Ok there are few things which we muslims usually ignore while experiencing month of Ramadam. Look Ramadan is not all about staying away from food for 10-12 hrs and just visiting masjid for taraweeh[which normally people don’t do] and eating lots of good stuff at Iftar time. Following are few things which me and you people often ignore.

• Tahajud: Tahajud is very important prayer which is offered around an hour before Fajar Salat. Quran specially order muslims to offer this special prayer and get closed to Allah.

And some part of the night awake for it, a largess for thee. it may be that thy Lord will raise thee to a praised estate(17:79)

Lo! Those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings, taking that which their Lord gives them. For, lo, they were doers of good. They used to sleep but little of the night and before the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness.” (Adh-Dhariyat:15-18)

There are other verses as well but these two are enough to teach muslims the importance of Tahajud. It’s not a big task, specially in Ramadan now. If you getup 30 mins before having meal for Sehri and offer 2 rakat Tahajud then it would give you endless sawab. The tahajud is the time when Allah stays on world’s sky( the seventh sky) and His angels asks everyone that is there any who seeks forgiveness, who seeks the increase in his rizq. The tahajud time is really amazing and I personally say that its the most seren time in 24 hours of the day. In ramadan we are already awaken so it shoudnt bother us to spend 4 mins to offer salat-e-tahajud. If you want to get closed to Allah as soon as possible then start offering Tahajud.

• Salat style: We waste millions of minutes in crappy things and dont realise but then all of sudden we start realising importance of time when performing salat. Shame on us. Finishing 4 rakats in 2-3 minutes and 2 rakats in a minute doesn’t really give benefit to us. Lool God doesn’t need our prayers, here we are beggers and beggers are never chosers. The way we chose to offer salat is absurd,pathetic and unacceptable infront of Allah. Will any of you show such impatience to your Boss while he orders to stay late or make any argument? Most of you would happily get agreed because you know your boss will be happy. Why the hell do we forget that Allah is a supreme Boss and we have to make him happy too. Will we die if we offer salat slowly and properly?

I was offering first Taraweeh last night and weather is very hot here in Karachi. We were offfering Taraweeh in main big hall. After few rakats, people started yelling ‘Imam sahab bahar namaz parhain garmi boht hay’. These were the people like me who are not so regular with jamat in masjid. Though I made a distinction by not whining like them for hotness. Can’t they tolerate such hotness for Allah? This is not ibadat believe me it’s not. Ibadat is all about love which is demonstrated to Allah. We demand our preferred enviornment to offer Salat while we don’t say a word if our bosses call us in their rooms and keep us standing. we get silent at that time and don’t get mad because we can’t make our bosses angry but we are happily getting agreed to make Allah angry. Comeon man, Qais faced so many things just to get love of Laila and what kinda lovers are we that we start crying like kids and still we say ‘we are muslims’. Shame on us. I wish everyone goes Makkah and then experience the real sprit of Ibadat where noone cries for extreeme weather and people happily put their forheads on iron like hot flood for seeking love of Allah.

• Controlling Nafs: Keep your gaze lower. You will not die if you don;t see your office girls or office guys[if you are a girl] for a month. Ramadan is all about controlling Nafs nothing else otherwise it’s nothing but starvation. So keep your gaze lows, don’t say any bad word even a small one. I remember a friend of mine who used to feel proud by giving maa behan ki galian in ramadan, poor chap *sigh*. Control yourself by not eating your favorite things in Iftar. Yes I would try this thing in this ramadan Inshallah. If you are fond of Pakoris, just avoid them, it will irk you for sure because they are infront of you. Pick anything else and eat it. Remember Nafs is your worst enemy and Allah only prions all devils but not Nafs. Nafs will keep forcing you to be disobedient. Tahajud is also a best tool to kill your nafs since you getup early against your will. Avoid smoking yes just dont smoke for 30 days damn it,you will not suffer big time.

• Reciting Quran and other Tasbeehs: Quran was revealed in Ramadan hence it increase the importance of recitation in Ramadan. The best time to recite Quran is Fajr or Tahajud time.

Remember the name of your Lord at morning and in the evening and part of the night (al-Dahr 76:25).

Hadith - Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 446, Narrated Abu Huraira, r.a.
The Prophet (saaws) said, “Angels keep on descending from and ascending to the heaven in turn, some at night and some by daytime, and all of them assemble together at the time of the Fajr and ‘Asr prayers. Then those who have stayed with you overnight, ascend unto Allah Who asks them (and He knows the answer better than they): “How have you left My slaves?” They reply, “We left them while they were praying and we came to them while they were praying.

Another Hadith

Aishah (raa), reported by Al-Bayhaqi, she said: “The house in which Al-Qur’an is recited is seen by the heavenly world as the stars are seen by the earthly world.

So these verses tell the importance of Quran’s recition. There is no need to take burden that you have to finish Quran in ramadan. Ifyou do then very nice but coudn’t due to genuine reasons then atleast read one page at Fajr/Tahajud time. It will really be beneficial for you. May God make possible for us all enjoy the true benefit of Ramadan-Ameen.

A friend of mine forwared me a Ramadan Planner. Looks good. If you can follow it then well and good.

Last but not least, IF YOU ARE A REGULAR IN MASJIDS AND FOR TARAWEEH THEN DONT TRY TO BE A ‘MUSLIM’ BY MAKING FUN OF THOSE WHO ARE NEWBIES AND TRYING TO BE NAMAZI EVEN FOR A MONTH. I have personally experienced in childhood that several times I didn’t go masjid because of fear that regular masjid members will make fun of me. Please quit this habbit and stop calling newbies as Barsati Maindak etc.

P.S: Few people asked me whether I am a Qadyani after reading kadynan in url. No I am not Qadyani at all. Adynan is actually Adnan

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