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06-27-2016, 02:50 AM
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Thousands go for Aitkaf across country
LAHORE: Hundreds of Thousands of believers started observing Aitkaf Sunday before Maghrib prayers in Thousands of mosques across the country.
Aitkaf is observed by worshipping after confining oneself into a small place inside a mosque or in a house (for women) throughout the last 10-days of Ramazan and devoted oneself for a multitude of worships to earn the blessings of Almighty Allah. Aitkaf has been the regular practice (Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and carries a multitude of blessings of the Almighty which are enviable for their cherished reward in the hereafter and deliverance from all sins in this world. Considered as the essence of all worships during Ramazan, Aitkaf this year carries more urgency since the entire Ummah particularly Pakistanis are gripped by a number of crises like loadshedding, drought, dearness, and massacres of in**cent Muslims in different parts of the world etc. While the US-led Nato forces are killing Muslims in Afghanistan, Washington’s protégé, Israel, is mercilessly annihilating unarmed Palestinians in Gaza, Russia and allied countries are bombing on helpless Syrian civilians in their bid to protect tiny mi**rity government of Assad and Myanmar Buddhists have been massacring Muslim mi**rity with equal hate and mercilessness. Muslim blood is callously shed elsewhere in the world including Egypt, Iraq, Kashmir, Myanmar, Sudan etc. These hardships are considered as Almighty’s retribution, for which penitence and deliverance is needed more than ever. Men observe Aitkaf in small cubicles set up by hanging large cloth sheets inside the mosques, whereas women observe it at any corner or quite place in the house which is **t frequented by others. Believers will end Aitkaf and come out of their small sanctuaries after the sighting of Eidul Fitr moon. Mosques in Lahore have been tastefully decorated and places allocated to the worshippers on the first-come-first-served basis because of an ever increasing number of those willing to observe Aitkaf. **rmally the mosques invite requests from the worshippers and the committee allocate the places to them for which special arrangements are made inside the mosques by apportioning small cubicles made by hanging cloth sheets. The worshippers observing Aitkaf spend their time reciting Holy Quran, Nawafil and praying Almighty for showering His blessings on human beings in general and Muslims in particular. Talking to The News, a worshipper said he intended to offer special prayers for the security and solidarity of Pakistani nation and for resolution of all the crises facing its citizens. Under the directives of the district administration, special security measures have been taken at the mosques to ensure safety of the believers in view of the prevailing law and order situation. In view of the security arrangements the mosques have also asked the worshippers to submit their particulars including copy of NIC to the mosque committees. While more security guards have been deployed for guarding the mosques during the night time, majority of the mosques had collected copies of the identity cards and other particulars from the worshippers before allocating them places to observe Aitkaf by apportioning small cubicles made by hanging cloth sheets. These worshippers are provided Sehri and Iftari by their relatives inside the mosques to facilitate them concentrate on their worship. But as part of worship and regular practice during Ramazan, many philanthropists and common citizens send food items for Sehri and Iftari inside local mosques. Large city mosques usually become the centre of Aitkaf where Thousands of worshippers gather for this religious duty. These including the traditional large mosques like Badshahi Masjid, Data Darbar Masjid, Muslim Masjid, Shadman Masjid, Sunehri Masjid Lohari, Masjid Shuhada Mall, Jamia Ashrafia, Jamia Naeemia, Minhajul Quran Mosque Baghdad Town etc. Minhajul Quran Mosque set up an Aitkaf city and its organisers claim that it is the second largest Aitkaf congregation after the holy cities of Makkah and Madina. أكثر... 
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