‘Aren’t you ashamed of eating in the Muslims’ marketplace in the blessed month of Ramadan?’ His son replied, ‘(But) Father, you also eat in the blessed month of Ramadan.’ The father replied, ‘I don’t eat in front of the Muslims, I eat at home where they can’t see me, I don’t disgrace this holy month.’

After some time, this non-Muslim died. Someone had a dream in which he saw the deceased strolling in Paradise. Amazed, the dreaming person asked, ‘You were a non-Muslim, how did you enter Paradise?’ He replied, ‘You are right; I was a non-Muslim, but at the time of my death, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ blessed me with faith through the blessing of respecting Ramadan, and He عَزَّوَجَلَّ granted me Paradise after my death.’

جب کہا عِصیاں سے میں نے سخت لاچاروں میں ہوں

جن کے پَلّے کچھ نہیں ہے اُن خریداروں میں ہوں

تیری رَحمت کیلئے شامِل گنہگاروں میں ہوں

بول اُٹّھی رَحمت نہ گھبرا میں مَددگاروں میں ہو

Dear Islamic brothers! Have you heard! Due to the reverence for the blessed month of Ramadan, not only did Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ blessed a non-Muslim with the wealth of faith, but he was also made to enter Paradise. From this parable especially those heedless Muslims, who despite being Muslims do not respect the blessed month of Ramadan, and by making an excuse of intense heat    مَـعَـاذَ الـلّٰـه عَـزَّوَجَـلَّ, do not observe fasts, should learn a critical lesson from this parable. They smoke cigarettes, chew Paan, Gutkha, Mainpuri etc., in front of the fasting people, even some of them become so bold that they shamelessly have refreshing drinks, Biryani and Samosas etc. in front of everyone. Likewise, some unwise people, instead of observing fasts مَـعَـاذَ الـلّٰـه عَـزَّوَجَـلَّ, do not abstain from playing cards, chess, Ludo, and video games, watching films and dramas and listening to songs and music etc. Such people should seriously ponder over their death, its agonies and the matters of the grave and the Day of Judgement. They should think that due to giving no importance to the month of Ramadan and destroying its sanctity if the torment of the grave or Hell is inflicted upon them, so how could their soft and delicate bodies bear