how to prepare for ramadan by sheikh maulana abdus sattar (db)

7/31/2019 How to Prepare for Ramadan by Sheikh Maulana Abdus Sattar (DB)

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How to Prepare for Ramadan?

Know the value of Taqwa

When Allah SWT grants taqwa (piety), in reality He has offered the treasure of

both the worlds. The one who got taqwa has got the treasure of both the worlds.

Allatheena amanoo wakanoo yattaqoona. Lahumu albushra fee alhayati

alddunya wafee alakhirah. Those who believe and (constantly) guard against

evil;- For them are glad tidings, in the life of the present and in the Hereafter; (Al-

Quran: 10:63-64). Taqwa is such a treasure that in every step, there are victories,

in every step, there is ease, in every step, there is mercy and in every step, there is

Allahs assistance. waman yattaqi Allaha yajAAal lahu makhraja. And for

those who fear Allah, He (ever) prepares a way out(Al- Quran: 65:2). For the one

who has taqwa, Allah finds him a way out for his worries, distresses and

calamities. The key for worries and distresses is taqwa. The one who has the key of

taqwa, he will find a way to get rid of his worries. And who is saying this? Allah

is saying this and Allah is the most truthful. It is because of the difference

in my taqwa that after every difficulty pops up a new difficulty and after everytrouble pops up a new trouble. If I remove one trouble, the other one comes up and

when I remove the second one, the third one comes up.


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devoid of taqwa. There is heap of sins inside the hut of the poor and so there is

disobedience of Allah in the house of the rich. The poor is making Allah

angry with his poverty and the rich is showing his enmity to Allah with hiswealth. The one who has taqwa will not have fear or grief. He will lead his life

without any fear or grief. Glory to Allah The one who is fortunate to have !

taqwa, Allah will make him unconcerned of all the fears of this world. O

honorable ones! I swear that the one who doesnt fear Allah , he will fear every

single thing. Even his stray thoughts will scare him. He gets fearful of even those

things that do not happen. He remains fearful of conditions based on suspicion and

imagination. Famani ittaqa waaslaha fala khawfun AAalayhim wala hum

yahzanoon. Those who are righteous and mend (their lives),- on them shall be no

fear nor shall they grieve.

Taqwa is your fortress

wain tasbiroo watattaqoo la yadurrukum kayduhum shayaa. But if ye are

constant and do right, not the least harm will their cunning do to you. (Al- Quran:

3:120) You have a lot of enemies and there are a lot who wish harm for you and

the fortress against all this is taqwa. There are many who are jealous of you, there

are many who have rancor for you, there are many enemies for you and there are

many who wish harm for you. And Allah is saying if you have the wealth of

taqwa, all their plans will remain futile. There wont be any need to go to an aamil

(the one who cures jinn related problems, sihr and other evil things). How great is

this wazeefa that Allah himself is prescribing!Inna Allaha maAAa allatheena


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ittaqaw. For Allah is with those who restrain themselves. (Al- Quran: 16:128)

When one gets the assistance of the ruler, he gets courage. If one gains the

assistance of an army commander, his strength inside him gets increased. The one

who has the treasure of Taqwa, Allah is saying He is with him. Tell me

how much brave he will be from inside! How courageous he would be! What sort

of courage he will have!

The efforts of a pious person will never go wasted

innahu man yattaqi wayasbir fainna Allaha la yudeeAAu ajra almuhsineen.

Behold, he that is righteous and patient,- never will Allah suffer the reward to be

lost, of those who do right. (Al- Quran: 12:90) Who doesnt want his hard work to

be fruitful? Every person wants his hard work to bring colors, his effort brings

colors and there is some good result for his work. Allah is saying that the one

who has the treasure of taqwa, He will not let his rewards to be lost. Definitely

it will be fruitful. Behind this ayat, there is a big narration of Yusuf AS. The

brothers wished harm for him, his blood relatives wished harm for him, his own

people wanted to kill him, he was thrown into the well, he went into the prison,

there were enemies surrounding him and everyone wanted to cause him harm but

he did not leave the door of Allah and He exalted him in honor above all of

them. Allah will not waste the efforts of the pious person. So taqwa is thetreasure of both the worlds. Thumma nunajjee allatheena ittaqaw. But We shall

save those who guarded against evil.(Al- Quran: 19:72) The one who has taqwa

will be seen as saved from every single trial of the akhirat.


