Shazia R Anwar Principled Approach

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Allah mentions in the Quran to do deeds that are ‘Saleh’ ( Amal Saleh)
These are the deeds that join. Join with the creator, join us with other creation.
The opposite of this is Jurm, meaning to cut off . Mujrimeen, the people who commit crimes, the crime of cutting off people with nature, The Creator, or within people.

Tuesday:
CTJ Chp 2
Extremely important discussion on staying afloat in our orbit .
Q. What is my orbit?
Q. What are the signs and symptoms of a collision course?
Q. The most predominant causes of collision?
Unhealthy competition vs recognizing my own abilities.
Striving for perfection vs excellence.
- if the planets do not rotate on their ‘own’ axis, meaning do not generate enough energy to stay afloat they will be sucked in by other’s energy.
- we discussed that ‘survival of the fittest’ kind of mentality was from Hitlers aspirations. according to his standards, the ones who could not meet a certain criteria were sent to the gas chambers.
- be careful not to send our own selves to the ( symbolic) ‘gas chambers’

Monday:
In the light of so many atrocities going on around us, (including the Allen outlet mall incident), we discussed that Islam is a way of life where Allah has put in ‘systems’ that protect us and the society from dysfunction.
Like, God has put in perfectly functioning ‘systems’ in our Universe, which get messed up by injudicious human intervention. These atrocities are a manifestation of the broken systems. ( Family, justice etc)
-Cave time journal, chapter 8

Wednesday :
Deep discussion on Surah Kahf selected versus .
Q.What causes crookedness in speech and dealings?
Q. The people of the cave woke up from a long slumber and asked for food that was purest.
With so many choices around us, we must insist on consuming food that is purest . Halaal and Tayyab.
Eating pure food is directly proportional to good spiritual health as well. This keeps our soul strong, and iA safe from the many tricks of the Shaitan.
Q. Belief in Allah is directly proportional to increment in guidance.