The holy month of Easter is a rest area for spiritual health and the importance of food and water for one's spiritual health. The physical and spiritual elements of the body are the most important, and good deeds are a result of a heartwarming experience. Representatives of Islam's prophet Muhammad give examples of his success in achieving spiritual deeds, and preparing for prayer lists and learning about deeds is crucial for achieving peace and happiness. The importance of following the Prophet's teachings and increasing awareness of deeds is emphasized, and attendees are encouraged to join their weekly programs.
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Brothers and sisters, welcome to our weekly session
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that we have started till inshallah reaching the
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month of Ramadan to spiritually prepare ourself
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for the month of Ramadan. So before we
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continue,
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I would like to ask our young brothers,
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say, to recite
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few verses of the Quran before we begin
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our program.
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For
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the beautiful recitation of the Quran Allah's allow
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us and our generation
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to keep the Quran in their life and
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practice this and bring it to their lives.
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Uh-uh without further ado, I would humbly request
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our
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honorable,
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chairman Rahim Najib to join us as we
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all know him and he's so dear to
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our community.
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Sheikh serves as the senior adviser to the
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Grand Monkey of Egypt. He has had multiple
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researches and multiple universities across the world. And,
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people are benefiting from his presence. So we
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are honored to have Sheikh with us inshallah.
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Without a further ado, we shall have Sheikh
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Ibrahim with us.
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Anything. They have the virtual online as well.
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So as long as if you wanna sit
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or sign for you, anything from
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you.
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My dear brothers and sisters,
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Alhamdulillah
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and
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Allah
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has blessed us with,
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so many blessings and favors.
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Now,
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blessings that we often,
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take for granted or forget
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sometimes
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or even don't
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know that they exist.
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And even if we look into ourselves,
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into our
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biological
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system inside of us,
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There are so many favors and miracles that
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we take for granted.
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If we look at,
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you know, this air
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you know, if we
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stop breathing
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for a minute or 2,
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we cannot function.
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So there are so many blessings that Allah
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has blessed us with.
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And
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Ramadan
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comes
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as one of these major
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blessings of Allah Subhanahu Waqqah.
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Those of us who are old enough
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like my age
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and even senior,
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may Allah give
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all of you long, healthy,
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prosperous
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life.
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Amin.
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We have spent,
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many Ramadans in our lives.
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From the moment that we are aware
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like 4, 5, 6 years of age
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until right now. And may Allah
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give all of us healthy long life
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full of good deeds, Amin.
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So Ramadan comes as one of the major
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blessings
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that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
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has given us.
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I would like
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all of us inshallah to think about Ramadan
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in 5 ways.
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Five ways.
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That will help us
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look at Ramadan
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differently.
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And,
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those of you
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who are brought up in Muslim countries,
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those of you who are
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born and raised here,
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The the environment
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inside our families make us feel,
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the warmth
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and the special nature of Ramadan.
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But
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I would like you to
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look at Ramadan
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from new
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light.
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From
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new perspective.
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So that we could appreciate more
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this great blessings
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that Allah
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has given us in the form of the
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month of Ramadan.
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Number 1, so I said 5 ways
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to look
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into Ramadan in different
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perspectives.
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The first one.
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Look at Ramadan
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as a major
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rest area
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rest area.
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How far is it to drive from New
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York to Florida?
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Those of you who have
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taken this trip, it's how many hours roughly?
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18, 20 hours. Right?
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Can anyone,
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can anyone
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start the journey
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and take the journey in one shot?
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No.
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Even if we have the power and the
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stamina and,
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we need some gas on the way. So
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we need to
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stop
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at different rest areas either to,
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fill
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the gas or to eat or to pray
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or to
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go to the restroom or to
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take some rest or to whatever.
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Right?
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The says
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that
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life is like that.
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Life,
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we are walking
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towards
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death. We are walking towards
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our destination.
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We are walking towards Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
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in this life.
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From the moment we are born
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until
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when our time comes.
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Anybody can
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know
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when his or her time will come? No.
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Right?
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And a couple of days,
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and we this masjid
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had a
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of,
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16, 17 years
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old, bright young boy.
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K? So we don't know exactly when our
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time comes, but we are walking towards our
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destination.
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We are working
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in this
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life
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towards
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our end.
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Each and every one of us will have
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his or her moment.
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Okay?
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When the time comes, we cannot push it
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back
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even for one second.
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Okay?
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So in our path to to Allah subhanahu
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wa ta'ala
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in this life,
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we need
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rest areas.
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Rest areas.
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Okay?
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And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in his infinite
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wisdom
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and compassion
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has given us
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these
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spiritual rest areas.
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Spiritual
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rest areas. So there are rest areas
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per day.
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And there are,
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one major rest area during the week.
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And several during the year and one whole
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month.
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Okay?
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Again,
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spiritual rest areas.
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Is actually a rest area.
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Five times a day.
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There are spread around
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the day and the night.
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Okay?
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Only the 5 times of of course there
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are
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window
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for and during the night, which also is
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an important risk area.
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So when you are
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busy with the ups and downs of life,
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with the hassle of life,
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you need you need to take a spiritual
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break
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as we do with
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the lunch break or,
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dinner break or, breakfast break. We need to
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do a spiritual break
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by praying 5 times a day.
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We need to
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take,
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another
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spiritual
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break
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during Jummah
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by praying together. Of course, these,
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the the daily breaks, it is also
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preferred
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to to do it in the Masjid but
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also
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you can do it alone.
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When circumstances
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and times, yeah, you can do it alone.
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But during Jummah, can we do it alone?
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No. We have to do it in Jummah
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as much as we can if we are
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not traveling or sick.
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So there is a major
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weekly risk areas.
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And there are other rest areas
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spread around the year.
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And then there's the,
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centerpiece
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or the biggest
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spiritual rest area
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is the month of Ramadan.
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Okay? So think about Ramadan as a major
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rest area that we need
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to take as much,
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spiritual food from it so that we could
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continue
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on the path
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towards Allah
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in the hassle of life.
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So think about Ramadan as a spiritual
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or a major spiritual
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risk area. That's number 1.
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Number 2.
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
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he created
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our forefather Adam
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from 2 elements,
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right?
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The element of
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clay
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or mud
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or dust
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That's the first element. Okay?
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And then the second element is the
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the spirit
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that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala breathed into
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our father Adam.
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And because of this divine breath,
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Adam
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became a full functioning
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human being.
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Okay? A full functioning human being.
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So each and everyone
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has a trace of Adam.
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So our
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physical body
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consists of the earthly element which is clay,
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and there is
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a spiritual
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soul
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that
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is connecting to Allah
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because we have a remnant of this divine
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breath of Allah
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in us. And that's why we are function.
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So it is not the body alone.
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It is the soul within the body that
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makes us fully human being. Okay?
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Allah
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has given us
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food for these two elements.
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Food for the body
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and food for the soul.
