Islamic Center of Quintana Roo

16/05/2021

Alhamdulileh we’ve been given a sizeable donation to build our first Masjid in Cancun which will be our base to operate from in Central and South America Alhamdulileh. We’re planning our trip now to fly and visit several cities in Mexico and reach back to Cartagena, Colombia. Whoever is interested to join the trip please reach out to let me know. We also have a WhatsApp group as well if your interested to join us and help us develop our plans and resources.

Jazakallakhair

01/05/2021

After visiting Colombia the thought that stays at the back of my mind. Is that despite the huge disparity of wealth between our two countries. The real question is. Is our wealth making us better or worst. Sadly and truthfully I have to say that the wealth we have isn’t benefiting us to make us better people. And I didn’t think that until I witnessed people who are providing better customer service hands down, friendlier interactions, helpful and more human experiences, while living on an avg salary of $300/mnth.

I have so many examples to site that made me have to come to terms that I would myself become a better person living poor amongst the have nots of the world but I know I would never trade places. One such was the man who stopped my friend and I from going down a street where there was nothing for us to see, and putting us on the right track. Complete stranger but making sure to look after us for anything we needed until we were in a cab looking for nothing in return except to hold tight to his love for his country and his people. As did every single person we dealt with. They made sure to take care of their guests to their country which is one of the best attributes you can portray to take care of the foreigner to your lands. Being wealthy automatically puts you in a position to have the upper hand and thus look down upon those below you. That challenge of not taking the blessings Allah gave you the wrong way are the hardest to overcome. It’s directly linked to arrogance and entitlement which destroy the character.

I think it’s sad to see how the more Allah gives us, the worst we actually become most of the time. Passing the test of abundance is the test we all beg for, but the test most of us will all fail. Once your needs are met, it becomes difficult to attribute all your success to Allah. We become disillusioned with the idea of self sufficiency and entitled to what we feel our work achieved. Even if billions of others were smarter, worked harder but just weren’t decreed to succeed.

I believe we should travel to help those who have much less and make it a point to help people below us where ever we are. Yes it’s hard to find people who will be grateful but keep searching. They’re out there and worth finding. I just keep remembering the groups of people who come to the Masjid in Cartagena every day at 12pm to sit for some spaghetti, or any other meal prepared for them every single day. Sitting content and happy with smiles to simply have that daily meal. Subahnalah, I understand more why the poor will enter Janna 500 years before the rich. May Allah allow us to purify our wealth as best as we can. Because this is a blessing we will be held accountable beyond what we’ll ever realize.

01/05/2021

"Daily Reminder: Try to supplicate this dua/deeds every single day to become a habit.


1. Dua That Guarantees You Forgiveness (Sahih Al-Bukhari 1154)

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: "Whoever gets up at night and says:

La ilaha 'illa Allaahu, wahdahu la shareeka lahu, lahul mulku, wa lahul hamdu, wa huwa ala kulli shay’in qadeer. Subhana Allaahi, wal hamdu lillaahi, wa la illaaha ila Allaah, wa Allaahu akbar, waLa hawla wa la quwwata illa billaah.

There is none worthy of worship in truth except Allah Alone, He has no partners, He has the Dominion and for Him is all praise, and He is capable of all things, praise is for Him, and Far is Allah from imperfection, and There is none worthy of worship in truth except Allah, and Allah is the Greatest, there is no capability nor is there any power except with Allah.

"Then he says: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لي

Allaahumma aghfirlee. “O Allah forgive me!”

Or he supplicates and his supplication is answered, and if he makes Wudhu and prays, then his prayer is accepted.

Reference: https://sunnah.com/bukhari:1154



2. Dua That Wipe Away Sins (Sahih Al-Bukhari)


Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: "Whoever says: سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ ‏

(Subhana Allaahi wa bihamdihi)

A hundred times during the day, his sins are wiped away, even if they were as much as foam of the sea."

(Sahih Bukhari 6405) Ref: https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6405

3. Phrases That Are Heavier On The Scales Than An Entire Morning Of Recitation (recite in the morning)(Sahih Muslim 2726a and 2726b)

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: "I recited four words three times after I had left you. If these are to be weighed against all you have recited since morning, these will be heavier." These are:

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ وَرِضَا نَفْسِهِ وَزِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ ‏.‏

Subhan-Allahi wa bihamdihi, 'adada khalqihi, wa rida nafsihi, wa zinatah 'arshihi, wa midada kalimatihi.

