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On Saturday, 1st May 2010, the ’Ibaad-u-Ragmaan Qadiri Jamaa’ah will add to their good works by cooperating in adhkaar with the community at Masjid al-Munawwarah on Concert Boulevard in Square Hill, Retreat. The dhikrullah will commence with the Maghrib Salaah and should complete after the necessary Islamic nightfall prayer. Maulana Sharief Stoffels will deliver a short lecture afterwards. All are welcome.
To know more about this, kindly get in touch with the Mosque Secretary, Haji Mogammad Noor Willoughby of 52 Golden Road, Retreat 7945, Western Cape, South Africa; home telephone number +2721 715-7781, mosque telephone +2721 712-8805, or at cellular telephone 0834747432.
For further information, please speak to Maulana Sharief Stoffels of 54 Sibelius Avenue, Retreat 7945, Western Cape, South Africa; telephone number +2721 702-2226, or at cellular telephone number 0734386809.
A further contact is the Mosque President, Haji Abduroaf Salie who lives at 100 Allenby Drive, Retreat 7945, Western Cape, South Africa; home telephone +2721 701-2698, cellular telephone 0842061009.
Interested persons may get in touch with the Mosque Treasurer, Haji Abdul Maliek Hercules of 11 Daisy Hill Road, Retreat 7945, Western Cape, South Africa; home telephone +2721 701-9589, cellular telephone 0833411840.
Another contact person is Haji Abbas Abrahams, residence 10 Farnmouth Road, Retreat 7945, Western Cape, South Africa; telephone number +2721 701-9506, or +2721 701-1724.
Maulana Dawood Sampson invites everyone to al-Masjied al-Sabr in Blackbird Avenue, Parkwood Estate in the Western Cape, South Africa for an evening of adhkaar. Events on Saturday, 5th June 2010 will include the Maghrib Salaah, the dhikrullah, the ‘Isha Salaah, the continuation of the dhikr and the du’aa. Maulana Sampson will address the congregants after that. The ’Ibaad-u-Ragmaan Qadiri Jamaa’ah, thankful for being part of the community of Islam, will contribute their time and efforts to this occasion.
Interested persons may talk to the Mosque Secretary, Haji Riedwaan Blake of 17 Wattle Road, Parkwood Estate 7945, Western Cape, South Africa; telephone +2721 705-3006 or +2721 705-8965, cellular number 0823777326.
For further information, please talk to the Mosque Chairman, Haji Yusuf Baroochi. He lives at 13 Vrede Road, Grassy Park 7945, Western Cape, South Africa; telephone number +2721 705-6909, or at mobile telephone number 0834081072.
To learn more about this gathering, kindly get in touch with Maulana Dawood Sampson at 10 11th Avenue, Eagle Park 7945, Western Cape, South Africa; home telephone number +2721 396-4555, or at mobile telephone number 0822591724.
One and all are invited to spend the evening of Saturday, 23rd October 2010 with the congregants of the Masjidul Ghiedma tiel-Islamia in Taronga Road, Rondebosch East, South Africa. From after the Maghrib Salaah, the local community, together with the ’Ibaad-u-Ragmaan Qadiri Jamaa’ah, will strive in the obedience of God by calling Him to remembrance. The dhikrullah will carry on from after the ’Isha Salaah. Imam Mogammad Fadlie Cornelius will deliver a brief lecture in conclusion.
For further information, please talk to Haji Abdool Raouf Bux of 21 Camberwell Road, Rondebosch East 7770, Western Cape, South Africa; home telephone number +2721 696-9876, or on 0846269876 (mobile).
To learn more about this, kindly get in touch with Haji Mogamat Noor Fakier of 141 Lawson Road, Crawford 7780, Western Cape, South Africa; home telephone number +2721 697-2537, or at 0829278102 (cellular telephone).
A contact person is Imam Mogammad Fadlie Cornelius, residence, 167 St Kilda Road, Rondebosch East 7770, Western Cape, South Africa; home telephone +2721 696-2483, cellular telephone 0835057838.
Imam Achmat Ely asks everyone to join in the worship of the One, True God on Saturday, 25 December 2010 at the Ahmedi Sunni Mosque in Victoria Road, Grassy Park. Adherents will glorify God and pronounce His Oneness, utter His Greatness, praise Him and implore God for His Forgiveness, Mercy, Guidance and Protection.
The ’Ibaad-u-Ragmaan Qadiri Jamaa’ah will give of their time there out of religious duty. The Qadiriyyah Dhikrullah will start after the essential Islamic Sunset Prayer and should finish after the compulsory Nightfall Prayer. Imam Achmat Ely will present a short talk at the close.
