Salams,
So we resumed our discussion circle on Tuesday, March 25th, 2008. The topic was: A day in the life of the Prophet peace be upon him.
Here's a short summary my notes which the discussion evolved around and some references. It should talk about 3 min to read.
-We started by mentioning a few verses from the Quran to discuss the importance of the Prophet and why we follow him. here are the ones we discussed.
- لقد جاءكم رسول من أنفسكم عزيز عليه ما عنتم حريص عليكم بالمؤمنين رؤوف رحيم [ سورة التوبة /9 : الآية 128 ]
There hath come unto you a messenger, (one) of yourselves, unto whom aught that ye are overburdened is grievous, full of concern for you, for the believers full of pity, merciful.
- كما أرسلنا فيكم رسولا منكم يتلو عليكم آياتنا ويزكيكم ويعلمكم الكتاب والحكمة ويعلمكم ما لم تكونوا تعلمون [ سورة البقرة /2 : الآية 151 ]
Even as We have sent unto you a messenger from among you, who reciteth unto you Our revelations and causeth you to grow, and teacheth you the Scripture and wisdom, and teacheth you that which ye knew not.
- من يطع الرسول فقد أطاع الله [ سورة النساء / 4 : الآية 80
Whoso obeyeth the messenger hath obeyed Allah
- قل إن كنتم تحبون الله فاتبعوني يحببكم الله ويغفر لكم ذنوبكم والله غفور رحيم * قل أطيعوا الله والرسول فإن تولوا فإن الله لا يحب الكافرين [سورة آل عمران / 3 : الآية31 ـ 32 ]
31. Say, (O Muhammad, to mankind): If ye love Allah, follow me; Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
32. Say: Obey Allah and the messenger. But if they turn away, lo! Allah loveth not the disbelievers (in His guidance).
-We then got into the core of the topic.
· Night time is from maghrib till farj. So usually between 9-12 hours
· The Prophet (S) would divide up the nights into thirds.
· He (S) would postpone praying Isha until after the first third of the night
· After Isha he (S) did not interact with people and encouraged the sahabah not to do so too.
· He (S) would then sleep and wake up before fajr for tahajud.
· Then pray fajr and stay in worship till Duha time (15min after sunrise)
· From Fajr to Duhur he (S) would go on with his daily affairs
· Depending on the season he (S) would take a 10-15 min before or after Duhur (power nap)
· Between Duhur and Asr he (S) would continue his affairs
· Between Asr and Maghrib was a time when he (S) ate and spent time with the family
· Between Maghrib and Isha was a time of worship
· As we can see the Prophet (S) established his schedule around the 5 daily prayers.
· For the geeky ones out there I strongly suggest you research Circadian Rhythm or the internal body clock and you will see how modern research actually advises to follow the sleeping pattern of the Prophet (S)!
· The remaining of the session revolved around the experiences we each have and the difficulties encountered when trying to follow such an example.
· We didn’t discuss much from the Sleep etiquettes lecture below but I’d strongly recommend you listen to it.
· Please share additional references or ideas on topic
· Next weeks topic: Balancing Dunya and Akira/ professional/academic life with spiritual life
References:
· Sleep etiquettes (Sh. Husain Abdul Sattar) ~1hr
http://www.sacredlearning.org/audio/general/2007/etiquettes_sleep.m3u
· Scheduling our day (Sh. Husain Abdul Sattar) ~28min
http://www.sacredlearning.org/audio/general/2005/scheduling_day.m3u
· Al-Shifa. Qadi Ayad (Arabic) book one chapter one.
· Muhamad Alghazali. The art of Dhkir and Supplication. (Arabic) Dar Al-KalamP19-24
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