As you all know, the month of Ramadan is right around the corner. We should all be preparing for this month, and not just sitting around doing nothing. You have many of us that even in our preparations, are getting ready for the wrong things. They are getting their refrigerators ready, so that they can fill their bellies during this month. You have others scheduling on netflix or the likes, to figure out what will be playing on which nights, so that they can know when they will be busy and when they will not. People are preparing in all types of ways, for things that will be of no real benefit, rather more of a harm to them.
The preparation that we need to be making, is more of a spiritual one, that will benefit all of us in both this life and the next. We need to be preparing ourselves to be able to fast for the whole of the upcoming month. We need to begin doing a better job in reading the book of Allah and learning about that which is contained within it. A real attempt needs to be made in terms of beginning to learn those necessary aspects of the religion, so that we can go into the month as it begins ready to get the most out of the blessed month as possible. Staying as far away from sins should be our number one job right now.
The thing is, when we look around, how many people do we see making these efforts in trying to prepare for the coming of this huge opportunity and blessing that will be knocking at all of our doors in days, Allah willing? What is even more frightening is the fact that even after reading this and pondering over its meaning, most of us will not change what we are doing and do what is right.
As you see, it is imperative that we have this discussion about not only the coming of Ramadan, but also about what we should be doing inside of this blessed month. This is the focus of this particular part of the series, and we hope that you really take out the time to really think about all that we are going to discuss in the upcoming posts. Don’t forget to share it with your friends and families so that they can benefit as well.
