"Kul Am Wa Amantum bi khair"

Farewell, Dear Ramadhan

  ' MUSLIM' FOOLS DAY?

"Ramadhan has finished and now Eid is here,
It won't come back for another year.
We'll miss the taraweeh and days of fast,
Our friend Ramadhan is now a memory past.

The rewards were many and the blessings great,
Friends and relations came early and late,
We shared together in food and drink,
We're sad it's over and it makes us think;

Now that the devil is unchained to run free,
what should we do to combat his evil spree?
He wants us to return to the ways of old,
by lying, cheating and false stories told.

He keeps whispering his evil ideas in our ear,
But there's something we can do, if Allah we fear,
By fasting six days in Shawwal, it's clear,
It's as though you fasted the ENTIRE YEAR."
-- Sheik Yusuf
May Allah accept your deeds for another year"
(Ameen.)

The prophet, peace be upon him, said:

"Whoever fasts 6 days in Shawwal (after fasting Ramadhan) will have the reward of having fasted the entire year."

And he also said:

"The smell of the breath of the one who is fasting is more beloved by Allah, than the perfume."

May Allah accept all your good deeds for another year, and may He ever increase us all in the best of His Guidance and accept all of your good deeds, ameen.
Jazakalah khair was-salam alaykum wa rahmatulah,

Yusuf Estes

YusufEstes@msn.com

National Muslim Chaplain and director of Islam Tomorrow.com
www.IslamTomorrow.com