Ali Albarghouthi – Let’s Get Excited about Ramadan

Ali Albarghouthi
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The importance of fasting during the upcoming month is discussed, as it is beneficial for everyone. The speaker emphasizes the importance of avoiding sexual activities and distractions during the month, protecting one's body and surrounding oneself with people who want to come close to Allah. The importance of fasting and learning to strive is also emphasized, as it is a time when the sense of time is lost. The speaker advises avoiding profanity and not engaging in argumentative or mocking others, as it is a great time to be excited about. The importance of forgiveness for actions that cause harm is also emphasized.

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			Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said Jaya CompTIA Hooroo Ramadan Aisha Hora Moga or if third
Allah Wa alaykum Salma.
		
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			He said Alayhi Salatu was Salam, the month of Ramadan has approached is upon you is here.
		
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			It is a blessed month. And Allah had obligated fasting that month upon you.
		
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			That is there an announcement and anticipation
		
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			of a great month that is to come.
		
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			That Allah had blessed us with and he deposited so many blessings in so the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam he wanted the Muslims at his time and Muslims of today to be excited to be ready
for Ramadan. Here is coming a month that is so special.
		
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			Allah had made it an obligation on you too fast. And the fact that Allah had made it an obligation
should tell you a lot about how much Allah loves it. And Allah about how beneficial it is for all of
us. Because Allah when he loves something so much, he obligates it.
		
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			Keep that in mind,
		
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			when it comes to Salah to fasting anything. When Allah loves the thing so much it becomes what an
obligation and when something is so beneficial for you and for me,
		
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			it becomes an obligation.
		
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			So it's not an obligation in terms of a burden. No, in fact, one of the things that we want to get
from this hope bye is that no, in fact, it's an obligation in terms of that great blessings that
come with it. So much so that we have to fast it. So much so that we want to fast to beat the
vanilla despite the difficulties that might lie ahead, despite the reluctance that we might have,
despite all of that, but there is a great blessings in it. So anticipate it and look forward to it.
As Rasul Allah He Alayhi Salatu was Salam wanted from us.
		
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			If Thorold Allahu Alikum, see Yama who also mo This is no so we have to fast.
		
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			And in it we have to remember in order to be excited about it, the many blessings of Allah azza wa
jal that he has in it. In that hadith, he said, to the healthy he had wearable Jannetty were to
color coffee here, Boo Boo, now, the gates of heaven are opened all of them without exception, none
will remain closed, and the gates of hellfire will be closed, none of them will remain open. And you
can anticipate or you can feel how momentous that time is when you start Ramadan. And you can almost
imagine all the gates or the sound of the gaze of Jana, all of them opening
		
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			that would the minister have already had that you have to kind of think about that, for you to
realize what a great month you're going to be having all the gates of gentlemen our opening one by
one and they will remain open till the end of the month. And then the sound of all the gates of
hellfire closing one by one, not even one is open, and they'll remain close till the end of the
month. Now tell me what that means to you.
		
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			When you find that all the gays of jinn are open and all the gates of hellfire are closed, that
there is a great deal of Allah azza wa jal descending. There are great rewards from Allah azza wa
jal coming your way. It's an invitation for you to march to one towards Jana. And entering it is
what?
		
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			easier because the door is open. Right when a door is open, it's easier to enter a space
		
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			and hellfire the doors are closed. What does that tell you that it is harder to enter hellfire.
		
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			So you understand at the moment that Ramadan starts you get all of that. And you must feel it.
Despite, as I said respite, the reluctance that some of us may have, oh, it's going to be hard. No,
it's going to be long. No, I don't know if I can handle it. In fact, the struggle itself is part of
the beauty of Ramadan because Allah teaches you through that struggle, things about yourself and
about life itself. And through that struggle, and through that sacrifice, you enter heaven, and you
escaped hellfire. That's what we learned in Ramadan.
		
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			As he said, Alayhi Salatu was Salam that Allah said
		
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that Allah is the One who is speaking, because this could have been a Hadith
		
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			from the prophets of Allah, Allah, he was in love, but here Allah wanted to talk to you.
		
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			And he's telling you that all the deeds of the son of the child of Adam are his. And he explains it
by saying that it has to be Ashley And thirdly, her good deed gets multiplied 10 times into 700
times. Except for fasting, it is done for me. And I will reward it. He leaves and she leaves,
		
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			what they like to eat, what they like to drink.
		
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			The data, what they enjoy shall waterhole
		
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			what they desire for my sake.
		
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			Subhan Allah.
		
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			That is Allah Zota loves this so much because he sees in it.
		
