Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – How to Get the Most Out of Ramadan

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			Alameen wa Salatu was Salam ala
Sayidina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa
		
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			sahbihi Obamacare was seldom at
the Sleeman curfew on July 18.
		
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			A mother had got a load of article
with their if you put an emoji
		
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			duel for final Hamid Shaka Ramadan
and let the Zilla feel for who the
		
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			leanness you will be uniting in
and who they will record
		
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			locally there is a URL Lavina
elemeno Cookie Valley colloseum
		
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			come up with the ballerina mewn
		
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			so the color of Levine
		
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			Dear brothers and sisters dear
friends so dear brothers and
		
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			sisters, dear friends
		
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			today our discussion is about
Ramadan since we've entered into
		
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			the month of Ramadan for everybody
pretty much and today this program
		
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			was actually supposed to be from
Sweden, from Gothenburg in Sweden.
		
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			So this is specially dedicated to
our brothers in in Sweden,
		
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			Gothenburg and around mashallah, I
can see a few of them a few of
		
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			them on the screen.
		
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			We're just simultaneously
broadcasting it on the zum zum
		
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			Academy link as well. So what
we'll do is in Sharla will speak
		
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			for some time regarding Ramadan
since we've entered into it I want
		
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			to speak about how to get a
productive Ramadan and how to make
		
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			the most of Ramadan because I
think that's very, very important
		
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			for us, for us to get the most out
of this month. And then after
		
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			that, if we've got some time you
know, we'll allow some question
		
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			answers related to Ramadan if
anybody has any issues about
		
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			Ramadan. So Masha Allah, having
said that, we ask Allah subhana wa
		
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			Taala for Tofik. And
		
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			we begin see hamdulillah many of
us here have spent many many
		
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			Ramadan before so it's not the
first Ramadan that I'm assuming
		
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			that many of us are spending. This
is not our first Ramadan, we've
		
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			spent many many Ramadan before. So
what am I going to say to us
		
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			that's going to be any different
or that's going to be anything
		
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			new. Because you know, we all know
about Ramadan mashallah Muslims
		
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			fast and I mean, unless you're a
convert who just recently
		
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			converted or somebody who just
recently started observing Ramadan
		
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			hamdulillah we've done many
Ramadan is before. So I think the
		
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			focus of Ramadan is that as Allah
subhanaw taala says that all
		
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			people who believe fasting has
been prescribed upon you, just as
		
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			it was
		
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			prescribed upon the people before
you, so that you can get Dakota,
		
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			you can attain taco. Now, the way
the way this is to be understood
		
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			is that it's not just for the
month of Ramadan, that we change
		
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			our schedule. I mean, there are
certain things that we will have
		
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			to adjust for Ramadan change are
scheduled for because you know,
		
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			you don't get taraweeh outside the
month of Ramadan, and you don't
		
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			necessarily have to do so whole
every day, you know, outside the
		
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			month of Ramadan. So there will be
some things which we're going to
		
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			do specially for Ramadan, no
doubt. But in terms of what we're
		
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			trying to achieve from this the
major objective of Ramadan, which
		
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			is Latin local data cool. So that
you can gain God consciousness,
		
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			that's a state that we're trying
to gain. That's not something that
		
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			you just do that, okay, you know,
you're going to fast. Now fasting
		
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			is a cause for something fasting,
at the end of the day is the
		
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			reason for something. There's an
objective behind fasting which
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala mentioned
just one of them, which is so that
		
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			you can gain Dakhla so that you
can gain God fairness, God
		
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			consciousness. So that's the
objective is God consciousness. So
		
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			if we're going to observe Ramadan
as some kind of ritual where we
		
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			change our,
		
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			our schedule, in time in terms of
when we wake up when we eat, and
		
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			so on, and then we don't gain the
taqwa, then the objective isn't
		
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			being realized. So how do we
attain this objective, it's like,
		
