Shabaan – The Month Our Actions are Presented to Allah

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the topic, it's amazing. It's really feels like yesterday, if not last week maximum is when we talked about Shabbat. And if you remember, last year was also on a Tuesday, when we did a whole lecture about Java. And I still remember it, which I normally am you probably most of you know, I don't have a very good memory. And I forget a lot of stuff. But it's amazing when I was looking at and I was preparing this one I was like span along one year. I mean, almost 11 months. And may Allah subhanaw taala be I mean accept whatever good deeds we didn't hold this year and what I mean he forgive us and pass and you know, he's, he's awful Rahim passed for us and forgive what we did not

do what we didn't do, which we should do or what we did, and we should not have done so humbly. I have Oberon. So what I thought is, what should we talk about Ramadan? It's three weeks.

It's a three weeks and five days, it's probably most probably May the sixth Monday, Allah of course knows. But this is probably what they are saying according to what, especially with the beginning of Shabbat. So the first thing I thought it's let's talk about fasting in general, because we have three weeks so we're going to do with fasting, and then we're going to fasting meaning the real meaning why do we need Kufa specially because this is the month of Shabbat and Shaban is the month where you're supposed to be fasting more than any other month and I'll come to this and then I'm gonna go Inshallah, with the next whatever Allah openers from the time is to the Ramadan itself and

the fischoff. Siam and what other things we wanted. First thing I was thinking is, what is soul fasting? Don't think of Ramadan in general, or even before I start with this, this is the month of Shabbat. And what is so specific about the month of Shabbat?

This is the month of Shabbat and this is the eighth the ninth.

This is the eighth month of the Hijiri and Shabba. What's so special about Java, if any?

silence I love silence Hmm.

It's about women.

It's not only managing the most accurate reporting, it's in our job. So it is not in in Java. So what is so special about Java?

Prepare for Ramadan. You said it so what do we do?

Right so there it is, there's two Hadith about Shaban specifically. And one of them is the one I'm just reading to see the eyes or the Allah on and this is an imam Muslim. She said I have seen Rasulullah saw to Sudan in general, fast continuously not in Shabbat only in general, till I say to myself, he will never not break his fast. Then I see him not fasting outside Ramadan, that I think he is not going to pass. Then she added this and she said however, I have never seen him fasted a whole month except Ramadan. That's one and have never seen him fasting more, but not a month, except in Shaba the highest number that I have seen him of days that he fasted was in Shaba. But he did not

do the whole month. The only month he did complete was Ramadan. So that's the first one the second one is actually a Sahabi which is Sam of New Zealand. And he said yeah rasool Allah Alayhi Salatu was I've never seen you fast that much in a month as much as you fast in Shaba why?

Look at the question that it applies to all of us so why What do you think why Shabbat

prepare for Ramadan? Yeah, for sure. But there is more.

It's definitely one of the ideas of training for Ramadan there is more specific for Shabbat.

You all celebrated.

I gave you a hint.

Because it is the month that our deeds are presented to Allah. And he said I would like my deeds when presented to Allah presented and I am in a state of fast

thing why? Now now combine all this together I'm not gonna keep asking you because let's just focus It's okay.

The most beloved de to Allah subhanaw taala is fasting and it's a private deed if you want to translate in our mundane language, because Allah subhanaw taala in a hadith Kotze. He said a So Marie, one GCB, fasting is for me, and I reward for it, meaning, not one by 10, one by 70. We don't know, Li specific. So think of it all the time when you read the Quran and you read the Hadith, try to think of it in my daily life, something personal. I do, which was someone think of this right. So I come to your house, I knock on the door, you open the door and says Listen, I baked whatever, specifically for you. How do you feel?

Very special. And you're very happy. Even if you don't like what is this? Why Honestly, even if you're not going to eat it even if you are on diet, right? But you just feel you're so special. So imagine Allah, our Creator, saying a soul moly. So you are fasting, we are fasting I am fasting for Allah. And he says this is for me, and I will reward you for it. So that's one number. So this is now connect. So he said the Roswaal ASR to us in the month of Shaban is the month that our deeds are presented to them off and learn this one statement. Our deeds has a daily they, every day our deeds are actually presented to Allah. And every week, there is a special times that our deeds are

presented to Allah, you know that right I hope hamdulillah and then every year, once our deeds are presented to Allah, so the daily presentation is after fajr and after also. And that's why we do as Carlos Saba when Messiah, the morning and the evening at COP. So that's one, then we have a weekly appointment with Allah Our deeds weekly will be presented to Allah. And this is on

Monday, and Thursday. This is why one of the reasons he fasted that he saw to us on Monday and Thursday, because he said the same thing what he said in Shaba. He says, I love when my deeds are presented to Allah, I am in a state of action that Allah loves. So what does that make you?

