He asks: Why do many disbelievers become Muslim during the day in Ramadan or in the month of Ramadan, then they pray, and then they become disbelievers after its end and leave off the prayer? I hope that there is no harshness in this question toward the listeners of your noble program.
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The questioner : He asks: Why do many disbelievers become Muslim during the day in Ramadan or in the month of Ramadan, then they pray, and then they become disbelievers after its end and leave off the prayer? I hope that there is no harshness in this question toward the listeners of your noble program?
The Shaykh : They become Muslim during the day in Ramadan?
The questioner : They become Muslim in the month of Ramadan.
The Shaykh : In the month of Ramadan.
The questioner : So they pray, and when Ramadan ends, they become disbelievers after its end and leave off the prayer.
The Shaykh : Perhaps he means by Islam here not the Islam of the disbeliever, but the rectification of the state of some Muslims.
The questioner : No, because is a person considered a Muslim if he leaves off the prayer?
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : So his question is correct in this case, because he asks why many disbelievers become Muslim in Ramadan and then pray.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : Yes, they pray.
The Shaykh : So perhaps these people who become Muslim after disbelief during the day in Ramadan find among the Muslims an activity in this month, a noticeable and clear activity. And the human being, by his innate disposition, becomes active with the active and lazy with the lazy.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : For this reason, worship in the days of the estrangement of the religion carries for the one who performs it the reward of fifty of the Companions, due to the fewness of those who support him, help him, and strengthen his back. So perhaps these people who become Muslim in the month of Ramadan see this extra activity and desire Islam. Then, when Ramadan ends, as is the custom of the Muslims—and I say this with regret—they slacken in their activity in the worship of Allah. So these people return to their disbelief, just as these active Muslims returned to their laziness and lack of activity in the obedience of Allah.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : They become Muslim during the day in Ramadan?
The questioner : They become Muslim in the month of Ramadan.
The Shaykh : In the month of Ramadan.
The questioner : So they pray, and when Ramadan ends, they become disbelievers after its end and leave off the prayer.
The Shaykh : Perhaps he means by Islam here not the Islam of the disbeliever, but the rectification of the state of some Muslims.
The questioner : No, because is a person considered a Muslim if he leaves off the prayer?
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : So his question is correct in this case, because he asks why many disbelievers become Muslim in Ramadan and then pray.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : Yes, they pray.
The Shaykh : So perhaps these people who become Muslim after disbelief during the day in Ramadan find among the Muslims an activity in this month, a noticeable and clear activity. And the human being, by his innate disposition, becomes active with the active and lazy with the lazy.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : For this reason, worship in the days of the estrangement of the religion carries for the one who performs it the reward of fifty of the Companions, due to the fewness of those who support him, help him, and strengthen his back. So perhaps these people who become Muslim in the month of Ramadan see this extra activity and desire Islam. Then, when Ramadan ends, as is the custom of the Muslims—and I say this with regret—they slacken in their activity in the worship of Allah. So these people return to their disbelief, just as these active Muslims returned to their laziness and lack of activity in the obedience of Allah.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.