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Food for the body and food for the
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soul.
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Now what do we do usually
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when we
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we get hungry?
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We grab something to eat. Right?
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What we do if we feel thirsty?
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We
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grab something to drink.
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Okay?
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And if we feel,
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you know, we have
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desire
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sexual desire, Allah provided a halal avenue.
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That's called marriage.
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Right?
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These are the desires of the body.
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And then
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there should be also equal food for
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for what the second element,
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for the spirit.
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But sometimes,
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we don't feel hungry.
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Yeah. And our spirit
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at least our body when we feel hungry,
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we we yeah. And if there are
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certain hormones, hunger hormones
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that
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makes us alert
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to the fact that we are hungry, right,
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or
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thirsty.
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But this doesn't happen
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with the food of the soul.
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Sometimes we neglect it.
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Not sometimes.
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Oftentimes,
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a lot of times,
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we neglect
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to feed our soul,
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to feed our spirit.
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We just focus
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more
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on feeding
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the body,
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feeding the body.
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And we neglect
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that also
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in order for soul
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and spirit to nurture
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and to blossom
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and to nourish,
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it needs also certain foods.
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And Allah
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equally as he provided
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halal food for the body,
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he also provided
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food for the spirit,
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Food for the spirit.
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Your spirit
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can be very well
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so hungry and thirst,
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but
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you are not feeding the spirit or soul.
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You are just keeping feeding the body, feeding
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the body, feeding the body.
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And here,
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Allah
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provided us a month
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during which
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we give a break,
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a human break.
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We cannot fast to the 30 days consecutively.
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Right?
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At least
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we
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have to fast from dawn
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to sunset
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so that
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we give more time to feed the spirit
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and the soul.
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It's something that
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will establish
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the balance
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between our physical body
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and our
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spiritual
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soul.
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This is the wisdom that Allah subhanahu wa
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ta'ala has given us this gift of Ramadan.
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To do some sort of balance.
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You have been
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given
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so much attention
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to the food of the body in the
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11 months
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of the year.
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But at least
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during this month,
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give more attention to feeding the soul
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and give a little break to feeding the
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body
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so that
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there is a balance between
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the food of the body and the food
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of the spirit. What is the food of
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the spirit?
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What is the food of the soul?
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It's recitation of the Quran.
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It is
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of Allah
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remembering Allah.
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It is salah
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on time and also
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salah, the extra salah that we do every
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night.
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It is breaking fast together.
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It feeds the soul
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primarily. It feeds the body also, but it
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feeds the soul.
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Just when we
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when we break the fast together.
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When we
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feel for others
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in the form of Zakat and Saraka
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and giving to the masjid, we are feeding
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the soul.
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In the feeling of togetherness
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and unity
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of the community, we are feeding the soul.
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So think about Ramadan in this way also.
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So again,
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number 1,
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we said think about Ramadan in 5 ways.
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Okay? So number 1, think about Ramadan as
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a major
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spiritual
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rest area.
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As you are walking through life,
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Allah provided for us
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spiritual rest areas.
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The most important
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spiritual
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rest area in the year is the month
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of Ramadan.
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Usually,
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what do you do when you go to
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rest areas?
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When you are traveling, you either gas up
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or
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go to the bathroom,
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make,
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eat, drink,
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grab cup of coffee.
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So the spiritual
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rest area,
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you go there
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to take spiritual food so that you keep
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walking
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through the journey
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of life until you meet
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Allah Again,
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number 2,
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think
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about
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Ramadan.
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This young man,
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what is number 2 again?
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Number 2, again, is that Allah subhanahu wa
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ta'ala
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has given us 2 elements.
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The body and the spirit.
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So the month of Ramadan
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is a
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break,
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a little break
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to feed the soul
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and give a little break to feeding the
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body. That's number 2. Number 3,
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think about Ramadan
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as a condensed
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time
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for
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blessings.
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A blessing
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upon a blessing.
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What do I mean by that?
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There is a hadith
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that I wish you just give it a
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little
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thought
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so you could appreciate
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why Ramadan
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was so important
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in the life of our beloved prophet
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The hadith says
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that there was a man
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from the previous communities,
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from Banu Israel,
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who pledged
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to go
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in the path of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
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for
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1,000 months.
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For 1,000 months.
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And he took all his cash flows.
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And he went
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to spread the message of Allah.
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And to invite people
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to the fold of his deen.
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And
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he spent 1,000 months
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and he died.
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The prophet
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said about this man
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that he is such a great man
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and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has given us
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a night
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better
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than the endeavor
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or the efforts or the deeds of this
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man.
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He has given us one night
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which is better than
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1,000
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months.
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Okay?
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People in the previous communities
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before our beloved prophet
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used to live quite a long life.
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We know that Saidna Nuh alaihi wa sallam,
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he spent
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950
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years
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inviting people
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and calling people. Right?
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950
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years.
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And our beloved prophet
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said the span
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age,
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the average age of my,
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of my
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community,
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is between
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60
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70 years.
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Maybe it's a little advances in medication and
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and, medicine and, you know, the quality of
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life and things like that.
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The life span
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expectancy might be
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80, 90 years.
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Very, very few people
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survive
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at
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100 years, but it is more or less
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only 100 years. Right?
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So in a span, may Allah subhanahu wa
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ta'ala give all of you long and healthy
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lives.
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But
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just to give you a little chalk,
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100 years from now,
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okay, every single person
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in this room
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and those who are watching us
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will
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expire.
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Will pass
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pass away. Right? And
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new people will come.
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So,
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has
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given
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the Ummah of Muhammad this
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great month
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in which it is packed
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with
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blessings and favors
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and showers of mercy
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and divine gifts.
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1 month
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which
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during which 1 night,
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1 night
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is better in the sight of Allah
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than a 1,000 months.
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83 years.
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And some change. 83
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years.
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1 single
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night.
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So, let alone
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the other
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29
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nights of the blessed month of Ramadan.
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During which also Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
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has made
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a sale of good deeds.
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A sale of good deeds.
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So if you do in normal days,
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in normal days, if you do one good
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deed, one good deed,
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because of the because
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of the generosity of
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Allah, one single good deed
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automatically
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is multiplied to 10.
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Automatically.
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Okay?
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But during the months of Ramadan,
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the
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calculation
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of good deeds,
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the way
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Allah
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rewards people.
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He is even more generous.
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Okay?
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So one good deed
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that is,
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automatically
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becomes
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70, 70.
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Okay?
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And
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out of the generosity of Allah Subhanahu Wa
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Ta'ala, it is multiplied
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10 times.
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So one good deed automatically
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is, how many?
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700
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good deeds.
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700
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good deeds.
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Okay.
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I would like all of you to visualize
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this
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because, really,
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we need to focus
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on,
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this special time. And
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and even if we are tempted to
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waste the time
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in
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in some other business,
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let us recall
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the the generosity of Allah during
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this blessed time.
