Mustafa Khattab – Ramadan Special Quran Gems 10

Or listening to a lecture about Islam. Of

course, Farb is more important.

Which is more important, listening to a short

thought for about 5 to 7 minutes or

praying to rakha sunnah? All the scholars agree,

listening to a lecture about Islam to increase

your iman or to learn about halal and

haram

is is more important than turakasun.

You can pray turakasun at any time, inshaAllah.

So with that being said, inshaAllah. And of

course, the reason is,

some of the beautiful faces I see right

now, inshaAllah, I will never see after Ramadan.

So it's good inshaAllah that I talk to

you, and I get you to love the

masjid and love Islam and increase your iman

inshaAllah. So hopefully, we'll see you again inshaAllah.

We We're open after Ramadan.

That's for sure.

Yeah.

So,

of course, those of you who have been

married for a long time,

raise your hand.

You have been married for quite some time.

Only 5 guys?

Why are you afraid?

Okay. I understand. I totally understand.

So,

if you have been married for a long

time, I think by now you have figured

this out. One of the survival techniques

I'm gonna give you 3 words, which are

considered one of the most important survival techniques

in the marriage for you as a husband.

So if you master these three words, insha'Allah,

you will live a happy marriage, and you

will succeed.

Otherwise,

AasubhanAllah, he died peacefully in his sleep. They

don't know what happened. So these three words

are,

honey,

you are right,

I'm sorry,

let's go shopping.

So if you know these three words, inshallah,

no problem whatsoever.

There is a lot of problem, however,

that whenever we go shopping,

we always go with a small list of

about 5, 7 items, and we come out

with a list with, 25 items. So what

happens?

Sometimes you go there, and I tell you

what, especially when you are fasting,

this is psychologically

true, you feel like you are going to

eat everything.

You want to buy everything.

So my advice, never go shopping while you're

fasting.

Go after Iftar or go after Ramadan.

Okay.

So

so what happens? You go to them stores,

and, they have stuff like

snorkeling stuff, you know? You dive in the

ocean with the, you know, these things.

You don't even know how to swim, but

your wife will say,

Oh, it's for $250.

You know? Outside the sail, it's for $2,000.

You know? We'll feel like idiots if we

don't buy the stuff, but we don't know

how to swim. It doesn't matter. It's on

sale, man. You gotta buy it. I visited

1 brother in Saint Catherine's.

Well, I had he had a boat.

It's kind of, you know, light boat.

He said it has been on the wall

for 10 years,

and he used it only twice in 10

years. And he bought it for, like, 2,

$3,000.

Right? So this kind of waste.

So inshallah, when you go,

make sure you buy the stuff you need,

not the stuff you want. What is the

difference? It's easy. The stuff you need is

the stuff you can't survive without. Like food,

drink,

fridge,

clothing, so on and so forth. The stuff

you want is the stuff you can't survive

without.

Like more video games, like an extra TV

in, the kid's bedroom, all that stuff. Right?

So

wasting in Ramadan. This is the point. So

this is the introduction and this is the

point now. Wasting in Ramadan. We waste a

lot in this month. So as I said,

when we take when we go to someone's

house for iftar, we go to the places

where they provide Iftar, we feel like we're

hungry, we're gonna eat everything.

Especially the kids. If they are fasting or

they are hungry, they take a lot, and

many of us end up wasting,

I would say, 60, 70 percent of the

food. We never finish it. Right?

Sometimes when I invite people to our houses,

especially in some cultures, we would like to

show off and, mashaAllah, we are generous, we

have money, so we invite 7 people to

your house, you make food for 50.

You end up throwing the food. I know,

because I come from that culture. Right?

Our problem is we don't eat leftovers,

most of the time. We like to eat

fresh.

If you keep the food in the fridge

for next day, no one will eat it.

You give it to your kids, no,

you hate me, you make me miserable,

biryani everyday, I'm not gonna eat it.

You might as well cook something new for

them. Right? And subhanAllah, food is wasted all

the time. In the US, the statistics show

at least 45%

to 50 or even 60% of the food

in the whole country is thrown in the

garbage.

Whereas, there are millions of people who are

starving to death because they don't have something

to eat.

So this is with regard to the food.

Of course,

those of you who have seen, who are

following the parliament, there was an imbi an

imbi from Ajax, non Muslim.

He was saying, and that was on TV,

that he last year he fasted the whole

Ramadan,

and he donated all the money, he saved

from not eating for a whole month to

the poor. And he said, This something I

learned from Muslims.

Because when they fast, they give a lot

in charity, and of course the people gave

him a standing ovation and they were clever.

Right? So this is something we need to

to do because this is something that is

part of our faith.

Water is the same thing. Water is the

same thing. We waste a lot of water.

