Mourners around the world attended absentee funeral prayers for slain political chief of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated by Israel on July 31.

Türkiye, Pakistan, Indonesia, Yemen and occupied East Jerusalem were among the places people flocked to honour Haniyeh.

Here are some scenes from the mosques in those countries.

Turkish people have gathered at Ayasofya Grand Mosque in Türkiye’s Istanbul to honour Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated by Israel in Tehran on July 31.

The Hamas political chief’s burial was held in Qatar’s Doha earlier in the day.

Türkiye also declared Friday a day of national mourning.

For the second year in a row, London lit up in Ramadan lights!

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan commented: "It was an honour to be part of the switch on again this year. This dazzling display sends a clear message to the world: London is for everyone and we celebrate our diversity."

“𝑹𝒂𝒋𝒂𝒃 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔; 𝑺𝒉𝒂’𝒃𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒑; 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕."

So let’s prepare ourselves by doing righteous deeds in Rajab, and pay extra attention to making them perfect in Sha‘baan, so that he will be able to do them in a perfect manner in Ramadan.

The scholars refer to this idea in several ways, including the following:

it was said that Rajab is for a person to stop drifting away, Sha‘baan is for striving and sincerity, and Ramadan is for truthfulness and purity.

Rajab is the month of repentance, Sha‘baan is the month of love, and Ramadan is the month of closeness to Allah.

Rajab is the month of sanctity, Sha‘baan is the month of service, and Ramadan is the month of blessing.

Rajab is the month of worship, Sha‘baan is the month of turning away from this world, and Ramadan is the month of increase.

Rajab is the month in which Allah multiplies the reward of good deeds, Sha‘baan is the month of expiating bad deeds, and Ramadan is the month of waiting for gifts and honours.

Rajab is the month of those who are excelling, Sha‘baan is the month of those whose progress is moderate, and Ramadan is the month of the sinners [in which they can mend their ways].

Allahumma balighna Ramadan!

#rajab #shaban #ramadan

Honouring the legacy of the beloved Islamic poet and scholar, Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi, people in Türkiye and across the globe come together in Konya to commemorate the 750th anniversary of his passing.

Corporal Hasan from Türkiye’s Igdir province was part of the Ottoman army’s heavy machine gun team and guarded Jerusalem for 65 years until his death in 1982. The corporal was one of 53 deployed troops entrusted with safeguarding the Al Aqsa Mosque in order to preserve “the honour of Islam” and the “glory of the Ottomans.”

The World War I veteran belonged to the 20th Corps, 36th Battalion, 8th Squadron and never wavered from his promise to his lieutenant to protect Al Aqsa Mosque.

He was one of the rearguard soldiers stationed in Jerusalem — Al Quds in Arabic — by the Ottoman army to prevent pillage and to maintain order and safety.

According to tradition, the victor of a war never treats rearguard troops as war captives in a captured city. So when British troops entered Jerusalem and wanted a small force to stay in the city to avoid a potentially negative public reaction, Corporal Hasan remained.

No Turk had heard of Corporal Hasan until 1972, when Turkish journalist Ilhan Bardakci visited Jerusalem and met with him when the soldier was 90 years old.

The sole remaining guardian told Bardakci: “Only I am left here. Just me, a Corporal Hasan in the grand Quds.”

𝙊𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙬𝙡𝙞𝙙 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙮 𝙎𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙙

Ottoman chronicler Muṣṭafă Selānīki (d1600) reports under the date of Rabi' al-Awwal 996 Hijri (1588CE) that Sultan Murad III issued the following decree on Mawlid:

"Tuesday the twelfth of this month is the night when his Excellence RasulAllah Mohammed ﷺ , leader of all the living beings, source and pride of all existence - peace be upon him- was born, honoured with his visit and enlightened the courtyard of this world. It behoves us to honour him and show our reverence, so let all minarets be illuminated, and let mevlids be recited in mosques, and the nation of sinners cry and wail and ask for his intercession, and let them occupy themselves with the recitation of blessings, praises, and benedictions.

Source: The House of Osman and Prophet Mohammed ﷺ . Research paper by Gottfried Hagen.

#Mawlid #miladunnabi #MawlidunNabi #Milaad #MiladUnNabiMubarak #Mustafa

The Tomb of Jahangir:

Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim ‘Jahangir’ (31 August 1569 – 28 October 1627); ruled from 1605 until his death in 1627. He was the only great Mughal who is not buried in India apart from the founder of Mughal Empire Babur, buried in Kabul.

The emperor was ill, it was suggested by the Royal physicians that to recover from ill health he should visit Kabul and Kashmir. Due to cold weather in Kashmir he decided to move to Lahore. On the way to Lahore he died in the foothills of Kashmir near the town of Rajauri on 28 October 1627. A funeral procession transferred his body from Kashmir and arrived in Lahore on Friday, 12 November 1627. The Dilkusha Garden in which he was buried was a "favourite spot" of Jahangir and his wife Nur Jahan, when they lived in Lahore. His son, the new Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, ordered that a "mausoleum befitting an Emperor" should be built in his father's honour to inter his remains.

His tomb is one of the magnificent example of Mughal art and architecture. There is some controversy who supervised the design, wife of the Emperor Nur Jahan or the son Shah Jahan. Both had very good eye on architectural design. Beautiful precious and semi-precious stones were used to beautify the grave with the ninety nine attributes of Allah are also engraved here.

The tomb suffered a great deal of destruction at the hand of Maharajah Ranjeet Singh who stripped the ornaments off the tomb and sent them to Amritsar in order to decorate a Sikh temple. The tomb was also used as the residence of a Sikh army officer of Spanish origin and Sultan Muhammad Khan, brother of Dost Muhammad khan of Kabul, caused great damage to the mausoleum.

“It was a long career — really long; thank you to everyone who gave me the strength, the adrenaline and the emotion to continue.”

AC Milan’s Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic expressed gratitude towards his supporters as he hung up his boots at the age of 41, after a trophy-laden career playing with some of Europe’s top clubs.

Ibrahimovic announced his immediate retirement from football at the end of an emotional night at San Siro on June 4. The striker was handed a guard of honour by his teammates as he struggled to hold back tears after the match. “The time has come to say goodbye to soccer, but not to you,” he announced

Ibrahimovic scored over 500 goals — including over 62 international goals — in his lengthy career, making him Sweden’s all-time top goal scorer.

But he has struggled with injuries and only made four appearances this season after undergoing a knee operation last year.

Ibrahimovic began his career at Malmo FF in 1999 and left for Ajax Amsterdam in 2001 before embarking on a journey that has included seasons at Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Paris St Germain, Manchester United and Milan.

A man carrying his mother around the Kaaba. May Allah allow us to honour our parents. Ameen!!

#MasjidAlHaram #Tawaf