This 9th morning of Ramadan 2021,
While eating our Suhoor / Pre-Dawn meal before beginning the day’s Fast,
We listened to Qur’an Recitation by Qari Shaikh Mohamed Abdel Aziz
Livestreamed by the Islamic Institute of Toronto.
Afterwards,
IIT then Livestreams a separate Video recording of Adhan Al Fajr,
The Call to Morning Prayer.
The daily Livestream Video of IIT’s Morning Call to Prayer is not exactly timed to the minute when Dawn begins and we are to stop eating Suhoor and begin our Fast.
Somehow I was expecting that.
What I wasn’t expecting was SNOW.
Fajr time and it is Snowing in the Toronto Metropolitan Area.
اللَّهُمَّ اغْسِلْ خَطَايَاىَ بِمَاءِ الثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ، وَنَقِّ قَلْبِي مِنَ الْخَطَايَا، كَمَا يُنَقَّى الثَّوْبُ الأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ، وَبَاعِدْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ خَطَايَاىَ كَمَا بَاعَدْتَ بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ
” O Allah !
Wash away my sins with the water of snow and hail,
and cleanse my heart from the sins as a white garment is cleansed of filth,
and let there be a far away distance between me and my sins
as
You have set far away the East and the West from each other. “
( Bukhārī 6375 )
