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What I learned 11/8/2012

Oh Allah! You are most forgiving & You love to forgive so forgive me!

اللهم إنك عفوٌ تحب العفو فاعف عني

"Allahumma innaka `afuwwun, tuhibbul-`afwa, fa`fu `anni "

Aaishah said: “‘O Messenger of Allaah, if I know which night is Laylat al-Qadr, what should I say on that night?

He said, ‘Say: Allaahumma innaka ‘afuwwun tuhibb al-‘afwa fa’affu ‘anni (O Allaah, You are forgiving and You love forgiveness, so forgive me).”

What I learned 10/8/2012

The last 10 days of Ramadan are the most blessed & we should increase our Worship & Devotion:

"Allah's Messenger used to exert himself in devotion during the last ten nights to a greater extent than at any other time." (Muslim).

"Aisha (Ra) reported: With the start of the last ten days of Ramadan, the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) used to tighten his waist belt (i.e. work harder) and used to pray the whole night, & used to keep his family awake for the prayers" (Bukhari)

What I learned 6/8/2012

If Allah Almighty has destined one of his servants for a high rank that he (the servant) cannot reach through his religious activities, He (Allah) may cause him (the servant) to endure matters related to his own self or family and equip him to meet suffering with patience. It is through patience that he (the servant) is elevated to the rank that he is destined for.

What I learned 5/8/2012

There are a number of circumstances / conditions that allow us to miss the fasts of Ramadan.

Yes, no need ro re read it. That's right, under the following circimstances it's not a sin to miss the fast of Ramadan.

 

These are:

Fear for life in case of illness or great age.

Pregnancy and Breast Feeding.

Madness.

(real) Jihad (not the Taliban one)

 

To compensate, however, one must fast as many fasts as he misses as soon as he is out of such conditions.

What I learned 3/8/2012

Prophet Muhammed (Pbuh) said: "On the day of Jummah, the angels stand at the entrance of that Masjid in which Jummah salaat is to be offered. They write down the name of the person who enters the Masjid first, and thereafter the name of the person who follows, and they continue doing this. The person who entered first will receive the reward of sacrificing a camel in the path of Allah; the one who followed him will get the reward of sacrificing a cow, thereafter a chicken, thereafter the reward of giving an egg as charity in the path of Allah. Once the khutbah commences, the angels close the register and begin listening to the khutbah.“ (Bukhari and Muslim)
 

 

What I learned 2/8/2012

If your fast is broken deliberately by vomiting, you must make up the fast after Ramadan, if the vimiting was unintentional, then you don't have to make up the fast.

The fact that you vomit does not invalidate your fast, because if a person vomits unintentionally and without meaning to do so, his fast is still valid. But the one who vomits intentionally has broken his fast. A report narrated by al-Tirmidhi (720) from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:

“The one who cannot help vomiting does not have to make up the fast, but the one who vomits deliberately has to make it up.”

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