THE MONTH OF RAMADAN HAS ARRIVED pdf download

THE MONTH OF RAMADAN HAS ARRIVED by Shaykh ‘Abd al-Razzaq Ibn ‘Abd al-Muhsin al­ ‘Abbad Translated by Hassan Somali – Book Sample

THE MONTH OF RAMADAN HAS ARRIVED

The First Group of People

This group of people meet this month by focusing on the market places so that they can buy different types of foods,

edibles, and the most delicious dishes.

They compete in the market places and buy foods and edibles in enormous quantities, as if they are greeting a month of eating, drinking, and purchasing food.

So they buy more food in this month [than normal] to the extent that shopping and the purchasing of food in the month of Ramadan with many families increases past their needs and requirements.

This is why you find some of them – especially the people of extravagance – wasting stunning amounts [of food]. He places numerous types of food on his plate and dining table and he only eats a small amount of it. This is one group of people.

The Second Group of People

Another group of people, when the month of Ramadan arrives, they prepare for themselves different forms of games, amusements, and distractions.

They ready for themselves things that will occupy their precious time in the month of Ramadan, wasting and squandering their time with things which are of no benefit.

Rather, many times they waste their time with things which are known to be harmful and detrimental. They prepare the likes of these things and ready themselves adequately before the arrival of Ramadan.

The One Whom Allah Has Granted Success

There is another group of people whom Allah has graced with success and He has preserved them by way of His care and

He has protected them by way of His providence. Thus, they start to prepare themselves properly for Ramadan.

You find that one of them has plenty of ideas and he thinks of many different ways to do good. He starts by allocating time for the Qur’an, time for the remembrance of Allah, time for praying the night prayer, time for assisting the poor, time for spending, and time for attending the circles of knowledge. All of these things consume his time.

Some people feel that the month of Ramadan is too short, as they have many plans, numerous actions and vast opportunities to perform acts of obedience to Allah.

However, [they feel that] the month of Ramadan is too short for them and it is not long enough for all the doors of good that lie therein.

There are some people who treat the month of Ramadan as they treat any other month. So the month of Ramadan passes him by just as the rest of the other months pass him by. Even the night that is mentioned in the Qur’an as being superior to a thousand months passes by many of the people just like the other nights of the year.

This is a heavy loss, clear stupidity and a waste [of an opportunity], which it is not befitting for the Muslim to waste and squander.

It is upon the Muslim to greet this month properly, to receive it hospitably and prepare himself for it so that he can truly and deservedly be from the people of this month.

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