Ahmadiyya Times | News Staff | Int'l Desk
Source & Credit:Today | Gambia
By Gbola Adiamoh | March 8, 2010
The head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in The Gambia, Amir Baba F. Trawally has said underscored the need for Muslims to embrace the basic ethics outlined in the teaching of Islam. He said this in his address at the conventions of the women group of the Muslim community which held at the Baitus Salaam on February 13, 2010 and the male convention between February 20 and February 21, 2010.
Speaking at the convention of the women group, called the Lajna Imaillah, the Amir Baba F. Trawally said that women should be conscious that they are maidservants of Allah and all their actions, words and movement should highlight this fact. According to him, they should become noble servants of God by being steadfast, truthful, and humble. He also asked them to spend in the way of Allah and seek forgiveness in the latter part of the night. The Amir said all this should be part of their characters if they truly wish to be the God’s chosen persons. “You should maintain good will and unity among yourselves by avoiding all causes of disunity," he said.
At the convention for Ahmadi elders, the Amir reiterated the essence of following the Islamic ethics, especially that which concerns the upholding of the daily congregational prayers. He said: "Salat is the greatest of the remembrance of Allah Almighty. It is the essence of Islam. In it man shows the utmost humility before Allah the Almighty by standing erect, prostrating and bowing.”
According to him, the five daily prayer refrains a person from indecency and manifest evil, saying that Allah and His Prophet particularly emphasize the importance of the five daily prayers. He related from the sayings of the Prophet (saw) to draw home these points.
Speaking at the women convention, the president of the women group, Mrs. Mariama Correa Bah called on Ahmadi women to be examples of high moral standards which she said they should also strive to inculcate in their children. She said women must always live in conformity with the practices of the Holy Prophet while they enjoin in their children the spirit of discipline and obedience to parents and authority.
For Dr. Aisha Khan who spoke on the significance of the veil for Muslim women, she noted that the veil symbolizes the covering of the heart from all satanic thoughts, thereby protecting the woman from being overpowered by Satan. She said the concept that the Islamic veil restricts the freedom of women is erroneous; noting that rather than this, the veil protects and safeguards the women socially, morally and emotionally. “A woman should never go outside without observing the Islamic veil,” she said.
The women convention which had in attendance 254 women and girls from across the country also discussed topics on the rights of women as established in Islam.
At the convention of the male elders of the Jama’at, called the Majlis Ansarullah, emphasis focused on defending the honour and integrity of Islam. According to the group’s president, Mr. Fafanding E.K Darbo, Ahmadi men should take it as a priority to be examples of the highest standards of virtue and righteousness in the society. They were also called upon to set the feet of their family members on the ways of good.
The elders were also enjoined to take the lead in financial sacrifice in the way of Islam. Several references were drawn from the lives of past prophets and the writings of the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad to show how important it is for men to take the lead in such initiatives.
One hundred and thirty five men attended the convention.
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