Muslims, all over the world, are accustomed to..
to make the 29th night of Ramadan..
as the night at which they finish the recitation of all the Qur'an
is Salat of Taraweeh.
as it is done at the two honorable Masjids of Harams..
at Makkah and Madinah.
and now Muslims all over the world do the same.
Muslims know the connection between Ramadan, the blessed month, and the Qur'an..
Our Lord, blessed His Names and Glorified His Attitudes.. said:
"The month of Ramadan [is that] in which was revealed the Qur'an, "
"a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion. "
And reading all the Qur'an during the month is a good effort that is a bless from Allah upon His allies..
upon His chosen servants and those who are conscious of Allah
When the heart of man is inhabited by the Qur'an..
Then it will shine by light..
So, it was narrated that ..
the prophet, SAW, has simulated the heart that doesn't contain Qur'an at all as..
'a wrecked heart.'
Allah has concluded all the divine Books with this Qur'an..
and He made it superior on them..
as it it stated within the great Book of Allah
It was revealed through the best among Angel, Jibreel, peace be upon him..
upon the best among prophets.. and the master of the messengers.
Our prophet..our master, Muhammad Ibn Abdullah, SAW.
The believer knows that worshiping his Lord, Blessed His Name, doesn't end by the end of a certain month..
Allah said to His prophet:
"And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty (death)."
and the successful person, is the one who could use Ramadan....
use its whiffs of Iman..
the good deeds..
and the feelings that attracts him to obediences..
he uses all of these as fuel.. to support him..
till next Ramadan..
So, from this Ramadan of this year, he gains..
he saves what will help him for devoutness and for avoidance of sins..
till, by the will of Allah, Almighty, he comes to fast next Ramadan!
Then he repeats this and strengthen himself for next Ramadan.. and so on.
that he will meet Allah, Almighty, after long years of life, doing good deeds all the time.
This is from the good success that worshipers of Allah will be blessed to do.
The first verses revealed from Qur'an was the first 5 verses from Surat Al- Alaq
"Recite in the name of your Lord who created "
"Created man from a clinging substance."
"Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous "
"Who taught by the pen"
"Taught man that which he knew not."
These 5 verses..
Were the first verses that the prophet, SAW, has heard from the Angel..
Jibrail, peace be upon him..
That was the first time the prophet, SAW, hears Qur'an..
and the first time to see honored Angels..
So, his heart was frightened..
because that was a terrifying huge thing..
So, he went to Khadijah, may Allah please her and be pleased with her, saying..
Cover me.. cover me.. wrap me.. wrap me with covers!!
Scholars said that the prophet was assigned the message.. with [Iqra]; read!
then he was sent.. with Al-Muddaththyr.
Allah, Almighty said to him:
"O you who covers himself [with a garment],"
"Arise and warn"
"And your Lord glorify"
"And your clothing purify"
and so on.. some verses from this honored Surah..
Surat Al-Muddaththyr..
and also He revealed to him:
"O you who wraps himself [in clothing],"
"Arise [to pray] the night, except for a little"
"Half of it - or subtract from it a little"
"Or add to it, and recite the Qur'an with measured recitation."
"Indeed, We will cast upon you a heavy word."
which is the Qur'an.. that is the revelation from heaven..
"Indeed, the hours of the night are more effective for concurrence [of heart and tongue] and more suitable for words."
And from that on, the Qur'an was revealed in sporadic verses..
At first the prophet did not receive a thing for a long time..
to give him a chance to overcome the fear that he had first..
And to make him anxious, waiting to hear the words of Allah, Almighty, brought to him by that Angel
Then Quraish thought that his Lord has deserted him..
so, Allah, Almighty, said:
"By the morning brightness, And [by] the night when it covers with darkness,"
"Your Lord has not taken leave of you, [O Muhammad], nor has He detested [you]."
So, Allah, Almighty showed the height status.. the honored position that the prophet, SAW, has with Him!!
and what Quraish is claiming..
is false and a lie.
