Durood Marathon For the Islamic month of Rabi’ ul Awwal

4th November 2019 The Islamic month of Rabi ul Awwal has arrived

> It is an appropriate time for Muslims to remember and send blessings on the prophet of , (peace be upon him) > This is because he was born on the 12th of Rabi ul Awwal

The encourages Muslims: إِ َّن ََّّللاَ َو َم ََلئِ َكتَهُ يُ َصلُّو َن َعلَى النَّبِ يِ ۚ يَا أَيُّ َه ا الَّ ِذي َن آ َمنُوا َصلُّوا َعلَ ْي ِه َو َس ِل ُموا تَ ْس ِل ي م ا “Indeed, Allah and his angels send blessings on the Prophet. O believers! You send blessings and peace on him too”. (al-Ahzaab: 56) How do you send a blessing?

Muslim scholars interpret the verse on the A Muslim who regularly sends salutations and previous to explain that the salutations of blessings is demonstrating his attachment to and the angels also means they are praying for love for the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon Muhammad’s (peace be upon him) rank to him) and in return, is the recipient of reward and be increased, and for his nation to be forgiven. blessings.

When Muslims ask God to send his In a narration, the Prophet (peace be upon him) blessings, they are asking for God to raise has said, “Whoever sends blessings upon me the rank of the Prophet (peace be upon once, God will bless him 10 times.” him), and grant him a status that he alone will have on the Day of Resurrection - the > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mXdme honour of interceding on behalf of the u1j_M&safe=active entire mankind. What are the words of durood?

There are many different duroods - some are long, some are short, The shortest durood is and some in-between! The best of all duroods is that which is recited صلى هللا عليه وسلم .by Muslims as part of their five daily prayers sall allahu alaihi) اَللّٰ ُه َّم َص ِ ل َعلى ُم َح َّم ٍد َّو َعٰلى ٰا ِل ُم َح َّم ٍد َك َما َصلَّ ْي َت َعلى إِ ْب َرا ِه ْي َم َو wasallam) َعٰلى ٰا ِل إِ ْب َرا ِه ْي َم إِنَّ َك َح ِم ْي ٌد َّم ِج ْي ٌد، اَللّٰ ُه َّم بَا ِر ْك َعٰلى ُم َح َّم ٍد َّو َع ٰلى ٰا ِل which means ‘God’s ُمح َّم ٍد َكما بَار ْك َت َعٰلى إ ْبرا ِه ْيم و عٰلى ٰا ل إ ْبرا ِه ْيم إنَّ َك ح ِم ْي ٌد َّم ج ْي ٌد peace and blessings َ َ َ ِ َ َ َ َ ِ ِ َ َ ِ َ ِ “O Allah! Shower your mercy on Muhammad and the followers of Muhammad as You showered Your mercy upon Ibrahim and the followers of Ibrahim. Behold You are upon him’. Praiseworthy, Most Glorious. O Allah! Shower Your Blessings upon Muhammad and the Followers of Muhammad, as You showered Your blessings upon Ibrahim and the followers of Ibrahim. Behold, You are Praiseworthy, Most Glorious.” (Sahih Bukhari 1/477) How can Muslims commemorate the month of Rabi ul Awwal? 1. Repeatedly reciting durood on the Prophet (peace be upon him). > We encourage you to recite as many durood as possible, and to keep a record so you don’t forget! > Your scores will be added up, and we aim to reach 50 million by the end of the 12 days, over the 18 Faith schools. > This means that each school needs around 2.5 million, or 1000 duroods per student per day for the next five days > Pray as many as you can to get your school to the top of the league! > If students pray the smallest durood, this can be achieved very very quickly > Students can rally support from their siblings, family and other relatives to achieve a much larger total - it is not uncommon for some families to recite 100,000 durood collectively in a day. How to keep count

>1. Carry around a small tally counter or rosary to keep count. >Please buy one from a local store, or bring one in from home. > You can pray and count during: > break > lunch, > On your travels > Fill in your tally table at the end of the day. You may do it in your planner Durood tally table

Date of Rabi’ul Durood Tally Durood Total Other family Submitting your total Awwal members who helped > Everyday each student who participated will submit their 6 5000 Mum, dad, uncle total number of durood to their LC. The days are Do your tally Count up Get the family > The Learning Coordinator will listed here – here – 1 line your tallies involved – add the number of duroods recited by the class, and day 1 will be represents and write you can reach submit the total to lead the first of 100 durood the total a much higher member of staff for this rabiul awwal, on the amount number when initiative in school. or the first Prophet here others join in > LCs may wish to designate a Salawat messenger to collect day you start (Saw) the information and submit it to them. Rabi’ ul Awwal notices

>Sunnah snacks-Students should eat snacks at breaktime and lunchtime >Revive a sunnah- Remembrance of the Almighty Read 33 times Subhanallah (Glory be to Allah), 33 times (All praise be to Allah) and 34 times Allahu Akbar (Allah is the greatest) after every prayer and before bed.