[24].Surah An-Nur [The Light]: Ayat 23

২৩. যাহারা সাধ্বী, সরলমনা ও ঈমানদার নারীর প্রতি অপবাদ আরোপ করে তাহারা দুনিয়া ও আখেরাতে অভিশপ্ত এবং তাহাদের জন্য আছে মহাশাস্তি ।

Ayat 23. Verily, those who accuse chaste women, who never even think of anything touching their chastity and are good believers, are cursed in this life and in the Hereafter, and for them will be a great torment,

[Tafseer] of ayat 23. Those who slander chaste women, indiscreet but believing, are cursed in this life and in the Hereafter: for them is a grievous Penalty,- Good women are sometimes indiscreet because they think of no evil. But even such innocent indiscretion lands them, and those who hold them dear, in difficulties. Such was the case with Hazrat Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), who was in extreme pain and anguish for a whole month because of the slanders spread about her. Her husband The Messenger of Allah [SAWW](PBUH) and her father (May Allah be pleased with him) were also placed in a most awkward predicament, considering their position and the great work in which they were engaged. But unprincipled people, who start false slanders, and their unthinking tools who help in spreading such slanders, are guilty of the gravest spiritual offence, and their worst punishment is the deprivation of Allah's grace, which is the meaning of a state of Curse.

Hazrat Sahl bin Saad (May Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah [SAWW](PBUH) said, "In Jannah there is a gate which is called Ar-Raiyan through which only those who observe Saum (fasting) will enter on the Day of Resurrection. None else will enter through it. It will be called out, "Where are those who observe fasting?'' So they will stand up and proceed towards it. When the last of them will have entered, the gate will be closed and then no one will enter through that gate.''

[Al-Bukhari Book 03, Chapter 31, Hadith # 120].

 

Lesson : This Hadith tells us about the special distinction of those who observe Saum. "Only those who observe Saum'' signify the faithful who not only observe Saum during the month of Ramadan but also frequently observe voluntary fasts over and above the obligatory ones, otherwise Saum of Ramadan are compulsory for every Muslim. Similar is the case of the people of Salat, people of Sadaqah and people of Jihad, who have been mentioned in the preceding Ahadith otherwise all Muslims are on par so far as the Salat, Sadaqah, etc., are concerned.