Strategies For A Meaningful Ramadan

WA salatu salam ala Rasulillah while earlier he was a big mind, on praise and thinks belongs to Allah subhanahu wata Anna. And may the peace and blessing of Allah be upon His servant and final messenger Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has taught follows My dear respected Brothers and Sisters in Islam as salaam aleikum, wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh.

And we are just short of one month from the blessed month of Ramadan. And so it is very important as believers that we really refreshed our knowledge about the month of Ramadan in order to have our mind and our soul and our heart and our body prepared for this blessed month. I begin with a hadith

that would make us appreciate

the opportunity. Allah azza wa jal gives us if he extends our life that we witness a novel Ramadan, listen to this hadith and the visa Allahu alayhi wa sallam would mention at the end of it something but at the very beginning it is a story from Harbin obey the law Roby Allahu Anhu narrated and he said another julaine him in Bali Kadima. Allah rasool Allah is sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, two men from the town of Bali believes a town next to El Medina, and they were to Jews. They came to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in El Medina and they both embraced Islam at the same time.

One of them

Allah Azza wa ocean, allowed him to go fish he had in feasterville Allah and he was martyred.

And that's how he died. His friend that accepted Islam at the same time,

died a year later.

A natural death on his bed

on Harbin obey the law of the Allahu Anhu. He slept one night and he saw a dream.

He saw a dream that him and these two people that have accepted Islam, they will die they had died now, all of them were outside the door of the paradise the gate of the paradise and there was an angel there.

So the angel invited the one who died a year later on his bed, he invited him to enter the paradise first.

Then the angel invited the one who died as a martyr to enter the paradise second. Then he said to the one who's seeing the dream Paul had been away the level of the Allahu Anhu Your time is not up because you're still alive. It said to him go back. So Tom Holliday, Allahu Anhu woke up from his dream. And he went out in Medina and he began to narrate this dream to the people. For he Moominvalley the people were amazed and surprised. Were they surprised that the same thing that you and I are surprised, which is how did this person who died naturally, on his bed enter the paradise before the Shaheed even though you and I know that the Shaheed is a high rank in the sight of Allah

azza wa jal. So they were bothered by this and they did not understand. They went to the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam OpenHAB and obey the law of the Allahu Anhu said the Rasul Allah, I saw such and such in my dream.

It's a big deal. You know, even nowadays, they make a big deal about who comes first, you know, they might, the entire class might have passed the exam, but it's all about who came first. You might win three, there's the race, there's the top three that win the race, but it's all about who came first. Then muscleman the iPhone, the new iPhone comes out. It's all about who punches that first they will interview him. Don't worry about the second person who had his hand on it. The first person is always something that is where the spotlight is. So there is some Allahu Allah you will send them said to them, Mina is Alika Tasha Boone, what do you people amazed and surprised about? They said to

him, how did this one go into the paradise before the shape? So he said to them, I will let you serve God, sunlight, Kava Kava, who will solemn about $1 Melbourne, Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said to them, didn't this person who died on his bed? Didn't he pray? This many are a carrot and prayers worth solid worth of one ye. And didn't he fast out Ramadan more than his friend? They said yes. And the visa Allahu alayhi wa sallam said at the end for the INA Houma abou Domi Marina sama you will.

He said the difference between both of them is the day

difference between the heavens and the earth. Allahu Akbar. What we learn from the hadith is that yes, the first one died America, but the second one had one year extra of solid and he witnessed another Ramadan and not prayers of His combined and his Ramadan pushed him way above the Shaheed Allahu Akbar. So this Ramadan when you live it,

it is a golden opportunity that Allah azza wa jal gives you an eye to elevate ourselves in his sight subhanho wa Taala and this is why the sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he said Lisa do not follow the law he may mean in your amaro Phil Islam, Yak furutech Be who who would that be true what the hell you who attacked me do Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he said there is no better than a leader who lives a long life. But this long life is filled with remembrance of Allah azza wa jal with Alhamdulillah Subhan Allah Allahu Akbar, when the recent Allahu alayhi wa sallam he said how you come? The best of you? Who's the best of us, mumbo jumbo who has

the best of you? Are those who live live a long life, living a long life upon goodness and righteousness. And the last of you are those who live a long life of rebellion, transgression and corruption. Well ask Allah azza wa jal to save us. So every Ramadan you witness, more than those who passed away from last year until now is an opportunity for you and I to excel in the sight of Allah subhanahu wa ala Brothers and Sisters in Islam. Ramadan in itself is a huge blessing, that even the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam himself would express a lot of happiness and excitement at its arrival. In the hadith of Abu Dhabi, Allah one, he says, that cannot Rasool allah sallallahu alayhi

wa sallam or you wish you was harder. And the reason Allah Allahu alayhi wa sallam used to congratulate his companions at the arrival of Ramadan. embrasure, one of the aroma of Islam he said this hadith is a fundamental Hadith that implies the permissibility of credit, just deleting one another on the occasion of Ramadan, Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam used to congratulate the companions. He used to say to them this, he would say on the show,

he would go to the Companions and he would say to them, Ramadan has arrived. You see, the people know Ramadan has arrived. The month after Shabbat is all mobile. Why is he telling him what about Vaughn has arrived? That implies excitement. It's like let's say there was a person called Muhammad and he's walking from the door we all know he's Mohammed. But then I shout and I say to Mohammed has arrived, meaning I'm expressing happiness and excitement at His arrival, even though everyone knows who has come. So this is how Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would seek these companions and excite them and gear them all up, you would see on a mobile phone has come, then he would say to them,

