Why fast on Mondays & Thursdays

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Earn the Love and Mercy of Allah during difficult times by reviving a Sunnah. Here, in recommending two beautiful practises of Prophet Muhammad pbuh. Both connected to fasting.

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The host discusses the upcominglockdown in Zimbabwe, which is a sign of the self-r Ordering of the people. They encourage people to practice fasting every Monday and Thursday to earn rewards of their actions, including a chance to earn the mercy of Allah. The host emphasizes the importance of everyone's involvement in this process to improve the situation.

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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

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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

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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

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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