[Scholarly Reminder] O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed - TopicsExpress



          

[Scholarly Reminder] O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may become people having Taqwa. [Surah al-Baqarah (2): 183] In this aayah, as will not be hidden to all those who are present, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, informs the Ummah of Muhammad (saws), through this aayah, that He has made Fasting obligatory upon them just as He had made its like obligatory upon the nations before us. This is a matter that is well-known to all of the Muslims who read this aayah, and clearly understand its meaning. But what I wish to speak about is something else, a matter which very few of the general people notice – and this is the saying of Allah, the Exalted and Most High, at the end of this Aayah: ”…So that you may become people having Taqwa.” So Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, when He commands His believing servants, or obligates them with some Legislation, (then He) usually just mentions the command, without explaining the wisdom behind it. This is because the general wisdom behind Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, placing duties upon His servants is that He should test them by it, so that it should become apparent (as to) those who will obey Him and those who will disobey Him, the Exalted and Most High. However in this aayah, He mentioned something that is not found frequently in the Noble Quraan, which is that He mentioned the reason for the order to Fast, by His Saying: ”…So that you may become people having Taqwa.” So the wisdom behind the Believers’ fasting is not just that they should prevent themselves from enjoyable and permissible good things, even though this is an obligation upon the fasting person – but this is not the only thing that is required and intended by this Fasting. Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, concluded His command to fast by saying: …So that you may become people having Taqwa. Meaning: that the wisdom behind the prescription of Fasting is that the Muslim should increase in obedience to Allah, the Exalted and Most High, in the month of Fasting, and become more obedient than he was before it. - Imaam Muhammad Nasir-ud-Deen Al-Albani
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 01:28:21 +0000

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