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Assalualaikum,
This Saturday, January 4th, Sheikh Omar Hussaini and Alima Zeba are visiting Jacksonville and will have a talk after Maghreb (5:30) and isha (7:30). After Maghreb, Sh. Omar will speak to the young brother (14-25) and Alima Zeba will speak to the young sisters about Seeking Islamic Knowledge, addressing the issue of balancing secular and Islamic knowledge, and the importance of always learning more about our Deen. After Isha, Sh. Omar will address the community on Raising and Maintaining an Islamic Household. There will be snacks for the youth sessions inshallah.
We hope to see you all there, and please bring your kids to the session after Maghreb.
Jazakallah khair
About the Speaker
Shaykh Mohammad Omar Hussaini was born in Park Ridge, IL. He grew up in the Chicagoland area where he completed the memorization of the Quran at the Mahad Talim ul-Islam. Upon completing his high school education at the College Preparatory School of America (CPSA) in 1998, he gained admittance to the University of Illinois at Chicagos (UIC) GPPA Program in medicine. During his high school and college years, he concurrently began studying Arabic language and classical Islamic sciences at Mahad Talim ul-Islam. Upon graduating with a B.A. in Psychology in 2000, Shaykh Omar took nearly two years off to study sacred knowledge. In 2002, he matriculated at the UIC School of Medicine. At this time he also began his formal training in the science of spiritual purification.
Prior to his final semester in medical school, Shaykh Omar traveled to Darul Uloom Zakariyya, South Africa to further pursue Islamic studies. There in South Africa, he completed the final year of the Shariah course. In 2006, he received degrees in both Shariah studies from Darul Uloom Zakariyyah and Medicine from the University of Illinois. From 2007 to 2013, Shaykh Omar completed his medical residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and fellowships in Hematopathology and Molecular Genetic Pathology at Washington University in St. Louis. During this time, he was also received formal authorization in the Islamic science of spiritual purification.
Shaykh Omar is currently a staff academic physician at the Moffitt Cancer Center and an Assistant Professor of Oncological Sciences at the University of South Florida in Tampa where he resides. Shaykh Omar lectures at retreats, Itikaaf programs, universities, local and national conferences, and mosques throughout the United States and abroad on various Islamic topics. He also teaches weekly online classes in Arabic, Islamic jurisprudence, and spirituality.
Message from the Imam
Dear Community members,
Peace, blessings and ultimate mercy of Almighty God be upon you
Is it permissible to GREET Muslims and others, with the solar (Gregorian) new year calendar?
Even though, as a student of knowledge, I dont indulge in such minor things
Especially when our survival is at stake (in Ghazzah, Kashmir, Burma, China..etc.)
But Im sharing it only, for the purposes of learning the right from wrong!
Some people with less knowledge, try to call the greetings of new solar year as forbidden, due to (in their opinion) its from a Christian religious calendar!
Adding to it, that Hijrah calendar is the Islamic one!
In fact, both above opinions are false!
Both calendars has no religious authority and were NOT generated by religion itself!!
Now the question, for Muslims specifically,
Does the holy Quran, restrain us, Muslims from using multiple calendars?
The answer is:
Almighty Allah has mentioned both loner and solar calendars year in Surah Kahf, when Allah mentioned the amount of years people of cave slept,
300 years of solar year in counting,
while 309 years of loner years of counting.
Even though, Allah the Almighty mentioned the loners calendar in Surah Taubah describing the 12 loner month along with 4 sacred ones
So Almighty Allah mentioned the solar calendar in Quran as well
Hopefully, we wont argue on such minor issues
Baraka Allah o feekum
MASS Clinic
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