Wisdoms of Ramadan – Abdurraheem McCarthy

My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam Subhanallah here we are today about to tell one another Eid Mubarak to Cuthbert Allah Mina women that fast will lie this Ramadan, I think has been one of the fastest Rama bonds that I remember. It was just like yesterday, it feels like we're in the first couple of days. And here we are about to say goodbye to Ramadan.

And many times in our foodbuzz in our reminders, we remind ourselves of the virtues and of the rewards that we are gaining through our fast.

But today, I want us all to reflect on the essence and the Hickam and so are all the secrets and wisdoms behind many of these actions that we have been performing throughout this blessed month. Because the objective of Ramadan is not just to get this Eman rush to get this boost to get our sins forgiven. But it comes to train us for how we need to be and what we need to survive as believers all throughout the year.

One of the clear lessons that comes to us of Ramadan, and Ramadan is the reality of time and the reality of life. And how quickly life is passing us by how quickly the time is going. Just yesterday. Well it feels like we started Ramadan. And here we are on the 23rd about to say goodbye.

I'll also kind of what's Ana reminded of this reminded us of this with two small words. And the verse in Surah, Al Baqarah, Yemen Magu that, that it's a set amount of dates. And this is the reality of our life as well. That the life that we have, it's also a set amount of dates and from the income of the wisdom of Allah subhanho wa Taala is that we don't know when it's all going to come to an end.

And the Imam Al Hassan Al Versary you Rahim Allah wa Taala

he used to say you had an Adam in NEMA and a yam for either the hubba yo, the habitable, oh son of Adam, you are but days. So if one of your days goes than some of you has gone, every time a day finishes, part of our life has finished, that's a chapter like that's finished. And these days that are going by quickly Ramadan, all reminding us of this, the blessing of the time that Allah subhanho wa Taala has blessed us with. And that's why our beloved Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in Sahara Buhari, he reminded us of two of the greatest nemesis, two of the most blessed near Muslim blessings that many people have but don't realize, near Mitanni monk born female cathedra woman a

nurse, that is two blessings that many people don't realize that they have, or they don't take advantage of it. I'll say how to win for all having good health and having free time.

When we look at the reality of our time, my dear brothers and sisters,

as the province of Allahu Allah He was sent them told us in the Hadith, about the five things that we will be asked about yomo piano before our feet move from the place we were held to accountability. The first thing he mentioned Ali salatu salam that will be asked about what he female of now and on his life, that what you do with it? What did you do with the time that Allah has blessed you with? And this is a reflection that all of us should have as we come to the end of Ramadan.

What have we done with his blessing month? And then after we answer that question, we reflect and ask ourselves, what have we done with this blessed life? Life is a blessing. It's a NEMA from Allah. What have we done with it?

Amen. Kim Jong Il phobail al Rahim, Allah Tana Al Imam and for them asked him, Kim Romo, how old are you? He said, two and a sinner. I'm 60 years old. Ali Muhammad phobail. He said Subhanallah he said 60 years you've been traveling to Allah.

And you're about to reach your destination. mean it's about to come to an end. Because as you know, in the Hadith, that Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam told us Mr. Murthy Babina 16 was a very

that the ages of my OMA is between 60 and 70. Meaning most people don't live much longer than that. So he told this man who had reached 60, you've been traveling for 60 years. And it's about to come to an end.

So the man,

he said, a statement that many of us say all the time, that many of us here all of the time, in early learning, we're in LA Herradura that we are to Allah and to Allah, we will return

Al Imam and fobian as the man

what is it that you're saying? He said, I'm saying and then in a way Nayla you wrote your own? He said, Do you know what's to seal? Do you know what's meaning? Do you know the meaning of what you're saying? He said, festival Lee, give me the tafsir explain to me what this means. He says in Allah, that we are to Allah, it means that we are Abby's that we're an apt we're a servant to Allah subhanho wa taala. In alila, we're in Nigeria, you're on your own, that indeed we will return to him. He said, If we know that we're returning to Allah, that we know that will prove that we will stand in front of Allah. And if you know that you're more or if you're going to be standing in front

of Allah, then know that you're must Gould, you're going to be asked.

And he said, if you know you're going to be asked, failure, failure, Ed. Lil Joby Lisu, early Jawaban, then you read this too early juban. If he knows he's going to be asked, then let him prepare for the question and answer.

