Hamzah Wald Maqbul – Khutbah Priorities In The Last Ten Days Of Ramadan (Corrected)

Hamzah Wald Maqbul
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The importance of avoiding negative consequences and not being guided by actions is emphasized in the spiritual transformation. The importance of understanding the time and timing of events in order to achieve goals is emphasized, along with the importance of praying at the right time. The importance of having a strong faith in the creator and avoiding harm is emphasized, along with the importance of taking time off work and not sitting on a phone or Facebook app for a long period of time. The sermon on forgiveness and finding happiness without acrimony or grinding between one another is given, and the importance of taking care of family members' needs and paying more than normal is emphasized.
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Come come forward, fill the gap, sit as

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far as you can in front. There's actually

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a space in the front row, you're not

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gonna get this jumah back.

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All praises to Allah.

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All praises to Allah.

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All praises to Allah who guided us to

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this, who guided us to Islam,

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and to iman, and to his Mubarak house

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on this Mubarak hour, of this Mubarak day,

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of this Mubarak month, and we were not

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to be guided. Was it not that Allah

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had guided us?

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Oh Allah, to you is praised as His

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commensurate with the majesty of your countenance and

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the greatness of your authority.

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Oh Allah, we do not limit you with

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any praise we can come up with ourselves,

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rather we admit that you're the only one

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who knows the true extent of your praise

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worthiness.

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And may the peace and blessings of Allah

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be upon his servant and messenger,

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our master, Saydna Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam.

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May the peace and blessings of Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala be upon him and upon his

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noble companions and upon his pure wives and

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upon his Mubarak

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and blessed family, and progeny, and upon all

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of those who follow all of their way

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until the day of judgment.

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Amabad.

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It's a hadith narrated by Sayna Abu Bakr

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Siddiq radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu

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that there are certain deeds in the day.

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If you did them in the night, Allah

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Ta'ala would not accept them, but they're deeds

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of the day. And there are certain deeds

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of the night,

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if you did them in the day,

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Allah would not accept them. The is toward

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what? That there's a time for everything.

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There's a time for everything.

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This is something that's somewhat lost upon us

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because we live a very unnatural life.

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We live a life in which Taco Bell's

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drive through is open till 3 in the

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morning, and pharmacies and Walmarts are open 24

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hours a day, and you can do whatever,

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pay a bill online whenever you like, and,

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there's really no curfew or stricture regarding

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what to do at what time. In fact,

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every one of us wishes to believe that

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we are free to do whatever we want,

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whenever we want. Whereas, in fact, this freedom

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is an illusion,

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and not only is it an illusion,

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if somebody does things at any time, whatever

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they like at any time, This is not

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order. This is chaos, and this is anarchy.

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This is not something beneficial to us either.

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The idea may be that, fine, a person

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has some leeway in order to choose what's

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best for them, But the fact of the

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matter is you still have to file your

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taxes on tax day. You still have to

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pay your fines and your tickets on time

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unless you want to get your

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your

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driver's license suspended

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and your car registration suspended.

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You still have to pay your taxes on

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your house on time unless you want a

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lien to be put against your house and

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your house to be auctioned off. There's a

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time and place for everything.

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What is what is it about the din

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that we

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should know regarding the times

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and regarding the deeds and the the the

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the correspondence and the the tadaluk and the

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the connection

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between different deeds and different times. What is

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it that we need to know in order

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to get those things taken care of in

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a proper way? Because indeed this hadith of

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Sayna, Abu Bakr is

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a very clear indicator that there are certain

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deeds for certain times, and there are other

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things that if you did them at the

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same time, it wouldn't be the same.

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A person should go and learn earn a

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livelihood at a certain time. A person should

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go and

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go to the masjid for at a certain

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time. It's not sufficient for a person to

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show up anytime before comes in and reads

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salatul dhuhr, or to read 2 raka'as, and

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they'll receive the same reward. In fact, this

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is even an issue with the the congregational

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prayers. There's a difference of opinion amongst the

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ulama.

