Your advice to those who spend Ramadan staying up late, playing, and doing other such things?
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Question:
In a few days, the noble month of Ramadan will arrive, if Allah wills. So what do you advise some of the young people who want to spend it staying up late and playing cards, and some of whom want to travel abroad? What do you advise them?
Answer:
We advise the young people and those who are not young, men and women alike; we advise everyone to welcome this noble month, Ramadan, by welcoming it with sincere repentance, righteous deeds, and striving to fast it in a complete manner, free from everything Allah has forbidden, and to stand in prayer as Allah has prescribed. They should beware of wasting time in what Allah has forbidden, such as amusements, or in traveling to lands of shirk (associating partners with Allah) and foreign lands, because that is among the causes of falling into major sins and wrongdoings. My advice to everyone, men and women, young and old, is to fear Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) at all times and in every moment, but especially in Ramadan, which is the month of fasting and standing in prayer, the month of recitation, the month of charity, where one feels competition in righteous deeds.
And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) has decreed in it:[Al-Baqarah 2:185] And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding it: Mishkat al-Masabih 1958 The believer, male and female, should do their utmost to preserve their fasting and night prayers from backbiting, talebearing, and other sins. They should occupy their free time and their hours with what benefits them, such as reciting the Qur'an, praying, calling people to Allah, enjoining good and forbidding evil, earning lawful income, cooperating in goodness, and being cautious of everything Allah has forbidden. We ask Allah for success and guidance for everyone, just as we ask Him, the Exalted, to let us and all Muslims reach its fasting and standing in prayer with faith and seeking reward.
In a few days, the noble month of Ramadan will arrive, if Allah wills. So what do you advise some of the young people who want to spend it staying up late and playing cards, and some of whom want to travel abroad? What do you advise them?
Answer:
We advise the young people and those who are not young, men and women alike; we advise everyone to welcome this noble month, Ramadan, by welcoming it with sincere repentance, righteous deeds, and striving to fast it in a complete manner, free from everything Allah has forbidden, and to stand in prayer as Allah has prescribed. They should beware of wasting time in what Allah has forbidden, such as amusements, or in traveling to lands of shirk (associating partners with Allah) and foreign lands, because that is among the causes of falling into major sins and wrongdoings. My advice to everyone, men and women, young and old, is to fear Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) at all times and in every moment, but especially in Ramadan, which is the month of fasting and standing in prayer, the month of recitation, the month of charity, where one feels competition in righteous deeds.
And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) has decreed in it:
The month of Ramadhan [is that] in which was revealed the Qur'an, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion.
شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أُنزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِّنَ الْهُدَىٰ وَالْفُرْقَانِGod's messenger as saying, "He who fasts during Ramadan with faith and seeking his reward from God will have his past sins forgiven; he who prays during the night in Ramadan with faith and seeking his reward from God will have his past sins forgiven
صلى الله عليه وسلم من صام رمضان إيمانا واحتسابا غفر له ما تقدم من ذنبه، ومن قام رمضان إيمانا واحتسابا غفر له ما تقدم من ذنبه
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 112 نصيحتكم لمن يستغل رمضان في السهر واللعب وغيره؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
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