If you cannot fast this Ramadan, if you cannot go to the masjid for tarawih, if you've been so overwhelmed that the month has crept up and you don't feel like you're at all prepared, remember:
Ramadan is the month of mercy anyway. Ramadan is the month of forgiveness anyway. Ramadan is the month of acceptance and rewards and prayers answered anyway.
Instead of feeling guilty and angry over your inability to fast and spend this month in the masjid or your lack of preparation, find creative ways to reconnect with your Creator. Your taking care of your health, your taking care of others, your duaa, your Quran, your dhikr, your charity, your doing the laundry and going to work and taking care of the kids and supporting your parents and studying for exams- all of them, all of them, are acts of worship magnified in this month by your intention.
If you feel the door has shut for you and the month hasn't even begun, remember, "Allah will not close a door to His slave out of wisdom, except that He opens two doors for him out of mercy." Ibn al-Qayyim
Allahuma, we are not ready, our hearts are hard and our vices many, but You are All Forgiving, All Loving and All Answering and all is easy for You- so make us successful anyway! Bring us close to You anyway! Be pleased with us, forgive us, answer us and enter us and every one of our loved ones into the highest Paradise without reckoning anyway! ameen!
--Maryam Amir
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