Abu Bakr Zoud – The Prophets Last 10 Nights Of Ramadan

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The speaker discusses the importance of watching the life of Layretion Qadr in the last 10 nights of the last 10 days, as it is the most important night in Islam. They also discuss the importance of staying in the sleep mode and not waking up during the night to earn the reward of Layretion Qadr. The speaker emphasizes the importance of staying in the sleep mode and not waking up during the night to earn the reward of Layretion Qadr.

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			Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Brothers and sisters in Islam,
		
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			as we enter the last 10 days, the
		
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			last 10 nights of Ramadan,
		
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			seeking Laylatul Qadr, it is very important for
		
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			the believer to observe the life of Nabi
		
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			Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.
		
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			And what did he do in the last
		
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			10 nights, And that's our example, that's our
		
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			role model, and that's what we should follow
		
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			in order to attain the reward of laylatul
		
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			Qadr.
		
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			Abu Saeed Khubri
		
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			narrates, and this Hadith is found in Sahih
		
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			al Bukhari,
		
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			that when Ramadan was first obligated, Nabi Sallallahu
		
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			Alaihi Wasallam performed the tikaf in the first
		
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			10 nights of Ramadan.
		
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			So he slept in the Masjid for the
		
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			purpose of worship in the first 10 nights
		
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			of Ramadan.
		
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			Then Jibril came to him and said to
		
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			him,
		
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			he said to him what you're seeking which
		
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			is it's
		
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			still ahead of you. So then Nabi
		
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			performed Iatiqaaf which is seclusion and sleeping in
		
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			the Masjid
		
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			for the second 2010
		
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			nights of Ramadan.
		
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			Then Jibril came to him and said to
		
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			him
		
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			He said to him
		
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			that which you are seeking it's still ahead
		
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			of you. Then Nabi
		
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			addressed the Sahaba on the 20th
		
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			night and 20th day of Ramadan
		
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			And he said to them, whoever had performed
		
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			Iritikaf with me, come back and perform Iritikaf
		
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			for the last 10 nights, because I have
		
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			been informed that Laylat al Qadr is in
		
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			the last 10 nights in one of the
		
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			odd nights of the last 10 nights. And
		
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			then he performed the Atikaf in the last
		
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			10 nights.
		
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			Brothers and sisters, what we see from this
		
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			hadith is that Nabi
		
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			performed Atikaf,
		
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			seclusion in the Masjid for an entire month
		
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			just to capture and observe and witness and
		
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			earn the reward of Laylatul Qadr.
		
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			This is how important the night is and
		
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			it is by the wisdom of Allah
		
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			that he made Laylatul Qadr at the end
		
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			of Ramadan.
		
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			By then
		
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			we are all prepared spiritually and we're in
		
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			that mode of worship,
		
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			so we're able to seek it really easily.
		
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			Then Aisha
		
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			she described the state of the Messenger
		
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			during the last 10 nights of Ramadan.
		
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			She said that when the 10 nights of
		
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			Ramadan began,
		
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			She said that he
		
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			tightened his waist belt,
		
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			and what that means is that he avoided
		
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			intimate relations
		
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			with his wives,
		
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			even though this is something permissible at night,
		
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			but he would avoid it and therefore he
		
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			would focus on his worship.
		
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			And it also means that he would put
		
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			much effort unlike any other night in the
		
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			year.
		
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			She also said that
		
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			he would waken up his family,
		
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			he would wake up his wives, so that
		
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			they also can partake
		
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			in this night of seeking the reward of
		
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			Laylat al Qadr and she also said, and
		
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			this is the most important here, she said,
		
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			he would bring his night to life.
		
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			You see what that means is that the
		
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			night is dead when you're sleeping.
		
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			But how do you bring the night to
		
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			life?
		
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			When you engage in worship
		
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			and so when Nabi
		
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			would engage in the entire night in the
		
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			worship of Allah
		
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			and the best of that is to be
		
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			standing in and
		
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			reading long
		
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			and long and
		
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			long sujood.
		
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			This is how he
		
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			would spend every night of the last 10
		
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			nights.
		
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			He would be awake
		
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			from Maghrib all the way until Salat al
		
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			Fajr and that's the ideal situation. If you're
		
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			able to do so, then you do so.
		
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			It's only 10 nights And if you're not
		
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			able to do so and you need to
		
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			sleep, then it is advised that you sleep
		
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			at the very beginning of the night. So
		
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			after
		
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			you take a break for a few hours,
		
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			but most importantly
		
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			make sure you're awake especially at the last
		
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			third of the night
		
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			engaging in salat is still far,
		
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			or
		
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			the