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The majority opinion amongst the ulama is that

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it's even to make a second jama'ah, to

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make a second congregation in the in the

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masjid. If you come for the congregation,

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you come for the congregation.

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Afterward, if you come to the masjid, it's

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obviously a difference of opinion, but it's,

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the majority of the ulama say what? Say

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that if you come late, if you missed

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the congregation,

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even if there's 2 of you or 3

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of you, you should pray separately.

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Why? Because the congregation in which you were

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going to receive the reward in the masjid

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is over now.

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The Muslims had a jama'a time, and you

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missed it. And if you make a second

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jama'a, what do you do? You make itirab

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inside of the masjid. It's a disturbance inside

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of the masjid, and it takes away and

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it detracts from

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the the reward and the incentive for people

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to attend the first jama'ah.

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And so many of the ulemas say that

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it's makru. The point of mentioning this is

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not necessarily to enforce one opinion over the

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other, rather to let you know that there

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are so many there's so many issues in

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the deen that have to do with time,

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doing the right thing at the right time.

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Some of them have to be do not

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even with doing anything, just being at the

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right place at the right time. You're sitting

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in salatuljumu'ah.

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Everything else in this Mubarak hour is haram.

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Everything else except for being in salatuljumu'ah

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or coming to salatuljum'ah

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is haram. So much so to the point

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that many of the ulama say that, business

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transactions that are conducted in this hour are

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invalid. Not only are they haram, they're invalid

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and they're legally unenforceable in court. Why? Because

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this time, you have to be here. If

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a person is in Arafat, even for the

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twinkling of an eye, during the day of

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Arafat,

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this is called Hajj. If a person is

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not in Arafat,

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at that time, no Hajj even if they

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stone whatever they stone, and they make so

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much of the Kaaba or whatever they make

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of. Even if they go between and

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not 7 times, 700 times, it's still not

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Hajj.

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If a person is there even for the

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twinkling of an eye, even if they don't

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make any dua, even if they don't pray

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salat, still the hajj is valid. On that

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day, if there there any other day of

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the year, it doesn't count. It doesn't count,

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brothers and sisters. So a person has to

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be very careful. A person has to be

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acutely aware of what time it is right

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now, what time it is right now. Not

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the time that's on your clock, the time

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that's on your watch. The time that's on

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your watch may help you understand in a

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greater sense what time it is right now,

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but when I say what time it is,

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I mean in an organic sense and in

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a spiritual sense with regards to you as

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a piece of the functional universe, what your

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place is, what your job is, what your

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role is, what's expected of you, not just

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by yourself,

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but also by your creator jalla,

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also by those who have a right over

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you by your parents, by your children, by

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your family. What is the time right now?

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We need to look and see what is

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the time. We need to look at our

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spiritual clock and see right now what is

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the time. And brothers and sisters, the time

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right now is a time unlike other times.

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It is a time unlike other times.

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We finished the 16th Tarawi last night, and

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today is the 16th day of Ramadan.

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We have very few days left until the

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last 10 days of Ramadan.

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Ramadan, in general,

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is a very special time in the year,

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which goes without saying, and even if we

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didn't,

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we've given so many and so many lectures

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regarding it up until this date.

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The last 10 days of Ramadan, brothers and

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sisters, are very special time. They are a

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very special time. The nights of those last

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10 days are the holiest nights of the

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entire year. According to the ulama, they are

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the holiest nights of the entire year, and

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they're different nights. They're not nights like other

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nights. These are nights if you work overtime

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and get paid more at your job,

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you will lose. These are nights in which

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you sleep through them. If we sleep through

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them, you will lose. If we work through

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them, we will lose. If we watch TV

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through them, we will lose.

