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Devotion For Ramadan
tidings of salvation from Hell, what is the matter now? Why do you weep now?”
The rock replied, ذٰلِکَ کَانَ بُکَاءَ الْخَوْفِ وَ ہٰذَا بُکَاءُ الشُّکْرِ - “That was crying due to the fear of Allah, and this is crying out of gratitude.”[1]
Dear Islamic brothers! By the grace of Allah, we were blessed with the auspicious month of Ramaḍān. Although none of us can be certain of having attained forgiveness, we were blessed with a great means of salvation. Every moment of Ramaḍān is auspicious. Every day at the time of ifṭār, one million sinners are forgiven upon whom going to Hell had become wājib. On Friday, one million people are forgiven in every moment. If only we are also included among those who have been granted forgiveness!
Allah has blessed us with such great means of salvation and forgiveness that it is essential for us to express gratitude for it through our words and actions. One way to show this thankfulness is by avoiding sins. Now, Ramaḍān is only a guest for a matter of days, after which it will depart. The true essence of gratitude for Ramaḍān is to maintain Ramaḍān’s spirit of devotion after its departure, refrain from wrongdoing and spend our lives in virtue. May Allah grant us the ability to do so.
اٰمِیْن بِجَاہِ النَّبِیِّ الْاَمِیْن صلَّی اللہ عَلَیْہِ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
During the following event, Imam al-Ṭāifah (imam of the saints) Sayyidunā Junayd Baghdadī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه was seven years old. He used to remain in the company of the great saint and gnostic Sirrī Saqaṭī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه. During a gathering, the topic of shukr was being discussed.
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
