Advice to Muslims in Ramadhan

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As the month of Ramadan approaches with great speed, I thought this would be beneficial for all of us

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Advice to Muslims in Ramadhan
Shaykh Abdullah al-Jarullah
transl. islaam.com

Few intoductory and complementary notes by the translator:

  1. Ramadhan is an auspicious opportunity for believers to renew their commitment to their Creator and the Sovereign of the Day of Recompense. This commitment must be both outward and inward, so that a Muslim not only recites more Qur’an and offers more units of prayer, but that she or he does so with reflection, humility and attentiveness.

  2. Muslims must ensure they are not formalists who concentrate only on the outward. Achieving Allah’s acceptance must be a believer’s priority and is not easy. ** “Indeed, Allah only accepts from the righteous [who fear him - al muttaqoon].” [Qur’an 5:27]**

  3. Ramadhan is a wonderful opportunity for accounting of one’s sins and making repentance. If one does not repent in Ramadhan, when will he or she do so?

  4. Muslims should strive to worship Allah as best as they can from the beginning of the month, for that increases chances of the end of the month being good as well.

  5. Muslims should consider what is it that they truly want to achieve in Ramadhan, whether they want to be from the winners or from the losers, and should make sure they do not perform acts of worship simply because it is the surrounding people’s custom to do so.

  6. Muslims must be firmly aware that Ramadhan is only a means and not an end.

Advice to Muslims in Ramadhan

From the book “Khulaasatul Kalaam” by Shaykh Jaarullah.

Brother Muslim, Sister Muslima:

  1. Fast Ramadhan with belief and truly seeking the reward of Allah the Most High so that He may forgive you your past sins.

  2. Beware of breaking your fast during the days of Ramadhan without a valid Islamic excuse, for it is from the greatest of sins.

  3. Pray Salat ut-Taraweeh and the night prayer during the nights of Ramadhan - especially on Layatul-Qadr - based on belief and truly seeking the reward of Allah, so that Allah may forgive you your past sins.

  4. Make sure that your food, your drink and your clothing are from halal means, in order that your actions be accepted, and your supplications answered. Beware of refraining from the halal while fasting and breaking your fast with the haram.

  5. Give food to some fasting people to gain a reward similar to theirs.

  6. Perform your five prayers on time in congregation to gain the reward and Allah’s protection.

  7. Give a lot of charity for the best charity is that of Ramadhan.

  8. Beware of spending your time without performing righteous deeds, for you will be responsible and reckoned for it and will be rewarded for all you do during your time.

  9. Perform umrah in Ramadhan for Umrah in Ramadhan is equal to Hajj.

  10. Seek help for fasting during the day by eating the sahoor meal in the last part of the night before the appearance of Fajr.

  11. Hasten breaking your fast after the sun has truly set in order to gain the love of Allah.

  12. Perform ghusl before fajr if you need to purify yourself from the state of major impurity so that you are able to do acts of worship in a state of purity and cleanliness.

  13. Seize the opportunity of being in Ramadhan and spend it with the good that has been revealed in it - by reciting the noble Qur’an and pondering and reflection of its meanings so that it be a proof for you with your Lord and an intercessor for you on the Day of Reckoning.

  14. Preserve your tongue from lying, cursing, backbiting and slander for it decreases the reward of fasting.

  15. Do not let fasting cause you cross your boundaries by getting upset due to the slightest of reasons. Rather, fating should be a cause of peacefulness and tranquility of your soul.

  16. Upon completion of fasting, be in a state of taqwa of Allah the Most High, being aware of Allah watching you in secret and in public, in thankfulness for His favors, and steadfastness upon obedience of Allah by doing all what He has ordered and shunning all that He has prohibited.

  17. Increase in remembrance of Allah, seeking of forgiveness, asking for Paradise and protection against the Fire, especially when fasting, while breaking the fast and during suhoor, for these actions are among greatest causes of attaining Allah’s forgiveness.

  18. Increase in supplication for yourself, your parents, your children and Muslims, for Allah has ordered making of supplications and has guaranteed acceptance.

