Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Philadelphia
Bilal Abdus Salaam 1934-2017
إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ
Yesterday, in the afternoon of September 13th, a gem of Ahmadiyyat passed away. A Mufti Muhammad Sadiq Awardee, a beloved elder, and an icon of Ahamadiyyat were just some of the many known attributes of Bilal Abdus Salam of the Philadelphia Jamaat. At the age of 83, Salam Sahib lived a long and fruitful life, by the grace of God. Born as Earnest Moorhead in 1934 in the state of Florida, Salam Sahib’s parents both passed when he [...]
Eid-ul-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice) is a festival comes about ten weeks after Eid-ul-Fitr, and marks the completion of Hajj (Holy pilgrimage to Mecca). It is the festival of Sacrifice that commemorate the obedience of Hazrat Ibrahim and his son Hazrat Ismail to the commandment of Allah. Hazrat Ibrahim had a series of dreams in which he saw himself sacrificing his eldest son Ismail. He inferred that it was perhaps the will of God that he should sacrifice the life of his son. Hazrat Ibrahim, being most obedient to God, was about to sacrifice the life of his son Ismail, when God commanded him to stop and gave him the good news that he had indeed fulfilled His command. God was so [...]