So when you when somebody does something to you under something you love, and then he gives you a letter, right? So you like, think of it this way always we think of food. It's okay. We love chocolate kick, right? Or chocolate and somebody gives you a gift and the gift has a letter for you. And with the gift is a piece of chocolate and he or she knows you love chocolate. The first thing you are very happy. Number two is whatever you're going to read in this letter, even if the letter normally will make you very upset how you're going to feel about the letter. It's okay. You know, he's very sweet. He's very sweet. So I'm just making this for you to understand this. And Allah

subhanaw taala every Monday and Thursday, our deeds are presented to him so Roswaal is Phytoceramides teaching you and me fast Monday and Thursday because when these deeds are presented to Allah is going to be presented and you or I are we in a state that Allah hora de la so I already gave like an extra so my deeds will be presented better and rewarded better. The monthly the week I'm sorry the yearly appointment is Shaban from the whole months of the year including Ramadan, it is not its shebang. This is this month is the month that our deeds are presented. And that's why he said and I love when my deeds are presented to Allah, I am fasting so that's the first thing we need

to as we are starting to get ready and I hope we are that's why I call the lecture is what the awaited guest Are you ready? When you have someone coming? Right? What do you normally do? There is I quality three preparations, there is a personal preparation, how I feel, how I'm going to dress if they are staying with me, I'm going to get the room ready. And and then there is the physical preparation, you're going to get the house ready, you're going to cook ready, whatever they like. And then you're going to make a plan where I'm going to take them what do they have to see in St. Louis. So how do we offer Ramadan? And what is my clear and this is what we are all trying inshallah

to learn. So Shabbat is the planning period. If you how many of you here are planners, you plan everything and you write your list. Right and make sure you and then check it right and reminders. There's nothing wrong with this. It's beautiful. You're very organized.

So what is your checklist for Ramallah?

Hmm, what is that? So here you go this month Shabbat is to prepare for Ramadan minimum. And this is for everybody myself number one minimum Monday and Thursday

because day one of Ramadan if you have not fasted this whole year I can reassure you, you're gonna have a lot of dua from me, may Allah make it easy for you, honestly, especially these days, and it's going to be either Monday, and most probably it's a Monday. So it's a working day, or it's a school day. It's not off. It's on a Sunday, or a Saturday and you can sleep all day. And you're not gonna say excuse me, I'm fasting. I'm not coming. That's not doesn't work. So get ready. Number one. So when Ramadan comes in, and you start to try to be spiritual, and feel it, you're not going to be distracted by the haddock. And by the hunger. And what is my coffee? What is my tea? I need my

water. So get this Monday and Thursday and the best thing humbler with this beautiful group I'm seeing especially the youth to our New Iberia Toccoa do it invite each other Monday or Thursday? Remind them and it's a difficult one, tell the other it's not that difficult. Let's do it.

Remove things that's unnecessary throughout Monday or Thursday, till you get used to anything extra that you don't have to do it on a Monday remove it, because you're fasting it's a long day. So number one is Siobhan I have to start looking at Shabbat as a different month. And it's a preparation getting ready for Ramadan, spiritually and physically, physically, because physically the fasting itself is not easy. I mean, how many of you work with non Muslims and what do they tell you about fasting? Not a sip of water.

You hear this all the time? Not even sip of water. What about coffee?

And you say no one will do they tell you I can never do that. Right? I'll die. You know, how did you always say that hamdulillah I'm alive and I can do it and I've been doing it since I was seven and I'm okay. So but we really need to prepare spiritually prepared for it and physically prepare for so this is the first thing I want you to get into is that Ramadan prepare to it physically. Now I'm going to take you through the spiritual meaning of fasting in general. So hopefully this will take you through these three weeks to not only prepare physically but also prepare spiritually. So number one I want to tell you is what is fasting the word soul OCM is actually not Ramadan. Ramadan has

another meaning. Ramadan is the name as another mean fasting is actually to abstain. Abstain and in the Quran, Allah use the word Psalm, but not about Ramadan. Only right, and the first one is with a Seder Maria. In order to liberate Mani Salma for an Oklahoma Luoma INSIA, I have made an oath or I have made an oath with en los pantalla that I'm not going to Salma fasting, and then she explained what kind of fasting I'm not going to talk to anybody.

