I'm adding few Ramdhan tips that Sum baji sent me (Jazakillah e khair.)
1) Make your aftari before hand
2) Plan your routine, To avail each second (rem we have 84,600 seconds a day only!)
3) Take up Easy Sunnah like Miswak, Smiling, Zikr-o-Allah while working.
4) Make list of duas for Iftar and Qadar Night.
5) Paste masnoon duas of breaking fast on the wall so it could remind you and others to read.
6) Give up one bad habit daily.
7) Take up one good habit daily.
8) do recitation of Quran with Understanding.
1) Character Improvement:
Greetings:
' when those who believe in our signs come to you, say 'Peace be upon you' (Al Anaam ; 54)
'when you are welcomed with a greeting, then answer back with something finer than that or (at least) return it,. Truly Allah takes count of things' (Nisa' : 86)
'Which means, when it is said, 'Aslamualikum', return it with a 'Walikum salam va rehmatullah', and if it is said 'Asalamualikum va rehmatullah' return it with better, 'say 'Walikum salam va rehmatullah va barakatuhu'
and if someone greet you with a 'Asalamualikum va rehmatullah va barakatuhu' return it with more passion than the greeter!
'when one of you arrives at a meeting where people are seated, he should say salam to them, And when he wishes to leave, he should say salam to them' (Abu Dauwd)
The person who arrives has the duty to initiate Salam to people.
Excess Eating:
' O you who believe! Allah will certainly make a trial of you with something in (the matter of) the game that is well within reach of your hands and your lances, that Allah may test who fears Him unseen. Then whoever transgresses thereafter, for him there is a painful torment. (Maida, Ayat 94)
Similar speech has been given here:
Say: "O 'Ibadi (My slaves) who have TRANSGRESSed against themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of Allah, verily Allah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." Az-Zummar, Ayat 53
(2) Narrated Ibn 'Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "A believer eats in one intestine (is satisfied with a little food), and a kafir (unbeliever) or a hypocrite eats in seven intestines (eats too much)." (Bukhari, Book #65, Hadith #306)
Above is a very Important hadith that tells a symbol of Hypocrite, ie he/she eats a lot! we and most importantly i myself, need to reconsider our eating manners as well. Please remember each other in prayers!
2) Inculcating sunnah as habits
The best way of saying Salam is Shaking Hands (Tirmidhi)
3) DUA
I'll be adding two duas, continuing the Greeting manner, everytime we enter our homes we should recite the dua mentioned below.
The next one is for gluttonous people like myself, May Allah help us Improve.
May Allah makes your life easy for you and May He bless you with a strength to make others' lives easy.
