Ramadan Reminder Day 23: #Alhamdulillah for Another Tomorow. We all go to sleep in our comfortable beds, close our eyes, confident we will wake up the next day and continue life. But what guarantee is there we will see another Tomorrow? We have no knowledge of the unseen nor of the future – and only Allah swt has this All-Seeing knowledge. So when we do wake up the next morning, it may be a good idea to say Alhamdulillah. That should be the first thing that escapes our lips when our eyes open to a new day, a new sunrise, a new moment of hopes and dreams.

The past one month for me has gone in a blur. A lot has happened, and my life has changed in a blink of an eye. Death has been more prominent on my mind due to what has happened, and since then I have heard of various stories of people passing away. I was just like the person decribed above – convinced as I closed my eyes each night of a new tomorow, and of many more tomorows. Yes – make Dua to Allah to give you a long and healthy life, have faith Allah will answer this Dua – but don’t be arrogant in your thoughts that you may not taste death now.

Everyone shall taste death. And only on the Day of Resurrection shall you be paid your wages in full. And whoever is removed away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, he indeed is successful. The life of this world is only the enjoyment of deception (a deceiving thing). ( Aal-e-Imran, Chapter #3, Verse #185)

Us younger generation believe that as we are “young” we have a whole life in front of us to do all the things we want to do, and amend all the things that need to be amended. We have enough time to change our bad habits, to ask forgiveness for our sins and to start practicing our religion more. Some of us believe that tomorrow we will aim to pray all 5 prayers on time – wake up for Fajr for once instead of delaying or missing it. The question is – WILL you wake up for Fajr? What if today was your last day?  Wake up for Fajr with the intention that it may be your last one.Then there are some of us sisters who think we will start wearing Hijaab (Head cover) “when we come back from Umrah or Hajj”. But what guarantee is there that you will go for these pilgrimages?  There is no guarantee! Sisters – instead take the plunge today. Look at the mirror and think to yourself, “today may be the only day I get to wear this Hijaab”. Put that beautiful piece of cloth on your head, and do it for the love of Allah. Do it for the fear that tomorrow you may not be here.

This week a very sincere and noble brother of our Muslim community passed away. Brother Basheer Osman, the Vice President of FOSIS. I never personally met the brother myself, but I have heard of him and know of his great work. He was a young man who died in a tragic drowning incident, whilst on holiday with friends. When we look at his posts and tweets leading up to the day he died, they were full of hopes and dreams of tomorrow. This is a reminder for us that we keep planning, in the false comfort of seeing tomorrow, but Allah is the best of all planners. Surely it is He who gives life’s and takes it away. Brother Basheer however left this Dunya with a great legacy. He has touched thousands of hearts and minds and helped many people along his life journey. However short his life was, his legacy will live on in the good deeds he has done. Let us learn from him and live each day as if it is our last. Let us do good for ourselves and for others and leave a legacy too.

My dear friends, don’t procrastinate till tomorrow. From the smallest acts of Ibadah (worship) to the largest of good deeds  – start carrying them out now. Leave a legacy in this Dunya, that will benefit you in the Akhira, the  next world, too.

Death can touch any one of us – Young or Old – Rich or Poor. May Allah swt bless us with a long and healthy life, but make us of those that has لآ اِلَهَ اِلّا اللّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُوُل اللّهِ (There is no God but Allah Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah) on our lips when the time does come.

“Wheresoever you may be, death will overtake you even if you are in fortresses built up strong and high!” And if some good reaches them, they say, “This is from Allah,” but if some evil befalls them, they say, “This is from you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم).” Say: “All things are from Allah,” so what is wrong with these people that they fail to understand any word? ( An-Nisa, Chapter #4, Verse #78)

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