The following are some activities that deprive one full reward in the holy month of Ramadan.
They are as follows:
The First Thief – اللص الاول:
التلفزيون: لص خطير يفسد صيام الناس وينقص الأجر بسبب المسلسلات والبرامج التافهة والسهرات الماجنة.
The Television – a dangerous thief which corrupts the fast of a person and reduces the reward due to worthless series and programs and shameless shows.
The Second Thief – اللص الثاني:
الاسواق: لص متخصص في هدر المال والوقت بلا حساب للتغلب عليه حدد هدفك قبل الذهاب.
The Market – a thief which specializes in spending money and time uselessly without reckoning.
In order to overcome it, define your goal (for shopping) [i.e., make a list] before going.
The Third Thief – اللص الثالث
السهر : سارق أغلى الاوقات يحرمك من التهجد والإستغفار في الثلث الاخير.
Staying up late for entertainment: it steals the most valuable time and prevents you from Tahajjud and seeking forgiveness in the last third of the night.
The Fourth Thief – اللص الرابع :
المطبخ : وخاصة النساء تقضي وقتا طويلا لتحضير أطباق كثيرة لا تكاد تختلف عن بعضها إلا لحظة مرورها بالفم وقد يلقى الكثير منها في القمامة.
The Kitchen – Specially for the women who spend long hours preparing many dishes that are almost indistinct from one another except the moment that they are eaten and much of it is thrown into the garbage.
The Fifth Thief – اللص الخامس
الهاتف: طول المكالمات وما يترتب عليها من ذنوب :غيبة-نميمة -قيل وقال وإفشاء الأسرار.
The Telephone – long conversations and what results from them of sins: backbiting and slander, he say/she say and spreading secrets.
The Sixth Thief – اللص السادس
البخل يحرمك أجر وثواب الصدقة التي تقي من النار وخاصة صدقة شهر رمضان.
Miserliness – which will prevent you from the rewards and remuneration of charity that protects from the Fire, especially the charity in the month of Ramadān.
The Seventh Thief – اللص السابع
المجالس الخالية من ذكر اللّه والتي تكون حسرة على أصحابها يوم القيامة.
Gatherings – which are void of the remembrance of Allāh and which will be a cause for sorrow for their companions on the Day of Judgement.
The Final One, the Ring Leader of Thieves – وأخيرا كبير اللصوص
*وسائل التواصل* *الاجتماعي إن لم تستغل فيما يرضي اللّه*.
Social Media – which is randomly utilized in what pleases Allāh.
فالبدار البدار والهمة الهمة ، فما هي إلا أيام معدودات، ونستقبل ذلك الضيف الذي انتظرناه بلهف، والذي كان الكثيرون يتحسرون ويتمنون أن يسعدوا به، ولكن المنايا اخترمتهم، رحمهم الله تعالى.
So hurry, quick and have lofty ambitions about ebaadah in this holy month. It is nothing but a limited number of days and we will welcome that guest that we have been eagerly waiting for, that which many were compassionate about and were hopeful to be made joyful by it but destiny carried them away, may Allāh the Most High have mercy on them.
وفقنا اللّه لاستثمار الشهر الكريم واستغلاله فيما يحبه ربنا ويرضاه، ووفقني وإياكم لكل ما يحبه ويرضاه.
May Allāh grant us success to reap the fruits of this noble month and spend it in doing what our Lord loves and is pleased with. And may He grant me and you success with everything He loves and is pleased with.Aameen.
اللهم بالغنا شهر رمضان المبارك، آمين.
O Allaah, make us reach Ramadhaan, Aameen.