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			when you've got a child, and you
tell, you know, we're trying to
		
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			tell the children when they're
young, that you need to, for
		
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			example, respect your elders. Now,
the obviously the point is, you
		
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			just don't do that when you are
young. But the whole point of that
		
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			training in the beginning when you
keep telling them that and you
		
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			kind of
		
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			informed them of that advise them
about that is so that it becomes a
		
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			state in them. So that if my
parents told me that I must
		
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			respect my elders from a young
age, that should still be with me,
		
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			because that should be become my
state as such, that should be who
		
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			I am now. So likewise, with the
fasting, it's the same kind of
		
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			thing. Ramadan is the same kind of
thing. Allah makes these massive
		
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			changes, not just for the one
month is not that you just want a
		
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			holiday, you're gonna really enjoy
it for this month, and we're gonna
		
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			give you all of this extra for
this month. No, it's actually
		
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			supposed to be something that
develops us and we get this
		
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			development this retreat, we
getting this retreat and this
		
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			development every year so that we
can keep pushing ourselves up. I
		
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			think probably the most important
most. The easiest way to probably
		
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			figure this up is the following.
If we can
		
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			I'm looking at ourselves and
decide before Ramadan or going
		
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			into Ramadan. That what was the
the level of my Eman? What was the
		
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			level of my Eman in the sense that
		
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			if I'm to score my Eman from one
to 10, right you know my faith
		
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			level if I'm to score it from one
to 10 Faith level means, you know
		
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			how regular I've been on my
worships and devotion and thinking
		
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			about Allah subhanaw taala and
remembering him and, you know, in
		
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			reading my car and my litanies and
observing my prayers, and
		
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			observing my behavior and avoiding
sins, and so on, and so forth,
		
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			let's just say that somebody
starts off at five out of 10.
		
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			And that's how they go into
Ramadan from nearly all the time
		
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			for pretty much the majority of
people, they will increase in
		
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			Ramadan from five, they'll go up
to a 678, you know, they're really
		
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			lucky, they'll get to a nine or
they might even hit 10. If they
		
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			really get into it, they do it I
tick off and everything they will
		
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			get, you know, they will hit a
higher number. Now, again, this is
		
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			not just for 30 days that we do
this for 30 days, and then after
		
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			that, as soon as we come out of
Ramadan, as soon as we come out of
		
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			Ramadan, everything turns back to
normal as we were before,
		
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			including the sins and everything
else. shaytaan is the shaytaan
		
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			will actually want that. And it's
been the experience of many, many,
		
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			many people that once they finish
Ramadan, they've been very
		
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			observant during the month of
Ramadan abstinent in fact of many
		
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			things. They've abandoned many
things and is going wonderful.
		
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			It's probably one of the best
times of their life. And then
		
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			suddenly shaytaan comes out on the
day of Eid, and then they finish
		
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			their they finish. They go from
eight prayer, they go home. And in
		
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			the evening, sometime in the
afternoon, sometime they end up
		
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			committing a major sin. Right,
that Subhanallah you know, that
		
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			they'd been avoiding all of this
time. They feel wrecked. They feel
		
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			really messed up and despondent.
And that's the thing that shaytaan
		
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			tries to make us despondent by
playing with us in this way.
		
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			That's why we need to be very,
very careful. So the whole point
		
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			of Ramadan is to actually gain a
consciousness, right? It's to gain
		
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			a consciousness. And what exactly
is this Taqwa mean? Taqwa
		
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			essentially means that we're
constantly conscious of Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala, as much as
possible, how much we can be
		
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			conscious of Allah subhanaw taala
literally as much as possible, if
		
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			somebody can be conscious of
Allah, in every waking moment of
		
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			their day, that when they're doing
something they're thinking about
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala what would he
like me to do in this case? Right?
		
