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Whoever submits his whole self to God, and is a doer of good, has grasped indeed the most trustworthy hand-hold: and with God rests the End and decision of (all) affairs. 

Luqman (The Wise) 31:22

Funeral Announcements

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un...we regret to inform you of the sad passing of Marhum Muslim Jaffer Abdallah Kanji who passed today, March 7th and will be buried on Monday, March 8th in London. Marhum was cousin of Br. Muslim Kanji of Allentown. Sura-e-Fateha and Namaaz Hadiya-e-Mayyit is kindly requested.

Community Announcements

We are pleased to announce the folowing engagements:

Zahra Valli daughter of Hassanali & Fatma R. Valli to Ali Reza Merali, son of Mohammed and Mumtaz Merali Dewji of Vancouver, Canada.

Minaz Suleman son of Shabir and Fatima Suleman to Kulsum Juma daughter of Gulamhussein and Masuma Juma of Allentown.

Atika Ismael daughter of Hussein and Tahera Ismael to Abbas Ebrahim Son of Mehbob and Gulzar Ebrahim of New York.

We pray to Allah to bless the engaged couples and their families. Ameen

Hadith Al-Kisa

 

Who are our Friends?

By Sayyid Baqir Imrani

Islamic Insights - Imam Ali (peace be upon him) has said, "Friendship and kindness to people is half of intelligence." An intelligent person has many differences from an ignorant person. However, these differences cannot be seen and do not become apparent all the time and in every place. Rather, there are specific occasions when the intellect of an intelligent person and the ignorance of an ignorant person become obvious, and it becomes known who is intelligent and who is ignorant.

One of these occasions is the method of conduct with people. An ignorant person does not know the value of friendship and kindness, and for this reason, he is not friendly with people and does not allow love of others to enter his heart.

However, an intelligent person knows the virtue of his intellect and value of friendship and love. He chooses many good friends for himself and is always kind and loving to them. One of the ways that we can determine whether a person is intelligent or ignorant is by seeing if he is friendly and loving to people or unkind, unloving, and unfriendly. 

Because caring and being friendly with people are the signs of intelligence and brainpower, the Imam has said friendship and love of people is a sign that a person has half of his natural intellect.

However, we must be careful whom we befriend. Both the Prophet and Imam Ali have greatly stressed the matter of choosing friends wisely. For instance, Imam Ali states: "Refrain from befriending a fool, because he wants to benefit you, but due to his ignorance, he will harm you; refrain from befriending a miser, because he will leave you when you need him the most; refrain from befriending a liar, because he will make what is far seem close and what is close seem far."

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The family of Alhaj Kassamali and Naseem Bhalloo cordially invites members of our community to the wedding of their beloved son Kazim...Please click image to view the invitation

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