Turning back to sins after Ramadān:
One of the Salaf was asked about a people who worship Allāh in Ramadān, safeguarding the obligatory prayers and safeguarding the obligations in the month of Ramadān.
However, when Ramadān departs they forsake these things and neglect them.
So he said,
“How evil are a people who do not know Allāh except in Ramadān.”
It is obligatory upon the Muslim to be conscious of Allāh and to constantly obey Him, inside of Ramadān and outside of it; and this is the meaning of the Saying of Allāh,
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
"O you who believe, fasting has been prescribed for you like it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may attain piety.” [Sūrah al-Baqarah: 183]
This means that through this noble month and through your adherence to the obedience of Allāh you obtain the fear of Allāh [تبارك وتعالى]. This is why the month of Ramadān is a huge opportunity to attain the provisions of piety by way of this month.
Allāh said,
وَتَزَوَّدُوا فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الزَّادِ التَّقْوَىٰ
"And take a provision (with you) for the journey, but the best provisions is piety." [Sūrah al-Baqarah: 197]
And Allāh said,
إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ
"Verily, the most honorable of you with Allāh are those from you with the most piety." [Sūrah al-Hujurāt:13]
So we have a precious opportunity in this noble month to prepare for our journey with the provision of piety and to graduate from the school of Ramadān as people who fear Allāh [تبارك وتعالى], who are accustomed to adhering to the obedience of Allaah and fulfilling his commands.
Verily, you are astonished with sheer amazement at many people when the month of Ramadān arrives they fill the Masājid and safeguard the prayers. Then when Ramadān departs, they forsake this or they forsake most it.
You find at certain times such as the Fajr prayer that the first row is not full. However, if you attend the Fajr prayer in the days of Ramadān you will find two or three rows.
Were these individuals dead and only came to life in Ramadān, were they traveling and they returned in the month of Ramadān, or what? Is it that they do not observe the Fajr prayer in congregation except in Ramadān? Where are they from observing this worship in all of the months [of the year]?
That is why we say that this is an opportunity for the one whom Allāh has honored and blessed to safeguard the prayer, and their soul has moved towards obedience and worship and they have tasted the sweetness of this month of Ramadān to continue upon this throughout their whole life.
So that they can benefit from this noble month and blessed season in order to actualize the meaning of this verse,
كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
“Fasting has been prescribed for you like it was prescribed for those who came before you so that you may attain piety."
Perhaps you may fear Allāh [عزوجل] through the obedience you carry out and the worship you perform in this noble season.
Based upon this, Ramadān is a blessed and illustrious educational school where the pious believers graduate and in which the believers acquire the greatest provision, which continues with them for their entire life and all of their days.
Yet, many people do not benefit from this school - the school of Ramadān - as this distinguished period of time passes them by and they live during this term like a dull-witted student in his school who graduates but fails to benefit.
On the other hand the serious eager believer enters this blessed school and takes educational lessons of faith, which remain with him for his whole life.
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