Ebrahim Bham – Ramadhaan

			Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato. Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah. Allah hilmi by the enemy,
wala fie baccata wa salatu salam ala CE mursaleen.
		

			Allah He was happy he was seldom at the Sleeman kathira kathira Ahmad, respectively listeners, we
first begin by praising Almighty Allah subhanho wa Taala. For all the favors Allah subhana wa Taala
has bestowed upon us. And even in the midst sometimes of challenges, we should never ever lose
focus. In terms of looking at the positive, there are many times, things that we find challenging,
we find difficult, but even within that, there's a great amount of positivity. And this great amount
of favors of Allah tala that because of the challenges we can overlook, we send salutations upon our
beloved navia Kareem sit alone is seldom was an example for us in every matter. And even in the
		

			midst of challenges. Our beloved Navy aquariums, Allahu alayhi wa sallam always was optimistic, even
during the time when the Muslims were digging a trench to protect themselves, because they do not
have sufficient resources against the plans and the attacks of the enemies. Even at that time, the
VA Kareem sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was the one who was giving the Sahaba guillotining he was
telling them Don't worry, very soon Allah tala will grant victory and you will be able to conquer
the Roman and Persian Empire when you do not have enough food to be able to feed the Muslim army and
you are digging and trench to protect yourself because of insufficient resources. At that time,
		

			maybe a cream sauce Lim is setting his standards and his goal and his plane so high that he was
telling people that don't worry Allah subhanho wa Taala will grant you a victory soon. So we sent
cetaceans upon our beloved Nivea cream sauce alum. We are many people throughout the world have
started Ramadan in South Africa. We asked you to start today after Maverick it's important for us to
keep in mind the blessedness of the month of Ramadan via creme de la while he was selling the very
famous Hadith as its sole manufacturer the Allahu Allahu says that nebia Kareem said Allahu alayhi
wa sallam addressed them on the last day of Shabbat, saying yeah, you and cat as a locum Sharon
		

			azeem Sharon, Mubarak, all my people, they come upon you a very Mubarak, a very blessing, a very
great month. So it is the student of Nivea cream sauce lamb to alert the people with regard to the
blessedness of the month, and then they'll be a cream sauce lamb went on to display and to speak
about the various aspects of the blessedness and the greatness of the month. He said amongst other
things, that in this month you have a night that is greater than 1000 months in terms of his virtue.
He made mention it is a month of summer, he made mention who are shahara masa, it's a month of
sympathy and compassion. May Allah subhanho wa Taala make us inculcate all of those objectives. And
		

			the benefits and the wisdom of Ramadan which are beloved Nivea creme sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
have outlined and this month is the crown in the jewel of the Islamic calendar. You know, it is the
most blessed month. You know, machete Delphine Rahmatullah Allah had said, you know, one of our
great scholars he had made mentioned, he said, that this particular month has an impact upon the
remainder 11 months of the year. If this month goes, Well, if this man goes well, and utilize it
correctly, then inshallah the remaining 11 months of the year will also go quickly. And some Allah
have given this example, that the month of Ramadan, is like Yusuf alayhi salatu was Salam amongst
		

			his Levin brothers, the way Yusuf alayhi salatu was Salam was the means of the forgiveness of the 11
brothers. Ramadan, inshallah will become the means of the forgiveness of our indiscretions and our
shortcomings and our sins in the remaining 11 months of the year. Now, of course, we know that we
are in a very different kamasan that what we are accustomed to, and maybe who knows, Allah subhanho
wa Taala knows maybe it is a time for reflection is a time for reflection that maybe we did not, you
know, show enough gratitude with regard to the opportunities we had in previous Amazon's, maybe we
can do so. You know, there are different variations of a hypothetical thing. These are different
		

			variations of a hypothetical tale that someone was in a ventilator because of covid 19. After the
whole experience of being an avid ventilator, when he received his bill with regard to the
ventilator, he started crying, and when the people told him, don't cry,
		

