2012-01-14

FIVE YEARS AS A MUSLIM


FOR THE ENGLISH READER:
The day before yesterday, exactly, 12/1 2012, I had been a Muslim for five years, which among other things means the following:
2 times I have travelled to Makah in Saudi Arabia making Hajj, the pilgrimage.
28 times I have walked around The Kaba in The Holy Mosque in Makah. As many times as that walked between the mountaintops of Safa and Marwah in The Holy Mosque in Makah.
260 times I have attended the for the Muslim obligatory Friday prayer.
1825 mornings, approx. between 02.30-05.30 AM, I have risen from my bed to do the Morning Prayer, Fadjr.
9125 times I have attended the obligatory (Fard) prayers. (Five obligatory prayers every day)
31.025 times I have been reading "The Al Fatiha", the ingress of The Holy Coran (Surat 1), as many times I also performed a "raka", the first position in the prayer sequence.
62.050 times I have in obligatory prayer put my forehead to the ground and prayed to Allah.
23.725 times (by broad measurement) I also performed a "raka" in mandatory prayer (Sunna), and also read "The Al Fatiha" as many times.
47.450 I have in mandatory prayer put my forehead to the ground and prayed to Allah.

Fard and Sunna (Together):
54.750 times I have performed a "raka" and at the same time been reading "The Al Fatiha".
109.500 I have in prayer put my forehead to the ground and prayed to Allah.
Fasting:
150 days I have been fasting during Ramadan
300 days (by broad measurement) I have been fasting mandatory. Mondays, Thursdays etc.

Allah is Great - Allahu Akbar

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