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Invitation to the Party of Allah (SWT)
Amir al-Muminin Imam Ali (PBUH) narrates that one day the Prophet
(PBUH&HP) read such sermon:
O' people the month of Allah has turned to you with blessings, mercy,
and forgiveness; a month that its days are the best days, and its nights
are the most valuable nights, and its moments are the most precious
moments. Ramadan is the month that you have been invited to be the guest
of Allah almighty, and in that month you have become closer to Allah. In
this month your breath has the reward of remembering Allah, and your
sleep has the reward of worshipping, your deeds are accepted and your
prayers and wishes are answered. Therefore call upon Him with pure heart
and intention so He may help you on fasting and reciting Quran,
miserable are those whom do not take advantage of this month and miss
His forgiveness.
By being hungry and thirsty in this month remind hunger and thirst of
yourself on the resurrection day. Give charity to the poor and needy
people. Respect elders and be kind to children. Keep your tongue to
yourself and hesitate from the things that should not be said. Lower you
gaze from unlawful views, cover your ears from the things that should
not be heard. Be kind to the orphans so that people be kind to your
orphans. Repent to Allah and hold your hands up while praying high
because those moments are the best moments of all. In those moments
Allah looks upon his servants with mercy, answers their prayers; He
helps them whenever they ask for His help, and make their wishes come
true every time they ask for something.
O people! Know that your lives are depended to your deeds; then seek for
forgiveness and set your lives free; your back is bent because of your
sinful actions; therefore by your long prostration reduce your sins, and
be sure that Allah has promised that He will not torture nor scare the
worshipers from the hell fire in the resurrection day.
Amir al-Mu’minin (PBUH)then
stood up and asked: O' the Prophet of Allah, what is the best of deeds
in this month?
The Great Prophet (PBUH&HP) said: O' the father of Hassan, the best of
deeds in this month is to keep away from forbidden things.
(Selected from : Oyoon Akhbar al-Reda part 28, 53rd
hadith, and Iqbal al-'amal p. 2 ) |