Sharon Mubarak, it is a blessed month. What does it mean that Ramadan is a blessed month, it could mean two things number one, that it is a dua from the messenger salAllahu alayhi wa sallam for the companions that oh Allah bless Ramadan for whoever witnesses. And it's a blessed month because unblock means an increase. Baraka means increase, for something to give a lot more than expected, meaning if I had a plate of food, and it was to feed one person, but two people ate from it, then that plate of food had Baraka in it because it gave a lot more than expected. And so the month of Ramadan gives the believer a lot more than he expects from any other month. Because in Ramadan, you

read a lot more crab, you fast a lot more than any other month. You make this be a lot more than any other month. You pray a lot more than any other month considering thoroughly hands on. You come to the masjid a lot more than any other month. Therefore, this month in itself is a Baraka you will find that the deeds increase naturally and automatically. This is because Allah azza wa jal has placed Baraka in this month like that he would say to them, cut up Allahu Alikum cmoh Allah azza wa jal has obligated upon you all that you fasted fee to a Bible Gina Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is still giving good news. He says to the companions during this month, the gates of the paradise

are open, and the Paradise has eight gates each and every single one of them is open. In another narration fee to FDA

Well, I will say, the doors of the heavens the doors of the skies are open. You know what this means? It means every barrier between us and Allah has socialists open. It means Allah wants to accept you in this month. Why would he open the door? He's opening the door inviting you to the to the paradise. Why would someone open the door if you came and knocked on my door and I opened the door, I only open it so I can admit you in it. For when Allah so it can opens the doors and the gates of the paradise. He's inviting us all to the paradise. He's telling you there you go. There is what month 30 days, you can score your position in the Paradise Allahu Akbar. fee to sow a Bible

Gina. It's like the connection has been established between the Earth and the Heavens. There's a connection established between us on Earth and Allah. So there is no barrier nothing is closed between us and Allah subhanho wa taala. And further to this in the recent Allahu alayhi wa sallam would say what to hula poofy Bucha him and the seven doors the seven gates of the Hellfire are sharp and they were closed. As though Allah social is saying I don't want to punish you My servants. I don't want you to enter from these doors. I don't want the Hellfire for you. Allah azza wa jal, he says in the Quran, NIAF out Allah who they are, they're becoming shackled to momentum. What does

Allah azza wa jal get out of punishing you, if you only believed in him believed in Him and you are grateful to him? In other words, Allah so it can be seen, be grateful and believe in me. And then there is no punishment for the servant so the doors close it's a clear message from Allah azza wa jal to all his servants I don't want you entering in this hellfire.

And finally he would say what to Hello fee he shear beam and the devils are chained

and the effect of the CHE upon becomes weak upon the human being you know the devils are two types. There is the internal shaper, which is known as Al Karim. And there's an external shape on the devils that roam around.

The external devils are literally chained and they are locked and they are locked away. But the internal shape upon unclean remains day even during Ramadan. Lenin Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is setting the shape on and he many of them, most of them, that the shape of the Kadena tea inside of you, he flows into our body, just like blood flows in the body. He's ever in the hands and the fingertips is in the eyes, in the head in the feet, and he goes all around, that she's evil was wasa he said every limb of your body. However,

the internal shape upon his effect is dramatically reduced. And his evil whispering is reduced as well. Because you think of it. When you're fasting. You're hungry and you're thirsty. A person that is hungry and thirsty, only thinks about food and drink. What are we going down for football? What are we going to eat? And if it's not the smell as well, but it's good. You're thinking of something Khaled, you're desiring something halal. And haram doesn't come to your mind you don't think of something haram you're busy with that which is other. You see the opposite of person who's eaten and is filled up, he begins to desire that which is haram. So schepens effect becomes stronger upon him.

That's the idea of how to show your pawns Whisperer is reduced. And so this is how it occurs. Now, then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said, After this big destruction astray, Pong is gone. He's walked away the distractions gone. So you have just you and Allah azza wa jal in your worship, then in the V sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, fee healing let on how you Roman and Fisher. And there is one night during this month, that is better than 1000 months 1000 months of worship LaQua Did you see the blockade this month? You see the generosity of Allah azza wa jal all over this month, there is one night if you worship Allah in those couple of hours, it is going to boost your

record of deeds alive time of herself that will be added to you. What a deal and what a sale.

So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he said that the end of the Hadith warning us man hurry Maha Omen hurry Maha Yoga have occurred for him. Anyone who's deprived of the goodness of that night, and the goodness of that night is her Sadat and being forgiven. So anyone who's deprived of sin of being forgiven

and being granted has

and elevate the drinks in the sight of Allah. Then surely he is deprived of all good. So you see this hadith at the beginning? It starts off with lots of excitement, lots of encouragement, and it ends with

terrifying news. It ends with a warning. Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is saying, make sure that you do not deprive yourself of its good. And it's very easy to deprive yourself of its good just do nothing and turn away from the worship of Allah azza wa jal and this is why in the V sallallahu alayhi wa sallam cursed and he said me Allah, humiliate the one who witnesses the month of Ramadan from the beginning to the end. And in the end of it, he is not forgiven Maha will ask Allah azza wa jal to grant us all forgiveness and awareness. And this was made binary sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he sent me into it, it was made by Allah and Gibreel also sent me

from Allah from, from Gibreel, all three of them curse, and me humiliation before the one who is not forgiven during this month. So there is enough encouragement for us and enough warning at the same time that we take this month. Seriously, Brothers and Sisters in Islam, therefore, it is very important to prepare for this month, in order to avoid being disgraced and in order to attain success in the sight of Allah has social and just like with anything in life, in order to be successful, you need to prepare. We all agree to this, right? This is a universal principle in life. If you want to pass and be successful in your exams, that's a no brainer, you have to study and you

have to prepare for it.

