Mustafa Khattab – Ramadan Special Quran Gems 11

So,

today's topic is kind of, emotional so we

don't have funny stories tonight and jokes and

stuff. But, tonight's talk is kind of serious.

But this is needed, inshallah.

So I'm going to talk to the youth

tonight, inshaAllah.

A few days ago, I was giving a

talk at one of the masajid. They had

a conference,

so they invited me to speak. So, after

the talk, this brother, your age, 20 years

old, he came to me and he said,

he's doing drugs,

and it is difficult for him to quit.

And he doesn't know if Allah

will accept his fasting or salah or not.

Of course, I hugged him, and I told

him when I was young, I

I I made mistakes.

I didn't do drugs, but I was doing

some bad things as well. So all of

us are human beings, and we make mistakes.

But the thing is, Ramadan is a good

time to start a new page with Allah

Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. And Allah will help you.

If you cannot smoke for 17, 18 hours

during the day, it means one thing to

me. That if you have the determination,

the commitment, you'll quit smoking by the end

of the month. And Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

has given you a proof because you didn't

do it during the day. And if you

are able to play 5 times a day

Ramadan, you stand at night in salah, if

you can't fast in Ramadan, it means one

thing to me that you are able to

do it after the month. And I gave

him some examples that I'm going to share

with you in the 5 minutes I, I

have with him.

And, I reminded him of this ayah from

Surah Hash, ayah number 18, where Allah

says, almost everyone here knows the ayah.

O who believe, O you who believe, be

mindful of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and let

every soul look at what deeds it has

set forth for tomorrow. Means the Day of

Judgement. So if you give the Day of

Judgment

in your mind, you know that one day,

sooner or later, you're going to stand before

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for judgment.

So it's up to you either to quit

here, and when you go there, your board

is clean, or if you insist on doing

what is haram,

then you have to prepare some good answers.

We know that life is very short, and

I don't have to remind you all the

time. If you don't know the story

of, Brother Burhan, he was a student at

the, Meghan Academy. 12 years old.

In 6th grade. So about a month before

Ramadan, he was on a trip with his

family and he died. He had no medical

conditions.

12 years old. Nothing.

So this is a warning to each and

every one of us that you don't have

to be 95 years old. Yeah. Some will

say, oh, my father was 95. Well, there

is no guarantee that you are going to

live 95. Come on. Wake up. Right? And

you have to keep this in mind all

the time.

Even if you live 200 years, so what?

Eventually you will leave. You say, in Urdu,

zenda gayba habaktasare.

Right?

Those who are Turkish, Hayat suktasare.

Right?

I know there are some Somalis here, I

don't want to, make them mad. Nolosha ar

Tahai? Right? Life is very short. So if

you live 10 years, or 200 years, eventually

you will leave this world. So what do

you need to do tonight?

Number 1, you have to keep in your

mind that this is a new page for

you, and Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is giving

you another chance to repent.

There are some people in our community who

were here last year, I didn't see them

because I was not here, but they are

not with us anymore.

And next year, who knows, maybe next Ramadan

some of us will not be here.

So whether I will die, you will die,

the sister in the back will die, who

knows? Right? So you have to keep this

in your mind. Maybe this is your last

Ramadan.

Maybe this is gonna be your last taweeh.

So wake up!

Right? We are not here to stay in

this world. We are Musafir, as the Prophet

sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said. Whether you stay

for a long time or a short time,

eventually we will leave. So you have to

look at 2 things

to check whether you are doing the right

thing or the wrong thing.

Your relationship with Allah and your relationship with

the people. This is what Islam is all

about. Inal adhinaaamanoo

They have faith in Allah. Wa ami ilas

saliha They are good to the people, and

they do good things. This is what Islam

is all about. Ibadat,

your relationship with Allah. Muhammed alaat, your relationship

with the people.

So in regards to your relationship with Allah

subhanahu wa ta'ala, salah is the most important

thing. I cannot emphasize

how important salah is.

So, don't tell me you are 35 or

40 and you don't pray.

For you delay salah. Because the Prophet sallallahu

alaihi wa sallam says on the day of

judgment, if your salah is missed up, you

have no chances. You'll be in big trouble.

And if your salah is accepted, everything else

is a piece of cake.

So don't delay your salah. Don't delay your

salah. I remember

there was I was in Edmonton for a

number a couple of years. Then,

there was a brother, 17 years old, healthy!

