بسم
الله الرحمن الرحيم
Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem
All praise is due to Allah سبحانه وتعالى, prayer and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah, his
family, companions and allies and those after them:
To the sincere truthful Brothers and Sisters that carry
the Dawah...
To all Muslims everywhere on this globe...
Assalamu
Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh,
I ask the Almighty that He accepts the fasting and Qiyaam
of the Muslims and that Allah forgives us for all our previous sins, as
RasulAllah صلى الله عليه وسلم said
as extracted by Bukhari and Muslim on the authority of Abu Hurayrah said: The
Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said:
«مَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ، إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا،غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا
تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ»
"Whoever
fasts during Ramadan with faith and seeking his reward from Allah will have his
past sins forgiven"
and in another narration from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be
pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said:
«مَنْ قَامَ رَمَضَانَ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا، غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا
تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ»
"Whoever
prays Qiyaam (voluntary night prayer) during Ramadan with faith and seeking his
reward from Allah will have his past sins forgiven."
Dear respected brothers and sisters, in the month of
Sha'ban of the second year after the Hijra, Allah Almighty made fasting the
month of Ramadan obligatory. It is a month in which Allah revealed the Quran:
شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ هُدًى
لِلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِنَ الْهُدَى وَالْفُرْقَانِ
"The
month of Ramadan [is that] in which was revealed the Quran, a guidance for the
people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion" (Al-Baqara: 185)
It is the month in which Allah honored the Ummah with
victories and distinct and clear conquests. Thus, the great Battle of Badr was
on the 17th of Ramadan when the polytheists of Mecca were wholly defeated...
Then there were other decisive battles in this blessed month, starting with the
conquest of Mecca on the 20th of Ramadan in the eighth year after the Hijra to
the Battle of al-Buwayb (currently near the city of Kufa) which was the Persian
Yarmouk when the Muslims were victorious under the leadership of al-Muthanna on
14th of Ramadan of the year 31 AH, then to the conquest of Amuriyah led by
Al-Mu'tassim on 17th of Ramadan in the year 223 AH, and to the battle of Ayn
Jaloot when the Muslims defeated the Tatars on 25th of Ramadan in the year 658
AH to other victories in this blessed month...
So, fasting was coupled with the Holy Qur'an which cannot
be afflicted by falsehood from before it or from behind it ... And fasting was
coupled with distinct conquest and victory ... Fasting was coupled with jihad
... Fasting was coupled with application of Allah's Laws ... And anyone with
clear vision and insight realizes that Allah's Laws cannot be separated from
one another, whether they are acts of worship or jihad or transactions or
morals and conducts, or crimes and Hudud punishments... For all of these are
from the same niche, and whoever ponders the verses of the Holy Quran and the
texts of the honorable Ahadeeth finds that this is explicitly clarified. A
Muslim recites from the Holy Quran
وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ
"And
establish prayer",
as he recites
وَأَنِ احْكُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ
"And judge, [O Muhammad],
between them by what Allah has revealed".
And he recites
كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ
"Fasting
is prescribed to you",
As recites
كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ
"Fighting
is prescribed to you".
Also he is reading about the pilgrimage in the Hadeeth of
RasulAllah صلى الله عليه وسلم
«خُذُوا عَنِّي مَنَاسِكَكُمْ»
"Take
from me your rituals"; extracted
by Bayhaqi in his As-Sunan Al-Kubra from Jabir, as he reads about the Hudud
(punishments)
«خُذُوا عَنِّي، خُذُوا عَنِّي، قَدْ جَعَلَ اللهُ لَهُنَّ
سَبِيلًا، الْبِكْرُ بِالْبِكْرِ جَلْدُ مِائَةٍ وَنَفْيُ سَنَةٍ، وَالثَّيِّبُ
بِالثَّيِّبِ جَلْدُ مِائَةٍ، وَالرَّجْمُ»
"Receive
from me (this revelation), receive from me (this revelation). Allah has
ordained a way for those women (unmarried females who committed adultery). When
an unmarried man commits adultery with an unmarried woman, they should receive
one hundred lashes and be exiled for a year. If they (fornicate while they)
were married, they shall receive hundred lashes and be stoned to death"; extracted by Muslim on the authority of Ubada bin
As-Samit.
And he reads about the transactions
«البَيِّعَانِ بِالخِيَارِ مَا لَمْ يَتَفَرَّقَا - أو قال حتى
يتفرقا -»
"The
seller and the buyer have the right to keep or return goods as long as they
have not parted - or he said till they part -"; extracted by
Bukhari on the authority of Hakeem bin Hizam, as he reads in the Bayah of the
Khalifah
«وَمَنْ مَاتَ وَلَيْسَ فِي عُنُقِهِ بَيْعَةٌ، مَاتَ مِيتَةً
جَاهِلِيَّةً»
"And
whoever dies without the Bayah (allegiance) on his neck dies the death of
Jahiliyyah" extracted
by Muslim on the authority of Abdullah ibn Umar.
Thus, Islam is an indivisible whole, and the call to it is
one to be applied in the state, life and society. So whoever separates between
Allah's verses, and calls for the separation of religion from life, or the
separation of religion from politics, he has committed a grave sin and a major
crime that lead a person to the shame in this world and painful punishment in
the Hereafter.
In conclusion, Allah Almighty mentioned the act of
supplication between the four verses of fasting in Surat Al-Baqara, the
Almighty said:
وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ أُجِيبُ
دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا بِي
لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ
"And when My servants ask
you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the
invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me
[by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided" (Al-Baqara: 186)
And the separation of the inseparable is a proof that the
partition is intended, for Allah the Almighty has commanded the fast, then
commanded the act of supplication, and then completed the verses of fasting to
indicate the greatness of the act of supplication. So increase supplication in
Ramadan, for RasulAllah صلى الله عليه وسلم said
in the hadith narrated by Ahmad from Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allah صلى
الله عليه وسلم
«ثَلَاثَةٌ لَا تُرَدُّ دَعْوَتُهُمْ: الْإِمَامُ الْعَادِلُ،
وَالصَّائِمُ حَتَّى يُفْطِرَ، وَدَعْوَةُ الْمَظْلُومِ تُحْمَلُ عَلَى
الْغَمَامِ، وَتُفْتَحُ لَهَا أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ عَزَّ
وَجَلَّ: وَعِزَّتِي لَأَنْصُرَنَّكَ وَلَوْ بَعْدَ حِينٍ»
"The
Supplication of three people are not rejected: the supplication of a just
ruler, of a fasting person at the time of breaking fast, and a person who is
wronged. Allah causes their supplication to rise above the clouds, and gates of
heaven are opened for them, and Allah says, 'By My Majesty, I will help you,
even if it is after a while'".
And supplication was mentioned between the verses of
fasting as proof for the insistence of supplication in the month of fasting and
a statement of its merit and glad tiding of it being answered, for Allah is
close and responds.
And the final conclusion, as we must be protective of our
fast so Allah may be pleased with us and forgive our sins, thus we should also
be keen to work for the resumption of the Islamic way of life with the
establishment of the rightly guided Khilafah so that we will be among the victors
in this life with the implementation of Allah's Laws, under the banner of the
Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم, the
Rayat Al-Uqab, the banner of "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is
the Messenger of Allah", and likewise be the victors in the Hereafter,
Allah willing, under Allah's shade on the Day there is no shade except His, so
that we may attain victory in both realms, and so is a great victory.
Wassalamu
Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh.
Your Brother,
Ata Bin Khalil Abu al-Rashtah
Ameer of Hizb ut Tahrir
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