THE BLESSED BREEZE OF RAMADAN :(CLASS HELD AT MARKAZ AL HUDA on 31st July 2011)
There is no happiness, than the happiness of being close to Allah s.w.t Al Qareeb.the closeness of Allah swt is the best delight and can be attained by being close to Allah ,how can we be close to Allah ? By taking the first steps, by doing good deeds.
People say it is difficult to do good deeds,they complain of a lot of fitnah around,much distraction,too many responsibility of family, then they say how do we do the worhip,ibadaah? but look at the Generosity of Allah swt .It is so vast,out of His karam, Allah, out of His mercy,Allah swt created chances ,oppurtunity for human beings.Allah knows His creations.He prepared this special month so that we will perform good deeds.these occasions are open for everyone,free invitation,free of charge,although Allah's Rahmaah is there through the year, but Allah knows us,HE knows our hearts ,as there are times when we do ibaadah (worship) with complete dedication and then there are times when we become lazy.sometimes we human beings are excited with energy,sometimes we are too lazy to come to dars,islamic classes!
This is the reason we have the blessed breeze of shahrul Ramadan which is cool,beautiful,blessed,this comes fast and before we realize it leaves us fast.this is the reason we need to make the most of this breeze,shaharul Ramadan,before u realize this Ramadan will have gone,it is like nafhaa, a breeze filled with peace n tranquility.Allah blessed this month,in the earlier days this time was the connection between heaven and earth.It was in the month of Ramadanthat the revelations of the Quran descended from heavens above.
In less than 24 hrs we will welcome Ramadan,although we can not see it ,there are changes going to happen in the universe,we believe this as we have been told by our prophet PBUH.the shayateen,devils and evil Jinn are chained ,gates of Hell are closed.
Allah showers us with mercy in the month of Ramadan,revealed in the month of Ramadan, in less than twenty four hours we will feel it's breeze.
What feeling should we have before we receive Ramadan, it should be as though we are receiving an honorable guest.
For egs if a special dear guest is to arrive in your house after one year, especially if you love this person very dearly, how will you feel when the days of this person nears, you will be excited,happy and counting the days so eagerly.Also you will need to prepare yourselves,especially if you are expecting that the guest who is to arrive in sometime,is a guest you love so much .
This is how we should welcome the blessed month of Ramadan,with happiness ,full preparation,Allah will give u reward for your emotions,as if you are in a state of ibAadah.when Ramadan comes there will be changes in universe which we cannot see but believe as prophet PBUH has informed us.
The head of shayateen, the very powerful masters of shayateen,are chained.but the smaller shayateen are still around ,the visvaas will still be there,this is from ourself,now in Ramadan we don't have any enemy except ourselves that we need to control.
Doors of paradise will be opened and doors of hell will be closed.
A divine caller will call,though we cannot hear, o the one who is craving to do good this is your chance do good,if u want to reform urself this is the time!
Aya 133 sura Alaa imraaan:
Surah 3, Verse 133:
وَسَارِعُوا إِلَىٰ مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
Translation:
And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord; and a Garden, the extensiveness of which is (as) the heavens and the earth, it is prepared for those who guard (against evil).
We must hasten to do good deeds,not miss any moment in Ramadan.Ramadan will come and fly so fast.go forward ,hasten ,also in another Hadith prophet PBUH,said that be saabiq,compete,hasten to do good deeds, as prophet PBUH was so generous through the year but in Ramadan He was extremely generous.
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Ramadan with ihsaaan, with perfection, with excellence:
I want to be the best in my Ibaadah,in my dealings with people.How to get Ahsaan from quraan:
Surah baqrah Aya 183:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
O you who believe! fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard (against evil) and achieve Taqwa.
O you believer ,Allah prescribed for u fasting as He had prescribed for the ones before you!
It is to reform us so that at the end of Ramadan we will become pious,achieve Taqwaa.
