Ahsan Hanif – Ramadan Is to Purify Our Souls

Ahsan Hanif
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The speaker discusses the upcoming month of Easter, which is a month of reward and fulfillment for Allah. The main focus is on realizing the importance of praising Allah's actions and intentions to bring peace and happiness to our bodies and minds. The speaker also emphasizes the value of practicing all of these values in order to achieve forgiveness and a calming of punishment.

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			This month is an amazing month. It is
		
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			a month of hope. It is a month
		
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			of reward. It is a month when we
		
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			come closer to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, not
		
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			least because we need it more than anything
		
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			else. We need Allah azza wa jal to
		
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			forgive our sins. We need Allah azza wa
		
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			jal to lessen the loads and the burdens
		
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			that we bear upon our shoulders of the
		
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			many times that we are neglectful of our
		
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			duty to.
		
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			And that is what the month of Ramadan
		
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			does. Helps you to realign your priorities,
		
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			helps you to focus, helps you to remember
		
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			that it doesn't matter about anything else. Whatever
		
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			else may be taking place,
		
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			your greatest objective in life, the purpose of
		
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			your creation, the reason why Allah has created
		
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			me and you, is for his worship alone.
		
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			To find his pleasure, to obey him, to
		
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			attain his reward and his jannah by his
		
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			mercy subhanahu wa ta'ala. That is what the
		
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			month of Ramadan
		
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			gives you the opportunity to do. And that's
		
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			why there are numerous hadith,
		
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			numerous hadith that speak about the virtues of
		
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			fasting. And the virtues of fasting, especially the
		
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			month of Ramadan. And what the month of
		
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			Ramadan brings in terms of its rewards. And
		
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			many of them are known to you. But
		
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			this month is an opportunity that Allah
		
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			gives only to a few people. And I'm
		
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			not just speaking about those people that have
		
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			passed away, that were with us last year,
		
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			that they're no longer with us this year.
		
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			There are many people who are alive and
		
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			healthy. Muslims, they don't fast in Ramadan. They
		
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			won't take those opportunities of Ramadan. They'll eat
		
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			and they'll drink even though other people around
		
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			them are fasting. In the month of Ramadan
		
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			they'll cheat and they'll lie and they'll steal,
		
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			even though it's the month of Ramadan. They
		
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			won't pray and they won't give sadaqah, they
		
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			won't do any of those good deeds, even
		
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			though it is the rut of Ramadan. So
		
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			if Allah has given you the opportunity to
		
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			witness the rut of Ramadan, and Allah has
		
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			given you the further blessing of being able
		
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			to understand
		
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			the importance and the value and the preciousness
		
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			of Ramadan. And then Allah gives you the
		
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			ability to do something about that in terms
		
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			of your deeds and your actions,
		
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			and being able to come closer to him.
		
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			Those are things that you should not take
		
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			for granted, or rather it is something that
		
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			we should and
		
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			form poison.
		
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			But Allah opens our eyes, gives us the
		
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			ability to understand how precious and valuable
		
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			something is perchance. And Allah knows best that
		
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			what we do in this month of Ramadan
		
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			is enough to save us from his punishment
		
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			and turn to us into his mercy and
		
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			to give us forgiveness for our sins. Memorize
		
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			which will practice all of that.