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Devotion For Ramadan
3. The spear of solitude and refraining from gatherings
If one possesses these three weapons, the nafs ammārah can be subdued and rectified.[1]
O devotees of the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم ! If we wish to maintain Ramaḍān’s spirit of devotion throughout the remaining 11 months, we must adopt these three actions: Number 1: The dagger of silence
Our beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم elegantly declared, “Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should speak good or remain silent.”[2]
The Companion Aswad رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ said, “I said to the final Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم , ‘O Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم , advise me!’”
The Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم asked, ‘Can you control your tongue?’
‘If I cannot control my tongue, what shall I control?’, I replied.
‘Can you control your hands?’ asked the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم .
‘O Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم , if I cannot control my hands as well, then what can I control?’ I enquired.
‘Then only say good from your tongue, and your hands should only be raised in goodness,’ replied the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم .”[3]
Sayyidunā Anas ibn Mālik رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ relates how the final Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “The faith of a person is not correct until his heart is correct, and the heart of a person is not correct until his tongue is correct.”[4]
BOOK TOPIC
- Devotion for Ramaḍān
- Excellence of sending ṣalāt upon the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Farewell Ramaḍān! Farewell!
- Death during a speech on the farewell Friday
- Value the remaining moments
- The grateful rock
- What is meant by shukr?
- A duʿā of the righteous
- An objective of Ramaḍān: Correcting the nafs ammārah
- Ways to correct the nafs ammārah
- The virtues of silence
- The virtues of hunger
- The harm of a single wrong word
- The tongue is like a venomous snake
- The excellences and benefits of nafl fasts
- Two merits of nafl fasts
- Three virtues of the 6 fasts of Shawwāl
- Sinless like a new-born
- Like fasting a lifetime
- Fasting throughout the year
- When should the 6 fasts of Shawwāl be kept?
- Continuing our efforts to understand the Quran
- The Ṣirāṭ al-Jinān app
- Encouragement towards Pious Deed number 24
- Department of Masjid Imams
- Madani pearls concerning reliance and contentment