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			Or I should just remember Allah or
I should just thank Allah, there's
		
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			many ways to be God conscious and
to remember Allah. So for example,
		
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			if you're doing something and you
attain the success in service
		
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			Alhamdulillah right, and if you
saw something that is astonishing,
		
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			Say Subhan Allah.
		
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			Every time you do something, you
make a DUA, for example, or that
		
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			you remember Allah in some way or
the other. That's God
		
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			consciousness. So that would
obviously keep us away from sins
		
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			as well. That would keep us away
from wrongdoings as well. So for
		
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			example, let's just say that you
go outside and you it starts
		
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			raining. Okay, it starts raining,
and or it starts to slightly
		
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			drizzle. So you immediately you
make a dua Allahumma how Elena
		
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			Well, Elena, oh, Allah, the rain
should be around us and not upon
		
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			us. This was one of the two hours
that the prophets Allah made once
		
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			on the member when it started
raining a lot. Right? And
		
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			Inshallah, that door will be
accepted, at least you've
		
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			conversed with Allah subhanaw
taala. And I've seen that
		
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			hamdulillah it's actually worked
many times where the rain will
		
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			actually stop or the rain will not
continue, and it won't be a
		
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			downpour. If I'm biking from one
place to the next I need to get
		
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			home I need to get to teaching or
something like that. You know, you
		
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			don't want to be biking in the
rain. I mean, that's really,
		
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			really miserable thing to do.
Right. Another one is, for
		
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			example, I mean, it just happened
yesterday, I felt a bit of a
		
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			allergy coming on. And this has
happened so many times Subhan
		
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			Allah It felt a bit of an allergy
coming on while I'm fasting in the
		
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			morning. Now what happens is that
for those with allergies should
		
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			know that when you
		
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			if you start getting an allergy,
you're supposed to take an
		
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			antihistamine as soon as you know
you feel the irritation in your
		
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			nose. Otherwise, once the
allergies kick in, then it takes
		
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			two three days and some heavy
medicines to try to get rid of it.
		
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			So when you're fasting, you can't
take the medicine. So I mean,
		
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			whether you're fasting or not to
be honest, you read the DUA, you I
		
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			just held my nose and read the DUA
Allahumma robinus, as he will does
		
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			wash we under Shafi, la Shiva,
Illa, Shiva, Shiva and La Johar,
		
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			the supplement,
		
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			basically calling out to Allah to
say that you're the cure, or
		
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			you're the one who gives therapy.
You're the one who gives the cure.
		
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			There is no cure except your cure.
So cure us And Alhamdulillah I
		
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			felt much, much better afterwards.
Sometimes, you know, these are
		
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			small, small issues that you can
think about. You've had a little
		
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			issue with somebody. You've had a
little tiff with somebody a little
		
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			misunderstanding or whatever it
is, or you feel that
		
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			that somebody might have taken
something wrong or you've taken
		
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			something wrong from someone
immediately you make a dua
		
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			Allahumma Elif Bina Colombina
Allahumma Ursula Davina?
		
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			Oh Allah reconcile between our
hearts of Allah reformed the
		
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			affairs between us And subhanAllah
and hamdulillah I've seen the
		
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			benefits, it benefits you can do
this with your children, you can
		
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			do this with your spouse, you know
when you may have a little issue
		
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			with your wife, with your with
your with your spouse, with your
		
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			children, with your colleagues,
with your friends Subhanallah you
		
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			know Allahumma leishmania
Kuruvilla reconcile our hearts
		
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			These doors are there for us to
call on to Allah and Allah would
		
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			you would that with a doctor
either and Allah says that tell
		
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			them for any Corrib or either
Salah Kariba the irony for Indian
		
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			Corrib OG with their with their
either their amphibious the G
		
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			booty will you know be there Allah
whom Yoshitsune likewise if
		
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			you're getting sick or something
like that, then again the same
		
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			thing you know, you call out Yeah,
Shafi ish finish it, that's
		
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			another door that you can add.
Likewise, if you have to make a
		
