Mufti Menk – Ask Them, What Did You Gain

			I tell people on the day of Eid,
		

			you know, Ramadan is a month. Right? What
		

			do we do in Ramadan?
		

			We fast and we give charity and we
		

			do taraweeh. So many things.
		

			Ramadan is a month where we do ibada,
		

			but I tell you, shaitan on the day
		

			of Eid,
		

			what does he make us do?
		

			You have a party. What party is there?
		

			Whatever we did not do in Ramadan, we
		

			do it all on the day of Eid.
		

			You meet with your girlfriend, your boyfriend.
		

			You'd go and say, 1 month I didn't
		

			touch you. Come. Come. Come. Astaghfirullah.
		

			It's a reality.
		

			It's as though you want to do Kaaba
		

			for the sins. Kaaba is only for farab,
		

			not for sins.
		

			Allah kept you away. The day of Eid
		

			is not a whistle being blown to say,
		

			okay. It's over. You can start doing what
		

			you want once again. No.
		

			The same Allah in Ramadan is the same
		

			Allah outside of Ramadan.
		

			So
		

			learn to be a person who understands the
		

			gift of Allah and why is Allah telling
		

			you to discipline yourself so that you lead
		

			a happy life.
		

			Ask those who have lost themselves in intoxicants,
		

			those who lost themselves in the clubs and
		

			the pubs, those who have lost themselves in
		

			sin. Ask them,
		

			what did you gain? They'll tell you nothing.
		

			I'm depressed. I'm sad. I cannot sleep. I
		

			cannot eat properly. I have no friends. I
		

			lost my family. I lost my wife and
		

			children or my husband and children. I lost
		

			my siblings and everyone and I'm living a
		

			lonely life. I'm depressed and suicidal.
		

			Sometimes, do you know why?
		

			Because
		

			you forgot Allah.
		

			The only thing you need therapy is just
		

			come back to Allah slowly but surely. Discipline.
		

			Be hard on yourself. The beauty the beauty
		

			you will have is amazing.