齋戒月：提早準備與實踐 (鄭平)
2026.01.30 主麻講稿 (Khutbah Eng Below)
各位教親，
如果我們等到要開始觀測新月的那一刻才開始為齋戒月準備，那就已經太晚了。我們現在距離齋戒月只剩不到 20 天，但還好，我們還有最後一點機會可以做衝刺準備。
為什麼我們要事前準備？為什麼我們不能就直接進入齋月，去適應齋戒月的氣氛？我們很多人對齋戒月有一個誤解，就是以為有一些特定的功修是只有在這個月才有的。但是實際上：齋戒月並沒有任何新的功課，沒有什麼在其他月份沒有的功課，而是只是把我們平常原本就在做的事情「增加」還有「加強」而已。
例如，我們可能會以為只有齋戒月才有 Taraweeh 拜。但其實最早的聖訓裡面甚至沒有記載「Taraweeh」這個詞。這個詞的原意其實是「休息」或「喘口氣」。為了什麼休息？為了在漫長的「夜間拜」（Qiyam al-Layl）之間休息一下。
同樣的，齋戒也不是齋戒月專屬的。雖然在齋戒月是主命，但我們一年當中任何時候都可以封齋。夜間禮拜也不是齋戒月才有。讀完整本古蘭經也不是只有齋戒月才能做。我們只是試著在這個月增加這些原本就有的功修量。
也因為這樣，如果我們現在不先暖身習慣一下，到時候一定會覺得這些事情像是突然冒出來的事情，會覺得很陌生、很吃力。
所以，我們現在有六件事情是現在就能開始做，為齋月做準備：
現在就開始懺悔，向真主求恕饒。不要想說「反正齋戒月都會被原諒，到了齋戒月再求恕饒就好」，因為我們的罪過是沉重的，它們可能會阻礙我們去行善。有時候你可能想多禮拜、多封齋，卻覺得身體很沉重、很懶，很可能就是因為我們的罪還沒有被真主饒恕，所以才在拖累我們。所以現在就要開始「大掃除」求恕饒，讓自己輕盈一點，不要拖著一身罪進入齋戒月。
2. 重新刷新我們的舉意。我們應該誠實問問自己：我為什麼要封齋？是因為大家都在做嗎？只是因為這是我們的文化習慣嗎？還是我是為了減肥才封齋？
只要我們舉意是正確的，結果就會完全不同。真主在古蘭經裡面提到：
「誰為主道而遷移，誰就會在大地上發現許多出路，以及豐富的財源。誰從家中出走，欲遷到安拉和使者那裡，而中途死亡，真主一定會報酬他。安拉是至赦的，是至慈的。」
這節經文告訴我們，只要我們為了真主和使者有純正的舉意，就算最後沒能完全達成目標，只要心意到了，真主那裡就已經記下回賜了。
3. 要有堅定的信念：我們要打從心底下定決心，認定這個月就是我要改變的日子。我們可以告訴自己：從今年齋月開始，我就要盡可能禮所有的聖行拜、我要試著每一天都讀古蘭經、我要規劃去朝覲或副朝、我要在禮拜中更專心，等等。要有那種「我這次真的要改變」的決心，要相信自己可以做得到。
4. 盡量減少世俗的雜事，把功修擺第一。如果有些繁雜的工作還是報告，如果可以提前先做，就試著在這個月先趕完，這樣齋戒月的時候你才會有時間專心。有什麼不重要的會議就取消，有什麼朋友的聚餐就往後延。留一點時間給自己也給家人。還有最重要的是，就算你常常去清真寺，也要給自己保留一段「只有你跟真主」的獨處時間。
5. 增加知識。 複習一下封齋的教法規定，不要因為疏忽某些規範而犯錯。也可以多讀一些古蘭經的註釋（Tafsir），這樣在禮 Taraweeh 跟著 Imam 誦讀的時候，你就能夠身臨其境，聽得更懂、更專注誦讀的內容。
6. 最後，向真主做真誠的 Du’a。求祂讓我們能夠從齋戒月獲益。因為就算我們計畫得再怎麼完美，如果沒有真主的指引跟相助，我們就算想做也做不到。
所以我們祈求真主讓我們能以一個純淨、沒有罪惡負擔的狀態迎接齋戒月。我們祈求真主消除那些阻礙我們崇拜祂的罪過。我們祈求真主賜給我們 Tawfiq，讓我們能夠善用我們擁有的時間、增加功修。求真主讓我們平安順利地進入齋戒月。
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Dear brothers and sisters,
We are already too late, if we are only planning to start our preparation for Ramadan when we are about to sight the moon. We are approaching Ramadan in less than 20 days, and we still have some chance to prepare ourselves to enter it.