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			quick, quick, a quick decision
about something and you're unsure
		
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			what to do in a particular
predicament or a situation. You
		
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			read the door obviously harder the
short one Allah has hidden you
		
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			utterly. I mean, you don't even
have to read the same words you
		
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			can just call out to Allah
subhanaw taala that oh Allah do
		
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			this because that's what you mean
consciousness of Allah. For
		
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			example, let's just say another
thing. Another thing is that let's
		
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			just say that you have mashallah
got a new car, or you've got a new
		
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			property or you've got a new
jacket, or you have, you know, a
		
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			new job or whatever. And every
time you know, it comes into your
		
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			mind that oh, I'm in my new job
right now. Right? I mean, my new
		
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			job, or this job is bringing me
much more money or it's more
		
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			comfortable that much more
friendlier people, or I've got my
		
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			new phone Oh, it's just so much
better than my old one that used
		
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			to have a crack screen for
example. Or my jacket look, it
		
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			makes me look really nice.
Somebody has just maybe praised
		
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			you for for your jacket or
something like that. That
		
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			mashallah you've got that really
nice, you know, multicolored
		
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			green, green tarp on or whatever
it is that you're you're wearing?
		
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			So, what are you supposed to do
them? Like? You're supposed to
		
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			return it back to Allah subhanaw
taala that's what God conscious is
		
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			like, at that moment, we remember
say yes, Alhamdulillah Allah gave
		
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			it to me. That's what you think in
your heart. Allah loves that when
		
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			people remember him.
		
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			There's a there's a hadith about
somebody in hellfire. Right? So
		
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			he's in hellfire. He's being
punished and everything, as many,
		
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			many people are being punished in
the hellfire. And suddenly he
		
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			says, to the gods, there he says,
that.
		
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			Didn't Allah subhanaw taala say
didn't Allah promised that you
		
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			know, he will take me out after
this so that this is the only
		
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			punishment or something like that.
So Subhan Allah, Allah subhanaw,
		
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			Taala hears that, and he says,
okay, free him, get him out of
		
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			there because he knows me. So
anybody that recognizes Allah
		
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			knows Allah, and shows that they
know Allah by recognizing Him and
		
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			by being conscious of him. Allah
subhanaw taala loves to give them
		
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			because that's why He created us,
Allah created us, so that we can
		
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			know Him. But if we live our whole
lives, without that consciousness,
		
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			we literally just disengaged,
distracted
		
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			and totally heedless and we don't
think about a line what we do,
		
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			then we don't get anything done.
We're not fulfilling the reason of
		
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			why we're here.
		
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			So I wanted to just clarify what
Taqwa means Taqwa is a very deep
		
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			it is just a connection to Allah
all the time, you know, as much as
		
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			possible whenever we need him and
we need him at all times.
		
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			Subhanallah Subhanallah I would
say that
		
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			even on the simplest things to
return them back to Allah subhanaw
		
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			taala to think about Allah
subhanaw taala in that regard,
		
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			that is what you call Taqwa. I
think that's very important to
		
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			understand. Now, that's one side
of it is the consciousness aspect
		
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			of it. Another side of it is that
obviously when you have God
		
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			consciousness, then it means that
we need to avoid sin, we need to
		
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			avoid wrongdoings
		
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			and that that is what Ramadan is
trying to teach us. That part is
		
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			very, very important. Right as
well. So I think it was
		
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			one of the Sahaba abou, either
Abdullah Mr. Holder or the Allahu
		
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			Anhu. I think he was asked by Omar
with the Allahu Anhu. That to
		
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			define taqwa, because Abdullah
Masuda the Allahu Anhu was a
		
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			manifester of the Quran. Like he
was known to be an alum and a
		
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			special scholar of the Quran. So
he was asked to define Taqwa. And
		
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			he said to Omar the Allah when he
said that, have you ever gone
		
