Ramaḍān: a Start and a Means
The shaikh, Dr. Muḥammad ibn Ghālib Al-ʿUmarī, may Allāh protect him, said:
Allāh the All-High says in explaining the wisdom behind fasting:
{ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَّقُونَ }
…in order for you to attain taqwá [due fear of your Lord]. (Al-Baqarah: 183)
So the intelligent person is one who makes his month [of Ramaḍān] a means of attaining taqwá, which is doing acts of obedience [to Allāh] and keeping away from acts of disobedience [to Him]—the month is an opportunity improve the soul and fix its defects.
Whoever asks Allāh for help [with that] and establishes his whole month upon goodness and righteousness will have gotten used to [remaining upon] that after Ramaḍān. He will have made Ramaḍān the start of his becoming good and the means of his remaining righteous.
Source: m_g_alomary/twitter.com. 4 Apr 22. 11:13 GMT+3.
قال تعالى في بيان الحكمة من الصيام (لعلكم تتقون)، فالعاقل من جعل شهره سبيلا للتقوى، والتي هي فعل الطاعات، واجتناب المنكرات، فالشهر فرصة لتهذيب النفس وإصلاح خللها.
ومن استعان بالله، وأقام شهره كله على صلاح واستقامة، اعتاد ذلك بعد رمضان.
فجعل رمضان أول صلاحه، وسببا لدوام استقامته.— د.محمد بن غالب العُمري (@m_g_alomari) April 4, 2022