Then the verses continued to be revealed upon our prophet, SAW..
Then the scholars had differences about what was the last verse that were revealed from Qur'an?
So, some of them said it the saying of Allah, Almighty:
"This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion."
Others said that, the last verses were..
the verses at Surat Al-Baqarah:
"And fear a Day when you will be returned to Allah.."
and this is more accepted.
by most of the scholars, and Allah knows the best.
Between the verses at the beginning, till the last verse a 23 years has passed during which the Qur'an was revealed in portions.
upon the heart of the prophet, SAW
"And [it is] a Qur'an which We have separated [by intervals] that you might recite it to the people over a prolonged period. And We have sent it down progressively."
And when people of Quraish criticized the prophet for having the Qur'an in many separate parts..
Allah, Almighty, said that they said; "Why was the Qur'an not revealed to him all at once?"
Our Lord said: "Thus [it is] that We may strengthen thereby your heart. And We have spaced it distinctly."
The point is , blessed viewers..
that the Qur'an was revealed during 23 years.. upon the heart of our prophet, SAW
When we talk about [Khatam] of Qur'an,..
this means that Allah, Almighty has blessed the believer, whether a man or a woman..
during Salat or with recitation..
it means that he read the Qur'an from Surat Al-Fatiha to Surat An-Nas.
and this how the Mus'haf is arranged.
This arrangement was taken by Sahaba from the prophet, SAW,..
So the Mus'haf begins with Al-Fatiha and ends with An-Nas, with the in between, this makes all the Qur'an,
So, when a person reads from Surat Al-Fatiha then he continues with reading the Suras one after the other..
to Surat An-Nas, then he has finished reading all the Qur'an.. i.e. he has finished [Khatam] of Qur'an.
At this stage.. it is better.. as it is narrated from many of this Ummah..
it is better to make Dua'a..
This was narrated by Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah please him and be pleased with him, in an authenticated narration.. Sahih!
and Also it was narrated in a Sahih narration.. that Ibn Abbas was doing it !
And in Shara, generally, it was advised that a person after doing a good deed, it is better if he makes Dua'a after it..
Allah, Almighty has mentioned His Khalil Ibrahim and his son Ismail, when the were building Al-Bait..
and Allah has immortalized this good deed saying..
"And [mention] when Abraham was raising the foundations of the House and [with him] Ishmael,"
Then He told us about their Dua'a, our Lord said:
" [saying], "Our Lord, accept [this] from us. Indeed You are the Hearing, the Knowing."
So, these two righteous servants of Allah have joined..
peace be upon them,
their good deed with the Dua'a to Allah, Almighty..
So, the Dua'a of Khatam of Qur'an is a good thing to do.
and this is to be done out of the act of usual Salat, as was agreed by all scholars..
The problem about this matter today is that.. making Khatam of Qur'an within the Salat of Taraweeh..
Because, some people of knowledge do not agree on that..
and they are people of weight, and they have their proof of argument..
But most of Jamhoor, of people of knowledge, late and recent..
they do not find a problem if it is done this way..
and Muslims are doing this..till today.
And there are evidences that support this action..
and this is not as saying that it is Sunnah to be done!.. this is different!
because, then, you will have to bring a Sahih Hadith as a proof.
there is another point.. when you do an act, then you find it is good as there is a similar act that is good and was previously done and was accepted..
For example..
At the time of the prophet and Ar-Rashideen Khalifas..
people were not praying all around Al-Kaaba..
as they do today..
Actually, they used to pray from one side only, where the Maqam is..
But when people were crowded, at the time of Khaled bin Abdullah Al-Qasri
at the era of Bani umayyah..
people began to prey from all around Al-Kaaba..
after all, the Qiblah is actually from all around..
"turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram.".. is applied.
At that time people went to Ata'a Ibn Abi Rabah..
may Allah put mercy upon him..
at that time, he was a master among Muslims, and he was the Mufti at that time..
