Ramadan 2014: Checklist -Some Do’s to make sure you are doing! DO… make intention in the heart before the start of each fast. This is obligatory. DO… take suhoor (the meal before fasting starts). The difference between the fast of a Muslim and the fast of others is the taking of suhoor (from Muslim).This is recommended DO… delay the suhoor to as close to Fajr as possible. This is recommended. DO… hasten to break the fast at Maghrib time. This is recommended. DO… try to break your fast with dates, as this is a sunnah. If dates aren’t available, break your fast with water. This is recommended. DO… make a duaa at the time of breaking the fast, eg. ‘O Allah, for you I have fasted and on Your Provision I have broken the fast’ [Abu Dawud] ‘The thirst is gone, the veins are moisten and the reward is certain, In Shaa Allah’ [Au Dawud] ‘Indeed there is for the fasting person, when he breaks his fast, a supplication which is not rejected.’ [Ibn Majah, al-Hakim] This is recommended. DO… Use a miswak during fasting, as this is sunnah. This is recommended. DO… Exercise patience and Sabr at all times. This is obligatory. DO… Ask Allah سبحانه و تعالى for His Mercy and Forgiveness. DO… Engage in Islamic acts of worship and good, eg. Give in charity, be good to your neighbour, show good character DO… Read the Qur’anThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘The best among you is he who learns the Holy Qur’an and teaches it.’ From Bukhari & Muslim DO… Increase your Islamic knowledge about as much as you can find out. DO…. Get rid of any innovated practices from your habits. DO.... Find the opportunity to rid your self of bad habits once and for all. DO… Make duaa to Allah سبحانه و تعالى frequently during the day and night. DO… Be generous. ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was the most generous of men and he was the most generous during Ramadan when Jibreel would visit him every night and recite the Holy Qur’an to him.’ From Bukhari & Muslim DO… Provide something to a person who is fasting, to break his fast. ‘He who provides something to the observer of fast for breaking the fast earns the same reward as the one who observes the fast, without diminishing his.’From Ahmad & Tirmidhi DO… Pray the special prayer ie Taraweeh if you can. If you cant at the masjid then try to do so in your homes. DO… Practice I’tikaf (seclusion in the masjid) in the last 10 days of Ramadan. Aisha (May Allah be pleased with her) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform I’tikaf during the last ten days of Ramadan until Allah سبحانه و تعالى the Mighty and Majestic, took away his life, then his wives followed this practice after him.’ From Bukhari & Muslim DO… Seek Laylatul Qadr in the last 10 days of Ramadan DO… Give your Zakat-ul-Fitr before Eid. This is obligatory In Shaa Allah we can all practise these dos! Walaikum Assalam Qasim
Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 07:00:00 +0000
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