Ramadan is the month for Muhasabah
مَنْ قَامَ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَمَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ
Whoever revives the night of the qadar in the state of faith and seeks rewards, Allah forgives his past sins and who fasts in a state of faith and seeks merit, so Allah forgives his past sin. (Al-Bukhari)
If we listen to the above hadith then we should make this Ramadan as an opportunity to see our situation and think about the reality that exists, so we can introspect and improve themselves.
Make this Ramadan a start for the good in the future and the starting point for a change of self towards a better and perfect one.
The questions that must be addressed to us are:
From a religious standpoint, Are we happy with our current situation or not?
Do we consider having attained a better and perfect state or even in a state of weakness and away from the word perfection?
Are all thoughts, traits and everyday habits are something that can not be changed and has become his nature or otherwise we as human beings have made efforts in changing it?
Questions like these are buried in our souls to look for opportunities to be dissected and introspected and reflected.
Efforts muhasabah (self introspection) is highly recommended in Islamic law so that we are not immersed in material life and busy with life that no limit. This suggestion has been expressed by the Khalifah Umar bin al-Khath-thab in his statement:
"Thou shalt be forgiven before thou art weighed and weighed before you weighed."
Similarly, the phrase of the Khalifah Ali bin Abi Talib:
"How necessary one has one moment that is not preoccupied with busyness (other than) for self introspection. He saw what he did in the form of good and evil in the day and night. "
In fact this self introspection provides an opportunity for us to know our mistakes and weak points, and then can push us to be better. It is as mentioned by the Klalifah Ali bin Abi Talib: the result of self-introspection is self-improvement.
Likewise, other worship services in the month of Ramadan, such as night prayer is an opportunity to get closer to Allah SWT, reciting the Qur'an suggested this month will help create a conducive atmosphere for our self-improvement. But this can be done if done with tadabbur in reading it and pay attention to the content of its content and commitment with the command and the ban. So when reading he always questioned his situation from the content of the verse he read.
The number of prayers and worship in Ramadan certainly provides guidance and spiritual education to us. The hope is to carry out the practice of worship in this glorious month we can all change for the better and get forgiveness from Allah SWT.
Let us use this golden opportunity to achieve world success and akherat.
Who wants it?
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