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[quote author=A-40 link=topic=104655.msg1842826#msg1842826 date=1200074159]I think the first step to redemption is for the Newcastle board and fans to accept that they are shyte i mean they have not won anything in 39 years so what makes them think they are in the elite if they do that then they can reduce their unrealistic expectations and then give the manager a chance to do his thing.The fans wanted interesting footie and their billionaire owner is not ready to spend money i mean a midfield with Smith and Butt where is the creativity supposed to come from?[/quote]Newcastle fans are regarded as VERY FAITHFUL fans and the club respects them for that purpose

wonderful.

so details. . .

tell her shez losing it

sometimes, some management decisions have to be taken to protect the interests of investors.

yeah, the advantage of his 'defensive' play will make him be a master at tackling (not 4 red cards though )

But, I don't think this was what attracted man u and chelsea to OBI.

he z losing it.

why na me sef dey reply una?

no

u

supercunt:
no,he is an accident waiting to happen.

he z already an accident, it's only the casualties that, ,

lazy bones

I do but not as frequent as before.

Insha Allah, this new year shall give me NEW NEW ENERGY to do more

like 50 sang; I got money

money

money. . .I run Lagos.

Na d money qualify am 4 celeb

find out

u sef no know?

date ghana na country


lauren gbagbo

discuss the terms of payments with him for doing the MEssenger job

say zap?

no

i be ibk?

nice

i'll chop small with u

@ tosin

ur guess is as GOOD and BAD as mine

ditch



ghana

cisco

. . .thatz JM's era

so muki, try to reduce ur e-talking at nite online and do the talking to ALLAH real-time during tha' time

Essence of Tahdjud, night prayer
By Muhammad Embeay

As-Salaam Alaikum, Wa-Rahamatullah, Wa-Barakatuhoo

May Allah's peace, mercy and blessings be with you.

I seek refuge in Allah, against the accursed devil.

In the Name of Allah, the gracious, the merciful.

"Observe Salaat, prayer from the declining and paling of the sun till the darkness of the night and recite the Qur'an at dawn. Verily, the recitation of the Quran at dawn is specially acceptable to Allah.

"And during a part of the night, wake up for its recitation - a superogatory service for you. It may be that your Lord will raise you to an exalted station rank." Holy Qur'an 17.78,79.

THEIR sides keep away from their beds and they call on their Lord in fear and hope and spend out of what we have bestowed on them." Holy Qur'an 32.17.

In the name of Allah, the gracious, the merciful.

"O you who wrapped up in your mantle, stand up in prayer at night except a small portion thereof. Half of it or reduce from it a little or add to it a little and recite the Qur'an a good recital"

"Verily, we are about to charge you with a weighty word, verily, getting up at night for prayer is the most potent means of subduing the self and most effective in speech. You have, indeed, during the day, a long chain of engagements. So remember the name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with full devotion.: Holy Qur'an 73: 1-8.

"Surely your Lord knows that you stand up praying for nearly a third thereof and also a party of those who are with you, " Holy Qur'ran 73.20.

"Remember the name of your Lord morning, evening, during the night, prostrate yourself before Him and extol His glory for a long part of the night" - Holy Qur'ran 76.25,26.

According to the text in the opening verse of Sura, Chapter 17:89, the Holy Prophet Muhammad, on whom be the peace and blessings of Allah, was constantly enjoined to pray at night for that would give him the necessary strength to discharge the grave responsibility of preaching the divine message. The message that was shortly going to devolve on him, the holy prophet. He was assured of divine pleasure and exaltation to a high rank.

In chapter 73:20, the holy prophet was told that he has faithfully carried out God's command. The command that was not specially directed to the followers of the holy prophet, but as they are always desirous of following his footsteps, they copied his example in this respect also.

In light of part of the text and in Islamic religious terminology, the Arabic word Tahadjud, night prayer, is derived from the word, Hadjada or Hudjud, meaning sleep or he slept in the night and he was also wakeful in the night that is for the purpose of Salaat prayer.

In 17:79,the Arabic word Na'afila means a special favour and signifies that prayers of any description are not a burden to weary, but to invigorate the body as a spiritual privilege and a special favour from God.

Tahadjud, as a superogatory prayer, is also the best suited for the believers' spiritual exaltation in the stillness of the night being all alone with one's creator, when one enjoys special divine communion with Allah.
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To get up at night for salaat, prayer is a potent means of subduing oneself and to bring under effective control one's evil propensities and inclinations. It is the proved experience of all holy men of God that nothing conduces to one's spiritual development so much as salaat at night. [/size] The reason is that in the stillness of the night, nature is quiet with solitude and a peculiar sort of peace prevails. It is then that the devotee's heart becomes illuminated with a heavenly light, which can be imparted to others.

The time of Tahadjud, night salaat prayer[b] is eminently suited for one to develop strength of capacity character and to make one's speech sane, solid and sound. [/b]
Effective speech and infinite capacity for hard work, are two very necessary qualifications, for a reformer or guide, in order to succeed in one's mission. Allah Akbar

Prayer at night helps in the development of the two qualities, because once one acquires control over one's mind and tongue, one comes to exercise guidance over others.

Tahadjud proper, apart from Na'afila, the supererogatory or additional salaat rayer consists of eight full raka'ats divided into a service of two each at a time that is, with four salamas.

