RESPONSIBILITIES OF IMAAM As the month of Ramadhaan ends, many of our Huffaz (plural of Hafiz) were selected to lead the people in Taraweeh salaah. They were appointed as the Imaams to enable the people to perform the special Ibadah of Taraweeh salaah. According to the Ahadith the Imaam enjoys a superior status. It is reported in a Hadith that the Imaam who performs salaah in such a manner that the congregation is pleased will have a mount of musk on the day of Qiyamat (Tirmizi vol.2, pg.84). Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) also made dua for the hidayat (guidance) of the Imaams (Tirmizi vol.1, pg.51). This is indeed an honour – but more than that it is a tremendous responsibility. Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) is reported to have said: “The Imaam is responsible (Haakim).”If the Imaam performs the salaah correctly, the salaah of the congregation will likewise be correct. If the Imaam is negligent, he will bear the burden of the deficiency that occurred in the salaah of the entire congregation due to his negligence. The Imaam should also be an Imaam in the Musjid while leading the salaah, as well as conduct himself as an Imaam when out of the Musjid. This applies even though you may just be an Imaam for the Taraweeh salaah only. This is a very difficult time for our young Huffaz. Sacrifices like forfeiting sleep, various recreation activities, social gatherings and outings, attachment to the mobiles phones, reading books – the list is endless, to lead us in Taraweeh and Tahujjud. Spending their fasting hours revising and preparing to help us to fulfil the great responsibility and the Sunnah in this mubaarak month. Leading Taraweeh prayer is a great responsibility and requires a lot of preparation and dedication. Students understand their responsibility, striving to do the best job possible to ensure the spiritual benefit of the community. This year our students were leading multiple Taraweeh jamaats in many different locations, completing multiple Qur'ans, in multiple places. And another Qur'an in Qiyaamul Layl in the last ten nights at Daar Ibn Umar. We are actually supposed to offer maximum respect and honour to these Huffaz, and should be extremely grateful to them for helping us to complete our Ibaadah in this blessed month. Instead of doing that, many of us are making them the targets of our criticisms. Criticising such a person whose status is elevated so high is obviously a grave mistake. It also tantamount to committing the sin of backbiting. To show our gratitude to our honoured Huffaz for their efforts and sacrifices that we benefited from, we are arranging a collection for them as a small gift. We cannot begin to repay them for what they have done for us in this month, but this gift is just a small token of our appreciation. You may contribute to this by clicking the link below. May Allah accept all their Fasting, A'maal, Du'as and sacrifices. And May Allah accept from all those who supported us, and helped us to get to this point. https://diu.themasjidapp.net/donations/1460
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