Ramadan – An opportunity not to be missed

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All praise is due to Allah, we praise Him. We seek his aid and we ask for his forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from the evils of ourselves and the evil consequences of our actions. Whomsoever Allah guides, none can lead astray. And whomsoever Allah leaves to go astray, Nan can guide I testify that there is none worthy of our worship and devotion but the Almighty Allah alone. And I testify that Muhammad Sallallahu ala you who were early he was Salam is His servant and His Messenger or you who believe, fear Allah as he should be feared and die not except in a state of surrender and submission to your Lord, or mankind. be dutiful to your Lord who created you from a

single person, and from him he created his wife, and from them both he created many men and women and fear Allah through whom you demand your mutual rights and observe the rights of your kin. Surely Allah is Ever and all watched over you, or you who believe. Keep your duty to Allah fear him and speak the truth. He will direct you to righteous deeds and will forgive your sins. And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has indeed attained a great achievement. The best words are the Divine Words of Allah the Almighty.

And the best guidance is that of Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa and he was selling them and the worst things in the religion are the newly invented matters for all the annuity. All the newly invented matters in religion are considered to be heretical innovation and Bidda and every bidder is misguidance.

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he says, You have not a big theory he says about receives me greets me. When I arrive in Mecca then he turns to the people and he says you asking me about knowledge when you have among you now you're here even know how big a theory

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you have no idea theory says I pray to Allah 40 days to remove the sweetness of this word from my heart.

What is the lesson? He was concerned about his sincerity.

Because the conversation was about what knowledge it was about education is about teaching people the religion of Allah, the deen of Allah how to worship Allah, and the great privilege that is given to him by the great scholar of Mecca.

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the fact that he recommends him that he introduces him to the people and he says, You don't ask me ask him, because he's the one to be asked when he is present.

Any one of us would find the sweetness of this. Why? Because of this recommendation. Why because of this prays in front of people, but the people of knowledge the people who through their own worth, the people who saw the face of Allah subhanho wa taala. They knew that this is something they didn't want. They knew that they didn't want to trade, the love of Allah and the acceptance of Allah for the acceptance of the people.

They were concerned for their sincerity. They sought Allah alone and they know their human nature sometimes goes for such thing craves after recognition and after the attention of people

yet, you have not to be Kathy Oklahoma, Allahu Allah. He was so concerned that he prayed to Allah subhanaw taala 40 days to remove the sweetness that he found in his heart because of that situation. And because of that recommendation, the reason I'm studying with this is just a reminder for myself and for everyone among us.

That what really reaches ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada what counts with Allah subhanaw taala is our sincere deeds, our sincere actions when you do them for the sake of Allah. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said in the authentic hadith, La Jolla Lehmann Hispaniola, who's the one who does not do things for the sake of Allah, seeking the reward of Allah subhanho wa taala, then there is no reward for him or her. That's why the Prophet sallallahu Sallam says in the authentic hadith regarding Ramadan Mansa, Mala Madonna, Eman and YT saben Warfield Allah Who metta put them in them, He who fasts or she who fasts again, the month of Ramadan, out of faith in Allah believe in Allah Eman and

hoping in Allah's reward seeking Allah's reward. Then their past sins would be forgiven.

Man karma Ramadan, Eman and YT charbon Ophir Allah Houma to put them in them. He who stands up in prayer, do and in worship, during the nights of Ramadan

out of faith out of iman in Allah, seeking Allah's reward, hoping for Allah's reward accepting nothing but Allah's reward

than their past sins would be will be forgiven.

This is the spirit in which we should approach Ramadan with fasting Alhamdulillah we are standing in prayer, we are reading Quran we are making and we are making dhikr make sure that none of this effort goes to waste. Don't seek anything other than Allah subhana wa Tada and don't fall into this out of habit.

This is an opportunity and he comes once a year

and there is no guarantee that any of us would live to witness another opportunity like this when we are in better conditions or situations.

