Ru, Sha , Jo, Nina & Yazman,
This last 10 days oF Ramadan is Laylatul Qadr territory. If you are in Makkah now, it would be impossible to enter the Haram even if you arrive 2 hours before Magrib. One can say what one likes with respect to the Arabs in general, but Laylatul Qadr is very serious 'business' in the Arab world.
They know their Quran.
As the good Shaykh Suleiman above mentioned in passing, in the last 10 days you do the same as what you have been doing everyday : Solat, Zikr & Quran. But just increase the volume.
Papa will add, but x10 more in term of volume, and do it mostly in between Magrib & Subuh.
If you have to sleep, sleep very little. Try sleeping just after the Terawik prayer before 9.30, then wake up at 12 and start work!! Of course the best is to iktikaf fully in the masjid the last 10 days.
But we all work
That remains a reality nowadays. We work.
Papa's personal modus operandi has now changed a wee bit from what Papa advised you guys some 5 years back. I have adopted Imam al-Ghazali's recommended weekly schedule, UNTRUNCATED, AND COMPRESSED, into half a night, as my daily zikr.
Starting at 11 pm, or on the dot at 12 am, on waking up, take ablution, and do his 1st zikr:
1...." ya Allah, ya Allah, ya Allah..." [ or Allah, Allah, Allah...] x1000 .....less than 20 minutes
2...." La ila haillallah " x1000 ........approx 24 minutes
One cycle of 2 rakaat Tahajjud prayer.
3...." ya Hayyu ya Qayyum " x1000 ......less than 20 minutes
4...." La haw la wala quwwata illa billah " x1000 ....approx 22 minutes
2nd cycle of Tahajjud prayer.
5...." Allah humma solli ala Muhammad wa ala ahli Muhammad " , or interspersed with slightly elongated versions, occasionally, if you like, x1000 ......approx 25 to 35 minutes, if you intersperse with the elongated version, and longer if you do like the one in the last rakaat of our solat.
6...." Astagfirullah, astagfirullah, astagfirullah " x1000 ...... only 14 minutes
[ but I usually do the whole, longer personal version taught to me by an Indonesian Shaykh, Shaykh al-Mendalingi, [ from Mendaling, Sumatera ] given ijazah by the Saudis to teach in the Haram in Bahasa Indonesia., Papa met al- Mendalingi in the Haram while leading the Medical Haj Mission in 1984 :
" astagfirullah hal Azim allazi la ila ha illa huwal hayyul qayyum wa atu bu ila' rabbir firli waliwa liddaya wal mukmini wal mukminat ".
Tak sampai hati Papa tak berdoa UNTUK kedua orang tua Papa. Itu saja Papa boleh doakan dan buat kepada kedua yang tersayang buat masa ini. This addition does not take long anyway....Allahualam.
Kalau betul ilmu yang di-perturunkan olih the good old shaykh itu , betul lah. Kalau tak betul, tak rugi..
Ini Papa punya philosophy. ,
Tak perlu debat dengan sesiapa benda amalan seperti ini.
Dalam hal ugama, children, please avoid those 'tok gurus' with blinkers.
Just too many of them around nowadays.
They will take away the sweetness of berugama, especially in your later lives.
Followed by 3rd cycle of 2 rakaat Tahajjud prayer.
7...." Subhanallah wa biham dihih subhanallah hil Azim " x1000 ....approx 30 minutes.
Followed by 4 rakaat of Solatul Tasbih dalam 2 salam. [ 20 minutes ]
Between 5 to 5.30, when you guys joins Papa for Sahur, I listen to al-Basit on the net with direct transliteration by Pickthal [ excellent video ]. Or read the Quran. I love listening.
Between 630 am to 830 m, try to get a short nap before going to work in SJMC Hospital.
Another short nap after Zohor.
In between Asar and Berbuka,
8.... " La ila haillallah hu wahdahu la sharikallah lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu yuhyi wayumit wahuwa ala kulli shai in Qadir " x1000 ........approx 70 minutes,
&
A potpourri of other short wirid, in between 'nook and corners' while at work, and while waiting for Berbuka :
1. Rabbana atina fiddunya...
2. Allahuma innaka affuwun...
3. Doa dan wirid Nabi Yunus
4. Some favourite asma al Husna, esp " ya Latiff ", " ya Salam "
5. " Hasbunallah wani' mal Wakeel "
6. " Subhanallah wa bi hamdih astagfirullah wa atu bu ilaik "
Pokoknya children, dont leave any " space " unfilled this last 10 days of Ramadan.
IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE 1000 BULAN.
IT IS ABOUT BEING CLOSE TO HIM.
Papa view the annual Ramadan month as a great OPEN UNIVERSITY for all humanity.
The last 10 days is Allah's gift to Mukmin.
And after the Ramadan, we will certainly percolate downhill a lot with our zikr volume almost certainly, to just a mere fraction of what we are doing now, ...it is very OK.
With a lot of istiqamah, Insyaallah, we go up a couple of planes higher in our relationship with HIM, from previous years. It is stepwise like climbing a staircase.
Next year up another staircase, until constant zikrullah, in your ripe old age no longer becomes work.
It will be pleasure, insyaallah.
ITU SAJA MEANING HIDUP INI.
WE WANT TO BE CLOSE TO HIM.
We dont want to remain static, like a man running on a threadmill, year in and year out, not going any where.
Ru, Sha, Jo Nina & Yazman,
LAYLATUL QADR IS DOWABLE,
GRAB IT.
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