Mustafa Khattab – Giving Thanks

Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. I'm sure that was

very difficult for the parents, but, I'm sure

you had a good time.

Because every time they tell us, like,

Friday's off or Monday's off, I would say,

like, why? Why? Why?

Like, what is going on?

But,

when I first came to this country in

2011, I was looking at the calendar,

to see the holidays they have and I

came across,

remembrance day.

And I said this is nice.

Yawmudhikrilla,

zikrillaft. Right? And when I saw Thanksgiving

I said Mashallah, they had Alhamdulillah day. Right?

So, today Shaul I'm gonna talk a little

bit about Thanksgiving which I believe was, yesterday,

right?

Yes. So, from an Islamic perspective,

there are some who deserve

our gratitude,

including Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, our parents, the

people who are around us, the people who

are serving us.

Last year I mentioned that

when you pray, when you fast, you do

different things,

this is your way of saying thank you

to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. For for everything,

the good family you have, you have a

place to stay, the food, the good health,

go to school, and so on and so

forth.

We know from a hadith that the Prophet

used to pray at night,

why?

Like, you would stand the whole night in

salah and his wife would tell him well,

you know, you're praying so much, why?

He said Afala'apunu

Aftan Shakura, should I not be grateful to

Allah? So the Prophet used his salah, extra

salah at night to say thank you to

Allah, as a way of saying,

thank you and showing appreciation to Allah subhanahu

wa ta'ala.

Also, when the Prophet

was asked about fasting on Mondays,

used to fast on Mondays Thursdays. He was

asked

Mondays, why do you always fast on Mondays?

Sunnah, fasting.

What did he say?

Yes?

Yes, He was born on a Monday, and

he received revelations

on a Monday.

So this is his way of saying thank

you to Allah

for being born on that day and also

for receiving revelations or becoming a Prophet on

that day.

Also there's a hadith the Prophet SAW says

that, everyday

you should give thanks to Allah for the

joints in your body, like the knuckles or

the fingers and the joints like here and

here. And the scholars say there are 30,

360 of them in the body. So the

Prophet SAWHAN said you should say SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah,

Wa la Ilah 360

times

to show gratitude to Allah, and the Prophet

SAWHAN said if you're not able to do

all of this

360 times you can just pray to Raka'ah,

Ishraf, or Duha

like around 9, 10, 11 to say thank

you to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

Also,

we know that today is the day of

what? The 10th of Muharram. What what do

we call this day? Ashura. Mashallah. Good job.

We call it the day of Ashura.

And the Prophet fasted

this day

with the Sahaba. Why did they fast?

Yes. Because,

there is a

king

who

was,

he thought that he was the God,

Good job, Hassan. Can you give us the

summary of the story?

So basically,

prophet,

Muhammad

he was passing by, I think, Yehud. So

he knew that the Jewish were,

fasting on the on one day for prophet

Musa.

So then,

say,

prophet Mohammed said, like, he was closer to

us than you were. So he decided you

could either fast on 9 and 10 or

10 o'clock. Good. Assanti. Good job. So the

prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam when he made

Hijra to Madinah, he noticed that the Jews

of Madinah were fasting on this day.

So the Prophet SAWSALLAM

fasted on that day and he decided to

fast. Of course, you can do it in

different ways, you can only fast on the

day of Ashur, which is Tuesday. A lot

of people are fasting today. You can fast

Tuesday by itself, or you can fast the

9th and 10th, or 10th and 11th. It's

all good inshallah, and you will get, you

will get that award. So my point is,

there are so many ways you can show

gratitude to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. One of

them is

fasting, helping others, donating,

and I personally I like this, when it

is your birthday,

just to follow the example of the Prophet

because

as I always say that we turn our

holidays into

me, me, like, what do what gifts do

I get? Right? So, it shouldn't be about

you, it should be about helping other people

as a way of say of showing gratitude,

that on that day, if you can take

some food and give it to the welfare

center,

or to,

donate food to the poor or the homeless,

this is should be your way of saying

thank you to Allah

And make people happy and put a smile

on their face.

Helping those who are less fortunate than ourselves,

is one of the best ways to say

thank you to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala for

all the blessings we have.

I have sore throats. I'm not able to

talk that much. So,

would see you tomorrow InshaAllah. We ask Allah

Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to give us a happy

and, joyful life in this dunya, and to

give us the best. Bless you and your

families.

Ameen Ameen. Questions tomorrow InshaAllah. Don't forget a

service.