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Wherever I am, I try to seek Allah’s signs

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Wherever I am, I try to seek Allah’s signs, or at least be open to receiving them.

Yesterday, I was in an IHOP parking lot picking up a daughter when I saw the hilal for Dhul-Hijjah.

Each sign is an opportunity for submission to the Creator of the sign. It’s not about my wants or my convenience, but rather, it’s about loving surrender to Allah’s decree.

This is one of the reasons I love sighting the moon.

Hilal of Dhul-Hijjah sighted 7 June 2024 at 9:11PM, in Greenbelt, MD, USA

“We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth. But is it not sufficient concerning your Lord that He is, over all things, a Witness?” (Surah Fussilat 41:53)

Khalifa Conversations with Imam Johari

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Join Green Muslims and Green Ramadan at MakeSpace for our next Khalifa Conversations with Imam Johari on Sunday, 9 June, 2 – 3PM ET.

This discussion will online via Zoom and in-person at MakeSpace HQ:

6082 Franconia Rd., Ste. D, Alexandria, VA 22310

Imam Johari Abdulmalik of Sol-Power Africa will be leading a talk titled, “The Maqasid Ash-Shariah: the Sixth Durrurah–Preserving the Environment as an Islamic Necessity.”

Afterward we’ll have Q&A and discussion.

Registration is required whether attending in-person or via Zoom:

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This event is funded by a grant from Islamic Relief USA and supported by MakeSpace. JazakumAllah!

Pray Outdoors, Often

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The barakah of sujood.

Put your forehead on the ground.
Let the blades of grass and clover tickle your toes.
Allow your hands and knees to ground yourself in the soil.
Make dua and glorify the Creator of our bodies and this precious planet.

“The servant is closest to his Lord during prostration, so increase your supplications therein.” – Sahih Muslim