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If we listen to music through them, we

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will lose. If we go to iftar parties,

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and chat nice things with our friends, with

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our wonderful friends, masha'Allah. We will lose. If

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we skip Tarawi in these nights, what will

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we do? We will lose. Allah

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His 2 hands are are open and he

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spends and he gives to whoever he wishes

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to. By by by day and by night,

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but especially in these 2 in these 10

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nights. These are the 10 nights that literally

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there's a night amongst them that is known

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as the night of Qadr, the night of

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destiny,

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the night that destinies are changed and destinies

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are written for people. If a person

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blows through these and hangs out with friends

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and family and good times and good food

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and chitchat and,

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catching up on rest because it's good for

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your health, Trust me, stress is not a

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bad thing. Being stressed for 365 days a

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year will probably send you to the ER.

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Being stressed for a couple of days, for

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a week, for 2 weeks of your life,

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it's not a bad thing. Losing sleep for

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2 weeks of your life, it's not a

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bad thing. Actually, it's a good thing. It's

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good for you even from a,

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even from a biological perspective.

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Right? The bodies are made to go through

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cycles or in times of stress and of

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relaxation, of hunger and of satiety,

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of of of of sleeplessness

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and of of sleeping properly. It's not going

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to harm you. Rather, there's a benefit in

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it for you physically as well. Even if

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there wasn't a benefit for you physically in

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it, there's still a benefit for you spiritually

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in it. And what does that spiritual benefit

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have to do with? It has to do

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with your everlasting

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life and salvation,

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your immortality in the hereafter.

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Immortality is promised to every single one of

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us. We're the ones who choose whether that

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immortality will be in Allah ta'ala's blessing or

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in the fire,

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These are the nights when a person can

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get their neck freed from the chains that

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will bind them to the fire. May Allah

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ta'ala

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show such generosity upon every one of us

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and upon all of those that we love.

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Say, Ameen.

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Allah ta'ala give us this generosity. These are

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the 10 nights to do it in. That's

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why we're talking about the 10 nights before

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the 10 nights come in. Because if you

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talk about it while the 10 nights are

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in, what's going to happen? You've already missed

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a piece. And even if you even if

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you start at that time, you will start

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off slow and then you'll ramp up by

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the time you're in the zone. The the

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10 nights will be over and we'll be

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celebrating Eid, and it's going to go back

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to normal for many of us. May Allah,

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subhanahu wa ta'ala, make our life after Ramadan

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better than what it was before Ramadan.

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What are the sunun of the prophet

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specifically

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in these 10 nights? Okay. We know. Okay.

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I should probably read more Quran. I should

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probably read more salat. I probably shouldn't watch

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as much TV. Okay? I'm telling you brothers

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and sisters, there are several very simple and

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practical things that you can do.

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First, starting from the sunnah of the messenger

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of Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam,

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the greatest sunnah with connection with these 10

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nights has to do with Laylatul Qadr. What

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is Laylatul Qadr? And Allah says,

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We mentioned this before.

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The munasaba for the revelation of this surah

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is that the messenger of Allah sallallahu

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alaihi wasallam,

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described a person from Banu Israel

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who continuously

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for 80 days or sorry, for 80 years,

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he continuously made jihadfi sabiillah during the day,

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and he stood in the night in prayer

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and in worship continuously.

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Continuously for what? For 80 years. The sahabah

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radiAllahu ta'ala, in whom they knew the life

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expectancy of

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very few of them would be that much

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from birth until death, and the ability to

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make jihad fee sabiullah for that amount of

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time was almost impossible for them.

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And the ability to pray all night, every

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night was almost impossible for them. What did

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they feel? They didn't say, oh, that's interesting.

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I'm sure he was a wonderful guy. I'm

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sure he was an interesting guy. I'm sure

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he was he was a a very religious

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person. Next. No.

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They felt sad. There's a sadness inside of

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their hearts that we wish we could do

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something like this for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's

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sake as well. We wish we could make

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a sacrifice like this for the sake of

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Allah ta'ala as well. We wish we had

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80 years that we could devote to the

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service of the deen of Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala to make sacrifice by the day

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and devotion by the night. We wish we

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had that, but none of us are going

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to live that long.