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So, one single deed,
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70. And 70 is automatically
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10 times 700.
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Think about this.
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Let us do a simple calculation,
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young people.
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Simple calculation.
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How many
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letters
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are in Bismillahir
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al Rahmani al Rahim?
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Do a calculation.
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How many letters? In Bismillay
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Ar Rahman Ar Rahim. 30.
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Okay.
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So,
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this is one of the verses of the
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Quran. Right?
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In normal days,
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when we recite it,
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each letter is multiplied 10 times. Right?
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That's a normal days. This is not my
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words. This is the words of our beloved
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prophet
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Okay?
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So each letter when we recite it
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is rewarded
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10 times. So,
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Free.
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So in normal days,
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30 good deeds in normal days.
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Okay?
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00:28:00
Now in the months of Ramadan,
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00:28:04
this bad, seen and me.
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00:28:07
Sale, sale of good deeds.
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So each
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00:28:13
good deed is 70,
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70. So
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this
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3
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becomes 200 and
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10. 10. And then
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multiplied
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by 10 times,
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it is
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2,100.
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21100
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Bismar
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Bismar.
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Bismar.
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2,100
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or 21100
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good deeds.
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Think about
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also
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when you say avkar,
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when you give in charity.
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When you give in charity.
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Sale of good deeds as if Allah subhanahu
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00:29:00
wa ta'ala is telling us
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00:29:04
that your life span is very short.
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Because if you calculate
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00:29:10
the the time in which you set for
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Allah Subhanahu
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wa ta'ala. During a normal
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00:29:14
life,
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or a normal routine day.
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How much time you
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set aside for Allah
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If you think about,
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sleeping time,
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going to,
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the restroom,
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taking a shower,
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driving,
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working,
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you know, talking over the phone,
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00:29:41
taking care of, you know, errands and,
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you know, so and then you just
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allocate
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a little bit of time for Allah
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in the form of prayers or or
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learning about Islam and
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so the the the ratio
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is very deficient.
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00:30:00
Okay?
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00:30:04
So, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is telling us
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that don't worry,
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00:30:08
you are too busy, you
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there is a hassle
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00:30:11
in life
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but during this month, I'm going to give
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00:30:14
you
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a
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compounded,
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time
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packed with blessings and gifts.
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Take advantage of it.
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Bismillah bismillahir
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Rahmanir Rahim. Bismillahir itself,
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2,100
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good deeds.
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Of course,
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when you
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have the when you have the in intention
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to please Allah
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and you do it in this
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frame of mind and you do it while
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00:30:55
your heart
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is present and while your heart is alive.
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00:31:01
And you do it to please Allah subhanahu
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wa ta'ala.
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These are the conditions
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00:31:05
for the acceptability
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00:31:06
of good deeds.
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00:31:07
Okay?
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00:31:09
So good intention.
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00:31:12
Your heart is present.
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00:31:15
And then you do it to please Allah
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subhanahu wa ta'ala. And and in a way
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00:31:20
that is pleasing to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
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00:31:21
Okay?
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00:31:21
So,
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00:31:26
again, number 3, think about it as a
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golden opportunity.
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During which if you miss it, you are
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00:31:36
you are really deprived
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00:31:39
from the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
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00:31:42
And that's why that explains this philosophy,
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00:31:45
explains why our beloved prophet
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00:31:47
was so anxious
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00:31:50
about the coming of Ramadan.
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00:31:52
Why? Why he was so anxious?
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00:31:55
Because he knew
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00:31:57
the so many virtues and blessings
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00:31:59
during this month.
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00:32:01
So he used to be so anxious
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00:32:05
2 months before when he spotted the crescent
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00:32:07
of Rajab.
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He used to say a prayer.
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00:32:14
Oh Allah bless the month of Rajab for
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00:32:14
us.
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00:32:15
Okay?
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00:32:20
Bless the month of Shaban for us.
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00:32:25
Ramadan and help us or extend our lives
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00:32:26
so that we could witness
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00:32:27
the month of Ramadan.
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00:32:31
Okay. See the beauty?
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00:32:33
So he was looking forward
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to receiving
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this month. And the companions,
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00:32:42
in his,
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he said that the companions
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00:32:45
companions
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used to divide the calendar year into
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2
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parts.
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6 months before
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00:32:58
the month of Ramadan, they used to engage
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00:33:00
in dua to Allah.
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00:33:03
Yeah. Allah help us reach the month of
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00:33:03
Ramadan.
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00:33:05
And when the month of Ramadan
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00:33:08
is over, they used to
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00:33:11
make dua to Allah to
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00:33:12
accept
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their
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00:33:15
good deeds in the month of Ramadan. So
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00:33:18
in a way, the month of Ramadan was
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00:33:19
their centerpiece,
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was the major
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00:33:23
event around which
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00:33:26
they look into
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00:33:29
the calendar year.
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00:33:30
So it is the month of Ramadan.
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00:33:34
Few months before or half of the year
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00:33:36
before they used to ask Allah
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00:33:39
you Allah extend our lives so that we
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00:33:39
could
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00:33:40
witness
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00:33:44
the month of Ramadan. After you Allah accept
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00:33:46
our good deeds in the month of Ramadan.
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00:33:48
So this was the major
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00:33:49
centerpiece
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00:33:51
for the blessed,
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00:33:53
month of Ramadan.
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00:33:57
That's number 3. Number 4.
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Number 4.
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If we really want
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00:34:09
because
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00:34:10
the title
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00:34:15
of tonight's team is developing spiritual habits
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00:34:19
to take advantage and to to take the
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00:34:21
best out of the blessed month of Ramadan.
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00:34:25
I would like each and all of us
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00:34:29
to look into the example of our beloved
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00:34:29
prophet
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00:34:34
because he's the one
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00:34:36
who taught us
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00:34:38
how to be close to Allah
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00:34:40
Remember
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there were
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00:34:44
3 people,
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3 people
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they came and inquired
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00:34:53
about the Ibadah or the worship of our
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00:34:54
beloved prophet
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00:34:57
They asked
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00:34:59
Sayyida Aisha
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00:35:03
So
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00:35:06
Sayida Aisha radiAllahu anhu,
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00:35:10
she told them
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00:35:13
that the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam used
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00:35:15
to do such and such. He used to
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00:35:18
pray during the night time and also,
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00:35:20
sleep. He used to fast
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00:35:22
voluntarily,
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00:35:24
during the,
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00:35:27
some days, but also he broke
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00:35:28
the fast
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00:35:29
voluntarily.
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00:35:32
We're not talking about the month of Ramadan.
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00:35:33
We're talking about
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other days. So sometimes he used to keep
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00:35:37
the fast. Sometimes
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00:35:39
he used to,
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break the fast.
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00:35:42
Sometimes,
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00:35:44
you know,
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00:35:46
he used to pray during the nighttime,
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00:35:49
and take some rest,
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00:35:51
and also
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00:35:52
he,
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00:35:54
married women.
