Alas! Ramzan is Departing from us.
Sayyed Jabir narrates that once our Prophet S.A.W
apprised us that when the last Night of Ramadhan approaches at that time the
whole earth the sky and Angels are reminded for the sad mood and sobbing mass
and then there they also start weeping the reason of sadness is the departure
of Holy Month of Ramadan because this month renders us the good what we did the
reward what we observed and Allah accepts the supplications that are fair and
appealing to HIM whatever rightful things and the good deeds are done in this
month get the reward multifold. The hell and the punishment attached with it is
removed in Ramadan month therefore the departure of the month of Ramadan is no
less than misery for my followers and can be equated with adversity so why not
we repent on its departure specially to ponder that people at large barring a
few could not encash pious and bountiful
oppertunity contained in it and so missed the same - a lot.In the sympathy the
angels, earth and the sky also get associated in the consideration that the Muslims
are witnessing the pious month which was awaited by all except none because
every moment of day and night were and will remain forever in the coming event
of the month. Kindness all over are showered on the fasting mass. Doors of
paradise are kept open while those of hell are locked every day in the month
registers innumerable number of people getting forgiveness of their sins by
Allah the great. So the month is full of rewards, kindness and gifts to the
followers of Prophet S.A.W.
The million dollar question is to introspect that
whether our eyes are also moist by the tears on the eve of departure, do we
also get jerks of shock and repent to
observe that the mosques get lesser mass
of devotees and whatever we do after the month cannot be compared at par with
that of moments of the holy month.
Oh what a nice scene to observe that people known to
each other and unknown, as well, getting together for IFTIAR (termination of
day’s fast) giving facility to each
other to taste variety of recipes, this is, followed by post sunset prayers(Maghrib)
and in the night, large amount of Muslims gather to attend long prayers (Tarawih)
in which the holy book is recited which reaches completion by the 27th day of the month with melodious voice (quirat) by the leader of praying mass. The significant
observation is to see impeccable bondage of brother hood, close shoulder to
shoulder to pray with the perfect serenity focussing attention towards recitation
from the core of heart, from each of large gathering of praying mass in huge
number forgetting the heat of the scorchy day’s schedule. Do we remember such
moment of rewards from GOD probably- no.
Because our hearts become like dead mass. I if any of relative or dear
friend is departing our heart gets full with sorrow and our eyes bear tears
with heavy heart. But have we ever thought what good our dear and near ones has
ever given us or is capable to give us. On the other side, the holy month getting
departure has given us lot of goodness and will continue to give the same after
our death too. But alas! its departure doesn’t
render us to be in sobbing mood and sorrowful repenting thoughts. Truly we could not respect
the rewarding moments of the month, did not supplicate to forgive us in letter
and spirit.
According to a Hadith a person becomes happy and
joyous when Ramadan approaches and becomes sorrowful on its departure will get
paradise and it is his right that will be accomplished by Allah the Great Inshallah,to ensure his entry in paradise.
With long and cold blows of sigh, our character should
also get moulded in accordance with divine piety on departure of Ramadan Month.
The Dreadful Punishment
“The majority consists of the sinners” at large.
Once Hazrat Ali visited a nearby grave yard, there,
he saw, a fresh grave. He developed strong will to know about the person buried
in it therefore, he begged the Great Allah and said plz raise the curtain
between me and the state of affairs of the dead soul. GOD accepted his humble
desire and within moments H.Ali could see the dead body and he saw dreadful scene
before his eyes he saw the dead body was arrested in the long flames and very
hot fire balls and with crying heart - breaking sound aloud he was weeping,
requesting Ali to help him to be out of fire with is continuously burning him
with increased intensity. O Ali he requested - please be kind to me and pray God and recommend in my favour I am
helpless so please get me out of this dreadful punishment.
The shocking scene and loud screaming extremely painful
punishment Hzrt Ali became restless and depressed he raised his hands before
the court of Allah and asked for forgiving the dead. His application for the pity was
responded by saying O Ali do not recommend this man, for, in spite of keeping
fast this unfortunate person did not respect
fast which is due, for Ramadan. He continued to commit sins. The day was
seemingly with fast but in the night he was
involved in sins. Hzrt Ali became very sad and in sajdah he again put his
request by saying please keep my words for request because this fellow has called me with great
hope O my master Please do not insult me by rejecting the request and please
forgive this poor fellow. Ultimately GOD felt pity, forgiving him. A big fountain
came into existence, Ali could hear the sweet voice saying O Ali due to your heavy sorrowful heart I
have forgiven him and after pardon the punishment was over.
The inspiration we get from the above episode is
that when Allah is angry even the praying person and the fasting person can
also be punished
While what we observe is that our brothers observing
fast pass their fasting time in playing out door games with lot of noice in the
garb of not feeling the thirst and hunger. What will happen to such people and
those when keep them self’s busy in indoor games forgetting the time for namaz so
next time we should ensure that we will keep fast to get the reward from GOD
and not for the passing time in other affairs not allowed by our religion – Islam.
