FORGIVENESS. Yes, it's a big topic. There's some of us who don't take things personally, we make nothing of what others say to us and we simply laugh it off. We shrug it off our shoulders because they're our friends and they didn't mean it in a bad way, right? Other times, we'll be the ones making the comments and not realizing if we've hurt a persons feelings, because its all a joke, right? It's not like they're taking it seriously? Well how do you know whats going in their mind? They could just be covering all that with one big fat fake smile? 

The other day, I was sitting down, just staring at a wall boredly. It was quiet late in the night, and i had nothing to do, and to be honest, i really wasnt getting any sleep. Anyways. An idea sprung into my head, and i grinned. I ran into the bathroom and did wudsu, before pulling on my scarf, and sitting down. Now, I have a beautiful recording of Surah Ar Rahman (a surah about Allah) on my phone, so, i read the dua'a surath, and turned it the recording of Surah Ar Rahman on.

Prophet Muhammed (Pbuh) said: "On the day of Jummah, the angels stand at the entrance of that Masjid in which Jummah salaat is to be offered. They write down the name of the person who enters the Masjid first, and thereafter the name of the person who follows, and they continue doing this. The person who entered first will receive the reward of sacrificing a camel in the path of Allah; the one who followed him will get the reward of sacrificing a cow, thereafter a chicken, thereafter the reward of giving an egg as charity in the path of Allah. Once the khutbah commences, the angels close the register and begin listening to the khutbah.“ (Bukhari and Muslim)
 

If your fast is broken deliberately by vomiting, you must make up the fast after Ramadan, if the vimiting was unintentional, then you don't have to make up the fast.

The fact that you vomit does not invalidate your fast, because if a person vomits unintentionally and without meaning to do so, his fast is still valid. But the one who vomits intentionally has broken his fast. A report narrated by al-Tirmidhi (720) from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:

“The one who cannot help vomiting does not have to make up the fast, but the one who vomits deliberately has to make it up.”

There was a Final Sermon that the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) gave to the people.

We were told in this, amongst other things, that:

"Beware of Satan, for the safety of your religion. He has lost all hope that he will ever be able to lead you astray in big things, so beware of following him in small things."

So - he may not be able to stab you in the heart (convince you that Allah doesn't exist) but he will tie your shoe laces so fall flat on your face in the mud (get you to focus / concentrate on the smaller things so much that you place less importance on the bigger things)

Taking Shahada with the tongue IS sufficient to become a Muslim.

It is NOT sufficient, however, to imprint Islam in our lives which is what we as good Muslims should be aiming for.

Entering Islam "Perfectly and Wholly" (as mentioned in Surah Baqara 2:208) requires much more than just Shahada.

In fact, not a single moment should pass under the influence of disbelief or hypocracy.

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The next 10 days...

The next 10 days are days of forgiveness. It's the best time to seek Allahs forgiveness and repent for all your sins.

The Dua for these 10 days is "Astagfirullaha Rab-Bi Min Kulli Zambiyon Wa-Atoobuilayh"

It's best to read this over and over for the next ten days.

Good luck....

I was listening to a talk by Sheikh Omar Suleiman titled 'purification of the soul' in which he quoted the hadith:

"In every day and every night, during the month of Ramadan, there are people to whom Allah grants freedom from the Fire, and there is for every Muslim a supplication which he can make and will be granted". [al-Bazzaar, Ahmad and Ibn Majah; Sahih]

and this in turn reminded me of surah al fatiha where Allah says he is 'The Beneficent, the Merciful'.

"If a man dwells on the past, then he robs the present. But if a man ignores the past, he may rob the future. The seeds of destiny are nurtured by the roots of our past."