9 Ramadan Workbook
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Year 7 - 9 In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful My Name is My Lord Increase me in Knowledge The sighting of the new moon is the beginning of Assalamu-alaykum, Oh the month of Ramadhan! I’m so excited and its all because of my mum! She was in the kitchen all weekend, cooking the mince and making samosas. No not just five As I look searchingly into the sky or six samosas but what I look for a sign from Allah the most high looked like hundreds of People think I'm crazy sitting in this cold them. But I quest for something more precious than gold I asked my mum what the special occasion was and Ramadhan is the month in which the she said Ramadhan is Qur’an was revealed to prophet coming very soon and I Muhammad . Muslims are am making preparations commanded to fast during this month for it. and do many good deeds. Amina asked my mum who It is such a special month that if we do a good is Ramadhan and my mum deed, we will be rewarded many times more for just laughed. it. To make it easier, Allah has chained the Shayateen so that they can not influence us into She said, Ramadhan is bad things. a special time in which Muslims don't eat and In this month, Allah opens the doors of drink during the day. mercy and forgiveness. Allah invites us to We do this fasting for repent so that He can forgive us all. a whole month! At night time, we have special prayers — Amina and I were so Tarawih — which we don't perform any other excited and decided that time of the year. In this month there is a we are going to fast as special night called Laila tul Qadr which is more well. My Mum said, “You superior than a thousand months. will need to make preparations as well and only then can you fast.” It sounds so much fun, I hope you will be able to fast with us. PagePage 1 Prophet Muhammad was forty years old. He would often go away for a few days to the mountains near Makkah and spend time alone. He would think about the world around him. His wife, Khadija would prepare some food for the few days he was away. One night, the Prophet was in a cave (Hira) near the outskirts of Makkah. The angel Jibrael appeared to him in the form of a man and commanded him "Iqra" which means read! The Prophet was shocked to see this person in the cave. Muhammad was unlettered, which means he could not read or write so he replied, "I can not read." Assalamu-alaykum, The angel squeezed the Prophet very hard and again sometimes we might commanded "Iqra". The Prophet again replied to the find things difficult angel, " I can not read". but we must still keep going and keep trying The angel squeezed him very hard a second time and our hardest. This commanded him “Iqra”. Again the Prophet gave the might be in fasting or same reply. The angel squeezed the Prophet for a in our school work. If third time and this time recited five verses, which were we keep trying hard, the first verses of the Holy Qur’an to be revealed. The Allah makes things Prophet repeated the words after the angel. easier for us and The Prophet was terrified and he ran home and told makes us into better his wife. people. After that they went to Waraqah, a learned man, who confirmed that this was an angel that had brought a divine message to Muhammad . It was on this night in Ramadan that the Prophet got revelation. It was also the first time he had seen the angel Jibrael. The Prophet continued to get verses from Allah over the next twenty-three years. These verses are the Qur’an which we have with us today. PagePage 22 Allah Ramadhan Month Quran Forgive Mercy Lailatul-Qadr Muhammad Forty Jibrael Iqra Fasting Wahi Tarawih It’s time to get in, the Ramadhan zone. Switch off the tech, switch off the phone. Do some Zikr, read some Qur’an. Pray some Nafl, build your Iman. The phone is really just a distraction. So switch it off, it’s time for action! Honour your parents, please take heed, - respect and kindness, it’s all they need. Pray salah and tarawih, every day be kind and just— it’s the only way Stop all bad things and do good deeds ask for forgiveness and remove the ‘weeds’ It’s time for charity, yes give it away. For the sick and needy, we need to pray. Have you the guts, to ban the phone And always be in, the Ramadhan Zone? Page 3 The Islamic One Lunar Month calendar is One Lunar is the time taken for based on the Month takes 29 the moon to complete to 30 days to Lunar calendar one Cycle complete The Lunar year Allah made the moon so is shorter than that we can The Islamic month the solar year by differentiate between starts with the sight- the different months about ten days ing of the new moon on the Islamic calendar The first year of the One Solar year is The Islamic Hijri calendar is when equal to’ one cycle of calendar has the Prophet did the the sun’ which is 12 lunar Hijra from Makkah to approx 365 days months Yathrib. Page 4 THE HIJRI CALENDAR RABI AL RABI AL MUHARRAM SAFAR AWWAL THANI JAMADA JAMADA SHA’BAN AL AWWAL AL THANI RAJAB DHUL DHUL RAMADHAN SHAWWAL QA’DAH HIJJAH PagePage 5 Abu Hurairah narrates: When the month of Ramadhan enters, the shayateen are chained, the doors of paradise are opened and the The first part of the month is doors of hell are locked. linked to mercy, the second to forgiveness and the third to salvation. Each deed of the son of Adam is multiplied. One deed is multiplied In another narration it is between 10 and 700 mentioned that Allah sets times. Allah says, except free many thousands of for fasting because this people from the fire of is for me and I will give hell. He does this every the reward myself. night of Ramadhan. The smell from the mouth of Qur’an and fasting will a fasting person is more intercede for a servant. fragrant in the eyes of Allah Fasting will say, “ O than the smell of musk. Lord! I stopped him from drink, food and desires during the day. So grant When you perform a Nafl me the opportunity to act in Ramadhan you are intercede for him. rewarded with that of a fardh. When we perform a Fardh act, it is multiplied seventy times. Whoever fills the stomach of a fasting person, Allah will give Whoever gives food to a him water from the fasting person to break the Hawz-e-Kawthar. fast, his sins will be Whoever drinks from forgiven and he will be this water will never saved from the fire. Even feel thirsty until he if its a sip of water, milk or enters paradise. a date. Page 6 Page 6 The first third of Ramadhan is mercy The second third of Ramadhan is forgiveness. We seek Allah’s forgiveness and repent for our bad actions The final third of Ramadhan is salvation from the fire of hell. Page 7 WELCOMING Ahlan wa Sahlan Ya Ramadhan Muslims all over the world welcome Ramadhan. The special month that brings us blessings and happiness. I’m so excited that its Ramadhan because… PagePage 87 Fasting in the Month of Ramadhan is the fourth Pillar of Islam. It is an important part of Islam and is compulsory on Muslims to fast WHAT IS WHAT SOME FASTING? BREAKS THE BENEFITS OF No eating or drinking during the hours of daylight (before FAST? FASTING ARE: The fast is broken if we eat * Whilst fasting, we Fajr til Magrib). or drink whilst we are appreciate food and drink To also refrain from all bad fasting. more and understand how deeds during this same time people with no food feel. such as lying, cheating, (If we forgetfully eat or swearing, backbiting and drink our fast does not * The stomach gets a rest fighting. break.) from a whole years work. * Improves patience and willpower. ACTIONS TO WHO * Reminds us that Allah is AVOID? SHOULD always watching. To avoid all bad and negative * Gives us reward and takes FAST? behaviour. Even getting us towards Jannah. All Muslims, male and angry, arguing and bad female, must fast. language should be avoided. Some people don't need to ACTIONS IN fast: RAMADHAN: WHY DO WE (1) Ill people Whilst fasting we should do FAST (2) Very old people who can’t as many good deeds as we fast There are many benefits of can. We should read more fasting to our health and well (3) Travellers Qur’an, be regular in our -being. The reason we fast is prayers and be kind and (4) Young children (can keep so that we gain Taqwah and helpful to our teachers, a half fast until they are old patience. We become better, elders and parents. sincere and pious Muslims. enough to keep a full fast) Page 9 Assalamu-alaykum, again my friends. Amina was so excited last night that she couldn’t get to sleep. She asked mum to tell us a bedtime story to help her sleep.