Mufti Menk – Ramadan 2023 – Reviving the Spirit #12

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			Assalamu alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh my brothers and sisters Bismillah R Rahman r Rahim Al
hamdu lillah wa Salatu was Salam ala Rasulillah he was early he was so happy and your mind is Islam
has given great importance to the gathering of people. You take a look at the five daily prayers.
Men should be fulfilling these daily prayers, not themselves but rather in congregation. The Prophet
Muhammad peace be upon him says Salah in congregation is 27 times better than Salah that you fulfill
on your own. And here's Allah referring to the five daily prayers. Similarly, once a week, you have
to go to the masjid it's called Jomo. The genre is connected to the gathering. Gemma also means a
		

			group. And Joomla here means Friday and it also means the gathering of the people in the masjid in
order to fulfill what Allah has ordained. on that Friday, you will notice the Lord's Prayer the
midday prayer is actually reduced to two units and they're called the Juma prayer. And then there is
prior to that a lecture that is delivered by the imam who needs to get up and praise Allah in His to
declare the greatness of Allah sin blessings and salutations upon Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam and advise the congregation with at least a verse of the Quran and the Hadith of the Prophet
Muhammad peace be upon him, then he prays for the leaders and the ummah. And then he ends his sermon
		

			or lecture, he should be keeping it short and sweet to the point with a powerful message. And then
he goes into the prayer. The Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him has forbidden us from skipping the
Juma without a valid reason. Now, this is the amount of importance that is given only to the issue
of prayer. One of the main reasons that this is done is to keep the Ummah together. The Prophet
sallallaahu Selim says that Allah Almighty is help is always with those who are in the group. And
another narration says shape, one might temper with a person who is singular meaning on your own,
the minute you are to shape plan is further away. And the greater the number, the further shape and
		

			will be. So when you're traveling, if you were to travel with a companion with someone, that
probably would give you some company, it would be better for you.
		

			We have a knowledge of the requirements and the needs of the people within the community that we
would only know about if we interacted. So the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him says the person
who interacts with others and bears patients regarding their negativity to a degree obviously, is
better than the one who does not interact with people and does not bear patients regarding the harm
that might come from them. So that clearly shows you if you are a stronger person and you want a
greater reward, you will still interact with people and you bet patients regarding the harm that
might come from them. Yes, we will allow one who is patient?
		

			Who is patient regarding the harm from them? Why would the Prophet peace be upon him tell us that
it's better to interact and their patients than not to interact at all, because you will not be able
to fulfill some of the pillars of Islam. Unless you interact with people take a look at the Hajj,
you cannot do it alone, there will be millions of others you are going to have to whether you like
it or not be in Mina and Arafa and was deliver at the same time as millions of others. So to be
considerate, to actually reach out to them. To be able to respect them and fulfill their rights. And
to be able to be a part of this huge team is what is of essence. Similarly, your five daily prayers
		

			like we just said you won't be able to fulfill them correctly except in a group, especially the men
folk. And then you have zakat, which is the charity How you going to know legitimate causes when you
haven't interacted with people. You don't know who is unwell. How are you going to visit the sick
and ill you don't know those in need, how you going to pray for them to begin with and secondly,
able to reach out to them when you don't even know. So when you interact you greet you find out how
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			To congratulate people, regarding the goodness that has happened within their lives, you won't be
able to do it unless you have a group of friends, a group of acquaintances and then a group of
people who are part of the Ummah, whom you might not know so well but you owe them certain things.
What do you owe them? You owe them a greeting to begin with, with a good expression. When you're
greeting someone, you must make sure that the expression on your face is good. Similarly, you owe
them that if they were to sneeze and say, Alhamdulillah you need to say your hammock Allah we are
taught as Muslims, that when you sneeze, you say Alhamdulillah all praises due to Allah because
		

