Ramadan Is Almost Here. Are We Ready?
Assalamu Alaykum
My brothers and sisters, Ramadan is just a few days away, less than two weeks. A guest is approaching us. A guest that carries forgiveness, mercy, and freedom from the Fire. Many who were with us last Ramadan are no longer alive today. Allah chose us to witness it again. That alone deserves reflection.
Preparation for Ramadan does not start on the first night of Taraweeh; it starts now.
Prepare your heart before your body. Mend your relationship with Allah. Let go of sins you have been postponing repentance from. Clean your tongue from backbiting, your eyes from the haram, and your heart from hatred and envy.
Prepare your schedule. Ramadan is not a month to “fit Islam into our routine”; it is a month to build our routine around Islam—Qur’an, salah, du‘ā’, charity, and good character.
And an important reminder:
Whoever still owes fasts from previous Ramadans should hasten to make them up now, before this Ramadan enters. Delaying without a valid excuse is a serious matter. This is a debt owed to Allah, and debts to Allah deserve priority.
Do not say, “I will sort it out later.” Later is not guaranteed. Many planned to fast “next year” but never reached it.
Ramadan is a training school. Enter it with sincerity, preparedness, and humility so that you may leave it forgiven and transformed.
May Allah allow us to reach Ramadan, help us prepare for it properly, forgive our shortcomings, and accept our fasting and worship. Ameen.
My brothers and sisters, Ramadan is just a few days away, less than two weeks. A guest is approaching us. A guest that carries forgiveness, mercy, and freedom from the Fire. Many who were with us last Ramadan are no longer alive today. Allah chose us to witness it again. That alone deserves reflection.
Preparation for Ramadan does not start on the first night of Taraweeh; it starts now.
Prepare your heart before your body. Mend your relationship with Allah. Let go of sins you have been postponing repentance from. Clean your tongue from backbiting, your eyes from the haram, and your heart from hatred and envy.
Prepare your schedule. Ramadan is not a month to “fit Islam into our routine”; it is a month to build our routine around Islam—Qur’an, salah, du‘ā’, charity, and good character.
And an important reminder:
Whoever still owes fasts from previous Ramadans should hasten to make them up now, before this Ramadan enters. Delaying without a valid excuse is a serious matter. This is a debt owed to Allah, and debts to Allah deserve priority.
Do not say, “I will sort it out later.” Later is not guaranteed. Many planned to fast “next year” but never reached it.
Ramadan is a training school. Enter it with sincerity, preparedness, and humility so that you may leave it forgiven and transformed.
May Allah allow us to reach Ramadan, help us prepare for it properly, forgive our shortcomings, and accept our fasting and worship. Ameen.
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