The Month of Mercy and Forgiveness

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions.
Allah, the Alone, Creator of all times and all places, gives priority to some places over some other places and some periods over some other periods.

Once again the blessed month of Rajab is upon us. It opens the series of three holy months culminating in Ramadhan: Rajab, Shaban, and Ramadhan. During these three months everyone must prepare themselves and keep themselves as much as possible away from bad manners and sins.

Our beloved prophet said "Rajab is the month of Allah, Shaban is my month and Ramadhan is the month of my community." Allah gave us twelve months in the year, eleven of which are ours and one of which belongs to him. What rewards Allah will give his servants in His month no one knows, not even the prophets. The work of prophets and angels stops in the month of Rajab. They are not allowed to know what reward Allah is going to give to his community. In the following month, shaban, no one is permitted to know what rewards the prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him) will give his community except himself and Allah.

Allah Says (interpretation of meaning): {And your Lord creates whatsoever He wills and chooses, no choice have they (in any matter). Glorified be Allâh, and exalted above all that they associate as partners (with Him).}[28: 68>. Allah gives preference of some nights over other nights and of some days over other days. Lailat al-Qadar (Night Of Power) is among the virtuous nights and it is the most virtuous of all nights. Allah Says about this night (interpretation of meaning): {The night of Al-Qadr (Night Of Power) is better than a thousand months (i.e. worshipping Allâh in that night is better than worshipping Him a thousand months, i.e. 83 years and 4 months).}[97: 3>.

The act of a person in this night is better than a thousand months. This night exists in the last ten days of the month of Ramadan. The Prophet (PBUH) said: "Search for it in the last ten days of the month of the Ramadan". [Bukhari and Muslim>.

The nights of the month of the Ramadan are among the virtuous nights in general and the nights of the last ten days in particular since the reward of the acts is multiplied in this month. The Prophet used to lighten his waist belt (i.e. work hard) and used to pray all the night, and used to keep his family awake for the prayers.


In general all the nights of a Muslim are excellent nights since Allah descends every night in the last third of the night and Says: Is there anyone to invoke Me that I may respond to his invocation? Is there anyone to ask Me so that I may grant him his request? Is there anyone asking My forgiveness, so that I may forgive him?"

The mentioned days and all the times of a Muslim are good and appropriate for worshipping Allah. But Allah gives preference to some times over some others only to make them an opportunity for doing good acts as much as possible and these acts are useful for the Muslim in this life and in the Hereafter life.
Celebrating the mentioned days means using them for doing good deeds as much as possible. One should use them for fasting, praying, supplicating Allah, avoiding all kinds of innovations practiced by many people who spend these times in amusement and other useless activities.
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