DEEDS IN AND AFTER RAMADAN
Salam alaikum
Many articles have been written about the great reward that one gets in the holy month of Ramadan.Many delivered lectures fuel the spirit of competition and motivate muslims to race against each other to seize this exclusive opportunity.Indeed, This month is a market where all attractive
menus of deeds are displayed.Begining with greeting your potential customers with a cheerful face and leaving them with receiving a comforting and soothing invocation .I am sure that those who give a date or a sip of water for the fasting persons to break their fast experience a true happiness,believing in the reward of this act.This evidenced by this hadith who says,Whoever feeds a fasting person will have a reward like that of the fasting person, without any reduction in his reward.�.
Those who are alllured by the orphans menu do not hesitate to order it. it is nutritious since it softens their hearts and they are granted an other great benefit "I and the caretaker of the orphan will enter Paradise together like this, raising (by way of illustration) his forefinger and middle finger jointly, leaving no space in between." [Saheeh al-Bukhaari]
Let now look at this appealing part of the menu;Dutifulness to parents and maintaining ties of kinship
How many of us have visited his or her relatives or even call them by phone regardless to the conflict or disagreement over earthly matters.How sweet this hadith that says Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah said, "Anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day should honour his guest. Anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day should maintain his ties of kinship. Anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day should speak well or remain silent." [Agreed upon]
However, how sour or bitter if you do not preserve this tie , Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Allah Almighty created creation and when he finished creating, kinship stood up and said, 'Is this the place of him who seeks refuge with You from being cut off?' He said, 'Yes. Would you be pleased if I joined anyone who joined you and cut off anyone who cut you off?' It said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Then that is the case.'" Then the Messenger of Allah said, "If you wish, then recite, 'Is it not likely that, if you did turn away, you would cause corruption in the earth and sever your ties of kinship? Such are the people Allah has cursed making them deaf and blinding their eyes.' (W47:23-24; 47:22-23)" [Agreed upon] .
The bill of this menu requires a high price that is no monetary but spiritual.In order to have it you need patience;This is supported by this hadith .Abu 'Abdu'r-Rahman 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud reported that a man said, "Messenger of Allah, I have some relatives with whom I maintain relations but they cut me off. I am good to them and they are bad to me. I am forbearing to them and they are impatient towards me." He said, "If you are as you have said, then it is as if you are giving them hot embers to drink. You will continue to have a helper from Allah against them as long as you remain doing that." [Muslim]
While walking in this market one can find a billboard whose title Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him treat his neighbour well; whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honour his guest; whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak good or else remain silent. (Bukhari and Muslim) . This shop is lucrative and offers good service , how about if we invite our neighbours.O Abu Dharr (r), if you cook some broth, add extra water to it, and take care of your neighbour.' (Muslim) According to another report he said, �If you cook some broth, add extra water to it, then think of the families in your neighbourhood and send some of it to them.' (Muslim)
While taking food to your neighbours, you come across this needy person, you remember this hadith that says, "Feed the hungry, visit the sick and free the captives."
O let visit the needy sick or any patient person in the hospital so that we will find God there;The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) quoted God as saying: �O son of Adam, I asked you for food and you fed Me not.� (The person) will respond: �O Lord, how could I feed You when You are the Lord of the worlds?� (God) will then say: �Did you not know that My (hungry servant) asked you for food and you fed him not? Did you not know that had you fed him you would surely have found (the reward for doing so) with Me?�
This sick should not necessarly be muslim.[B]A Jewish boy who would serve the Prophet fell sick, so the Prophet said: �Let us go and visit him.� They (the Prophet and his illustrious Companions) went to visit him and found his father sitting by his head. The Messenger of God said:�Proclaim that there is no true deity worthy of being worshipped except God alone, and I will intercede on your behalf on account of it on the Day of Resurrection.� The boy looked at his father and the father said: �Obey Abul-Qasim (Muhammad)!� So the boy uttered: �There is no true deity worthy of being worshipped except God alone, and Muhammad is the last Messenger.� The Messenger of God then said: �All praise is due to God Who saved him from the Fire of Hell.��[/B]
While visting the sick in this month,i find his or her either celebrating the remembrance of Allah or reading the holy Quran.I am not surprised since he or she does so because he finds peace and satisfaction in his heart, he will uplift his spirit and his soul, and he will sit in the Presence of his Lord. The Prophet (s) said in an authentic hadith mentioned in Ahmad's Musnad, "The people of Dhikr are the people of My presence.
