Archive for July 2015

RAMADAN & AFTER

Muhammad Ali Diallo


We praise Allah (SWT) an abundant praise that He allowed us to live through this blessed month of Ramadan, that He made the fasting and the Qhiyaam (or Taraweeh) easy for us, we pray and hope that He will bless us to spend the day of Eid together with our families and friends.

The worship of Allah is not seasonal and therefore should be made an integral part of our daily practices.  These practices should not end with the month of Ramadan, instead they should carry on into the following months and we should stay firm in them. This standing firm should continue from one Ramadan to the next and be so until death reaches us because Allah (SWT) says And worship your Lord until the certainty (i. e. death) comes to you”. [Quran 15:99 or Al-Hijr: 99]. Allah (SWT)  says also :“If you avoid the great sins which you are forbidden to do, We shall expiate from you your (small) sins, and admit you to a Noble Entrance (i.e. Paradise)” [Quran 4:31 or Al-Nisaa’ 4:31].

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RAMADAN FOR BODY & SOUL

Diallo Mohamed Ali


Bismil’Allah wassalaatu was salaam alh rasulul’Allah

Know that in the fast is a special quality that is not found in anything else. And that is its close connection to Allah, such that He says: “The fast (Sawm) is for Me and I will reward it.”1This connection is enough to show the high status of fasting. Similarly, the Ka`bah is highly dignified due to its close connection to Him, as occurs in His statement, “And sanctify My House.”2
Indeed, the fast is only virtuous due to two significant concepts. Firstly, it is a secret and hidden action thus, no one from the creation is able to see it. Therefore showing off cannot enter into it. Secondly, it is a means of subjugating the enemies of Allah. This is because the road that the enemies (of Allah) embark upon (in order to misguide the Son of Adam) is that of desires. And eating and drinking strengthens the desires. There are many reports that indicate the merits of fasting, and they are all well known.

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