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Friday , what a beautiful family day for everyone ( ok some people work) but it makes me feel good , having the traditional breakfast , yet we start getting ready for the prayers when we go out knowing it is compulsory to do it , the number of Muslims have decreased in Jumaa` prayers in the mosque next to my house , i my self have stopped going because i needed more action regarding the Khutbah( the jumaa` prayers speech ) and then i had to go because i was late , and i found out that it is very convenient to inter the mosque , it is not even crowded , I got a bit angry and wanted to point fingers , but then i thought , it starts from the beginning of the day to get start with , knowing that it is good to understand anything anyone says , being open minded enough to understand anything that is said to us .
The Speech is split into two parts the first is the main subject after the introduction full of Quran verses and Hadeeth , then comes the subject that is usually a good advise on some kind of manner , or a reminder of something we have forgotten , no matter how bad the imam is ( intellectually ) the speech is a good one , i think the problem is of how it is presented to the audience , they usually differ and that what effects the audiences presence .
So let’s think of something once said by Othman Bin Affan who ones stood up when he was in charge of the ummah and he said what you need is an imam that does more that an imam that says , he was right , but these days we are only sticking to small portions of deeds that an imam can do, not only to come and go and see him next Friday , all social and environmental issues are ok for him to do , we have an example a mosque in Amman started a campaign to recycle the papers and made contacts with the paper factory to help and it is spreading like a nice smell in the air. Why not do such things , why not all the mosques have a website and a blog to allow Muslims negotiate everything the imam does ?
These thoughts are getting started somewhere in amman , and hopefully will spread around .
I hope there is a committee that gives Imams communication skills courses , and they should have intlectual tests every six months not only in Quranic verses recitation but also in things that are related with daily life , I think they should not be allowed to study Shareeaa` until they hold another BA degree…
Let’s hope we can reach a point where we can think in between the space of the split Friday prayers speech.