Muiz Bukhary – Maximise Ramadan

			Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil
alameen wa Salatu was Salam ala nabina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. We begin by
praising Allah the Almighty the exalted the majestic. We asked him to send his choices of blessings
and salutations upon our beloved prophet muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi wa sallam, his family
members, his companions and all those who tread upon his path with utmost sincerity until the day of
piano.
		

			My dear brothers and sisters, the topic for today's reminder is maximize Ramadan. This month is a
special month,
		

			a month that the pious people of the past will prepare months ahead for we need to strive we need to
remind ourselves with regards to the virtue of this month and we need to strive to make the most out
of it, we ask Allah subhana wa terhadap for help to do so.
		

			So inshallah Dinah, I would like to run through a few action items in a move to help us make the
most out of this month of Ramadan before it slips away from witness. May Allah help us to make the
most out of it. I mean, I mean,
		

			action item number one, this is with regards to our intentions. Now we know of the famous Hadith
that has been recorded in the book of Emanuel Bihari Rahim Allah, the talks about intentions in
animal, Amma Lubin yet that our actions are based upon our intentions. So I remind myself and then
all of you all watching this video,
		

			to bring in a firm intention
		

			to make the most out of this month of Ramadan, to strive to achieve the pleasure of Allah subhanho
wa Taala. Destroy, strive to do as many good deeds as possible in a move to accrue colossal rewards
from the generous Lord. So let us firmly intend to do so my dear brothers and sisters, that's number
one. Number two,
		

			set clear goals. You need to have a plan. You need to have a checklist. You need to have a
timetable, you need to shedule things.
		

			Otherwise, time is going to slip away and time is precious.
		

			Every second, you see a second has gone past. There is no getting it back. You can spend all of the
wealth that you own, but you can't get that second back. You can't get that minute back. You can't
get that day back that week back that month back. So we need to plan ourselves in such a way we need
to have this routine to make the most out of this month of Ramadan. So set clear goals
		

			with what you're trying to achieve during this month of Ramadan.
		

			Now, we're looking at this month this month is also known as what
		

			it is known as the month of the Koran.
		

			Allah describes this month in the Quran, Shambo Ramadan al Levy, Xin Effie Hindu for
		

			shalom Shahada Ramadan, talking about the month of Ramadan Allah says that the Quran was revealed
during in this particular month.
		

			So it is a month during which we need to build a close relationship with the words of our maker
subhana wa dyana. With the Quran, we need to spend time reading the Koran we need to spend time
contemplating on the core and reflecting on the Quran pondering on the Quran studying the Quran. So
we need to try and spend as much time as possible. My dear brothers and sisters, you need to plan
your day in such a way that perhaps before every prayer, after every prayer,
		

			who incorporate some studying of the Quran, some reading of the Quran. And today, we live upon a
landscape where things have been made so easy. See, Subhan Allah, I'm sitting in one part of the
world and you are sitting in another part of the world. And we are benefiting from one another. This
is due to the tools that are available at our disposal through the mercy of our maker subhanho wa
Taala your mobile phone, you have apps. You can have the Quran with you wherever you go. You can
have recitations of the Quran with you wherever you go. You can listen to the Quran through your
Spotify app through your YouTube app. You can have a playlist structured in such a way where you
		

			listen to beneficial things
		

			where you feed your mind. You feed your heart with that which is beneficial
		

			you know the other day I came
		

			Across this post and it was posted on our social media pages as well. You see WhatsApp has this
feature where you can enable it if you want to where you can see when you were last seen on the
platform.
		

			You know there are privacy controls where you can switch it off if you want to, but then you can't
see the last scene of others but if you do switch it on then you can see when others will have seen
as well if they have enabled it.
		

			So this post, you have the WhatsApp icon and it states last scene. Five seconds ago, last scene one
minute ago. last scene, what 30 minutes ago, and then the Quran last seen 11 months ago. So Allah
Subhan Allah, we should not become like that my dear brothers and sisters, we need to spend time
with the words of Allah subhanho wa Taala.
		