If you have a meeting them, you prepare before the meeting, the writing agenda, what is going to be discussed in the meeting and so on. Otherwise, if you come to the meeting, and no one has prepared at that meeting is going to be a waste of time and you will gain no benefit. In a job interview. You must prepare as well you get up early, you dress in the best of clothing, you prepare your papers and your documents and you go preparation in order to have a chance of being successful. Even in matters of worship. We have to also prepare that's why a solid we make wudu we come to the masjid early we repeat after the morning then we pray the Sunnah, then the follow whether you knew it or

not all of that was preparation for the fall. So that you can achieve maximum kashua And if you achieved maximum Kishore, you became successful in your solid, even Allah. Allah azza wa jal specifically in the Quran says what is the word who prepare yourself and the best preparation is the preparation of a Taqwa. That's what Allah azza wa jal said, hush. Even in the the sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, before he met Allah and during Laylat al Islam, Allah may Allah you know what happened. He breathed came to him and cut him open, took his heart out, washed it with a zamzam fill that with knowledge and light, what was over that's in preparation to meet Allah azza wa jal, you see the ID,

you will need to prepare for preparation. Our main problem today is that we don't prepare for our worships. We prepare for everything except our worship. And then we complain, why am I not connecting with the worship? Why can I not feel a connection with my worship and with Allah azza wa jal? The answer is very simple because you haven't prepared for it. We want to pray the follow up right away. We want the fans to Ramadan right away from the day one until the end and then we don't want anything to do before that anything to do after that. I wonder how long it will take you Neverland that's the speed of the majority of the Muslims. And this is why Shaban which is the month

that we have just begun. We're in the second or third day of this Shaban which is one month before Ramadan. Whether you knew or not, you'll know now that the month of Shabbat now is the month of preparation for Ramadan.

Wouldn't it be sallallahu alayhi wa sallam emphasized and highlighted the importance of this month that we are in now. You know there are some people as we come closer to Ramadan, they kick back, they sit, they relax. We're waiting for Ramadan to begin. So they do their shopping. They start preparing for a month. They start preparing, purchasing food, overloading the fridge and cupboards and whatever it is in preparation of a month that has nothing to do with food.

And this is the preparation while in Lhasa unfortunate

Utley This is not the correct preparation for Ramadan. Shabbat this month that we're in I tell you something, it's the month and ArenaNet considered it like the Sunday before the fall. You know before you come before for example before you pray select and fidget it's recommended you pray to luck out sooner than the fallen

by Brahma Bong. 30 days is the form. Chabad the month before is actually the sooner before the fall. And so what should we be doing in Shabbat? You should be doing exactly what is done in Ramadan. What is done in Ramadan, fasting, reading Quran night prayers. Shaban this month is actually known as SHA Ricola. It's known as the month of the RE citation of the Quran just like Ramadan. A seller for hammer home Allah they used to close your hand no matter who he used to close his store, he shops and they used to begin to recite the Quran in abundance. This is when in the month of Shaban in the recent Allahu alayhi wa sallam used to fast the month of Shaban canaille su Shabana Illa, Kalina. He

used the funds that all except a few days, maybe he broke his fast one or two days of Shabbat. So he fasts 28 days of Shabbat, breaks his fast in preparation for Ramadan. And then Shaban also is a is a month known for its night prayers as well. The believers pray the nights you see the exact same things that are done in Ramadan should also be done in Shaban. That's how the believer prepares. Now. So you know, those that don't prepare and don't see the significance of Shabbat what happens, especially people that never fast, and they used to do their coffee in the mornings, the first day of Ramadan, big headache, vomiting, head I do all this Bama and headaches here now and this month,

you prepare now get over and done with that so that when Ramadan begins from day one, you're already used to this and you're going into the month, nice and smooth. And you're taking advantage of the first day of Ramadan right.

So this is why preparation is very important. Brothers and Sisters in Islam.

When we approach Ramadan, we have to have the correct attitude. The mindset needs to be correct. And the greatest attitude that you and I are supposed to have his this listen very carefully.

The attitude we're supposed to instill within ourselves from now is to approach Ramadan as though it's our last Ramadan we will ever witness on Earth. And that if Allah gave us life until we live, it's first days. That's the attitude. When you're approaching Ramadan with this attitude, that could be the case. It could be it could be the case that this love of art is your last one if you lived through it.

If you approach it in this manner, the feeling that that creates within you

is a feeling of panic and urgency. You will begin to panic and few urgency that if this is my last one, Panasonic to take advantage to the best of my ability. Right? This is what it does. And this is why in the V sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he wants it to a companion advising him if they are in a solid for some new solid time what there is a theme if you get up to establish the prayer, pray it as though it's your last Salette

Brothers and Sisters in Islam if you got up now and you most definitely knew that Alicia tonight is your last prayer. How would that solid be? Most definitely it will be different than every other solid that you have prayed. You will take your time in it will who are a citation will prolong the record. I was so sure now I'm gonna die after it. Yeah, what else do I need from this Lord the life other than this perfect so that I can offer to Allah azza wa jal. That's the same attitude you should have with every Ramadan. This could be your last Ramadan. And as the days move, they go really quick. So take advantage from day one and day two, all of a sudden 10 days are gone. 20 days

are gone. The month is finished, the lead arrives. So this is the attitude that you're supposed to approach on mobile. So this is the light Allah if Allah azza wa jal allows us and gives us an opportunity to witness Ramadan, we want to do so yam will move there in the fasting of the farewelling person. And we ask Allah azza wa jal to grant us this understanding.

