Friday, 03 April 2020
Saturday 26th day of Rajab 1441 | March 21st, 2020
We are currently witnessing a historic pandemic that is expected to have long term global, health, economic, political, and social effects that are difficult to predict at the moment.
Resolving this issue requires time and cooperation between countries to share research and medicinal discoveries. This also calls for the people’s cooperation to assist in slowing down the spread of the virus to ease the burden on the healthcare facilities and healthcare providers.
Moreover, it is known that our honorable religion encouraged proper hygiene and taking precautions to avoid harm while relying on the Creator, the One who creates and destines everything. Therefore, we ask the people to:
Muslims believe that the Creator created a cure for every sickness and that there must be a cure for this disease that is yet to be discovered by the scientists. We hope that researchers will soon identify a cure and a vaccine and that these tools will be made widely available to the public.
To assist the government in fighting this pandemic, A.I.C.P. announces a cancellation to all communal activities and services that are not religiously obligatory. We continue to perform the Friday prayer at our centers while establishing strict social distancing and sanitizing guidelines. A.I.C.P. will continue to follow the CDC health recommendations and state law requirements across all U.S. branches.
A.I.C.P. requests from all its members and followers to participate in voluntary home quarantine and to avoid leaving the house for non-essential trips. A.I.C.P. encourages the Muslim community to adhere to the religion and to find comfort in performing acts of obedience at home.
We ask God to have mercy on us, to lift this calamity, and to protect us from any harm.
Association of Islamic Charitable Projects, A.I.C.P.
4431 Walnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19104
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The Messenger of Allah said: "One Dirham surpassed one hundred thousand Dirhams." They said: "How?" He said: "A man had two Dirhams; he gave one of them in charity; and another man went to part of his money and took out of it one hundred thousand Dirhams and gave them in charity." The man who does not have but two Dirhams and gave one of them for the sake of Allah, favoring the reward of Allah has more reward than the wealthy who gave in charity one hundred thousand, which is little compared to the plenty of money he had. If it were not for the strong certitude of the first, he would not give half of his money. Had it not been for his strong trust in Allah, his belief in the Hereafter and the reward from Allah, and the occupation of his heart with the Hereafter, the reward of this single Dirham would have not surpassed the reward of one hundred thousand Dirhams, which the wealthy paid in charity out of his own (abundant) money. |
قال رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: "سَبَقَ دِرْهَمٌ مِائَةَ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ." قَالُوا وَكَيْفَ؟ قَالَ: "كَانَ لِرَجُلٍ دِرْهَمَانِ تَصَدَّقَ بِأَحَدِهِمَا، وَانْطَلَقَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عُرْضِ مَالِهِ فَأَخَذَ مِنْهُ مِائَةَ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ فَتَصَدَّقَ بِهَا " . الرَّجُلُ الذي لا يملِكُ إلَّا دِرْهَمَيْنِ وتَصَدَّقَ بأحَدِهِمَا ابتغاءَ وَجْهِ الله إيثارًا للآخرةِ أيْ إيثارًا لما عند الله يكونُ ثوابهُ عند الله أعظمَ من ثوابِ هذا الغنيِّ الذي يَتَصَدَّقُ بمِائَةِ ألفٍ والمِائَةُ ألفٍ عندَه قليلٌ من كثير . ذاكَ الذي تَصَدَّقَ بدرهمٍ وأبقَى لنفسهِ درهمًا لولا قُوَّةُ يقينهِ ما تَصَدَّقَ بنصفِ ما يملِك، لولا قُوَّةُ يقينهِ بالله واليومِ الآخرِ والثَّواب من الله تعالى وإقبالُ قلبهِ على الآخرةِ ما زادَ أجرُ هذا الدِّرْهَمِ الواحدِ على أجرِ مِائَةِ ألفِ دِرْهَمٍ يَتَصَدَّقُ بها الرَّجُلُ الموسرُ الغنيُّ من عُرْضِ ماله . |
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The Messenger of Allah said: "O women, pay charity. Indeed, I saw you (constituting) the most inhabitants of Hellfire." |
وقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: "يا معشَرَ النِّساء تَصَدَّقْنَ فإني رَأَيتُكُنَّ أكثَرَ أهلِ النَّارِ." |
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The Messenger of Allah said: "Treat your sick people with (paying) charity." |
وقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : "دَاوُوا مَرْضَاكُم بالصَّدَقَة." |
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The Messenger of Allah said: "Charity extinguishes the sin as the water extinguishes the fire." |
وقال صلى الله عليه وسلّم : "الصَّدَقَةُ تُطْفِئُ الخَطِيئَةَ كما يُطْفِئُ الماءُ النَّارَ." |
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Fellow Muslim, remember the supplication of the angels for charity payers. There is no morning in a day but two angels supplicate; one says: O Allah, give the spender replacement, and the other says: O Allah, give the withholder spoilage. Purify your intention and spend from what Allah granted you. Do not be afraid; the Messenger of Allah said: "No money is reduced because of charity." |
تَذَكَّرْ أخِي المسلم دعاءَ الملائكةِ لِلمُتَصَدِّقِين، فما مِن يوم إلا ويُصبحُ فيه مَلَكانِ يكون مِن دعاءِ أحدِهما اللهم أَعْطِ مُنفِقًا خَلَفًا، ويقول الآخَرُ اللهم أَعْطِ مُمْسِكًا تَلَفًا. أَخْلِصِ النِّيَّةَ وأَنفِقْ ممَّا رَزَقَكَ اللهُ ولا تَخَفْ فَإِنَّ رسولَ الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: "مَا نَقَصَ مَالٌ مِن صَدَقَةٍ." |
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The North American Headquarters of the Association of Islamic Charitable Projects is based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The AICP is an organization objectively teaching the authentic knowledge of the Religion as taught by the Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, and preserved and passed on through the trustworthy followers of each era.
The AICP encourages Muslims to better themselves through education and academic excellence, as well as expanding employment opportunities for themselves and other Muslims.
Read more: Association of Islamic Charitable Projects in North AmericaWe started this path relying on our values of moderation, openness, wisdom and cooperation. Our goal is to teach, guide towards good and benefit our societies. Our motto is honesty in transmitting the Islamic knowledge.
All this made the Association of Islamic Charitable Projects rise to the level of worldwide associations and be known throughout the world, so much so that it is playing an important role in spreading values of justice and knowledge among the different fractions of societies.
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. To Him belong the endowments and proper commendations. May Allah raise the rank of our prophet Muhammad and protect his nation from what he fears for it.
Hence, the Islamic institutions throughout the world rapidly trusted the A.I.C.P and established connections with it, a thing that consolidated the ties that the associations had with thousands of people worldwide.
Read more: What is the Association of Islamic Charitable ProjectsThis book is written to give the English speaker a sound, full view of history and what we know will inevitably occur in the future.
The most important knowledge is the knowledge about our Creator, praise and thanks to Him. Hence, this book begins with this supreme knowledge. After that, the knowledge about the Prophets is of utmost importance, as well as knowledge about the angels, the Books, and the Day of Judgment.
This book tells about our history as humans. It narrates about our Creator, the first things He created, and the glorious stories of the best of creation: the righteous, pious Prophets of God. It concludes with the true teachings about our future.
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Class Title: Our History - From The Beginning
Speaker: Dr. Ali Ghazzawi
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