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Islam not just in Ramadhan but 365 days a year!

September 6th, 2010

Ramadhan is a month of blessing. Every Muslim is pretty much charged up to stay religiously, however, as Ramadhan comes to an end, the interest and  motivation dries off, especially among the young ones.

As a good Muslim, it is very important that we continue to be religious after Ramadhan. Thus, I have listed down five points that I believe can help us stay religiously active and motivated even after the month of Ramadhan:

 1) Start from Eid Day: The Fajr prayer is compulsory even on Eid day. So, don’t try to build an excuse for it by saying “Its Eid”. Make sure you set up the alarm, sleep early and look forward for the Salaat. If not, imagine the shaitaan has already started working on you negatively. It will be a very bad start. So start well and Allah will InshAllah reward you by easing the rest of the upcoming days.

2) Motivate your close friend: Friends and companion make a huge difference so start early and motivate your friend. Make sure you start telling him your intention of staying religious after Ramadhan. In fact, not only make him aware of your intention but make him motivated to follow you in such activities as well. Not only will you remain motivated but you will get good deeds from motivating others.

3) Stay connected with Mosque (masjid): Even though in the busy schedule, make sure you stay connected to Mosque and visit at least once a day. This is especially important if you are living in a non-Muslim country like USA or UK.

4) Read regularly: Try reading Quran, small Ayats, Hadith or even news or blogs about Islam regularly. This will encourage you a lot and inshAllah keep you energetic religiously.

5) Stay away from unhealthy discussions: The shaitaan works slowly and gradually by tempting you to do wrong but small things. Try avoiding them as much as possible and not come under the influence of your friends as well.

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Sunah of Eid

November 26th, 2009

Allaah has set out several rulings concerning Eid, in many areas including (read the entire blog for detail on each of this area):

  • Takbeer
  • Dates
  • Clothes
  • Ghusal
  • Eid Prayers
  • Mosque
  • Visitng graves

Read the rest of this entry »

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Virtues of fasting six days in Shawwal

September 27th, 2009

Praise be to Allaah.Fasting six days of Shawwaal after the obligatory fast of Ramadaan is Sunnah Mustahabbah, not waajib. It is recommended for the Muslim to fast six days of Shawwaal, and in this there is great virtue and an immense reward. Whoever fasts these six days will have recorded for him a reward as if he had fasted a whole year, as was reported in a saheeh hadeeth from the Prophet SALLALLAHU ‘ALAYHI WASALLAM

Abu Ayyoob (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allaah SALLALLAHU ‘ALAYHI WASALLAM said: “Whoever fasts Ramadaan and follows it with six days of Shawwaal, it will be as if he fasted for a lifetime.” (Narrated by Muslim, Abu Dawood, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nisaa’i and Ibn Maajah).

The Prophet SALLALLAHU ‘ALAYHI WASALLAM explained this when he said: “Whoever fasts for six days after (Eid) al-Fitr has completed the year: (whoever does a good deed (hasanah) will have ten hasanah like it).” According to another report: “Allaah has made for each hasanah ten like it, so a month is like fasting ten months, and fasting six days completes the year.” (al-Nisaa’i and Ibn Maajah. See also Saheeh al-Targheeb wa’l-Tarheeb, 1/421).

It was also narrated by Ibn Khuzaymah with the wording: “Fasting for the month of Ramadaan brings the reward of ten like it, and fasting for six days brings the reward of two months, and that is the fasting of the whole year.”

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