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Beyond Ramadan & Ar-Rayyan
Sahl b. Sa'd (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (Prayers
and Peace of Allah be upon him)as saying: ''In Paradise there is a gate which
is called ar-Rayyan through which only the observers of fast would enter on
the Day on Resurrection. None else would enter along with them. It would be
proclaimed: 'Where are the observers of fast that they should be admitted into
it?' -and when the last of them would enter, it would be closed and no one
would enter it.''
reported by Muslim in Kitab al-Sawm Hadith 2569
So insha'Allah what follows are some easy Sunnah fasts that we can keep beyond
the month of Ramadhan so that we can, insha'Allah, be of those who enter
Jannah through the gate of ar-Rayan:
Fasting for six days in the month of Shawwal:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Ayoub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased
with him) who said that the Messenger of Allah (Prayers and Peace of Allah be
upon him)said: ''He that observed fasting in Ramadan then he follows it with
six days of Shawwal, this is equal to the fasting of the whole year'' [Bukhari:
2758]
Observing fast for three days every month:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him) who said: My friend (the Messenger of Allah sallallahu 'alayhi wa salam)
directed me to observe fast for three days in every month, to perform two
Rak`ah (optional) Duha prayer at forenoon and to perform the Witr prayer
before going to bed. [Agreed upon:1672 & 1178]
It is mustahabb to observe this fast in the middle of the hijri month, on the
days called Ayaam al-Beed. It was narrated that Abu Dharr said: ''The
Messenger of Allaah sallahu alayhi wa salam said to me, 'If you fast any part
of the month then fast on the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth.''' (al-Nasaa'i,
2424; Ibn Maajah, 1707; Ahmad, 210; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh
al-Jaami' al-Sagheer, 673).
Fasting Mondays & Thursdays:
It was narrated that 'Aa'ishah said: ''The Messenger of Allaah sallahu alayhi
wa salam was keen to fast on Mondays and Thursdays.'' (al-Nasaa'i, 2320;
classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami' al-Sagheer, 4827).
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was asked about
fasting on Mondays and Thursdays, and he said: ''Those are two days on which
people's deeds are shown to the Lord of the Worlds, and I want my deeds to be
shown to Him when I am fasting.'' (al-Nasaa'i, 2358; Ibn Maajah, 1740; Ahmad,
8161; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami', 1583).
Observing fast on the day of Arafah:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him)
who said that the Messenger of Allah (Prayers and Peace of Allah be upon
him)said: ''Fasting on the day of 'Arafah is an expiation for two years, the
year preceding it and the year following it.'' [Muslim: 3746]
The Prophet (Prayers and Peace of Allah be upon him)told us that his Lord
said: ''My slave does not draw near to Me with anything more beloved to Me
than the religious duties I have enjoined upon him, and My slave continues to
draw near to Me with supererogatory works so that I will love him, When I love
him, I am his hearing with which he hears, he seeing with which he sees, his
hand with which he strikes and his foot with which he walks. Were he to ask
[something] of Me, I would surely give it to him, and were he to ask Me for
refuge, I would surely grant him it.''
(al-Bukhaari, 6502)
Source: Foulana blog
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