Right? And the same thing we say you'd know, the career on Allah subhanho wa Taala gave him so even if he did the same thing for three days, so it's to abstain. And the reason I'm saying this in detail because it is upstream, meaning things that is halal, become haram. It's amazing. It's beautiful, meaning we think it's halal, right? The halal food is Hello, drinking water is hella in Ramadan or not in Ramadan during the fasting day. Throughout certain period, these become haram true or false? And it is has to be this time I always say this to myself. Remember this one you break your fast what do you do normal?

Right? How many? How many watches you have around you unlock in seven? This one is reading 714 No, no, it is 741 And then you always ask yourself, so why 741 Not 740? And what is the one minute you fasted 16 hours or 70? Now what is this minute? And then you're trying to put the date in says Hold on? No, no, it's 741 Okay, another 32nd

Why? This is what I'm trying to get to you. Why?

What does it teach me in you? This is one of the main lessons of fasting in general. What does it teach you? Discipline and patient and obedience? Obedience to Allah with no why and if and but you know how much we argue and why and I'm not convinced and tell me and explain to me Alhamdulillah and Ramadan we don't have this. We don't we don't say why it is 730 or why it is 745. So the essence of fasting is to withhold one of the withholding is not

only talking his argument internally I'm not convinced you teach yourself throughout 30 days you submit to the will of Allah and the word Psalm is used for the sun the sun fast on the sign does not come out. And the reason the wind fast when the the wind suddenly was so loud and so hard and so fast and suddenly stop, they say so matory that you stopped the wind and also usually it's also used for the

horses solid metal Haley, this is very common in the Arabic language are the horses fasted. So why I'm saying this in as we are in sha Allah training to fast tell yourself I'm going to be fasting, right? And think of a horse when the horse suddenly stop in the beginning is it easy? Have you ever any of you done horseback riding? And when you stop a horse specially if the horse is going fast? It's not easy unless you're really trained right? What do you do you hold it and it's hard and he fight but then finally you hold this is me with fasting

This is me with fasting specially they know offered me with fasting I need to teach myself to hold and to restrain restrain what the usual food and drink that we know and the intimate relationship. But what is the main thing we need to restrain? And this is what I'm going to share with you what is the main thing we have to restrain

Hmm, this obedient to Allah here, but usually

the tongue okay and I'm looking for the Hadith. That's what exactly the tongue and this is a Hadith of Rasul Allah salatu salam, this is an unsaved Naboo hora, Yura he said,

whomsoever fasted, the usual fast, we talked about the 747 41, but did not stay away or did not fast from lying.

And false testimony, Allah does not need his hunger and his thirst, or hunger and our thirst, tongue, fasting of the tongue, all of us young and old. This is, to me, this is much harder than the food and the drink, right? Meaning meaning the norm, we are the norm, look at our norm, because the norm for 11 months, this is my norm. And then here I am, within a day I'm going to switch completely is not easy. Switch food and drink is easier. But that means nothing coming out from my mouth, not pleasing to Allah.

You know, backbiting, which is very normal, looking down at people making fun of people, and I'm not talking about only tongue, because these days where there are so many ways we speak,

what is the other way we speak these days, the communist way we speak

eyes, social media, social media is talking. But I am not bringing a voice. But when I am typing, I am talking. Right. And that's why sometimes says you know, what these messages does not does not come out, as I mentioned, because he didn't hear my voice. But I'm talking. So social media, one of the highly I really advise everyone, and this is going to be really tough, much tougher than food and drink. How many of us can fast from social media and the month of Ramadan?

Fast and not not from morning to evening?

And he's going to fast for 30 days. Right? What is going to happen?

What is going to happen? Honestly?

Nothing. Nothing. 10 years ago, we had no no social media, right? Nothing. We didn't know what it is. I don't know Facebook, no, Facebook was earlier. We didn't know what. So fasting. The main thing is restraint, restraint, food and drink, although I love it, although I like it, but mainly Melania, Darko resuable, Amory, the lying, false testimony and acting upon this, and Allah does not need his his interest is hunger or his

thirst. And the first thing as we said, we all know this, there is obligatory and there is the voluntary, which we are talking about it now. Now.

Essence of fasting is two things. Now this is something you're going to look internally. Fasting is I do things and I don't do things right.

And both are acts of worship. So what do I do interesting, what is the things I do?

And what is the things I don't do?

