We continue on from last weeks\nreminder on the upcoming month of Ramadan by speaking this week of the rules\nand etiquettes surrounding the blessed month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The air of expectation is already here\nand if there is any doubt as to the magnitude of this month then the imam began\nby relaying the following hadith Qudsi to us which is translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Every [good] deed a son of Adam does will be\nmultiplied, a good deed receiving a tenfold to seven hundredfold reward. God\nhas said, \u2018With the exception of fasting, for it is done for my sake and I give\na reward for it. One abandons his passion and his food for my sake.* The one\nwho fasts has two occasions of joy, one when he breaks his fast and one when he\nmeets his Lord. The bad breath of one who fasts is sweeter to God than the\nfragrance of musk. Fasting is a protection, [i.e. from acts of disobedience in\nthis world and from hell in the next. Pt. vi.] and when the day of the fast of\nany of you comes he must not use vile language or raise his voice, and if\nanyone reviles him or tries to fight with him he should tell him he is\nfasting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear brothers\nand sisters, we are grown up knowing that this life is a test and the passing\nof that test brings its own reward. We are encouraged to hold steadfast to our\ndeen because we will be granted Paradise and the descriptions within it.\nHowever, Ramadan holds a special place in life in that it is the only act of\nworship in which Allah SWT has reserved the right to tell us of its reward. Scholars\nstate that the reward is go great as Allah SWT has explicitly stated that He\nwill give us that reward for it when we return to Him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This alone\nshould make us contemplate how blessed we are to be nearing another opportunity\nto gain this reward insha\u2019Allah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the etiquettes\nof fasting is to do so with desire. For some of us fasting comes easy and we\nare able to fast even in the summer months without much of a challenge. For\nothers, fasting fills us with dread and we struggle every year when this month\ncomes around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For those who\nstruggle, it is important to remember that Allah SWT built us all differently. There\nis no shame in finding the task difficult as Allah SWT created you and knows what\nis in your heart. The good news is that those who find this difficult but\npersevere are rewarded heavily by Allah SWT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The imam\nmentioned the 10th<\/sup> ayat of Sura Az-Zumar which proves this point. It\nis translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Say \u02f9O Prophet, that Allah says\u02fa, \u201cO My servants who believe!\nBe mindful of your Lord. Those who do good in this world will have a good\nreward. And Allah\u2019s earth is spacious. Only those who endure patiently will be\ngiven their reward without limit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dear brothers\nand sisters who find fasting difficult. Endure this silently and with patience\nand speak to your Lord in prayer when you are finding the month challenging and\ninsha\u2019Allah your reward will be without limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alongside\nthis we have a hadith taught to us that states the Prophet SAWS told us that the\nact of fasting will intercede for us on the day of Judgement. It is translated\nto say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFasting and the Qur\u2019an intercede for a man. Fasting says, \u2018O\nmy Lord, I have kept him away from his food and his passions by day, so accept\nmy intercession for him.\u2019 The Qur\u2019an says, \u2018I have kept him away from sleep by\nnight, so accept my intercession for him.\u2019 Then their intercession is\naccepted.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n And we even\nhave the blessing of those who fasted to enter Paradise from a particular door.\nThe Prophet SAWS taught that to us in the following hadith in which it is translated\nto say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n “There is a gate in Paradise called Ar-Raiyan, and those\nwho observe fasts will enter through it on the Day of Resurrection and none\nexcept them will enter through it. It will be said, ‘Where are those who used\nto observe fasts?’ They will get up, and none except them will enter through\nit. After their entry the gate will be closed and nobody will enter through\nit.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dear brothers\nand sisters, the reminder concludes with rules and guidelines to help us\nachieve the mentioned blessings of this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dear brothers\nand sisters, we are entering a blessed month and by following these guidelines\nand reminders, we can aim to be of those who are accepted as performed as Allah\nSWT wanted us to in this blessed month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We continue on from last weeks reminder on the upcoming month of Ramadan by speaking this week of the rules and etiquettes surrounding the blessed month. The air of expectation is already here and if there is any doubt as to the magnitude of this month then the imam began by relaying the following hadith […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_regular_price":[],"currency_symbol":[],"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon"],"blocksy_meta":[],"post_slider_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","post_slider_layout_landscape_large":"","post_slider_layout_portrait_large":"","post_slider_layout_square_large":"","post_slider_layout_landscape":"","post_slider_layout_portrait":"","post_slider_layout_square":"","full":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}