Welcome Letter
By: Laila Ali
Auzobillahe Minashaytaan
Nirajeem
Bismillah Arahma Niraheem
Alhamdolillah Rabbil Alameen, All
Praise is Due to Allah swt Who
Makes What He Wills Possible and
His Will is Just
Allahumma Salle Ala Muhammad
wa Ale Muhammad al Aimma'ti
wal Mahdiyeen wa Sallim
Tasleeman Katheera
Ya Ali!
Asalaam alaykum wa rahmatullah
wa barakatu,
I pray you and your loved ones are
well and in a Place Most Pleasing
to Allah swt, InshaAllah, Mola Ali
Waaris. "The Mahdi Times" April
Edition, Issue # 10 is dedicated to
Sayyida Fatima Zahra a.s.
May Allah swt Accept the work
done in Honor of the Lady of Light
a.s, InshaAllah, Mola Ali Waaris.
Alhamdolillah Rabbil Alameen, All
Praise is Due to Allah swt Who
Makes What He Wills Possible and
His Will is Just. The Ansar Allah
have been busy all around the
world it seems lately. From the
Arabic Ansar Allah newspaper
introducing a new english section,
to new arrivals at the Hawza in
Egypt, from campaigns and
channels being started online to
more and more translations of the
books of Imam Ahmed al Hassan
a.s being available.
May Allah swt Bless all of the
Ansar Allah around the world that
work to spread the Dawah of
Imam Ahmed al Hassan a.s,
InshaAllah,Mola Ali Waaris.
This month saw the launch of a
new Ansar Allah channel, "The
Allegiance Movement" which
included several Ansar Allah
participating and making videos
for it. It is a YouTube channel
which aims to give Dawah and
explains the proofs of Ahmed al
Hassan a.s via webcam. So, you
just switch on your webcam and
start talking. "The Allegiance
Movement" channel is dedicated
to Sayyida Fatima Zahra a.s, to
propagate the message of her sons
who will rise to avenge the
injustices done against her and her
family, InshaAllah, Mola Ali
Waaris. MashaAllah, the Ansar
Allah have done an amazing job
on this channel and of course it is
open to any Ansar Allah that
wishes to participate, http://
www.youtube.com/user/
AllegianceMovement
Also, this month "The Street
Dawah Campaign" was launched.
This Campaign involves Ansar
Allah going out to a busy area and
informing people about Imam
Ahmed a.s and giving them
leaflets which contain website
addresses they can access. The
whole point behind this is to
spread the news of the arrival of
the Yamani a.s and also encourage
people to research into the Dawah
themselves. So often we find that
people come to the Ansar Allah
asking questions - which is an
honor to try and answer them - but
we are not experts and we are just
students ourselves. The answers
are with the Ahlul Bayt a.s. So we
must encourage people to go the
Ahlul Bayt a.s and read for
themselves what the Ahlul Bayt a.s
are saying, what Ahmed al Hassan
a.s is saying through his books and
Sermons. Society has become
apathetic about learning Islamic
matter as people have come to rely
too much on scholars, way too
much. This has had detrimental
effects, Astagfarullah, Mola Ali
Waaris. People run to the scholars
for any matter about Islam and if
the scholars stamp the matter with
a "Halal" stamp, it is halal, if they
stamp it with a "Haram" stamp, it
is haram. This kind of blind
following is the essence of
sheepism. By chasing the Dunya
and its trinkets, people have
became too apathetic when it
comes to learning about Islam.
Like, you go to the supermarket
for groceries, petrol station for
petrol, clothes shop for clothes,
scholars for religion. It has become
all about convenience. For
generations and generations the
same pattern has repeated itself.
Now, we must show people that
all of the information is at our
fingertips, if we are willing to find
it. Even when we give Dawah,
before there is even a mention of
scholars, we must show people
that it is so much easier to just
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