Halaqa # 6

The Time of My Life

Attendance:

• 3 Sisters
• 2  Junior Sisters

Location:  Headquarters

Agenda: (please note, we have included many links where you can read in detail more on each subject)

• OPENING DUA

Oh Allah, let us reach Ramadan

اللهمَّ بلِّغْنا رَمَضَان

Allahuna balikna Ramadan

• QURAN RECITATION

We read Surah Faatihah aloud altogether, then sisters individually read aloud a few letters/words, ayahs (according to her ability and with the help and encouragement of her fellow sisters).  We read Surah Baqarah from Ayat 70 till Ayat 83.  In sha Allah, this will be an ongoing part of our halaqa and one day in sha Allah, we will have Khatam Quran and begin again.

• SISTER’S TALK

Sister Winnie presented a talk on The Time of My Life; to read a summary of her talk, click here. Following her talk, Sister Lamiaa remarked how Islam’s 5 prayers a day are a perfect example of timekeeping.

• LEARN A DUA

Dua’s for time

Abu Bakr (R) used to pray thus, “O Allah, keep us not in darkness, forgive us our trespasses, and make us not heedless of time.”

Umar’s (R) prayer was, “O Allah, make my time gainful and cause me to put it to good use.”

source: http://messageinternational.org/manage-your-time-and-your-life/

• SISTER’S TALK

Sister Lamiaa shared with us her reflections on the book “Natural Blood of Women” by Sh. Muhammed bin Salih al-Utheimeen, which she had previously borrowed from our Lending Library.

• VIDEO  

We watched the following 3 videos:

Make that Change - Show Respect to Time ᴴᴰ | Nouman Ali Khan, 9 minutes

Avoid These 3 Common 'Ramadan Traps' & Accomplish All Your Ramadan Goals     3 minutes

Time Blocking 3 minutes

• LENDING LIBRARY

Borrow a Book, a small selection of our lending library books were circulated amongst the sisters.  Alhamdulilah, 3 books were loaned out.

• CLOSING DUA

A dua that Abu Bakr (RA) would make

اللهمَّ اجعَلْ خيرَ عُمري آخِرَه، واجعَلْ خيرَ عَملي خواتِمَه، واجعَل خيرَ أَيامي يومَ أَلقاكَ

Allāhummaj-‘al khayra ‘umurī ākhirahū, waj-‘al khayra ‘amalī khawātimahū, waj-‘al khayra ayyāmī yawma alqāk.

“O Allāh, may the best of my years be its final moments, may the best of my actions be my concluding ones, and may the best of my days be the day I meet you.”

http://abubakrassiddeeq.wordpress.com/2013/12/16/a-dua-that-abu-bakr-ra-would-make/

If any of this information was good and true, know that it comes from Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala.  If there are mistakes we ask for Allah’s Forgiveness and Mercy.