Ramadan Reminder – Have you Made Dua for Them

My dear brothers and sisters,

this month of Ramadan

is not only the month of fasting, it

is not only the month

of the Quran,

it is not only the month of salah,

it is not only the month of generosity

and helping others,

but it is also

the month of victory. It is in this

month of Ramadan

that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

granted His victory to His believing servants on

more than one occasion.

The very first battle in which the Muslims

faced off against their enemies was the battle

of Badr, and it was in the month

of Ramadan.

This battle in which the Muslims were outnumbered,

they didn't have what their opponent had.

They were only a third of their enemy.

And this battle in which the Muslims were

isolated

and they were all on their own, they

didn't have any help from the outside.

They were all on their own

and yet Allah

granted them victory. You Allah

He showed the world and He showed

their enemies that it doesn't matter what you

have of numbers,

of military power. In the end of the

day, if Allah is on your side,

then victory is gonna be yours.

And so we need to constantly remind ourselves

of this fact that the month of Ramadan

is the month of victory. And as we

see what is happening to our brothers and

sisters

in Palestine, in Gaza, We should not lose

sight of this fact, and we should not

despair,

and we shouldn't think that it's over with.

But rather,

we need to realize

that as long

as they have iman in their hearts, and

they're taking the steps that Allah has legislated

in the Quran, the steps

to victory, to the relief from Allah subhanahu

wa ta'ala, then we need to understand

that victory is coming and it is very

near. And so it is at times like

this

that we need to also remind ourselves

that the month of Ramadan is also

the month of aduha.

In the ayat

of fasting,

where Allah mentions that we have to fast

and He mentions the month of Ramadan being

the month of the Quran.

Right in the middle of all of those

ayat, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,

When My servants ask you, O Muhammad, about

Me,

indeed I am near. Ujeebu dahuwatadahiidadahan.

I respond

to the du'a of the one who calls

upon me. When you raise your hands in

duha, and you do it with conviction

from deep down in your heart that I

am calling upon someone

who can hear me, I am calling upon

someone who is very near to me,

I am calling upon someone

who answers my duha when I call upon

him. Then Allah responds.

It is a promise of Allah that He

responds.

So

if you have been campaigning for your brothers

and sisters in Gaza,

and you have been protesting, and you have

been raising awareness about them, and your concern

has led you to do x y and

z, but you have not raised your hands

even once to make du'a for them, then

mark my words, you have done nothing for

them. You have done absolutely nothing for them

because this is the weapon

in our hands,

the weapon of the believers.

As the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam described

it, If you have done everything but you

haven't done that, then you have done nothing.

The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam on the

day of Badr, when he saw that he

was outnumbered

and he knew from the depth of his

heart that Allah would not abandon him, but

yet on that morning,

he raised his hands in duha, and he

kept on making duha. He kept on making

duha

after duha, pleading Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

that, O Allah! Grant us victory. We are

outnumbered.

O Allah!

If we are defeated on this day, you

will not be worshiped after this day until

his cloak that was on his shoulders, it

fell to the ground and Abu Bakr radiAllahu

anhu came to him. He picked up his

cloak

and he said to him, O Muhammad, enough.

That's it. Allah is with us. He will

respond to us. He will grant us that

victory, and so let us not lose sight

of this fact. Let us take advantage of

this month of Ramadan,

the month of victory, and also the month

of a duha. Let us take advantage of

it to make duha to Allah subhanahu wa

ta'ala. Make duha at those times when Allah

accepts the du'a. The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa

sallam said that, The fasting person is one

of those whose du'a is not rejected

and especially at the time when he breaks

his fast. And imagine,

especially on a Friday, in the last hour

of Friday, that is another time when du'a

is accepted. So as we're waiting for our

iftar today, raise your hands. Make du'a for

your needs but don't forget about your brothers

and sisters who are suffering

but elsewhere around the world.

but elsewhere around the world.