وقال عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه: (حاسبوا أنفسكم قبل أن تحاسبوا، وزنوها قبل أن توزنوا، فإن أهون عليكم في الحساب غداً أن
تحاسبوا أنفسكم اليوم، وتزينوا للعرض الأكبر، يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية
Have you ever sat down and accounted for your deeds; bad or good? May be not but that is what we are exactly supposed to do. Accounting for our deeds will enable us take stock of how well or bad we are doing, it will enable us correct our way and put an end to our bad deeds.It will also enable us to put more emphasis on our good deeds.
Ramadan started a few days ago and we are now almost midway. I would like you to sit down today and look at your scorecard. Are you achieving what you set out to achieve at the beginning of Ramadan? how far off have you drifted or how far well are you doing?
There is no measure of how much Ibadah we should be doing in this month but I want us to take some minimum measure to evaluate ourselves. The measure is as follows;
- Have you fasted 12 days including today with all sincerity and only to gain Allah's pleasure,
-Have you prayed five daily prayers on time and in congregation,
- Have you prayed tarawih all the nights,
- Have you read a minimum of 12 juzu of the Holy Quran,
- Have you abandoned all your addictions or you light your cigarette immediately the maghreb Adaan is called,
- How well have been kind to the poor and in giving sadaqah,
- How much knowledge of Islam have you gained so far?
If you have surpassed the above and done more may Allah increase you in imaan and add it to the scale of your hassanat on the day of judgement. If you are on the pass mark and have done the above alone, thank God and strive to do better. If we are short of the above, let us pull our socks and strive to do better in the coming days. Ibadah is to be done every day and not in Ramdhan alone.
NB: Small acts done with sincerity are much weightier before Allah than a lot done halfheartedly. So the above measures are meant mainly for reminder. For example someone who reads the Quran with difficulty has double the ajr of one who knows the Quran well. Allah rewards efforts as well.
تحاسبوا أنفسكم اليوم، وتزينوا للعرض الأكبر، يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية
Have you ever sat down and accounted for your deeds; bad or good? May be not but that is what we are exactly supposed to do. Accounting for our deeds will enable us take stock of how well or bad we are doing, it will enable us correct our way and put an end to our bad deeds.It will also enable us to put more emphasis on our good deeds.
Ramadan started a few days ago and we are now almost midway. I would like you to sit down today and look at your scorecard. Are you achieving what you set out to achieve at the beginning of Ramadan? how far off have you drifted or how far well are you doing?
There is no measure of how much Ibadah we should be doing in this month but I want us to take some minimum measure to evaluate ourselves. The measure is as follows;
- Have you fasted 12 days including today with all sincerity and only to gain Allah's pleasure,
-Have you prayed five daily prayers on time and in congregation,
- Have you prayed tarawih all the nights,
- Have you read a minimum of 12 juzu of the Holy Quran,
- Have you abandoned all your addictions or you light your cigarette immediately the maghreb Adaan is called,
- How well have been kind to the poor and in giving sadaqah,
- How much knowledge of Islam have you gained so far?
If you have surpassed the above and done more may Allah increase you in imaan and add it to the scale of your hassanat on the day of judgement. If you are on the pass mark and have done the above alone, thank God and strive to do better. If we are short of the above, let us pull our socks and strive to do better in the coming days. Ibadah is to be done every day and not in Ramdhan alone.
NB: Small acts done with sincerity are much weightier before Allah than a lot done halfheartedly. So the above measures are meant mainly for reminder. For example someone who reads the Quran with difficulty has double the ajr of one who knows the Quran well. Allah rewards efforts as well.
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