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-Islamic Reminders-

An Islamic Reminder is a free subscriptionViral Email that is generally about the religion Islam.It was first sent out by a high school student Ahmed Elsayyad and has grown since then.The reason this email was created is because Islam consistently encourages individuals to do well. It emphasizes one's individual responsibility towards the peace and security of the society at large.A Muslim should spread the knowledge of Islam.

[1] Islamic Reminder #64(Busy or Not)

First Email

The first email was created on December 11,2008 and was called The Carpenter.The story was of a highly skilled carpenter who had grown old and was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire.

The employer was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter agreed to this proposal but made sure that this will be his last project. Being in a mood to retire, the carpenter was not paying much attention to building this house. His heart was not in his work. He resorted to poor workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end his career.

When the job was done, the carpenter called his employer and showed him the house. The employer handed over some papers and the front door key to the carpenter and said "This is your house, my gift to you."

The carpenter was in a shock! What a shame! If he had only known that he was building his own house, he would have made it better than any other house that he ever built!This story was the start of it all and Islamic Reminders were created almost everyday of a different story.

Newer Emails

The more recent emails have go through changes since the previous emails.Emails have gotten shorter and concise because of high demand and many things were taken out.The Islamic links,Islamic Videos and saying f the prophet were taken out recently after Reminder #60.The 99 names of Allah(SWT) feature which shows one name of Allah(SWT) and its meaning.

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One of the names of Allah(SWT) 3. Ar-Raheem

1. The Merciful, The One who has plenty of mercy for the believers.

Format

The format of the email varies on which Islamic Reminder it is.The older Islamic Reminders consisted of a top header with a personal comment not realted to the story.Then Under the comment was the Title of the story and source of the story.Then the story followed the source and was usually from [www.Islamcan.com Islamcan.com].Then there was a moral that reflected on the story which was usually less then a paragraph in length.Three Islamic Links followed and a message which stated why people should forward the message.This message was the same in most reminders.{| class="wikitable" border="1"

Reminder Please Forward This Email because, Islam consistently encourages individuals to do well. It emphasizes one’s individual responsibility towards the peace and security of the society at large. Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) described a good deed as an act which benefits others, such as planting a seed, knowing well that, when it grows to be a full fledged tree it will serve generations of wayfarers with fruit and the shade. The world is a better place today because of a good legacy bequeathed to humanity by people of all faiths that came before us. We owe it to coming generations to leave the world a little better than we found it, to usher an era of justice and peace.

Lastly there was a small message that was typed in white ink so it was invisible unless highlighted.The purpose of this was to encourage the people to read more reminders.

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Examples

This is Islamic Reminder #66(The Mysterious Helping Hands) in text form:

Assalamualaikum brothers and sisters,if you personally know me then there is a jog for Darfur coming up.Email me for more information.(Inshallah) ^{The Mysterious Helping Hands}(Tell your friends about this article here.) Iram, and her brother, Ahmed, were excited about the upcoming days. It was Ramadan, a time to learn appreciation for the things they had, and to think of others who didn’t have as much.

They had both been saving their money all year long. Iram, who was seven years old, sat on her bed and dumped out her money jar. Coins ran all over the blanket. “This is a lot of money. Momma says we are supposed to help someone. She wants us to think about how much we have and then think of someone who doesn’t have very much, and do something nice for them,” Iram said, gathering the money into a pile. “Dump out your jar, Ahmed,” she told her brother.

The coins came spilling out of his jar onto the bed. “Wow! We can do a lot for someone with all this money,” Ahmed said, smiling. “This is such a special time of year. I’m glad we can help others.”

“But we have to do it secretly, Ahmed, remember. We have to pick someone and do something very nice without them knowing it is from us. Who should we pick?” Iram asked.

“Let’s pick our neighbors, Rashid, and Fatima. I noticed that they had holes in their shoes,” Ahmed said.

