Barakah Masjid presents
What the Tongue Carries
An evening on gheebah, and the words we let pass
A free evening on the fiqh and adab of speech. What actually counts as gheebah, the narrow cases where speaking about someone is allowed, and what to do about the group chat you are already in.
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About
About this evening
Backbiting is the sin many of us commit before breakfast and never once name. The Qur'an gives it the harshest image in the Book, and yet a person can sit in it all evening among people who would not dream of missing a prayer.
Sheikh Ibrahim Nassar sets out what the fuqaha actually classified as gheebah and nameemah, and the narrow cases in which speaking about someone is permitted, or even obliged. Ustadha Amina Haddad takes it to where most of it now happens: the group chat, the staff room, the car on the way home. Practical, and not an evening about saying nothing at all.
Doors open in
This has finished
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Aisha Abbas
Programme
How the evening runs
- 016:30pm
Doors and tea
- 027:00pm
Welcome and recitation
- 037:10pm
What the fuqaha called gheebah
with Sheikh Ibrahim Nassar
- 047:55pm
The group chat, the staff room, the car home
with Ustadha Amina Haddad
- 058:20pm
Tea and a stretch
- 068:30pm
Open floor
Speakers
Who is speaking
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Sheikh Ibrahim Nassar
Imam, Masjid al-Noor · Lakemba
Sheikh Ibrahim has led the congregation at Masjid al-Noor for eleven years. He studied usul al-fiqh and hadith in Damascus and Amman, and convenes the mosque's Wednesday evening halaqa. His lectures stay close to the text and short on flourish.
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Ustadha Amina Haddad
Fiqh instructor · Sydney
Ustadha Amina teaches fiqh to women's study circles across Sydney and fields the everyday questions — purification, prayer, family matters — that rarely make it into a lecture. She studied in Tripoli and has taught adult classes here since 2014.
Getting there
Where to find us
Barakah Masjid
181 Haldon Street Lakemba, Sydney
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What to expect
- Tea & coffee served
- Near public transport
- Q&A session
- Segregated seating
- Prayer space available
- Lecture
- Free entry
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Questions
Questions
Do I need to register in advance?
Yes. Registration closes once the cohort fills, and the reminder, plus any change of time, goes to the email you register with.
Is there prayer space on site?
Yes. There is a prayer area with wudu facilities for both brothers and sisters, and we break for salah at its time.
How is the seating arranged?
Seating is segregated, with a separate section for sisters and a shared entrance off the foyer. Families are seated at the rear of the sisters' section.
Will it be recorded?
Most lectures are recorded and the link goes out to everyone who registered, usually within a week. Course sessions are recorded week by week so you can catch up if you miss one.
Is there parking?
There is free street parking around the venue and a small on-site car park that fills early. The nearest station is a short walk, and on busy nights we'd recommend it.
Is anything served?
Tea, coffee and something light are out in the foyer before we begin. Everything served is halal.
Du‘ās
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Nigel Engel · 4 wk ago
Reflections
What people say
reflections
“sdfsdfsdfsdfsfsdfsdfsdfsdf”
“Somebody finally said out loud: this report is weak, and here is why people keep repeating it anyway. I have waited years to hear that in a community setting.”
“Dr. Bakri treats it as history with stakes rather than a set of moral lessons for children. The Hudaybiyyah section reframed the entire period for me.”
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