Ramadān: a Transaction to Prosper from in this Life & the Next - Ibn Al-Uthaymeen رَحِمَهُ الله

'Utilizing Ramadān as a Transaction to Prosper from in this Life & the Next'
Shaykh Mohammad bin Sālih Al-Uthaymeen رَحِمَهُ الله
And the month of Ramadān, Allāh has made it distinct with (certain) unique and distinctive characteristics. And this is why it is befitting for us, that we are joyful at its approach, and we be delighted with it. Because it is a season of good.
Have you seen that when the seasons of trade approach, do the traders become delighted or not?
They become delighted and joyful, and they prepare for it and they travel to it.
And the trade and transaction of Ramadān is, by Allāh, more rewarding and more prosperous than the trade of the merchants and traders.
Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic, said:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ تِجَارَةٍ تُنْجِيكُمْ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
"O you who have believed, shall I guide you to a transaction that will save you from a painful punishment? " [61:10]
This, by Allāh, is a transaction.
Because the transaction (that occurs in) the religion, ya ikhwān, pay attention to this point. Trade (that occurs in) the religion is a trade and a transaction for this life and the hereafter. And trade in this life, if it is not (done) in accordance with the Islamic legislation, then it is a loss in (both) this life and the hereafter. Upon you is the trade (that occurs in) the religion.
We are receiving a tremendous season, which is the month of Ramadān, (the month) which Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic, has specified and made distinct with (certain) unique and distinctive characteristics.
From them is that Allāh sent down within it the Qur'ān. As Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic, said:
شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ
"The month of Ramadān in which was revealed the Qur'ān...." [2:185]
And the sending down of the Qur'ān is a huge, tremendous blessing. Because Allāh sent it down as a cure for what is within the chests.
(Allāh said:)
.يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ جَاءَتْكُمْ مَوْعِظَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَشِفَاءٌ لِمَا فِي الصُّدُورِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
"O mankind, there has to come to you instruction from your Lord and healing for what is in the breasts and guidance and mercy for the believers." [10:57]
قُلْ بِفَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَبِرَحْمَتِهِ فَبِذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَفْرَحُوا هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ
"Say: “In the Bounty of Allah, and in His Mercy (i.e. Islam and the Quran); -therein let them rejoice.” That is better than what (the wealth) they amass." [10:58]
The Qur'ān (contains) within it; information about those who came before us, and news of what's to come after us, and rulings of that (which occurs) between us, and it is a clarification for everything. Everything has been clarified in the Qur'ān, Glorified be Allāh, is everything clarified in thirty Juz (parts)?
What's the answer?
YES!
Source:
binothaimeen.net
Translated by:
Abu Inaayah Seif