Haafidh Ibn Rajab al-Hanbalee (d.795)
[May Allaah have Mercy on him] says in his book Lataa'if al-Ma'aarif (Pg. 120-125)
It was also narrated that some of the Salaf said that they saw Bashr bin al-Haarith in their dreams and he was sitting in front of a banquet table and he was eating and it was said to him, “Eat! Others have eaten. Drink! Others have drank.”
When the fasting person meets his Lord, he
will be in a state of happiness because he will find the reward for his
fasting, a reward that is preserved with his Lord at a time when he needs his
good deeds to be accounted for most. Allaah, the Most High, says:
“…and whatever
good you send before you for yourselves, (i.e. Nawafil non-obligatory
acts of worship: prayers, charity, fasting, Hajj and 'Umrah, etc.),
you will certainly find it with Allah, better and greater in reward...”
[al-Muzammil
73: 20]
And he, the Most High, says:
“On the Day when
every person will be confronted with all the good he has done, and all the evil
he has done, he will wish that there were a great distance between him and his
evil…”
[Aal-Imraan
3:30]
And he, the Most High, says:
“So whosoever does good equal to the
weight of an atom (or a small ant), shall see it”
[az-Zalzalah 99:7]
Ibn ‘Uyaynah
said, “The reward for fasting will not be shorthanded or
decreased in any way, rather Allaah has preserved it with him for the person
who fasts until he enters Jannah.”
It is also narrated in Musnad Ahmad that the Prophet
[Peace and Blessings of Allaah be Upon him] said, “There is no deed except that
there will be a day where he will be rewarded for it.”
Those who fast are of two levels; those who leave food
and drink seeking the reward and Jannah of Allaah, so they act in accordance to
what is needed for them to obtain this.
Allaah, the Most High, says:
“Verily! As for
those who believe and do righteous deeds, certainly! We shall not suffer to be
lost the reward of anyone who does his (righteous) deeds in the most perfect
manner”
[al-Kahf 18:30]
Added to this, your deeds will not be lost or spoiled,
rather fasting brings about a lucrative profit for the one fasts, as the
Prophet [Peace and Blessings of Allaah be Upon him] said, “If you leave
something for the sake of Allaah, then Allaah will replace it with something
better.” [Narrated by Ahmad in his Musnad] So the one fasts will have his
fasting compensated by the reward of being able to eat and drink as much he
pleases and as much as time as he wants to spend with women in Jannah.
Allaah, the Most High, says:
“Eat and drink
at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past!”
[al-Haaqah 69:24]
Mujaahid and others stated that this Aayah was revealed
about those who fast. Ya’qoob bin Yoosuf al-Hanafee said, “It has reached us
that Allaah, the Most High, will Say to His Friends on the Day of Judgment, ‘Oh
My Friends! I Looked at you often in the life of the Dunyaa and I Saw your lips
become dry of thirst, your eyes sinking and I Saw your stomachs become dry. So
today is your time of bliss, take your glasses and…
“Eat and drink
at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past!”
[al-Haaqah 69:24]”
Hasan al-Basree said, “It will be said to the Friend of
Allaah by the Hoor al-‘Ayn, whilst they are laying with them near the rivers of
honey, ‘I saw you from far away on a day when you were thirsty and because of
this it was said to the Angels, ‘Look at My Slave, he left his wife, he
desires, himself, his food and his drink all because of Me, Seeking what is
with Me. Bear witness that I have Forgiven him this day’ and then you were made
married to me.’”
It has been narrated in the two Saheehs, “Verily, in Jannah there are doors called ar-Rayyaan
and this is allocated for those who fast, they will enter through them on the
Day of Judgment. None other than them will enter it.”
In another narration it states,
“…after they have entered, the doors will be locked behind them.”
In another narration, “Whoever enters through those doors
will be given drink, upon drinking they will never be thirsty again.”
In a Hadeeth narrated by Tabraanee and others, on the
authority of ‘Abdur-Rahmaan bin Samarah [May Allaah be Pleased with him] that
the Prophet [Peace and Blessings of Allaah be Upon him] said about one of his
dreams, “I saw a man from my Ummah, his tongue was out due to his extreme thirst
and every time he came close to the Hawd (a pool in Jannah) he was denied to
drink from it, and this Hawd is exclusive for those who fasted in Ramadhaan.”
It was also narrated that Anas [May Allaah be Pleased
with him] said, “Allaah has a banquet table which no eye has seen, no ear has
heard or any mind kind imagine and none will sit on it except those who
fasted.”
Some of the Salaf used to say, “Those who fasted will be
eating from this table whilst others are being accounted for. They will say,
‘Oh Lord! We are being accounted whilst they are sitting to eat?’ It will be
said to them, ‘They fasted whilst you are and they stood during the night
whilst you slept.’” It was also narrated that some of the Salaf said that they saw Bashr bin al-Haarith in their dreams and he was sitting in front of a banquet table and he was eating and it was said to him, “Eat! Others have eaten. Drink! Others have drank.”
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