			Allah has just saved you from sickness. Sneezing is something amazing. It's a gift of Allah subhanho
wa taala. When the person says Alhamdulillah you say your hammock Allah, may Allah have mercy on
you, and in return, they will offer another dua for you. Yeah, de Kamala, who usually Habana co May
Allah guide you, and may Allah make good your affairs. Similarly, when a person passes away, the
amount of reward that is given just to be there in order to offer prayers upon that person. And to
ask Allah to forgive them is tremendous. The hadith speaks about one whole key wrath, one entire
mountain of reward just to pray for a person after they've passed on in terms of Janaza prayer, then
		

			if you were to follow that janazah, or the body and help carry it, and help get it to the graveyard
and help lower it and help cover the grave, with soil, and so on the way it's supposed to be done,
you get another period, which means you get another mountain of reward. Why would this be? Again,
because Allah wants you to interact, the community is given so much of importance in his lap, you
must find out what is going on with your brothers and sisters in order to help them not in order to
gossip, not in order to create issues, but in order to help them in order to be there for them. And
this is what makes it meaningful to live. Ask those who have no community, ask those who have no one
		

			to check up on them. How does it feel? Imagine if one person were to phone you my brother, I didn't
see you for the last two days. I hope you're okay hope everything is fine. Good, feel good,
Mashallah. I'm praying for you. And if there is anything I can do, please let me know. Now, when
people tell that to us, please don't take advantage in a wrong way when they've said this to us, but
rather, we can ask them if there is something we want something we need also based on how close you
are to them. Sometimes you may not be so close to someone and you might not be comfortable asking
them more than a certain amount. But who knows, may Allah Almighty help us, the orphans and the
		

			widows and so many more within community and society, the Prophet peace be upon him has given such a
great, glad tidings to those who take care of them that he says, A person who spends his time taking
care of orphans and widows is equivalent to the one who stands in prayer all night every night and
fasts for the sake of Allah all day, every day. Again, why would that reward be there? Those are the
vulnerable in society. Those are the ones who are needy in society, have you spent time serving
them, giving them food and drink meeting their needs, and only wanting the pleasure of Allah in
return? If that is the case, good news, reward, massive reward for you. I told you what it is. And
		

			Allah multiplies that reward when it comes to a season like Ramadan. So the masjid has been given so
much of importance. Take a look at the month of Ramadan is also a month of the masjid because it's
the house of Allah. You will notice people flocked to the masjid much more in the month of Ramadan
than in other months. I've never actually heard people call it the month of the Masjid. But I'm
saying it's the month of the masjid because it definitely is. There. There is much more prayer that
we offer during this particular month. It's the month of the Quran. It's the month of fasting, it's
the month of charity and so much more. So my brothers and sisters, when we go to the house of Allah
		

			something very important. We have been taught to be dressed in the best of our clothing or at least
presentable in a neat way. That's an injunction in the Quran. Yeah, bani adama who Luzina to come in
the Columbus CI or children of Adam. Make sure that you adorn yourself correctly when it comes to
visiting the houses of Allah or at the houses of Allah. Then we need to
		

			Make sure we're smelling good. If you've eaten onions or garlic, then you are taught to rinse your
mouth thoroughly before you go to the masjid. The same would apply if we have been smoking
cigarettes or if there is a foul smell coming from us perspiration, whatever else it may be. Make
sure you've washed yourself. Make sure you do not harm those who are standing with you because the
Hadith says the angels are also harmed by something that general human beings would be harmed by. We
would like to enter the masjid smile at people greet them. Worship Allah Almighty asked the people a
few beautiful questions of how they are, and what's going on and so on. And then we will disperse
		

			and we will meet again at the next prayer. This is something that is a gift for the believers, that
community, we are a family, we are part of one humongous family. And we shouldn't be caring for each
other a minnow that can burn yet. The believers are like a building, you know, all the bricks are
one interlocked in the other. Similarly, the Hadith says, a believer for another believer is like
one body, if a part of it is in pain, the entire body will be in pain will have fever, and insomnia.
So if you are a true believer, you shouldn't be in pain when anyone else is in pain, and try and
reach out to them. For this reason, we should never become excited upon the loss of another. You
		

			hear that someone has suffered a loss even if it's your enemy. The minimum is don't become excited
about it. pray to Allah to protect you think Allah that you have not suffered in that way. And guess
what, no matter who it is, that you're going to reach out to them. That is the teaching of the
Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. It's really a very noble teaching. Sometimes when there is a
natural disaster, and there have been quite a few lately. You find people forget the barriers that
they had put up, and they start caring for each other in the moment because they know that this has
affected all of us. In a similar fashion. We remember the day of judgment we will all be in the need
		

			of the Mercy of Allah. And this is how we will achieve it. May Allah have mercy on us Akula Kohli ha
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