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Continuing the practical suggestions for seizing the opportunities of Ramadan.
1- Opportunity for social solidarity:
This month is a golden opportunity for being dutiful to parents, maintaining kinship ties, doing favors for friends, fulfilling the right of the Ummah by supporting the poor and the needy and cooperating with charitable societies through guiding them to the poor and needy who do not ask people to give them charity. Also, the person in this month pays Zakaah if its time is due to its deserving recipients. People in this month experience the feeling of the weak and poor people and thus do their best to support them. Hence, Allaah The Almighty will give them the best reward.
2- Opportunity to strengthen one’s will:
It is a great chance for the seekers of goodness in this noble month through which the person can invest resoluteness which helps them completely fast the whole days of Ramadhaan. Accordingly, the person can stop smoking, drug addiction and consuming alcoholic drinks in this month as well as other months. The person would also be able to control his desires and fancies which prevent him from practicing his will and resoluteness. Shaykh Mustafa As-Sibaa‘i was right when he said, “Fasting is overt manhood and high resoluteness.”
3- Organizing food intake and losing weight:
Ramadhaan is a protective and medical chance for those who like to organize their eating system and try to decrease eating and drinking which is basically for the good of the body, but becomes harmful when they exceed the limits. Hence, this leads to the corruption of the body and soul.
4- Large numbers of repenting people:
It is well-known that devils are chained in Ramadhaan, so it is a good chance to utilize the inclinations of the heart to worship and good deeds. There are many people who repent and stop committing sins and misdeeds. So, Ramadhaan is a chance for mentors to exert more effort in disciplining the souls which turns to worship and provide them with a program that strengthens their faith. Repentant hearts are full of goodness.
5- Rewarding the self:
There is a great chance in this month to reward or punish the self for its good or bad deeds. Therefore, the ‘Eed comes as a reward for those who did well in this great month. On the other hand, those who do evil acts in this month, Allaah does not need them to abstain from their food or drink. During this month; we can enjoin ourselves to do righteous deeds. If our selves rebel, we should deprive them of desires in order to help us obey Allaah The Almighty.
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