They told him about the problem.. So, he said to them; I know a solution for you in the words of Allah..
then he recited the verse:
"And you will see the angels surrounding the Throne,"
So, the saying of Ata'a has supported the action done by khaled.
But still we can't say that this is a proof from the Book or a proof from Sunnah!
Same situation is applicable today upon Khatam Qur'an at Taraweeh Salat
At Sahih Bukhari, The prophet, SAW, went to bani Amer Ibn Ouf, to fix a matter that was in between them..
Then..
he, SAW, was late to be at Asr prayer..
[it was one Salat, that I think it was Asr Salat]..
then Bilal, the Muadhin said to Abu Bakr..
he said, if I call for Iqamah, will you pray Salat with the people, he said; I will..
So, Abu Bakr began praying with people..
then the prophet, SAW returned back..
while Abu Bakr was praying Imam..
then people at the back gave signs that the prophet is here..
then Abu Bakr began to move to the back..
then the prophet, SAW, gave him a sign to stay in his place..
but, Abu Bakr didn't wait on his position..
and kept moving to the back..
and while he was moving back, he raised his hands making Dua'a..
praising Allah..
then..
The prophet, SAW, stepped to the front..
and after Salat..
he said to Abi Bakr..
Why you didn't stay in your place as I told you to do?
then he, may Allah be pleased with him and please him.. and he is the most polite and knowledgeable person among the whole people..
He said; it is not supposed that Ibn Abi Quhafa be in front of the prophet of Allah, SAW.
Where is the evidence here..
It is that Aba Bakr has raised his hand making Dua'a, and he was praying Salat..
and the prophet, SAW did not disapprove his action..
and what made Aba Bakr to make Dua'a, while doing Salat, was because he felt the favor of Allah..
feeling blessed that the prophet, SAW has put him at that front position..
Some thing, if Muslims would make Dua'a for Khatam of Qur'an in Salat Taraweeh..
because, Khatam of Qur'an during Salat is a good deed that is blessed and great
and the believer is entitled to be happy with it and to be doing it..
and for this reason, we can find within the Dua'as of believers, it was narrated that they are used to say at that night..
' And make us among the winners at Khatam of Qur'an..'
that was a general explanation that it is good to make Dua'a for Khatam of Qur'an.
About the Qur'an also, there are verses that prostration[ Sujood] is mentioned..
And it is Sunnah to do Sujood if the Muslim was reciting the verses..
Or he was listening.. to another Muslim who was reciting any of them.. intentionally.
As it is narrated in Al-MUsnad, with a Sahih Hadith, by Abu Hurayrah..
may Allah be pleased with him and please him..
the prophet, SAW, said: ' if the believer reads any Sajdah verse in Qur'an..
then he prostrates, the Shaytan will step aside crying and saying..
woe is me, he was ordered to prostrate and he did, and he will have Jannah..
and I was ordered to prostrate and I refused, and I will have the Fire..
and the main sites of Sujood in Qur'an, as specified by Jamhoor[most] of scholars are at 14 sites..
where It is Sunnah to prostrate..
But, there is a disagreement about the Sajda at Surat Sad..
Allah, Almighty said:
"So We forgave him" [38/25] talking about the story with prophet David..
Allah said: "and fell down bowing [in prostration] and turned in repentance [to Allah ]." [38/24]
the scholars were having disagreement about this verse.. is it among the main[Azaim] sujood sites?..
Al-Jamhoor are saying it is not from [Azaim] Sujood..
and there is a narration at Madhab[ method] of Imam Ahmad..
that it is from the main[Azaim] sites of Sujood[prostration].
As we said they are at 14 sites..
they start from Surat Al-A'raf..
and they end at Surat Al-Alaq..
So, the first Sajda in Qur'an is
Allah, Almighty said at the end of Surat Al-A'raf..