			It is something that because of the emergency, you know, you can pay unable or because of the
situation, you know, the the reason for flattening the curve is more important than you're paying
for the ventilator the moment. He said, I'm not crying, I'm not crying because I can't afford the
ventilator. I'm crying, that there are so many times in my life, I used to breathe the fresh air
that Allah had provided. And never once they think Allah, never once did I think Allah, for the air
that we breathe, that Allah subhanho wa Taala granted us, cranberry to us, without asking us
anything in return, without asking us any Recompense. So this are situations that maybe perhaps we
		

			learn to be grateful for the opportunities that presented itself to us. And we did not know perhaps
be able to, you know, think of Latella sufficiently. I normally make mentioned at this time, I've
been telling many audiences that you must not allow what is not in your control, to do what is in
your control, there are certain things that are out of your control, you don't have ability to be
able to change that the situation with regard to the world
		

			in terms of COVID-19 in terms of what is happening in the world for you not to congregate in the
massage it for your tarawih for your iftaar for your first prayers, that is something that is not in
your control, it has been so legislated it is the rule of the law of the land. Now those are things
that are out of your control. But that doesn't mean that that must prevent me from doing what is in
my control, what is in my control, that many respects that are within my control, to be able to
revere and to be able to understand the blessedness of the month of Ramadan it is still within my
control. When we look at Ramadan, there are two aspects of Ramadan which are quite amazing. And that
		

			is there are aspects of Ramadan which are deeply individual.
		

			And there are aspects of Ramadan which are congregational, which are community based, you know, one
of the aspects of Ramadan is that it is an individual act of ibaadat in the form of fasting. Now
fasting is such an ibaadat that it is exceptionally individual. It's something that is only between
you and Allah subhanho wa Taala it's not a collective ibaadat It is so individual, that
		

			it is only you that it knows what you are going through in terms of fasting, and inshallah we'll do
another recording to speak about the virtue, wisdom and the rewards of fasting. But yet we just say
so much that it is so individual, that it comes in one narration, that when a person is fasting, the
angels go to Allah subhanho wa Taala and say wonder how do we record his good deeds? He isn't doing
anything. He's staying away from something. And how do I record this? So Allah subhanho wa Taala
tells the angels that Oh, my angels don't record it, you don't have the ability to record it. So
Molly, fasting is for me, I will reward it myself. Because what the person is going through in
		

			fasting, that's why in fasting there is not even a doubt with regard to sincerity, or doing it for
the sake of name and fame. You can't do it for the sake of name and fame. No one can fast for the
sake of name and fame. Because in a 12 1314 or 18 hour period, and Alhamdulillah those people who
are in UK and other places and utterly reward them, you know, the only one good thing I say that
Allah Allah will give us the same reward for fasting for 12 hours and He will give you for 18 hours
inshallah. But we as it may, what we will say is this much that it is so individual, there is no
days No, there is no aspect of name and fame because there's no one in the picture. You are not
		

			doing it to shoot anyone, no one can see what you are going through what you are fasting solely for
the sake of Allah. Say for Allah, Allah tells angels don't record it, it's for me our record our
rewarded. So on one hand, it is such an individual type of, you know, month in which you are doing
aspects that are between you and Allah. And yet at the same time, there are other aspects with
regard to the congregational aspects model, those are not in our control what is in our control, let
me just say
		

			that part of it is for us to devote devote ourselves to Allah to turn towards Almighty Allah
subhanho wa Taala. Now what do we mean with regard to turning towards Almighty Allah subhanho wa
Taala I think it's very important for us to understand this.
		

