WHY DO WE FAST????

WHY DO WE FAST????

Praise be to Allah (The One & Only God).

Firstly we must note that one of the names of Allah is al-Hakeem (the Most Wise). The word Hakeem is derived from the same root as hukm (ruling) and hikmah (wisdom). Allah alone is the One Who issues rulings, and His rulings are the most wise and perfect.

Secondly:Allah (The One God) does not prescribe any ruling but there is great wisdom behind it, which we may understand, or our minds may not be guided to understand it. We may know some of it but a great deal is hidden from us.

Thirdly:Allah (The One God) has mentioned the reason and wisdom behind His enjoining of fasting upon us, as He says (interpretation of the meaning):

“O you who believe! Observing As-Sawm (the fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqoon (the pious)” [al-Baqarah 2:183]

Fasting is a means of attaining taqwa (piety, being conscious of Allah), and taqwa means doing that which Allah (The One & Only God) has enjoined and avoiding that which He has forbidden.

Fasting is one of the greatest means of helping a person to fulfill the commands of Islam.

The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) have mentioned some of the reasons why fasting is prescribed, all of which are characteristics of taqwa, but there is nothing wrong with quoting them here, to draw the attention of fasting people to them and make them keen to attain them.

Among the reasons behind fasting are:

1 – Fasting is a means that makes us appreciate and give thanks for pleasures. For fasting means giving up eating, drinking and intercourse, which are among the greatest pleasures. By giving them up for a short time, we begin to appreciate their value. Because the blessings of Allah (The One God) are not recognized, but when you abstain from them, you begin to recognize them, so this motivates you to be grateful for them.

2 – Fasting is a means of giving up haraam (forbidden) things, because if a person can give up halaal (allowed) things in order to please Allah (The One God) and for fear of His painful torment, then he will be more likely to refrain from haraam things. So fasting is a means of avoiding the things that Allah (The One & Only God) has forbidden.

3 – Fasting enables us to control our desires, because when a person is full his desires grow, but if he is hungry then his desire becomes weak. Hence the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “O young men! Whoever among you can afford to get married, let him do so, for it is more effective in lowering the gaze and protecting one’s chastity. Whoever cannot do that, let him fast, for it will be a shield for him.”

4 – Fasting makes us feel compassion and empathy towards the poor, because when the fasting person tastes the pain of hunger for a while, he remembers those who are in this situation all the time, so he will hasten to do acts of kindness to them and show compassion towards them. So fasting is a means of feeling empathy with the poor.

5 – Fasting humiliates and weakens the Shaytaan (Devil); it weakens the effects of his whispers (waswaas) on a person and reduces his sins. That is because the Shaytaan (Devil) “flows through the son of Adam like blood” as the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, but fasting narrows the passages through which the Shaytaan (Devil) flows, so his influence grows less.

Shaykh al-Islam said in Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 25/246

Undoubtedly blood is created from food and drink, so when a person eats and drinks, the passages through which the devils flow – which is the blood – become wide. But if a person fasts, the passages through which the devils flow become narrow, so hearts are motivated to do good deeds, and to give up evil deeds.

6 – The fasting person is training himself to remember that Allah (The One & Only God) is always watching, so he gives up the things that he desires even though he is able to take them, because he knows that Allah can see him.

7 – Fasting means developing an attitude of asceticism towards this world and it’s desires, and seeking that which is with Allah (The One God).

8 – It makes the Muslim get used to doing a great deal of acts of worship, because the fasting person usually does more acts of worship and gets used to that.

These are some of the reasons why fasting is enjoined. We ask Allah (The One God) to help us to achieve them and to worship Him properly.

And Allah (The One & Only God) knows best.

