Mufti Menk – Why fast on Mondays & Thursdays

			Assalamu alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh my brothers and sisters, today is Monday the 30th of
March 2020. in Zimbabwe, the official lockdown has commenced, we ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to make
it easy for everyone, with any form of restrictions be the self imposed or from the government's.
May Allah subhanho wa Taala cure all those who are sick and Ill in any way and protect every one of
us. And may Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us cure from this particular virus that has taken the
globe by storm May Allah subhanho wa Taala Have mercy on us one of the ways of earning the mercy of
Allah. At times when difficulty is all over to revive a son of Muhammad peace be upon him which
		

			means one of his practices one of his ways, pick them and revive them. May Allah subhanho wa Taala
make it easy for us. One of these is that the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam encouraged us to
fast every Monday and Thursday. So if we were to fast every Monday and Thursday, we would earn a
reward of reviving a Sunnah we would earn the mercy of Allah His blessings, and Allah would grant us
our supplications whatever we're asking him for. Remember at the end of the fast every day, wherever
you are across the globe, at your timezone. Remember, once you are about to open the fast or just
when you have completed that fast, you pray to Allah you supplicate to him, You cry to him, you
		

			plead with him, and that is a time where the blessings of Allah is descending. So I asked you to
revive this beautiful teaching of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him too fast every Monday and
Thursday, not only while we're in hardship, but even after this is all over inshallah, which is
going to be very soon By the way, we have hope in the mercy of Allah. Similarly, fasting three days,
every lunar month, that is the 13th and 14th and 15th of the Islamic calendar, the hijiri month, if
you were to do that you would have a reward of having fasted the entire month. And on top of that,
earning the pleasure of Allah when we start giving importance to the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad
		

			peace be upon him, not only would we improve in our relationship with Allah, but we would earn his
mercy, his blessings, alleviate the sufferings, and at the same time, our health would also improve.
May Allah bless every one of you, this is a serious matter. And let's take it seriously we all in
search of the mercy of Allah, we want his cure, we want his protection. What will also happen is,
Allah will calm us down we will feel the contentment, the beauty, and in that way, we will
definitely be able to improve not just ourselves but everyone around us. Thank you so much. May
Allah bless you all deserve Kamala Harris was Salam alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh