Travelogue Germany - Part 12

There were 15 masjids in Augsburg. We had stayed for three days at Masjid Salahuddin, Frauentorstrasse 10, Augsburg. Maulana Mustafa Islam, a Turkish origin, from the nearby Turkish Masjid had been with us for nusrah. There were efort of dakwah at his masjid but i'tikaaf was not allowed there. Maulana Mustafa Islam had been studying at Raiwind Markaz, Pakistan for 9 years. He knows most of the ustaadzs at Sri Petaling Markaz when they were studying together at Raiwind Markaz. 

Maulana Mustaffa Islam had gone out for one year in the path of Allah for dakwah and tabligh mission.He did not speak a word of English (although I suspect that he could and certainly he understood English), Maulana Sahb taught us a valuable lesson of appreciation and importance of holding to a madzhab or a particular school of mainstream fiqh. When asked by Haji Razali as to the most suitable name for a child , he simply said "Shafi'e" for boy and "Shafiyah" for girl, out of respect for Imam Shafi'e rahimahullah. Hj Razali's wife were pregnant at the time of this khuruuj and Shafiyah was born soon after.

We held a mini jorr or gathering for the many MARA students in Augsburg and one jamaat of three days had been formed. Among the students that I recalled were Naim Yusof, Zulfahmi Sujak, Khairul Hadi, Hasni Mohd Nor and Khairil Hussain. I've not heard from them since but I dearly hope that they continue to embrace the effort of dakwah and tabligh for their own benefits. 


The basement in Masjid Salahuddin was turned into a kitchen where we prepared our food. I had been exposed to many different kind of tea. The black tea that is usually the favourite among the Arabs is to strong for me. I began to develop a liking on green mint tea instead. Despite all that I remember serving the local Boh tea to an Arab brother and, to our surprise, it has strong effect on him that no sooner he was all sweaty and feeling sick like someone who chewed his first paan.