For additional information, kindly speak to Imam Achmat Ely of ‘The Valley’, 122, 3rd Avenue, Grassy Park 7945, Western Cape, South Africa; home telephone number: +2721 705-3238.
The ’Ibaad-u-Ragmaan Qadiri Jamaa’ah will set off in the service of God Most High, when it celebrates the birthday of His Holy Messenger Muhammad (Upon him Be Peace) with the Ceres Muslim Jamaa’ah. On Saturday, 12 February 2011, congregants at the Trichardt Street Mosque in Ceres will remember Allah The Most Bountiful while standing and sitting. A scrumptious cooked meal will be on offer afterwards. Everyone is asked to join in.
The ’Ibaad-u-Ragmaan Qadiri Jamaa’ah serves as a vehicle for Islamic learning and the remembrance of Allah. The group consists of several hundred people.
Few organizations are so immersed in the religious record and social symbolism of Cape Muslims. The ’Ibaad-u-Ragmaan Qadiri Jamaa’ah was not formed out of enmity, or opposition to another group. Week after week, they assert the Oneness of God through adhkaar. They are afloat on the same sea, journeying towards Allah, The One Who Is With those who do right.
Free of hysteria, the Jamaa’ah is autonomous and entirely open. Parents raise their children in the Jamaa’ah. Many have grown old as part of the ’Ibaad-u-Ragmaan.
The ’Ibaad-u-Ragmaan Qadiri Jamaa’ah chant like slaves, because that’s what they are – slaves of Allah The Most Beneficent. Adhkaar to them is a labour of love.
Some of them sway gently with the rhythm of the dhikr; others shed tears at the mention of God’s name.
They neither whirl, nor do they hold hands. By reason of its size, Jamaa’ah persons don’t position themselves in a circular or semi-circular formation as is sometimes found among dhikr groups. During adhkaar, its members sit or stand in straight rows instead.
Haji Achmat Damon al-Qadiri al-Chishti is the sheikh of the ’Ibaad-u-Ragmaan Qadiri Jamaa’ah. He had assumed the leadership of the group on the death of Haji Mogammad Riefaard Manie al-’Alawi al-Qadiri al-Chishti. Born on 23 November 1950 in Diep River on the Cape Flats in South Africa, Haji Achmat is the son of Imam Muhammad Salih and Hajja Amina Damon.
The second of six children, Haji Mogammad Riefaard Manie came into the world on 7 August 1946 at 174 Schotsche Kloof Flats in Bo-Kaap. He had received the Qadiriyyah mantel from Haji Abduragmaan da Costa al-Qadiri in 1989. Haji Mogammad Riefaard Manie al-’Alawi al-Qadiri al-Chishti had passed away on 19 October 2004.
The scholarly Haji Abduragmaan da Costa al-Qadiri was born on Friday, 10 October 1924 in Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape. His date of birth coincided with Milad al-Nabi of that year, 1343 Hijri. Having learned under the celebrated Sheikh Ismail ‘Ganief’ Edwards, Haji Abduragmaan da Costa was of the few entirely locally educated Cape Muslims of his generation who understood Arabic. Equally notable was the trend that he had started by refusing to accept payment for teaching others the tenets of their faith. Haji Abduragmaan da Costa al-Qadiri had served as the sheikh of the Qadiriyyah Jamaa’ah from 1962 until his demise on 30 August 1989.
Unrelated otherwise, these three men easily stand above all other modern-day South Africans in furthering the cause of group dhikrullah. They transcended adhkaar in a way that no other local person has achieved since.
Imam Achmad Moos was the group’s first Hafith al-Qur’an. He had learned under Sheikh Muhammad Salih Abadi Solomons and had served as the Imam of the Sunni Muhammad Masjid in Rondebosch East from 1969 until his death in 1986. Imam Mogammad Kasief Basardien forms part of the latest brood of huffaath. He had studied under Sheikh Abdurraghiem Hasan Sallie and the legendary Sheikh Muhammad Salih Abadi Solomons. Abdul Waarieth Parker also has the Holy Book within his breast. On 28 June 2000, Muneer Manie had the appellation ‘Hafith’ tagged in front of his name. Haji Muneer had received his hifdh schooling from Imam Abduraghmaan Salie. Haji Razeen Carelse qualified on 9 August 2000. Having committed the larger part of the Glorious Qur’an to memory in Azaadville, Gauteng, he completed his reading under the tutelage of Maulana Mogammad Adiel Johaar and Sheikh Abdullah Awaldien. Hafith Mogammad Ridha Abass was ushered into the privileged group during 2006. Umar Baba strengthened the local hifdh tradition during 2006 when he completed his education under Imam Abduraghmaan Salie. Having studied under Sheikh Abdullah Awaldien like his oldest brother Hafith Abdul Waarieth, Mogammad Hasan Parker made the grade aged twelve on 12 November 2006. Hafith Mogammad Hasan had represented his country with much success at a Quranic recital competition in Mecca during 2009 and at the Dubai International Holy Quran Awards of 2010. Haji Mogammad Qaasiem Ganief and Adieb Bassier met the standards at the end of January 2009, having qualified under Sheikh Abdullah Awaldien.
