{"id":2569,"date":"2020-07-24T08:08:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T07:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/?p=2569"},"modified":"2020-07-24T08:08:34","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T07:08:34","slug":"the-day-of-arafah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/2020\/07\/24\/the-day-of-arafah\/","title":{"rendered":"The day of Arafah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear brothers, as mentioned in last week\u2019s khutba, we are\nnow in the month of Dhul-Hijjah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the month in which the Hajj is performed by millions\nof Muslims all over the world and followed by Eid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also mentioned last week how the Prophet SAWS spoke of\nthe first ten days of this month leading up to Eid and that specifically they\nare days in which good deeds are worth more to Allah SWT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day of Arafa also holds great importance in Islam\nbecause this is the day when Allah SWT completed his revelation on his\nmessenger SAWS. It was on the day of Arafah when the following verse from Sura\nAl-Maidah was revealed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This day I have perfected your\nreligion for you, completed my favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam\nas your religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The imam mentioned the hadith also of the prophet SAWS in\nwhich he explicitly revealed to us that the reward for fasting on the day of\nArafah is that it removes the sins from the previous year and forgives the sins\nfor the year ahead. And so, this is a day we cannot afford to treat like\nanother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so, we conclude with 3 tips we can adhere to in order to\nmake the most of this day:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Fast. Our beloved Prophet SAWS recommended\nnon-pilgrims to fast on this blessed day as it removes the sins of the past\nyear and the sins of the upcoming year.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear brothers, what greater\nincentive do we need here? To fast next Friday for just under 13 hours will\nremove two years\u2019 worth of sins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pray. Try to perform even 2 units of obligatory\nprayer. Remember, this is the day in which the deeds weigh heavy and what is an\nextra 2 minutes or so in front of your Lord in comparison?<\/li><li>Supplicate. There is no better day to ask from\nyour Lord than this day. Just imagine dear brothers, you have fasted on the day\nof Arafat, performed obligatory prayers during your fast and on the moment, you\nopen your fast you ask of your Lord. Wouldn\u2019t you want that moment for you,\nyour family and your afterlife?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear brothers, we have a great opportunity to reap the\nreward in a challenging year for us all. Let us adhere to this reminder and be\nfrom amongst those who were referred to by the Prophet SAWS when he said that\nthere isn\u2019t a day in which Allah SWT forgives His slaves from the hellfire than\nthe day of Arafah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear brothers, as mentioned in last week\u2019s khutba, we are now in the month of Dhul-Hijjah. This is the month in which the Hajj is performed by millions of Muslims all over the world and followed by Eid. 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