Abu Umama has written that he heard our Dear Prophet
that when he was deep asleep he saw to two people in his dream. One brought him
to a mountain, when reaching in the mid of
the two mountains, loud painful screams could be heard by him, when asked about
them Prophet SAW was told that such voices are from the people burning in the
fire of hell. On covering small distance Prophet saw some people were tied from
their ankles upside down their mouths were ripped off the jaws where kept apart
with continuous bleeding when asked he
was explained that these are the people who observed fast but much before the
scheduled time they consumed edibles, they took the fast lightly, taken for granted
and in every fast used to eat much before the time of termination of fast. therefore,
such fast breaking much before the time
made Allah angry and they had to suffer the consequences. So remember, keep
fast, as instructed by our Prophet and if we keep but break it before completion of the day is an unpardonable sin so revenge by GOD to such
people is sure to happen. There is code of conduct for the month so that in real sense we keep the fast and earn the rewards – due. May Allah The
Great Guide Us In Righteous Future Amen.
Tauheed and Imaan(Faith)
Our dear Prophet S.A.W has said that Kalimah Tauheed
(la ila ha illal la) is most important branch of Our faith(Imaan) This proves
that it is the highest thing in Imaan. And that no other branch of Imaan is
superior to it. This belief in Tauheed is the most important essential of Imaan
and is incumbent of every believer.
All the things of Imaan are included in these three
categories The first category includes thirty articles of faith, as follows:
1. To
believe in Allah—In his Being and his Attributes, and that He is One, has no
partner, and that there is no one like Him.
2. To
believe that all things except Him, were
created after wards by Him. And that only He has been thereforever.
3. To
believe in the Angels.
4. To
Believe in the revealed Books.
5. To Believe in the Apostles of Allah.
6. To
Believe in Destiny, i.e whether good or bad, it is ordained by Allah.
7. To
believe in the life after death, including tnterrogation in the grave,
punishment in the grave resurrection, in the grave, punishment in the grave
resurrection, the Day of Judgement, rendering account of ones deeds, and
passing over the Bridge of Siraat.
8. To
believe in the existence of Paradise, and that
(by the grace of Almighty Allah)the Believers will live in it forever.
9. To
believe in the existence of Hell with its severest punishments, and that it
will that it will last for ever.
10. To love Almighty Alah.
11. To love of hate other people
for the pleasure of Allah (i.e. to love
the pious and hate the disobedient ones). It includes, of course, loving the
Sahabah, specially Muhajirs, Ansars, and descendants of Rasulullah (S.A.W)
12. To love Rasulullah (S.A.W), which include cherishing
the highest esteem for him, offering Durood on him, and following the Sunnah
I,e, hi s way of life.
13. To practice Ikhlaas, which
includes avoiding show and hypocrisy.
14. To make Taubah i.e. to repent
over one’s sins from the core of the heart, and to be determined and never to
repeat them.
15. To fear Almighty Allah.
16. To hope and pray for the mercy
of Allah.
17. Not to despair of Almighty Allah’s mercy.
18. To remain thankful to Allah.
19. To be faithful in one’s
promise.
20. To exercise patience.
21. To show humility, which
includes respect for the elders.
22. To show kindness and pity,
which includes kindness to children.
23. To be resigned to one’s fate.
24. To practice tawakkul i.e. to
depend on almighty Allah.
25. To refrain from self-praise and
self-aggrandisement. This includes self reformation also.
26.
Not to harbour rancor and jealousy against others.
27. To restrain one’s rage.
29. Not to deceive, cheat or
suspect others.
30.To expel from one’s heart the
love enticement for the worldly things, including that for wealth and status.
Special Significance Of Ramadhan Month
The Holy Month of Ramadhan is Divine and pious gift
to us from Allah The Great. Evey Moment is full of Holy reward of goodness. If
one recites Durood Sharif one time the reward is so enormous that it is more
than reciting Durood in other days.
Reiciting Subhanallah result in reward of one Lac
times Greater Than reciting it in other days. Even Angels say Ameen to the
supplication and bagging from Allah. All the fishes in all type of natural
resources of water pray Allah of salvation of fasting persons till iftyar (the
termination moment of fast leading to eat Dates and other edibles till maghrib
prayers )
Some of the salient features of holy month of Ramadhan
are :
1. Holy
Book was revealed for necessary instructions and guidance for human beings.
2. It
is the month of ALLAH exclusively like Kabah is the House of ALLAH.
3. Ramadhan
Means Rain of Kharif that softens dead soil of the earth so that rabi crop is
in Abundance the good deeds done in the Eleven Month Reach Maturity and ripe in
this month of Ramadhan.
4. “Ramzun”
The root word means burning of Heat every Muslim tolerates the unquenched
thirst and hunger that results in burning of misdeeds so Ramadhan is collection
of various special rewards in which angles pray for salvation of human beings
observing fast.
