Voluntary Multipliers after Ramadan

But even outside the month of Ramadan,

there is the beauty. Do you know what

that beauty is? A lot of us tend

to forget it. But I call on you

to adopt it after Ramadan.

You could fast for 1 whole month for

the sake of Allah, compulsory fast. What about

voluntary? Let's try it out as well. Subhanallah.

In every act of worship, we have compulsory

and voluntary. Take a look at hajj. You

have the pilgrimage that is the major one

known as hajj. And then you have the

voluntary which is known as Umrah which is

the minor pilgrimage. Many of us are so

keen on going for Umrah that, subhanAllah, if

we were able to go at any given

time, especially now in the beautiful month of

Ramadan, we would.

Then you have salah, you have the farab

of your prayer, and you have the voluntary.

Many of us fulfill voluntary. We are actually

required to do that in the sense that

it would be something meritorious, something really good

for you. This is amazing. It's Allah

gift for you. How many of us are

ready to increase our voluntary prayer? In the

month of Ramadan, the reward is multiplied. Allah

says, We are multiplying it so that you

get used to it. So that after Ramadan,

you don't just say, Okay, Faraf alone.

Add a little bit of voluntary prayer even

after Ramadan. Come on. Allahu Akbar. May Allah

make it easy for us.

Then you have, for example,

zakah. When it comes to zakah and charity,

what do you have? You have that which

is compulsory and then you have voluntary sadaqaat.

That which is in some places of the

world termed lillah. Which means for the sake

of Allah, I'm just giving. It's over and

above my charity. 2 a half percent I

worked out. But I'm embarrassed because the Christians

are giving 10% of their salary. I'm only

giving 2 a half percent of my annual

saving. I'd rather give a little bit more

for the sake of Allah. To please Allah,

I'm going to give another 10%.

Ready to do that?

While the Christians are doing it, may Allah

help us become givers. Those who can give

and those who can do it in a

beautiful way for the sake of Allah. Not

because others are doing it or not. That

is besides the point, it's only an example

we draw, but we have a greater encouragement

straight from Allah

What about fasting? Why do we falter there?

Let's be honest. The bulk of us, myself

included, we are guilty of making sure Ramadan

we fast. But after Ramadan, how often do

we fast? How much of the voluntary fasting

comes into effect? When when a research on

BBC

tells you that it's healthy to fast twice

a week, we start thinking about it. But

when Muhammad

said it 1436

years back. We haven't yet given it a

second thought. Monday Thursday,

I encourage you to fast. Wallahi, it will

improve your health and it will increase your

concentration.

It will do a lot for the toxins

and the removal of them from your system.

And by the will of Allah, it will

act as a beautiful antioxidant.

May Allah

help us achieve good health. Amazing. Look at

this. So Allah is telling us, you know

what? We will give you a multiplied reward.

What a beautiful multiplied reward. Let's take a

look at it.

The hadith says,

Whoever fast the month of Ramadan,

and then adds another 6 days of Shawwal,

voluntary,

they will have the reward of having fasted

the entire year.

Wow.

Imagine you work for 1 month, and then

they tell you, Just add another 6 days,

and we give you a salary for the

whole year. Look at the smiles, masha Allah.

Salary for the whole year. When it comes

to the rand and the dollar, we are

fast, we are quick. When it comes to

the currency of the akhirah, shaitaan makes us

lag behind. Don't let that happen.

Let's make an intention now. This year, I'm

going to fast the 6 parts of Shawwal.

InshaAllah. I make that intention and I hope

you join me in it as well. May

Allah make it easy for us to fulfill

it.

Amin. We say it every year. Do we

do it? We watch others doing it. Do

we do it? Let's be honest. Subhanallah.

So by the will of Allah

we have the month of Ramadan.

Allah multiplies it by 10. It becomes worth

10 months.

There is a shortfall of 2 months because

the year has 12 months. How do we

get that? Well, 3 days would multiply

by 10 giving you 30 days which means

a month approximately.

And another 30 days, which is another month.

So that would be 6 days. So 6

days of Shawwal multiplied by 10, you have

your 2 months.

Amazing. Look at the calculation. Look at the

mercy of Allah. And guess what? Every month

Allah says, you fast 3 days, the 13th,

14th, and 15th of the lunar calendar. And

guess what? We will multiply it for you

whole month once again. Subhanallah.

whole month once again. Subhanallah.