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The status of a pious man

Waseeqa allatheena ittaqaw rabbahum ila aljannati zumaraa. And those who

feared their Lord will be led to the Garden in crowds.(Al- Quran: 39:73) The onewho has taqwa will have a warm welcome. When some great personality comes,

one stands at the door to welcome him and the doors are kept open for him. hatta

itha jaooha wafutihat abwabuha. Until behold, they arrive there; its gates will be

opened; (Al- Quran: 39:73). The one who has such a big treasure of taqwa, who is

so wealthy in akhirat and so honored that Allah will open all the gates of

jannah in advance for him. inna akramakum AAinda Allahi atqakum. Verily the

most honoured of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you.

(Al- Quran: 49:13) Today you have your own standard of honor which is all bogus.

Today you will honor a person by spreading sheet over his head and tomorrow you

will hit his head with shoes. Today you will make a person sit on the throne and

tomorrow you will hang him from the throne. Today you will garland him with

flowers and tomorrow you will garland him with slippers. Your standard ofhonoring is all bogus. Allah is saying, inna akramakum AAinda Allahi

atqakum. Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the

most righteous of you. This is the standard in the court of Allah and this is

indeed a firm standard. Even if a Muslim is old, he is honored for his piety.

Observe how people compete to serve the old people of Allah when old people

are normally abandoned even by the children. When the fathers pocket becomes

empty, the children turn away from him, when the mans factory gets closed, his

wife turns away from him, when beauty goes away from wife, the husbands


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faithfulness goes away but if the taqwa comes, more a person gets old, more honor

he will get in the hearts of people.

Taqwa is the treasure of both the worlds

The more a person has taqwa, that much he will have respect in peoples heart. He

might get old, his pocket might go empty; his body might become very weak that

he cannot stand erect, his hair might turn grey, he might be lying on the bed but the

hearts of people will be so filled with respect and honor for him that they will feel

it as an honor to serve such a person. This is nothing but taqwa. inna akramakum

AAinda Allahi atqakum. This bounty of honor is from Allah alone. He has

the treasure of honor. The solution for difficulty is in taqwa, the ease of affairs is in

taqwa, the ease of provision is in taqwa, the freedom from difficulties is in taqwa,

the freedom from fear and grief is in taqwa, the honor is in taqwa, the security of

ones hard work is in taqwa and the protection from enemies is in taqwa. Taqwa is

such a great treasure. That is why Allah has revealed the ayat about taqwa to

every single Prophet, walaqad wassayna allatheena ootoo alkitaba min qablikum

waiyyakum ani ittaqoo Allah. Verily we have directed the People of the Book

before you, and you (o Muslims) to fear Allah.(Al- Quran: 4:131) The command of

taqwa is present in the shariat of every single Prophet.

Peace and security of a society depends on taqwa

The peace and security of the nations of the world is related to taqwa. The peace

and tranquility of societies is related to taqwa. The refuge from the trials of akhirat

is related to taqwa. wattaqoo Allaha la allakum tuflihoon.And fear Allah. that yemay prosper. (Al- Quran: 3:200) Embrace taqwa and you will be victorious. The


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refuge from trials, the peace and tranquility is related to taqwa. The increase in the

crimes is not because of the shortage of policemen or lack of proper security

measures. In fact the number of security men we have today, the security measures

we have today, and the number of weapons we have today, we would have neverimagined this before. Similarly we would have never imagined the number of

crimes we have today. If there is any deficiency, and if there is progress in crimes,

then that is because of the lack of taqwa. The fear of Allah got removed from

the mankind and the man became an animal. There is no taqwa and there is no fear

of Allah .

