must meet a definite age and eminence aver-
age. If not, the sacrifice will be considered unacceptable. At
the national holiday, thus making it the biggest and most
awaited holiday of all time. People’s days are filled with
visits to friends, family, shopping malls and bazaars. Tradi-
D&T In today’s society, we as Muslims deal with the fact that
we abuse our parents physically and also mentally. It is jut
disgusting and annoying because those we abuse today are
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the time of sacrifice, Allah's name is recited along with the tional clothing is worn and for the kids it does not get any the same people who have picked us when we fell, cleaned
offering statement and a supplication as Prophet Muham- better than that. us when we wrestled in the mud, held us when we got
mad said. Regards to Islam, the meat that comes from the For North American Muslims, Eid is unlike any other scared, and loved us when we cried. What is the real reason
sacrifice is split into three parts, one part for the poor, one holiday because it is their only holiday. Many claim that it we do this nonsense now? We never did such thing back in
part for the relatives and neighbors, and the last to keep part is a challenge to maintain the traditions and customs of Eid, our country, is it because we thought that if we do such thing
belongs to the one who made the sacrifice. Much A of the especially for children because the excitement for Eid is not we can get into the so called popular group? Well, maybe if
meat must be given towards the poor and hungry people so as visual or vital as it is back home in our countries. Here in everyone listened to their hearts and followed the Sunnah of
they can all join in the feast which is held on Eid-Al-Adha. North America, the Eid prayer is probably about the biggest the prophets no parents would ever curse their child.
The rituals of Eid Al-Adha start out by basically doing act that occurs and once this happens an immense amount of What is the importance of a mother? A mother is some-
a short morning fast, in other words it is not good to eat people go back to school or work. Eid in North America is one you can always count on, one that will never as she is
anything until after the Eid prayer. Contrary to Eid Al-fitr different especially when it is not a national holiday. In Min- living turn her back on you, and she is always here and there
in which it is actually good practice to eat before the Eid nesota for example, most children staying Mall of America to understand your pain without any judgments. Her love
prayer. The practices of Eid day include various customs is about as good as it gets. As for the youth and the rest of will always be so true and everlasting, and do not ever think
starting with waking up early, preparing for personal clean- the country, Eid has become a time to party and sin instead you can take her love for granted, because the moment you
liness by taking a bath, and putting on brand new clothes of giving thanks to Allah for the blessings of Ramadan and do she will gain and you the child will lose a lot. A mother’s
or the cleanest of your clothes if you cannot afford to buy pilgrimage. Singers come in from all over the world to love is the most precious gift from up above, make her smile
any. Then to come to the main objective of Eid, the prayer broadcast a hoard of evil acts. and make her realize it was worth the 9 months you lived
which is offered in the morning usually a few hours after It is an ironic how back home in Africa, the children, adults inside her. Someone once said a mother will become jealous
Fajar prayer. and the old were all eager to await Eid chanting folk songs American Imports of her sister or friend, but never will she become jealous of
The performance of Eid prayer includes the reputation of such as: Cars & Trucks her own child because her happiness is through your smile
the takbeer in the first Rakah seven times and Quran is to ”wadac wadac yaa rabanaa biri dambe eid waaye” two days and success. A mother is but a mother.
be recited after each actual Rakah. A fundamental of the Eid before Eid even begins. Each and everyone including the A father can be someone who is very hard to understand
prayer includes the ruling of performing the Eid prayer be- elderly used to go out for days searching in favor of which Complete Major and deal with, but to make it through the survival you have
fore the khutbah or lecture. clothes to wear and then when the actual day comes many to come with patience. Not all fathers are the same, there are
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