Stay Away from Sins
One of the major goals of Ramaḍān was taqwā. Fasting should have trained us to control our nafs and stay away from sins. Yaḥyā b. Muʿādh (raḥimahullāh) said, “Whoever seeks forgiveness with his tongue but his heart is still insistent upon sin, and his intention is to return back to the sin after Ramaḍān, then his fasting has been rejected and the door of acceptance has been closed in his face.”
Even if our additional voluntary deeds sometimes slip, we should not compromise on two things:
(1) the obligatory deeds
(2)and staying away from sins.
And if we do commit sins, we should be quick to repent.
We should identify specific sins and beg Allah to protect us from them. E.g. O Allah, just as you protected my tongue from backbiting in Ramaḍān, protect me from it throughout the year. O Allah, just as you protected me from watching ḥarām in Ramaḍān, protect me from it throughout the year.
“O the one who completed Ramaḍān in the best manner! Don’t change thereafter in Shawwāl!” - Ibn al-Jawzī (raḥimahullāh)
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