MSA MEETING NOV 28

 

Reminder: MSA weekly meeting Wed, Nov 28 @ 12pm in the Almaden room, top floor of the SU!

Don’t forget we’re selling falafels at table #7 to raise awareness and funds for the fastathon on Dec 4!

MEETING TOMORROW!

MSA WEEKLY MEETING REMINDER

Time : 12pm// Location: Almaden Room (Student union-Third Floor)

To Do

Think About What You Can Offer to the Fastathon

MSA West conference: coming to SJSU, Inshallah, in spring 2008! We need everyone to get involved!

Really important member feedback (this is first in our hearts, but last on the agenda so that everyone can think through the above items and any other feedback they have and can respond, Inshallah)

-Open forum

AND OTHER COOL STUFF!!

CAPTIVE TURNED CONVERT- MONDAY Nov 19

CAPTIVE TO CONVERT…MONDAY! YVONNE RIDLEY

Monday, NOVEMBER 19^th, 12PM, Guadalupe Room

  YVONNE RIDLEY coming to campus!

        Barely had the ashes of the World Trade Center in New
York settled when Sunday Express journalist Yvonne
Ridley found herself captured by the Taliban in
Afghanistan and held for 10 days.

British-born, award-winning journalist Yvonne Ridley
was a senior reporter of the Sunday Express at the
time, having spent nearly 10 years in Fleet Street
working for several prestige titles including The
Sunday Times, The Observer, Daily Mirror and
Independent on Sunday. She has also worked on projects
as a broadcaster, producer and presenter on programs
for BBC TV and radio, CNN, ITN and Carlton TV.

Ridley, who had gone to Afghanistan to report for the
British paper, found herself becoming the news
instead. And her story could not have been more full
of surprises and irony. She was duly released
unharmed. Upon her release, she started reading the Qur’an and afterwards accepted Islam.

Come hear the amazing story of this remarkable woman
for yourself! Please note: this event will not focus on her conversion, but rather her experiences as a captive and journalist.

Meeting WED!!!

MARK YOUR CALENDERS!

[please note: ALL MSA events are open to EVERYONE, so feel free to invite your friends]  

          MSA WEEKLY GENERAL BODY MEETING

          EVERY WEDNESDAY @ 12pm in the Almaden Room, top floor of the SU

We can’t wait to see you all there…starting this Wednesday, God willing !

 AND

            Monday, NOVEMBER 19^th, 12PM (room TBA)

  YVONNE RIDLEY coming to campus!

        Barely had the ashes of the World Trade Center in New
York settled when Sunday Express journalist Yvonne
Ridley found herself captured by the Taliban in
Afghanistan and held for 10 days.

British-born, award-winning journalist Yvonne Ridley
was a senior reporter of the Sunday Express at the
time, having spent nearly 10 years in Fleet Street
working for several prestige titles including The
Sunday Times, The Observer, Daily Mirror and
Independent on Sunday. She has also worked on projects
as a broadcaster, producer and presenter on programs
for BBC TV and radio, CNN, ITN and Carlton TV.

Ridley, who had gone to Afghanistan to report for the
British paper, found herself becoming the news
instead. And her story could not have been more full
of surprises and irony. She was duly released
unharmed, and two years later, in a remarkable twist,
she converted to Islam.

Come hear the amazing story of this remarkable woman
for yourself!

 

Please note: this lecture will not focus on her conversion.

InshaAllah it will focus on her experiences as a journalist captured by the Taliban.

Seeking forgiveness=doors to accepted prayers

as salamu alaykum MSAers,

check this story out:

Imam Ahmed, may God be pleased with him, once was traveling and needed to stay somewhere overnight. When he went to the masjid, the guard (not recognizing Imam Ahmed) denied him entrance. Imam Ahmed tried numerous times, but the guard did not accept his requests. Frustrated, Imam Ahmed resolved to spend the night int he masjid yard. The guard became furious and dragged him away, despite the old age and frailty of Imam Ahmed. A baker, whose shop was nearby, watched this scene and took pity on Imam Ahmed. He invited the Imam to stay with him for the night. While there, Imam Ahmed noticed that the baker continually made istighfar (asking for Allah’s forgiveness) while working, and in the mroning, the Imam eagerly asked his host about the latter’s continual seeking of forgiveness. The baker said it had become like second nature, and Imam Ahmed then asked whether the man had experienced any reward from this practice.

The baker answered, “By Allah! No duaa (supplication to God) I made except that it was answered but one.” “And what is that duaa?” asked Imam Ahmed. “To be able to see the famed Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal!”

Imam Ahmed interjected, “I am Ahmed ibn Hanbal!”

He then went on to add:

“By Allah! I was dragged to your place so that you can have your duaa/wish come true.”

- Summarized from Al Jumuah magazine, vol 19, issue 7.

SubhanAllah… Allah dragged Imam Ahmed to the house of the baker to answer his duaa.  Let us race to make istighfar (asking for forgiveness from Allah)!

Dua

Sr.Karimah, our hearts and duaas are with you and your family. May Allah Most High make things easy for all of you, bless all of you, and rejoin your family in the highest Paradise. Ameen