By Ml Sulaiman Ravat

Rekindling the Islamic brotherhood and unity is impossible if we don’t become obedient to the commands of Allah Ta’aala. Allah says “And (Allah) created the bond of love between their hearts. If you (O Muhammad!) had spent whatever there is on this earth, you will not have been able to create that bond of love between their hearts.” But Allah created the bond between them. The Mufassireen (commentators) write that this means love between Muslims, a bounty of Allah. He does not confer this bounty to those who are disobedient.

A quality of the Muttaqeen (righteous) is that “they do not intentionally continue with wrongdoing.” They make Taubah (repent). Taubah has 3 conditions for acceptance, regret, abstention, and a firm intention not to commit the act again. If we made an intention to abstain only for one month, then that is not sincere Taubah. If we return to our old ways then it’s a sign that our Taubah was invalid.

We need to celebrate Islam, our fortune of being members of the greatest faith ever revealed to humankind, our blessings at receiving the most comprehensive of scriptures that has ever descended from the heavens. We need to celebrate our selection as followers of the greatest man ever who walked on the face of this earth.