Mustafa Khattab – Ramadan Reflections 1 Yusufs Dream

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

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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.