Doing good deeds in the last ten days of Ramadan

Narrated Aisha (R.A) With the start of the last ten days of Ramadan, the Prophet (SAW) used to tighten his waist belt (i.e. work hard) and used to pray all the night, and used to keep his family awake for the prayers.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith - 3.241)

Islamic Incidents

Note: These stories are taken from Bukhari Sharif and Muslim Sharif.


1: Narrated Ali bin Al-Husain: Safiya, the wife of the Prophet told me that she went to Allah's Apostle to visit him in the mosque while he was in Itikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan. She had a talk with him for a while, then she got up in order to return home. The Prophet accompanied her. When they reached the gate of the mosque, opposite the door of Um-Salama, two Ansari men were passing by and they greeted Allah's Apostle . He told them: Do not run away! And said, "She is (my wife) Safiya bint Huyai." Both of them said, "Subhan Allah, (How dare we think of any evil) O Allah's Apostle!" And they felt it. The Prophet said (to them), "Satan reaches everywhere in the human body as blood reaches in it, (everywhere in one's body). I was afraid lest Satan might insert an evil thought in your minds."
[Bukhari Sharif: Volume 3, Book 33, Hadith number 251 & 254]

2: Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah: Allah's Apostle said, "Who is willing to kill Ka'b bin Al-Ashraf who has hurt Allah and His Apostle?" Thereupon Muhammad bin Maslama got up saying, "O Allah's Apostle! Would you like that I kill him?" The Prophet said, "Yes," Muhammad bin Maslama said, "Then allow me to say a (false) thing (i.e. to deceive Kab). "The Prophet said, "You may say it." Then Muhammad bin Maslama went to Kab and said, "That man (i.e. Muhammad demands Sadaqa (i.e. Zakat) from us, and he has troubled us, and I have come to borrow something from you." On that, Kab said, "By Allah, you will get tired of him!" Muhammad bin Maslama said, "Now as we have followed him, we do not want to leave him unless and until we see how his end is going to be. Now we want you to lend us a camel load or two of food." (Some difference between narrators about a camel load or two.) Kab said, "Yes, (I will lend you), but you should mortgage something to me." Muhammad bin Mas-lama and his companion said, "What do you want?" Ka'b replied, "Mortgage your women to me." They said, "How can we mortgage our women to you and you are the most handsome of the 'Arabs?" Ka'b said, "Then mortgage your sons to me." They said, "How can we mortgage our sons to you? Later they would be abused by the people's saying that so-and-so has been mortgaged for a camel load of food. That would cause us great disgrace, but we will mortgage our arms to you." Muhammad bin Maslama and his companion promised Kab that Muhammad would return to him. He came to Kab at night along with Kab's foster brother, Abu Na'ila. Kab invited them to come into his fort, and then he went down to them. His wife asked him, "Where are you going at this time?" Kab replied, "None but Muhammad bin Maslama and my (foster) brother Abu Na'ila have come." His wife said, "I hear a voice as if dropping blood is from him, Ka'b said. "They are none but my brother Muhammad bin Maslama and my foster brother Abu Naila. A generous man should respond to a call at night even if invited to be killed." Muhammad bin Maslama went with two men. (Some narrators mention the men as 'Abu bin Jabr. Al Harith bin Aus and Abbad bin Bishr). So Muhammad bin Maslama went in together with two men, and sail to them, "When Ka'b comes, I will touch his hair and smell it, and when you see that I have got hold of his head, strip him. I will let you smell his head." Kab bin Al-Ashraf came down to them wrapped in his clothes, and diffusing perfume. Muhammad bin Maslama said. " have never smelt a better scent than this. Ka'b replied. "I have got the best 'Arab women who know how to use the high class of perfume." Muhammad bin Maslama requested Ka'b "Will you allow me to smell your head?" Ka'b said, "Yes." Muhammad smelt it and made his companions smell it as well. Then he requested Ka'b again, "Will you let me (smell your head)?" Ka'b said, "Yes." When Muhammad got a strong hold of him, he said (to his companions), "Get at him!" So they killed him and went to the Prophet and informed him. (Abu Rafi) was killed after Ka'b bin Al-Ashraf."