If there was taqwa, there wont be crimes even if no security arrangement was

made and in fact the hands will stop committing crimes even when being alone.

Even in solitude, the hands will stop. When Madyan was conquered, a precious

diamond fell in the hands of a man and he came to hand over that diamond to the

Ameer. The diamond was so precious that its value surpassed the value of the

whole of the ghaneemat (war booty). The ameer so astonished asked him, You

didnt take anything from this?? The man replied, Had I not feared Allah I ,

wouldnt have left any clue about this diamond to you. Seeing the excellence of

this man, the Ameer asked him to at least tell his name. The man replied, The one

for whom I did this, knows also my name. The peace and security of the nations

of the world, the peace of the society, the well being in akhirat are all present in

this wealth of taqwa. Now this wealth is coming to an end and Allahs fear got

removed.


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How merciful and beneficent is our Lord!

O honorable ones! This is a great treasure. Our Lord is so merciful, beneficent and

compassionate with us that He has given us a wealth. He revealed, Ya

ayyuha allatheena amanoo kutiba Alaykumu alssiyamu kama kutiba AAala

allatheena min qablikum laAAallakum tattaqoon. O ye who believe! Fasting is

prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that ye may (learn) self-

restraint. (Al- Quran: 2:183) Allah is saying here He made the fasting as an

obligation so we get the wealth of taqwa. SubhanAllah! If you want to possess this

wealth of taqwa, then know that the season to fetch that is coming. Such a great

wealth and for few worthless coins, some of us lose it. When such a great season is

coming, how much should we get prepared for this! I swear on Allah that the

commands of Allah that is being disobeyed for few worthless coins will bring

only more restlessness and distress in life in place of peace. The wealth that keeps

away from Allah will bring us more distress, in place of bringing peace, it will

bring more restlessness and in place of tranquility it will bring more fear.

The season for earning the wealth of taqwa is coming

To make even that worthless money, how much one gets prepared for its season?

How in advance of that season, one remains concerned of it? These worthless coinswork only in the markets of this worthless dunya and even in this dunya, it wont

fully benefit one. As far as akhirat is concerned, the moment the eyes gets closed,

all these comes to an end. The moment the soul leaves the body, the factories are

of no use but how one adopts plans for that? And in fact to make this worthless


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season successful, todays Muslims earn the enmity of Allah . Today some of

the cloth merchants dont remain as cloth merchants but they have become the

merchants of flesh trade. They have dirtied the streets, markets and roads, and they

are spreading the adversities and the dirt. What sort of earning is theirs! But even

for this reason, how many plans they adopt! And here is a season coming to earn

the treasure of both the worlds. SubhanAllah! And this is such a treasure that will

never be bogus be it here or in the hereafter. Such is this treasure. This is why our

beloved Prophet used to pray, Allahumma barik lana fi Rajab wa Shaban wa

ballighna RamadanO Allah! Make the months of Rajab and Shaban blessed forus, and let us reach the month of Ramadan (i.e. prolong our life up to Ramadan, so

that we may benefit from its merits and blessings. The season of such a great

wealth is coming. Such a great season is coming for which our beloved Prophet

.used to make duaas months before

The appreciation of the month of Ramadan by our elders

Those who appreciated this month used to welcome this month in a lofty manner

and they will say that the preparation for the season has started and they will earn a

lot in Ramadan. Sheikh-ul-Hadeeth Maulana Zakariyya (RA) used to say that

seeing the women of the house, one used to get envy in the month of Ramadan as

in spite of doing all the house hold work, they used to complete reciting 15-20 ajza

of Quran every day. And then the adhkaar and nawaafil stands separate from this.SubhanAllah! So one is entering the season and is earning. Sheikh-ul-Hadeeth

Maulana Zakariyya (RA) used to say, Whatever juzz I had to recite for the

taraweeh that night, I will recite it 31 times, that is he recites more than one Quran.