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00:35:55
So he,
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00:35:58
cohabitated
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00:35:59
with his wives.
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00:36:03
So these three people felt that
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00:36:04
the Prophet
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00:36:06
as if he
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00:36:08
is not doing
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00:36:10
good Ibadan.
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He
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00:36:14
so one of them out of enthusiasm,
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00:36:15
he said,
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I'm
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00:36:17
going
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to pray during
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00:36:23
each and every night
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00:36:26
and I will never fall asleep.
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00:36:29
And the other said, I will fast each
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00:36:30
and every day
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00:36:34
during the calendar year.
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00:36:36
And the third one
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00:36:38
said,
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00:36:40
I will not marry
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00:36:41
women at all.
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00:36:44
When the prophet
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00:36:46
heard about them,
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00:36:50
he invited them. He called them. And
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00:36:54
he opened a discussion, a dialogue with them.
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00:36:56
So
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when
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00:36:59
he first told them,
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00:37:04
you came and asked about my worship,
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00:37:06
and
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00:37:08
it seems that you
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00:37:14
arrived at the conclusion that I'm not doing
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00:37:14
as much.
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00:37:19
And you said so and so, you said
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00:37:21
so and so, you said so and so.
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00:37:22
So they affirmed
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00:37:26
the story. So the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
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00:37:26
sallam,
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00:37:29
he told to them
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00:37:32
to educate them.
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00:37:33
He said
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00:37:37
I
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00:37:42
am the most pious
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00:37:46
and I'm the most fearful of Allah.
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00:37:50
I am more close to Allah
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00:37:52
than you.
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00:37:53
And I know
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00:37:54
Allah
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00:37:57
better than you do.
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00:38:13
Get some rest.
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00:38:15
After,
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00:38:17
I
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00:38:18
fast voluntarily
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00:38:22
during some days while some other days
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00:38:23
I don't
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00:38:25
fast.
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00:38:28
And
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00:38:30
I marry
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00:38:31
women.
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00:38:40
This is my sunnah. This is my bath.
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00:38:41
This is my way.
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00:38:44
If you abandon my way, you are not
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00:38:47
or you do not belong to me.
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00:38:50
What I'm saying is that look into
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00:38:53
how our beloved prophet
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00:38:55
used to spend
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00:38:56
this great month
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00:38:58
and measure
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00:39:02
your actions according to the example of our
00:39:02 -->
00:39:03
beloved prophet
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00:39:07
How he was
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00:39:11
very keen to have suhoor,
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00:39:12
to have this meal,
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00:39:15
small meal. Look into
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00:39:17
how simple the meal was.
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00:39:19
Look into
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00:39:21
the way
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00:39:24
he was very keen to start his day
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00:39:25
with
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00:39:28
and salatul suk.
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00:39:29
Look into
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00:39:33
the fact that he had such a special
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00:39:35
relationship with the Quran
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00:39:36
during
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00:39:37
the month of Ramadan.
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00:39:42
Because the most important event in the month
00:39:42 -->
00:39:42
of Ramadan
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00:39:45
was the fact that Allah
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00:39:47
revealed
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00:39:48
Quran
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00:39:50
during this blessed month.
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00:39:53
Look into the fact that
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00:39:55
Sayedna Rasulullah
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00:39:57
was so generous
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00:40:00
during the month of Ramadan. He used to
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00:40:02
be generous
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00:40:05
during the whole calendar year but during the
00:40:05 -->
00:40:05
months of Ramadan,
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00:40:08
he was so generous.
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00:40:12
So generous
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00:40:14
during the months of Ramadan.
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00:40:17
Look into the fact that Rasulullah
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00:40:20
Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam never broke his fast
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00:40:20
alone.
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00:40:22
He used
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00:40:26
to ask people to join him breaking
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00:40:27
his fast.
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00:40:28
Look into
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00:40:30
the way that Raul
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00:40:33
spent the
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00:40:39
Yes. He started during,
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00:40:42
the 1st days to pray in the Masjid
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00:40:45
and then he feared that it could be
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00:40:45
compulsory
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00:40:48
on the Ummah. So he prayed
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00:40:53
he prayed in his own room and then
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00:40:54
later on,
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00:40:57
Sayidna Umar Ibn Khattab gathered people
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00:40:59
in,
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00:41:03
and we are
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00:41:07
following this example. So there is a special
00:41:07 -->
00:41:07
prayer
00:41:09 -->
00:41:11
during the month of Ramadan that all of
00:41:11 -->
00:41:13
us if we can come to the masjid
00:41:13 -->
00:41:14
that's again
00:41:14 -->
00:41:17
a major way to nourish our souls but
00:41:17 -->
00:41:18
if you cannot
00:41:19 -->
00:41:21
then at least do not deprive yourself
00:41:22 -->
00:41:22
from this
00:41:23 -->
00:41:24
important prayer.
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00:41:27
Because as our beloved prophet said
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00:41:31
said,
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00:41:34
Ramadan.
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00:41:37
Whoever
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00:41:39
stands in
00:41:39 -->
00:41:40
Priya
00:41:41 -->
00:41:41
means
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00:41:46
during the nights of Ramadan,
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00:41:49
out of faith expecting the reward from Allah.
00:41:51 -->
00:41:54
He will, she or she will have his
00:41:54 -->
00:41:55
or her
00:41:55 -->
00:41:57
Allah will will wipe out
00:41:59 -->
00:42:01
your past sense.
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00:42:04
And this hadith is recorded in
00:42:06 -->
00:42:06
okay?
00:42:07 -->
00:42:10
So, if you want to develop
00:42:10 -->
00:42:11
good habits
00:42:12 -->
00:42:14
during the months of Ramadan, look into
00:42:15 -->
00:42:16
how our beloved prophet
00:42:18 -->
00:42:19
used to spend
00:42:20 -->
00:42:21
this great month.
00:42:22 -->
00:42:23
Look into
00:42:23 -->
00:42:25
the fact that when a
00:42:25 -->
00:42:26
came to him.
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00:42:28
And
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00:42:30
asked him what if Allah
00:42:31 -->
00:42:32
has blessed me
00:42:33 -->
00:42:34
to recognize
00:42:34 -->
00:42:36
what night is so
00:42:36 -->
00:42:37
the prophet
00:42:38 -->
00:42:38
give her
00:42:39 -->
00:42:40
one single advice.
00:42:41 -->
00:42:42
He told
00:42:48 -->
00:42:50
her so he give her a single
00:42:51 -->
00:42:53
advice which is making supplication,
00:42:53 -->
00:42:55
making dua, making prayers.