See Tafseer al-Sa’di, p. 116; Ibn al-Qayyim’s footnotes on al-Rawd al-Murabba’, 3/344; al-Mawsoo’ah al-Fiqhiyyah, 28/9

Reaping the opportunities in Ramadan / Lailatul Qadr

 

 

Reaping the opportunities in Ramadan

 

Reaping the opportunities in Ramadan:

The Holy Prophet's (may Allah send His blessing and peace upon him) companions used to say, "Let not the day that you fast and the day that you do not fast be equal." It is important that one's behaviour, attitude and outlook should not be the same on the day that one is fasting and when one is not fasting. There should be a change, as one is trying to worship Allah (The One & Only God) more, so one's fasting should have an effect.

Lesson 1: 
Gaining taqwa (fear of Allah)

Allah (The One God) legislated fasting for gaining taqwa, 

"O you who believe fasting has been prescribed upon you as it has been prescribed upon those before you, so that you may attain taqwa." (Holy Quran Sooratul Baqarah (2):138) 

Tawqa in this case means, to make a shield between oneself and Allah's (The One God's) anger and hellfire. So we should ask ourselves, when we break our fasts, 'Has this fasting day made us fear Allah more ? Has it resulted that we want to protect ourselves from the hellfire ?'

Lesson 2:
Drawing us closer to Allah (The One God)

This is achieved by reciting and reflecting on Al-Qur'an during the night and the day, attending the taraweh prayers, remembering Allah (The One God), sitting in circles of knowledge and for those who can, making umrah. 

The Holy Prophet (may Allah send His blessing and peace upon him) said,"An umrah in the month of Ramadan is equal (in reward) to performing a hajj." (Ahmad & Ibn Majah). 

Also for those who can, making itikaf (seclusion) in the last ten days of Ramadan, so to leave all worldly pursuits and seclude oneself in a mosque just thinking of Allah, this brings us closer to Allah (The One God). 

When one sins, one feels distant from Allah (The One God). That is why one might find it hard to read and reflect on the Holy Qur'an and come to the mosque. However, the obedient worshipper feels closer to Allah and wants to worship Allah (The One God) more, because Allah forgives and is Merciful.

Lesson 3: 
Acquiring patience and strong will

Allah (The One & Only God) has mentioned patience more than seventy times in the Holy Qur'an and has commanded patience in more than sixteen ways in His Book. So when one fasts, and gives up one's food and drink, and one's marital sexual relations for those hours, one learns restraint and patience. This muslim nation needs men and women that are strong willed, who can stand upon the Sunnah and the Book of Allah and not waver in front of the enemies of Allah (The One God). We do not need emotional people, who raise slogans and shout, but when the time comes to stand upon something firm, they cannot do so, they waver.

Lesson 4: 

Striving for ihsan (righteousness & sincerity) 
and staying away from riyaa’ (showing off)

Ihsan means to worship Allah (The One God) as if one sees Him, for if one does not see Him, He sees all. Hasan al-basri said,"By Allah in the last twenty years, I have not said a word or taken something with my hand or refrained to take something with my hand or stepped forward or stepped back, except that I have thought before I have done any action,'Does Allah love this action ? Is Allah pleased with this action ?' " So when one is fasting, one should gain this quality of watching oneself and also staying away from riyah (showing off).

That is why Allah (The One God) said in a qudsi hadith, "..Fasting is for Me and I will reward it.." (Bukhari) Allah singles out fasting from all other types of worship saying, "..Fasting is for Me..", because no one knows whether you are fasting or not, except Allah. For example, when one is praying or giving charity or making tawwaf, one can be seen by the people, so one might do the action seeking the praise of the people.

Sufian at-thawri used to spend the nights and the days crying and the people used to ask him, "Why do you cry, is it due to the fear of Allah ?", he said,'No.', they said,"Is it due to the fear of the hell-fire ?", he said, 'No. It is not the fear of Allah that makes me cry, what makes me cry is that I have been worshiping Allah all these years and doing scholarly teaching, but I am not certain that my intentions are purely for Allah.'

Lesson 5: 
Refinement of manners, especially those
related to truthfulness and discharging trusts.

