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PRAYER TIMINGS Effective 06/05 MCA NOOR Fajr 5:00 5:00 Dhuhr 1:30 1:30 Asr 5:15 6:30 Maghrib Sunset Sunset Isha 10:10 10:10 Juma 1 12:15 1:30 Juma 2 1:30 2:30 Juma 3 2:30 Published Weekly by the Muslim Community Association of San Francisco Bay Area www.mcabayarea.org Shawwal 23, 1442 AH Friday, June 04, 2021 AL-QURAN [And said], “If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, [you do it] to them [i.e., yourselves].” Then when the final [i.e., second] promise came, [We sent your enemies] to sadden your faces and to enter the masjid [i.e., the temple in Jerusalem], as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction. Quran 17:7 HADITH Salaam Alaikum! I am pleased to have joined the students, parents, teachers, staff and principal of Al-Arqam School on their beautiful Drive-Thru Graduation Ceremony on Sunday, May 23, 2021 at MCA. I also had the pleasure of joining the new youth Huffaz [girls and boys] of Noor Hifz Academy Graduation Ceremonies on Sat- Humran, the freed slave of urday, May 29, 2021 at MCA. My warmest congratulations to parents and all graduates. May Allah SWT bless ‘Uthman said: I heard from you and your families. With love today and always. JazakAllah Khair. Kind Regards, ‘Uthman b. ‘Affan and he Dr. Nadeem, M. | President, MCA. was in the courtyard of the mosque, when the Mu’adhdhin (announcer of the prayer) came to him at the time of afternoon prayer. So the (‘Uthman) called for the ablution water and performed ablution and then said: By Allah, I am narrating to you a Hadith. If there were not a verse in the Book of Allah, I would have never narrated it to you. I heard Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) say: If a Muslim performs ablution and does it well and offers prayer, all his (sins) daring the period from one prayer to another would be pardoned by Allah. Sahih Muslim Book 002, Hadith Number 0438. Final Deadline to submit Join MCA Mailing List and Stay Connected Advertisements is Tuesday at 5:00 PM www.mcabayarea.org/newsletter 2 59. Al-Muhyi The Maintainer of life The Restorer, The Giver of Life, The One who took out a living human from semen that does not have a soul. He gives life by giving the souls back to the worn out bodies on the resurrection day and He makes the hearts alive by the light of knowledge. “And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them.” [Quran 7:180] 3 Companions of the Prophet Suhayl ibn Amr At the Battle of Badr, when Suhayl fell place, he would respond. The Quraysh sent Badil into the hands of the Muslims as a ibn Warqa with a group of men from the Khuzaah prisoner, Umar ibn al-Khattab came up tribe to find out why the Muslims had come. Badil met the Prophet and when he returned to to the Prophet and said: “Messenger the Quraysh and informed them of the peaceful of God! Let me pull out the two middle intentions of the Prophet and his companions, incisors of Suhayl ibn Amr so that he they did not believe him because they said he would not stand up and be able to speak was from the Khuzaah who were allies of Mu- out against you after this day.” hammad. “Does Muhammad intend,” they asked, “to come upon us with his soldiers (in the guise “Certainly not, Umar,” cautioned the Prophet. “I of) performing Umrah? The Arabs would hear would not mutilate anyone lest God mutilate me that he moved against us and entered Makkah by even though I am a Prophet.” And calling Umar force white a state of war existed between us. By closer to him, the blessed Prophet said: God this will never happen with our approval.” “Umar, perhaps Suhayl will do something in the The Quraysh then sent Halis ibn Alqamah, the future which will please you.” chieftain of the Ahabish who were allies of the Quraysh. When the Prophet, peace be on him, Suhayl ibn Amr was a prominent person among saw Halis he said, “This man is from a people who the Quraysh. He was clever and articulate and his think greatly of animal sacrifice. Drive the sacrifi- opinion carried weight among his people. He was cial animals in full view of him so that he can see known as the khatib or spokesman and orator of them. This was done and Halis was greeted by the the Quraysh. He was to play a major role in con- Muslims chanting the talbiyyah: “Labbayk Alla- cluding the famous truce of Hudaybiyyah. humma Labbayk.” On his return, Halis exclaimed: “Subhana Allah - Glory be to God. These people