00:42:56 -->
00:42:58
Which is an indication for us
00:42:58 -->
00:43:00
that during this month,
00:43:00 -->
00:43:01
Allah
00:43:02 -->
00:43:02
accepts,
00:43:03 -->
00:43:03
accepts
00:43:04 -->
00:43:05
the dua,
00:43:06 -->
00:43:06
the supplication,
00:43:07 -->
00:43:07
accepts.
00:43:08 -->
00:43:11
Okay? And that's why our companions,
00:43:11 -->
00:43:14
may Allah be pleased with them. They used
00:43:14 -->
00:43:15
to prepare and
00:43:17 -->
00:43:18
underline
00:43:18 -->
00:43:19
prepare.
00:43:21 -->
00:43:22
100 plights.
00:43:23 -->
00:43:23
Prepare
00:43:25 -->
00:43:26
supplications
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00:43:27
for the month of Ramadan.
00:43:28 -->
00:43:29
So prepare your list.
00:43:31 -->
00:43:33
Prepare your list and be consistent.
00:43:34 -->
00:43:35
And
00:43:36 -->
00:43:39
try not you know some of us unfortunately
00:43:39 -->
00:43:40
might say
00:43:42 -->
00:43:43
the dua one time.
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00:43:46
But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
00:43:47 -->
00:43:48
loves the person
00:43:49 -->
00:43:49
to
00:43:51 -->
00:43:52
to make excessive
00:43:53 -->
00:43:53
and consistent
00:43:54 -->
00:43:55
and repetitive
00:43:56 -->
00:43:56
dua.
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00:44:00
So try as much as you can to
00:44:00 -->
00:44:03
prepare your list of dua. It could be
00:44:03 -->
00:44:03
general.
00:44:03 -->
00:44:05
It could be personal.
00:44:06 -->
00:44:10
You know, it could be something very,
00:44:10 -->
00:44:11
private.
00:44:11 -->
00:44:16
A problem that you are encountering in your
00:44:16 -->
00:44:20
home or work or car or anything.
00:44:20 -->
00:44:21
And it
00:44:21 -->
00:44:22
could
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00:44:23
be
00:44:23 -->
00:44:24
general.
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00:44:26
But try to personalize
00:44:27 -->
00:44:28
this dua.
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00:44:30
Prepare your list of dua.
00:44:31 -->
00:44:33
Because this is the time in which Allah
00:44:34 -->
00:44:36
receives an answer.
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00:44:39
Number 5. Number 5.
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00:44:42
Think about
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00:44:48
Ramadan as a learning
00:44:48 -->
00:44:49
learning
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00:44:49
opportunity.
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00:44:52
Yeah. I would like each and every one
00:44:52 -->
00:44:54
of us, including me,
00:44:55 -->
00:44:58
that other than these spiritual habits that we
00:44:58 -->
00:44:58
spoke
00:44:59 -->
00:44:59
about,
00:45:01 -->
00:45:03
make it a target
00:45:03 -->
00:45:04
to increase
00:45:05 -->
00:45:05
your
00:45:07 -->
00:45:09
level of knowledge of this deen
00:45:11 -->
00:45:11
a little bit.
00:45:13 -->
00:45:14
Make it a target.
00:45:15 -->
00:45:16
Because really, really,
00:45:16 -->
00:45:17
we are
00:45:17 -->
00:45:19
in a big crisis,
00:45:19 -->
00:45:21
in a big crisis, especially
00:45:21 -->
00:45:22
with the young people.
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00:45:23
And
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00:45:26
those of us who are old enough, I
00:45:26 -->
00:45:28
mean, we have been raised
00:45:29 -->
00:45:29
in traditional,
00:45:31 -->
00:45:34
circles of learning, and, our parents used to
00:45:35 -->
00:45:37
teach us, and we used to go to
00:45:37 -->
00:45:40
schools. We used to, you know, listen to,
00:45:41 -->
00:45:43
Morvays and Imams and
00:45:44 -->
00:45:44
teachers
00:45:45 -->
00:45:45
but
00:45:46 -->
00:45:46
unfortunately
00:45:48 -->
00:45:49
the time has changed.
00:45:50 -->
00:45:52
And, the younger generation,
00:45:52 -->
00:45:53
may Allah
00:45:54 -->
00:45:55
protected them.
00:45:56 -->
00:45:57
As well as also
00:45:58 -->
00:45:59
the middle,
00:46:01 -->
00:46:01
generation.
00:46:04 -->
00:46:04
Their
00:46:05 -->
00:46:08
level of knowledge of the deen is not
00:46:08 -->
00:46:08
as good
00:46:09 -->
00:46:10
as the,
00:46:10 -->
00:46:11
our elders.
00:46:12 -->
00:46:15
So make it a point inshallah that
00:46:16 -->
00:46:16
at least
00:46:18 -->
00:46:20
you increase your level of
00:46:20 -->
00:46:21
awareness
00:46:21 -->
00:46:23
and knowledge of the deen
00:46:23 -->
00:46:24
a little bit.
00:46:25 -->
00:46:27
It could be some
00:46:28 -->
00:46:29
verses of the Quran
00:46:29 -->
00:46:30
that you
00:46:30 -->
00:46:31
try to
00:46:32 -->
00:46:36
understand in-depth. It could be some hadith of
00:46:36 -->
00:46:37
our beloved
00:46:37 -->
00:46:38
prophet
00:46:38 -->
00:46:39
it
00:46:39 -->
00:46:40
could be some
00:46:41 -->
00:46:41
book
00:46:42 -->
00:46:43
biography of the prophet
00:46:44 -->
00:46:47
because he was he is the perfect model.
00:46:47 -->
00:46:50
Learning about him and how he behaved.
00:46:51 -->
00:46:51
Not
00:46:52 -->
00:46:53
basically what he did in
00:46:54 -->
00:46:56
year 2 or year 3,
00:46:56 -->
00:46:57
but basically
00:46:58 -->
00:47:01
how he dealt with the people, how how
00:47:01 -->
00:47:01
he,
00:47:03 -->
00:47:04
focused on,
00:47:07 -->
00:47:07
educating
00:47:08 -->
00:47:11
his community, how he dealt with women,
00:47:13 -->
00:47:14
how he dealt with animals,
00:47:15 -->
00:47:16
how he dealt with his enemies,
00:47:17 -->
00:47:21
how he was an example and epitome of
00:47:21 -->
00:47:21
mercy
00:47:22 -->
00:47:22
and compassion.
00:47:23 -->
00:47:24
Okay.
00:47:25 -->
00:47:25
Why
00:47:26 -->
00:47:26
this
00:47:27 -->
00:47:27
great man
00:47:28 -->
00:47:30
was you used to be like a magnet
00:47:30 -->
00:47:31
for people.
00:47:32 -->
00:47:35
People would hover around them and and seek
00:47:35 -->
00:47:38
his blessing and and and record each and
00:47:38 -->
00:47:39
everything,
00:47:40 -->
00:47:42
even the way he laughed.