. Abu Hurairah (May ALLAH be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of ALLAH (PBUH) said, "There are two statements that are light for the tongue to remember, heavy in the Scales and are dear to the Merciful: `Subhan-Allahi wa bihamdihi, Subhan-Allahil-Azim [Glory be to ALAH and His is the praise, (and) ALLAH, the Greatest is free from imperfection)'.'' [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
. Abu Hurairah (May ALLAH be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of ALLAH (PBUH) said, "The uttering of the words: "Subhan-ALLAH (ALLAH is free from imperfection), Al-hamdu lillah (all praise is due to ALLAH), La ilaha illallah (there is no true god except ALLAH) and Allahu Akbar (ALLAH is the Greatest)' is dearer to me than anything over which the sun rises.'' [Muslim]
As for reading the holy Quran, Whoever reads a letter from the Book of Allah, he will have a reward. And that reward will be multiplied by ten. I am not saying that �Alif, Laam, Meem� is a letter, rather I am saying that �Alif� is a letter, �laam� is a letter and �meem� is a letter.� So increase your recitation of the Qur�an to gain these merits, and to gain the following merit as well.
In another hadeeth, �Aa�ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, relates that the Prophet (sallAllahu �alaihi wa sallam) said:
Verily the one who recites the Qur�an beautifully, smoothly, and precisely, he will be in the company of the noble and obedient angels. And as for the one who recites with difficulty, stammering or stumbling through its verses, then he will have TWICE that reward.� [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
After wishing a quick recovery to this sick person and before leaving him, i head for the nearest mosque to pray the obligatory prayers.Allah, The Most High, said: "I prescribed five prayers on your Ummah (nation) and my pact is that whoever performs them at their due time, I will indeed admit him to paradise, and whoever does not perform them, he has no pact with me." Al-Albani classified this Hadith as authentic in Al-Silsila-Al- sahiha
On my way to the mosque ,i listen to the prayers call, after that i say Narrated Jabir bin �Abdullah:
Allah�s Apostle (s.a.w.) said, �Whoever after listening to the Adhan says, �Allahumma Rabba hadhihi-d-da� watit-tammati was-salatil qa�imati, ati Muhammadan al-wasilata wal-fadilata, wab� athhu maqaman mahmudan-il-ladhi wa� adtahu (O Allah! Lord of this perfect call (of not ascribing partners to You) and of the regular prayer which is going to be established! Kindly give Muhammad (s.a.w.) the right of intercession and superiority and send him (s.a.w.) (on the Day of Judgment) to the best and the highest place in Paradise which You promised him)�, then intercession for me will be permitted for him on the Day of Resurrection�).
Having finished my prayers and doing dikr,i remember this hadith, "My slave keeps getting closer to Me through performing Nawafil (supererogatory prayers), till I love him, then I become his sense of hearing with which he hears, and his sense of sight with which he sees, and his hand with which he grips, and his leg with which he walks; and if he asks Me, I will give him, and if he asks My protection (Refuge), I will protect him (i.e. give him My Refuge)." (Reported by Al-Bukhari and narrated by Abu Huraira.)
While prostrating, �The best supplication for seeking forgiveness (Syed-ul-Istighfar) is to say: `Allahumma Anta Rabbi, la ilaha illa Anta, khalaqtani wa ana `abduka, wa ana `ala `ahdika wa wa`dika mastata`tu, a`udhu bika min sharri ma sana`tu, abu�u laka bini`matika `alayya, wa abu�u bidhanbi faghfir li, fa innahu la yaghfirudh-dhunuba illa Anta.