Brothers and Sisters in Islam, I share with you some practical matters in how one prepares for this blessed month strategies number one, and above the list. After now you have set your focus and attitude right this is your last Ramadan. The first thing you want to start doing now in this month of Shabbat in preparation for Ramadan. Number one, no doubt seeking forgive

pneus and repenting to Allah azza wa jal ask Allah azza wa jal for forgiveness for the past sins of yours, the major and the minor, the intentional sins and the accidental mistakes, your shortcomings in the worships as well. These are sins that also need is still for the disease's in the sicknesses of the heart. Jealousy and hypocrisy. Yes, that the know if I said, Who can stand up and say I don't have any jealousy and hypocrisy, my heart Wallah 100% No one will dare to do it. give you even more lovely Allahu Anhu didn't dare. Right and he wanted to know if his name was on the list of the mafia clean or not. Right? Even though this there's a difference of opinion concerning the story. But the

idea is, no one will dare if you're concerned in your relationship with Allah no one will dare to say I'm free of hypocrisy. So when you make is still far seek is still far from the sickness and the disease of the heart. Oh ALLAH forgive any new herb that is in my heart, purify my heart from from Nefab, from jealousy, from hatred, from envy, from hypocrisy from all the sicknesses and the diseases of the heart turn to Allah social with human with humility, hoping for His mercy and fearing his punishment. Allah He The most successful people in Ramadan of those who enter this month, having repented from all their sins, and the greatest word that comes out of your mouth, with

a sincere heart is a stone for Allah wa to LA. pairing between elite still far with doba two together, Wallah Brothers and Sisters in Islam, one stone filled Allah that comes from a remorseful heart, from a sincere honest heart movements before then and Fisher one a stone filled Allah is enough to destroy mountains and mountains of sins you have done an accumulated one is enough.

And especially before selecting Fisher, that is a time that Allah solution specifically mentioned that it is time exclusive for is still felt. He said Well mustafina Will as hell from the qualities of true believers is that they seek Allah's forgiveness at this as hell time the whole time before for sure.

Because that time is unlike any other time.

Because whoever gets up before Fisher,

then that time was a time of sleep and rest people are sleeping and resting. It's not a time to take children to school. It's not a time to eat. It is not a time to engage in any worldly business is not a time to take phone calls and respond to emails nothing. So whoever

can only have got up for Allah, nothing else. And it makes your intention a lot more easier.

And you stand at night and there's no distraction. And you say a stone for Allah who are to do either LA and is still far. This will do wonders in your life Morocco. And so this is the best way to prepare for this month. seek forgiveness in abundance. Ask Allah during the day in the night to forgive you the visa Allahu alayhi wa sallam used to seek Allah's forgiveness 100 More than 100 times a day. And in addition to this, Allah loves those who seek his forgiveness. Allah said to Allah Who you're in allow him to webby and Allah loves those who frequently make Dover. That's what the Webby means Can you imagine this? You know, there was some of the self of our pious

predecessors. They used to say, how am I going to make sure that Allah loves me? Allah says Allah who your Hibou clean. He loves a lotta pain on far away from Taqwa. Allah azza wa jal you hit Bullmore se mean, was seen and are very far away from sinning. Do I have any chance to have any hope? Until he read the Holy Tyler in Allah who hit the web even. And everyone could be at a web, everyone could be at a web. Everyone could be a person that turns to Allah assertion. It requires from your sincere effort, and continuously seeing a Stanford alum internalizing its meaning saying allow mania to relate. Thinking about your sins and your wrongdoings. So this is the best way we're

going to prepare for Lamar Your sins are the biggest barrier and block between you and Allah has solution. When you seek is still for these blocks these barriers moved away and you're on a highway in your relationship with Allah so shall

we shall Islam even Taymiyah Rahim Allah He used to see it is a must. That every breath the sleeve of Allah azza wa jal takes every breath you take in.

You should praise Allah azza wa jal with and every time you exhale you breathe out. You should seek ALLAH solutions, forgiveness and

And he said, what he was trying to see is that your life should be between praising Allah zodion and seeking His forgiveness. praising Allah azza wa jal would mean that you implement the commands of Allah azza wa jal, that's a form of praising Allah azza wa jal when we get up and we pray, that is us praising Allah physically.

When you give sadaqa to zakat, that is you praising Allah azza wa jal, because you're implementing what he said, and he's still far is you keeping away from the prohibitions, and also seeking forgiveness from that which you have fallen into of those prohibitions. That's number one. Number two in how you prepare for this blessed month of Ramadan, listen very carefully, is by reconciling with your Muslim brothers and sisters, that you have hurt and harmed and boycotted and cut ties with, especially relatives and family members.

Because one of the greatest gifts of Ramadan is that Allah forgives our sins. That's one of the greatest gifts. Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, Whoever fast for Ramadan, out of faith and seeking Allah's reward, Allah forgives him for his sins. He said again, whoever prays the nights of Ramadan, out of Eman and seeking road from Allah Allah forgives him for his sins. Whoever praised the little cuddle out of Eman seeking Allah's forgiveness, seeking reward from Allah Allah forgives his sins, the entire month is all about for you. The biggest prize is forgiveness. And the you know, the last 10 days, what's the DUA that is to be sent in the last 10 days?

