Exerting Oneself during the Last Ten Days of Ramazan
Aa’ishah (rz.a.) said: "When the last ten days (of Ramadaan) would come, the Prophet (salla allahu alaihi wa sallam) would spend his night in worship, wake his family (at night), exert himself and tighten his Izaar (waistcloth)." [Al-Bukhaaree (4/269) and Muslim (1174)]
This hadeeth is proof that the last ten days of Ramadaan have a special virtue over any other (set of days), in which one should increase in obedience and acts of worship, such as prayer, making dhikr (remembrance) and reciting the Qur’aan.
Aa’ishah (rz.a.) has described our Prophet and role model, Muhammad salla allahu alaihi wa sallam, with four attributes:
1. He salla allahu alaihi wa sallam would "spend his night in worship", meaning he would not sleep during it. Thus, he (saws) would remain awake throughout it in worship and he would liven his soul by spending the night in sleeplessness. This is since sleep is the brother of death. The meaning of "spend his night" is that he (saws) would spend all of it in the state of qiyaam (night prayer) and performing acts of worship that are done for the sake of Allaah, Lord of the worlds. We must remember that the last ten days of Ramadaan are fixed and numbered.Understand the Quran
Assalamu-Alaikum
Many Muslims amongst us read the Quran.But how many of us actually understand it?The thing is that not all Muslims know Arabic so due to this we are unable to understand the Quran.
However knowing this how many of us actually bother to LEARN ARABIC?Some of us may be simply too lazy to learn this language but we should know that the Quran is the source of Guidance.How can we understand this guidance if we dont understand the language its written in?Even if we all know a few Surahs of the Quran by heart how many of us actually know the meaning of the Surahs?