Two things and always think of that. So what is the things I do and things I don't do? I don't do meaning I am going to restrain myself. The ones that I don't do is that we just talked about food and drink and my tongue and lying and what I'm looking at what is the things I do in fasting

During the first month after, during the fast

these are the way I'm coming to that the actions was number one, the first thing I am doing in reality is what? I'm obeying the laws pantile. Because honestly, fasting by our, if I remove all my spirituality out, and I just think of it, it doesn't make sense. And why do I have to be honest? And this is how I found comes to you. And to me, it's like, what does it what does it mean? For 12 hours I am hungry, right? Unless I start digging and asking Allah subhanaw taala to show me and then he will show you that beauty, the beauty of the spiritual beauty of this hunger, of the suffering. But basically what I am doing is the main thing I am doing, I'm submitting completely my will, which is

very hard for me. Specially these days for something reality doesn't make sense. Right? And that's what everybody tells you. This is torture. This is how the how the non Muslims say this this is This is torture. This is too hard. Right? And then you say no, it's not too hard. But here you are. So you are actually who in reality every act of worship is your doing and not doing but mainly fasting is teaching me to submit to the will of Allah, even if I do not know. Really why. Number One Number two, and this is a Hadith on the fast is half patient. Half of the patients you want to be solver and who doesn't want to be solver patient, right? You want to control your anger.

You're like yesterday morning, I was somewhere else and I was giving a talk about

what makes you angry and you should see what the woman said. Amazing. Amazing. So anger is one of our main problems suborn fasting teach me to be patient and teach me to control my anger. True or False? Shouldn't be

how many of us during the fast really work on our temper?

You're laughing? Yes. Because I remember some people says they are fasting don't talk to them.

Because they will get very upset quickly. And this is not this is what I'm talking about is I need to hold to obey Allah by this by going against my naps. By being more patient. I need to talk to myself I say listen, you can withhold yourself from coffee that you love and the tea you love and whatever we normally love for 12 hours can you control your anger for for that time too? The more you talk to yourself, the more you will be able to do with the villa. One of the main major elements of fasting which we all have to learn Oh and this is the main goal of Ramadan is taqwa you all know this and what is the core

what how do you feel about taco What do you think taco don't think any

Academy taco when you're somebody looks at you and says you know what your Myra yo Rama Tapia and you're gonna smile and says really? And I say you are what what? What is in you that in you the ICU or tequila? Or you see in me or we see with each other? What is it?

You're all always in remembrance of Allah a little bit more. It's definitely one awareness.

Awareness. Allah is watching. Excellent. And then this will lead me.

General hmm. And you want to please Allah and you. You don't want to displease him. These are the four things. You are always in remembrance of Allah McDuck a machete, you're actually putting a shield. Taco is a shield hijab between me, you us and the punishment of Allah. That's why it's called Taqwa. And the punishment of Allah I'm attacking. And to be a Metallica, I need to remember I was planted and I need to really want to please Him. And this mean I cannot do something displeasing. This is the essence of fasting. This is why part of the fasting things that it does not make really sense but I'm doing it because it pleases Allah.

I just told you a Soma, Liana Zb, one of the most beloved actions to Allah is fasting. So I am doing it because Allah subhanaw taala wanted

while you are fasting, what do you say when people ask you why you're fasting? What do you say? I'm a Muslim. I have to. It's part of my religion.

Taqwa is this is what it is. And this is in Shabbat. As I am going to Ramadan, three and a half weeks. I cannot to be on the 30th of Shabbat or 29th of Shabbat. I'm doing my usual life. And I am going to wake up Ramadan. First I am the McDuck just turn off the light and suddenly I am done with topic. Does that work this way? No, I wish there will be very easy

It doesn't. It needs also training. So did you now, I hope you all get to where does Shavon take me? Because the more I fast, the more I'm going to be patient. The more I am going to be, the more I am going to be pleasing to Allah the more Mottaki I am one number one comes in I am with Mila day one what Chucky? Keep your taco, that's when you get to the last 10 days of Ramadan, you are on a turkey, you are absolutely focusing on Allah. Now. That's number number two, three, the reality of fasting is not only external, and I'm going to repeat this again. And again, because we are most of the Muslims. Honestly, they are good. And they observe the external throughout the fasting time. But

talk about the internal and what is Internal? Internal is what I'm thinking, what I'm feeling, how do I when I look at you, what do I think when you look at me, what do you think when someone says something? Right? What do I feel someone who really hurted me three months ago, and I'm still the grudges in me. And I'm still thinking what I'm going to do so the internal part, it's external, and it is an internal part. And the main thing is, the more you work on the internal, the external becomes very easy. And the more your external is perfect, your internal will be very easy. Look at it as a circle, there is an external which we all do. And the internal, the more I am aware of my

tongue that's external, my tongue, my eyes, my ears, the more my heart will be more in fasting, think of your heart is fasting. When the heart fast, what does the heart has to do, has to restrain himself, look at it itself, from the or shield itself from the punishment of Allah subhanaw taala. So you it needs to calm down, calm down, and the more I shaved my eyes, my heart is calmer. For example, when you are a tone for a day and you don't leave, and your phone doesn't work, right? And you're just there alone? How is your heart? much calmer than if you just went out? You didn't see anybody but you're driving and it is traffic, what is going to happen? You're gonna get upset in the

heart and ever and you're going to be not in peace. So the more I control the outside, the inside will be much more keep working on the external and keep working on this. And the

internal fasting is which is so true. Have you ever tried fasting outside Ramadan at least every other day? Or one day after the other? Some of some of us does that when you want to make up for Ramadan. And there is only one week I always call it the last minute race. Have you seen that? I see this always my pregnant patients are like I have too fast now. I was like why do I have to fast and I was like others three weeks stuff for me. I was like all this year.

