Shawwal month. The month of Shawwal has come

Mawlid al-Nabi - Night of Mawlid. Birthday of the Messenger of Allah - Prophet Muhammad

The birth of the Prophet Muhammad is celebrated on the 12th day of the third month of Rabi al-Awwal of the Islamic calendar . Birth of Muhammad began to celebrate only 300 years after the advent of Islam. Since the exact date of Muhammad's birth is unknown, this memorable day was timed to coincide with the day of his death, which leaves an imprint on the nature of the celebration. It should be noted that in Islam, birthdays are celebrated modestly, and sometimes not celebrated at all, while the dates of death, understood as birth for eternal life, are celebrated more solemnly.
Around the year 570 according to the Christian calendar, after prolonged droughts and crop failures, the land of Arabia again bore fruit. Many people talked about the hour of birth last prophet - Muhammad, peace be upon him. According to legend, his mother Amine it was reported in a dream that she was pregnant and was carrying under her heart Lord of all worlds and best creation Almighty, and also that she will have to name the born child Muhammad and He will be godly. During her pregnancy, Amina watched the birds respectfully surround her, and when she approached the well, the water itself rose up as a sign of admiration for the greatness of the Messenger of Allah, whom she carries in her womb. Amina also heard tasbih - praise Angels in his honor. And one day she saw in a dream a tree strewn with sparkling stars, among which was one that overshadowed other stars with its radiance. Amina stared at the light of the star, illuminating everything around, until it fell into her lap.

In a hadeeth narrated from Hazrat Abu Ayub, Radya Allah anhu, it is reported that a person who, at the end of the fast in Ramadan, keeps 6 days of fasting in the month of Shawwal, will be similar to one who fasted all year.

In this regard, we receive many questions about how to keep this fast: continuously or at intervals, after the restoration of Ramadan debts or before, on what days, at what time, and so on.

For this reason, we decided to clarify the most frequently asked questions:

1. In accordance with the Hanafi madhhab, it is allowed to keep an additional fast in the month of Shawwal until the missed days of fasting in Ramadan are restored.

Women, travelers, as well as those who missed a few days of fasting in Ramadan due to illness, or any other good reason, and even those who missed fasting without a good reason, can fast in the month of Shawwal, subject to the mandatory subsequent recovery of all fasting debts in Ramadan .
However, if possible, making up the missed Ramadan fasts and then continuing the 6 days of fasting in the month of Shawwal is preferable.
However, it is permissible to do the opposite if a person does not have time, or is afraid that he will not have time to hold 6 days of Shawwal until the end of the month.

2. Fasting in the month of Shawwal is kept only in the month of Shawwal. If a person did not have time to do this before the end of the month, there is no sin on him, since this fast is not obligatory. Fasting in the month of Shawwal can be kept immediately after the day of the celebration of Eid al-Fitr (Oraza Ait), and this is the first day of the holiday.

That is, starting from second day of Shawwal, a person can begin to restore the missed days of the fast of Ramadan and to the additional fast of Shawwal.

3. Those who did not fast at all in the month of Ramadan may also fast in the month of Shawwal, even if they missed the obligatory fast without a good reason.

However, they will not be rewarded as they would be for a year of fasting, as this required fasting in Ramadan, as reported in the hadeeth.
However, they will receive, insha Allah, a reward for 6 days of fasting in Shawwal, however, it would be better for them to restore the missed Ramadan, since leaving the obligatory one is a great sin before Allah.

4. All 6 days of fasting Shawwal can be kept both continuously and at intervals. You should not fast only on Friday, unless at least one more day is added to it. For example, Thursday-Friday or Friday-Saturday. In this case, it will be permissible to fast on Friday.

If a person does not have any debts for Ramadan, he can fast on Mondays and Thursdays, since fasting on these days is also Sunnah. However, this is just one of the possible forms. On which days to keep an additional six-day fast is a personal matter for everyone, in accordance with his desires and capabilities.

5. Fasting in the month of Shawwal, as well as fasting in the month of Ramadan, or fasting in any other month, is performed from the time of Fajr to the time of Maghrib.