The ‘Ibaad-u-Ragmaan Qadiri Jamaa’ah tries to offer group adhkaar as an alternative to social ills such as drug abuse and gangsterism.
A healthy leaning towards orphan adoption exists within the group. Names are not mentioned here for reasons of propriety.
The ’Ibaad-u-Ragmaan Qadiri Jamaa’ah continues to travel the length and breadth of South Africa in adoration of their Maker.
For return bus tickets to Ceres, please call Haji Bienjamien Abrahams of 10 6th Street, Kensington 7405, Western Cape, South Africa, at home telephone number +2721 5936585, or at cellular telephone number 0827728381.
A contact person is Haji Ismail C Motala of Farm Waveren, Wolseley 6830, Western Cape, South Africa; telephone +2723 2311242, cellular telephone number 0769722555.
To learn more about this, kindly get in touch with Hajja Kariema Thomas, residence, 11 Beta Street, Bella Vista, Ceres 6835, Western Cape, South Africa; telephone +2723 3155692, cellular telephone 0834503974.
For further information, please speak to Haji Mogamat Faiz Isaacs, address, 48 Tennyson Street, Mandalay 7785, Western Cape, South Africa; home telephone +2721 3872737, or on mobile telephone number 0799153206.
On the evening of Saturday, 23 July 2011, the ’Ibaad-u-Ragmaan Qadiri Jamaa’ah will render the Qadiriyyah Dhikrullah at the Auwal Masjid in Dorp Street, Cape Town, South Africa. Participants will repetitively mention the Name of God, trusting that He Would Mention them in a gathering better than theirs. The adhkaar will start with the Maghrib Salaah. Young and old are invited to take part. Supper will be served at end.
For further information, please talk to Haji Mustapha Salie of 3 August Street, Cape Town 8001, Western Cape, South Africa, telephone number +2721 4248477.
A person to approach is Haji Mogammad Tauha Sampson of 146a Buitengragt Street, Cape Town 8001, Western Cape, South Africa at home telephone number +2721 4242517.
Interested individuals may speak to Haji Mogammad Fadlie Soeker of 59 Bloem Street, Cape Town 8001, Western Cape, South Africa at home telephone +2721 4265630.
Another contact person is Haji Faried Abass of 3 August Street, Cape Town 8001, Western Cape, South Africa, telephone +2721 4222808, or +2721 4479350, or at cellular telephone number 0849538085.
To learn more about this, kindly get in touch with Hafith Mogammad Ridha Abass of 3 August Street, Cape Town 8001, Western Cape, South Africa, home telephone number +2721 4222808, or at mobile telephone 0847291918.
Adhkār on Saturday, 17 September 2011 at the Nurul Islam Mosque in Buitengragt Street, Bo-Kaap, will remind participants of the dramatic events that surrounded the birth in Mecca sixty one years ago of Sheikh Serag Makki Johaar. The ’Ibaad-u-Ragmaan Qadiri Jamaa’ah will lend its’ voice to the occasion. The dhikrullāh will begin with the Maghrib Salāh. Sheikh Serag Johaar will deliver a short address at the conclusion of the Qādiriyyah. Everyone is asked to join in.
The first of nine children, Sheikh Serag Makki Johaar was born in Mecca on Sunday, 17 September 1950CE, 5 Dhul Hijjah 1369AH. His parents, Haji Cassiem and Hajja Zainab (“Naa”, as she is called), had lodged with Sayed ’Umar Wali in Mecca at the time of his birth. Sayed ’Umar was the son of Sayed Shiraj Wali; Sayed Shiraj was the son of Sayed Zain Wali. Haji Cassiem and Hajja Zainab Johaar named their son after Sayed Shiraj; the baby’s middle name was taken after the Holy City.
