August 31st, 2008
Dhikrullah.com Ramadaan Blog 1429/2008

Asaalaamualykum wa rahmatullahi ta3la wa barakatuh


Dhikrullah.com welcomes you to its ramadaan Blog for 1429H/2008. Continuing on from the blog from last year, a article and or lecture or something ramadaan related will be posted every 2 days inshaAllah. Last ramadaans articles will remain so you can check the archive. Also new ramadaan and surprises and all that.

Dhikrullah.com would like to wish the ummah a happy ramadaan and one that is of benefit for them both in this world and the hereafter.


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August 31st, 2008 The Muslim During Ramadaan



Praise be to Allaah.

May Allaah accept all our righteous words and deeds, and help us to be sincere in secret and in public.

There follows a suggested program for the Muslim during this blessed month

The Muslim starts his day with suhoor before Fajr prayer. It is better to delay suhoor until the latest possible time of the night.

Then after that the Muslim gets ready for Fajr prayer before the adhaan. So he does wudoo’ at home and goes out to the mosque before the adhaan.

When he enters the mosque, he prays two rak’ahs (tahiyyat al-masjid – greeting the mosque). Then he sits and keeps busy making du’aa’, or reading Qur’aan, or reciting dhikr, until the muezzin gives the call to prayer. He repeats what the muezzin says, and says the du’aa’ narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) to be said after the adhaan ends. Then after that he prays two rak’ahs (the regular Sunnah of Fajr), then he occupies himself with du’aa’ and reading Qur’aan until the iqaamah for prayer is given. He is in a state of prayer so long as he is waiting for the prayer.


After offering the prayer in congregation, he recites the dhikrs that are prescribed following the salaam at the end of the prayer. After that if he wants to sit in the mosque until the sun has risen, reciting dhikr and reading Qur’aan, that is preferable, and that is what the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to do after Fajr prayer.

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September 2nd, 2008 How much should I read?


The following is how much we should read if we plan to complete the Quran over the period of the month in parts, spread over the 30 juzz. It is also how much your local iman is roughly reading in the taraweeh so now we can read the english translation before the taraweeh, then listen to it in the taraweeh and know and understand th words of Allah *smiles*

• Day/Juz’1 – Al Fatiha 1 – Al Baqarah 141
• Day/Juz’2 – Al Baqarah 142 - Al Baqarah 252
• Day/Juz’3 – Al Baqarah 253 - Al Imran 92
• Day/Juz’ 4 – Al Imran 93 - An Nisaa 23
• Day/Juz’ 5 – An Nisaa 24 - An Nisaa 147
• Day/Juz’ 6 – An Nisaa 148 - Al Ma’idah 81
• Day/Juz’ 7 – Al Ma’idah 82 - Al An’am 110
• Day/Juz’ 8 – Al An’am 111 - Al A’raf 87
• Day/Juz’ 9 – Al A’raf 88 - Al Anfal 40
• Day/Juz’ 10 – Al Anfal 41 - At Tauba 92
• Day/Juz’ 11 – At Tauba 93 - Hud 5
• Day/Juz’ 12 – Hud 6 - Yusuf 52
• Day/Juz’ 13 – Yusuf 53 – Ibrahim 52
• Day/Juz’ 14 – Al Hijr 1 – An Nahl 128
• Day/Juz’ 15 – Al Isra (or Bani Isra’il) 1 - Al Kahf 74
• Day/Juz’ 16 – Al Kahf 75 – Ta Ha 135
• Day/Juz’ 17 – Al Anbiyaa 1 - Al Hajj 78
• Day/Juz’ 18 – Al Muminum 1 - Al Furqan 20
• Day/Juz’ 19 – Al Furqan 21 - An Naml 55
• Day/Juz’ 20 – An Naml 56 - Al Ankabut 45
• Day/Juz’ 21 – Al Ankabut 46 - Al Azhab 30
• Day/Juz’ 22 – Al Azhab 31 - Ya Sin 27
• Day/Juz’ 23 – Ya Sin 28 - Az Zumar 31
• Day/Juz’ 24 – Az Zumar 32 - Fussilat 46
• Day/Juz’ 25 – Fussilat 47 - Al Jathiya 37
• Day/Juz’ 26 – Al Ahqaf 1 - Az Zariyat 30
• Day/Juz’ 27 – Az Zariyat 31 - Al Hadid 29
• Day/Juz’ 28 – Al Mujadila 1 – At Tahrim 12
• Day/Juz’ 29 – Al Mulk 1 - Al Mursalat 50
• Day/Juz’ 30 – An Nabaa 1 - An Nas 6

Interesting blog--it is indeed a very nice contribution. If only there were more like this.