In order to find out when the Fajr and Maghrib time comes, you need to go to our website and select your city in the section. After that, the schedule will display the prayer times for your city, and you can find out when the Fajr and Maghreb times come in your city.

Prayer times are available for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tatarstan. If your country or city is not on our list, please contact your nearest mosque for prayer or fasting times.
So, Fajr time is the start time of fasting. This means that before this time comes, it is necessary to complete the suhoor (pre-dawn meal) and all other actions that break the fast ( intimacy with your spouse, swallowing toothpaste while brushing your teeth, and so on).
All actions that also violate any other post.
Maghrib time is the end of the fast. After the onset of this time, a person can perform all actions permitted outside the fast.

And may Allah accept your fast and reward you in both worlds!

Fasting Ramadan- This is a sacred holiday in Islam, lasting a whole month. This is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. It got its name in honor of the holy month of the calendar.

Let's see what kind of sacred holiday this is and why it is so important for its believers. Ramadan is famous throughout the world for the fact that, according to traditions, it is held in strict fasting and prayer. Fasting implies the rejection of food, drink, entertainment and bad thoughts, holding the believer in thought and prayer.

This holiday helps a person to get closer to God. Rapprochement occurs through several types of purification:

Physical, which occurs in the restriction of eating and drinking.
Spiritual, at the time of fasting, entertainment, pleasure, sex, and thoughts about sinful deeds are prohibited.

The main meaning of this holiday and the observance of all restrictions is the opportunity to show loyalty to Allah and pacify the negative qualities in a person that push him to commit evil. It is believed that with the restriction of oneself in life's joys, a person has time to think about his evil and insidious deeds committed during the year, which entail all the negative things in his life.

It is worth noting that Ramadan does not coincide with other holy holidays. Its onset is strictly related to the fact that the Islamic calendar is lunar, and all months begin from the moment of the new moon. Since Islam is a world religion, then the time of the onset of Ramadan in different countries will take place in different ways, with the appearance of the moon.

What is forbidden to do in Ramadan:

With the onset of Ramadan, daily conscious consumption of food and drink is prohibited, smoking of various tobaccos, including hookahs, and quenching sexual thirst is strictly prohibited.

What is allowed to do in Ramadan:

In Ramadan, unconscious eating, kissing, making caresses that will not lead to ejaculation, bathing and brushing teeth, donating blood, and involuntary vomiting are allowed.

Muslims are sure that in Ramadan the importance of doing good deeds and pilgrimages increases 700 times. In this month, Satan is put in chains, and good deeds reach Allah faster and better. At this time, Muslims approach prayers more responsibly than usual, they read holy book Quran, do good deeds, give donations to the poor and distribute obligatory alms.

While fasting, it is obligatory to pay alms (zakat al-filter). This payment is obligatory for Muslims and has an exact measurement. The amount of alms is 1 saa. Saa is a measure of weight, equal to 3500 g. Different cities use different products for donations. So in Europe they give zakat al-filter with wheat and barley, in the Middle East with dates, in Southeast Asia with rice.

How to eat in Ramadan:

The basis of fasting in Ramadan is quite simple, you can not eat and drink while the sun is shining in the sky. The morning meal, suhoor, should be done until the sun appears in the sky. Evening reception (iftar) can begin only when the sun disappears behind the sky. Meals usually begin with dates and water. Before eating, it is obligatory to read a prayer.

And of course prerequisite while fasting, there is a niyat (intention) to perform it. It manifests itself in the reading of prayers and the performance of rituals. The intention is pronounced every day between night and morning prayer.

Who can be exempt from fasting in Ramadan:

Fasting is obligatory, but certain categories of people may be exempted from the strict conditions of saum. Minors and people with mental disabilities are exempted from fasting. If the believer went on a trip, then he begins to fast upon his return. Also exempt are pregnant women, and women who are breastfeeding children, women with menstruation. Elderly people who cannot restrain themselves in food prepare food for the poor.

Breaking the fast in Ramadan and its consequences.