[Bukhari Sharif, Volume 5, Book 59, Hadith number 36]

3. 'A'isha, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), said: A woman came to me along with her two daughters. She asked me for (charity) but she found nothing with me except one date, so I gave her that. She accepted it and then divided it between her two daughters and herself ate nothing out of that. She then got up and went out, and so did her two daughters. (In the meanwhile) Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) visited me and I narrated to him her story. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: He who is involved (in the responsibility) of (bringing up) daughters, and he accords benevolent treatment towards them, there would be protection for him against Hell-Fire.
[Muslim Sharif: Book 32, Chapter 44, Hadith number 6362]

4. Narrated Abu Sa'id al-Khudri: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Amongst the men of Bani Israel there was a man who had killed ninety-nine persons and then made an inquiry about the learned persons of the world (who could show him the way to salvation). He was directed to a monk. He came to him and told him that he had killed ninety-nine persons and asked him whether there was any scope for his repentance to be accepted. He said: No. He killed him also and thus completed one hundred. He then asked about the learned persons of the earth and he was directed to a scholar, and he told him that he had killed one hundred persons and asked him whether there was any scope for his repentance to be accepted. He said: Yes; what stands between you and the repentance? You better go to such and such land; there are people devoted to prayer and worship and you also worship along with them and do not come to the land of yours since it was an evil land (for you). So he went away and he had hardly covered half the distance when death came to him and there was a dispute between the angels of mercy and the angels of punishment. The angels of mercy said: This man has come as a penitant and remorseful to Allah and the angels of punishment said: He has done no good at all. Then there came another angel in the form of a human being in order to decide between them. He said: You measure the land to which he has drawn near. They measured it and found him nearer to the land where he intended to go (the land of piety), and so the angels of mercy took possession of it. Qatada said that Hasan told him that it was said to them that as death approached him, he crawled upon his chest (and managed) to slip in the land of mercy.
[Muslim Sharif: Book 37, Chapter 7, Hadith number 6662 and 6663]
You can also find this story in Bukhari Sharif.
[Bukhari Sharif: Volume 4, Book 56, Hadith number 676]

Highly Recommended Acts During Ramadan

1. The Night Prayer or Taraweeh Prayers
2. Giving Charity And Donations
3. Increasing One's Recitation of The Qur'an
4. Everyone must endeavor to the best of his ability to fear Allah
5. Searching for the Night of Decree (Shab-E-Qadr)
6. Performing Umrah During Ramadhan.

Realize the importance of your precious Life

If you have only one bread and you are hungry, you will never give it to the birds.
If you have only one bottle of water and you have to cross a desert, you will never wash your feet with it.
You have only one Life with which you have to earn JANNAT, How can you Waste it in useless Deeds???
Realize the importance of your precious life.
Because you will be questioned by Allah about it!!

Islamic incident about Backbiting

Two women kept fast at the time of the Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi Wa'aalihi Wasallam). They were so stricken with hunger at the end of the day that their lives were thought to be ending. They were sent to the Prophet (SAW) so that He might order them to break their fast, but instead of ordering them to break the fast, Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi Wa'aalihi Wasallam) sent a cup for them telling them that they should vomit in it, one of them vomited in it fresh flesh which filled up half of the cup. The other vomited similarly and filled up the rest of the cup. The Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi Wa'aalihi Wasallam) then said: The two women back-bited the people which is similar to eating your dead brother's flesh.
“Do not back-bite one another. Does one of you like that he eats the flesh of his dead brother? You would abhor it.”
Quran: [Surah Al- Hujurat, Ayat 12]

A few things that greatly reduce the reward of Fast

Beware of a few things that break one's fast or greatly reduce the reward of Fast:
1. Fighting
2. Arguing
3. Backbiting
4. Intercourse
5. Masturbation
6. Watching porn
7. Inhaling smoke
8. Swearing
9. Intentionally missing Namaz (Salah)
10. Raising one's voice in anger
11. Disrespecting parents
12. Sleeping all the day until Iftar.

