In a hadith it
is said: Whoever fasts the fast of Ramadan believing and expecting its
recompense from Allah, and passes this month with ibadah his/her past sins are
forgiven. How should we understand this hadith?
Allah's Messenger, peace and blessings upon him, said: "Man sama
Ramadana imanan
wa'htisaban gufira lahu ma takaddama min zanbihi." and
gave the good news that whoever
believes fully in the fruitfulness brought about by Ramadan, whoever benefits
from this month by fasting sincerely and by worshiping and praying and whoever
expects its recompense only from Allah; the past sins of such believers will be
forgiven.
The word imanan
(believing) in the hadith stresses believing in everything that must be
believed in and believing in the religious decrees about fasting
wholeheartedly, and that word emphasizes believing without any doubt that
the fast is obligatory, that there is great reward in return, and, above
all, that it is a means to Allah's acceptance.
We are the servants of Allah; and it is Allah Whom we
worship. The worships and good deeds that we perform toward Him with the
intention of worshiping are His right and our duties and responsibilities. And
the fast is His command and our duty. He always knows our worships and knows
all that we do. Those worships that
Allah sees and knows will return to us with multitude when the right time comes.
Besides, when we raise our hands toward Him in supplication, as is stated in a
hadith qudsi (saying narrated by the Prophet from Allah), Those hands will not be lowered empty.
While turning to Allah and supplicating Him, before
all, we should believe fully that He sees His servants, hears prayers and is
capable of providing what's asked for. Otherwise, praying without believing
signifies such an understanding: I don't bother whether He gives or not., which
is an open disregard and it is obvious that such a call will not be
reciprocated. If He wills, He answers
such people, too, with His bountifulness, and out of His mercy, which has
overcome His wrath; we cannot shortly say that He won't answer. However,
the means for His accepting prayers is, first of all, believing in Him wholeheartedly. We should believe, so
that when we raise our hand with sincerity, Allah will not turn them down
empty, and will not let us down; on the contrary, He will bestow His blessings
in such a way that we will come to knock at the same door again. The stipulation
imanan signifies such a belief.
The word ihtisab
means expecting the reward from Allah; it signifies not engaging in worldly
expectations and means caring only about Allah's acceptance and hoping for the
recompense from His mercy. There should not be anything contrary to sincerity
in good deeds and worships; one should not act with hypocrisy and affectation. No deed should be based on the applauses
and praises of other people; everything should be performed for Allah's sake,
and expectations should be only from Allah. And benevolence should be given
priority; in other words, the deeds done should not be based on worldly
benefits. Actually, with the understanding of the Companions of the Prophet,
even when we lose the lace of our shoes, we should ask Allah for it; we should
take pains in every deed that we carry out, and make good use of our free wills
to the best, but eventually we should want everything from the Supreme Helper. We should not ever forget, while offering
our servitude to Allah, that He is the One worshiped, and that we are His
servants/slaves; we should ascribe our servitude only to Him, as it is His
right only. Therefore, we should not base our worships on our needs and
desires, but perform them because
they are our duty.
In reality, it is not our personal right to ask
something from Allah; it is among the rights that He bestowed on us out of His
bountifulness. He is so bountiful that He let us use those rights toward Him.
For example, in a way He said: You
perform your servitude to Me, and fulfill your worships and prayers-which is
your duty-, and I will make you happy with My blessings in the other world.;
He thus made a covenant with us and gave us certain rights; He said: If you fulfill your servitude, you will
have certain rights on Me. In this case, the one who gives the right and
the one who grants opportunities to use it, is Allah.
Otherwise, what capital do we possess in our
essence and in the blessings that are given to us as livelihood to make us
eligible to own the least right! We sure belong to Him from tip to toe with
all our being and, even though we have rights given by Him, before all, we are
each a slave. Therefore, we should
act in an appropriate way for a slave and wish only for the acceptance of our
Creator, Supplier, and Lord, and perform our worships with this intention.
The word ihtisap indicates just the necessity to stick to those truths
and to fast only for the sake of Allah and to expect its reward only from Him.
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