Fasting the month of Ramadan is a great worship. The following Qudsiyy hadith narrated by al-Bukhariyy is sufficient to show the merit of Ramadan: كلُّ عملِ ابنِ ءادم له إلا الصوم فإنه لي وأنا أَجزِي به which means : The reward of every good deed is multiplied by ten up to seven-hundred times, except that of the Fasting; it is usually done in sincerity and will be multiplied by as many times as Allah wills. Fasting Ramadan is among the best acts of obedience, among the greatest deeds, and one of the most important matters of Islam. This is ascertained in the hadith reported by al-Bukhariyy and Muslim which indicates that Islam is based on five important matters; the Prophet counted fasting the month of Ramadan among them. It was narrated that the great companion Salman al-Farisiyy said: In his speech on the last day of Sha^ban, the Messenger of Allah said: “ O people, a great and blessed month is about to cast upon you. It is a month holding a great night within. The reward one receives for spending this night in acts of worship is so great. A person may not receive a similar reward in spending one thousand months in acts of worship (which do not have the night of al-Qadr in them). Allah ordained upon you the obligation of fasting the days of Ramadan and kept it optional for His slaves to spend its nights in acts of obedience. It is the month of patience and the reward of patience is Paradise. It is also the month of sympathy and compassion. Whoever provides food to a fasting person to break the fast will be rewarded greatly; His sins will be forgiven and by the Will of Allah he will be protected from Hellfire and rewarded greatly. Upon hearing this, some of the companions said: O Messenger of Allah, not every one of us is able to provide food to the fasting person to break the fast. The Prophet replied: Allah grants this great reward to the one who provides the fasting person a date or a sip of water or a sip of milk to break the fast. The starting days of Ramadan are filled with special mercies, its middle days unfold with forgiveness and its last days end with protection from Hellfire. The one who provides the fasting person with a sip of water to break the fast, Allah grants him the virtue of drinking from my basin on the Day of Judgment not to feel any thirst ever again”.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 09:35:29 +0000