Difference between Halaal and Haraam Love

Haram Love is just like salty water, no matter how much you drink from it, it will never quench your thirst, on the contrary it will only increase it.
But Halal love will not only quench you, but it will also refresh you. Halal Love is just like Fresh Water, it is Full of Affection, Peace and Mercy

Common Mistakes during Ramadan

Common Mistakes During Ramadan.:

1. Some people say you cannot swallow your spit during Ramadhan. This is false. However you cannot swallow mucus that has entered your mouth.
2. Some people believe bleeding breaks the fast. This is not correct.
3. Some people believe they cannot cut their hair or nails during Ramadhan. This is also false.
4. Some people don't go on trips or travel during Ramadhan. They think they have to break their fast when traveling. This is actually optional, if you want to break your fast while traveling you can [with making it up later], and if you don't you can continue fasting.
5. People often waste their time during Ramadhan. They go to sleep during the day and get nothing done. We should be taking advantage of this blessed month by doing extra Ibadat.
6. Many people think Ramadhan is just about not eating and forget about controlling their tempers and watching what they say. In actuality we are supposed to control our tempers and mouths even more during Ramadhan.
7. Many parents do not let their children fast during Ramadhan [young children]. This is something counter productive to a child. By allowing him to fast he will grow up to know he must do this act.
8. Many people don't take advantage of making D’ua before they break their fast. This is one of the three times when Allah accepts a person's dua.
9. Some people believe you cannot eat until the Muaz'zin is done calling the Maghrib Azhan. This is incorrect, as soon as he starts a person can break their fast.
10. Many sisters believe they cannot use Hennah while fasting. This is incorrect, they are allowed to use it during Ramadhan
11. Some people make the Fajr Adhan early. They do this so people will stop eating before Fajr and not invalidate their fast. This is wrong and something we should not do.
12. Some people make the Maghrib Adhan late. They do this so people will start eating late, just incase Maghrib has not come in yet. This too is wrong and we should not do this.
13. Making Suhoor way before Fajr. Some people eat Suhoor a few hours after Taraweh or Isha Salah, this is wrong. It should be eaten closer to the time of Fajr.
14. Most people begin to worry about eating more then actually fasting. This also goes along with spending tons of money on Iftars even though a person does not need to eat that much food.
15. Many people don't think you pray Tarawih on the first night of Ramadhan. They believe you pray it after the first day you actually fast. They forget that the Islamic calendar runs on the moon, maghrib is the start of the new day.
16. Many people believe if you eat or drink on accident this breaks your fast. This is false, if you do this on accident then you continue fasting and do not need to make up the day. But if you intentionally ear or drink something then you have broken your fast.
17. Many people believe you cannot have intercourse with your spouse during the whole month of Ramadhan. This is false, you cannot do this only during the times when you are fasting. Between Maghrib and Fajr it is permissible to do.
18. Many women believe that if their period has just ended and they did not make Ghusl (Bath), they cannot fast that day [considering their period ended at night, and they went to bed without Ghusl, waking up without having a chance to make it]. This is incorrect, if a women has not made Ghusl she can still fast.
19. Many men believe that if he has had intercourse with his wife and did not make Ghusl [similar to the above] then he cannot fast the next morning. This is also incorrect, for he can fast even if he has not made Ghusl.
20. Many people who are not able to make I’tikaf at the masjid. We should take advantage of our good health and spend lots of time at the Masjid, especially the last 10 days of Ramadhan.

Islamic Speech (Urdu)

Maulana Tariq Jameel Speech
Sab Sy Bara Zalim (Part A & B)