Wisdom behind fasting of thirty days is to achieve Taqwaa,be a mutaqee ESP after Ramadan, that you will be better than what you were before Ramadan, if there is no Ihsaan in Ramadan,there will not be Ihsaan after Ramadan.
We should do our Ramadan making it the best ,to perform the month of Ramadan with Ihsaan, all the ibaadat of fasting,Zakaat,umraah,recitation of quraan,good deeds.
Ihsaan from the word ahsaanaa which means from the best,Ihsaan. Prayer means with concentration,khushoo, with faham, understanding, interacting with Allah,this is having Ihsaan,the best.
Do not deprive yourself from being a Mohsin,who is a mohsin he is a, a good Muslim, with perfect Eemaan all of it runs parallel we need to increase our faith,this will make us mohsin in our ibaadaah.
Ihsaan is a noun, a person with Ihsaan is a mohsin,a person cannot become a mohsin until he applies the Ihsaan in every detail of his Ibadah.so to get the Ihsaan it is different levels,
The more Ihsaan you collect in all ibaadat,then what we will get,we will attain Allahs love! The mohsin will get Allah's love and will get Allah's closeness, Allah's mercy.
We are human beings we love perfection,we love all our children for egs if we have two kids and we ask one of them for water ,one child will run and serve you perfectly in a tray while the other will be lazy to bring,who will you love more? of course the child who will rush and hasten with Ihsaan.
Wa lillahil mathilll Aalaa, the best Example is that of Allah swt,HE IS PERFECT in HIS attributes ,we need to do the best of Ibaaadaah with Ihsaan, with excellence so that we are from the muqaribun, closer to Allah swt.Allah loves all His creations but HE loves the MOHSIN, the ones who perfect their Ibadah .therefore there are different levels of Ihsaan which we must try to increase,elevate our ranks by perfecting our Ibadah.
We should practise Ihsaan constantly for egs there are different areas each of us are best at ,someone could be a great listener, someone could be a great cook, someone maybe a good cleaner,someone could be a great parent,someone can be a good worshipper ,taking care of dunya and aakhirah,so each of us have our different areas in which we are excellent.
Similarly we need to practice excellence in Ibaadah to get the Ihsaan.
Ihsaan in Ramadan is the best time to practise. Ihsaan can be done in two actions:
1)Ahsaan Fi ibaditallah : mohsin in Allah's worship(praying salaat, reading quraan,)
2) ahsaan ilaa ibadillah :Mohsin in dealing / relationship with people.
Ahsaaan Fi ibaaditallah :
Perfection in all the ibaadaat of Allah swt for egs we must ensure Ahsaan in our fasting,
saum with Ihsaan,reciting Quran with Ihsaan, charity with excellence ,umraa,zakaah all this ibaadat wz Ihsaan.
Brief summary
1.Intention
2.Knowledge
3.Learn through the year ,it cannot be overnight.
4.Prepare with knowledge.
5.Purify your Ibadah from sins( be careful)
Detailed explanation of above points:
How will you do it:
1.always renew ur intention,refine ur intention.
From the time you start your fast until the sunset, you are in ibaadaah.this is ibadat al qalb, not thinking bad,worship of the heart.
If you feel Hungry, thirsty you should say ya Rabbi I m feeling hungry for ur sake.Allah says that forsiyaam ,this is especially for me, I will reward you abundantly,on qantara, the small bridge on DOJ no one can touch from your fast.this is doing the Ihsaan Fi ibaadatal Allah.some ppl just sleep thru the day,to avoid feeling hungry this is wrong.we need to remember that we are doing this for the sake of Allah.a preparation of Ramadan,not in a single day,Sahabah used to prepare six months before.in order to do ur prayers with Ihsaan we need to do it with Ihsaan,we need to perfect our ibadat, this has to be done with knowledge ,only then can our preparation be perfect.
