ALLAHU-AKBAR-U'LLAHU-AKBAR-U'LLAAHU-AKBAR ... LAA-ILAHA ILL'ALLAH ALLAHU-AKBAR-U'LLAHU-AKBAR-U WA-LILLAH'IL-HAMD
All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the universe. Peace and blessings be upon his final Messenger, his family, his noble Companions, and all those who follow them with righteousness until the Day of Judgment.
Honorable Guests, respected elders, brothers, sisters and children:
Assalamu-Alaykum-wa Rahamatullahi-wa Barakatahu.
This past month of Ramadhan, we’ve all experienced at our masajids and Centres, a vibrant atmosphere filled with iman boosting activities, beautiful Quran recitations, tafsir sessions, and hearty iftars. After a month long of fasting, attending tarawih prayers and operating on a minimal amount of sleep for an entire month, the blessed month of Ramadhan has sadly come to an end.
On this glorious day of Eid Ul-Fitr we ask Allah to accept all our fasting, prayers, supplications, charity and all good deeds. We ask Allah (swt) to shower us with mercy, forgive our shortcomings, enable us to continuously frequent our masajids and centres as we have been doing throughout the month of Ramadhan, and most importantly keep us all united as we have displayed in the blessed month.
Let us cherish this wonderful day to spend time with our family and friends, connect with our neighbors and the community, especially our new brothers and sister converts and most importantly our parents. Do not be shy today, say Salam to everyone whether you know them or not. After this day, let’s not keep any differences in our hearts so that the blessings of the almighty can descend upon us.
Here’s the big news of the day! Today on this auspicious day of Eid, we are launching BCMA - Muslim Kids TV (MKTV) for all our children in BC. This is a wonderful opportunity for our children to see educational cartoons, play Islamic tailored video games, learn about the life of the prophets, sahabahs, learn Arabic as a Language, Science, Math and plus it has many more other beneficial features. We will also be introducing MKTV in our Muslim schools to directly benefit our students.
Our goal is to create a Muslim community of educated, confident children, who will be well versed with secular and Islamic knowledge. InshaAllah, they will go on to become the best ambassadors of our beautiful religion and serve our beautiful country, Canada.
On this auspicious day, I would like to acknowledge our Imams, volunteer brothers, sisters and committee members in various divisions of the B.C. Muslim Association who put in long hours to serve our community. I am thankful to Allah (swt) who has bestowed me with a wonderful Executive Council, and a great Executive Board which comprises of experienced individuals, as well as energetic and young professionals who have shown confidence and loyalty to work with me with utmost dedication.
May Allah reward you all with goodness in this life and the hereafter.
On behalf of the entire BC Muslim Association, I extend to you and your families, a very joyous… EID MUBARAK!
ILTAF Sahib
President – The BC Muslim Association