Saving the Best 'Til Last II
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With respect to my last post, I thought it would be best to illustrate how we can combat putting our deen until last. It is one thing to rant and rave - as I did - about the woes of the Ummah, but it's another thing to provide examples of how we can overcome those woes. So here goes:
1. Plan your day around the salawaat
This is something that we should all make more of an effort to do as we are accustomed to planning our salawaat around our day. If we do it the other way around, we will find, inshaa`Allaah, that our salawaat are performed on time and within the earliest part of the hour.
"Guard your salaah (obligatory regular prayers) especially the middle salaah and stand up with true devotion to Allaah." [Soorah al Baqarah (2): 238]
2. Continuously review and renew your niyyah
There is no doubt that that which we regard as being trivial, with the right intention, can become an act of worship, be it eating, drinking, working and even studying. The constant renewal of our intentions will ensure that this is the case.
3. Reflect
With the hustle and bustle of this world, very few of us have the time - more correctly, find the time - to reflect and ponder. A way to overcome this would be to try to ponder upon the Magnificence of Allaah at regular intervals (if one is not able to do so all the time) or after an activity which one does regularly. One such example is the five obligatory salawaat. Take a couple of minutes reflect upon your day up to that point. What have you done so far today? Is it pleasing to Allaah? If not, how can your rectify it? What can you cut back on? What can you increase/ improve on? This way, your day will be used in the most beneficial way and your heart will feel at ease as you're regularly assessing yourself and engaging in the reflection of Allaah's Greatness.
"Keep yourself content with those who call on their Rabb morning and evening seeking His good pleasure; and let not your eyes turn away from them desiring the attraction of Worldly Life; nor obey the one whose heart We have permitted to neglect Our remembrance, who follows his own desires and goes to extremes in the conduct of his affairs." [Soorah al-Kahf (18): 28]
4. Keep it constant
'Aaisha narrated that the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Do good deeds properly, sincerely and moderately and know that your deeds will not make you enter Paradise, and that the most beloved deed to Allaah's is the most regular and constant even though it were little." [Saheeh Bukhaaree: vol. 8 #471]
Deeds which are done consistently, no matter how small they are perceived, are most loved by Allaah. If it is only after Fajr that you find time to recite from the Noble Qur`aan with tranquillity and concentration, as is my case, make it a part of your daily routine - and what a blessed time this is too.
"Establish salaah from the decline of the sun till the darkness of the night and read at Fajr (dawn); for the reading at Fajr is witnessed (by the angels)." [Soorah al-Israa` (17): 78]
May Allaah make us amongst those who place our deen first and allow everything else to follow, aameen.
Was-salaamu 'alaikum
~ Umm Junayd.
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BaarakAllaah feeki ukhtee -excellent reminders. I would also add (if I may...inshaa'Allaah) to always keep our tongues moist with the remembrance of Allaah ta'Aala, making dhikr and glorifying and praising Him in every situation. Allaah protect and preserve you and your family ukhtee, wa `alaikum as-salaam wa rahmatu Allaah! ukhteki fi deeni Allaah- khadeejah