Category Archives: Ramadan
Sighting the New Moon – The Crescent
It is a Sunnah (practice of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, prayers and peace of Allah  be upon Him) to sight  the new moon crescent for every lunar month. The crescent is usually sighted  a few minutes  after sunset in the Western horizon. Once sighted, the following prayer should be recited:
Allah is Greater. O Allah may the crescent come upon us in safety and faith and peace and Islam and in agreement with all that You love and pleases You. Our Lord and your Lord [O Crescent] is Allah.
Prayers for the 27th Night of Ramadan
The Beloved Prophet (prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) has said:
“Anyone, man or woman from my umma (community) who want to benefit from the light of my grave then he (or she) should perform worship with great intensity on each Laylat ul-Qadr (last 10 odd nights) , so that Allah The Most Exalted may wipe the person’s sins away and replace them with good deeds.”
The worship on Laylat ul-Qadr is better and more powerful than worship of 70 (seventy) thousand nights.
The 3rd of Laylat ul-Qadri (27th Night):
The prayer can be done in one of sixways:
- Perform 12 cycles of prayer with 3 salam. In each cycle, after reading Surah Al-Fatiha,  read Surah Qadr 1 time  and Surah Ikhlas 15 times. After the salam, read Asthaghfar 70 times. Insha-Allah, by reading this prayer, a person will be rewarded with the prayers of the Prophets (peace be upon them all).
- Read 2 cycles  of  prayer.  After  reading Surah Al-Fatiha, read Surah Qadr 3 times and Surah Ikhlas 27 times. Then ask Allah Almighty for the forgiveness of sins. Insha Allah with the help of this prayer, Allah Almighty will forgive all sins, past, present, and future.
- Read 4 cycles of prayer with 2 salam. In each cycle, after reading Surah  Al-Fatiha,  read Surah  Takathur  (Al-Quran, chapter 102) 1 time and Surah Ikhlas 3 times. Insha Allah, the person who reads this prayer, Allah Almighty will make the difficulties of death easy on this person. In addition, the torments of the grave will be forgiven.
- Read 2 cycles of prayer. In each cycle, after reading Surah Al-Fatiha, read Surah Ikhlas 7 times. After  the salam, it is important  to read the following tasbih 70 times: Astaghfirullaahal-adheemuladhee laa  ilaaha illaa  huwal hayyul qayyumu wa atoobu ilayh. Insha Allah, by reading this prayer, before a person has even risen from his/her prayer mat (musallah), his own sins as well as the sins of his parents will be forgiven.  In addition, Allah  Almighty will order the angels to provide a path to heaven for this person. In fact, Allah has ordered that until the person does not have a vision of his path to Heaven, death will not take him/her. This prayer is very effective for forgiveness (maghfirat) of sins after death.
- Read 2 cycles  of  prayer.  After  reading Surah Al-Fatiha, read Surah Alam Nashrah (Al-Quran, chapter 94) 1 time  and Surah  Ikhlas  3 times.  After the  salam,  read Surah  Qadr  70 times.  Insha Allah, the person will earn many good deeds (sawab)  and it is  considered  to be equal  to numerous worships (ibadat).
- Read 4 cycles of prayer. In each cycle, after reading Surah Al-Fatiha, read Surah Qadr 3 times and Surah Ikhlas 50 times. After the salam, during prostration (sajda) read the following Kalam  1 time:  Subhaan Allahee  wal hamdu lillahee  wal laa ilaaha ill Allahu wa Allaahu akbar. After  this,  whatever  desire or plea one may have should be made, whether it is for this world or the next. Insha Allah, in God’s Court, it will be answered.
Also  on this  night, read Surah Ha meem (Al-Quran, chapter 41). By reading all 7 Ha meem’s, it saves one from the torment of the grave after death, and also  the life  after death. Also read Surah Mulk (Al-Quran, chapter 67) 7 times. This is very effective for the forgiveness of sins after death.
The preceding text is taken from the booklet of Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ahmed Qadri Ramadan:Â The Month of Patience, Empathy, and Self-Purification.
For the entire text, visit:
https://www.iecrcna.org/site/1115/ramadan-the-month-of-patience-empathy-and-self-purification/
Prayers for the 25th Night of Ramadan
The Beloved Prophet (prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) has said:
“Anyone, man or woman from my umma (community) who want to benefit from the light of my grave then he (or she) should perform worship with great intensity on each Laylat ul-Qadr (last 10 odd nights) , so that Allah The Most Exalted may wipe the person’s sins away and replace them with good deeds.â€
The worship on Laylat ul-Qadr is better and more powerful than worship of 70 (seventy) thousand nights.
The 3rd of Laylat ul-Qadr (25th Night):
The prayer can be done in one of three ways:
- Perform 4 cycles of prayer with 2 salam. In each cycle, after reading Surah Al-Fatiha,  read Surah Qadr 1 time  and Surah Ikhlas 5 times. After the salam, read Kalma Tayyibbah (i.e. say Laa ilaaha illa Allahu Muhammadur Rasoolullaah) 100 (hundred) times. Insha Allah, Allah The Most Exalted will grant numerous benefits for this prayer.
- Perform 4 cycles of prayer with 2 salam. In each cycle, after reading Surah Al-Fatiha,  read Surah Qadr 3 times  and Surah Ikhlas 3 times. After the salam, read Asthaghfar 70 times. This prayer is very effective for having sins forgiven.
- Perform 2 cycles of prayer. In each cycle, after reading Surah Al-Fatiha,  read Surah Qadr 1 time  and Surah Ikhlas 15 times. After  the salam, read Kalma   Shahadat (i.e. say ash-hadu al laa ilaaha illa Allahu wahadhu laa shareeka lahu wa  ash-hadu anna  Muhammadan  abduhu wa  rasooluhu)  70 times.  This prayer is  for  the protection  from  the torment  of the grave.
Insha Allah, this  prayer will bring in a reward  of 70 times higher than any regular (nafl) prayer. Any one who makes a plea to Allah The Most Exalted, insha Allah it will be answered.
Also, read  Surah Dukhan (Al-Quran, chapter 44) on this night. Insha Allah, by reading this surah, it saves one from the torment of the grave. Also, one should read Surah Fath (Al- Quran, chapter 48) 7 times.  It  is  effective  for  any desire  or plea one may have.
The preceding text is taken from the booklet of Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ahmed Qadri Ramadan:Â The Month of Patience, Empathy, and Self-Purification.
For the entire text, visit:
https://www.iecrcna.org/site/1115/ramadan-the-month-of-patience-empathy-and-self-purification/