So this could be the the last gift that is given to you by Allah subhanaw taala make sure you will never let go of it. Don't let it go to waste. Don't waste this opportunity. You know we have people from our congregation who in the past couple of months passed away we pray janazah on them. They are no longer among us.

And I assume that we're looking forward to this Ramadan but Allah subhanaw taala chose them to leave this world to make it to the next 12 before Ramadan arrives.

There is a Hadith but it's a weak Hadith yet the meaning of the scholars say is authentic.

That says in the Lila havia yummy daddy calm never hat for federal Eldorado University. There are special seasons and times that Allah has in his in the time that he gave us. So expose yourself to those beautiful times. This is a high season for good deeds.

You know the return on investment is huge and is multiplied and if you are someone who seeks reward

Someone who seeks good business with Allah subhanaw taala that's the time you can't waste it is Ramadan. It is Ramadan when the devils are chained, the most mischievous among the shayateen are chained, Allah changed them to allow us more space, more freedom, to lessen the pressure on our shoulders and the pushback from the shayateen. So we get a better opportunity and better time we're in a better position to worship Allah subhanaw taala with less resistance, the gates of Jannah as the prophets Allah Sanlam are opened, none of them is closed. The gates of the Hellfire are closed and none of them is opened in the month of Ramadan. And every night Allah frees people from the

hellfire. Why? Because of their sincerity in their fast their sincerity in their prayer, their sincerity in reading the Quran, there is sincerity in making dua. There is sincerity in seeking Allah's face by calling upon him remembering him, worshipping him doing the things that He is pleased with, sacrificing from their time sacrificing from their wealth, for the sake of Allah subhanaw taala because that's the test of this life. Do you put Allah first? Do you put Allah subhanaw taala before the things you love and the things you cherish your wealth, even your family when it's a responsibility upon you to take care of them? Do you put Allah subhanaw taala before

them? Or do you allow them to become a source of distraction?

Even your work even if it's good, even if you consider it to be an act of worship? Do you put it before Allah? Oh, does Allah confessed? These are the questions. This is the real test. It's not the claim that we believe in Allah. It's not the claim that we love Allah will in contrast to a boon Allah have a tabby oni you become Allah, as Allah says. Allah commands the prophets of salaam to command the people to say to the people, if you truly love Allah,

then follow me follow the Sunnah of the Prophet SAW Selim and the way of the prophets, Allah Islam, what's the word of the Prophet so I said in sincerity, and analysts, doing things for the sake of Allah,

and following the guidance of the prophets of Salaam in the acts of worship, that's the time for it. And Allah has lowered the bar he made it accessible for everyone. It's easy, it's easy in this month to get your sins forgiven, who among us doesn't have sins, who among us doesn't fall through the in the year in despicable things that Allah dislikes, things that disgrace us and contaminate our hearts and violate our relationship with Allah subhanaw taala who doesn't fall into sins who doesn't slip. But Allah gives us this opportunity and Ramadan, that you can get your that you can get you get your records, wiped out the sins wiped out from your, from your records with Allah subhanho wa

taala.

You can you can have a fresh start after Ramadan and that's why the prophets Allah, Allah, Allah will send them one day in the famous Hadith that all of us know. And every year we repeat it every Ramadan, that the Prophet sallallahu sallam was climbing the member to give the hotbar and he did something unique because he didn't do that before. The Companions never saw never seen him doing this before this time. The Prophet sallahu wa salam says three times are mean. So afterwards, the Companions want to learn from the Prophet SAW Islam and they said, we saw that you have done something you've you've never done before.

So what about this, and it was the three means. So he said in the Jibreel, awkward attorney, and if algebric came to me, and he made three dua three supplications. And I said, I mean to each one of them, and one of them was man, Abdullah, Ramadan, when I'm your Furla overburdened down, a person who lives who witnesses the month of Ramadan who lives through the month of Ramadan, and doesn't get his or her sins forgiven.

Me they be distanced from Allah's mercy, how prove they are what a loser they are. That's what it means. What a loser they are, it's so easy, you just stretch your hand and grab it.

This is how easy it is.

