Ramadan's important and everlasting reward

It is more or less a news that Muslims are in the holy months of Ramadan of the Islamic year 1437 in the Islamic calender and year 2016 of the Gregory calender. Gradually the fasting period is moving to an end. However, the Chief Missioner of NASFAT Abuja branch, Sheik Sharafdeen Abd.salam Ali­agan and the Ratib Imam of NASFAT central mosque Mal­lam Saliman Ibraheem explains the important of the holy months and it’s reward hereafter. Kafayat Olarinde reports.

Ramadan is one of the months in Islamic cal­ender which is the ninth month and a month in which Allah (SWA) send his holy Quran to the word for guidance. Chief Mission­er of NASFAT Abuja branch Sheik Alh Sharafdeen Abd.salam Aliagan and Mallam Saliman Ibraheem the propri­tor of MIFTAUS SALAMAT ACADEMY GALADIMA­WA ABUJA and THE RAT­IB IMAM OF NASFAT CEN­TRAL MOSQUE UTAKO ABUJA had given a clear ex­planation of the important of the holy months of Ramadan recently in a chat with the Au­thority. Ramadan is third pil­lar of Islam, Allah (SWA) had call on those who believe to fast during the holy month of Ramadan for a reward in this life and hereafter. Ramadan is an obligatory and compulso­ry for e every muslim all over the globe to partake and he who denied Ramadan will be punished by Allah. Allah call on his believers in ,one of the surah in the holy Quran, surah Baqarah he said “ yah ayhu al­hadina -amhanu khutiba ala­hikum ssiyha-khama khuti­ba alhaladinah-minqoblikum tanthaqum-laqtarhun” mean­ing “ oh! I call upon those who believe, I have made fasting compulsory for you has it is for those before you”. And the only way to answer and obey the call of Allah is by fasting sincerely during the month of Ramadan.
Fasting has been com­pelled for the believers only to feel what the poor felt and to give their heart back to the Almighty and seek for for­giveness of the sins which Al­lah (SWA) had promised that he who far diligently and sin­cerely during the month of Ra­madan will be rewarded abun­dantly and will have their sins forgiven.
In the preceding verses, Quran has spelt out in Quran 2vs 183,184 “mahkannah-min­qum -morhidun aw-hawal-sa­fari-fahmindolan -min- hayal – huqho-fahla lhadinaa -fih­dahun musqhin” meningitis Allah (SWA) has make fast­ing exceptional for some set of Muslims. If he or she embarked on a long journey , or some­one who has an ailment that can not be cured, also a nurs­ing mother, pregnant woman or a menstruating woman and those that have reached a cer­tain age in life that there health can no longer accommodate hunger. And for anyone who is healthy and didn’t fall vic­tim of the aforementioned ex­ceptional Muslims will be pun­ished by Allah and not by any human, because Allah(SWA) can give judgment and punish his creature.
Whoever says no to fasting during the month of Ramadan is recognised to be a “khafir” meaning “disbeliever” and is tantamount to Allah’s punish­ment and he who ever delib­erately break his/her fast dur­ing the month of Ramadan will such a person will come out with “khafarah” meaning to atone for that particular of­fence.
The chief Missioner in his speech, explains how one can atone to a fast break deliberate­ly. To some school of thought, if the person deliberately break eat during fasting period, some say that person have to pay “khafarah” and some say he can just pay back the fast by fasting for sixty days consec­utively after Ramadan or by feeding sixty needy or free a slave.
According to him “Khafar­ah” is an Arabic word mean­ing “to atone”. It is a remedy for anyone who deliberately break his fast through any means and the aforementioned punish­ment are ways to atone.
Generally, every Muslims believer must be able to keep his or her self busy during the month of Ramadan and do away with any act of sins by moving close to Allah(SWA) . Observing of five daily solar, paying sakat, having strong believe in Allah(SWA) and his prophet Muhammad Rosululahi(SAW) a Muslim must be doing daily even be­fore Ramadan but these must increased to indicate truly we are in the months of Ramadan.
However, Muslims have to increased their intention and devotions that is, the act of iba­dah, sadaqah, showing mercy to the needy, frequent feeding of the holy Quran. Also a true believer must purify his or her soul during the holy month of Ramadan by keeping off with any bad intention.
Allah (SWA) has compelled every Muslims to fast during the month of Ramadan to ask for forgiveness of their sins and to experience hungry in oth­er to feel what the poor felt. Secondly, to purify the souls and abstain from any kind of sins. Because during this holy month a truly believer will have a mind set that goes against any kind of sins and the best way to do these is when the five senses of organs are also fasting. The sight for seeing, the nose for smelling, the tongue for tast­ing, the brain for thinking and move far away from sexual in­tercourse during Ramadan.
The prophet Rosululahi (SAW) says whoever fast dil­igently and sincerely during the month of Ramadan will be rewarded abundantly . Firstly, he will gain admission of par­adise, also, a god, faithful Mus­lims who fast I the holy month of Ramadan will have his or her sins forgiven. And will re­ceive more blessings, favour from Allah. And will enjoy the pleasure of Allah because it is an act of obedience. May Al­lah accept our ibadah. Ameen.