موقع نبي الرحمة

By: Amena Jacobs

A very special month is coming up for Muslims around the world. Very soon the month of Ramadan will be upon us. I know some of you are thinking what is Ramadan? I've heard of it before but don't quite know what it means. Ramadan is the 9th lunar month of the Islamic Calendar. However that is not all it is, it is also a very special month because we fast the entire month from sunrise to sunset. So, keep reading as I'm going to explain Ramadan and its significance, history and our manner of fasting.

Even as boy, Muhammad (peace be upon him) was concerned about his fellow men. One day a trader from Yemen had his goods stolen by a group of wicked Makkans. The trader called out for help, but no one came forth. So the trader wrote a poem that made fun of the Makkans' bad behaviour, and recited it out loud in public for all to hear. When Zubayr, one of Muhammad's (peace be upon him) uncles, heard this poem, he felt ashamed.

  He was very kind and understanding with little children in an age when people thought the whip was the best way to bring them up. He used to joke with them, put the little ones on his knee and kiss them. He loves his two grandsons, Hassan and Husayn, with deep paternal devotion. When they were very young, they used to climb over his back while he was praying, and he would either carry them and continue to pray or put them down gently and continue his prayers.

After the initial Muslim victories that liberated people from the tyranny of tribal warlords and the oppression of Roman and Persian occupation, Islam rapidly spread eastward to China, westward to Spain and deep into Africa. This phenomenon was not due to further military conquest, but to the exemplary personalities of energetic Muslims who traveled to their lands as tradesmen, workers and educators. In those early centuries of Islam, the Prophet's Sunnah was the unmistakable model of conduct which formed a Muslim's character.