06-09-2016, 10:41 AM
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm .0001pt;">The Muslims countries had been inflicted recently with very strange practices, I am speaking at least about where I live, Egypt. Those practices are growing year after another. Rather than preparing for Ramadan by taking serious intention to change, seize the opportunity when Allah Opens wide gates of mercy, forgiveness, repentance, and ponder how will one go about the month, how one can develop a check list of what one wants to gain or refrain from, TV channels mobilise all possible production resources manifested in loads and loads of TV series starring best figures in town, commercials are flooding about those drama every 10 minutes on TV, billboards are installed all over the city in prime location where no one can miss them at all, tempting and triggering the crave to watch. Leave alone normal Egyptian houses are preparing by applying certain style of decorations, including lantern, tent material, also food is stocked like no other time. As if Ramadan had been really summarised into such stuff. How come? they say that decorations help attracting youth and children who always compare our occasions with Christmas ..etc. Saying why dont we have similar attractive manifestations??
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm .0001pt;">Well, our Ramadan, and Eids have totally different connotations and meanings that are not at all relevant to decorations and other material preparations.
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm .0001pt;">Leave alone the TV drama which does nothing but help strongly in putting the hearts to death? do we need this? no. Will our fast and Salat be In sh a Allah Accepted even if we didnt watch those drama, decorate our houses..etc. Yes In sh a Allah.
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm .0001pt;">Then let us define the goal of Ramadan: to attain at the end forgiveness, acceptance and pardon of Allah.
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm .0001pt;">How can we attain this? by focusing on our Ibada.
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm .0001pt;">Let us do it.