Imam Nur Salie
Imam Nur Salie is the Imam of the Goolhurst Masjid in Grassy Park
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CMRM "bakes" a difference
On Tuesday 1 November 2011, Imam Rashied Omar and Imam Nur Salie together with some elders of the Claremont Main Road Mosque handed over a cheque for R5000 to the CEO of St. Luke's Hospice, Priscilla Nelson. The donation came from the proceeds of the mosque's awareness campaign, the Cupcakes for Cancer Drive, which was held during October - Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Khutbah – Hajj – The Journey To Allah
Imam Noor Salie has published his latest khutbah entitled Hajj - The Journey to Allah on to this website.
In This Khutbah - I would like to give some Philosophies around Hajj. When we teach the Hajj we deal with – The Ritualistic Dimensions of hajj – (Fiqhi Issues – The Rules on How to do the Hajj) then we also teach the Inner Dimensions – Why are we doing certain rituals –And we also teach the Spiritualistic perspectives – Then we also deal with the historical and Philosophical perspectives -
The Successful Believers
We are almost at the conclusion of yet another academic year for our young Brothers and Sisters - and they have all been facing extra pressure in order to meet deadlines. Excelling in their academics is one of the main priorities at this stage of their lives since, with the help of Allah, it will assist in paving their future and contributing positively to the society we live in.
While none of these goals should be erased from our agenda we should ask ourselves about - the proper definition of success. -- Since we are finite human beings, the future for us will always be unclear. Yet, we have immeasurable blessings because of the generosity of Almighty Allah. Allah promises the believers success here and in the hereafter -- In Surah Al Mu'minoon (The Believers) Chapter 23- 1-11
The Transformative Nature of Islam
Almighty Allah exhort us in the Holy Quran: As for him who overstepped the bounds and preferred the life of the Dunya, the Blazing Fire will be his refuge. But as for him who feared the Station of his Lord and forbade the lower self its appetites, the Garden will be his refuge. (79:37-40)
And - Verily Allah will never change the condition of a people until they change what was in themselves.. (13:11)
The Prophet (saw) said "I have only been sent to complete good character." (Al-Hakim and others) (Sahih)
The Prophet (saw) said: Allah informed me: "My mercy has preceded (excelled) my wrath".
We find ourselves in the last days of the sacred month of Dhil Hijjah where were commanded by the Prophet of Islam during the Hajj to do deep introspection and reflection and make some resolve to bring about some changes in our lives in the new year that is approaching.
The Colour of Islam
The Prophet (saw) stated: -- "Do not Hate and dislike one another - -Do not be jealous of one another- -Do not cut off relationships with one another - but be brothers to each other and true servants of Almighty Allah."
As a Community worker -I am often struck by the strong impact of local custom and cultural practice that infuses the religious practice. This is not unusual since we must expect that issues of language, culture, origin and locality would play a role in shaping the expression of religious life and aspirations of any community.
Having travelled fairly extensively - I find in South Africa that the development of our religious practice has tended to evolve along artificially rigid lines - that have become somewhat oppressive, appearing to exclude not only Muslims of other cultural traditions but also people of other faith traditions.
