We, as every Muslim is,
are certain that Allah has created him or her to worship him. We humans and
Jin were created to worship Allah. Worship in fact is accepting religion
purely for Allah, having one’s heart attached with Allah in love, fear and
hope. Believing that only Allah is worthy to worship, making supplications and
asking only Allah, seeking help only from Allah, fearing and being humble only
to Allah. Allah has blessed his servants by providing them with many differing
types of worship. His wisdom in deciding the worships are that they make one’s
belief increases, rewards are increased many folds and they enforce the urge
to do good deeds. Praise be to Allah the wisest and the one with the greatest
knowledge.
A true Muslim will
accept all what Allah has asked him to do, believing it has to be done and
actually performing them. The pillars of Islam are either a worship that
concerns the physical aspect of the body like the five daily prayers (or
Salah’s), a financial worship like Charity (Zakah). Other worship involves
both physical and financial worship like Pilgrimage (or Haj) and like Jihad in
the way of Allah. And worship concerned with addictions and fetishes like
fasting. If Allah helps a servant to fulfill the pillars of Islam with faith
and sincerity then Allah makes the rest of the duties done with ease and
satisfaction.
One of those pillars of
Islam is the fasting of the month of Ramadan. Fasting is an old worship like
previous nations did worship Allah through fasting. Muslims expect and
anticipate Ramadan with happiness and delight, thankfulness for this great
treasure. Why??? Because they know they great rewards given by Allah. Rewards
are multiplied many folds. Great many Sins are forgiven. Muslims ask Allah to
give them life to make it to Ramadan. And when they make alive to Ramadan and
fast it they ask Allah to accept their fasting and make this month good for
them and make them good for this month.
Making alive to Ramadan
may mean you make a perfect repentance, or an accepted return to Allah or
giving up a big unlawful act, or an elevation of your grade or level, or an
answered prayer or an accepted good deed.
One of the advantages of
Ramadan is that it’s fasting and its night prayers are a cause of forgiveness
for what has passed of the sins.
People start Ramadan in
different ways and intentions. Some consider it a time for competing in good
deeds. Some gets real concerned about other people mistakes, their
forgetfulness and their problems, sins while Ramadan slips by him with no
gains.
Dear Muslim, during this
month, the 8 doors of Heavens are opened and the doors of fire are closed, A
caller calls, you who seeks goodness come on, and you who seeks evil cut it
off. In every night of Ramadan Allah has some people who he is going to take
out of hell fire. This month is a month where Duaa is answered. Only the
miserable one of you will miss the great goodness of Ramadan.
Allah made it compulsory
for Muslims to fast as a form of honor, mercy for them, it is goodness
bestowed upon them by the most gracious. In his Quran when Allah asked us to
Fast he said “you believers it has been written that you fast …”. Believers
are those who respond, listen, obey and are lead to Allahs commands. The
fasting Aya ended with the words “…you may fear Allah ”.
This aim of fasting is to reach the Taquwa. But don’t all other form of
worship bring Tawqua (fearing Allah)?? Then why only with Fasting that this is
specifically mentioned?
Well, in fasting a
Muslim show true fear of allah in giving up food, drink, partners from dawn to
sun down. Giving up desires that ones’ self naturally likes only for obeying
Allah. And in such privacy only Allah is aware of its truthfulness. What makes
a Muslim does that is by knowing that Allah can see him, and the Muslim being
really afraid of violating the rules of Ramadan. “ to those who gave fear for
Allahs status there are two
Gardens ”
Fasting was not imposed
to as a bourdon on to people but as a mercy and help. To make goodness
materialize and elevates them higher.
Fasting is 29 or 30
days. Not a full year, or 6 months. Those who must fast are every mature sane
residing (not traveling), able Muslim. This Muslim is requested to fast on
time in Ramadan. This who intentionally do not do the fasting of Ramadan: if
this person is denying that it is obligatory then this is returning to
becoming non Muslim ( ). If he/she does not deny the obligation of
fasting but just did not fast, he / she has committed a great sin and a great
crime indeed.
They young (not mature)
is not obliged to fast, but it is a good for taming one self. A traveling
Muslim does not have to do fasting while traveling or can do the fasting. If
he/she shoes not to fast accepting Allahs license not to fast. Some of the
companions of the prophet fasted and some did not fast while traveling with
the prophet. The prophet made it very clear that during traveling it is
acceptable not to fast provided the traveling is not for the purpose of
something unlawful in Islam.
A sick Muslim who
doctors have decided that fasting can be harmful can fast when they get better
after Ramadan. This also goes for a Muslim who can physically fast but must
take medicine at times during the day. They don’t have to fast during Ramadan,
but after Ramadan. For those Muslims who are not likely to get better and for
medical reasons will not be able to fast even after Ramadan, then they may
feed a poor individual for each day of Ramadan not fasted. A Pregnant Muslim
lady who can not fast or fears on her fetus by fasting, she does not have to
fast during Ramadan while pregnant. If the reason for the pregnant lady was
for fear upon the fetus, then she is required as well as fasting after Ramadan
is to feed a poor individual for each day not fasted.
Fasting Muslims can eat
or drink all they like after sun down up to dawn. Muslims can enjoy their
partners after sun down and up to dawn.
Dear Muslims, do thank
Allah for this month, make pure repentance, make a lot of Duaa, do good deeds,
behave well, do your 5 prayers in group. Get close to Allah by doing what he
likes. A nafilah salah has the reward of an obligatory one; an obligatory
salah has the reward of 70 slahs of other times other than Ramadan. Ramadan is
a month that starts with mercy, its middle is forgiveness and its end is
prohibition from hill fire. This who gives dinner to a fasting person will get
a similar reward of the fasting person. And this who gives a drink to some one
with thirst, Allah will give him a drink from the prophet’s fountain after
which he will never go thirsty.
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