Ramadan

In about 3 weeks, we are going to approach Ramadan, insya allah. Have you made any preparations for it in the month of Rejab or Sha’ban?

Ramadan is the month for the believers, in which Allah had multiplied the rewards in this month, freed us from the whisperings of Shaytan and from the gates of Hellfire. This is a month, the first of which brings Allah's Mercy, the middle of which brings His Forgiveness and the last of which brings freedom from Jahannam. And in this month four things you should continue to perform in great number, two of which shall be to please your Lord, while the other two shall be those without which you cannot do. Those which shall be to please your Lord, are that you should in great quantity bear witness that there is no deity to worship except Allah(recite the Kalimah Tayyibah) and make much Istighfaar. And as for those two things without which you cannot do, you should beg of Allah for entrance into paradise and ask refuge in Him from Jahannam.

Ramadan is a gift. It’s a spiritual wash. Let us cherish each Ramadan as though it’s our last. Through hunger, thirst and abstaining from pleasures, we are reminded of many things. We are reminded that in the end, our life is not actually all in our control. Regardless of whatever we do throughout the year to make ourselves feel as though we are in control of our own lives through pleasures and gifts, Allah swt reminds us that indeed we are not so. There is a Sovereign above who is the authority above us.

Lastly : For whatever action we do in Ramadan, its only motive should be the pleasure of Allah. We love Allah for what He made us, what He gave to us and what He does for us directly in our lives and that is why in return we do things to seek His pleasure.

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