One might ask, why is this preparation so necessary? Why can’t we just enter and get ourselves used to the atmosphere of Ramadan?
One of the misconceptions we have about Ramadan, is that there are specific types of worship only during Ramadan. The truth is: Ramadan does not introduce anything new. There aren’t specific types of worship that only exist in Ramadan. It simply enhances and intensifies what should already be there.
We may think that there’s only Taraweeh in Ramadan. But the word Taraweeh is not even mentioned in the earliest books of Hadith, the meaning of the word is “to take a break” or “to rest”, to rest from what? To rest from the long prayers of Qiyam al-Layl, the night prayers.
Fasting is also not only for Ramadan. It becomes obligatory in Ramadan, but we can fast anytime during the year. The night prayer is not only for Ramadan. The completion of the Qur’an is not only for Ramadan. We are just trying to increase the amount of these existing acts of worship.
And that’s why if we don’t get used to doing them now, of course we would feel like these are newly introduced deeds that only exist in Ramadan. So here are 6 things all of us can do to prepare for Ramadan:
1. Start making Tawbah from now and ask forgiveness from Allah. Don’t wait until Ramadan to ask for forgiveness because you think it will be forgiven in Ramadan anyway. Because our sins are heavy, and they could be the reason that’s blocking us to do good deeds. Even when you think you want to pray or fast more, you start feeling lazy, because there are sins that are still not forgiven and they are dragging us. So we should start asking forgiveness from Allah to feel lighter, because we don’t want to enter Ramadan with sins dragging us behind.
2. Is to reset our intention. Ask ourselves: why am I fasting in Ramadan? Is it because everyone else is doing it? Is it just because it’s our culture? Am I fasting just so that I can lose weight?
When we have the right intentions, it would change the result of everything. Allah tells us in the Qur’an:
وَمَن يُهَاجِرْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ يَجِدْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُرَٰغَمًۭا كَثِيرًۭا وَسَعَةًۭ ۚ وَمَن يَخْرُجْ مِنۢ بَيْتِهِۦ مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ثُمَّ يُدْرِكْهُ ٱلْمَوْتُ فَقَدْ وَقَعَ أَجْرُهُۥ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا
Whoever makes Hijrah in the cause of Allah will find many safe havens and bountiful resources throughout the earth. Those who leave their homes and die while making Hijrah to Allah and His Messenger— their reward has already been secured with Allah. And Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful. [4:100]
This tells us that if we had the right intention to perform the good deeds purely for the sake of Allah and His Messenger, even if we couldn’t achieve it in the end, if we had the correct intention we will be receiving the reward from Allah Himself.
3. Is to have a strong conviction, that this is the month that we are going to change. From this month, I am going to pray all the Sunnah prayers. I am going to try to read the Qur’an everyday. I am going to plan to go for Hajj or Umrah. I am going to focus on my prayers. Have a strong conviction and believe that you are actually going to do it, and this is the time that you are going to change.
4. Is to free ourselves from worldly distractions as much as possible, and prioritize the acts of worship. If you’re able to complete some heavy tasks beforehand in this month, try to work on them this month so that you have more time to focus in Ramadan. Cancel all the unnecessary meetings, delay the gatherings you have with friends. Try to have more private time with yourself and with your own families. Even if you come to the masjid all the time, still reserve some time only between you and Allah.
5. Is to increase our knowledge, to remind ourselves and learn about the rulings of fasting so that we don’t make mistakes due to negligence. Study about some Tafsir of the Qur’an so that we could focus even more during the Taraweeh while praying behind the Imam.
6. Lastly, to make sincere Du’a to Allah, to allow us to benefit from Ramadan. Because we could be making plans and schedules, but if Allah does not give us the Tawfiq, we won’t be able to achieve anything even if we wanted to.
We ask Allah to allow us to reach Ramadan in a state of purity without our sins as burdens. We ask Allah to forgive our sins and our shortcomings that hold us back from worshipping Him. We ask Allah to grant us the Tawfiq to use our time wisely and increase our worship. And we ask Allah to allow us to enter Ramadan in peace.
