Book Name:Zoq e Ramzan Barqarar Rakhy
Imam Abū al-Qāsim al-Qushayrī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه writes:
“A prophet عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام was passing by an area when he saw a small rock from which water was flowing continually. A gushing spring from a mountain is considered normal, but water flowing constantly from a small rock was unusual. When the prophet عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام expressed his amazement at this, Allah granted the rock the ability to speak, and it said, ‘O prophet of Allah, I have been crying due to the fear of Allah ever since I have come to know that humans and rocks are the fuel of the Fire. The water you see is not normal water, these are my tears.’
Hearing these pained words of the rock, the prophet عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام raised his hands out of compassion, and made supplicated, ‘O Allah! Protect this rock from the fire of Hell!’ His prayer was instantly answered by Allah and revelation was sent stipulating, ‘We have freed this rock from the fire of Hell.’
The prophet عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام gave this good news of salvation to the rock and departed. On his return, he witnessed that water was still flowing from the rock, so he asked, ‘You have received glad tidings of salvation from Hell, what is the matter now? Why do you weep now?’
The rock replied, ‘ذٰلِکَ کَانَ بُکَاءَ الْخَوْفِ وَ ہٰذَا بُکَاءُ الشُّکْرِ – meaning, that was crying due to the fear of Allah, and this is crying out of gratitude.’”[1]
Dear Islamic brothers! By the grace of Allah, we were blessed with the auspicious month of Ramadan. Although none of us can be certain of having attained forgiveness, we were blessed with a great means of