Assalam Alaikum, this is your host Nosheen and welcome to this
weeks episode of Journey to Jenna where I'll be explaining
everything you need to know about the Hajj.
I'll be starting off with why the Hajj is such a great prayer
to pray, the benefits of it, some the 100 success stories
that were submitted to me via Instagram, and finally how to
pray. Just to disclaimer, I'm not a
scholar nor do I claim to be. Everything I say comes from
credible sources. If anything I say does happen to
be incorrect, please reach out on Instagram so I can fix it.
I never want to give out any information that's wrong.
To start off, the Hajud is a prayer outside of the five
obligatory prayers and you pray it in the last third of the
night. It was narrated from Abuhu
Rajara, the Allahu on hand that the Messenger of Allah subhanahu
Matalah said our Lord, may he be blessed and exalted, comes down
to the lowest heaven every night when the last third of the night
is left and he asks or he says, who will call upon me that I may
answer him, who will ask of me that I may give him, who will
ask me for forgiveness that I may forgive him.
Basically from this hadith we can deduce that this it
generally does get accepted by Allah.
And I asked on Instagram for people to give me their the Hajj
success stories and I picked a few to go over.
Before I go over these stories Please remember to say
Allahabadic at the good that alas one and matata has placed
on their lives. So I did see a trend in everyone
who responded. They all had one thing in common
that after they paid the Hajj it just made their day so much
better. Like there was just so much more
baraka in their day. One girl said I paid the 100th
for about two weeks in a row and I noticed so much difference in
my day, like I was at peace during the day.
Considering I have anxiety disorder and I'm an overthinker,
my days in uni were just so peaceful and the day-to-day sins
such as free mixing were becoming easier to avoid and to
let go. Generally there was a lot of
Baraka in my day, so if you just have a lot of anxiety or you
overthink a lot throughout the day, this is definitely
something that would help you just prank the Hajooth because
like I know personally has helped me too with my
overthinking, another person said.
University ended and I was getting anxious about my career
so I started to prank the Hajooth and landed a great job
shortly after. At the time I was also saving up
for a decent laptop because my old one was extremely beaten up
and somehow I was awarded 1 from my university.
That was worth twice how much I had saved up.
Well Lahi, ever since I tried to be regular, even with a four
hour sleep schedule. I love Marik.
Wow, like you can just see this person.
Like they realized the power of the HUD youth after they prayed
it and you know, after the dua was accepted.
And just like seeing how they started to try to make it a
regular thing even if they aren't getting enough sleep.
My next story. I wasn't sure what I wanted to
do with my career for the longest time, but I started
doing estajara and looking into different fields.
Through estajara I found my passion.
I found a major I really liked, but I prayed the hajud because I
wasn't sure what to do with my major or ways to help others
with it. So one morning I prayed it to
renew my intentions. Basically my intentions were to
help Muslims in my field. I kid you not.
A few hours later I had a meeting and was presented with a
research opportunity to look at Muslim experience in my career
field for diversity related research.
And now I'm working towards that Allah Mubarak.
Let's just say that collectively right now, just like seeing all
these success stories and seeing how prank the Hajjud has given
them new opportunities in their lives.
It's just it's so beautiful. And to those of you who decided
to Share your story, thank you. I'm so happy for all of you.
May Allah grant you even more in this life.
And the next one thing I do want to mention is that some people
say that they haven't experienced the success of the
hajutiya even after praying it. But remember what is meant for
you will come to you. If something is good for you,
Allah subhanahu matala will give it to you when you're making dua
after the hajju. If it's something that is very
specific, say in words like if it's If this thing that I want
is good for me, please yeah, Allah, grant me it.
But if it's bad for me, please don't grant me it.
Allah subhanahu matala knows what is truly good for us and
what is truly bad for us. We don't.
We may think we do. They may think something is good
for us, but it ends up being bad and vice versa.
