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In the Name of God, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful
Islamic Society of Nevada
Cordially invites You and Your family to
EID-UL-ADHA
Prayers will be held on Saturday, December 30, 2006
First Prayer 7:30
TAKBEER: 7:00 AM
Second Prayer 9:30
Takbeer: 9:00 AM
4730 East Desert Inn Road Las Vegas, NV 89121
Phone: 702-433-3431
New Programs at Islamic Society of Nevada, Jamia Masjid Las Vegas
Weekend Classes for Youth
New Classes on the Quran, Life of the Prophet and Morals and Manners are being offered on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Jamia Masjid from 6:30 to 7:30 PM.
Lectures on Basics of Islamic Fiqh
Dr. Aslam Abdullah has started a series on Basics of Islamic Fiqh offered on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday after Isha prayer at 7:30 PM. The 15 minute lecture focuses on learning rules about various Islamic rituals and personal matters such as Wudu, Salat, Fasting, Hajj, marriage, divorce. THe series presents the perspective of all schools of thought on this basic issues.
Sunday Program at Jamia Masjid
SPecial lecture program and tafsir series have started on Sundays from 11:am to 1:00 PM, The program is being given by Dr. Aslam Abdullah and is geared to younger audience and parents of children who attend Sunday school.
Sunday School
Sunday school is offering classes to children of all ages from 10:30 to 1:00 PM. The classes are in Quran, life of the Prophet and Morals and Manners. While students attend the Sunday school, parents are offered adult lectures on subject of common interests.
Ramadan: The Blessed Month
The month of Ramadan is an extremely profitable display and market for the trade of the hereafter. It is an extremely fertile piece of land for the crops
of the hereafter. For the growth and flourishing of actions it is like April showers in the spring.
Ramadan has the force of a sacred festival for Muslims who fear Allah and live to gain His good pleasure fulfill their obligation to fast during
the month with great enthusiasm and excitement.
Fasting, is a religious obligation in the
verses "You who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you—so that hopefully you will have taqwa" (Surat al-Baqara: 183) and "That you should fast is better for you, if you only knew." (Surat al-Baqara: 184)
This obligation, fulfilled by all Muslims together, further increases the enthusiasm and solidarity between Muslims, who are dispersed all
over the world. The fact it is observed en masse further increases its spiritual nature. In one of his sayings our Prophet (saas) emphasizes the importance of Ramadan as follows:
"Oh people! A great month has come over you; a blessed month... month in which Allah has made it compulsory upon you to fast by day, and voluntary to
pray by night. Whoever draws nearer (to Allah) by performing any of the (optional) good deeds in (this month) shall receive the same reward as
performed obligatory deed at any other time... It is the month of patience, and the reward of patience is Heaven. It is the month of charity, and a month
in which a believer's sustenance is increased..."
Fasting is a great opportunity for believers who genuinely fear Allah and search for a means of drawing closer to Him. Obeying Allah’s command,
waiting patiently the whole day through to earn His good pleasure, breaking one’s fast, and rising early to eat and drink are all means of gaining a
divine reward.
For that reason, Muslims who are in a constant search for divine recompense greet the month of Ramadan with enormous joy. Throughout the month,
Muslims who seek to please Allah with every step they take and to live in the manner revealed by Him earn both the reward for all the obligations they
always perform, and also further reward by fasting.
Indeed, there is a serious drop in the crime rate in Muslim countries during Ramadan. A great number of people turn away from many examples of poor morality that are displeasing to Allah, such as lying, doing that which is forbidden, gossiping and backbiting, because they are fasting. Their desire and
enthusiasm for thinking and doing good increase. ction of worship:
The most excellent fasting is to make the human senses and organs, like the eyes, ears, heart, and thoughts, fast together with the stomach. That is,
to withdraw them from all unlawful things and from trivia, and to urge each of them to their particular worship.
One of the many instances of wisdom in fasting is that thanks to this act of worship people are better able to understand the blessings they enjoy. Even for a sincere Muslim there is a danger of taking the blessings he enjoys for granted. That prevents a person from giving thanks for the blessings given
him by Allah in the way he should. In a number of verses, however, Allah has told people they should give thanks to Him for the blessings He has
imparted, and that those who do so will be given still greater blessings. A person who fasts is protected from the danger of being led by Satan to forget these things and take the blessings given to him for granted.
Thus, in the month of Ramadan, the instinctual soul of everyone, from the richest to the poorest, may understand that it does not own itself, but is
totally owned; that it is not free, but is a slave. It understands that if it receives no command, it is unable to do the simplest and easiest thing, it
cannot even stretch out its hand towards water. Its imaginary dominicality is therefore shattered; it performs its worship and begins to offer thanks, it is true duty.
As well as all these benefits, fasting is also a means whereby such pleasing characteristics as patience, trust in Allah and fortitude come to develop in a person.Anyone who fulfills his obligations for Allah and fasts with determination increases his confidence in himself on account
of the efforts he has made and patience he has demonstrated for Allah’s sake. That in
turn is a means whereby he comes to be more determinedly devoted to religion and to work with greater desire and enthusiasm for the spread of
Islamic values.
Even someone who has never known poverty or hardship will come by these means to think again about the situation of the poor and hungry. That
makes him a more sympathetic individual, keen to help others.
These are by no means all the benefits that come from fasting.
There are a great many more, unknown to us and unappreciated by us but which Allah has
decided are advantageous for us, hidden within the obligation.
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