Mustafa Khattab – Ramadan Reflections 1 Yusufs Dream
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The conversation covers various aspects of the Quran, including Jesus Christ's story and supposed potential for perfecting. It emphasizes the importance of not letting fear control actions and offers a petition to fire Jesus Christ. The speaker discusses the weight of the first night and the importance of fasting, thirstiness, and hunger in the month of centers, reminding people to email for information before the day of ante. They stress the need to be mindful of difficult situations and work as an Uber driver.
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We will, we'll be covering some aspects from
the Quran, some beautiful things we, can learn
and, before we start I just saw doctor
Haadi Salih, my dentist,
may Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala give him Shifaq,
give him Barakah Ameen Raw Barakah Ameen Raw
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Ameen Aruba Alemeen.
So basically tonight we'll talk about something amazing
about Surah Yusuf.
Surah Yusuf.
So basically other stories in the Quran. How
many Yusuf we have here? Raise your hand.
So we have 1 Yusuf, 2,
3, 4, 5,
half of the Jamaat Yusuf.
Alhamdulillah.
So basically,
in the story of Musa Fir'aun, Fir'aun was
a tyrant, destroy it, end of story. Okay.
A'at, hamood tyrant people destroy it and they
end okay what is the Khalas? Finished
but in the story of Yusuf alaihis salam
there is something amazing
it is very unpredictable
like at the beginning first page
Yusuf alaihis salam saw the dream something amazing
Hashem saw Al Qabbar making surjat to him,
Allah this is amazing
nothing can go wrong
next page
his brothers made a conspiracy against him he's
in the well he's about to die Man,
this is terrible,
like there's no relief for him.
Next page,
he is in the house of Al Aziz
in Egypt, he became a very important person
in the palace.
Oh man, this is amazing, nothing can go
wrong.
Next page,
the wife of el Adi was busting all
the moves and the women were trying to
seduce him
and he ended up in jail.
Man, this is terrible. This is so sad.
I mean, there is no you don't see
light at the end of the tunnel
because he's staying in jail for several
years.
Next page,
he is in the palace, he became an
Aziz and he's working for the king and
everything is amazing. Basha'Allah.
So you see, subhanAllah, ups and downs, ups
and downs, ups and downs. Something good turns
into something terrible, something terrible turns into something
good, then something good turns into something bad,
something bad turns into something good.
And we can all relate to this, so
what does this have to do with Ramadan?
What is this imam? Why is he talking
about Yusuf the 1st night of Ramadan?
I think we should all sign a petition
to fire him.
Yeah, but if you think about it, this
is very relevant to Ramadan.
Now when you look at the Quran, the
ayat I recited in the first, 2 rakas
of, salatul Isha and also imam Bilal,
mentioned the ayah of Bashir Laveen,
So when Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala talks about
'ibadah in the Quran,
he talks about Jannah and the reward you
will get. You will get this reward a
day in Jannah and the rivers and this
and that. But Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala doesn't
talk about waking up like 4 in the
morning in the cold to pray fast or
fasting 18, 19 hours. I have a miskin
friend in in Iceland,
he's fasting 21
hours a day.
So he's only left with 2 hours and
a
half for Ma'ri,
Fatur,
Aisha, Taraweeh,
with
Sohur, fell 2 hours and a half. That's
it.
Because the question always okay, why did Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala show Yusuf alaihis salam the
dream of,
you know, being an important man and, you
know, the sun and the moon and the
living stars making sajat to him,
but he didn't have a dream about being
in the well,
being in
jail, people are trying to kill him and
so on and so forth. He only saw
the good thing at the end. He didn't
see the challenges on the way.
Same thing Allah is
doing the same thing to us in the
Quran when he talks about Ibad, about siya,
about salah,
about hajj, about zakah, he only talks about
the end, what you will get at the
end of the tunnel.
You will get the reward,
you will drink from the Kawthar of Muhammad
you will get his shafa,
you will be able to see Muhammad saasalam,
the prophets, and the Sahaba kiram, and this
is something amazing.
And to get that,
anything becomes so easy for you.
All the disturbance and all the annoyance that
you face, like, you know, thirsty, what is
the big deal? Al Kawthar is there.
And, you know, 17 hours of fasting, well,
I'm gonna be in Jannah forever. This is,
you know so when you look at the
end result, things become easy.
Like some of you, you can relate to
this.
When you come here, you apply for Canadian
citizenship to become a citizen,
and because you are practicing doctor back home,
you know, when you get the news that
you're coming to Canada, you're excited, you're dancing
in the streets. You come here, they tell
Sahar, you have to get the equivalency
and for now you have to mop the
floor,
you have to work as an Uber driver,
you have to wash the dishes,
and you look at the end, when I
get my equivalency,
I'm gonna be a doctor, practice medicine in
Canada, I'm gonna make this much,
all these small annoyances on the way they
become so easy, so trivial, nothing.
When you are thinking about marrying a sister,
you love her so much and Masha Allah,
you would like to marry the sister, you
go to the dad,
and he makes your life difficult, he makes
you miserable.
You know, you have to buy a house,
$2,000,000
in Mississauga with a pool.
Okay,
because you want to marry the sister and
you always picture yourself with the sister at
the end,
so all the annoyances
on the way become easy.
You have to buy the house,
no problem, I'm gonna do it.
5 kilograms of gold. I know in the
Kurdish culture they buy a lot of gold,
you know. One time a couple of came,
they wanted to marry Kurdish background, 1.5
kilograms of gold. They brought him to the
Masjid and I said, can you please put
your address here because I wanna rob your
house and and take the gold
so I don't have to work as an
imam anymore.
Yeah. Yeah. So no problem.
You're all like Masal, and you have to
take her for vacation in Kenya. You go
to Tanzania. No problem.
No problem. Gonna do it. So once you
think about marrying the sister, all the small
things here and there, they become easy for
you. And this is why Yusuf alaihi wa
sallam only saw the end result which is
amazing, which made all the difficulties that he
faced on the way easy for him. Same
for you. When you think about fasting,
thirst, hunger, in the month of Ramadan, you
think of Jannah, the rivers, Muhammad salaam is
there to welcome you, the Sahaba Koran, all
these small issues like the thirst, the 17
hours become so javial, khalas. I Anabiyu Muhammad
things become easy. So whenever you get tired
in the month of Ramadan, thirsty, hungry, always
remember this and remember the story of Yusuf,
and Allah will make it easier for you,
and Allah will gather us together
Every night I will ask a question. If
you know the answer, we'll give you a
prize next day.
I I don't, promise,
a vacation to Hawaii. I don't promise, $10,000,
something small to show our gratitude. The question
for tonight, you were in the house by
yourself,
during the day of Ramadan,
and you felt hungry.
No one is here. You know, Shaitan is
there. Shaitan, as you say, in Urdu Shaitan
Shaitan is very smart. No. No one is
here. I can eat Khalas, and I'll continue.
You turn the house upside down,
no biryani, no shawarma, no gulslamah, there's no
food in the house.
So at the end said you gave up,
okay no food, Khalas, I'll continue my fast.
Is your fast valid or you broke your
fast, you have to make up the day
after Ramadan? If you know the answer, email
me before, tomorrow after tomorrow at imamustafathenatoyacenter.ca.
Jazakkalu.