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Not not none of us are going to

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have this opportunity or very few of us

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are going to have this opportunity, if any

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at all.

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And so what happens is Allah

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sends down this Surah.

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Is better than what? Than a 1000 months.

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Now if you stick it into your calculator

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or for those of us who

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learn math as children, if you divide,

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1,000 by 12, you come out to 83

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and a third. Right? You come out to

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slightly more than than 80. This is a

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beautiful custom. This is a beautiful custom of

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the Muslims, and it's something that comes to

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our civilization. If you go to the Muslim

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world and buy something, say, I want a

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kilo kilo of apples or I want a

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kilo of rice, what will happen is that

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the person who's selling you the the the

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the apples or the rice, he will he

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will put a kilo into the scale pan

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until it just goes

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even, and then he'll throw, like, another small

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apple in just to tip it over, just

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to know, He's

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not on the short, and to show that

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there's barakah in transacting honestly.

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Allah didn't give 80 years, he says here's

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3 and a half years also on top

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of it.

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This is what Laylatul Qadr. Now Laylatul Qadr

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was shown to the messenger of Allah Sallallahu

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Alaihi Wasallam what day it was or at

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least how to find that day. There's a

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difference of opinion about the

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what day is it? Is it even a

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fixed day or does it move throughout the

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year? Does it move throughout the odd nights?

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Does it move throughout the last 10 nights?

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Allah knows best. The messenger of Allah sallallahu

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alaihi wasallam was shown that night.

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And then due to the bickering of people,

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that night was lifted away from him. The

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knowledge of which night it is was lifted

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away from him. It was taken away from

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him, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. But perhaps in

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that lifting and that taking away is also

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a blessing for this ummah as well. The

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messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was

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very avid to find this laylatul Qadr.

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And in order to find this laylatul Qadr,

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in this avidness, what did he do? He

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instituted a beautiful sunnah.

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That sunnah is something that he made.

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He didn't leave it until the end of

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his life.

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That sunnah is what? Is to make a

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tikaf,

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to stay inside of the masjid from the

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time of sunset

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on the last day of or sorry, on

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the,

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21st of Ramadan.

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Right? In the time of sunset, not on

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the time of the on the day of

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20th, but the 21st of Ramadan, and to

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stay there until when? Many people think it's

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until the time the moon is sighted. It's

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not until the moon is sighted or until

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Maghrib on the last

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on the last,

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fast day.

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That is the minimum amount. If a person

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makes a vow, for example, if a person

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makes another that I will I swear by

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Allah ta'ala, I will,

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you know, make it atikaf,

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in the last 10 nights, then that person,

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they've completed their minimum obligation, and they've stayed

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inside of the masjid for their minimum obligation

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of.

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But the sunnah of the messenger of Allah

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sallallahu alaihi wasallam is that he would read

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salatul fajr in the masjid. He would stay

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there even on the night of Eid, the

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night before Eid, and then he would go

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straight from there to the salatul Eid,

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aid, for reasons we will talk about next

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week, inshallah.

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But this is the sunnah of the Messenger

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of Allah, salallahu alayhi wasalam, and it's a

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very beautiful sunnah. This sunnah of staying 10

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days inside of the masjid is a sunnah

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of the messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wa

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sallam, and it's a very beautiful sunnah. He

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only left the sunnah at the

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one one one year after the legislation of

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Ramadan.

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And that 1 year, he made up the

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leaving of that in the last year of

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his life. He actually made it for 20

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days. Alright. And the ulama say that what?

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He was making it making up the 10

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days that he missed. This is a sunnah

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of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wa

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sallam.

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Perhaps there are certain ears when they hear

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that, they say, Oh, it's not a fard.

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Next.

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But what is the sunnah of the Messenger

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of Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam?

