FIRST REMINDER: Sunday. 25th Muharram. LET'S KEEP STRIVING to PLEASE ALLAH REGARDLESS of HOW HARD it BECOMES. Let's remind each other sharing to others. BismilLah. The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: "There is not a single hour that passes by the son of Aadam in which he does not remember Allah except that he will regret it on the Day of Resurrection." [Al-Jaami' as-Sagheer min Hadeeth al-Basheer an-Nadheer by Imaam As-Suyooti]. A group of people were travelling on rocks at night. A voice came from the sky saying that whoever picks up some rocks would have cause to regret and whoever doesn't pick up any rocks will also regret it. How could this be? Whether you pick up the rocks or not you’ll be sorry! So the people were confused about what to do. Some ended up picking rocks and some didn't. In the morning when they reached their homes, they saw that the rocks had turned into diamonds. Those people who hadn’t picked up any rocks started regretting it saying, "If only we had picked up some rocks." While those people who had picked some up also experienced regret. They regretted not having picked up more rocks. Both sides ended up remorseful. Obviously the better off were those who had bothered to pick some up. Dear Muslims, one of the names of the Day of Judgment is Yaum ul-Hasara - the Day of Regret. Those people who spend their time in useless things will regret it on the Day of Judgement when they see those who obtained the stations of Paradise by their efforts in the path of Allah. On the other hand, those who do achieve a place in Paradise will regret not having strived harder, when they see the loftier stations of Paradise that could have been theirs. May Allah aid our efforts, forgive our mistakes in sinning against ourselves and protect us from the punishment of the grave and the hellfire. Aameen.