Article Series
A series on reforming the heart and preparing for Ramadan, drawing on the lessons of Shaykh Abu Ishaq al-Huwayni, may Allah have mercy on him, "The Stations of Those Journeying to Allah". An introductory overview maps the path, and the articles then move through its stations: wakefulness, self-accounting, struggling against weak resolve, self-admiration and delusion, repentance, resolve and determination, love, and receiving Ramadan with a living heart, and it closes with a conclusion that gathers the stations together and explains why the series comes before Ramadan. The author of this site first published its first eight parts on the Alukah Network.
Series parts
An introductory map of the Ramadan path series, explaining why the heart must be prepared before the season arrives and how the coming articles fit together as a single spiritual program.
The second article in the Ramadan path series presents wakefulness as the beginning of spiritual travel: the moment the heart stops drifting and starts seeing the path, the self, and the danger of heedless routine.
The third article in the Ramadan path series explains that spiritual decline usually follows not from a dramatic break, but from a shortage of inner provision and the weakening of honest self-review.
The fourth article in the Ramadan path series diagnoses weak aspiration and hidden inner diseases that may corrupt the seeker's path even while outward acts remain in place.
The fifth article in the Ramadan path series presents repentance not as a temporary phase after sin, but as the first, middle, and final station of the believer's lifelong journey to Allah.
The sixth article in the Ramadan path series explains that the journey to Allah cannot continue on information alone; it needs inward aspiration, firm resolve, and resistance to procrastination.
The seventh article in the Ramadan path series presents love of Allah as the heart of the journey, but insists that it is only granted after wakefulness, struggle, purification, and testing.
The eighth Ramadan-path article treats Ramadan as a test of love, arguing that heedlessness, distraction, and media saturation extinguish the heart's readiness for the season.
The closing article of the series: not a summary of its articles but their crown, gathering their meanings into one question: how does a servant enter Ramadan with a new heart?