*PROPHET ﷺ KHUTBA*~🤲*NEVER HAS A BETTER MONTH ARRIVED FOR THE BELIEVERS*~{TRULY BENEFICIAL}~

[~ Y A S M I N ~]

Alhamduli'Allahi Rabbil-`Aalameen

wa-Salaatu wa-Salaamu `alaa Ashraful-Anbiyaa-e-wal-Mursaleen~

`Amma `Ba`d.

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'Assalamu `Alaikum wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuhu'

*Virtues  Of  The  Month  Of  Ramadan*

PROPHET MUHAMMAD'S ﷺ First   Khutbah.

'O Muslims, Fear Allah and Obey Him, 

I give you glad tidings as the month of 'Ramadan' is approaching, 

This is the month in which the 'Qur’an' was revealed as a guidance for mankind, as well as a clarification & differentiation between truth and falsehood, during this month the Gates of Mercy are opened and the gates of hell are sealed, satan and all other jinn are chained during this blessed month.

Rewards for good deeds performed in this month are multiplied sins are forgiven and supplications responded to and answered. 

It is the month of Perseverance, Mercy, Compassion and Charity.

~Salman Al-Farsi ~ [may Allah be pleased with him] reported that...

 Prophet ~[Sallallahu `Alaihi wa Sallam]

gave a speech on the last day of 'Sha’ban',

and said...

'O people, you are being approached by a great 

and blessed month, a month which contains 

a Night that is better than

 One Thousand  [1000]  months !

Allah made fasting within it an obligation,

and made praying on that night an optional act of worship.

he who performs any righteous voluntary act within it,

 will be rewarded like one who does

an obligatory act at any time other than 

during 'Ramadan'...{!}

'he who performs an obligatory act

 of worship within it will 

be rewarded like he who performs

 Seventy [70] acts of worship 

at any time outside this month !

 ['Alhamdullilah']

It is the month of Perseverance 

and perseverance is rewarded with

'Jannah'~{Paradise}!

It is the month of compassion,

in which the sustenance of a believer increases !

'he who feeds a fasting person within this month 

has his sins forgiven and he will be protected

 and released from the hell fire.

he also gets the reward of that person's 

fasting without decreasing the reward 

of the fasting person.'

Then the companions...

[may Allah be pleased with them] said...

‘O messenger of Allah, ﷺ not all of us can 

find the extra food needed to feed another 

fasting person’.

 The Prophet [Sallallaahu `Alaihi wa Sallam] said---

'Allah will give you the reward of feeding a fasting person even if you were to give him just a sip of milk, a date, or a sip of water {!}

he who feeds a fasting person until he is full,

Allah will make him drink out of my river, 

a sip of which will never allow him to be thirsty 

until he enters 'Jannah'!

Then he continued...

'This is the month the beginning of which is 

Mercy, the middle part is Forgiveness...

and the last part of it is Release from Hellfire.'

(Source ~ Al-Bayhaqi).

'So, pay attention, 

may Allah be merciful to you all', pay attention 

O believers, to the speech of the Prophet

{Sallallahu `Alaihi wa Sallam }

in which he gave glad tidings of the month of 'Ramadan' to his companions and informed them of its virtues and how the reward of righteous deeds performed therein is multiplied.

Indeed, it is a great and blessed month...!

 The Prophet [Sallallaahu `Alaihi wa Sallam] said---

referring to the month of 'Ramadan'~

'Never has a better month arrived

for the believers and never has a worse month 

come to pass for the hypocrites.'

(Source~ Ahmad)

Abu Hurayrah, [may Allah be pleased with him] narrated that...

 Prophet [Sallallahu `Alaihi wa Sallam] said...

“All the (rewards of the) deeds 

of the son of Adam are for him, (he is aware that) the reward 

of performing them will be multiplied by ten (10)

 to seven-hundred (700) times...!

Allah {Azza Wa Jal} has said...

‘Except for fasting, as it is for Me, I shall reward it !

(i.e. I will decide what the reward will be)

This is because the fasting person leaves his desires,

 food and drink purely for My sake.'

The fasting person has two [2] times of 

great pleasure...! 

 once when he breaks his fast and the other 

when he meets his Lord !

The smell emanating from the mouth 

of a fasting person is better in the scale of Allah 

than the smell of Musk ”.

(Source~ Ahmad)

The Prophet ~[Sallallahu `Alaihi wa Sallam]

 referred to 'Ramadan' as the 

‘month of perseverance’ due to the necessity

of perseverance and patience during this month.

Due to this, as well as the suffering 

from the pain of hunger, thirst and weakness 

of the body due to fasting.

‘Abdullaah Ibn‘Umar [may Allah be pleased with him] reported that~

  The Prophet [Sallallaahu `Alaihi wa Sallam] said---

‘No one knows the reward of

fasting except Allah’. 

(Source ~Al-Bayhaqi)

The reward for righteous deeds varies 

due to different reasons, for example, 

due to the sanctity of specific

 places such as 'Makkah' and 'Medina'.

The Prophet [Sallallahu `Alaihi wa Sallam] said:

 ‘Praying in my 'Masjid' is one thousand times~[1000] 

greater in reward than prayer elsewhere -

except for 'Al-Masjid Al-Haram' [in 'Makkah']

[Source~ S. Bukhari] 

Among the virtues of this blessed month

 is that the reward for good deeds is multiplied 

by up to seven hundred (700) times, 

 for those who purify their intentions and

 perform their actions purely for the sake of Allah – !

such as those who spend in charity from their wealth, 

provided that their wealth 

comes from lawful means.

 {Allah only accepts charity which is from

 'Halal' (lawful) means...!}

 The Prophet [Sallallaahu `Alaihi wa Sallam] said---

‘Allah accepts charity with His right hand and then increases 

it in reward for the person giving it, 

just like one of you raises his colt, 

until the reward for it becomes the size of a mountain’.

 (Source~ Bukhari & Muslim)

Anas ibn Malik, [may Allah be pleased with him]narrated that ---

 The Prophet [Sallallaahu `Alaihi wa Sallam] said---

 ‘Charity extinguishes the anger of the Lord and

 protects the giver of it from an evil end’.

(Source~ Tirmidhi)

~MY  'SALAAMS'  TO  ALL~

 Y a s m i n. 

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"All that is on earth will Perish. But will abide {Forever}

the Face of thy Lord, full of Majesty, Bounty and Honor"

{'Qur`an'- Surat Al-Rahman-55~ A # 26-27 }

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