You know, you're going to be standing in front of Allah. You know, you're going to be asked, then prepare the answers from now. The man has been filleting, Rahim o Tala. And pay attention to the answer, especially as we come to an end of Ramadan.

He said mal mal healer, what is the way what can we do to save ourselves? He said

and it's very easy to solution. Subhanallah he said to us in female bhakti yoga felucca, my mobile warmup up here. He said to be good and what is left from your life. Allah will forgive you from the past and what is coming for the future in shallow tide as long as you strive as long as you strive to obtain and to do good. Allah will forgive you from the past and forgive you and shallow Tala what comes in the future. But if you don't try, and you don't do the good, he said then you're going to be held accountable for what was in the past and what's coming in the future.

My dear brothers and sisters, from the lessons that Ramadan teaches us is to race and strive to do as many good deeds as we can as Muslims. When Allah subhanho wa Taala

commanded us in the Quran

was sat here who was Serbia who and to hasten and to race for stimulable ferons and race to do as much good as you can. All throughout the Quran Allah has mentioned in his is in order for us to take advantage of the time and the opportunities that Allah has given us. And this is what Ramadan is teaching us

to raise to do as many good deeds as we can look at what we're doing in Ramadan. It's not just fasting, look at our relationship with the Quran, giving from the sadaqa making sure that we're focusing on the five daily prayers, making sure that we're doing taraweeh every night not missing it. We're striving and doing as much as we can. And all throughout the Quran when Allah talks about what was said earlier we landmark Filati mirabito with Jenna, and hasten

to the forgiveness of your Lord and to the agenda, all of us want to be forgiven. All of us wants to enter the gender cell to hasten race for it strive for it. And the other verse sabya Boo Isla McFadden mirabito agenda, to race to the forgiveness of Allah and to the agenda. You have to work for it. You have to strive for it every day, every night. And this is what Ramadan is teaching us My dear brothers and sisters. It's not just the time to come as we said, have the sins forgiven and then go back to like we used to be. We want to reflect on his teachings on the essence of the past the essence of these deeds and what they're teaching us.

Subhan Allah look how we strive in Ramadan to protect our fast

to protect our fast and to protect our our man or deeds know that we're doing all of the good deeds. We want to make sure that we are we don't own them. And this is from the teachings of the sunnah of our beloved Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam if somebody wants to quarrel with you, somebody wants to fight with you. Somebody curses at you

What are we trained ourselves to do? First of all, to not say anything back to not to fight back, but we tell them in the slime in the sun, that indeed I'm fasting indeed I'm fasting. But it's this is something that is the way of the Muslim just in Ramadan.

And then we change after Ramadan and we start to insult others we start to use foul speech and to curse at others and to fight with others and to quarrel with others. And just the way of the believer Ramadan comes is to teach us this to how to control our tongues during Ramadan, even a drop of water this help is helping well we don't want our fast to be ruined.

A drop of water we might even take it out like this making little do just to make sure nothing falls into the mouth. Subhanallah because we don't want we want our fast to be accepted. We don't want it to be ruined Subhanallah we learn to control our tongues, because what is the reality of the tongue?

And what happens if we don't control our tongues? The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam

told us about the Kadima he does inside the body. The Kadima one word that a person touches with this one word lion Pilla, Belen, but it's a good word minerals when he left. He speaks a good word from the words that are pleasing to Allah subhanho wa taala. We are your fellow Lord, we have done a giant Allah raises him and the degrees the ranks of good deeds, because of that one word. And the other individual yet Qlm Bill Kelemen he speaks with just one word out his one word. But what does this word mean? Suck the love from the words that are displeasing to Allah. La Yun Tila Balan, he doesn't pay any attention to it no big deal. Yeah, we be fee Jahannam that this word will make him

go deep into the Johanna May Allah subhanho wa Taala save goddess. This is what the fasting is teaching us to do control your tongues. Be careful when the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was asked about the most deeds, the most deeds that will enter the people into the hellfire. What did he say on a salatu salam, Ali Sanu when ferch the tongue and the private parts

the tongue and the private parts are the main things that will make the people enter into the hellfire and Ramadan is coming to train us to teach us how to control our tongues and how to control our private parts. In Ramadan, we control our tongue and we controlled our private parts from that which is halal for us with our spouses. So what about from refraining from that which is haram?

My dear brothers and sisters, when we strive to make sure that our deeds are accepted during Ramadan, something amazing that we actually remind ourselves of the two shuru or the two conditions that must be met in order for our actions to be accepted.

