Wake
up, It's Time for Fajr!
Dear Islamic brothers! Earn heaps of
Šawāb by waking up sleeping Islamic brothers for Ṣalāĥ. In the Madanī
environment of Dawat-e-Islami, waking the Muslims for Ṣalā-tul-Fajr is called
'Ṣada-e-Madīnaĥ.' Though Ṣada-e-Madīnaĥ is not Wājib, awaking Muslims for Fajr
Ṣalāĥ is an act of Šawāb which every Muslim should perform. However, care must
be taken that no Muslim is distressed on account of calling Ṣada-e-Madīnaĥ.
An
Incident
An Islamic brother told me
(Sag-e-Madīnaĥ عَفٰی عَنْهُ), "We, a few
Islamic brothers, were passing by a lane calling Ṣada-e-Madīnaĥ using a megaphone
at the time of Fajr Ṣalāĥ. Meanwhile, interrupting us, a person said that his
child who could not sleep all the night had just slept. He requested us not to
use the megaphone. We got annoyed with that person as to what type of Muslim he
was. We were awaking people for Ṣalāĥ and he was preventing us. By chance, the
next day he again moved towards the same lane calling Ṣada-e-Madīnaĥ. The same
person was standing in gloom at the verge of the lane and said to us, 'Today
again my son had not slept all the night, he has just gone to sleep, I am
standing here to request you people to pass by this lane silently.'
This incident shows that
Ṣada-e-Madīnaĥ should be called without using megaphone and even when calling
without it, one should not raise his voice so loudly that it disturbs Islamic
sisters offering Ṣalāĥ or reciting the Holy Qurān inside homes, patients, aged
people and children or those who have fallen asleep after offering the Ṣalāĥ in
its earlier time. If someone prevents us from calling Ṣada-e-Madīnaĥ we should
humbly apologise to him rather than making arguments with him; further, we
should have positive opinion about him as surely no Muslim can oppose awaking
people for Ṣalāĥ; most probably, he would be facing some genuine problem. Even
if he is an abandoner of Ṣalāĥ, we are still not entitled to behave
aggressively. Instead, we should entice him towards Ṣalāĥ politely making our
individual effort on any other appropriate occasion.
Apart from Ażān-e-Fajr, care should
be taken in using Masjid speakers or sound systems for gatherings in streets or
homes making it sure that the sound of the speaker does not disturb those
worshipping at homes, patients, infants, sleeping ones etc.
An
Incident about 'Realization of Public Rights'
To be considerate of public rights
is extremely necessary. Our past saints were very careful in this regard.
Therefore, Ḥujja-tul-Islam Sayyidunā Imām Muḥammad Ghazālī عَلَيْهِ رَحْمَةُ اللّٰہِ الوالِی reports that
Sayyidunā Imām Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal رَحْمَةُ اللّٰہِ
تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه had a student who
spent many years in his company acquiring knowledge. One day, as he came, the
Imām turned his face away (expressing his annoyance); when the student insisted
to let him know the reason of annoyance, he رَحْمَةُ
اللّٰہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said, "You have expanded the corner
wall of your house up to a man's height towards the roadside hindering a
thoroughfare of the Muslims." In other words, "How can I be pleased
with you whereas you have obstructed the passage of the Muslims!"
(Iḥyā-ul-'Ulūm, pp.
96, vol. 5)
This incident contains lesson for
those who obstruct public pathways by getting terrace etc. constructed outside
their homes.
Offer
Qaḍā Ṣalāĥ as Soon as Possible
It is Wājib to offer the missed Qaḍā
Ṣalāĥ at the earliest. However, delay is permissible for the sake of earning
livelihood for family and meeting personal needs. Therefore, one should keep
earning livelihood and offer the Qaḍā Ṣalāĥ in spare times until all Qaḍā Ṣalāĥ
are offered.
(Dur-re-Mukhtār, pp.
646, vol. 2)
Offer
Your Qaḍā Ṣalāĥ in Seclusion
Offer Qaḍā Ṣalāĥ in seclusion; do
not reveal it to others even to family members and close friends (for example,
do not say like: I missed Fajr Ṣalāĥ today or I am offering Qaḍā of missed
Ṣalāĥ of lifetime etc.) mentioning (your) sin (to others) is Makrūh-e-Taḥrīmī
and a sin.
(Rad-dul-Muḥtār, pp.
650, vol. 2)
Therefore, do not raise hands for
the Takbīr of Qunūt while offering Qaḍā of Witr Ṣalāĥ in the presence of
others.
Lifetime
Qaḍā on the Last Friday of Ramaḍān?
Some people offer Qaḍā of lifetime
missed Ṣalāĥ in congregation on the last Friday of Ramaḍān-ul-Mubārak and
assume that all the Qaḍā Ṣalāĥ of lifetime has been offered by offering this
one Ṣalāĥ; it is nothing but a sheer fallacy.
(Bahār-e-Sharī'at, pp.
708, vol. 1)
Calculation
of Qaḍā Ṣalāĥ of the Whole Life
The one who has never offered Ṣalāĥ
and now has been blessed with the desire to offer the Qaḍā of lifetime missed
Ṣalāĥ should make a computation from the day when he reached puberty. If the
date of puberty is not known, it is safer that the man should make computation
from the age of 12 years and the woman should do the same from the age of 9
years.
(Fatāwā Raḍawiyyah
(Jad Īd), pp. 154, vol. 8)
Order
of Offering Qaḍā Ṣalāĥ
While offering lifetime Qaḍā Ṣalāĥ,
one may first offer all Fajr Ṣalāĥ, then all Ẓuhar Ṣalāĥ and similarly 'Aṣr,
Maghrib and 'Ishā Ṣalāĥ.
Method
of Offering Qaḍā Ṣalāĥ (Ḥanafi)
There are 20 Rak'āt of Qaḍā Ṣalāĥ in
a day: two Rak'āt Farḍ of Fajr, four of Ẓuhar, four of 'Aṣr, three of Maghrib,
four of 'Ishā and three Rak'āt of Witr (Wājib). Make intention like this,
"I am offering the very first Fajr that I missed." Similar intention
may be made for every missed Ṣalāĥ. If one has a large number of missed Ṣalāĥ
to offer, it is permissible for him to avail following relaxations:
1. Uttering the Tasbīḥāt in Rukū' and
Sujūd (سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّىَ الْعَظِيْم
& سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّىَ الْاَعْلٰی)
once instead of thrice. However, one must always make sure in all sorts of
Ṣalāĥ that he starts uttering the 'س'
of سُبْحَٰنَ having completely bent for Rukū' and that
he begins to lift his head up from Rukū' having uttered the 'م' of عَظِيْم. Similar care has to
be taken in Sajdaĥ.
2. Uttering 'سُبْحَٰنَ
اللّٰہ' three times in the 3rd and 4th Rak'at of Farḍ Ṣalāĥ instead of
reciting Sūra-e-Fātiḥaĥ, but remember that Sūra-e-Fātiḥaĥ and a Sūraĥ are to be
recited in all the three Rak'āt of Witr.
3. In the last Qa'dah, performing the
Salām having uttered just 'اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰی
مُحَمَّدٍ وَّاٰلِه' after Tashaĥĥud without reciting the
remaining Durūd Sharīf and Du'ā.
4. Uttering just 'رَبِّ اغْفِرْلِيْ' once or three times instead of the
supplication of Qunūt in the third Rak'āt of Witr after uttering اَللّٰهُ اَكْبَر.
(Fatāwā Raḍawiyyah
(Jad Īd), pp. 157, vol. 8)
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