Yeaaah, I don't really know what I should say here so I'm just gonna share what is in my book ^^
In the month of Ramadhan, we are to clean up our hearts: forgive and forget, hope for Allah's forgiveness.
- Taubah from the misuse of the tongue (stop swearing).
- Taubah from the sins of heart
- Taubah from lack of modesty (I need to do that)
- Taubah from all the time we waste (do more ibadahs!)
- Taubah from trying to please others at the expense of displeasing Allah (focus on Allah!).
Besides that, we are to increase our level of motivation by increasing our ibadahs.
- Increase Rawatib prayers (the ones before and after our fardhu prayers. Its, if I'm not mistaken, 2 before subuh; 4 before zohor, 2 after; 2 before Maghrib; 2 after Isha'.)
- Pray dhuha (in the mornings).
- Pray Tahajjud (before sahur!)
- Fast (duh)
- Stay up after Fajr to read the Quran (and read during every free time :>)
- Du'a on the last hour of Friday (from Asar to Maghrib. But I think this should be done everyday, preferably about ten minutes before breaking your fast)
We should yearn from Allah's rahmat. Um, consciously intending and desiring the forgiveness of all out past and recent sins. The Prophet (s) said, Whoever fasts Ramadhan with iman and ihtisab (seeking for Allah's reward) will be forgiven of all his previous sins.
Whoever fasts one day for the sake of Allah, Allah will place between him and the Fire (Jahannam) a ditch as large as the distance between the heavens and the earth.
Ramadhan has arrived to you, a month of barakah (blessings). Allah envelops you (with His mercy and blessings), so He descends His mercy (this part was underlined but I don't know why >.>), erases the sins, answers the du'as and He watched in (this month) your competition/race for goodness and He boasts to His angels.
Fasting and the Quran will both intercede for the slave on the Day of Resurrection.
Fasting is a shield. So if it is a day where one of you is fasting, then he should not fulfill his desires, nor sin, nor yell, nor behave ignorantly.
The most beloved deeds to Allah are the most consistent, even if it is little.
The closest that a slave is to his Lord is in the last part of the night. If you can be among thses who remember Allah at that hour, then do so.
This probably has nothing to do with Ramadhan, but it's so cool I must share !
Wudu'
-Gives you brightness on the Day of Judgment.
Your faces, hands and feet will be bright on the Day of Resurrection due to your perfect wudu'. So whoever is able, should increase the brightness of his forehead, hands and legs.
-Removal of sins.
When the Muslim slave of Allah makes wudu' and washes his face, every sin his eyes have seen will be removed from his face with the water, or with the last drop of water. And when he washes his hands, every sin his hand touched (or grabbed) will be removed with the water, or with the last drop of water. And when he washes his feet, every sin he walked to with his feet will be removed with the water, or with the last drop of water. Until he leaves it pure of all sins.
Rawatib
-House in Jannah.
No Muslim slave will pray for Allah 12 voluntary rakaahs every day - besides the obligatory prayers, except that Allah will build a house for him in Jannah.
-The Fire prohibited to touch him.
Whoever maintains 4 rakaahs before Zohor and 4 after it (Wait, I dunno if it's 4 or 2 after Zohor o.o Maybe two kot..) Allah will make the Hellfire haram for him.
Dhuha
-Our sedekah for the day.
Every day, each one of you owes charity for each joint of his body. And every tasbih is a sedekah, every tahmid is sedekah, every tahlil is a sedekah, every takbir is a sedekah, commanding good is a sedekah, prohibiting evil is a sedekah. But two rakaahs a person prays at the time of Dhuha will suffice all of that.
-Prayer of the Repentant (at the hottest time)
The prayer of the repentant takes place when the baby camels find the sand at its hottest. (Uh, i dont get this.)
Uh okay so like, you guys know right that on the last ten nights of Ramadhan, there's this one special night called the Lailatul Qadar? Yeaaah, JOIN ME IN STAYING UP ALL NIGHT AND DOING IBADAHS <3 ahahhaha how excited I am.
I think Ramadhan is for you to reevaluate yourself. Well, I need to do that. A lot. I mean, look at me now. I'm all messed up. I am so gedik and annoying and loud. I embarrass myself and my friends in public and I'm just so.. immature. Yeah, yeah that's just who I am. But I don't wanna be that person. The way I describe the "gedik girls" from upstairs is how I am right now. So I better change before I've gotten used to this me..
