"All praise be to Allah. Peace
and blessings be upon His last Messenger.
Last week or last Friday, we were
about to commence the month of Ramadhan, and now we are in the first week of
the month of Ramadhan. This is the first Friday during the month of Ramadhan.
So we need to realize this great opportunity
that Allah the Almighty has showered our lives with. If we do not realize the
importance of, and the significance of, this opportunity then we wouldn't be
able to appreciate what it requires from us, and what we are expecting to gain
from the month of Ramadhan, and what we are supposed to achieve through fasting
the month of Ramadhan, and experiencing all the blessings of this month. So if
we haven't realized yet, still we do have the chance.
There are a lot of people, brothers,
sisters and friends, who are unable to make it to this month of Ramadhan. Allah,
the Almighty, has chosen their souls. And we know them; they are close friends,
close relatives, close brothers and sisters. And if they were to be asked what
they wish if they are to return back, then there is no doubt they would have
wished to be able to witness and return back to at least one day of the month
of Ramadhan.
So we really need to appreciate this
blessed month, not only its days and nights, as they are blessed days and
nights, but every single moment of it. We need really to appreciate every
single second, every moment of this month of Ramadhan.
And we need to ask ourselves. Are we
achieving better achievements? Are we elevating our souls high? Are we
increasing our spirituality during this month of Ramadhan? Are we attaching ourselves,
our hearts to Allah, the Almighty? Are we appreciating the favours of Allah? Are
we appreciating all the blessings around us? How much are we referring back to
the Holy Book of Al Quran? Are we really reflecting on the teachings and wisdom
of our Holy Book? Are we examining our deeds and doings? Are we repenting to
Allah, the Almighty?
If we haven't done so yet, then
there is no excuse to postpone. We have to do it immediately. It doesn't need
to go through formal procedures or through any bureaucratic channels.
This is between us and Allah, the Almighty, our Lord, who is the Most Merciful,
the Most Compassionate. And if we are not to do this during the month of
Ramadhan then we are in a very serious and a very alarming situation.
Let's purify our hearts. Let's repent
to Allah, the Almighty, and ask for His forgiveness, and ask His guidance. Ask
Allah, the Almighty, to guide us to the righteous path, and then everything is
going to be easy for us. All what it needs devotion, determination, and
commitment.
And as Muslims, we can do this. We
do have a blessed month. It is a timing that Allah, the Almighty, has elevated
high, and has made it a chance for all Muslims to gain high rewards, and to
discipline themselves, and to gain control over themselves so that they can
take their souls against their temptations, and against the worldly desires,
and realize the actual facts for this life that life doesn't lie on
its materialistic needs, or on the positions that we might own but there is
another meaning behind this life. We are living to serve Allah, the Almighty,
to appreciate His boundaries, to appreciate His worship, and that we are
dignified through worshiping Allah, the Almighty. We need, as I said, right at
the first third of this month, to reflect on all these facts and still we have
the time, still we do have the opportunity ahead of us. We pray to Allah, the Almighty,
that He would enable us to grasp this opportunity, and to reflect on its
lessons and wisdoms. Allah ta'ala knows best."
By Sheikh Kahlan ibn Nabhan
Al-Kharusi
Taken
from Knowing Your Religion Programme, Episode broadcasted on Frtiday 4/07/2014.
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