Mustafa Khattab – Taraweeh Gems 1 Religion Of Ease

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.