Islamic Exemplary Stories
Angels in Ramadan
Heaven is always decorated and given fragrances from year to year due to the entry of Ramadan. On the first night of Ramadhan, there was a wind from under Arsy called al Mutsirah. Because of this blow of al Mutsirah, the leaves of the trees in heaven swayed and the leaves of the door moved, giving rise to a series of sounds so beautiful. No one or any creature had ever heard such a beautiful sound, so it caught the attention of the observant-eyed angels. They stood on high and said, “Are there any people who propose to God, then God will marry him with us??”
There is no answer and explanation whatsoever, so the angels asked the guardian angel of heaven, “Oh Angel Ridwan, what night is this?”
Angel Ridwan said, “Wahai beautiful angels, tonight is the first night of Ramadan!!”
The angels prayed, “Yes Allah, give us the husbands of Your servants this month!!”
So no one fasts in Ramadan (and fasts) unless Allah will marry them to the angels, later in the tents of heaven.
Then came the cry of Allah's Word, “Oh Ridwan, open the doors of heaven for Muhammad's fasting people this month. O Malik (Angel of the guardians of hell), close the gates of hell for those who fast this month. O Gabriel, come down to the earth, and bind the wicked demons with chains and drive them to the bottom of the deep sea, so that they cannot break (disrupt) the fast of My beloved people, Muhammad!!”
The angels immediately followed God's command. That is why in the month of Ramadan most Muslims are very easy to do good deeds. This is a very difficult thing to do in other months. The disturbance of the devil (from the jinn) and the heat of hell were temporarily dispelled, the cold of heaven full of grace and the love of God overflowing evoked the spirit to continue to worship Him. The enemies that must be faced live the disturbance of Satan in the form of man and lust, which they also have weakened by the obligation of fasting.
On the first night of Ramadan, Allah says, “Whosoever loves Me, I will love him, whosoever seeks Me, I will seek him, and whosoever begs for My forgiveness then I will forgive him for the honor of this Month of Ramadan (and the fast he has observed) !!”
Then God commanded the angel Kiramal Katibin (angels of the record of human practice) to record the good deeds of the three groups of people and to multiply them, and to let (not to record) the evil deeds, even God takes away their former sins.
On every night of the month of Ramadan, Allah will cry out three times, “Whosoever begs, then I will fulfill his request. Whoever returns to Me (Taa-ibin, repentance) then I will take it back (receive repentance). Whoever asks forgiveness (maghfirah) for his sins, then I will forgive him.!!”.
On the night that Allah designated as Lailatul Qadr, Allah ordered Gabriel and the great company of angels to come down to earth. Jibril came down with a green banner which was then placed on the back of Ka’bah. It has 600 wings, two of which are never used except for Lailatul Qadr, whose two wings cover east and west. Then Jibril ordered the angels who followed him to come to the people of Prophet Muhammad SAW. They saluted everyone who was worshipping sitting, standing and lying down, praying and reciting, and various other services that night. They shook hands and guaranteed the prayers of the Prophet Muhammad SAW until dawn.
When dawn had appeared on the eastern horizon, Jibril said, “Oh the angels, return, return!!”
Gabriel said, “Verily Allah looks upon them with a look of compassion, forgiving and forgiving them, except for four kinds of men.!”.
They said, “Who are those four kinds of people?”
Jibril said, “People who like to drink liquor (khamr, alcohol, drugs and the like), people who are disobedient to their parents, people who like to break the relationship, and the messiahins!!”
The angels were quite satisfied with Jibril's explanation and they went back up into the sky, to their respective places and ways of worship as before.
When the Prophet SAW told these things to the Companions, one of them said, “O Messenger of Allah, who are the martyrs?”
Prophet SAW said, “People who like to break brotherhood, that is, people who do not want to talk (because of feelings of anger, resentment and the like) to his brother more than three days!!”
The night of the end of the month of Ramadan, which is when the last break of the fast and entering the night of Eid al-Fitr, Allah names it the Night of Gifts (Lailatul Jaa-izah). When dawn breaks, God commands the angels to descend and spread throughout the lands where there are fasting. They stood in the streets and cried, with a cry heard by all creatures except the jinn and men, “O Muhammad's people, come out to the Most Merciful God, who bestows so much grace and forgives great sins!!”
When the Muslims went out to the Eid prayer places, Allah said to the angels, “O My angels, what is the reward for the worker if he has finished his work??”
They said, “Yes Allah, the reward is paid his wages!!”
Allah says, O angels, I testify to you all, that the recompense for those who fast in the month of Ramadan, and their evening prayers are My pleasure and forgiveness!!”
