The blessed month of Rabi-Ul-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar has dawned upon us. As per previous years, a number of events will be organised by Leeds Makkah Masjid and Deen Foundation during this month.
The Meaning of the word “Rabi-ul-Awwal” is the first month of spring.
Rabi’ul-Awwal is the most significant month in the Islamic history, because humanity has been blessed in this month by the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam.
The events are as follows:
1. Saturday evening Study circles about “Know Your Prophet”.
2. Forced Marriage -v- Arranged Marriage event will be held on Wednesday 1 February between 6-8pm.
3. Sisters onlyEid Milad-un-Nabi (peace be upon him) event will be held at Makkah Mosque on Sunday 5 February 2012, starting at 12pm. Naats, nasheeds and speeches will be delivered by sisters.
4. The main Grand Mawlid/Milad-un-Nabi event will be held onSaturday 11 February from 4pm.
For further details of each of these events, please see the web-posts below.
Every Saturday evening during the month of Rabi-ul-Awwal (28th January, 4th February, 11 February and 18th February) a study circle on the topic of “Know Your Prophet” (peace be upon him) will be held.
The following topics will be covered from the noble life of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, (sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam):
1. From Creation to the blessed Birth – Saturday 28th January
2. Analysis of the concept of celebrating Milad-un-Nabi – Saturday 4th February
3. Sublime life style of the Prophet (peace be upon him) – Saturday 11th February
4. Status of the Prophet (peace be upon him) in Islam- Saturday 17th February
The study circles will start after maghrib prayer, around 5pmtill 6:30pm..
The main Milad-un-Nabi event will be held onSaturday 11 February 2012 from 4pm to celebrate the birth, life and legacy of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).
Talks will be given by Scholars of Islam and Nasheed/ Na’at will be sung by renowned Na’at Khawan.
Key Guests will include:
. Allamah Dr Raghib Hussain – Jamia Naimia Lahore
. Muhammad Rauf Qadri- Rawalpindi
. Sabih Rahmani, Karachi
. Dr Muharraf Hussain Al-azhair – Karimia Institute Nottingham
. Sahibzada Dilshad Hussain Qadri
People of other faiths shall also share their thoughts about the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).
All brothers and sisters are warmly invited to what will, insha Allah, be a spiritually uplifting and blessed gathering.
As always, separate facilities will be provided for sisters.
Nasheed Artists will also be paying their tribute to the martyrs of Karbala, in particular Imam Hussain (May Allah be pleased with him).
The commemoration of Imam Husain’s martyrdom has been observed by the followers of Ahlul Sunnah for last fourteen centuries. Honoring the memories of Imam Husain other great martyrs of Karbala who preserved the true form of Islam by sacrificing their lives at the battlefield of Karbala(Iraq) on Ashura 10th Muharram 61 Hijrah.
In order to undersand the the histroy of Karbala and the reasons for whichImam Husain opposed Yazid, please order a free copy of The History of Karbala:
Allah says in the Noble Quran, “Celebrate the praises of God during the Appointed Days…” [Surah Baqara: 203] The Qur’anic exegetes explain that the phrase ‘appointed days’ is referring to the days of tashriq
The takbir al-tashriq is an invocation and it wajib (compulsory) to say once and Sunnah to say it 3 times, out loud for men, immediately after performing each obligatory (fard) prayer starting from the Fajr prayer on the 9th of Dhul Hijjah(in one’s resident country) up to the Asr prayer five days later (13th of Dhul Hijjah). This includes the Friday congregational prayer if it falls within these days.
Women should say the takbir in a soft voice.
The takbir is as follows:
‘Allahu Akbar. Allahu Akbar. La ilaha illa Llah. Wa Llahu Akbar. Allah Akbar. Wa liLlahil-Hamd.’
‘Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. There is no God save Him. And Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. And to Allah belongs all praise.’
May Allah enable us to make the most of these blessed days. (Ameen)
Insha-Allah, Eid ul-Fitr will be celebrated on Wednesday, 31 August 2011.
Eid ul-Fitr prayer will be held at 10:00am.
Praying facilities are always available for sisters.
On this happy occasion of Eid Makkah Masjid sends its greetings to the entire Muslim community with sincere wishes that Allah would enable us all to enjoy many more such occasions with increased faith, goodness and prosperity. We pray that we continue worshipping Allah for the rest of the year as we have done in the month of Ramadan and that we employ the qualities of God-consciousness, devotion, self-sacrifice, discipline, and unity that we have acquired in the month of Ramadan in our daily lives.
To learn about the sunnahs of the Prophet (peace be upon him) regarding Eid day, please clik on the link below:
Tonight is a very blessed night. It could be a night of power – Laylat-ul-Qadr.
At Leeds Makkah Masjid, we will have a full night session of worshipping Allah Almighty.
So pelase do join us at Leeds Makkah Masjid tonight and make it a very memorable night of worshipping Allah Almighty. Sehri will be offered in the morning for keeping the fast.
The schedule for tonight is:
9.15pm – Start of the session, with youth reciting Holy Quran and Nasheed.
10.00pm – Isha and Taraweh prayer
11.00pm – Khatam-ul-Quran dua
11.30pm – English speeches by brother Muhammad Umar of Ummah Channel and Hafiz Muhammad Gul of Jamia al-Karam
12.30pm – Break
1.00am – Salatul Tasbih offered with Jamat – a very important prayer during this night.
2.00am – Zikr and Awraad – remembering Allah Almighty and sending salutations on Rasulullah.
2.30am - Salatul Layl offered with Jamat – addition prayers offered during this night.
3.00am – Sehri – food will be served for the Sehri
It gives us a great pleasure to announce that insha-Allah on Friday 26th August 2011, a great Qari, Qari Yasir Abdul basset Abdussamad, will be reciting the Holy Quran at Leeds Makkah Masjid after the Jummah prayer. The Jummah prayer takes place at 2pm.
Qari Yasir Abdul Basit is the son of a world-renowned Qari, Shaikh Abdul Basit Abdul Samad.
In Makkah Masjid, the recitation of the Holy Qur’an is completed in the Taraweeh prayer (night prayer) every year. The Tarweeh prayer has been lead by two huffaz: Qari Muhammad Asim and Qari Muhammad Qasim.
The khatam-ul-Qur’an mehfil will be held on Friday, 27th night of Ramadhan (26 August 2011). The 27th night of Ramadan is considered by many scholars as the most likely night of Shab-e-Qadr/ Laylat-ul-Qadr / the Night of Power.
The whole community is invited to this blessed gathering on Friday 26 August at 9:30pm.
The programme will include, tilawat, na’at, nasheed and talks, zikr and nawafil (optional prayers).
The programme will continue throughout the night and sehri/suhur will be provided in the morning.
Please click on the following link to read about Shab-Qadr:
Administrator on January 28th, 2012
