Salaam dear young friends, and may God Almighty accept your earnest endeavours of fasting, prayers, and other acts of worship that definitely include the social work you carry out to help family, friends, neighbours, and other members of the society, especially the have-nots.
This is what we learn from the blessings of the month of Ramadhan, which is the time for self-reform in order to rectify our wrongs of the past and in turn in repentance to God the All-Merciful for forgiveness.
It is the exuberance of youth that grants worth and value to sincere intentions and the resolve to compensate for the missed opportunities.
Ramadhan is the month that inspires in us the urge to do good deeds. It teaches us how to behave politely and courteously with others. There are many Hadith from Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) and his blessed Ahl al-Bayt that teaches us to be good members of the society.
This blessed month is an invitation for all seekers of truth to the Divine Banquet spread out for the faithful by God Almighty as His guests.
It is the season for recitation of the holy Qur’an which God descended on the heart of Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) on the Night of Grandeur (Laylat-al-Qadr) that occurs every year in this month.
The Qur’an, as the Final and Universal Revelation for the guidance of all mankind, needs to be studied diligently, through proper contemplation on the meaning and purport of the Words of God. The Qur’an is the Eternal Miracle. The Most undeniable proof in this regard is not only its flawless Arabic but the timeless wisdom of its words.
The proper recitation of the Qur’an helps us to take stock of our life for repentance and subsequently self-reformation and self-building, which is vital for creating a sound and healthy society.
For your information, these are the days of the anniversaries of two of the most doleful events in the life of Prophet Muhammad (SAWA).
On the 10th of Ramadhan he lost his loyal wife of 25 long years, Hazrat Khadijah (SA), and before the year could complete its full cycle, his loving uncle and guardian, Abu Taleb (AS), left the mortal world on Ramadhan 7.
The year is thus known in the history of Islam as “Aam al-Hozn” or Year of Grief. It if it was the fatherly affection, custodianship, faith in monotheism, and social stature in Mecca of Uncle Abu Taleb (AS) that guarded the Prophet and his message of Islam, it was conjugal love, sincere belief in the husband’s mission, and the will to sacrifice all her vast wealth in the path of God that ensured success for Islam and Muslims.
So inextricably firm were the bonds between the Messenger of Mercy and these two primordial Muslims that the Prophet’s Progeny, the Ahl al-Bayt, whom God Almighty has exalted above the rest of mankind, is the result of the marital union between Abu Taleb’s Infallible Son and Khadijah’s Immaculate Daughter – Imam Ali (AS) and Hazrat Fatema Zahra (SA) of Abu Taleb (AS), the parents of all present day Saadaat (plural of Seyyed).
Goodbye and God bless you until we meet again next week.