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Welcoming Ramadan
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Welcoming Ramadan
are those who fasted?” They shall stand, and none but them shall pass through it. Once they have entered, the gate will be closed, and no one else shall enter through it.[1]
سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه ! How fortunate are those who fast, for they shall be granted a unique honour on the Day of Resurrection. While other fortunate souls will enter Paradise in groups, those who fasted will enter through Bāb al-Rayyān.
Dear Islamic brothers! Just as fasting is a source of immense virtue and reward, neglecting it is a cause of deprivation and misfortune. Sayyidunā Jābir رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ narrates that the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said:
"مَنْ اَدْرَکَ رَمَضَانَ وَلَمْ یَصُمْهُ فَقَدْ شَقِیَ" — "Whoever reaches the month of Ramadan and does not fast, he is indeed wretched."[2]
The Harm of Missing a Single Fast
If a person deliberately misses a single fast of Ramadan without a valid lawful excuse, he will never attain the virtue of that missed fast, even if he fasted for the rest of his life.
Sayyidunā Abū Hurairah رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ narrates that the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said:
Whoever does not observe a fast of Ramadan without an excuse or illness, then fasting for a lifetime cannot compensate for it, even if he were to observe it later.[3]
This signifies that the special virtue associated with a fast of Ramadan
BOOK TOPIC
- Welcoming Ramadan
- The Excellence of sending Ṣalāt upon the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Speech intentions
- The First Night of Ramadan
- Congratulating Others on the Arrival of Ramadan
- The Forgiveness of Sixty Thousand People Every Night
- Fasting and the Quran will Intercede
- A Means of Forgiveness
- The Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم Devoted Himself Fully to Worship
- The Wisdom behind the Obligation of Fasting
- How Firm is the Faith of a Fasting Person!
- The Reward for Fasting
- The Special Reward of Fasting
- Expiation of Previous Sins
- Sleeping is an Act of Worship
- The Limbs Glorify Allah
- A Golden Dining Mat
- Fruits of Paradise
- Immeasurable Reward
- The Gate of Paradise
- The Harm of Missing a Single Fast
- May His Nose be Rubbed in the Dust
- The Excellence of IꜤtikāf
- Performing IꜤtikāf for the Entire Month
- Sunan and Etiquettes of IꜤtikāf