Towards the end of the sixth year after the Hijrah, should not be prevented from entering Makkah. the Prophet and about fifteen hundred of his Can lepers and donkeys perform the Hajj while Sahabah left Madinah for Makkah to perform the son of alMuttaIib (Muhammad) be prevented Prophet. He saw that whenever he gave them Umrah. To make it known that they were coming from (visiting) the House of God? By the Lord of an order, they hastened to carry it out. When he in peace, the Muslims were not armed for battle the Kabah, may the Quraysh be destroyed. These made ablutions they vied with one another to and carried only their travellers swords. They also people have come to perform Umrah.” help him. When they spoke in his presence, they took with them animals for sacrifice to let it be lowered their voices, and they did not look him in known that they were really coming on pilgrim- When the Quraysh heard these words, they the eye out of respect for him. age. scoffed at him: “Sit down! You are only a nomad Arab. You have no knowledge of plots and Back with the Quraysh, Urwah showed that he The Quraysh learnt of their approach and imme- intrigues.” was obviously impressed: “By God, O people diately prepared to do battle with them. They of the Quraysh, I have been to Chosroes in his vowed to themselves that they would never allow Urwah ibn Masud, the Thaqafi chieftain from kingdom and I have seen Caesar the Byzantine the Muslims to enter Makkah. Khalid ibn al-Walid Tail, was then sent out to assess the situation. He emperor in the plenitude of his power, but never was despatched at the head of a Quraysh cavalry said to the Prophet: “O Muhammad! You have have I seen a king among his people like Muham- force to cut off the approaching Muslims. Khalids gathered all these people and have come back to mad among his companions. I have seen a people army stood waiting for them at a place called your birthplace. The Quraysh have come out and who would not abandon him for anything. Re- Kara al-Ghamim. pledged to God that you would not enter Makkah consider your position. He is presenting you with against them by force. By God, all these people right guidance. Accept what he has presented to The Prophet learnt in advance of Khalid’s posi- might well desert you.” At that Abu Bakr went up you. I advise you sincerely... I fear that you will tion. Although committed to the struggle against to Urwah and said with disdain: “We desert him never gain victory over him.” them, he was keen not to have any encounter (Muhammad)? Woe to you.” then with the Quraysh forces. He asked: “Is there “Don’t speak like that,” said the Quraysh. “We will any man who could take us (to Makkah) on a As Urwah was speaking, he touched the Proph- have him go back this year and he can return in different route to avoid the Quraysh?” et’s the future.” Meanwhile, the Prophet summoned Uthman ibn Allan and sent him to the Quraysh A man from the Aslam tribe said he could and beard and Mughirah ibn Shubah rapped his hand leaders to inform them of his purpose in coming took the Muslims through the difficult terrain of saying, “Take away your hand,” and Urwah re- to Makkah and to ask their permission for the Warah and then on fairly easy marches, finally torted: “Woe to you! How crude and coarse you MusIims to visit their relatives. Uthman was also approaching Makkah from the south. Khalid re- are.” The Prophet smiled. “Who is this man, O to cheer up the Mustadafin among the Muslims alized what the Muslims had done and returned Muhammad?” asked Urwah. “This is your cousin, who still lived in Makkah and inform them that frustrated to Makkah. Al-Mughirah ibn Shubah.” “What perfidy!” Urwah liberation would not be long in coming... hissed at Al-Mughirah and continued to insult The Prophet camped near Hudaybiyyah and indi- him. Uthman delivered the Prophet’s message to the cated that if the Quraysh would give any hint of Quraysh and they repeated their determina- a truce out of veneration for the sacred time and Urwah then surveyed the companions of the tion not to allow the Prophet to enter Makkah. 4 They suggested that Uthman could make tawaf during which the Muslims enjoyed a respite from Abu Bakr, may God be pleased with him, quelled around the Kabah but he replied that he would the Quraysh and were freed to concentrate on the confusion with his decisive words: “Whoever not make tawaf while the Messenger of God was other matters.