Marhaban Sha´ban

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- So now we enter Shaban, the preparation for the sacred month of Ramadan continues and as it draws closer so does the excitement. Oh how the heart beats with longing and the soul yearns for it’s light.

Four weeks from now the heavens will open up and pour down a rain so powerful, so beautiful, so bright that even the hardest of hearts feel its effects.

The messenger of Allah – may peace and blessings be upon him- said concerning these sacred months:

Rajab is the month of Allah, Shaban the month of the prophet and Ramadan the month of my Ummah”
(Hadith Qudsi)

We welcome you O’ Shaban, O’ the month of the Prophet.

After emerging from Rajab with a heart that you have worked to purify day and night, cleansed from sin that has for so long weighed you down. It is now time at last to begin the journey. Let us now enter the door, the door of Muhammed. (Peace and blessings be upon he)

This sacred month is a time one draws closer to the chosen one, not only in the implementation of his sunnah but also by increasing ones love and intimacy with him. Once the heart beats with love of the most perfect of creation, it sends a rush around ones body, you begin constantly to think of his compassion, his beauty, his wisdom, his generosity, his connection to the celestial realms. He was the most, most, most perfect in every way, your about to explode its too much and like a volcano this intense love erupts and flows through every part of you, your eyes cry in longing to meet him, your limbs surrender to his path and your tongue, oh your tongue, can do nothing but praise him.

Shaban is the month of the Prophet, meaning the month of sending much praise upon him.

Alf sal Allah alaika ya rasul Allah Ya Muhammed
(May a thousand blessings be sent upon you Oh messenger of Allah Oh Muhammed)

The Prophet himself used to say ‘miserly is the one who does not send salutations upon me’

In another Hadith he said ‘He who sends salams upon me once, Allah sends salams upon him ten times’.

It has been related that the one who forgets to send salams upon him is forgotten.

Sending praise upon him illuminates the heart and fills the depths of ones soul with light. Love and longing to meet him becomes part of you, your limbs begin to conform to his way without you even realising it.

When Ramadan enters with Rajab having stripped ones self from sin and Shaban filling it with love of Allahs messenger then the rains of Mercy, forgiveness, Love and Proximity can truly pour down and penetrate the depths of ones heart.

Allahummah barik lana fi Rajib wa Shaban wa balig na Ramadan
Oh Allah bless us in Rajab and Shaban and allow us to reach the realities of Ramadan .Amen

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