(O Allah! You are my Rubb. There is no true god except You. You have created me, and I am Your slave, and I hold to Your Covenant as far as I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge the favours that You have bestowed upon me, and I confess my sins. Pardon me, for none but You has the power to pardon).�
He who supplicates in these terms during the day with firm belief in it and dies on the same day (before the evening), he will be one of the dwellers of Jannah; and if anyone supplicates in these terms during the night with firm belief in it and dies before the morning, he will be one of the dwellers of Jannah.�
[Al-Bukhari].
Asking Allah to forgive your brothers and sisters. �Whoever seeks forgiveness for beleiving men and believing woman, Allah will write for him a good deed for each believing man and believing woman.� [Tabarani]
After i finsih my prayers, i come across my friend, he tells me that he has attended a lecture that speaks about the reward of ,'He who performs dawn prayer with a group of worshippers, keep on remembering Allah till sunrise, then does two rakaat will have the same reward of performing Hajj and Umra in full full full."
In "Sahih Muslim" Jaber bin Samra (may Allah be pleased with him) described the Prophet (peace be upon him) in his praying place "He did not often leave the place where he performed the prayers of dawn till sunrise."
I congratulate him for attending . Attending lectures in the mosque.
"Whoever goes to the mosque not desiring except to learn or teach what is good has the reward of a pilgrim who completed his Hajj." [at-Tabarani, classed as Saheeh by Al-Albani]
In this lecture the sheikh speaks about performing `Umrah in the month of Ramadhan.
"`Umrah in Ramadhan is equal to a Hajj with me." [al-Bukhari]
but what is better to perform voluntary umrah or give money to the poor such as providing Relief For the Needy
The Prophet then said, "He who makes it easy for an indebted person, Allah will make it easy for him in the Dunya and the Hereafter." The indebted person is a person who has incurred large debts which he is incapable of repaying.
hmad b. Hanbal was once asked: "Is it better for a person to perform a voluntary Pilgrimage or cement tiers of kinship?"
Ahmad replied: "If thosekinfolk are in need, I prefer that he cements the ties of kinship." [quoted by: Ibn Muflih, al-Furû` (2/497)]
Ahmad also said: "One of you says 'I will perform the Pilgrimage. I'll perform the Pilgrimage.' But he has already done so! Rather, cement ties of kinship, or give charity to someone in dire need, or do some good for your neighbor. [Kitâb al-Zuhd]
One can also benefit from
Narrated Abu Hurairah ]: "The Messenger of Allah said: "The good deeds that will reach a believer after his death are: knowledge which he learned and then spread; a righteous son whom he leaves behind; a copy of the Qur'an that he leaves as a legacy; a mosque that he built; a house that he built for wayfarers; a canal that he dug; or charity that he gave during his lifetime when he was in good health. These deeds will reach him after his death."
[Ibn Majah: 224]
It was narrated that they slaughtered a sheep at the time of the Prophet and gave it in charity except for its shoulder. The Prophet asked A'ishah, "What is left of it?" She said: "Nothing is left except the shoulder." He said: "All of it will remain except its shoulder."
Narrated Anas bin Malik : Allah's Messenger said, "There is none amongst the Muslims who plants a tree or sows a seed, and then a bird, or a person or an animal eats from it, but it is regarded as a charitable gift from him."
[Sahih Al-Bukhari 40:1071]
Covering Mistakes
The Prophet then said, "He who covers a Muslim, Allah will cover him in the Dunya and the Hereafter."
Interceding for a Good Cause
Allah said, "Whosoever intercedes for a good cause will have the reward thereof." [Soorah an-Nisa (4): 85]
Pls pray for someone, he is waiting the result of oral exam to start working;May Allah have mercy on us,forgive our sins and free us from hell fire
;Send blessing upon the prophet Mohamed
person who sends blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is elevated ten degrees, that is, he has the reward of ten good deeds added to his account.