“Allah is free from imperfection and I begin with His praise, as many times as the number of His creatures, in accordance with His Good Pleasure, equal to the weight of His Throneand equal to the ink that may be used in recording the words

(for His Praise).”

Ref: https://sunnah.com/muslim:2726a

4. Dua To Stay On The Right Path (Sahih Muslim 2655)

اللَّهُمَّ مُصَرِّفَ الْقُلُوبِ صَرِّفْ قُلُوبَنَا عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ

Allahumma musarrifa-l quloobi sarrif quloobina ala ta’atik.

“O, Allah! The One Who turns the HEARTS, turn my heart towards Your obedience.”

Ref: https://sunnah.com/muslim:2655

5. Recite Surah Baqarah and Surah Imran as it will be a Shade on the Day of Resurrection.

“Recite the Qur'an, for on the Day of Resurrection it will come as an intercessor for those who recite It. Recite the two bright ones, al-Baqara and Surah Al 'Imran, for on the Day of Resurrection they will come as two clouds or two shades, or two flocks of birds in ranks, pleading for those who recite them. Recite Surah al-Baqara, for to take recourse to it is a blessing and to give it up is a cause of grief, and the magicians cannot confront it. (Mu'awiya said: It has been conveyed to me that here Batala means magicians)”

(Sahih Muslim 804a and 805) Ref: https://sunnah.com/muslim:804a

6. Dhikr that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ says you will catch up with those who are ahead of you (in Deeds) & supersede those who will come after you, & nobody will be able to do such a good deed as you do except the one who does the same.

That deed is to recite 'Subhan Allah ten times, and 'Al-Hamduli l-lah ten times, and 'AllahuAkbar' ten times after Every (fard) prayer.

(Sahih Bukhari 6329) Ref: https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6329

7. Dua To Be Save From Torments Of Grave

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْقَبْرِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْر

Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min fitnatil qabri wa adhabil qabri

“O, Allah! Saves us from the torments of the grave.”

(Sahih Bukhari 6377) ref: https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6377

9. Dua For The Best In The Dunya And Hereafter


رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

Rabbana atina fid-dunya hasanatan, wa fil'akhirati hasanatan, waqina 'adhaban-nar.

“O, Allah! Our Lord give us all the good of this world,and the good of the hereafter,

and Save us from the punishment of the Fire.”

(Sahih Muslim 2690 a and 2690 b)

Ref: https://sunnah.com/muslim:2690a


10. Dua Of The Treasures Of Paradise (Sahih Muslim)

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: "Shall I not tell you of a word which is one of the treasures of Paradise?"

لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّه

La hawla wa la quwaata illa billah

“There is no power and no strength except with Allah.”

(Sahih Muslim 2704 g) Ref: https://sunnah.com/muslim:2704g

11. Dua To Literally Boost Your Energy

Before you sleep recite:

Subhana Allaah 33x, Alhamdulilah 33x,

Allahu akbar 34x

(Sahih Bukhari 5362) Ref: https://sunnah.com/bukhari:5362

12. Dua to Recite at Times of Calamity

(Sahih Muslim 918a and 918b)

If any Muslim who suffers some calamity says, what Allah has commanded him,

إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا

" We belong to Allah and to Him shall we return; O Allah, reward me for my affliction and give me something better than it in exchange for it"

Allah will give him something better than it in exchange.

Ref: https://sunnah.com/muslim:918a

13. Dua To Get Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Help in Yawm Al Qiyamah.

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: "Whoever says the following, after hearing the call of the adhan, I will intercede for them yawm al qiyamah."

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَةِ التَّامَّةِ وَالصَّلاَةِ الْقَائِمَةِ آتِ مُحَمَّدًا الْوَسِيلَةَ وَالْفَضِيلَةَ وَابْعَثْهُ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا الَّذِي وَعَدْتَهُ

Allaahumma Rabba haathihid-da 'watit-taammati wassalaatil-qaa'imatah,

Aati Muhammadanil-waseelata walfadheelah, Wab 'ath-hu maqaamam-mahmoodanil-lathee wa'adtah.

“O, Allah! the Lord of this perfect call, and the lord of the prayer that is about to be established, grant Prophet Muhammad ﷺ al waseela, Resurrect him with that status, that is so praise worthy,

which you have already promised.”

