| All the works of the children of Adam are his, except fasting. It belongs to Me, and I will reward him for it |-hadith qudsi-
So in this month of Shabaan and the coming month of Ramadhan.. let us fast' with begins with out heart.. for only by this, its possible to do act this worship with one and only intention, for the pleasure of Allah..
And looking back at the lesson of the history back then, it was in the blessed month of Ramadhan that Allah made it to be a hallmark for the sincere muslims. The event that occur is well known.. its the battle of Badr..
Allah sent down to His servants the 'Furqaan' on that day.. (8:41)
In which, despite lacking of equipments and army in addition of the month of fasting, the muslims at that time still go forth to this battle, for with only one thing that support them to move foward, is their total reliance and believe in Allah. And they fight not because of their gain, but it was done in His way to high up Allah words in this world. With their sincerest believe and trust in Him, Allah grant them victory.
so, the coming month of Ramadhan, is a month of Jihad.. its where one is being tested physically and mentally.. It may seem ackward that fasting is considered to be a jihad, but its becoz of the physical deprivation from hunger and thirst, the mental manipulation not to do things that could slack down the deed of fasting that is considered to be an at of jihad..
Thus, let us now train our selves in this shabaan month to able to fast with the sincerest act of worship to prepare for us to undergo the month of ramadhan with a full use in it..
The month of Ramadhan is the month in which the Qur'an was sent own, a guidance for humankind and manisfestations of guidance and the criterion (furqaan) {al-baqarah : 185}
