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The best portion of the
earth in the sight of God is that upon which a mosque is raised. The
distinctive feature of the devotee of God is that he loves the mosque
also. On the terrific day of doom when there will be no
shade of His Heaven whose heart is devoted to the mosque.
The Holly Prophet (p.b.u.h)
"The man whose heart is devoted to the mosque will rest under the
shad of Heaven." (BuKhari)
Do service to the mosque ;
keep the house of God populated. To render service to the mosque and
keep it populated is a sign of faith.
God affirms:
Innama ya'muru
masajid-allahi man amana bil-lahi wal yaum-il-akhairi.
" He shell tend
Allah's sanctuaries who believeth in Allah and the Day reckoning". -
Always say your obligatory
prayers with the congregation in the mosque. Maintain a regular
system of congregation and announcement of the Prayer-call in the mosque
and discipline your whole life in conformity with the system of the
mosque. Mosque is the pivot around which the whole circle of a true
believer's life revolves.
The Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h) :
" There are certain people among the Muslim who stay in the mosque
permanently. and do not leave the place. They have angels as their
companions. If such people disappear from the mosque, the angels go
about looking for them. If These people fall ill, the angels enquire
after their health and when they are engaged in some task, the angels
aid them------ A person who sits in the mosque anticipates blessings of
the Lord". (Musnad Ahmad)
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Go to the mosque with
eagerness and enthusiasm to say your prayers. The Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h) affirmed
: "The act of
going to the mosque morning and evening is like going to fight in the
cause of God" And further observed :
" The
people who go towards the mosque in the dim light of the Day of
Doom". In addition, the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h) affirmed
: " Each step that a man takes towards the mosque to
say his prayers with the congregation, deletes one sin and adds one virtue
to his account".
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Go to the mosque in a state of
fear and trepidation. Say ' Assalam-o-Alaikum ' ( Peace be on you) on entering the mosque. Sit down
quietly and pray in such a manner that your heart should be filled with
the awe of the Greatness and Glory of God. Those who enter the mosque
laughing and talking are careless and impudent. The hearts of such people
are devoid of the fear of God. Some people in their bid to join the
congregation. before they lose any Rak'ah rush forward into
the mosque. This act is contrary to the sanctity of the mosque Whether you
are able to join the "Rak'ah" or not, walk in the mosque with
poise, dignity and in humility; avoid hurried
movement.
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Sit down in the mosque in
peace and avoid worldly talk. To shout or make a noise, to cut jokes and
raise laughter, to discuss bazar rates, to comment
on the world affairs or to strike business deals in the mosque is a
sacrilege. Mosque is a place if Divine Worship; use it for the
purpose of offering devotions to God only.
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Do not take such small
children with you in the mosque who have not yet attained awareness of the
sanctity of the mosque lest they should discharge urine, defecate or spit
in the mosque.
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Do not use the mosque as a
thoroughfare. On entering the gate of the mosque it becomes obligatory
upon you to say prayers, or sit down and engage in the remembrance of God
or recite the Holy Qur'an.
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If you lose something
somewhere else, do not make an announcement of your loss from the mosque.
whenever someone made such an announcement in the mosque of Prophet, the
Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h) was offended and used to
remark:
la radd-al-lahu alika daallataka.
" My God restore not the lost thing to thee!"
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On entering the mosque put
your right step in and say
Allahumm-aftah
li abwaba rahmatika.
"O God ! Open the gates of Thy Mercy for me".
After entering the mosque, say two Rak'ah of supererogatory prayers.
those two Rak'ah are described by the term " Tahyyat ul-masjid".
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On coming out of the mosque,
put your left step out and say this prayer :
Allahumma inni as'aluka min
fadlika.
"O God ! I seek your Favour and Blessings".
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Maintain a regular system of
announcing the prayer-call and holding a congregation for the saying of
prayers. Appoint only such persons as announcers of the
prayers-call devotion to religion and possess superior morals. If
possible try to appoint those people as
Mu'adhdhins
and imamas who demand no honorarium for their service and are willing to
discharge these duties voluntarily in anticipation of the reward in the
Hereafter.
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Say this prayer after hearing
the prayer-call. The Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h) "
The man who after hearing the announcement of the prayer-call offers the
following prayer will thereby acquire a right over me to say prayer
of him one the Day of Doom". (Mishkat)
Allahumma rabba
hadhih-id-da-wat-it-taammati w-assalat-it-qa'imati aati
Muhammada-nil-wasilata w-alfadilata w-ad-darajat-ar-rafi wab'athhu
maqmam Mahmuda-nil-ladhi wa'adtahu warzyqna sgafa'atahu yaum-al-qiyamati
innaka la tukhlif-ul-mi'ad.
" God ! The possessor of the
Perfect Call and this Congregation standing for Prayer ! Grant Muhammad
(p.b.u.h) thy Friendship, Grace and Excellence and appoint him to that
exalted state the promise of which Thou Gave him and grant us the favour
of Muhammad's (p.b.u.h) intercession with Thee on our behalf.
Undoubtedly Thou never take back Thy promises".
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When the Mu'adhdhin is
announcing the prayer-call, repeat his utterances after him.
However, when he say
---
Hayya 'alassalh
and
--- Hayy
a' alalfalah
say in reply
La
haula wala quwwata illa billahil aliyyil azim.
In the coures of announcing the call for dawn prayers when the
Mu'addhin say ---
Assalatu Khairum min-annaum
" Prayer is better then sleep".
say these words in reply
--- Sadaqa wabararta.
"You spoke true and good ".
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When the announcer to Takbir say
Qadqama-tissalah
say these word in reply
Aqama-hallahu
wa adamaha.
" May God preserve him
for ever ".
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