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And it is confirmed by the prophets Allah is Allah who said, I mean, so don't let this month go to waste. It's an opportunity. It's an opportunity. Five days already passed. This is the fifth day.

What 2524 days left? Can't you just put your foot down and really give your best in this month? You are attached to some sins Can't you just give them up for the sake of Allah subhana what's Allah? Can't we have some concrete some self control? And Allah subhanaw taala tells us in his

Beautiful words in solitary Bacala as he describes the fast in the act of fasting, this beautiful act of worship, and what is the reason? What is the purpose behind it? Allah says yeah you Hala Deena Manuel kotoba Aliko Muslim comma cootie by Allah Allah, the public homeland.

Oh you who believe fasting has been prescribed upon you, just as it was prescribed upon those who were before you, those who came before you so that you may attain Taqwa. And what is taqwa? What is the reality of Taqwa? The reality of Taqwa is that You are mindful of Allah.

that your heart is aware of Allah and connected to Allah at a personal level,

that you are conscious of Allah's punishment, that you are so careful not to violate the limits of Allah and incur His wrath and anger. You want to be safe from that and you want to attain Allah's reward and Allah's pleasure.

That's what fasting is for. So what's the connection? What's the connection by abstaining from food and drink and intimate relationships? How does this bring us to Taqwa?

First thing is empty Val obedience and compliance with Allah subhanaw taala.

obedience to Allah Oh Allah, you say and we obey.

You command and we fulfill what you command.

That kind of willingness to be ready to fulfill the Command of Allah when you have within you desires pushing against this. That's the challenge. That's the challenge. And that's what grows your Eman so you have more Taqwa. This is how a man is grown. People sometimes complain about the hardships and about the struggles that they have in their life, and that we have in our worship. And we think that's a detriment. We think that's difficult. These are the challenges that take you to Paradise, if you handle them well, for the sake of Allah subhanaw taala. These are stepping stones that lead that lead you to Jannah so don't complain about them. The difficulty, the hardship, the

inconvenience, the discomfort that comes with practicing your religion

that comes with fasting that comes with abstaining from your desires, and comes from abstaining from as well. avenging yourself as the Prophet sallallahu Sallam says in the authentic hadith as part of this hadith is that kind of your one was told me I had a conflict with what I was familiar with. In the in Serbia who had an old shot among for the Indian soil, when it's the day you one of you is fasting, do not indulge, indulge in foul language. And if someone were to argue with you, or someone were to swear it you say to them, I am fasting. I am fasting um, you know, I am functioning at a level of obedience to Allah subhanaw taala that I have to maintain that level, I have to maintain

that purity, that elevated level of Eman and goodness, I'm not going to go down there. I'm not going to go down. I'm not even going to enjoy myself which is a reflex among us humans. We want to defend ourselves. We want to prove ourselves when we want to assert ourselves in such challenging social circumstances. But for the sake of Allah, we put Allah first

law Allah contacter Quran then in the verses Allah Subhana Allah says, when he took a beer Allah Allah Maha calm and so that you glorify Allah, because of the guidance due to the guidance that he brought to you, and that he brought you to as well. He gave you the Tofik to follow. We glorify Allah Subhana Allah, this is why you can't go through Ramadan on autopilot. You shouldn't do this. Ramadan should be a wake up call. You should engage in the act of fasting. Thought for the so you have the other. You have a state of wakefulness, you awaken yourself. You don't do things out of habit. You don't just go through the motions. No, because

the lion's share of your reward comes from your heart from the engagement of your heart. Yes, you're abstaining from food and drink and intimacy and evil speech yet. The lion's share of your reward of your engagement with fasting is in the heart and this is where tequila is is born. This is where tequila is grown.

When he took him Billa fasting leads you to recognize the glory of Allah, the greatness of Allah.

You recognize it grows in your heart. Allah's glory is self evident. His greatness and His mind are self evident. But it's just about you whether you acknowledge this truth and you recognize it, you wrap your heart around it or not. And fasting helps you do this

guidance of Allah, the Mercy of Allah, the wisdom of Allah and prescribing fasting, and in allowing you to fast and in guiding you to fast and in accepting your fast, and the miracles that we see every one in our own life, the purification of the heart.

