Monday, December 6, 2010

Muharram and Hijrah: Resolutions and Migration for the Better

      Assalamualaikum, readers (May the peace and mercy of Allah be upon you). Alhamdulillah (All praises be to Allah). We are given another opportunity to enter a new Islamic year of 1432. Entering this month of Muharram, many of us are preoccupied to jot down a new, long list of resolutions. To be honest, I am doing that too. Yes, we have to reinvent ourselves sometimes to check whether we are on the right track or not. We cannot help falling into Satan’s traps and listening to its bad whispers when all those things are constantly happening around us all the times.

    The question with the long list of resolutions is how efficient it is on us. Did it ever change us to be better people? (or Muslims?) How many times we hear that resolutions have no effects on people. They change for awhile and relapse to be the persons they used to be or, in other words, just stay the same. It is because people pay so much attention on how many resolutions they have instead of how capable they are to make and adapt to the changes. So I would suggest we just make one resolution or two and start working on them first. Then, after feeling comfortable with the changes, then add some more to the list later somewhere down the road. It doesn’t have to be on the magical night of the New Year. It is actually in you. Happy Maal Hijrah. May this year give you more time to think about Allah and investigate His great creations. InsyaAllah (With Allah’s will).




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