Mawlid
Wow, what an amazing weekend it was. I hadn’t planned on going to the Mawlid in Wembley, but because I wasn’t sure if I would be able to attend Mondays ‘mawlid’ at Hounslow thought I should go in case I don’t get to see Shaykh Habib Umar and Habib Ali. Plus Saturday morning started with a hole in the bathroom floor (but that’s a story for another day).
Saturday was interesting, we arrived late afternoon and had to leave early so unfortunately we missed out on Sh Habib Umar and Sh Habib Ali, but Sh Tijani was real character, so funny, have never quite been to a lecture/talk where there was such a character.
There was a really sweet and humble poem written by someone on deenport, here’s the link on when we see young children go up to the Shaykhs whilst they sit there and we all wish we could do the same.
O Sparrow,
Walking down the aisle so narrow,
Dither do you much, on your journey to the habaib,
Two steps forward, one hop back - who are you looking for in your suit of total black?
Are you looking for the smile, the noor, the calm and the peace that is somewhere in front of you?
Go forward young child, as you walk your steps of innocence...know that we all walk with you.
Mondays at Hounslow Masjid was amazing mashaAllah. It really does make a difference as JM sister mentioned having an event at a masjid. Straight away you’re in a place of worship and barakha. We’ve all just sat doing dhikr or quiet reflection in a masjid and hosting an event at a masjid allows one to pray or meditate throughout the day. Breaks are no longer inconvenient as you can just sit there and do dhikr or read. It has an intimacy you simply cannot get from Wembley conference centre. Anyway the shaykhs were simply amazing. SubhanAllah.
Shaykh Tijani was there as well, and gospel-style nasheeds is not something I think I will hear again in a long time (well at least not until Sh Tijani is back in the UK!)
I was a bit gutted actually as I had my digi-camcorder with me but before the Shaykhs arrived there was an announcement that people were to not record without the Shaykhs permission. But there were plenty of brothers who were recording etc without any problems even putting recording equipment on the Shaykhs table. So needed to have grabbed one the young kids and asked them to go record for me from the brothers section.
Anyway MashaAllah loved the weekend!
Was nice to put a couple of faces to names as well!
Saturday was interesting, we arrived late afternoon and had to leave early so unfortunately we missed out on Sh Habib Umar and Sh Habib Ali, but Sh Tijani was real character, so funny, have never quite been to a lecture/talk where there was such a character.
There was a really sweet and humble poem written by someone on deenport, here’s the link on when we see young children go up to the Shaykhs whilst they sit there and we all wish we could do the same.
O Sparrow,
Walking down the aisle so narrow,
Dither do you much, on your journey to the habaib,
Two steps forward, one hop back - who are you looking for in your suit of total black?
Are you looking for the smile, the noor, the calm and the peace that is somewhere in front of you?
Go forward young child, as you walk your steps of innocence...know that we all walk with you.
Mondays at Hounslow Masjid was amazing mashaAllah. It really does make a difference as JM sister mentioned having an event at a masjid. Straight away you’re in a place of worship and barakha. We’ve all just sat doing dhikr or quiet reflection in a masjid and hosting an event at a masjid allows one to pray or meditate throughout the day. Breaks are no longer inconvenient as you can just sit there and do dhikr or read. It has an intimacy you simply cannot get from Wembley conference centre. Anyway the shaykhs were simply amazing. SubhanAllah.
Shaykh Tijani was there as well, and gospel-style nasheeds is not something I think I will hear again in a long time (well at least not until Sh Tijani is back in the UK!)
I was a bit gutted actually as I had my digi-camcorder with me but before the Shaykhs arrived there was an announcement that people were to not record without the Shaykhs permission. But there were plenty of brothers who were recording etc without any problems even putting recording equipment on the Shaykhs table. So needed to have grabbed one the young kids and asked them to go record for me from the brothers section.
Anyway MashaAllah loved the weekend!
Was nice to put a couple of faces to names as well!
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