SHAFAQNA- One of the best ways for us to reflect on Ramadhan and the blessings which are within it and the mercy contained therein, is to reflect on some of the traditions, the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and his noble family – May God’s peace and blessings be upon all of them.
And when we look in the traditions and the books of Hadith that speak about Ramadhan and the importance of this month, obviously we see that there are numerous traditions that talk about various aspects of fasting, of the recitation of the Quran, of keeping the night vigil, keeping awake in the night in prayer, and many other of the recommended actions which are within this month.
We just want to reflect on one very brief tradition about the blessed month. And this tradition comes to us from the Messenger of Allah, the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) – May God’s peace and blessings be upon him and his family, in which he shares with us the following important advice about the Month of Ramadhan.
He states:
“If only the servant of God knew what is contained in the Month of Ramadhan, they would have longed that the Month of Ramadhan lasted the entire year.”
When we look at the traditions and more specifically when we look at the Khutba, the sermon that the Messenger of Allah (SWT) delivered on the final day of Sha’ban to welcome in the blessed month of Ramadan, he spoke about the month in a very glowing tribute, in a very beautiful way.
And he reminded us how our sleep in this month is worship, how our breathing is a form of glorification of Allah (SWT), how our good actions are all accepted and approved of by Allah (SWT), how our sins are removed from us, how the devils, the ones who instigate us to perform acts of transgression against Allah (SWT), are locked up in this blessed month.
And he went on to enumerate many of the blessings and bounties, including, for example, in the recitation of the Quran, where he states that to recite one verse in the blessed Month of Ramadhan is equivalent to reciting the entire Quran in any other month. And so with many bounties and blessings that have been conferred upon us on the believers in this blessed month, it is no wonder that the Messenger of Allah (SWT) will tell us that if we understood these blessings and not only these.
But the countless other blessings that we perhaps have never heard about, have neverbeen experienced and probably don’t even know which are contained in the Divine Mercy. If we were to know of all of these blessings which are contained in this beautiful Month of Allah (SWT), then indeed we would long for this month to last for our entire life, not just the twenty nine or thirty days that we go through the blessed Month of Ramadhan, but in actuality much more than that.
Source: The Importance Of The Month Of Ramadhan, Saleem Bhimji