It may happen that a believer has broken the keeping of the saum due to a serious illness or due to haida (menstruation). In this case, the believer can be rehabilitated before Allah, and he must fast one day before the next Ramadan, or must give a certain amount to the poor. If a believer has had sexual intercourse during the daytime, he must compensate for this violation with six ten days of continuous fasting, or feed sixty poor people. Breaking a fast without a good reason is considered a sin.

End of Ramadan

The last ten days of fasting are the most important for Muslims. Many of them follow the example of Muhammad and retire to read prayers. To do this, they hide in the mosque.

Glorious Ramadan holiday

After the end of the restrictions, Ramadan ends, three days of the holiday come, which are accompanied by breaking the fast. The first day is considered non-working, and schools can take vacations for all three days.

Cohabitation of several religions and conditions for non-fasters
It should also be noted that during Ramadan, people who do not fast, out of respect for Muslims, it is undesirable to demonstratively eat during the daytime, smoke, chew gum, turn on loud music in in public places. There is also this unwritten rule in countries with a mixed religion, for example in Israel, as well as in cities where Arabs and Jews live together.

Ramadan 2019: when

In 2019, Ramadan starts from May 5 to June 3. It should be noted that people are looking forward to this holiday with impatience and reverence, because Ramadan is not just a great holiday, but a personal miracle of the soul and body of every Muslim.

Sacrificial meat distributed among more than 3 million people in need

Turkish Red Crescent on Eid al-Adha distributed the meat of 125 thousand heads of cattle in 33 countries, including Turkey, said the head of the Turkish Red Crescent Kerem Kinik.

“Sacrificial meat has been distributed among more than three million people in need,” Kynyk said.

According to him, 2,275 heads of cattle have been sacrificed this year in Bangladesh, the meat of which is distributed among refugees from Arakan.

Refrigerators delivered 22,000 packages of sacrificial meat to the border of Bangladesh and Myanmar.

In Pakistan, the Turkish Red Crescent has distributed the meat of 14,000 cattle to some 200,000 people in need.

In Niger, meat from 14,000 head of cattle has been distributed among the needy, in Chad - 5,250, and in Burkina Faso - 3,500.

In the Syrian city of Aazaz, the Turkish Red Crescent distributed the meat of two thousand heads of cattle among the needy, in Iraq - 1050 heads, in Palestine - 420.

Turkish Red Crescent (tur. Türkiye Kızılay Derneği) is the largest Turkish organization medical care, which is part of the international movement of the Red Cross and Red Crescent.

The Turkish Red Crescent was founded on June 11, 1868 in the Ottoman Empire under the name Osmanlı Yaralı ve Hasta Askerlere Yardım Cemiyeti (Ottoman organization for wounded and sick soldiers). Since then, it has changed its name several times. In 1877 it became known as Osmanlı Hilal-i Ahmer Cemiyeti (Ottoman Red Crescent Organization). The name Türkiye Kızılay Cemiyeti (Organization of the Red Crescent of Turkey) received in 1935 after the formation of the Turkish Republic from its leader Kemal Atatürk. Its first leader was a Greek by origin, Marko Pasha (Markos Apostolidis). It received its current name in 1947.

The Turkish Red Crescent is led by an 11-member commission (Yönetim Kurulu). Its current chairman is Kerem Kınık. There is also a Red Crescent Supervisory Board (Denetim Kurulu), a Directorate General for Management (Genel Müdürlük) and a Council for Women and Youth Affairs. The governing bodies of the organization are located in Ankara. There are more than 650 branches of the Red Crescent throughout Turkey. Its supreme body is the General Assembly (Genel Kongre), which brings together representatives of all departments and governing bodies of the Red Crescent. The General Assembly takes place annually in April.

The goals of the organization are expressed as follows:

Turkish Red Crescent Society is a humanitarian organization that provides relief to the vulnerable and those in need by mobilizing the power and resources of the community to protect human dignity anytime, anywhere, under any conditions and support the enhancement of the community's capacity to cope with disasters .

The work of the Turkish Red Crescent is also based on the seven basic rules adopted at the XX International Conference Societies of the Red Cross in 1965 in Vienna: humanism, non-partisanship, neutrality, independence, voluntariness, unity and universality.