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			How we're supposed to be. He sees in it, that you see how attractive the food is. You're dreaming
about eating, dreaming, dreaming about drinking all the code that you can eat and drink. But you say
no to all of it. No, and no. And even let the whole Russia What are other things that you desire and
sexual desire as well. I'm not going to touch I'm not going to see I'm not going to listen, no haram
haram it's all haram. So you stay away from all of these temptations. And Allah sees your struggle,
and Allah sees your Jihad you're striving. And he says, Who is he doing this for? Because there's
only one who can see him who Allah azza wa jal, Allah is the only one. And when he sees your loss,
		
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			your sincerity, he says what all the other deeds that you do are for you, they will be multiplied
according to the formula that we mentioned, the angels will record them and they will be multiplied,
etcetera, etcetera. But this fasting is so special that Allah says, I will reward for it, and it
means that it exceeds the 10 and the 700.
		
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			And that's why you when you think about it, I'm going to be fasting, the first day of Ramadan and
when I finished that day, it will be counted as more than the 700 that Allah talked about. The limit
is only known to Allah azza wa jal and it depends on your loss and your struggle and how close you
are to Allah throughout that day.
		
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			So what a Baraka that is,
		
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			so the gates of Jannah are open, and the invitation of Allah azote it is there. And then the Hadith
he said that he is Salatu was Salam
		
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			fee Hala either Rahman Al Fisher, Harryman hodi Mahira fucka Hareem. It says there's a night in that
month that is better than 1000 Night, if you are denied the goodness of that night, then you are
really denied and deprived.
		
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			Meaning the end 10 Nights 10 days, one of them definitively is lead to cancer. If you do something,
if you pray, if you ask,
		
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			if you come close to Allah xojo, there will be for you better than 1000 night. So understand how
much Baraka is deposited in that one night and in that month, that Allah is telling you that if you
are denied the baraka of that one night, you really have lost something significant and who among us
want to be you wants to be among the deprived? So get excited about the month of Ramadan because of
how much Allah azza wa jal has for you in it. You understand the forgiveness of Allah. Throughout
the year, we have strayed,
		
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			we have neglected Allah's commands and prohibitions. We have not done what we're supposed to do.
		
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			there'll be an to do we have not been the Muslims that we want to be
		
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			the Muslims that Allah wants us to be.
		
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			You come into Ramadan as if you docking into a harbor Safe, safe place. Why is it safe? Because
Allah is supporting you.
		
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			How is Allah supporting you in the month of Ramadan? First of all your enemy the shaytaan is
shackled to her Luffy Shayateen to suffer defeat he Shayateen, the shaytaan who roams free
throughout the year,
		
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			the CHE thumb that you see had troubled me so much that I've strayed and I've been swayed and I've
been tempted. And I ignored Allah azza wa jal Allah weakens him in the month of Ramadan
		
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			so that you could launch into what Allah loves. So he weakens your enemy. And by the way, your enemy
is weakened in proportion to your piety by the way, so a person's piety is minimal, his shaytan will
not have as many shackles,
		
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			you will be able to whisper more strongly than the shaytaan of a believer who is very close to Allah
azza wa jal, his shaytaan will be subdued more and we can more because of his a badda so the more
that you are close to Allah, the closer you are to Allah, the more shackles the more chains are on
your shaitan
		
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			so if you find some whispers, don't worry about them. They'll be fainter than the rest of the year
simply rushed to Allah azza wa jal and asked for his protection so we had weakened your enemy and
and made everybody around you fast and everybody's around you're reading the Quran and everybody
around you is close to Allah is reminding you that this is a time that is very special. And company
here is significant.
		
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			You're not going to feel the month of Ramadan, or its beauty. If you're surrounding yourself with
people who don't care about Ramadan.
		
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			Is this going to feel like any other month
		
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			but if you surround yourself with the righteous with people who want to fast, who want to you're
talking to you about what What message are you going to go to forterra we How much did you finish of
the Quran? What did you do? How much sadaqa did you give meaning that they want to motivate
themselves and others to come close to Allah that company will teach you? The meaning of Ramadan
will keep you close to Allah azza wa jal and one of the best places to find that company is where
and then the houses of Allah azza wa jal that's why populate the houses of Allah in the month of
Ramadan for every Salah between the Salah as we're coming early for Salah staying late after the
		
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			Salah, simply positioning yourself in the best place to remember Allah azza wa jal. So some of the
stuff when the month of Ramadan would come after the word from a Sahabi they said that when Romanzo
Ramadan comes, preserve your eyes and ears and tongue, so though you do not engage in what
displeases Allah azza wa jal. So when they heard that from that Sahabi when they would start
fasting, they would come to the house of Allah zoton and stay in it as long as they can. Because
they say as long as I'm here, I'm not upsetting Allah, Allah xuejun As long as I'm here, I'm doing
what pleases him. I'm reading a Quran and making dua, I'm remembering Allah subhanho wa Taala I'm
		