Leave all the books,be with quraan always,ponder upon the quraan,do Ramadan with ihsaaan,only learning about Allah swt.
Definition of mohsin is to worship Allah as though you seeing Allah swt.
We also need to be careful,there are thieves who will snatch your good deeds,things that will be wasted as the hasanaat will be taken away due to sins of heart,Hasad is a big enemy,hasad for duniya and hasad or deen.
Ulemaas said that there is more hasad bet ppl of deen than ppl of dunya.evidence/ stories from quran;
Shaytan out of hasad that angels prostrated to Adam, he did not bow and was punished.
Story of haabil and qaabil.Allah accepted from sacrifice from the one whose sacrifice was filled with Ahsaan so the other one killed the other brother out of hasad.
We are doing Ibaadah with Ihsaan but sins of heart will destroy everything for egs, show off, charity ,greedy,
Story from quraan part 29, ppl of jannah,of gardens who were greedy about having their jannah, they were finally destroyed and punished.Greed is a big enemy to snatch your good deeds done with Ihsaan.
Al Mann,another sin which is of reminding somone with favors,that u have done, this will destroy the sadaqah that u did,the moment u remind her that u have down favors,this is a test from Allah swt.for egs , someone giving food to someone in Ramadan and later reminding or saying that I provided u wz food! This takes away from ur good deed.
Al GHIBAA wa Nameema : all this will take the good deeds,this will snatch away the best deeds you have done with Ihsaan,this will destroy ur ibadat.
AHSAAN ILAA IBADILLAH: perfection in dealing with the ppl
There are diff ways of dealing with excellence with ppl as you are expecting reward only from Allah swt in the month of Ramadan.
For egs :write duaa and messaging to ppl via phone.Allah will reward u by giving u more energy.Ahsaan by sending food to ppl.Ahsaan il al Naas with food,message,
Dealing with ppl husn al Khuluq, wout expecting any reward.
Best deed is to forgive and pardon ppl.we have to be sabiqun,go forward, do with Ihsaan,Allah s mercy will be close to such ppl.
There is no happiness, than the happiness of being close to Allah s.w.t Al Qareeb.the closeness of Allah swt is the best delight and can be attained by being close to Allah ,how can we be close to Allah ? By taking the first steps, by doing good deeds.
People say it is difficult to do good deeds,they complain of a lot of fitnah around,much distraction,too many responsibility of family, then they say how do we do the worhip,ibadaah? but look at the Generosity of Allah swt .It is so vast,out of His karam, Allah, out of His mercy,Allah swt created chances ,oppurtunity for human beings.Allah knows His creations.He prepared this special month so that we will perform good deeds.these occasions are open for everyone,free invitation,free of charge,although Allah's Rahmaah is there through the year, but Allah knows us,HE knows our hearts ,as there are times when we do ibaadah (worship) with complete dedication and then there are times when we become lazy.sometimes we human beings are excited with energy,sometimes we are too lazy to come to dars,islamic classes!
This is the reason we have the blessed breeze of shahrul Ramadan which is cool,beautiful,blessed,this comes fast and before we realize it leaves us fast.this is the reason we need to make the most of this breeze,shaharul Ramadan,before u realize this Ramadan will have gone,it is like nafhaa, a breeze filled with peace n tranquility.Allah blessed this month,in the earlier days this time was the connection between heaven and earth.It was in the month of Ramadanthat the revelations of the Quran descended from heavens above.
In less than 24 hrs we will welcome Ramadan,although we can not see it ,there are changes going to happen in the universe,we believe this as we have been told by our prophet PBUH.the shayateen,devils and evil Jinn are chained ,gates of Hell are closed.
Allah showers us with mercy in the month of Ramadan,revealed in the month of Ramadan, in less than twenty four hours we will feel it's breeze.
What feeling should we have before we receive Ramadan, it should be as though we are receiving an honorable guest.