  19. Repent to Allah with a sincere repentance in all times by leaving sins, regretting those that you have done before and firmly deciding not to return to them in the future, for Allah accepts repentance of those who repent.

  20. Fast six days of Shawwal, for whoever fasts Ramadhan and then follows it with six days of Shawwal, it is as if he fasts all the time.

  21. Fast on the Day of `Arafah, the 9th of Dhul Hijjah, to attain success by being forgiven your sins of the last year and the coming year.

  22. Fast on the day of `Aashuraa’, the 10th of Muharram, along with the 9th, to attain success by being forgiven your sins of the past year.

  23. Continue being in a state of iman and taqwa and perform righteous actions after the month of Ramadhan, until you die. ** “And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty (i.e. death)”. [Qur’an 15:99] **

  24. Ensure that you attain the positive effects of your acts of worship such as prayer, fasting, zakat and hajj, sincere repentance and leaving of customs that are in variance with the Sharee`ah.

  25. Invoke a lot of salawat and salam upon the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, his Companions and all those who follow them until the Day of Judgment.

O Allah make us and all Muslims of those who fast and stand in prayer during the month of Ramadhan based on belief and truly seeking Your reward so that we are forgiven our past and future sins.

O Allah make us of those who fasted the month, attained full reward, witnessed Layatul-Qadr and attained success by permission of the Lord, Blessed and Most High.

O Allah, verily you are Forgiver, like to forgive, so forgive us.

O Lord, accept from us, verily you are the All-Hearing, all-Seeing, O Living, O Independent, O Owner of all majesty and honor.

And may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon Muhammad, his family and his Companions.

What, did you think that We created you in mere idle play, and that you would not be returned to Us? But, high exalted is God, the King; the True! There is no god but He, the Lord of the Noble Throne. [al-Muminun 23: 115-116]

[This message has been edited by Hinna (edited October 22, 2001).]

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Thank you Hinna

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*“na maiN momin vich masiitaaN, na maiN muusaa, na fir’aun!”
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Jazakallah khair !!!

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“I put my trust in Allah, my Lord and your Lord! There is not a moving creature, but He has a grasp of its forelock. Verily, my Lord is on the straight path. (The truth)”
(11:55-56)

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by Hinna:
O Allah make us and all Muslims of those who fast and stand in prayer during the month of Ramadhan based on belief and truly seeking Your reward so that we are forgiven our past and future sins.

O Allah make us of those who fasted the month, attained full reward, witnessed Layatul-Qadr and attained success by permission of the Lord, Blessed and Most High.

O Allah, verily you are Forgiver, like to forgive, so forgive us.

O Lord, accept from us, verily you are the All-Hearing, all-Seeing, O Living, O Independent, O Owner of all majesty and honor.

And may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon Muhammad, his family and his Companions.

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Ameen

Thanx for postin’ sis

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JazakAllah.

“… When you ask God for a gift, Be thankful if he sends,Not diamonds, pearls or riches,
**but the love of real true friends.” **
~Helen Steiner Rice

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That was very thoughtful......Shukariya

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Jazakallah ul khair !

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As a child in America, at the age of 5, I spent 4 years in a hospital in tractions with a hip disease back in the 50's The doctors said I would never walk again. But I showed them. In the hospital I went to church every Sunday in there, they would roll my bed to a big room with all the other beds, and I would get a star in my bible on the new testament page for every chapter I learned.
We read the whole bible, I remember the old testament
gave me night mares as a child. Later when I got out of the hospital at the age of 9, I attended a local church, I was proud of my stars of accomplishments and showed a local Preacher my bible, when he saw the stars in my bible he said it was blasphemous and how could I do such a thing to the holly bible. At the time it put a bad taste in my mouth for that religion, but I noticed when I was in the church I could feel the love and warmth of God inside me, and it was quite comforting. But I never forgot it. Thru the years I watched as the theme for the the bible thumpers, was fear tactics wrapped in a love blanket. Believe my way or burn in hell! fear, fear fear. They preached separatism, you had to do what they preached or you would never go to heaven. .That you were separate from God, God was over here and that you could only get to God thru them. Thru the years I attended all kinds of churches and noticed that not all churches were like that even in that denomination. I noticed Its an individuals interpretation. Its the quest to understand what its all about and to get back to God.

