the ramadhan lesson

the post ramadhan period saw the masjid losing the ramadhan jumaah rapidly ... the masjid was left with the usual lineup of makmum for al fajr as it was, before the ramadham started ... to those who managed to make it for al fajr congregating at the masjid the whole year round ... you must really have felt very beautiful inside ... alhamdulillah




the month long ramadhan saw drastic changes in the attitudes of the people in my community and probably in other community as well ... the masjid became a sanctury for almost all walks of life in search of blessings from Allah for being dutiful ... more so when the deed are rewarded 10 folds ... the iqtikafs ... the mandatory prayers ...







breaking fast in the masjids as well as having the opprotunity of contributing something to feed those breaking their fast ... doing the terawih prayers with 8 to 20 to more rakaats.


the terawih prayers end with the witr prayers ... which i felt should be done at the later time of the night rather that immediately after the terawih as the time was still as early as 10.00 pm ... followed by tadarus Al Quran session ... and once or twice a week ... the masjid will organise a taskirah session delivered by an Ustaz ...

I find the days and nights of ramadhan very challenging .... juggling with the daily chores at home and the office and the additional need to sincerely make myself available at the masjid for the nightly ibadah till dawn for the whole month ... sadden at times by not being able to live up to the expectation of Ramadhan.