			We have different types of relationship. You know, we have a relationship between parents and
children. We have a relationship, sometimes between spouses between us and our community between us
and our friends, our relatives, and each and every one has a different manifestation. Each and every
one has a different manifestation. The manifestation of the relationship between parents and
children is that sometimes
		

			They will be shows of affection, they will be loved, they will be cared they will be kindness, there
will be compassion, there will be consideration. The manifestation of the relationship between
husband and wife will find different forms in different manifestations. Sometimes it would be in the
form of hugs, you know embraces caring, compassion, intimacy, and then of course, different
manifestation of different types of relationship. Our Allah our Creator, is someone who has done us
so many favors, what is the manifestation of our relationship with Allah? What is a manifestation?
How do we manifest our relationship with Allah subhanaw taala what is the manifestation? Allah
		

			doesn't need our ibaadat Allah doesn't need our charity. Allah doesn't need that we must give him
something in gifts. Allah subhanho wa Taala is buddy. Allah is independent with regard to that,
therefore in addition to be a cream sauce themselves, even if the entire creation becomes the most
pious and they all fall down in such depth for the rest of their life, it won't make one iota of
difference to the greatness of Allah subhanho wa Taala. But the manifestation, the proper
		

			relationship, and the manifestation of abunda have a bondsman of the one who is the crown of
creation and his relationship with Allah subhanho wa Taala is in what way anybody that we devote
ourselves to Allah tala by reading his column, by his making sit down in front of in front of him
and weighing down on the ground, placing our most vulnerable and respectable portions of our body in
front of Almighty Allah subhanho wa Taala in frustration and in ruku, Sagittarius, Studebaker
Academy Rama The one who makes SR It is as if he's making Sr. On the feet of Allah subhanho wa Taala
that is a manifestation and the believer wonder the inner Harmon Why should the believer love Allah
		

			tala intensely that manifestation comes through about it. So the main the manifestation of our
relationship with Allah tala is shown to the means of Ibadan hamdulillah. Then another aspect which
without
		

			without this V Bardot, you have a vacuum in your life, just as we need
		

			physical nourishment. Now physical nourishment happens with food drink, we need it. But spiritual
nourishment is also a requirement of humankind.
		

			Physical nourishment requires food and drink spiritual nourishment requires
		

			remembering Allah subhanho wa Taala devotion to Allah He but without which you will have a vacuum in
your life. If you don't eat, there will be a physical vacuum. If you don't remember Allah, there
will be a spiritual vacuum. And if we don't fill this vacuum, there will always be a hollowness in
our life. Therefore letter A says Allah, Allah heated my room, in the remembrance of Allah subhanho
wa Taala will find contentment, our heart will not find contentment and satisfaction with physical
things, because Allah did not create material things to fulfill spiritual void, the vacuum spritual
where vacuum will only be filled by spiritual nourishment. And that is about it, remembering Allah
		

			tilawat etc. And that is such a remarkable thing that it gives you and many times I you know
whenever I speak about aspects with regard to people going on drugs, you know, as I say one of the
things that we have perhaps missed in this regard is that we have tried to provide a physical
solution to it, when many times there is a vacuum in a person's life which he is trying to fulfill
materially physically. I need this enjoyment I need this Hi. Maybe we should also try to give them a
spiritual aspect to fill that hollow to fill that vacuum without which that vacuum in all honesty is
not going to be filled. That is why it will shock Abdul Qadir jilani Rahmatullah Allah who said and
		

			what a beautiful thing he said, he said, that, if the rulers of the world know the type of joy we
have in remembering Allah, in in our budget, they will try and send the forces an army to get it
from us but they will not be able to get it from us. It is such a spiritual joy and ecstasy that we
will never be able to understand. So I will not allow what is not in my control to do what is in my
control. You might not be able to go for about it. In terms of the
		

			congregationally valid, you can sit at home. remember Allah, one of the ways is to connect with the
Holy Quran. Quran is not only the Kitab of light is a speech of Allah
		

