يا أيُّها الصائمونَ أبشِروا بوعدِ اللهِ الذي وعدَكم، فلا يخلفُ في وعدِهِ ﴿إنَّ اللهَ لا يُخلفُ الميعادَ﴾ لأنَّ الكذبَ مستحيلٌ عليهِ. أبشروا فإن صيامَكم مضاعفٌ أجرُه، وإنَّ لكم فرحةً يومَ لقاءِ ربِّكم حينَ تجدونَ أعمالَكم، حين تجدونَ ثوابَ صيامِكم مدَّخرًا لكم أحوجَ ما تكونونَ إليه. أبشِروا بفضلِ اللهِ وكرمهِ وجودهِ، أبشروا بهذا الفضلِ العظيمِ والعطاءِ الجزيلِ من ربِّ العالمينَ واشكروا اللهَ على مزيدِ فضلهِ وإنعامهِ.
O those who fast, take the glad tidings of Allah’s Promise that He promised you, for He does not break His promise, as He said in His Book. This is because lying is impossible to ascribe to Him. Congratulations! Indeed, your fast’s reward is multiplied! And you will have a delight on the day of encountering your Lord’s Reward when you find your deeds; when you find the reward of your fasting stored away for you - when you are in greatest need of it. Congratulations on getting Allah’s Bounty and Generosity and Giving! Congratulations for this great generosity and plentiful giving from the Lord of the Worlds! And thank Allah for His abundant generosity and endowing!
فقد وردَ في الحديثِ القدسيِّ الذي أخرجَهُ البخاريُّ عن أبي هريرةَ رضيَ اللهُ عنهُ أنَّ رسولَ اللهِ صلى اللهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ قالَ قالَ اللهُ تعالى:
It came in the qudsiyy hadith that was narrated by Al-Bukhariyy from the route of Abu Hurayrah - may Allah accept his deeds - that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
"كلُّ عملِ ابنِ ءادمَ يُضاعَفُ، الحسنةُ بعَشرِ أمثالِها إلى سَبِعمائةِ ضِعفٍ إلا الصومَ فإنَّهُ لي وأنا أجزي بهِ، يدَعُ طعامَهُ وشَهوتَهُ من أجلي للصائمِ فرحتانِ فرحةٌ عندَ فِطرهِ وفرحةٌ عندَ لقاءَ ربِّهِ ولَخُلُوفُ فمِ الصائمِ أطيبُ عندَ اللهِ مِنْ ريحِ المسكِ، الصَّومُ جُنَّةٌ".
“Every good deed of the son of Adam is multiplied; one good deed is multiplied from 10 to 700 times - except fasting, for surely, that is usually done only for My Sake, and I reward generously for it. He puts his food and his desires to the side for My Sake. The fasting person has two delights: a delight upon breaking his fast, and a delight when he meets the judgment of his Lord, and indeed, the fasting person’s changed breath is more fragrant to Allah than the smell of musk. Fasting is a shield.”
أما فرحُهُ في الدنيا عندَ فطرهِ عندما يستكملُ صيامَ اليومِ لعودةِ قوتهِ إليهِ فيفرحُ بنعمتينِ: نعمةِ اللهِ عليهِ بالصيامِ أنَّ اللهَ وفّقَهُ فصامَ هذا اليومَ، ونعمتِهِ عليهِ لتناولِ الطيّباتِ التي أحلّها اللهُ بإباحةِ الأكلِ والشرابِ والنكاحِ.
As for his delight in the earthly life upon breaking his fast for completing that day so that his strength would return, he will be delighted by two endowments: Allah’s endowing the fasting upon him; that Allah gave him the Divine Success to fast this day, and His endowment upon him by enabling him to consume the good that Allah made lawful for him by allowing him to eat, drink, and have sexual intercourse.
