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Gifts to Those Who Fast
Shaykh
`A’id `Abdullah Al-Qarni
At this stage I can not find a better gift or greater masterpiece
than to present to those who fast gifts from the Prophet of
guidance, peace and blessing be upon him. They are those practical
Hadiths that have been mentioned in connection with rewards and
blessings. Behold! They are the Hadiths that lead to the doors of
happiness and the paths of goodness in this world and the
Hereafter.
O
you who fast! Record these Hadiths and implement them: The Prophet,
peace and blessing be upon him, said: “Whoever says at daybreak:
‘There is no god save Allah alone, He has no partner, to Him
belongs the dominion and the praise and He has power over all
things’; such a person will have the equivalent of a slave from
the son of Isma`il; ten good deeds will be written for him, ten
misdeeds will be erased, and he will be elevated ten levels. He
will be protected from Satan until evening, and if he says it in
the evening, he would have the same rewards until morning.”
(Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah - Sahih)
The
Prophet, peace and blessing be upon him, also said: “Whoever says
in the morning or in the evening: ‘O Allah! You are my Lord.
There is no god beside You. You created me and I am Your slave and
I have taken a covenant to You and promised You what I am able to
do. I seek refuge with You from the evil of what I have done, I
acknowledge Your favor upon me and I acknowledge my sin. Forgive me
because none forgives sins except You.’ If a servant died during
the day or night after having said this prayer, he will enter
Paradise.” (Ahmad, Abu Dawud, An-Nasa’i, Ibn Majah, Ibn Hibban,
Al-Hakim - Sahih Al-Bukhari transmits another version of this
Hadith)
Again
the Prophet, peace and blessing be upon him, said: “Whoever says
at morning or evening: "Glory and praise be Allah the
Great" one hundred times, no one will come forward on the Day
of Judgement with better than he; except if someone said the same
as him and added to it” (Muslim, Ahmad, Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi)
“Whoever
said: ‘Glory and praise be to Allah the Great’, a date tree
will be planted for him in the Paradise.” (At-Tirmidhi, Ibn
Hibban, Al-Hakim - Sahih)
“Whoever
says: ‘Glory and praise be to Allah’ one-hundred times in a
single day his sins would be erased even if they were like the
waves of the sea.” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim).
“Whoever
implements ten verses of the Qur’an will not be included among
the negligent. Whoever implements one hundred verses will be
considered among the obedient. And, whoever implements one thousand
verses will be among he extremely rich.” (Abu Dawud, Ibn Hibban -
Sahih)
“Whoever
says in the evening: ‘In the name of Allah with whose name there
can be no harm in the earth or in the heavens and He is the Hearer
the Knower’ three times, he will not be afflicted with a sudden
calamity before morning. And whoever says it in the morning three
times will not be afflicted with a sudden calamity before
evening.” (Abu Dawud, Ibn Hibban, Al-Hakim - Sahih)
“Whoever
says: ‘I seek refuge with the perfect words of Allah from the
evil that He created" three times in the evening will not be
harmed by the bite of a serpent during that night.” (At-Tirmidhi,
Ibn Hibban, Al-Hakim - Sahih)
“Whoever
says upon leaving his house: ‘In the Name of Allah, I trust in
Allah, there is no movement and no power except with Allah’, it
would be said to him: ‘You have been contented and you took
precaution’, Satan will turn away from him.” (At-Tirmidhi, Abu
Dawud, Ibn Hibban, Ibn As-Sunni - Sahih)
“Whoever
says when he hears the caller to prayer: ‘And I bear witness that
there is no god save Allah, He is alone and has no partner and I
bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and messenger. I am
pleased with Allah as Lord, Muhammad as Prophet and Islam as
religion’ all his sins will be forgiven.” (Imam Muslim and the
other five Scholars of Hadith)
“Whoever
recites the Surah Al-Ikhlas ten times, Allah will build for him a
house in the Paradise.” (Ahmad - Sahih)
“Whoever
recites the Surah Al-Kahf on a Friday, a light will be created for
him until the next Friday.” (Al-Hakim and Al-Bayhaqi - Sahih)
“Whoever
recites the verse of the throne after every compulsory prayer will
not be forbidden entrance to Paradise.” (Ibn Hibban and
An-Nasa’i - Sahih)
“Whoever
recites Surah Al-Ikhlas it is as if he read one-third of the
Quran.” (Ahmad, An-Nasa’i, At-Tirmidhi - Sahih)
This
bouquet from Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, we grant to
all those who fast.
O
Allah! Help us to remember You, thank You and worship You in the
best way. Amen.
Excerpted
from www.islaam.com with
slight modifications.
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