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Say, if you love Allah Ta'ala, say, oh

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Muhammad, alaikas salatu was salam, say to the

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people, if you love Allah ta'ala, then follow

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me so that Allah may love you. If

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you wish Allah ta'ala to love you, you

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follow who? The Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,

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the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.

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If you wish to love Allah, then our

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neighbors in the churches around us also love

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Allah. Maybe some of them love him more

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than we do actually.

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Then the synagogues are filled with people who

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love Allah ta'ala.

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Then there are many people who have no

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religion or who are mushrikeen who love Allah

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sub

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Allah The idea is that you must love

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him and he must love you as well.

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If you love him and you're sitting in

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a bubble and you're angering him the entire

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time, what's the benefit? What's the point? The

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Messenger of Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam says to

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Anas bin Maqar Radhi Allah Ta'ala Anhu,

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Oh my dear son, know that this is

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my sunnah and whoever loves my sunnah, that

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person loves me.

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And the one who loves me, that person

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is with me in jannah. He didn't say

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that the one who loves me is the

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one who wears a certain type of clothing

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or that does a certain action or that

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says a certain thing or celebrates a certain

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holiday. He didn't say that the one who

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loves me is the one even that says

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the

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He says, he's the one who loves my

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sunnah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Even if those

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other things may be true, but what's the

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one thing that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu

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alaihi wa sallam wanted to emphasize?

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If you love the Messenger of Allah salallahu

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alaihi wa sallam, you will follow his sunnah.

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If you follow his sunnah, you will be

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with him in Jannah. It's a case closed.

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You have spared yourself from years of study

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of the sharia, of the tafsirah of the

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Quran, of the hadith of the Prophet sallallahu

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alaihi wa sallam. You have understood

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encyclopedic

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volumes of knowledge in just one sentence if

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you can understand what this concept is. So

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when we say it is the sunnah of

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the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

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to stay these 10 days in iatikaf,

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that means what? That means everything.

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Not just for for the entire sunnah, but

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that means what? It means everything. That means

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in these 10 days, there is nothing more

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beloved to Allah and His Rasool Sallallahu Alaihi

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Wasallam. There's no bill nothing more beloved to

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them. Anyone who can take care of their

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family, anyone who can pay their minimum bills,

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anyone who can provide minimum food, clothing, and

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shelter for his family, anyone who can ensure

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themselves that they're still in a stable position

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afterward,

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needs to go nowhere else except for the

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house of Allah ta'ala in these 10 days.

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Why?

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Because the sunnah of these 10 days is

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what? That a person should stay in the

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masjid,

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the person should shut off their smartphone,

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maybe leave your smartphone at home, Delete the

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apps that waste our time. Delete Twitter for

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for just a couple of days. Delete Facebook

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for a couple of days.

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Snapchat and Instagram

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and BBC News and Google News and Fox

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News, if some of you like to be

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entertained.

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You know. Delete the Fox News for 10

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days. It's gonna, unfortunately,

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probably be there after you're done with the

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as well, so you don't need to worry

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about it. Delete these

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things. Right? Go into your your phone browser

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and turn off you can turn off pictures,

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by the way, on the phone. It's very

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easy. It actually makes your you it saves

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your data, and it makes your, websites boot

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up a lot quicker. And it also spares

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you the agony of having read, like, a

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juz of Quran and then in one instant

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wasting the entire

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spirituality of that juz by seeing one thing

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that you didn't need to see and you

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didn't want to see and you weren't allowed

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to see in the first place by the

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Take care of all of these things and

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come to the masjid. If you cannot take

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10 days off, then see which days do

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you have off and come to the masjid

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with

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the Come into the masjid before Maghrib comes

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and then leave after the Maghrib of the

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next day. Do that for one day, 2

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days, 3 days, 4 days, 5 day, as

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many days as you can. If there are

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those amongst you,

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people of people in school. Right? High school

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kids, college kids, people, you have the day

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you have the the time off. This is

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one of the benefits of having

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Ramadan in summer. When you have it in

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summer, it's difficult because you have such long

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fasts. This is one of the benefits is

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that you can go and do the entire

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tikaf.