وأما الفرحةُ الثانيةُ عندَ لقاءِ ربِّهِ في الآخرةِ عندَ الحسابِ عندما يُكلمُ اللهُ العبادَ بكلامِهِ ويسألُهم عن أعمالِهم بكلامهِ الذي ليسَ حرفًا ولا صوتًا وليسَ شرطًا أن يكونَ هذا الصائمُ تقيًّا لكن يشترطُ أن يكونَ صومُه صحيحًا متجنبًا لِما يُذهبُ ثوابَ الصيامِ فيَفرحُ بما يجدُه منَ النعيمِ المقيمِ في دارِ السلامِ، يومَ يُدعى الصائمونَ مِنْ أحدِ أبوابِ الجنةِ المخصَّصِ للصائمينَ يقالُ لهُ: الريانُ، يُنادى: أينَ الصائمونَ؟ فإذا دخلوا أُغلِقَ ذلكَ البابُ، فلم يَدخلْ معهم غيرُهم.
As for the second delight, when encountering the judgment of his Lord in the Afterlife upon the Questioning; when Allah speaks to His slaves with His Speech, questioning them about their deeds with His Speech that is neither of letter nor sound- and it is not a condition that this fasting person is pious, rather, it is a condition that his fast would be valid and devoid of what eradicates its reward- he will be delighted about what he finds of the everlasting bliss in the abode of peace. Then, those who fasted will be summoned from one of the gates of Paradise that is especially for those who used to fast. It is called “Ar-Rayyan.” It shall be called out: “Where are those who used to fast?” Then, when they enter, that gate will be sealed, and no one other than them will enter with them.
ففي صحيحِ البخاريِّ عن النبيِّ صلى اللهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ أنّهُ قالَ:
It is reported in Sahih Al-Bukhariyy about the Prophet ﷺ, that he said:
"إنَّ في الجنةِ بابًا يقالُ لهُ الريانُ يدخلُ منهُ الصائمونَ لا يدخلُهُ غيرُهم، فإذا دخلوا أُغلقَ ولم يُفتحْ لغيرِهم".
“Surely, in Paradise, there in a gate; it is called Ar-Rayyan. Those who used to fast enter through it, and other than them do not. Once they enter, it is sealed, and it shall not be opened for other than them.”
وهناكَ الفرحةُ الكبرى والفوزُ العظيمُ حينما يقالُ لهم:
And it is there where shall be the biggest delight and the greatest victory: when it is said to them:
﴿كُلُواْ وَٱشْرَبُواْ هَنِيئَا بِمَا أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ﴾
(سورة الحاقة)
<Eat and drink merrily for what you used to do in the days that have passed.>
(Al-Haqqah)
حينما يجدونَ ثوابَ الصيامِ وهم أحوجُ ما يكونونَ إليهِ،
That is when they find the reward of the fasting when they are most in need of it.
قالَ اللهُ تعالى:
Allah the Exalted said:
﴿يَوْمَ تَجِدُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ مُّحْضَرًا﴾
(سورة ءال عمران)
<The Day when every soul finds what it did of good present.>
(‘Al ^Imran)
وهاتانِ الفرحتانِ مميزتانِ وهي حصيلةُ الاحتسابِ والصبرِ والطاعةِ للهِ طوالَ يومِ معاناةٍ وحبسٍ للنفسِ عَنِ الشهواتِ للهِ ربِّ العالمينَ.
And these two delights are both distinct, and it is the result relying on Allah for reward, and patience and obedience to Allah throughout the entire day of hardship, and detaining the self from the desires for the sake of the Lord of the Worlds.
ثم تأمَّلْ قولَهُ صلى اللهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ المذكورَ ءانفا: "فرحةٌ عندَ لقاءِ ربِّهِ" أولًا قالَ: فرحةٌ وهذهِ كما في لسانِ العربِ نكرةٌ تدلُّ على أنها فرحةٌ كبيرةٌ، وأنها فرحةٌ قد بلغتْ غايةَ الفرحةِ ونهايتَها ."فرحةٌ عندَ لقاءِ ربِّهِ" وما حَمَلَ العبدُ في الدنيا همًّا ولا غمًّا ولا كربًا أعظمَ مِن هم وغم الوقوفِ بينَ يدي اللهِ فإذا الصائمَ بين يدي اللهِ في فرحةٍ، وأنهُ يجدُ الفرحةَ أحوجَ مما يحتاجُ إليها يومَ يقومُ الناسُ لربِّ العالمينَ. فيومَ القيامةِ يقومُ الناسُ من قبورِهم لأمرِ اللهِ تعالى وجزائهِ، نسألُ اللهَ المسامحةَ والسترَ فضلًا منه تعالى وكرمًا.
