The Gifts of Ramadan

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The segment discusses the importance of fasting, breaking one's fasting schedule, and using it for health and family. It emphasizes the value of fasting and the importance of sincerity in learning about one's behavior. The segment also touches on a gift from Allah that can be added to a gift list and encourages people to use it in a healthy way. The importance of fasting and breaking one's schedule is also highlighted.

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All Praise and thanks to you sorry to Allah subhanho wa Taala traces peace blessings and salutations upon our Master and exemplar and IV Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam, today's the first Jumeirah for the month of Ramadan. And we are speaking about the gifts of Ramadan.

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What do we mean by gifts of Ramadan? The month of Ramadan comes with many gifts. So many it's too difficult to enumerate. But calling them all to mind is remind ourselves of what opportunity lies before us. You can't be awake and not enjoy the fruits of being awake. No Can we be asleep, but not enjoy the fruits of being asleep. So we in the month of Ramadan, we in the season of hate the season of goodness, it's only been fitting that we are away that we should be aware of all of it. Fruits. So

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the first of the fruits of Ramadan is forgiveness.

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The first of the fruits of Ramadan is forgiveness.

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The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says man sama Ramadan Iman and Ruthie Serban who fear Allah who might look at them I mean them be

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whosoever fasts during the month of Ramadan because they believe in Allah and because they want reward from Allah. All of these sins are forgiven.

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Karma in the news Naveen Allah because they want reward from Allah, all of these sins will be forgiven woman karma Leila del Kadri Iman and rocky seven who who fear Allah who might look at them in them be and who save stands on the nights of on the night of Leila together

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because they believe in Allah because they want to reward from Allah who fear Allah Houma, Taka dam in the me, all of these sins will be forgiven.

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This is a month in which it looks like Allah is looking for an excuse to forgive us.

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But the prerequisites for those gifts

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ie man and this man and wife deserve an email and 37 Every night when the NIA is read out, what do we say? What do they say no way to Selma Robin and for the Shahidi Ramadan Javi Santa's delay to Allah, Iman wa deserve and what are these things mean?

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Because you believe in Allah, and because you want reward from Allah subhanho wa Taala because you want reward from Allah. Sometimes people give you the impression that we shouldn't do things because you want to reward them speaking about the VDI level of Eman where you're doing things purely because out of love for Allah. But Allah motivates us in a normal people like Muslims on the underground everyday Muslims. Allah motivates us by saying, look for the reward in Ramadan. Search for the reward in Ramadan, pursue the reward in Ramadan. Allah encourages us to do that.

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Be Greedy for rewards in Ramadan

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but the forgiveness is not the only gifts that Ramadan brings about.

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Allah subhana horadada

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gave us monumental gifts in the Quran, like the revelation in the month of Ramadan, like the revelation of the Quran,

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shahada Ramadan and levy Z Laffy hilcorp

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Who deadliness you are by ye na team mineral who died well for recon. The month of Ramadan is that month in which the Quran was revealed

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as a

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as an explainer

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shahada Ramadan and love Yun Zilla fi Hill Quran in fact the scholars have this discussion

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what had what had on the first was the month of Ramadan great, and then the Quran was revealed in it

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or is the month of Ramadan great because the Quran was revealed in it?

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Well, the, the discussion is, of course, much more vast than what I'm going to mention here, but I believe the month of Ramadan always add significance. They are authentic hadith attributed Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam in which he explains that it wasn't only the Quran was revealed in Ramadan. All of the scriptures were revealed in Ramadan, obviously not in the same year right? This is over over time. But the Zaboo the Injeel, the Torah they will all revealed in the month of Ramadan.

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Most people wouldn't have heard of this particular Hadith I haven't heard quite frequently reported. But in fact, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam gives us the exact days on which each of the revelations were given.

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The month of Ramadan has another gift in it.

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A gift

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that we know about, but I want us to look forward to it. I went I went to look forward to it.

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What gift is that?

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Call Allah azza wa jal in

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who feel a little closer. Indeed we Allah review it, the Quran in the night of

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the night of divine decree.

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scholars don't know exactly when the night of divine decree was.

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This is why we say look for it in the last 10 nights and the odd nights of the last 10 Nights. But we know that the Quran was revealed in that time what is Laila to posit Cairo mean Alfie Shahar it is one night better than 1000 months, that's another gift of Ramadan.