Any action that you do as a Muslim, there's two conditions. If they're not met, then the action won't be accepted, whether it be your fast team, your CRM, your startup, all of these different things. These conditions must be met. First of all, that

you have a class and Saturday for a long and secondly, that you have the motel by you follow the Sunnah of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. And Ramadan is teaching us both of these. When we fast furlough Subhana wa Tala docm is one of the

best a badass if not the best one when it comes to teaching us in class sincerity for Allah. How is that? Because when we fast no one truly knows if we're fasting except for ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada

this is true Occulus when I come pray in the masjid five times a day, they see Mashallah. Mashallah.

Molana Serbia, he's solid. He's from the pious people. He comes in he prays in the masjid. Why? Because people can see me.

But when it comes to the fasting, who knows? I could have woke up this morning had a big stack of pancakes. Had an expresso big glass of water then come and talk about Southern

who knows if I'm being honest except for Allah subhanho wa Taala this teaches in class sincerity for ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada that that drop of water that we make sure it doesn't go too far back into the mouth, so we don't mess up our fast. This teaches in classes 30 to Allah, the motel by following the Sunnah of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, look at the actions that were doing during Ramadan. All of it is reviving the way of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, when we read more Quran, because Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam read more Quran in Ramadan. We

We increase in our generosity and our sadaqa because Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam used to be more generous in the month of Ramadan.

When we come and we pray that today we, the night prayer, when we pray the five daily prayers in the masjid, we're following the footsteps of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam who would never miss one of the five daily prayers. Even when he was on his deathbed, Ali salatu salam, he tried to force himself to come into pray in the congregation. And he would pray throughout the night until His feet will become swollen Ali Ali salat wa salam. This is Rasul Allah salAllahu Alaihe Salam and this is who we're following in Ramadan. Even when we break our fast look at the implementation. We break our fast on the dates. Some brothers and sisters say well Allah He we don't eat dates anytime during the

year and we don't even like dates, but we eat them during Ramadan because it's the Sunnah of Rasulullah sallallahu Allah he was sending. It reminds us of a ha sincerity to Allah and following the Sunnah of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.

The fast is teaching us

the importance and the outcome of sober patience. Subhanallah one of the great lessons that this fast is teaching us it's training us to do is to have supper, and Rasool allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he described the suburb in the Hadith in Sahih Muslim, he said a sub ruled the earth, that the fasting is light. It lightens up the way for you, it makes things easy for you have patience, because the reality

if we're going to be successful in this life, and the next we must have suburbs and the types of suburb three main types of suburbs that we train ourselves to do

is to have some patience when it comes to performing the obligatory actions upon us, that which Allah has made compulsory upon us, this needs sub when it comes to refraining the second sight. Refraining from that which allows me to haram for us. This is also a form of sub, and this is what we're training ourselves to do in Ramadan, look at these two, and the third type, which is to have patience, when it comes to dealing with the difficulties that come from the puddle of Allah subhanho wa taala. Also the Ramadan we're training ourselves to have sub so when a difficulty comes to us, we can handle it and Wallahi

fumo Allah He My dear brothers and sisters, if you can fast 16 hours a day in this heat.

You can do anything on law.

That means you're somebody who has strong willpower. I remember speaking to some of the non Muslims in Ireland, and some of them thought we were crazy to follow this religion that you have to fast 19 hours to 20 hours.

But other ones who looked at it they said you know what? They said this is amazing. This is beneficial. This teaches you strong willpower and desire. My sensei told me the same thing. He said if you can do this, you can do anything. If you can fast for 1920 hours, you can do anything.

This is what Ramadan comes to remind us of.

To overcome our desires. How many times my dear brothers and sisters now Ramadan, that we wanted to do that which is how we wanted to turn on the TV and watch what's that was displeasing to Allah subhanaw taala Chitwan came to us, but We refrained.