Eric Rosenthal, on pages 119 to 127 of his book “From Drury Lane to Mecca”, tells of the Ring of Immortality of Sayed Zain Wali. Its wearer, characteristically, was immune from injury or harm. Scissors typically, could not cut the hair of the person who wore the ring. The character Abdul Mallik in the story was from Bo-Kaap, South Africa and a student of the erudite Sayed Zain Wali. Abdul Mallik’s parents had “sent him to the Holy City in order that he might there learn the Faith from its most authoritative teachers.” He had received the ring on the death of his tutor. Once back home, Imam Abdul Mallik married the very pretty Kubra Regal. As a gesture of his love, and besotted by her beauty, he had allowed her to take the ring from him. The “Cape Malays are a good-looking race,” Rosenthal explains in his book. She was cheerfully doing the laundry in a local wash-house, when the ring had slipped from her finger. Kubra Regal shrieked in alarm. She was too slow in stopping it from sliding into an adjoining stream. The ring was lost forever. Cape Malay folklore has it that the remains of the wash-house stands close to the holy grave of Sayed ’Ali Mustaphā al-Haq al-Qādirī of Deer Park in Vredehoek, Cape Town. Imam Abdul Mallik and Hajja Kubra Regal, interestingly, were the parents of Hajja Fatima “Ma” Geyer (1910-1995), the first South African female to commit the contents of the Noble Qur’an to memory. Of equal note in Deer Park, is the holy grave of Sayed Muhammad Johaar.
Days after his birth in the Holy City, Sheikh Serag Johaar’s parents had taken him along on the Pilgrimage. Sheikh Nazeem Mohamed (1935-2002) was on the Plain of ’Arafāt on the Day of Pilgrimage of that year. Observing Yaum al-’Arafah as well, were Sheikh Mohamed Ganief Booley (1924-1982) and Sheikh Mohammed Yusuf Booley (1930-2010). Standing there on 9 Dhul Hijjah 1369 Hijri, were Sheikh Ismail Soeker (d. 1986) and Sheikh Mogammad Armien Soeker (1941-2011). Also there on the Day of Wuqūf were Sheikh Mujaahied Hendricks (d. 1996) and Sheikh Mogammad Rashaad Basra (d. 1991). Pilgrims recall how hailstones “as big as hens’ eggs” had lashed the Plain of ’Arafāt on the Day of Haj. Most of the tents on the hallowed desert expanse were pulverised. People went in search of missing persons when the storm abated and found “Naa” and her baby underneath a flattened tent – ruffled, but alive. Lying dead beneath a smashed tent though, was a Catholic priest with a crucifix around his neck – he had slinked into Mecca, his motive unknown. Non-Muslims, still, are not allowed past the religious borders of Mecca and Medina.
Sheikh Serag’s first name was misspelt at the birth registration offices in Cape Town. He grew up in the Schotsche Kloof Flats at 81 Tana Baru Street, Bo-Kaap. As a young man, he had memorised the contents of the Glorious Qur’an under the tutelage of the pious Sheikh Muhammad Salih Abadi Solomons (d. 1999). Serag was barely sixteen when he led the tarāwih salāh at the Habibia Soofie Masjid. The tarāwih salāh is optional prayer that is read in congregation, or on one’s own, by Muslims during the evenings of the Holy Month of Ramadhān. Hafith Serag acquitted himself with an assurance that far belied his youth as he recited the entire Holy Book off pat. Behind him in prayer stood some of the legends of Cape Islām – Imam Abdul Kariem Kagee al-Chishtī (1912-1986), Imam Abdullatief “Babu” Purkar al-Qādirī al-Chishtī (1926-2004) and Maulānā Goolam Kootboodien Kagee al-Chishtī (b. 1939). Sheikh Serag Johaar went on to study in Mecca and Indo-Pak, and has been back to the Hijaz many times since. He is the imam at the Nurul Islam Masjid and teaches Muslims their religion.
To learn more about the dhikr, please get in touch with the Masjid Secretary, Haji Abdul Maliek Majiet of 2 Francis Road, Pinelands 7405, Western Cape, South Africa; home telephone number: +2721 5313975, cellular telephone 0829007344.
Another contact person is the Masjid Treasurer, Haji Mogammad Ganief Galvaan, address, 267 Longmarket Street, Cape Town 8001, Western Cape, South Africa; home telephone +2721 423-8754, or on mobile telephone number 0824944690.
For further information, kindly talk to Haji Mogammad Tayyib Ogier, residence, 10 Ummah Close, Zonnebloem 8001, Western Cape, South Africa; home telephone +2721 465-6133, or at cellular telephone number 0834449997.