I didnt adopt this method for just one Ramadan but for all the 40 Ramadan I faced


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in my life. And I used to recite 31 times because in case we see the moon on 29 th

night, then my count of 30 Quran gets completed. People used to be very

appreciative of this month. O honorable ones! I am not even narrating the stories of

the Companions of the Prophet I am talking about those who passed away .

some years before. Alhamdulillah even today we have people who complete the

Quran every day in Ramadan. You will find many people who will easily recite 15-

20 ajzaa of Quran everyday for these people are those who appreciate. This is

because the month is so precious that Muslims should earn more and more, and

one is going to get such a great wealth, taqwa. Allahu Akbar! The one who gets the

taqwa has got the glad tidings of both the worlds in his hands.

Unfortunate and cursed are those who do not benefit from

this month

When this is such a great wealth, then why should even one minute of this month

be wasted? If one gets to a great season of earning and there is someone who

couldnt earn, what do people tell about him? They will say how unfortunate he is!

I swear on Allah that our beloved Prophet used to say that the one in spite

of getting the sacred month of Ramadan didnt gain anything, indeed he was

deprived. He was indeed an unfortunate one. Our beloved Prophet used to

curse very little. He cursed such a man who got the sacred month of Ramadan but

didnt earn the forgiveness of Allah at His door. Our Prophet said,

May Allah SWT destroy him. Our beloved Prophet didnt curse much but

then a person passes through such a precious month and his life doesnt change and


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he didnt get taqwa?? When a person stands in front of Baitullah and does an act of

disobedience, how do people wonder at him? They will exclaim how unfortunate

this man is and look where he is committing the sin! O honorable ones! Ramadan

is the month where Allah multiplies ones good deeds and how unfortunate is

the man who doesnt stop committing sins even in this blessed month! How

deprived is this man who doesnt restrain from disobedience even in this sacred

month!

Get prepared for Ramadan

For Allahs sake, O Muslims! Earn more in this month so we get back the wealth

of taqwa in our society. Let us get this wealth and we should start preparing for

that right now for Allah has blessed us with Ramadan to possess the wealth of

taqwa. If the Ramadan had been coming in my life for 60 years, 50 years and 40

years and I didnt get taqwa, then something is going wrong. Or else if one gets the

Ramadan and he appreciates that month, then he will become the wali (friend) ofAllah .Ala inna awliyaa Allahi la khawfun AAalayhim wala hum yahzanoon.

Allatheena amanoo wakanoo yattaqoon.Behold! verily on the friends of Allahthere is no fear, nor shall they grieve;Those who believe and (constantly) guard

against evil;- (Al- Quran: 10:62-63) Allahs friends are those who embrace

taqwa after eemaan. In this month, the wilayat (sainthood) of Allah isdistributed and the crown of wilaayat is placed on ones head whom Allah

makes His own.


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How can my life be the same before and after Ramadan?

When this is the case, can my life be the same before and after Ramadan? I have

been fasting in the month of Ramadan, praying taraweeh, did even sehri, iftari but Iam standing in the same point where I was before Ramadan. My haram income

was not replaced with halal income; the khayanat (breach of trust) of my eyes was

not replaced with hayaa (modesty), the filth of my tongue was not replaced with

security, there is still music coming out of my house, there is still the haram

income entering my home, still the chador of hayaa didnt come to my daughters

but the Ramadan came and passed away! There was only the return of Ramadan

but no noor was achieved. There are also people in whose houses the Ramadan

doesnt even come. There are people like this. These are very unfortunate people

that their young daughters do not fast, young sons do not fast. Some are so

unmannered and say to the extent that let those keep fasting who dont have

anything to eat. Such misleading talks!

Why are some deprived of blessings of Ramadan?

