God has Mercy on the Merciful
THE
Dai'rat us-Salihiyyah Dhikr Circle, led by Hajjah Naeema Manie, celebrated its 16th
annual Mawlud un-Nabi (the birth of the Prophet Muhammad) at Grassy Park mosque
this month.
Attended
by nearly 500 women exquisitely dressed in white, riwayats (accounts of the
Prophet’s life) were recited as well as verses from the Qur’an together
with dhikr (the melodious remembrance of Allah).
Keynote
speaker was Shaykh Seraj Hendricks, imam at the Azzawia mosque and a well-known
local scholar, who framed his informative talk around the concept of mercy and
the famous Prophetic axiom: “The merciful will be shown mercy by the Most
Merciful. Be merciful to those on the earth, and Allah will have Mercy upon
you.”
According
to Hendricks, who quoted from Imam al-Ghazali to reinforce his point, the whole
ethos of humankind had to be supported by mercy; mercy combined with a wise use
of our God-given intellect that things such extremism, hate and marginalisation
were not part of being Muslim.
The
Dairat us-Salihiyyah Dhikr Circle meets on a weekly basis and is involved in
various outreach programmes throughout the year.
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| Sh Seraj addresses the gathering. |
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| © Shafiq Morton & Dai'rat us-Salihiyyah 2019 |
Masha Allah
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