nyerekareem
abdur-rahman
:salam2:
i will be the first to admit that i am not a perfect muslim. in my past, i have been sluggish in performing salah, eaten when i should’ve been fasting, and have eaten and drank things that were clearly haram. what made matters even worse, was that i didn’t even care about the great sin in all of these things. or maybe even worse than that, is that i didn’t even see the reward in avoiding all of the haram things i was doing.
i realized that i was doing these things, not because i didn’t have iman. it was really an issue with having no fear of ALLAH SWT. that’s the problem with everyone that makes a habit of their disobedience towards ALLAH SWT. they lack fear of ALLAH SWT. the more and more i read about the hellfire, the more and more i realized how foolish i was for lacking the fear of ALLAH SWT. striving or doing things to get oneself into jahannam ( hellfire ) is foolish. the worst part about it is that ALLAH SWT gives us so much opportunity to make us the recipients of jannah ( paradise ). ALLAH SWT in His infinite mercy rewards us just for smiling and giving greetings to fellow man. ALLAH SWT in His infinite mercy even rewards the person that intended to do a bad deed and then decided not to do it, as a good deed for changing their minds.
the more i began to learn about the rewards and punishments that ALLAH SWT gives, the more i wanted to strive to do good deeds. i was seeking out good deeds that i could perform. my good deeds were no longer about impressing others so they may speak well of me. my deeds were being done to please my Creator. when i learned of the beauty of jannah, i couldn’t understand why would anyone ever want to miss out on the opportunity to enter jannah. it has been said that the lowest person in paradise will be asked if he ever had any hardship in this life; and he will respond that he hadn’t ever had any suffering or any calamity. however, the person that had everything in this life, that was disobedient towards ALLAH SWT, will be placed in jahannam and be asked if he ever experienced any good in this life; and he will respond that he never received any good in this life.
with all of this knowledge, how can we disobey ALLAH SWT in the manner that we do? when i finish making my salah, i always think about how lazy i used to be in performing it. i say to myself “ wow, i was throwing away my jannah, just because i didn’t want to pray for five minutes. “ how can i, with all that ALLAH SWT has done for me, how can i not remember Him? why didn’t i fear His wrath? i should’ve felt a great earthquake under my feet, when i was going around sinning.
for some muslims, missing the salah may not be their problem. maybe it is zinaa? maybe it’s alcohol? either way, how can we not ponder the punishment to come if we do not stop such behavior and fail to repent?
we have something that dead people, muslim dead and non-muslim do not have. that opportunity is repenting and making right with ALLAH SWT. it is always my prayer to be a better muslim today than i was yesterday, and inshallah if ALLAH gives me tomorrow, that he make me a better muslim than i am today.
thanks for reading
nyerekareem
i will be the first to admit that i am not a perfect muslim. in my past, i have been sluggish in performing salah, eaten when i should’ve been fasting, and have eaten and drank things that were clearly haram. what made matters even worse, was that i didn’t even care about the great sin in all of these things. or maybe even worse than that, is that i didn’t even see the reward in avoiding all of the haram things i was doing.
i realized that i was doing these things, not because i didn’t have iman. it was really an issue with having no fear of ALLAH SWT. that’s the problem with everyone that makes a habit of their disobedience towards ALLAH SWT. they lack fear of ALLAH SWT. the more and more i read about the hellfire, the more and more i realized how foolish i was for lacking the fear of ALLAH SWT. striving or doing things to get oneself into jahannam ( hellfire ) is foolish. the worst part about it is that ALLAH SWT gives us so much opportunity to make us the recipients of jannah ( paradise ). ALLAH SWT in His infinite mercy rewards us just for smiling and giving greetings to fellow man. ALLAH SWT in His infinite mercy even rewards the person that intended to do a bad deed and then decided not to do it, as a good deed for changing their minds.
the more i began to learn about the rewards and punishments that ALLAH SWT gives, the more i wanted to strive to do good deeds. i was seeking out good deeds that i could perform. my good deeds were no longer about impressing others so they may speak well of me. my deeds were being done to please my Creator. when i learned of the beauty of jannah, i couldn’t understand why would anyone ever want to miss out on the opportunity to enter jannah. it has been said that the lowest person in paradise will be asked if he ever had any hardship in this life; and he will respond that he hadn’t ever had any suffering or any calamity. however, the person that had everything in this life, that was disobedient towards ALLAH SWT, will be placed in jahannam and be asked if he ever experienced any good in this life; and he will respond that he never received any good in this life.
with all of this knowledge, how can we disobey ALLAH SWT in the manner that we do? when i finish making my salah, i always think about how lazy i used to be in performing it. i say to myself “ wow, i was throwing away my jannah, just because i didn’t want to pray for five minutes. “ how can i, with all that ALLAH SWT has done for me, how can i not remember Him? why didn’t i fear His wrath? i should’ve felt a great earthquake under my feet, when i was going around sinning.
for some muslims, missing the salah may not be their problem. maybe it is zinaa? maybe it’s alcohol? either way, how can we not ponder the punishment to come if we do not stop such behavior and fail to repent?
we have something that dead people, muslim dead and non-muslim do not have. that opportunity is repenting and making right with ALLAH SWT. it is always my prayer to be a better muslim today than i was yesterday, and inshallah if ALLAH gives me tomorrow, that he make me a better muslim than i am today.
thanks for reading
nyerekareem
oooh yeah bonus point, i wish my sapnish teacher would give me bonus point for knowing hola! or Adios!:lol: