Ramadan 2016

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I am making this thread on this forum because as Ramadan is going begin in few days discuss all Ramadan related matters on this thread. From How to prepare for Ramadan what ibadat to do what to eat How to remain healthy and avoid getting sick and so on and so forth.

 

[Zarvan]

Ramadaan,Fasting(hungry?),Jihad & say when thoughts of ALLAH


Narrated Abu Huraira (ra):

I heard Allah's Apostle salAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam saying regarding Ramadan, "Whoever prayed at night in it (the month of Ramadan) out of sincere Faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven." (bukhari)
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Narrated 'Aisha (ra):

Allah's Apostle salAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, "Search for the Night of Qadr in the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadan."
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Narrated Aisha (ra):

With the start of the last ten days of Ramadan, the Prophet salAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam used to tighten his waist belt (i.e. work hard) and used to pray all the night, and used to keep his family awake for the prayers.
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Rasulullah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: On the first night øf Ramadaan , الله جل جلال swings open every door of Jannah, and does not close it until the last night of Ramadan; and for every sajdah that a servant performs on any of the nights of Ramadan, الله جل جلاله records for him 1500 virtues, as well as a palace in Jannah made out of red pearls. To each of these palaces, there are 60 000 doors, and behind each of these doors, lies a palace of gold which is also decorated with pearls. And when the servant fasts the first fast of Ramadan, الله جل جلاله forgives every sin committed until that day, and 70 000 angels seek forgiveness for the fasting person every day. And for every sajdah performed in Ramadan, whether it be during the day or night, a tree is grown in Jannah for the servant, such a tree whose distance will take a swift rider 500 years to cover the the shade of this tree.
Reported in Baihaqi

How Merciful ȋ̊s our beloved Creator
سُبْحَانَ ﺂللَّــہ

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Hungry while fasting?

When a person is hungry wheather fasting or not, the best thing to read is the continuous recitation of the third kalima of islam.Other zikrs also help, but the third kalima works the best and it takes the hunger away the moment you start reciting it.

[paste:font size="6"]Undesirability of departing from or coming to a Place stricken by a Epidemic
Ibn `Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: `Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) set out for Ash-Sham (the region comprising Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan). As he reached at Sargh (a town by the side of Hijaz) he came across the governor of Al-Ajnad, Abu `Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrah (May Allah be pleased with him) and his companions. They informed him that an had broken out in Syria. Ibn `Abbas relates: `Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said to me: "Call to me the earliest Muhajirun (Emigrants)." So I called them. He sought their advice and told them that an epidemic had broken out in Ash-Sham. There was a difference of opinion whether they should proceed further or retreat to their homes in such a situation. Some of them said:"You have set forth to fight the enemy, and therefore you should not go back;" whereas some of them said: "As you have along with you many eminent Companions of Messenger of Allah (PBUH), we would not advice you to set forth to the place of the plague (and thus expose them deliberately to a danger)." `Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said: "You can now go away." He said: "Call to me the Ansar (the Helpers)." So I called them to him, and he consulted them and they differed in their opinions as well. He said: "Now, you may go." He again said: "Call the old (wise people) of the Quraish who had emigrated before the conquest of Makkah." I called them. `Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) consulted them in this issue and not even two persons among them differed in the opinions. They said: "We think that you should go back along with the people and do not take them to this scourge. `Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) made an announcement to the people, saying: "In the morning I intend to go back, and I want you to do the same." Abu Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: "Are you going to run away from the Divine Decree?" Thereupon `Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Abu Ubaidah ! Had it been someone else to say this." (Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) did not like to differ with him). He said: "Yes, we are running from the Divine Decree to the Divine Decree. What do you think if you have camels and you happen to get down a valley having two sides, one of them covered with foliage and the other being barren, will you not act according to the Divine Decree if you graze them in vegetative land? In case you graze them in the barren land, even then you will be doing so according to the Divine Decree.There happened to come `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf who had been absent for some of his needs. He said: I have knowledge about it. I heard the Messenger of Allah (صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ) saying, "If you get wind of the outbreak of plague in a land, you should not enter it; but if it spreads in the land where you are, you should not depart from it." Thereupon `Umar bin Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) praised Allah and went back.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Commentary:
"Ajnad" stands for five regions of Syria: Palestine, Jordan, Damascus, Hims and Qansarin. (An-Nawawi).
'Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) praised Allah for the reason that his own Ijtihad was in accordance with the Hadith of the Prophet (صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ). The opinion given by the groups of Ansar and Muhajirun before this Ijtihad was also based on some principles of Shari`ah: those who had advised not to return had evinced submission to the Will of Allah and their absolute trust in Him, and the other group which had preferred the way of precaution had suggested to avoid any such action which could prove harmful.
Although such precautionary measures could not save them from the Divine Decree, they decided to take all possible precautions because this is what is ordained by Allah. In fact, this was the basis of the Ijtihad made by `Umar, the veracity of which was proved by the Hadith of the Prophet (صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ). This Hadith confirmed the point of view of Imam An-Nawawi. Thus, this Hadith highlights the following four important points:
1. The test of validity of any decision is its correspondence with Shari`ah.
2. The desirability of mutual consultation.
3. The power of the Imam to depart from the advice of the consultative body.
4. The responsibility of the Imam to make every possible effort for the security of his subjects.
361/1791 - Riyad Us-Saliheen (Gardens of the Righteous)