This was exactly what Mufti Shabir suggested on the first day he visited the mosque. He said use of the title of president, secretary, committee etc. would create conflict. Clearly the Sheba group neglected that suggestion and the result is evident.
Other than Zia vai I haven’t seen anyone from the Sheba group spending so much time and effort for the mosque. We started praying and Quran class in his garage and continued for more than 2 years in the same garage. Mahi vai, one thing for sure Zia vai didn’t look for the fame, others in the committee might.
On Monday, 3 April 2017, 20:25, “Faruk Ahmed faruk.perth@gmail.com [perthbashi]” <perthbashi-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Dear Brother Dr Akim,
One unrelated thing to share – when it’s about a mosque, please refrain from all those flashy titles – president/ chairman/ directors etc. – even though you mentioned Sheba Group. The Imam is the supreme authority of a mosque that is what we have learnt from our Prophet (BPUH), Abu Bakar, Omar, Uthman (May Allah Be Pleased with Them). They were the Imaam and supreme authority of the mosque and community.
If you build a mosque – follow what our Prophet (BPUH) left for us, not those English flashy titles. We don’t need to be super scholar to understand this simple thing.
Regards,
Faruk Ahmed
Faruk Ahmed
On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 6:01 PM, Mahi Masud <mahimasud@hotmail.com“>mahimasud@hotmail.com> wrote:
Now the entire project is questionable. This is what happened when you start privatised Masjid project for worldly fame!!! Truth eventually comes out in ugly fashion!! May Allah guide us all.
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On 3 Apr 2017, at 5:42 pm, Faruk Ahmed faruk.perth@gmail.com“>faruk.perth@gmail.com [perthbashi] <perthbashi-noreply@yahoogroups.com“>perthbashi-noreply@ yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Dear Brother Dr. Akim,
Assalamualikum.
One thing I couldn’t figure out the reason why you have sent this email publicly where you can solve the issue internally by discussing in the board of directors meeting.
We have no interest knowing who is president or chairman or directors of your group. Please solve such issue internally instead of putting on public forum.We all appreciate efforts of your Sheba group to build mosques – May Allah help us in this regards. Please put some more efforts to keep unity among yourselves.
May Allah help you solving issues in just.
Regards,Faruk Ahmed
Faruk Ahmed
On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 1:01 AM, ‘Dr. Akim H. Kabir’ kabir999@hotmail.com“> kabir999@hotmail.com [perthbashi] <perthbashi-noreply@yahoogroups.com“>perthbashi-noreply@ yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Dear Perthbashi,Thank you very much for all your support that we (the Sheba Group WA) have been receiving. Occasionally you may have received some emails from Mr. Shahajahan Miyan, which sometimes contains incorrect information. Internally, within Sheba Group WA, we have pointed out those misleading information and had requested corrections. I hereby take this opportunity to disseminate some corrections to some misleading information sent through Perthbashi:
- Sheba Group WA Pty Ltd (registered on 27 May 2014) has eight shareholders, who are also the directors of the company. The company is headed by a Chairman. On 21 March 2017, Sheba’s then Chairman Mr. Shahajahan Miyan has submitted his intention (to the Board of Directors) to resign and exit Sheba. He had given up his Chairman position and the responsibility was handed over to Dr. Md. Amanullah and Mr. Matiur Rahman (ex. Adelaide resident; now in Dhaka).
- We (Sheba Group) had bought 3 hectares (~30,000m2) of land in Wattle Grove (25, 27 & 29 Lewis Road). Subsequently we have donated an area of 3,955m2 of vacant land (rear part of 29 Lewis Road) to build a Mosque, now named Masjid Al Falah. Currently, SHEBA has allowed one of its existing buildings on that property to use as a temporary Musallah for daily prayers and Friday Jummah Prayers. A non-profit organisation named Al Falah Muslim Association Inc. (AFMA) has been formed to run the activities of Masjid Al Falah. AFMA has a management committee, referred to hereinafter as MC.
- Section 6.d.i. of our Sheba constitution addendum states, “The Al-Falah Muslim Association management committee (MC) and its constitution are to be Sheba approved. The President and the Secretary are to be elected by Sheba board of directors (BOD). In late 2016, we (Sheba) have approved a Masjid Management Committee (MC), however we have not elected a President yet. This means, there is no elected President of the MC. I am not sure how anyone can claim to be the President publicly and officially, which is misleading and totally unauthorized.
- Also, the background of the formation of ‘Sheba’ has been wrongly communicated. The dream of establishing a mosque in Wattle Grove was initiated by some local Muslim brothers by starting the daily congregational prayer and weekly Quran lesson program at one of the brother’s garage in Wattle Grove.
i. One of the above mentioned brothers had identified these 3 lots of land for sale in early 2013, which was advertised in Perthbashi. There were no buyers for these lots for a few of months.ii. At the end three of us, who were working away from Perth at that time, had decided to take a major stake of this project to build a Masjid-oriented community on Lewis Road. Five other partners, working in Perth at that time, joined us and the proposal of our offer was taken to the Shire of Kalamunda, which eventually led to the purchase of these lots.
- At this moment we have various moral, ethical and legal issues within Sheba Group. We have to overcome those issues and make Sheba and AL FALAH MUSLIM ASSOCIATION INC upright and just organizations. The Masjid Management Committee and Sheba should abide by all code of conducts, rules & regulations and should remain clean and truthful.
With kind regards,Akim KabirDirector, Sheba Group WA Pty LtdFrom: perthbashi@yahoogroups.com“>perthbashi@yahoogroups.com [mailto:perthbashi@yahoogroups.com“>perthbashi@yahoogroups .com] On Behalf Of ‘Miyan, Shahajahan’ shahajahan.miyan@agric.wa.gov.au“> shahajahan.miyan@agric.wa.gov. au [perthbashi]
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Subject: [perthbashi] FW: Jummah Salah at Masjid Al Falah, Wattle GroveTO WHOM IT MAY CONCERNAssalamu alikum WRWBDear All,Alhamdulliah! We are very happy to share a good news with you that the Jumu’ah prayer has been started at the Al-Falah masjid from the 30 December 2016. All praises to the almighty Allah SWT for his blessings.Sh Shabir Moosa, Imam Masjid Ibrahim, will lead the Jumu’ah prayer tomorrow Insha’allah.The details of the Salah:· 12:50 PM: Adhan· 1:30 PM: Kutba· 1:45 PM: SalahKhatib: Sh Shabir Moosa, Imam Masjid Ibrahim.Address: 29 LEWIS ROAD, WATTLE GROVEMy humble request to you all please make dua to almighty Allah to make it easy to build the Al Falah Masjid in Wattle Grove. Hadith: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “whoever builds a mosque with the intention of seeking Allah’s pleasure, Allah will build for him/her a place in Paradise.”We deeply appreciate your generous donation which can be directly deposited into the association’s bank account.Account Name: AL FALAH MUSLIM ASSOCIATION INCBSB No.: 036081Account No.: 479 539Bank: Westpac BankMay Allah (SWT) accept our donations and bless us in this world and the hereafter.Zazak Allah KhairanShahajahan MiyanPresidentAl Falah Muslim Association WA IncFor more information: pls call me on 0401 6867 12This e-mail and files transmitted with it are privileged and confidential information intended for the use of the addressee. The confidentiality and/or privilege in this e-mail is not waived, lost or destroyed if it has been transmitted to you in error. If you received this e-mail in error you must (a) not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it; (b) please notify the Department of Agriculture and Food, WA immediately by return e-mail to the sender; (c) please delete the original e-mail. Department of Agriculture and Food WA