The condition of schools and colleges has gone worst that the canteens are opened

where the young generation openly revolts against Allah . Some deprived ones

are like this and then there are others to whom the Ramadan comes but not the

noor. They even fast and our beloved Prophet told that there are many who

will fast and remain awake in the nights but other than hunger and deprivation of

sleep, they get nothing. One got the Ramadan but no noor and the house still

remains empty without taqwa. One is having nutritious food and good medicine

but still he doesnt acquire good health. When he was checked by a doctor, he was


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found to have a dreadful disease and with this disease, how good food he takes, he

wont get good health. O honorable ones! To some extent, people get to worship in

Ramadan but there remains some dreadful sin in ones life because of which one is

deprived of blessings of Ramadan. Ramadan has been coming for about 40 years,50 years and even sixty years but the taqwa didnt come in my life. There is a big

disease inside me because of which my life, my family is deprived of the blessings

of Ramadan and the wealth of taqwa. There is such a dreadful disease. There are ill

thoughts, jealousy, rancor and malice in the heart. The duaas do not rise up to the

heavens because of the ill thoughts.

Do the ibaadat abundantly

O honorable ones! Yes, one should do loads of worship in this month, lots of nafil

salahs should be offered, sadqah (alms) should be given in abundance and the

tongue should be moist all the time with dhikr, the first kalima, durood sheriff and

istighfar (seeking forgiveness). All these should be done in abundance, nafil salahs

like ishraaq, chaasht, tahajjud should be offered. There is a special relation ofQuran with Ramadan that Jibraeel (AS) used to come down from heavens to the

earth and teach the Prophet the recitation of Quran and the Prophet used

to recite the Quran to him. There is a special relation of Quran with Ramadan.

During the night, Muslims used to hear the recitation of the Quran and during day

they used to recite it by themselves. If you cannot complete the recitation of Quran

30 times, complete it 20 times or 15 times and if you cannot do even that, at leastcomplete reciting the Quran 10 times. Let there be more ibaadat. I wish men get

takbir-e-oola (the first takbir in jamah), women pray immediately after adhan and

men spend more time in masajid.


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Do not fail to restraint yourself from sins

O honorable ones! In addition to the ibaadat, give importance to abstention from

sins. Taqwa is a name given for not doing anything. One will get taqwa in thesacred month of Ramadan only when there is abstention from sins. Such a big

treasure comes only with abstention from sins. Let there be such an exercise that

the whole month of Ramadan is passed pure without sins and then see how your

life gets changed. The reason so far for not being able to benefit fully from

Ramadan is because there was fasting and also sins. You fast whole of the day and

in the evening you sit before television. The ears are not pure from the sound of

music, the eyes are also not pure and the heart too is impure. There is only filth and

filth. The sehri is done with haram food and iftar is also done with haram food. O

honorable ones! You fasted but when you went outside, your eyes didnt get

protection and fell for the haram. Our beloved Prophet told that the evil glance

(to look at ghair mahram woman) is one of the poisonous arrows of the shaitaan.

When one is hit with a poisonous arrow, his physical life comes to an end andwhen one is hit with the poisonous arrow of evil glance, the life of eemaan gets

finished. Today there is no protection for eyes when we go out.

Protect the eyes and taste the sweetness of eemaan

Let Allah guide those who have made the environment filthy and who have

made the obscenity and filth as traditions. O honorable ones! In such an

environment, when one protects the eyes, our beloved Prophet told that he will

be blessed with the taste of sweetness of eemaan. The one who lowers the gaze for


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sake of Allah He , will grant him the sweetness of eemaan, the taste of

eemaan. The more one finds difficulty to save from sins and the more one gets

courage to embrace taqwa, the more he will get the noor of taqwa. If a blind man

says he doesnt see anything evil, what is so great about this! If there is a man with

good eyesight and he protects the eyes from filth, then he is a man of excellence.

