Eid Mubarak!

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh,

Has been a while since my last post cause was too busy with other stuff. Eid Mubarak, taqabbalALLAH.

As the blessed month has gone, the shaytans are released, the real test has arrived. How much have we prepared ourselves for the rest of the 11 months of this year before the arrival of the next Ramadhan, if we lived long to meet Ramadhan again? Are we going to go back into our usual habits like the rest of the months? Can the training of this month help us to become a better person? Don't say to become a better Muslim, but a better human? Insan is the foundation.

All these questions are first for myself to answer, as the fingers that are typing are nearer to the eyes that are reading. Another important thing to contemplate is that, do we have the knowledge that ALLAH has accepted all our deeds and acts of worship throughout this whole month? Don't be arrogance and naive, thinking that, yes I have fasted, prayed & donated, surely ALLAH has seen me and will reward me. Think again! Even the greatest Companions of the Prophet Muhammad (saw) were in great anxiety not knowing if ALLAH has accepted their deeds and forgiven their sins, what about us? That's why they usually greeted each other during the Eid Days with 'taqabbalALLAH' and replied 'minna wa min kum'. The first one means may ALLAH accept from you and the second means from us and from you all. The acceptance of our deeds is far more important than the joy of celebration of the end of the fast. Many of the great scholars of the early Islam prayed to ALLAH to accept their deeds for six months after Eid and prayed for the meeting with Ramadhan six months prior to the next Ramadhan. SubhanALLAH, who are we to not even think about the acceptance? If you ever been to Tarawih Prayer in the mosque, the imam will always read a du'a where everyone is like saying 'amin' loudly. The du'a says 'Oh ALLAH, accept from us (taqabbal), our fast (siyammana), our night prayer (qiyammana), our ruku' (ruku'ana), our sujud (sujuddana), ya Rabbal'alamin.'

Another point to remember is that, the point of Eid Day obviously is for celebration and happiness. However, don't forget also to thank ALLAH for giving us the chance to experience another Ramadhan and gain more rewards and forgiveness, giving us also the strength and endurance to fast and pray. What more can we do to thank ALLAH other than praising HIM through takbir like how the Prophet (saw) taught us to do.

Now, think again, what do we really want to achieve after Ramadhan has gone and before it comes back again?

I leave that with you now and please make du'a for me.

Eid Mubarak.

Wassalam.