20 Advices for Ramadhan

[ummtaalib]

20 Advices for Ramadhan

 

1. Fast during Ramadhan with belief and truly seeking the reward of Allah the Most High so that He may forgive your past sins.

 

2. Beware of breaking your fast during the days of Ramadhan without a valid Islamic excuse, for it is from the greatest of sins.

 

3. Pray Taraweeh Salaah and the night prayer during the nights of Ramadhan – especially on Laylatul-Qadr – based on belief and truly seeking the reward of Allah, so that Allah may forgive your past sins.

 

4. Make sure that your food, your drink and your clothing are from halal means, in order that your actions be accepted, and your supplications answered. Beware of breaking your fast with haram.

 

5. Give food to fasting people to gain a reward similar to theirs.

 

6. Perform your five prayers on time in congregation to gain the reward and Allah’s protection.

 

7. Give a lot of charity for the best charity is that in Ramadhan.

 

8. Beware of spending your time without performing righteous deeds, for you will be responsible and reckoned for it and will be rewarded for all you do during your time.

 

9. Perform Umrah in Ramadhan for Umrah in Ramadhan is equal to Hajj.

 

10. Seek help for fasting during the day by eating Sehri in the last part of the night before the appearance of Fajr.

 

11. Hasten breaking your fast after the sun has truly set in order to gain the love of Allah.

 

12. Perform ghusl before Fajr if you need to purify yourself so that you are able to perform acts of worship.

 

13. Seize the opportunity of being in Ramadhan and spend it with the good that has been revealed in it – by reciting the noble Quran and pondering and reflection of its meanings so that it be a proof for you with your Lord and an intercessor for you on the Day of Reckoning.

 

14. Preserve your tongue from lying, cursing, backbiting and slander for it decreases the reward of fasting.

 

15. Do not let fasting cause you to cross your boundaries by getting upset due to the slightest of reasons. Rather, fasting should be a cause of peacefulness and tranquillity of your soul.

 

16. Increase in the remembrance of Allah, seeking of forgiveness, asking for Paradise and protection against the Fire, especially when fasting, while breaking the fast and during Sehri, for these actions are among greatest causes of attaining Allah’s forgiveness.

 

17. Increase in supplication for yourself, your parents, your children and Muslims, for Allah has ordered making of supplications and has guaranteed acceptance.

 

18. Repent to Allah with a sincere repentance in all times by leaving sins, regretting those that you have done before and firmly deciding not to return to them in the future, for Allah accepts repentance of those who repent.

 

19. Ensure that you attain the positive effects of your acts of worship such as prayer, fasting, zakat and hajj, sincere repentance and leaving out customs that are in variance with the Shariah.

 

20. Invoke a lot of Durood upon the Messenger of Allah Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, his Companions and all those who follow them until the Day of Judgment.

 

O Allah make us and all Muslims of those who fast and stand in prayer during the month of Ramadhan based on belief and truly seeking Your reward so that our past and future sins are forgiven.

 

From the book Khulaasatul Kalaam

Jamiatul Ulama (KZN)

Council of Muslim Theologians

[Bint e Aisha]

15. Do not let fasting cause you to cross your boundaries by getting upset due to the slightest of reasons. Rather, fasting should be a cause of peacefulness and tranquillity of your soul.

Unfortunately many of us don't follow this:(

 

There is also a poem in urdu on this:

 

Mujh se mat kar yaar kuch guftaar main roze se hoon

Ho na jaye tujh se bhi takraar main roze se hoon

:-)

Edited May 16, 2017 by ummitaalib

[ummtaalib]

Poem worth remembering, very unfortunate that tempers flare up while fasting!

[ummtaalib]

17. Increase in supplication for yourself, your parents, your children and Muslims, for Allah has ordered making of supplications and has guaranteed acceptance.

 

 

So remember me in your du'a!