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* Why Ramadan is the month of the Qur an * *Ramadan is the month of the Qur an as well as the month of all good deeds. A Muslim is recommended to read the Qur an and do good deeds in this blessed month as much as he can. * In this context, we recall the Prophetic Hadith addressed by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to his Companions on the last day of Sha`ban: O people! A great month has come; a blessed month in which is a night better than a thousand months; a month in which Allah has made it compulsory upon you to fast by day, and voluntary to pray by night. Whoever draws nearer (to Allah) by performing any of the (optional) good deeds in (this month), shall receive the same reward as performing an obligatory deed at any other time; and whoever performs an obligatory deed in (this month), shall receive the reward of performing seventy obligations at any other time. It is the month of patience, and the reward of patience is Paradise. It is the month of charity, and a month in which a believer s sustenance is increased. Whoever gives food to a fasting person to break his fast, shall have his sins forgiven, and he will be saved from the Hell-Fire, and he shall have the same reward as the fasting person, without his reward being diminished at all. (Reported by ibn Khuzaymah) Ramadan is the month in which the Qur an was revealed. Allah says: The month of Ramadan in which was revealed the Qur an, a guidance for mankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the Criterion (between right and wrong). So whosoever of you sights (the crescent on the first night of) the month (of Ramadan), he must observe Saum (fasts) that month. - Al-Baqarah 2: 185 This verse establishes the link between Ramadan and the Qur an. We know that the Prophet (peace be upon him) was in the habit of retreating to Mount Hira during Ramadan and it was during one of these periods of contemplation that the Archangel Gabriel appeared to him with the first revelation. So Ramadan marks the beginning of the call to Islam and the prophetic mission of Muhammad (peace be upon him). Secondly, when Ramadan Fasting became obligatory, the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to recite the Qur an with Gabriel. Gabriel used to descend from the heavens every night to read everything that had so far been revealed to the Prophet (peace be upon him). Thirdly, when we offer our Taraweeh prayers, it is recommended that over the course of the month the whole Qur an should be completed. This presents a great opportunity for those who haven t read the whole Qur an to hear it. . __,_._,___ -- Faizan Shaikh, Servant of Allah swt "Ya AIlah,I seek refuge in You from distress and cowardice. I seek refuge from weakness and procrastination, from stinginess and cowardice. I seek refuge in You from indebtedness and from subjugation to people's inequity" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Nor can Goodness and Evil be equal. Repel (evil) with what is better; then the enmity between him and you will become as if it were your friend and intimate! Visit: sultan.org Subscribe: [email protected] Post to group: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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