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Ramadan and Eemaan

by 'Al Abd-ur-Rahmn al-Hudhaif
Al-Jumah, Ramadaan 12, 1421 A.H. (December 8, 2000)

All praise is due to Allaah, 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 r is His servant and messenger. O Allaah! Shower peace and
blessings upon him as well as his family and companions.
Brethren in faith, always be conscious of Allaah by doing good deeds and abstaining from forbidden acts for, it is only
through fear of Allaah that you can attain prosperity in this world and the pleasure of Allaah in the hereafter.
Fellow Muslims, it should be known to you that acts of worship that Allaah ordained on His servants have two aims:
First: To purify Muslims soul in order to make it elligible for dwelling in the everlasting Paradise. Allaah says:

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Indeed, whoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and
accepting Islamic monotheism) and remembers (glorifies) the name
of his Lord and prays will have success. (Al-Alaa 87:14-15).
Second: To make all the mankind benefit therefrom. This is evident in this verse:

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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
Allaah. (Aal Imraan 3:110)
Ibn Katheer, while commentig on this verse said that Muslims are the most beneficial to the mankind by virtue of their
enjoining good, forbidding evil and belief in Allaah. In a Hadeeth, the Messenger of Allaah saws said:
Mankind are Allaahs 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. Allaah says:
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Truly, Allaah defends those who believe. Verily, Allaah loves not
any treacherous ingrate to Allaah. (Al-Hajj 22:38.)
Ramadaan is a month of blessing and good deeds. Allaah 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 Allaah r. 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
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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:
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O you who believe! Observing fasting is prescribed for you as it
was prescribed for those before you that you may become pious.
(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 Allaah saws 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 Allaah for this great favor with your hearts, tongues and limbs and
thank Him for all good things that He facilitates for you. Allaah says:
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Say: In the Bounty of Allaah and in His Mercy therein let them
rejoice. That is better than what (the wealth) they amass. (Yoonus
10:58)
Endeavor to do as many good deeds as possible during this blessed month and always keep yourself bussy with the
glorification of Allaah and seeking for His forgiveness. Observe your obligatory prayers regularly in the mosque with the
congregation, pay Zakaah out of the wealth that Allaah 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 Allaah saws said:
Whoever does not abstain from falsehood in saying and deed and acts of ignorance, Allaah is in no need
of his abstention from food and drink. Al-Bukhaaree
I implore you also dear brethren, to observe the fasting of Ramadaan purposely for the sake of Allaah alone. The
Messenger of Allaah saws said:
Whoever observes the fasting of Ramadaan with Eemaan and the hope of getting reward from Allaah, 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 Allaah 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.
Fellow Muslims, the greatest gift that Allaah gave to His servants during Ramadaan is the Glorious Quraan. Allaah says:
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The month of Ramadaan in which was revealed the Quraan, a
guidance for mankind and clear proofs for the guidance and the
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guidance for mankind and clear proofs for the guidance and the
criterion (between right and wrong). (Al-Baqarah 2:185)
Read the Quraan frequently in this month for whoever reads a single letter from the Book of Allaah will have a reward of
ten good deeds. Frequent recitation of the Quraan blesses a believer and leaves the effect of that blessing on his heart
and body. The Quraan 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 Quraan and all corruptions that occurs in the human mind are caused by keeping away
from the Glorious Book. People of Quraan are those who work by it even if they do not memorise it. The Quraan is
Allaahs 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 Quraan. Abide
by the dos and donts of this Book and ponder over its marvelous verses that Allaah may open the blessings of the
heaven and earth for you and admit you into the Everlasting Paradise.
Fellow Muslims, advance towards acts that will make you win the pleasure of your Lord. He says:
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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, Allaah will bring you together (on the Day of Resrrection).
Truly, Allaah is Able to do all things. (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 saws 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)
Fellow Muslims, 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 fate in front of His Lord.
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