Wednesday, September 3, 2008

~ fasting ~

Ramadhan! The month we have waited for, or are we really wait for it? The answer you may found in you.
This is the time, the perfect moment to improve our self, our ibadah to be a better person. If before this we always say a bad thing, doing not so good things, now we can throw it away. Start doing the right thing by muhasabah our self.

Here are few things we can do during Ramadhan :

  1. Tilawah al-Quran
  2. Perform sedekah
  3. Doing tarawih
  4. Do a lot of zikr
  5. Do more good things

Few days ago, I learn about something good. Well, it is the story about Muhammad Al-Fatih, the great conqueror of Constantinople. One day before he and his army began their mission in conquering Constantinople, he asked his chosen army. “ Which one of you never missed their solat fardhu?” All of his army stand up, meaning that they never missed it. The next question, “ Which one of you never missed their solat sunat rawathib (solat sunat after solat fardhu)?” A few of his army sit down; meaning not all of them ever missed it. The last question is, “ Which one of you never missed their solatulail?” This time not one of his army remained standing, except one person, him. This shown how great is Muhammad Al-Fatih. As this has been mentioned by our prophet Muhammad s.a.w before the birth of Muhammad Al-Fatih, ‘The one who will conquer Constantinople is one of a great man’.
So, how about us? How many times have we missed our solat? So, in this Ramadhan lets us improve our self and all of our amal. We may not be a great person in a short time but we may start slowly and continuously.

So let us welcome Ramadhan al-Mubarak with open heart …

ai-na : is very sorry with her malay-english translation and very eager to start her tilawah because her sister had challenged her to finish it during this Ramadhan, but later on she thought she will do it because of ALLAH…