AUDIO FILESWith the start of the new Islamic year upon us, I was reminded of a document that I had recently been given, and asked for my views concerning it. A document entitled: A Brief Guide to Zakat in the UK. It was produced by a Suffolk based charity in the UK. Of course from my [...]
Filed under: Gold Dinar, Leadership, Money & Finance, Zakat | 1 Comment »
“London’s Burning, London’s Burning” “People Crying, People Dying “Shariah! Shariah!” “Call on Allah, Call on Allah” On a recent internet forum there was the usual discussion of when Ramadan should begin in the UK. Those (like myself) who propose basing it on a confirmed sighting of the moon within a suitable defined geographic region, were [...]
Filed under: Education, Leadership, Money & Finance, Zakat | Leave a Comment »
A few days ago i was sitting in the Mosque, just after one of the prayers, having a conversation with some fellow worshippers. If you had seen us you might have described as a black Jamaican, two white Englishmen, an Eritrean and a Sudanese. Of course that is all irrelevant, as is the fact that [...]
Filed under: Education, Leadership, Money & Finance, Zakat | Leave a Comment »
I overheard a few seconds of a show being recorded yesterday for Ramadan TV (RTV). It was being made clear that the beginning of Ramadan can be based on of two things: Either a physical sighting of the new moon OR having completed 30 days of Shaban. So far, so good, the 30 days of [...]
Filed under: Blogroll, Education, Leadership | Leave a Comment »
The following news item is quoyed from the Chatity Finance website and their is also a linked blog post by Vibeka Mair. I thought it was important for Muslims to see that this is shocking and unprecedented behaviour, surprising even to those like myself who have been long involved in the charity sector Trustees of [...]
Filed under: Leadership, Money & Finance | 3 Comments »
Bismillah: A few years ago I was appointed as the Amir of my community which, by Allah, gave me the opportunity to try and implement something I had been speaking about, and indeed writing about for some time, the proper collection and distribution of Zakat on Monetary Wealth using Islamic Gold Dinars and Islamic Silver [...]
Filed under: Education, Gold Dinar, Leadership, Zakat | 3 Comments »
On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Allah the Almighty said: I am as My servant thinks I am. I am with him when he makes mention of Me. If he makes mention of Me to himself, I make mention [...]
Filed under: Leadership, Zakat | 5 Comments »
Anyone with a basic knowledge of the fiqh of Zakat will know that the three categories of wealth that Zakat is payable on are (1) Agricultural Produce (2) Livestock, and (3) Monetary Wealth. This monetary wealth (Ayn) is often called ‘hidden wealth’ in that unlike the other two it is not easily open to scrutiny [...]
Filed under: Gold Dinar, Leadership, Zakat | 1 Comment »
BISMILLAH As we exit the sacred month of Rajab and head through Shaban into Ramadhan, it is the coming Ramadhan that dominates many of our thoughts. Yet Rajab is one of the four sacred months in which we have to take special care and attention in many of the things we do, including getting into [...]
Filed under: Education, Leadership, Zakat | 1 Comment »
BIsmillah I listened to a khutbah today where the imam spoke about envy. The third type of envy he mentioned was where you see someone with something and you would like the same for yourself but you also want them to keep what they have. This is an acceptable form of envy whether it be [...]
Filed under: Leadership, Zakat | 2 Comments »
The Consultant’s View – Articles & Audio Files
