Posted by Umm Sahl in Ramadan | 16 Comments
Are We Muslims ONLY During Ramadhan ?
It is now time for us to re-evaluate our Iman.
Question ourselves, and in process improve ourselves.
We claim to be Muslims, we claim to believe in Allah, but do we really believe in it with a firm heart, or is it just something we say? We claim to “believe” in the Unseen God, but we see the harmful effects of drinking, clubbing and smoking, yet we don’t avoid them. Ask yourselves that if we don’t even believe in what can be seen, do we really believe in the Unseen? Just “believing” in the existence of Allah does not make us Muslims, Shaitaan also, by the way, “believes” in Allah. We must act like Muslims also.
We must also do in actions that what we say in words and that what we know in thoughts. We say we’re Muslims, but are we really? He is not a true Muslim whose hands and tongue are violent. Several of us stopped cursing and backbiting and lying during the month of Ramadhan, but now what?
After Ramadhan is over, should we return to those faults?
Are we Muslims only in Ramadhan ???
Every Muslim is to pray 5 times a day, every day, and no exceptions. Several of us did that very promptly during Ramadhan. Now, after Ramadhan is over, now what? Should we give up those prayers just because Ramadhan is over?
Are we Muslims only in Ramadhan ???
We made duas because we understood that indeed it is Allah who listens and grants. We sought forgiveness from Allah because we realized our faults and felt guilty. We improved our conducts and lowered our voices and controlled our tempers because we realized that a Muslim is he whose actions represent peace and nobility.
Now, after Ramadhan is over, will we go back to our same old self?
Are we Muslims only in Ramadhan ???
We tried our best to close our ears to that which was not permissible to hear, we tried our best to stop our tongues at times when we were about to say something which we are not allowed to say, we tried our best to lower our gazes at sights which we are not allowed to see.
Now, after Ramadhan is over, do those things become permissible to us?
Are we Muslims only in Ramadhan ???
We refrained from going to clubs and watching movies and listening to songs during Ramadhan because we realized these attributes do not represent Muslims.
Now, after Ramadhan is over, should we return to our previous lifestyle?
Are we Muslims only in Ramadhan ???
We were awake at nights, not spending time in clubs or with friends, but instead we were awake at nights to do ibaadat for the Will and Pleasure of Allah.
Now, after Ramadhan is over, are we relieved of our responsibilities?
Are we Muslims only in Ramadhan ???
We refrained from dawn to dusk, not only from the Haraam, but also the Halaal. The purpose of this abstinence was to create patience and virtue, and realize that if you want you can even stay away from the Halaal, so why can you not avoid the Haraam? Sure we can. We just need the will. Now, after Ramadhan is over, can we go back to eating, talking, watching, doing, and thinking Haraam?
Are we Muslims only in Ramadhan ???
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Umm Sahl, your sister in Islam, a wife and mother of 3 beautiful blessed babies
Amazing beautiful eye opening message.
May Allah help us overcome this problem before it’s too late
Ameen
such a amazing article .
Subhan Allah .So true.
Inshallah!!will keep these points always in mind.
SubhanAllah! its scary…what all we do! We have time for everything but to Worship Allah, which is the purpose of our creation…May Allah keep us all away for Shaitaan and keep us all stead fast in all the obligatory acts of worship…Ameen
Salamunalaikum sis!
MashAllah!I never read such a creative and attractive article like this.Shukran for sharing.May Allah bless your life immensely and reward you abundantly for your effective efforts.
assalamu alaikum sister
I want to know whether there is any authentic hadeeth or anything that we should fast in shawwal (6no)only after fasting reamaing of the ramadan .
So very true..
Mashallah 🙂 beautiful.
@ Umm Haya
Walaiakum Assalam
Thawban (Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him, his family, and companions) said, “Whoever fasts Ramadan, and then six days after Eid, it is [like fasting] an entire year. Whoever does a good deed shall have ten times its reward.” [Ibn Majah, Muntaqa]
Aboo Ayyoob al-Ansaaree narrated: Allaah’s Messenger, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, said: "He who fasts Ramadhaan, and six of Shawwaal, it will be (in terms of rewards) as if the fasted a whole year." [Reported by Muslim, at-Tirmidhee, Aboo Daawood, Ahmad, Ibn Maajah]
In commenting on the above mentioned hadeeth, As-San`aanee said in Subul us-Salaam: "If the thirty days of Ramadhaan fasting are assimilated with the six days of fasting in Shawwaal, it altogether makes 36 days. According to Sharee`ah, each virtue is rewarded ten times. Therefore, if we multiply 36 with 10, it makes 360, a number which equals the days of a year. Some scholars are of the opinion that these six days of fasting in Shawwaal must be completed in a continuous order right after the end of Ramadhaan. Some believe that is enough to merely complete six days of fasting in Shawwaal (in any order, either successive or with intervals), an opinion which is deemed to be correct."
May Allah help us to take fasts six days in Shawwal – Ameen
Really enjoyed reading your articles!
How true?? Really it’s an eye-opener for all of us, to be honest most of us tend to forget after Ramadaan that we still have to control our tongues,ears,eyes, and the ibadaah we were doing during ramadan should not be stopped.
A very thought proviking message for all the Muslims.
your concern is appreciated,and should be appreciated all of us and practice to the maximum . jazakAllah khair
alhamdulillah. very good message for all of us. thanks a lot.
Assalaamu aleikum ww,
Jazakillah khair sis Shayistha. Would like to add to your comment to the question of sis Umm Haya..
Shaikh Uthaimeen, may Allaah have mercy on him, said, “The Sunnah is that a person fasts the six days of Shawwaal after finishing the make-up fasts [qadaa] of Ramadaan not before. So if he had some fasts to make up [due to having missed some in Ramadaan] but he fasted the six days of Shawwaal before the make-up fasts, he will not obtain their reward [i.e., the reward of the six of Shawwaal], because the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Whoever fasts Ramadaan …” and it is not correct to say about a person who has some fasts from Ramadaan still incumbent upon him that he has fasted Ramadaan, rather he has only fasted some of it.”
Ash-Sharh al-Mumti, vol. 6, p. 466.
JAZAKALLAH !!!
jazakiallah khair sis shayistha for sharing this article 🙂