AlHuda: Issue 1,

2010/1431
Friday 26th March
10 Rabi’ Al-Thani

Inside this
issue:
Brothers’ 1
Welcome

—special edition— Gathering

A Humble Note from 2

Bridging the Gaps: the new MUSA

Welcoming New Brothers to Dunedin
On Saturday the 13th of and what they were studying;
March, MUSA held the official some of the more enthusiastic
Brothers’ Welcoming Gather- brothers even included their
ing for 2010 at AlHuda current Dunedin address! Among
Mosque. It had been planned the many introductions were
that the Gathering would take concise and thought provoking
Naseeha
(words of
advice)
offered by
a number
of the
respected
seniors
within our
commu-
nity. The
Naseeha
revolved
around
the im-
portance
of attend-
place outdoors at Forester ing the Mosque regularly and
Park (North East Valley), but getting to know the local Mus-
a unanimous agreement was lims who will in the long run
reached inside the mosque provide invaluable assistance
after Dhuhr prayer, before and support with regards to
perhaps, the ‘vote’ between study, worship and the stresses
having it outdoors or at the of daily life.
mosque had even started; the Following this,
grimacing expressions and the brothers
the slick movements of broth- were divided
ers zipping up their jackets into teams for
and burying their chins or a mi ni -
beards away snugly under- tournament of
neath spoke a thousand volleyball. The
words…and, to be honest, the brothers who
weather was probably more were not part
suited to flying activities! of the first two
So, the event began with a teams to verse
brief introduction from each each other
of the attending brothers, were able to
around thirty-three in number socialise and
alhamdulilah, who stated their get to know
name, where they were from
one another while waiting for
their turn on the court. The
gathering could not have been
complete however without the
taunting smell of barbecued
sausages to sharpen our ap-
petites. Despite the unfortu-
nate lack of grilled onions, the
barbeque proved irresistible,
as was shown by the atmos-
phere of cheery voices,
mouths full with steaming
sausage and the fact that
many came back for a 2nd,
3rd, 4th,…..(well I think you
get the idea!) round of sau-
sage.
Jazakum Allah Khairan to all
the brothers who helped or-
ganise the event and to all
those who attended. I am
thoroughly looking forward to
seeing you all (especially the
new brothers) at the upcom-
ing Brothers’ Camp enshaAl-
lah.
By Ali Idris
President
WAMY Sheikh Tour 2
MUSA AGM 2
Annual South Island 3
MUSA Brothers’ Camp
Food for thought 4
NEW! 4
TRIVIA ‘ l Huda
A quick word from
The Editor
of AlHuda:
Assalam Alykum Everyone!
Welcome to the first AlHuda
Newsletter for 2010. You will
find that this issue is rather want-
ing in written material eg articles,
stories etc. If you would like any
publication to be included in
future, please forward to the
email address below. Likewise,
any comments, suggestions, or
critique you may have are highly
appreciated, and will help to
make AlHuda all the better to
read enshallah! JAK
Wassalam
The Editor:
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 WAMY Sheikh Tour
from Saudi Arabia
Jazakum Allah Khair to Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Huqail
from Saudi Arabia who gave lectures at Al Huda
mosque between Magrib and Isha on the 22nd and
A Humble Note from the NEW musa president 23rd of March, and also to Sheikh Sahib and br
Assalam Alykum Wa RahmatAllah Wa Barakaatu Mohammad Amer for translating to the non-
Arabic speakers.
The new MUSA committee of 2010 welcomes all our Muslim brothers and sisters on
campus. Your participation, contribution and feedback is vital for us to continue serving The lectures were mainly about facing the chal-
the interests of Muslim students in Dunedin this year. lenges faced by Muslim youth living in non-Muslim
societies like New Zealand and how to choose
We invite all brothers to the upcoming annual brothers camp on the 3rd and 4th of April
your friends wisely in order to strengthen your
at Berwick Lodge – all you have to do is refer to the poster on the next page (or in the
mosque), register, and transport will be provided. Iman and attend the prayers regularly at the
mosque. He also spoke about how to be a true
The camp is an opportunity to experience a memorable event with your brothers, join in slave of Allah SWT and warned about the confu-
a wide variety of activities and most importantly gain reward from Allah SWT for doing
sion and misguidance that results from following
so.
the opinions of ‘scholars’ and ‘sheikhs’ when those
The theme this year is ‘Proud to be Muslim’ and will be the focus of the ever-popular opinions clearly contradict the Quran and the
camp quiz and seminar. In addition to the usual tug of war competition and sports tour- teachings of the Prophet SAWS. Following the
naments, we are also planning to include kayaking and a hike this year. first lecture the brothers were invited for a
Places are limited to 40 brothers only so get in quick and we look forward to seeing you complementary dinner with the Sheikhs at Adana
there enshaAllah. Café provided by some Saudi brothers –
Our website http://otagomusa.wordpress.com is updated regularly and remember to Jazakum Allah Khairan.
keep in touch with Al-Huda mosque as we are resuming weekly activities including
tafseer and tajweed sessions, sports activities, Friday lunch fundraisers and more.
Jazakum Allah Khairan.
MUSA AGM and
Wassalam Mahmoud Amer, MUSA President
Elections
The annual MUSA Brothers AGM took
place after Dhuhr on Sunday 7th March.
The MUSA elections were subsequently
held, whereby a new executive MUSA
committee was formed, shown diagram-
matically below…

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 Muslim University
Students’ Association
Dunedin, New Zealand

AlHuda Mosque
21 Clyde St, Dunedin
Phone: (03) 477 1838
Fax: (03) 477 1840

Contact through OUSA:

MUSA C/O OUSA, P.O. Box
1436, Dunedin
E-mail: admin@muslim.ousa.org.nz

Website:
http://otagomusa.wordpress.com

ale is the size

The heart of a blue wh
of a small car.
as an elephant….
Its’ tongue is as long
as 40 rhinos!!
and it weighs as much

1. Name the two main rivers that run through Iraq

2. The flag of this new Muslim country in Europe contains an outline of the
country on it.
3. Which two Sunnah prayers did the Prophet SAWS never leave?
4. Who was the first companion to recite the Quran publicly in Makkah?
5. Complete the following Suduko number square:
(every row, column and minigrid must contain the numbers 1 through 6)

This quiz will enshallah be included in each fortnightly AlHuda; it com-

prises 5 questions from a range of subject areas. Answers are to be
written on a separate paper (Suduko square must be copied and com-
pleted), along with Name, Contact Number, and Email Address, and
submitted no later than Maghreb Prayer on Wednesday 31st March
into the labelled box in the mosque foyer. Winners will be notified by
email/text and announced after Juma’a on Friday (ie 2nd April). Prizes
(a certificate and gift voucher) will also be duly delivered enshallah.