Now what's the the recommended Allahumma indica alpha to help burn Alpha funny, it's all about forgiveness. Right and that is the frequent dua that you're supposed to make throughout the last 10 nights because the grand gift in Ramadan is all about forgiveness. And the NABI sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that to people that are in conflict with one another, and hold grudges and hatred to one another and have boycotted one another, they are not granted forgiveness until they reconciled with one another. So if you don't take this matter seriously, to reconcile with those who have cut ties with and men that you risk going through the entire month of Ramadan, and your record is hold held

back. And forgiveness is held back from such a person had been masu there'll be Allahu Anhu was asked the Masuda companion of Rasul Allah, he was asked he for content is stuck below Ramadan. How did you companions used to welcome Ramadan? How did you overcome Ramadan? You know what he said? This is an answer from people that lived with him maybe some Allahu alayhi wa sallam. He said, makan had guna YOLO. And you're stuck Bilal healer was he can be here to help the mother. He said none of us would they should feel there. None of us would dare

to hold an atom's weight of hatred or enmity or jealousy towards another Muslim. Right at the doors of Ramadan. That's how we would welcome Ramadan, not with celebrations and balloons. And now we used to clean and cleanse the heart from anything of friction between the believers. And sometimes I know situations are difficult. oppression and injustice that is happening is different. Someone might be serious about you. This guy just got no clue what has happened between someone else that has abused me and slandered me and done every kind of deed you can think how we're going to forgive such a person. This is between you and Allah assertion is between you and Allah associate. But Islam always

encourages forgiveness. The one who forgives his reward is immense. It's upon Allah azza wa jal on the day of judgment. And

if the oppression is huge, and you don't want to forgive you have the right as long as you have the right. And on the Day of Judgment, you will receive reward according to that oppression that happened to you may give you a story about a share of mine. And I liked this story and I wanted to share it with you share, been teaching for many years. He was my teacher from when I was 18 years old until this very day.

He shared with us his story. He said

that once he was in the masjid, and an issue happened between him and one of the elderly people that come to the masjid. The shelf was incomplete. Right he had done nothing wrong. This elderly man misunderstood and he was Yanni disturbed by what had happened and he walked off walked away from the Masjid.

So the shock being assured teaching his students that we need to reconcile and mend and fix things. Go and follow him and see

What he needs and what he wants now past the person has shut his door doesn't want anything to do with that muscle ever again with the chef does want to come.

One month, two months, three months went by

one year went by offering him whatever he doesn't care doesn't want to come anymore.

So the share, our chef went to his chair and sit in this is what has happened. What do we do?

The Chef's at the mullah? This is difficult, but i All I know is I can tell you one thing.

He said the if that man that elderly man ended up in the hellfire, it would be because of you.

Yeah, you would be the reason for why he enters because he's a prostitute and he's cut the relationship with you. So I don't know how to fix this up. But all I know is if he ends up in the hellfire, it's because of you. This was huge upon the shirt. He's saying how we are people, we want to be the reason for why people enter the paradise. Not the reason why people enter the hellfire. So it grew in the heart of a share, and had to do everything to solve it and mended. One thing and this was after two years. He himself went down to this person. And what do you want, he didn't want to talk to him. He sent the students eventually, this elderly man said I want the chair to get up in

the masjid and publicly apologize to me. Chef has done nothing. It's very difficult, but you're going to break that or not for the sake of the relationship with your Muslim brother. So anyway, she said it was heavy upon me. But I got up after Alicia and I made a public apology. And they took that public apology they went to him and they said colossal Hamdulillah He apologized. He said la apologize after Salatin, Zuma, Allahu Akbar.

So they came back to shirk. He said that it was a public apology after Salah drama. And the chef Subhanallah he said, because I did it the first time it made it easier to do it the second time. So after selected Giovanni publicly apologized in Word, he hasn't done anything wrong. And then they mended the relationship just for the sake of I don't want to come on the day of document being the reason for why someone enters enters the alpha. We are people we want to be the reason why people enter the paradise and it was sorted. So the idea is yes, it's tough. It's difficult. But this is a bond that Allah azza wa jal created the belief between the believers in the Winona Aquila, well,

Allah azza wa jal, he forbids that a person boycott his Muslim brother for over three days is not allowed. You know why? You know why it's not allowed.

Because when people boycott others, most likely it's for worldly matters.

He took some money, he took a car I wanted to buy. He married a woman I was supposed to marry. It's for worldly things, worldly things.

And if the boycotting goes beyond three days, that means you have preferred this worthless dunya.

to something which Allah azza wa jal established as a bond between you and others, and that is brotherhood. You prefer this over what Allah azza wa jal has commanded. Therefore, it was haram to extend and go beyond three days, you want to be upset, you want to boycott, do whatever you want, within three days after that, fix it up, sorted out somehow. Now, sometimes you might have your door open, but it's the other brother, he doesn't want to get to problems, you have no issue upon you. If the other one doesn't want to engage in the process of reconciliation and work things out. So long as your doors open and you open Alhamdulillah there's no issue upon you. Now, number three, we

prepare for this blessed month of Ramadan through a

seller for Him whom Allah they used to make dua to Allah six months before Ramadan, not Allah to three weeks before Allah six months. So imagine how much more they would intensify as they would approach Ramadan.

