[b][size=18]Biswa Ijtema Akheri Munajat today: Islam against violence, congregation told[/size][/b]
The Biswa Ijtema venue of Tablig Jamaat turned into a human sea on the second day of the 3-day programme yesterday at Tongi near Dhaka.
The second largest annual congregation of the Muslim Ummah will end today through the ‘Akheri Munajat.’ The ‘Akheri Munajat’ will start before ‘johr’ prayer and about over 25 lakh devotees from home and abroad are expected to take part in the concluding prayer.
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“Faith in Allah is the only way to achieve success in life,” the scholars said..."
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http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_25079.shtml
what does the title mean?
Biswa sounds like udru (20th).
Ijtema = gathering
Akheri = Last
No idea what Munajat is.
Was it a gathering for something?
2.5 million people? :shock: That is alot! (and another question if this can happen in bangladesh without incident, why does saudi struggle?)
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
I'm quite surprised you;ve not heard of it..
Biswa = World
In bengali its more pronounced 'Bish-sho'
Akheri Munajat = Closing Duah
The Biswa Iztima is a Muslim congregation organised annually by the Tablighi Jamaat Bangladesh. It is an annual meeting place of Muslim pilgrims from various countries of the world for special prayers. Its main objectives are to inspire Muslims of the world to follow the norms of Islam and encourage them to lead a life that conforms to the tenets of Islam as depicted in the Quran and Hadith.
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The number of participants in the Ijtema of January 2001 was about 2 million. Among them were the representatives from 70 different countries including India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Egypt, USA, UK, Germany, China, Japan, Kenya, and Turkey. Even the vast open space of the Ijtema venue proved congested in accommodating the huge number of devotees who came to join the prayer on the third (final) day of the three day Ijtema function.
Ijtema is now a symbol of the unity of all Muslims, an opportunity to demonstrate their mutual solidarity, love and respect and to reiterate their commitment to the Islamic values of discipline, brotherhood and magnanimity. Ijtema is the largest congregation of Muslims next to the Hajj.
For conducting the Ijtema functions in an organised way, the whole Ijtema ground is divided into 21 sections (khittas), each assigned for a region of the country and a foreign geographic zone. A khitta is supervised by a jimmadar (trustee), who is assisted by district and thana jimmadars. The central Ijtema management authority co-ordinates all affairs of the Ijtema. No paid labour is employed in the Ijtema functions and all work is done by teams of volunteers.
http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/V_0059.htm
[b][i]Round and round the Ka'bah,
Like a good Sahabah,
One step, Two step,
All the way to jannah[/i][/b]
cool.
(and had never heard of it before...)
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
theres also an annual UK Ijtema held at the Dewsbury Markaz, not sure when it gna be this year, but well worth attending as brothers from all over the globe attend that as well.
since its a mammoth event in the Islamic world, might be worth putting an article into the blog about it..?
[b][i]Round and round the Ka'bah,
Like a good Sahabah,
One step, Two step,
All the way to jannah[/i][/b]
There's one there already.
nice..
[b][i]Round and round the Ka'bah,
Like a good Sahabah,
One step, Two step,
All the way to jannah[/i][/b]
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Unfortunately such posts are not allowed. Please expand your vocabulary, and getyour point across without insulting others.
Salam
What is wrong with saying that the leaders of the gathering in Bangladesh will be praising Bin Laden as a hero ?
That is what they will do.
I would never praise a terrorist. God condemns them.
Omrow
[b]Tablighi Jamat Poem[/b]
The tableeghis, easy target for criticism,
Attacks against them launched with cynicism
Politically unaware , Intellectually Docile,
Painted as some as simplistically puerile
But I must hasten to disagree,
And quote to you some history
To prove the nature of my claims
And perhaps to defend their noble aims
When Hinduism was spreading in Mewat,
And muslims were losing iman from the heart,
A spiritual man arose who stood apart,
And founded what we now know as tableeghi jamaat
Who knew this spark of love would spread like fire,
For the situation seemed quite dire,
It transformed darkness to illumination,
And rescued the sunnah from devastation
Empty masjids cried floods of tears,
As no worshippers made sujood for many years,
And then crowds came back and thronged their floors,
You can see angels smile, and the heavens echo with
applause.
The dhikr of Allah is being revived by their crowds
Throughout the lands jam'aahs travel like rain-bearing
clouds
Bringing much sought for water to thirsty lands,
And turning to luscious green arid desert lands.
Some people may be unaware of this information,
That mawlana Ilyaas was an initiated Sufi master
But he saw the mutasawifs and ulema remaining aloof
from their congregation,
Whilst Indians muslims plunged into great disaster
So he took the da'wah out to the masses,
Like Bees flying on journeys making honey in stashes,
Unknown inhabitations became Honeycombs sweet,
Where millions of muslims gather and meet
They left their families and their abodes,
And embarked on difficult dusty roads,
Travelling for the pleasure of the divine,
To replace the darkness of post modernity with the
sunnah's shine.
Embryonic change happens in Forty Days,
Strange Indeed are Allah's ways,
Don’t call this number a reprehensible innovation,
Perchance it be a sign of your lack of academic
discrimination.
In the way of Allah each step they tread,
But only for jihaad this should be said?