As you abstain from the things that you are most attracted to the things that you are most comfortable with your food and your drink, and your habitual ways of behaving, you leave that for the sake of Allah subhanaw taala. It breaks your pattern, it wakes you up. It makes you reflect. It makes you reflect on how Allah subhanho wa Taala allowed you to live on his provision, and how he made it abundant among us today. And it hamdulillah most of us are not starving. Well, we have, you know, places in the world where people can't have food, they can't feed their children. People are dying out of starvation

in many parts of the world, and we are all aware of what's happening in Gaza, and the crimes that are happening against the Muslims because of their faith.

So all of this should remind us and connect us to Allah subhanho wa Taala when he took a beer Allah Allah, Allah Allah come to school on the third purpose here is to for you to be thankful to be grateful for Allah subhanaw taala first for guiding you to Islam,

for making you a Muslim who obeys Allah, who knows Allah, who lives for Allah, who has this purpose in their life, who doesn't live blindly and aimlessly and lost of every meaning and every purpose and they don't know what to do. So they either worship money, or they worship business, or they worship other human beings or they worship power, or they worship sports, or they worship anything else. But you worship Allah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth.

People are killing themselves out of misery and out of void because they have nothing to live for. The life is empty, they are deprived of the knowledge of Allah, they are deprived of the love of Allah, they are deprived of the worship of Allah we are fortunate to know Allah and to be allowed to worship Him and seek Him.

It's a blessing. It's the greatest greatest blessing that we were ever given. Well, it took a bear Allah Allah, Allah Allah. Then Allah subhanaw taala concludes what either as a baddie and neither in Niraparib would you do that? What a day that

will use the G bully will you ameobi lie along your shoulder, and if my servants asked you about me, I am near lies close to you. Allah is close to you, Allah is closer to you than the person who's sitting next to you.

He's closer to you in his knowledge, closer to you in His mercy, closer to you in His blessings and in his generosity, closer to you in the care that he provides to you.

That's Allah Our Lord Allah subhana wa Tada.

A lot of us are living a life that is distant from Allah then we ask where is Allah?

When Allah is Allah subhanaw taala is the closest to us. And his closeness is evident in everywhere and in everything around us, but we are not paying attention.

We are in a state of flow we want to awaken these hearts are in the body. Who do you Buddha awaited? Either the Han Allah responds to us, and Allah responds in according to his wisdom. We shouldn't mistake Allah's blessings.

When he doesn't give us what we asked for because Allah knows what to give us and what to withhold from us. Allah takes care of us more than we take care of ourselves. This is how we should treat Allah it should never be a matter of question. Whether Allah cares for us or not.

Allah's Mercy is always showering us but the thing is, are we blocking it through our sins? Through our distance from Allah subhanaw taala through our priorities messed up priorities? That's the question whether alarm y'all should do finally so that you might find the Rushden guidance to live a healthy lifestyle and a guided lifestyle you know what life is about and you know what you're doing in this life and you're always choosing what is moral and what is right will only hurt our stuff a lot. You were looking for stuff Euro

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one of the blessings that we take for granted as Muslims living in the West.

And it seems sometimes we get in this habituated way of thinking that we don't appreciate some of those blessings and we don't appreciate the work that goes into these blessings is to have massage it

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Worship Allah subhanho wa Taala together, where we can pray together, where we can listen to the Quran together, where we can open our fast together, where we can learn the Quran together where our children can learn the Quran and develop their Muslim identity. We don't realize what this is, you know, Muslims who live in places where there are no masajid, the children are lost for the most part, and they are struggling. Many of them, some of them have lost their religion, and they have abandoned and left Islam. We take it for granted. And by the way, in the world, there is no effort that is perfect.

