Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Virtues of Ramadan

It was narrated that Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) ascended the minbar and said: "Ameen, ameen, ameen." It was said: 'O Messenger of Allah, you ascended the minbar and said, 'Ameen, ameen, ameen." He said: "Jibreel (peace be upon him) came to me and said: 'If Ramadan comes and a person is not forgiven, he will enter Hell and Allah will cast him far away. Say Ameen.' So I said Ameen. He said: 'O Muhammad, if both or one of a person's parents are alive and he does not honour them and he dies, he will enter Hell and Allah will cast him far away. Say Ameen.' So I said Ameen. He said: 'If you are mentioned in a person's presence and he does not send blessings upon you and he dies, he will enter Hell and Allah will cast him far away. Say Ameen.' So I said Ameen." 

On the last day o Sha'ban, the Prophet (peace be upon him) gave a sermon and said, "O people! A great and blessed month has approached you, a month containing a night better than a thousand months. Allah has made fasting in its days an obligation and prayer in its nights a (recommended) voluntary act. Anyone who seeks nearness to Allah in this month through any virtuous act will be like one who carried out an obligatory act at another time (outside of Ramadan), and whoever performs an obligatory act in this month will be like one who performed seventy such acts at another time. It is the month of patience, and the reward for patience is Paradise. It is the month of equality, the month in which the wealth of the believer is increased."

 

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