			This is what makes our hearts soft. This is what fills our hearts with the consciousness of our
maker. This is how you develop taqwa. And we all know that taqwa is a key ingredient. If you're
looking for success in this world, as well as the Hereafter, in a little cleaner Mufasa as Allah
says in the normal call on indeed for the people of taqwa is Mufasa with tree and success in this
world as well as the next May Allah subhanho wa Taala make us all from the people of taqwa I mean,
action item number three, I might lose track of the you know the numbers but I'll continue with the
action items. Asana a believers life needs to revolve around salah and this month is a good
		

			opportunity for you to work on your Salah for you to work on the outer aspects of Salah as well as
the inner dimensions of Salah because they both go hand in hand. Some of us have worked on the outer
aspects but with regards to the inner dimensions with regards to our shoe, with regards to have a
concentration in Salah with regards to gathering our thoughts in Salah with regards to our focus of
a discipline and Salah, it's a wire, but outer aspects are all in place. You see you need to work on
the outer aspects as well as the inner aspects. You take something like circle fatty hub, which is a
key integral insula. A lot of us we have worked on the outer aspects where our recitation is good.
		

			Now that's key. You can't ignore it. I mean, if you were to make a mistake in certain Fatiha, where
if it were to lead to you saying something blasphemous, I've touched on this in previous videos, it
would render the Surah Fatiha invalid which in turn would render the Salah invalid. So you have to
work on your recitation of the Quran. But along with that, but I want to highlight my dear brother,
my dear sister is that you must focus on the inner dimensions as well to savor the sweetness of
Salah.
		

			Such as we have the teachings of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that tells us with regards
to Surat Al Fatiha it is a conversation between you and Allah subhanho wa Taala a conversation
		

			when you read Alhamdulillah hyrum Bella Allah me in a lot of spawns my slave has praised me or off
Manny Rafi him a lot responds to that my slave has praised me, ma Niki Omid doing a lot of spawns my
slave has a glorified an X and exalted me. And when you read it, yeah, can I move?
		

			Can I staring then Allah says this is between me and my slave and I will give him whatever he wishes
Subhan Allah after every statement after every recitation.
		

			After every I have certain Fatiha Allah responds to you, my dear brother, my dear sister. So we need
to savor these inner dimensions of Salah. We need to we need to feel as if we're standing in front
of Allah subhana wa Taala and dabboo De La Hoya Kanika Tara for inlanta kantara in Iraq, what is the
sun? What is the Assam as per the hadith of gibreel as per the hadith of Gabriel, the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he defines Hassan, Hassan My dear brothers and sisters, you have Islam,
you have Eman And then you have Hassan and tabooed Allah and
		

			it is to worship Allah as if you see him for inlanta kantara in Iraq, and even if you do not because
obviously we cannot see Allah Subhana Allah to Allah in this world.
		

			We pray that Allah azza wa jal blesses us
		

			to witness him in.
		

			People will talk about Yeoman moseyed on another day in Sharla a day
		

			where we will all stand in front of Allah subhana wa tada
		

			We will get the opportunity to witness the one we have been prostrating unto on a daily basis, the
one who we have been raising our hands on to the one whom we have been reading his words with so
much of love with so much of all,
		

			to stand in front of him. So, in this world axon is to worship Him, as if you can see him and even
though you cannot see him know that he sees you, these are the inner dimensions of Salah. So, we
need to work on our
		

			Salah.
		

			So, with regards to you know all of this, you need to block time, you need to block time you need to
create the schedule, you need to have this routine to ensure that you achieve these goals. And the
next action item is to minimize distractions, you see, we are attempting to maximize Ramadan. So to
maximize you need to minimize
		

			when you minimize you maximize. So you need to minimize distractions and distractions, my dear
brothers and sisters Subhan Allah, just as how we are living upon a landscape of convenience where
we have so many tools at our disposal to do things very easily. And very conveniently, the very same
tools can be a huge form of distraction. So you need to minimize these distractions. Take for
example social media is a tool that can be used yes to spread the powerful message, a positive
message a message of goodness. But similarly, it is something that can distract you. It has many
negatives it has positives and negatives. A believer is an individual who lives a balanced life. Why
		

			because he looks to the role model of Mohammed Salah to rugby was
		

			the one who lived such a balanced life we look towards his life for guidance for teachings. And we
strive for balance. We always strive for the middle of middle ground in whatever we do. So that's
the next action item. minimize your distractions during the month of Ramadan. Identify the harms of
these things and navigate away from them you know. And that's how a person of taqwa behaves.
		

