June Alakseer

Vol-1-Issue VI

June 2013

Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya New Zealand

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AlAl-Akseer Magazine The official publication of Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya

Contents: • The Holy Quran

New Zealand

• Hadith (p.b.u.h) 20 Dalgety Drive, Manukau Central. PO Box 97617, Manukau.

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Writings of the Promised Messiah(as)

• Summary of Friday Sermon

Fax: +64 9 267 0577 Editorial:

• The Philosophy of Islamic Prayer

Tashriq Hanif Sadr Khuddamul Ahmadiyya NZ

• Khuddam Fundraising (Garage Sale)

Moulana Shafiq ur Rehman Central Missionary

• FACEBOOK Addition

Mubarak Ahmad Minhas Mohtamim Isha’at

• Urdu Section

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I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah. He is One and has no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad (saw) is His servant and Messenger.

I solemnly pledge that I shall always be ready to sacrifice my life, wealth, time and honour for the sake of my faith, country and nation. Likewise I shall be ready to offer any sacrifice for guarding the institution of Khilafat-e- Ahmadiyya. Moreover I shall deem it essential to abide by any "Maroof" decision made by Khalifatul Masih.

Insha'Allah.

Please Note: (saw) should be said out aloud

THE HOLY QURAN • And they were not commanded but to serve Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience, and being upright, and to observe Prayer and pay the Zakat. And that is the right religion. (98: 6) • And I have not created the jinn and the men but that they may worship Me (51: 57) • Observe Prayer from the declining and paling of the sun till the darkness of the night, and recite the Qur'an at dawn. Verily, the recitation of the Qur'an at dawn is specially acceptable to Allah. (17: 79) • And during a part of the night wake up for its recitation—a supererogatory service for thee. It may be that thy Lord will raise thee to an exalted station. (17: 80) • Watch over prayers, and particularly the middle Prayer, and stand before Allah submissively. (2:239)

HADITH • "Our Lord (glorified and exalted be He) descends each night to the earth's sky when there remains the final third of the night, and He says: "Who is saying a prayer to Me that I may answer it?

Who is asking something of Me that I may give it him? Who is asking forgiveness of Me that I may forgive him?" (Hadith Qudsi 35) • "The first matter that the slave will be brought to account for on the Day of Judgement is the prayer.

If it is sound, then the rest of his deeds will be sound. And if it is bad, then the rest of his deeds will be bad." (Al-Tabarani)

THE WRITTINGS OF THE PROMISED MESSIAH AS • The fact is that he who does not perform appropriate deeds, does not really pray; he only wants to try God. That is why it is essential that before praying for something it is vitaly important that one should make use of all the sources available to him. This is what really prayer means. One should think over his beliefs and actions, for the practice of God is that He makes the reformation through some relavent means, that is, He makes the means available. (Malfoozat Vol. 1, pg. 118)

Synopsis of Hazur’s Friday Sermon

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He said it is our claim that InshaAllah Ahmadiyyat will triumph. Ahmadiyyat is not separate from Islam, in fact, it is true Islam and true Islam is Ahmadiyyat. No matter how loud the outcry of our detractors in calling us non-Muslim, each step of the way practical testimony of God is with us in our capacity as a community. This assures us that God is with us and if the true Islamic teaching can be found anywhere today, it is found from the true and ardent devotee of the Holy Prophet(saw); the Imam of the age, the Messiah who was appointed by God, in fulfilment of Divine promise, for the revival of Islam.

Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih said that he does not have an iota of doubt, and neither should any true Ahmadi, that our Community will ever be deprived of Divine succour.

It should be clear to every Ahmadi what does the term triumph entail. Is it having control of governmental power? Is it to have majority of Ahmadis in every country?

These are also kinds of triumphs.

The points needed to bring people to the true religion are Tabligh, attainment of moral excellence and seeking God’s help through prayers. Each Ahmadi who is associated with the Promised Messiah(as) needs to understand these responsibilities so that he can be a means to achieve the objective for which the Promised Messiah(as) came.

Our own efforts in this regard are a fraction of the grace that comes from God. Ahmadis pledge in their meetings to give precedence to faith over worldly matters.

This should be upheld through our practices. When Khulafa challenge the world or when Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih tells the world that we will untiringly take our message to the world and will one day bring the world together, it is based on the positive assumption that the spiritual level of the members of the Community will become better and better and they will take the mission of the Promised Messiah(as) onwards and upwards.

This enthusiasm and fervour is not only found in long-term and older Ahmadis.

Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih has also seen it in younger people. A new Ahmadi of Hispanic ethnicity who perhaps lives in the Bay Point area met Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih and spoke with great enthusiasm as to how can the message of Islam be taken to people as soon as possible. He said he knew forty per cent of Bible and was now learning the reasoning and arguments of the Holy Qur’an.

It appears that God’s decree is levelling the field for us and has started a wave in USA and in South America. It is said that Hispanic people are in majority in California and it seems that they are inclined towards religion and are looking for true faith. A special programme should be formulated for this region and people living here should assume their responsibility. Existing Spanish literature should be utilised for the time being and efforts should be made to prepare material in the ‘American Spanish’. (10THMay 2013)

Upcoming events

THE PHILOSOPHY OF ISLAMIC PRAYER

Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Blood Donation Last Tuesday and Thursday of June

National Waqf e Nau meeting and classes-16th June Sunday.

