The Prophet’s Sermon on Ramadhan

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The Prophet’s Sermon on Ramadhan

Baihaqi reported on the authority of Salman Al-Farsi (Radhi Allah
‘Anh) that Prophet (Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasalaam) delivered a sermon
on the last day of the month of Sha’ban. In it he (Sallallaahu
Alaihi Wasalaam) said,

“O People! The month of Allah (Ramadan) has come with its mercies,
blessings and forgivenesses. Allah has decreed this month the best of
all months. The days of this month are the best among the days and the
nights are the best among the nights and the hours during Ramadan are
the best among the hours. This is a month in which you have been
invited by Him (to fast and pray). Allah has honoured you in it. In
every breath you take is a reward of Allah, your sleep is worship,
your good deeds are accepted and your invocations are answered.

Therefore, you must invoke your Lord in all earnestness with hearts
free from sin and evil, and pray that Allah may help you to keep fast,
and to recite the Holy Qur’an. Indeed!, miserable is the o*!ne who
is deprived of Allah’s forgiveness in this great month. While
fasting remember the hunger and thirst o*!n the Day of Judgement. Give
alms to the poor and needy. Pay respect to your elders, have sympathy
for your youngsters and be kind towards your relatives and kinsmen.
Guard your tongue against unworthy words, and your eyes from scenes
that are not worth seeing (forbidden) and your ears from sounds that
should not be heard.

Be kind to orphans so that if your children may become orphans they
will also be treated with kindness. Do repent to Allah for your sins
and supplicate with raised hands at the times of prayer as these are
the best times, during which Allah Almighty looks at His servants with
mercy. Allah Answers if they supplicate, Responds if they call, Grants
if He is asked, and Accepts if they entreat. O people! you have made
your conscience the slave of your desires.

Make it free by invoking Allah for forgiveness. Your back may break
from the heavy load of your sins, so prostrate yourself before Allah
for long intervals, and make this load lighter. Understand fully that
Allah has promised in His Honour and Majesty that, people who perform
salat and sajda (prostration) will be guarded from Hell-fire o*!n the
Day of Judgement.

O people!, if anyone amongst you arranges for iftar (meal at sunset)
for any believer, Allah will reward him as if he had freed a slave,
and Allah will forgive him his sins. A companion asked: “but not all
of us have the means to do so” The Prophet (Sallallaahu Alaihi
Wasalaam) replied: Keep yourself away from Hell-fire though it may
consist of half a date or even some water if you have nothing else.

O people!, anyone who during this month cultivates good manners, will
walk over the Sirat (bridge to Paradise) o*!n the day when feet will
tend to slip. For anyone who during this month eases the workload of
his servants, Allah will make easy his accounting, and for anyone who
doesn’t hurt others during this month, Allah will safeguard him from
His Wrath o*!n the Day of Judgement. Anyone who respects and treats an
orphan with kindness during this month, Allah shall look at him with
kindness o*!n that Day. Anyone who treats his kinsmen well during this
month, Allah will bestow His Mercy o*!n him o*!n that Day, while
anyone who mistreats his kinsmen during this month, Allah will keep
away from His Mercy.

Whomever offers the recommended prayers during this month, Allah will
save him from Hell, and whomever observes his obligations during this
month, his reward will be seventy times the reward during other
months. Whomever repeatedly invokes Allah’s blessings o*!n me, Allah
will keep his scale of good deeds heavy, while the scales of others
will be tending to lightness. Whomever recites during this month an
ayat (verse) of the Holy Qur’an, will get the reward of reciting the
whole Qur’an in other months.

O people!, the gates of Paradise remain open during this month. Pray
to your Lord that they may not be closed for you. While the gates of
Hell are closed, pray to your Lord that they never open for you. Satan
has been chained, invoke your Lord not to let him dominate you.”

Ali ibn Talib (Radhi Allah ‘Anh) said: “I asked, ‘O messenger of
Allah, what are the best deeds during this month’?” ‘He replied:
‘O Abu-Hassan, the best of deeds during this month is to be far from
what Allah has forbidden’.”

 

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Assalam alaikum wa rahmathullah wa barakathu....