And this is a preparation. I tell you, it's a preparation, you know, anyone who has a great concern about something will make plenty of diet and eat that when you're sick. Or if you have a sick relative, or you're going through some intense calamity you make dua. Right. When you apply for a job and you want it badly you make dua, whatever it is that you want, then you have great concern for you make dua. So a sign that you actually have Ramadan at your greatest concern, you will make dua and you will make an abundance of dua, and you see, at the end of the day, Ramadan is a month of worship, and we cannot do any act of worship. If Allah azza wa jal doesn't give us the strength and

the ability to do so. You know that? Allah azza wa jal he says mal Saba comin hacer una Femina Allah, any good you do. The Nat King from Allah azza wa jal, Allah azza wa jal, he says that the people of the paradise when they enter the parrot

I will see what God Hamdulillah he loves her dad and he has won the canal in the Lola and her dad Allah. Well my canal in the Alola and Adana Allah, with the people of the paradise when they enter, they will see, we would have never been guided, if Allah did not guide us to Islam.

Therefore does that mean therefore what that means is every single good deed and worship you do, it's only because Allah gave you strength and ability to do it. Otherwise, what's the difference between you and people that don't pray? The simple differences that Allah gave you the strength, the ability, they were deprived of the strength and ability for treason, Allahu Allah, I see the difference. Right even even now sitting here giving a lecture. This only happens by Allah's permission. And even this is mentioned in the Quran when Allah azza wa jal said about medicine, the Allahu alayhi wa sallam, what they are, I am in Allah, He is me. You only preach and call to Allah

by His permission.

You can't do anything of the worship without the permission of Allah. And this is why in Surah Fatiha What do we say? He cannot avoid? What yakka next time he I cannot economic meaning You alone we worship. Yeah, but worship, how are you going to achieve that? What you're going to stain we're going to seek your help. The stain means we're going to seek your help alone. So er cannot what is the purpose of life? Er gonna stain is the means to get to that purpose. Meaning the only way we can worship is by continuously seeking your help. And this is why the most repeated

which comes in the most noble of deeds or solid is a dino solo can guide us to the straight path. We finished the first rock out again guide us to the straight path. Hello, you just said it. Again in the first look, I'm not even a minute later, it did not start off on Mr. T. And then the guidance will quickly go it's like water. You have to keep drinking doesn't sit there and rest permanently. It goes like water, need to be begging for it every time and keep going going back and back to it.

Right. So we seek Allah azza wa jal is help and we make dua and from the greatest dua that we make is to see Allah who need Allah Vickery co Shoukry. co host diabetic, we say things like Allahumma, India, Luca Fairleigh, Murat. Imagine a million sallallahu alayhi wa sallam from his dua, he would say, Oh Allah, I asked you to give me the ability to do good deeds. Now the question is, if he can do good deeds on his own, why is he asking Allah meaning he cannot on his own he needs Allah to give him the ability in order to do the good deeds, and from the greatest dhikr that you can see, is to see law how know Allah who were to 11 Allah, very important Brothers and Sisters in Islam, La hawla

wala Quwata illa biLlah means there is no power. There is no holy and holy is to move from one situation to another. So there is no movement from laziness to action from Kufa to Eman from laziness to strength I cannot move from laziness to strength in worship, and there is no power Ilhabela except for my granted me that ability that's what the whole our quarter 11 Levin's This is why when the more of it makes the event we repeat after the more of them right whatever he says we see when does it change when he says hi yah la sala Haryana fella we don't say hi yah la sala.

You know why he's seen you come to the solid. So you don't sit there and say that are you comfortable Salome's calling you. Instead we say La hawla wala Quwata illa in context, you know that mean?

He's telling you come to the prayer. you're responding, seeing the whole impossible. I can't come to the Salah the way when I don't even have the strength and ability due to so in nebula except if Allah was to give me the strength, then I'll get up and I'll pray. See that.

And this hold on a quote. I love Allah you're supposed to be saying after the month in meaning you have to be in the masjid early way before the committee hearing. So you're here and most likely you'd be sitting in the front row. You're in the front row. You've come earlier resigning after the one then and even then you're saying I can't I can't come to a solid impossible. I don't have the strength I don't have ability in leveler.

So that's why Ramadan is low. You don't have the strength to fast and pray and take advantage of its these except if Allah has to give you that strength. Therefore you ask Allah azza wa jal for it. Also, how we prepare for the month of Ramadan is by learning about its virtues and reward.

It's very important to know the virtue and reward there's plenty of books that speak about the virtue and reward of fasting. I tell you something. If I was to tell someone you say to your child, son, come and cut the grass for me

He's not motivated, cut the grass, I'll give you $500 He'll jump from where he used to cut the grass, because now he knows what the reward is. This is how this is how mankind is, when they know that there's a pay at the end of the month or the end of the week. They're excited and looking forward to do that work, he will drag himself to do the work, right? Because there's a at the end. This is how believers are made. This is how the band kind is made. When we know the reward of something, we're excited to do it. So Ramadan and the worships are no different. This is why there is a huge emphasis in a hadith in the visa Allahu Allah Salam that speak about the virtues of

reward, the virtues of deeds, you know, the virtues and furball in virtue, what's the virtue of seeing Subhanallah ones Subhanallah we humbly he you say at once that's a plant, a palm tree in the Paradise being planted for you. Now you know that you're encouraged to say it 100 times, it's very easy now because I know what the reward is, by so Ramadan.

The greatest virtue of Ramadan.

