Haifaa Younis – Should I pray taraweeh at the masjid or stay home

			Should I go to try to stay home?
		

			That's the usual question I get.
		

			Where we're where you're there's three things. And again, I may be very direct with you today. But I
really think we all need to hear it. Say the house has had a hadith after a Swati salatu salam died.
		

			And I want every woman in this about woman coming from a woman coming from the most knowledgeable
woman in the Islamic history.
		

			She looked at the woman in the masjid.
		

			And she said the following. She said if I was to add a saw to set up or see what the woman did in
masajid, he would have prevented them from coming.
		

			When I did this hadith, I say let him come and see these days.
		

			Let him come and see these days.
		

			I come and dress as if I'm going to Walmart or I'm going to any grocery shop. It's the house of
Allah.
		

			I come in and run and laugh and talk to people.
		

			It's the house of Allah. You don't do this in people's house.
		

			Loud laughing talking on the phone, dressing not properly for makeup, jewelry for fuel. Where are
you going?
		

			Where are you going? It's the house of Allah is not going to make you closer to Allah this way. On
the contrary,
		

			again, I'm not. I'm not talking about anybody, but we see it everywhere.
		

			It's becoming the norm. And that's what she said. Less than 50 years after the Swati Santosa she
died more or less than 30 years after.
		

			If he saw what the woman did after him, he would have prevented them from coming to the masjid.
		

			And sometimes and I am absolutely with the woman coming to the masjid. Where will I learn Monday?
When will I meet the Muslims? When will I feel I'm not alone 20 in the masjid. But sometimes when I
see what I see, I say she was right.
		

			Let's do it differently this year. Let's put a title to each one of us saying this to Allah, not to
anybody. I am going to make this Ramadan, the best Ramadan of my life. And I'm not talking about
fasting only. But I'm going to talk about my conduct everywhere. Even my conduct in my work place at
school, let alone when I come to the masjid show Allah the bus study. Before you leave the house.
Don't tell me I just came from work. You just came from work, put something in your car. That when
you look at the mirror, you say Allah, I can pray with it.
		

			Chang Masjid is the house of Allah. So it's taraweeh better in the in the house or in the masjid.
		

			Technically, of course in the masjid, because the Juma because praying with Jamal you will get 23 to
27 mortar, but if I'm coming to the masjid, in a in a way, shape, or form acting inside the masjid,
this obeying Allah the no stay home.
		

			Stay home.
		

			Also, if you're a person where your heart will be more connected, some people say in the masjid and
a good number of people say alone with Allah. That's you decide.
		

			But don't come please don't make it social gathering. It is not.
		

			Don't come to the masjid to meet your friends. Meet them after taraweeh
		

			meet them during the weekend. Meet them after Ramadan.
		

			Don't bring your chai your you know and coffee and food. You will not be fasting a special
		

			go against your knifes keep saying it yourself. As you're saying it. They will listen to you they
will hear it. I am going to the house of Allah. I'm going to make this day the best or we are going
to be sitting in that corner not speaking to anybody. I'm not taking my phone with me. I'm gonna
leave it in the car. Nobody will die Don't worry.
		

			Honestly, any distraction phone is a huge distraction to all of us. I'm not gonna take it. I'm gonna
leave it in the car. You are worried in the Tarawa and that break they give you go and check if
there is anything really important. But don't put the I have seen it.
		

			They put it like that on
		

			I have seen it very recently. And unfortunately the woman left before I can talk to her. She picked
it up insula, looked at it, don't laugh, it's painful. Honestly, don't laugh at anyone. Because I
could be that person. And I'm not saying it to make fun of people. Maybe you don't do it but you may
I may do something different. I may do something different even more.
		

			But you know what? That tells me? I don't know what to ask you this. What is the house of Allah is
and what Quran is that's what Ramadan should teaches me. Come out of Ramadan and you have more of
you glorified Allah Who a monk.
		

			But you come and you will do all of this what I just shared and again, I have not done it in this
Masjid. But I've seen it in many places. Again, even in the huddle
		

			is because my heart is not there yet. Is my heart who moves me.
		

			Let alone the imam is reading and I'm tired and I'm sitting in the backseat and chatting with my
friends and letting my children roam around.
		

			And I'm not only bothering everybody but my children also is bothering everybody. Why? Why? What did
I get over it? So please, coming to Toronto. Absolutely. Coming to the masjid. Yes, yes, there is a
Hadith Salah tomorrow trophy at a federal masala tea free as Judy Harada he told the woman who came
to him and says I love your masjid. And I love praying behind you. She said it to him, the wife of a
Saturday. And he said no. Your Salah in your corner better than your Salah in the courtyard of your
home and the Salah in your courtyard better than the salah and the masjid close to your home. He
gave her like five options. Scholars will tell you when we are living in this day and age the only
		

			place that remind me of Allah is the masjid number one. Number two, I go everywhere.
		

			Right? I go everywhere. I go shopping, I traveling I visit my my friends I go to the coffee shop I
go everywhere when it's close to the house to the masjid. Stay home. No. Because then I am not
connected with Allah. So yes, I am would definitely come into the Masjid. But you come be pleasing
Allah, act pleasing Allah leave. And you have left a footprint in that masjid, that it will witness
for you on the Day of Judgment.
		

			Think of it this way. Think of that. Every step I'm going to the masjid Allah will reward you. And
every good action I did in the masjid, Allah will reward me.
		

			And now the masjid is not about to me, I'm not the only one. And be generous. Don't talk because
it's going to bother other people not because I don't feel
		

			more rewards. I'm going to give my place I'm going to move a little bit, it's going to be a little
bit discomfort, but it's okay. She's going to come in next to me, Allah will make the place bigger.
That's the mentality, the mentality of taking care of the others shoes, shoes, find a way that you
don't have the shoes. Unfortunately, this is one of the challenges we have because how our Masjid is
May Allah reward everyone who built it. But let me figure out a way I'm not going to put my shoes
and when I come how I'm going to walk,
		

			how I'm going to walk
		

			down, I'm going to figure out what I put it in my purse, a lot of people put it in their purse,
bring
		

			a bag, put your shoes and put it in your purse, then you don't have to worry about outside. You know
what I'm saying? Literally, I beg everybody, every step in Ramadan, every breath, you're gonna make
it act of worship.
		

			Everything you do is pour Allah not only in the masjid not only in your house everywhere and see
what Allah will give you on the Day of aid. See what you will feel when they tell you tomorrow is
aid. You will be crying like a baby
		

			because you don't know if you're going to continue this way after. So please do that. And I really
mean it. Because the effect of the masjid and the effect of taraweeh is I can't tell you, but unless
I come with this