The Turkish Red Crescent sees its tasks in providing all possible assistance in overcoming natural disasters and their consequences, organizing donation, measures to restore health (rehabilitation), conduct educational activities in the fields of sanitation and health hygiene.

The Turkish Red Cross is financed not by the state, but by private donations, membership fees, charitable events, special stamps, etc.

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov congratulated the people of Tatarstan on the blessed holiday of sacrifice Eid al-Adha.

The President of the Republic noted that today the desire of believers for peace and unity is especially felt. “All of us, both those who make the expiatory Hajj and those who celebrate Eid al-Adha at their homes, are waiting and hoping that the Almighty will hear our sincere prayers and give us faith and strength to do good deeds, setting a pious example for our children and grandchildren, ”the congratulation says.

Eternal values professed by Muslims, Christians and representatives of others traditional religions, form the basis of human existence, cultivating a high sense of responsibility for our families, the future of the republic, the country and the entire world civilization, Minnikhanov continued.

"In Tatarstan, which has become common home for people of many nationalities and religions, Eid al-Adha is one of the most revered and widely celebrated holidays. May our souls open completely before Allah, and our good deeds make us spiritually richer and cleaner!” - said the President, wishing the inhabitants of the republic optimism, happiness, health and well-being!

This is another great mercy of Allah, bestowing upon us according to His Generosity. Doing just a little and getting fifty times the reward for it is a good investment and a great deal.

In this regard, we receive many questions about how to keep this fast: continuously or at intervals, after the restoration of Ramadan debts or before, on what days, at what time, and so on.

For this reason, we have decided to clarify the most frequently asked questions.

1. In accordance with the Hanafi madhhab, it is allowed to keep an additional fast in the month of Shawwal until the missed days of fasting in Ramadan are restored.

Women, travelers, as well as those who missed a few days of fasting in Ramadan due to illness, or any other good reason, and even those who missed fasting without a good reason, can fast in the month of Shawwal, subject to the mandatory subsequent recovery of all fasting debts in Ramadan until next Ramadan.

However, if possible, making up the missed Ramadan fasts and then continuing the 6 days of fasting in the month of Shawwal is preferable.

However, it is permissible to do the opposite if a person does not have time, or is afraid that he will not have time to hold 6 days of Shawwal until the end of the month.

That is, starting from the second day of the month of Shawwal, a person can begin to restore the missed days of the fast of Ramadan and to the additional fast of Shawwal.

3. Those who did not fast at all in the month of Ramadan may also fast in the month of Shawwal, even if they missed the obligatory fast without a good reason.

However, they will not be rewarded as they would be for a year of fasting, as this required fasting in Ramadan, as reported in the hadeeth.

However, they will receive, insha Allah, a reward for 6 days of fasting in Shawwal, however, it would be better for them to restore the missed Ramadan, since leaving the obligatory one is a great sin before Allah.

If a person does not have any debts for Ramadan, he can fast on Mondays and Thursdays, since fasting on these days is also Sunnah. However, this is just one of the possible forms. On which days to keep an additional six-day fast is a personal matter for everyone, in accordance with his desires and capabilities.

5. Fasting in the month of Shawwal, as well as fasting in the month of Ramadan, or fasting in any other month, is performed from the time of Fajr to the time of Maghrib.

In order to find out when the Fajr and Maghreb time comes, you need to go to our website and select your city in the "Prayer Times and Qibla" section. After that, the schedule will display the prayer times for your city, and you can find out when the Fajr and Maghreb times come in your city.

So, Fajr time is the start time of fasting. This means that before this time, it is necessary to complete suhoor (the pre-dawn meal) and all other actions that break the fast (intimacy with a spouse, swallowing toothpaste while brushing your teeth, and so on).

All actions that break the Ramadan fast also break any other fast.

Maghrib time is the end of the fast. After the onset of this time, a person can perform all actions permitted outside the fast.

And may Allah accept your fast and reward you in both worlds!

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Shawwal month. The month of Shawwal has come