The path I took from my room to this masjid is apparently a peaceful one and then

one comes from a place to this masjid through a difficult path. Now both will not

have the same rewards. This is like the one who is sacrificing 50 sheep and the

other none. It is obvious that the one who sacrificed more number of sheep, he will

get more rewards. One man reached the destination easily because his path was

free from sins and the other ones path was full of sins and so he reaches the

destination with much difficulties saving from those sins. Now this man is like the

one who sacrificed 50 sheep in the path of Allah and so will be his status. The

one who embraces taqwa to the extent of difficulty of an environment, so he will

get the noor of eemaan and so will be the blessings of taqwa. So the one who

lowers his gaze for sake of Allah will get the sweetness of eemaan.

Little courage is what needed in Ramadan to save from sins

And it is very necessary to protect the eyes in this blessed month of Ramadan. It is

not easy but do it with courage. Allah chains the shaitaan but the effect of

evilness in the eleven other months will be there on the soul and the gaze raises.

One enemy, the shaitan has been chained and the other enemy, the nafs has been

left out and it is easy to control this nafs. A little courage is what needed. In the

month of Ramadan, a large tent of mercy is set from Allah and in that tent you


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can see one going to masjid and the masajid are filled with muslims and this is a

sign of setting up of Allahs tent of mercy. In such a blessed environment, it is

easy to achieve taqwa. It is easy to restraint oneself from sins as the environment is

made good. So protect your eyes, protect them inside the house and outside the

house. Let Allah forbid but in case the eyes commit sin, then for Allahs

sake immediately turn to Allah in repentance. See that the sin doesnt leave its

adverse effect on the fasting. Like I said before, just like committing a sin in the

Baitullah is very unfortunate and so is committing a sin in the month of Ramadan.

Fasting will become difficult if we sin

So let there be control of gaze and the second thing to be controlled is the tongue.

The mufassireen (experts in Quran commentary) and muhadditeen (experts in

ahadeeth) have written that when a man spends the whole night in ibaadat and then

sits for few minutes doing gheebat (backbiting), he loses all his good deeds he

achieved during the night. Once it was mentioned to the Prophet about two

women who found difficulty in fasting. The Prophet called those women and

asked them to vomit in separate bowls when fresh meat and blood was found in the

vomit of those women. The Prophet said that these women did backbiting.

One of the adverse effects of sin while fasting is it becomes very difficult to fast.

The one who fasts embracing taqwa wont even feel like he is fasting. To the

extent one dirties his eyes and tongue; his fasting will trouble him to that extent.

Some people wont even have courage to fast. That is how they will be anxious.

Rather for a muttaqi (pious man), the fasting is very easy. That is why, if our kind


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Lord didnt place this ability in us, He wouldnt have made it farz

(compulsory). First my Lord placed this ability within us and then commanded us

to do this.

Do not get deprived of the blessings of Ramadan

And there are so many blessings in it that subhanAllah! Allah grants us reward

and also the health. The kuffar may not know much about our fasting but they have

also started to advise to fast and gain good health. Alhamdulillah, for us Muslims,

there are good deeds, rewards in the akhirat and also the health with fasting. As

said, one of the adverse effects of the sins is that one feels the fasting to be very

heavy. O honorable ones! Let the eyes be protected and let the tongue be protected

so no sinful talk is uttered by this tongue. To speak the truth, dont even speak

more than what is necessary. Speak very less in Ramadan. When a man sees more,

he will also look at bad things, when he speaks more, he will also speak evil and

when he hears more, he will also hear bad. Restraining yourself means you donteven speak more. Control this tongue. If you do more ibaadat but do not control the

eyes and tongue, then you will be deprived of the blessings of Ramadan. And

Ramadan will pass away and you too will be fasting like others saying it is

Ramadan but you will stand in same place where you were before Ramadan. Such

could be the unfortunate thing.

