attached mail follows:
Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) Sermon on welcoming the month of Ramadan
O People! The month of Allah (Ramadan) has approached you with His mercy
and
blessings. This is the month that is the best of all months in the
estimation of Allah. Its
days are the best among the days; its nights are the best among the
nights. Its hours are
the best among the hours.
This is a month in which he has invited you. You have been, in this
month, selected as the
recipients of the honors of Allah, the Merciful. In this holy month,
when you breathe, it
has the Sawab/thawab (heavenly reward) of 'Tasbeeh' (the praise of Allah
on rosary
beads), and your sleep has the thawab of worship.
Your good deeds are accepted in this month. So are your invocations.
Therefore, you must
invoke your Lord, in right earnest, with hearts that are free from sins
and evils, that Allah
may bless you, observe fast, in this month, and recite the Holy Qur'an.
Verily! The person who may not receive the mercy and benevolence of
Allah in this month
must be very unfortunate having an end as bad (in the Hereafter). While
fasting, remember
the hunger and thirst of tomorrow in Qiyamat. Give alms to the poor and
the needy. Pay
respects to your elders.
Have pity on those younger than you and be kind towards your relatives
and kinsmen.
Guard your tongues against unworthy words, and your eyes from such
scenes that are not
worth seeing (forbidden) and your ears from such sounds that should not
be heard by you.
Be kind to orphans so that when your children become orphans they also
may be treated
with kindness. Do invoke that Allah may forgive your sins. Do raise your
hands at the time
of Salat (Prayers), as it is the best time for asking His mercy. When we
invoke at such
times, we are answered by Him, when we call Him, He responds, and when
we ask for
anything, it is accepted by Him.
O People! You have made your conscience the slave of your desires; make
it free by
invoking Him for Istighfar (repentance/forgiveness). Your back is
breaking under the heavy
load of your sins, so prostrate before Him for long intervals and make
it lighter.
Do understand fully well that Allah has promised in the name of His
Majesty and Honor
that He will not take to task such people who fast and offer Salat in
this month and
perform 'sajda' (prostration), and will guard their bodies against the
Fire of Hell on the
Day of Judgment.
O People! If anybody amongst you arranges for the 'Iftar' (food for the
ending of the fast)
of any believer, then Allah will give him a reward as if he has set free
a slave. He will
forgive his minor sins.
Then the companions of the Prophet (S.A.W.) said: "But everybody amongst
us does not
have the means to do so?"
The Prophet told them: - Keep yourself away from the Fire of Hell, by
inviting for 'Iftar',
though it may consist of only half a date or simply with water if you
have nothing else. O
People! Anybody who may cultivate good manners in this month will walk
over the 'Siraat'
(Bridge) in 'Qiyamat', though his feet may be shaking.
Anybody who in this month may take light work from his servants (male or
female), Allah
will make easy his accounting on the Day of Judgment.
Anybody who does not tease others in this month, Allah will keep him
safe from His wrath
in Qiyamat. Anybody, who respects and treats an orphan with kindness in
this month,
Allah shall look at him with dignity in Qiyamat. Anybody who treats well
his kinsmen, in
this month, Allah will bestow His mercy on him in Qiyamat, while anybody
who maltreats
his kinsmen in this month, Allah will keep him away from His mercy, in
Qiyamat.
Whoever offers 'Sunnat' (Recommended) prayers in this month, Allah will
give him a
certificate of freedom from Hell. Whosoever offers one 'Wajib' Salat in
this month, for him
the Angels will write the rewards of 70 such prayers, which were offered
by him in any
other months.
Whosoever recites repeatedly 'Salat and salam' on me, Allah will keep
the scales of his
deeds heavy, when in Qiyamat the scales of others will be tending
towards lightness.
Whosoever recites in this month only one 'Ayat' (verse of the Holy
Qur'an), he will be
rewarded in a manner as if he had recited the full Qur'an in the other
months.
O People! The Gates of Paradise remain opened in this month. Do invoke
that the gates
may not be closed on you, while the Gates of Hell are closed. Do invoke
that these gates
may never be opened. During this month Shaytan (Saten) is imprisoned so
ask your Lord
not to let him have power over you.
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