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RAMADHAN : The Month of
Oppurtunity
O you who believe! Observing As-Saum (Fasting) is prescribed for you
as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may attain taqwa
(piety) [Al-Baqarah: 183]
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When the month
of Ramadan starts, the gates of the heaven are opened and
the gates of Hell are closed and the devils are
chained.[Bukhari Volume 3, Book 31, Number 123] |
"Fasting is a
shield and a powerful fortress."
[Ahmad, Baihaqi] |
“All the good
deeds of the son of Adam multiply his reward from ten to
seven hundred times. Allah said: ‘Except for fasting, for it
is for Me and I reward for it.’” |
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Jabir (RA) related that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said,
"In every day and every night, during the month of Ramadan,
there are people to whom Allah grants freedom from the Fire,
and there is for every Muslim a supplication which he can
make and it will be granted". [Ahmad] |
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The Unrestricted Reward
There is a gate in Paradise called Ar-Raiyan, and those who observe
fasts will enter through it on the Day of Resurrection and none
except them will enter through it.
[Bukhari: Volume 3, Book 31, Number 120]
Every servant of Allah who observes fast for a day in the way of
Allah, Allah would remove because of this day, his face farther from
the Fire (of Hell) to the extent of seventy years' distance. [Muslim:
Vol 6, Number 2570]
Allah, the Majestic and the Exalted, said: Every act of the son of
Adam is for him except fasting. It is done for my sake, and I will
give a reward for it. By Allah in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad
[SAW], the breath of the observer of fast is sweeter to Allah than
the fragrance of musk.
[Muslim: Vol 6, Number 2564]
Dua which is not rejected
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said,
"There are three people whose supplications are not rejected. The
fasting person when he breaks the fast, the just ruler and the
supplication of the oppressed". [at-Tirmidhi]
Beneficial actions during this month
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: Allah's Apostle was the most generous of all
the people, and he used to reach the peak in generosity in the month
of Ramadan when Gabriel met him. Gabriel used to meet him every
night of Ramadan to teach him the Qur'an. Allah's Apostle was the
most generous person, even more generous than the strong
uncontrollable wind (in readiness and haste to do charitable deeds)
[Bukhari, Volume 1, Book 1, Number 5]
The Messenger of Allah(SAW) said, ‘Fasting and reciting Qur'an
intercede for the slave on the Day of Resurrection. The fast will
say: O Allah, I prevented him from eating and satiating his lawful
lust, so let me intercede on his behalf; and the Qur'an will say: I
prevented him from sleeping during the night, so let me intercede
for him.’ (Ahmad & Tabaraani)
Abu Umaamah(RA) reports that (SAW) said: “Recite the Quran for
indeed it will come on the Day of Judgment as an intercessor for its
Ashaab (those who read, memorise and implement it)
The people will remain on the right path as long as they hasten the
breaking of the fast [Bukhari: Volume 3, Book 31, Number 178]
Open your fast with dates, if it is not possible with dates then
with water, dates is blessed and water purifies [Tirmidhi (Kitab ul
Zakat) and Abu Dawood (Kitab ul Saum)]
The difference between our fasting and that of the people of the
Book is eating shortly before dawn and the meal is blessed [Muslim: Book 006, No 2412-2413]
There should be a time span of at least fifty verses between our
Suhur and observing of salat [Muslim: Book 006, Number 2415]
To feed a person fasting to open his fast is righteous, the reward
for it is the same as the person fasting while no reward is deducted
from the person fasting [Tirmidhi (Kitab ul Saum)]
The Sahabah asked: “Oh messenger of Allah none of us finds means
wherewith to give food to a fasting man!”
He (SAW) replied: “Allah will bestow this reward on one who gives
food to a fasting man even if it is a sip of milk or a date or a sip
of water. And whosoever gives satisfaction to a man, Allah will give
him a drink from my fountain that will not make him thirsty till he
will enter Paradise. And it is a month of which the beginning is
mercy, the middle is forgiveness and the end is freedom from the
fire. And whosoever makes light the (burden of) his covenanted
slaves therein, Allah will forgive him, and He will make him free
from the fire.” [Mishkat ul Masabih]
Reprehensible acts during this month
Whoever does not give up telling lies and evil actions, Allah is not
in need of his leaving his food and drink (i.e. Allah will not
accept his fasting.) [Bukhari: Volume 3, Book 31, Number 127]
If one of you is fasting, he should avoid quarrelling, and if
somebody should fight or quarrel with him, he should say, 'I am
fasting’ [Bukhari: Volume 3, Book 31, Number 128]
A person who breaks the fast in Ramadan should free a slave or
observe fasts for two (consecutive) months or feed sixty poor
persons [Muslim: Book 006, Number 2461]
Time for repentance
O you who believe! Turn
to Allâh with sincere repentance! It may be that your Lord will
remit from you your sins, and admit you into Gardens under which
rivers flow (Paradise) the Day that Allâh will not disgrace the
Prophet (Muhammad SAW) and those who believe with him, their Light
will run forward before them and with (their Records Books of deeds)
in their right hands they will say: "Our Lord! Keep perfect our
Light for us [and do not put it off till we cross over the Sirât (a
slippery bridge over the Hell) safely] and grant us forgiveness.
Verily, You are Able to do all things" [Al-Tahrim: 8]
Hudhaifah Ibn al-Yaman reported that the Messenger of Allah (SAW)
said, "The evils caused for a man through his family, wealth and
neighbour are expiated by prayer, fasting and charity." [Bukhari and
Muslim]
DUA
Abdullah Ibn Amr Ibn al-Aas also reported that the Messenger of
Allah (SAW) said, "Indeed there is for the fasting person, when he
breaks his fast, a supplication which is not rejected". [Ibn Majah]
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