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			through a field or something? A
garden and orchard a field or
		
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			something where there's a lot of
thorny bushes
		
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			Have you ever made your way
through one of those? And Amara DM
		
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			said, Yes. So he says that when
you went then when you did that,
		
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			what exactly did you do? How did
you avoid the thorns? They said,
		
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			Well, I had to be very careful
because I have to, you know, make
		
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			sure that my garments are all
close together, that there's
		
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			nothing that's gonna get caught in
a thorn. And if there is, then I
		
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			have to extricate it, I have to
take it out. I have to extract it,
		
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			and carry on and make myself get
through that unscathed, you know,
		
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			without too many, without too many
Thorn pricks, or without any
		
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			wounds at all. So he said, This is
exactly how Taqwa is. Taqwa means
		
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			the same thing that if you do
that, then in your life, the
		
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			various things that are beckoning
you that are inviting you that are
		
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			calling you that are obsessing you
that are attracting you, away from
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala in the form
of distractions in the form of
		
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			sins in the form of major major,
you know, major wrongdoings,
		
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			you're supposed to avoid that and
it's gonna be difficult was a
		
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			perfect example actually, because
they like thorns, they come in our
		
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			path to take us away. Right,
although in the case of thorn, we
		
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			don't like them there with this
not enjoyable, you know, for us to
		
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			have thorns is not enjoyable. But
sins are enjoyable, you know,
		
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			unless it's like, you know,
there's roses with them as well.
		
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			So you're enjoying the roses, but
then the stones that come with it,
		
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			I think that's probably the point
that he was trying to make. So
		
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			that's the concept of Taqwa to
avoid what's wrong and to try to
		
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			remember Allah as much as possible
to do as much as that pleases Him
		
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			and to be in constant contact with
Allah subhanho wa taala. So how
		
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			does Ramadan teach us that?
Ramadan teaches us that because
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala has obligated
for us in the month of Ramadan,
		
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			one of the oldest and most
effective forms of devotion and
		
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			worship, right, which is fasting.
And fasting is an abstinence, it's
		
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			an inactivity, when you actually
don't do something. You said,
		
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			You're told not to eat or drink,
or, you know, engage in lawful
		
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			sexual *. That's what's
told to us that that's what you
		
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			don't do. Whereas everything else,
you commission something, you
		
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			enact something, you perform
something in fasting, you avoid
		
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			something, but it's difficult. You
know, it's difficult because we're
		
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			so used to eating. And the reason
we're so used to eating is because
		
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			Allah has kept there being
pleasure, they're kept to pleasure
		
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			in the food that we eat. There's a
certain pleasure in the different
		
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			foods that we eat. Right? And
generally, we eat what, especially
		
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			if you're a person of substance,
you actually eat what you enjoy.
		
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			Right? You just look at dates, you
know, you're gonna have a choice
		
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			of what dates you like. Okay, so
what we what we're trying to do
		
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			then is
		
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			in Ramadan, what happens is Allah
subhanaw taala tells us not to do
		
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			those things, we enjoy doing those
things. In fact, it's a need of
		
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			our life that we have to eat and
drink. It's essential part of
		
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			life. However, Allah subhanaw
taala says, don't eat between this
		
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			time and that time, you know, from
from Fudger time until sunrise
		
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			until sunset, don't eat during
these times.
		
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			So what happens is that I'm going
to feel like eating like today, I
		
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			My mouth was extremely dry. Right.
And I think
		
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			it was extremely dry. And I feel
like if I could have taken some
		
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			water, that would make me feel
really good. Right? And I thought,
		
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			Okay, I hope this doesn't last the
whole day. But I've actually
		
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			noticed that after Sahul within an
hour, you actually feel thirsty.
		
