The sacred month of Dhul Qi’dah is due and we would like to remind ourselves about the importance of the four sacred months in Islam. Dhul Qi’dah is the 11th month of the Islamic calendar. The sacred months are Rajab, Dhul Qid’ah, Dhul Hijjah and Muharram, the 7th, 11th, 12th and 1st month of the Islamic Hijri calander respectively. (see Surah Tawbah, Qur’an chapter 9 verse 36). We should also prepare for the Hajj season, and endeavour to perform our obligatory Hajj for the sake of Allah, as soon as we have the means/ability.
(We should be extra careful not to sin, all the time, but particularly in the sacred months, and avoid aggression)
May Allah forgive us, be merciful to us and guide us, for He is the Most Gracious the Most Merciful, The Ever-Relenting. May Allah guide and forgive us and enable us to witness and observe many Hajj and Umrah in His obedience, with sincerity and strength and excellence. May Allah unite us in jannat al firdaus. Allah bless His final messenger Muhammad ibn Abdillah in abundance. Amin
May Allah grant you a safe and accepted Hajj, and please keep us, editors, our familes and the sheikhs in your humble duas especially at Makkah and on Arafat day! May Allah forgive, guide, cure and protect us and make us sincere and successful believers in this life and the next. May Allah abundantly shower His blessings and peace upon His final prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam! [ED. N.S]
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I heard of this mighty dua and never gave it the attention it deserved, under the pretence that it was long and hard to memorise.
But when one of my Ustadh’s compelled us to learn it for an upcoming exam, me and my classmates were obliged to commit.
So I tried to fix my intentions, examined the texts and repeated the audios in an attempt to ingrain it in my brain. I took some time to read through the dua in Arabic and then the English meaning. And let me tell you, I was deeply humbled.
Shame on me for being lazy.
In fact, there was a few weeks to go for the exam, but the Ustadh had told us to memorise it months prior.
I regret not learning it sooner. Not because of the exam. But, because I had missed out on a great deal of good. May Allah forgive me.
This dua is literally an appeal to Allah… asking Our Lord, Our Loving Creator, to grant us a life of goodness, death when it’s right, fear and awareness of Him, contentment, truthfulness, great bounties, and of the greatest bounties is to be honoured to see His Face in the afterlife. We plead Allah to allow us to meet Him, and look forward to the meeting, and to be protected from harm, to be adorned with true faith, and be guided aright.
I eventually learnt the dua. Alhamdulillah. And I was examined. I still don’t know the results yet. But you know what? That’s not what concerns me now, because I gained a treasure… I read this dua during Ramadan and I came across it again on a social media post recently. It’s going to be everywhere inshaAllah.
Now after I’ve shared this story with you, how can I not continue to read this dua?
And how can you all not learn it?
Here’s a head start. (Jazakallah khair, courtesy NAP)
A transformative family friendly evening to help us prepare mentally and spiritually for the special month of Ramadan. Join us for our special event – “Getting Ready for Ramadan”.
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Come along to our event with the whole family where we will also be serving a free delicious dinner!
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We are nearly a month away from Ramadan and those of us who owe missed fasts from previous Ramadan, we really must make them up now in sha Allah!
Take advantage of the short days. Let us put our trust in Allah, and it will be alright. (Alhamdulillah) Remember Allah is Al-Qadeer (capable of all things) and He will surely help us and make it possible.
Trust Allah, that we can do it! And it’s good preparation for Ramadan in sha Allah!
Be inspired by those who have genuine difficulty/lack of resources and food, but soldier on for the sake of Allah.
Remember Allah gave us a lot more than others, so let’s drop the excuses and start showing Allah more gratitude by obeying Him as we owe Him everything, because He owns everything!!!
Allahumma barik lana fi Rajab wa fi Sha’ban, wa balignaa Ramadan!
May Allah grant us the ability. May Allah make us sincere and make our fasting easy, rewarded and accepted and may He grant us many Ramadans in His obedience, Ya Rabb al aalameen! Allahumma Salli alaa Rasoolillah Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam!
Without the pillars of prayer, the prayer is not valid
1-Takbir Al ihram/opening takbir.
2- standing (provided able)
3-reciting surah al fatihah. Without fatiha, prayer invalid.
4- rukoo, bowing position, be at ease
5-rising from rukoo,
6-Be comfortable in the position after rukoo, don’t haste. 5 sec min
7-prostration, sajdah/suju. be at ease, following limbs to touch ground:
Forehead,Nose, Palms, Knees ,Toes, Firmly on floor.
8-rising from prostration
9-sitting between 2 prostrations
10- at ease of each physical pillars steps. No rush.
11-final tashahud
12-sitting to recite final tashahud .
13-tasleem, the 2 Salams to end prayer
14-pillars in order.
Obligations/mandatory parts of prayer (wajibaat):
1-all other takbir with exclusion of takbir ihram (which is a pillar)
2-saying “sami Allahu liman Hamidah”
3-saying “rabbana wa lakal Hamd”
4-saying “subhana rabbiyal azeem”
5-saying “subhana rabbiyal a’laa”
6-say “rabbigh fir lee” between 2 sajdah
7-saying tashahud, First one (2nd rakah)
8-sitting in the first tashahud.
If you miss a pillar in prayer:
If you miss a pillar in the prayer, you have to go back and repeat that pillar and continue in sequence. See hadiths
How to do prostration of forgetfulness: sajdah sahw
This extra prostrations make up for any wajibaat/obligatory parts of the prayer missed out. It does not account for missed pillars.
How to sajdah sahw:
Ustadh Abu Khaled takes this opinion:
Read all tashahud and durood/ duas. Don’t say salam to right or left yet.
