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Make it your nia that this is going to be the best Ramadan of my life.

And every time Allah gives you Ramadan again, make it your nia again.

And every time Allah gives you another, make it your nia.

Why?

Because one of those years, that Ramadan will be your last Ramadan.

Allah suiuchanan has created us for one primary purpose.

I have only created men and jinse,

I have only created men and jin in order that they worship me.

The worship of Allah is the purpose of why I am here and you are here.

The reason for our existence, the reason for the creation of all the heavens and earth,

is the worship of Allah, jala,ala jala and there are many ways to

worship Allah as we know even being kind is worshipping Allah smiling is worshipping Allah

but the highest category of worship are the rituals that Allah has legislated for those who believe in him.

As the Hadith Qudsi says, the Prophet Sassam said that Allah says,

Oh my servants, nothing will draw you closer to me than you fulfilling the rituals I have prescribed upon you.

Nothing will draw you closer to Allah than by fulfilling the fara'id that Allah has legislated. That is because the other good

deeds that we do, being good to your mother, showing kindness to the orphan, the reality is

that these are also human

traits. And when we do them, we feel good and we get something back as well. It's our family,

it's our friends. The rituals are something that are done purely to venerate Allah, to worship

Allah, subhanahu and rituals are of two categories.

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