			The Sahaba were asked with regards to taqwa what is taqwa? And this hubby who was defining taqwa
asks the question. Have you ever walked down a thorny path? To which the man replies in the
affirmative? He says, Yes, I have why. Then now the Sahaba he goes on to say So okay, if you're
walked down a thorny path. Then
		

			he goes on to ask him so how did you walk down the thorny path. He says, You know, I walked very
carefully, very gingerly. I made my way down the path and shooting I gathered all my clothes
Together Together to avoid snagging my clothes onto onto the thorns. And I made my way very
carefully. So then this hobby goes on to say that is taqwa, the road, the path is this worldly life
you are traversing onto the hereafter. The thorns are the Maha Rama. The prohibitions of Allah
subhanho wa Taala, the traps of the devil the traps of shaitaan. So you must be careful to avoid
those traps. In today's you know, modern context you can, you can you can use the metaphor of you
		

			driving down a road full of potholes. Now you've got this brand new car and you wouldn't want to
damage your car. You wouldn't want to damage the undercarriage of your car, you would very carefully
navigate away from the potholes and go carefully. So similarly a person with taqwa is very vigilant,
he's careful to avoid them ohama the prohibitions of Allah subhanho Medina.
		

			Moving on next action item, simplify your life. See for a lot of us the month of Ramadan, more than
it being about fasting, it's about feasting. We spend a lot of time our our women folk spend a lot
of time in their kitchen, cooking up
		

			you know, recipes, cooking up dishes, and the men spend their time alone eating this is what the
purpose of Ramadan This is not the purpose of Ramadan at all. Subhana Allah, we have lost the plot
if we think that this is the purpose of Ramadan and this is what it has become Subhan Allah if you
look around if you look at all these marketing slogans and campaigns they're all capitalizing on the
fact that they know Muslims are basically going to be feasting during this month. That should not be
the case my dear brothers and sisters Ramadan has higher and loftier objectives. We don't enter the
month of Ramadan and come out the other side. Having you know indulged and and over eaten
		

			Subhan Allah, no rather, we should simplify our lives where we spend actually less time in the
kitchen. we simplify our meals, you shouldn't be over eating during Soho, you shouldn't be over
eating during a bar. Why? Because it's going to be counterproductive. If you overeat during Soho,
it's going to be an uncomfortable uncomfortable day during the fasting day. And if you overeat for a
far
		

			it's again going to be very difficult for you to now indulge in good deeds to indulge in a pm to
indulge in studying the Quran, reading the Quran, and Salah taraweeh all of it is going to become
complicated.
		

			So these are quick action items we need to we need to plan to simplify our lives we spend less time
in the kitchen, you know, we plan the menu for the entire month. We plan simple meals we cook ahead,
we can we can freeze these meals and make you know certain arrangements to ensure that we have more
time at our disposal to be doing what we're supposed to be doing getting closer to Allah subhanho wa
Taala. During this particular month, that is key we need to remind ourselves of the true spirit of
this month of Ramadan on a daily basis. My dear brothers and sisters, the devil is killed, the doors
to Agenda are wide open. So this is a season full of opportunities you need to make the most out of
		

			it. May Allah subhanho wa Taala help us to do so.
		

			Lastly, my dear brothers and sisters, the last action item that I want to touch before concluding is
make this month a month of knowledge of seeking knowledge. You see you have you have access to so
much at your fingertips today. So many videos, so many books, so many live streams, so many CDs, so
many podcasts, so many PDFs, so many knowledge circles. It's so convenient. Unlike the past where
the scholars or the students of knowledge had to traverse miles and kilometers to seek knowledge
today, from the comfort of our homes through platforms like zoom, and so many other platforms, you
have access to so much of knowledge. And if we do not utilize these tools, these platforms,
		

			I'm sorry to say that, you know we are going to be held accountable. How are we going to respond?
How are we going to answer to Allah subhanho wa Taala when all when we had all of this to further
our knowledge. So therefore use the tools at your disposal, use the platforms at your disposal to
further your knowledge and use these tools to spread the message. Today we share all kinds of things
on our social media platforms and through our accounts but when it comes to messages of goodness,
when it comes to videos of goodness, we hesitate or or we click through them that does not be like
that my dear brothers and sisters and you can start off by sharing the videos that are being put up
		

			on a regular basis
		

			with others so that they too can benefit that we can all benefit and share in the rewards so that
you can maximize the rewards. You see if you inspire someone to read the one letter off the hall and
that individual is going to be rewarded Yes. And similarly you are going to be rewarded This is the
generosity of Allah subhana wa Tada. So let us share the good message far and wide. I hope these
action items will benefit let us intend to family to maximize this Ramadan and we pray that Allah
subhana wa Taala helps us to do so. With that I conclude this video i look forward to talking to you
all in another video in sha Allah Allah. We have a few series going on we have the word from the
		

			Quran and the Sunnah series going on. Regularly we hope to take a word from the Quran or the Sunnah
of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasallam and and unpack it in detail. Then we have the Tafseer
series that's happening on Sundays. We have all these martial law episodes going on. So please do
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