Note: In 1437 (2016 CE) and 1438 (2017 CE), we presented an extensive Ramaḍān series entitled A Clarification of Some Common Doubts and Misconceptions Affiliated with the Month of Ramaḍān. Following on from this series, in 1439 (2018 CE), 1440 (2019 CE) and 1443 (2022 CE), we presented the following errors surrounding Ramaḍan and the day of ʿĪd.
The blessed month of Ramaḍān is a time of worship and performing righteous deeds; however, during this blessed time, numerous errors exist.
As for the errors that some fasting people or Muslims commit during the month of Ramaḍān, then they are…
The illustrious scholar, Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb رحمه الله (d. AH 1206) states in his Kitāb al-Tawhīd:
أَفَأَمِنُوا مَكْرَ اللَّهِ فَلا يَأْمَنُ مَكْرَ اللَّهِ إِلا الْقَوْمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ
Did they then feel secure against the Plan of Allāh. None feels secure from the Plan of Allāh except the people who are the losers.
[Sūrah al-ʾArāf, 7:99]
The noble scholar, Shaykh al-ʿAllāmah Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá al-Najmī رحمه الله (d. AH 1429) comments on this verse:
The people of knowledge mention that the servant is required to be in a state between hope and fear. The servant should neither fee…
