SECOND REMINDER: Yaumu Al-Khamis, 5th day of Rajab (Thursday, 22nd March). LET'S STRIVE TO BE GOOD PRACTICING MUSLIM NOT JUST A MUSLIM BY NAME. LETS SHARE AND ASK QUESTIONS. BismilLahir Rahmaanir Raheem. Let's continue from the first Reminder; Sincerely repenting to ALLAH. ALLAH says: O son of Adam, if your sins were to reach the clouds of the sky and you would then seek My forgiveness, I would forgive you. ALLAHU AKBAR. When a person sins and then sincerely turns to ALLAH for forgiveness, one will find ALLAH ready to accept his repentance and to forgive him, as this verse indicates: "And whoever does a wrong or wrongs himself, but then seeks forgiveness from ALLAH, he will find ALLAH forgiving and merciful. (Surat an-Nisaa 4:110). Repentance is an act, which purifies the soul and brings the servant closer to ALLAH. It puts the heart at rest from guilt. It protects one from falling prey to his desires and lusts and increases his faith. We must ask ourselves this question: Would we be willing to forgive anyone who hurts us and disobeys us constantly as easily as ALLAH is Able to forgive? Most probably, the answer would be NO. But our Creator is the Most Kind and HE is the Most Perfect. ALLAH is a Lord of Kindness to mankind, but most of mankind give not thanks. (Surat al-Baqarah 2:143). In this Hadithi Qudsi, mankind is encouraged to seek ALLAH'S forgiveness and repent, but there are five conditions of repentance, which must be met for ones repentance to be accepted. The first and most important is that the act of repentance be sincerely for ALLAH alone. Secondly, the person must feel remorse and guilt over his actions so much so that he wished he had never done it in the first place. The third condition is that the person must immediately cease performing the wrong and sinful act. Fourthly, the repentant person must have a firm intention to never commit the sin again. And lastly, the person must repent before it is too late, meaning before death knock on us bcs no one knows when that will happen. To be continued in shaa ALLAH. May ALLAH aid us through our effort to get closer to HIM. Aameen.