Updates on constuction around Masjid Nabawi from this afternoons wanderings….
Salatul Asr with the single Saff extending from Bab Salam with the single outdoor umbrella…
..many of the pillars are stripped bare like this one as part of the preparation for the installation of the outdoor umbrellas….
…these two photos (grabbed from online long ago…apologies for not knowing who to thank for these) are of some of the six existing umbrellas in the two open courtyards inside Masjid Nabawi…looking almost balletic in their unfurling….all the work in the outside courtyard is in preparation for almost two hundred umbrellas to be installed…
…they operate on a hydraulic system, explaining why the entire marble area has to be lifted to lay pipes and cables necessary for this….
….one of the completed areas…now deserted after the crowds of Hajj, SubhanAllah….and the sky so blue after days of cloud…and the sun so warm before the chilly evening…changes; the exquisite constant rhythm of change…
…Masjid to the left, Jannatul Baqi to the right and Jabal Uhud peeking from the distance…
….just days ago this was hustle and bustle with hawkers….
…the eastern carpark and courtyard extension…each week sees the ground level being extended…
….Jannatul Baqi fence in the distance….
….looking towards the northern side of the Masjid….ripped up after the last of the Hujjaj left…
…same side just before Esha…
JUMA’AH MUBARAK!
Durood ibn Kasir Rahmatullah alaihi.
When the time of death arrived for Khalid ibn Kasir Rahmatullah alaihi people around him found a scroll made of paper with something emblazoned upon it. This was: “O Khalid ibn Kasir! You are liberated from the fire of hell.” When the people saw this piece of paper, they were greatly amazed and everyone immediately gathered at his house. They learnt about his excellence from his family members. Everyone became baffled and exclaimed: “What is this?” Thereupon his family members related that: “Khalid ibn Kasir Rahmatullah alaihi recited this Durood Sharif every eve of Juma’ah with the utmost reverence and sincerity. By virtue of this Allah Ta’ala informed him of his forgiveness and liberation from the fire of hell.” Therefore whosoever even now wishes to die as a faithful believer and also attain salvation, he should recite this Durood Sharif ten thousand times on the eve of Juma’ah. Then if Allah Ta’ala Wills, at the time of his death, he will die with Iman. Such Grace and Bounty will be bestowed upon him, that everyone will become baffled.
JUMA’AH MUBARAK!
All good is from Allah Ta’ala whereas mistakes are from this humble speck. May Allah Ta’ala Bless all readers, bringing you all closer to Him and His Rasul SallAllahu alaihi wasallam. May He accept our humble efforts and grant us the capacity to be good and do good. Ameen.
