Suhur or Sheree (Pre-Dawn Meal or Early
morning meal during the Islamic month of
Ramadan):
Standard rule for calculating the timings for
Sheree and Iftaree:
For those people who don't have access to
Ramadan Calendar, please follow this. From
your local Newspaper get the timings of
"Sunrise" and "Sunset".
The time for Morning (Fajr) Prayer/ "Subh
Sadiq" is "Sunrise" minus one hour and
fifteen minutes (1:15).
The time to stop eating Saheree is "Sunrise"
minus one hour and twenty-five minutes
(1:25). Or just ten minutes before the
Morning Prayer.
The time for Maghrib Prayer is "Sunset" plus
ten minutes. Hence eat Iftaree, immediately
after finishing your Maghrib Prayer.
Suhur (Pre-Dawn Meal): Suhur is not a
condition for fasting; it is Sunnat-e-
Moakada. The Prophet (peace and blessings
be upon him) partook of suhur and
encouraged others to do it. He (pbuh) said:
"Take suhur, for verily there is a blessing in
suhur."
Hence always take Saheree food, even if
very little or just a sip of water. Becauseit
distinguishes us from other religions.
Suhur is a sunnah and to delay it is also a
sunnah. This is what will strengthen the
fasting Muslim, and would lessen the
hardship of fasting. It would also lessen the
time period of thirst and hunger.
Since Islam is based on easiness and has
come with rules that make the acts of
worship easy for people, a Muslim is
advised to delay the suhur and hasten the
iftar (breaking the fast). So it is a sunnah for
the fasting Muslim to get up for suhur and
have something to eat, even if he or she
would take a small edible thing like a date
or a sip of water. If he or she does this, he or
she would have done fulfilled the sunnah of
the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon
him).
The Dua mentioned in "Misbah" and "Iqbal",
for the time of Saher (Dawn).
YAA MAFZA-E'E I'NDA KURBATEE WA YAA
GHAWTHEE I'NDA SHIDDATEE ILAYKA
FAZIA TU WA BIKASTAGHATH-TU WA BIKA
LUD'TU LAA ALOOD'U BI-SIWAAKA WA LAA
AT'LUBUL FARAJA ILLAA MINKA FA-
AGHITHNEE WA FARRIJ A'NNEE YAA MAN
YAQBALULYASEER WA YAA-FOO A'NIL
KATHEER IQBAL MINNIL YASEERA WAA'-FU
A'NNIL KATHEER INNAKA ANTAL
GHAFOORUR RAH'EEM ALLAAHUMMA
INNEE AS-ALUKA EEMAANAN TUBAASHIRU
BIHEE QALBEE WA YAQEENAN H'ATTAA
AA'-LAMA ANNAHU LAN YUS'EEBANEE
ILLAA MAA KATABTA LEE WA RAZ'Z'INEE
MINAL A'YSHI BIMAA QASAMTA LEE YAA
ARH'AMAR RAAH'IMEEN YAA U'DDATEE FEE
KURBATEE WA YAA S'AAH'IBEE FEE
SHIDDATEE WA YAA WALIYYEE FEE NIA'-
MATEE WA YAA GHAAYATEE FEE
RAGHBATEE ANTAS SAATIRU A'WRATEE
WAL AAMINU ROO-A'TEE WAL MUQEELU
A'THRATEE FAGHFIRLEE KHAT'EEE-ATEE
YAA ARH'AMAR RAAH'IMEEN
O my Ultimate Sanctuary when troubles
surround me! O my Last Hope when
difficulties trouble me! Unto Thee I turn to,
before Thee I stand to get help, with Thee I
take refuge, except Thee there is no refuge;
I do not seek joy after sorrow from anyone
save Thee, so come to my help and free me
from cares O He who accept even the
smallest (efforts) but excuses from
restrictions, accept whatever little there is
and release from hardships frequently,
Verily Thou art Oft-forgiving, Merciful. O
Allah I ask for the faith which gives joy,
satisfaction and confidence to my heart till I
am positively aware that I will not have my
fill unless it has been approved for me, and
happiness will agree with me only whereby
justly and fairly distributed, O the Most
Merciful. O my "means" in my troubles! O
my Companion in my difficulties! O my
Guardian in my happiness! O the ultimate
of my inclinations! Thou covers up my
shortcomings, affords security in the event
of crisis end fearful disasters, therefore,
overlook my transgressions, O the Most
Merciful.
Why forgive others during the Islamic
month of Ramadan?
Holy Prophet
Muhammad (saw)
said: Musa (as), the
son of Imran once
asked, "Oh my Lord!
Who is the most honourable of Your
servants? And He replied, the person who
forgives even when he is in a position of
power." (Baihaqi)
Imam Jafar Sadiq (as) said: "Whoever
wishes that Allah (SWT) may favor him with
His blessings and accommodate him in
Paradise should refine his morals, behave
justly with the people, take pity on
orphans, help weak and the helpless and
be humble before Allah who has created
him."
You know what I'm referring to - those
times when you get into an argument(s)
with a family member, friend, boss,
employee, coworker, classmate, teacher or
whoever. You know your facts are right or
that you've been wronged with an
insulting remark, sarcastic comment or
rudeness.
And so, you choose to hold a grudge. After
all, you've got a right to. Nobody should be
treated this way. Why should you forgive?
You're not the one who started this. You're
not the one who doesn't have the facts
straight.
True. You may be right. You may be in that
position of power mentioned in the Hadith
above. But forgiving others, apart from
positively affecting our health (less stress)
and our minds (one less negative thing to
focus on), is a necessary step to closeness
to Allah (SWT).
How can we move up the ladder of spiritual
development when we hold bitterness and
anger towards another person? While we
may have been in the right, is it worth
sacrificing our energy on a grudge instead
of on growth?
Is there not something strange about
asking for God's forgiveness of our sins
while withholding our forgiveness from
someone who has hurt us?
We cannot expect for Allah's forgiveness
unless we also forgive those who do wrong
to us. Forgiving each other, even forgiving
one's enemies is one of the most important
Islamic teachings. Allah (SWT) says in Holy
Quran: And those who shun the great sins
and indecencies, and whenever they are
angry they forgive. (al-Shura 42:37)
One of the distinguishing features of
Ramadan is forgiveness. Holy Prophet
Muhammad (saw) explained in one Hadith
that Ramadan is a month whose beginning
is Mercy, whose middle is Forgiveness and
whose end is freedom from the Hellfire.
This makes it a great time to ask Allah
(SWT) for His Forgiveness. It's also a
wonderful time to open our hearts and
cleanse them of grudges and bitterness by
forgiving others.
Let us use these remaining days of
forgiveness this Ramadan to open our
hearts to those who have wronged us and
forgive them as we beg Allah (SWT) to
forgive us.
Please forgive me; if I have wronged you, I
am no angel!
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is
the attribute of the strong". Mahatma
Gandhi
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