there, therefore it has become mandatory for me to go there for observing Sawm since I can afford to go there. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه then went to Koh-e-Bhowali, district Nainital with the intention to observe Sawm.

(Tajalliyat-e-Imam Ahmad Raza, pp. 133)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic sisters! Have you noticed how little food A’la Hadrat would eat! May we also get rid of the habit of eating a lot and make the habit of observing Qufl-e-Madinah! Apart from it, A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه would be so careful regarding performing obligatory acts of worship that he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه started observing Siyam at the age of 7 and until his last days he neither missed any Sawm nor needed to do Qada of any Sawm. But alas! At present, in our society, people make many efforts and make lame excuses for missing the Siyam of Ramadan and miss Siyam without any valid reason.

Remember! No one is allowed to miss a Sawm due to a headache, nausea, slight fever, cough and other minor illnesses, though there are some compulsions due to which a person is allowed not to observe Sawm in blessed Ramadan. But, remember, Sawm is not exempted in any compulsion, but rather its Qada is mandatory when the compulsion is over. However, there will be no sin of Qada, but nowadays it is observed that people miss Sawm due to a slight cold, fever or headache or مَـعَـاذَ الـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ they break it after observing. It should not be done at all. If someone misses a Sawm without any valid Shar’i compulsion, she cannot attain the excellence of that Sawm, though later on she observes Siyam for her whole life.

Dear Islamic sisters! The blessed month of Ramadan-ul-Mubarak passed few days ago which was spreading its fragrance, illuminating the world with Anwaar [light], illuminating the hearts of the sinners like us and making ways for our forgiveness. It is possible that any Islamic sister might have missed the Siyam [fasts] of Ramadan-ul-Mubarak just because of laziness and heedlessness. It is a humble Madani request to such Islamic sisters that being concerned for your own Hereafter and fearing Divine wrath, seek repentance