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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Advice on exerting oneself in worship throughout Ramadan

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Question:
What is your advice to people regarding the month of Ramadan, given that they exert themselves in worship at the beginning of the month, then slacken off, even though the virtue of the month is in its end, which is more emphatic, with the last ten days, i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque), and Laylat al-Qadr (the Night of Decree)?

Answer:
A Muslim does not get tired of good; he exerts himself in the first, middle, and last parts of the month. Even if it is only one month out of eleven, a person should make use of this month, and its end is better than its beginning. How can a person waste it? And in the hadith:
for Allah does not get tired (of giving reward) but you get tired.إن الله لا يمل حتى تملوا
Sunan Ibn Majah 4241Hasan (Darussalam)
. So the one who gets tired of good, Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) gets tired of him, and He does not give him the reward of the one who persists in good. The one who continues obedience becomes the loser, and the deficiency is upon him.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-17-الصيام أحكامه وفضائله|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:15:14)

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