Think this Ramadan to be your last Ramadan

O honorable ones! Who knows this might be our last Ramadan. Are we going to

allow this Ramadan to leave us just like that? What a deprivation! How many you

know who were alive in the last Ramadan and today they are no more! You read


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janaza salah for them and you buried them. How many are there like that! Who

knows how many days are left for us. If Allah is granting us this blessing, then

embrace it as if this is your last Ramadan. A young man came to the Prophet and requested him to advise him. Prophet advised, Pray the salaat as if that is

your last salaat. Allahu Akbar! The Prophet is advising about the salaat that

comes five times every day to pray like it is the last salaat. O honorable ones! This

Ramadan comes only once a year. How many passed away! Who knows this is the

last chance that Allah has giving us to earn more rewards, to seek His

forgiveness, to gain His proximity and to change our life. Who knows? Let

your eyes be protected and let your tongue be protected.

Have more concern for halal during Ramadan

O the honorable ones! The think which is wrong to utter is wrong to hear too.Singing is haram and hearing the songs is also haram. Backbiting is haram and so

is its hearing. Your fasting will go waste. All your hard work will go waste. The

precious wealth will go out of your hands. So protect your eyes, tongue and ears

and my honorable ones, have concern for halal food during sehri and iftar. If your

income is halal then Alhamdulillah it is very blessed and if your income is not

halal, then dont let such a precious month to be wasted and try to get something

halal and spend the entire month of Ramadan with halal things. To make the

worldly earning season successful, people try to get money even with interest. O

honorable ones! This is the season of dunya and akhirat, so have concern for halal

things. Get halal money from somewhere and do your sehri with halal food and


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break your fast with halal money. The Prophet mentioned about a person who

undergoes a lengthy journey in a state that he is disheveled and dusty. He spreads

his hands towards the sky (calling), O my lord, O my lord, however his food is

Haram, his drink is Haram, his clothes are Haram and he has been nourished with

Haram! So how will his call be answered? So protect your eyes, tongue, ears and

haram food. Do not eat haram food.

Let the Ramadan bring revolution in your life

Have concern for halal and see how your life gets changed. You will then enjoy

Ramadan and you will have strong feeling of passing through Ramadan. You then

wont be like that old merchant, that old husband or that old wife and that old

child. Allah will change their entire life inshaaAllah. Their akhlaaq (conduct

and manners) will change, the trustworthiness will resurge in their life, their

ibaadat will excel and their entire life will change. How fortunate are those whose

lives changes with Ramadan! After Ramadan, they get addicted to masajid; afterRamadan, they start earning halal; after Ramadan, they come in the company of

pious people; after Ramadan, the sound of music stops coming from their houses;

after Ramadan, the daughters start wearing the chador of hayaa and the daughters

start looking very modest. The Ramadan brings revolution in their life. This is the

month of tarbiyat (training). This is the season of taqwa and one gets the wealth of

taqwa.

Get prepared right now

Very few days are left for Ramadan. The abstention of few things that I told about

let it get started from right today. Let it not so happen that you have a bad habit and


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the Ramadan is started with this same bad habit and you end up committing some

sins. And the adverse effect of this sins stay in the whole of the Ramadan. So start

considering these things right now and properly you get saved from these sins in

the Ramadan. That is why it is said about the one, whose Ramadan passesproperly, his entire year will pass properly. Say you give your vehicle in workshop

and every part of the vehicle is properly cleaned up, what you will say? Now the

vehicle will run well for the whole of the year. If the vehicle didnt work well,

then the workshop job was not done properly. The truth is Ramadan is the month

of purification and tarbiyat. If the Ramadan is passed well, then the life of the

entire year will go smooth and in proper phase. So give importance from right now

and do not see haram, do not hear haram, do not speak haram and have concern for

halal earnings. Then there is a hope from Allah that He will grant us

Ramadan with its complete blessings. Very strange is this wealth. The people of

Allah used to prepare and wait for this Ramadan for six months and for the rest

six months, they used to pray for its acceptance. Their entire year goes around

Ramadan, Ramadan. This is like if one gets one or two good seasons in a year, then

the tradesmens life goes around these two seasons. The people of eemaan used to

wait for this month and when they get this Ramadan and it passes away, they start

praying for its acceptance, O Allah! Accept our Ramadan.

Let Allah help us all to act on what we hear, read and write. Ameen

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