5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

When he asked the reason his father said, ‘Today I sent your
uncle Sirrî Sakatî a few silver coins as my zakât, but he refused
them. Now I am weeping after realizing that I have wasted my
valuable life for these silver coins which men of Allah do not like
but refuse.’ ‘Give the money to me, daddy, let me take it,’ said
Juneyd, and went off to his uncle’s place with the money. He
knocked at the door and when his uncle asked who he was he
said, ‘It’s me, Juneyd, uncle. Open the door and take these
silver coins which are my father’s zakât!’ When his uncle said
that he would not take them he said, ‘Take them for the sake of
Allâhu ta’âlâ, who has done justice by commanding my father
and been so kind by giving you freedom!’ And when his uncle
wanted to know what Allâhu ta’âlâ had commanded his father
and how He had been kind to him, Juneyd said, ‘He has done
justice by making my father rich and by commanding him to
pay zakât. And He has been so kind by making you poor and
giving you a choice between accepting and refusing it.’ Sirrî
liked this word and said, ‘Sonny! Before accepting the silver
coins, I have accepted you.’ He opened the door and took the
money.” Here we end our translation from Riyâd-un-nâsihîn.
2 – FASTING IN RAMADÂN
The fourth of the five principles of Islam is to fast every day
in the blessed month of Ramadân. The fast became fard on the
tenth day of the month of Sha’bân eighteen months after the
Hegira and a month before the Ghazâ (Holy War) of Bedr.
Ramadân means to burn. Sins of those who fast and beg Allah
for forgiveness in this month burn and perish.
It is written in the book Riyâd-un-nâsihîn that Hadrat Abû
Hureyra ‘radiy Allâhu anh’ stated in the book Bukhârî:
Rasûlullah ’sall-Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’ declared, “When the
month of Ramadân comes the doors of Paradise are
opened and the doors of Hell are closed, and the devils are
tied.” Imâm-ul-aimma Muhammad bin Is’haq bin Huzeyma
writes that Hadrat Selmân-i-Fârisî (radiy Allâhu ’anh) conveyed
that Rasûlullah (sall Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam) had declared in his
khutba on the last day of the month of Sha’bân: “O Muslims!
Such a great month is about to overshadow you that one
night [Qadr night] in this month is more beneficial than a
thousand months. Allâhu ta’âlâ has commanded fasting
every day during this month. Also, it is a sunna to perform
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