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The Night of Qadr

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is so powerful that an entire an entire surah in the Quran is named after one night.

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Like you don't get Surah Ramadan, you get Surah Al Qaeda

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one night so powerful that an entire surah is named after it. We have to see Laila to COVID as our pinnacle for the month of Ramadan. Everything needs to be pointed in that direction. That is, you know, we speak about a gel of the beta, you know, are you on the mountain? Or do we mean the by the Buddha and 15 days, you fasted for 15 days, and now you're coming down the mountain. Now that's not up to be up to date is yudishe Laylatul Qadr.

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That is really when you're on top of the mountain.

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Anyway, that's my own BDR

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you can have Buba on the 15th. And the letter to God doesn't really matter.

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In this month, one month, we practice an entire rookin of Islam.

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There are five or Ganon Islam, isn't it so shahada, Salah Zakka. So Ramadan had debate, five Arcann. In this one month, we complete one entire routine. And many people reserve the Zakka also for the month of Ramadan. give zakat in Ramadan, that's fine, you don't have to. It's not. It's not one of the issue root of Zakah in any way. But you can. People feel as though they're going to double the rewards. So Bismillah in this month, we complete an entire routine of Islam.

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In this month,

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Allah Subhana Allah Allah multiplies deeds.

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Now here's where the gifts really become profound. And last week, when we spoke about getting yourself into the zone, psychologically, mentally

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now, we have to speak about stepping up.

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You have to speak about stepping up. So you've watched your behavior. You've decided to take a an approach to fasting that is more than just the bare minimum more than just abstinence from food, drink and physical intimacy. If decided to watch the way you speak to other people, you speak to other people with respect with kindness with dignity. When people speak to you, you smile you place into them. You're not grumpy united, a grouchy not just this horrible person. You've decided to take that upon yourself. You've decided to be a solid Muslim, through and through.

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That's the condition you find yourself in Bismillah

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Now we need to take it a step up.

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How do we take it a step up? The prophets Allah Allahu Allah here it was

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that

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the fasting person is different from any other type of person.

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While every other type of deed done by any other type of rewarded at least times 10 and potentially depending on the sincerity of the intention up to 700 times, Allah says this does not apply to the fasting person.

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The first thing person doesn't get 10 times to 700 times reward. So Melissa Anna GCB, Allah says, fasting is for me, I will personally reward for fasting.

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How does this work? So Allah is saying the profitsystem is teaching you don't get 10 times your reward. You don't get and three times you by the way, the Hadith it speaks about the first 10 days is Rama The second thing days is mellifera. The 13 days is it coming or not? That's the same Hadith that speaks about that a sunnah gets the reward of and followed then a father gets the reward of 10 times the farm. That Hadith has been by most of the scholars has been considered weak. Most of the scholars have considered this particular Hadith weak. Some scholars have considered it okay. Right Hassan, that's fine. So you can use the Hadith you can narrate the Hadith there's nothing wrong with

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it, but remember others have when I say others, I mean most of our scholars have considered it weak. I believe that's important because yes, focus more on Rama in the first 10 days focus more on mellifera in the second 10 days, but don't base your entire Ramadan on that theme that only Rama in the first thing only mellifera and the second thing only it come in an hour in the 13th I think while filming Ramadan is fine to base your entire approach on that type of compartmentalization of Ramadan. I don't think that's quite healthy, because now the person sleeps over the first thing there is the wake up after that deciding to want to poison a property and they say get the thermos.

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Next Rama for mine. Right now, you can achieve the Rama of Allah any time in Ramadan, you can achieve the forgiveness of Allah anytime in Ramadan, and you can achieve salvation from the fire anytime in Ramadan. But the reason I'm mentioning that this hadith is regarded as weak by most of our scholars, is that this hadith says to us that the reward of a sunnah is that is that of a fault. And the reward of a father is that of 10 times the for a while that sounds all good and nice. What the authentic hadith teach us is even more profound than that. What the authentic hadith teaches us is that Allah says, I normally reward you at least times 10. And then I give you up to 700. But in

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Ramadan, because you are fasting, I'm rewarding you and I'm not even informing you of how much I'm rewarding you because I'm not counting the amount of rewards I give you. It's infinite. It's the difference between you're walking to the shop and the shopkeeper tells your daughter or your son. You're my boy my girl is sweet, right? The child smiles Hamlet in Agata suite for free. It's a gift. Wow. As opposed to the shopkeeper letting your son and daughter come and they say yeah, you can have as many sweets as you'd like. Just put your hand in the jaw and take Allahu Akbar. It's a big difference. Andromeda and it's Allah Subhana Allah, Allah just giving up, giving us the jaw, taking

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the lid off and just giving us the jaw as much as you'd like to take. Go ahead Bismillah you may have as much as you want.

