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Arafah from Fajr to Dawn


Follow this schedule as much as you can:


Sleep well at night because you will wake up at dawn time. So, pray Isha'a and recite some Quran and go to bed.


Make sure you get enough sleep because you will wake up one to two hours before Fajr time. When you get enough sleep at night, you will be able to function during the day. At that time, you start whisper talking to Allah and begging Him. Get ready to recite at least one hundred verses. If you have time, read one thousand verses and that is by reading Tabarak part( juzu' 29). Repeat those steps during the ten days until you reach the Day of Arafat.


After that you eat your Suhur (late dinner) and make Istighfar the last fifteen minutes before Fajr prayer where you are very close to Allah "And in the hours before dawn, they were (found) asking (Allah) for forgiveness". Az-Zariyat/18. At the same time you get closer to Allah and say: Oh my Lord make me succeed in obeying You and worshiping You correctly on the Day of Arafat and free me from the hellfire. Make Dua'a for yourself and all the Muslim.


Before the Fajr Azan by five minutes, make ablution and get ready for the prayer. On your way to Fajr prayer, anticipate to do Hajj and Umrah by staying up until sunrise. It is like Hajj because you are going to perform a ritual (praying) in the mosque. And whoever performs a confirmed ritual praying, is considered like performing Hajj (pilgrimage). "Whoever walks to perform a written prayer in congregational is like doing Hajj and whoever walks for a voluntary pray is like Umrah". Classified as sahih by Al Albani in Sahih and Daheef Al Jame'e.

Resemble your eagerness to perform Haj with all its meanings through anticipating Itikaf (seclusion) .. Listen to the prayer call and finish your remembrances and get ready to go the Masjid with your intention to make Itikaf and ask Allah to bless that night for you.

You will perform the regular rituals by praying the two Raka's of Fajr which are better than everything in life. Sit until sunrise and don't forget to anticipate the reward. Read the remembrance while you are waiting for the sun to rise and read the Quran.

Boost your soul by reciting some of the Quran to get the mercies from Allah. "And we send down from the Quran that which is a healing and a mercy to those who believer (in Islamic Monotheism and act on it), and it increases the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers) nothing but loss". Al-Isra'/82. Thus you earn the Allah's sympathy which will be your fuel for the day. Allah's mercy and sympathy will enable you to read a lot of Quran. Insha'Allah reading Quran will help you get through the day awake. As soon as you feel sleep creeping into your body, make ablution to drive Satan's whispers away. We said: "Fall prostrate and draw near to Allah". Al-Alaq/19.

Arafah from Noon to Maghrib


It is time for Noon prayer .. You will first perform the Sunnah by praying four Raka'as before the ritual then another four Raka'as after it to protect you from hellfire. "Whoever prays four before noon and four after will never burn in hellfire". Classified as sahih by Al Albani in Sahih Al Jame'e.

Then after that you finish your invocation by supplications as well as remembrances such as praising, glorifying and magnifying Allah. Keep your tongue active with Allah's remembrances. The prophet peace be upon him said: "The best supplication is on the Day of Arafat and the best supplication said by me and the prophets before me: There is no God but Allah alone, He has no partner. To Allah is the dominion, and to Him is the praise and He is Capable of all things". Narrated by At-Termedhei and classified as sahih by Al Albani.

Repeating this supplication ten times earns you freedom from hellfire. Even more if it's said a hundred time,
1/it will be like freeing ten necks from hellfire,
2/getting one hundred rewards,
3/one hundred bad deeds will be erased
4/it will be a protection for from Satan.
5/The last virtue of this remembrance: he will have the highest reward ever except for another man exceeding him in the number of remembrances.

The prophet peace be upon him said: "Whoever says There is no God but Allah alone, He has no partner. To Allah is the dominion, and to Him is the praise and He is Capable of all things one hundred times a day equals for him ten necks and accounted for him one hundred reward and deletes one hundred bad deed and was for him as a protection from Satan until the evening and no one will do better than him at that day except for someone who say more than him". Classified as sahih by Al Albani in Sahih Al Jame'e.

Devote a special time for saying this supplication repeatedly.. Make sure your remembrances are a blend between asking Allah forgiveness, and praying upon the prophet peace be upon him.

Remember to say the two loved words by The Most Merciful: ‘Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him'.

This remembrance helps achieving the meaning of humility, humbleness and modesty . It encloses also the meaning of love and glorification. Glory be to Allah has the feeling of humbleness.. it emphasizes that you feel how Allah is complete and how you are not. When you say Praise be to Allah resembles your feeling that Allah is the master of booties and that you love Him. How not to love Him.. He owns all the bounties given to you. Whatever I own is only from You. So praise be all to You .. Allah is the Greatest and He has all attributes of glorification. Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him.

Humbleness, humility, modesty and glorification are all meanings of worshiping.

From afternoon to Maghrib, you will finish the Holy Quran and your invocations. You will sit to supplicate for an hour or forty five minutes. Spend half an hour in supplication and feel that you are standing on Mount Arafat.


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