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From 4am walk to 8.30pm food: Here's the daily schedule slain ISIS terrorist Saifullah used to follow before being killed in Lucknow encounter

The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) Gunned Down ISIS Terrorist Saifullah In 12–hour Encounter In The Early Morning Hours Of Wednesday.

News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Gautam Lalotra | Updated on: 08 Mar 2017, 04:07:09 PM
ISIS terrorist Saifullah - File Photo

New Delhi:

The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) gunned down ISIS terrorist Saifullah in 12–hour encounter in the early morning hours of Wednesday. As per the last reports coming on the encounter, the UP ATS had arrested 6 out of 13 ISIS terrorists, while six are still on the run. 

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) teams rushed to Bhopal and Lucknow to dots the link of ISIS terror module. The teams would also probe Bhopal-Ujjain train blast in the backdrop of Lucknow terror operations. It will interrogate the nabbed terrorists from Pipariya.

Details emerging in the aftermath of Tuesday's encounter in Lucknow’s Thakurganj reveal that the suspect named Saifullah was a devout member of the Kanpur-Lucknow unit of IS's Khorasan module. 

When the UP ATS sleuths stormed the Thakurganj hideout of Saifullah after hours of gunfight, they were shocked to know that the operative was heavily-armed with a clear set of guidelines laid out for an active member of such groups. 

Here are insights into the daily routine followed by slain terrorist Saifullah, from a document recovered by the UP ATS from the house in which he was holed up during the 12- hour long encounter.

 

Also Read:  Findings of Lucknow terror encounter explain ISIS' long-lived 'Khorasan dream' in India


Also Read: Are ISIS sleeper cells increasing in India? Suspected terrorists nabbed in Hoshangabad, Kanpur, Lucknow had 'some big plans', say reports

Below are some pictures from the site at Lucknow’s Thakurganj which saw the encounter unfold between Saifullah and the UP ATS squad

Normal Routine
Normal Routine

4:00 AM - 7:45 AM: Wake Up

Tahajjud (Night Prayer)

Fajr Salah - The Fajr prayer is the 2ND obligatory prayer of the five daily prayers offered by practising Muslims.

Walk

Excercise

8:00 AM : Breakfast, Lectures


9:15 AM: Recitation, Hifz, Nazirah


12:30 PM: Zuhr Salat - The Zuhr prayer is the prayer after midday. It has been said that the name Dhuhr was given to this prayer because it falls halfway between two daily prayers

Food

Quailula

4:00 pm: Asr Salah - The Asr prayer is the afternoon daily prayer recited by practising Muslims. It is the third of the five daily prayers

Tafseer - The word tafsīr is derived from the Arabic root, F-S-R which means to explain, to expound, to disclose

Hadees

6:00 PM: Maghrib Salah - The Maghrib prayer prayed just after sunset, is the fourth of five formal daily prayers (salat) performed by practising Muslims.

8:00 PM: Food

Routine while Fasting
Routine while Fasting

4:00 AM: Wake Up

Tahajjud (Night Prayer) - also known as the "night prayer", is a voluntary prayer performed by followers of Islam.

Sehri - Suhūr is an Islamic term referring to the meal consumed early in the morning by Muslims before fasting, sawm, before dawn during or outside the Islamic month of Ramadan.


Fajr Salah - The Fajr prayer is the 2ND obligatory prayer of the five daily prayers offered by practising Muslims.

Small Break

6:45 AM: Lecture

8:00 AM: Hifz, Nazirah

12:30 AM: Zuhr Salah - The Zuhr prayer is the prayer after midday. It has been said that the name Dhuhr was given to this prayer because it falls halfway between two daily prayers

Tafsir - The word tafsīr is derived from the Arabic root, F-S-R which means to explain, to expound, to disclose

Hadees - Collection of sayings and deeds of Prophet Muhammad

3:55: Food Preparation

4:00 PM: Asr Salat - The Asr prayer is the afternoon daily prayer recited by practising Muslims. It is the third of the five daily prayers

Fiqh - The theory or philosophy of Islamic law, based on the teachings of the Koran and the traditions of the Prophet.

7:00 PM: Maghrib Salat - The Maghrib prayer prayed just after sunset, is the fourth of five formal daily prayers (salat) performed by practising Muslims.

Food

8:30 PM: Isha Salah - The Isha prayer is the night-time daily prayer recited by practising Muslims. It is the fifth of the five daily prayers

Speech / Planning

Lucknow Terror Encounter
Lucknow Terror Encounter

Lucknow Terror Encounter
Lucknow Terror Encounter

Lucknow Terror Encounter
Lucknow Terror Encounter

Lucknow Terror Encounter
Lucknow Terror Encounter

Lucknow Terror Encounter
Lucknow Terror Encounter

Lucknow Terror Encounter
Lucknow Terror Encounter

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First Published : 08 Mar 2017, 01:46:00 PM

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