OPINION
WELCOME RAHMADHAN AND A MESSAGE TO HUMANITY
By Yero Jallow
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October 5, 2005
"Bismillah hi rahman, rah heem" meaning "In the name of God, the Merciful,
the Gracious"
Now that rahmadhan started, i take this opportunity to wish all the ummah
(nation) of rasuul a happy and successful rahmadhan.Islam, through the
ages have creeped from the main root to all places in the world and this
is a successful and true religion. No matter of intimidation, tainting and
black painting will make its followers leave that path. No matter how weak
a muslim is, you will see he or she adjusting to the fasting environment.
Fasting, which have been observed by Moses, Jesus, Muhammed (P.B.U.T) and
a great many prophets is one of the pillars through which islam is built.
Without the support of this pillar, the whole building of islam will go
side ways. Fasting is the true deed according to the teachings where the
reward is presented to doers of it from the Almighty Himself with a by
pass of the assigned angels. Now, lets tell our readers what fasting is.
Rahmadhan is an arabic word and means the month in which the fast is
observed in the islamic lunar calender.Fasting in a summary is the
spiritual form of worship where one fasting refrains from all sins. One
also keep the fast by not eating or drinking from sunrise to sunset. One
stays away from vain talk and all other kinds of deeds thought to
invalidate the fasting. fsting is very sensitive and thought to be the
real opposite to saitan.
One probably passes a homeless , the sick, the hungry and the poor
somewhere. Do we really ever imagine to put ourselves in such situations ?
Try fasting. That's the start to the whole deal and once you feel hunger
and thirst , trust me, you begin to salute the poor wherever. It is a lot
of medical values attached to fasting and one such is that it is an
authomatic way of loosing weight (controlling body weight) and cure to
diarrhrea. If not to say, spiritual feelings in rahmadhan are great. One
really doesn't doubt closeness to Almighty God and one's prayers are
answered. Great lessons to learn- humbleness, respect and preaching peace
during these times are a matter of most. This is also a month thought that
the mercy of God is greater than any other month, also to mention of an
inclusive package of a day called "laila tul kadir" or "night of power".
This night is an honourable night that every muslim man and women must do
whatever it takes to get the blessings and rewards of that particular
night. This day is subject to hassle and guesswork and no one really know
when the actually day is. Islamic scholars follow the reccommendations by
the prophet Muhammed (PBUH), where it is assumed to be the odd in the last
three nights. WHO KNOWS WHEN ? ONLY HIM GOD WHO MADE THAT DAY A SECRETE.
I cannot be fair without extending this sermon to the brothers and sisters
in forums, those at home and abroad. I wish you all well in your daily
endeavours and do remember all in your night prayers . Now, the forums too
need to reflect rahmadhan and that's how this world was created. Do try to
argue but be genuine in all and not to make it look like enermity . i
thank forum providers and they help us comminicate far . They are making
the world become a village.Awareness is very important and let
participants derive the good out of the lot. That is more beneficial if
any is to do calculation. One cannot measure how much he is learning by
interacting with the knowledge men and women. Indeed knowledge is power
(the old saying.)
The neighbours irrespective of the faith they stand in and the many other
engagements anti to true faith, we salute you all with the spirit of
islam. We extend our hand of friendship , solidarity and way of respect.
We recognise co-existence and we ask god to guide you to the true path of
faith. Work on it a little bit and you find the cake of islam that many
are enjoying today and they will never relinguish their stance.
At this time, we also extend prayers to the many who in one way or the
other are victims of tragedy. This is not their wish and we humbly implore
on our lord to show mercy and free the ordinary and protect them from
mishap. The tsynamis came and went, followed by hurricanes and other forms
of disasters and wars. These are humans dying , and this could have been
any. No one is safe with this new trend of mother earth. If you are not a
victim of war , you might find yourself trapped in a flood. The tallest
buildings and the strongest metals will get eroded.
Now to those aiming to finish humanity, please we ask you humbly to leave
Gods humans alone. Whatever your intention is- just take enough of that
and leave peace rain. If you want power, take it. If you want knowledge,
take it. If you need religion, take that.If you want diamonds and gold,
take it. If you need any material , take that -and that's better than
taking humans. Now, the ants will also get jealous if they are not
mentioned .
Now, the true vine becomes Him "asza wa zal la", worthy of praise and may
His mercy continue to rain on humans. This kind of writings are neither
political nor for push and pulls. This is rush, pocket and go work on your
life. I humbly pray to God to have this piece travel to the whole world
that any may benefit for distributing it.
I thank God for being a muslim and thank my parents and may God reward
them a beautiful reward. At this point, heaven cannot help flow of tears
from my eyes. The month of rahmadhan is not only a month for my likes to
Salute God FOR His mercy but also another time to remember the lost of a
dear mother. My mum died the friday, 21st of rahmadhan (January 31st
1997). I take this opportunity to attach her part to this great memorandum
of writing style that any following part will be grateful and thanful to
God and their parents. Now this rememberance is also extended to any that
lost a loved one in a life time. YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS YET
AND PLEASE STAY LIKE THAT. I humbly prayer to God with all His many
beautiful names that my mum be a company among the many will-be-jannahs
and i wish her a successful travel passage through "sirate"-the tiny lane.
Having said this, i want to point out clearly that since this is an
islamic thing and one avoids using his own innovation but can use language
styles to tell others what it means. I want to openly point out that
whatever is wrong in this piece of writing is from me and whatever is
right in it is the true islam. I ask God for forgiveness and i hope the
hadith of the prophet "innal mal amaal bin niyaat", that is "deeds are
judged according to intentions" really follows one.
Not running out of words but have to close it so that my teachers will
know i am just the student they are teaching. My Serers, Sarahulles and
Ghalabos should not be scared or panicked, it's only thirty days to go
-and now that a day is gone, we have less than that to go. "Hala ghasih
joni. Pullo salmini on fof."
NOW NEIGHBOURS, TAKE THE HAND SHAKE. TEMPERIMENTAL FRIENDS, TAKE THE HAND
SHAKE. FRIENDS, TAKE THE HAND SHAKE.
May almighty God Guide you all well through this year's rahmadhan and i
wish all many more to witness in goodhealth and happiness. i intend to run
some rahmadhan writing pieces so that our non-muslim brothers will also
feel the taste of islam , that God may extend mercy that they will be
rightly guided.
AHSALAMUH ALEIKUM AHRAHMAH TUL LAHI WAH BARAKATUHU.
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