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			And then after him the light goes
away. Right, but you should have a
		
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			lot of water during the night
anyway. Right? You should have a
		
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			lot of water during the nights,
because that just keeps you
		
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			hydrated. And psychologically it
benefits you to know that actually
		
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			I've had you know this many liters
of water during the evening, after
		
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			Iftar so even when you do feel a
bit thirsty during the day, you
		
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			you feel like no, I should have
enough water in me so I'm not
		
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			harming myself and Allah subhanaw
taala can never obligate us to do
		
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			something that harms ourselves
because the worship and Allah says
		
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			it very clearly in the Quran in
those same verses about fasting so
		
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			till Bacara you read Allah will be
Komal usara wala you UD Dobby como
		
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			Larissa, Allah subhanho wa Taala
intense ease with you not
		
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			difficulty. This is good for you.
It seems like a bit of a
		
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			difficulty and trouble, but it's
actually good for you. When people
		
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			work out. It's good for them.
Right, though it's hard to do
		
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			that. And that's the point of
Ramadan. It allows ourself to
		
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			really, really focus so what
happens is that when I want to eat
		
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			when I feel like eating or
drinking, I say you can't do it.
		
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			So now that eventually my nurse
will say no, you know, okay, fine,
		
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			you know, eventually nurse will
come and I won't feel like eating
		
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			again. Right? I won't feel like
eating again. So just like we're
		
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			training ourself to stop eating
something which is essential and
		
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			something which is enjoyable.
Likewise then after the month of
		
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			Ramadan the whole training here
like the child is trained to
		
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			respect the elders for example,
the whole training here is so that
		
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			after you finish Ramadan, you
continue with that we've learned
		
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			to overcome our knifes right from
permissible things. So now it
		
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			should be even more incentive,
there should be more incentive to
		
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			abstain from the Haram because
they're haram to even start with
		
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			and we trained ourselves to
abstain from lawful things in
		
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			Ramadan. So now it shouldn't be
much easier to abstain from haram
		
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			things even more so more reason to
do that. But the problem is after
		
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			Ramadan shaytaan comes back out so
it does get more complicated in
		
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			Ramadan things are easier
		
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			right so having said all of this
now the way to improve our Ramadan
		
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			is that we should have this in our
mind and this is what helps me is
		
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			that this Ramadan must become
better than any Ramadan before it.
		
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			That's my goal. This Ramadan must
be better than any Ramadan before
		
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			it.
		
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			As I said to you earlier, many of
us have done many Ramadan's. So
		
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			what more can I tell you? Well,
what we can do Subhanallah is that
		
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			we can try to make this Ramadan
better than any Ramadan before it.
		
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			And how do you do that? Well, all
of the objectives that I mentioned
		
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			about Ramadan earlier, the the
various worships that people do in
		
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			Ramadan that are encouraged in
Ramadan, like reading the reading
		
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			the Quran, more than last year,
giving more sadaqa than last year,
		
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			giving zakat in a more timely
fashion than last year, doing more
		
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			good deeds for others and for
ourselves and accumulating more
		
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			vicar more Quran reading more
Quran comprehension, more Tahajjud
		
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			prayer, more memorization of the
Quran, so that we can actually
		
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			then use that I mean, what a
beautiful thing it is, and what an
		
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			amazing thing it is and how
wonderful it is an excellent that
		
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			you can learn more Quran and then
you can do that in your tahajjud
		
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			and in your other other prayers.
So let me just mention one thing,
		
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			I mean, some of the profiles of
the Quran if you have is of the
		
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			Quran, and you've got Ramadan off,
you know, many who falls mashallah
		
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			they do between 12 to 15, Jews in
no time, right. And the way they
		
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			do this Subhanallah is for
example, after after tarawih
		
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			finishes, before they go to sleep,
they read toujours and if you're a
		
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			half is of the Quran, it doesn't
take too long to do that maybe
		
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			it'll take 40 minutes to an hour,
right. So they read two chapters
		
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			of the Quran, then they wake up as
a whole. And in Soho, they do
		
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			another two Jews from the whole
time to after fajr. And that could
		
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			be they could do one Jews in
tahajjud, or maybe one and a half
		
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			Jews or half of Jews or however
much. And then they make sure that
		
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			they finish off the other two Jews
altogether the entire two just so
		
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			that means you can count with me,
that's foragers.
		
