Schedule for the Halqahs [learning sessions] of the weekly Ijtima’ (overseas), 12 November 2020

1.  Short Bayan on different topics: 5 minutes

2.  Memorising Du’a: 5 minutes

3.  Fikr-e-Madinah: 5 minutes

4.  Total duration: 15 minutes

Remaining etiquettes of sitting down

*   After performing Salat-ul-Fajr, the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would remain seated cross-legged until the sun had risen considerably. (Abu Dawood, vol. 4, p. 345, Hadees 4850)

*   It is stated on page 67 of volume 1 of Jami’ Karamat-e-Awliya that Imam Yusuf Nabhaani رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه would sit upon his calves (as we sit during Tashahhud in Salah).

*   To sit upon one’s calves is virtuous even besides Salah. (Mirat-ul-Manajih, vol. 8, p. 90)

*   The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would normally sit facing the Qiblah. (Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 2, p. 449)

*   The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘The most noble of all gatherings is that in which people face the Qiblah.’ (Mu’jam-e-Awsat, vol. 6, p. 161, Hadees 8361)

*   Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah Bin Umar رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُما would often sit facing the Qiblah. (Maqasid-e-Hasanah, p. 88)

*   During a Bayan or whilst teaching, it is Sunnah for a Muballigh or teacher to sit with their back to the Qiblah, such that those who are learning from them are facing the Qiblah. ‘Allamah Haafiz Sakhawi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states, ‘The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would turn his back towards the Qiblah such that those he was teaching and sermonizing would be facing the Qiblah.’ (Maqasid-e-Hasanah, p. 88)