Weekly Halaqa

Insha Allah Shaykh Omar’s Weekly Halaqa will be in person every Sunday after maghrib Salah at New Tampa Masjid. See Prayer Schedule!

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Reflections

Reflection 1-60

Disillusionment with Dunya begins when the illusion ends; her elusion begins when our disillusionment does.

Reflection 1-59

Is belief predicated on faith or reason? Faith. This may be unsavory to some, terrifying even. It rings of barbarism- a backward, dogmatic, and oversimplified approach to life. We create a diatribe of polemics and apologetics to ward this less than desirable label. It puzzles me though why we fear faith because it is blind, but not reason lest it prove false? If heaven and hell hang in the balance, I would rather enter the former as a simpleton than the latter erudite.

Reflection 1-58

There are myriad reasons why people leave the Deen in this day and age – the slow rust of sin, scourge of skepticism and doubt, preconceived notions of the Truth, negative interactions with Muslims, hubris of intellect, the apparent rational appeal of alternative ideologies or personalities, the desire to fit in, growing weary of restrictions, anger at life, over-entitlement, the quiet escape from guilt, despair over hell, blurring between religion and culture, lack of any perceived benefit, attention, financial benefit, societal acceptance, depression and boredom, and the list goes on.

What they share in common is a defect in the defector not the Deen.

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