The Holy Prophet (may Allah send His blessing and peace upon him) said,"Whoever does not abandon falsehood in word and action, then Allah, the Mighty and the Majestic has no need that he should leave his food and drink." (Bukhari) 

And the Holy Prophet (may Allah send His blessing and peace upon him) said,"It may be that a fasting person attains nothing but hunger and thirst from his fast." (Ibn Majah) 

What we learn from this, is that we must pay attention to the purification of our manners. The Holy Prophet (may Allah send His blessing and peace upon him) said,"I was sent to perfect good manners." (Muwatta) So we must check ourselves, are we following the behaviour of the Holy Prophet (may Allah send His blessing and peace upon him). For example, Do we follow the manners of Islam, by telling the truth and only telling the truth? Are we merciful to the creation?

Lesson 6: 
Recognising that one can change for the better

The Holy Prophet (may Allah send His blessing and peace upon him) said,"Every son of Adam sins and the best of the sinners are those who repent." (Ibn Majah) Allah (The One God) provides many opportunities to repent to Him and seek His forgiveness. If one was disobedient they can become obedient.

Lesson 7: 
Being more charitable

Ibn Abbas said,"The Holy Prophet (may Allah send His blessing and peace upon him) was the most charitable amongst the people, and he used to be more so in the month of Ramadan when Gibreel used to meet him on every night of Ramadan till the end of the month. The Prophet (may Allah send His blessing and peace upon him) used to recite the Holy Qur'an to Gibreel." (Bukhari) 

The Holy Prophet (may Allah send His blessing and peace upon him) said, "He who gives food for a fasting person to break his fast, he will receive the same reward as him, without nothing being reduced from the fasting person's reward." (Tirmidhi )

Lesson 8: 
Sensing the unity of the Muslims

The Holy Prophet (may Allah send His blessing and peace upon him) said, "...Those of you who will live after me, will see many differences. Then you must cling on to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided khalifah. Hold fast to it and stick to it.." (Abu Dawud)

It is possible for Muslims to be a single body, but this will only be achieved when obedience is only to Allah and His Messenger. One senses unity, because the Muslims pray and fast together.

Lesson 9: 
Learning discipline

The Holy Prophet (may Allah send His blessing and peace upon him) said, "Bilal makes the adhan, while it is still night; therefore, eat and drink until Ibn Umm Maktum makes the adhan."(Bukhari) 

The Holy Prophet (may Allah send His blessing and peace upon him) made us adhere to this strictness. Similarly one cannot knowingly break the fast before the sunset, as this will not be accepted by Allah (The One God). Muslims should learn to be very strict in their lives, because they are people of an important message, which they mould their lives around.

Lesson 10: 
Teaching the young to worship Allah (The One God)

It was the practice of the people of Madinah, that during the fast of Ashura (which is now a recommended fast of one day) to get their children to fast with them. When the children would cry of hunger and thirst, their parents would distract their attention by giving them some sort of toy to play with. The children would break their fast with their parents. (mentioned in Bukhari) So the young should be brought to the mosque and they should pray with their parents, so that they are able to get into the habit of becoming worshippers of Allah (The One God).

If one does not encourage children to fast when they are young, they will find it very difficult to fast for thirty days at the age of puberty. This is why the Holy Prophet (may Allah send His blessing and peace upon him) said, "Command your children to pray at the age of seven and beat them at the age of ten (if they do not pray)" (Hakim)

Lesson 11: 
Caring for one's health

Fasting teaches Muslims to take care of their health and to build strong bodies. The Holy Prophet (may Allah send his blessing and peace upon him) said,"A strong believer is better and is more beloved to Allah than a weak believer, and there is good in everyone." (Muslim)

Lailatul Qadr -- The Night of Power -- Shab e Qadr

Lailatul Qadr, Is it Significant To You?

One of the most distinctive aspects of the month of Ramadan is that it includes lailatul qadr (the night of power), which is the most blessed night of the year. This is that very night in which Allah (The One & Only God) chose to reveal the Holy Quran upon our beloved Prophet (sall'Allahu alaihi wa sallam) . This is also the night wherein Allah (The One God) decides the destiny, sustenance, birth, and death etc. for His creation. It is mentioned in the Holy Quran that this night is better than a thousand months (83 years & four months) as Allah (The One God) himself speaks.

