NEWFIELDS MADRESSA

Dear Reader

Assalamu alaykum wa ragmat-Allahi wa barakatuh.

The Newfields Madressa would like to take this opportunity to welcome everyone with the Universal Greeting of Peace and Blessings, and, the greatest of acknowledgement of gratitude to our Creator who has granted us not only the strength and guidance to be able to teach our Young Generation about ALLAH ALMIGHTY and His Divine Commands,but for the illustrious personage of our Beloved Prophet Muhammad(S.A.W),who came to teach us about the DEENUL ISLAM,and, ultimately bringing us a complete way of life.

We say Thank You to ALLAH for everything he has availed us on this earth; the sustenance from the soil; the sea; even the air that we breath. How fortunate we are to be able to utilise everything that is at our disposal.

Sadly though, there are those that choose to ignore these great gifts of nature and the countless favours from ALLAH by abusing and destroying not only themselves, but also the lives of those nearest and dearest to them. There are those who, either from free will or, peer pressure, or whatever, throw themselves headlong into the ABYSS OF DARK DESPAIR by selling their souls for the dubious pleasure of DRUGS!

Picture this scenario, dear Reader. A family member(be it mother or father, son or daughter.It does not matter) But let us, for our purposes, use the example of a beloved son, who has unobtrusively (as is usually the case) fallen into this trap.

At first nobody (except the neighbors) notices anything. He comes home at ungodly hours and never looks you straight in the face when you question him about his whereabouts. He starts smelling funny also, because of negligence on his personal hygiene.

His conversations are usually very nonsensical. He keeps on laughing at stupid remarks and finds it very amusing when anything serious is being discussed. He is not a reliable or trustworthy person.

Let us suppose, dear Reader, that both parents are dead; that there are two brothers and three sisters and all of them are married. They all live stable lives and their children adhere to a strict Islamic upbringing. He stays with either one of the brothers or sisters and they too try to mould him into their family structure, because they are genuinely concerned about him.

But the drug habits that he has acquired is so overpowering that he finds it extremely difficult to conform to the standards that his brothers and sisters set to him. He starts stealing their stuff and blames it on the children , or , anyone he feels he can use as a scapegoat.

There is always an arguement because of him. He is always the one who is being wronged. He likes to talk what goes on inside the house to anyone who is prepared to listen. Until the brother or the sister cannot take it anymore, and, they either throw him out, or he goes of his own free will, and ultimately becomes a 'bergie' (homeless vagrant).

What we must bear in mind, dear Reader, is that this person is essentially a Muslim. He is now entering a life of the desolate and directionless and his only friend is his 'Tik lollie' (also known as meth amphatamine).

He fights with his neighbors over whatever they are used to fighting inside these squatter camps or wherever he stays, and, it isn't long before he is killed in one of these fights. And now comes the very sad part.

His brothers and sisters decide to give him a Muslim Burial and they go through the rigours of the Police investigations, hospital clearance, even having to contend with a common-law wife and a string of illegitimate children.

Imagine the pain of seeing this brother lying on the bier with a beautiful white fez on his head. The agony of knowing that he was your brother and you and your children are following the DEENUL ISLAM to the best of your ability, but you could not save him.

Please, dear Reader, we can only ask you for a donation to continue teaching our Youth about ALLAH ALMIGHTY and His Divine Commands. We can only beseech the ALMIGHTY to strengthen us and to make it easy for us to try and help those who has lost their way in life. However, we can only do so with your help, for without it, ours efforts would be an impossible cause. Indeed.

Our Banking details are:

Newfields Madressa
Standard Bank
Parow. Cape.
South Africa
Account No. 072704764
Branch Code: 051001


We say SHUKRAN KATHEERAN. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

The Principal................Ismail Jabaar. Cell; 0731671561

The Secretary................Fatima Abrahams. (021)6914090

The Treasurer................Shaheeda Tambay. (021)7065462