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We have commenced the year

1444 from the hijrah of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him and it's been just about two weeks

Many people talk about New Year's resolutions

Now we need to know that in Islam

Every time you do a bad deed you must resolve to stop it

You must regret it

You must ask Allah's forgiveness and you must resolve you must have that firm intention

This I'm not going to do it again. It was not good enough. Don't wait for an occasion

to make a resolution

The same applies when you do a good deed

You must be so happy that you resolve within yourself. I'm going to maintain this and build on it

So the bad is eradicated slowly but surely or instantly and the good is increased by the will of Allah Almighty

such that as the days pass

You become a person who has improved yourself

Both as a Muslim as a believer in Allah

Subhanahu wa Ta'ala as a follower of the Prophet Muhammad may peace be upon him and as a human being at large

You become a much more pleasant person people enjoy interacting with you because you've become conscious of the little things

You were not conscious about when you were young

And this is why we say yes, we don't wait for a moment

That might come somewhere down the year in order for us to repent or turn to Allah if I'm planning to go for a hug next year

It doesn't mean I hold on and wait without repenting for the entire year because I am hoping to go you may never go who knows

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