Posted on: February 8th, 2014 by shaykh No Comments
On Friday 7th February Shaykh Muhammad Umar Al-Qadri was invited by the Belfast Islamic Centre to deliver 2 lectures on Jumah.
This was the first interaction of the Shaykh with the Muslim Community in Belfast. Belfast Islamic Centre is the largest Mosque in Northern Ireland and was established in 1977. The Mosque caters for the needs of the entire Muslim population in Northern Ireland of 3000 Muslims in Northern Ireland.
The Shaykh delivered 2 Jumah lectures. The first lecture was on the importance of adopting Akhlaq e Hasanah (beautiful behaviour and conduct). The second lecture was on the responsibilities of a Muslim in Western countries.
Both lectures were highly appreciated by the congregations. In fact the popularity of the lectures was reflected in the high number of attendees the same evening in the Belfast Islamic Centre during the lecture of Shaykh Muhammad Umar on Tafsir of Surah Al-Fateha.
Please read the report of the lecture on Tafsir of Surah Al-Fateha in Belfast Islamic Centre here.
After the lectures the Shaykh met the previous and current management of the Belfast Islamic Centre. The Shaykh congratulated the Management of having a truly diverse Islamic Centre in Northern Ireland.
After the Jumah lectures the Shaykh was invited by Brother Ali Khan, executive member of the BIS management, for a dinner in his house.
Posted on: February 1st, 2014 by shaykh No Comments
The celebration of Mawlid un Nabi is the commemoration of the birth of Allah’s Beloved, the Best of Creation and the Leader of Prophets (peace and blessings be upon him); it is but one example of a celebration that is permissible and in total accordance with Allah’s decree.
Al-Mustafa Islamic Centre Ireland celebrated the Mawlid Celebration on Sunday, 26th February by organizing the 4th Annual Peace Walk & Interfaith Peace Conference .
This beautiful interfaith program was attended by over 250 participants. This Mawlid-un-Nabi celebration consisted of two parts ; The Mawlid Peace Walk & The Mawlid Peace Conference. Participants had come not only from Dublin but also from the following cities: Belfast, Ballaghdreen, Athlone and Longford.
The program commenced with the beautiful recitation of Quran by Qari Abdur Rahman followed by welcome speech by The Founder & President of Al-Mustafa Islamic Centre Ireland, Shaykh Dr. Muhammad Umar Al-Qadri. Shaykh Umar during his welcome speech asked the participants if they would like to hold the Peace Walk as the weather was very cold and the roads were slippery. The participants all expressed that they were not worried about the cold weather as their love and passion for Peace & Unity in following the footsteps of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be upon Him) was burning in their hearts and would surely keep their bodies warm. The participants were then instructed to gather outside and prepare for the Mawlid Peace Walk. The Mawlid Peace Walk was lead by leaders of the Muslim and Christian faiths. The local Gardai (Police) under the leadership of the Community Guard Sgt. Vincent Conolly assisted the participants during the Peace Walk.
After the Peace Walk Asr Prayer was performed in the Islamic Centre. The Mawlid Peace Conference commenced with the beautiful recitation of Holy Quran.
Craig Considine, who is a lecturer at Trinity College Dublin and Roman Catholic American journalist and writer thanked the organization for the invitation gave an enlightening speech with the topic ” What Prophet Muhammad has thought me about Islam”. Click here to read the complete speech by Craig Considine.
Sidi Abdul Quadri Lawal spoke about the beauty of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and the importance of celebrating the arrival of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW). Reverend Alan from the Presbytarian Church thanked the organization for the invitation and spoke about the importance of inter faith dialogue and his experience in interfaith work. Adrian Christea, secretary of the Dublin City Interfaith Forum, also spoke on this blessed event highlighting the aims and objectives of the Dublin City Interfaith Forum. Imam Monsuro from the Dawah Group spoke about the importance of Loving the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and gave examples from the life of Bilal Habashi r.a. how he loves the Messenger of Allah.
