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Jummah Masjid Awake to the call of Islam The Jummah Masjid of Port Louis has been in the fore to facilitate the Muslim Community of Mauritius in many aspects. After having used radio and TV transmission through weekly talk/sermon and on special events for decades now, it launched its website in 2005 with online video streaming to serve the community worldwide. To keep pace with technological development, today the Jummah Masjid is launching the ‘SMS Service’. Since the beginning of civilization sons of Adam (AS) have been using different means to communicate with each other. However, in this era of globalisation where mobile technology is the norm, people’s demand for readily available fresh and interactive information is on the rise. As such, Jummah Masjid SMS service will:Contribute to the propagation of Islam as taught by the Holy Prophet “Convey (my teachings) to the people even if it were a single sentence.” (Sahih Bukhari) Spread the love for Allah (s.w.t) and his beloved Prophet (PBUH) Facilitate Muslims in accomplishing their daily obligations Inform Muslims of activities of the Jummah Masjid Contribute towards green environment by resorting more to the use of electronic messages

SUBSCRIBE NOW AND BECOME PART OF THIS NOBLE CAUSE BY SENDING

reg to 8786.

Type help and send to 8786 for guidance, For suggestion and comment type sug and send to 8786 

The Jummah Masjid is offering two types of services namely, “Push SMS” and “On Request”. Push SMS is only for ed subscribers and it enables you to:-

On Request will apprise you on:Namaz/Swalaat schedule including Sehri, Iftar and Zawaal

know the monthly visibility of the new moon

Events pertaining to the current month

obtain weekly short Hadiths

Activities of the Jummah Masjid for the current month

get weekly messages from Mufti Ishaaq Qadri

Short Hadith daily

be aware of events for the current Islamic/Hijri month

Current Islamic/Hijri and Gregorian calendar

be informed of monthly program organised by the Jummah Masjid

Conversion of Gregorian to Islamic/Hijri calendar and vice

get breaking news

versa Verses from the holy Quran daily List of deceased persons for the day

 

Halal products, e codes, animals, birds, sea foods,

reg 

 

Type reg send to 8786 to   Type dreg send to 8786 if you do not want to   dreg  De  receive any push SMS from Jummsh Masjid 

ingredients, etc Veg ingredients, e codes and products Halal certified restaurants

 

Definition of some common Islamic Ask question (masla) – Lead time to response will be within one week . and conditions:-

Meaning of muslim names

1. The Jummah Masjid, for the benefit of its and the public in general, has agreed with Emtel, Orange and MTML ( “the operators”) for them to provide SMS Short Code infrastructure to transmit information regarding, inter alia, prayer times and visibility of moon, via SMS. 2. The costs of sending and receiving the SMS messages shall be borne as follows by the subscriber:• For Short Code 8786 (pull SMS system) the tariff is the same tariff as normal SMS. •

For Push SMS system the tariff is as normal sms, pushed by Jummah Masjid to the

Moon birth details More to come You do not have to to get any of the above information. You just have to type the required information and send to 8786. The system will automatically reply to your queries

subscribers (same tariff as normal SMS).

 

3. The subscriber expressly acknowledges and agrees that the tariffs mentioned in paragraph 2 above is subject to change whenever such change is imposed by the operator and/or the ICTA.

5. Both the ed and the “On Request” Subscriber should ensure that sufficient credit is available on his/her mobile phone in order to receive SMS from Jummah Masjid.

4. The subscriber expressly agrees that in no event shall the Jummah Masjid or the operator be liable in damages of any kind whatsoever should the SMS be queued, undelivered or delayed and/or for the contents of the communications transmitted via SMS

6.

The Operator and/or the Jummah Mosque shall not be liable to any third party (whether in contract under statute or otherwise) for: (i) any loss (whether direct or indirect) of profits, revenue, business, anticipated savings, wasted expenditure, or goodwill; or any other consequential or indirect liability, loss or damage, suffered by the subscriber and/or third party and arising from or in connection with this service.

Note: the wordings should be accurate in order to get the correct information. Keywords 

Stand for 

Benefits 

Steps 

Nam 

Namaz 

know the namaz/swalaat schedule, sehri, iftaar and zawaal updated on a daily basis 

Type nam and send to 8786 

evt 

Event 

Event for the current Islamic/HIjri month  

Type evt and send to 8786 

prg 

Program 

Activities organise by the Jummah Masjid for the current month 

Type prg and send to 8786 

had 

Hadith 

short hadith to increase our knowledge updated on a daily basis 

Type had and send to 8786 

dat 

Date 

to get the current Islamic/Hijri date 

Type dat and send to 8786 

qur 

Quran 

short verse to increase our knowledge updated on a daily basis 

Type qur and send to 8786 

Mayat 

Mayat 

list of deceased (mayat) persons for current date 

Type mayat and send to 8786 

hal 

Halal 

Is  to  ensure  that  you  do  not  consume  haraam  or  doubtful  products,  ecodes,  ingredients,  land  &  aquatic  animals,  vegetables,  fruits,  chemicals  substance  or  gas  available on the system on request. 

type hal <product name> and send to 8786  example: hal E471 send to 8786  or hal Sucralose send to 8786 

resto 

Restaurants 

Before entering a restaurant, you will be able to know if it has been certified by the  Jummah Masjid as Halal restaurant  

type resto   and send to  8786  example: resto abcde send to 8786 

def 

Definition 

Definition on some common islamic  like Islam, Prophet, Ghusl, Wudhu, etc 

type def   and send to  8786  example: def islam send to 8786 

Ques 

Question 

If  you  have  any  doubts  or  questions  on  any  matters,  the  Jummah  Masjid  together  with Ulemas and Mufti are available to respond to your queries.  

Type Ques followed by your  questions   example: ques what is Islam and send to  8786 

name 

Name 

Know  meaning  of  muslim  names.  This  will  definitely  help  you  also  when  choosing  name for newborn baby  

Type name   example; name irfaan 

mbr 

Moon birth 

It  is  the  responsibility  of  every  muslim  to  search  for  the  visibility  of  new  moon.  As  such, with the Jummah Masjid moon birth sms service, you will be able to know the  exact time of moon birth 

type mbr and send to 8786 for next moon  birth  type mbr   to know the  birth of the defined month  example; mbr moharram 1431 

convh 

Convertor 

This  service  will  help  you  in  converting  gregorian  date  to  Islamic/hijri.  Know  your  Islamic  birth  date  and  also  you  can  forecast  wedding  date  accordance  with  Islamic  calendar or any events with this service. 

Converting gregorian to Islamic/hijri   calendar Example: convh 14.12.1979 and  send to 8786 

convg 

Convertor 

This  service  will  help  you  in  converting  Islamic/Hijri  date  to  gregorian.  You  can  plan  any  events  in  accordance  with  this  service.For  example,  you  would  like  to  know  on  which  gregorian  date  will  be  Eid  Ul  Adha  next  year.  You  just  have  to  type  convg  10.12.1431, the reply will be 10.12.1431 ==> 16 / 11 / 2010  . This is accurate to +/‐ 1  day due to the visibility of the moon.  

help 

help 

You can get help on any code above by simply type help and send to 8786 

Converting Islamic/Hijri  to Gregorian   calendar Example: convg 24.1.1371 and   send to 8786    Note that the format of the date should be  DD.MM.YYYY  Example 14.12.1979  In case you have forgotten the keywords or  getting any difficulty you just type help and  send to 8786 

It is important to leave one space after the keywords and then input your required query as depicted in the picture below.

 

 

 

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