“That’s a good idea. We could buy some new shoes for them. They aren’t as blessed as we are. We have a lot of shoes, don’t we?” Iram asked with appreciation.

“I have three pair. You have more. Let’s buy some new shoes for them,” Ahmed said, smiling.

Iram and Ahmed found their momma. She was busy washing some dates. She saw her children come into the kitchen. “I’m going to make some baklawa for tonight,” she said, knowing her family loved to eat that. “Poppa is at the mosque, in prayer. When he comes home, after the sun sets, we’ll have some. In the meantime, you two look like you’ve got something on your minds.”

“We want to help the poor. Ahmed and I have been saving our money all year long and we want to help Rashid and Fatima, our neighbors,” Iram began.

Ahmed, with excitement, interrupted, “We want to buy them some shoes.”

Momma smiled at her beautiful children. She was so proud of them.

“Aren’t you hungry, Momma?” Ahmed asked. He knew she had not had anything to eat or drink since dawn that morning.

“I’m a little bit, but that is good for me. Don’t worry about me. When you’re older, you’ll understand more and be able to fast too,” she explained. “Would you like me to take you to the store to buy the shoes?” she asked.

“Would you, Momma? Is that all right?” Iram begged.

“Why of course. Let’s go,” she said.

They walked to the shoe store and went inside. Iram picked out a pair of shoes for Fatima. Ahmed picked out a pair for Rashid. They were both so proud that they’d saved their money so they could do this to help. Later, they went home and wrapped the shoe boxes in plain brown paper. They waited anxiously for night to come. It would be dark and they could deliver their gifts.

The sun began to drop behind the horizon. A little while later, Poppa came home. He and Momma had some lentil soup, then tomato and cucumber sandwiches. Momma called to her children, “Iram. Ahmed. Come and have some baklawa, and some fresh dates.” The children came running into the kitchen. Momma cut them a big piece.

They gobbled it down quickly as they were anxious to do their good deed. “Slow down, children,” Poppa urged, laughing.

It was soon dark outside. Momma had the children go and get the boxes they’d wrapped so carefully. They put their coats on and walked quietly over to Rashid and Fatima’s house. Momma whispered, “All right, children. We must be very quiet and very fast. Ahmed, you knock on the door and then run over here, to this bush, where Iram and I will be hiding. We’ll watch as they come and find their gifts.”

Iram and Ahmed giggled with delight. Iram and Momma hid, and Ahmed tiptoed up to the door. He put both of the boxes down on the porch, and knocked hard. Then he ran, and ran, and ran, as fast as he could, to where Iram and Momma were. “Shhh,” Momma whispered. “Someone opened the door.”

They watched as Rashid and Fatima came out onto the porch. “Look! There are presents for us. Someone left them here,” Rashid cried out with excitement. He and Fatima looked around. It was very dark and they couldn’t see anyone. They picked up the boxes and took them inside.

After a minute or two, waiting to make sure they wouldn’t be seen, Momma, Ahmed, and Iram, snuck quietly back to their house. Ahmed started laughing. “Poppa! Poppa! We did it! We snuck up and left the presents!”

Iram added, “They didn’t see us, Poppa. They don’t know it was us.” She was laughing too.

Momma and Poppa stood back and looked at their children. They were so proud of them. They knew their children knew the real meaning of giving and of sacrifice. The next morning, as Momma, Poppa, Iram, and Ahmed went to their car to drive into town, they saw Rashid and Fatima outside playing. They were both wearing their brand new shoes. Nobody said a thing. Iram and Ahmed just smiled. Moral:This shows the importance of sacrifice.How many of us can say we have saved up to help someone in need?We should take this message to improve ourselves by helping others in need.(Inshallah)

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One of the names of Allah(SWT) 4. Al-Malik

1. The King, The Sovereign Lord, The One with the complete Dominion, the One Whose Dominion is clear from imperfection.

Islamic Reminder #66 (Bananas are very useful.)

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