But this is a blessing from Allah to be able for us to be able to come here together and worship Allah subhanho wa Taala and glorify Him and establish the acts of worship and the rituals and the great signposts of Islam like a Salah and fasting, and teaching the Quran and having our families being able to get together and to connect and to strengthen one another. Huge amounts of work and effort and finances go into this. So we should see this as a blessing.

Because we would only realize how valuable it is when we lose it and we can't afford to lose it. It's one of the greatest investments for all of us in terms of our effort and in terms of our finances.

And this nomadic probably Allahu Anhu describes the Prophet sallallahu he was setting them Kena edge woodenness The prophets are Salam was the most generous of old people. Because he knew Allah pays back abundantly. Allah rewards in multi fold.

What can Edward Amaya Kunal via Ramadan, the Prophet sallahu wa salam was the most generous in his life during the month of Ramadan,

knowing that Allah subhanaw taala rewards abundantly for it.

And this blessing that we have having the masajid the education for our kids, and for the adults, and for our families and for our daughters,

and having the Muslims coming together, uniting together, learning their religion, getting to know one another getting to network among themselves, strengthen the bond of brotherhood.

Many times we don't realize how important this is in preserving our faith. It's just because we take it for granted. A lot of effort and finances go into this way beyond our imagination.

And there are people who put their time there are people who volunteer

but there is a lot of expenses. So one of the things that we want to do Inshallah, in this Ramadan and we expect this from this generous community and hamdulillah Bananaman consider this to be business you do with Allah subhanho wa Taala

we all love money. Allah says we're in a holy hook behind Elijah did man is

extreme in loving wealth. We love finances and wealth. It's hard to let go and this is what Allah says learn 10 Allah will build a beautiful witchy stuff wha Eman Lenten Allah will bill you want you want Amen Linton Albert Raha tongue fecal matter a boon, you will not attain Bill taqwa, amen. Until you give and spend from that which you like and love.

It's hard to part ways with some of our possessions Yes, but when you put Allah first in the house of Allah first.

Allah rewards abundantly, we are generous, but Allah is more generous and Allah gives according to his generosity and not according to ours.

So the brothers here Zaha Hara, and I have, I have to say this, the atmosphere and I believe almost everyone feels this the brotherly atmosphere that we as males and females, old and young, all of us feel the brotherly spirit in this masjid, the connection, the beauty, the help, the beautiful spirit community spirit that we have here that it's pleasant that to be here, it's pleasant to spend time here. Many of our children have memorized the Quran here in this masjid, they have become a father. And they have and many of them by the way, they are leading the prayer a lot of the teachers who are teaching today in this Masjid were children and I remember what rather hasn't is Allah here many

years ago when people used to complain about the children who used to play the back of the masjid. And he said, you will see a day will come when these young children who are making trouble and noise now they are the ones who will be leading you in Salah and they are the ones who will be teaching you and your children. And it happened now we see it today as a reality.

That's an investment with Allah subhanaw taala not everyone can function in the capacity of teaching and education and helping out and volunteering. But all of us can give a little bit from what Allah has given us in order to keep this effort running and consider this to be a transaction alone that you give to Allah subhanaw taala that Allah grows for you

You and that insha Allah on the Day of Judgment, if you do it sincerely, you will be surprised when you see it, because it would be many times, many times what you paid that that you won't be able to recognize it because of the blessings and the generosity of Allah subhanaw taala. So the the brothers have put this easy way to make it easy for you just have to scan the code. As brother Muhammad hasn't said you have it in the back and you have it in the front, scan the code, and Charla for 30 days you can give sadaqa every day at least $10 At least $10.

And so much work, invisible work and a lot of expenses go into the day to day functioning and the running costs of the math of the masjid

that are without the support of the community it cannot be sustained. So consider this to be between you and Allah subhanaw taala and use this month and don't delay it use this month to gain the reward in the light and do your contribution we ask Allah subhanaw taala to ask from all of us to accept from all of us, along with filet mignon are willing want me now to win a misdemeanor will mostly Matt Allah here Eminem will Anwar Allahumma Furlanetto Vanna White slough and Marina with a bit of a dam and I want sadhana Hello Milka Furion Allah law

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