Mirza Yawar Baig – Ramadan 2024 Reminders #24

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			My brothers and sisters,
		

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			we have the
		

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			Hadith. Hadith is the saying of,
		

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			He said that Rasoolullah
		

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			used to,
		

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			retreat
		

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			to the Masjid in the last 10 nights
		

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			of Ramadan, and this is.
		

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			Ithaka
		

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			is one of the greatest
		

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			sunnah of Rasool
		

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			nahi He would do this
		

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			invariably.
		

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			He always did that in the last year
		

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			of his life.
		

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			He actually spent the last 20 days,
		

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			not only 10 days, last 20 days in
		

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			the Masjid.
		

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			But to make
		

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			at the cap in the last 10 days
		

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			is
		

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			the established sunnah of Rasool, and it is
		

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			something that I
		

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			strongly recommend that we all take the time
		

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			or to do it.
		

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			Plan it in advance so that you have
		

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			the time, free time, take leave or whatever
		

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			you need to
		

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			take. The biggest benefit of ithikaab the purpose
		

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			of ithikaab is to seclude yourself in the
		

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			masjid
		

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			for the pleasure of Allah to connect with
		

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			Allah to cut yourself off from everything
		

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			in your worldly life and connect with Allah
		

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			alone.
		

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			The time of etakaar should be spent exclusively
		

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			in worship, nothing else.
		

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			No chit chatting, no joking, no no
		

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			hanging out with friends, none of that. Just
		

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			the law of the Quran,
		

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			zikr,
		

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			and nawafil, and when you get tired, go
		

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			to sleep. Right?
		

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			Eat less, sleep less,
		

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			and spend your time only in these things,
		

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			only in the Ibadat of Allah.
		

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			Nothing else.
		

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			This is very, very important. Sometimes we,
		

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			go into the masjid for the for at
		

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			the cap, alhamdulillah, our
		

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			intention is good, but we go and we
		

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			spoil the at the cap
		

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			because we end up with just playing around
		

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			and, you know, hanging out with friends
		

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			and talking about all kinds of worldly things.
		

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			This
		

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			destroys the equality of the ihtikaf. So please
		

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			don't do that. Make sure the ihtikaf is
		

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			for the sake
		

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			of getting close to Allah
		

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			only and
		

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			only. Nothing other than that.
		

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			Lots of ibadah,
		

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			lots of dua, tahajjud,
		

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			irateul Quran, zikr,
		

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			lots and lots
		

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			and then reflection, introspection
		

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			on our own lives.
		

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			We ask Allah to give us guidance
		

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			guidance to him.