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The Prophet’s Sermon on Ramadan
Baihaqi reported on the authority of Salman Al-Farsi (Radhi Allah
‘Anh) that Prophet (Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasalaam) delivered a sermon on
the last day of the month of Sha’ban. In it he (Sallallaahu Alaihi
Wasalaam) said,
“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 honored 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. While fasting
remember the hunger and thirst on the Day of Judgement. Give alms to
the poor and needy. Pay respect to your elders, have sympathy for your
youngsters and be kind towards your relatives and kinsmen. Guard your
tongue against unworthy words, and your eyes from scenes that are not
worth seeing (forbidden) and your ears from sounds that should not be
heard.
Be kind to orphans so that if your children may become orphans they
will also be treated with kindness. Do repent to Allah for your sins and
supplicate with raised hands at the times of prayer as these are the
best times, during which Allah Almighty looks at His servants with
mercy. Allah Answers if they supplicate, Responds if they call, Grants
if He is asked, and Accepts if they entreat. O people! you have made
your conscience the slave of your desires.
Make it free by invoking Allah for forgiveness. Your back may break
from the heavy load of your sins, so prostrate yourself before Allah for
long intervals, and make this load lighter. Understand fully that
Allah has promised in His Honor and Majesty that, people who perform
salat and sajda (prostration) will be guarded from Hell-fire on the
Day of Judgement.
O people!, if anyone amongst you arranges for iftar (meal at sunset)
for any believer, Allah will reward him as if he had freed a slave,
and Allah will forgive him his sins. A companion asked: “but not all of
us have the means to do so” The Prophet (Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasalaam)
replied: Keep yourself away from Hell-fire though it may consist of
half a date or even some water if you have nothing else.
O people!, anyone who during this month cultivates good manners, will
walk over the Sirat (bridge to Paradise) on the day when feet will
tend to slip. For anyone who during this month eases the workload of his
servants, Allah will make easy his accounting, and for anyone who
doesn’t hurt others during this month, Allah will safeguard him from His
Wrath on the Day of Judgement. Anyone who respects and treats an
orphan with kindness during this month, Allah shall look at him with
kindness on that Day. Anyone who treats his kinsmen well during this
month, Allah will bestow His Mercy on him on that Day, while anyone
who mistreats his kinsmen during this month, Allah will keep away from
His Mercy.
Whomever offers the recommended prayers during this month, Allah will
save him from Hell, and whomever observes his obligations during this
month, his reward will be seventy times the reward during other months.
Whomever repeatedly invokes Allah’s blessings on me, Allah will keep
his scale of good deeds heavy, while the scales of others will be
tending to lightness. Whomever recites during this month an ayat (verse)
of the Holy Qur’an, will get the reward of reciting the whole Qur’an
in other months.
O people!, the gates of Paradise remain open during this month. Pray
to your Lord that they may not be closed for you. While the gates of
Hell are closed, pray to your Lord that they never open for you. Satan
has been chained, invoke your Lord not to let him dominate you.”
Ali ibn Talib (Radhi Allah ‘Anh) said: “I asked, ‘O messenger of
Allah, what are the best deeds during this month’?” ‘He replied: ‘O
Abu-Hassan, the best of deeds during this month is to be far from what
Allah has forbidden’.”
