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Ramadan 2011 Is Here!!!

You might have seen lots of food stalls and fruit markets are set to get ready for Ramadan. In my city I lived there used to a chain of Haleem counters. Fruit markets are set to sell record during this month. Indian fabric industry sees a great high during this month. As the month progress there starts shopping for Eid and before Eid events are set to go ahead.

Overall since my childhood I saw Ramadan as a full of joy of eating 30 days and then get ready for Eid at the end of Ramadan. When I was in engineering my classmates used to force me to take them to these food stall. Once I took them there and then they forgot me and started going on their own. One day I went there to take soon Haleem for my family, the owner said your friends are our daily customers. Do most of them live in US now, Ramadan comes and they send an email for food.

Apart from all these, Muslims perform daily additional prayers at night and in last ten days they worship Allah SWT all night. Though few people wake up all night and waste their time on the streets. If you ask me the real essence of Ramadan is to realize the pain and suffering of fellow mates, be humble and be thankful to God. But most of Muslims and Non-Muslim friends don’t get to the real essence of it. Muslims don’t understand because it’s tough for them, and non-Muslims don’t know because their friends usually practice something else.

Just read the following passage that give the clear essence of whole Ramadan and the practices one need to follow to gain mercy and forgiveness from the Allah SWT.

On the authority of Salman al Farsi (May Allah be pleased with him) it is narrated that during the last Jumu’ah of the month of Sha’ban the Prophet (Peace be upon him) recited a Khutba (sermon) in which he said:

‘O people there comes over you now a great month, a most blessed month in which lies a night more greater in virtue than a thousand months. It is a month in which Allah has made Fasting compulsory by day, and has made Sunnah the Taraweeh by night. Whosoever intends drawing near to Allah by performing any virtuous deed, for such a person shall be the reward like the one who had performed a Fardh (Obligatory act) in any other time. And whoever performs a Fardh, shall be blessed with the reward of seventy Faraa-idh in any other time.

This is indeed the month of patience, and the reward for true patience is Jannah (Paradise). It is the month of sympathy with one’s fellowmen. It is the month wherein a true believer’s rizq (sustenance) is increased. Whosoever feeds another who fasted, in order to break the fast at sunset, for the feeder there shall be forgiveness of sins and freedom from the fire of Jahannum (hellfire), and for such a feeder shall be the same reward as the one who Fasted (who he fed) without that persons reward being decreased in the least.”

Thereupon we said, “O Messenger of Allah, not all of us possess the means whereby we can give a fasting person to break his fast.” (They were at the time under the impression that Rasullulah(saw) referred to a full meal). Rasullulah (saw) replied: “Allah grants the same reward to the one who gives a fasting person to break the fast a mere date, or a drink of water, or a sip of milk (for Iftar).”

“This is a month, the first of which brings Allah’s mercy (i.e. the first 10 days), the middle of which brings His forgiveness and the last of which brings freedom from the fire of Jahannum.”

“Whosoever lessens the burden of his servants (or those under his authority) in this month, Allah will forgive him and free him from the fire of Jahannum.”

“And in this month four things you should continue to perform in great number, two of which shall be to please your Lord, while the other two shall be those without which you cannot do. Those which shall be to please your Lord, are that you should in great quantity bear witness that there is no deity to worship except Allah (i.e. recite the Kallimah Tayyibah Laa ilaha illallah) and make much Istighfaar (repentance, beg Allah’s forgiveness with Astagfirullah). And as for those without which you cannot do, you should beg of Allah, entrance into Paradise and ask refuge in Him from Jahannum.”

“And whoever gave a person who fasted water to drink, Allah shall grant that giver to drink from My fountain, such a drink where after that a person shall never again feel thirsty until he enters Jannah.”

[Ibn Khuzaimah in his Saheeh]

Ramadan is totally to make one feel of their guilt and wrong deeds, stand in front of the Lord and ask repentance. Understand the pain and suffering of other and suppress anger and be kind to family and fellows.

Let’s try to find the real meaning of worship and its ways of purifying ourselves, instead of focusing on food and cloth. Food and cloth we wear are not eternal, good deeds and good actions are eternal, therefore let’s focus on something that is long lasting instead of wasting time on short term benefits.

I pray Allah SWT to make this month, a month of forgiveness and show his mercy, make it on of the most productive and memorable month of life. Ameen.

Do not forget to share what do you know about Ramadan.

23 Comments

  1. Nipun Ahuja

    Very beautiful article. Thanks for sharing

  2. Remya

    It is really nice period of 30 days. We will b reading holy Ramayana for Karkidaka vavu n my muslim frnds will b practicing Ramzan.

  3. Aditya

    Right now I’m in Hyderabad, enjoying Haleem almost every evening and spending a part of day at Ace Institute.

  4. muhammed noufal

    good article..proud of you.

  5. sohail shaikh

    assalam alaikum zahid bhai
    RAMZAN MUBARAK

  6. swati sharma

    hiiii zahid sir EID MUBARAK to u n ur family……….enjy the day….

  7. bakeel khan

    Hi bhaiya, excellent post in the great month of RAMADAN.. it is a month of mercy and forgiveness from Allah.. so we should utilize this month properly..

    May Allah bless us, protect us and show us the right path.. Aameen

  8. zaheer

    masha allah zahid bhai i feel very happy by looking at the personalities like even after reaching great heights sticking to basics ALLAH may guide all of us on the right path aameen.

  9. shoaib ahamed

    Feeling happy and proud……….
    Happy RAMDAN MONTH..bROTHER ZAHID..i HVE SENDED U REQEST IN FACE BOOK…
    https://www.facebook.com/ShOaibSam.BeingHuman

  10. faraz

    ramzaan mubarak zaid bhaijaan

  11. shireen

    Salaam…
    Ramzan boht boht mubarak ho!!!!

  12. arpita roy

    hello Sir,
    wish u a very happy eid.May god bless u with very fortunate life ahead.

  13. NUPUR

    nice article sir!!!very informative!!God bless you

  14. Inayathulla Khan

    Ameen,may Allah increase your faith,and help in this life and here after.

  15. Sharique.

    its really amazing d way u manage both ur work and Islamic practice. U r really a true muslim .may Almighty continue His blessing on u. U really desrve dat.

  16. Siddhartha Saggar

    One great Master once said, “it is a very uncomprehending fact, but it is true, that Religions were formed to maintain Peace in this World, and today, it is the major cause of Violence”…!!
    I have been through many religious books, and with the grace of many Living Masters, I have had the actual meaning and concept and logic of each and every ritual and custom.. and it feels really exciting to find out, each time, that all religions say and follow the same thing… (they only use different words)…
    and above all, they all ask us to look on what we are inside and not the outside…

    May every one understand the ‘unity in religions’… atleast in India… because our’s is the land bearing numerous cultures… and then help ourself grow and unfold into noble beings…

  17. Suraj

    we should also published about shrawan months

  18. Suraj

    nice to see this article…

  19. Kashif

    Informative post zahid bhai. Jazakallah

  20. Bikram Ballav

    May God Bless you .. Ameen ..

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