Maryam Amir – When you feel youve failed Ramadan

Thank you so much for joining. I want to share something with you,

and it's a way of how, Inshallah, you can end your Ramadan without

feeling immense regret. So many of us feel like we haven't done

enough this Ramadan we are struggling with the fact that we

made all these Ramadan goals, and yet, despite the fact that we made

all these Ramadan goals, we feel like we failed. But a lot of

times, that isn't necessarily because you are not doing an

incredible job in your attempts to make Ramadan meaningful. It's

because you have so much else going on. You might be struggling

with depression, or you're taking care of your family, you're

working. You don't have the amount of time to be able to focus the

way that you want to in your actual worship. If you could spend

all year in Mecca or Medina, making your Etsy calf in Ramadan

and worshiping there, then you would absolutely be doing that,

but you can't, and that's not the reality of your situation. And so

instead, what can you do at the very, very end of Ramadan that can

inshallah impact not just you and your personal goals that you feel

like you didn't achieve, but inshallah an entire lifetime of

someone else, Ibn Abbas radila anhu, he had been making akti calf

when a man entered the masjid. And when he entered the masjid

Subhanallah, he was so overwhelmed in sadness. And Ibn Abbas asked

this man what was going on, and when he found out that he had to

pay a debt and he wasn't able to pay and he wanted to talk it out

with the person, Ibn Abbas offered to help. And the man was like,

aren't you an IQ calf and Ibn Abbas RadiAllahu, anhu, he taught

us then going to help your brother and or sister outside of going

outside of Ethiop to help your brother or sister who is in need.

Subhanallah that doing that action is more beloved to Allah and more

rewarded than simply continuing your itikaf, being in the masjid

in seclusion and worship, your Ramadan in seclusion and in

worship is a huge blessing, but it's also a privilege. People who

have the opportunity and the blessing to do that are so blessed

to do that, and they're in the space where they're able to but

Subhanallah, there are so many people who can't do it because

they're taking care of their infants, or they're taking care of

their parents, or they're taking care of work when they're trying

to work and they're working for other people, there was a man who

walked by the companions, and the companion said to the Prophet

sallallahu, alayhi wa sallam, wouldn't it be better if that man

went out And for the sake of Allah. And the Prophet salallahu

alayhi wa sallam, taught that this man, when he is working to take

care of his young children, that is working for the sake of Allah,

when he is taking care of his working, to take care of his

elderly parents, working so he's not out begging all of those

reasons, all of those forms of work, is taking care of other

people and himself for the sake of Allah. So what you are doing

already is for the sake of Allah and all of that. InshaAllah,

Ramadan is special not because you did something extra special. It's

special because it's special you being in Ramadan itself is

special. And Inshallah, whatever deed you did this month, whether

you didn't have time to read all of the Quran you wanted to because

you are making a flaw for other people. Inshallah, you're gonna

get the edger of their fasting. Maybe you were struggling so

deeply with your depression this month, but maybe because the fact

that you were struggling with it, and you were still trying that is

so rewarded by Allah, and it is so beloved to him, that it is

something that he loves so so much. Subhanallah, so whatever,

whenever you think you haven't done enough, remember, Allah is a

Shakur, and he's al Qari. He is the one who is appreciative of

what you do, and He is the Most Generous, so that no matter what

you do, he is grateful.