“Don’t lose hope, still have time”
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/simplyshutterbug/5349882579/in/photostream/ The very question that whenever people asks us, we cannot answer. Even if we answered it, the answer we replied is not an honest answer.
What is the question then? The question sounds like this “How’s your Ramadan?”
I do not know what will you answer, but for me, whenever anyone posts me that question, I’ll answer between two answers. Answer number one will be a long silence and a nod in the head whereas answer number two will be “Ok laa…” (in Manglish.)
If you can answer like this “My Ramadan is great!” I’ll give you my respect of honour because that answer indicates that you have fulfilled what is asked in this hadith:
“Whoever prayed at night in it (the month of Ramadan) out of sincere Faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven.” [1]
What is asked in the hadith above? Two things; one, you have prayed at night of Ramadan with full of sincerity only for Allah and two, you have been hoping like mad for Allah to shower His reward for you.
By saying “My Ramadan is great!”, from my point of view, you are actually saying that “my sins have been forgiven.”
It is not that I cannot answer it; it is because I don’t have the guts to say “My Ramadan is great!” I’m simply just a coward to say it.
Why?
Judging from how I treat Ramadan until today that is the 18th of Ramadan, I surely know that Allah has not forgiven my sins.
For today’s article, let us ponder, “Do you think Allah has forgiven our SINS?”
