Ramadhaan/Hajj Posts

Blessed days and blessed nights slipping away,
Like water through our fingers flow.
How much we did and how much we could have done,
He, (subhaanahu wata’ala) alone knows.

Time awaits no one. Like ice in the sun it melts away.
Gone in a blink of an eye have the ten days of Rahmah
And the rest will follow but do not give up it’s never too late,
A single tear of regret is all it takes for Maghfirah.

O Allah! Forgive us our shortcomings

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We have heard and read the Ahaadeeth regarding the virtues of Ramadhaan many times, however do we ever reflect and ponder over what they mean?

For instance take the hadeeth regarding the Shayaateen being chained up. Since they are chained up they are not around to cause mischief. Allah subhaanahu wata’ala is giving us an opportunity to build up our forces and become powerful enough to combat their attack when they are released after Ramadhaan. Therefore perform abundant good deeds, ...

We need to ponder over the points made in the previous post and make a firm resolution from now to reap the benefits of the coming blessed days.

Competition should begin from now regarding the amount of recitation of the Qur’an we intend doing. We often enquire from others regarding worldly matters like work, earnings etc. Do we ever ask anyone who we think maybe doing a lot more thikr or tilaawat than us in order to do more than them?

After making the intention to ...

Just ponder over the state of love our beloved Prophet Muhammad sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam had for his Lord. Ponder over his meeting with his beloved Lord during ascension and thereafter having to return to earth and the dunya towards which he had no inclination. He had witnessed Paradise itself yet at the approach of the month of Ramadhaan, at the commencement of the month of Rajab, he would supplicate thus:

اللّهُمّ بارِكْ

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