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I Was Taken Up To The Sky

Glory to (God) Who did take His servant for a Journey by night from the Sacred Mosque to the farthest Mosque, whose precincts We did bless, - in order that We might show him some of Our Signs: for He is the One Who heareth and seeth (all things). 17/1

It was the year 2005. One of my relative gave me a unique digital tasbih (counter) from Mecca. I do have a counter but it is noisy when I click it to count.

Asking Allah to bless upon Prophet Muhammad (saw) had been very beneficial to believers. It is known as "salawat" or "darood". However, repeating the same words could become a bored activity. There are hadith which propose 1000 daroods upon the Prophet.

Some opinionated  40000 daroods before a person reaches the age of 40. Forty is the age when our beloved Prophet was given prophet hood as he received the first five verses of the Al- Quran.

Back in 2005 I got a project in building management which is located 30 over kilometers in the East,I had to leave from home exactly at 0630 hours to reach there. It became a bored journey after a while. 

 I realized that I could use that time usefully. I took the digital counter with me the following day. I made a resolution that I would say "salawat" on Prophet Muhammad (saw) 1000 times before I reach my destination. I did it every day. 

 The counter was easy to hide in my palm. And I asked blessing upon Prophet in my heart.

I immediately wrote down the 1000 salawat as 1K on my calendar when I returned home. I wished to see the growth of my salawat. I have not carried out this deed in this magnitude. And I did not want to give up.

To my astonishment the calendar was filled with records: 1K all over the dates. The salawat reached 39K,50K,60K and it reached 100K. I could not believe myself. 

 I was able to carry out saying my salawats on Prophet with ease.

I was delighted when my records of salawat reached to 100K I was delighted. It was like depositing so much money in your bank. Then something happen…..[ Part 2 ]















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