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And this is why understanding the gift of Ramadan is so important. The prophets Allah Allahu alayhi wa sallam spoke about li sai me far higher than Farah Hutton indefinitely. He will Farhatullah indulekha Robbie, I must say some of the Buddha's look angry today in Subhana Allah have ever seen you looking so hungry in a long time. It's a beautiful thing I shall make that hunger bring you closer to Allah subhanho wa Taala

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by talking about the hungers of the prophets of Allah and SLMC is that the fasting person has two moments of joy

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the first moment I think I think this hadith is just so beautiful and I think it's meant to be to be spoken about in Ramadan because he speaks about a special moment that is unique to Ramadan. Farhatullah indefinitely he a moment when they break the fast you know that moment when you also think about the book a table

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and then one of the well probably the radios on in our home right voice of the cape. They are today Mashallah. And then you listening to Mohammed vicp doesn't like speaking before then you're thinking dupatech I know clapa

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Mindfulness eating is longer.

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And he's talking, he's talking, right?

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I'm fussy I don't know if you if you actually do speak before that, but whoever it is, I know when I was a child, I used to think that speaking wrong, because the time is dragging out now.

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But then that other angles have Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar.

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And you take that data and you bring it to your mouth, and your mouth starts to water. And you get that aching feeling in your jaw because it's so

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and like that experience and you're just think handling

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that of you do iron your Allahumma consume to Allah riskiq after doing your the hub of Vamo ability, all these do as in you just have that moment. It's a special moment. Because now in your mind you already planning what you're going to eat next.

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And you're happy, nobody's unhappy at bukata Right, whatever unhappiness they had by book a time it comes to an end, isn't it so?

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So the prophets of Allah, Allah Islam says that the fasting person has two moments of joy, that's one of the moments

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but the second moment, is that times infinity. And that's the moment that that fasting person meets Allah,

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when they rejoice because of the fast that they did in this dunya for the sake of Allah subhanaw taala. That day, is a profound moment. May Allah grant each and every one of us a joyous occasion when we meet him. So behind the hood, the idea that we can smile and be happier than even that moment when we break out fast I mean, you're a banana mean, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam told us in several narrations, several narrations, that fasting will not be rewarded the way as the deeds are rewarded. So the scholars have analyzed this have you been hijacked as Kalani has an extensive bath on this in fact, whole body is coming through and so hold Buhari as to why why

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fasting is not rewarded, like other deeds are rewarded. And I think it's very important that we understand this

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other deeds are the deeds no matter how hard we try will always have a component of ostentation, within it a component of ostentation,

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a component of showing off whether it be Salah whether it be recitation of Quran whether it be Zakka name a deed there's going to be a component of it that you could potentially show off with not you do show off with but you could potentially show off with right person could make Salah silently and then they making Salah normal and then all of a sudden somebody comes in and suddenly this the law slows down. Certainly the postures become a bit more you know refined who with a bit more finesse versus Bajaj oh they suddenly the family council Buka and other family comes inside another family knows you butcher and suddenly you butcher in like two days. What changed? Right? Every act that we

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can possibly do comes with a little bit of ostentation, potentially, but not fasting. As we sitting here today. You could just be pretending

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nobody knows what you're doing when you're taking will do hands mouth.