Al-Haja Seidat Bashirat, renowned Nasheed artist from Nigeria, gave a beautiful nasheed performance praising Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) in Arabic and in Nigerian language.
Students of Al-Mustafa Islamic School ;Ammad Rashid, Fadilah Salawu, Abdul Wasiu Ajayi, Anas Idrees, Sajjad Bakhshi, Zainab, Marifat and Naeemah delivered speeches on various different aspects of Islam and the Prophet of Islam.
The first session ended with a beautiful nasheed performance praising Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) by brother Sajjad Hussain from Ballaghdreen.
After the Maghrib prayer the second session was started with the recitation of the Holy Quran. Shaykh Dr. Umar Al-Qadri shared a few beautiful examples from the life of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) that highlighted his beautiful character and personality. Shaykh Umar emphasized that Muslims should adopt the moral behavior and qualities of the Prophet.
Shaykh Qari Abdul Majid ,renowned Muslim theologian from the UK spoke about the importance of Peace and the contribution of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) to Global Peace & Unity.
The Peace Conference ended with a prayer of Peace from the Holy Quran by Abbas Ali Khan from Belfast and dinner was served to the guests.
We would like to thank all the guests, participants and contributors to this Blessed event and pray that Almighty Allah rewards all abundantly, Amin.
Posted on: January 18th, 2014 by shaykh No Comments
Mawlid-un-Nabi 2014 Peace Walk & Peace Conference
The 4th Annual Unique Mawlid Peace March has been organised by Al-Mustafa IECC on the occasion of Mawlid un Nabi to express the love for the Holy Prophet (SAW). This Peace march will show the unity and the diversity of the Muslim Community. Flyers on the life of the Prophet (SAW) will be distributed in public. Slogans of Takbir and Risalah will be chanted insha Allah. Islamic Nasheed by Maher Zain will be played on speakers. The march will begin at Al-Mustafa Islamic Cultural Centre. Please Collect at 1pm in the Al-Mustafa IECC on the 26th January 2014. Zuhr Prayer will be performed at 1pm and after Zuhr Prayer March will process through the Indusrtial Estate and end at the Islamic Centre where the Conference will begin : “Prophet Muhammad (SAW), Mercy to All Mankind” All are welcome to the Peace March and Conference.
Please see the following videos of past Peace Walks on the occasion of Mawlid-un-Nabi:
Instructions by Shaykh Umar Al-Qadri on how to spend blessed month of Rabi-ul-Awwal:
The month of Rabi ul Awwal is associated with the birth of our Beloved Prophet Muhammad (SAW). This is a great opportunity for us to revive our relation with our beloved Prophet (SAW) as ummati’s. In order to revive this significant link the Sheikh has instructed all members of Al-Mustafa IECC the following:
Hold daily Halaqah in your homes before dinner with the family. Start the Halaqah with recitation of the Holy Quran and translation of recited verses. Then send Salawat (Greetings and Blessings) upon the Beloved Prophet Muhammad (SAW) collectively at least 100 times. Now parents should read out to the children a story from the Seerah of our Beloved Prophet (SAW) to transfer the love and respect of the Holy Prophet (SAW). Conclude the Halaqah with Duaa to Almighty Allah.
During this month all members should apart of the compulsary Ibaadah, send daily Salawat Alan Nabi (Greetings and Blessings). This should be done as much as possible. Anas ibn Malik narrates that Holy Prophet (SAW) said:“He who reads a single Salawat upon me, Almighty Allah blesses him ten times, ten of his sins are forgiven, and he is increased ten times in stages”
Members of Al-Mustafa IECC should read the biography (Seerah) of the Beloved Prophet Muhammad (SAW). Recommended books are: Shumail Tirmidhi by Imam Muhammad Ibn Isa At-Tirmidhi, Kitab us Shifaa by As-Shaykh Qadi Iyaz (r.a.) and Seerat ur Rasool by Sheikh-ul-Islam Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri. Download ebooks at www.minhajbooks.com & www.maktabah.org
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