Also, such a person will have ten sins remitted. In his hadith, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, �If one sends me blessings once, Almighty Allah will send him tenfold blessings, forgive him ten sins, and elevate him ten degrees.�
Salam alaikum
Many articles have been written about the great reward that one gets in the holy month of Ramadan.Many delivered lectures fuel the spirit of competition and motivate muslims to race against each other to seize this exclusive opportunity.Indeed, This month is a market where all attractive
menus of deeds are displayed.Begining with greeting your potential customers with a cheerful face and leaving them with receiving a comforting and soothing invocation .I am sure that those who give a date or a sip of water for the fasting persons to break their fast experience a true happiness,believing in the reward of this act.This evidenced by this hadith who says,Whoever feeds a fasting person will have a reward like that of the fasting person, without any reduction in his reward.�.
Those who are alllured by the orphans menu do not hesitate to order it. it is nutritious since it softens their hearts and they are granted an other great benefit "I and the caretaker of the orphan will enter Paradise together like this, raising (by way of illustration) his forefinger and middle finger jointly, leaving no space in between." [Saheeh al-Bukhaari]
Let now look at this appealing part of the menu;Dutifulness to parents and maintaining ties of kinship
How many of us have visited his or her relatives or even call them by phone regardless to the conflict or disagreement over earthly matters.How sweet this hadith that says Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah said, "Anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day should honour his guest. Anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day should maintain his ties of kinship. Anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day should speak well or remain silent." [Agreed upon]
However, how sour or bitter if you do not preserve this tie , Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Allah Almighty created creation and when he finished creating, kinship stood up and said, 'Is this the place of him who seeks refuge with You from being cut off?' He said, 'Yes. Would you be pleased if I joined anyone who joined you and cut off anyone who cut you off?' It said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Then that is the case.'" Then the Messenger of Allah said, "If you wish, then recite, 'Is it not likely that, if you did turn away, you would cause corruption in the earth and sever your ties of kinship? Such are the people Allah has cursed making them deaf and blinding their eyes.' (W47:23-24; 47:22-23)" [Agreed upon] .
The bill of this menu requires a high price that is no monetary but spiritual.In order to have it you need patience;This is supported by this hadith .Abu 'Abdu'r-Rahman 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud reported that a man said, "Messenger of Allah, I have some relatives with whom I maintain relations but they cut me off. I am good to them and they are bad to me. I am forbearing to them and they are impatient towards me." He said, "If you are as you have said, then it is as if you are giving them hot embers to drink. You will continue to have a helper from Allah against them as long as you remain doing that." [Muslim]
While walking in this market one can find a billboard whose title Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him treat his neighbour well; whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honour his guest; whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak good or else remain silent. (Bukhari and Muslim) . This shop is lucrative and offers good service , how about if we invite our neighbours.O Abu Dharr (r), if you cook some broth, add extra water to it, and take care of your neighbour.' (Muslim) According to another report he said, �If you cook some broth, add extra water to it, then think of the families in your neighbourhood and send some of it to them.' (Muslim)
While taking food to your neighbours, you come across this needy person, you remember this hadith that says, "Feed the hungry, visit the sick and free the captives."
O let visit the needy sick or any patient person in the hospital so that we will find God there;The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) quoted God as saying: �O son of Adam, I asked you for food and you fed Me not.� (The person) will respond: �O Lord, how could I feed You when You are the Lord of the worlds?� (God) will then say: �Did you not know that My (hungry servant) asked you for food and you fed him not? Did you not know that had you fed him you would surely have found (the reward for doing so) with Me?�
This sick should not necessarly be muslim.[B]A Jewish boy who would serve the Prophet fell sick, so the Prophet said: �Let us go and visit him.� They (the Prophet and his illustrious Companions) went to visit him and found his father sitting by his head. The Messenger of God said:�Proclaim that there is no true deity worthy of being worshipped except God alone, and I will intercede on your behalf on account of it on the Day of Resurrection.� The boy looked at his father and the father said: �Obey Abul-Qasim (Muhammad)!� So the boy uttered: �There is no true deity worthy of being worshipped except God alone, and Muhammad is the last Messenger.� The Messenger of God then said: �All praise is due to God Who saved him from the Fire of Hell.��[/B]
While visting the sick in this month,i find his or her either celebrating the remembrance of Allah or reading the holy Quran.I am not surprised since he or she does so because he finds peace and satisfaction in his heart, he will uplift his spirit and his soul, and he will sit in the Presence of his Lord. The Prophet (s) said in an authentic hadith mentioned in Ahmad's Musnad, "The people of Dhikr are the people of My presence.