This to inform regarding the weakness(da'eef) of this hadiths.........below is the evidence for the weak narration.

i really apologize for sharing the wrong and da'eef hadiths. Asthagfirullah

May Allah guide and forgive us from all the unknowing faults and help us to enrich more knowledge about our deen......ameen ya rabbul 'alamin

jazzakallahu khairan

Weakness of a hadeeth about the virtues of Ramadaan​

How sound is the hadeeth narrated from Salmaan al-Faarisi (may Allaah be pleased with him) in which he is reported to have said: “The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) addressed us on the last day of Sha’baan and said: ‘O People, there has come to you a great and blessed month, a month in which there is a night that is better than a thousand months. Allaah has made fasting (this month) an obligation and spending its nights in prayer an act of voluntary worship. Whoever draws near to Allaah during this month by doing some good deeds is like one who does an obligatory action at any other time, and the one who does an obligatory action during this month is like one who does seventy obligatory actions at any other times. It is a month whose beginning is mercy, its middle is forgiveness and its end is ransom from the Fire…’”??


Praise be to Allaah.



This hadeeth was narrated by Ibn Khuzaymah in his Saheeh, 3/191, no. 1887. He said, “If the report is saheeh …” but the word ‘if’ was omitted in some references such as al-Targheeb wa’l-Tarheeb by al-Mundhiri (2/95), so they thought that Ibn Khuzaymah said, “The report is saheeh,” although he did not state that.



It was also narrated by al-Mahaamili in al-Amaali (293); by al-Bayhaqi in Shu’ab al-Eemaan (7/216); Fadaa’il al-Awqaat, p. 146, no. 37; by Abu’l-Shaykh Ibn Hibbaan in Kitaab al-Thawaab; it was attributed to him by al-Saa’aati in al-Fath al-Rabbaani (9/233); it was mentioned by al-Suyooti in al-Durr al-Manthoor, and he said, it was narrated by al-‘Aqeeli and he classed it as da’eef (weak); it was mentioned by al-Isbahaani in al-Targheeb, and by al-Munaqqi in Kanz al-‘Ummaal (8/477). All of them narrated it via Sa’eed ibn al-Musayyib from Salmaan al-Faarisi. The isnaad of the hadeeth is da’eef (weak) for two reasons, which are:



1 – There is a break in the chain of narrators, because Sa’eed ibn al-Musayyib did not hear it from Salmaan al-Faarisi (may Allaah be pleased with him).



2 – Its isnaad includes ‘Ali ibn Zayd ibn Jad’aan, of whom Ibn Sa’d said: “There is some weakness in him and he cannot be quoted as evidence. He was classed as da’eef (weak) by Ahmad, Ibn Ma’een, al-Nasaa’i, Ibn Khuzaymah, al-Jawzjaani and others, as it says in Siyar A’laam al-Nubala’, 5/207.



Abu Haatim al-Raazi judged the hadeeth to be munkar (a kind of weak hadeeth). Al-‘Ayni said likewise in ‘Umdat al-Qaari’, 9/20, as did Shaykh al-Albaani in Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth al-Da’eefah wa’l-Mawdoo’ah, vol. 2/262. no. 871. So it becomes clear that the isnaad of this hadeeth and similar reports are all da’eef (weak), and that the muhadditheen (scholars of hadeeth) judged it to be munkar, in addition to the fact that it contains some phrases whose authenticity is subject to further examination, such as its dividing the month into three parts, saying that the first ten days are mercy, then forgiveness, then ransom from the Fire. There is no evidence for this, rather the bounty of Allaah is immense, all of Ramadaan is mercy and forgiveness, and there are those whom Allaah ransoms from the Fire every night and at the time of breaking the fast, as is proven by the ahaadeeth.



Moreover, in this hadeeth it says, “Whoever draws near to Allaah during this month by doing some good deeds is like one who does an obligatory action.” There is no evidence for this, rather naafil actions are naafil and obligatory actions are obligatory in Ramadaan and at other times. This hadeeth also says, “and the one who does an obligatory action during this month is like one who does seventy obligatory actions at any other times.” This number is subject to further examination, because a good deed earns a reward between ten and seven hundred times in Ramadaan and at other times, and nothing is exempted from that apart from fasting, for its reward is immense and unlimited, because of the hadeeth qudsi: “Every deed of the son of Adam is for him, except for fasting, which is for Me and I shall reward for it.” (Agreed upon; narrated from Abu Hurayrah, may Allaah be pleased with him).

We must beware of da’eef (weak) hadeeth and make sure of their status before we speak of them. We must strive to find out the saheeh ahaadeeth about the virtues of Ramadaan. May Allaah grant us all strength and accept our fasting, night prayers and all our good deeds.



And Allaah knows best.

 

[Ron-Kid]

Hmmmm Jazak Allahu khair for the clarification, May ALLAH forgive you and all ... Aamin Ya Rabb

 

[MeGladder]

:salam2:

Human beings learn from mistake(s). May Allah help us ALL in correcting our mistakes.