The Day of ʿArafah (The Ultimate Day of Mercy)

اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ لَا إِلٰهَ إلَّا اللّٰهُ وَاللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ اَللّٰهُ
أَكْبَرُ وَلِلّٰهِ الْحَمْدُ

“Allāh is the Greatest. Allāh is the Greatest. There is no god worthy of worship but Allāh and Allāh is the Greatest. Allāh is the Greatest and all praise is for Allāh alone.”

The Importance of Studying The Names of Allāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, “Allāh has ninety-nine names. Whoever preserves [understands] them will enter Paradise.” Sahīh Bukhārī [no. 7392]
- “Whoever knows the names of Allāh and their meanings, believing in them, will have a more complete faith than the one who does not know them but just believes in them in general.” See Majmoū Al-Fatāwa [7/234] by Shaykhul Islām Ibn Taymīyyah.

- “Whoever knows Allāh, knows everything other than Him. Whoever is ignorant of his Lord is even more ignorant of everything other than Him.” Madārij As-Sālikīn [vol. 3, p. 351] by Imām Ibn al-Qayyim.

- "The key to the call of the Messengers, the essence of their Message, is knowing Allāh through His Names and Attributes and Deeds, because this is the foundation on which the rest of the Message, from beginning to end, is built." Sawā'iq al-Mursalah ala al-Jahamīyyah wal-Muattilah by Ibn al-Qayyim [1/150-151]

- "The more a person learns about the Names and Attributes of Allāh, the more his faith increases and the stronger his conviction becomes." Tawdīh wal-Bayān li Shajarat al-Īmān by Shaykh Abdur Rahmān As-Sa'di [p. 41].

Action plan:
- Supplicate to Allāh with His Names: "And to Allāh belong the best names, so invoke Him by them." Sūrah al-A’rāf: 180.
- We should praise Allāh with all of His Names.
- Contemplate on the meanings of the Names of Allāh.
- Strive to memorise the Names of Allāh.

Books to read on the topic:
- Explanation to the Beautiful and Perfect Names of Allāh - Shaykh Abdur Rahmān As-Sa'di
- The Beautiful Names & Attributes of Allāh - Shaykh Sālih Al-Uthaymīn

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📌 Fasting the 3 White Days:

***• Tuesday 21st May
[13th Dhul Qa’dah]

• Wednesday 22nd May [14th Dhul Qa’dah]
• Thursday 23rd May [15th Dhul Qa’dah]***

The Prophet ﷺ:

“Fasting 3 days of each month is equivalent to fasting for a lifetime and the shining days of al-beed (white days) are 13th, 14th & 15th.”

[Sunan an-Nasa’i | 2420]

Shaykh Al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله writes:

“Anyone whose soul inclined towards a sin and then he despises it, denies himself (that sin) and leaves it for Allāh, he is increased in uprightness, righteousness and taqwā.”

[Majmū al-Fatāwa | 10/867]

Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله:

‎"And everything that troubles a believer from evil has came by way of his sins."

‎[Majmūʻ al-Fatāwā | 6/274]

📌 Fasting the 3 White Days:

***• Monday 22nd April
[13th Shawwal]

• Tuesday 23rd April [14th Shawwal]
• Wednesday 24th April [15th Shawwal]***

The Prophet ﷺ:

“Fasting 3 days of each month is equivalent to fasting for a lifetime and the shining days of al-beed (white days) are 13th, 14th & 15th.”

[Sunan an-Nasa’i | 2420]

Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله:

‎"And everything that troubles a believer from evil has came by way of his sins."

‎[Majmūʻ al-Fatāwā | 6/274]

📌 Supplication in the last 10 nights…

Aa'isha رضي الله عنها reported that she asked:

"O' Messenger of Allāh ﷺ! What if I knew which night Laylatul-Qadr was, then what should I say in it?"

He ﷺ said:

"Say:
"اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي"
[O' Allāh you are the one who pardons, and loves to pardon, so pardon me].

[at-Tirmidhi | 3760]

*🌙 Ramadān Reminders #22: *The Supplication for the Night of Qadr

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي
"O Allāh! Verily You are the Oft-Pardoning, You love to pardon, so pardon me."Explanation of the name Al-’Afūw [ٱلْعَفُوُّ] Pardoner:**
- The name Al-’Afūw [Pardoner] is mentioned in the Qur'ān five times.

- Al-’Afūw means that Allāh not only forgive the sin but also erases it and pardons the sinners by not calling them to account for those deeds.

- This Name implies that He pardons the sins of the servant. He knows the sins of His servants but He does not call the servant to account for it. The servant is deserving of punishment, and Allāh has full ability to punish His servants, but Allāh does ‘Afūw for them.

- When we ask for ‘Afūw, we are asking Allāh to completely erase the sin, such that its traces are also removed.

- Everyone is in need of His pardon and forgiveness, as they are in need of His mercy and generosity.

Action Plan:
- Mention the supplication as much as possible in these blessed nights while contemplating on the above explanation.

- Study the Beautiful Names of Allāh: Shaykhul Islām Ibn Tamīyyah mentioned, “Whoever knows the names of Allāh and their meanings, believing in them, will have a more complete faith than the one who does not know them but just believes in them in general." See Majmū' Fatāwa [vol. 7, p. 234].

Compiled by Ibrāhīm Hussain
30 March 2024 - 21 Ramadān 1445
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Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله said:

«الشيخ والمعلم والمؤدب أب الروح، والوالد أب الجسم»
"The scholar, the teacher and the one who teaches etiquettes are fathers of the soul, and the parent is a father to the body."

[مدارج السالكين • ٣/٧٠]