Mufti Menk – Boost – Another tip for Laylatul Qadr
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The speaker discusses the importance of forgiveness, followed by a series of prayer steps to achieve the forgiveness of Allah. They emphasize the importance of staying away from sin and not wasting time. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of praying for others and sharing blessings and valuations.
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The prophet peace be upon him said, look
for a laylatul gathered in the last 10
nights of Ramadan.
Make the most of these auspicious nights and
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Assalamu alaikum. My brothers and sisters, here in
Al Madin al Munawara,
it is the 23rd night of
Ramadan.
Possibility,
this could be.
What do we do? Firstly,
Oh Allah, you are most forgiving. You love
to forgive, so forgive us. You could say,
which means forgive me.
I am praying for all of you that
Allah forgive all of us collectively
and grant us.
May Allah forgive every single one of us.
May our lives improve
in every possible way.
And may we ultimately
achieve Jannatul Firdaus.
Do you know that if you haven't done
too much extra
during this night,
for whatever reason,
at least you should have stayed away from
sin?
So to stay away from sin, is the
first step
in achieving the pleasure of Allah.
Thereafter,
once we've stayed away from sin, we fulfill
our
duties and obligations unto Allah because not fulfilling
them would be sinful as well.
So the second step is to stay away
from that which is futile,
like a waste of time. People play games.
People sit and chit chat.
Nothing beneficial at all. If it is about
the deen, if it is about something beneficial,
if it is teaching someone, learning something, listening
to something that would motivate you to do
more, and so on, those are acts of
worship that are counted by Allah. If they
are done on a night like this, it's
okay.
So at least you would not be spending
your time doing something futile. People sit and
watch telly. People spend time on social media.
This night is not for that. It is
really
to engage in that which will please Allah.
So we seek the forgiveness of Allah.
We abstain from that which is sinful, obviously.
We
try to ensure we don't waste our time.
And then don't be lazy. You must make
an effort to get up and at least
pray
some extra units of prayer.
2, 4, 6, no fixed number. But, masha'Allah,
the more, the merrier, the better it is.
And
then you end with a witter.
It's preferred that you end it with a
witter.
You should try and make the last prayer
of the night the witter prayer.
And thereafter, you make dua, call out to
Allah, raise your hands, you know, and ask
Allah
to grant you.
Start off with the salutations
upon Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam,
then
praise Allah a lot
and declare his greatness and then seek his
forgiveness.
And then ask Allah whatever you want and
keep repeating the duas. No problem. May Allah
grant us our dreams. May Allah grant us
our wishes. May Allah remove us from our
problems and hardships and difficulties.
May Allah Almighty grant us cure, protect us,
give us good health, grant us sustenance, grant
us
beautiful, amazing homes that
bring about calmness, contentment, and coolness to ourselves.
May Allah bless our children and bless those
who are not married with spouses.
May Allah bless our parents,
our siblings, our our grandchildren,
our children,
our grandparents
perhaps, whoever is alive. May Allah grant them
goodness whoever's passed away. May Allah have mercy
on them. May Allah Almighty
assist each one of us in whatever difficulties
we're going through.
SubhanAllah. So those are the type of duas
we make.
And we end off also declaring the praise
of Allah and sending blessings and salutations
upon the prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.
But remember, ultimately, Aisha
asked the prophet, peace be upon him,
what should I say if I meet,
the night of decree or Laylatul Qadr? And
she said,
say,
oh Allah, you are most forgiving. You love
to forgive, so forgive me. That hadith proves
that the most important thing we're supposed to
achieve here is actually the forgiveness of Allah.
So as I said,
don't only pray for yourself.
Learn to pray for others because each time
you think about about other people and you
pray for them and their sufferings and their
issues and whatever else it may be, the
angels are actually praying for you.
I pray that these few words would help
us and I ask Allah Almighty to grant
us every goodness.
The prophet, peace be upon him, said, look
for Laylatul Gadad in the last 10 nights
of Ramadan.
Amongst the last 10 days is a night
better than a 1000 months.
Make the most of these auspicious nights and
multiply your reward.
Feed the hungry, shelter the needy, empower the
poor, and spread smiles amongst orphans.
Donate today,
www.abdullahid.org.uk.