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Do it this year. Allah knows best if

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you're gonna have the chance to do it

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next year again. Do it this year. Allah

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knows best if you're gonna have the chance

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to do it again next year or any

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other time in your life Any other time

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in your life. It's very difficult to find

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10 days like that straight. Take the opportunity

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for those of you who are able to.

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You will think I'm doing a great thing.

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The reality is Allah is doing a great

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thing for you. Allah has chosen you for

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a great thing. This is the reality for

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those of you who are able to make

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it. For those of you who could not

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make the entire 10 days,

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Allah Ta'ala says in his book, fear Allah

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Ta'ala as much as you're able to. And

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the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam says in

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the meaning of, those things that are not

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fulfilled completely also must not be left completely.

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Make it to the masjid, make it to

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the house of Allah ta'ala in these 10

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days. It starts from the Maghrib of Tuesday.

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It starts from the Maghrib of Tuesday. What

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are the sunun of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi

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wa sallam in these 10 days?

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That the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wa

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sallam jada was shut down mizar. The Nabi

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salallahu alaihi wasallam became serious.

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Don't be serious all the time

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that you're a person that people just for

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them to look at you as a burden.

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No. You don't be that serious. Rather, the

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sunnah is to smile. But there is a

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time to be serious also because the one

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who's smiling by day night in happiness and

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in sadness, that person has mental issues. People

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used to think this person is out of

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their mind. People used to think this person

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is out of their mind. This is a

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time that the sunnah is to be what?

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Serious. Jada salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he became

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very serious.

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And then Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam used to

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tighten his waistband.

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There's a difference of opinion amongst the ulema

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about what this means.

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Right? The most apparent meaning of this is

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that it's metaphorical. It means he used to

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gather his courage together. He used to gather

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his stamina together and he used to, and

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he used to, do in this time that

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which he wasn't able to do in other

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times, that which he doesn't have the opportunity

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to do in other times. If you normally

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couldn't pray for the entire night, then pray

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for the entire night. If you couldn't normally

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pray for half the night, then pray for

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half the night. If you normally couldn't read

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a juz of Quran, 2 juz of Quran,

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4 juz of Quran, 7 juz of Quran

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in a night, if you couldn't normally read

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1 page, then at least do that. Gather

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your himma together, gather your courage together, and

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do what you're not able to do in

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other times.

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He used to wake up his family members.

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Allah ta'ala's commandment is there for every day

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of the year anyway.

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Command your family to the prayer and by

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extension, command your family to the entire deen

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and be patient in that commandment.

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Don't just give up because, you know, your

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kid doesn't wake up for fajr one day

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or because your wife or your husband doesn't

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listen to you one day. Be steadfast and

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be patient in commanding them to the prayer.

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In these nights, the messenger of Allah salallahu

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alaihi wa sallam used to himself wake his

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family up. He used to make sure that

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his family used to wake up. The Messenger

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of Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam in these

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nights had a special dua. What is the

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dua of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi

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wa sallam? The dua of the Messenger of

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Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.

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Oh Allah, you are you are the one

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who forgives and you love forgiveness. You you're

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the one who forgives in such a way

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that there's no nothing bad left behind.

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Nothing bad left behind. Complete forgiveness. You are

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the one who gives this complete forgiveness, and

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you love this complete forgiveness. So give me

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this complete forgiveness. Allah give all of us

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this complete forgiveness.

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Learn this

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dua. Remember this dua. If you forget or

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if you know you're going to forget, come

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to me in my office afterward. I'll write

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it for you in English and Arabic, whatever

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you like. I'll write it for you in

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Cyrillic. I'll write it for you in any

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script that I know.