. Abu Hurairah (May ALLAH be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of ALLAH (PBUH) said, "There are two statements that are light for the tongue to remember, heavy in the Scales and are dear to the Merciful: `Subhan-Allahi wa bihamdihi, Subhan-Allahil-Azim [Glory be to ALAH and His is the praise, (and) ALLAH, the Greatest is free from imperfection)'.'' [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
. Abu Hurairah (May ALLAH be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of ALLAH (PBUH) said, "The uttering of the words: "Subhan-ALLAH (ALLAH is free from imperfection), Al-hamdu lillah (all praise is due to ALLAH), La ilaha illallah (there is no true god except ALLAH) and Allahu Akbar (ALLAH is the Greatest)' is dearer to me than anything over which the sun rises.'' [Muslim]
As for reading the holy Quran, Whoever reads a letter from the Book of Allah, he will have a reward. And that reward will be multiplied by ten. I am not saying that �Alif, Laam, Meem� is a letter, rather I am saying that �Alif� is a letter, �laam� is a letter and �meem� is a letter.� So increase your recitation of the Qur�an to gain these merits, and to gain the following merit as well.
In another hadeeth, �Aa�ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, relates that the Prophet (sallAllahu �alaihi wa sallam) said:
Verily the one who recites the Qur�an beautifully, smoothly, and precisely, he will be in the company of the noble and obedient angels. And as for the one who recites with difficulty, stammering or stumbling through its verses, then he will have TWICE that reward.� [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
After wishing a quick recovery to this sick person and before leaving him, i head for the nearest mosque to pray the obligatory prayers.Allah, The Most High, said: "I prescribed five prayers on your Ummah (nation) and my pact is that whoever performs them at their due time, I will indeed admit him to paradise, and whoever does not perform them, he has no pact with me." Al-Albani classified this Hadith as authentic in Al-Silsila-Al- sahiha
On my way to the mosque ,i listen to the prayers call, after that i say Narrated Jabir bin �Abdullah:
Allah�s Apostle (s.a.w.) said, �Whoever after listening to the Adhan says, �Allahumma Rabba hadhihi-d-da� watit-tammati was-salatil qa�imati, ati Muhammadan al-wasilata wal-fadilata, wab� athhu maqaman mahmudan-il-ladhi wa� adtahu (O Allah! Lord of this perfect call (of not ascribing partners to You) and of the regular prayer which is going to be established! Kindly give Muhammad (s.a.w.) the right of intercession and superiority and send him (s.a.w.) (on the Day of Judgment) to the best and the highest place in Paradise which You promised him)�, then intercession for me will be permitted for him on the Day of Resurrection�).
Having finished my prayers and doing dikr,i remember this hadith, "My slave keeps getting closer to Me through performing Nawafil (supererogatory prayers), till I love him, then I become his sense of hearing with which he hears, and his sense of sight with which he sees, and his hand with which he grips, and his leg with which he walks; and if he asks Me, I will give him, and if he asks My protection (Refuge), I will protect him (i.e. give him My Refuge)." (Reported by Al-Bukhari and narrated by Abu Huraira.)
While prostrating, �The best supplication for seeking forgiveness (Syed-ul-Istighfar) is to say: `Allahumma Anta Rabbi, la ilaha illa Anta, khalaqtani wa ana `abduka, wa ana `ala `ahdika wa wa`dika mastata`tu, a`udhu bika min sharri ma sana`tu, abu�u laka bini`matika `alayya, wa abu�u bidhanbi faghfir li, fa innahu la yaghfirudh-dhunuba illa Anta.
