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Ramadhan: Month of Remembrance of Allah

Administrator on August 9th, 2010

Ramadhan is a month of intensive spiritual, physical and mental training so that one can become closer to Allah. Remembrance of Allah, Zikr, is the key to gaining closeness to Allah and obtaining contentment of the heart. Progress that each Muslim shall make during the month of Ramadan in achieving this objective will be up to him. However, at an individual and collective level, we should set ourselves specific goals to achieve in the month of Ramadan and then to maintain such goals throughout the rest of the year.

At Makkah Mosque, we have set ourselves a number of individual and collective spiritual, financial and intellectual goals.

On the basis of the following hadith, one such goal is to collectively recite:

i) 5 million times – reciting the declaration of faith (shahadah): There is no one worth of worship except Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.

ii) 5 million times – reciting any “Istighfar” that a person may know; in other words seeking forgiveness from Allah Almighty; and

iii) 5 million times – salutations on the Prophet Muhammad / darood sharif/salat alan-Nabi. Sallal laahu alaihi wa-alihi wa-ashabihi wasallam (peace and blessings of Allah be upon the Prophet, his family and companions) is the shortest darud sharif.

In a hadith, narrated by Salman Farisi (may Allah be pleased with him relates), the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said the following in a sermon prior to the arrival of the month of Ramadan:

“O people! …. try to have the following four things with you in the month [of Ramadhan].You will make your Lord be pleased with you with two of them, and you cannot do without the other two.

One of the things that will make Allah be pleased with you is to continue saying kalima shahada “La Ilaha Illalaahu” (there is no one worth of worship except Allah…) and the other is asking forgiveness from Allah.

One of the two things that you cannot do without is asking Paradise from Allah and taking refuge in Allah from Hell…..”

Altogether, we are inshaAllah hoping to collect over 15millions of these blessed words during the month of Ramadhan.

We will insha’Allah also complete the entire recitation of the Noble Qur’an 100-150 times over the course of the month.

We also intend to recite 1,000 times surah Yasin (surah 36)insha’Allah over the course of the month. It will only take 35 people reciting surah Yasin once everyday of the blessed month.

If you wish to join us, please e-mail us on mail@makkahmasjid.co.uk and let us know how much you would like to recite these words or a part of the Glorious Qur’an. It could be as little as reading 10 times each of the above mentioned zikrs everyday or a page of the Holy Qur’an every day or surah Yasin once a day/week.

Come & join us in gaining the pleasure of Lord of the Heavens & Earth and making your future brighter!

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