			When you are
		

			reading the Quran, you are reading what Allah tala had spoken. What a great honor. That is why Nivea
cream sauce and said for every letter, not word, word is different letter is different. Alif Lam
Meem is a word, olive is a letter. For every letter you will get 10 rewards, isn't it? Or is it not
amazing? We don't like to take the name of the police. We don't like to take the name of shaytan the
devil, right, evil incarnate. But if you take that particular word in the context of the Quran,
while reading the Holy Quran, when you read Iblees or shaytan when you read shaytan you get 50
rewards 50 rewards for reading shaytan in the Quran. So Allah so this is and this is someone who is
		

			so beautifully said that if you want to gauge your relationship with your Creator and with Allah,
then gauge your relationship with a speech of Allah. If you want to gauge your relationship with
Allah, then gauge your relationship with the speech of Allah who will come to know your relationship
with Allah. So ibaadat connecting with the Quran, I will normally always tell people also try to
remove one negative attribute and habit during the month of Ramadan, trying to keep the one habit
away. I there are many other types of hair, but one day I was in Madina munawwara. And I remember
seeing a billboard It was such a beautiful Billboard. And it always sticks in my mind. And this is
		

			also amazing thing sometimes you see something and it sticks in remains in your memory, it remains
etched in your memory. So it was in this particular thing that I remember seeing that is a city of
the Navy of Allah, not the right place for you to leave smoking. So Allah is a city of Medina nebia
Karim, so slum not the right place for you to discard, you know, the habit of smoking, which
definitely is not is not positive. So the situation is the time of Ramadan, not the right time for
you to remove an evil a habit. And habits are something that takes time to remove. You know, I just
give you this example. The example of you know, they said when the Apollo missions went to the moon,
		

			the greatest amount of power it used, and the force that it used was to get away from the Earth's
gravitational pull. So that's the way it was. So that particular thing needed the greatest amount of
power and energy. And it required one Herculean effort to get out of the spool. Same with regard to
habits. It requires one herculean type of effort to get rid of a negative habit, but it can be done.
So this particular Ramadan might be that particular time. And then maybe Lastly, let me say on this
particular matter, is that one day a Sahabi came to our beloved Nivea cream sauce limb and said
jasola give me advice, keep it short. You know, many times people like short advisors, comprehensive
		

			advisors, so to be occurring sources told him SaLuSa model
		

			read every slot of yours is if it is the last slot in your life. If you know that I'm going to read
a slot and someone tells you that you're not going to get a salary after this this is your last slot
in your life. How will you read that salad and in a similar manner, let us look
		

			at our Ramadan. How many people who are with us last year
		

			in different parts of the world there are many people who have lost near and dear ones in this
COVID-19
		

			no one ever thought it is going to happen. They apparently were healthy situation happens how Allah
subhanho wa Taala makes us humble makes us realize Allah subhanaw taala everyone has to leave this
world. And if we leave with the recognition of Allah subhanho wa Taala there can be no greater
leaving. We can never be and leave with regard to heedlessness it corroboree NASA hisako movie
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			that your hisab is coming closer and you are in heedlessness you are in neglect. That is a greatest
tragedy. The greatest tragedy is not to be without food and drink. The greatest tragedy is to be in
a state of heedlessness and neglect of Allah subhanho wa Taala has great qualities in remembrance of
Allah subhanho wa Taala. So there are so many people who are with us last year to meet up with us.
Now in this particular manner, just as maybe a cream sauce from said read every salad as if it is a
last minute of your life. Let us spin our Amazon in a similar manner. We don't know whether we will
get the opportunity
		

			Not yes we are desirous It is nothing wrong for us to be desirous. We are desirous that we must have
another Ramadan. inshallah Allah Allah give us many many Ramadan Allah Allah give us a Ramadan, that
we will once again witness the joy and the beauty of our congregational prayers, our tarawih, our
iftaar you know Allah will give it to us one day, so we hate that anticipation. But let us spell
every Ramadan is if this is Alas, Ramadan, may Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us the ability to be
able to understand this. May Allah make this Ramadan a blessing one that we tend towards your
material letter reward, the little bit of T that you will be doing and letter once again grant us
		

			Ramadan the way it was with all our congregational aspects, but in the meanwhile, let us not lose
the opportunity to turn towards Almighty Allah