HOW DO WE RECEIVE RAMADAN?

How Do We Receive Ramadan by Muhammed Al Hashimi Mustafa

HOW DO WE RECEIVE RAMADAN?

Fasting is a way of worshipping Allah by abstaining from food, drink, sexual intercourse (with one’s spouse) and smoking, from dawn till sunset during the whole month of Ramadan.

Fasting.

The Prophet said: The reward of every good deed is multiplied by ten to seven hundred folds depending on one’s intention and sincerity, but with respect to the reward of fasting, Allah proclaims: “Fasting is for me and I myself shall bestow the reward.

Whoever fasts foregoing his de- sires of eating and drinking for My sake will be entitled for two occasions of joy: one when he breaks his fast, and the other when he meets his Rubb

Rubb means, among other things, the Creator, the Owner, the Sustainer the Provider, and the One in whose hand is the disposal of all affairs.

There is no doubt that the great reward will not be given to those who only go without food and drink.

The Prophet (Salla Allahu alaihi wasallam) said, “He who does not refrain from telling lies, Allah does not need him to refraim from eating and drinking