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Personal Piety Alone Won't Save the Ummah

The moment you consciously accept being a Muslim, you assume the responsibility of accepting the challenge of representing Allah.

The question is: What does it mean to represent Allah?

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African Muslim media keeps building pulpits.

What we need are curriculum builders.

My new piece in @1NationMedia — published this weekend at their launch. Link below.

Share it if it resonates with you.

@NaimaBRobert

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@DarrylWinq26044 @7signxx They cut it to prevent the enemies from cyber attack, and from letting the enemies spy from Iran to be able to communicate and coordinate from within.

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May Allah bless you and increase in knowledge and wisdom.

[A.Y.O @YusufAsunmogejo]

Dear Zuha,

I know you are inquisitive about how our religious days fit into the modern world. It is a brilliant question. I will be breaking this down for you so you can clearly see that Islam is not a copycat. It is a complete system with its own deep, independent roots.

Firstly, you asked: if the Gregorian calendar is not real, why do Muslims pray on Friday, and is there a different Friday in the Islamic calendar?

To help you and others understand, we have to go back to history.

Pope Gregory was the one who introduced the Gregorian calendar, and he introduced it in 1582. However, when you look at Islamic history, you will see that Muslims had been observing Jumu'ah for nearly a thousand years before that Pope was even born. If you open classical books of Islamic history such as the Seerah of Ibn Hisham or The Sealed Nectar, the physical proof is right there.

These books documented the very first Jumu'ah prayer held by the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in 622 CE. It took place in the valley of Ranuna during his migration from Mecca to Medina. In that same era, Allah revealed an entire chapter in the Quran called Surah Al-Jumu'ah, where He commanded the believers to leave their worldly trades and gather. This proves Yawm al-Jumu'ah was a lived reality in the 7th century, over 900 years before the Gregorian calendar existed in Rome.

Now, you might wonder how this connects to the Friday we know today. Frankly, the seven day weekly loop is an entirely different system from how we count solar or lunar months. It is an ancient, unbroken mathematical cycle. You do not even have to take my word for it. Non Muslim historians and sociologists agree on this.

For instance, Eviatar Zerubavel in his book The Seven Day Circle confirmed that this weekly cycle has remained completely unbroken for thousands of years across different empires. The day the Western world decided to call Friday aligns seamlessly with the sixth day of that ancient cycle.

In Arabic, the days are just numbered. Sunday is Day One. Monday is Day Two. The sixth day is Yawm al-Jumu'ah, the Day of Gathering. This means we do not pray on this day to honor a Roman calendar. That is, it was just a coincidental relationship. We pray on it because Allah established it on a divine timeline.

Secondly, you asked: why is Friday night considered so blessed, and what are you missing here?

To understand this, we have to look at the foundations of human existence. Friday goes more than just the end of the work week. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) taught us that Friday is the day Prophet Adam (peace be upon him) was created, the day he entered Paradise, the day he was sent to earth, and the day the world will end.

This is why the Prophet had a very profound routine. Every Friday during the early morning Fajr prayer, he would recite Surah As-Sajdah and Surah Al-Insan. He did this deliberately. These two chapters detail the creation of the universe, the biological creation of man, and the intense realities of the Day of Judgment. Praying these chapters every Friday morning is a divine reset. It reminds you of your origin and your final destination, both of which are tied to this specific day.

Because Friday carries the heavy weight of the end of times, reciting Surah Al-Kahf is your spiritual shield. The Surah contains stories about the ultimate trials of wealth, power, and faith. Reading it provides a divine light that protects your heart from the materialistic noise of the world and the deception of the Dajjal until the next Jumu'ah.

So by this fact, you are not missing anything. You just need to see that we are not following a Gregorian Friday. We are following a divine timeline. Don’t fret.

Allah knows best.

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@TommiPedruzzi KDP

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@Haqiqatjou If he had written Shia, they would most likely distance themselves from him.
Many of our people would rather form alliance with the most despicable kafir, than with the most reasonable Shia.
What is going on?

[Thomas Keith @iwasnevrhere_]

In 1999, British Gas estimated 1.1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 1.7 billion barrels of oil off Gaza’s coast. Palestinians have seen none of it.

If Israel fully seizes Gaza, depopulates it, and annexes it, it takes the resources. Just like it already did with the West Bank’s Meged field.

This is textbook colonialism: seize the land, strip the resources, leave the indigenous population with nothing. The same playbook used on Native Americans, push them to barren lands, dangle crumbs, lock them out of wealth.

In Gaza and the West Bank, ethnic cleansing is only one layer of the design, beneath it lies resource theft, executed through genocide and openly backed by Washington, London, Berlin, and other Western capitals.

And unless stopped, the “final solution” long envisioned by Zionism, the erasure of the Palestinian people, will be completed under the cover of war.

The shadow of this genocide will destroy Zionism itself. But only if the world wakes up, fights the system enabling it, and exposes the governments complicit in every airstrike, blockade, and stolen barrel.

[IbnHikmah @BaytAlHikmah1]

Karen Armstrong says:

“We never read that Christ ever laughed, but we often find Muhammad smiling and joking with those close to him. We see him playing with children, disagreeing with his wives, weeping bitterly over the death of one of his companions, and proudly showing..+

[Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc]

The israelis are trying to ban images of what Gaza looks like, despite bragging while they were obliterating it: why ban it, when you did it

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@TanzilI04766270 @islamicize Islamization of Knowledge

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US died with Joe Biden. It is being buried by "Presidents Donald Musk".

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A structured workplace is good.

An ethical one is better.

Islamic SOPs:

• Transparency in reporting.

• Excellence in operations.

• Accountability in leadership.

Principles that last.

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Great. List. I find #4 extremely important. . It is what differentiate a Muslim from everyone else.

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💪 Personal Growth Ideas For Muslims in Da’wah

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💪 Personal Growth Ideas For Muslims in Da’wah

https://t.co/JKGRGDJC5o

#calltoislam #dawahonline #dawah #god #duat #allah #muslim #muslimah #dawahislam #islam #messengersofpeaceacademy #MPA

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A good da'ee can give an inspiring talk.

A bad da'ee can misguide without realizing it.

But a legendary da'ee can uplift hearts because they first uplifted their own through consistent and heartfelt Salah.

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@danharris @RadioGenoa Wow. This shows how much media booze you've been fed since childhood.

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Too many people treat Zakat as a one-time donation, leaving its incredible potential untapped. Here's are well known but little understood zakat strategies.
https://t.co/kIjxU152Nu

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@Haqiqatjou Muslims should stopped deviating from the teachings if the Qur'an.

Even in the presence of oppression, Islam teahces us to not allow the misbehaviour of others to blind us from being honorable in our response.

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Feeling stuck at work?

Try this:

- No shortcuts.
- No backstabbing.
- No cutting corners.

Just your integrity and values guiding every step.
Aligning with faith always works.