Today marks the 15th day of fasting. If you’re fasting today too, I hope your fast is going easy for you, and that you’ve grown much closer to Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala and are well on the way to completing any goals you set for yourself. Continue reading “Ramadan Halftime Report”

A week or so ago, I mentioned that I was “feeling a sense of gentle tranquility…” and Alhamdulillah, that feeling is stronger today than it was then, but I still have a ways to go. Continue reading “Ramadan: Softening the Hearts”

I realize that yesterday’s recap might resemble a slippery slope. Does getting deep into the disliked necessarily lead to minor sins? Do major sins point directly to innovation?

Of course not. Usually, the devil is whispering to us about most of them, most of the time. Continue reading “Ramadan: Recognizing the Traps (10)”

May Allah protect us from the accursed Satan and his evil traps, and may He guide us to better in all our affairs. Continue reading “Ramadan: Recognizing the Traps (9)”

InshaAllah we have no doubts and follow the Quran and Sunnah alone without any extra stuff added. We’re staying away from the major sins, trying to avoid minor sins, staying away from the disliked as much as possible, and not getting so serious into the permissible stuff that it interferes with our worship or living. After all that, you better believe the accursed Satan is still trying to get us. Continue reading “Ramadan: Recognizing the Traps (8)”

InshaAllah, we have no doubts, we’re following the Quran and Sunnah, we’re staying far away from the major sins and avoiding the minor sins, and we’re making dua that Allah keep us from straying too far from His path, but the Devil has more traps laid for us. Continue reading “Ramadan: Recognizing the Traps (7)”

After we have believed, committed ourselves to following the Quran and Sunnah as best we can, started staying away from the major and minor sins as best we can and seeking forgiveness when we fail, do you think the Devil is going to let us be? Of course not… Continue reading “Ramadan: Recognizing the Traps (6)”