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| Some mistakes during Ramadan. |
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| Faisal |
| 06/02/04 at 15:21:29 |
| All Praise is due to Allah Alone, and may He exalt and send praises upon the most honorable of all Prophets and Messengers - our Prophet Muhammad, and upon all his family and Companions. 1) Not making the intention that one is fasting the obligatory fast of Ramadaan the night before the fast or before the time of Fajr, even though one intention for the whole of Ramadaan may suffice. 2) Eating and drinking during the Adhaan of Fajr or after it, even though some of those who make the call to prayer do so before its time out of caution. 3) Eating the predawn meal (sahoor) an hour or two before fajr. It has been encouraged in ahaadeeth to hasten in breaking fast and delaying the predawn meal. 4) Going to excesses in regards to food and drink. This contradicts the purpose of fasting - to feel hunger which in turn leads to reverential fear (khushoo'). 5) Not praying in congregation, like Dhuhr and 'Asr, due to laziness, sleep, or being busy in things which do not benefit. 6) Not protecting one’s tongue during the days and nights of Ramadaan from vain and false talk, talking about filthy things, giving false witness, lying, backbiting and spreading tales. 7) Wasting precious time in vain talk and play, watching sports and movies, joking and riddling, and loitering on the streets. 8) Not performing a sufficient amount of good deeds like supplication, recitation of the Qur'aan, and the Sunnah prayers which are multiplied in Ramadaan. 9) Not praying Taraweeh in congregation. It has been encouraged in ahaadeeth to pray with the Imaam until he finishes, and in doing so it will be written that he has prayed the whole night. 10) In the beginning of the month, we see many people praying and reciting Qur'aan, but then in the last part of the month, many are unable or fall short in doing so, while the last ten days and nights of Ramadaan are more important than the beginning of the month. 11) Leaving the night prayer which is specific to the last ten nights, for the Prophet (r) would stay awake the whole night during the last ten, and he would wake his family, become more serious and tighten his lower garment (proverb: roll up his sleeves). 12) Staying up late at night during the month of fasting, and then sleeping through the Fajr prayer. Many delay it until the Duhaa (early morning hours after Fajr but before Dhuhr), and this is neglecting this obligation. 13) Being stingy and refusing those in need, while there are many in Ramadaan who are in need, even though the reward for charity is multiplied during these times. 14) Many people do not pay close importance to paying the Zakaat-ul-Maal (annual charity paid on money) in full, while it is inseparable to prayer and fasting, even though it is not specific to Ramadaan. 15) Neglecting to supplicate during the fast, and especially at the time of breaking fast, being busy in eating and drinking. A hadeeth has been reported in its regard, that the one who fasts has a supplication which is not refused at the time of breaking fast. 16) Not making I'tikaaf in Ramadaan, and more particularly during the last ten days, while it has been mentioned in the Qur'aan as well as the Sunnah. 17) Women going to the Masjid with decorated clothes and perfume, despite the great fitnah it creates. 18) Making it easy for the women to go to the marketplaces in the nights of Ramdaan, and with unrelated drivers, without a mahram, and most of the time without need. 19) Not reciting the Sunnah of Takbeer in the night and day of 'Eid before the prayer, and in the first 10 days of Dhul-Hijjah, while the Qur'aan itself has ordered it. 20) Delaying the Zakaat-ul-Fitr (the food which all must give in charity at the end of Ramadaan), while the Sunnah is that it is obligatory to pay it the day of 'Eid before the prayer. It is allowed to pay it a day or two in advance. And may Allah exalt our Prophet Muhammad, and all his Family and Companions |
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