(Sahih Al-Bukhari 614) Ref: https://sunnah.com/bukhari:614

14. Dua Forgiveness All Believers
(Sahih Muslim 2346)


Allahumma ighfir lil muslimeena wal-muslimaat, wal-mu'mineena wal-mu'minaat

“O, Allah! forgive the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and the believing women”

Ref: https://islamqa.info/en/answers/140798/asking-forgiveness-for-all-muslims



15. Benefits Reciting Surah Ikhlas

Surah Ikhlas is equivalent to one third of the Quran. (Reciting Surah Ikhlas 3 times is equivalent to the whole Quran.)

(Sahih Bukhari 5013) Ref: https://sunnah.com/bukhari:5013


16. Recite these 2 Words for there are Heavy in Reward

Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "(There are) two words which are dear to the Beneficent (Allah) and very light (easy) for the tongue (to say), but very heavy in weight in the balance.

They are: ''Subhan Allah wa-bi hamdihi'' and ''Subhan Allah Al-`Azim."

(Sahih Bukhari 6682 & 7563) Ref: https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6682


17. Dua For Protection From Laziness

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكَسَلِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَرَمِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْبُخْلِ

“O Allah! I seek refuge with You from laziness, and seek refuge with You from cowardice, and seek refuge with You from geriatric old age, and seek refuge with You from miserliness”

(Sahih Bukhari 6371) Ref: https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6371


18. Do this before going to bed everyday

Narrated `Aisha: Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to bed, he used to blow on his hands while reciting the Mu'auwidhat ( i.e. Suratal-Falaq 113 and Surat-an-Nas 114) and then pass his hands over his body.

(Sahih Bukhari 6319) Ref: https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6319

19. Recite SubhanAllahi, Alhamdulillah, La illaha illallah, Allahu Akbar for great Reward

“Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The uttering of the words: “Subhan-Allah (Allah is free from imperfection), Al-hamdu lillah (all praise is due to Allah), La ilaha illallah (there is no true god except Allah) and Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest)’ is dearer to me than anything over which the sun rises.”

(Sahih Muslim 2695) Ref: https://sunnah.com/muslim:2695

20. Recite this before going to bed/sleep.

When the Prophet (ﷺ) went to bed, he would say:اللَّهُمَّ بِاسْمِكَ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا

"Allahumma Bismika amutu wa ahya."

and when he got up he would say:

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ

" Al-hamdu li l-lahil-ladhi ahyana ba'da ma amatana wa ilaihin-nushur."

(Sahih Bukhari 6314 and 6324) Ref: https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6314

21. Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said," Whoever says:

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهْوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ‏

"La ilaha illAllah wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahu-l-mulk wa lahul- hamd wa huwa 'ala kulli shai'in qadir,"

one hundred times will get the same reward as given for manumitting ten slaves; and one hundred good deeds will be written in his accounts, and one hundred sins will be deducted from his accounts, and it (his saying) will be a shield for him from Satan on that day till night, and nobody will be able to do a better deed except the one who does more than he."

(Sahih Bukhari 6403) Ref: https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6403

22. 'Amr b. Maimun reported:

He who uttered:
لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
" There is no god but Allah, the One, having no partner with Him, His is the Sovereignty and all praise is due to Him and He is Potent over everything" ten times, he is like one who emancipated four slaves from the progeny of Isma'il.

(Sahih Muslim 2693) Ref: https://sunnah.com/muslim:2693. "

Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (saws) in English and Arabic

24/04/2021

Alhamdulileh our project to spread the Deen to Central and South America has taken off to a tremendous start. We’ve established a working business in Cancun with someone to now lead things on the ground as we finalize a location to become the first Masjid there Inshallah. Working in terms of sustainability with businesses that will support our cause, we believe we will provide more to the people in terms of jobs, assistance and support. Most of all, the Dawah will be supported and eventually we will not be in need of any outside support. Sustainability is our methodology for the long term haul we plan to carry out for the next 40 years inshallah.

More so we reached on the ground here in Bocota and Cartagena, Columbia. Here’s a video from a small village town in Cartagena. Well share plenty more inshallah.

What we need and what we’re seeking right now:

We need Duats and teachers of Quran and Ilm to come and spend time with the people and teach them more Islam.

What we can offer:

Free flights, room and board, free access to Dentists up to $300 which is equivalent to about $3000 in the US. Most of all, a chance to come and help to purify your soul as you witness how little others are living off of every single day. Please reach out to help spread the Deen.

Jazakallakhair