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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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this bad, seen and me.
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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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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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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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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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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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00:31:02
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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00:31:17
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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00:32:37
this month. And the companions,
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00:32:42
in his,
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00:32:44
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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00:32:49
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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00:33:13
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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00:33:21
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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00:33:59
Number 4.
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00:34:07
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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00:35:36
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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00:35:40
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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00:36:16
I'm
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00:36:17
going
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00:36:21
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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00:36:57
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
00:38:55 -->
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
00:39:35 -->
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
00:39:47 -->
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,
00:40:06 -->
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.
00:42:01 -->
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
00:42:28 -->
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
00:43:26 -->
00:43:27
for the month of Ramadan.
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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.
00:44:25 -->
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.
00:45:23 -->
00:45:23
And
00:45:24 -->
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,
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
00:59:32 -->
00:59:35
when the khatam and and even, Yani, in
00:59:35 -->
00:59:36
my country,
00:59:36 -->
00:59:39
in my village, even people have the khatam
00:59:39 -->
00:59:40
on the 21st
00:59:40 -->
00:59:41
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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blessings in our lives for
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this beautiful and amazing talk.
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Brothers and sisters, please do join us for
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our weekly programs as well.
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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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can answer all of your deep 401 k
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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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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.