Furthermore, ponder on the aforementioned saying of the Prophet ﷺ: “A delight upon encountering the judgment of his Lord.” Firstly, he said: “a farhah (delight; happiness).” This, as mentioned in the dictionary “Lisan Al-^Arab,” is indefinite, and this indicates that it is a big delight; a delight that has reached the extent of delightfulness.
“A delight upon encountering the judgment of his Lord”; in the earthly life, the believing slave did not carry a burden of worry nor of distress more than his worry and distress about standing to be judged by Allah. Then, behold! The fasting person will find himself being judged while he is delighted. He finds the delight when he was most in need of it, on the day when the people stand for the Lord of the Worlds. On Judgment Day, the people will stand from their graves, for Allah’s Command and His Recompense. We ask Allah for the pardon and to not be exposed, out of His Generosity and Nobility!
روى البخاريُّ في صحيحهِ عن عبدِ اللهِ بنِ عمرَ رضيَ اللهُ عنهما أنَّ النبيَّ صلى اللهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ قالَ: ﴿يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ العَالمِيْنَ (6)﴾ (سورة المطففين)" حتى يغيبَ أحدُهم في رَشحِهِ إلى أنصافِ أذنيهِ". والرشحُ: العرقُ.
Al-Bukhariyy narrated in his Sahih from ^Abdullah Ibn ^Umar - may Allah accept his and his father’s deeds - that the Prophet ﷺ said about the sixth verse of Surat Al-Mutaffifin, which means: <The Day when the people stand for the Lord of the Worlds>: “Until one would disappear in his own perspiration, up to the middle of his ears”. Perspiration is sweat.
ومِنْ هنا يستبشرُ وهو يقرّبُ فطورَهُ بعاجلِ الفرحةِ التي تُذكرُهُ بالفرحةِ العظمى عندَ لقاءِ اللهِ، فلا يملكُ عندَ فطرهِ إلا أنْ يلهجَ بالدعاءِ لربِّهِ أنْ يُنجّيَهُ في ءاخرتهِ وأن يُتممَ له تلكَ الفرحةَ في موقفِهِ بين يدي ربِّهِ.فالصائمُ دعوتُهُ لا تردُّ عندَ فطرهِ، فهي ساعةُ رحمةٍ. فنسألُ اللهَ بعزتهِ وجلالهِ أَنْ يجعلَ لنا ولكم أوفرَ الحظِّ والنصيبِ منها، فإذا حزنَ الناسُ يومَ الحزنِ فرحَ الصائمونَ، وإذا أصابَ السوءُ الناسَ يومَ المساءلةِ يومَ يقومُ الناسُ لربِّ العالمين وجد الصائمُ الإحسانَ من ربِّهِ.
From here, one takes the good news: He takes his food to break his fast, for the early delight that occurs in the earthly life, which reminds him of the greater delight when he encounters the judgment of His Lord. So, one cannot hold himself back when breaking his fast from fondly making supplication to his Lord to save him in his Afterlife, and that his Lord completes for him that delight when he is at his station being judged by his Lord. The fasting person has a supplication that is not rejected when he breaks his fast, so that is a moment of mercy. We ask Allah to make for us and for you the most abundant share of it. And when the people are sad on that day of sadness, those who used to fast will be happy. And when objectionable things affect the people on that day of questioning, that day when the people stand for the Lord of the Worlds, the fasting person will find the generosity from his Lord.
اللّهُمَّ إنَّا دعَوْناكَ فاستجبْ لنا دعاءَنا
O Allah! Surely, we have called upon You, so answer our call!
فاغفرِ اللّهُمَّ لنا ذنوبَنا وإسرافَنا في أمرِنا
Forgive for us, O Allah, our sins and our transgressing in our affair!
اللّهُمَّ اغفِرْ للمؤمنينَ والمؤمناتِ الأحياءِ منهُمْ والأمواتِ
O Allah! Forgive the Believers, male and female, living and dead!
اللّهُمَّ استرْ عَوراتِنا وءامِنْ روعاتِنا واكفِنا مَا أَهمَّنا
O Allah! Cover our defects, and make us safe from what we fear, and suffice us from what worries us!