So, his mother used to tell him Go

to the Masjid and make salah. He always

said, Tomorrow, tomorrow.

Go for Jum'ah with the Imam. He said,

Next week. Go to the Masjid in Tawiyyah.

He said, Next year. So SubhanAllah, that next

day, that next week, that next month never

came. So eventually, he came to the Masjid

for salah,

not to pray, but people to offer janazah

for him.

He was involved into an accident, and he

died at the age of 17, and he

never made a sajdah for Allah. Right? And

his friend told me. I didn't know the

brother, so his friend told me. And he

told me the whole story, and I felt

sorry for him. In another case, one brother

called me.

He said, I want to pay money for

not fasting in Ramadan.

So I said, Okay, this is kafaa, because

I normally

ask people what condition they have,

because I want to see if they're doing

the right thing or no. Maybe they're not

fasting because of a reason that does not

require kafar.

So I said okay,

that was over the phone. Are you sick?

He said no. I said okay, are you

Musafir? He said no. Are you old? No.

25 years old.

And I gave him all the different options

for not fasting in the month of Ramadan.

And

I told him everything, No no no no

no.

And I told him: Man, the only thing

left in my list is pregnancy!

What is your problem?

He said: Well, I'm 25 years old, but

when I was young, my parents were not

practicing, they never told me how to make

salah, they never told me how to fast

Ramadan, and now I can't fast. I don't

know. I just want to give them money.

And I told him, No, you have to

try to learn to fast. If you feed,

you are young and healthy, Allah will not

accept from you. And this is based on

a hadith. You have to try to fast.

You can't just go and feed people for

not fasting.

This story is going on and on and

on, so I got only 2 minutes to

go, insha'Allah.

Your relationship with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is

very important. The salah,

the fasting, if you are rich, Allah Subhanahu

Wa Ta'ala has given you money, you didn't

do your hajj, or you don't give zakah,

you need to think about it. We're not

taking anything with us. Right? Now your relationship

with the people, and we'll start with your

parents.

I know stories.

I do counseling, and parents come to me,

and they tell me that their kids talk

back to them.

They talk to back to them. Oh, whatever.

I hate you.

Right? Because they wanted them to buy something

like a laptop or whatever, and the father

subhanAllah is doing 2 or 3 jobs. He's

trying to pay the bills, and the rent,

and shopping, and all these things. And if

they don't buy them the stuff they want,

I hate you.

I'm miserable in this world because of you.

You don't make me happy.

Come on, man. Come on.

So you don't talk to your parents like

this. Wallahi, no one loves you in this

world more than your parents. And there is

a reason why every time Allah Subhanahu Wa

Ta'ala talks about the hid in the Quran,

he talks about the parents right after. Waqaddaabooka

Allah Ta'udu Illa yahu wa'aminuwalalayhiksam.

So he always talks about the fact that

He created you, worship Him alone, and you

have to honor your parents, and you have

to be good to them.

Talking back to them is not nice.

Telling them you hate them is not nice.

So you we have to respect our parents,

and inshaAllah, I'm running out of time, but

we'll continue tomorrow inshaAllah, your relationship with Allah

and your relationship with the people, starting with

your parents. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

to help us become good Muslims in this

month, Ameen Ameen.

The question for last night was,

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala gives wahi

to Prophets in the Quran, but there is

one woman in the Quran that Allah Subhanahu

Wa Ta'ala gave her wahi, and this lady

is the mother of Musa. Wa'hayna ila lumi

Musa. The word wahi in the Quran comes

in two meanings. One of them to give

revelation,

like, wawhihi ilahaan murhin wawhayna ilahaam Musa. We

gave revelation, like Quran,

to Muhammad or,

Musa and the other Prophets, revelation from Allah.

And the word wahi comes,

in the meaning of inspire.

To do something.

Whether we're talking about human beings, we're birds,

we're animals, and so on and so forth.

Wa hayna ilaha'ummi Musa, we inspire the mumusa

to nurse a baby.

Your Lord inspired the bees

how to build their hives, and so on

and so forth. And the winner is Al

Hajj Muhammad al Bizri.

Yes.

We're doing a lot of research.

So tonight's question is, is easy.

There are so many men mentioned in the

Quran, especially Prophets. There's only one woman mentioned

by name in the Quran. If you know

her name, email me insha'Allah by tomorrow at

imamustafatnatoyacenter.ca.

Exactly nothing.