SIGNIFICANCE

"The night of al qadr is better than a thousand months." (Holy Quran verse 3 Surah Al Qadr).

This means the worship performed in this night brings more reward than that worship carried out for the period of a thousand ordinary months.

In the authentic teachings of Holy Prophet (sall'Allahu alaihi wa sallam) , it is mentioned that Allah (The One God) showers his special mercy in this night towards the inhabitants of the earth, accepts the supplications made by his servants and forgives all those people who repent sincerely, as Holy Prophet (sall'Allahu alaihi wa sallam) has stated in a hadith

"Whosoever stood up in front of Allah on the night of qadr with faith and true conviction of attaining reward from Allah, in return, Allah will forgive all his previous sins." (Muslim)

WHEN?

According to authentic sources lailatul qadr falls in any one of the last five odd nights of Ramadhan i.e. 21, 23, 25, 27 and 29th, as we are told in the hadith related by Ibne Umar (r.a.), Holy Prophet (sall'Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said " ...and, search for lailatul qadr in the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadhan."

WHAT SHOULD BE DONE IN THIS NIGHT?

In this night a person should make worship of Allah (The One God) exceptionally. One can engage in the offering of nafl (Sunnah) prayers as much as possible or in supplications, in the recitation of the Holy Quran or by any other good deed, which is not contrary to the Shariah.

"The person who deprives himself from the blessings of Lailatul qadr, indeed has deprived himself of all good and none other than an ignorant person is deprived from such good." (Ibne Majah).

Considering this hadith, we should attempt to spare some time for the worship of Allah (The One God) on this auspicious night.

The most profound way to derive benefit from the blessings of this night, is to stay awake for the whole night and spend it in prayers, but people who cannot do so, for any reason, should at least spare a reasonable portion of the night for Allah. Some rakaahs should be offered in the least, after midnight as tahajjud, the Holy Quran should be recited, supplications be made, and any form of zhikr should be constantly uttered.

Once, the beloved wife Aiysha (r.a.) inquired from Holy Prophet (sall'Allahu alaihi wa sallam) as to what duaa should be made on the lailatul qadr, upon this Holy Prophet (sall'Allahu alaihi wa sallam) taught her the following duaa

"Allahumma innaka afuwwun kareemun tuhib-bul af-wa fa-afo anni"

(O Allah, You are the One who grants pardon for sins, loves forgiving, so forgive me.)

Indeed the blessings of our Lord are innumerable, but fortunate are those who reap them and regard them as significant.

Abu Mas'ud 'Uqba ibn 'Amr al-Ansari al-Badri reported that the Messenger of Allah, (PBUH), said, "Anyone who shows the way to something good has the same reward as the person who does it."[Muslim]

E.g. if you encourage someone to go for Salah, or pay Zakat and the person actually goes ahead and prays or pays Zakat, Allah will reward him for the good deeds and at the same time give you (the one that encouraged them to do good) an equal reward as he has given them- without decreasing what he gave them.

So Encourage Other To Do Good And Refrain From Bad Deed

 

The Great Virtue of Ramadan

 

 

The Great Virtue of Ramadan

                                           


 
 


In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful 

  

All praise is due to Allah (The One & Only God) Who made the succession of day and night a lesson for those who reflect. I thank him for His bountiful blessings and I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah (The One God). I equally testify that Muhammad s.a.w is His Servant and Messenger. May peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, his household and companions who are the people of righteousness and piety. 

Dear brothers, fear Allah (The One God) as He should be feared, for whoever fears Him earns his protection and he who follows his desires is doomed. It should be known that physical and spiritual felicity can only be attained by subjecting ones heart and body to the worship of Allah (The One God) and that it is through worshipping Allah in complete sincerity that this mundane world can be of no importance. 