回阿訇教義
各位教親，
如果我們等到要開始觀測新月的那一刻才開始為齋戒月準備，那就已經太晚了。我們現在距離齋戒月只剩不到 20 天，但還好，我們還有最後一點機會可以做衝刺準備。
為什麼我們要事前準備？為什麼我們不能就直接進入齋月，去適應齋戒月的氣氛？我們很多人對齋戒月有一個誤解，就是以為有一些特定的功修是只有在這個月才有的。但是實際上：齋戒月並沒有任何新的功課，沒有什麼在其他月份沒有的功課，而是只是把我們平常原本就在做的事情「增加」還有「加強」而已。
例如，我們可能會以為只有齋戒月才有 Taraweeh 拜。但其實最早的聖訓裡面甚至沒有記載「Taraweeh」這個詞。這個詞的原意其實是「休息」或「喘口氣」。為了什麼休息？為了在漫長的「夜間拜」（Qiyam al-Layl）之間休息一下。
同樣的，齋戒也不是齋戒月專屬的。雖然在齋戒月是主命，但我們一年當中任何時候都可以封齋。夜間禮拜也不是齋戒月才有。讀完整本古蘭經也不是只有齋戒月才能做。我們只是試著在這個月增加這些原本就有的功修量。
也因為這樣，如果我們現在不先暖身習慣一下，到時候一定會覺得這些事情像是突然冒出來的事情，會覺得很陌生、很吃力。
所以，我們現在有六件事情是現在就能開始做，為齋月做準備：
現在就開始懺悔，向真主求恕饒。不要想說「反正齋戒月都會被原諒，到了齋戒月再求恕饒就好」，因為我們的罪過是沉重的，它們可能會阻礙我們去行善。有時候你可能想多禮拜、多封齋，卻覺得身體很沉重、很懶，很可能就是因為我們的罪還沒有被真主饒恕，所以才在拖累我們。所以現在就要開始「大掃除」求恕饒，讓自己輕盈一點，不要拖著一身罪進入齋戒月。
2. 重新刷新我們的舉意。我們應該誠實問問自己：我為什麼要封齋？是因為大家都在做嗎？只是因為這是我們的文化習慣嗎？還是我是為了減肥才封齋？
只要我們舉意是正確的，結果就會完全不同。真主在古蘭經裡面提到：
「誰為主道而遷移，誰就會在大地上發現許多出路，以及豐富的財源。誰從家中出走，欲遷到安拉和使者那裡，而中途死亡，真主一定會報酬他。安拉是至赦的，是至慈的。」
這節經文告訴我們，只要我們為了真主和使者有純正的舉意，就算最後沒能完全達成目標，只要心意到了，真主那裡就已經記下回賜了。
3. 要有堅定的信念：我們要打從心底下定決心，認定這個月就是我要改變的日子。我們可以告訴自己：從今年齋月開始，我就要盡可能禮所有的聖行拜、我要試著每一天都讀古蘭經、我要規劃去朝覲或副朝、我要在禮拜中更專心，等等。要有那種「我這次真的要改變」的決心，要相信自己可以做得到。
4. 盡量減少世俗的雜事，把功修擺第一。如果有些繁雜的工作還是報告，如果可以提前先做，就試著在這個月先趕完，這樣齋戒月的時候你才會有時間專心。有什麼不重要的會議就取消，有什麼朋友的聚餐就往後延。留一點時間給自己也給家人。還有最重要的是，就算你常常去清真寺，也要給自己保留一段「只有你跟真主」的獨處時間。
5. 增加知識。 複習一下封齋的教法規定，不要因為疏忽某些規範而犯錯。也可以多讀一些古蘭經的註釋（Tafsir），這樣在禮 Taraweeh 跟著 Imam 誦讀的時候，你就能夠身臨其境，聽得更懂、更專注誦讀的內容。
6. 最後，向真主做真誠的 Du’a。求祂讓我們能夠從齋戒月獲益。因為就算我們計畫得再怎麼完美，如果沒有真主的指引跟相助，我們就算想做也做不到。
所以我們祈求真主讓我們能以一個純淨、沒有罪惡負擔的狀態迎接齋戒月。我們祈求真主消除那些阻礙我們崇拜祂的罪過。我們祈求真主賜給我們 Tawfiq，讓我們能夠善用我們擁有的時間、增加功修。求真主讓我們平安順利地進入齋戒月。
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Dear brothers and sisters,
We are already too late, if we are only planning to start our preparation for Ramadan when we are about to sight the moon. We are approaching Ramadan in less than 20 days, and we still have some chance to prepare ourselves to enter it.