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			assisting others, but I'm doing something beneficial. So you protect yourself and you protect your
fasting. And that is, in essence,
		
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			one of the great meanings of the month of Ramadan and lessons of the month of Ramadan and in the
Hadith, he said that Alayhi Salatu was Salam
		
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			for either Can I almost oh me. How do you come fella your fourth Well, I use hub for insert boy who
had an OSHA Tama hopefully apple in his saw him on in Nisa him. It says when you are fasting on the
day when you are fasting. You should not be engaging in obscenity in profanity, or being loud and
argument argumentative. Lay your foot it means profanity. Meaning that your tongue should be pure.
You should watch out what you're saying because your tongue by the way, is not only fasting from
eating and drinking, but also from what? Haram
		
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			no backbiting, no mocking others no making fun of them. No suspecting so and so no spreading gossip.
Nothing that upsets Allah azza wa jal so you want to say something wrong you stop why Ramadan. You
want to say something else? No, stop why it is Ramadan is Allah is teaching you there cuz this is
how we are supposed to be in normal times. But maybe we're not that strong. Maybe we're not that
observant, but in Ramadan, we're more conscious
		
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			Have our sayings and our actions because we're more conscious of the presence of Allahu zodion in
our lives. So layer fourth, don't engage in profanity. And if you stop for Ramadan, you can continue
after. Right?
		
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			To know your foot. So watch what you're saying. And also what are your stop? Don't be loud, but
humble.
		
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			And don't be argumentative, disputing with others arguing with them. I'm right, you're wrong. No,
you let go of those arguments as well. And be humble. Let people when they see you, not for their
sake, but people mainly also yourself. When you look at your silver You see, there's a difference
between my fasting days and on my non fasting days. This is a bad day. Think about yourself in
Sudan, how do you behave inside the salah? Is it like how you behave outside? No. Now when you're
fasting, you're going to be the same person who was when he was not fasting. This is a birder.
Imagine yourself in philosophy around the Kaaba, that the wolf is what a bad when you're around the
		
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			Kaaba, you will be thinking the same thoughts. Same the same things as you've been sitting in a
restaurant. No.
		
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			So this is Ramadan when you say that's how you have the intention. When you have that intention and
you start your fast that's a burden. Now
		
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			playas have don't argue.
		
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			And if someone wants to argue and fight with you, what do you say to them? I'm fasting and I'm
fasting a declaration for yourself and for them that this day is special. And this month is special.
And I'm doing this for Allah azza wa jal. I can argue with you. And I could be profane if I wanted.
But for the sake of Allah azza wa jal, none of that is going to be in this month. When Allah sees
your restraint when Allah sees your love for Him. That is when Allah azza wa jal values and loves
you and rewards you for this month. May Allah azza wa jal put the love of the month of Ramadan in
our hearts and enable us to do what he loves and stay away from what he hates. acordo Kohli Heather
		
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			was the hula de welcome festival.
		
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			As I said, we've all done things that we're not proud of,
		
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			throughout the year, things that we don't want to meet Allah azza wa jal with things that we have
remembered things that we have forgotten but things that we are sure that if we meet Allah with
we're going to be ashamed and disgraced because
		
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			and because of that, we need Allah's forgiveness. We need the power to change. And this month is one
of the greatest times to get Allah's forgiveness.
		
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			He said Alayhi Salatu was Salam. Multiple multiple Hadith Ramadan Ramadan que Farah to Lima Bina,
Houma. It says Ramadan, Ramadan forgives the sins that are in between.
		
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			A sins of an entire year could be forgiven, depending on how much we fast and how well we do it.
		
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			He said also Alayhi Salatu was Salam that for each day will Allah Hirotaka Amina nadie whether he
could if he couldn't do meanwhile, Leila will Muslim if he hit our two monster Java, you can equally
Omen WELEDA he said Either he Salatu was Salam that Allah frees people from hellfire in it each day.
		
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			And allow each Muslim has an accepted supplication for them each day.
		
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			Each single day of Ramadan, some of us wait till the last 10 to start actually worrying about that
and caring for it. Whereas the prophets Allah Allahu Allah was me saying you have 20 days before the
10 we're each day you have an opportunity of two things Allah could make that day. Now you don't
have to wait till the 27th or the 25th. That day, the first or the second that day, is when you are
freed from hellfire.
		
