Mufti Menk – The Biggest Achievement of Ramadan
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The speaker discusses the importance of achieving forgiveness and staying awake throughout the night during the night of decree. They suggest that anyone who needs sleep should take advantage of it, and encourage others to make small deeds for themselves. The speaker also mentions a beautiful story about Allah's blessings and encourages others to take advantage of his favor.
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Spend it reflecting, pondering,
changing something.
Like Aisha asked
the prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, and
we've said this before.
If I were to see or witness or
be fortunate enough to be in this night
of decree, what should I do? What should
I say?
He says,
say, oh Allah,
you are most forgiving. You love to forgive,
so forgive me.
So if you achieve forgiveness,
it's amazing. It's the biggest achievement you could
ever have from the month of Ramadan
is to be able to
have the blessings
of standing in worship during the night of
decree, even for a portion of the night.
Not every one of us can stay awake
all night every night. Yes. Not not every
one of us can stay awake throughout the
night on any night. There are some people
who need their sleep. You may,
but keep it minimum.
It's sooner to liven the entire night.
But if you really are a person who's
unwell or you need that sleep, it's
not wrong. You may do so. But
at least spend a portion of the night
doing something special.
Is there not something special you're going to
do? Going to read a page of the
Quran that you don't normally do? Going to
read a little bit more today? Going to
engage in extra acts of worship?
SubhanAllah.
Something to please, unlike you with charity, maybe
make peace with someone.
Family members and many others that they may
be, promise Allah to change your bad ways
and habits.
Any one of these beautiful deeds,
the reward will be multiplied
so much that Allah says this night is
better than a 1000 months.
SubhanAllah.
Imagine Allah has given us favor.
We have read
like Nuh for
example.
It is said he lived with his people
for 950
years and lived beyond that even more.
And we have lives that are between 60
70 years plus minus.
The average lifespan is far less than what
it was then. So Allah is doing you
a favor. If you have to witness
10 nights
of
decree
throughout 10 years or 10 Ramadans, it would
be more than 830,
between 830 to 840
years
of Ibadah and worship.
Can you imagine?
It brings a smile to the face.
Masha'Allah.
May Allah's blessings
shower upon us always. I mean.