Todays\nreminder is about the month of Ramadan and its relation to forgiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are\nalmost at the half way point in this blessed month and there is still plenty of\nopportunity to make the most of this blessed month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the\nblessings of this month is that it has the potential to rid us from our sins\nand to save us from the Hellfire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The imam\nreminded us of a number of hadith that highlight this point. The first of these\nare translated as the messenger of Allah SAWS saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt every breaking of the fast Allah has people whom He frees\n(from the Fire), and that happens every night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear\nbrothers and sisters, we can see from this that the month of Ramadan holds\npotential even for those who are thinking that they are beyond Allah SWTs\nmercy. Allah SWT instead teaches us through his messenger SAWS that in fact,\neven those who are destined to reside in the Hellfire are saved from doing so\nin this blessed month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alongside\nthis, the imam also mentioned the following hadith in which the Prophet SAWS is\nreported to have said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“He who fasts during Ramadan with faith and seeking his\nreward from God will have his past sins forgiven; he who prays during the night\nin Ramadan with faith and seeking his reward from God will have his past sins\nforgiven; and he who passes Lailat al-qadr [Night of Decree] in prayer\nwith faith and seeking his reward from God will have his past sins\nforgiven.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear\nbrothers and sisters, the hadith reminds us that we shouldn\u2019t feel despair at\ntransgressing the commands of Allah SWT. Nobody is without sin as this is human\nnature and Allah SWT designed us this way and He knows us better than we know\nourselves. However, our purpose in life is not to avoid sinning but in fact,\nits to avoid forgetting Allah and it\u2019s to remember to turn back to Him in\nhumility and to ask for forgiveness often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And often in\nthis blessed month we overlook those who cannot fast in this blessed month. It\nmay be that through illness, travel, pregnancy or other permissible reason\nsomeone may not be able to fast. However, this doesn\u2019t mean that the blessings\nof this month are excluded for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The imam\nconfirmed this point through the following hadith of the Prophet SAWS which is\ntranslated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“He who provides a fasting person something with which\nto break his fast, will earn the same reward as the one who was observing the\nfast, without diminishing in any way the reward of the latter.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And for\nthose of us who are fortunate enough to be given the invitation from Allah SWT\nto perform Umrah in this blessed month, the hadith in relation to this is\ntranslated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“(The performance of) ‘Umrah during Ramadan is equal to\nHajj (pilgrimage).” Or said, “Equal to the performance of Hajj with\nme.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear\nbrothers and sisters, the month of Ramadan is clearly full of breakfast and\nmercy. Let us make the most of this blessed month and reap the reward that\nAllah SWT has set aside for us in this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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