It is a manifestation of Allah’s mercy on His slaves that He ordained fasting for them in order to purify them from excessive tastes and to cleanse their hearts from lustful things. These days, Muslims all over the world are receiving the month of Ramadan; leader of all months; the month of forgiveness, merits and gifts; the month that gladdens the hearts of righteous people. No wonder that a pious man said in his death bed giving a reason for his weeping: 

“I am only weeping for the fact that people will continue to be fasting and performing prayers after my death while I will no longer be in a position to do likewise.”

Ramadan is the month that contains the leader of all nights; a night that is better than a thousand months. Whoever spends the night in prayers with faith and hoping for Allah’s reward will have all his past sins forgiven. The Holy Prophet said:

“When the month of Ramadan enters, gates of Paradise are opened, gates of Hell are closed and devils are chained.” (Reported by Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim).

Whoever wants eternal prosperity should endeavor to worship Allah (The One God) and do good deeds sincerely. For, good deeds without sincere intention is of no use. Also, it is a glory for a believer to wake up in the night and perform prayers for, the best prayer after the obligatory ones are the prayers performed in the night. In fact, righteous people do compete with each other to make use of its darkness for doing acts of worship that bring them closer to Allah (The One God) and they loved this world only because of its nights. Aboo Sulaymaan Ad-Daaraanee said:

“By Allah! If not because of waking up in the night and performing prayers, I would not have loved this world; for, the night is precious because of its darkness and performing the prayers during the night is one of the characteristics of righteous people.”

Al-Hasan Al-Basree said:

“Nobody abandons night prayers except that it is regarded as a punishment for a sin he has committed.”

You should also endeavor to supplicate to Allah (The One God) during the nights of this noble month because, supplication is the link between man and his Lord; it is an effortlessly clear profit and easy booty; it prevents calamities and brings forth Allah’s treasures and bounties. By supplicating to Allah during the night, He answers by granting the request generously for, His Hands never get tired of giving.

The Holy Qur’aan is Allah’s (The One God's) message to His servants and a light for the mankind.There is no way to Allah’s pleasure except through it. It is revealed in the best of all months. The best way you can spend your time during this month is to recite the Holy Qur’aan as frequently as possible. Read it, reflect on its meaning and work by its injunctions. This is because the Holy Qur’aan contains admonitions and lessons that increase one’s humility and humbleness.

As regards charity, the Holy Prophet was the most generous of all people and his generosity manifested most during the month of Ramadan. Whenever he gave, he gave in plenty as if he had no fear of poverty. He would never be asked of anything except that he gave it unless if he did not have it.



Charity, has its positive effects on the giver. It causes blessings to his wealth and children, prevents calamities and brings forth bliss. Ramadan is a month of charity. Spend out of your wealth for the poor and needy and be aware that avarice and stinginess does not keep the wealth for eternal just as charity does not decrease it. Ibnul-Qayyim said: 

“Nothing brings Allah’s blessings and prevents His punishment than obeying Him, moving closer to Him through acts of worship and being kind to His creatures.”

Therefore, spend in charity for, charity elevates one’s rank in front of Allah (The One God)  and know that, man is going to stay under the shade of his charity on the Day of Resurrection.

Make good preparation for this honorable month because it is a transient visitor. Receive it with a sincere repentance and spend your time during the month in acts of obedience to your Lord. 

Further, try to perform ‘Umrah during Ramadan for, a ‘Umrah during Ramadan is equivalent in reward to a Hajj performed with the Messenger of Allah. Also, provide food for fasting Muslims for whoever does that gets an equivalent of their reward without causing any deduction to the reward of the fasting Muslims. 


I‘tikaaf (seclusion in a mosque for the purpose of worshipping Allah alone) is also a Sunnah that should be kept during the last ten days of Ramadan.

Use the period of this noble month to join the cord of kinship (by keeping good relations with your kith and kin). Also repent sincerely to Allah (The One & Only God) as long as the door of repentance is still open. Be cautious of undesirable end because leaving this world is actually painful.

