To all our dear brothers and sisters,

Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu:

Islam teaches us to show kindness without discrimination and to respect all cultures and beliefs. The purpose of the Islamic Cultural Center Osaka is to promote a true understanding of Islam. It provides a place of worship for Muslim men and women from Japan and other countries who are visiting or living in Osaka, especially those who are studying at Osaka University or visiting the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

In addition to the prayers, there are weekly lectures and classes for adults and children every Saturday which you are all welcome to attend. Please join us for the sake of Allah. (For details, see below)

Ramadan has begun. Ramadan Mubarak!

Taroweeh prayers began on Sunday night. Monday, September 1st. is the first day of fasting

There will be Taroweeh prayers after Isha prayer every night during Ramadan. insha'Allah.

There will be Iftar on Saturdays before our Saturday program begins.

The Ramadan Timetable has been corrected. Please click here..

A Ramadan Message

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Assalamu alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,

Allah ta'ala has put many blessings in this holy month of Ramadan, so you should try to get as much as you can from it.  Ramadan offers you an opportunity to rebuild your relation with Allah and all of His Creation, a relation which are based on the purification of your heart which comes from struggling against your desires.

Firstly, fasting Ramadan can lead to the reward of Hajj. Every Muslim is looking forward to making the pilgrimage to Mecca and performing Hajj, which is an obligatory duty for everyone who has the strength and means to perform it. The reward for a completed Hajj is the forgiveness of all your previous sins, and you will return home with a clear record and a fresh start to your lifes. What a wonderful gift Allah has given you in this holy month of Ramadan! If you can fast with sincere faith, striving and hoping for the reward from Allah, then He will grant you a reward equal to that of performing Hajj; that is, all your previous sins will be forgiven.

A second opportunity for you to get the same reward, that is of forgiveness for all of your previous sins, is by performing the Night prayers during all the nights of Ramadhan.

Yet a third opportunity to receive complete forgiveness for all your previous sins is to worship Allah by performing night prayers during the Night of Decree “Laylat Ul-Qadr”.

This is supported by the Sahih Hadith narrated Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him, who reported: 'I heard Allah's Apostle, may the blessings of Allah and peace be upon him, saying regarding Ramadan, "Whoever prays at night in the month of Ramadan out of sincere faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, all their previous sins will be forgiven."  (Bukhari)  

Imam Mohsen

To Read Imam Mohsen's lecture, Preparing for Ramadan

Invitation to Saturday's Program of Osaka Mosque Saturday, September 6th, 2008

Hadith on The Etiquette of eating By Brs MOSTAFA and MOSHARRAF
5:00 ~	Recitation of Holy Quran (2)	Sisters' Program	Teaching of Holy Quran (3)
6:18 ~	Breaking the fast and Maghrib prayer
6:35~	Iftar and Dinner (4)
7:30 ~	Hadith on "THE ETIQUETTE OF EATING"
8:30~	Ishaa and Taraweeh prayer

RESPONSIBILITIES: (1) Br. ADEL for program organization; (2) Brs. Ahamed RAMADAN and AYMAN; (3) Br. AHMED HARIDI; (4) Br Rashid.

· Representative Brothers: Please announce the program in your national community.

· For further information please contact committee of OMA (Osaka Muslim Association) at oma2001@yahoogroups .com , Br. MOSHARRAF at 090- 1313-9252, or Br. ADEL at 090-9696-2583.

Looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday, insha'Allah!

The Month of Ramadan 1429 A.H.

 

For further information please contact committee of OMA (Osaka Muslim Association) at oma2001@yahoogroups .com

Congregational Prayers at the Center

• Zuhr:  12:20 (Sat & Sun)   
• Asr:  15:40  (Sat & Sun)    
• Magrib :  See Ramadan Timetable  
• Isha & Taroweeh:  21:00
• Jumma  : 12:20 (The khutba begins)

In Shaa ALLAH, cars will be provided to pick thoses brothers and sisters who want to offer their Jumma prayer at the mosque. Because of the necessity to attend classes, some brothers asked to strictly fix the timing to and from the mosque and also to provide cars at different places. So, the cars arrangement will be as follows:

 

Place (1): In front of prayer room of Suita campus.

 

Place (2): In front of International Students Center (ISC).

 

Leaving Time: Cars will leave from Osaka University (Suita campus) exactly at PM 12:05.

 

Return Time: Cars will leave from the Mosque exactly at PM 12:45.

 

If any brothers/sisters need cars at another place or have any other suggestion, please advise us.

 

An Important New Project for Our Mosque

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Alhamdulillah, our community is growing, and we need to reform the mosque by removing the walls on the second floor to make a larger place for prayer. We depend on Allah and are in need of your generous donations to cover the running expenses of the Center and insha'Allah, to complete this important new project, which will cost about 1.5 million yen. In addition, the land next door to our Center is for sale. This will expand our land by 50%and make it possible to build the first purpose built mosque in Osaka, insha'allah.

Please send your donations to this project to:

May Allah accept our efforts to establish Islam in Japan and grant us success.

Please check this page for upcoming events!

If you have any questions please contact us at

osakamosque@hotmail.com