Doors of paradise are kept
open from the night of first of this month to the last night of the month.
5. Keeping
fast is like shield against fire of hell which gets shift back, retreat for
forty years of God’s Heaven the fire of hell will fail to burn that who is
observing fast.
6. In
this month one night is very special, as , In this night The supplicating mass,
busy in remembrance of Allah in offering Prayers in plenty, Allah will forgive
them and let free from hell INSHALLAH.
Kaaba calls Muslims and
distributes pity and compassion it is like a big well and Ramadhan is like a
river receiving compassion water from it.
Ramadhan is therefore a
month of lasting and abundant blessing gain full of Profit, Excess in kindness
and prosperity auspiciousness and good fortune.
More About Fearing ALLAH.
“Fear of Allah leads to everything that is good”
“Whenever I felt Allah’s fear in me, I found a fresh door of
knowledge and wisdom opened for me”
In a Hadith, it is said:
“Allah says; ‘I do not impose two fears on my slave. If he
does not fear me in this world, I shall give him fear in the next, and if he
fears me in this world I shall save him from all fears in the Hereafter”
The Prophet (SAW) says:
“All things fear a person who fears Allah, while everything is a source of fear
to him who fears somebody other than Allah.”
Yaha bin Ma’az (Rahmatullah alaih) says:
“if a man fears Hell as much as he is afraid of poverty then
he will enter into paradise.”
Abu Sulaiman Daarani (Rahmatullah alaih) says:
“There is nothing but ruin for a heart that is devoid or
fear of Allah.”
The Prophet (SAW) says:
“The face that gets wet with the smallest drop of tear from
the fear of Allah is safe from entrance into the fire of Hell.”
“When a Muslim shivers with the fear of Allah, his sins fall
away from him like the falling old leaves of a tree.”
The dear Prophet SAW has said:
“A person weeping with fear of Allah cannot go to Hell until
milk goes back into the teats (which is an impossibility)”
“What is the way to salvation?”
“Hold your tongue, staying indoors, cry over your sins.”
Hadrat A’ishah Radhiyallaho anha) once inquired of the
Prophet (SAW)
“Is there anybody among your followers who will go to
Paradise without reckoning?”
“Yes,” replied the Prophet, “The person who often cries over
his sins.”
There is another Hadith, in which my dear Master, Muhammad SAW has said:
“No drop is more dear to Allah than two drops; a drop of
tear shed in the fear of Allah, and a drop of blood shed in the path of Allah.”
It is said in the Hadith that seven persons would be under
the shade of the Arsh on the day of Judgment. One of them would be the person
who remembered Allah when all alone by himself, and tears flowed from his eyes
with awe of Allah and in repentence for his sins.
Hadrat Abu Bakr (Radhiyallaho anho) says:
“One who can weep should do so, and one who cannot should
make the appearance of a weeping- person.”
It is reported of Muhammad bin Munkadir (Radhiyallaho anho )
that, when he wept, he smeared his tears over his face and beard saying:
“I have heard that the fire of Hell does not touch the place
touched by these tears.”
Yazid bin Maisarah (Rahmatullah alaih) says:
There can be seven reasons for weeping viz., extreme joy,
Insanity, extreme pain, horror, artifice, intoxication and fear of Allah. A
single tear shed in the fear of Allah is
sufficient to quench oceans of fire (Of Hell),”
Hadrat Ka’ah ahbar (Radhiyallaho anho) says
“By Him who holds my life in his hands. I love to weep for
fear of Allah, with tears flowing down my cheeks, rather than spend a mountain
of gold in charity”
The fear of Allah, and over one’s sins, is very effective
and beneficial in attaining spiritual elevation.
It is therefore necessary that we should combine fear and
hope together in our hearts, Especially when the time of death is approaching.
We should have more hope than fear. The Prophet SAW says:
“None of you should die, except with a strong hope in the
Mercy of Allah.”
Fear of Allah
It is very difficult
to cover all that is said in the Quran and the Hadith about the Importance of
fear of Allah. It may, however, be understood that fear of Allah is an
essential step towards all spiritual advancement. The prophet (Sallalllaho
alaihe wasallam) said:
“Fear of Allah is the root of all wisdom.”
Hadhrat Ibn ‘Umar (Radiyallaho anho) used to weep so much
with the fear of Allah that he lost his eyesight. He said to somebody watching
him.
“You wonder at my weeping. Even the sun and moon weeps with
the fear of Allah.”
The prophet (Sallalllaho alaihe wasallam) once passed by the
Sahaabah who was reciting the Quran. When he came to the verse:
“And when the heaven splitteth asunder and becometh rosy
like red hide”
The hair of his body raised, and he was nearly choked, with
excessive weeping. He would cry and say:
“Alas; what will happen to me on the day when even the heaven
splitteth asunder. Woe is me!”
The Pro0phet SAW said to him
“Your crying has made even the angels weep”
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