This is followed by the three raka'ats called witr. It then amounts to eleven raka'ats with five salamas or six sittings. That is if Tahadjud and witr are combined as Tahadjud proper.

But if witr is offered immediately after Ishai prayer, one is not bound to offer eight full raka'ats. In its stead, any two or more raka'ats is a allowed if there is no sufficient time. That is, one may stop after any two raka'ats.

The recitation from the Holy Qura'an during the Tahadjud prayer becomes generally long, at times to the extent that the holy prophet's feet would get swollen.

Prophet Muhammad, on whom be the peace and the blessings of Allah, used to pass half or even two-thirds of the night in prayer. _{(nna men, i be lazy boi o)} His practice was to go to sleep immediately after the Ishai prayer and then he generally woke up after mid-night and passed almost all his latter part of the night in Tahadjud exercise.

Sometimes, he took a short few minutes sleep, a nap, which would give him a little rest, just before the morning Fajir prayer. He kept this practice up to the end of his life.

He is reported to have declared that whoever keeps awake at night to offer prayer in the month of Ramadhan, with faith to seek only the divine pleasure, his faults are covered.

The companions of the holy prophet were very particular about Tahadjud prayer though they knew that it was not obligatory and some of them used to come to the mosque during the later part of this night to observe their Tahadjud prayer.

On a certain night when the holy prophet rose up to offer his Tahadjud prayer, some people who were in the mosque saw him and joined him in prayer, thus making it a congregation. On the following night the congregation increased and swelled to a large number.

The same thing happened on the third day. On the fourth night the holy prophet remained at home, because he feared lest the exercise becomes or be made obligatory on the followers from then on.

It is, therefore, preferable to observe the night prayer in one's home except for special reasons. Hence, Tahadjud continued to remain as an individual or collective family affair.

On the authority of an Islamic scholar, who comments that great spiritual heights can be scaled with Tahadjud, anyone who performs it will discover its importance. The companions of the holy prophet were very regular in observing noght prayer. Even though it is voluntary, the holy prophet used to walk around to see who observed it.

Once, the good qualities of Sayyidna Abdullah Ibn Umar were being mentioned. The holy prophet remarked thus: "He is very good, but he shouild also offer night prayer. He was a young man but he was slack in Tahadjud. The holy prophet, on who be the peace and the blessings of Allah, thus reminded him of hiss slackness in observing the night prayer.

The holy prophet supplicated and directed as follows:

"May Allah have mercy on the husband and the wife who awake each other up for prayer at night. If the husband wakes, let him offer Tahadjud and awaken his wife. If she does not get up, let him sprinkle some water on her face."

Similarly, if the wife awakes, let her do the same. By offering night prayer and awakening her husband by sprinkling some water on his face.

The holy prophet has also directed the wife to respect her husband, yet he has also permitted her to sprinkle some water, if necessary, to awaken him for Tahadjud. Obviously, the attached great importance to the night prayer is specially acceptable to Allah.

The Holy Qur'an tells us that getting up for prayers at night straightens devotee's affairs.

Accordingly, the holy prophet direct that all must perform night prayer even if it be one of two Raka'ats. He also extends that God Almighty accepts prayers in abundance during the later part of night. The Muslim's Tahadjud is very important and beneficial.

Ma Salaam.



culled from THE GUARDIAN

no, bad publicity

u

slap his behind

sissoko

nutty

i wan go sleep

what makes u think they don't concur?

[b] Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has said he is a cousin of US presidential hopeful Barack Obama. Odinga said Senator Obama's father was his maternal uncle. Obama's father - a Kenyan also called Barack - met and married his American mother when they were students at the university of Hawaii . Obama has previously been identified as a distant cousin of Vice-President Dick Cheney. Obama's father came from the same Luo community as Mr Odinga.



The Kenyan leader made the statement in an interview in which he discussed foreign interest in the political turmoil in his country. He said Mr Obama had on Monday taken time out of campaigning for the New Hampshire primary to call him twice, to express his concern, and to say that he would also be calling Mr Kibaki. Obama's parents separated when he was two and later divorced. His mother subsequently married an Indonesian, and the young Barack lived in Jakarta for some years before returning to the United States . He saw almost nothing of his birth father, who moved back to Kenya and later died in a car crash. But he entitled his autobiography Dreams from my Father. [/b]



_{They may be polar opposites politically but Cheney and Obama are related, Cheney's wife says. Lynne Cheney said she had discovered while doing family research for a new book that her husband and the Illinois senator were eighth cousins. She said she traced a common ancestor of the two men to be a 17th century immigrant from France . She described the connection as "amazing". "This is such an amazing American story that one ancestor, could be responsible down the family line for lives that have taken such different and varied paths." According to Mrs Cheney's spokeswoman, Obama is distantly related to Mareen Duvall, whose son Samuel married the granddaughter of Mr Cheney's ancestor, also called Richard Cheney. Obama's spokesman, Bill Burton, responded to the news by saying: "Every family has a black sheep." Mr Cheney, the brooding neo-conservative closely associated with the decision to invade Iraq , has little else in common with Mr Obama. Obama, has earned epithets like "rock star" because of his popularity among young Democrats, and a reputation as a liberal because of his voting record in the Senate.}