Don’t stop now!
Ramadan has come and gone. For some of us, the end of ramadan meant joy and relief from restraining in all the ‘halal’ food and activities that we would continue in regular days. It meant realizing our strength in being able to stand firm in obeying Allaah. Ponder upon how much you were doing in ramadan vs now…
I didn’t eat. I didn’t drink. I prayed my salats on time. I read quran regularly. I prayed qiyamul layl. I went to the masjid as much as possible. I gave extra sadaqa.
And the list goes on….for ramadan.
Yet, almost as quickly as we started in these good deeds with the coming for ramadan, at similar pace some of us have stopped in these good deeds with the end of ramadan. What changed? What? Its not Ramadan, is that it? Your still the same person, aren’t you? Did you do the good deeds for sake of ramadan or for sake of Your Lord Allaah?!
It is the last ten days of ramadan, the reward for those who followup 6 days of fasting in shawwal after the ramadan fasts is as if they fasted the whole year!
Don’t stop now! Keep up with the good work. If you were able to do it througout a month, along with restraining from the halal things like eating and drinking…surely, you can maintain your other good deeds now. Remember death often. We will all meet our Lord tommorrow. On day of judgement, when the rewards will be layed out for each good deed. We will wish, we had done more! Followup all the sunnah prayers, fasts and recommended actions to please your Rabb. May Allah accept it from you (Ameen).