One might ask, why is this preparation so necessary? Why can’t we just enter and get ourselves used to the atmosphere of Ramadan?
One of the misconceptions we have about Ramadan, is that there are specific types of worship only during Ramadan. The truth is: Ramadan does not introduce anything new. There aren’t specific types of worship that only exist in Ramadan. It simply enhances and intensifies what should already be there.
We may think that there’s only Taraweeh in Ramadan. But the word Taraweeh is not even mentioned in the earliest books of Hadith, the meaning of the word is “to take a break” or “to rest”, to rest from what? To rest from the long prayers of Qiyam al-Layl, the night prayers.
Fasting is also not only for Ramadan. It becomes obligatory in Ramadan, but we can fast anytime during the year. The night prayer is not only for Ramadan. The completion of the Qur’an is not only for Ramadan. We are just trying to increase the amount of these existing acts of worship.
And that’s why if we don’t get used to doing them now, of course we would feel like these are newly introduced deeds that only exist in Ramadan. So here are 6 things all of us can do to prepare for Ramadan:
1. Start making Tawbah from now and ask forgiveness from Allah. Don’t wait until Ramadan to ask for forgiveness because you think it will be forgiven in Ramadan anyway. Because our sins are heavy, and they could be the reason that’s blocking us to do good deeds. Even when you think you want to pray or fast more, you start feeling lazy, because there are sins that are still not forgiven and they are dragging us. So we should start asking forgiveness from Allah to feel lighter, because we don’t want to enter Ramadan with sins dragging us behind.
2. Is to reset our intention. Ask ourselves: why am I fasting in Ramadan? Is it because everyone else is doing it? Is it just because it’s our culture? Am I fasting just so that I can lose weight?
When we have the right intentions, it would change the result of everything. Allah tells us in the Qur’an:
وَمَن يُهَاجِرْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ يَجِدْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُرَٰغَمًۭا كَثِيرًۭا وَسَعَةًۭ ۚ وَمَن يَخْرُجْ مِنۢ بَيْتِهِۦ مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ثُمَّ يُدْرِكْهُ ٱلْمَوْتُ فَقَدْ وَقَعَ أَجْرُهُۥ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا
Whoever makes Hijrah in the cause of Allah will find many safe havens and bountiful resources throughout the earth. Those who leave their homes and die while making Hijrah to Allah and His Messenger— their reward has already been secured with Allah. And Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful. [4:100]
This tells us that if we had the right intention to perform the good deeds purely for the sake of Allah and His Messenger, even if we couldn’t achieve it in the end, if we had the correct intention we will be receiving the reward from Allah Himself.
3. Is to have a strong conviction, that this is the month that we are going to change. From this month, I am going to pray all the Sunnah prayers. I am going to try to read the Qur’an everyday. I am going to plan to go for Hajj or Umrah. I am going to focus on my prayers. Have a strong conviction and believe that you are actually going to do it, and this is the time that you are going to change.
4. Is to free ourselves from worldly distractions as much as possible, and prioritize the acts of worship. If you’re able to complete some heavy tasks beforehand in this month, try to work on them this month so that you have more time to focus in Ramadan. Cancel all the unnecessary meetings, delay the gatherings you have with friends. Try to have more private time with yourself and with your own families. Even if you come to the masjid all the time, still reserve some time only between you and Allah.
5. Is to increase our knowledge, to remind ourselves and learn about the rulings of fasting so that we don’t make mistakes due to negligence. Study about some Tafsir of the Qur’an so that we could focus even more during the Taraweeh while praying behind the Imam.
6. Lastly, to make sincere Du’a to Allah, to allow us to benefit from Ramadan. Because we could be making plans and schedules, but if Allah does not give us the Tawfiq, we won’t be able to achieve anything even if we wanted to.
We ask Allah to allow us to reach Ramadan in a state of purity without our sins as burdens. We ask Allah to forgive our sins and our shortcomings that hold us back from worshipping Him. We ask Allah to grant us the Tawfiq to use our time wisely and increase our worship. And we ask Allah to allow us to enter Ramadan in peace.