So Exalted be Allah, the True King - None has the right to be worshiped but He - Lord of the Supreme Throne!

The soaring 45 degrees scorching rays hit us straight, with Ihram, with the niyah of Labbaik-Allahumma-Bi'Umrah reciting -Labbayk Allahumma Labbayak, Labbayk la sharika laka Labbayk, Innal hamda wanni'mata laka walmulk La sharika lak (Here I am O Allah, here I am. Here I am, You have no partner, here I am. Indeed all the Praise, Grace and Sovereignity belong to You. You have no partner)

We headed out towards the Grand Mosque- Masjid Al-Haram, As we walked towards the huge gates of the Masjid and entered them and were getting closer and closer my heart beat started increasing, The overwhelming experience, the overbearing effect of sighting the Kaabah from a distance, every glance I couldn't miss out, I couldn't wait to see the full glance of it, Slowly we moved and there we were! AllahuAkbar! Allah... Lord of the Heavens! I was standing there! I was standing there! I was standing there! Allah...

All my life I was bowing down in Sujood in the direction of Qibla, and now I am here, Couldn't take my eyes of as we started off the Tawaaf, Bismillahi AllahuAkbar, the big the small, the rich the poor, the dark the white, the tall the short, the fat the thin, the youth the old, the kids the toddlers, everyone there, Allah's slaves from the east and west, north and south together praying before Allah - The Lord of the Worlds, The Heavens and The Earth. One thing flooded my mind with huge waves... Allah, You got me here Allah, Allah all my life, I have seen Kaabah in Pictures and Videos, Someone would say about their experience i would sit and listen so attentively and with a silent thinking "Will I ever go there?" Everytime the Chief Imaam Sheykh Abdur Rahman Sudais (Am a very great admirer of his Qur'an recitation) led the prayer, I would glance the whole Salath with such admiration and question myself "Will I ever go there and pray?" and Yes! I was here!

Going around and around, you see no one but "Him". You are a "nothing who feels His existence" and simultaneously an "existence who feels nothing". As you circumambulate, you are like a particle in this circular movement which is an orbit, a motion, a Tawaf. Nevertheless, all of this is symbolic of Allah. Your position is that of "submission". Reciting Du'as, Dhikr and Seeking Forgiveness our 7 Qirats were completed, Not even one Qirat would I take my eyes of the Kaabah, I literally lifted my head above and questioned, Mum used to always say "Allah's Arsh (throne) is above Kaabah, I raised my head and smiled down, Mum your little daughter is here, Allah... Allahu Alhamdulilah...

With divine happiness, overbearing emotions, inexpressible words, we came behind the Mukhaam-e-Ibrahim and offered the two rakaths, The moment I started reciting Surat Fateha - Ihdinas-siratul mustaqeem, tears started flowing... my first sujood, as my forehead touched the ground... I started weeping like a small kid, Allah am such tiny slave of You, Ya Allah, Ya Allah, Ya Rahman you got me here! What can I ask for more! Forgive me! Forgive the one who got me here! Forgive my parents! Forgive my spouse! Forgive us all,  I couldn't ask for more other than Forgiveness, The scorching sun smiled down as the sweat drops and tears were flowing, I only got to see all these when i completed my supplication.

We headed straight towards the huge Air-Conditioned halls that led to As-safaa and Marwaa, on the way we made a halt for a few minutes to get refreshed with the Holy zamzam, Alhamdulilah the water is truely a miracle when it goes down your throat. The Sayii and the recitation of Dua that Hagar made when she was in search of water for her son Ismael, the symobolic representation of the reliance on Allah by Hagar is an example for humanity. Allah, the greatest love and creator of the Alamin, ordered her to leave her home with her nursing child. She was told to go to the fearful valley of Mecca where no plant not even thistles, will grow. Out of love for Allah, she Understood and accepted this order. It seems strange - a lonely woman with her lonely child cast into the depth of this valley among such ugly and inactive volcanoes. Without water? Without shelter? Without anyone? But why? All of this because Allah wanted absolute reliance upon Him! Everything comes over like a flashback when you are there, and you tend to recite the Dua and supplicate when you move up and down seven times, Alhamdulilah!

Everything is just a miracle in itself, you feel blessed with the greatest feeling that you are doing everything for the sake of Allah swt, you are so close to Allah swt, that feeling in itself is happiness that Allah swt has chosen you to be near Him, May Allah make this visit destined on His pious, truly believing slaves. We truly end up in loving the Almighty more and more, SubhanaAllah! And same is the feeling no matter how many times you do Umrah or Salath in Allah's Holy place. Alhamdulilah!

I thank Allah swt for blessing me with the greatest opportunity and I pray hard that Allah swt bless the one who took me here, May Allah swt grant my treasured loving husband the highest ranks in Jannah, May Allah swt forgive his sins, grant him abundant happiness, health, knowledge and wealth, May Allah swt grant him loads of success and barakah in this duniya and aakirah, Aameen Summa Aameen Birehmatika Ya'arhamar-rahimeen.

JazakaAllahu Khayrahn Khatterahn...

Never ending REGRET

How i wish i could go and shake each sister out there and shout out that we dont have enough time !!

We dont have enough time to Sin !!

We dont have enough time to neglect our Salath !!

We dont have enough time to hangout with a Dance and Drive !!

O my sister we have to hasten to remember Allah swt !!

We have to hasten to do Taubah...

We have to hasten to Thank Him for all the Nee'mah...

We have to hasten to do Good Deeds...

We have to hasten to do dua for Hidayah...

We have to hasten to cry out for Jannah !!!!

We cant waste a second dear sisters... We may die just that second and then we will be only left with one thing:

Never ending REGRET...


