RAMADHAN.. di penghujungnya..

Assalamualaikum semua,

Sedar tak sedar Ramadhan sudah hampir tiba ke penghujungnya.. 

sejauh manakah kita telah bersungguh-sungguh dalam Ramadhan kali ni?

cukupkah segala amalan yang kita telah lakukan di bulan Ramadhan ini?

sudah layakkah kita mendapat sijil "TAQWA" yang Allah janjikan bg mereka yang berpuasa?

Maksudnya: wahai orang-orang yang beriman! diwajibkan keatas kamu berpuasa sebagaimana diwajibkan keatas orang-orang terdahulu sebelum kamu, mudah-mudahan kamu bertaqwa. (2:183)

Allah dah sebut dah, dengan berpuasa, mudah-mudahan kamu bertaqwa..

so, taqwa ni merupakan indicator puasa kita..

sama ada puasa kita kali ni memang sebenar-benar puasa, ataupun sekadar mendapat lapar dan dahaga..

Ibadah solat akan melahirkan khusyuk, zakat membawa kepada keberkatan rezeki, haji pula mabrur hasilnya.. bagaimana pula dengan puasa???

TAQWA lah jawapannya..

apakah yang dimaksudkan dengan TAQWA itu?

dengan bahasa mudahnya, taqwa adalah berhati-hati..

namun, Imam Al-Ghazali mendefinisikan taqwa sebagai 'menjauhkan diri daripada perbuatan yang boleh memudaratkan agama, serta mensucikan hati daripada kejahatan yang belum pernah dilakukan dengan sebab kekuatan azam untuk meninggalkannya'..

oleh itu, mari kita bersama-sama koreksi diri..

masih belum terlambat lagi..

mendapatkan TAQWA tersebut.. 

kerana kita masih lagi di bulan Ramadhan..

dan kita masih ada masa lagi untuk mengejar ibadah pada malam lailatul qadr..

iaitu malam yang mana segala amalan yang kita lakukan bersamaan amalan selama seribu bulan..

Subhanallah..

sungguh sayangnya Allah pada kita umat nabi Muhammad yang jangka hayatnya singkat ini..

untuk beribadah dan mengejar pahala seperti umat-umat yang lain yang hidup mereka sehingga beribu-ribu tahun lamanya..

jadi, marilah kita bersama-sama untuk tidak melepaskan peluang keemasan ini!!

mungkin juga kita tidak akan bertemu lagi Ramadhan2 yang akan datang.. 

inilah masanya.. setelah kita terlalu banyak melakukan dosa..

sisa-sisa hidup kita yang tidak dihabiskan untuk beribadah kepada Allah..

mari kita topup balik.. dengan ibadah seribu bulan.. 

semoga Allah menerima ibadah kita.. insyaAllah.. ameen:)

jom bermunajat pada Allah setiap pagi

 !

Ramadhan Kareem! ALLAHU AKRAM!!!

~Nailah AlFarafisyah. Shah Alam~

IS THIS OUR 'LAST' RAMADHAN?

We have 30 days of Ramadan each year. Some of us look forward it because of its bountiful benefits to our spiritual self. It makes us stronger inwardly and this helps us face another new year.

But sometimes, even though we know of its many benefits, we still feel weary and tired of fasting and keeping up with our many spiritual obligations from praying to reading and studying the Quran daily, and even watching how we speak and interact with people. No one ever said that fasting would be easy - it is not simply abstaining from food and water from daybreak to sunset. It is a whole lot more. Most of us know this.

And yet, being human, we start consciously or unconsciously slacking off, be it from duties such as praying or reading the Quran. Instead, we spend our day sleeping, might eating and talking instead of prayer and relection. If we feel guilty, then we tell ourselves that we will fast "properly" the next day. In some cases, when a bad cycle begins, it can be difficult to break it. And before we know it, Ramadan has ended. We celebrate Eid and another year begins. Well, maybe next year, we'll do it "properly".

But what if we do not get another chance to fast "properrly" so that God forgives all of our sins? We may be healthy and fit right now, but what is the guarantee that we will remain healthy and fit tomorrow? If you knew that this was your last Ramadan, that something might prevent you from ever experiencing Ramadan again, would you not want to observe it the right way today, the best you can? So that you can reap of its benefits while you are still able to?

One of the writers of the webpage iloveallaah.com  relative suffered a small stroke while fasting recently. The stroke was not fatal, nor will it be permanently damaging. But it was serious enough that she is not expected to be able to fast the rest of the month. Perhaps since she is of advanced age, she might not be able to fast any more for the rest of her life.

But that should give us all pause. We do not know what the future holds. We may be young and healthy, and have all of bodily and mental functions intact. But that can change in an instant. It is only when we think of our own mortality that we know how limiting we as human beings actually are. And how precious time is.

Do not waste your time. Use it well. And make this Ramadan count because we do not know what the future holds, if we are lucky enough to observe another one.

"Man does not weary of asking for good (things), but if ill touches him, he gives up all hope (and) is lost in despair."

When we give him a taste of some Mercy from Ourselves, after some adversity has touched him, he is sure to say, "This is due to my (merit): I think not that the Hour (of Judgment) will (ever) be established; but if I am brought back to my Lord, I have (much) good (stored) in His sight!" But We will show the Unbelievers the truth of all that they did, and We shall give them the taste of a severe Penalty.

When We bestow favours on man, he turns away, and gets himself remote on his side (instead of coming to Us); and when evil seizes him, (he comes) full of prolonged prayer!"

(Quran, 41:49-51)

If we were to step back a moment and realize that this is the last Ramadan we will see in our lifetime, how would we spend it? Death we know can come to us at any time, yet we still remain so ignorant of the time now given to us to be utilized by Allah the Almighty.

I pray Allah gives, first of all me, and all Muslims the ability to utilize the month of Ramadan..May this Ramadan be our best so far, for we know not if we will witness the next, insyaAllah..amiin..

Jazaak Allah Khairan for reading.