There are two important things to remember when studying a religion.

God is in every molecule of the earth, universe, and of your being, and even in the spaces between the molecules. You can communicate to him directly, within. You do not have to go thru someone else. God does not judge you, because he is in you. There is no good or evil, everything just is. If you choose fear or love, its your choice. It is up to each of us to choose and there is really no wrong choice,
just consequences of actions. The laws of physics, the laws of nature, the laws of collective humanity. Everything just is.

Just remember this simple formula for truth.

There are only two kinds of thoughts, either the thought is a memory or a desire.

every thought wether memory or desire is either based on fear
(afraid of loosing something) or based on love.

When you hear something or read something, can you recognize if it is fear based or love based.

Criticism generates discord, but tolerance and compassion encourage
peace and harmony.

Namaste

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Thanks for the informative post, Hinna. Will pass it on to friends and family.

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[quote]
Originally posted by Rusty:
**As a child in America, at the age of 5, I spent 4 years in a hospital in tractions with a hip disease back in the 50's The doctors said I would never walk again. But I showed them. In the hospital I went to church every Sunday in there, they would roll my bed to a big room with all the other beds, and I would get a star in my bible on the new testament page for every chapter I learned.
We read the whole bible, I remember the old testament
gave me night mares as a child. Later when I got out of the hospital at the age of 9, I attended a local church, I was proud of my stars of accomplishments and showed a local Preacher my bible, when he saw the stars in my bible he said it was blasphemous and how could I do such a thing to the holly bible. At the time it put a bad taste in my mouth for that religion, but I noticed when I was in the church I could feel the love and warmth of God inside me, and it was quite comforting. But I never forgot it. Thru the years I watched as the theme for the the bible thumpers, was fear tactics wrapped in a love blanket. Believe my way or burn in hell! fear, fear fear. They preached separatism, you had to do what they preached or you would never go to heaven. .That you were separate from God, God was over here and that you could only get to God thru them. Thru the years I attended all kinds of churches and noticed that not all churches were like that even in that denomination. I noticed Its an individuals interpretation. Its the quest to understand what its all about and to get back to God.

There are two important things to remember when studying a religion.

God is in every molecule of the earth, universe, and of your being, and even in the spaces between the molecules. You can communicate to him directly, within. You do not have to go thru someone else. God does not judge you, because he is in you. There is no good or evil, everything just is. If you choose fear or love, its your choice. It is up to each of us to choose and there is really no wrong choice,
just consequences of actions. The laws of physics, the laws of nature, the laws of collective humanity. Everything just is.

Just remember this simple formula for truth.

There are only two kinds of thoughts, either the thought is a memory or a desire.

every thought wether memory or desire is either based on fear
(afraid of loosing something) or based on love.

When you hear something or read something, can you recognize if it is fear based or love based.

Criticism generates discord, but tolerance and compassion encourage
peace and harmony.

**
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That's one of the beauties of Islam. There is no intermediary--it's just you and God.

What, did you think that We created you in mere idle play, and that you would not be returned to Us? But, high exalted is God, the King; the True! There is no god but He, the Lord of the Noble Throne. [al-Muminun 23: 115-116]

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[This message has been edited by Girl from Quraysh (edited October 27, 2001).]

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Proof is simple

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Read uncertainty princicple, you’ll surely say that yes! each and every particle in this Universe is governed by someone, and that someone must be a supernatural being. And a supernatural being must be one that can govern the whole universe, that can know the position of each and every particle in the universe. That can only be Allah

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Hasnain, don't be so critical. Its not necessary for you to agree with everything you hear or see. Keep an open mind.

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GFQ,

Jazaakillaah khair sister. Just wondering how open ones mind can stretch within reason.

Wassalaam

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Jazaakillaah khair sister Hinna,

an excellent reminder for us all and very timely, especially with the Holy Month approaching.

Wassalaam

"No leaf falls except that He knows of it, and no rain drop forms except that He has willed it."

[This message has been edited by Hasnain (edited October 28, 2001).]