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If nothing else, if you're trapped at work

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on the night shift for every one of

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these last 10 nights, if you get a

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spare moment, read this dua. Say this dua

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with conviction and hope from Allah Ta'ala that

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he's going to forgive you. Brothers and sisters,

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the last days of Ramadan have a number

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of obligations. I recommend that you take care

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of them sooner rather than later. Take care

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of them now so that you don't have

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to worry about them at that time. There

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are Manila envelopes sitting on top of the

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safe that are specially designated for the zakatul

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fitr. The zakatul fitr is a fard for

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everybody

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who has the ability to pay it. According

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to some of the it's farad for everybody

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who has the nisab. According to some of

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the it's farad for everyone who even has

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the ability to pay it. It's 10, $8,

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$10.

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It's something that if you can give more,

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you can give more because it's not a

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dollar amount that's prescribed by the sunnah, but

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a commodity.

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And these things you're supposed to give by

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the by the amount that Allah gave you.

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If you're making 6 figures, you should be

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paying $40 ahead for zakatul fitter.

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And there's a complete tahtik about it. We

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don't have time to discuss it right now

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because we're going over, but you should be

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paying a lot more than a normal person

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does. At bare minimum, you should pay

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$8,

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ahead and more whatever Allah gave you, pay

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more than that. You pay for yourself, pay

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for your wife, pay for your children. According

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to some of the you even pay for

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unborn children, for a, a child that's in

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the womb of its mother. Every single head,

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there's

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a paid for it. Even if you'll end

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up paying the $10 and that's all you

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have, so you'll be eligible to receive it.

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Insha'Allah, don't worry. Go talk to somebody. Talk

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to myself or one of the board members

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privately. We'll give you back even more than

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you paid. The idea is not just the

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fact that you're paying a fine or whatever.

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You'll get more reward from Allah out of

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$8 than you will out of $800

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out of any any other time of the

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year. I promise you. It's a deal that's

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not going to be missed. We'll talk about

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it more next week. Take care of it

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right now. Take care of it today. Take

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care of it tomorrow. Take care of it

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before the last 10 days comes in. Why?

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Because you'll have other things to focus on.

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It's good to buy presents for your children.

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It's good to buy presents for your children.

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It's good to take the day off and

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have a good time on on the Eid

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day. We'll talk about that later. It's good

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to buy presents for your children. We'll talk

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about that later. Buy the presents for your

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children right now. Don't wait till the last

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10 days comes in. Buy the presents for

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your loved ones right now. Right? And then

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don't spend a whole lot of time on

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it. For For god's sakes, don't go to

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the mall. If someone has a shop in

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the mall, no offense. Don't go to the

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mall. It's spiritually not gonna be good. For

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those of you who have a shop in

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the mall, probably know what I'm talking about

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anyway. Go online,

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buy all of the gifts within a half

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an hour online. You'll probably get them cheaper.

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They'll be delivered to your door. Get done

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with all of it right now. Get done

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with all of it right now. These last

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10 days are not to be, not meant

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to be squandered in the soup, in the

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marketplace. They're not meant to be they're not

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meant to be squandered on things that are

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normally important.

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If you could take time off, if you

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have days off, if it's not too late,

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take as if you can only just take

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one more day off, take that day off.

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Make it to the house of Allah Ta'ala.

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May Allah Ta'ala give all of us so

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much tawfiq. May Allah Ta'ala give all of

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us the the the happiness of finding laylatulqadr

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that we all witness it together in peace

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and in harmony without any acrimony or animosity

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or or grinding between one another. May Allah

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give all of us the tawfiqf, finding laylatulqadr

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and making this Ramadan, the time that Allah

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forgives us and accepts us us so that

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every other good deed that we do for

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the rest of our life is just icing

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on top of the cake and that we

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that we we meet Allah in the state

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that he's pleased with us. Allah give all

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of us so much tawfiq. Wassallallahu ta'alaalawasuri

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Sayidina Muhammadan wa'alaalahi wussabihir salamajrayin

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