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Nobody knows what you're doing when you when you go home. And when you take the cookies over to the neighbor's. Nobody knows if a cookie fell out. Or if it didn't fall out. Right? Nobody knows what you do. If you're going on your lunch break at work if you're gonna go, you know, smoke upstairs and on the balcony on the roof or something like nobody knows, Allah knows. Allah knows, but you can't really show off with fasting. Right? Because you have a more than me look back through and you can pretend all of those things you can pretend only Allah really knows if you're fasting or not. And this is the beauty of fasting. The one of the gifts of Ramadan is that it teaches as sincere it

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and it teaches us the value of sincerity. Because despite the fact that nobody knows what I'm doing and what I'm not doing, I'm taking joy and pride and comfort in the fact that I'm doing something for the sake of Allah subhana horadada what does the fasting person actually do for the sake of Allah? The fasting person yet through Kota Amma who was Shara who was Shahada? Who mean agilely so Molly JCB. Allah says in this hadith codici, this person is leaving of the food for my sake, the leaving of the drink for my sake, the leaving of a sexual desire for my sake, first thing is for me, I will personally reward them for that.

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The reason why this is so emphasized again and again and again.

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I believe that Allah subhanho wa Taala is teaching us a lesson

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by way of practical experience, that only practical experience could actually teach us and what is that?

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that you are capable of sacrificing far more than you thought.

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You are capable of sacrificing far more than you thought. Go to a person with an addiction, any addiction, whether it's a coffee addiction, or a cigarette addiction, when alcohol addiction or gambling, any addiction, ascending addiction.

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Coffee is not the ascending addiction whether

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a person of the ascending addiction

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will find it impossible to live off that can you tell them live that? I can't I just I can't. But then Allah brings Ramadan and Allah shows you okay, you think you can't? Let me show you something. Not only can you abstain from that which you don't need for my sake, you can abstain from that which you absolutely need even for your survival for my sake, because I said so when you will do it like that. We stay away from our food and drink. These are basic human essentials basic human needs, for the fourth, only for the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala we stay away from procreation or fulfilling our sexual desire why? For who? Only for the sake of Allah Subhana Allah do we realize that if you

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were to stop drinking, stop eating and stop procreating for long enough, not only will you die as an individual, you will die as a species.

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Because it's your very basic needs. And yet those very basic needs. Allah says in Ramadan, I want you to not engage in that from this time to that time, and we say Sam and our Athena, we have heard and we operate. So Allah teaches us you can stay away from that which you absolutely need for the sake of Allah. Surely you can stay away from that which you don't need.

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Another gift of Ramadan. Now the gift of Ramadan is the gift of Taqwa. Now, you can add decoy to a list of gifts of Ramadan. Taqwa is the main gift of Ramadan. That coin is the gift that we speak about in its own lecture in its own class. In fact, taqwa can be an entire theme for Ramadan, you can speak about it every single day in Ramadan. But it's important for us to add it in year as part of the gifts of Ramadan for one very special reason.

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Allah gives us taqwa in Ramadan, in a way that in ways rather that we never really expected it.

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And it's not the primary way of giving us the taco. What's the primary way of giving us a taco? That's all internal? Internally, your stomach says you're hungry. When you call up. Your heart says No, Allah says you can't eat. Then your stomach says but you thirsty and then your answer is no. Allah says you can't eat and then your your your stomach says no, you're tired. Just, you know, go sleep don't go to throw away and your answer is no, you want Allah's reward. And it goes on this internal battle. We spoken about this before. So you walk away, we your knifes, and your call was in this tug of war, but your call born each time the today's training of that your taqwa increases.

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Okay, fine. We've spoken about that.

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But notice also

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how your heart has become softened over the last week.

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Notice how you can relate to the poor people to people who genuinely don't have anything to eat in a better way. Notice how when you see somebody suffering while you're fasting, you tend to be far more sympathetic and empathetic, then you would had you not been fasting. Notice how emotional you can become because your heart has become suffering. When you think of Allah at night. When you think of Allah when you making dua and you crying to Allah Subhana Allah, how easy is it for the heart to become suffering in the month of Ramadan? When you are in the month of Ramadan, you understand what it means to be in need. You understand what it means to be from among those who don't have you

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understand what it means to be from among those who will be the first to enter into Jannah

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The only difference being that when it comes to Iftar time we have the privilege we have the blessings to be able to eat and break out fast

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I'll never even forget I will never forget

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you know I answer questions online and people ask me questions whether it be in a in a formal capacity or in an in an informal capacity.

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I watched a program a number of years ago with a scholar was answering questions in much the same way.

