Abu Bakr Zoud – This is why Ramadan is a huge opportunity

			There is a Hadith that Paul Harbin obey the law of the Allahu Anhu narrated and he said a narrow
Julie Nieman belly Kadima Allah rasool Allah He sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. What can Islam Houma
Jamia on haben obey the law the Allahu Anhu. He says that were two men from the town of belly. The
town of barley is a town close to Almudena, but the man Rasulillah they both approached the NABI
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam at the same time and they were two Jews, and they embraced Islam and
said a chateau La ilaha illallah wa no Muhammad Allah rasool Allah. Now these two have accepted
Islam at the same time. One of them had more effort in Islam than the other. So his effort were to
		

			the point that he joined one of the battles of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and other
Allah that he passed away as a Shaheed, he earned a shahada feasibility law, so he was martyred. His
friend that accepted Islam at the same time lived to witness another ie a full Gi. And after one
year, he died, natural causes. On his deathbed, Allah subhanho wa Taala took his soul
		

			and had been obey the law, the Allahu Anhu. After these two have died, one night he was sleeping, he
had a dream. In his dream he saw himself and these two people, these two companions standing outside
the door of the Paradise, and an angel comes. And he calls the one who died one year later, you
know, the one who just died on his bed natural death. He was called into the paradise first, but had
been obey the law. He's there he can see this in the dream. So he was called in and admitted to the
paradise first. And then the angel came out. And he called the one who was mandatory Sevilla. And he
was admitted into the paradise second. And then the angel came and he said to Pearl Harbor and obey
		

			the law, you go back, it's not your time yet because you're still alive. Then you woke up from his
dream.
		

			And he was amazed so he went around Medina informing the people what he saw and the people were
amazed with him as well. What is surprising in the Hadith that how could this person who died
naturally enter the paradise first before Shaheed feasts Avila and I know we all know what special
gifts Allah azza wa jal gives gives a Shaheed How can this person who died on his bed naturally
enter the paradise before shaheed? And so some people would think you know, what's the big deal at
the end of the day, they both entered the paradise. There's always a big deal about the one who
comes first in something. You know, in school, the majority of the class passes the exam, but it's
		

			always about who came first. So that he gets the medal who came first in the race, he gets the
medal, the one who's first to buy the new new product of Apple, or Samsung, the one who's first to
buy the product. He's the one who's interviewed, and he's the one who's asked, and he's given a
special earning and a rank among the people. So there's always something special about coming first
in something. So he this man entered the paradise first. So how to see it as a big deal. So they
ended up going and going to Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and they narrated this dream
unto Him. When the diesel Allahu alayhi wa sallam saw the amazement on their face. And he said to
		

			them, mean au their Leka Tasha Boone What are you surprised? What are you all amazed by?
		

			So they sit to him obviously how they this person enter before shade for Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam said to them, Elisa could mecca for hair. They're bad the husana Didn't the one who died
naturally. Live one more year after Shaheed they said yes. So then he said, What are the local
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			and didn't he also during that one year that he lived extra? He witnessed the month of Ramadan and
he prayed this and this amount of Raka and says that in his life more than the Shaheed they said yes
rasool Allah for NaVi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said family obey you know whom at a bar to me
Medina summer he will. He said that the distance between him and the Shaheed is the distance between
the heavens and the earth. That's the kind of rank this man earned in the Paradise because he lived
one year more than his friend to witness Ramadan and to praise such and such amount of our carrot
and suit for Allah subhanho wa Taala when Hadith and it is in heaven measure aroma hula. So the idea
		

			is we're learning from this hadith, that it is a golden opportunity. Whenever Allah subhanho wa
Taala gives life for a person to live and to witness yet another Ramadan. You
		

			No this is an opportunity that you may be elevated ranks with Allah subhanho wa Taala when the ISA
Allahu alayhi wa sallam he said Lisa how on earth Bala in the law him in many number of Islam yet
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			who and Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he said, There is no one better than a believer who lives
who lives a long life. And this life is full of the Spirit to Allah subhanho wa Taala with me to
take the ruler, Allah and His life is full of vicar and worship to Allah subhanho wa Taala for it is
a blessing. That hadith is teaching us that it is a blessing to witness another Ramadan in your
life. We ask Allah azza wa jal to give us life to witness Ramadan and to give us the ability and the
strength that we worship him during Ramadan. We need to first recognize and acknowledge that this is
a blessing from Allah subhanho wa Taala