The Holy month of Ramadan had started;\nhe entered the mosque of Kufa. He went up the pulpit and after praising Allah\n(SWT) and sending greetings upon His great Prophet (PBUH&HP) addressed the\npeople as such,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cO people! We\nare observing the month which Allah has made it superior to all other months \u2026\nThis is the month in which the gates to the sky and doors to the mercy of the\nLord are open; and the gates to fire are closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the month that the voices (of\npeople) are heard and prayers are accepted and the weeps cause the mercy of\nAllah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the month in which there is a\nnight that angles come down from the skies by the order of Allah in it, and\noffer their peace to fasting men and women until sun dawn. That night is the\nnight of Qadr. Fasting in the next day is greater than fasting a thousand\nmonth; and performing any good is greater than performing that good for a\nthousand month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Allah is sending his blessing in every\nday and night of this holy month. Thus, whoever makes any small benefit from\nthis month, he shall have great respect in the day that he faces Allah; and no\none shall have respect in front of Allah (SWT) unless Allah will grant the\nparadise to him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then Amir al-Mu\u2019minin (PBUH) continued\nhis speech on the top of pulpit of Kufa mosque:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cO Servants of\nAllah! This month is not like any other; its days, nights and every hour of it\nis the most valuable among all others. This is the month that the Satans are\nimprisoned for the whole month. Allah increases the sustenances of people and\nincreases the length of lives and selects the guests of His house (for Hajj).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
O you who fast! Be very careful about\nwhat you do and perform. You are the guests of your Lord in this month. Observe\nyour behavior every day, and watch how you prevent your organs and body from\ncommitting sins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Watch out not to sleep all night and\nbe careless during the day and as a result this month passes and your are still\ncarrying your sins. Otherwise, on the day that believers get the reward of\nfasting, you will be among losers; and they will enjoy the blessings and\nbestowings of the Lord while you cannot get any of that; and they will be\nneighbors to Allah for life while you will be among those who are taken away\nfrom Him!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
O you who fast! If you are rejected\nfrom your Lord, where are you going to turn? If your Lord left you alone, who\nis going to help you? And if He does not accept you among His people, who are\nyou going to submit? And if He does not forgive you, who are you going to ask\nforgiveness?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
O you who fast! Recite the Holy Quran\nin day and night as a means of getting closer to Allah; indeed the Book of\nAllah can intercede for those who recited it and its intercession will be\naccepted on the resurrection day. Therefore they (the reciters) climb to higher\nlevels of paradise by reciting the verses of this Book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Glad tidings for you who fast! I heard\nfrom my most beloved one, the Prophet of Allah that, “Allah forgives a\nhigh number of people from agony of fire, but no one knows how many they are\nexcept Himself. On the last night of Ramadan Allah will forgive as many as He\nhas been forgiving throughout this month.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At this time a man from a tribe named\nHamdaan stood up and said, \u201cO Amir al-Mu\u2019minin! Tell us more from what your\nbeloved (the Prophet) told you about Ramadan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amir al-Mu\u2019minin said, \u201cI heard that\nmy brother and my cousin, the Prophet of Allah, that he said, \u2018Whoever fasts\nduring the month of Ramadan and avoids the sins, he shall enter the paradise”…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The man from Hamdaan repeated his\nrequest three more times and Imam replied him in the third time as follows,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI heard that\nthe greatest of all Prophets, Messengers and angles to Allah said, \u2018The Master\nof Successors will be killed in the Master of all Months.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I asked: Which month is the master of\nall month and who is the Master of Successors?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said, “The master of months is\nRamadan and the Master of Successors is you O Ali.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I asked, \u201cO Prophet of Allah! Is this\ngoing to happen?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prophet said, \u201cI swear to Allah this\nwill happen. Indeed, the worst among the people of my nation will hit the top\nof your head with a sword such that blood will cover your face and beard.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
People started to cry and weep after\nthese words; Ali (PBUH) finished his sermon and came down from the pulpit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(The above is a\nselection taken from \u201cFada\u2019il al-Ashhur al-Thalathah\u201d, by Late Sheikh Saduq)(1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Roshd website congratulates the\narrival of the Holy month of Ramadan, the month of becoming clean from moral\nimpurities and getting free from the sins and the spring of reciting the Holy\nQuran and contemplating it to you dear friend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Footnotes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. In order to\ntranslate this narration from Arabic the translation of Muhammad Reyshahri in\nthe book titles as \u201cMuraqibat of Ramadan\u201d is used.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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