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A lot of us yearn to prepare for Ramadan, but we have no idea how to start. Below are a few tips to insha'Allah (Allah willing) help prepare our minds and hearts for this upcoming Month of Mercy. Make the Intention Simple to do, with a powerful impact. Maybe you want to prepare for Ramadan, but between school, work, family, and your other activities, you just have no idea how to fit in 'prepare for Ramadan' time. Instead of separating 'prepare for Ramadan' from your daily activities, make your daily activities a MEANS of preparation for Ramadan. For example, perhaps your mom asked you to pick up your brother from school on the day you finally had time to read a few extra pages of Qur'an. Instead of feeling upset as if you have lost a great opportunity to prepare for Ramadan, make the intention that you are picking up your brother to please Allah and prepare for Ramadan by obeying your mother, helping your family members, building ties of kinship...and the list

Very soon, {Insha Allah by August 1st}, we may enter the holy month of Ramadhan. Here are few quick tips which may insha Allah help us while preparing ourselves these days Ramadan is the month of excitement for Muslims. Ramadan is the month of revelation of Quran, the month of reading and reciting the whole Quran, the month of Tahajjud and Qiyam al-layl prayers, Sadaqah, Zakah al-Fitr and Zakah al-Mal. Ramadan is also a month of social activities among Muslims. No one can go anywhere without preparation, and no one invites a guest without preparing to welcome him / her. Similarly, to welcome Ramadan, the month of fasting, one has to prepare. The following are some tips to help the reader prepare accordingly: Start reading Quran daily after Salat al-Fajr. Spend some time listening to recitations from the Quran. Train yourself to go bed early so that you can wake up far Salat al-Fajr. Keep yourself in a state of Wudu (Ablution) most of the time. Evaluate yourself daily before going bed.

Unity of Muslim Ummah is so important, it cannot be emphasised enough. Likewise disunity amongst the Ummah can be disastrous. Allah, the Most Wise, says: "And hold fast, all together, by the rope of Allah, and be not divided among yourselves..." (Quran-3:103) While we are living and enjoying the comforts and luxuries of this world, our brothers and sisters are suffering and being oppressed all around us. Has it become such that we have become immune and insensitive to such afflictions and find so hard to assist the Ummah let alone shed even one tear. Have we forgotten the Hadith of Rasullullah(salallaho alaihe wassallam): “The Muslim Ummah is like one body. If the eye is in pain then the whole body is in pain and if the head is in pain then the whole body is in pain” The enemies of Islam are attempting to destroy this Ummah, piece by piece and for this to happen all we got to do is…. NOTHING ! Once upon a time three bulls lived in the forest. One white, one brown and one bla