National Ijlas 29th June Saturday.

Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as Ahmadiyya Gazette, September 1994 Acceptance of prayer is proved by valid instances as part of the law of nature and God sets up living models in every age. That is why He has taught the prayer: Guide us along the straight path, the path of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy favors. This is the design and law of God and no one can alter it. Guide us along the straight path is a supplication for perfection in conduct. In form this is a direction to seek guidance to the straight path, but it is preceded by: We worship Thee alone and beg Thy help. This indicates that we must use our natural capacities for treading along the straight path and seek Divine help in the process. Therefore, appropriate available means must be employed. On who neglects this is guilty of ingratitude in respect of God's bounties.

Consider, if the tongue that God the Sublime has bestowed on us, made up of nerves and muscles, was not equipped with its capacities, we would not have been capable of speech. He granted us a tongue that can express the thoughts and designs of the mind for the purposes of prayer. If we do not employ the tongue for supplication, it would be our great misfortune. There are so many ailments any of which could instantly stop its functioning.

Similarly, He has equipped the mind with the qualities of humility and lowliness and the faculties of contemplation and reflection. Be mindful, then, that if we fail to use these powers and faculties, our prayer is vain. If we do not use the gifts we possess, how can we supplicate for more? That is why: We worship Thee alone, precedes: Guide us along the straight path. This is an affirmation that we have not left unemployed and stultified the gifts and faculties that Allah has granted us. (AlHakam, Dec. 10, 1901)

If Prophethood Has Ceased, Muslims Cannot Be Regarded Best of Peoples Prophethood means Divine communion. One who foretells the unseen is a Prophet.

If you repudiate future Prophethood, this ummat (people) shall then cease to be the best of all peoples, but shall be like beasts and the teachings of Surah Fatiha which embodies the verse: Guide us along the straight path, the path of those on whom Thou has bestowed Thy favors, will be deemed to be meaningless. For if the gifts and bounties of God are not to be bestowed anymore, then what is the purpose of this prayer? It will also follow then that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) lacks all purifying spiritual influence. God save us from such a belief! (Al-Badr, April 17, 1903) A servant of God named Jesus followed the law of Moses for 30 years and became a favourite of God, attaining the grade of Prophet. As against this we are told that if a person were to follow in the footsteps of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) for 50 years he would not attain that grade. In other words, obedience to the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) does not confer any excellence. They do not seem to consider that in that event it is clear that teaching the prayer: Guide us along the path of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy favours, would be an illusion. (Chashma Masihi, p. 67 Footnote)

By: Mubarak A Minhas Mohtamim Isha’at Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya New Zealand

Facebook, YouTube, Wikipedia, Twitter, Myspace… the list is endless. Millions of us are addicted. The Government tells us that our time wasting internet addictions are costing the country billions of dollars every year. Our productivity at work is dismal because we spend most of the day reading our Fun Wall or checking out our favourite blogs.

A few good questions for people to ask themselves about whether they are addictive to Facebook or not include: 1. Have you tried to shut off your Facebook account and went right back to it?

2. Do you find yourself less productive in your work or studies?

3. Do you use Facebook as an escape for relaxation and pleasure?

4. Do you find yourself constantly checking how many people like your posts?

If the answer to any of these questions is yes..you might have a Facebook compulsion or addiction.

Facebook addiction is not just a myth.

In April 2012, a report published in the journal Psychological Reports created a scale for measuring Facebook addiction.

The measure, referred to as the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale, is based on the six core elements of addiction: salience, mood modification, tolerance, withdrawal, conflict and relapse.

“People who are anxious and socially insecure use Facebook more than those with lower scores on those traits, probably because those who are anxious find it easier to communicate via social media than face-to-face,” Dr. Cecilie Andreassen, leader of Facebook addiction research at University of Bergen in Norway, to Medical News Today.

Even those who are not technically addicted to social media websites like Facebook tend to dedicate time out of their day to check their news feed.

In his report “Mobile Marketing Statistics 2013 — Smart Insights,” Danyl Bosomworth claimed that a trend is beginning to develop, in which people are beginning to access Internet on their phone more often than on the computer.

Bosomworth claims that by 2014, mobile Internet users will surpass desktop Internet users.

He also said that the average American spends about 2.7 hours socializing on their mobile phones.

“That’s over twice the time they spend eating and one-third of the time they spend sleeping each day,” said Bosomworth in his interactive report.

Smartphones are taking over the world.

Of the 4 billion in use, over 1 billion mobile phones are smartphones.

How to easily beat time wasting internet ADDICTION? 1. Admit that you have a problem

“I have an internet addiction problem.”

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" Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet (pbuh) said: The first item in respect of which a person would be called to account on the Day of Judgment will be Prayer. If that is found in order he would be successful and prosper, but if that is not in order he would be ruined and lost. In case of a shortcoming in his obligations the Lord of honor and glory will say: Look, if among the voluntary acts of My servant there is anything that would make up his shortcoming in respect of his obligations. All his obligations would be checked up in that manner.

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