بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
فضل صيام رمضان
هذا الضيف الكريم الذي ندخله لنملىء الخزائن لا أقول خزائن الذهب و
الفضة كرجال الإعمال و طالبي الدنيا و متاعها و لكن خزائن الحسنات
الباقيات النافعات .. إنه رمضان .. ذلك الضيف الكريم الذي تشرئب
نحوه القلوب قبل العيون و تقر به الأنفس ، لقد أتى و هناك الكثير من
الجراح !! و هناك الكثير من الفتنو المصائب ( و ما ذلك بجدبد) .. و
لكن هذه المرة الفتن أشد و أعظم( اللهم الطف)
أقول أتى .. فمن كانت له عادة سيئة فهو قادر على أن يدعها .. و بشرى
بشرى للمدخنين فقد أتى منقذكم ( إن توكلتم على بارئكم و أخلصتم
النية و عقدتم العزم ) .
و لقد ثبت عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه كان يبشر أصحابه بمجيء
شهر رمضان ويخبرهم عليه الصلاة والسلام أنه شهر تُفتح فيه أبواب الجنة
وتُغلق فيه أبواب جهنم، وتُغَلُّ فيه الشياطين، ويقول صلى الله عليه
وسلم "إذا كانت أول ليلة من رمضان فُتحت أبواب الجنة فلم يُغلق منها
باب، وَغُلِّقتْ أبواب جهنم فلم يفتح منها باب، وصُفِّدت الشياطين، ويُنادي
منادٍ يا باغي الخير أقبل ويا باغي الشر أقصر، ولله عتقاء من النار
وذلك كل ليلة "
ويقول عليه الصلاة والسلام "جاءكم شهر رمضان، شهر بركة يغشاكم الله فيه
فيُنزل الرحمة ويُحط الخطايا ويستجيب الدعاء، ينظر الله إلى تنافسكم
فيه فيباهي بكم ملائكته، فأروا الله من أنفسكم خيرًا فإن الشقي من حُرم
فيه رحمة الله"
ويقول عليه الصلاة والسلام "من صام رمضان إيمانًا واحتسابًا غفر له ما
تقدم من ذنبه، ومن قام رمضان إيمانًا واحتسابًا غفر له ما تقدم من
ذنبه ومن قام ليلة القدر إيمانًا واحتسابًا غفر له ما تقدم من ذنبه"
ويقول عليه الصلاة والسلام، يقول الله عز وجل في الحديث القدسي "كل عمل
ابن آدم له الحسنة بعشر أمثالها إلى سبعمائة ضعف إلا الصيام فإنه لي
وأنا أجزي به، ترك شهوته وطعامه وشرابه من أجلي، للصائم فرحتان،
فرحة عند فطره، وفرحة عند لقاء ربه، ولخلوف فم الصائم أطيب عند الله
من ريح المسك".
والأحاديث في فضل صيام رمضان كثيرة، والله سبحانه وتعالى جعل عمل ابن
آدم كله له إلا الصوم فهو لله جل وعلا، والله عز وجل هو الذي يجزي به
وهذا يدل على فضل هذا الشهر الكريم وزيادة الأجر فيه، فينبغي للمؤمن
أن يتوب إلى الله من ذنوبه وأن ينتهز هذه الفرصة وهي ما مَنَّ الله به
عليه من إدراك شهر رمضان، فيسارع إلى الطاعات، ويحذر السيئات ويجتهد
في أداء ما افترض الله عليه ولا سيَّما الصلوات الخمس فإنها عمود الإسلام
وهي أعظم الفرائض بعد الشهادتين ولا يتركها إلا كافر خارج عن ملة
الإسلام على القول الراجح من أقوال العلماء لحديث النبي صلى الله عليه
وسلم "العهد الذي بيننا وبينهم الصلاة فمن تركها فقد كفر" وللحديث
الآخر "بين الإيمان والكفر والشرك ترك الصلاة "،
فمن صام رمضان وهو تارك للصلاة فليس له من صيامه إلا الجوع والعطش،
فلا يقبل الله منه صيام ولا زكاة ولا عمل فقد صَحَّ عن النبي صلى الله عليه
وسلم أنه قال "من لم يدع قول الزور والعمل به والجهل فليس لله حاجة
في أن يدع طعامه وشرابه" فيجب على المؤمن أن يحافظ على الصلاة وأن
يكون من عباد الله الصالحين وليس من عُبَّاد رمضان،
كما ينبغي على المسلم أن ينتبه أيضًا إلى موضوع الزكاة، فإن غالب
الناس يجعل زكاته في رمضان، وهي واجبة متى بلغت النصاب وحال عليه
ا الحول وليس فقط في رمضان، والزكاة أحد أركان الإسلام الخمسة، التي
يجب على المسلم المحافظة عليها فهي تعمل على تثبيت أواصر المودة بين
الغني والفقير لأن النفس مجبولة على حب من أحسن إليها، وهي تُطَهِّر
النفس وتزكيها وتبعدها عن الشح والبخل وتُعَوِّد النفس على الجود والكرم
والعطف على المحتاجين، وقال الله تعالى فيمن قصَّر بها ولم
يخرجها "والذين يكنزون الذهب والفضة ولا ينفقونها في سبيل الله فبشرهم
بعذاب أليم يوم يحمى عليها في نار جهنم فتكوى بها جباههم وجنوبهم
وظهورهم هذا ما كنزتم لأنفسكم فذوقوا ما كنتم تكنزون". (التوبة/
34) .