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			Thereafter that they wake up in
the morning at whatever time and
		
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			they read again to Jews, right? So
that gives them six Jews
		
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			thereafter that before the her
until after the hot within that
		
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			period, they go to the masjid,
right, whether that was for
		
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			Fudger. And further, they go to
the masjid, you could take a nice,
		
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			you know, luxury walk, relax, walk
to the machine that you're reading
		
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			Quran, like while you're going,
you know, on the road, preferably
		
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			a really nice, you know, if you
have a nice walk, it'd be it'd be
		
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			wonderful. Then what they do is
they read some of them. So you
		
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			don't have to sit down read it.
They read it while they're
		
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			walking. They really in their
Salaat especially in their Sunnah
		
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			prayers, it's so easy to read a
half pages easily in photocards of
		
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			prayer. It's so easy. You can
easily do quarter Jews in Torah
		
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			cards, right? For especially for
the half is right the people who
		
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			have memorized something. So they
finished another teacher, that's
		
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			eight Jews already, right? That's
ages. And it's not difficult for
		
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			half is to do that thereafter that
other time, same thing. I mean,
		
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			they might they could read more,
but they've got other things maybe
		
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			to do. So as startTime going and
coming back for us, they read
		
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			another two Jews in the same kind
of way. They've done 10 years. Now
		
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			if they want, they can add some
more on or in taraweeh they're
		
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			doing another juice in there. So
that's 1011 They can add a lot
		
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			more than that if you're not a
half is of the Quran, then
		
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			obviously you can't do as much as
going to be much more difficult
		
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			and I mean, to be honest, I know
people who are not half of the
		
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			Quran who can read 15 Jews, but
they're pretty much at it all day.
		
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			Right? It is a possibility that we
know of people who have actually
		
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			finished a whole Quran you know,
in
		
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			a whole Quran right in one day as
well. But okay, we don't have to
		
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			go over if you're not a harvest of
the Quran, fix for yourself. You
		
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			see what drives these five these
people have memorized the Quran is
		
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			that I must do this much a day.
And if they can't, if they if they
		
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			weren't got busy one day with
something distracted, then they
		
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			just remember that and they try to
push that in some other day and
		
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			finish it off.
		
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			All right. So that's what I'm
telling you try to decide for
		
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			yourself. This is how many knuffel
How much the budget I want to do,
		
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			or for this amount of time. Or
this is how much Quran I want to
		
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			read this is how it's other kind
of, and then aim towards that
		
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			write these things down if you
can. And that's how you get the
		
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			best out of the month of Ramadan.
It's just that we want to develop
		
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			an amazing immunity during the
month of Ramadan that helps us for
		
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			afterwards, it's like where we
save up, store up, we get our
		
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			supplies in the month of Ramadan.
And they last for a long time
		
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			afterwards in many people who have
mentioned that as well, that
		
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			that's what's happened to them,
that they when they made a big
		
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			effort in the month of Ramadan, it
helped them for several months
		
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			afterwards. So may Allah subhanaw
taala make this month of Ramadan
		
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			better than any Ramadan before it?
		
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			And may Allah subhanaw taala bless
us all, with more than we've ever
		
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			done before. And Allah subhanaw
taala accept from us. And yes, if
		
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			you have any questions now
inshallah we can, we can take them
		
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			this, okay, Alhamdulillah, can you
divide that reading into two of a
		
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			day, you can do it as you wish to
be honest, you know, you can do
		
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			the reading as you wish, just try
to do more than last year, right.
		