We overcame the desires

and we strive to overcome the desires not just in Ramadan. But all throughout the year. We strive and we struggle. Allah subhanho wa Taala will be with us. Allah subhanho wa Taala will assist us He will help us as He promised we'll let the Naja do fina learner Deanna whom super learner were in hola hola mal machinima that those who strive for us indeed we will guide them to our ways you will be guided to the correct path to the straight path. And then Allah said at the end of the verse, we're in Allahu Allah man mustard and indeed, Allah will be with the doers of good. All we have to do is make the effort if we strive, Allah is going to assist us he's going to help us and all of the

aspects in our life

as we strive during the month of Ramadan, to obtain the top one, the main objective mentioned by Allah subhanho wa Taala the Allah content chacun all throughout the Quran, Allah mentions the benefits the virtues of the taqwa and

something to benefit us after Ramadan as we continue in shallow Tala, to recite the Quran, and to benefit from the Quran outside of Ramadan

is that we have a project and objective let's make our first hokhmah after Ramadan, as we read the Quran from the beginning and in the beginning to the end to reflect on the meanings of the tough work on the virtues of a tough one. I prepared

something the other day.

Quickly just looking at no Quran, I came up with 15 Different virtues from the tough one the Quran. I remember a lecture I gave in the past it was more than 20 but this one quickly I gathered from the Quran 15 If we go through we come with any idea where law talks about the tough word telco law, amotekun and MacDuffie. Anytime you hear this in the Quran,

Mejia tepee Whoever fears and then you see what is the virtue that comes with the taqwa. This will increase us in our Amen. And will help us to strive to establish the taqwa just as we did in Ramadan, but all throughout the year, because the taqwa the consciousness of Allah and our actions, and this was a tough one means to fear a lot and to be conscious of Allah, to know that Allah sees what we're doing. Why didn't you have that cup of coffee in the morning before going to work? You were tired when you woke up. You needed the extra boosts. But you said it's not worth it's not worth ruining my fast. That's the tougher that's the implementation. Because you know, a law can see you a

law can hear what you're saying.

My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam,

all of these lessons, all of these teachings is what we need to focus on. As we strive down the path as we come to an end and remind ourselves of the importance of fasting and the importance of the Quran. Some of the main things that are taught to us in Ramadan, the fasting and no Quran as it came in the hadith of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Yes, finally saw the annual abdominal piano that they will intercede the fasting in the Quran, they will intercede for us human piano, fasting one day

for Allah subhanho wa Taala what do we get in rewards? The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam mentioned and one of the narrations and soon in the Imam and he say that Allah subhana wa Taala will put between us and the hellfire. Myself and Sabrina Senate, a distance of 70 years professor one day

and the other narration hung up on nabina Samadhi went out that he will put between us and the hellfire, a trench which is the distance between the heavens and the earth fasting one day for Allah subhanho wa Taala

the fast nourishes the soul. The fast helps us overcome our desires and there's what we need all throughout the year. That's why fasting is prescribed all throughout the year. Because we need this fast. The Quran, what is the reality of the Quran and I want us all to reflect on this hadith.

When the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam

he said Quran, Chef your own chef

Wilma, he known Mossad duck that the Quran will be accepted intercessor or an accepted adversary yo mo PM. It's either going to be for you or against you. As it came in the other Hadith Al Quran no Pooja to look at the Quran will be evidence for you or against you. But pay attention to the ending of this hadith because many of us at the end of Ramadan, we return the Quran to the shelf

and it gathers dust into next Ramadan. What is the reality of those who do not read the Quran? Those who do not act upon the Quran, do not contemplate on the Quran. There's one of two outcomes when it comes to the book of Allah subhanaw taala the prophecies that have made it clear in this it he said mon Jana who a mama who

bought the Huila agenda

that whoever puts the Quran in front of him meaning he reads it he acts upon it reflects upon it, he puts it in front of him. He said it will guide him to the Jana May Allah subhana wa Tada make us all from the miracle enemy.

And then he said on a Salatu was Salam woman Jana who were all Avahi

Sirpa hula know that whoever puts it behind his back, meaning that he doesn't read it doesn't contemplate on it doesn't act upon it, puts it back on the shelf. Whoever puts it behind his back. He said it will lead him to the Hellfire May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us all from the enemy. Bismillah will keep our salat wa salam and in the beautiful stuff about my Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam.

We mentioned in the beginning of the whole but that Ramadan has come to an end. And that is the reality we all see in front of us but Al Hamdulillah we still have either what today either seven or eight days left, depending on Ramadan is 29 or 30 days, meaning there's still his time. There still is time and Chautala as they say to go out with the bank, if we will from those who are striving were successful in the beginning of the month. This is the time to continue. This is the time to work harder. And this is the Sunnah of Rasulullah sallallahu

While he was telling him and it's one of the hummus, one of the wisdoms

from Allah subhanho wa Taala that he put the big Baraka, the big blessings and the big rewards at the end. That's why we always advise the brothers in the beginning, have your schedule, have your routine. It's a marathon, it's not a sprint brothers, because these are the days of the real. I'm in the real working.