(O Allah! You are my Rubb. There is no true god except You. You have created me, and I am Your slave, and I hold to Your Covenant as far as I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge the favours that You have bestowed upon me, and I confess my sins. Pardon me, for none but You has the power to pardon).�
He who supplicates in these terms during the day with firm belief in it and dies on the same day (before the evening), he will be one of the dwellers of Jannah; and if anyone supplicates in these terms during the night with firm belief in it and dies before the morning, he will be one of the dwellers of Jannah.�
[Al-Bukhari].
Asking Allah to forgive your brothers and sisters. �Whoever seeks forgiveness for beleiving men and believing woman, Allah will write for him a good deed for each believing man and believing woman.� [Tabarani]
After i finsih my prayers, i come across my friend, he tells me that he has attended a lecture that speaks about the reward of ,'He who performs dawn prayer with a group of worshippers, keep on remembering Allah till sunrise, then does two rakaat will have the same reward of performing Hajj and Umra in full full full."
In "Sahih Muslim" Jaber bin Samra (may Allah be pleased with him) described the Prophet (peace be upon him) in his praying place "He did not often leave the place where he performed the prayers of dawn till sunrise."
I congratulate him for attending . Attending lectures in the mosque.
"Whoever goes to the mosque not desiring except to learn or teach what is good has the reward of a pilgrim who completed his Hajj." [at-Tabarani, classed as Saheeh by Al-Albani]
In this lecture the sheikh speaks about performing `Umrah in the month of Ramadhan.
"`Umrah in Ramadhan is equal to a Hajj with me." [al-Bukhari]
but what is better to perform voluntary umrah or give money to the poor such as providing Relief For the Needy
The Prophet then said, "He who makes it easy for an indebted person, Allah will make it easy for him in the Dunya and the Hereafter." The indebted person is a person who has incurred large debts which he is incapable of repaying.
hmad b. Hanbal was once asked: "Is it better for a person to perform a voluntary Pilgrimage or cement tiers of kinship?"
Ahmad replied: "If thosekinfolk are in need, I prefer that he cements the ties of kinship." [quoted by: Ibn Muflih, al-Furû` (2/497)]
Ahmad also said: "One of you says 'I will perform the Pilgrimage. I'll perform the Pilgrimage.' But he has already done so! Rather, cement ties of kinship, or give charity to someone in dire need, or do some good for your neighbor. [Kitâb al-Zuhd]
One can also benefit from
Narrated Abu Hurairah ]: "The Messenger of Allah said: "The good deeds that will reach a believer after his death are: knowledge which he learned and then spread; a righteous son whom he leaves behind; a copy of the Qur'an that he leaves as a legacy; a mosque that he built; a house that he built for wayfarers; a canal that he dug; or charity that he gave during his lifetime when he was in good health. These deeds will reach him after his death."
[Ibn Majah: 224]
It was narrated that they slaughtered a sheep at the time of the Prophet and gave it in charity except for its shoulder. The Prophet asked A'ishah, "What is left of it?" She said: "Nothing is left except the shoulder." He said: "All of it will remain except its shoulder."
Narrated Anas bin Malik : Allah's Messenger said, "There is none amongst the Muslims who plants a tree or sows a seed, and then a bird, or a person or an animal eats from it, but it is regarded as a charitable gift from him."
[Sahih Al-Bukhari 40:1071]
Covering Mistakes
The Prophet then said, "He who covers a Muslim, Allah will cover him in the Dunya and the Hereafter."
Interceding for a Good Cause
Allah said, "Whosoever intercedes for a good cause will have the reward thereof." [Soorah an-Nisa (4): 85]
Pls pray for someone, he is waiting the result of oral exam to start working;May Allah have mercy on us,forgive our sins and free us from hell fire
;Send blessing upon the prophet Mohamed
person who sends blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is elevated ten degrees, that is, he has the reward of ten good deeds added to his account.
Also, such a person will have ten sins remitted. In his hadith, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, �If one sends me blessings once, Almighty Allah will send him tenfold blessings, forgive him ten sins, and elevate him ten degrees.