Month of Ramadaan

[Haseena]

MONTH OF RAMADAN, ERUPTION UPON ERUPTION

Sheikh 'Omar 'Abdur-Rahman (from behind prison bars)

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Alhamdulillah was Salatu was Salamu 'ala Rasoolillah

 

O Youth of Islam in every corner of the earth, we are receiving the month of

Ramadan.

We are to receive wonderful nights and prosperous days, and we will

encounter in it exuberant and dashing Iman, which fills the heart and

outpours upon the limbs, and we will encounter taqwa of ALLAH: SO THAT YOU

MAY ATTAIN TAQWA ; taqwa which is the sensitivity in the hairs and the

alertness of the conscious.

So fasting takes us to the ultimate grades of

taqwa through zuhd (abstinence) and piety after we have reached, through the

other ibadat, to the initial grades of taqwa through moderation and

steadfastness. And when all the wajibat (obligations) have born fruit from

taqwa: restraint from evil prohibitions, then taqwa itself bears fruit from

fasting; broader and more encompassing, since it teaches us how to refrain

from some halal and mubah (permissible) and from the necessities of life.

 

Thus the beginning of purity is purity of the righteous ones by leaving off

the prohibitions, and the conclusion of purity is purity of the excellent

ones, by freeing one's self from luxurious ways and a life of enjoyment,

until when tomorrow comes, he finds good fortune; the caller calls to the

great sacrifice; that of jihad in the way of ALLAH, and we are there. We have

made preparations for the matter since we have practiced patience and its

hardship, and on that day we will be pleased with thirst, fatigue, and hunger

in the sake of the wajib. And we will not be pleased to return to luxury, and

enjoyment under humiliation and in the grip of the usurper.

So if you fast, O Muslim youth, then you have trained in patience and have become accustomed to it. You have learnt not to degrade yourself for a morsel of life. And you are prepared at any time to suppress your stomach by leaving food in which there is humiliation and weakness. You train yourself upon dignity and strength, upon steadfastness and patience, so you are not humbled to creation whatever its location, and that a morsel of life does not affect your nobility and honor, and you do not bow your head because of it, for verily you only bow your head to One to whom faces are humbled:

, AND FACES WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES BEFORE AL-HAYY (THE

LIVING), AL-QAYYUM (THE ETERNAL), AND HE WHO BEARS WRONGDOING WILL INDEED BE A FAILURE. Fasting trains you to reduce your food as much as possible, and as long as that happens, it will affect your dignity and strength. Taqwa, taught to us through fasting, comprises firstly of restraint and dissolution, then secondly that of setting up and building. So the matter does not end with

silencing the voice of desires; verily it is silencing the voice of desires

whilst establishing the voice of truth and guidance. You must release your

tongue with the word of truth and da'wah to constancy upon it, and you should

raise your voice in forbidding the evil without shyness or fear. Do not be taken aback for the sake of ALLAH by the blame of those who blame, then the world will shake and the distant lands will tremble whilst you are speaking the truth and exposing the oppressor.

 

Indeed the month of Ramadan will give you strength and steadfastness and will

grant you a strong determination, a sure decision and relentlessness in

speaking the truth. Indeed the fasting of Ramadan is eruption upon eruption;

eruption from which you can take generosity, and kindness. The Messenger of

ALLAH (SALLAHU 'alaihi wa sallam) was the most generous of men and was even

more generous in Ramadan; you take du'a AND WHEN MY SLAVES ASK YOU CONCERNING ME, THEN INDEED I AM NEAR, I RESPOND TO THE DU'A OF THE SUPPLICATOR WHEN HE CALLS UPON ME ; you take from it rukoo', sujood, qiyam and activity: Whoever spent Ramadan with Iman and hoping for reward , is forgiven for his past sins. . You take from it i'tikaf in the last ten days; 'Aisha (Radi'ALLAHU 'anha) said: When he entered the last ten days of Ramadan, the Messenger of ALLAH (SALLAHU 'alaihi wa sallam) would tighten his izar (waist wrapper), spend the night in prayer, and waken his family.

