Are you ready for

Ramadhan?

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 Hear the good news of
Ramadhan
• Fasting is a shield (to protect you)
from Hell, like your shield in a battle
(narrated by Imam Ahmad)

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 Why Ramadhan?
• Ramadhan is basically a place to study
(madrasah) for a Muslim to renew their
bond with Islam, taking an opportunity to
cover what they lack before (because of
the sins, etc)
• Muslim will learn how to control
themselves against all that not permitted
to them while fasting
– In the future, they can use this knowledge to
control themselves from all things that Allah’s
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forbid
Eminence of Ramadhan (1)
• Increasing taqwa to Allah
Subhanallahu Wata’ala
– By doing fasting, a man will consistently
remember to his creator, thus he can
protect himself from what have been
forbidden by Allah, control their desire
(al hawa’), and put it by the law and the
rule of Allah Subhanallahu Wata’ala

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Eminence of Ramadhan (2)
• Allah SWT, forgive a man’s sins if he
do Ramadhan in fully faith (Al Iman)
– For those who do fasting in Ramadhan
with fully faith and hope for reward (by
doing it sincerely), (Allah) will forgive
their past sins

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Eminence of Ramadhan (3)
• We can do ‘amal which will be
multiplied by Allah Subhanahu
Wata’ala
– Our age is shorter than previous
ummah, they can do ‘Amal shalih for
hundred of years, but our age is only
60+ years
– Allah give us a chance to do shorter
‘ibadatu but considered as thousand of
months of doing the same ‘ibadatu
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Eminence of Ramadhan (4)
• When Ramadhan come, Allah close
Hell’s door, and open Heaven’s door
(hadits narrated by Imam Bukhari)

ِ‫إِذَا جَاءَ رَمَضَانُ فُتّحَتْ أَ ْبوَابُ الْجَنّةِ َوغُلّقَتْ أَ ْبوَابُ النّار‬

ُ‫وَصُفّدَتِ الشّيَاطِين‬

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 What Next?
• Of course, fasting, prevent from
doing eat, drink, do sexual
intercourse (for those married
people) is the main thing to do in
Ramadhan
• But that’s not enough, we cannot
waste chances given to us to do a
good thing in Ramadhan
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 Shadaqah
• Prophet Muhammad said, “The best
shadaqah is shadaqah in Ramadhan”

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 Give Ifthar
• Frequently we go to mosque to get
ifthar, and we do ifthar together, but
rarely we give ifthar to others, while
Allah has promises us with good
rewards (hadits shahih narrated by
Imam Tirmizi and Imam Ahmad)

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 Tilawatul Quran
• Try as hard as you can to finish
(khatam) reading Alquran Al Kariim
– Prophet Muhammad always read quran more
than usual in Ramadhan (hadits narrated by
Imam Bukhari)
– Try to avoid your MP3 players contain musics,
change it to murottal, listen it while you are in
MRT, Bus, etc

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 Save your words
• “And what is the best words other
than give exclamation to Allah”
(dakwah) [Al Fushshilat: 33)
• Prevent your mouth from ghibah,
crab words, etc
– A lot of people doing fasting, but they
got nothing from their fasting except
hunger and thirst (hadits narrated Imam
Ahmad)
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 Be active and do some
works
• Ramadhan is not time to be lazy
• Ramadhan is not hibernating time
– No excuse because you hungry or
thirsty
• This is the way Muslim being tested,
if you failed, then all fasting
eminence and rewards is useless for
you
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 Happy Ramadhan
• Barakallahu fiikum !

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