Should have posted this long ago. . .

Andai Ini Ramadhan yang Terakhir…..
I have seen people trying to be sentimental over the above statement…. To me, there is not so much to be sentimental about….
Living life to the fullest ( I am hanging to this all my life ) and living the day by day ( Riza Ahmad’s teaching) have given me the strength to continue life without worries. There were worries then but after one year with Riza Ahmad I have learned to be Redha and living day by day by doing the best you can… as for example in a life of a muslim, one has to fulfill his responsibility to his Creator that is to pray 5 times. Doing it diligently, one shouldn’t be worried anymore…you have performed your duties why worry of the Pahala or whether you are doing it enough…Pahala is from Allah, we shouldn’t be questioning. Kalau ada, dapatlah…kalau Allah tak mahu bagi nasiblah…apa pun sembahyanglah tanpa ada syarat. Kita solat kerana kita difardhukan untuk solat sebagai pernyataan kepatuhan kita kepada pencipta kita Allah Subhanawataa’la.
When we keep track of our solat, solat sebagaimana yg disyariatkan maka tiada perlu berasa bimbang ttg hal solat itu lagi. InsyaAllah solat kita diterima.
Then, we continue our day at work or at studies. At work as a teacher or a lecturer or a student or anything. We should know why we work everyday, is it to get the salary every end of the month or sometimes bonus??? Or allowances for students. If your reason would be purely for money and money shall you get. One should work or study because we have to do good to this earth and Allah will Redha with you. InsyaAllah, Allah’s Blessings( Redha) is there when you fulfill all you responsibility for the day, say you have 4 hours of class so you prepare materials for it, go to class and teach and then clock out. Having to do that you are fulfilling the responsibility towards yr profession which can be made rich by putting in good values such as come to work on time, reach to class on time and finish the class at the expected time. There are of course some give and take in the matter of time but make sure we follow the schedule. The practice is there in our daily solat, we can perform Zohor when it reaches midday, no less, but we are given a duration of time convenient to us to perform it. Yes, we are strongly suggested to perform the solat promptly after the azan, but if you are working at that time and leaving your work may harm or do some kind of damage or loss, one can pray any time in the period given. Starting class punctually is a good habit and a good habit will be carried far, our students will follow the value of being punctual, then that becomes “ilmu yang dimanafaatkan” …rewards for it will never stop. This is one of the example…many more can be done.
Is that all? Doing the best for yourself, doing the best for your job…and your day will be complete? This life is not only for ourselves or our family…there are also other people…life is not going to be complete until you show your care and help others around you.
I am going to stop at this point.
Andai ini ramadhan yang terakhir, maka aku redha akan ketentuanMu Y Allah. Aku telah berusaha untuk menjadi seorang muslim sejajar dengan apa yang disyariatkan. Therefore, if this is going to be the last ramadhan , let it be for I have done the best I can.