“Ramadan… and the Absent Religious Awareness!”
This article was translated using artificial intelligence and the original language of the article is Arabic.
Ramadan, the month of goodness and obedience, we see and exchange daily dozens of messages that remind us of good deeds at a time when supplications, invocations, and guidance abound. However, there remains a great and deep demand related to the right of God Almighty and then the rights of people. Among the most important of these rights is the right of relatives and kinship, which is considered one of the most important righteous deeds for a Muslim and reflects the true essence of Islam. We must ponder and reflect on the words of God Almighty: {Our Lord, give us in this world [that which is] good and in the Hereafter [that which is] good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire}.. My question is, are good deeds limited only to acts of worship such as prayer and fasting and the eagerness of some to give charity in Ramadan, while there are those who practice injustice against relatives, consume the money of orphans, and abuse the weak and minors in the family? Does the Umrah that some are keen on atone for severing kinship and consuming the rights of relatives? Therefore, Ramadan is a month of lessons in a seasonal station of the year in which we must reconsider many of our actions, and we must make these acts of obedience continuous throughout the months of the year, for continuous work, even if it is little, is better than a lot that is interrupted.
I am surprised by a supplication that some repeat, which is (O God, whatever rights I have neglected to fulfill, forgive me, and whatever rights Your servants have upon me, bear it for me), and I would like to emphasize that righteous deeds are not complete while there is a right that has been swallowed and injustice that has occurred and money of an orphan that has been taken, so its impact is very great and its consequences are dire, no matter how Satan adorns for those involved in these sins their deeds.
I would like to focus on an important matter that is widespread and relates to inheritance, which I hope that the heirs will take into account in all circumstances and cases the knowledge of the concept of the deceased’s will, which has many disputes and may lead to its non-implementation, and this is something that angers God and is considered a form of disobedience to the deceased after his departure, and in that, the heirs must initiate the payment of the deceased’s debts, and this is the most important thing that the heirs must do after the departure of their father or mother, then implement the will if it exists, provided that it is a third of the inheritance after paying the debt, and this is a legitimate matter mentioned in the texts, and I am surprised by those who stand at the gates of the courts to demand rights that are not theirs, and in one of the sayings, the inheritance is cursed if it is mixed with injustice, for it spreads in the money like fire in dry grass.. And there are great consequences and repercussions even in reducing the weight, so how if the money reaches theft and eating the right?!
Therefore, I hope that Muslims will not wait for Ramadan only to ask for forgiveness, for God at all times extends His hands to the repentant and seeker of forgiveness, so fear God in the money of the orphan and in kinship and the right of minors and the weak and remember the great verse {What you have will end, and what is with Allah is lasting}.
May God bless and grant peace to our master and intercessor Muhammad, may the best prayers and peace be upon him as the night and day alternate.