Then do an extra sajdah x 2, with sitting between them saying rabbigh fir lee. Then rise from sajdah to seated position, then do the Salam/tasleem to right and left and exit prayer.
Stronger option.
Don’t do sahjdah sahw incase you forget, or for every prayer, as this is bid’ah. Enemy satan wants us to go either extreme, must fight it. Allah help us all.
Witr prayer- odd numbered, after isha
Witr- 3 rakah, no sitting in 2nd rakah. (different to magrib). Then last rakah you sit. Qunut duas..after rukoo in 3rd rakah
May Allah forgive all our errors and guide us to the truth, and cure us, protect us, unite us in jannah. Allahumma salli ala rasoolillah Muhammad.
According to Britannica Encyclopaedia, Christmas has become a Christian festival where Christians believe they are celebrating the birth of Christ, or Jesus. Historically, however, the date coincides with pagan Roman festivals which celebrated the winter solstice. It is believed that early Christians wanted to celebrate the 25th to coincide with the pagan festival. There is no clear statement in the New testament supporting the celebration of Jesus’ birth on the 25th. Nevertheless, it is still widely celebrated in that manner.
So basically in a nutshell, Christmas day has pagan origins!
And did you know, there are many groups and sections of society who do not celebrate Christmas, such as Jewish people, some atheists, and even some Christians.
So do Muslims celebrate Christmas? In Islam, the MOST IMPORTANT belief is that of Islamic monotheism. That is, we are commanded to submit to and believe in Allah (The One True God), and attribute complete Oneness to Allah as He deserves in His Lordship, Names and Attributes and right to be worshipped alone.
Consequently, as a Muslim, i.e. one who submits to Allah (The One True God), we believe that we must abandon and turn away from anything that contradicts the principles of Islamic monotheism. Polytheism, idolatry and ascribing partners to Allah are MAJOR SINS! The biggest sin which Allah will not forgive, is ascribing partners to Him !
‘Verily, Allah forgives not that partners should be set up with Him (in worship), but He forgives except that (anything else) to whom He wills; and whoever sets up partners with Allah in worship, he has indeed invented a tremendous sin.’
Allah is so self-sufficient, it does not befit His Majesty to take a son or wife, or to beget or be begotten. He does not resemble His creation, for He is the uncreated Creator, and there is no similitude to Him.
In fact, a remarkably concise description of Allah can be found in chapter 112 of The Noble Qur’an, which is the verbatim words of Allah, and Allah’s final revealed book to mankind.
Have a listen to this chapter here:
Regarding Jesus (peace be upon him), in Islam we believe he was a mighty messenger of Allah. Jesus, or Isa in Arabic, was born a miraculous birth, from the virgin Mary. We refer to Jesus as ‘Isa ibnu Maryam, which means Jesus son of Mary. Jesus did not have a father, and he is not the son of God/Allah, because as we mentioned earlier, it does not befit the majesty of Allah to beget. Allah decreed that Jesus would be born miraculously without a father from the pure chaste virgin Mary. We respect them very much and we know that Jesus never claimed divinity, rather Jesus called his people to worship Allah alone, the same message each prophet and messenger of Allah called to. Jesus’ (peace be upon him) story can be found in the Qur’an in numerous places. (for more information, please see the upcoming post on chapter 19 of the Qur’an entitled Maryam!)
And ˹on Judgment Day˺ Allah will say, “O Jesus, son of Mary! Did you ever ask the people to worship you and your mother as gods besides Allah?” He will answer, “Glory be to You! How could I ever say what I had no right to say? If I had said such a thing, you would have certainly known it. You know what is ˹hidden˺ within me, but I do not know what is within You. Indeed, You ˹alone˺ are the Knower of all unseen.
Incidentally, Paganism supports polytheism. Polytheism means worshipping multiple deities. Therefore, the Christian Trinity is essentially polytheism. And as previously mentioned in this blog, Islam means submission to the One True God, Allah, and our purpose in life is to acknowledge Allah’s complete Oneness, to uphold Islamic monotheism, and to attribute absolute Oneness to Allah in His Lordship, names and attributes and right to be worshipped alone.
In honesty, Muslims don’t really party on Christmas. But despite that, we still spread peace and justice the best we can with everyone, regardless of our differences.
Because the truth is, as Muslims, the most important One to us is Allah, and the only reason we are alive is for Allah, to serve Him, to worship Him, because we need to worship Him and He doesn’t need us to do that. Whether or not we worship Him, it does not detract or add to His majesty at all. Rather He is The Self-Sufficient, The Majestic, The Rich, Free of all needs. The Lord of all that exists, He is Allah.
Besides, our kind behaviour and gifts to you is not supposed to be limited to a certain day of the year, as Muslims we are required to deal with everyone in a just manner at all times, exhibiting the best character. If we have fallen short in fulfilling our rights towards you as our neighbours, please do forgive us. We make mistakes, after all we are human. Although, we endeavour to follow the best example of excellent moral conduct, as taught to us by Allah’s final prophet and messenger, Muhammad peace be upon him.
I’ll leave you with a verse from the Qur’an to get you thinking.
‘Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): “I am only a man like you. It has been revealed to me that your Ilah (God) is One Ilah (God – i.e. Allah). So whoever hopes for the Meeting with his Lord, let him work righteousness and associate none as a partner in the worship of his Lord.” ‘
[Qur’an, chapter 18: v110, english interpretation]
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More events for November 2025
This month, there’s lots to do at your local Masjid. Take part in inspirational get-togethers, socialise and make friends and enjoy great food. TMCC is hosting youth club activities, women’s night, men’s evening and breakfast after Fajr prayers.
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