MSA West 2011 - Du'a A Muslim's Best Friend

Speaker: Maryam Amir-Ebrahimi

Have unrealized dreams? Want to study overseas? Want to get that perfect job or get into your first choice school? Want to get hitched to that one special person or make your parents finally understand you? Have you felt frustrated at the lack of success you feel you've achieved? Are you making du`a, but somehow feeling it's not being answered? Come check out some phenomenal tips on making your du`a cutting edge bi'ithnillah and with Allah's Will, making your dreams into realities.

The A/V team asks your forgiveness for all the shortcomings of this video

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[MuslimAlchemy]

Well done! Very encouraging to see young women studying and teaching Islam.

[markee871]

That girl is absolutely RIGHT!!! what we think is good for us maybe actually is bad for us!!!! Allah سبحانه وتعالى‎ knows best! He knows what is best for us! so there are alot of people who get upset that they didnt get that job,or go study here, or marry this person,or do this or etc....but Allah سبحانه وتعالى‎ is the best of all planners! soo I really applaud that girl for bringing up that point

[StandupforJustice]

So 2 points since we're talking about a great Prophet and Prophets do not make mistakes like regular human beings do:

1- It was an accident, so it was not a sin in the sense that we understand sins

2- It happened before his prophethood

I hope this is helpful. May God forgive my shortcomings.

[StandupforJustice]

Continued:

These points should be kept in mind: When I asked a Shaykh about whether or not it was okay to say that Musa committed a sin [I didn't realize I had made this mistake until I watched the video], he said the following: "Ibn Ashur (r) says that calling it a sin or not is not problematic since Musa (as) was not a prophet when he did what he did."

[StandupforJustice]

This is Maryam, the speaker in the video. I need to make an important clarification about something which I was asked with regards to the story of Prophet Musa (peace be upon him) and him unintentionally killing someone when he was trying to protect who he saw as oppressed from the oppressor.

[shinthelight]

MashAllah may Allah give her Ajar. I've heard her speak at MAS and RIS and she is always changing my outlook on life. MashaAllah!

[mryamg]

Masha Allah very informative lecture