person during the month of Ramadan.
About 20 years ago, brother Khawaja used to live with his family in an
apartment building in Toronto, Canada. During the month of Ramadan,
the local Muslims would get together and arrange asmall room in that
building to offer Taraweehprayers. Brother Khawaja states, "I wasn't
that particular about offering prayers so I didn't show much interest
in going to Taraweeh which was Sunnah and not even Fardh." His wife
would constantly tell him to go but that didn't change his mind.
However, she wouldprepare her two small sons and send them to
theprayer. One day, his sons returned back from Taraweeh with tears in
their eyes. Brother Khawaja became concerned and asked why they were
crying. They replied, "Everyone's father goes to Taraweeh but our
father doesn't go." This really touched his heart and he promised his
sons that he will go with them to Taraweeh the next day. It so
happened that there was a speech on that day after listening to which
Brother Khawaja decided to change his life. Since then, he has been
actively participating in many Islamic activities and have built and
supported various Masjids.
Many days of Ramadan hasalready passed by. Let us spend our time
properly toobtain as much as we can from this Ramadan. Be generous in
this month and increase your acts of worship.
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