Mufti Menk – Boost – You Have More Potential Thank You Think
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The speaker discusses the upcoming Easter season and encourages people to take stock of their deeds and fulfill their faith. They also encourage people to break their fast and give out as much as they can in charity. The speaker emphasizes the importance of maximizing the reward from the season and offers guidance on how to achieve that.
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My brothers and sisters, a week of Ramadan
is over.
Every year before we know it, Ramadan
comes to an end. And we have not
yet achieved what we wanted to
for this beautiful month of Ramadan. For that
reason,
I want to say tonight, my brothers and
sisters, if there is something you planned to
do for Ramadan,
and you have not yet done it, please
let's start doing it now.
The amount of Quran you're reading, the amount
of Ibadah, acts of worship that you are
fulfilling, the amount of tarawih you are fulfilling,
perhaps
the
other acts of worship,
something that you always wanted to do, the
resolutions
that
you have made for Ramadan. Make sure you
are fulfilling
them. Take stock of your deeds and ensure
that this next part of Ramadan is going
to be even better than these few days
that have passed. Many of the Masjids around
the world
try to complete the Quran in Ramadan. So
by now, they finished approximately a third of
the Quran.
Imagine a third of that recitation is already
done.
So there is a little bit remaining. My
brothers and sisters, Alhamdulillah,
Allah has blessed us in such a way
that at least we have food for iftar.
Did you know there are people out there
who do not have food for iftar?
They have to open their fast at times
with a little bit of water, perhaps not
even that in some
circumstances.
I remember someone asking one of the scholars,
can we break our fast just by our
intentions?
If we are licking our lips with the
intention that this is the opening of the
fast because we have absolutely
no food, no drink to open the fast
with. Just imagine that question.
The fact that they asked the question already
shows that you and I need to do
more to reach out to those who don't
have. So this Ramadan, make it a Ramadan
with a difference.
Give out as much as you can in
terms of charity. And like I always say,
the charity of your choice. May Allah Almighty
make it easy for us. Someone you trust,
some place that you know
the food will get to the recipient. And
InshaAllah, in that particular way, we will be
able to maximize the reward
of this wonderful month of Ramadan. May Allah
help us so that we don't waste our
nights and our days, and may Allah
make us maximize
the benefit from this beautiful month. Gizaakumullah
khair. As salamu alaykum warahmatullahi barakatuh.