O Allah! Today is Eid al-Fitr. Today\nis the day of returning to you. You have blessed me with your gifts in this\nmonth. You have helped me to get closer to you, but what shall I do? The days\nare coming one after another. Day by day I am getting older; however, my\nspiritual condition is not progressing. In fact, it is even worsening. My eyes,\nwhich were crying for you at the Night of Qadr, go astray. I feel that my\nhands, my tongue, and all my being are missing the closeness to you. I know\nthese changes are all because of my own deeds. I\u2019m so sorry, but what shall I\ndo?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These are the words of most of us in\nthe Eid al-Fitr. How can we maintain the closeness to Allah (SWT) which we\ngained during the month of Ramadan?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Businessmen always record their\nfinancial transactions in their accounts. In this way, they can easily realize\nhow much they have benefited or they have lost; how much they are in debt; how\nmuch they should pay for tax; which goods they should buy or sell and how much\nthey have in their stocks. Based on all these data, they know how to plan for\nthe future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So why don\u2019t we take an account of our\ngood and evil deeds? Maybe we think that evil deeds do not harm us or our good\ndeeds do not benefit us, so we do not mind them. We all know that good deeds\nmake us closer to Allah (SWT) and make Him satisfied with us. We know our sins\nmake us lose the nearness to Him. Surely we all believe that all of our deeds,\ngood or bad, are being recorded by Allah (SWT), and one day He will show all of\nthem to us. So why do we not allocate some time for accounting ourselves in\neach day in order to apologize to Allah (SWT) for all of our improper deeds and\nmake ourselves ready for a better future and better deeds? (1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This way we can think about our daily\ndeeds carefully and make conclusions by analyzing them, in order to make strong\ndecisions to continue the good deeds we have done on the previous day and try\nto stop the evil deeds. In addition, we should try to compensate them as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Self accounting is so valuable that\nProphet Muhammad (PBUH&HP) in his will to Abouzar says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cO Abouzar! Take\naccount of yourself before you are accounted for whatever you have done.\nBecause taking account of yourself in each day, is much easier than answering\nit on the resurrection day. Take account for yourself before your deeds are\njudged, and prepare yourself for the day on which the value of your deeds are\nrevealed. Prepare yourself for the day in which the deeds become evident and\nnothing is hidden from Allah (SWT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
O Abouzar! No one will be considered\npious unless he accounts for himself precisely and carefully, an accounting\nwhich is more intensive than the accounting between two business partners.\u201d(2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Surly, one of the most important\nredemption keys and secrets of staying on the path to Allah (SWT) is accounting\nfor ourselves. If we have acted according to a continuous schedule and account\nfor ourselves at the end of each day, there will be enough time to ponder on\nthe activities of that day, continue our good deeds, and compensate for our\nevil deeds\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo we bid\nfarewell to Ramadan like a farewell to a loved one whose leaving is hard for us\nand fills us with gloom and loneliness. The one who has a respected right upon\nus and whom we made a promise to. We say, Peace be upon you, O greatest month\nof Allah! O festival of His friends!\u201d (3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On behalf of Roshd website, we\ncongratulate all Muslims and especially you, dear friend, on the arrival of Eid\nal-Fitr, the day of blessing and returning to Allah (SWT) and the day of honor\nand generosity of pious and righteous people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Footnotes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Selected from\ntranslation and explanation of \u201cMohasebeye Nafs\u201d by Ayatullah Sayyed ibn\nTawoos. Translated and explained by Abbasali Mahmoudi<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Wasa\u2019il\nal-Shia, vol. 16, page 98<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. A phrase of\nthe 45th supplication of Sahifa Sajjadiah, translated by William Chittick with\nminor changes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
O Allah! Today is Eid al-Fitr. Today is the day of returning to you. You have blessed me with your gifts in this month. You have helped me to get closer to you, but what shall I do? The days are coming one after another. Day by day I am getting older; however, my spiritual […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28429,28248],"tags":[24779,17778,24715,18465,24765,17976,18418,24780,24778],"class_list":["post-4864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eid-al-fitr","category-occasional-letters","tag-2007-10-13","tag-allah","tag-eid-al-fitr","tag-good","tag-helpe","tag-night","tag-occasion-letters","tag-qadr","tag-the-redemption-key"],"yoast_head":"\n