 

And the fasting of Ramadan is an eruption which trembles and shakes the

thrones of oppression and tyranny, annihilates and erases the palaces of

rebellion and rancor. Across the range of Islamic history, upheavals

occurred in Ramadan and Jihad used to increase and multiply. In the heart of

Islam, the day of Badr was in Ramadan, as well as the day of Conquest, during

it were heard words of upheaval and strength, and disassociation from

weakness, cowardice, and lassitude; such was Miqdad bin 'Amro from the companions of the Messenger of ALLAH (SALLAHU 'alaihi wa

sallam), saying words which were ringing out in the world:

Continue O Messenger of ALLAH for what you will, for we are with you. By

ALLAH we will not say to you as the Bani Israeel said to Musa: 'Go you and

your Lord and fight, we will sit here’, but we say ' Go you and your Lord

and fight and indeed we will fight along with you, we will fight on your right

and on your left, in front of you and from behind you. By the One in whose

Hand is my soul, if you were to take usto Bark Al-Ghamad we will still fight

resolutely with you against its defenders until you gained it.

The Messenger of ALLAH (SALLAHU 'alaihi wa sallam) became pleased and made a

du'a for him for good, then he (SALLAHU 'alaihi wa sallam) said: Advise me O

people by which he meant the Ansar. Then Sa'd bin Muadh said: By ALLAH, I

feel you want us to speak ? , he said Oh yes. . So Sa'd bin Muadh said:

O Messenger of ALLAH we have believed in you and have attested to you, and we

have born witness that what you have brought us is the truth, and for that we

have given you our pledge and covenant for patience and obedience to you. So

proceed O Messenger of ALLAH where you will, for by the One in whose Hand my

soul is , if you were to ask us to plunge ourselves into the sea, we will do

that most readily, and not one man from us will stay behind. We are

experienced in war and are trustworthy in combat. We hope that ALLAH will

show you through our hands those deeds of velour which will please your eyes.

Lead us to the battlefield with the blessing of ALLAH. Cut ties with who you

wish, join ties with who you wish, make peace with who you wish, show enmity

to who you wish, take from our wealth what you wish, and present us with what

you wish, and that which you take from us is more beloved to us than that

which you have presented us with.

 

These words of truth were heard by the world and by history during Ramadan.

Similarly we heard the speech of our Noble Messenger SALLAHU 'alaihi wa

sallam in Ramadan on the day of the Conquest of Makkah, a day he entered

triumphant, victorious and came the Victory of ALLAH and the Conquest. He

said to the people of Makkah whilst they were sitting beside the Masjid al

Haraam: There is no deity but ALLAH, the One, who was True to His promise,

gave victory to His slave, and defeated the confederates on His own. O people

of Makkah, what do you think I am to do with you? , they said, good, a noble

brother, son of a noble brother. He said: Go for you are all free.

And whilst Ramadan is eruption upon eruption, then indeed Ramadan is also a

fire and a light- fire which rages in the hearts of the enemies and inflames

and ignites them; and a light which penetrates the hearts of the awliyaa

(allies of ALLAH) gently rocks their souls, anoints their limbs, illuminates

their path and implants in them determination, zeal, and power.

 

So O Muslim youth in every corner of the earth, rush to it with a tremendous,

strong and thundering eruption INTIMIDATE WITH IT THE ENEMIES OF ALLAH AND

YOUR ENEMY, AND OTHERS BESIDES WHOM YOU MAY NOT KNOW, BUT ALLAH DOES KNOW.

Chase from behind them with strength and force so that they may remember;

announce the Islamic Jihad in every land of Jihad, and multiply the effort;

ask for ALLAH to shower His mercy, and He will bring you His help and send

with you forces you do not see.

O Muslim Youth, in every place, you must move, expend blood and sweat, work

night and day in the way of ALLAH and to make high His Word.

Eliminate the thrones of the kings and leaders, those who see the wealth of

the Muslims and their lands as permissible and its squandering inherited; the

kings and leaders for whom it is not matter to gather the wealth, power and

authority in their hands. Eliminate these thrones of falsehood, causing the

truth to triumph, and bringing the falsehood to nothing.

THAT HE MIGHT CAUSE THE TRUTH TO TRIUMPH AND BRING FALSEHOOD TO NOTHING, EVEN THOUGH THE CRIMINALS MAY HATE IT.

Erupt upon the people of oppression and tyranny, remove them from the surface

of the earth, and bury them in its depths. Cleanse the life from this

impurity and filth, those who make people taste distress, and cram the Muslim

youth into prison camps.

So it is upon you, O youth of Islam, that you should wake up, and rouse from

your heedlessness, for the period of sleep is over. Truly the period for

sleep is over, and the time for Jihad and fighting has started; sacrifice,

generosity and Jihad in the way of ALLAH. Proceed with the blessings of

ALLAH: you will be guarded by the care of ALLAH, and His attention, and ALLAH

will send down upon you his succour.