The title of my post ‘Daily Routine of a Madrasa Student’ is based on the very first chapter of an Arabic Reader written by Ali Miyan Sb Marhoom, perhaps the greatest personality among Nadvis, i.e. who have passed out of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulema at Lucknow. A number of textbooks written by the Hasani Family constitute the curriculum of Nadwa and Nadwa branches including other Islamic seminaries of the subcontinent and even in some institutions outside India. (daily routine)
كيْفَ أقضي يَوْمِي
أَنَامُ مُبَشِّرًا فِي اللَّيْلِ وَأَقُومُ مُبَشِّراً فِي الصَّبَاحِ ، أَسْتَيْقِظُ عَلَى اسْمِ اللَّهِ وَذِكْرِهِ ، أَسْتَعِدُّ لِلصَّلَاةِ ثُمَّ أَذْهَبُ مَعَ وَالِدِي إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ، وَالْمَسْجِدُ قَرِيبٌ مِنْ بَيْتِي ، فَأَتَوَضَّأَ وَأُصَلِّي مَعَ الْجَمَاعَةِ ، وَأَرْجِعُ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ وَأَتْلُو شَيْئًا مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ الْكَرِيمِ ، ثُمَّ أَخْرُجُ إِلَى الْبُسْتَانِ وَأَجْرِي ، ثُمَّ أَرْجِعُ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ فَأَشْرَبُ اللَّبَنَ وَأَسْتَعِدُّ لِلذَّهَابِ إِلَى المَدْرَسَةِ ، وَأَفْطِرُ إِذَا كَانَتْ أَيَّامُ الصَّيْفِ ، وَأَتَغَدَّى إِذَا كَانَتْ أَيَّامُ الشَّتَاءِ ، وَأَصِلُ إِلَى الْمَدْرَسَةِ فِي الْمِيْعَادِ .
وَأَمْكُثُ فِي الْمَدْرَسَةِ سِتَّ سَاعَاتٍ ، وَأَسْمَعُ الدُّرُوسَ بِنَشَاطٍ
وَرَغْبَةٍ ، وَأَجْلِسُ بِأَدَبٍ وَسَكِيَّنَةٍ ، حَتَّى إِذَا انْتَهَى الْوَقْتُ وَضُرِبَ الْجَرَسُ خَرَجْتُ مِنَ الْمَدْرَسَةِ وَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ .
وَلَا أَقْرَأُ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ إِلَى الْمَغْرِبِ ، وَفِي بَعْضِ الأَيَّامِ أَمْكُثُ فِي الْبَيْتِ ، وَفِي بَعْضِ الأَيَّامِ أَذْهَبُ إِلَى السُّوْقِ وَأَشْتَرِي حَوَائِجَ الْبَيْتِ (۲) ، وَفِي بَعْضِ الأَيَّامَ أَخْرُجُ مَعَ أَبِي أَوْ أَخِي إِلَى بَعْضِ الأَقَارِبِ ، أَوْ أَلْعَبُ مَعَ إِخْوَتِي وَأَصْدِقَائِي .
وَأَتَعَشَى مَعَ وَالِدِي وَإِخْوَتِي وَأَحْفَظُ دُرُوسِي ، وَأَطَالِعُ (۳) لِلْغَدِ وَأَسْتَعِدُ لِلدَّرْسِ ، وَأَكْتُبُ مَا يَأْمُرُ بِهِ الْمُعَلِّمُ ، وَأَصَلَّيْ الْعِشَاءَ وَأَقْرَأُ قَلِيْلًا ، ثُمَّ أَنَامُ عَلَى اسْمِ اللَّهِ وَذِكْرِهِ .
تِلْكَ عَادَتِي كُلَّ يَوْمٍ لَا أُخَالِفُهَا ، وَأَقُومُ مُبَشِّراً يَوْمَ الْعُطْلَةِ أَيْضَاً ، وَأُصَلِّي مَعَ الْجَمَاعَةِ وَأَتْلُو الْقُرْآنَ ، وَأَقْضِي الْيَوْمَ فِي مُطَالَعَةِ كِتَابٍ وَمُحَادَثَةٍ مَعَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي وَإِخْوَتِي ، وَفِي زِيَارَةِ قَرِيْبٍ أَوْ عِيَادَةِ مَرِيْضٍ ، وَأَمْكُثُ أَحْيَاناً فِي البَيْتِ ، وَأَخْرُجُ أَحْيَانَا إِلَى الْخَارِجِ .
My Daily Routine
I go to bed early at night and wake up early in the morning. I wake up remembering God and His name. I prepare for prayer. Then I go with my father to the mosque. The mosque is close to my house. I perform ablution and pray with the congregation. Then I return home and recite some verses from the Holy Quran. After that, I go out to the garden and run. Then I return home, drink milk, and get ready to go to school. I have breakfast if it’s summer, and lunch if it’s winter. I arrive at school on time.
I stay at school for six hours, listening to the lessons attentively and eagerly. I sit politely and calmly until the time is up and the bell rings. Then I leave school and return home. I don’t read after the afternoon prayer until sunset. On some days, I stay at home, and on other days, I go to the market and buy household necessities. On some days, I go out with my father or brother to visit some relatives, or I play with my siblings and friends.
I have dinner with my parents and siblings, and I memorize my lessons, and I review for the next day and prepare for class. I write down what the teacher instructs, and I pray the evening prayer and read a little, then I go to sleep in the name of God and with His remembrance. That’s my daily routine, and I never deviate from it. I wake up early on the weekend too, pray with the congregation, and recite the Quran. I spend the day reading a book, talking with my parents and siblings, visiting a relative, or visiting someone who is sick. Sometimes I stay home, and sometimes I go out. (daily routine)
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