Now coming to last and she's pregnant. The point is, some people does because say the Ayesha used to do this, but don't don't have 10 and 20 days because it gets harder. So have you ever tried fasting two or three days together if you fasted three days of the month? Have you tried? What do you feel on day three?

Much more calmer. Have you seen it much more calmer, calmer, and happier because then I will use this word. I will say I did it. Allah made me do it I was able to control and it's amazing feeling when you can control how many times those of you who are so angry but they control their anger at one point you feel so happy so the control that's what it is purify the soul. Allah Allah Allah Allah who is unfortunately because Ramadan became so much a habit that these words these things really have to re re reborn like method this has come to life again give it's more like it really purify myself that I'm eating less and hopefully we eat less as a as a whole different story. Yeah,

unfortunately the highest number or the highest amount of money spend on food in the Muslim countries during Ramadan.

This is statistics which is so sad. But let's be us. Us let's be not let's be not don't go from now and order or whatever you normally order.

Right and invite everybody and do all this. Let's make it purely this Ramadan and let me do this and start from Shaban is going to be the month that I am going to be training myself to purify. Fasting is an amazing training to stop your attachment

If you want to cut down on your caffeine, for example, and how many of us are attached to caffeine I cannot this this coffee morning coffee, not me what I'm saying is I see people there is this morning coffee I cannot function right? And then in Ramadan, you will function. So what are your you're cutting the attachment? So put from now plan that what is the attachment take two or three that you really want to cut down on it and let it be Cheban the training field and Ramadan is going to be the final practice.

And of course we all know is once you fast is your going to feel how the hungry feels which I don't think we we feel it. I mean, how many of us really when we are fasting, it's five or six o'clock and we're so hungry and we say Allah, may Allah help those who doesn't have food. We really need to bring this back to again, three things. The first thing we'll do on this all from Addis Ababa, Swati Sato so number one and think of this have you ever get burned when you're cooking? Right How does it feel?

How does it feel?

Painful, so painful and have you ever sometimes left like it's very cold and then you are letting the water to get warmer? And then you just put your hand and suddenly the water is very hot. What happens to you literally at one moment you feel your soul is out of your body. Right fasting Jin swarm or fighting Osama Osama do now is to gin up Hammond and not fasting is a shield from the hellfire.

It's a shield from the Hellfire Allah loves it and why it is a shield from the Hellfire from everything I said right now we probably can answer why it is a shield from the Hellfire

Yes, Allah loves it. Yes, it's an act of worship but what else mainly, we just said it.

Exactly because when I am fasting and sha Allah with this spirit, I am listening. I am listening one and I am doing more good deeds other than fasting I'm doing more good deeds, whether in Ramadan or outside Ramadan. So the first one Assam will Jana Your surgeon will be doing fasting is a shield. It protects the servants of Allah from the Hellfire second one it's a mean of forgiveness. It's I mean this is all I'm going to give you a hadith This is Amina forgiveness. Look back at this year. Each one of us Allah knows how much we disobeyed Allah. Right? And how much we disobeyed Allah we don't remember and how much we disobeyed Allah we don't know we disobey the law.

We don't know we don't remember right and this is fasting and this is about Ramadan, when sama Ramadan Iman and what is cyber warfare Allahumma Takada moment and there is only two acts of worship that Allah said this. Let me translate the Hadith and afternoon this whomsoever he the person, she your or me, he or she who observed fasting during the month of Ramadan with two conditions, Eman and YT Saba faithful with a king with a certain deity, that Allah will reward you and with your full EMA and you are waiting for your reward.

You know, when the child you tell the child you do this, I'll give you $5 And the child do that and come to you says where's my $5? Right? This is called a desirable meaning honestly meaning that's why when was on you go through a difficulty or especially when you go through this, they say especially as you're carrying the bar, look for your reward with Allah subhanaw taala so I am fasting full faith and I'm waiting and I know not only waiting, waiting and I know last panel what Allah will reward me if I and you fast in this in with with this feeling and in this Spirit what is going to happen Will Ferrell no matter condemning them all the previous sins are forgiven.

