Title - Ramadan day 10 Masjid Yaseen,
Date - Sunday, July 29, 2012 | Ramadan10,
1433
Mosque - Masjid Yaseen
Address - Campbell Road, Garland, Tx 75044
Website - www.MasjidYaseen.org and
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29 Mosques - 29 days of Ramadan at: http://ramadanexclusive.blogspot.com
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Iftaar Time today: 8:32 PM CST
Recommended reading listed below the note
Two parties are claiming to be legitimate custodians of the masjid, I have added the following paragraph today, September 20, 2012 to reflect the issue, while not changing anything written on July 29, 2012 below the paragraph.
I have met both the claimants and have reviewed the documents, particularly the arbitration agreement signed by both teams. There were three conditions laid out in the agreement for the current custodians Islamic Association of Arabi to transfer the responsibility to the designated custodians Yaseen Educational Society. The IAA claims that YES has not met the conditions, where as the YES claims they have met the conditions. I hope they end this dispute in good faith in the tradition of Sunnah which they claim to follow. Their websites are as follows. http://masjidyaseengarland.org/ and http://www.masjidyaseen.org/
Mike Ghouse
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Masjid Yaseen is perhaps one of the first Mosques in the area that is built 10 years ahead of its time; ample parking and spacious sanctuary space to grow into. The paneling on the Mehrab is full two stories high and looks beautiful with full height windows. This mosque also has great PA system that gives out clear crispy voice of the Imam during the prayer.
Again, the dome of this mosque is first of its kind that is symmetrical, and raised above the roof top to be seen from outside. The builder in me spots things that are unusual; the dome on this mosque is raised high enough to be visible from the parking space and on either east or west, it is the south side that the dome is not visible, as the building itself is about 5 fee above street level. A few other mosques sunk the dome behind jagged edged walls on the outside, no idea why they cannot focus on street scape. However, that is a different design element altogether, the dome of this Mosque is just very pleasant and so is its color.
I was
looking at the name of the organization, “Islamic Association of Arabi” unlike most other Mosques that list the name of the city. But when I browsed through the website I found what Arabi
meant; it is a suburb of New Orleans,
Louisiana where this tradition of Mosque took root. Their website reads, “The
Islamic Association of Arabi began as a small Masjid (Masjid Yaseen) and in
only five years, the first boarding Islamic institute in the United States was
established. From 1990 to 2005, fifty-five American Muslim children
completed memorization of the Holy Quran and another thirteen went on to become
Scholars of Islam. Today, Alhamdulillah, it is a sense of great pride
that these products of The Islamic Association of Arabi are serving various Masjids
and communities all over our nation.”
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| Brother Mir Yusufuddin, one of the earliest Muslims in Dallas |
IFTAAR - Breaking the fast;
It was great to see Brother Mir Yusufuddin in the Mosque. He is one of the earliest Indian Muslims pioneers to have come to the United States. Most of the migration started in mid-sixties, right after the passage of the Civil rights acts. But Dallas was blessed with about 10 families who came in early sixties - among them were Brother Sabu, Dr. Bukhari, Dr. Amanullah Khan, Dr. Afzal and others. I believe Yusufuddin bhai came in around that time. He was on my Radio show in 1996 where we did a talk show series and he shared the story of Dallas then - there was no Halal meat nor any Indian grocery was available at that time. We talked about the history of Indians, Pakistanis, Sri Lankans and others, then Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs and others. By the way, the oldest Indian in town is a Jewish man by the name Simon Saragon, who migrated with his mother in 1932! The second one was Ike Sekhon, a prominent Indian Sikh, who came to Dallas in 1956. He passed away a few years ago.
Prayers
The Audible Aameen chorus after Sura Fateha was toned
down in this mosque, and at the Noori Masjid, it did
not exist, in other Mosques it is vigorous.
I wish he had clarified the depth of the words “ill-will towards none” as I have heard a few among us, who understand it be “ill-will towards no Muslim”. It should mean towards any human being. Not sure, if there is a feedback system in place to ensure the kids understood it the same way or the other way.
Last year, I was the speaker at Diwali Celebrations, and told the story of Rama and Krishna to the nearly all white non-Hindu audience, and when the time for feedback came, almost everyone understood the way it was explained to them. Everyone knew Sita and her relationship with Rama. I was surprised at the attentiveness and listening habits, and the president of Hindu Temple was rather pleased to see good feedback, so did Nishi Bhatia, a teacher and an organizer of the event.
Dinner
Taraweeh
I was stunned with the pace of Quraan recitation in this mosque. One gathering prays in the main sanctuary and the other on the second floor - the second floor guys are doing the Khatam-Khwani; i.e., completing the entire Quraan recitation in Taraweeh Prayers in 10 days! The main floor guys will finish in normal time - 27 to 28 days and these guys will do it three times. You know what time they go home? 12:30 AM! And what time do they get up? 4:30 AM!. That is dedication to Ramadan!
I was stunned with the pace of Quraan recitation in this mosque. One gathering prays in the main sanctuary and the other on the second floor - the second floor guys are doing the Khatam-Khwani; i.e., completing the entire Quraan recitation in Taraweeh Prayers in 10 days! The main floor guys will finish in normal time - 27 to 28 days and these guys will do it three times. You know what time they go home? 12:30 AM! And what time do they get up? 4:30 AM!. That is dedication to Ramadan!
I hope you see the
uniqueness of each mosque and will have no ill-will towards others for
practicing their own version of Islamic rituals, and some times, very differently. By the time, I
will finish writing about Ramadan in28 to 29 days, we all should have a pretty good idea
about the uniqueness of each Masjid.
If reading this is offering
you an understanding of different traditions within Islam, and is opening your
heart and mind to respect other traditions, please feel free to share your
comments.
One of
the purposes for my visits to different Mosques each day, during the month of
Ramadan is to understand various traditions and have the cushion to absorb them
all and give full value to each one. I hope, some day, more and more Muslims
make these rounds. It is humbling and yet powerful to have the ability to
understand the differences and respect them.
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