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THE PRACTICE OF THE HOLY PROPHET
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DURING LAST ‘ASHRA OF RAMADĀN

Dr. Habib ur Rehman, Regina

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امک مای ِ صلا مکیلع ب ِ تک اونما نیذلا اهیای ِ راهنلا و لیلاب مہلاوما نوقِفنی نیذلا only the month in which the Holy
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ۙ﴾۱۸۴﴿ نوقتت مکلعل مکِلبق نِم نیذلا یلع ب ِ تک ۡ ّ َ َ ۡ ۡ ُ ُ ۡ َ ُ َ َ ً َ َ َ ً Qur’ān was first revealed, it was
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ۚ مِہبر دنِع مہرجا مہلف ةیِنالع و ار ِ س the month wherein the Holy Qur’ān
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“O ye who believe! fasting is “Those who spend their wealth by would also be reviewed between
prescribed for you, as it was night and day, secretly and openly, the Chief of the Prophetsﷺ and the
prescribed for those before you, so have their reward with their Lord” Chief of the Angels.
that you may become righteous”. (Al-Qur’ān 2:275)
(Al-Qur’ān 2:184) A Hadīth narrated by Hazrat Ibn
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There was no one more generous Abbās relates that the Angel
History of Fasting or charitable than the Holy Gabriel visited the Holy Prophetﷺ

Prophetﷺ himself, whatever he had frequently during this month, saying
It was a long adhered to practice of he freely gave to help the poor and
the Arabs, that they would observe needy. However, during the month “Gabriel used to meet the
the fast of ‘Ashurā, on the 10 day of Ramadān, his acts of generosity Messengerﷺ of Allah every night
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of Muharram even before the advent and charity would now exceed all during Ramadān to revise the Holy
of Islām. It was also the customary bounds. This is related in the Hadīth Qur’ān with him.’’(Sahih Bukhārī)
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practice of the Holy Prophetﷺ to narrated by Hazrat Ibn Abbās ,
observe this fast. The Holy Qur’ān was meticulously
“The Messengerﷺ of Allah was the repeated and completely recited
Thus, even before fasting became most generous of all the people, twice in the last year of the life of
obligatory upon Muslims in the 2 nd and he used to become even more the Holy Prophetﷺ to ensure that
year of Hijrī, the Holy Prophetﷺ generous in Ramadān….During the perfect book was immaculately

and his Companions continued to this period, the bounty of the delivered and flawlessly received.
keep fast on that day. The fast of Messengerﷺ of Allah waxed faster
‘Ashurā became voluntary but the than the rain-bearing breeze.” The Holy Prophetﷺ said regarding
Holy Prophetﷺ continued to keep (Sahih Bukhārī) the blessings of Ramadān that:
this fast as well.
As the month of Ramadān would “It is the month, whose beginning
After migration to Medina, the Holy proceed, the Holy Prophetﷺ’s is mercy, its middle forgiveness,
Prophetﷺ found out that this fast generosity and charity would and its end emancipation from
was also the established tradition exponentially increase each day the fire (of hell)”. (Ibn Khuzaimah)
of the Jewish tribes who resided reaching a climax in the last ten
there. On enquiry, he was told that days of the blessed month. Ramadān was the blessed month
this was to commemorate the day where it was revealed that the gates
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Prophet Moses and the Israelites Blessings of Ramadān of Heaven were left wide open and
were delivered from the clutches of ٰ ۡ ُ َ ۡ ُ ۤ َ the gates to Hell were locked. As
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the Pharaoh. Hearing this, the Holy یده نارقلا ِهیِف لزنا ی ِ ذلا ناضمر رہش narrated in a Hadīth by Hazrat Abu
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Prophetﷺ said, ۚ ِ ناقرفلا و یدہلا نِم ٍ تنیب و سانلِل Hurairā , the Holy Prophetﷺ said,
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“We have more right to follow “From the first night of the month
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Prophet Moses than others.” “The month of Ramadān is that of Ramadān, satanic forces are
(Sahih Muslim) in which the Qur’ān was sent chained, rebellious elements are
down as a guidance for mankind disciplined, and the shutters of Hell
with clear proofs of guidance and are drawn without exception. All
discrimination” (Al-Qur’ān 2:186) the gates of Paradise are opened
and a crier shouts: O the seeker of
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