Posts from the ‘Reminders’ Category
The Fifteenth Night of Sha`ban The Fifteenth Night of Sha`ban, known in Arabic as Laylat al-Nisf min Sha`ban, literally “the eve of the middle day of Sha`ban,” is one of the greatest nights of the year. (In Islam the night precedes the day so really it is the night before the fifteenth day of Sha`ban.) `Ata’ [...]
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Bismillah We will shortly be entering Shaban. Allah give us the best ending to the month of Rajab and the best entry to Sha’ban. Merits of Sha`ban The scholars say that the linguistic root of the word Sha`ban is a branch, because the month of Sha`ban “branches off” and leads on to many good things. [...]
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Streaming live from Lakemba Mosque right now (Saturday, April 30 – 7:22 pm Sydney).
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In sha Allah; in a little less than two hours from now, one of Habib Umar’s first speaking engagements in Australia, the Mawlid at Lakemba Mosque, will be webcasted live via the Lakemba Mosque Live Feed @ 7pm Sydney, Australian Time. Click here to find out the current time in Sydney. Please benefit and share [...]
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The following is taken from Sayyidi Habib `Umar bin Hafiz’s Monthly Word for this month, Rabi` al-Thani 1432. It has been shortened and edited by Ustadh Amin Buxton (Allah preserve him and his teachers). You can read the full Arabic text at www.alhabibomar.com: “Having bid farewell to the month in which our Prophet was born [...]
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In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate The following is a translation of Sayyidi Habib ‘Umar bin Hafiz in a recent talk delivered at a mawlid in Tarim provided by Ustadh Amin Buxton (Allah preserve and increase him and his teachers). Please benefit and share: At a time when the squares of some [...]
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In the Name of Allah; Most Gracious, Most Merciful This special salawat was given to us by Sayyidi al-Habib Umar for the blessed month of Rabi’ul-Awwal with a beautiful translation provided by Sh. Yahya Rhodus (Allah preserve him). It is recommended for us to each do 10,000 during this blessed month, or during both this [...]
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In the Name of Allah; Most Gracious, Most Compassionate The following is a formula of prayer upon our Beloved Prophet; Allah bless him and grant him peace, as composed by our Master al-Habib `Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah preserve him): اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَالأَصْحَاب، صَلاةً وَسَلامًا تَرْفَعُ بِهِمَا [...]
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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ Bidding Farewell to this Year and Welcoming a New Year We are fast approaching the end of this Hijri year, 1431. There remain a few days of the blessed month of Dhu’l-Hijja for us to benefit from. We should try to round off the year with acts which draw us closer [...]
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In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious and Compassionate The following is summarized from a talk given by Habib Umar bin Hafiz (Allah preserve him):[1] We bid farewell to another year of the Hijra of the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and grant him peace, a year which contains a number of days and [...]
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