All these previous sins are forgiven. Let's try from now. Tomorrow this coming Thursday, two days from now let's try to practice this that I Oh ALLAH I'm going to wake up in the morning I'm going to make my soul and chip on is going to come and tell me it's too long and you have this and you have that and and just say what your until morning. You are the one who is going to make it easy. You are going to make it easy. And I am doing it because you love it and I know I will see my reward offered no matter for them.

And if you do this throughout the whole Ramadan Wolfie Rolla, one more action that Allah subhanaw taala said about one more action in Islam, that if you do it properly, you all your sins are forgiven. What is that?

Other than Ramadan had

HUD and HUD Jeff and Amir footwell me FSOC Orajel aka yo Mola to the one who goes for HUD, and he does not disobey Allah and does not have intimate relationship. He's going to come back as his mother just gave birth to him. So think of that. And it is this is one actually I love it. It's one of the means to get to Paradise.

This is a special entrance. Special interests. How do you feel when you go into a door? Come this morning, this afternoon? It came to the masjid right at the main entrance and says, Has Allah interest entrance? And you could say me? Why? What did I do? Right? Or Myra or a foul? Any one of us? in Jannah there is a door What is the name of the door? Orion and one who comes through this assault moon only? Only only. So here you are. And really you have to feel these things. And think of it like my daily life. So here I am, I have a book. And the book is being looked at your life make it easy. And the books is like okay, a lot of fasting or fasting or fasting. Okay, she goes

from Arabia. So I'm not going to see everybody. I'm going to see only a saw him. So So is one of the actions that when I do it, and I will do it with this spirit. I am entering Jana, and who doesn't want to go to Jana? And why do we all what is if everybody you ask young and old, what do you want? And last like I want to go to John was like me too.

And we all of us. So here you are. So basically, fasting is the LI German we're talking they call it the word turkey. He has Allah exalted that, but I'm just going to try to make it easy for you. When you want to

restrain an animal. What do you put around the

corner? And what do they call it? Especially for the horses? Right? Yeah, really, John, you put them in their mouth, right for the horse and you hold it. Fasting is the Rhine of all Mottaki.

Fasting is the Rhine of the MacDuffie because it told you it's really holds you holds you for many things. So the German MacDuffie and general Mujahideen, those who struggle for the sake of Allah is their paradise. It's their paradise when they start fasting, even if what I am saying is, is above, it's too difficult. Just Just think of it. Just think of it there is people who enjoy fasting. Not Allah make me like them. Simple, simple. Your be make make me enjoy fasting, make it easy. And it is the exercise and the struggle of the pure people. The more I want to be pure, I'm the more I am going to fast, the more I am going to try harder, and it's going to be difficulty but I am getting

around it above it and above it. How many of you exercise? And how many of you love to exercise?

Uh huh. Uh huh. Right. Yet, I want to see someone who says I love exercise.

But everybody after they exercise, how do they feel? So good. Right, so good. That's what keeps you going. Think of it this way. Think of it this way. It's way higher, of course. But throughout the fasting, it's a struggle. You're really control your tongue control your heart control, your eyes don't eat, and no one else is doing it around you. Right? And it is for 16 hours. But when you break your fast What do you feel? Amazing. Now you don't know why I didn't eat yet. I just had one date. Right? And I just drank some water. There is a feeling and then remember this hadith. They saw me for Hatton Farhatullah indefinitely or Farhatullah in Delhi or Iraq be the person who's fasting

that's not Ramadan necessarily. We are Shabbat. There is two moments of joy. Two moments of joy. One is when he or she the moment you break your fast why?

Why are you happy when you break your fast? Number one simple, I was very thirsty and humble. I'm drinking water. Simple. I'm very hungry. And finally some sugar is getting into my mouth handle. But usually

the reason you're happy

Exactly. Allah helped me to do especially for the voluntary fast, specially the voluntary fast. And usually you woke up in the morning says I'm not going to do this today. I missed my soul and so tired but then I will push you push you and push you and it's like two o'clock here. Let's not much left. The moment of fast when you come in to break your fast and you put in you say Alhamdulillah Allah helped me to do it.

So, that's two and the third reason you're happy in dunya you're not yet meeting Allah number three, because you will be the last pantile we all all, even if we are not the most righteous person left all the Allah's Panther and we're very happy when we obey Him

in sometimes we feel it or show it and sometimes we do. The second joy is when we meet Allah's pantile

For Hatha Farhatullah indelicato rhombi, when I meet Allah, there's a special joy. Why is that? Because the most beloved action to Allah is a soul, Molly. So he is going to look at you and he was going to say, Yeah, Haifa. Yeah, I mean,

you, you did it for me. And I'm gonna reward you, Al Karim. Allah is the Generous One, he is gonna reward what he's gonna give.

