Dear Islamic brothers! Thanks to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ that He عَزَّوَجَلَّ has bestowed the great blessed month full of mercies, blessings i.e. the blessed Ramadan one more time upon us. Today is the first Ijtima’ of the month of Ramadan-ul-Mubarak. May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ enable us to take the full blessings of this sacred month! If only we could succeed in observing all the fasts with spiritual and apparent manners, in offering Salahs, Nawafil and Taraweeh Salahs with extreme fear and humility! May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ enable us to recite the Holy Quran with great passion!

اٰمِيۡن بِجَاهِ النَّبِيِّ الۡاَمِيۡن صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيۡهِ وَاٰلِه وَسَلَّم

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب       صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Iftari with Sattu

Sayyiduna Saalih رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has narrated from Sayyiduna Khulayd Bin Hassaan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه: Sayyiduna Hasan Basri رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه used to observe Nafl fasts in very hot weather. One day at the time of Iftari we went to him with food. When he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه wanted to break his fast with our food, someone recited this verse of the Holy Quran:

اِنَّ   لَدَیۡنَاۤ   اَنۡکَالًا  وَّ  جَحِیۡمًا  ﴿ۙ۱۲﴾    وَّ  طَعَامًا  ذَ ا غُصَّۃٍ   وَّ  عَذَ ابًا  اَلِیۡمًا  ﴿٭۱۳﴾

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: Indeed We have heavy shackles and a blazing fire. And food that chokes, and a painful punishment.

(Part 29, Surah Al-Muzzammil, verse 12, 13)

Having heard this verse he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه stopped his hand from eating that food and did not eat even a single morsel and said: Get this food away from here. On the second day again, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه observed a fast. When food was placed