00:47:44 -->
00:47:46
They used to even record the,
00:47:47 -->
00:47:48
gray hair
00:47:48 -->
00:47:49
in the,
00:47:49 -->
00:47:52
you know, the beard of our beloved prophet
00:47:53 -->
00:47:55
Why do you love him so much?
00:47:56 -->
00:47:56
Okay.
00:47:57 -->
00:47:57
Why
00:47:59 -->
00:48:02
we should develop this love? Because our salvation
00:48:02 -->
00:48:03
in the hereafter
00:48:04 -->
00:48:06
depends on our following
00:48:08 -->
00:48:10
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
00:48:11 -->
00:48:12
In the hadith,
00:48:12 -->
00:48:15
which is recorded by Limamut Tirmidi that the
00:48:15 -->
00:48:16
prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
00:48:17 -->
00:48:20
would stand waiting for his community to come
00:48:20 -->
00:48:21
forward
00:48:21 -->
00:48:23
and he would stand with this soothing,
00:48:24 -->
00:48:25
cool drink.
00:48:26 -->
00:48:27
And he will start giving
00:48:28 -->
00:48:30
to his Umrah.
00:48:31 -->
00:48:33
So some people would spot the prophet
00:48:34 -->
00:48:37
and they would like to come and drink
00:48:37 -->
00:48:39
from this soothing drink.
00:48:39 -->
00:48:42
But the angels would push them away.
00:48:43 -->
00:48:43
Because
00:48:44 -->
00:48:45
they will tell them you have
00:48:46 -->
00:48:47
not been following
00:48:48 -->
00:48:51
the true example of this great man, of
00:48:51 -->
00:48:52
this great prophet.
00:48:53 -->
00:48:56
So our salvation really depends on whether we
00:48:56 -->
00:48:57
are good followers
00:48:57 -->
00:48:59
of our beloved prophet
00:49:00 -->
00:49:02
or not. And good followers
00:49:02 -->
00:49:04
doesn't mean just imitating the prophet
00:49:05 -->
00:49:07
in the way he dressed or the
00:49:08 -->
00:49:09
food he liked.
00:49:10 -->
00:49:10
Mainly
00:49:11 -->
00:49:11
the manners.
00:49:12 -->
00:49:14
Mainly the manners. The prophet
00:49:16 -->
00:49:17
never hit
00:49:17 -->
00:49:20
a woman in his life. Never.
00:49:22 -->
00:49:24
He never hit a woman in his life.
00:49:25 -->
00:49:26
He never
00:49:26 -->
00:49:27
frowned
00:49:27 -->
00:49:29
in his life except
00:49:29 -->
00:49:30
when the
00:49:30 -->
00:49:33
hoodoo of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
00:49:33 -->
00:49:34
is is breached.
00:49:35 -->
00:49:37
When the rights of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
00:49:37 -->
00:49:40
is violated, he he used to be very
00:49:40 -->
00:49:42
angry but other than that, he used to
00:49:42 -->
00:49:43
smile
00:49:43 -->
00:49:44
all the time.
00:49:44 -->
00:49:45
And he is the one
00:49:46 -->
00:49:48
who said that even smiling
00:49:48 -->
00:49:50
in the face of your brothers
00:49:50 -->
00:49:51
is a charity.
00:49:51 -->
00:49:53
This is, these are the real
00:49:55 -->
00:49:57
model of our beloved prophet
00:49:57 -->
00:49:59
So make it a point
00:50:00 -->
00:50:01
to increase your awareness
00:50:02 -->
00:50:03
of our beloved prophet
00:50:06 -->
00:50:09
You have to feel like he was really
00:50:09 -->
00:50:11
an epitome of compassion
00:50:11 -->
00:50:12
and mercy.
00:50:12 -->
00:50:13
How
00:50:14 -->
00:50:14
how
00:50:15 -->
00:50:17
merciful he was even to his deadliest
00:50:17 -->
00:50:18
enemies.
00:50:21 -->
00:50:23
How when he was going to Mecca, going
00:50:23 -->
00:50:24
back victorious
00:50:25 -->
00:50:25
to Mecca,
00:50:26 -->
00:50:29
he was bound down on his she cam.
00:50:32 -->
00:50:33
And saying
00:50:33 -->
00:50:36
today is Yawmul Marhamah. Today is the day
00:50:36 -->
00:50:37
of compassion.
00:50:38 -->
00:50:40
While other companions
00:50:43 -->
00:50:44
were shouting,
00:50:44 -->
00:50:47
today, Yawmul Marhamah. Today is the day of
00:50:47 -->
00:50:47
revenge.
00:50:50 -->
00:50:51
But he said
00:50:51 -->
00:50:53
today is the day of compassion.
00:50:54 -->
00:50:57
And he granted compassion to everyone.
00:50:58 -->
00:51:01
So this is what it what it means
00:51:01 -->
00:51:02
to increase
00:51:03 -->
00:51:04
your awareness
00:51:04 -->
00:51:06
of our beloved prophet
00:51:07 -->
00:51:08
It is not
00:51:09 -->
00:51:11
the amount of pages you read.
00:51:13 -->
00:51:16
Sometimes when you read 1 verse or 1
00:51:17 -->
00:51:17
hadith
00:51:18 -->
00:51:20
and you understand it properly,
00:51:20 -->
00:51:21
it is enough
00:51:21 -->
00:51:22
for you.
00:51:23 -->
00:51:25
The moment you appreciate
00:51:26 -->
00:51:27
that our beloved prophet
00:51:28 -->
00:51:30
was a made a model of compassion and
00:51:30 -->
00:51:31
mercy
00:51:31 -->
00:51:33
and you try to
00:51:34 -->
00:51:34
do
00:51:34 -->
00:51:35
this and
00:51:35 -->
00:51:37
emulate him and imitate him.
00:51:38 -->
00:51:39
You got it.
00:51:41 -->
00:51:41
You got
00:51:42 -->
00:51:43
what Islam
00:51:43 -->
00:51:46
really is. You got the meaning of
00:51:49 -->
00:51:50
and why Allah
00:51:50 -->
00:51:52
chose this
00:51:52 -->
00:51:52
verse
00:51:53 -->
00:51:54
to begin
00:51:54 -->
00:51:56
each chapter of the Quran
00:51:56 -->
00:51:59
except Surah Bara number 9.
00:51:59 -->
00:52:01
Because this is the
00:52:01 -->
00:52:03
mission statement of Islam.
00:52:04 -->
00:52:05
Compassion and mercy.
00:52:05 -->
00:52:08
So these are the 5 things again.
00:52:09 -->
00:52:11
Five things in which we look into
00:52:11 -->
00:52:13
Ramadan and develop
00:52:13 -->
00:52:14
these
00:52:15 -->
00:52:16
good habits.
