RAMADAN IS COMMING The month of Ramadan is the month in which the Quran was sent down, a guidance for the people, and clear verses of guidance and criterion. [Quran: Chapter 2, 183] Now it is essential that we take as much advantage as possible from this month. Nabi Peace be upon him cursed those people who when the Month of Ramadhan arrived do not take full advantage of it. How you spend your Ramadhan has a direct correlation on its acceptance and the impact it makes on the rest of your life. For example many of us see Ramadhan as fasting and that is it. We still don’t pray our salah or recite the Quran. Where as others will pull out the stops to attend every taraweeh salah but miss out on all ther farz salahs. The pious predecessors have said that the best way one can judge how well their months of Ramadhan has gone is by looking at the effect of the Ibaadat after Eid. If a person goes back to their evil ways straight away then how much acceptance of his/her deeds was there? Whereas if month refrains from sins for months then this month has had a very positive impact. The most luckiest amongst us are those that do not go back to sin for 11 months and then the month of Ramadhan returns to recharge the batteries. It is appropriate that every Muslim should receive the blessed month of Ramadan with repentance, sincerity, resoluteness and earnestness. He/she should make the intention to perform extra acts of devotion and worship therein, including the Night Prayer (qiyam), recitation of Quran, and abundant charity to the poor and needy. On the authority of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), used to say the following when the month of Rajab began. Oh Allah! Bless us in Rajab and Sha`ban, and bring us, oh Allah, to Ramadan. [Narrated by Tabarani and Ahmad] The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) addressed his companions on the last day of Sha`ban, saying, Oh people! A great month has come over you; a blessed month; a month in which is a night better than a thousand months; month in which Allah has made it compulsory upon you to fast by day, and voluntary to pray by night. Whoever draws nearer (to Allah) by performing any of the (optional) good deeds in (this month) shall receive the same reward as performing an obligatory deed at any other time, and whoever discharges an obligatory deed in (this month) shall receive the reward of performing seventy obligations at any other time. It is the month of patience, and the reward of patience is Heaven. It is the month of charity, and a month in which a believers sustenance is increased. Whoever gives food to a fasting person to break his fast, shall have his sins forgiven, and he will be saved from the Fire of Hell, and he shall have the same reward as the fasting person, without his reward being diminished at all. [Narrated by Ibn Khuzaymah] In another hadith, the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) says, Ramadan has come to you. (It is) a month of blessing, in which Allah covers you with blessing, for He sends down Mercy, decreases sins and answers prayers. In it, Allah looks at your competition (in good deeds), and boasts about you to His angels. So show Allah goodness from yourselves, for the unfortunate one is he who is deprived in (this month) of the mercy of Allah, the Mighty, the Exalted. [Narrated by Tabarani] The month of Ramadan has excellences over the other months, as is testified to by the Quran and Sunnah, and out of these we will bring to attention the following virtues: 1. It is the month of the Quran, with regards to revelation and study. (The month of Ramadan is that in which was revealed the Quran. [Quran, 2:185]). On the authority of Ibn `Abbas: Angel Gabriel used to meet the Prophet every night in Ramadan and used to study Quran with him. 2. It is the month of seclusion. Ibn `Umar said, The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) used to seclude himself for the last ten days of the month of Ramadan. 3. It is the month of generosity. Ibn `Abbas said, The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) used to be at his most generous in Ramadan. 4. It is the month of standing (in voluntary night prayer). On the authority of Abu Hurayrah: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, Whoever stands (in voluntary night prayer) during Ramadan, with faith and in expectancy of reward, his previous sins are forgiven him. 5. It is the month of the compulsory fast, because of Allahs saying, So, whoever among you witnesses the month should fast. [Quran, 2:185] A terrible error prevalent among people is to talk about Ramadan just as they talk about the obligation of fasting, as if Ramadan and fasting are synonymous, each carrying the meaning of the other and not anything more nor less. Yet, fasting is one of many acts of worship in Ramadan. Many reports have been narrated from the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) explaining the distinction of Ramadan, of which we have selected the following. The month of Ramadan has come to you; a month of goodness and blessing. [Ibn Khuzaymah] The Master of the Months is Ramadan, and the Master of the days is Friday. [Ibn Khuzaymah] Whoever fasted Ramadan with faith and in expectancy of reward, his previous sins are forgiven him. [Bukhari and Muslim] When Ramadan comes, the gates of Heaven are opened, the gates of Hell are closed, and the devils are chained. And in a narration from Nasai, the following words are added: and a caller calls out every night: Oh seeker of Good, draw near! Oh seeker of Evil, desist! May Allah SWT give us the strength to do as much Ibaadat as possible and may Allah SWT grant acceptance to all our efforts. Assalamo Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatahu
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:44:24 +0000
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