By Asma bint Shameem
So what’s the big deal if it’s the beginning of a new solar year?
Why all this hyperexcitement?
Why the celebrations?
I mean, think about it....
Isn’t it just another day?
Isn't it the same earth?
The same sun?
The same moon?
The same trees?
Even the same AIR we breathe!
*NOTHING has changed.*
Then what’s the reason for this “celebration” any way?
A new page on the calendar doesn’t mean ANY thing.
It’s JUST ANOTHER DAY in the life of a Muslim.
What I was “yesterday”, I’m still the SAME “today”.
What I had “yesterday”, I still have “today”.
*There’s only ONE thing that’s different...*
I’m one day closer to meeting my Rabb.
yet another year closer to my grave..
yet another year before my time is up...
and yet another year closer to the day I have to give account of what I did in the dunya...
Allaah says:
“Draws near for mankind their reckoning, while they turn away in heedlessness.”
(Surah al-Anbiyaa’ :1)
The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam said:
"The (average) age of my Ummah is between *sixty and seventy* (years)..."
(at-Tirmidhi-saheeh by al-Albaani)
Al-Hasan al-Basri said:
"The world is but *three* days:
- As for yesterday, it has *gone*, along with all that was in it.
- As for tomorrow, you may *never see it*.
- As for today, it is *yours*, so *WORK ON IT.*"
And he said:
"Oh son of Adam, you are but a FEW DAYS;
whenever a day is gone, *part of you is gone too.*"
Ibn al-Jawzi said:
“Days consists of *hours* and hours are made up of *breaths* you take.
Every breath is a *treasure chest*, so BEWARE of letting even a breath pass by with no benefit.
You do not want to find an empty treasure chest on the Day of Judgement and Regret....”
*Brothers and sisters*
Think about it....
So what if it’s a new year?
What’s there to celebrate?
*All we’ve done is turned YET another page in the calendar of our lives.*
*Nothing more.*
*Nothing less.*
So focus on your meeting with Allaah.
Don’t get distracted by what “others” do.
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