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			And just see what your potential
is and what your ability is. And
		
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			you just do that because, you
know, one of the things in Ramadan
		
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			is that because we're so used to,
because we're so used to wasting
		
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			time, right, and there's so many
distractions in our life, if we
		
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			have a purpose, and a goal of this
is how much I want to do. The
		
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			benefit is that you will probably
end up doing that much and wasting
		
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			less time because you'll have this
in your mind that I need to do
		
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			this much. So that's really what
you can do. What I mentioned was
		
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			just an example. And you don't
have to do that you can do
		
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			whatever is easy for you. And of
course if you want to consult
		
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			about you know what you you know
what you personally could do then
		
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			of course, you could do that as
well. How can you divide his will
		
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			are them with the label Herat
again, you see at the end of the
		
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			day, while it's best to read both
of those books in one in one week,
		
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			at least. You don't have to do
that, especially in Ramadan, what
		
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			you can do is
		
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			you can have certain times when
you do your HIS WILL of them, I
		
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			think the two really good time. So
doing His will album and Delilah
		
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			write a portion of each is before
it starts. Because that's the time
		
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			for dollars acceptance, literally
the end of the day before you
		
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			break your fast. And number two is
at Soho time after tahajjud. So
		
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			you do your personal door. And
then after that, until the until
		
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			the Soho time ends, you do your
his word album or Deluxe layout.
		
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			And again, whatever works for you
there is no fixed amount known
		
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			from the Prophet sallallahu. And
that you must do this much of that
		
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			much. Just do as much as you can.
		
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			Whether there's two pages, or
three pages each, how would you
		
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			balance your time between reading
the Quran and reading the meaning?
		
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			You just give yourself enough time
for both? Right? So for example, I
		
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			think good, a good compromise is
50% for reading 25% for reflecting
		
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			and 25% for memorizing and then
you can adjust it otherwise, what
		
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			I would say is that you definitely
do read some and you definitely do
		
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			also, what do you call it reflect
over some? Right? Because
		
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			otherwise, if one is easier for
you than the other, then you're
		
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			doing one just because it's easy,
right? That's not That's not good,
		
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			because then you're losing out on
the other one. So try to do a bit
		
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			about is it advisable to return?
Absolutely, you know, there should
		
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			be a portion that you can try to
read of the Quran try to make your
		
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			current that's why most of our
lectures are based on the Quran in
		
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			the month of Ramadan now, because
we want to try to make it the
		
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			month of the Quran as much as
possible. So yes, you can read but
		
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			again, it's much easier for some
people to just read general books
		
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			on Islam write about or whatever
it is, as compared to you know,
		
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			reading the Quran or reflecting
over the Quran itself. That's why
		
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			for example, I would stop reading
any book of fact I don't try not
		
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			to do any work on jurisprudence or
		
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			or even Hadith for that matter
because I want to focus on the
		
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			Quran during this time, right?
Because the month is for the Quran
		
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			and we want to try to get as much
of the Quran as possible. Okay, as
		
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			salaam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa
barakato. The point of a lecture
		
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			is to encourage people to act to
get further and inspiration and
		
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			encouragement, persuasion. The
next step is to actually start
		
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			learning seriously to read books
to take on a subject of Islam and
		
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			to understand all the subjects of
Islam at least at the basic level,
		
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			so that we can become more aware
of what our deen wants from us.
		
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			And that's why we started Rayyan
courses so that you can actually
		
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			take organize lectures on demand
whenever you have free time,
		
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			especially for example, the
Islamic
		
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			essentials course that we have on
there the Islamic essentials
		
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			certificate which you take 20
Short modules and at the end of
		
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			that inshallah you will have
gotten the basics of most of the
		
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			most important topics in Islam and
you'll feel a lot more confident.
		
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			You don't have to leave lectures
behind you can continue to leave,
		
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			you know, to listen to lectures,
but you need to have this more
		
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			sustained study as well as local
law here and Salam aleikum wa
		
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			rahmatullah wa barakato.