00:52:17 -->
00:52:18
We pray
00:52:19 -->
00:52:22
that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us reach
00:52:22 -->
00:52:23
the month of Ramadan
00:52:24 -->
00:52:26
in the best of iman and in the
00:52:26 -->
00:52:27
best of health
00:52:28 -->
00:52:30
and in the best of stamina and enthusiasm
00:52:31 -->
00:52:32
because
00:52:32 -->
00:52:34
there's a lot of work
00:52:34 -->
00:52:37
that needs to be done. So I hope
00:52:37 -->
00:52:38
these 5 things
00:52:39 -->
00:52:39
will,
00:52:40 -->
00:52:42
bring different perspectives
00:52:43 -->
00:52:44
into why Ramadan
00:52:45 -->
00:52:47
is such a blessing,
00:52:48 -->
00:52:50
is such a great favor
00:52:50 -->
00:52:51
from Allah
00:52:52 -->
00:52:53
May Allah
00:52:54 -->
00:52:57
extend our life so that we could witness
00:52:57 -->
00:52:58
many Ramadans
00:52:59 -->
00:53:00
in our life
00:53:00 -->
00:53:03
Even if we have many Ramadans in our
00:53:03 -->
00:53:04
life. We would ask
00:53:05 -->
00:53:06
and crave for
00:53:07 -->
00:53:07
crave
00:53:08 -->
00:53:11
crave for more ah Ramadans in our life.
00:53:11 -->
00:53:12
May Allah
00:53:14 -->
00:53:17
make us reach this blessed month and make
00:53:17 -->
00:53:17
us,
00:53:18 -->
00:53:19
do,
00:53:19 -->
00:53:22
and take advantage and take the best and
00:53:22 -->
00:53:25
the most of this blessed month.
00:53:30 -->
00:53:32
So shall we have a few moments, and
00:53:32 -->
00:53:33
we'll take some questions.
00:53:34 -->
00:53:35
And we will close is
00:53:36 -->
00:53:37
at 8:30.
00:53:37 -->
00:53:39
So we do have a few minutes. So
00:53:39 -->
00:53:41
if you do have any questions, please resend
00:53:41 -->
00:53:43
it. We get the mic to you and
00:53:43 -->
00:53:44
you can ask your questions in chat.
00:53:54 -->
00:53:57
We'll explain shit. I'll ask some questions.
00:53:59 -->
00:54:01
They will ask about Ukraine.
00:54:03 -->
00:54:05
So, inshallah, we're continuing our series. We will
00:54:05 -->
00:54:08
continue inshallah next week. Next week, we will,
00:54:08 -->
00:54:10
be covering the details of so
00:54:10 -->
00:54:12
it's gonna be a little bit more complicated,
00:54:12 -->
00:54:14
but We're gonna try our best,
00:54:15 -->
00:54:16
to cover myself.
00:54:17 -->
00:54:19
We will cover the 5th of Sagat,
00:54:19 -->
00:54:21
the do's and don'ts, how to properly introduce
00:54:21 -->
00:54:22
Sagat properly,
00:54:23 -->
00:54:24
so please make sure that you do join
00:54:24 -->
00:54:26
us next Sunday as well.
00:54:26 -->
00:54:29
But, again, if you do have any questions
00:54:29 -->
00:54:31
with regards to development of spiritual habits,
00:54:32 -->
00:54:34
please make sure that you are able to,
00:54:35 -->
00:54:36
ask those questions.
00:54:57 -->
00:55:00
The population of the that decreases the.
00:55:02 -->
00:55:02
You know,
00:55:03 -->
00:55:06
maybe 90% people to to those people of
00:55:06 -->
00:55:08
all have been there for a wonderful month
00:55:08 -->
00:55:12
any pointers any things which can integrate this
00:55:12 -->
00:55:13
our community to come back
00:55:14 -->
00:55:16
and be there, especially people who are living
00:55:16 -->
00:55:18
around the bus and things like that?
00:55:19 -->
00:55:21
And that that that's a phenomenon I think
00:55:21 -->
00:55:22
throughout the world actually.
00:55:23 -->
00:55:24
Yes.
00:55:24 -->
00:55:27
This is very unfortunate, but, yeah, I mean,
00:55:27 -->
00:55:28
usually,
00:55:31 -->
00:55:33
we look into
00:55:33 -->
00:55:36
how the companions used to do things.
00:55:37 -->
00:55:37
Okay?
00:55:39 -->
00:55:40
We are full of shortcomings,
00:55:41 -->
00:55:42
but
00:55:42 -->
00:55:44
we try as much as we can
00:55:45 -->
00:55:46
to
00:55:46 -->
00:55:47
look
00:55:47 -->
00:55:48
up
00:55:49 -->
00:55:49
how
00:55:50 -->
00:55:52
good people, how and the best of
00:55:53 -->
00:55:53
communities
00:55:54 -->
00:55:55
as our beloved prophet
00:55:56 -->
00:55:58
sent other companions.
00:55:59 -->
00:56:00
So there is
00:56:01 -->
00:56:02
a narration
00:56:02 -->
00:56:04
on the authority of Sayna Abu Hurair
00:56:05 -->
00:56:08
to to to answer your question.
00:56:09 -->
00:56:09
That
00:56:10 -->
00:56:12
on the last day of Ramadan,
00:56:13 -->
00:56:14
on the last day of Ramadan,
00:56:15 -->
00:56:16
he entered
00:56:17 -->
00:56:18
the Prophet's Masjid.
00:56:20 -->
00:56:21
After
00:56:21 -->
00:56:22
the Prophet
00:56:23 -->
00:56:23
passed away.
00:56:24 -->
00:56:26
So he entered the prophet's masjid
00:56:28 -->
00:56:29
right before Maghrib
00:56:30 -->
00:56:31
on the
00:56:31 -->
00:56:32
30th
00:56:32 -->
00:56:33
day of Ramadan.
00:56:34 -->
00:56:35
So few minutes
00:56:35 -->
00:56:37
and Ramadan will be officially
00:56:38 -->
00:56:39
over. So
00:56:39 -->
00:56:40
he found
00:56:41 -->
00:56:41
the Masjid
00:56:41 -->
00:56:42
packed
00:56:42 -->
00:56:43
with people.
00:56:44 -->
00:56:45
Praying,
00:56:46 -->
00:56:47
reading Quran,
00:56:47 -->
00:56:48
making and
00:56:50 -->
00:56:52
excessive dua to Allah
00:56:55 -->
00:56:55
to
00:56:57 -->
00:56:58
accept their good deeds
00:56:59 -->
00:57:02
and to grant to them forgiveness
00:57:02 -->
00:57:03
and salvation
00:57:03 -->
00:57:04
from air fire.
00:57:05 -->
00:57:06
And he said
00:57:08 -->
00:57:09
such people
00:57:09 -->
00:57:10
are the ones
00:57:11 -->
00:57:12
who will get
00:57:13 -->
00:57:14
accepted by Allah
00:57:16 -->
00:57:16
because
00:57:17 -->
00:57:18
they are
00:57:19 -->
00:57:20
keeping their duty
00:57:20 -->
00:57:21
until the last
00:57:22 -->
00:57:22
minute.
