Ramadan The Month Of Relief | Introduction | With: Mufti Abdul Wahab Waheed

Ramadan: The Month of Relief — Introduction

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

Dear brothers and sisters, every single year when the calendar flips its pages and it finally comes and reaches the blessed month of Ramadan, many things go through our minds as Muslims. For many of us we think of mercy, we think of forgiveness, we think of Taraweeh, we think of Qiyamul Layl, we think of fasting, we think of Taqwa, and all of these thoughts are crossing our minds.

One of the things that crossed my mind this year as I was preparing myself for Ramadan and going over the pages the Salafus Saliheen have written about the month of Ramadan — one specific quality that caught my mind is that the month of Ramadan, dear brothers and sisters, has always been a month of relief, peace, and victory for the Muslims.

A Month Chosen for Special Occasions

When I mean relief and peace and victory, I mean that in the month of Ramadan there's a specialty to the fabric of the month of Ramadan that Allah has chosen — many of the special occasions to take place in the month of Ramadan. Relief, victory, peace to the Muslims. These events, one upon the other, have piled up to take place in the month of Ramadan. In other words, the month of Ramadan, dear brothers and sisters, has always been a month of victory for the Muslims.

Victory Over the Nafs

What I mean by that is that the month of Ramadan is a month of victory for us over our own nafs. It's a month that we become victorious and successful over the qualities that have been hoarding us and holding us down throughout the entire year. They have been pushing us down — now we get on top, and we learn how to defeat those negative qualities in our lives and how to defeat our nafs.

This is a month that we learn how to leave our bad habits, and a month in which we learn how to bring in new habits into our lives.

About This Series

So insha'Allah, in this small series that will continue throughout the month of Ramadan, I will go over different moments within our rich Islamic history from which I will show examples on how the month of Ramadan has always been a month of true peace, relief, and victory for the Muslims. Since the time the Prophet ﷺ came until today, we find this to be true.

So if I'm struggling with something in my life — whether it be with my family, my parents, my children, my spouse — let's find relief in the month of Ramadan by learning how to overcome all of those negativities in our lives by bringing positive things into our life. And the way that is done is by bringing more a'mal into our life. Hopefully you can tune in and watch these simple two-minute videos and you can learn and see how the month of Ramadan has always been a special moment for the Muslims. Insha'Allah.