Firstly, is to know that this is the only obligatory fasting of the every other fasting is voluntary. Three days of every month, Monday and Thursday or whatever you want to fast, all of it is what

is voluntary, except of course the days that you obligate upon yourself. Let's say your company so Allah He next week, I'm going to fast three days. And then that becomes obligatory and you need to fast those three days. But ideas. Ramadan is the month that is fundamentally obligatory. And Allah azza wa jal said, or met a couple of La appdb che in Hebei Li and in authority, who are they? Allah azza wa jal, he said,

the most beloved things to Allah, that bring the slave closer to Allah, that which he has obligated upon them.

So the greatest virtue of fasting, the obligated month of Ramadan is the closeness to Allah azza wa jal and that is a huge virtue.

You know, people in this world life always seek, how we're going to get close to him, especially when people are in higher positions, higher positions, they have an abundance of wall you find people want to always stick close to them and stay behind them right. Because whoever is big, we come close to him, maybe we can want to use the services, even the the the the magician's of frown,

frown. How did he inspire and encourage them to continue their magic? You know, he said, What inequity is a liminal beam. If you do what I tell you, I'll bring you close to me, you'll be part of the inner circle, and they're motivated to do the good.

We're not seeing about a human beat we're seeing Allah Himself is seeing you want to be part of those specially selected people of Allah azza wa jal. The only way to achieve this is by doing the obligatory deeds and focusing on them more than anything else. That will bring me closer to Allah. Allah azza wa jal, he said in the Quran can lead to prayer who was good what

Allah said, Come close, your ask Allah, how do I come close to? There is nothing that will bring you closer to Allah than what you're obligated. And Ramadan is an obligatory month. That's the greatest virtue of it. If you've qualified and become close to Allah, there is no fee and no worry for such a person. Maha Aqua.

When there is some Allahu alayhi wa sallam said, in terms of virtue of the fasting person, he said, For the fasting person, he has two moments of joy, one moment of joy when he breaks his fast and one moment of joy when he meets his Lord. Okay, so the first thing person, he has two moments of joy one is a physical enjoyment. What is that meaning at the end of the day, once the sun has said, and you indulge in some food and drink? That's the worldly joy. That's the joy of the fasting person. Of course, Raja Brahim, oh Allah He said, it is important to note that the physical enjoyment is only given to the one who if does if Paul upon something Khaled. If a person breaks his fast upon

something haram

cigarette then he does not earn that reward. So we need to be careful. You need to be extra careful that you break your fast on that which is halal to earn the joy.

And the second enjoyment that the believer or the fasting person has is a spiritual enjoyment. And that is when you meet

To the Lord, there will be a joy for the believer when he meets his Lord. Why? Firstly, because you're meeting your Creator Allah, the One who for so long you have worship finally you meet him. And secondly, there is a joy to meet Allah to see the huge amount of reward he has prepared for you. Because of your fasting and your and your Salah and you want to see what does the stone what's the, what is there for me? What is the what's my estate in the Paradise? What are my trees, what's my land in the park? What kind of reward is Allah put for me? So there is excitement to meet Allah azza wa jal to see what he has prepared for you of of reward. And we learned something very important

here. That fasting prepares us for the meeting with Allah. Fasting prepares us for the meeting with Allah. And this is why Musa alayhis salam, before he met Allah on the mountain and Allah spoke to him. Allah commanded him to fast 14 nights, and also 14 days. So he fasted 14 nights and days straight, ate and drank nothing.

Then he spoke to Allah azza wa jal on the mountain, teaching you and I, that fasting prepares us to meet with Allah azza wa jal Lahu. Aqua and this is why did you know that in order for us to prepare ourselves to meet Allah, we should be fasting every day of the

just like Musa Ali said faster than he met Allah did you know we are supposed to fast every day of the week in order to meet Allah azza wa jal.

I tell you why. And I'll tell you how it's done.

We were initially in the Paradise, all of us, when Adam Alayhis Salam was there.

Then he ate from the tree, then we came down to earth as a result of what we ate. So if you want to go back, you have to stop eating, you have to stop eating. So Ramadan was obligated 30 days after it comes six days of Chawan whoever Firestorm about and Fast Six Days of Chawan he earns the reward as though he's faster than pi e. That's how he's now prepared to meet Allah soldier. So you can literally meet Allah on the Day of Judgment having fasted every day of your life, if you just did month of Ramadan was six days of Sure, well, then I have to be next to each other. But six days of showare law awkward, that's the ticket back to the paradise leave that which caused you to come down

to this earth. And you know, the strongest desire of the human being is what?

What is the greatest desire of the human being?

Food, not a woman, food, food, food, food, because you're eating food in the morning, or food an hour later, or food two hours later, or food an hour before and food at night than before. This is the greatest desire.

Ramadan is teaching you how to control the greatest desire. And if you can control your desire with food, you can control any other desire because it's less in its intensity than food. That's what Ramadan is training the believers with

fasting itself it cleans and purifies the heart. It's a form of repentance, Nabi SallAllahu, alayhi wa sallam he said, fasting three days of every month to the Boo Hara sub it removes the evil treats in the qualities of the heart.