For egs if a special dear guest is to arrive in your house after one year, especially if you love this person very dearly, how will you feel when the days of this person nears, you will be excited,happy and counting the days so eagerly.Also you will need to prepare yourselves,especially if you are expecting that the guest who is to arrive in sometime,is a guest you love so much .
This is how we should welcome the blessed month of Ramadan,with happiness ,full preparation,Allah will give u reward for your emotions,as if you are in a state of ibAadah.when Ramadan comes there will be changes in universe which we cannot see but believe as prophet PBUH has informed us.
The head of shayateen, the very powerful masters of shayateen,are chained.but the smaller shayateen are still around ,the visvaas will still be there,this is from ourself,now in Ramadan we don't have any enemy except ourselves that we need to control.
Doors of paradise will be opened and doors of hell will be closed.
A divine caller will call,though we cannot hear, o the one who is craving to do good this is your chance do good,if u want to reform urself this is the time!
Aya 133 sura Alaa imraaan:
Surah 3, Verse 133:
وَسَارِعُوا إِلَىٰ مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
Translation:
And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord; and a Garden, the extensiveness of which is (as) the heavens and the earth, it is prepared for those who guard (against evil).
We must hasten to do good deeds,not miss any moment in Ramadan.Ramadan will come and fly so fast.go forward ,hasten ,also in another Hadith prophet PBUH,said that be saabiq,compete,hasten to do good deeds, as prophet PBUH was so generous through the year but in Ramadan He was extremely generous.
-------------------------------------------------------
Ramadan with ihsaaan, with perfection, with excellence:
I want to be the best in my Ibaadah,in my dealings with people.How to get Ahsaan from quraan:
Surah baqrah Aya 183:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
O you who believe! fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard (against evil) and achieve Taqwa.
O you believer ,Allah prescribed for u fasting as He had prescribed for the ones before you!
It is to reform us so that at the end of Ramadan we will become pious,achieve Taqwaa.
Wisdom behind fasting of thirty days is to achieve Taqwaa,be a mutaqee ESP after Ramadan, that you will be better than what you were before Ramadan, if there is no Ihsaan in Ramadan,there will not be Ihsaan after Ramadan.
We should do our Ramadan making it the best ,to perform the month of Ramadan with Ihsaan, all the ibaadat of fasting,Zakaat,umraah,recitation of quraan,good deeds.
Ihsaan from the word ahsaanaa which means from the best,Ihsaan. Prayer means with concentration,khushoo, with faham, understanding, interacting with Allah,this is having Ihsaan,the best.
Do not deprive yourself from being a Mohsin,who is a mohsin he is a, a good Muslim, with perfect Eemaan all of it runs parallel we need to increase our faith,this will make us mohsin in our ibaadaah.
Ihsaan is a noun, a person with Ihsaan is a mohsin,a person cannot become a mohsin until he applies the Ihsaan in every detail of his Ibadah.so to get the Ihsaan it is different levels,
The more Ihsaan you collect in all ibaadat,then what we will get,we will attain Allahs love! The mohsin will get Allah's love and will get Allah's closeness, Allah's mercy.
We are human beings we love perfection,we love all our children for egs if we have two kids and we ask one of them for water ,one child will run and serve you perfectly in a tray while the other will be lazy to bring,who will you love more? of course the child who will rush and hasten with Ihsaan.
Wa lillahil mathilll Aalaa, the best Example is that of Allah swt,HE IS PERFECT in HIS attributes ,we need to do the best of Ibaaadaah with Ihsaan, with excellence so that we are from the muqaribun, closer to Allah swt.Allah loves all His creations but HE loves the MOHSIN, the ones who perfect their Ibadah .therefore there are different levels of Ihsaan which we must try to increase,elevate our ranks by perfecting our Ibadah.
We should practise Ihsaan constantly for egs there are different areas each of us are best at ,someone could be a great listener, someone could be a great cook, someone maybe a good cleaner,someone could be a great parent,someone can be a good worshipper ,taking care of dunya and aakhirah,so each of us have our different areas in which we are excellent.
