The whole country will have at least a week's holiday. Everything (except some shops) will be closed, many people travel to their villages, and others to the coast. So whoever stays behind can enjoy an empty and quiet city for some days, inshallah!
Thursday, 8 August 2013
Eid Mubarak!
The whole country will have at least a week's holiday. Everything (except some shops) will be closed, many people travel to their villages, and others to the coast. So whoever stays behind can enjoy an empty and quiet city for some days, inshallah!
Thursday, 1 August 2013
Ramadhan (Laylat-ul-Qadr)
An Islamic day ends at the time of maghrib (sunset), so a new day then starts. That means that after maghrib on a Thursday, it is the 'night of Friday'. Why I am writing this? Because I was myself unaware of this for a long time, while it is very important in case of Laylat-ul-Qadr ('Night of Decree') - the most important night of Ramadhan.
"Seek out Laylat-ul-Qadr in the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadhan," the Prophet (PBUH) is reported to have said. In order to do so, one must know that after having fasted the 24th day of Ramadhan, for example, the night of the 25th has started, so that is one of the times you may seek out Laylat-ul-Qadr.
Laylat-ul-Qadr is better than a thousand months (Quran, surat ul-Qadr), and it is recommended that the Muslim stand in prayer during this night out of faith and hoping for a great reward. If he does this, Allah may forgive his previous sins. It is also recommended to supplicate a great deal in it. It is reported from Aishah (the wife of the Prophet (PBUH) that she said: "O Messenger of Allah! What if I knew which night Laylat-ul-Qadr was, then what should I say in it?" He said, "Say: O Allah you are the one who pardons greatly, and loves to pardon, so pardon me".
"Seek out Laylat-ul-Qadr in the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadhan," the Prophet (PBUH) is reported to have said. In order to do so, one must know that after having fasted the 24th day of Ramadhan, for example, the night of the 25th has started, so that is one of the times you may seek out Laylat-ul-Qadr.
Laylat-ul-Qadr is better than a thousand months (Quran, surat ul-Qadr), and it is recommended that the Muslim stand in prayer during this night out of faith and hoping for a great reward. If he does this, Allah may forgive his previous sins. It is also recommended to supplicate a great deal in it. It is reported from Aishah (the wife of the Prophet (PBUH) that she said: "O Messenger of Allah! What if I knew which night Laylat-ul-Qadr was, then what should I say in it?" He said, "Say: O Allah you are the one who pardons greatly, and loves to pardon, so pardon me".
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