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			You want
		
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			and you try the first day, and you try the second day and you try the third day and your intent
should be each day will be my debut in the La zodion. And some of those days your fast is not going
to be great, you're going to be tired, you're going to be bored a little bit and that's fine.
		
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			Pick up and try the next day. Because the beauty of Ramadan also is the beauty of learning to strive
Despite the setbacks that you feel. It's fine if in the first few days you're not all there.
		
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			Make up for it in the next week.
		
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			In the next few days, but you keep trying. And one of those days if you keep asking Allah azza wa
jal, one of those days might be yours. And then if you want anything, anything, anything from Allah
azza wa jal, the best of the earth here on the best of the dunya each day, designate time, hours,
where you would sit actually sit and ask Allah Zildjian for whatever you want, five minutes, 10
minutes, 15 minutes but you sit and you ask, and if you're doing this, especially at opportune times
for requesting from Allah zodion in the if thought when you're going to make when you're going to
break your fast, that is a valuable time of day, before and after. So make do and ask Allah azote in
		
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			the last third of the night, and throughout the day when you are fasting, keep asking Allah azza wa
jal whatever comes to your mind, but also designate a time for you so that you don't miss that.
		
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			And if a person keeps asking Allah azza wa jal for 30 days, what do you think Allah has Zota will do
with these requests. The more you knock, the more likely that the door will be opened for you.
		
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			So forgiveness of Allah azza wa jal is waiting for us there.
		
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			And finally, what I want to say is that to connect it to what we said before anticipating the month
of Ramadan.
		
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			The prophets of Allah Allah wa salam, he said he saw me for Hatha and the fasting person has two
reasons of joy and happiness. He'll be happy twice, once when he breaks his fast and the next one is
when he meets Allah azza wa jal.
		
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			So I don't know if we associate Ramadan with happiness, and if we do that for the right reasons, but
Ramadan should be linked to happiness.
		
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			And again, you will say but there is burden of fasting in the burden of Salah the burden of this and
the burden of that we say no matter. Remember the outcome and the goal of all of this for Hatha and
two things that will make you happy, when you break your fast, you will be happy and you will be
happy there or you should be happy for two reasons when you break your first one is natural and
inescapable. Now you can eat the know you can drink that brings you natural happiness and joy to it.
That this is from Allah azza wa jal, he's the one who feeds and he is the one who gives this is that
cinema. So associate link it to that.
		
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			There's another reason for happiness. When you break your fast you just finished the day you have a
bada. Think about that, which is really more valuable than being happy for eating and drinking.
Right? I just finished a day of fasting Alhamdulillah.
		
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			Many cannot fast. Many don't know about Ramadan. Many do not want to fast. You just finished the day
of fasting. And you've deposit that and given that to Allah zodion Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen.
And now you think about the next moment of happiness, when they meet Allah azza wa jal, they expect
that when I see this, I'll be happy.
		
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			So when you go to tarawih, and you finish taraweeh and yeah, on the first day, and the first couple
of days, your back will hurt a little bit.
		
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			And you feel that you don't want to be there but at the conclusion of that, say Alhamdulillah I
finished at a bad
		
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			that is now with Allah azza wa jal May Allah accept it. When you eat your soul, you're not just
eating a meal.
		
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			When you eating your soul, you remember that Allah azza wa jal and the angels are giving Salah to
you because you're eating that meal.
		
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			Right? So you feel at hamdulillah I've not also done a bad when you rush and you break your fast and
not just simply you're hungry you can wait to eat, but prophets OLALIA syllable said there's all
will always be good in my ummah, as long as they rushed today to eat their Iftar and break their
fast. So you say okay, there's still good left in us, because we're doing this. Appreciate and feel
all those meanings when you're fasting, and really approach Ramadan with anticipation, and approach
it with happiness and any anticipated anxiety and difficulty that you have about the month of
Ramadan. Recognize the shaytaan is there to make it worse for you. Right? If you have any of those
		
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			feelings, the shaytaan wants to bring you down say I oh the bIllahi min ash shaytani R rajim
Bismillah AR Zota it will be easy and pray for that. And any difficulty, especially if you have
increased and added difficulty more than other people. Any difficulty Allah rewards you more for it
because you're striving harder than anybody else who asked a lot of Bill Alameen are hamara himedia
Allah make us of those who anticipate and receive the month of Ramadan with happiness, excitement
and preparedness so that we can take the good
		
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			The disadvantage of it was curable Allah mean to make us of those who are forgiven in the month of
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protect their eyes and ears and tongues and hands and feet and bodies from haram enable us and give
		
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			us the strength to do the best that we can in that month and except from us era BL al Amin, forgive
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