Ramadan

Abu Hurairah RAA reported that the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) said: "Whosoever performs the night prayer on the night of Al-Qadr with Eemaan (firm belief) and seeking reward will have all his past sins forgiven." 2 This hadeeth is evidence for the virtue of the night of Al-Qadr as well as performing qiyaam during it. And it indicates …

The fasting person is one who protects his body parts from indulging in sins, his tongue from lying, obscenities and all types of falsehood and his stomach from eating and drinking. Therefore, if he speaks he must try not to speak anything that reduces the value of his fast and if he does any action, he does not do anything …

Cruising down the national freeway, exceeding the speed limit, one almost instantaneously steps on his brakes and decelerates. Why? He catches sight of an Traffic Police official and is well aware that HE IS BEING WATCHED! A person in a supermarket, whose intention is to steal, stops dead in his tracks. Why? He catches sight of the Close Circuit television …

The fourth pillar of Islam is fasting. Allah prescribes daily fasting for all able, adult Muslims during the whole of the month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the lunar calendar, beginning with the sighting of the new moon. Exempted from the fast are the very old and the insane. On the physical side, fasting is from first light of …