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"Many of us may feel the month is going by without our tasting its sweetness. We have not yet cried our hearts out to Him like we may want. But a lack of tears from the sweetness of eman is not an indicator of a lack of faith.
God tells us in a holy hadith: “My servant draws not near to Me with anything more loved by Me than the religious duties I have enjoined upon him, and My servant continues to draw near to Me with supererogatory works so that I shall love him…”
He does not say: “You draw close to Me through a feeling you get.” He does not demand we cry out of love for Him everyday, even if that is what we want to do. ALLAH is empowering us to take action in managing our side of our relationship with Him.
Someone I deeply respect told me she has been praying regularly for 40 years and in that time she has connected emotionally sometimes, but sometimes she hasn't at all. But the feeling or lack thereof doesn't inform whether or not she continues to pray. She still prays. And perhaps that's the point.
Will you still do it when it doesn't taste sweet? Will you still do it when you're not on an eman high? Or will you, instead of wondering how you can work on yourself, decide you don't feel anything anyway so there's no point?
We absolutely try and deeply desire that emotional sweetness and those tears brimming from Iman. But not experiencing that does not indicate failure. And doing the obligations and extra no matter what state we are in emotionally shows a dedication, a persistence, a willingness to fight for this relationship, to prove our love through our actions.
You can do that. You can show ALLAH how much you love Him. Raise your hands and ask Him to taste the sweetness of eman. But show Him you don't worship a feeling. You worship Him."
