WELCOMING RAMADAN'S FIRST 10 DAYS OF PURE MERCY
Ramadan is known to be broken down into thirds. The first ten days of Ramadan are known as the “TEN DAYS OF MERCY”
Muslims are aware that Ramadan is a month of spiritual opportunities, but what does the “mercy” really mean to Muslims?
One of ALLAH'S names is AR-RAHMAN, the Most Merciful, and Muslims call upon ALLAH using this name in nearly everything they do.
ALLAH says;
“O son of Adam, as long as you call upon Me and put your hope in Me, I have forgiven you for what you have done and I do not mind. O son of Adam, if your sins were to reach the clouds of the sky and then you would seek My forgiveness, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, if you were to come to Me with sins that are close to filling the earth and then you would meet Me without ascribing any partners with Me, I would certainly bring to you forgiveness close to filling it.”
(Authenticated by Al Albani)
A great way for Muslims to worship for the first ten days of mercy is to recite Du’as (supplications) and Dhikr (remembrance) invoking ALLAH'S mercy. With the doors of Paradise swung open and the doors of Hellfire shut, ALLAH never goes back on His Promise and with that, this is the perfect time to beg for ALLAH to shower HIS servants with Mercy. A recognized Quranic supplication, that can be recited as a remembrance is:
{O! My Lord, forgive and have Mercy and You are the Best of Merciful.}
(Al-Mu’minun 23: 118)
Fast and Ask in the Season of Mercy
The beauty of the first ten days of mercy is that it is a blessing within a blessing. While Muslims are actively striving to please Him, ALLAH adds a gift to the special month by creating this season of mercy. HIS mercy is showered upon those who engage in good deeds and the merits for them are multiplied, while those with a streak of bad deeds even are forgiven – provided that they are sincere in their repentance and strive to please ALLAH alone. It is during this time – through ALLAH'S mercy – that the status of pious servants are raised, and the more mercy that is compounded upon them, helps cleanse their hearts and turns them towards the correct direction in worshiping ALLAH.
The virtues of fasting are great indeed, and one of the virtues is that ALLAH chose fasting for Himself. Prophet Muhammad (sal Allahu alaihi wasallam) said:
“(ALLAH said): Every good deed of Adam’s son is for him except fasting; it is for Me. and I shall reward (the fasting person) for it.’ Verily, the smell of the mouth of a fasting person is better to Allah than the smell of musk.”
(Al-Bukhari)
ALLAH says;
“O son of Adam, as long as you call upon Me and put your hope in Me, I have forgiven you for what you have done and I do not mind. O son of Adam, if your sins were to reach the clouds of the sky and then you would seek My forgiveness, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, if you were to come to Me with sins that are close to filling the earth and then you would meet Me without ascribing any partners with Me, I would certainly bring to you forgiveness close to filling it.”
(Authenticated by Al Albani)
A great way for Muslims to worship for the first ten days of mercy is to recite Du’as (supplications) and Dhikr (remembrance) invoking ALLAH'S mercy. With the doors of Paradise swung open and the doors of Hellfire shut, ALLAH never goes back on His Promise and with that, this is the perfect time to beg for ALLAH to shower HIS servants with Mercy. A recognized Quranic supplication, that can be recited as a remembrance is:
{O! My Lord, forgive and have Mercy and You are the Best of Merciful.}
(Al-Mu’minun 23: 118)
Fast and Ask in the Season of Mercy
The beauty of the first ten days of mercy is that it is a blessing within a blessing. While Muslims are actively striving to please Him, ALLAH adds a gift to the special month by creating this season of mercy. HIS mercy is showered upon those who engage in good deeds and the merits for them are multiplied, while those with a streak of bad deeds even are forgiven – provided that they are sincere in their repentance and strive to please ALLAH alone. It is during this time – through ALLAH'S mercy – that the status of pious servants are raised, and the more mercy that is compounded upon them, helps cleanse their hearts and turns them towards the correct direction in worshiping ALLAH.
The virtues of fasting are great indeed, and one of the virtues is that ALLAH chose fasting for Himself. Prophet Muhammad (sal Allahu alaihi wasallam) said:
“(ALLAH said): Every good deed of Adam’s son is for him except fasting; it is for Me. and I shall reward (the fasting person) for it.’ Verily, the smell of the mouth of a fasting person is better to Allah than the smell of musk.”
(Al-Bukhari)
