Ramzan

Bismillahirrahmaanirrahiim...

In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy...

As Ramadan approaches its 15th day tonight, its still a wonder that Allah is giving me, us to continuously perform our best deeds. Liyabluwakum ahsanu 'amala...remember?

I've actually made a mental note to myself to post reflection series (well, sort of) starting on the 1st day of Ramadhan from the chapters I've read in this beautiful beautiful book. A book, that was bought as a gift from a precious friend - may Allah preserve and bless her for her kindness - using her book vouchers.

A Journey To God : Reflections on the Hikam of Ibn Atha'illah by Jasser Auda

(See how bad I am at taking pic...geez)

Turns out it didn't work as planned, because let's face it, mental list is never a good start to do something to begin with. Writing down the list does helps A LOT...at least for me.

So I resorted to this. Posting selected ahadeeth from this uber cool app called Daily Hadith. It gives you notification per day, and mind you it's got the bestest design I've ever seen. Like this;

Just look at the simple design, and turquoise background with a lil bit of waveylike deco!

Also, Hassan Al Banna once suggested, reading ahadeeth soften the heart. I would check on this. Is that why people who undergo tarbiyah reads Riyadus Solihin everyday too?

However so, with the wondrous amount of ahadeeth easily available these days, we as muslims especially need to check on the status and the context of them all. Is this certain hadith hasan,  mutawatir, dhaif et cetera? What about the "perawi"? Do I know how this hadith came about? Hence, the reason why we need to refer to its syarah, with guidance from the people who are 'aalim in this matter. To not misinterpret them and misusing them you know. I remembered once, attending to Dr Maszlee's talk in Bangi when he talked about this.

You know, in Ramadhan Allah is making it easier for us to focus internally, hence it's easier to listen closely to our heart to start make changes. The spiritual needs get heightened so that when you read stuffs or listen to lectures, they just hit you real hard. I mean, the eeman senstivity just get all activated more aight? That's ihsan and product of taqwa all right.

May Allah keep us steadfast in performing our deeds even after Ramadhan, and in trying our best to be on the straight path. Quoting Sh Yusuf Qardawi, be a Rabbaniyyun, not Ramadhaniyyun :)

الحمد لله الذي هدانا لهذا وما كنا لنهتدي لولا أن هدانا الله

"Praise to Allah, who has guided us to this; and we would never have been guided if Allah had not guided us."

(Al-A'raaf 7:43)