Week of November 7th

Assalamualaikum (Peace Be Upon You),

✋ Hope you’re having a great morning!

Welcome to the 9th issue of The MSA Times! We hope you are all continuing to do amazing in your studies. Daylight Savings is gonna have us all out of whack, but let’s get through these next couple of weeks so we can enjoy Thanksgiving Break inshaAllah! This week, we are hosting Iftars for the White Days of the current Islamic month from Monday to Wednesday. Please join us in fasting and even if you are not fasting, we would love to share a meal with you all on these three blessed days! 

Please take a moment this week to fill out our survey to gauge the demand for a Muslim Chaplain on campus. Click the link below to fill out the survey and help us out a ton. Thank you for all your support!

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☪️ Simple Sunnah

Simple Sunnah of the Week:

The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said “If you fast from the month three days, then thirteen, fourteenth, and fifteen”.

Fasting is not only an action, rather it is the abandonment of certain actions/pleasures for the sake of Allah. It shows faith and sincerity.

It is also training on being detached from the attachments of this temporary world, and being attached to Allah alone.

🤲 Weekly Jama'ah Times

• Duhr: 1:15 PM
• Asr: 2:15 PM
• Maghrib: 4:45 PM

🔔 Upcoming Events & Announcements

🌏 Muslim News from Around the World

On the holiest day of a Muslim’s week, Friday, there was a pig’s head placed in the entrance of a mosque in Queensland, Australia. The Queensland police arrested a 21 year old woman who was involved with the act. In Islam, the pig is considered to be an unclean animal and Muslims avoid handling it. Seeing the head placed at the entrance a day before the National Mosque Open Day, which is held annually on October 29, was an utter sign of disrespect towards the Muslim community. The Queensland Police Service has issued a statement to officers in the area to support the mosques and wider community. 

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/this-is-a-hate-crime-pigs-head-left-outside-gold-coast-mosque-shocks-muslim-leaders/uw5z4a0eu

May Allah ﷻ make you successful in your studies,

🕌The MSA Team at UConn Hartford