Ramadan 2011 Schedule: An Organized Ramadan

I have been planning for Ramadan every year since 2009 (Ramadan 2009). I made one in 2010 and now I here with 2011. Ever since I started writing schedule, my Ramadan suddenly became more product and little guilt free. In 2009 I challenged myself to limits and since them Alhamdulliah it gone in great direction Alhamdullaih Wa Shukrulliah.

From this year I decided to give every Ramadan a theme and achieve that goal in walks of life. This year my theme will be on organizing everything I do. I started a program called AHAD (A Hadith A Day) during Ramadan, that reach many readers Alhamdulliah. From this year I will make more organized and focus to gain best benefits of it.

I pray Allah SWT to grant me a right direction and guide me to a path of his successful slaves and make me among one here and hereafter. Ameen summa Ameen.

Self Targets

• Complete Quraan 2 times ( I did it one time in tough times Alhamdulliah)
• AHAD Organized effort and First try for Audio and Video AHAD
• Organized Qiyam E Lail ( traveeh start to end with Khushu)
• Charity Focus
• Search for Lailatul Qadr
• Revise chapters of Quran
• Memorize Medium Chapters
• Plan an Itikaf ( at least a little one when I am home inshallah).
• Memorize Small Dua

Target Related To Groups

• An iftaar for brothers
• Taking care of Musallah
• Daily Hadith at Asr
• Helping brothers for Traveeh
• Information sharing

I truly want to achieve a good results this Ramadan without missing a single opportunity to please Allah SWT and seek his forgiveness. May Allah accept every single effort and give me strength to execute it effectively. Ameen Summa Ameen.

Alhamdulliah I also made a schedule to and execution plan to achieve the desired goal. May Allah SWT help me with this and reward for the intensions.

Execution plan
3:00 AM: wake up
3:10 AM: Pray Tahajud
3.20 AM Eat good Sahar
4.00 AM: Work on AHAD
4.15 AM: Fajr & Quraan
5:00 AM: Sleep and sleep sound Inshallah
7:00 AM: Work on AHAD and Go for a walk
8:30 AM: Get ready for Office and start to move
12:00: Noon: Go to Musallah in office and Read Quran and get ready for Salah
5.30 PM: pray Asar in office
6:30 PM : Go to Musallah and Read Quraan.
7.45 PM: Iftaar and Maghrib
8.00 PM: Go back home and take dinner, talk to mom and read some Quraan.
9.15 PM: Get ready for Isha and Traveeh. Inshallah we will do this collectively.
11.30 PM: Bedddd Timmeee

I need to find a time to take nap in the day. As sleep is too less inshallah would find a way either at Duhr or Asr.

We plan but Allah SWT is the greatest planner of all. I turn to him for best and expect best from him. Ya Allah please accept my every single good deed and reward it multiple times, without your mercy no one can gain success here and hereafter. Make me among successful ones here and hereafter. I seek your forgiveness and protection from Shaitan Rajeem Ameen Ya Rabbul Alameen.

Ramadan 2010: Inshallah a new beginning

Ramadan 2009 was really a memorable one, Alhamdulliah I did my best efforts and almost reached all the targets I set for myself. That time I mainly concentrated on self purification and tazkiya, may Allah accept the tiniest efforts that I made during that and forgive my sins Ameen. I pray for the same for all Muslim Ummah.

As the number of brothers increased this year in Samsung inshallah I will more concentrate on a group activity with other brother and inshallah will also maintain a balance self purification and collective activities.

Self Targets

• Complete reading Quran once


• Memorized and revise the already memorized part of quraan


• Memorize on medium size surah


• A hadith a day program (this inshalah will concentrate on nifaq)


• Be ahead in Charity


• Search for lailatul Qadr


• Increase the prayers and dikrullah


• Ask for lot of prayers and dua to Allah SWT


• Make best use of weekends ( go to Iteawon on all weekends)

Group activity

• Collective Iftar and a Hadith recitation (if this don’t work out inshallah will Spend more time in dikrullah)and work on www.muslims-in-korea.org


• Tarweeh with brother Qasim and summary of it at my home


• Information transfer through muslims-in-korea.org


• Iftar and dinner party of brothers

May Allah make this place more suitable for practicing and also give strength to muslim community to think towards getting a hafid e quraan in coming years.