We may think something is bad for us, but it ends up being
good. Alyssa Bahanu Matala is most
likely protecting you from things that you don't even know
you need protection from when sometimes your duas aren't
answered, so please do keep that in mind.
Going back to the wording of the dua again, it's very important.
Be mindful of how you ask for whatever it is that you want and
of course the had you. There's also a great time to let
your heart out and let Allah know how you feel.
Well lie will lie, will lie. I cannot stress this enough.
The feeling of just waking up that late at night and prank the
had you and then telling Allah everything that is weighing my
heart down. It's just like, well, I I can't
describe the feeling like it's so freeing and I feel like I can
truly move on from a situation from or for something that has
happened in my life after I prayed the Hudju.
Like knowing that your Lord knows creates a different kind
of peace that I never knew I was going to be able to experience.
Like of course I know Allah knows everything that is
happening. But just like actually telling
him in my dua after the hudju has such a different feel.
And I think that if any of you is struggling to move on from
something that has happened in your life, you should definitely
do this. I promise.
It helps. The hurt, the pain, everything.
It just washes away and it in a way feels like cleansing my
heart. I don't know how to fully
describe it. This also covers asking for
forgiveness after the hajud. I feel like it has the same
feeling. I don't know why, but I feel
like asking for forgiveness after regular prayers is like a
preface for me. And then asking for forgiveness
after the haju is like my final prayer before I move on from
that situation. And I'm actually able to forgive
myself for the sin that I've committed.
And I actually feel like Allah has forgiven me for it as well.
I tend to be really hard on myself when it comes to sins
that I've committed and I found that this really helps.
So if you're in the same situation that I'm in, maybe try
this out. I also have an episode on
forgiving yourself, so if you want to check that out.
Forgiving myself is something that I've been really mindful of
lately or I've been trying to be mindful of and asking for
forgiveness during the HUD Truth has just really helped in that.
Now on to the question, how do we actually pray the HUD truth?
So First off, in your heart to wake up for the HUD truth.
If you guys want to try it out, it really works.
So after you wake up, make kudu, get your paramount out, make
sure you're clean and the air you're praying in is clean.
And then right before you pray, purify your intention.
Decide why you're praying for hajid.
Is it more for Ibada to Allah, subhanahu matala to praise him?
To thank him? Or is it to ask for his
forgiveness for any sins that you've committed to let the hurt
in your heart out? Is it to ask for something for a
job? Opportunity, for help?
Whatever it is, you need to have a definitive Y and then also
decide how many records you're going to pray.
So it could be two or eight or 11, how many your heart desires?
The Prophet Sallahu wasallam would pray either 11 or 13
rockets total, which would include wither.
So the now fill prayers broken down into either sets of two
rockets or sets of four rockets and then three rockets of
wither. So you definitely have some
flexibility and how much you pray.
Whatever feels right in your heart, pray that amount.
The minimum to pray is 2 rockets and honestly you can pray as
many rockets as you want. The more you pray, the more
reward. And after you've prayed however
many rockets you intended to pray, sit down on your prayer
mat and make the wall. This is where you ask a lot of
what you want. Ask for His forgiveness for him
to bring you closer to your Dean where you glorify him.
Thank Him for everything he's done for you.
This is where you pour your heart out to your rub.
This is the time when Allah is in the lowest heavens.
This is the time Allah is closest to you.
Don't hurry your dua, don't end it just because.
Make it last 30 minutes if you want to.
Just sitting there talking to Allah, asking for forgiveness,
talking to Him about whatever it is that your heart desires.
This time is just for you and your rub.
Forget everything else. Late nights with your Lord will
bring you ultimate peace, and I hope that each and every single
one of you are able to experience this peace.
I've given you all the information that I have and
we've reached the end of this episode.
I hope all of you have taken beneficial knowledge away from
this and that you choose to pray that Jude.
After listening to this, may Allah bless all of your
beautiful souls and with that Assalam Alaikum.