Similarly we need to practice excellence in Ibaadah to get the Ihsaan.
Ihsaan in Ramadan is the best time to practise. Ihsaan can be done in two actions:
1)Ahsaan Fi ibaditallah : mohsin in Allah's worship(praying salaat, reading quraan,)
2) ahsaan ilaa ibadillah :Mohsin in dealing / relationship with people.
Ahsaaan Fi ibaaditallah :
Perfection in all the ibaadaat of Allah swt for egs we must ensure Ahsaan in our fasting,
saum with Ihsaan,reciting Quran with Ihsaan, charity with excellence ,umraa,zakaah all this ibaadat wz Ihsaan.
Brief summary
1.Intention
2.Knowledge
3.Learn through the year ,it cannot be overnight.
4.Prepare with knowledge.
5.Purify your Ibadah from sins( be careful)
Detailed explanation of above points:
How will you do it:
1.always renew ur intention,refine ur intention.
From the time you start your fast until the sunset, you are in ibaadaah.this is ibadat al qalb, not thinking bad,worship of the heart.
If you feel Hungry, thirsty you should say ya Rabbi I m feeling hungry for ur sake.Allah says that forsiyaam ,this is especially for me, I will reward you abundantly,on qantara, the small bridge on DOJ no one can touch from your fast.this is doing the Ihsaan Fi ibaadatal Allah.some ppl just sleep thru the day,to avoid feeling hungry this is wrong.we need to remember that we are doing this for the sake of Allah.a preparation of Ramadan,not in a single day,Sahabah used to prepare six months before.in order to do ur prayers with Ihsaan we need to do it with Ihsaan,we need to perfect our ibadat, this has to be done with knowledge ,only then can our preparation be perfect.
Leave all the books,be with quraan always,ponder upon the quraan,do Ramadan with ihsaaan,only learning about Allah swt.
Definition of mohsin is to worship Allah as though you seeing Allah swt.
We also need to be careful,there are thieves who will snatch your good deeds,things that will be wasted as the hasanaat will be taken away due to sins of heart,Hasad is a big enemy,hasad for duniya and hasad or deen.
Ulemaas said that there is more hasad bet ppl of deen than ppl of dunya.evidence/ stories from quran;
Shaytan out of hasad that angels prostrated to Adam, he did not bow and was punished.
Story of haabil and qaabil.Allah accepted from sacrifice from the one whose sacrifice was filled with Ahsaan so the other one killed the other brother out of hasad.
We are doing Ibaadah with Ihsaan but sins of heart will destroy everything for egs, show off, charity ,greedy,
Story from quraan part 29, ppl of jannah,of gardens who were greedy about having their jannah, they were finally destroyed and punished.Greed is a big enemy to snatch your good deeds done with Ihsaan.
Al Mann,another sin which is of reminding somone with favors,that u have done, this will destroy the sadaqah that u did,the moment u remind her that u have down favors,this is a test from Allah swt.for egs , someone giving food to someone in Ramadan and later reminding or saying that I provided u wz food! This takes away from ur good deed.
Al GHIBAA wa Nameema : all this will take the good deeds,this will snatch away the best deeds you have done with Ihsaan,this will destroy ur ibadat.
AHSAAN ILAA IBADILLAH: perfection in dealing with the ppl
There are diff ways of dealing with excellence with ppl as you are expecting reward only from Allah swt in the month of Ramadan.
For egs :write duaa and messaging to ppl via phone.Allah will reward u by giving u more energy.Ahsaan by sending food to ppl.Ahsaan il al Naas with food,message,
Dealing with ppl husn al Khuluq, wout expecting any reward.
Best deed is to forgive and pardon ppl.we have to be sabiqun,go forward, do with Ihsaan,Allah s mercy will be close to such ppl.
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