Spend more
Sayyidunā Ḍamurah رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَنْهُ has narrated that the Prophet of Raḥmah, the Intercessor of Ummah صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated:
“Spend more (money etc.) on your family in
Ramadan because spending in Ramadan is like spending in the path of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.”
(Al-Jāmi‘-uṣ-Ṣaghīr, pp. 162, Hadith 2716)
Big eyed maidens
Sayyidunā ‘Abdullāh Ibn ‘Abbās رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَنْهُمَا has narrated that the
Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى
عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated:
“On the first day of Ramadan a breeze called
Masīrah blows beneath the divine ‘Arsh, swaying the leaves of heavenly trees
and making such an extremely pleasant sound that no one had heard before. On
hearing this sound, big eyed maidens appear, they stand on top of the high
heavenly palaces and say, ‘Is there anyone to ask for our hand in marriage?’
Then they ask (Sayyidunā) Rizwān عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام,
‘What night is this?’ (Sayyidunā) Rizwān عَلَيْهِ
السَّلَام recites Talbiyah (i.e. Labbaik) and says, ‘It is the first
night of Ramadan, the portals of Heaven have been opened for the fasting
(Muslims) of the Ummah of Muhammad صَلَّى اللّٰهُ
تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.’”
(Attarghīb Wattarhīb, pp.
60, vol. 2, Hadith 23)
Two types of darkness removed
It is narrated that Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ said to Sayyidunā Mūsā Kalīmullāh (عَلَى نَبِيِّنَا وَعَلَيْهِ الصَّلٰوةُ وَالسَّلَام), ‘I have bestowed two types of Nūr upon the Ummah of Muhammad صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهِ وَسَلَّم to protect them from two types of darkness.’
Sayyidunā Mūsā Kalīmullāh عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام humbly asked, ‘Yā Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! What are those two types of Nūr?’ Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ said, ‘The Nūr of Ramadan and that of the
Quran.’ Sayyidunā Mūsā Kalīmullāh عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام
further asked, ‘What are two types of darkness?’ Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ said, ‘The darkness of grave and that of
the Judgement Day.’ (Durra-tun-Nāṣiḥīn, pp. 9)
Dear Islamic brothers! Did you see how Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is merciful to those who spend Ramadan worshipping
wholeheartedly. There is a description of huge mercy and blessings of Ramadan
in the previous two narrations. One can earn the pleasure of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and the eternal rewards of Heaven by
fasting in Ramadan.
Further, the second narration describes two
types of Nūr and darkness. The existence of light is essential for the removal
of darkness. What a great favour our Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ
has bestowed upon us by giving us the light of Ramadan and the Quran to remove
the darkness of grave and the Judgement Day.
صَلُّوا عَلَى الْحَبِيب
صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Fast and the Holy
Quran will intercede
Reason for forgiveness
Amīr-ul-Mu’minīn, Sayyidunā ‘Alī كَرَّمَ اللهُ تَعَالٰى وَجْهَهُ الْكَرِيْم
has said, ‘If Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ had intended to
punish the Ummah of Muhammad صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى
عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهِ وَسَلَّم, He عَزَّوَجَلَّ
would never have bestowed upon them Ramadan and Sūrah Al-Ikhlāṣ.’ (Nuzha-tul-Majālis, pp. 216, vol. 1)
Reward of hundred thousand
Ramadan
Sayyidunā ‘Abdullāh Ibn ‘Abbās رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَنْهُمَا has narrated that the
Prophet of Raḥmah, the Intercessor of Ummah صَلَّى
اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهِ وَسَلَّم has stated, ‘The one
who spends Ramadan in Makka-tul-Mukarramah, keeps fasts and offers Ṣalāh at
night as much as possible, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ
will reward him equivalent to one hundred thousand Ramadan spent elsewhere. He عَزَّوَجَلَّ will give him the reward of freeing a
slave every day and every night each as well as the reward of providing a horse
for Jihad every day. He عَزَّوَجَلَّ
will also give him the reward of a good deed each day and each night.’ (Sunan Ibn Mājah, pp. 523, vol. 3, Ḥadīš 3117)
Eid in Madinah!
Dear Islamic brothers! Makka-tul-Mukarramah is
the sacred city where the Beloved and Blessed Rasūl صَلَّى
اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهِ وَسَلَّم was born. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has showered great blessings for the sake
of His Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ
وَاٰلِهِ وَسَلَّم. If a devotee of Rasūl spends Ramadan in
Makka-tul-Mukarramah, keeps fasts over there and offers as many Nawāfil Ṣalāh
as possible, he will be rewarded equivalent to one hundred thousand Ramadan
spent elsewhere, in addition to the reward of setting a slave free every day and
every night and that of a good deed each day and night.
May
Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ bless us all with the
privilege of spending the blessed month of Ramadan in Makka-tul-Mukarramah and
worshipping as much as possible, and then, as soon as Ramadan ends, may we get
to the sacred tomb of the Noble Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ
تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهِ وَسَلَّم to celebrate Eid, crying and begging him
for our ‘Eid presents’ and may we receive our Eid presents from his blessed
hands! All this is possible by the mercy of the Blessed Rasūl صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهِ وَسَلَّم.
The Holy Prophet ﷺ would worship
devotedly
Dear Islamic brothers! We should worship Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ abundantly in Ramadan and do every such
act that earns us the pleasure of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ
and His Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ
وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. If anyone is not forgiven even in this
merciful month, when will he be forgiven then? The Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
would devote himself to worship as soon as Ramadan arrived.
Sayyidatunā ‘Āishah Ṣiddīqah رَضِىَ
اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا has said, ‘In Ramadan, the Prophet of
Raḥmah, the Intercessor of Ummah, the Owner of Jannah صَلَّى
اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would devote himself
to the worship of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ
and did not use to come to his blessed bed the whole month.’ (Ad-Dur-rul-Manṣūr, pp. 449, vol. 1)
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