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Fasting is Knocking* [[-- Episode Eight --]]

*Fasting is Knocking*
[[-- Episode Eight --]]
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بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم

It is worrisome to see that ONE YEAR have been subtracted from the years “You & I” have left to spend in this world. I almost shed tears when i checked this year calendar and noticed that - *”IN LESS THAN two months to come, WE WILL ENTER THIS YEAR MONTH OF RAMADAN”* - In sha Allah… Just like yesterday, we were discussing about Idil-Fitr preparation and celebration, now, we are already smelling another month of Ramadan.

There is no doubt that “You & I” are inside a moving bus heading towards a particular destination.. Destination? Yes, destination – that is hearafter which begin immediately we died.

The big questions here are:

▪️What have “You & I” DONE OF GOOD DEEDS from the end last year ramadan and now that this year ramadan is ALREADY KNOCKING at our doors?

▪️How sure are we that our good deeds DONE for the PAST 11months have been  OPTIMALLY accepted?

▪️What about the sins we committed against ALLAH (swt) & against humanity for the past 11months?

Servants of Allah,

Alhamdulillah!!! We are gradually smelling the month of Ramadan for this year in a few weeks’ time - In Shaa Allah. We praise Allah (s.w.t) for all the blessings HE has bestowed upon us, praying that Allah (swt) grant us opportunity to maximize goodies shared to good servants of Allah in this year month of ramadan. Yes. Because:

(1) It is not all of us who will see the commencement of this year Ramadan; (2) it is not all of us who may witness this year month of ramadan, will actually do good work or grab the goodies shared to sincere servants of Allah.

My people!

It's not possible to have a 'Phone Call' to anyone go through without meeting the following requirements:

(1) Our Phones must have a battery charge (ie - The phone will not have flat battery);

(2) Even if our phone is fully charged, but lack airtime, making calls going through will be impossible;

(3) Let's say the phone is fully charged, airtime to make calls is available but there's no network, would it be possible to make calls go through? No!

Servants of Allah!

The scenarios above is the same thing with every act of worship. Yes. No single act of worship will be accepted by Allah (swt) EXCEPT it meets the requirements for acceptance. These requirements include:

(1) Doing it to please Allah (swt) only;

(2) Doing it in accordance with the shareeyyah (ie - avoiding bidia/innovation);

(3) Doing it while in pure state of eemaan. This means, we can not engage in serving devils eg, patronizing those who claim to have the knowledge of unseen or use of charms, rings and the like for protection and still think we are a Muslim.

Now,

Allah (swt) say in Surah Al-Baqarah verse 183:

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

"O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you *that you may become righteous*".  📚Al-Baqarah 2:183

Abu Huraira (r.a.) related that the Prophet (pbuh) said: “Whoever fasts during Ramadan *with faith and seeking his reward from Allah will have his past sins forgiven. Whoever prays during the nights in Ramadan with faith and seeking his reward from Allah will have his past sins forgiven. And he who passes Lailat Al-Qadr in prayer with faith and seeking his reward from Allah will have his past sins forgiven.”* 📚Bukhari, Muslim

Now,

We MUST meet up with the requirements for accepting our Ibadah in the month of Ramadan, if not, we will only rush into the month of Ramadan and rush out with no benefits.

Muslim Faithful?

Like any other battle, we have to plan and strategize to enter this year's month of Ramadan. Yes. There is a saying that goes; *“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail”* and this is one of the best times....

*Share this very write-up to remind others*

TO BE CONTINUED


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