And it's amazing. There's only two things in all our actions in all our deeds that we do only two that Allah did not specify the reward, no, number two, one is fasting and the second one

Saba patient and now my office I Verona, Jerome, the rady hisab those who are steadfast and those who are patient, they will be rewarded in accounted for, for how much Allah knows. And the same thing is with fasting. That's why I'm when I'm going to go. Like again, think of it you know, like you have a homework and or you have a project, and then you did it and then they tell you if you finish it on time, and you come I'm not gonna tell you what you're gonna get. You will love it. This is how they tell you or you tell your the student how you feel on your own, you bring your project acquainting let me see it. So this is how it is fasting. I think we all need to look at fasting in

this way, in this way. So we change the way we look at Ramadan is to start from Shabbat and please forgive me, but it became a habit. Ramadan became a habit and everything becomes a habit we lose the essence of it, just like Salah it's a habit. Right? Every now and then we feel it. Every now and then we feel it and hamdulillah we're praying your umbilical hand, but we need to move to next step. Ramadan became the same like when you now people are talking about Ramadan. What is the normal talk?

Right? Really? You see people talking about Taqwa? Rarely people say what's your plans? It's what are you preparing for Ramadan? What do you say? I'm preparing Taco

Bell but what what do we normally prepare for Ramadan? List of invitations. Right list of this stuff food. Right? And then okay, which Masjid I'm gonna go hamdulillah which there are we? This is good. How many of the taraweeh but I don't say I'm preparing Taqwa.

The unlock Contacta calm this is what all Ramadan about La La taco. And the last thing I have not done yet. Are Allah Subhana Allah says, and this is you all know this includes fasting Ramadan, or outside Ramadan. And this is a long hadith of Roswaal De Soto Assam includes almost everything a car Majan fasting is a shield to protect me. Think of it this way, right when it's hot. Right and you have a very fair skin and your physician told you don't get expose your skin to sun. What do you do?

We all do it. What do we do? sunblock? What is sunblock,

and it's a shield gonna protect your skin from the sun. So the sun when it comes to my skin, it doesn't go to my skin right away. This is a shield. This is the first thing as far as AutoZone or car Mugen number one, pray that kind of Psalm, a yummy radical when one of you is fasting. So whether it's a Thursday or a one day Shaban or it's Ramadan, number one per foot what I had heard, do not do in decent actions.

When I again, don't do things that is not correct. Don't act like an ignorant person, then this is what I tell myself and everybody of you. I have to be different today. I'm fasting

internally and externally because I'm fasting. I have to be different. That's true. And if someone and this usually happens, we're in auto when you're more on Katella, who Oh Chatham, if someone will absolutely curse you. Someone will, quote unquote, be on your nerve and do something that they know it will upset you. What should you do? What should you say? Say after this is saying and it should say aloha my Nissan Aloma, Nissan Allahumma Nissan three times Subhanallah Why not one

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not to

three, because I need the reminder. I need the reminder, the first will tell me control your tongue. The Second World county it's allowing make it easy. The third was telling me Don't waste your song. Because in the other Hadith says whoever cannot control this, Allah doesn't need the hunger and be fast. And this is the love. I love this and it applies to us, especially because we have a long days. We're living in fcbd Whenever Suarez saw to some make an oath, and same thing, Allah when he do work on the Quran, or it's coming pay attention. Well, Naveen fcbd, by the one who owns my soul, that's what that was why they sought to sell and say, and who owns our souls law, where he didn't

say, Hola, we're living fcbd. And other times he said, Well live enough. So Muhammad in Bab, that the Hulu farmer saw him the smell that come from the mouth of the fasting person, because of the long hours and you're very dry, doesn't pay it doesn't smell good. And he says by the one who owns my soul, that smell that's come from the mouth of the person who is fasting, much more beloved, and smell much nicer. I'm better than the real musk and the mosque

and the mosque. Always remember fasting is a personal action between you and Allah. Only Allah knows you're fasting you can you can make an announcement on all social media and everywhere right on your on your door on fasting and you can easily be not trusting only Allah that's why he's only Allah knows. This is one of the bilateral healthier they call it a secret

relationship between you and Allah you can get to the bathroom and eat and drink but no you don't do it. Because you know Allah is watching us and I can do it I'm fasting so that's why he said the the smell of the fasting person more beloved than the refill misc and that now he's saying what your terracotta Allahu shabu washer what a woman entity. He lives his food, his drink, and what he loves. For me, that's what Allah saying, menagerie for me. Why you're not eating? Why you're not drinking. Why you are not why you are controlling your tongue, why you're doing this and this for Allah. And here he comes. Or Somali one, Zb. Well how Asana to the Australian Italia? Fasting is for me, and I

will reward and one deed is 10. So how much is this? One? Allah knows. Repeat these even if you know these, and I'm sure a lot of us know this. It's not like something new. But we need the elephant in the closet and far more money. remind ourselves remind the believers reminder Billy benefits the believers. Siobhan is the training field is like you're running a marathon. Right? Have you ever had talked with people who run marathon? You know how long they train for marathon? How long?

