Ramadan Mubaarak-The Month Of Mercy




Bismil-Laahir-Rahmaa Nir- Raheem

Ramadaan Mubaarak

The Month of Mercy

The Holy Month of Ramadaan (Arabic: رمضان) is the ninth month of Islaamic calendar. Observing Fast
ramadan
 in the month of Ramadaan is to follow one of the five important pillars of Islaam.

Ramadaan is a special month of the year for over one billion Muslims throughout the world. 
It is a time for inner reflection, patience devotion to Allaah[God], and self-control. Ramadaan is
 also a time of intensive worship, reading of the Qur'aan, giving charity,sharing, purifying one's behavior, and doing good deeds.
All praises to Allaah, Lord of the worlds. He who revealed in His Glorious Qur'aan...


"O you who believe, fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those

who came before you that you may keep your duty to your Lord

[having taqwa [Piety],"

[Soorah Baqaraah, Quraan].

Taqwaa means to observe our duty towards Allaahu Ta’aala in all our social and communal relations); and in our spiritual relations towards Allaah Kareem Himself.

The Muslims are considered to be both the vicegerents of Allaah on earth [khalifaah]and his servants (‘ibaad ul laah).

As vicegerents we are ordered to perfect our earthly existence whether it be in our private, domestic, social, economic or political lives. As servants of Allaah we are ordered to perfect our spiritual existence.

It is reported in Tafseer Kabeer that fasting was compulsory on all the previous nations, from the nation of Hazrat Aadam [Alaiehis-Salaam] to the nation of Hazrat Ieesaa [Alaiehis-Salaam]

Some narrations state that Hazrat Nooh (Noah) [Alaiehis-Salaam] was the first person to fast.

Nabi Moosaa[Alaiehis-Salaam] prepared himself to receive Revelation from Almighty Allaah after forty days of fasting. The Jews observed an annual fast on the Day of Atonement in commemoration of the descent of Prophet [Moosaa [Alehis Salaam] from Mountain Sinai.

Fasting on the day of Aa'shuraah (10th Muharram) was compulsory for the nation of Hazrat Moosaa [Alaiehis-Salaam]
Nabi Eesaa [Alaiehis-Salaam] fasted for forty days in the desert and commanded his followers to fast.

Fasting is a universal institution in as much as all the religions of the world. It has been practiced in different cultures around the world, from the Babylonians to the Incas, the Confucians, Jains, the Zoroaster Romans, the Babylonians, Assyrians followers of Hinduism, Confucius they have all practiced it. The philosophers, cynic, Stoic, Pythagorean or Neo-Platonic, left advice for fast. Great religious personalities throughout history have adopted fasting as the principal method of self discipline.


Leaving the message that fasting and self control opens the door to a deeper, more intimate, more powerful relationship with God [Allaah Almighty].

Before the advent of Islaam, the institution of fasting was well established among the Christians and Jews living at that time.

The injunction about fasting was revealed in 2nd A.H. in Islaam. It gave the institution of fasting a finishing touch and introduced therein method, regularity and meaning, which go together to make it perfect and ever-lasting form of worship.

Fasting was made compulsory 15 years after the proclamation of prophet hood (Ailaan E Nabuwwat). That is on the 10th Shawwal, in the second year after Hijraah (migration from Makkah to Madinaah).