To All My Family Members, Muslim Brothers & Sisters...
May Allah SWT make us among those who worship Him sincerely, those who do everything for His sake only...
May He give us the strength to fulfill this month of Ramadhan & accept all our deeds...
May He shower His Mercy & Blessing to all of us...
Insya'allah, amin... =)
People whose soul are not healthy, they are considered not healthy overall...
Preparations for Ramadhan
a) Not about new curtains, new clothes and shoes.
b)It's about our inner being (Ruh) - Increase our prayers, supplication to Allah s.w.t!
c)Increase the QUALITY of our good deeds. Each seconds, our lives decrease - Don't we realise that?
The world we know now (Dunya) is actually going further away from us. while the hereafter (Akhirat) is actually getting closer to us.
When we die, our DEEDS will be brought along with us while materials wealth such as shoes, curtains, clothes, house etc. will be left behind.
Be happy if we are able to meet Ramadhan again. Ramadhan is a month full of Barakah (goodness) and in this month, there is one night which is better than 1,000 months - Lailatul Qadr.
So with the arrival of Ramadhan, is it, happy or sad? Burden or relief for us?
In Ramadhan, the rewards for doing good deeds, prayers etc. is multiplied to 70 times. 1,000 month = ____________ years? We don't know because we don't count it since it's not money!! If it's money, we would have counted it with scrutiny. It's equivalent to 183 years and 4 months.
Early Ramadhan - the mosque will be full and crowded while towards the end of Ramadhan - lesser people in the mosque because most people are busy doing their shopping.
Rasulullah s.a.w urged us, his Ummah, to wake up and grab the opportunities of great Pahala (rewards) at the end of Ramadhan.
Our age is much shorter than those in the days of Prophet Nuh (some were 800 years old... 900 years...). For us, average lifespan is 60 years. Baligh on average around 15 years old - thus only 45 years of compulsory prayers and supplication. In Ramadhan - if a person experience 45 times of Lailatul Qadr, (some simple maths here) and one night of Lailatul Qadr is equivalent to 1,000 months, what about 45 Lailatul Qadr? It's as though we've done prayers for thousands of years!! Hence, although our lifetime is short, we are blessed with countless advantages.
Prepare the heart in welcoming the arrival of Ramadhan, we should feel jubilant because we are able to perform Terawih prayer. Grab the opportunity to pray 23 raka'ats.
Tasbih prayer (prescribed by Rasulullah s.a.w). It's best to do it once a day, or else - 3 times a week, or else - once a week, or else - once a month, or else - once a year... The LEAST is once in a lifetime.
Purify the heart for Ramadhan, or else, we will regard Ramadhan as a burden, and not joy in increasing good deeds. It is all about one's Iman. Those who are happy because of Ramadhan's arrival, then Allah s.w.t will protect them from hell.
Resolution! e.g.:
a) To have the intention to finish reading the Quran. We might never know that this may be the last Ramadhan for us.
b) If last year we did Terawih prayers only on some days, then this year we must try to carry out the Terawih prayers for whole month of Ramadhan.
c) If last year we are not able to do 'Qiyamulail', this year try to do so.
d) Increase Sedekah (alms giving).
In Ramadhan, Allah s.w.t opens all gates of heavens widely and close all gates of hell tightly. It would be a waste if Ramadhan comes and go but we're still the same!!
Respect Ramadhan for Ramadhan is a guest of Allah s.w.t, thus we should respect Ramadhan!! Not just by the way we talk and behave but from the way we dressed ourselves as well.
Allah s.w.t descends Qur'an to Prophet Muhammad in the month of Ramadhan.