Six months minimum before the final one. I know somebody who ran 23 Miles six months daily.

Six months daily and I non Muslim in the Assets Subhan Allah? What a will they have? And you know, how hard is it? 23 miles, right Subhan Allah and they do it. Shabbat is our Ramadan is our marathon.

Siobhan is the training field training field and I need to train physically by fasting spiritually by training my heart and reminding myself again and again, I highly recommend you put these Hadees in front of you send yourself a reminder, you all do that, right? We all send the reminders alert one day or two days we all do that. Send yourself reminders of these virtues that we know what we don't remember one number to help each other too fast in Shabbat.

One of the last thing hungry I still have time is I'm going to what is the other a bad that is related to fasting that has a special virtue and I am fasting I gave it to you. I gave you the hint

before the Quran

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three, three, that's 100 Roswaal a salt three

or three states or three conditions of the human being were there, supplication is granted spam law, one of them is fasting handoff.

So, the fasting person till he breaks his fast and there is a lot of discussion about this Shala I will explain to you later on in detail, but that includes as you are eating

as you are eating your Iftar not just before you know we all before if ah but as you

Are you eating you keep your job because had tiafoe and the second one and Musa Hazza Oh, and Tao Atul mcglue They Sabina when Allah hijab the supplication of the one who has injustice being done against him or her. So here you go that comes with its addition. You know, may Allah forgive me but I have to give you examples from dunya so buy one get one free don't we all do that, don't you or buy to get 50% plus one we all do this Subhan Allah here you go now what's pantalla is not giving us a free is giving you a dua that's a granted and when Allah subhanaw taala said that it is done. Dua what what do we need the long list of DUA and don't think only of dunya dunya and akhira. However,

if I'm not going to train myself on dua, now, when I don't need anything, is not going to come in Ramadan when I'm very tired. And I am doing my taraweeh here. And then Asha is then unfinished that we had 12 I'm going to be too tired to make dua unless it becomes

habit. Train. That's another thing in Shaban, you train yourself, train your yourself for the fast thing, train yourself for the day out when you don't need something. Look at yourself on me. When you have an exam tomorrow you have an interview and you need and you really want this job. Right? How's your dua that morning? Nene ya allah right into your just give me this interview, just give me this job and see what I'm going to do when we say this dollars on top. Right. So this one we need most of the time on in that

hour, especially as these days when you learn how the days of the need is less than the days of no need. Meaning the day off is is more than the day off difficulty. So the DUA is not doesn't come natural. And look at yourself and mine after Salah how long. How long before if you if you wake up before Fajr how long Allah stop for Allah. Right? I need to train this because this is an opportunity only when I am fasting, a slightly more hot day of poor meaning when I eat, and I'm fine, it's gone. It's gone. It's when I am fasting. And I need to train myself to come make a list. Put a list of this idea three or four memorize it. I always say this, put it on the fridge, put it

honestly put it on your car, put it on places where you keep seeing it. So you remember so shaitan does not come to you and make you forget supplication at dua a DUA and I'm going to end up here and this is a beautiful summary of fasting and I read it but I cannot remember who said it. So it says a CRM or a bother to managerial labor that fasting is one of the loftiest act action of worship and an act of getting closer to Allah nothing like it to get closer to Allah and this is the habit of the righteous people the habits of the righteous people and it is the landmark of

the landmark of Alma it's pure purify the soul. And it's give the human being more etiquettes and and manner more manner and it is the School of Taqwa and it's Lavaca Mohawk.

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So the last thing I want to say is fasting is the School of Taqwa. And it's the school of guidance. Also our got accepted. It's very nice the way they put it, whoever got accepted and went through it with a pure intention and the right way of following the path of Roswaal De Soto center, you will be given the degree of a second degree of straightforward degree of obeying the laws pantalla the right way, and he will be saved in this life and the hereafter. Last pantalla makers of them neurobion spanic llama we handy Kashia don't lie down a stockbroker to really excel Alana save them from whether it was harvest esteem and cathedral