Quick Reminder For Ramadan

 Quick Reminder for Ramadan:

The most blessed month is coming, the month when Allah revealed the Quran, the time Allah forgives the sinners, and rewards a good deed multiple times. It is a month when we can bring ourselves closer to Allah. The time to enrich ourselves with piousness. Our opportunity to elevate our ranks in the next life.

Let’s take advantage of this holy month to ask forgiveness for what evil we accumulated this year. Let’s reconnect with Allah and strive to improve ourselves.

The scholars said, Allah will only accept a good deed when it’s done under two conditions:

1. The muslim should be sincere and only intend to please Allah alone. Not for show-off, not to gain fame, but to please the Almighty.

2. The good deed should be according to the law of Allah and the Sunnah. It should be free from innovation and falsehood.

For instance, I remember a sister who is committing Riba told me that whenever she pays her loan she only intends to pay her debt but not the riba. Is this acceptable? Of course not, because her intention was wrong and her action is against the Quran and the teachings of Prophet Muhammad. Good intention even if you don't do it you'll be rewarded, but the sister's intention and action were wrong and forbidden, so it is still unacceptable. The two conditions above should be done together.

Every day, we strive to work on our studies, careers, and businesses to please others and ourselves. But we are all human beings who are weak and who depend on Allah’s provision. Therefore, no one else is more deserving of our perseverance than Allah.

Ibn Al Qayyim said:

Three personalities split the soul:

1. Dog-like: is pleased with bones, scraps, carcasses, and defilement.

2. Lion-like: it is the same as the dog-like, but he craves for more. He wants to overpower and control other souls, either by truth or by falsehood.

3.Angelic-like:

-it prepares for the highest friendship.

-It has understood knowledge, faith, and love of Allah the most high.

-They run towards him in repentance, being tranquil, at peace with him, giving precedence to his love and pleasure.

-They only take from this world what is necessary to help in reaching its Creator.

-They don’t get distracted by the world and its adornment. [1]

In this Ramadan, allow our soul to be angelic-like, regretful of wrongdoings, and seek Allah’s forgiveness. A time for improvements and fill our shortcomings. Let this month be a remembrance of the favors of Allah and moist our tongue in praising and thanking the Almighty.

May this month encompass us with the mercy of Allah and transform us into virtuousness. May Ar-Raiyan open for us as we fast in this holy month.

Ref: [1] Remembrance of the Most Merciful by Ibn Al Qayyim

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