Book Name:Ramazan Ki Baharain
Heavenly door
Sayyiduna Sahl Bin ‘Abdullah رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ has narrated that the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: Undoubtedly, there is a door in Heaven, called Rayyan [رَیَّان]. On the Day of Judgement, Sawm-observing people will enter through it; no one else except for them will enter. It will be asked, ‘Where are the Sawm-observing people?’ Hence these people will stand up; no one else will enter through this door except them. The door will be closed when they have entered. Hence no one else will enter through this door. (Sahih Bukhari, vol. 1, pp. 625, Hadees 1896)
سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! How fortunate the Swam-observing Muslims are! They will be given special honour on the Day of Judgement; they will have to go to Paradise. Other fortunate Muslims will also be entering Paradise in a large number, but a Sawm-observing person will especially enter Paradise through ‘Bab-ur-Rayyan.’
Dear Islamic sisters! The way observing Sawm is an act of great excellence and privilege, similarly, not observing Sawm brings about deprivation and misfortune.
Sayyiduna Jabir رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has narrated that the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم stated: ‘مَنْ اَدْرَکَ رَمَضَانَ وَلَمْ یَصُمْهُ فَقَدْ شَقِیَ’ the one who gets the month of Ramadan and does not observe Siyam of it, he is unfortunate. (Al-Mu’jam-ul-Awsat, vol. 3, pp. 62, Hadees 3871)
If someone misses a single Sawm of Ramadan deliberately without any Shar’i reason, she cannot attain the excellence of that missing Sawm, though now she observes Sawm throughout her life.
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ has narrated that the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: The one who does not observe one Sawm of Ramadan without any Shar’i reason or without any illness, so the Sawm of [his] entire life cannot be its Qada, though he observes later on. (Sahih Bukhari, vol. 1, pp. 638, Hadees 1934)