ok, so its only been…ah…17 months since i last posted, yes, i did it again, took up something but didn’t continue on it, ya Allah please help me to be consistent.
Ramadan was beautiful, only because Allah swt made it beautiful and easy, I wish I did more, and I yearn for the next. I have a few resolutions for life after Ramadan, and one of them is really really important that I stick to, my salvation depends on it.
Eid was nice, as nice as it could be in this part of the world, not as colorful as it would be in a Muslim country, but alhamdullilah, no complains, next year, hope to do it in Madinah, being closed to my beloved, like last year, inshAllah.
It struck me, and it is amazing how Allah swt reminds you and teaches you all the time, its just that we have to keep an open mind and heart to reflect and realize it.
I ran into this brother, he is an old african american muslim, he is obvioulsy old frail and is a miskeen, I see him at salatu’l dhur every now and then at the Masjid and i used to see him at the place he works till i stopped doing non-zabihah, I’ve know him for a over 2 years but, i don’t know his name but we meet with love in our hearts, i ran into him on the street the other day and i asked him how was Ramadan and Eid, and he replied ” beautiful, wish it could continue for the rest of the year” then he paused and looked at me and said “but thats not possible, it will continue in my mind and hard, i will be like it is Ramadan all the time, then it will be with me throughout the year”, I said yes and we greeted each other and went our ways…and it got me thiniking, why didn’t i think of this before, but Allah swt reminded me and taught me through this man.
