Speaker’s Tour:I wanna Party & Still Go to Heaven

Part of speakers Tour was held on 12^th october 2011  at RCSI-Dublin.

FOSIS invited Shiekh Riaz Ourzazi from Al-Maghribi institute who gave an excellent and motivational talk on how to be a righteous Muslim starting with prayers(salaah) and kindness towards others. The shiekh was very interactive and kept the audience engaged throughout the event, from giving real life scenarios to explain a hadith (sayings and teachings of Prophet Mohommed (PBUH)) to making the audience do tasks such as brothers giving brothers a hug and igniting a spirit of brotherhood which is fundamental in Islam

The event was attended by a large group of students and people from outside the campus.

The team Worked day and night to organise this event and it was very well managed. In the Quran Allah tells us that He helps those who help Him (His cause )( surah- Al hajj) and Alhumdulilah even after such hectic medical education the dedicated team managed to organise it without compromising studies.

Fresher’s Trip [Brothers]- Go-Cart Championship

This was one of the most exciting events that ISOCs have organised. About 13 members of ISOCs have joined where 5 of them were fresher. The purpose of the event is to build up strong relationship [Ukhuwah] among members despite helping the fresher to adapt to new surroundings.

O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted.

[surah al-Hujurat: 13]

The winner of the championship goes to Brother Abdullah where he recorded the fastest time in the last round.

Jazakmullah khair to all participants!

RCSI Fresher’s Week

RCSI ISCOC Stall Exhibition for RCSI fresher students

First event done by the RCSI ISOC members in the 2011/2012 year was the fresher’s Exhibition. Great job was done by almost more than 10 members to make this first event successful like the previous years. The aim of the event was to introduce ISOC to the new students of RCSI and sign them up to the society. More than 200 students signed up and were successfully introduced to ISOC by giving them the fresher’s packages. The Package contained a lot of inspiring things that were provided by both FOSIS and RCSI ISOC members.

The members worked very hard the whole day and made sure that all the new students’ questions and query were answered. The new students were also invited to the second event of the year which was the fresher’s orientation. The ISOC members did great job in the decoration of the stall which had a great role in attracting the new students to the stall and sign up with ISOC.

Everyone including members, fresher.s and staff had a great Time. The fresher’s enjoyed their packs very much and they also loved the snacks and the chocolate fountain that were provided by ISOC during the stall.

 

RCSI ISOC Halaqa

What is a halaqa?

Halaqa is an Arabic word means a circle. Halaqa in this context is a circle where people meet and discuss on topics about God, Islam or any current issues. It also can be considered as a regular gathering in remembering Gods and learning new knowledge about religion. There will be one or more presenter on certain topic while the others would sit and listen. Following discussion will continue after the presentation.

For RCSI ISOC’s halaqa, it involved all ISOC members and also opens to all Muslim students in RCSI who are interested to join the circle. Usually there are 7-15 people attending the halaqa which is held on a weekly basis and consuming approximately 1-2 hours. It was held in the prayer room or friendship room or even tutorial room depending on the activities planned for the day.

What is the purpose of having a halaqa?

The idea of having the halaqa lies in the concept of recharging your iman(faith) and spending some time out of 24-hours that one’s has in a day to remember Allah and His deen(way of life/Islam).  The hectic life as a medical/pharmacy students made it crucial for ones to gain back his strength and spirit to perform well in his studies without forgetting the role as a full-time Muslim in this world.

The halaqa also becomes a medium to strengthen the ukhwah(friendship) among the Muslim students in RCSI, particularly the ukhwah among ISOC members as it allows the members to interact and respond to each other in a healthy learning environment. Thus, knowledge sharing is built among them

What do you usually do during halaqa?

We usually started with some Quran recitation, tafseer(exegesis/commentary) and hadith(sayings from the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him) then we’ll proceed to the topic of the day. The format of halaqa is not restricted, so other than the presentation by a speaker,   we can have small games, quizzes or even a debate as a part of the activities. The topics that had been presented for the past few halaqas from last semester includes the seerah(story) of the Prophet Muhammad(p.b.u.h), Day of Judgement, Names of Allah, da’wa techniques and many more.

SO…

Come and join us for the next halaqa! 

You’ll be craving to know MORE!

May Allah makes us steadfast in His path, insyaAllah

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