Mufti Menk – Ramadan 2021 – Verses of Hope and Healing #12 – Healing through Fasting

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			A Salaam Alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim al hamdu Lillah wa Salatu
was Salam ala rasulillah. While early he was happy as mine, my beloved brothers and sisters, hope
and healing is achieved from fasting. So this is something amazing because in the month of Ramadan,
Allah Almighty has prescribed upon us the fast and he says, Good eba Allah como se amo gamma katiba
Ireland loving in me, Cabo de la la como, como en, fasting has been prescribed upon you just like it
was upon those before you in order that you achieve taqwa. Now taqwa is like we've said before the
correct relationship with Allah, to develop a barrier between you and the Wrath of Allah, the anger
		

			of Allah, the negatives, anything that goes wrong. So if we want to create that barrier, we need to
fulfill the instruction of Allah knowing that there will be peace in it, there will be tranquility
in it. When the month of Ramadan enters automatically we feel a sense of healing. We have a
spiritual healing, we feel a sense of consciousness, consciousness of our maker, and then
consciousness of those around us who are needy, who don't have as much as we have. This is something
that is amazing because Allah subhanho wa Taala, himself says that he has prescribed it upon us for
this purpose. And if you look at the verses thereafter, that verse was 183 or so to Bukhara. But as
		

			we look at the verses thereafter, 185 and even further, Allah tells us how he gives us hope. When we
are unwell by making it easy for us by telling us You don't have to fast Subhanallah you're unwell.
Now I have a problem because I need to fast but I'm not feeling well. Allah says no problem, we give
you hope by telling you, it's okay. You don't need to fast right now because you're not well, or
you're unable, incapable. So Allah says, from one
		

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			as for the one who is unwell all who is on a journey, they can make it up on another day, some other
times some panela when it's a little bit easier when you can when you're able once again. So this is
the blessing of Allah, the healing we're talking about in fasting. Were supposed to be praying
during the fast and we're supposed to be increasing our remembrance of Allah primarily by increasing
the recitation of the Quran. And this month is known as shadow Ramadan, the month of Ramadan,
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			It is the month of Ramadan in which the Quran was revealed, and that Koran is filled with healing.
So definitely, this month will be packed with that which remedies the heart the soul even
physically, we achieve healing. If you were to research, the healing through fasting, the
intermittent fasting throughout the year and the month of Ramadan. Subhan Allah recently I went into
the physical aspect of healing from fasting and it's just amazing. It's a topic on its own. And
Subhan Allah, we get rid of the toxins, we get rid of so much of negativity from us, and we feel
much better. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us healing through the fasting and May He give us
		

			hope through His mercy at all times. So when Allah subhanho wa Taala after speaking about the one
who is unwell, speaking about the one on a journey, and saying that the person can fast at another
time, Allah makes mention of the prayer at night and the supplication
		

			In fact, he didn't specify the night but you and I know that it's better to supplicate at night. And
Allah subhanho wa Taala says, what he does I like anybody on leave in the body. When my worship has
asked you or Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam about me, let them know I'm very near Subhana Allah, look at
the healing in that verse. Allah is telling you, you're asking about me.
		

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			very near booj, Buddha, either Dan, I always respond to the call of the applicator whenever he
supplicates. You call out to Allah, you're asking Allah something. He says, I'm very near, I heard
you. And I have replied you, I've responded you, you may not know exactly how right now, but Allah
hears you, there's never a time that he didn't hear you or that he is unaware, that itself is filled
with so much of hope that Allah gives us through this beautiful or on where he is telling us in
verse number 186, that when my slaves ask you about me, tell them that I'm very near, I respond to
the supplication of the one calling out to me whenever he or she calls out to me. So therefore, keep
		

			on asking me and believe in me so that you will be rightly guided Subhan Allah, Allah says, improve
your faith in Allah, improve your conviction in Allah, when you call out to Allah, He knows what
you're asking him, he knows whether it's better for you or not. Sometimes we desperately want
something that's bad for us. And sometimes we don't know the right timing. So Allah says, we will
give it to you at the right time. You don't worry. And this is why Allah subhanho wa Taala reminds
us constantly, you do the calling, you call out to Allah, you be convinced that he's heard you and
He will give you and be satisfied with the response that is going to come whatever comes in your
		

			direction just yet. hamdulillah Oh, Allah, I thank you, I'm alive, I'm surviving. It's okay. I might
be going through struggles, the struggles are better for me in the long term, perhaps even in the
short term, there must be some goodness, because I've lost this and I've lost that in terms of
worldly matters, but I haven't lost you, Oh Allah. In fact, the loss in worldly matters, heals our
souls to the degree that spiritually we become closer to Allah than we ever were. So that itself has
healing. We move on also to the verse of spending, where Allah subhanho wa Taala says in verse
number 195, two very interesting things. What are the coffee sebelah II spend in the course of Allah
		

			and the cause of Allah is broad, very, very broad. You spend on the poor, the needy you spend on
whatever there might be a need for Allah creates a need. And if he wanted, he didn't need to create
that. But he made it to give us an opportunity to shine. So you rise and shine Masha Allah because
you want to give and fulfill that which Allah has placed on your shoulders and fill the gap that
Allah created intentionally to test whether you're going to actually fill it or not. So you we fill
it by the help of Allah subhanho wa Taala. And when we give, it will protect our own cells, we will
feel good, we feel appreciated by Allah, we feel thankful that Allah used us. So when I pledged to
		

			give somewhere, Allah will give me and I will give that place or that person. And if I continue to
give, Allah will continue to give me in that there is a lot of hope. And there is healing. Because
the best charity is the one you give when you're fearing poverty. That's what the prophet Salam
Salam says, the best charity you could ever give is when you blindly believe.
		

			And when you know that Allah is going to give me therefore I'm giving. You don't give everything you
have, and you don't not give but you strike a balance. And when you give, like I said, Your soul is
strengthened, your spirit is strengthened, your belief is strengthened, everything is empowered, you
feel good, your mind is at ease. So Allah says Allah to be ID, Camila taluka, immediately upon that
Allah says, and do not throw yourselves into destruction with your own hands. Now there is a
connection between the two parts of the first one is to spend and the other one is not to commit
suicide or not to harm your own self. Number one is don't just give everything away. Number two is
		

			Allah will empower you so that you feel good and you won't want to take your own life because now
there is a meaning to your life. And you know that Allah wants me to worship Him alone, and to reach
out to the other creatures whom he has created. That is something amazing that Allah subhanho wa
Taala has given us in terms of hope. And if it wasn't enough for us to have healed in the month of
Ramadan, and healed through giving others and reaching out to the poor. Allah says, You know what,
in the pilgrimage, there is healing Subhanallah you want to heal yourselves, you want to remedy
yourself of the sins that you've committed in the past, and you want to cleanse yourself because
		

			there was too much you must have done and you have a lot of baggage for example. One way out is to
go for the pilgrimage. It will not only empower you, it will strengthen you and
		

			will cleanse you. It gives you a lot of healing and a lot of hope. So inshallah we want to go
through a little bit of what the pilgrimage has for us in terms of healing, but for now, I end off
by saying a call loco leha or sallallahu wasallam wa Baraka ala nabina Muhammad wa known as xenos
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