Interested persons may contact Sheikh Serag Makki Johaar of 154 Sussex Road, Wynberg 7800, Western Cape, South Africa; telephone: +2721 797-6543 (home), +2721 424-3933 (mother), or at 0829687254 (cellular telephone).
The ’Ibaad-u-Ragmaan Qadiri Jamaa’ah will take to the road once again when it goes to Masjid al-Taubah in Chatsworth in the Western Cape on Saturday, 28 January 2012. The Swartland town is off the N7 motorway, and 56 kilometres from Cape Town and 23 kilometres from Malmesbury. The mosque gathering there will celebrate the birth of the Beloved Prophet Muhammad (May God Almighty Bless him and Grant him Peace).
Some of the ’Ibaad-u-Ragmaan Qadiri Jamaa’ah sway gently with the rhythm of the adhkaar; others shed tears at the mention of God’s name. The ’Ibaad-u-Ragmaan Qadiri Jamaa’ah chant like slaves, because that’s what they are – slaves of Allah.
Haji Yusef Hendricks has seen more group adhkaar than most people. Haji Faghmie Jacobs has a natural affection for dhikrullah. Plodding away since their childhood are Haji Shamiel and his brother Haji Abdul Raashied Salie. Haji Riefad Benjamin’s mother was called Qadiria – that’s how close he is to the dhikr. Haji Bienjamien Abrahams gets things done. Haji Mogammad Shadley Kariem is unbendable in his approach to adkaar. Maintaining their family traditions are Haji Mogammad Allie Isaacs, Haji Fuad Isaacs, Haji Mansoer Isaacs and Mogammad Ashraf Isaacs. Their saintly father, Haji Achmad Isaacs had an aura that shone like a lamp. Reciting with the assurance gleaned over the years, is Haji Mogammat Saliem Solomon. The bond that Haji Mogamad Fahldie Ganief has with the Jamaa’ah has endured through thick and thin. Haji Taalieb, Haji Ismail and Haji Thaabiet Ganief are following in their late father’s footsteps. Haji Rashaad Magerman is unflinching in his application. Using his organisational skills to drive the ’Ibaad-u-Ragmaan Qadiri Jamaa’ah forward is Haji Mogamat Faiz Isaacs. Setting an example through dhikr is Haji Faried Abass. Haji Ashraf Regal recites with the aplomb of his father, Haji Mogammad Cassiem and grandfather Haji Abdullah. Haji Ebrahim Ismail and his relatives beat the drum for the ‘Ibaad-u-Ragmaan. Such is their sense of community that they wish the dhikr would last forever. Haji Nadiem Adams and his family have an innate love for dhikrullah. Ashraf Arend is as regular as clockwork. Constant ‘ibadat have inclined Haji Ganief Davids and Haji Dawood Essack and their families toward lasting friendships. Adhkaar is a labour of love to Haji Mahdi Soeker. Achmat Basardien and his family have a wholesome appetite for the Qadiriyyah dhikr. Jamiel Dalvie, also, can seemingly recite forever. Sharing common values are Tasliem and his son Ridhwaan Davids. Naasief Jattiem and his family help to make things tick. Haji Abdool Raouf Bux lends vibrancy to the Jamaa’ah. Haji Mohammed Ali Guzgay is there on Imam Abdullatief ‘Babu’ Purkar’s recommendation.
The Sheikh, Haji Achmat Damon al-Qadiri al-Chishti, will direct by example by either leading the reading of the dhikrullah himself, or he may delegate the lead for the rest of the Jamaa’ah to respond in unison and in melodious, moderate tones.
Imam Achmat Fataar will deliver the vote of thanks. A mouth-watering meal will be served at the close. Young and old are asked to join in.
For return bus tickets to Chatsworth, please dial Haji Bienjamien Abrahams of 10 6th Street, Kensington 7405, Western Cape, South Africa, at home telephone number +2721 593-6585, or at cellular telephone 0827728381.
To learn more about this, kindly get in touch with Haji Mogamat Faiz Isaacs, address, 48 Tennyson Street, Mandalay 7785, Western Cape, South Africa; home telephone +2721 3872737, or on mobile telephone number 0799153206.
A contact person is Imam Achmat Fataar of 604 Edward Road, Chatsworth 7354, Western Cape, South Africa, at home telephone number +2722 4813011, or cellular telephone 0837914945.
For further information, please speak to Haji Yoonis Emeraan of 1081 Edward Road, Chatsworth 7354, Western Cape, South Africa; cellular telephone number 0715296063.
To find out about this, kindly get in touch with Haji Mogamat C van Rhyn, 791 Chamberlain Street, Chatsworth 7354, Western Cape, South Africa; telephone: +2722 4813198.