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And a question came through from a Somalian brother

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and this Somalian brother asked the sheikh Sheikh will I get punished

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If I don't break my fast and fast for another day in addition, this is called resol. There's a term for it we saw to join two days of fasting

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and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam prohibited resol he himself Alyssa salaam he did we saw at times because he said that Allah feeds me and Allah gives me drink. So there's something happening in the realm of the unseen that we don't get right. But we cannot make result.

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So the sheikh says to the man No, you have to break your fast then he goes on to explaining the virtues of breaking a fast early because it's virtuous to have Soho as late as possible and to have if Thor as soon as possible, so don't when the van goes off. And then you know, Okay, I'm coming now and then you first doing this in the first thing, you need to break your fast as soon as they are then goes officially to Hastin for that, that's part of the Sunnah. It's a very highly important part of the Sunnah, because the Prophet sallallaahu Selim said that if the Ummah continues to do that, we will continue to be good if we stopped doing that is a problem. And I think you know, the

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some of us who may just be driving home from work and be like, Okay, I'll break my fast when I get up. No, make sure you break your fast on time. But anyway, the shake is explaining this to the man that you have to break your fast on time, etc. But in the shift, all of a sudden realizes something. He realizes that this man is not asking the question because of that. So the she asks the man to elaborate and then the man elaborated and says, Well look, sometimes yes, food for his family to be able to break the fast and sometimes often, they don't have any food. So they fast until they find food

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Subhanallah

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Can you imagine?

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Can you imagine you as the breadwinner males now?

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Imagine you are not able to provide

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a basic meal for Iftar dry breed some dates, some water for your family. But that's the situation of many of our brothers and sisters around the world.

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Here we have how many foreign nationals here in this in this Masjid? I don't like to use the word foreign nationals. It's so like a bracket. But I mean, you know who I'm referring to. These are brothers we year, we've been here. And every year, you know, our community becomes more and more diverse, especially in this magic cameo for Iftar. You will see it's like we have the United Nations you have a shell. And it's a beautiful sight. When we make it gaff we have thought together we see we speak different cultures. We speak about things about, you know, how we celebrate Ramadan and so forth. And we build beautiful relationships. But do you understand that many of our foreign national

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brothers come from situations in their own countries, we so many people have nothing to eat. And when I say nothing to eat, I don't mean like when we go to the fridge, and then there's only like yesterday's leftovers, and maybe a couple of dates and some fruit and veg and we say that's next Sunday at right we do that when I'm saying that they have nothing to eat. I mean they have nothing to eat. Like not only is there nothing in the fridge, there is no fridge, nothing. How does one's heart not become soft.

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For the situation of our brave, our Muslim brothers and sisters, around the world and even non Muslims, nobody should feel hunger.

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Nobody should feel that that type of hunger will become starvation and they can do nothing about it. Hunger is good. Hunger, as of choice is a good thing. And this is one of the gifts of Ramadan. This is why amidst the verses of fasting, we've got one more gift left and emits the verses of fasting. Allah Subhana Allah says, like I like home

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dash guru. We don't only focus on the taqwa. Focus on the gratitude, feel as you're sitting here right now. Go deep inside of yourself.

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Whether you're listening to this, whether you're watching this whether you're sitting in the magic, go deep within your inside yourself and ask yourself, what am I really grateful for right now? Right now at this present moment? What do I feel extremely grateful for? And appreciated and thank Allah subhanho wa Taala for it. And then you do it again good deep within yourself and you ask, what is it that I have that I never show gratitude to Allah subhanho wa Taala for and let this Ramadan be a means for me to revive my sugar within myself. Because if you don't have gratitude within yourself, you really have nothing.

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And if you show sugar to Allah Subhana Allah to Allah for the gifts that He bestows upon you, Allah will increase you in this gift.

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The final gift that we speak about for the month of Ramadan

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and this is maybe one of my

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favorite gifts of Ramadan

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when we read the verses in Surah Baqarah from verse number 183 onwards the verses that speak about Ramadan it's the only place in the Quran where Allah speaks about Ramadan

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in this manner okay let's look at that is is a separate discussion but about Ramadan and fasting and so on easier 183 In Surah Baqarah onwards

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it's amazing how Allah speaks about Ramadan and then all of a sudden we speaking about something that's not Ramadan why events like a baddie, Neva in Nepali UI Buddha, whether there are either the

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failure study, Bulli, while you may know be like I love whomever should do.

