My Friday & Days of Prayer

Dear sisters!

I hope you've had a lovely Friday! My day started out with an acupuncture treatment by such a great Chinese (female) doctor. Masha'Allah she was so talented - and my body is so sore now :-/ Hehe. I've been treated with acupuncture before in my life, but never did it regularly, but this time I will - and drink lots of green tea too :-) I do my best to keep my body, heart and spirit in good balance, insha'Allah.

My parents-in-law visited us for some hours today - and before that, I was really busy cleaning the house and cooking! :-/ :-) The food turned out well, although the food my mother-in-law brought with her was so fabulous! Insha'Allah I'll cook as great as her, when I get older.

So the weekend has come and I wish you all a nice time! I really like the hadith below:

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "For the Jews (the day designated by God for communal prayer) was Saturday, and for the Christians it was Sunday. And God turned toward us (Muslims) and guided us to Friday (as the day of communal prayer). In fact, (God) made Friday, Saturday and Sunday (as days of prayer)."

Sahih Muslim, Hadith 417

I'll try to spend more time in prayer this weekend and insha'Allah recite the following duaa. I think it's very beautiful:

Hazrat Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s) says, “Whoever recites the following Dua’a thrice after finishing the prayer and without having moved. Allah will pardon all his sins even if these be as many as the foams of the sea.

ASTAGH-FIROOLLAHAL-LAZI LAA ILLA HOVAL-HAYYOOL-QAYYOOM ZOOL-JALALE VAL-IKRAME WA ATOOBA ILAIHE

I seek forgiveness of Allah who, there is no deity other than him, the Ever-Living the Self-Subsistent, the Glorious and the Gracious. I turn unto Him (repentant).

The Prophet said: "If your hearts were always in the state that they are in during dhikr, the angels would come to see you to the point that they would greet you in the middle of the road."

Muslim narrated it. Imam Nawawi in his Sharh sahih muslim commented on this hadith saying: "This kind of sight is shown to someone who persists in meditation (muraqaba), reflection (fikr), and anticipation (iqbal) of the next world."

And Allah (swt) said: "So establish prayer for My remembrance." (20:14).




I hope this inspired you aswell and that you'll have a great weekend full of dhikr, insha'Allah :)


Take care all of you.