New eBook! 40 Green Hadith

Introducing Forty Green Hadith: Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ on Environmental Justice & Sustainability!

Saarah Latif and I met when we were both accepted to the Greenfaith Fellowship Program in 2018. We have been steadily working on our fellowship leadership project and are super excited to finally share our efforts with the world!

We hope this free ebook will be a handy guide to download on your smartphone, laptop, or tablet whenever you wonder about or reflect on eco-teachings present in the life of a man whom Allah called a mercy to all the worlds. This collection can also be handy in interfaith settings.

Finally, we have our own hadith collection to reference at the ready. Read them. Contemplate them. Share them. Discuss them. Put them into practice inshaAllah.

May Allah accept.

Download the Forty Green Hadith ebook now: tiny.cc/40greenhadith

Sacred Water in Our Watershed Virtual STEAM Workshop on Thursday, 27 August at 2PM ET

Masjid Muhammad’s Youth Weekend School has been hosting a series of exciting virtual activities in August, including puppet shows, storytimes, STEAM programs, and house parties.

As a part of this program, I’ll be doing a live STEAM workshop about the Sacred Water in our Watershed this Thursday. We’ll discover how Allah talks about water in the Quran. We’ll listen to stories of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, encouraging water conservation and giving water as charity. We’ll also do hands-on activities that explore water on earth, in our local watershed, and within us.

Get your kids and join me streaming live on Masjid Muhammad’s Facebook and Youtube at 2 PM on Thursday, August 27. You can also register at bit.ly/YWSSTEAM

Come, watch, and do the activities later, OR get your supplies ready in advance to participate in real-time:

  • 5 gallon bucket
  • large jar
  • cup
  • small jar
  • tablespoon
  • eyedropper
  • water
  • paper (2 sheets)
  • marker or colored pencils
  • spray bottle
  • water-based markers
  • Water Inside Us coloring sheet

I’m super excited about this workshop because I’m testing out my capstone project for the Watershed Steward Academy, an adult education program given by the Anacostia Watershed Society that helps build a strong community of watershed activists.

Seven Colored Earths of Mauritius

This is one of those places on Earth that make your mouth drop: the Seven Colored Earths of Mauritius. Mauritius is a tiny island nation off the east coast of Madagascar, which is off the east coast of the continent of Africa. This prismatic natural wonder was formed when volcanic rock cooled at different temperatures.

SubhanAllah, it reminds me of a hadith that Imam Muhammad Adeyika Mendes shared that describes how we, the children of Adam, got our many different colors.

Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Indeed Allah Most High created Adam from a handful that He took from all of the earth. So the children of Adam come in according with the earth, some of them come red, and white and black, and between that, and the thin, the thick, the filthy, and the clean.”

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، وَعَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفُ بْنُ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ الأَعْرَابِيِّ، عَنْ قَسَامَةَ بْنِ زُهَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ “‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى خَلَقَ آدَمَ مِنْ قَبْضَةٍ قَبَضَهَا مِنْ جَمِيعِ الأَرْضِ فَجَاءَ بَنُو آدَمَ عَلَى قَدْرِ الأَرْضِ فَجَاءَ مِنْهُمُ الأَحْمَرُ وَالأَبْيَضُ وَالأَسْوَدُ وَبَيْنَ ذَلِكَ وَالسَّهْلُ وَالْحَزْنُ وَالْخَبِيثُ وَالطَّيِّبُ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏

Jami` at-Tirmidhi

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