By Asma bint Shameem
So what’s the ww w 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!
What has changed?
Nothing.
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.
No mention comes to them from their Lord as a recent revelation except that they listen to it while they are at play, with their hearts distracted. “
(Surah Al-Anbiyaa 21: 1-3)
Imaam As Sa’di said concerning these Aayaat:
“Their hearts are heedless, turned away by their worldly wants and desires, while their bodies are at play. They have been distracted by their desires, working according to falsehood, and evil statements.
When the person dies his judgment has been established.
And he has entered the realm where he will receive his recompense for his actions.
Thus it is amazing that you find the person heedlessly turning away while he doesn’t know when death will surprise him.”
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....”
Someone asked shaikh Saleh al-Fawzaan:
“Does the last day of the solar year have any special merit?”
He said:
“No, it does not have any merit over the rest of the days; and there is *No Congratulating (one another)* in it, and there is nothing specific to it, more than the other days.
And every day is the end of a year in comparison to (that day in) the past year. Thus the days succeed one another, and there is no merit for some days over other days.*
Being that Allaah has made in them a lesson and a gain for (His) slaves and a reminder for (His) slaves.”
(Fataawaa Shaikh Saleh al-Fawzaan 15834)
*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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