We should acquire all the benefits of Ramadhan

Dr. Zakir Naik –

Ramadhan is half way through and I am sure most of you must have started counting down for the big day which is Eid al Fitr.

My advice would be that every Muslim (he or she) should make it a point that they should make a resolution that they should fast each and every day of the rest of this blessed month of Ramadhan. And we should try and acquire all the benefits of this month and we should not waste a single benefit of this month on things that are trivial and try to concentrate as much as possible in remembering Allah (swt), especially the last ten days.

We should try and look for His mercy, we should try to ask for His forgiveness, we have to try to seek for His love and we have to try to increase our piety and our righteousness and our patience as our beloved prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “Anyone who does not leave the false actions and false speech Allah (swt) does not care if he leaves his eating and drinking”.

That means if a person does not abstain from false actions and false speech Allah (swt) does not care if he abstains from food and drink, that means fasting will not be accepted unless you stay away from false actions and false speech and our beloved prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said, “O people Allah has ordained for you that you fast on this month of the blessed month of Ramadhan and the gates of heaven will be opened in this month and gates of hell will be closed and the devils will be chained.

In this month is a night that is better than a thousand months and if a person is deprived of the blessing in this month, he is truly a deprived person”.

So, we have to make it a point we gain the benefits of this blessed month, our beloved prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said that “Anyone who fasts in this month with faith seeking the reward of Allah (swt), all his past sins will be forgiven” that means if we truly with sincerity fast in this month all out past sins will be forgiven. Imagine it is such an easy way to have our sins forgiven of the past.
— Compiled by Kabeer Yousuf