 

Fajr Salath- The Test on one's Eemaan

 

The morning rush is just out everyday, I find girls rushing to to College, Work... Ladies out with their kids flaunting the best hijab in town, men chauffing their women to work in posh vehicles, women rushing out for work with layers of masking creams, all set to hit the office before 10. The 10'o clock target is to swipe the ID card and wanting to get the day's amount for work.
 
I wonder if a thought passed their minds!!!
 
Did they do their Fajr salath?
 
Each one of them is lost in their own race of hitting the swiping machine at 10, Did anyone think of swiping the card of hitting salath to gain the Aamaal for the Duniya and Aakirah?
 
Did anyone think of the Angels that send in prayers for the one who woke up?
 
Did anyone think of falling in prostration and gaining that inner peace from Allah swt alone?
 
I happen to meet a few women in travel to office, they happen to talk much as the women folk get one thing or the other to convers, and in between just question them "Did they wake up for Fajr salath, The expressionful face turns into a 'Avoid-the-situation' face, a guilt expression and pat comes the reply after a few seconds "No dear, was very tired, hit the sack, was not in a position to come to office but still managed"
 
Dear sisters, you can make it to office no matter how hard, but you cant stand in Salath waking up to perform your duty which is mandatory for you, Nothing is going to help you in this world and the hereafter other than these Aamaal, The angels who descend during Fajr pray for you, The angels who ascend tell the other angels that the slave of Allah swt was praying and other angels pray for you.
 
Your day is just going to be perfect when you start up from Fajr salath and you will have Allah's protection with you throughout.
 
If you are being ignorant about this matter till now, its time you get a change in your lives, its time you stand up and ask for forgiveness, its time you repent for that every single sin that you have committed, The Glorious The Exalted The Generous says in the Holy Quran:
 
And your Lord says: "Call on Me I will answer your (Prayer) but those who are too arrogant to serve Me will surely find themselves in Hell in humiliation!"
-Surat Al-Ghafir: 60
 
There exist ways of how you can always get a change:
 
The very moment you open your eyes and look at the hour of Fajr, Think this:
 
1. The Fajr prayer (before dawn) is a time when many people are heedless and sleeping. Its mentioned in a hadith that Fajr prayers are difficult on a hypocrite.

2. Think of what Allah swt commands in the Holy Qur'an:
 
Establish the Five Prayers from the declining of the sun till deep darkness of the night. And also make obligatory the recitation of Fajr Prayer, for the Qur’an in Fajr (Dawn) Prayer is attended (by the angels and a state of divine consciousness also permeates)
-Surat Bani Israil: 78
 
3. If you still find it hard think of the Hadith that states:
 
The Messenger (pbuh) of Allah said, Shaytan ties three knots at the back of your heads when you are asleep. He hits every knot with the words -You have a long night ahead of you so sleep tight.

When you wake up and remember Allah, one knot is undone. When you do wudu, another knot is undone. When you pray, another knot is undone. So morning finds you cheerful and energetic. Otherwise, morning finds you lazy and foul-tempered.
-Sahih Bukhari: 109
 
Do you want to give yourself to Shaytan? Do you want Iblees to be with you to play with you and drag you to hell-Fire along with him? Nay.... Nay.... We are the slaves of Allah swt, We are the Ummah of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) we are commanded to pray, repent for sins and enter the Jannatul Firdaus, we are going to defeat the Ibless in his efforts!
 
4. So if you want to have a really good day, its not coffee that will keep you alert or anti-depressants that will keep you in a good mood. What you need to do is wake up, take Allah's name, do wudhu and pray before morning arrives. You will have a great day!!!
 
Spiritual Preparations:
 
1) Filling the heart with the importance and love for praying Fajr and the fear of missing it.
2) Begging Allah Most High before bed for the ability to wake up the following morning.
3) Feeling deep-seated regret and sadness if one misses it and immediately making it up.
4) Tawfiq- Trying to avoid other major sins in one’s life and repenting from them to try to gain divine assistance
 If one accidentally misses Fajr however, while they should feel regretful.
 
Physical Preparations:
 
1) Winding down before bed and sleeping early.
2) setting multiple alarms out of one’s immediate reach.
3) drinking ample water so one is forced to the washroom.
4) Having a family member or friend wake you up when they rise.
 
Psychological Preparations:
 
1) Before bed, visualizing oneself rising, washing and praying.
2) Telling the mind with firm resolve before bed that there is an important appointment at Fajr that one must attend with Allah.
3) Warning the mind beforehand that the body will indeed be tempted to close its eyes “for just a few more minutes” when the alarm rings- and not to give in to it.
 
The joy is when you jump out of bed and rush to submit ourself in salath, in front of the Lord of the worlds, being closest to the Ar-Rahman and falling in sujood and attaining the divine peace, the serenity and calmness throughout the salath which remains with us for the rest of the day.
 
People! Remember, we are slaves of Allah swt Alone, we sin day and night, we donot pray as He has ordered us to pray, Its time we turn to Him and obey His orders and save ourselves from the Iblees, who has promised Allah swt that he would lead mankind astray and take along Allah's creation to the Hell Fire, We would never let this happen people, Lets make this effort of ours of seeking the right, follow the Siratul Mustaqeem and enter Jannah as Allah has promised for His righteous slaves!
 
'Adn (Eden) Paradise (everlasting Gardens), which they shall enter and (also) those who acted righteously from among their fathers, and their wives, and their offspring. And angels shall enter unto them from every gate (saying):
"As-Salamun Alaikum (peace be upon you) for that you persevered in patience! Excellent indeed is the final home!"
-Surat Ar-Rad :23-24

May Allah Most High make us all among those who rise and pray Fajr easily and consistently, out of submission and gratitude. Aameen Birehmatika Ya'arhamar-Rahimeen!