So if fasting purifies the heart, and that's exactly what you need on the Day of Judgment. You need to show up on the Day of Judgment with a clean pure heart that's going to benefit you Alonzo gently you said you're gonna lay on fire oh man, and one afternoon in lemon at Allah had been saline on that day, your wealth your children will be of no benefit to you. The only benefit would be to come on the Day of Judgment with a colored very slim, Sunny meaning it's pure, it's undamaged. There's no minus seams on it there's no shift on it. There's no innovations it's clean from all of that and Ramadan gives you a pure heart

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also from the virtues in the merits of fasting Ramadan, and this is found or taken from a beautiful story, and an incident that happened in the time of interview sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. There was a man that entered el Medina, and he was poor and he was hungry. So in the recent Allahu alayhi wa sallam came out and it was at nighttime. And he said to the people of El Medina, who will take this man and entertain him as a guest in his house overnight, and feed him and look after. So one companion said the Rasul Allah, I'll do so I'll take him. So this companion took this poor hungry person, put him in his house, need food, and it was dark. And this companion made himself as though

he was eating but he wasn't actually eating. So he let the guests eat everything that was in the plate. The guests slept in the day finished then the next day, and the V SallAllahu, alayhi wasallam came to this companion. And he said to his companion about him and his wife, or the IG Biller, who means Sami Kumar Bilbo aefi Coleman Leila,

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see this person him and his wife, they gave up their food and drink for the sake of their guest.

One night, and they earn Allah's love.

Imagine then the love a person receives when he leaves food and drink, not for anyone's sake but for the sake of Allah assertion.

Not for one day but for 30 days. How intense with the love of Allah azza wa jal can be for such a person, the greatest desire on earth you left it for the sake of Allah has always been such a huge reward involved in this. So don't think that the fasting during the day are not gonna lie. So we have to have the faster and what are we going to have a different approach and think, and I'm preferring what Allah wants from me, which is to give up food and preferring what he wants from me over what I prefer for myself. Now what I prefer for myself is to keep going eating and drinking. But I want to prefer what Allah wants over what I want. This is exactly what is meant as honesty in

your relationship with Amok the you know how people sometimes they speak about this concept of be honest with Allah be sincere with Allah, you know, practically, how can one be honest with Allah when you prefer what he wants over what you want? So for example, when you wake up for selected Fisher, I think your body wants to sleep you still want the rest, but you prefer what Allah wants and that is getting up making oboe and praying over what you want and that is to sleep. Is not it?

is what is meant by your relationship with Allah I must be honest that honesty in the relationship with Allah azza wa jal, and perhaps I'll share one last one with you. One of the ways in how we prepare for this month of Ramadan is an important one, you need to understand how to fast correctly

if the greatest pillar of Ramadan is fasting, yet because that's the form reading the Quran is recommended. Praying thoroughly is recommended. feeding the poor is recommended all the good deeds, you know, that is all recommended. The one form and the biggest pillar in Baba Bong is to fast it's days. So it is very sad. If you entered on mobile, and you didn't even know how to fast correctly, and the majority of Muslims don't understand the full complete image of how a person is supposed to fast and I explained it to you very quickly.

You see, fasting is two parts

of nope, Abraham online set a soul whose sole job is to handle FM, also mobile, Pune and Shalabi upaya. He said, fasting is the fasting of the stomach from food and drink. And it's also the first thing of the limbs from sins and transgression.

A son of the pious predecessors, they used to say the easiest fasting is to refrain from drink and food. That's the easy fasting.

And the real, challenging fasting is to abstain from all forms of sin and transgression. That's the real fasting. And this is why what is the purpose of fasting anyway? What was its purpose? Allah azza wa jal he says, quotevalet concerned Kamakoti by Allah Levina and publikum law Aleko the taboo the entire purpose of starving was to nurture Taqwa what is a taco, a taco is the increasing good deeds and to limit and reduce your sins. Therefore, the first thing of the day, the first thing of the day is nurturing taqwa in your heart. You know, a Muslim, a Muslim, even a sinner. If I give him an apple, and I sit him go to that room, no one's gonna see you. And it's during the day of Ramadan,

Eden, he won't eat it. Why?

If I eat it now Allah is watching and I spoil my fasting.

See that? He's not eating it because he knows Allah is watching. Well, congratulations. That's the same thing that happens during Ramadan outside of Ramadan during the morning during the night. And anytime Allah azza wa jal is always always watching. So that refraining on food and drink, it's nurturing the heart to lessen its sins and increase in good deeds. When the reasonable Allahu alayhi wa sallam said

in addition to giving up food and drink and sexual relations, he said, Do you need to give up three other things. He said millennia Dakota zoo Well, I'm gonna be while John Felisa de la hydroton for any other apartment or Shabaab, whoever doesn't give up false speech, meaning swearing and telling lies and whoever doesn't give up evil deeds, which is haram that could be done with the hands and social media and the eyes and the Haram that you see in the ears in the heat in the heat that is our whoever doesn't give these up. And it doesn't give up ignorance and ignorance is to not act by what you know. So if you know Salah is formed, and you don't pray it, that's ignorance. If you don't give

up these three things, Felisa de la hija Faryab i'ma show Oba Allah azza wa jal doesn't need you to give up fasting and drinking. He doesn't need you to give up food and water, you're better off just going and eating and drinking. So the idea is, this is the correct type of fasting, the fasting of the limbs and the fasting of the stomach as well. We come to the end of our lecture, Brothers and Sisters in Islam, were asking my assertion that he grabbed us life until we witnessed Salomo why ask Allah azza wa jal to bless our deeds and actions implementable and we ask Allah azza wa jal to accept us our deeds that we offer to him subhanho wa Taala We ask Allah azza wa jal to grant us

sincerity and honesty in our relationship with Him Subhana Allah, we ask him subhanaw taala to purify our heart and to cleanse us from our sins. And we asked him Subhanahu wa Taala to forgive our shortcomings in the holy authentic and how the rally or SallAllahu wasallam odaka Allah you know, Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi, Germaine?

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