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ILMFEST 2009!!!

It once touched the hearts of Toronto, lifted the spirits of Chicago, then enlightened the minds of New York. This year, it will enrich the souls of the Greater DC Area as its effects reach attendees from around the globe.

We welcome you to an unforgettable event, a weekend etched unto the pages of history as a revolutionary gathering that revitalized your eman and gave your soul a rush, inshaAllah. IlmFest 2009 is proudly hosted by Qabeelat Nurayn in Baltimore, MD.

Prepare yourself to experience a life-changing event that will leave you in tears and make you refocus your life so you can taste the sweetness of your Islam and eman, insha’Allah! Walk away with endless of lessons helping you change your life to help spread this deen and live it to the fullest.

Sit and learn from the some of the greatest scholars, thinkers and intellectuals of our age. You’ll leave the weekend with priceless ilm, lessons, ideas that you can practically apply in your life and share with your communities. Absorb knowledge that will equip you to spread the light of Islam to the best of your ability, learn the facts and the history that will demonstrate Islam is for all ages and times, and increase your understanding so you can effectively relay the message that Islam is timeless!”

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Please note this post is not intended for hatred of Shias but just rather to inform and educate the Muslims about their beliefs and how they differ from Sunni Muslims.

A friend sent me a very interesting and comprehensive website that deals with the deviant beliefs of the Shia. SubhanAllah when I browsed the site I was amazed at the large amount of information that is on there concerning the Shia, what they believe and also what the Sunni perspective is regarding them.

So I decided to blog about it because I know that MOST Sunni Muslims and probably many Shias don’t even know what the beliefs of Shias are. And if we were to learn about what they truly believe, subhanAllah its a lot of very disturbing information that really just makes one upset and shocked! So if you don’t know what they believe and want to learn to educate yourself please check out this website and also some of the videos I’ve posted below. The videos give a short glimpse into what the Shias believe, but the website is much more detailed.

Please click on the image below to access the website (ahlel bayt - a Sunni perspective):

Some interesting short videos regarding what the Shias believe:

If you’re interested in learning more about the Shia:

Sheikh AbdurRahman Dimashqiyyah will be continuing his weekly refutation of the Shi’a in sha Allah every Thursday 10pm UK time on PalTalk. To find the room, change your language to Arabic using the language bar at the top of the room window. Then select the Middle East category, then the Islam category. The room is labeled as “Ansaaru Ahlil Bayt, ‘alayhimus salaam” in Arabic.

May Allah (swt) guide us all to the straight path of Islam, the path of the Prophet Muhammad (sal Allahu alayhi wasallam) and his Companions, ameen!

I was talking to a friend in London, UK recently and he told me a brief eye witness account of a jinn possession and exorcism. He said Shaykh Yasir Qadhi was showing them a scene from a Saudi documentary about magicians and magic where the religious police arrested a magician in Riyadh. They told him to do what he does when doing his magic, the magician then started whipping himself! At this point when the Shaykh showed this video clip a sister in the audience screamed and ran out of the room, and it took 5 big brothers and about 45 minutes of reciting ruqyah (Quran and duas) to hold this small sister down.

You can check out the video below, the sister started screaming and ran out at around 1:45:50 of the video (when the magician whips himself). What happened was that, the jinn was already in her body from before, magic had been done on her for years and it was just lying in her dormant. But things can kick it off or “activate” it, such as Quran, dhikr and in this case the jinn didn’t like the video that was being shown.

The video is entirely in Arabic, called “Kaydu Saahir”, meaning “The Plot of the Magician”. Its two hours long and they show a lot of stuff the magicians use and explain how they do what they do. But if your just interested in the part where the sister was affected its at 1:45:50 when the guy starts whipping himself.

May Allah (swt) make us steadfast and sincere in His remembrance to help us to protect ourselves from the Shayateen, ameen.