As you know, there are just days left in the month of Ramadan. So as
Ramadan fatigue sets in, how do you beat it and make sure that you
finish strong. So first off, it's important to understand that it is
normal to feel fatigued at the end of Ramadan. You know, we may have
the feeling that there's something wrong with us or the shaitan may
try to convince us that there's something wrong with us that we're
feeling tired and fatigued. And, you know, we may look at other
people and say, Look, they're working so hard at the end of
Ramadan and we you know, we're feeling tired. Maybe there's
something wrong with our faith, something wrong with our Eman.
That's not the case. It is normal to feel that way. But it is
important to try and fight that it is important that we end the month
of Ramadan strong you know the prophets (pbuh). He said [الأعمال بالخواتيم]
that matters are judged by their endings or deeds are judged by
their ending meaning it's it's not it's not about how this journey
went so far. It's about how we end this journey. It's about finishing
strong ibn Jawzi (Rh) He said perhaps you didn't do well in
welcoming the month of Ramadan. So make sure to do well in bidding it
farewell Imam Hasan Al-Basri (Rh) He said improve the performance of
what is left so you will be forgiven for what came before
meaning we can still salvage the month of Ramadan, we can still make
the most of Ramadan in what is left, perhaps we didn't do well, in
the beginning perhaps we made mistakes, perhaps we didn't do as
much as we could do, we could still save all of that if we make sure to
end strong. So here are three pieces of advice that you can use
to end strong in the month of Ramadan number one, get some rest.
If you need to look, I know this may sound counterintuitive, or it
may sound different than some of the other advice that you may have
gotten, you know, people saying that no matter what happens, just
work as hard as you can just tire yourself out if you have to. But
the reality is that our bodies, our minds, they need rest. And if we
don't get rest, then we're not going to be able to finish strong.
So maybe, you know, you've been working hard until this very time.
And now the fatigue is setting in. And now because of that you're
feeling tired. So it's important to get some rest if you need to, you
know the Prophets (pbuh), he said [ان لنفسك عليك حقا] that you have a right upon
yourself or your body has a right upon you. So maybe you need to
catch up on some sleep. And I'm not saying sleep the whole day, but get
the rest that you need to so that you can finish strong so that
you'll have more energy when you actually spend time on your
worship. Number 2 plan out exactly what you're going to do in these
last few days of Ramadan. Once again, you may hear people say Just
do as much as you can do. But that often doesn't work. When we don't
define our goals and our goals are just left vague and open, then we
end up doing nothing or we end up you know, trying and since the goal
is so vague, we don't accomplish anything. So set goals for yourself
set goals that are realistic, yes, they can be slightly challenging
and difficult. But make sure they are realistic goals for yourself,
even if it's just a few things but know exactly what you want to do in
these last few days. Number 3, and this is a little bit of a spiritual
matter but remind yourself that this day that you're in maybe the
very last day that you have to worship Allah the last day that you
have to seek forgiveness from Allah (swt), you know, oftentimes we
assume that we're going to get another day and the reality is that
we don't know none of us have a guarantee upon our lives that we
will make it to the next day. So if this is the very last day you have
to seek forgiveness from Allah, how would you be how many people were
alive last year and didn't make it to this Ramadan? How many people
started the month of Ramadan, and we're not able to finish the month
of Ramadan. So maybe this is the only chance that you have this is
the only day or the only night that you have to seek forgiveness from
Allah and that is a mindset you need to put yourself in that place
where you can understand the reality of life. So those are three
things that you can do at the end of the month of Ramadan to make
sure to finish strong and ask Allah (swt) to allow us to finish and
complete the month of Ramadan, Allahumma Ameen.