A very thought provoking article. I pray all our imams & community leaders have this understanding about political & civic engagement.

A powerful reminder that accepting sincere advice with humility can be a means of growth and success in this life and the next. JazakAllah khair for sharing.

It says this year Eid has been established on a Friday, but Eid is on Wednesday?

– Mature politically as a COMMUNITY, wider society and not JUST Muslims and think strategically. Vital

-much of our day to day lives are shaped far more by local politics than people realise

– Communities establish influence
We will have to mobilise all the time and not JUST when we are not happy or disagree with something nationally or internationally

– of paramount importance acknowledgement of the good work that has been done by the councillor/council.

– the responsibility of the Muslim is given emphasis. If an issue does not affect you at the moment it could or will later on and as a community all of that has to be taken into consideration.

It is easily said ‘im too busy…I don’t have the time..’ joint responsibility comes in/brotherhood

We’ll have the time for the break and holiday but will not prioritise this essential joint societal need.
Same with if something not being done and attended to, should be held to account – councillor in question but not too nit pick if did try hard.

-agree totally, not just merely symbolic representatives but serious public servant

The article states: If your mother carried you in her womb for nine months, your father has carried you, your siblings, and mother for years on end. If your mother brought you into this world, then your father is the one who spends his life bringing the world to you. If your mother rushes to catch you when you fall, your father is the one who teaches you how to stand back up and not fall again.

This is not always the case. Most women make better parents to their children than the father does. The mothers spend more time with a child than a father does if he’s working and so they help more than the father in the development of children as they grow. When a child is not feeling well they want their mother more than the father because the difference is they want someone who spent more time with them than the father in the early years. This makes a child want their mother when they are not feeling well as they had spent more time with the mother than the father in the early years when growing up. It is often the mother that brings out the creative side of a child than the father because a woman is more visible as a parent to children than the father if he’s working in the day.

A woman carries the child for nine months and that makes the child different to her own partner and that bond is important to have between mother and her children. Its a bond that is stronger than the woman’s bond with her husband because children are given unconditional love by the mother and the father, but the relationship between parents is conditional, so a woman’s bond with her husband and children are very different. If a man who has fathered children happens to die, the mother is then the only parent. She does not need to give the children a stepfather as a woman is capable of bringing up children herself and that often can happen and those children are not worse off for it.

Most children grow up closer to the mother than the father because they get more affection at times from a mother because of that maternal instinct and a man has a paternal instinct, but its the maternal instinct that is often the stronger bond between a child and its mother than the father.

Very inspiring article — insightful, engaging, and beneficial throughout. JazakAllah khair for sharing such valuable reflections.

‘Food for all… regardless of colour ethnicity, religion’
THAT IS ISLAM

The poor at the time of the Prophet were not all Muslim. That is not a requirement.
Allaah wants us to be humane and take care of the poor and needy

I suggest someond like Dilly Hussain become a member of a party that will be most aligned to both to British and Muslim values and built a 20 point plan on how to improve the economy of the country so they are more jobs less taxes and food for all on the table regardless of religion colour or ethnicity. Britain is fed up with an economy that is collapsing. We need a Muslim representation in ONE party and start campaigning now. Dilly go for it and choose which existing party it should be : Lib Dem ? ! I don’t know but join a mainstream party and start campaigning! You must !

Happy to know about this new media outlet.
Allah bless.

Sidheek C S
Kerala, India

You’re doing a fantastic process Man, Keep it up.

May Allah make us amongst those people and reward abundantly our Sheikh for his guidance. Ameen