02/04/2025
WHAT IS AFTER RAMADĀN?
PART 1⃣
There is absolutely no doubt that every fasting person who fasted the month of Ramadān and every person who stood in prayer during its nights earnestly hopes that his fast and prayer will be righteous and accepted, and that his endeavor is rewarded. He calls upon ALLĀH with invocations to grant him this desire and to confer upon him this wish.
There are signs that allude to the acceptance [of an action], indications that point towards this and characteristics which in their presence it is hoped that this goal has been reached.
From these signs is that the individual finds himself upon more good, uprightness and obedience after Ramadān than prior to it. He performs his worship with fervor and dedication. He guards the compulsory matters and obligations, and he performs the prayer in the Masjid along with the congregation. He loves good, acts upon it and commands with it; and he hates evil, abandons it and warns against it.
As for the one whose condition is the same after Ramadān or worse than it - he is reckless in his transgression and misguidance, lazy in fulfilling the obligations and neglects them, and engrossed in forbidden acts and encourages with them - then these are signs of clear loss and a lack of prosperity.
He did not seize the opportunities in the season of obedience, he did not pursue its gifts in the season of bounties and he did not ask ALLĀH for forgiveness nor exhaust its means in the month of forgiveness and pleasure. What a great loss! What a serious calamity! What a terrifying outcome and punishment!
- Sheikh Abdul-Razzaq al-Abbād (may ALLĀH preserve him upon goodness)
📚Important Lessons For Ramadān || Page 277-278
