Mustafa Khattab – Taraweeh Gems 1 Religion Of Ease
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In this transcript, the speaker discusses the importance of fasting during the day to achieve rewards for Muslims. They explain that fasting during the day means eating anything and praying five times a day, giving a word of praying only. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of fasting during the season to increase health and wealth.
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The series last year, the talk between Prabhu
Raweem was about Muslim manners. And today, inshallah,
we're gonna start a new series, and the
title is Quran Jims. So every night, inshallah,
we're gonna choose a an ayah from the
Quran or a a small,
passage from the Quran. So we reflect on
this ayah to see what we can learn
from this ayah shawah.
The passage for today is from Surah Al
Baqarah where Allah
says,
And this part we are sighted in Isha
where Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says, Allah intends
every ease for you and He doesn't intend
to place hardship on you.
Before we start insha'Allah,
if you look at Surat Al Baqarah there
are 2 themes in this Sur. Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala talks about the different abadat in
this Sur. He talks about salah, he talks
about Ramadan, about fasting,
he talks about salata and zakat, he talks
about hash and so on and so forth.
So there are 2 things that Allah subhanahu
wa'ala mentions after these abadat.
Number 1,
he says almost all the time in this
surah, every time he talks about Ibadah, he
says that the purpose of this Ibadah is
to generate taqwa in you.
Taqwah.
So you have been made a fad on
you just like it was made an obligation
on those who came before you so that
you will achieve taqal. Look at the ayat
that talk about Hajj, about different things in
the Surah,
the same thing. They always conclude with the
word Taqwah or to achieve Taqwah. Taqwah or
Alimuqmlah and so on and so forth. So
this is number 1. Number 2, Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala when he speaks about rebala in
the Surah, he always says at the end
that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala doesn't want to
make things difficult for you.
And at the end of the Surah,
Allah doesn't want to, make things difficult for
you. Be intense every ease for you.
Some people will say, but wait a minute,
fasting 30 days for 17 hours, in our
case for 20 hours, 22 hours, actually this
year in the case of Iceland Iceland, is
not making things easy for us. Fasting the
whole day standing in Taraweeh for an hour,
praying
9 rakahs or 22 rakahs. Right?
And praying 5 times a day, then praying
for a tarawiyyaf and tahad. So this is
not making things easy for us. This is
what some people think.
Why is it not that we just go
to the masjid once a a week just
like some other people from different faiths?
Actually, some Muslims do the same thing. We
call them Jumah Muslims. They go once a
week. Right?
And what about fasting the other way just
like some other people from other faith communities?
They just
eat anything they want, they drink anything they
want, they they just avoid one thing.
So now imagine if you are fasting in
Ramadan, you can eat anything, you go to
Tim Hortons every day and you only avoid
biryani. Right?
So this is how they fast. Some people
are going fish, some people are going chocolate.
This is how they fast.
Well, you have to look at it. There
are 2 points inshallah. I got 1 minute
then we'll continue.
Number 1,
the same people who are doing this these
things, they go to their places of worship
once
a week, or they go only for Janazah,
and those who avoid only one thing, on
the day of judgment, when they see their
reward and the honor and the dignity that
Allah
giving to the
believer
They will wish they were Muslims.
And when you see the honor and the
dignity and the the greater word of Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has for you in Jannah,
You wish that the whole year was Ramadan.
You wish you prayed not only 5 times
a day and prayed 50 times.
And guess what? You are getting the reward
for fasting the whole year, actually the whole
year without fasting the whole year. And you
get the reward for praying 50 times a
day with praying only.
How? We know from the hadith of the
prophet SAWSAA that in Tabari if you fast
in Ramadan
you get 10 rewards for 1 good deed
so 30 days in Ramadan by 10 that's
300
and you fast 6 days from the month
of Shawwal
that is 60
360. This is what the prophet says,
if you fast Ramadan 6 days from Shawwal
you get the reward of fasting the whole
year. You pray 5 times a day you
get the reward of fasting,
the you pray 5 times a day, you
give that a word of praying 50 times
a day as the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam says in the hadith. The last point.
So why do we fast sometimes in Ramadan
in the summer, in the winter,
in the spring, and why does it move
all the time?
Well, just think about it this way. It
is recommended in the sunnah when you pray
in the masjid that you change the place
of your salah. So sometimes you pray here,
tomorrow you pray there, the next day you
pray in the back. I know some Muslims
they like to pray in a certain spot,
like like they get a bit better coverage
when they pray in a certain spot. I
saw a brother one time, he came to
the masjid lad and he saw one brother
sitting in the front and he said, yo,
move. This is my spot. And he he
actually he moved him to the back.
So when you pray in the different places
on the day of judgment, these different spots
in the masjid will make Shafa for you.
They will acknowledge you and they will ask
Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, to give you huge
Jannah. Look at Siyam the same way when
it comes in different seasons. Maybe on the
day of judgement, fasting in the spring will
make shafa for you. Fasting in the summer
will make shafa for you. Fasting in the
winter will make shafar for you. So ask
Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala,
Who is that child and what is the
name of the Surah? If you know the
answer inshaAllah email me at info at [email protected].
Khattab.org. Send me the answer inshallah before tomorrow
us and tomorrow we'll get a precious gift
inshallah and this will be throughout the month.