It's day three of this year's Ramadan, and whilst it was on my mind for a while, I thought I'd share what I get up to in this month should anything interesting happen. Just for the record, I attempted this as a video but I found it so weird I decided to stick with my blogs!
Saturday night was the first night of Tarawee prayers for those who started fasting on Sunday. The highlight of this prayer isn't just listening to the recitation of the Qur'an, but the men reciting. Hafeez's are in my opinion, the greatest men alive! Of course Shaheed's have a high rank, but they are of those moved on to the next world. On Saturday, as I sat in the Masjid waiting for the arrival of the Hafeez's, the first one arrived. I sat in the second row so I could stay as close to them as possible. I sat there just looking at him, at his back, and that moment felt so amazing, to be close to someone loved so much by the Lord of the Worlds, I almost cried. The tears built up as I was taken in awe.
A Hafeez is like a walking, talking, Qur'an! The endless days and nights they spent trying to memorise the book of Allah, just puts into perspective their persistence in achieving what they have achieved. And if you don't feel a positive jealousy over them, I think there's something wrong with you.
When I was younger, my granddad had taken me to a guy to help make me become a Hafeez. But at that moment in time, the man said I was too young and to come back in a couple of years. I don't know why, but I was never taken back. I guess the illnesses my granddad was facing an increase in and the simple reason my family didn't really push it, it was never meant to be. This is one thing I regret looking back at my 'short life', that I wish I could go back and do. Of course it's never too late, but the younger you are, the easier it is to memorise things. For e.g. a four year old can learn four languages simultaneously with ease and comfort as oppose to someone much older. But an aim I have is to memorise as much of the Qur'an I can by myself because I actually have great photographic memory. Who knows, maybe one day In Shaa Allah, I can feel a part of these great men..
During prayers, we were coming back up from a Sajdah and I headbutted the Hafeez in front of me! As awkward as it felt, I just felt like that accidental collision, was Allah's way of saying, "Here, take some blessings off him."
After the prayers finished, one of the Hafeez's shook my hand. He is an acquaintance but I like to call him my friend because it makes me feel a little prestigious. But I know him from the petrol station we use to fill the cars up. But when I shook his hand, as weird as it is to say, I didn't want to wash my hands ever again! The blessings I felt like I received from him at that moment, made me feel as if all my sins may have been forgiven! Words can't describe how special these men are to me.
Taking a backward step, before Ramadan we all have personal goals/aims we want to achieve. One goal I had was to start attending the Masjid for prayers regularly whenever I can. I used to pray at home with my granddad and he started to urge me to go to the Masjid in order to gain more reward for praying in congregation. After a delay of a few weeks of him nagging me, I decided to go for it. I always planned to do this, but didn't think I'd do it now. It has been four weeks since I started attending prayers at the Masjid whenever I could and it feels as if I've already achieved my goal before Ramadan even started!
I also tend to go with the flow. If I see myself changing a certain part of my daily activities, because of Ramadan, I look at it like, why not stop this forever or continue this forever depending on if it is something avoidable or something I should do more.
This is how I make my goals but I want to know what you all do! What are your goals and objectives and how are you going about achieving them? It'll be nice to know what you are all getting up to so just send me an @ on Twitter (@TheFursaan) or pop a DM and maybe I could write about what you all are doing which could help someone else along the line? Who knows!
Until next time, I hope you all find this month easy and gain an abundance in blessings from our Lord!
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