- Ramadhan is an auspicious opportunity for believers to renew their commitment to their Creator and the Sovereign of the Day of Recompense. This commitment must be both outward and inward, so that a Muslim not only recites more Qur'an and offers more units of prayer, but that she or he does so with reflection, humility and attentiveness.
- Muslims must ensure they are not formalists who concentrate only on the outward. Achieving Allah's acceptance must be a believer's priority and is not easy - "Indeed, Allah only accepts from the righteous." [Al-Qur'an 5:27]
- Ramadhan is a wonderful opportunity for accounting of one's sins and making repentance. If one does not repent in Ramadhan, when will he or she do so?
- Muslims should strive to worship Allah as best as they can from the beginning of the month, for that increases chances of the end of the month being good as well.
- Muslims should consider what is it that they truly want to achieve in Ramadhan , whether they want to be from the winners or from the losers, and should make sure they do not perform acts of worship simply because it is the surrounding people's custom to do so.
- Muslims must be firmly aware that Ramadhan is only a means and not an end.
Advice to Muslims in Ramadhan
Brother Muslim, Sister Muslimah :
- Fast Ramadhan with belief and truly seeking the reward of Allah the Most High so that He may forgive you your past sins.
- Beware of breaking your fast during the days of
Ramadhan without a valid Islamic excuse, for it is from the greatest of sins.
- Pray Salat ut-Tarawih and the night prayer during the nights of Ramadhan - especially on Layatul-Qadr - based on belief and truly seeking the reward of Allah, so that Allah may forgive you your past sins.
- Make sure that your food, your drink and your clothing are from halal means, in order that your actions be accepted, and your supplications answered. Beware of refraining from the halal while fasting and breaking your fast with the haram .
- Give food to some fasting people to gain a reward similar to theirs.
- Perform your five prayers on time in congregation to gain the reward and Allah's protection.
- Give a lot of charity for the best charity is that of Ramadhan .
- Beware of spending your time without performing righteous deeds, for you will be responsible and reckoned for it and will be rewarded for all you do during your time.
- Perform 'Umrah in Ramadhan for 'Umrah in
Ramadhan is equal to Hajj .
- Seek help for fasting during the day by eating the
suhur meal in the last part of the night before the appearance of Fajr .
- Hasten breaking your fast after the sun has truly set in order to gain the love of Allah.
- Perform ghusl before Fajr if you need to purify yourself from the state of major impurity so that you are able to do acts of worship in a state of purity and cleanliness.
- Cease the opportunity of being in Ramadhan and spend it with the good that has been revealed in it - by reciting the noble Qur'an and pondering and reflection of its meanings so that it be a proof for you with your Lord and an intercessor for you on the Day of Reckoning.
- Preserve your tongue from lying, cursing, backbiting and slander for it decreases the reward of fasting.
- Do not let fasting cause you cross your boundaries by getting upset due to the slightest of reasons. Rather, fasting should be a cause of peacefulness and tranquillity of your soul.
- Upon completion of fasting, be in a state of taqwa of Allah the Most High , being aware of Allah watching you in secret and in public, in thankfulness for His favours, and steadfastness upon obedience of Allah by doing all what He has ordered and shunning all that He has prohibited.
- Increase in remembrance of Allah, seeking of forgiveness, asking for Paradise and protection against the Fire, especially when fasting, while breaking the fast and during suhur, for these actions are among greatest causes of attaining Allah's forgiveness.
- Increase in supplication for yourself, your parents, your children and Muslims, for Allah has ordered making of supplications and has guaranteed acceptance.
- Repent to Allah with a sincere repentance in all times by leaving sins, regretting those that you have done before and firmly deciding not to return to them in the future, for Allah accepts repentance of those who repent.
- Fast six days of Shawwal, for whoever fasts
Ramadhan and then follows it with six days of
Shawwal, it is as if he fasts all the time.
- Fast on the Day of 'Arafah, the 9th of Dhul-Hijjah , to attain success by being forgiven your sins of the last year and the coming year.
- Fast on the day of 'Ashura' , the 10th of Muharram, along with the 9th, to attain success by being forgiven your sins of the past year.
- Continue being in a state of iman and taqwa and perform righteous actions after the month of
Ramadhan, until you die - "And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty (i.e. death)." [ Al-Qur'an 15:99]
- Ensure that you attain the positive effects of your acts of worship such as prayer, fasting, zakat and
Hajj , sincere repentance and leaving of customs that are in variance with the Shari'ah .
- Invoke a lot of salawat and salam upon the Messenger of Allah, may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him , his Companions and all those
Congratulations @abdirahman478! You have completed some achievement on Steemit and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :
Click on any badge to view your own Board of Honor on SteemitBoard.
For more information about SteemitBoard, click here
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOPCongratulations @abdirahman478! You received a personal award!
You can view your badges on your Steem Board and compare to others on the Steem Ranking
Do not miss the last post from @steemitboard:
Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness to get one more award and increased upvotes!