Thanks for posting the link!

September 5th, 2008 Ramadaan: The Month of Love



Alhamdulillâhi rabbil-’âlamîn was salâtu was salâmu ‘ala ashrifil anbiyâ wal-mursalîn nabîyina Muhammad wa ‘ala âlihi wa sahbihî ajma’în


To many of you reading this the title may seem absurd, and may have even caught you off-guard, as love generally is not associated with the month of worship and blessing. Yet, if we were to contemplate the actions that we partake during this blessed month we would see that the vast majority of them revolve around love, we are often people that just fail to reflect.


The first thing that is needed to actually conceptualize where I am coming from would be to understand what love really is, or at the very least how it is being defined in this treatise. We all know that love has many manifestations, degrees, and types. The way a child loves his or her parents is not the same as the way a woman may love her husband, and likewise, the way a person may love chocolate, per se, is not the same way a person would love his or her Lord (or at least we hope not).



However in all of these types of love there is a common and key theme, that of sacrifice and fulfilment. The more we love something, the more we are willing to sacrifice for it, and the more we will strive to fulfil the every command and wish of our beloved. This should not be misunderstood as sacrifice and fulfilment being the only components of love, but rather they are from amongst the essential components that make up love, along with longing and cherishing. And this is why we should see that love, along with hope and fear, is a pillar of our worship. Our worship will not be complete nor acceptable until it encompasses the right amounts of love, hope, and fear. After having comprehended this, we can see how shirk can be performed even in love, yet most of mankind knows not.

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Mashallah! May Allah reward you for your hard work! Ameen

Barakallah Fik!

wa3laykum salaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, ameen wa iyyakuma.

AssalamuAlaykum

Wow masha'Allah, JazakAllahu Khayran Akhee Abu M

WassalamuAlaykum

September 7th, 2008 [Quran] - Surah Baqarah from Ramadaan 1429/2008

Abu Muslim in Ramadaan |

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UeBW....com/ramadaan/

September 9th, 2008 The Likeness of Yusuf AS and Ramadaan

Abu Muslim in Ramadaan |


From Ibn al-Jawzi’s ‘Bustan al-Wa’idhin wa Riyad as-Sami’in’ (p. 213-214):
“The month of Ramadan to the other months is like Yusuf to his brothers. So, just like Yusuf was the most beloved son to Ya’qub, Ramadan is likewise the most beloved month to Allah.


A nice point for the nation of Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم) to ponder over is that if Yusuf had the mercy and compassion to say “There is no reproach for you today…”< Yusuf; 92], Ramadan is likewise the month of mercy, blessing, goodness, salvation from the Fire, and Forgiveness from the King that exceeds that of all the other months and what can be gained from their days and nights.

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September 11th, 2008 The Month of the Quran

Abu Muslim in Ramadaan |


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MBTv6oTi3Ts

September 13th, 2008 Ramadaan Series - Shaykh Feiz

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Dhikrullah Ramadaan Blog wouldnt really be complete without a set of lectures from our very own shaykh Feiz who is on the Dhikrullah forums. Ideally should have been at the beggining of ramadaan but better late than never.

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Ramadaan Reminder Series

Allah SWT says in Surah Baqarah, verse 183: O you who have attained to faith! Fasting is ordained for you as it was ordained for those before you, so that you might remain conscious of Allah

| Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four |

September 20th, 2008 The Fasting Person has Two Moments of Joy

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The fasting person has two occasions for joy


The Prophet (peace be upon him) says in this hadith: “The fasting person has two occasions for joy…” This does not mean that the fasting person experiences no other joys aside from these two. It is just that these two particular occasions of joy are exclusive to a fasting person and are experienced by no one else.


The fasting person experiences the first occasion of joy when he eats and drinks after a full day of self-restraint, patience, and obedience seeking Allah’s reward.


He experiences the second occasion of joy when he meets his Lord after a full lifetime of fasting and seeking Allah’s reward every time the month of Ramadan called upon him as an honored guest.

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September 17th, 2008 Important Lessons from Ramadaan

Abu Muslim in Ramadaan


Allah – the Most High – said: “The month of Ramadaan in which the Qur’aan was revealed, a guidance for mankind and clear proofs for the guidance of the Criterion between right and wrong. So whosoever of you sights the crescent for the month of Ramadaan, he must fast that month.” [Soorah al-Baqarah 2:185]


Allah’s Messenger, sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam, said:“Islaam is built upon five: Testifying that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, establishing the Prayer, giving the Zakaah, performing Hajj to the House, and fasting in Ramadaan.” (1)

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