Eid ul-Fitr

Alhamdulillah! For the bountiful month of ‘Saum’
When we give up food, comfort and ‘naum’
Alhamdulillah! For helping us practice abstinence
And to learn the art of patience
We were all blessed this year by Allah’s grace
To strengthen our Iman and mend our ways

                 Kids as young as four
                 Defy thirst for 12 hours or more
                 Men and women, young and old
                 Learn to break the devil’s stranglehold
                 By keeping the impulses in check with a smile
                 Growing in piety and closeness to Allah meanwhile

But alas! All good things must come to an end
For the next month is round the bend
For another Ramadan with the family let’s pray
Till then to vice and weakness let’s not fall prey
And our Takwah should be strong and clear
For the rest of the year

                 Let us pray for those who could not
                 Reap the bounties of ‘Saum’. Who gathered naught
                 Of Allah’s blessings available in abundance
                 Available to those who practiced abstinence
                 May Allah accept our humble ‘ibaadah’
                 Our ‘tilawah’, ‘zakath’ and ‘sadakah’

So to Ramadan I bid a helpless farewell
With a hope that we all fared well
In this brief test that Allah put us through
Seeking an excuse to reward the simplest virtue
We cannot claim to be worthy of justice or just measure
We are blessed by Allah’s Grace and Pleasure

                                                                              Mohamed Azam

                                                                              19 September 2009

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Ungrateful

The Holy Quran
AL-QALAM (THE PEN)
Chapter 68 : 17 & 18

17 Surely We will try them as We tried the owners of the garden, when they swore that they would certainly cut off the produce in the morning,
18 And were not willing to set aside a portion (for the poor).

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لیلة القدر - Lailatul Qadar - The Night Of Power

The Holy Quran Al-Qadr Chapter 97 Verse 1 to 5) We have indeed revealed this (Message) in the Night of Power: And what will explain to thee what the night of power is? The Night of Power is better than a thousand months. Therein come down the angels and the Spirit by Allah.s permission, on every errand: Peace!...This until the rise of morn! Dua Of The Prophet During Lailatul Qadar. اَللَّهُمَّ اِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ ، تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي "Allahumma innaka 'affuwwun tuhibbul 'afwa fa'fu 'anni' " "O Allah You are The One Who pardons greatly, and loves to pardon, so pardon me" Lailat al Qadr is a good time to ask for forgiveness. Whoever establishes the prayers on the night of Qadr out of sincere faith and hoping to attain Allah's rewards (not to show off) then all his past sins will be forgiven. Hadith, Bukhari Vol 1, Book 2:34

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Zakat

Zakāh or "alms giving", one of the Five Pillars of Islam, is the giving of a small percentage of one's possessions (surplus wealth) to charity generally to poor and needy individuals. The word Zakat means both 'purification' and 'growth'. Our possessions are purified by setting aside a proportion for those in need, and, like the pruning of plants, this cutting back balances and encourages new growth. Zakat is the amount of money that every adult, mentally stable, free, and financially able Muslim, male and female, has to pay to support specific categories people. The Holy Quran At-Tawba (Repentance, Dispensation) Chapter 9 Verse 60 Alms are for the poor and the needy, and those employed to administer the (funds); for those whose hearts have been (recently) reconciled (to Truth); for those in bondage and in debt; in the cause of Allah. and for the wayfarer: (thus is it) ordained by Allah, and Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom. Verse 34 And 35 O ye who believe! there are indeed many among the priests and anchorites, who in Falsehood devour the substance of men and hinder (them) from the way of Allah. And there are those who bury gold and silver and spend it not in the way of Allah. announce unto them a most grievous penalty. On the Day when heat will be produced out of that (wealth) in the fire of Hell, and with it will be branded their foreheads, their flanks, and their backs, their flanks, and their backs.- "This is the (treasure) which ye buried for yourselves: taste ye, then, the (treasures) ye buried!"

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Ramadhan

         "O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that you may acquire (Taqwah)"
         
         "Ramadhan is the (month) in which was sent down the Qur'an, as a guide to mankind, also clear (Signs) for guidance and judgment (Between right and wrong)."
Surah Al Baqara : 183 & 185

The prophet Muhammed (pbuh) said " When the month of Ramazan starts the gates of the heaven are opened and gates of the hell are closed & devils are chained.
(Sahih Al Bukhari) 

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Who is close to Allah swt?

A Believer should lead his life in two ways, one Giving Thanks To Allah and other to be patient.

When Allah swt showers his favor on a believer he should Thank (Shookur) Allah swt for the favors, and when there is a test from Allah swt then he should be patient

There are very few people who thank (Shookur) Allah, lets be one among the few who thank Allah swt and become close to him in this Holy month Ramadhan


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