Rajab, the Month of Aligning
With the dawn of the Sacred Month of Rajab, the mind-set and focus of Muslims should be aligned. Aligned to the awareness of the Great Months ahead of him/her. Soon, the month of Rajab will disappear and be made history, and a Great Month named Sha’baan will appear. In this Month, a Holy night in its Nisf (middle) holds many virtues and importance. We will Insha Allah discuss that in the future.
Rajab is the month in which we should prepare ourselves. Just like how a person who has an important meeting on a certain date, many days before that day, he will start preparing. He will arrange for his transport, place to meet etc. well before time, he will ensure he arrives at the appointed place on time. In this manner, he will take few steps in preparing himself for the meeting.
Likewise, as Muslims, as Believers in something called Hisaab-Kitaab (Accountability on the Day of Judgement), we are expected to prepare ourselves. Hence, the Holy Divine System of Allah Ta’ala is such that annually important Days, Nights and Months which hold certain virtues rotate and re-visit our lives, in which are opportunities for our Imaani ‘tanks’ to be ‘refuelled’. This is the System of Allah Ta’ala, in order for us to keep up with His Remembrance, Zikrullah and extra (optional) Ibaadat.
Otherwise, we all know how our busy lives has made us negligent of our Ibaadat. We all are aware as to how little time we have to do certain Nafl Ibaadaat. We are most aware of our condition with regards to the Tilaawat, Zikrullah, Istighfaar etc. we make during the year.
Therefore, a sincere Muslim who is thirsty for the Aakhirah and whose mind and focus is on the Aakhirah, will waste no time and prepare himself/herself from now, this very moment, and take maximum benefit of the present month of Rajab for Sha’baan so that at least in Ramadhaan his/her system, days and nights are accustomed to the spending of the Month of Ramadhaan in the proper way. Such a Muslim will begin aligning his/her life to practicing on the Sunnah, doing some Nafl and remain firm on the Fardh.
We ask Allah Ta’ala to guide each one of us, bless us in Rajab and Sha’baan, and we ask Allah Paak to allow us to see the month of Ramadhaan in a healthy and safe way, Aameen.