Ramadhan Reminders

Ramadhan Reminders

Fresh Home-made Story by Faz Zulkifli

12^th Ramadhan 1432H: Friday 12^th August.

Ramadhan, a blissful month for Muslims. It is a great regret to just let go this opportunity we have in front of us my friends. I’ll explain later on about the great opportunity we have. Didn’t you ever wonder, what if this is the last Ramadhan for us? Wouldn’t it be such a great loss to us who just watched Ramadhan passing by without any effort to improve ourselves?

Now we have turned to the second phase of Ramadhan which is ‘maghfirat’ or FORGIVENESS phase (11-20). Before, we went through ‘rahmat’ or BLESS phase (1-10). And the last phase for us to improve ourselves, the highest stage of all, LIBERATION FROM HELL-FIRE (21-30).

From the Prophet Muhammad SAW, ‘Its beginning is mercy, its middle is forgiveness, and its ending is liberation from the Hellfire.’ (Ibn Khuzaymah, al-Sahih, Vol. 3, No. 191)

I would like to touch on the opportunity we should exert. This month of Ramadhan should be a cause for us to repair our injuries. This is the month you should practice good deeds and leave those bad habits. We don’t want our fasts being just hunger from foods and drinks. Do we? That is a loss. That only taught you to be more senseless about what Ramadhan is all about. That taught you to think that fasting during Ramadhan is just another custom that we do every year. Such a great loss..

The Prophet Muhammad SAW said, ‘Allah HAS NO NEED for the hunger and the thirst of the person who does not restrain himself from telling lies and acting on them even while observing the fast.’ (al-Bukhary)

The hadith above told us to leave lies, bad words and stuff. If you don’t leave them, your fast will go in vain. That doesn’t go to mouth-watch only. It includes all your body parts too. All of them need to be watched.

This means, what is the use of fasting if you don’t ever try to improve yourself. After all this is the best time you are being encouraged to leave bad lifestyles as the Syaitans have been chained, the Gates of Allah’s Mercy have been opened, the Gates of Hell have been closed.

Prophet Muhammad SAW said, ‘When one of you is fasting, he should abstain from indecent acts and unnecessary talk, and if someone begins an obscene conversation or tries to pick an argument, he should simply tell him, "I am fasting." (Ibn Khuzaymah, al-Sahih)

Who knew, if you really do change after Ramadhan, after a one month practice, turning into a better person than before, this means your fasts are effective and you are very much qualified to celebrate ‘Eid Fitr. Means that you have try your hardest to fully utilise Ramadhan. If you are the same you throughout the year, I don’t see where you are going. And you should be the one to cry out loud when Ramadhan passed. And you shouldn’t be happy celebrating ‘Eid Fitr as it is a symbol for winners. Are you easily saying you are the winner to accomplish 30 days of fasting but actually you are just the same from before? Will you say yes to the question ‘Have you accomplished your spiritual objectives this Ramadan?’ Is there any objective you put anyway?

Still, if you are wondering, the fast that resist hunger from foods, drinks and things that will break your fast is the first level of fasting. There are 3 levels overall. Hope that we will always try to upgrade our level of fasting every year. InsyaAllah :]

A reminder for me who is always neglectful...

So..if this is the last Ramadhan, are you qualify enough to celebrate ‘Eid Fitr?

My source of writing : SOLUSI Magazine (It’s a good magz!) & Fast Ramadhan