The Stillness of the Night

Asalaamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh everyone,


Ramadhan Mubarak! It's been a while, hasn't it? I'm sorry for the long silence. I actually thought of abandoning this blog for good (and I sort of have), but there were days where I just wanted to come back and post again.

Alhamdulillahi rabb'il 'alameen for He has blessed us with another Ramadhan. Wow. Ramadhan is a great time to finally take control and to correct ourselves for the better. I've been away and while I was gone so many things have been going on in my life. Some good, some bad. Though for this month, you can change that make yourself a better person, to cancel everything bad happening in your life and make yourself a stronger person to tackle these issues. It's also an excellent time for asking Allah for forgiveness. In other months, the shayateen are strong and can easily bring us down, but alhamdulillah this month is the month when you are much much stronger. It's a month in which the deeds are multiplied and filled with many reward:

Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever observes fasts during the month of ramadan out of sincere faith, and hoping to attain Allah's rewards, then all his past sins will be forgiven." [Sahih Bukhari in his book of Belief (2:37)] 

So let us take advantage of this month and make ourselves much stronger and better, inshaaAllah.

Priorities

I've realized that sometimes you've got to open your eyes and realize what your priorities are in life. As much as playing soccer outside maybe fun for a little boy, he needs to pray first then continue his play.

Today, I've realized my priorities. Alhamdulillah, I have commited myself to do something and lately I have been slacking off on. Instead, I've started to do others things and that made me lose time for the important things.

As much as other things can be fun to start with , it's important that we concentrate on what needs to be done first so that what's most important is already done. After completeting our important tasks, inshaAllah there will be room for fun and more fun. :)