*Ramadan
Day 17*
*What have you
learnt?*
Alhamdulilah!
Alhamdulilah!! Alhamdulilah!!!
We
thank Almighty Allah to spare our lives to witness this miraculous month
(Ramadan). Brothers and sisters in Islam.
*I
just want to remind myself and yours about ‘’ They are fasting Ramadan reluctantly and they wish it would end,
because of the hardship they face during it!*
Question
We
are fasting Ramadan, but we wish that it would end, because of the hardship we
face when fasting. Is this regarded as a sin from which we must repent? What is
your advice to us?
Answer
Praise
be to Allah.
Fasting is one of
the greatest acts of worship and one of the best means of drawing close to
Allah. Al-Bukhaari (1904) and Muslim narrated that Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be
pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him) said: “Allah says: ‘Every deed of the son of Adam is for him, except
fasting. It is for Me and I shall reward for it. Fasting is a shield, so when
it is a day when one of you is fasting, let him not utter any obscene speech
that day or raise his voice. If anyone reviles him or tries to fight with him,
let him say: I am a man who is fasting. By the One in Whose hand is the soul of
Muhammad, the smell of the mouth of the fasting person will be better before
Allah on the Day of Resurrection than the fragrance of musk. The fasting person
has two moments of joy that he enjoys: when he breaks his fast he rejoices, and
when he meets his Lord he will rejoice because of his fasting.’”
This clearly points
to the great status and importance of fasting in the religion of Allah, and to
the virtue of those who fast and the greatness of their reward.
Shaykh Ibn Sa‘di
(may Allah have mercy on him) said:
These are two
rewards, one in this world and one in the Hereafter.
The reward in this
world is seen when the fasting person breaks his fast; he rejoices in the
blessings that Allah has bestowed upon him by enabling him to complete the
fast, and he rejoices at fulfilling his desires that he refrained from during
the day.
The reward in the
hereafter will be his joy when he meets his Lord and He is pleased with him and
honours him. This later joy is a reflection of the earlier joy in this world,
for Allah will grant both to the fasting person.
It also indicates
that when the time of breaking the fast comes near, and the fasting person
experiences this joy, it is in return for what he has endured during the day of
the hardship of forsaking his desires. This comes under the heading of
encouraging and motivating the individual to do good.
End quote from
Bahjat Quloob al-Abraar, 96. See also: Fath al-Baari by Ibn Hajar, 4/118
Hence you will find
that the Muslim for whom fasting is difficult but he is able to put up with it
rejoices at the time of breaking his fast, not because the difficulty has ended
but because Allah may He be exalted, has helped him to put up with it and
complete the act of worship to Him, may he be glorified. His focus was not on
the hardship, waiting for relief, rather his focus was on the act of worship
and his determination to complete it. According to the saheeh hadeeth narrated
by Abu Hurayrah, the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:
“Would you like to strive hard in du‘aa’ (supplication)? Say: Allahumma a‘inna
‘ala shukrika wa dhikrika wa husni ‘ibaadatika (O Allah, help us to give thanks
to You, to remember You and to worship You properly).” Narrated by Ahmad, 7922;
classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in as-Saheehah, 844.
You can hardly find
anyone who feels distressed during this blessed month, except those who are
more concerned about worldly matters so that they may indulge in desires and
pleasures, and do not like to keep away from them.
The one who
encounters hardship and tiredness because of fasting is one of two types:
Either he has an
excuse, such as sickness, travel and the like, in which case he may avail
himself of the concessions granted by Allah and break the fast;
or he encounters
bearable hardship, so he completes his fast and is patient in putting up with
this hardship, seeking the pleasure of Allah.
As for the one who
encounters hardship and dislikes fasting, and wishes that the month would end
and never come again, this is undoubtedly inappropriate; this is a person who
dislikes worship and is not patient in adhering to the commands of Allah.
*The
last words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)*
Question
What
were the last words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
before he bade farewell to this world?
Answer
Praise
be to Allaah.
The
last words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) – before
he bade farewell to this world – were: “O Allaah, (with) the higher
companions”. This is the title that al-Bukhaari gave to a chapter in Kitaab
al-Maghaazi in his Saheeh: “The last words of the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him)”, where he quoted the hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah
be pleased with her) who said: When the Prophet was healthy, he used to say,
“No soul of a Prophet is taken until he has been shown his place in Paradise
and then he is given the choice.” When death approached him while his head was
on my thigh, he became unconscious and thenrecovered consciousness. He then
looked at the ceiling of the house and said, “O Allaah! (with) the highest
companions." I said (to myself), “He is not going to choose (to stay with)
us.” Then I understood what he meant when he said that to us when he was
healthy. The last words he spoke were, "O Allaah! (with) the highest
companions.”
Narrated
by al-Bukhaari, 4463; Muslim, 2444.
There
is a report narrated by Ahmad (1691) from the hadeeth of Abu ‘Ubaydah, who said
that the last words that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) spoke were, “Expel the Jews of the Hijaaz and Najraan from the Arabian
Peninsula, and know that the most evil of people are those who took the graves
of their Prophets as places of worship.” This was classed as saheeh by
al-Albaani in al-Saheehah, no. 1132. And Abu Dawood (5156)and Ibn Maajah (2698)
narrated that ‘Ali (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The last words that
the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) spoke were,
“The prayer, the prayer! And fear Allaah with regard to those whom your right
hands possess.” This was classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.
And there are other similar ahaadeeth. What is meant by these reports is that
these are some of the last things that the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) said, or they were the last pieces of advice that the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) gave to his family and
companions, and those who would be in authority after he was gone. These
ahaadeeth are among the last things he said, but the hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah is
the last of all.
See
Fayd al-Qadeer by al-Manaawi, 5/250 – 251.
Note:
al-Suhayli said: the reason why these – “O Allaah, (with) the higher
companions” – were the last words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) is because they refer both to Tawheed and to dhikr in the heart.
It offers comfort to those who are unable to speak (when dying), because some
people may not be able to speak out loud for some reason, but that does not
matter if their hearts are steadfast in remembering Allaah.
Quoted
by al-Haafiz in al-Fath, 8/138.
Source:
Islam Q&A, 45841
And Allaah knows
best.
May
Allah Almighty accept our fast and blessed us
May
Almighty Allah reward us abundantly and accept our Ibadaah. Ameen
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