Alhamdullilah It's Friday! (AIF)

As much as we have been planning events to strenghten our ukhwah, we are not forgetting our higher, more important obligations; to share and spread knowledge.

So Insyallah, we're going to start off our first AIF:

Friday, 16th Nov, after Isya at Level 2 Wisma Indah

(Masjid Kassim)

For those who are curious about AIF, it's generally an usrah or discussion, held every Friday night. One friday we'll be sitting around discussing issues that matter; spiritiual, contemporary or traditional and the following friday we'll be under the guidance of Ustaz Kamal Mokhtar (http://www.aqiqahkorban.com/) who will share with us his ideas and advice on anything and everything under the sky.

We're hoping to garner young adults who share a passion for learning and have that insatiable curiosity for knowledge of living life as a good Muslim. Being in a multiracial and multi-religious society, every single day we are challenged by new situations, new questions on how we can conduct ourselves to try to be the best Muslims that we can be. We have to admit that some, if not most of us, have been brought up with a rather dogmatic view of religion; we are told of what's Halal and Haram, to pray five times a day, to fast, etc. and seldom do we ask, what is the wisdom behind it and why really, are we doing all these? Islam is a way of life and it should immerse comfortably with every aspect of our lives - our quest for spirituality, our work and our social circle. But being in Singapore and with the hectic pace of life that we have, more often than not, a lot of things have been compromised and the issue of faith often lag behind our list of priorities.

The series of AIF discussions hope to churn out issues of the everyday, problems and questions that we face daily, making sense of what we see, hear and watch around us and most significantly, relate everything that is happening to our faith. May one day Insyallah, we'll be blessed for our efforts in trying to gain knowledge of the Deen.

We welcome you with open arms and open hearts, to just check it out and see how you feel about it. Let us all create a learning culture that revolutionises the way we think about religion and interact with our faith.