Good Bye Ramadhan ...

Looks as if we stepped into the glorious and blessed month of Ramadhan and already it is time to say Good Bye to it.

 

We soon surely will miss the getting up for little earlier than the Suhur time to offer the additional Thahajjud prayers.

 

The fervent recitation of Holy Qur'an, the increase in the number of visitations to the masajids also to offer our Taraweeh prayers, and simultaneously giving a helping hand to the various fund raisings,

 

The sharing of our Iftaar with other community folks, listening to the recitations of various Qaris while driving on and off from work, educating our non muslim co-workers about the importance of Holy month of Ramadhan and the benefits of fastings, switching the TV off to spend time in learning the Deen.

 

Most important, calculating accurately the Zakaah amount and adding little more to claim additional hasanath from our dear Rabbul Aalameen.

 

I heard in one of the several discourses in our masjid that the companions of our beloved Prophet Muhammed (Peace Be Upon Him) could pray to Allah swt 6 months before to participate in the activities involving Ramadhan and would pray 6 months after Ramadhan to Allah swt to accept their deeds performed in this month.

 

I still remember my childhood, how me and my brother Asif would insist our parents

( I pray to Allah swt to provide them the best place in the Jannah and keep them in the companionship of those whom Allah swt loves dearly, Aameen) to wake us up for Suhur. And if for some reasons they dont, we would literally cry the next morning and would complain to our Nana ( I pray to Allah swt to provide him the best place in the Jannah and keep him in the companionship of those whom Allah swt loves dearly, Aameen) about it..

 

Some where down the line, I had been a miniscule part of your lives. Some of you I know from childhood, and some I rubbed shoulders during my college days, Some I met during Hajj, some of you were my room mates and bore the brunt of my cookings and some I met in this land of opportunity. This being the last days of the blessed month of Ramadhan and I would like to take this opportunity to seek apology for if I had hurt your feelings knowingly or unknowingly. For the sake of Allah swt, please accept my humble apology and forgive this grey haired brother of yours.

 

I pray to Allah swt to keep up alive to be an active participant in many more Ramadhans to come in our lives. Aameen.

 

I pray to Allah swt to make us among those who have performed all the Ibaadah in this month with full fervour and zeal sincerely to earn the blessings of Allah swt. Aameen.

 

I pray to Allah swt to accept our prayers, our fastings, our Zakaat, our Qur'an recitation, our Sadaqa and provide us its Ajar in both the worlds. Aameen.

 

Allah Hafiz...