Allaah The Almighty to accept the righteous deeds they have performed
in it and pledge to Him that they will continue the performance of
good deeds and remain steadfastupon the path of righteousness. The
Muslims also work hard not to break the bond that connects them with
Allaah The Almighty, and continue to worship Him through all means of
good and virtuous deeds, for Allaah The Almighty remains our Lord
during all the other months as well as Ramadan.
It follows that, although Allaah The Almighty has certainly favoured
some months over others, we must worship Him equally during the other
months,because Allaah The Almighty addressed His ProphetSaying)what
means(:}And worship yourLord until there comes to you thecertainty
]i.e. death[{]Quran 15: 99[ Thus, we as Muslims should keep reminding
ourselves that we should not regress or decrease in the performance of
good deeds, and we should beware of being like the woman whom Allaah
The Almighty mentioned in the Quran, Saying)which means(:}…She who
untwisted her spun thread after it was strong…{]Quran 16: 92[ This
represents someone who, after expending time and effort in good, goes
on to ruin the end product by undoing it. Thus, we should not ruin our
obedience bysinning, nor should we weaken our faith which was
increased and strengthened by our acts of worship by committing
prohibitions and becoming one of those who are heedless.
One may appear to others to be performing the actions of the dwellers
of Paradise until what ispreordained comes to pass, which means that
he then performs the actions of the inmates of Hell until he enters
it; this may happen due to some evilin him which he did not strive to
remove from his heart until the time of death comes upon him,
suddenly, whilst he is upon disobedience, which means that his end
will be an evil one.
Therefore, we must continue to remain firm upon obedience and acts of
worship and not change our situation to disobedience after we were
upon righteousness; we must continueto maintain the bond of faith
which connects us to our Lord. The Companionswould closely monitor the
conditions of their hearts in order to be assured that deterioration
had not occurred; when Allaah The Almighty provided some of them with
abundant sustenance, they began stating that their hearts had changed,
which was a reflection of their continuous fear regarding its
condition.
Similarly, we should watch over our actions and lives very carefully,
monitoring all that we say and do, checking our intentions. After
Ramadan is over, a believer should always maintain himself upon
obedienceas we were instructed to by the Prophetwho said: "The dearest
deeds to Allaah are the continuous ones, even if they are few." It is
the hypocrite does notmention Allaah The Almighty except very
sparingly, and when he does he does it in order to be seen doing so.
The believer, on the other hand, mentions Allaah The Almighty
continuously and with love and sincerity. Wheneverthe Prophetwould
begin performing any act of worship, he would continue performing it
regularly; just compare this to the hypocrite who hardly ever acts
righteously, and when he does, he will thereafter abandon it for a
long period; he is just as Allaah The Almighty describes him, in His
Saying )which means(:}…Showing ]themselves to[ the people and not
remembering Allaah except a little.{]Quran 4: 142[
The great fruits of being continuous in performing acts of worship include:
• Causing the heart to become continuously connected to AllaahThe
Almighty, which is what grants steadfastness and strength in faith to
the slave; Allaah The Almighty Says )what means(:}And whoever relies
upon Allaah — then He is sufficient for him.{]Quran 65: 3[
• Instilling the love of Allaah in the slave, as Allaah The Almighty
Says )what means(:}…Indeed, Allaah loves those who are constantly
repentant and loves those who purify themselves.{]Quran 2:222[ This
means that Allaah loves those who continuously repent from their sins
and purify themselves from sinning. Allaah The Almighty also Says in a
Qudsi narration: "My servant continues to draw closer to Me through
voluntary deeds until I love him." This continuation and persistence
is a reason why the slave receives rescue during hardships.
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