These are such marvelous and wonderful times.  Imam Mohammed said that this is the day of religion.  His life and death has created fertile ground for all seed straining hard to produce the fruit of its own growth potential. 

Because of that, Islam in America is alive and well and growing.  Imam Mohammed was directly responsible for that.  His whole life was one of movement and growth or transition. 

As a member in his association, I am happy to see the lively response to the stimulus that we are encountering.  I’m also happy that as time has passed since our leader’s death, certain realities are being organically learned and understood by the many.

The status of and our relationship to ‘The Mosque Cares’, ‘CPC’, ‘The Muslim Journal’, and even the concept of leadership, particularly, at what level should it be formed, is a result of this process.

Though not quite Shuraa Baynahum, everyone’s input and commentary has been robust and is exactly what’s needed on the way to establish Shuraa Baynahum.

Some online discussions have provided self generating answers to some, but not all, perplexing questions that were formed at the beginning of all of this.

Time in particular has afforded a sort of ‘mini-evolution’ from the characterization of ‘community property ownership’ of the above organizations and material entities, to an awareness of what can only be characterized as the only community property that we all own is our ‘community’s spirit’.

The ‘community spirit’ ownership may prove to be more valuable and useful for our progress than having ownership and control of the above real properties.  That community spirit can effect the rate of progress we will experience.

Imam Mohammed said that the urge or need to have answers to rising questions has been established in our human nature.  The straining to seek answers to questions is strictly a creation by Allah and not of our own making.  And as Allah in His Great Beneficence would have it, He gives guidance to everything He creates.

Since He didn’t create His man from a fire that gives off no smoke, we should insure that our questions and our answers are not of those resembling a scorching wind.  Our brothers and sisters are Muslims like we all are and our inquiries should not be for the purpose of making them suffer for being human.

I’m in agreement with those who advocate that leadership in our community should be formed from the ground up, not from the top down.  Including leadership inside and outside of the masaajid.  Obviously, establishing leadership from the top down is counter intuitive to Shuraa Baynahum right off the bat.

Imam Mohammed has said that there is a sign in the pupil of the eye being covered in water.  It indicates that the perception that every individual gets, is a perception that has been influenced by the waters of each of their own individual make up.  Shuraa Baynahum is perfect for our own nature as Allah created it.  Every perception is given a voice.

I also must state that knowing that there are disagreements with decisions that have been made by Br Rafah Muhammed, Sis Ayesha K. Mustafa, and Br Wallace Mohammed II, I still want to and must give my acknowledgement and voice my appreciation for their willingness to pick up or continue to carry the burden of responsibility each has shouldered.

Imam Mohammed explained the biblical passage of Genesis: ‘So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.’  Imam Mohammed said that created man in his own image does not mean that man looks like G’d, or that G’d created man to physically look like Him.  Created man in his own image means that the pattern that man is created upon, it is owned by G’d. It means that the pattern is in His possession and is a design that He fashioned into shape. The image He fashioned man in to, He created it, He owns it, and it belongs to no one else.

Quite striking as an example of a superior commentary produced from a subtle difference of perception.

That kind is an example of perception that is the best thereof.

That is the perception we need to get to where we are going.

ASA