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Allah says when My servants ask you, oh Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam about me about Allah, for in the quarry.

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we don't have time to go into the nitty gritty of this verse, right? But I just want to say that this happens a lot in the Quran, where the Sahaba asked the Prophet salallahu alayhi salam something and the response always comes with the with the word cool. Say to them Oh, Mohamed Salah Salem and then the response comes about 12 times this happens in the Quran. Every time they ask say to them, they asked say yes Aluna cannula Hilah call him our key to Linus. He has Aluna cannula Alpha cool every time here why there's like a body any fat in the Corrib? No cool because even the word say is too much distance between us and Allah. Allah says, When My servants ask you about Me, I am near.

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There is no say between you and my servants. I'm telling them directly I am near oh gee Buddha our that there either the ad I Allah will respond to the call of the call or whenever they call, whenever they call, whenever they call, not just at the start time, not just at Soho time, not just in the masjid, not just in the middle of the night, not just the Laylatul Qadr whenever they call.

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And this is why Allah has given us this gift of dua in the month of Ramadan, we can always make dua, but in Ramadan, we have this special unique relationship with Allah because they do have the fasting person will never be rejected. You know, like when somebody goes on Hajj and you go and ask them, please make dua for me, you know, somebody's in Makkah, you say please make dua for me, please make dua for me, why do we do that? Why do we do that? We do that because we understand that this person is in a special space.

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And they busy doing something special, and they are in a special time. And therefore we feel as though this applications for us will be more potent than our own application. Now imagine somebody outside of the time of Ramadan knows that you are in Ramadan. What are they going to tell you to do? They're going to say please make dua for me. Why because you are in Ramadan, please, in some motion for a mosque or something like that says yo you in Ramadan on Earth. Please make dua for me. That's what they will say. Well you are in Ramadan, it is Ramadan for you and I right now.

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Turn to Allah subhanho wa taala. Turn to Allah and ask Allah, Allah Azza wa Jalla Jellal of your heart's desires and ask Allah of every need that you may have. Allah Allah is listening, and Allah is responding. And if Allah Allah answers every single one of our praise, it will still not diminish his kingdom in the least. So he does make a window to Allah subhana wa Tada. And Allah guides us that Allah grants asistencia Toba that Allah grants us forgiveness of our sins that you've committed and perpetrated against him from last year Ramadan to this year Ramadan and Allah through this Ramadan grunts as rejuvenation of our called rejuvenation of our roof, rejuvenation of our Eman May

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Allah increase as in Toccoa. May Allah increase as in Eman May Allah increase as in in our relationship with Him Allahumma Ines Luca Hogback Arab Allah we asked you have your love or hug by May your book and we asked you of the love of those who love you. Well how about our money new quarterly buena Illa Qubic and Allah grant us the love of deeds that will bring us closer to your love will hug Barnaby God Allah grant us the love of your Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu sallam, Allah grant us Sahaba who feed Jana, Allah grant us Sabata who grant us his companionship in Jana tofield dose, we will not able to be his companion

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In the dunya era don't deprive us of being his companions in Africa Allahumma Jeton I mean an Arab save us in the face of Johanna Aloha my Jean and I mean and Allahumma Gina Amina. Oh Allah save us from the fires of Johanna Allahumma INEC Alpha winter Hapeville alpha, fat foreign foreigner, Allah you are V Pardoner you love burdening, please bardenas Allah we make for our own

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our Alma across the world those who are suffering those who are going through any form of difficulty, please alleviate the difficulty please alleviate the suffering arable Alameen are we make dua for our families,

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our wives, our children, May Allah guide them and protect them always Elohim regard for our parents, those of them who had passed on Please grant them Jana to fill those. Please make the graves gardens of Paradise. Please forgive them of all of their shortcomings. And for those of them who are still alive yeah. Rob, please grant them long lives in your obedience. Make dua for those who are experiencing ill health. Allah Grantham complete Schiefer for those of us who have family members who are suffering in any way Allah be with him and guide them in granting complete comfort and complete contentment. May Allah grant us all a successful month of Ramadan or SallAllahu ala

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Sayidina Muhammad Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen Salam o Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh