Assalam-alaikam
Ramadan Kareem,
I hope this Ramadan has started well for
all of my brothers and sisters and that you are making the most of it.
I am deeply grateful to see this blessed
month again.
I find Ramadan is always the month I
find myself again – it takes me back to my purpose, my self and my Creator Insha’Allah.
This year has been no exception. Once again I find myself having to pare back
to essentials so that I can manage fasting, worship, family, home, work and
community. Everything non-essential falls away just so that I can manage.
I was speaking to my bestie about goals
for Ramadan and hers was to get closer to Allah (SWT), she encouraged me to set
a goal for myself too. I reflected on how I was managing and what I needed to
make the most of this month. I have found that I have struggled to get through
each day of Ramadan, struggling with painful, cramping muscles. I have been
obsessing with my weight for the last few months too. So I decided that my
intention during Ramadan would be to get healthy with the intention of being a
better Muslimah. Better health would allow me to worship better, serve better
and generally fulfil my duties better. I have been trying to eat well, move
more and move my focus off of my weight and onto feeling good in myself and taking
the best care I can of myself.
Another part of me understands that
discomfort, illness, personal challenge are all things that help us turn back
to Allah (SWT), seeking His help and finding comfort in His faith:
“Strange are the ways of a believer for
there is good in every affair of his and this is not the case with anyone else
except in the case of a believer for if he has an occasion to feel delight, he
thanks (God), thus there is a good for him in it, and if he gets into trouble
and shows resignation (and endures it patiently), there is a good for him in it”.
(Muslim)
That leaves me feeling grateful and positive
alhamdulillah.
I hope that my Muslim sisters and
brothers are making the most of this beautiful month and finding that opportunities
for personal and spiritual growth. May Allah (SWT) bless you all with the best
of health, perfect iman, an abundance of halal rizq and the acceptance of all
your dua’s.
I make dua especially for those of my
family, this ummah, that are suffering or struggling with injustice, war,
illness, debt and doubt. May Allah (SWT) relieve your hardship and send you
joyful days insh’Allah.
Do you set Ramadan goals? What are they?
How are you finding this Ramadan?
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