Center for Muslim Life at Maryland
Live Your Best Life
by CMLMD Admin
COLLEGE PARK, MD –
When the Prophet Muhammad, peace upon him, entered Mecca towards the end of his mission in a position to take vengeance upon his former adversaries, he did not do so.
He had the strength to give up taking the proverbial “pound of flesh.”
How could someone endure so many tribulations at the hands of his enemies (a great deal of them were his kin), and then pardon them when he could have punished them?
[Read more…] about A Pound of Flesh?
by CMLMD Admin
COLLEGE PARK, MD –
It’s nice to be back in the swing of things after our recent Fundraising Dinner. I’d like to extend my gratitude to all of you, our supporters, for showing such an outpour of generosity just a few short weeks ago.
As I contemplated on that outpour of giving, for which we heartily thank Almighty God, I began wrestling with a thought: there is a point in our giving where we can begin to feel a bit of entitlement creep in.
[Read more…] about Give, Give and Give Some More
by CMLMD Admin
COLLEGE PARK, MD –
Many of us are familiar with the term FOMO: fear of missing out. We’re afraid to miss out on all sorts of things big and small.
It is a term that has gained traction in our social media crazed society.
FOMO drives us. It is very often a seminal reason behind the actions we take. Young people can fall into the trap of fear of missing out on their youth, relationships, risk behaviors and experiences, etc.
Older people easily fall into fear of missing out on degrees, cars, homes, families, social status, and the like.
[Read more…] about From FOMO to JOMO
by CMLMD Admin
COLLEGE PARK, MD –
It’s the difference between being our own person and being someone else’s.
We’ve touched on one of the impediments to living deliberately before – not being able to make decisions.
The gist of that previous reflection is that many of us can’t make decisions because we lack principles that are prerequisites to decision-making.
But, even those with the principles to make a decision often get tripped up at the point of execution.
by CMLMD Admin
COLLEGE PARK, MD –
If we’d like to understand a mode of being or attitude, it usually helps to look at the forefathers of that mode or attitude. One mode of being or attitude I’m sure none of us would like to exhibit is one of ignorance.
In order to successfully avoid this ineffective trait, we can look to ignorance’s father – Abu Jahl – to find out his habits, and run far away from them.
[Read more…] about The Blindness of Ignorance
by CMLMD Admin
COLLEGE PARK, MD –
Our Prophet, peace upon him, was sent to Arabs.
Talk about a privilege.
I don’t believe he, peace upon him, was sent to Arabs for no reason. Perhaps one wisdom for why he, peace upon him, was sent to that group of people was due to the societal value placed on hospitality.