Execution Plan
2.30 AM: wake up
3:00 AM: Pray Tahajud
3.15 AM Eat good Sahar
4.00 AM: Read and listen some quraan from different sources
4.30 AM: Fajr & Quraan
5:00 AM: Sleep and sleep sound Inshallah
7:00 AM: Get ready and go to office
12:00: Noon: When everyone goes for lunch pray Zohr and take nap.
5.30 PM: pray Asar in office
6:30 PM : Go to a common place where Iftar is to be done, help in making iftar and get ready for maghrib
7.30 PM: Iftaar and Maghrib
8.00 PM: Dinner and go back home, talk to mom and read some quraan.
9.10 PM: get ready for Isha and Traveeh. Inshallah we will do this collectively.
11.00 PM: Gooooo toooo beeedddd

I pray Allah SWT to accept it and make it possible to attain all these and give me strength to follow the schedule. Make best utilization of every second and also forgive me and all muslimeen for their past sins and purify our hearts and souls.

O Allah Grant us hidaya and make this Ramadan a reason for our forgiveness and grant us the best here and hereafter. Ameen.

Ramdan 2009 plans and targets

Ramdan is coming and inshallah I want to make best use of it inshallah. Want to make it a wonderful learning experience and a tension free, holistic progress, Inshallah. I made targets and a rough sketch to achieve them. I may intensify few activities time to time based on mod and inclination.

The most important thing was to set realistic and achievable targets, and also need to maintain the balance between work and religiousness. As I m at the verge of finishing a project and will get some time during first week of Ramadan to wait for test results, inshallah these days I will try to achieve most of my targets.

Because of busy office schedule, I need a systematic effort to make best use of my time resources friends and relatives to revive the religious sprit. As we usually we at the last few days of Ramadan for not making best use of it, lets plan every hour of it and may Allah help us.

I pray Allah SWT to accept my efforts and bless me with strength and guidance to achieve them. Accept and every small effort and grant multiples in ajar and save me from Ria and Shaitan’s Makar. Ameen.

Targets:

1. Month of Quraan, will complete it once atleast.
2. Memorize last Juz for 10 surahs
3. Rememorize the parts of Quraan that I memorized long back
4. All 5 paryers on time with all Sunnah and Nawafil
5. Try to pray maximum traveeh at Seoul central mosque (make a plan with friends)
6. Inshallah will not miss a Tahajud.
7. Read about companions of Prophet SWT, His life (read to all people two years back) in masjid after fajr. And also read Ahadith. Learn about Islam more.
8. Email distribution of prophet sayings under the name called A Hadith A Day (AHAD) at least till I go home (India).
9. Weekly evaluation of targets achieved, will share with some relatives and friend.
10. Will try to motivate youngers and friends and also get inspiration from them. Want to make it a month of competition for good deeds, Inshallah.
11. Charity will be among main targets to achieve more ajar inshallah, will find best ways to spend in way of Allah.
12. Search for Lialatul Qadr will be of atmost importance inshallah.
13. No music (Though I rarely listen to it), No movies ( I never watched a complete movie in years) and no to any stuff that leads to unlawful intension or anger of Allah SWT.
14. Try my best to follow all taraveeh from Haram inshallah.
15. Try to be best Muslim, give time to mom everyday (wont take much time, I know she is busy), to brothers and sisters to motivate them from Ramadan and it activities.
16. Invite friend for Iftaars at home some times.
17. Ask loootttsss off Duaa. (May be every free time), Beg, beg and keep begging to Allah SWT.

Plan:

2.30 AM: wake up
3:00 AM: Pray Tahajud
3.15 AM: Eat Eat and Eat a lot of Sahar
4.00 AM: Listen some quraan from www.haramainrecordings.com/
4.30 AM: Fajr & Quraan
5:00 AM: Enjoy second round of sleep
7:00 AM: get ready and go to office
12:00: Noon: When everyone goes for lunch pray Zohr and take nap.
5:00 PM : Go back home
5.30 PM: pray Asar read a some book or memorize Quraan or take a nap
6.30 PM: Make Iftar, dinner and next day Sahar.
7.30 PM: Iftaar and Maghrib
8.00 PM: talk to mom and read Quraan, memories, Read some book or talk to a friend.
9.30 PM: get ready for Isha and Traveeh. Inshallah we will do this collectively.
11.00 PM: Gooooo toooo beeedddd

Weekend Plan:
This you need to guess ;)

We can just plan and try our best to execute it, and Allah plans better than us. Let me pray to Allah SWT for making things really easy and make them useful on Day of Judgment. Accept every smallest good deed we do and bless us with Aajr here and hereafter, Ameen.