 

 

The Month of Forgiveness : Ramadan

Ramadan: The Month of Repentance

Ramadan and Eemaan (FAITH)

 

 

Ramadan and Eemaan (FAITH)

                                                                    

  
  
 

All praise is due to Allah, the Mighty, the Generous. I thank Him and seek for His forgiveness. I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship save Him and that Muhammad (s.a.w) is His servant and messenger. O Allaah! Shower peace and blessings upon him as well as his family and companions.

    

Brothers, always be conscious of Allah (The One & Only God) by doing good deeds and abstaining from forbidden acts for, it is only through fear of Allah (The One God) that you can attain prosperity in this world and the pleasure of Allah in the hereafter. 
It should be known to you that acts of worship that Allah (The One God) ordained on His servants have two aims:

First: To purify believer’s soul in order to make it elligible for dwelling in the everlasting Paradise. Allah (The One God) says: 

( قد أفلح من تزكى وذكر اسم ربه فصلى )

“Indeed, whoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic monotheism) and remembers (glorifies) the name of his Lord and prays will have success.” (Holy Quran Al-A‘laa 87:14-15).

 

 

 

 

Second: To make all the mankind benefit therefrom. This is evident in this verse:

( كنتم خير أمة أخرجت للناس تأمرون بالمعروف وتنهون عن المنكر وتؤمنون بالله )

“You are the best of peoples ever raised up for the mankind; you enjoin all that is good and forbid all that is evil and you believe in Allah.” (Holy Quran Aal ‘Imraan 3:110)

 

 

 

 

Ibn Katheer, while commentig on this verse said that true Muslims are the most beneficial to the mankind by virtue of their enjoining good, forbidding evil and belief in Allah (The One & Only). In a Hadeeth, the Messenger of Allah s.a.w said:

“Mankind are Allah’s dependents and the dearest of all His servants to Him are the most beneficial to His dependents.”

 

 

 

Furthermore, abstaining from forbidden acts drives away impending evils and puts an end to continous ones. Allah (THE One God) says:

( إن الله يدافع عن الذين آمنوا إن الله لا يحب كل خوان كفور )

“Truly, Allah defends those who believe. Verily, Allah loves not any treacherous ingrate to Allah.” (Holy Quran Al-Hajj 22:38.)

 

 

 

 

 

Ramadaan is a month of blessing and good deeds. Allah  (The One God) honored it and blessed its nights and days rather, every hour of it. He ordaines fasting during its days and enjoins prayers and supplication during its nights. He made it a period in which good deeds earn multiple reward. He makes a ‘Umrah that is performed in this month as equivalent in reward to a Hajj performed with the Messenger of Allah s.a.w It is in this noble month that many great events occured in the history of Islam like the victory of Eemaan over Kufr in the Battle of Badr, the conquest of Makkah, Battle of ‘Ayn Jaaloot and other decisive battles. 

During this month, Muslims by their fasting have spiritual gains and avert retributions that usually accompany the commitment of forbidden and destructive acts. This meaning is manifested in the verse:

( يا أيها الذين آمنوا كتب عليكم الصيام كما كتب على الذين من قبلكم لعلكم تتقون )

“O you who believe! Observing fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you that you may become pious.” (Holy Quran Al-Baqarah 2:183).

 

 

 

 

Among the merits of this month also is that it puts demarcation between one and Satan, so that he is no more capable of doing what he easily does in other months. This fact is explained by the Messenger of Allah s.a.w when he said:

“When Ramadan comes, gates of Paradise are opened, gates of Hell are closed and devils are chained.”