"Indeed, those who are near your Lord are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, and they exalt Him,"
"and to Him they prostrate." [7:206]
this is the first Sajdah.. and we do not have Sajdas at Suras before Surat Al-A'af.. from Fatihah to Al-A'raf
next, we have sajdah at Surat Ar-Ra'd..
"And to Allah prostrates whoever is within the heavens and the earth, willingly or by compulsion,"
" and their shadows [as well] in the mornings and the afternoons." [13:15]
this is also one of the main sites..
then next we have Sadah at Surat An-Nahl..
"Have they not considered what things Allah has created? Their shadows incline to the right and to the left, prostrating to Allah, while they are humble."
"And to Allah prostrates whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth of creatures, and the angels [as well], and they are not arrogant."
"They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded." [16:50]
this is the verse of Sajda at Surat An-Nahl..
Next we have Sajda at Surat Al-Isra..
And it is one of the great Suras at the beginning..
it is from the first Suras that were revealed upon the heart of our prophet, SAW..
as was narrated by Abdullah Ibn Masood at Sahih Bukhari..
So, here we have Sajda at this Sura
Allah, Almighty said..
"Say, "Believe in it or do not believe.."
"Indeed, those who were given knowledge before it - when it is recited to them.."
"they fall upon their faces in prostration,"
"And they say, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, the promise of our Lord has been fulfilled.""
"And they fall upon their faces weeping, and the Qur'an increases them in humble submission." [17:109]
then we have the Sajda at Surat Maryam..
it is after that at Surat Isra..
that is followed by Surat Al-Kahf then Surat Maryam..
and the site of Sujood at Surat Maryam, Allah, Almighty said..
after mentioning a group of His chosen prophets..
and His righteous servants.. He said:
"Those were the ones upon whom Allah bestowed favor from among the prophets.."
"of the descendants of Adam and of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah.."
"and of the descendants of Abraham and Israel, and of those whom We guided and chose.."
" When the verses of the Most Merciful were recited to them,"
" ..they fell in prostration and weeping." [19:58]
this is one of the great merits of righteous people, may Allah make us all like them..
that they weep when they read Qur'an..
especially when the believer is reading the Qur'an alone to himself..
After Surat Maryam..
we have Sajda at Surat Al-Haj..
and in this Surah we have two sites for Sujood..
"Do you not see that to Allah prostrates whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth and the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the moving creatures.."
" and many of the people? But upon many the punishment has been justified. And he whom Allah humiliates - for him there is no bestower of honor."
" Indeed, Allah does what He wills." [22:18]
this is one site.. and then, at the end of the Sura..
"O you who have believed, bow and prostrate and worship your Lord and do good - that you may succeed." [22:77]
these are two sites at Surat Al-Haj , from the main Sits of Sujood..
then we have Sajda at Surat Al-Furqan..
"And when it is said to them, "Prostrate to the Most Merciful," they say, "And what is the Most Merciful?.."
".. Should we prostrate to that which you order us?" And it increases them in aversion."
and this indicates that the Name, the Most Merciful, is a great Name that Allah has..
it is one of the Husna Names of Allah..
that is why it is mentioned in Qur'an in many sites..
it is the most mentioned Name of the Names of Allah, in Qur'an..
and at occasions that are of greatness and of dignity
in the speech of the Lord of Honor..
After Surat Al-Furqan.. we have the site at Surat An-Naml..
as we are moving now in sequence..
Allah, Almighty tells us about the story of the the hoopoe and Balqees.. He said:
"[And] so they do not prostrate to Allah, who brings forth what is hidden within the heavens and the earth.."
"and knows what you conceal and what you declare"
"Allah - there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Great Throne."" [27:26]
And this one of the main verses of Sujood.. and the hoopoe is a bird..
that Allah, Almighty put Tawheed and Iman in his Fitrah[ instinct]..
So, it was shocked that the people of Balqees have worshiped the sun!!
leaving the Lord of the sun, Who created the sun itself..
and He is their provider.. yet, they do not prostrate for Him and do not worship Him!!.. that was at Surat An-Naml.
