Ibrahim Negm – Ramadan Advice
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The speaker discusses the importance of fasting during the month of Ace, which is a time when Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala gives us guidance on how to live through the busy month. They emphasize the need to engage in worshiping Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, as it is the month in which he accepts the supplication. They also mention the success of Islam during the month of Ace.
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It was an act of supreme mercy from
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that he made us
live through another Ramadan.
If you look at Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam,
never ever he asked Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
to prolong his life
for any reason whatsoever.
He never asked for example,
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
to let him,
live through the days in which,
his grandchildren
get married and settle down,
etcetera.
But the only time he asked Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala to extend his life so that
he could witness
the blessed month of Ramadan.
This is Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam who was
so anxious about, receiving Ramadan.
So what about us what about us, brothers
and sisters?
Of course,
the first thing that we should do always
for this great being, SubhanAllah, enables to live
through Ramadan, so we should engage in Tell
Allahu Alaihi wa Ta'ala.
And most importantly, seize this opportunity
because nobody
is sure who is going to live for
another Ramadan and make it for another Ramadan.
Nobody is immune
and disproved,
and nobody is immune from dying,
whether youngsters
or elders, anybody can die any moment. So
let us seize this opportunity
and let us spend this month of Ramadan
in a way that is pleasing to Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala.
The first important thing to remember, my dear
brothers and sisters,
is the reason why Allah
prescribed
the month of fast for us.
And Allah
did not leave us wonder
why
Allah
clearly stated
All believers,
fasting is prescribed for you as it was
prescribed
for the people before you so that you
may attain
taqwa. And taqwa, to put it in a
very pragmatic way, as the scholars said, it
is to build a barrier between you and
the wrath and anger of Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
So you build this barrier. How? By observing
what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala told us to
observe and refraining from the provisions of Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala. So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
in this verse has given us a yard
distill by which we measure
if we fasted really
in the month of Ramadan or not. So
if we come out, if we emerge
out of this month
fearing
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and revering him, and
obeying him, and refraining from his prohibitions,
it means that, alhamdulillah, Allah
gave us tawfiq, helped us to fulfill
the purpose
for the long months of fast.
The other thing brothers and sisters,
for Allah's sake, let us not end this
Ramadan in the same,
way we started it.
We always should end this Ramadan Insha'Allah
by the help of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
in a high state, the spiritual and moral
excellence.
The companions of the beloved prophet Muhammad
used to divide up the year into 2
halves.
The 6 months before the month of Ramadan,
they used to make dua,
they used to
to enable them to witness the month of
Ramadan.
And then 6 months after they used to
make
dua, they used to supplicate to Allah
to accept
whatever
their deeds they, they have done for his
pleasure in the month of Ramadan. This is
the mindset
of the companions. And if you look at
the history of Islam, you will find that
Ramadan was really a launching pad, a starting
point, a new beginning.
A stock taking,
time for the entire year. That's why you
will find the great achievements of,
the Islamic civilization
took place, took place in the month of
Ramadan.
So, accordingly brothers and sisters, we should use
this month as a launching pad, as a
month in which we charge our spiritual batteries,
to carry us over for the entire month.
So let us seize this opportunity, let us
engage
in worshiping Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Let us,
let us use this opportunity
to reach out to Muslims and non Muslims
and inform them about,
Islam.
Let us make,
immense du'a in this month because this is
the month in which Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
accepts,
the supplication.
Let us make du'a for ourselves.
Let us make du'a for the ailing Ummah,
in this part of the world and all
over the world where we are essentially 1
Ummah. Let us make du'a. Let Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala strengthen us and strengthen