What the 27th night of Ramadan looks like in Alexandria…

Assalamu Alaikum.

[As soon as I complained about my visitor traffic decreasing, it proceeded to dip down even further. Alhamdulillah, it’s a good thing that I have a sense of humour…]

Remember the 27th night of Ramadan? It’s usually the night that everyone arrives at the masjid.

Sometimes, thousands of people show up at one masjid* leaving us with eye-popping scenes like this:

[*That masjid happened to be Al-Qaid Ibrahim Masjid in Alexandria, Egypt.]

Subhan Allah, it’s amazing stuff (although I wondered about the fiqh of praying behind moving taxis, but that’s just me).

“He it is Who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to make it victorious over all (other) religions even though the Mushrikoon (polytheists, pagans, idolaters, and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah and in His Messenger Muhammad) hate (it).” [Surah As-Saff (61) : 9]