A month of blessings and mercy of Allah is leaving us, as we bid it goodbye with tears in our eyes. The prayers, the fasting, the charity and the good deeds had become so common around us. It seemed like the world has changed. People were more courteous to each other, inviting each other towards good and discouraging people from doing the bad.

The mosques were full of worshipers at every prayer times, all standing together and bowing down to the Greatest Lord , with humility and devotion, with fear and hope, with prayers and thankfulness.

It had become easy to do good. It had become easy to wake up early and stay awake late, standing before Allah, with tears in our eyes seeking His mercy and forgiveness, and such a blessed month is leaving us. Will I be alive to witness another Ramadhan? Or will this be my last Ramadhan and no more? Did I make the most of this month? Some questions really arising in my mind as this month is fading away with the crescent moon of Shawwal shining bright in the night sky in the company of the innumerable twinkling stars, I feel the warmth of Allah's mercy around me. I wish I had the taufeeq to make the most of this month, and I wish I was successful in seeking Allah's mercy and blessings and wish my body is programmed enough to keep this faith and spirit alive till the coming of the next Ramadhan so that I may increase further my faith and learn to love Allah more and fear Him more and obey Him more. Amen.

Since I was a kid, I witnessed a phenomenon so sad yet real. As soon as the moon of shawwal is sighted, the same Muslims who were icons of goodness, go back to their previous ways, with selfishness, deceit, arrogance, pride, extravagance and disobedience to Allah. The mosques become vacant again and soon the whole community forgets the goodness this month had taught us.

Let’s make a pledge that we will strive hard to keep this spirit of Ramadhan alive in our lives in all the coming months, because we are Muslims throughout the year and not only in Ramadhan. What is good in Ramadhan is also good and compulsory in other months for a Muslim, like salah, charity, honesty, humility and the spirit of sharing. May Allah help us realize this eternal truth and lead us on the path of those who receive His blessings and Mercy and save us from the path of those who deserve His wrath and punishment. Amen.

كل عام وانتم بخير

أعاده الله علينا وعليكم باليمن والبركات

HAPPY EID

I wish you, your family and loved ones a happy and Blessed Eid, and many happy returns…