Understanding Ramadan

Here's a short introduction video of Ramadan:

Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam)'s sermon on Ramadan

"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.

Our Long Awaited Guest is finally here!

Ramadan is almost here. Let us make sure that we get our sins forgiven by pleading to Allah Azza Wajal just like a small child pleads to his parents until he gets what he wants. Let us try to fulfill all our faraidh (obligatory actions) along with as many Sunnahs and Nawafils as possible.

Remember that we cannot exert ourselves too much at the beginning because we've got to save some energy for the last sprint during the last ten days of Ramadan, inshallah. Also, remember to focus more on the Quran. For a detailed explanation of the Quran, here's the Tafsir ibn Kathir, all 10 volumes! You can also listen or download the Tafseer of the 30th Juzz of the Quran from Kalamullah.Com.

By the way, you might have noticed the change in layout. We had the same layout for about 2 years and I thought that Ramadan would be a good time to change it. I'll keep changing the background as events come and go but inshallah, the basic layout will remain as it is now.

Here's a Ramadan daily plan by Islam Q&A followed by a playlist of lectures by Kalamullah.Com:

Ramadan Tips (Updated 9/8/2010)

Following are a few tips to help us make the most of Ramadan, inshallah. The main categories that I have divided them into are sleeping tips, exercise tips, eating tips, cooking tips, personal worship tips and general/random tips. Of course, I don’t expect everyone to apply all this at once because they are too many but apply as many as possible and inshallah, Allah Azza Wajal will be there to help us. Remember to keep checking back. I'll keep updating the post with a few more tips, inshallah.

First, here is an analogy of Ramadan which I would like everyone to ponder over:
Suppose you were a student and there was this particular subject in which you hadn't been doing well at all. Now, when the year is about to end, the professor comes to you and tells you that I know that you've been slackening in this subject throughout the year but I'll make a deal with you. There is this test that will be conducted and if you manage to score an A grade or more, I'll consider that your grade for the whole year and discard all the other test results. What would you do? Throw the offer back at his face or thank him and spend all the remaining time preparing for that test. Similarly, Allah Azza Wajal has given us all such an option. Think about it. This could be your last Ramadan. How many people do you know who were here last Ramadan and aren't here anymore? You could be one of them this time. Would you leave such an offer? Only 30 days to work hard and you could be free from Hellfire, all your sins from the past 20, 30, 60 or whatever number of years you've been living!

Any suggestions, corrections etc. are welcome!

Hope we have a great Ramadan, inshallah!

Ramadan Resources (Updated Once)

Ramadan Resources

This note contain Important articles, lectures, book, website link and other resourceful information about Ramadan to prepare you for Ramadan so you are able to take maximum benefit from this Mubarak month. Please read the notes to gain more knowledge about Ramadan.

"O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqun (the pious)." [Soorah al-Baqarah (2):183]

Marhaba Ya Ramadan!

Here is a video that I uploaded yesterday for the welcoming of Ramadan. I intended to write this post yesterday but I forgot.
Anyways, I've just been from the mosque for the Fajr prayer and was really amazed. Usually, it is rare that even the second saff is completed. There are total eight saffs in the uncovered (or roofless) area of the mosque. I was surprised to find out that all eight saffs had been filled. Furthermore, only some people in the eighth saff were late for salah.
Coming to the main point, I thought it important to write that Ramadan may be called a practice session for forming good habits. However, it is important that even after Ramadan, these habits should be maintained.

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