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YALASH
04-28-2008, 08:19 AM
The purpose of making every mosque is that people gather in it to worship One God. Once it is made, it is needed to populate it for five daily prayers with high standards of worship. That is practical saying of Thank you God.


Whether one is a person of high grandeur or very poor, the object of creation of both kinds is mentioned in holy Quran as: And I have not created the jinn and the man but they may worship me (51:57) .


When all people, regardless of their wordly status, stand together as one entity in one place, humbly in presence of Allah to worship Him. It increases the grace of His blessings more than before.


Reward of each deed is dependent upon its intention, according to the blessed holy prophet. It means in a mosque one must join others in worship without discriminatory feelings against others to get high rewards. It is very important to purify one’s thoughts to draw benefits from salat / prayer. This point is explained by the ahmadiyya subserviant of the holy prophet as : Salat (prayer) during which the heart is wandering somewhere, thoughts are elsewhere and the mouth is uttering something else is a curse. It is thrown back and is not accepted…..Only that salat is real which gives pleasure. Such a salat is a source of generating hatred for sin. This is very salat about which it is said that it is the zenith of a believer and is a source of progression for a believer.


To save the wealth of believe, one has to continuously seek God’s blessings and strive to purify the self against the greed and materialism.


While in a mosque, no wordly matters are discussed. When one go there only to seek God’s pleasure, no bad thought can stay.


Thus the benefit of making mosque is only achieved when mosques are made with pure intention and one go there with pure heart. It is a sad observation that in some of these, abusive language is used for other religious sects. And sometimes restlessness is made there and government authorities have to intervene.


Only making a good looking mosque is not enough. Worshippers are needed who has beautiful hearts and pure intentions, who spread love and affection, and who turn to Allah with sincerity. To bring human close to God and to promote love and brotherhood is the due reformation.


The person dear to God is the one who progresses in righteousness and God has taught to attain righteousness through observance of salat / prayer and honoring His other rights and His creation’s rights. May Allah the Exalted enable all to live with love and friendliness with aim to receive His pleasure. Ameen.

hellsapoppin
04-28-2008, 11:28 PM
A most profound post. And frankly, very beautiful words.

But I have a question: you say no worldly issues are discussed in a mosque. Yet, I recall watching a TV report which showed a Wahhabi preacher discussing politics and western decadence. In fact, the words he used were reportedly inflammatory towards the west.

Perhaps the reporter did not give an accurate translation. And as someone who is distrustful of the Islamophobia of the news media, I am hesitant to acknowledge that the reporting was accurate.

Over the years I have had the good fortune to know several orthodox Muslims. They are among the kindest people I have ever known and their views closely parallel yours.

Simao
04-29-2008, 07:23 AM
A most profound post. And frankly, very beautiful words.

But I have a question: you say no worldly issues are discussed in a mosque. Yet, I recall watching a TV report which showed a Wahhabi preacher discussing politics and western decadence. In fact, the words he used were reportedly inflammatory towards the west.

Perhaps the reporter did not give an accurate translation. And as someone who is distrustful of the Islamophobia of the news media, I am hesitant to acknowledge that the reporting was accurate.

Over the years I have had the good fortune to know several orthodox Muslims. They are among the kindest people I have ever known and their views closely parallel yours.

You are partly correct. Emams (thats what we call them) they used to preach these kind of things. Some people listened and some didn't at the end, they are humans and subject to error so it is one's own judgment to see whether this Emam is saying the truth or not. These days, we don't see Emams say these kind of things. They mostly talk about the Prophet, social issues in the respective country, and other stuff like you know prayers and all. I've been going to the mosque atleast once a week and I have never heard my Emam saying stuff the reporter say however there might be others who do that but I doubt that they do this anymore after 9/11.

ampoule
04-29-2008, 07:57 AM
YALASH...not only are they jewels of a mosque but also of humankind.

I had the great privilege of witnessing one of your worship services following a Sons of Abraham fundraiser several years ago. It was very humbling and there was no doubt that I was on holy ground.

Scorpio Ascendant
04-29-2008, 04:02 PM
You are partly correct. Emams (thats what we call them) they used to preach these kind of things. Some people listened and some didn't at the end, they are humans and subject to error so it is one's own judgment to see whether this Emam is saying the truth or not. These days, we don't see Emams say these kind of things. They mostly talk about the Prophet, social issues in the respective country, and other stuff like you know prayers and all. I've been going to the mosque atleast once a week and I have never heard my Emam saying stuff the reporter say however there might be others who do that but I doubt that they do this anymore after 9/11.

You're probably living somewhere in the west side of the world.

hellsapoppin
04-29-2008, 05:16 PM
I have never heard my Emam saying stuff the reporter say


One day I watched a TV news program regarding Iran with my Iranian neighbor. During the program a speaker was quoted in translation as saying anti-west remarks. My neighbor was shocked and swore that the speaker's words had not been accurately translated by the TV reporter.

My neighbor is a devout Shiia Muslim and is a very honest man. I know he spoke the truth.

hellsapoppin
04-29-2008, 11:20 PM
Yalash,

Are you Sufi?

Somehow, your initial post reminds me of Rumi.

Tournesol
04-29-2008, 11:37 PM
Hi all!

I'm a Muslim, and I live in Trinidad [the Caribbean]. Down here, the Imams/Emams give sermons [khutbahs] very much like the way Simao describes it. On the other hand, Taima commented that Simao must live in the West [which I must infer means that he/she lives in the East]

I think the difference must be cultural and political. The fact that I was born in the West as well as my parents, we have a very orthodox view of Islam. We have no cultural baggage, nor historical baggage.

I'm not saying that we don't empathise with our Muslim brothers and sisters who undergo lifelong persecutions, but because our situation in the West is different from theirs, the Imams would have different things to say to their congregations.

For instance, as a Muslim woman, I am free to wear the scarf to go ANYWHERE in my country. I know for a fact that for Muslim women in Turkey, this is a liberty that they are deprived of.

hellsapoppin - I think that Yalash may be an Ahmadi, based on a previous thread I read started by him/her.

I am a Sunni [which basically is an Orthodox Muslim].

naomi moon
05-01-2008, 08:52 AM
I agree with you YALASH, God bless you for these words.
welcome to the forum:)

hellsapoppin
05-01-2008, 05:29 PM
~~~ Ahmadi ~~~

This is a new term to me. According to wikipedia it is as follows:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmadi


Very illuminating!

blazeofglory
05-01-2008, 10:10 PM
Very beautifully presented ideas. I like the way you put it how things should go religiously.