و أخيراً .... " وبل لمن أدرك رمضان و لم يغفر له ، و يل لمن أدرك
رمضان و لم يغفر له ، و يل لمن أدرك رمضان و لم يغفر له "
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The Meaning of Ramadan
Taken from:
www.islamway.com Fasting during Ramadan, the Muslims holy month, was ordained during the second year of Hijrah. Why not earlier? In Makkah the economic conditions of the Muslims were bad. They were being persecuted. Often days would go by before they had anything to eat. It is easy to skip meals if you don’t have any. Obviously fasting would have been easier under the circumstances. So why not then?
The answer may be that Ramadan is not only about skipping meals. While fasting is an integral and paramount part of it, Ramadan offers a comprehensive program for our spiritual overhaul. The entire program required the peace and security that was offered by Madinah.
Yes, Ramadan is the most important month of the year. It is the month that the believers await with eagerness. At the beginning of Rajab --- two full months before Ramadan --- the Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, used to supplicate thus: "O Allah! Bless us during Rajab and Sha’ban, and let us reach Ramadan (in good health)."
During Ramadan the believers get busy seeking Allah’s mercy, forgiveness, and protection from Hellfire. This is the month for renewing our commitment and re-establishing our relationship with our Creator. It is the spring season for goodness and virtues when righteousness blossoms throughout the Muslim communities. "If we combine all the blessings of the other eleven months, they would not add up to the blessings of Ramadan," said the great scholar and reformer Shaikh Ahmed Farooqi (Mujaddad Alif Thani). It offers every Muslim an opportunity to strengthen his Iman, purify his heart and soul, and to remove the evil effects of the sins committed by him.
"Anyone who fasts during this month with purity of belief and with expectation of a good reward (from his Creator), will have his previous sins forgiven," said Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam. "Anyone who stands in prayers during its nights with purity of belief and expectation of a reward, will have his previous sins forgiven." As other ahadith tell us, the rewards for good deeds are multiplied manifold during Ramadan.
Along with the possibility of a great reward, there is the risk of a terrible loss. If we let any other month pass by carelessly, we just lost a month. If we do the same during Ramadan, we have lost everything. The person who misses just one day’s fast without a legitimate reason, cannot really make up for it even if he were to fast everyday for the rest of his life. And of the three persons that Prophet, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam cursed, one is the unfortunate Muslim who finds Ramadan in good health but does not use the opportunity to seek Allah’s mercy.
One who does not fast is obviously in this category, but so also is the person who fasts and prays but makes no effort to stay away from sins or attain purity of the heart through the numerous opportunities offered by Ramadan. The Prophet, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, warned us: "There are those who get nothing from their fast but hunger and thirst. There are those who get nothing from their nightly prayers but loss of sleep."
Those who understood this, for them Ramadan was indeed a very special month. In addition to fasting, mandatory Salat, and extra Travih Salat, they spent the whole month in acts of worship like voluntary Salat, Tilawa (recitation of Qur’an), Dhikr etc. After mentioning that this has been the tradition of the pious people of this Ummah throughout the centuries, Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi notes: " I have seen with my own eyes such ulema and mashaikh who used to finish recitation of the entire Qur’an everyday during Ramadan. They spent almost the entire night in prayers. They used to eat so little that one wondered how they could endure all this. These greats valued every moment of Ramadan and would not waste any of it in any other pursuit…Watching them made one believe the astounding stories of Ibada and devotion of our elders recorded by history."
This emphasis on these acts of worship may sound strange --- even misplaced --- to some. It requires some explanation. We know that the term Ibada (worship and obedience) in Islam applies not only to the formal acts of worship and devotion like Salat , Tilawa, and Dhikr, but it also applies to worldly acts when performed in obedience to Shariah and with the intention of pleasing Allah. Thus a believer going to work is performing Ibada when he seeks Halal income to discharge his responsibility as a bread-winner for the family. However a distinction must be made between the two. The first category consists of direct Ibada, acts that are required for their own sake. The second category consists of indirect Ibada --- worldly acts that become Ibada through proper intention and observation of Shariah. While the second category is important for it extends the idea of Ibada to our entire life, there is also a danger because by their very nature these acts can camouflage other motives. (Is my going to work really Ibada or am I actually in the rat race?). Here the direct Ibada comes to the rescue. Through them we can purify our motives, and re-establish our relationship with Allah.
Islam does not approve of monasticism. It does not ask us to permanently isolate ourselves from this world, since our test is in living here according to the Commands of our Creator. But it does ask us to take periodic breaks from it. The mandatory Salat (five daily prayers) is one example. For a few minutes every so many hours throughout the day, we leave the affairs of this world and appear before Allah to remind ourselves that none but He is worthy of worship and of our unfaltering obedience. Ramadan takes this to the next higher plane, providing intense training for a whole month.
This spirit is captured in I’tikaf, a unique Ibada associated with Ramadan, in which a person gives up all his normal activities and enters a mosque for a specific period. There is great merit in it and every Muslim community is encouraged to provide at least one person who will perform I’tikaf for the last ten days of Ramadan. But even those who cannot spare ten days are encouraged to spend as much time in the mosque as possible.
Through direct Ibada we "charge our batteries"; the indirect ones allow us to use the power so accumulated in driving the vehicle of our life. Ramadan is the month for rebuilding our spiritual strength. How much we benefit from it is up to us.
تحياتى.
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