Jadwal for the Halqahs [learning sessions] of the weekly Ijtima’ (overseas), 31 October 2019

1. Short Bayan on different topics: 5 minutes

2. Memorising Du’a: 5 minutes

3. Fikr-e-Madinah: 5 minutes

4. Total duration: 15 minutes

Remaining Sunan and manners of eating

٭ Recite ‘بِسۡمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ’ before eating. If you forget to recite ‘بِسۡمِ اللّٰه’ at the beginning of meal, recite ‘بِسۡمِ اللّٰهِ اَوَّلَهٗ وَاٰخِرَهٗ’ when you remember.

٭ Recite the following Du’a prior to eating. It will not harm even if the food is poisonous اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه.

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ  الَّذِیْ  لَا  يَضُرُّ   مَعَ   اسْمِهِ  شَیْءٌ   فِی  الْاَرْضِ  وَ لَا  فِى  السَّمَآءِ  يَا حَیُّ   يَا  قَيُّوْمُ

Translation: I begin with the name of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, with the blessing of Whose name, nothing from the earth or the skies can harm, O the One Who is ever-alive.

(Firdaus-ul-Akhbar, vol. 1, pp. 274, Hadees 1955)

٭ Eat with the right hand

٭ Eat from your side

٭ Do not find fault in food. Do not say things such as, ‘It is not tasty’, ‘it is still raw’, ‘it does not have enough salt’. Because finding fault in food is Makruh and contrary to the Sunnah. If you like it, eat it, if you don’t, leave it.

٭ Leader of Ahl-us-Sunnah, Maulana Shah Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه has stated: We should not find fault in food at our home either, as it is Makruh and contrary to the Sunnah. Blessed habit of the Beloved Rasool