Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Poem: What Actual Happiness On Eid Means

💐 In The Name Of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful
💌 Actual happiness on Eid doesn't really imply 
Feeling "relieved" that the days of fasting have gone by, 
"Thrilled" that Taraweeh is no longer prayed or required, 
And "eager" to resume sins that were paused for a while, 
Like one bids Ramadan "farewell" and tells shaytan "hi!".
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Don't make Eid a "welcome back party" for Allah's foe, 
By returning the Mushaf on shelves just for decor, 
Viewing Qur'an reading in other months as a chore, 
Listening to songs, watching indecent films galore, 
Or making yourself believe gossip isn't abhorred.
~•~
Don't satisfy nor entertain shaytan by acting 
Immoral as though not one progress and improvement 
Can be seen in you after you've spent some days fasting. 
One would be pleasing shaytan if they keep committing 
Wrongdoings on purpose like stealing and backbiting.
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True joy on Eid can be felt by those who did their best 
In spending Ramadan rightly, on acts of worship, 
Reading Qur'an often, spreading good vibes and kindness, 
Seeking Allah's Forgiveness for the sins that one did, 
And striving to have one's faith strengthened and nafs guarded.
~•~
Happiness on Eid isn't in dancing and music, 
Not in reconnecting with haraam relationships 
And reconciling with deeds that are prohibited. 
Happy are those whose Tawbah and fasts are accepted,
And good deeds they continue bring inner happiness.
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📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "The five prayers, Friday to Friday, and Ramadan to Ramadan will expiate the sins committed between them, as long as the major sins are avoided."
Source: Sahih Muslim 233
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Muslim
📖 Jabir Ibn Abdullah RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: The Prophet Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam would return on the day of Eid by using a different route from which he SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam came.
Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 986
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Bukhari
Ibn Al-Qayyim said, “It is said that the reason he did this was to greet the people with peace who lived on both fairways, or so that the blessings of his passing would reach both areas, or to fulfill the needs of those among them. It is said that he did so to establish the symbols of Islam in the various roads and paths. Another reason given is that he SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam did so to frustrate the hypocrites when they witnessed the might of Islam and its people. It is said that he did so in order for the various areas to testify to his obedience to Allah. Surely, he who walks to the mosque and the place of prayer will earn this virtue: One step raises him a degree and another erases a sin until he returns home. It is also said, and this is the correct opinion, that all the reasons mentioned here are possible as well as other unknown wisdom that always accompanied his actions.”
Source: Zād Al-Ma’ād 1/432
📖 Al-Miqdad Ibn Al-Aswad RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Verily, the happy person is the one kept away from tribulations (from fitna), the happy person is the one kept away from tribulations, the happy person is the one kept away from tribulations, yet excellent is the one who is afflicted and bears it patiently."
Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4263
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani
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