 

 

 

You are therefore obliged dear brethren, to praise Allah (The One God) for this great favor with your hearts, tongues and limbs and thank Him for all good things that He facilitates for you. Allah says:

( قل بفضل الله وبرحمته فبذلك فليفرحوا هو خير مما يجمعون )

“Say: ‘In the Bounty of Allah and in His Mercy therein let them rejoice.’ That is better than what (the wealth) they amass.” (Holy Quran Yoonus 10:58)

 

 

 

 

Endeavor to do as many good deeds as possible during this blessed month and always keep yourself busy with the glorification of Allah (The One God) and seeking for His forgiveness. Observe your obligatory prayers regularly in the mosque with the congregation, pay Zakah out of the wealth that Allah (The One God) has given you and spend in voluntary charity and protect your fasting from forbidden things such as backbitting, slandering and the like.The Messenger of Allah s.a.w said:

“Whoever does not abstain from falsehood in saying and deed and acts of ignorance, Allah is in no need of his abstention from food and drink.” Al-Bukhaaree

 

 

 

I implore you also dear brethren, to observe the fasting of Ramadan purposely for the sake of Allah (The & God) alone. The Messenger of Allah s.a.w said:

“Whoever observes the fasting of Ramadan with Eemaan and the hope of getting reward from Allah, his past sins will be forgiven for him.”

 

 

 

 

Pleasure of your parents should also be a goal you should work towards always and particularly during this blessed month for Allah (The One God) will be pleased with you only when they are pleased with you. Maintain good relationship with your kith and kin, show mercy and compassion to the poor and the orphan and render back the trusts to whom they are due. Maintain good relations with your neighbours for he whom his neighbour is not save from his evils is not regarded as a believer. Ensure that Muslims’ properties, persons and blood are save from your harm for every wrong done to another person shall be atoned for on the Day of Judgement. You should know that this month of fasting has kept you on the path of piety, do not therefore deviate from that path and recommend one another to the truth and patience. 

 

 

The greatest gift that Allah (The One God) gave to His servants during Ramadan is the Glorious Qur’aan. Allah says:

( شهر رمضان الذي أنزل فيه القرآن هدى للناس وبينات من الهدى والفرقان )

“The month of Ramadaan in which was revealed the Qur’aan, a guidance for mankind and clear proofs for the guidance and the criterion (between right and wrong).” (Holy Quran Al-Baqarah 2:185)

 

 

 

Read the Holy Qur’aan frequently in this month for whoever reads a single letter from the Book of Allah will have a reward of ten good deeds. Frequent recitation of the Holy Qur’aan blesses a believer and leaves the effect of that blessing on his heart and body. The Holy Qur’aan is the guide to all good and the preventer of all evil. Human soul cannot be on the right path unless it is nourished with the Holy Qur’aan and all corruptions that occurs in the human mind are caused by keeping away from the Glorious Book. People of Qur’aan are those who work by it even if they do not memorise it. The Holy Qur’aan is Allah’s Miracle that addresses the human intellect in all ages and all places with various proofs and complete certainty in order to make it submit to the realities of faith.Therefore, nourish your souls and purify your limbs with the Holy Qur’aan. Abide by the do’s and don’ts of this Book and ponder over its marvelous verses that Allah (The One God) may open the blessings of the heaven and earth for you and admit you into the Everlasting Paradise. 

 

 

Advance towards acts that will make you win the pleasure of your Lord. He says:

( ولكل وجهة هو موليها فاستبقا الخيرات أينما تكونوا يأت بكم الله جميعا إن الله على كل شيء قدير )

“For every nation there is a direction to which they face (in their prayers). So hasten towards all that is good.Wheresoever you may be, Allah will bring you together (on the Day of Resurrection). Truly, Allah is Able to do all things.” (Holy Quran Al-Baqarah 2:148)

 

 

 

Dear brethren, it is part of the perfectness of your fasting to observe suprerogatory prayers like Salaatu Taraaweeh. Aboo Hurayrah narrated that the Messenger of Allah s.a.w said:

“Whoever observes night prayers during Ramadaan with Eemaan and seeking reward from Allaah will have his past sins forgiven for him.” (Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim)

Let us get prepared for the day of departure from this world for none of us knows when death will come and none of us knows what is going to be his or her fate in front of His Lord. 

 

 

 

 

Benefits of Fasting in Ramadan

 

 

 

 

 

Objectives of Fasting