"O People! The month of Allah (Ramadan) has
come with its mercies, blessings and forgiveness. Allah has decreed this month
the best of all months. The days of this month are the best among the days and
the nights are the best among the nights and the hours during Ramadan are the
best among the hours.
This is a month in which you have been invited by
Him (to fast and pray). Allah has honoured you in it. In every breath you take
is a reward of Allah, your sleep is worship, your good deeds are accepted and
your invocations are answered.
Therefore, you must invoke your Lord in all
earnestness with hearts free from sin and evil, and pray that Allah may help
you to keep fast, and to recite the Holy Qur'an. Indeed! Miserable is the one
who is deprived of Allah's forgiveness in this great month.
While fasting remember the hunger and thirst on the
Day of Judgement. Give alms to the poor and needy. Pay respect to your elders,
have sympathy for your youngsters and be kind towards your relatives and
kinsmen. Guard your tongue against unworthy words, and your eyes from scenes
that are not worth seeing (forbidden) and your ears from sounds that should not
be heard. Be kind to orphans so that if your children may become orphans they
will also be treated with kindness.
Do repent to Allah for your sins and supplicate with
raised hands at the times of prayer as these are the best times, during which
Allah Almighty looks at His servants with mercy. Allah Answers if they
supplicate, responds if they call, grants if He is asked, and accepts if they
entreat.
O people! You have made your conscience the slave of
your desires. Make it free by invoking Allah for forgiveness. Your back may
break from the heavy load of your sins, so prostrate yourself before Allah for
long intervals, and make this load lighter. Understand fully that Allah has
promised in His Honour and Majesty that, people who perform Salat and Sajda
(prostration) will be guarded from Hell-fire on the Day of Judgement.
O people! If anyone amongst you arranges for Iftar
(meal at sunset) for any believer, Allah will reward him as if he had freed a
slave, and Allah will forgive him his sins." A companion said: 'but not
all of us have the means to do so,' to which the Prophet (S) replied: 'Keep
yourself away from Hell-fire though it may consist of half a date or even some
water if you have nothing else.'
"O people! Anyone who, during this month
cultivates good manners, will walk over the Sirat (bridge to Paradise) on the
day when feet will tend to slip. For anyone who during this month eases the
workload of his servants, Allah will make easy his accounting, and for anyone
who doesn't hurt others during this month, Allah will safeguard him from His
Wrath on the Day of Judgement. Anyone who respects and treats an orphan with
kindness during this month, Allah shall look at him with kindness on that Day.
Anyone who treats his kinsmen well during this month, Allah will bestow His
Mercy on him on that Day, while anyone who mistreats his kinsmen during this
month, Allah will keep away from His Mercy.
Whomever offers the recommended prayers during this
month, Allah will save him from Hell, and whomever observes his obligations
during this month, his reward will be seventy times the reward during other
months. Whomever repeatedly invokes Allah's blessings on me, Allah will keep
his scale of good deeds heavy, while the scales of others will be tending to
lightness. Whomever recites during this month an Ayaat (verse) of the Qur'an,
will get the reward of reciting the whole Qur'an in other months.
O people! The gates of Paradise remain open during
this month. Pray to your Lord that they may not be closed for you; while the
gates of Hell are closed, pray to your Lord that they never open for you. Satan
has been chained, invoke your Lord not to let him dominate you."
Ali ibn Talib (Radhi Allahu 'Anh) said: "I asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, what are the best deeds
during this month?'" He
replied: ‘O
Abu-Hassan, the best of deeds during this month is to be far from what Allah has
forbidden.'"
Transmitted by Baihaqi
Transmitted by Baihaqi
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