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Behind The Scenes – Filming The AlMaghrib Ramadan 1429 Shoutout

I work with Wasat Studios, who from time to time records Islamic lectues and other interesting little videos. At the 2008 45th Annual ISNA Convention, we filmed a tiny short Ramadan Shoutout for AlMaghrib Institute. The video was supposed to be a short reminder sent out to all the students of AlMaghrib to give them a little bit of encouragement for the month of Ramadan.

How it all happened

At ISNA this past year, three AlMaghrib instructors were there invited to speak: Yasir Qadhi, Yaser Birjas, and the latest addition to their line up, Imam Suhaib Webb. With all three of these guys there, we decided, “hey, why not get them together and film a lil’ somethin somethin. Nothing long or formal, but like an informal little fun video.”

So we asked the two Yasirs after Maghrib salah on Saturday if they’d be down to shoot something after midnight when Imam Suhaib finishses a late night MYNA session, and they said they’ll see how things go. In all honesty, I personally didn’t think it was going to happen. They looked really tired, and trying to get Imam Suhaib to do something after his own midnight session, things were looking grim.

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6 Things You Can Do To Increase Your Faith During Finals – Zubair Khan & Imam Suhaib Webb

1. Set up a continuous worship schedule

I remember my exam days, when I lived in the states: sleepless nights, lots of caffeine and plenty of fajirs in the Masjid. It was so amazing that outside of those times I would find it so hard to pray in the night, make dua, fast and struggle in worship. But, when exams rolled around I became a 24 test maniac making nearly unbelievable sacrifices for my exams. Although, for some of us, this might seem negative at first? I would like to think that it means we can do it!

If you can stay up, work like crazy, live off of coffee and struggle for a weeks towards success in this dunia, even disappearing and making ‘itikaf in the library, then surely you can struggle a little for the Hereafter. You have the potential, it just needs to be redirected towards Allah. Thus, the first lesson we learn from this time is one related to potential and priorities. The Arabs have a saying, “If the girl is pretty, then the high mahr is no problem.” Meaning, if the goal is beloved to the person, he will put forth great effort and feel very little stress. Read more »

Closeness of Allah Explained by Imam Suhaib Webb

Came across this from a blog that started up and died way too fast. JazaAllah khairan to ThE ShIZZ and Azam Hashmi for this one.

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From the book, “Khasais Al-T’abir Al-Quran wa Samatuhu Al-Balagha” by Dr. Abdul Matin Al-Mut’i Al-Azhari, and explained to me by Imam Suhaib while jogging (so if I get anything wrong, forgive me, but I was trying to be healthy):

The word ya, in Arabic, is used to call to someone. For example, if you were in a room and your friend, lets say his name is ‘Azam’ was in the next room: how would you call him? Read more »

Imam Suhaib Webb on the California Wildfires and Hellfire

Here’s what’s been going on in in Southern California for the past few days for those of us living in caves. Almost 900,000 people have been evacuated out of their homes for massive wildfires that are sweeping So-Cal. Click the pic.

Imam Suhaib Webb in his Purification of the Soul set mentions a reflection about the similar California wildfires of September 2005. He says… Read more »