Bismillah wa assalaamu alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
For
major events in life, we usually make plans so that they will be a
success. Well the "Month of the Year" is coming up, a month that can
turn hearts, set lives in order or back on track, repair broken
connections with our Creator, and be an expiation for all that has gone
before it. Ramadhaan deserves planning - planning for success!
Something I find very beneficial in Ramadhaan is to have a study plan, or lessons, that fit the month -
30 days:30 lessons. Here are some suggestions for your Ramadhaan study plan.
SISTERS ONLY CLASSES: Making the most of Ramadhaan and The Qur'aan: A Light and a Mercy
This 29-day course consists of two daily classes during Ramadhaan:
Making the Most of Ramadhaan:
Using the book Fasting from Alif to Yaa, compiled by Umm Mujaahid, Khadijah bin Lacina Al Amreekiyyah, and
Sittings during the Blessed Month of Ramadan By Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Saalih Al-Uthaymeen
The Qur'aan: A Light and Mercy:
This
interactive class will
cover a Surah a day from the Surahs of Juz Amma as well as
Suratul-Fatiha. It will include: Tafseer, rules of Tajweed and
evaluation of recitation, tips on memorization and review, the
importance and benefits of learning and reciting the Qur'aan,
especially within the month of Ramdhaan, and much more.
Disciplining the Soul
by Ibn Jawzi, raheemahullah. This is truly a self-help/self-improvement
book for Muslims, maashaa Allah, with 30 short, life-changing chapters.
We have recently read it as part of our Islamic Studies curriculum, so
we are not including it in our Ramadhaan study plan, but it is something
I plan to revisit yearly bi idhn Illah, ta'ala either in Ramadhaan or
in preparation the month.
Shk Uthaymeen's Daily Sittings in Ramadhaan
We did these for 3 or 4 Ramadhaans in a row, maashaa Allah, and they are wonderful!
Bitesize Articles 2011
Short lessons for each day of Ramadhaan by Abbas Yahya, found on Al Miraath Publications website.
Bitesize Articles 2013
A different set of short lessons for Ramadhaan by Abbas Yahya, found on Al Miraath Publications.
Our
family will be having a very international Ramadhaan, bi idhn Illah
ta'ala, with the first week spent in Madinah, the second in Makkah, the
third England, and the last traveling across the USA from Washington DC
to New Mexico inshaa Allah. We are planning a course of study that can
be done on the road, on the run, offline, and pretty much wherever we
find ourselves. This year, we are focusing on tafseer of the Qur'aan. We
seek greater understanding and connection with Allah's perfect words.
What more appropriate time to do that than the month the Qur'aan was
revealed?
We have found some wonderful technology to
assist us, an application called Quran Tafsir Pro. This application has
the Qur'aan ayah by ayah by a huge range of qaaris, including Ibrahim al
Akhdar, the qaari we learn our recitation from exclusively. It also has
the translation, and at one touch, the tafsir of each ayah. Not only
that, but it has an ayah test and random ayah test feature where you are
shown an ayah and have to chose the translation/meaning of each word
and are scored at the end. On the touch of a word it will give you the
grammatical information about it, maashaa Allah. Now that's beneficial
entertainment we can all happily indulge in bi idhn Illah ta'ala! And
lastly in my promo for this application (ha ha ha!), it has a feature
where you can see the du'a from the Qur'aan - beautiful, wal
hamdul'Illahi Rabbil aal ameen!
We will be tapping in to Umm Mujaahid's class, Making the Most of Ramadhaan
whenever we can inshaa Allah. We are also planning to use the
interactive Qur'aanic Arabic Quiz Programme, www.80percentwords.com
These things, along with our goal to complete the recitation of the
complete Qur'aan over the month, will be our plan for Ramadhaan 1436 bi
idhn Illah ta'ala.
We seek Allah's success for our
family, your family, and our whole ummah in reaching and exceeding our
goals this Ramadhaan - ameen!
Subhaanaka wa bihamdika laa ilaaha ilaa ant, astaghfirukah wa atoobu ilayk.
A family with a mission: to escape the fitna (trials) of this worldly life by getting away from it all and living according to Allah's Perfect Decree to the best of our ability; to heal the earth through our most perfect examples in the Qur'an and the Sunnah, which in turn heals ourselves; and to teach others how to do the same, and give them a place to go where Islam can be lived and a life of worship enjoyed, in shaa Allah.
Friday, June 5, 2015
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