Eid Mubarik Eid ul Fitr 2016

Eid Mubarik Eid ul Fitr 2016

Ramadaan & Ahadees

The Holy Prophet Muhammad

[Sallal Laahu ‘Alaiehi Wa Sallam]

was the most generous among-st the people, and he used to be more so in the month of Ramadaan when Hazrat Jibraaeel  [Alaiehis Salaam] visited him, and He used to meet him on every night of Ramadaan till the end of the month. The Prophet  Muhammad

[Sallal Laahu ‘Alaiehi Wa Sallam]

used to be more generous than a fast wind

(which causes rain and welfare).

Fiqh of Fasting

Q-WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH ONE CAN FORGO FASTING?

A. One can forgo fasting in the following conditions without incurring a sin:

Journey, pregnancy, nursing of a child, severe sickness, old age, fear of being killed, duress, fear of loss of the senses and "Jihaad" (religious war, Holy crusade).

Saying of our Beloved Prophet Muhammad [Sallal Laahu Alaieh Wa Sallam]

If people had known the reality of Ramadaan, my (Prophet's) Ummat would wish that the whole year may be Ramadaan

Ramadaan & Ahadees-FASTING -Believers Reward

  

Fiqh of fasting Ramzan kareem.

Q.2: What is the importance of fast in Islaam?

Ans. The importance of "Saum" (fast) can be gauged from the fact that:

1. It is the fourth of five pillars of Islaam.

2. Fasts help maintain health and develop the body well.

3. Fasts cleanse and purify the heart, mind and soul.

4. Fasts acquaint the rich with the plight of the poor.

5. Fasts help promote equality among community members by bringing the well-to-do and poor at par.

6. Fasts firm up spiritual strength and weaken carnal forces.

7. Fasts help one become used to difficulties and hardships.

8. Fasts provide one with forbearance, patience and endurance against hunger and thirst.

9. Fasts provide mental and spiritual concentration and peace.

10. Fasts serve as sentinel against evils and sins.

11. Fasts inspire Islamic spirit and zeal to do virtuous deeds.

12. Observance of fast is a secret and quiet worship which is free from show and hypocrisy.

13. Fast is an effective source of warding off calamities and disasters.

There are many other benefits and advantages of fasts as defined by Quraan-o-Hadees.

Hazrat Maulana Shafee Okarvi [Rahmatul Laahi Alaieh] Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Shafee Okarvi (Rahmatul Laahi ‘Alaieh) (February 2, 1930 - April, 24 1984) was a Pakistani religious scholar and orator.

He was one of the founders of the Jamaa’at-e-Ahle-Sunnat Pakistan and the Gulzaar-e-Habeeb Trust. He has received various honors from the Pakistani government and private institutes including the Sitara-e-Imtiaz. Over a span of thirty eight years, Maulana Okarvi had delivered over 18,000 speeches on many religious topics. Among his followers Ahle Sunnat (Barelvi), he is known as Mujaddid-e-Maslak-e-Ahle Sunnat (Reviver of the True Sunni Path), Aashiq-e-Rasool, Khateeb-e-A’zam Pakistan (Greatest Orator of Pakistan) and they celebrate
Khateeb-e-A’zam Day on the 3rd Friday of the Islamic month of Rajab.

Ramadaan Mubaarak-2016