The Lunar Nights
Bismillaah
There's three days in every month different from the rest. The sleep you get in them are different. The way people act is different. They way you act is different. These three days have nights of impeccable beauty. The moon is full and bright, luminous, lighting up its surroundings. The sky looks serene, peaceful. But far from what inner turmoil we suffer. You'll ask yourself, "whats wrong with me?" Did I miss my prayers or do them wrong? Why do I feel so agitated and unsatisfied? You find you cant sit still, you need to get and go. You chew your nails, feeling stressed. The mind are preoccupied. Nothing can calm you down. The Nafs is on fire. Unleashed. You lose patience over the simplest thing. Tick. And your off. Raw emotion will not pass you. Overly sensitive and easily annoyed, you better hide before you find yourself in conflict.
Why is this happening? Because these are the lunar days of the month. Its a natural phenomenon that happens. These days are known as "al-Ayaam al-Beed (The days of white)"
Something effects the hearts on these days. Our inclination to evil is probably the greatest on these days and nights. Therefore Rasulallah (s) commanded us to fast on these days.
There's three days in every month different from the rest. The sleep you get in them are different. The way people act is different. They way you act is different. These three days have nights of impeccable beauty. The moon is full and bright, luminous, lighting up its surroundings. The sky looks serene, peaceful. But far from what inner turmoil we suffer. You'll ask yourself, "whats wrong with me?" Did I miss my prayers or do them wrong? Why do I feel so agitated and unsatisfied? You find you cant sit still, you need to get and go. You chew your nails, feeling stressed. The mind are preoccupied. Nothing can calm you down. The Nafs is on fire. Unleashed. You lose patience over the simplest thing. Tick. And your off. Raw emotion will not pass you. Overly sensitive and easily annoyed, you better hide before you find yourself in conflict.
Why is this happening? Because these are the lunar days of the month. Its a natural phenomenon that happens. These days are known as "al-Ayaam al-Beed (The days of white)"
Something effects the hearts on these days. Our inclination to evil is probably the greatest on these days and nights. Therefore Rasulallah (s) commanded us to fast on these days.
Jareer ibn ‘Abdullaah (radiAllaahu ‘anhu) narrated that the Prophet (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
“Fasting three days of each month is fasting for a lifetime, and ayyam al-beed are the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth.”
(Narrated by al-Nasaa’i (2420); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Targheeb, (1040)).
he Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
‘Shall I not tell you of something that will take away the evil of the heart? Fasting three days of each month.’
(an-Nisaa’i 2/2386)
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