00:57:24 -->
00:57:24
Okay?
00:57:25 -->
00:57:28
And this was the advice of Allah
00:57:28 -->
00:57:28
to
00:57:29 -->
00:57:30
our beloved prophet
00:57:38 -->
00:57:40
be in a state of servitude
00:57:41 -->
00:57:41
and worship
00:57:42 -->
00:57:43
to Allah
00:57:43 -->
00:57:44
until until
00:57:45 -->
00:57:46
when Yaqeen,
00:57:47 -->
00:57:49
when that which is certain comes to you.
00:57:50 -->
00:57:50
And
00:57:51 -->
00:57:53
that which is certain means what?
00:57:54 -->
00:57:55
Death.
00:57:55 -->
00:57:56
So
00:57:56 -->
00:57:59
each and everyone should be in a state
00:57:59 -->
00:57:59
of,
00:58:01 -->
00:58:01
humility,
00:58:02 -->
00:58:02
consistency,
00:58:04 -->
00:58:05
worship
00:58:05 -->
00:58:06
until
00:58:06 -->
00:58:07
the last minute,
00:58:08 -->
00:58:10
especially during the month of Ramadan.
00:58:11 -->
00:58:13
And this is the time, Yani,
00:58:13 -->
00:58:14
those of us who,
00:58:15 -->
00:58:16
go working.
00:58:17 -->
00:58:19
Okay. We try as much as we can
00:58:19 -->
00:58:22
to perfect our job if I'm a carpenter
00:58:22 -->
00:58:23
or a plumber
00:58:23 -->
00:58:26
or doing something. So I perfect my job
00:58:26 -->
00:58:28
until the last,
00:58:29 -->
00:58:30
minute,
00:58:31 -->
00:58:32
and I present
00:58:33 -->
00:58:35
this job so that I get rewarded.
00:58:36 -->
00:58:38
So this is the example. We try as
00:58:38 -->
00:58:40
much as we can to be dutiful
00:58:40 -->
00:58:42
to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
00:58:42 -->
00:58:45
until the last minute, until when the Adan
00:58:46 -->
00:58:48
of the 30th 30th
00:58:48 -->
00:58:49
day
00:58:50 -->
00:58:51
of Maghrib
00:58:52 -->
00:58:53
is called
00:58:53 -->
00:58:54
and we
00:58:55 -->
00:58:56
tried as much as we can
00:58:57 -->
00:58:59
to be as dutiful,
00:59:00 -->
00:59:01
as devout,
00:59:01 -->
00:59:02
as consistent.
00:59:04 -->
00:59:06
Until the last minute
00:59:08 -->
00:59:10
of the last day
00:59:10 -->
00:59:12
of the month of Ramadan. This was the
00:59:12 -->
00:59:14
example of the companion because they understood
00:59:15 -->
00:59:17
that now this is the time in which
00:59:17 -->
00:59:19
Allah will give us rewards
00:59:19 -->
00:59:21
because we have completed
00:59:21 -->
00:59:23
as much as we can,
00:59:23 -->
00:59:26
completed our job, our work. So this
00:59:27 -->
00:59:27
unfortunate,
00:59:29 -->
00:59:32
custom of people abandoning the masjid
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00:59:35
when the khatam and and even, Yani, in
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my country,
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in my village, even people have the khatam
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on the 21st
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night.
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Yeah. And so they they and then, alhamdulillah,
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it's over. Yeah. The khatm is over means
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Ramadan is over.
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So until
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the last minute,
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yeah, we try as much as we can
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to be devout
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and to keep repeating
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and asking Allah
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for forgiveness until the last minute.
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So I can pay everyone for joining. I
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just wanted to add one point to this,
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whether we which you mentioned. I I was
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reading, an article from Psychology Today where it
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said that
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usually, it's mentioned that a human mind tends
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to develop
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ideas and actions that they continuously
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engage for for anywhere from 21 days onwards.
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So
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anything that you practice something
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diligently, wholeheartedly
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for 3 weeks of time, it actually resonates
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to become a part of your life that
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you begin to,
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become used to it. And that's why the
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prophet mentioned
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this hadith
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that the person who makes the
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first for 40 days in
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is given 2 awards from Allah's.
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This person will never be written as a
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meaning
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a hypocrite,
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and this person will not enter the fight
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of Jahannam. Right? So those 40 days doesn't
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mean that you're only praying for those 40
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days. It means that it will develop
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such consistency
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in your life that you can't live without
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it.
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And that's why we need to create habits
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in our lives that it becomes impossible to
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live without. So, for example, if you create
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a habit in your life to drink with
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your right hand as a sunnah, it will
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become so overpowering that you won't be able
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to pick up a glass with your left
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hand right if you create that habit if
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you create a habit of coming inside the
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machine with your right foot, it just feels
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weird to enter with your left foot now
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because it's a habit that you read the
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dua and you enter inside. So I think,
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inshallah, we all, ourselves, practically
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and within our own families, try
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to inculcate that habit of being in the
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masjid in Ramadan
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and try to make any jamat and every
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jamat as much as possible
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through the collectiveness of Jannah, collectiveness,
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that
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this will become such a habit that will
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remain for the rest of our lives. Right?
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Just like Yusuf, alayhis salaam, as one brother
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became the means of forgiveness for the rest
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11 brothers, Just like this, Ramadan is a
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source of forgiveness for all of our months.
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So with this, we ask Allah's and
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01:02:14
blessings in our lives for
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01:02:16
this beautiful and amazing talk.
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Brothers and sisters, please do join us for
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01:02:21
our weekly programs as well.
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01:02:23
Monday to Friday after Isha, we have been
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01:02:25
doing a series on
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01:02:26
of Ramadan
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and the issues related to Ramadan as well
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every night, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday post Isha
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01:02:33
online and in person. And again, Insha Allah,
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01:02:36
next week on Sunday, we will be doing
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itself.
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I'm hoping to actually get one of my
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very close friends who is a certified Islamic
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01:02:46
financial analyst to join me so that he
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01:02:48
can answer all of your deep 401 k
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01:02:49
questions. I know all of you have those
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01:02:51
401 k questions. That's gonna put me to
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01:02:52
the side. So, Kjell, we're gonna try to
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get him to answer all those deep questions,
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but do please keep yourself engaged and involved.
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01:03:00
Our monthly calendar is given to our to
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our website as well. Please keep yourself and
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01:03:03
your families connected.
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We'll have the
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and the inshallah. It will be just in
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8 more minutes.
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We have something to
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sandwiches outside at the the court, the lobby
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area as well. So if you want to
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01:03:25
and you would like to grab some before
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you can do that as well or while
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you're leaving as well, you can do that
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as well. It's like.
