"Oh you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that you many learn piety and righteousness" (Qur'an, al-Baqarah, 2:183)
Allah's Apostle said, "When the month of Ramadan starts, the
gates of the heaven are opened and the gates of Hell are closed and the devils
are chained." [Bukhari] ...
Narrated Abu Huraira(r.a): The Prophet said:"... whoever
fasts during Ramadan out of sincere faith and hoping to attain Allah's rewards,
then all his past sins will be forgiven." (Sahih Al-Bukhari).
"...whoever witnesses the Month of Ramadan should fast
through it..." Q(2:185)
"Ramadan is the (month) in which the Quran was sent down, as
a guide to mankind and a clear guidance and judgment (so that mankind will
distinguish from right and wrong).." (Q 2:183)
"...And it is better for you that ye fast, if ye only
knew." (Q 2:184)
The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)
addressed his companions on the last day of Sha`ban, saying, "Oh people! A
great month has come over you; a blessed month; a month in which is a night
better than a thousand months; month in which Allah has made it compulsory upon
you to fast by day, and voluntary to pray by night. Whoever draws nearer (to
Allah) by performing any of the (optional) good deeds in (this month) shall
receive the same reward as performing an obligatory deed at any other time, and
whoever discharges an obligatory deed in (this month) shall receive the reward
of performing seventy obligations at any other time. It is the month of
patience, and the reward of patience is Heaven. It is the month of charity, and
a month in which a believer's sustenance is increased. Whoever gives food to a
fasting person to break his fast, shall have his sins forgiven, and he will be
saved from the Fire of Hell, and he shall have the same reward as the fasting
person, without his reward being diminished at all." (Narrated by Ibn
Khuzaymah)
Selamat menyambut Ramadhan al-Mubarak dan selamat berpuasa. Semoga
puasa dan Ramadhan kali ini adalah yang terbaik dalam perlaksanaannya dan juga
sebarang amalan didalamnya, insyaALLAH.
Ahlan wa sahlan ya Ramadhan Al-Mubarak!
Ahlan wa sahlan ya Ramadhan Kareem!