I said before that the Prophet salallahu alayhi

wa sallam, for his wudu, and this is

based on authentic hadith, he used that much

for his wudu.

Four times this for his wudu. Full shower!

Right? So this much for his wudu.

Some of us, this is not even enough

to wash your mouth. Right? We waste, we

waste. And I always say, sometimes you go

to the washroom for wudu,

if you have a mirror in your washroom,

take it out.

Why? Because you go there, make wudu,

you look at yourself in the mirror, MashaAllah,

you look at yourself in the eye, and

Oh, MashaAllah, I've got a beautiful, beautiful eyes.

You stand there for like 10, 15 minutes,

and the water is running. Brushing your teeth

is the same problem, we waste a lot

of water, gallons and gallons of water,

Brushing your teeth is the same problem, we

waste a lot of water. Gallons and gallons

of water.

You take a shower.

Tens and tens of gallons of water are

wasted. You stand there, mashallah.

Because of the echo, you like to sing,

Oh mashallah.

I will survive. All these things. Right? All

these songs.

So, wasting water.

I'm not going to talk about Africa and

the brothers from Islamic Relief who go there,

they tell you that people walk for miles

just to get that much of dirty water

to to drink. Right? They don't have access

to clean water. And here, mashaAllah, we're wasting

water all the time.

In North America, there's already water problem. You

read about California? They are in big trouble

now. They don't have clean water, because it

it didn't rain for a long time. Detroit?

This is a joke, man. They don't have

access to clean water in Detroit, right here.

Right? Across the border. So it's not far

away from us. So make sure insha'Allah you

don't waste water, you don't waste food.

Another way of wasting, and I'll conclude with

this insha'Allah, talking too much.

This is another waste. Of course, Allah subhanahu

wa ta'ala says in the Qur'an,

eat and drink, but don't waste.

Say for talking.

Ladasawaanashyaa'i'tu,

itu darakmul dasool. Don't ask about things that

if they become clear to you, maybe they

they will disturb you. And don't, walataqfumaalai salakabiran.

Don't talk about things that you don't know.

Right? So don't talk too much. One of

the things we learn about Muhammad SAWS is

that he didn't talk too much. He spoke

only when there was a reason to talk,

and he told us.

If you have something good to say, alhamdulillah,

otherwise keep your mouth shut.

Because if you keep talking, you're gonna talk

about this person and that person, and you

will end up losing your hasala. So make

sure inshaAllah you don't waste food, water, energy

in this month. Help those who are in

need if you fast. At the end of

the day, 17 hours of fasting,

you have a relief at the end of

the day. You can eat at home, do

all the Mas'an will provide iftar, but there

are some brothers and sisters who fast in

some Muslim countries. I'm not gonna name them.

There are 100 of thousands of them who

don't have a relief at the end of

the day. They have nothing to eat. And

I'm gonna leave you with this small story,

from a Muslim country in Africa. I'm not

gonna name it. So the brother called,

TV show in the Muslim world, for Fatwa,

and he said, You Sheikh, I know that

the prophet

said, when you fast in Ramadan, don't fast

at night.

This is not acceptable.

Is our fasting valid? Because in my country,

in my neighborhood,

many of the time we don't have something

to eat, so sometimes we spend the whole

night without food. Is our fasting valid or

not?

So, remember this story every time you waste

food or water, we ask Allah Subhanahu Wa

Ta'ala to give us the best in this

life, and the best in the life to

come. So

the question for last night, what is the

last Ayah revealed of the Qur'an? Of course

there are difference amongst scholars, but the chosen

one. Most of the scholars say that the

last ayah revealed of the Quran is ayah

281 of Surah Baqarah.

These these were the last words that came

from the heavens.

For 1000 of years, the revelations were coming

down, but this is the last ayah. Now

the heavens is closed, no more revelations. The

last ayah, halas.

Be mindful of the day you will all

be returned to Allah for judgment,

and everyone will be accountable for their deeds.

No one will be wronged, whatsoever.

So this is the last ayat. It talks

about judgment, the day of PM.

So the winner is finally brother Zia Mahboob.

He's been trying every single night. Masha Allah.

Mujahid.

Walaqalawik Takbir.

Walaqalawik.

Wazaqalawik.

So the question for tonight is quite difficult,

and don't consult with Google because you will

they will give you the wrong answer.

Talk to your wife. That's my advice.

She knows everything, alhamdulillah. So the question is,

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gave wahi,

revelation to a lot of people in the

Quran, all the different Prophets. Muhammad Musa 'alayhi

wa sallam. There's only one woman in the

Quran who received wahi from the from Allah.

Allah says, I gave wahi to that woman.

She is not a prophet, of course. If

you know that woman, email me before email

me tomorrow anytime inshallah at imamalatulahatulatulacenter.sa.