The real striving, it's in these days. That's why I'd say boccardi.

When I showed the Allahu Ana described one of the prophets that Allahu Allah He was telling us to do after 10 days would come in, she said

that he would stay awake during the night, searching for a little clutter. Striving during these nights stay awake during the night and he will wake up his family was said that he would increase and how hard he would strive during these nights was said the zero who he said he would tie up that he's meaning that he will refrain from his wife's obviously, he will be an auntie calf during that time, and he slept with him so he couldn't go to his wife. But what's meant is that we focus, we isolate ourselves, and it's permissible. Yeah, my dear brothers and sisters, it's very important. When it comes to the ticker, if you can, there's no set time for the most of this day. This is the

correct opinion of the scholars. There's no set time for the most or the less if I come in for Tata, we and I say I'm gonna sit until 12 o'clock. I'm gonna sit until after the pm and I have the need for anti Caf every night. I get the reward for that I get the answer for that. We don't have to stay for the whole day. We can come in and tada we are and we can leave after the pm and we'll get the reward of being an attic if reading the Quran this opportunity we have to focus on benefiting from it. And as we end today's football, my dear brothers and sisters

it's always important this time of the year especially that we remind ourselves of the hadith of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam

about those

who he made do upon them and pay attention to this because when the prophets was Selim makes dua upon someone we know there's something serious, because he's the one who was sent rock metal anime and he was sent as a mercy to mankind. But he said RhoGAM May the one be humiliated, and he mentioned different people. And from them, he said, Man adorato Ramadan filmen Santa Pablo new fella who the one who reaches Ramadan

and then finishes before his sins have been forgiven. And that is because anyone who doesn't take the advantage of being forgiven during this blessed month is a fool. He's ACMA, a pure idiot. How many opportunities do we have? Excuse me for being blunt? But how many opportunities do we have in front of us through our fast through our prayer through searching for literal Todra all chances to have our sins forgiven.

Allah subhanho wa Taala

shackles for us the major shale theme. The major chiffons can't reach us. The doors of gender open the doors of the Hellfire are closed and every single night as the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam told us Allah has ripped up all men unknown, that Allah has those who are freed from the hellfire. So how can we not take advantage of this? How can we not be from those who had our sins forgiven? And that's why the DUA and focus on this beautiful dua during these last 10 nights and say it and repeat it, I showed the Allahu and that she asked the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, what should we say? What should we do? And it's easy to but what Allah we focus on the meaning it's

very deep. It's very beautiful. And we repeat it time and time again, we should feel in our heart and she'll bring tears to our eyes.

When he taught her to say it will be Allah Who and then when the Prophet says LM said, Say say Allahumma in Nicca, Alpha One, two hipbone alpha 510 Allah, you are there for the all forgiving and from this attributes.

What did he say to hate bull alpha and you love to forgive you Allah, so forgive me. And how much do we need to be forgiven by Allah subhanaw taala who loves to forgive us? We need to beg Allah to forgive us during this blessed month during his blessing nights in the time that we have left. And as we end the football today, as a reminder, as we said in the beginning, for those of you didn't hear

that is a cotton paper. Do not forget my dear brothers and sisters who pays the counterfeiter because Eid will either be on the Friday on the Saturday and you must pay us the cotton fitler before that Eid prayer, if you pray it after eat, it won't be accepted. And the amount for this year here in Qatar is 15 rounds per person, meaning that you pay for every individual in your house, no matter the ones who are responsible for even if you're responsible for your mother and your father you pay for them.

You pay for every individual no matter how old or young male or female, and even from the Sunnah, that the Sahaba used to pay for the Janine for the baby in the womb of the mother. It's not for but it's from the Sunnah of the Sahaba they would pay for that. So pay for that and shuttle taught as well if you can, and make sure you do it on time, and don't mess up use accounting fifth and hamdulillah as some of the Sahaba used to do it's the sunnah to do it the night before, but some of the Sahaba like Abdullah bin Umar Radi Allahu Anhu Ummah he would pay it two or three days in advance so there's no problem inshallah if you pay it in these days in shallow coming up before Eid

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