37.27 . And some of them draw near unto others , mutually questioning .
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The Night of Power
Chapel Hill may soon have its first mosque
"It's not a done deal yet," said Malek Khan , president of the Chapel Hill Islamic Society. "There is a property in Chapel Hill [and] if we can get that property in time ... several months from now we will start building on it."
The property is on Stateside Drive, off Martin Luther King Boulevard and near Weaver Dairy Road, said Sana Khan , president of the Muslim Students Association at UNC-CH. The association has more than 40 members and draws more than 100 students to meetings during Ramadan. There is currently a house on the property that would be converted into a mosque, she said.
"We'd like to have students involved," Khan said. "We know students are a great base of attendees. We've worked briefly with the Islamic Society, but we're increasing our workload."
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Causes of Forgiveness in Ramadan
radi Allahu anhu ) that the Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam ), “Whoever fasts Ramadan out of faith and seeking reward, his previous sins will be forgiven. And whoever stays up and prays on Laylat al-Qadr out of faith and in the hope of reward, his previous sins will be forgiven .” He also related that the Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam ) said, “Whoever prays at night in Ramadaan out of faith and the hope of reward, all his previous sins will be forgiven .” (Agreed upon).
In the hadeeth of Abu Hurayrah (radi Allahu anhu ), there is evidence that each of these three actions is a cause for forgiveness of previous sins; fasting the month of Ramadan, praying in it’s nights, and praying in the night of Qadr. Praying in the night of Qadr
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Spending days in mosques during Ramadan
We have repeatedly emphasized that the reward God gives for fasting in the month of Ramadan is greater than we can imagine, because fasting is an act of worship which admits no hypocrisy. It is not possible for any person to fast in order to deceive others. This is due to the fact that boasting about fasting is forbidden. Hence, he cannot publicize the fact that he is fasting. If he does not mention it, then other people have no way of knowing it, because fasting is an act of worship by abstention, rather than a positive action. Moreover, the Prophet (peace be upon him) has taught us to spend part of the nights of Ramadan in worship, standing up in prayer to offer the special prayer known as taraweeh. This means that in Ramadan we fast during the day in fulfillment of an obligatory type of worship and we stand up in prayer at night as a recommended act of worship. Moreover, there is the Night of Power which falls in the last 10 days of the month of Ramadan. It is a night which is worth more than one thousand months. If one happens to spend that night in worship, he is certain to have all his prayers answered and all his sins forgiven.
The Night of Power
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Who Forgives In the Last 10 Nights? Al-’Afuww
“What should I say on Laylat-al-qadr?” He replied,
Say, “O Allah, You are Al-’Afuww and You love to ‘afw , so fa’fu me” (Tirmidhi).
What do all these italicized words mean? The common translation of the supplication above is,
O Allah indeed you are a Pardoner, and you love pardon, so pardon me .
That’s it? The supplication for the last 10 nights, THE supplication we are supposed to focus on, is just to be ‘pardoned’ by “The Pardoner” ? Isn’t there more to it?
Seems a bit strange, let’s look at it in more detail.
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