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السلام عليكم وراغمات الله واباراكاتو 📣
07 Dhul Hijjah 1445
14 June 2024
*Friday* الجمعة يوم
[Yawm Al-Jum'ah]
*FRIDAY REMINDER :* Checklist for the best day of the week:
*Youmal Jummuah!*
Remember to read:
•Sura Dukan
•Sura Kahf
•Sura A'le Imran
•Abundance of Durood upon Nabee [ ﷺ ]
•Fervent duas
•Sadaqah
•Duas between Asr and Magrib
•Rekindle family ties
Some sunnat acts for a Jummuah:
•Ghusal
•miswak
•ithar
•best clothes
•early to Musjid
*FASTING IN THE FIRST NINE DAYS OF DHUL HIJJAH*
There are no days during which good actions are more beloved to ALLAHﷻ than on the first *ten days* of Dhul Hijjah.
[Sahih Bukhari]
"Nabiﷺ would fast during the first nine days of Dhul-Hijjah."
[Sunan Abu Dawood]
Fast if you are able to, if not , earn reward by reminding others.
And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers. (51:55)
Whoever fasts one day for the sake of ALLAHﷻ, ALLAHﷻ will keep his face seventy years’ distance away from the Fire because of it.”
[Reported by Muslim, 2/808]
*BLESSINGS*
How fortunate are we to be given these opportunities to follow the sunnaths of our Nabi ﷺ!! Alhumdulillaah.
May ALLAH ﷻ enable us to fast as much as possible. May ALLAH ﷻ grant us the strength, accept from us this great ibaadah, be pleased with us and grant us entry into Jannah, from the Doors of Rayyan. Aameen
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*DHUL HIJJAH SERIES...*
*SIGNIFICANCE AND VIRTUES OF YAUMUL ARAFAT*
1
*Fasting on the day of Arafah* is an expiation for two years. :
(For Non Pilgrims)
The ninth day of Dhul-Hijjah is the day of ’Arafah, since it is on this day that the pilgrims gather at the mountain plain of ’Arafah, praying and supplicating to their Lord. It is mustahabb (highly recommended) for those who are not pilgrims to fast on this day, since the Nabiﷺ was asked about fasting on the day of ’Arafah, so he said,
“It expiates the sins (Minor) of the past year and the coming year.”
[Muslim (no. 1162)]
Imaam at-Tirmidhee (d.275H) rahimahullaah said,
“The People of Knowledge consider it recommended to fast on the day of ’Arafah, except for those at ’Arafah.”
[Muslim (no. 1348)]
2.
*ALLAHﷻ frees slaves* from the fire on Arafat more than any other day:
Likewise, the Nabiﷺ said,
"There is no day on which ALLAHﷻ frees people from the Fire more so than on the day of ’Arafah. He comes close to those (people standing on ’Arafah), and then He revels before His Angels saying, ‘What are these people seeking.”
[Jaami’ut-Tirmidhee (3/377)]
3.
*Forgiveness of the Sins* even if they are like the foam on the Sea:
As for you staying till the evening in Arafah, then ALLAHﷻ descends to the sky of the Duniya and He boasts about you to the Angels, and says:
"My slaves have come to Me, looking rough, from every deep valley hoping for My mercy, so if your sins were equivalent to the amount of sand or the drops of rain or like the foam on the sea I will forgive them. So go forth My slaves! Having forgiveness and for what or who you have interceded for."
[ Taken from ‘Saheeh al-Targheeb wa Tarheeb’. Volume 2,Page 9-10, hadeeth no. 1112]
4
It is the day on which the *religion was perfected* and ALLAHﷻ ’s Favour was completed:
It was reported from ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab (may ALLAHﷻ be pleased with him) that a Jewish man said to him, “O Ameer al-Mu’mineen, there is an aayah in your Book which you recite; if it had come to us Jews, we would have taken that day as an ‘Eid (festival).”
‘Umar said, “Which aayah?” He said: “This day I have perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion.”
[al-Maa’idah 5:3 – interpretation of the meaning]. ‘Umar said, “We know on which day and in which place that was revealed to the Nabiﷺ . It was when he was standing in ‘Arafaah on a Friday.”
[Sahîh Al Bukhari and Sahih Muslim]
5
*ALLAHﷻ expresses His pride* to His angels:
It was reported from Ibn ‘Umar that the Nabiﷺ said:
“ALLAHﷻ expresses His pride to His angels at the time of ‘Ishaa’ on the Day of ‘Arafaah, about the people of ‘Arafaah.
He says, ‘Look at My slaves who have come unkempt and dusty.’”
Narrated by Ahmad and classed as saheeh by al-Albaani.
6
The *standing on ‘Arafaat* is the Hajj.
The standing on ‘Arafaat is the hajj. The crowds should remind you of the Day of Resurrection.
Humble yourself to ALLAHﷻ, manifest your ‘uboodiyyah to Him Alone through du’aa, sincere intention and strong determination to free yourself from the sins of the past and to build up a commitment to rush for doing what is good. Think of becoming a better person when you return. Rid yourself of false pride and showing off because it may ruin what you gain on this day.
[ Source 1-3:The Month of Dhul-Hijjah – Al-Istiqaamah Magazine, Issue No.6 & 4-6:Hajj and Tawheed by Dr. Saleh as-Saleh]
••••••jumuah Mubarak from ayesha bint QASHIM and family
Keep us in your pious duahs.🤲 🕋🤲💚🕋🤲💚🕋🤲🕋