Then, next comes the Sujood at Surat As-Sajdah..
"Only those believe in Our verses who, when they are reminded by them, fall down in prostration.."
"and exalt [ Allah ] with praise of their Lord, and they are not arrogant." [32:15]
"They arise from [their] beds; they supplicate their Lord in fear and aspiration.."
"and from what We have provided them, they spend."
This Sura, Surat As-Sajdah together with Surat Al-Insan..
our prophet, SAW, was used to read them at Fajr Salat on Fridays..
So, it is good if the Imams.. and even for any person praying alone..
who wasn't able to be with others at the masjid..
to read these two Suras.. As-Sajdah and Al-Insan, at Fajr prayers of Fridays.
Next we have Sajda at Surat Fussilat, Allah, Almighty said:
"And of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon.."
"Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon.."
" but prostate to Allah, who created them, if it should be Him that you worship."
"But if they are arrogant - then those who are near your Lord exalt Him by night and by day, and they do not become weary." [41:38]
So, in the verse Allah is commanding us to prostate only for him..
and not for anything else.. especially the sun and the moon..
because, at that time, many people were worshiping the sun and the moon..
Our Lord said: "And of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon.."
"Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon, but prostate to Allah, who created them, if it should be Him that you worship."
Before this we have Sujud at Surat An-Najm.. Allah, Almighty said:
"So prostrate to Allah and worship [Him]."[53:62]
And at Surat An-Najm, the event of [Miraj] of our prophet,SAW, was mentioned..
and at the end of this Surat, our Lord said:
"So prostrate to Allah and worship [Him]."[53:62]
then after Surat An-Najm, we have the Sajda at Surat Al-Inshiqaq.. the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all, said:
"So I swear by the twilight glow","And [by] the night and what it envelops","And [by] the moon when it becomes full"
"[That] you will surely experience state after state."
"So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,"
"And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah ]?" [84:21]
this Sajda is before the last Sajda..
in the Book of Allah, Almighty..
and the last Sajda, number 14.. is..
at Surat Al-'Alaq, He said, Exalted his name and Glorified His Attributes:
"We will surely drag him by the forelock -"
"A lying, sinning forelock."
"Then let him call his associates;"
"We will call the angels of Hell."
"No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allah ]." [96:19]
The more man is prostrating to his Lord.. the closer he is to Allah
the more he is entitled to have mercy and success from Allah..
and the more he gets of guidance.. success and direction from Allah..
and Allah have them all..
"Say [to them], "If you possessed the depositories of the mercy of my Lord,"
"then you would withhold out of fear of spending." And ever has man been stingy."
and in Hadith Qudsi:
' O My servants, all of you are astray except those I guide, so seek My guidance and I'll guide you...
O My servants, all of you are hungry except those I've fed them, so seek for your provision of food from Me, and I'll provide for you...
O My servants, all of you are naked except those I've covered them, so seek for your clothes from Me, and I'll provide you with clothing.
O My servants, you make sins, day and night, and I forgive all sins, so ask Me to forgive you and I'll forgive you..
O My servants, you will reach Me to hurt Me, and will not reach Me to help Me..
O My servants, if all of you; from the first to the last, the humans and the Jinn,
were in the heart of the most righteous man of you, this will not increase My Sovereignty a bit..
O My servants, if all of you; from the first to the last, the humans and the Jinn,
were in the heart of the most wicked man of you, this will not decrease My Sovereignty.. a bit..
O My servants, if all of you; from the first to the last, the humans and the Jinn,
they stood on one land asking Me..
and I gave each one of you as he wishes..
this will not decrease from My Assets a bit!
except as much as, the decrease that will be in the water of a sea when you put a piece of thread in it!
Allahumma, we ask You from Your great favor..
Allahumma, we ask you for forgiveness and for good health..
and to end this month of Ramadan with Your forgiveness
And Allah knows the best..
And Salat and Salam be upon Muhammad and his family
And all praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds
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