Open the hadeeth work of bukhari- the chapter on
JUMUAH, ya akhee f'illah,
In that very chapter not about jihad, it quotes the
hadeeth of the feet being covered with dust Fee sabeel
illah
How many a former drug addict I have encountered in
these lands,
Whose previously injecting hands are enshrouded with
ancient sins
And now he sits in the house of God with a tasbeeh in
his hands
Those same hands make dhikr on those beads of strings.
How many a robber who used to steal,
How many a zaani who shamed the earth's surrounds
How many a musician singing profane sounds
Now recounts God's Jalal-it makes him yell out squeals
And now the earth begins to smile,as he prostrates and
as he kneels..
How many a face- black white and yellow from every
schism
Sit on a mat and eat together their repast
Whilst politicians talk of the problems of racism
Oh This is not out problem- a thing of the past.
He makes nadaama and in tawbah turns
His heart with Love of Allah yearns
God Bless you Oh dearest mawlaana ilyaas
How beautifully you turned Yaas Into Aas
From the orient to the occident
And from the south right to the north
Crowds emerge with intentions heavenly bent
And taking Allah's name alone, they come forth
Pakistanis, Caucasians, Mayalsians, Africans, And Turks
Chinese, Eskimo, and Russian faces
Ethnicities unheard of fill Masjids where traces,
Of their forefathers are written in historical works.
Whilst nations sit before cathode rays,
That titillate their eyes with their enticing ways,
These men rebel against satan's invitation
And turn to the work of the prophets-driving iblees to
frustration
They sit of the floor as it indents their knees,
They know not of Nietzsche,Hume,Kant or Socrates,
They couldn’t perhaps recount ghazzali or avicenna's
complex kalaam,
But the dhikr of Allah makes their souls calm
This is not to deny the place of the mutaklimeen,
Without whom we would be in disarray,
But for the awaam such complex arguments can lead
astray
So let dhawq and wijdaan provide them with yaqeen.
They are not by tales of Machiavelli's prince infected
The sahabas stories motivate their lives
Such dark political ideologies before such heros stand
rejected
Upholders of truth and self sacrifice
They hold no huge political rallies protesting to
creation
In the nights they stand in prayer before the answer
of every supplication
And with tears flood the floors begging for mercy and
rejuvenation
Once more gifting glory to the Ummah of the best of
creation
Don't approach the worldly kings -they cannot protect,
A Pretzel falls into their tracheas, almost suffocating
Such a small little thing He cannot eject?
How will he give Honour to those who stand outside the
white house waiting?
They couldn’t tell you about quantum mechanics or
Hawkings
They couldn’t refute Darwinian thought or the
reductionism of dawkins
They don’t know that much of Heisenbergs principle of
uncertainty
For to them the kalimah is a deeply rooted certainty
They might not know Chomskys views on Linguistic
Bayaan,
Or how Steven Pinker's instincts about
neurolinguistics fit,
But they have of a surety read soorah rahman
And know that language is from Allah a merciful Gift.
And not the product of random forces without end,
Or indeed a blind watchmaker -No my friend
The blindness is in your hearts-not the maker of
harmony
So with Ahsan-ul-qawl..They call To the Absolute with
humility
On the Day of Reckoning when the Prophets say nafsee
nafsee....
Perhaps Dawkins will smile ,albeit,temporarily
Thinking "Ah My Selfish Gene Thesis was true"
Even these prophets are exhibiting ultimately a
selfish hue
But Then Mustafa shall come and say Ummati Ummati..
Such selflessness which will cause his theory to
terminate suddenly,
This is the beloved of Allah, and this maqam you
cannot explain scientifically,
So Discard Dawkins Memes for Muhammad(saw)'s MEEM
They fall not prey to materialism or such bakwaas,
They see the divine hand behind each moving leaf,
In fact they are aboard a noah's ark constructed by
mawlana ilyaas,
They hold on to the sunnah with their teeth
Of Freud's oedipus complex they remain unaware
Or indeed of changing uncertain paradigms
Imaan, Salaah, the 6 points are in the air
The kaafirs who promote intellectual kufr will pay for
their crimes
Qiyamah is before their eyes
Not mere logical premises philosophers surmise
But deep rooted convictions that change their lives
You don't have to read volumes to be called wise
Those of us who study in intellectual arrogance
Forget rumi's tales of the lover's simple acceptance
The intellect is still looking for its transportation
Love has circled the ka'ba 7 times in dedication
:roll: dunno how u figured that as the congragation was told "Islam against violence.." ([size=7]read the the title of the thread, its in large bold for those with bad eyesight..) [/size]:roll:
[b][i]Round and round the Ka'bah,
Like a good Sahabah,
One step, Two step,
All the way to jannah[/i][/b]
ignore Omrow
i seen a pic in todays Metro paper
3 million people :shock:
and at least one million on a train, hanging off all possible edges and sides
The Lover is ever drunk with love;
He is free, he is mad,
He dances with ecstasy and delight.
Caught by our own thoughts,
We worry about every little thing,
But once we get drunk on that love,
Whatever will be, will be.
ɐɥɐɥ
Khan Brother - are you sure this is the largest ijtima?
I was under the impression that the Tablighi Ijtimah in Raiwind, Pakistan is the largest gathering after Hajj?