Compassion - Education - Illumination
Missed the latest event? Catch up with the full recording of the event! The latest event, the Toronto International Qur’an & Unity Conference 2017, hosted by #MadinaCanada was breathtaking. All the qurrah blew us away with their amazing recitations! Check it out!
This past weekend, #MadinaKids enjoyed a fun afternoon with Unaiza Karim Arts as they learned Islamic calligraphy with techniques such as tracing, using pigments, and water colouring with gradients. The younger children also participated with various arts and crafts for Ramadan. All of this was preceded by an insightful talk with Shaykh Ibrahim Hussain on learning about who Allah is. The final weekend of the camp continues this Saturday.
This Ramadan, experience Madina at #MadinaCanada! Join us for our Madina Kids Ramadan Camp with Shaykh Ibrahim Hussain, Dawud Wharnsby Ali, Unaiza Karim Arts, Empowering Hearts Coaching, and Woodlogix Interior. This camp is a great way for our youth to have a good time all while learning about their religion in a relatable, interactive, and fun environment. Additional offerings during Ramadan include an indoor playground, daily iftar, daily tafsir, a bazaar and Eid carnival, Fard Ain Certificate Course, Qur’an for Adults, and a Qur’an Khatam with Shaykh Dr. Muhammad Al-Ninowy!
Additional details with specifics for each offering to follow, keep an eye on our website and Facebook page for more information!
Madina Institute and Seminary in Canada is pleased to announce our Madina Kids Ramadan Camp! This camp, designed for kids and teenagers ages 7+, provides a fun and relatable for our future leaders to learn and play. Sign up today! www.madinaseminary.ca/ramadancamp
The camp features:
– A learning circle with Shaykh Ibrahim Hussain followed by an interactive workshop: Mindful of Allah Series: Imam Al-Ghazali: The Book of Belief Adapted for Children.
– Poet and singer, Dawud Wharnsby.
– Unaiza Karim Arts
– Empowering Hearts Coaching
– Woodlogix Interior (woodworking/carpentry workshop)
Our latest event, Pearls of the Qur’an w/ Shaykh Ahmed Sa’ad, with Shaykh Ahmed Saad and Nader Khan took place this past weekend. Shaykh Ahmed Saad discussed the characteristics of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), the types of strengths, and how to get through difficult times. Nader Khan helped increase our love for Allah and His Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) through the use of poetry.
Check out some flashbacks from this past event. The video recordings will be posted soon!
Huge thanks to Mahmoud Sarouji for the photography! www.mahmoudsarouji.com
Answered and approved by Madina Faculty Members
Assalaamu alaikum,
I know as a Muslim we are obligated to believe in certain things like the Qur’an and all it contains as well as the sunnah. I heard we also have to believe in mutawaatir hadith. Can you please tell me where I can find what these hadith are [in Arabic or English]?
بِسْم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله الَّذِي خلق السمواتِ و الارضٓ و جعل الظلماتِ و النورٓ
أحمدُهُ حمداً كما ينبغي لِكَرَمِ وجهه وعِزِّ جلالِهِ
و الصلاة و السلام على سيّدنا محمد النور وعلى أهل بيته الطاهرين
In short, a Muslim is obliged to believe in what Allah and His messenger said.
There are two ways by which they arrived to us:
The first (1) is through an absolutely definitive way. These are definitive by way of mass-transmission. These are the Qur’an and the mutawatir ahadeeth. It is rationally absolutely inconceivable that people came together to form a lie (fabricate what is being transmitted, etc.) due to the sheer amount of transmitters involved.
As for the first category, it is important to keep in mind three things:
A) Everyone agrees on the transmition of the Qur’an as we have it.
B) People disagree about what constitutes a mutawatir hadeeth (although in theory they agree that denying it would be Kufr (disbelief).
C) While they are mass transmitted and definitive in transmission, not all verses of the Qur’an and not all statements in the mutawatir hadeeth are decisive/definitive in meaning. As such, people may have varying interpretations about what these allegorical/metaphorical/ambiguous Qur’anic verses/mutawatir statements mean. The Qur’an even mentions that there are verses that could outwardly offer more than one linguistic meaning – in regard to Qur’anic verses – in Surah al Imran, verse 7.
The second (2) way something reaches us is by non-definitive means, such as the other various levels of transmitted ahadeeth (i.e., every hadeeth that is not mutawatir). Were one to deny a hadeeth (believing in the first place that the Prophet (alayhi wa alihi salaam) didn’t say it based on sound scholarly evidence), then that would not entail disbelief, as it was not definitively transmitted in the absolute sense (even though it may turn out he (alayhi salaam) did say it.
Allah knows best!
For a standard book taught containing mutawatir ahadeeth, please refer to Al Dur Al Mutanathir.
Learn about some of the Pearls of the Qur’an as Shaykh Ahmed Sa’ad goes over selections of Tafsir from the 30th Juz. Join us at the Madina Seminary campus for a special evening of poetry, reflection, and wisdom with Shaykh Ahmed Sa’ad (UK), as well as local artists Sidi Nader Khan and the Blacksmiths.
Get your free tickets now at www.madinaseminary.ca/quranpearls!
Answered and approved by Madina Faculty members
Asalamalaikum. Can a Hanafi pray Asr in congregation, but before the Asr time for Hanafis (because Hanafis have a later Asr time)?
بِسْم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله الَّذِي خلق السمواتِ و الارضٓ و جعل الظلماتِ و النورٓ
أحمدُهُ حمداً كما ينبغي لِكَرَمِ وجهه وعِزِّ جلالِهِ
و الصلاة و السلام على سيّدنا محمد النور وعلى أهل بيته الطاهرين
Alaykum al-Salaam.
Thank you for your question.
As you may or may not know, within the Hanafi madhhab itself, there is a disagreement on the time of Asr.
The great Imam, Abu Hanifa (radi Allahu anh), believed the time of asr enters [generally] when the shadow of an object is twice its length [in addition to its shadow at the time of zenith]. Two of his top students, namely Imam Abu Yusuf and Imam Muhammad al-Shaybani, disagreed and held that the time of asr enters when the shadow of an object is the length of the object itself, in addition to the regular shadow that is apparent at the time of zenith. The latter position is also the position of the Shaffi’is and other schools of thought.
The reason this is important to mention is that there are cases within the Hanafi madhhab where the disagreement is so big and strong, that both positions are seen as valid to follow. So, either position you can choose to follow.
Our recommendation:
Allah knows best!
Answered and approved by Madina Faculty members
AsSalaamu Alaykum. If I join a Jamaah performing Maghrib, and I join in the last rakah, do I do tahiyat-jalsa in my second rakah?
By second rakah, I mean the first rakah I perform on my own, after the Imaan has made salaam.
بِسْم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله الَّذِي خلق السمواتِ و الارضٓ و جعل الظلماتِ و النورٓ
أحمدُهُ حمداً كما ينبغي لِكَرَمِ وجهه وعِزِّ جلالِهِ
والصلاة والسلام على سيّدنا محمد النور وعلى أهل بيته الطاهرين
Thank you for your question.
You are to follow the Imam, and by this I mean: you read tahiyaat with the Imam and the jama’ah.
When he does tasleem (i.e., the imam finishes the prayer by saying, “al-salaamu alaykum), you do not say it, rather you rise and perform another two units of prayer and you would, again, thereafter, read the tahiyaat at the end, send salaat on the Prophet (salallahu alayhi wa alihi), make dua, and then finish the prayer by saying tasleem.
And Allah knows best!