Nadim Bashir – Best Nights Of The Year

Nadim Bashir
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The importance of fasting and taking a nap is emphasized in the upcoming month of centers, with the focus on pushing oneself to the limit and creating a schedule at home to be productive. The speaker emphasizes the importance of knowing the magnitude of the last 10 nights and the significance of the "has it been done" concept. The importance of staying at home and praying for health is also emphasized, particularly during the last few weeks of the month. maximizing the last few nights of the month is emphasized, as it is the time of the year.
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I ask Allah

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that just as he has gathered us here

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today on this day of Jum'ah, in the

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month of Ramadan, may

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Allah gather us along with our families in

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Jennifer Dusil Allah, in the companionship of Rasulullah,

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he salallahu alaihi wa sallam, and his Sahaba

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without any accountability,

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Amin You Rabbil Alamin. May Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala accept our rakiyam, may Allah accept our

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and may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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grant us the nights of

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Go back a month.

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We were talking about

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the month of Ramadan is coming.

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And subhanallah,

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in the blink of an eye,

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we are almost 20 days into the month

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of Ramadan.

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Where am I today?

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Where I where was I before Ramadan?

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And where am I today in the month

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of Ramadan?

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Has my taqwa increased?

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Because this is the month of taqwa.

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Fasting develops taqwa.

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Fasting is not the objective.

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Taqwa is the objective.

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Has my taqwa increased or not?

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Do I find pleasure

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in reading the Quran and connecting with the

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Quran?

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Do I feel guilty over the sins

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that I have committed?

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The that I have committed against myself.

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Do I feel guilty about it? Have I

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made istighfar to Allah

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And am I finding any enjoyment

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in the qiyam?

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If the answer to any of these questions,

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brothers and sisters, is no.

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No. That I have not developed my taqwa,

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or my taqwa has not increased,

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and I'm not finding pleasure in the Quran,

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I'm not finding enjoyment in qiyam, I've not

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made istighfar,

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then we have really

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lost the first twenty days of Ramadan.

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But at the same time, I have some

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good news too.

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The good news is

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that the last part of Ramadan,

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the most precious part of Ramadan,

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is right upon us.

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Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam,

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It is mentioned about him from our mother,

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Aisha radhiallahu ta'ala Anha.

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That, Karan Biyushalallahu alaihi wasallam

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When the last 10 nights of Ramadan would

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begin,

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Shaddamizar.

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That which means Technically speaking means that he

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would tighten his waist belt. Meaning that in

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our in our understanding, like you know when

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a person gets serious,

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they will try to roll up their sleeves

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and so forth.

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That is what the prophet is doing. He's

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trying to create a psychological

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awareness within us, that when the last 10

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nights of Ramadan began,

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whatever has been done has been done. Whatever

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has not been done has not been done.

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But we can make amends for the 1st

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20 days of Ramadan, and the last 10

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nights of Ramadan.

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It is also mentioned that

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that He would stay up

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the night, all the night, because throughout the

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entire year, there were portions of the night

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where the prophet shalallahu alaihi wa sallam he

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would pray, and there were portions of the

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night he would take some rest. But in

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these last 10 nights of Ramadan,

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our mother says that

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He will stay up all night.

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And not only that,

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He would wake up his family members

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to engage in the worship of Allah

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Brothers and sisters,

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these last 10 nights of Ramadan

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is the time where we need to push

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ourselves to our limits.

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I know that in Ramadan, we are sleep

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deprived.

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I know that in Ramadan our schedules are

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all messed up. I know that in Ramadan

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things are not that easy.

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But this is the beauty of the month

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of Ramadan.

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Everyone is fasting,

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everyone is performing qiyam,

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everyone is connecting to the Quran. And then

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the last 10 nights of Ramadan come, and

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we're more tired, and we're more sleepy, and

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we have more fatigue.

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But the beauty of the last 10 nights

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is that we push ourselves to the limit,

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to the absolute maximum, because of the reward

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that is promised to us by Allah

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Has it ever come to our

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imagination

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that subhanallah,

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in the past,

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there were people who lived beyond a 1000

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years.

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Nuh

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gave dawah only for 950

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years. That was just his dawah time in

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his life.

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His life was beyond a 1000

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years.

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In the time of the prophet In the

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in the in the ummah of rasulullah sallallahu

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alaihi

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wa sallam, our lifespan

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compared to the lifespans of the past

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is very very short.

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Now someone may ask

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that, what if I want to do a

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lot of Ibadah?

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What if I had a life of a

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1000 years?

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A 1200

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years and so forth.

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Is there any way in the ummah of

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the prophet, our life is 60 to 70

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years at an average.

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Is there any way that I can do

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enough?

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And this is why there's a beautiful hadith

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of Rasulullah

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Because he says that,

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Whoever is deprived

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in these last 10 nights of Ramadan,

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they are truly deprived.

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Meaning that they have suffered a great loss.

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They have suffered a great loss.

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At the same time, keeping in mind that

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if a person

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is waking up in the nights of the

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itul qadr, and they get the reward of

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83 years

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in one night, as Allah

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says in the Quran,

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Better than a 1000 months.

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It comes out to be 83 years.

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Then think about it for a moment.

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If we go through 10 years of Ramadan

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in our life, which many of us here,

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we have probably experienced 20 Ramadans,

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30 Ramadans, and in many cases, there might

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be even 50 or 60 Ramadans.

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But think about it. Every 10 years,

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if we spend our Ramadan,

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and we spend our layitulqadr,

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the way it is to be spent,

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The way it is to be utilized.

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That's

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830 years of Ibadah.

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830 years. Only if you spend 10 years

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of Layitul Qadr, and we find the night

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the night of Layitul Qadr, and we spend

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that night properly

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Think about on the day of judgment.

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People of the past, they may have lived

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for 1500 years,

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But the ummah of Rasulullah

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alaihi wa sallam has been given

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this honor

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and this opportunity

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that though we may live for 60 and

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70 years,

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but we can do enough that when we

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appear before Allah on the day of judgment,

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we can have almost 2 1000, 3000 years

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of 'ibadah

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This is something that was not given to

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the ummah of the past. And this is

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why once again, Rasulullah

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says,

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that anyone who loses the night of lateul

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Qadr, anyone who is deprived from his khair,

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they are truly deprived from Allah

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Brothers and sisters, these last 10 nights which

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are starting tomorrow night as

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let's psychologically

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prepare ourselves from now.

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Let's talk to our families from now. Let's

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try to create a situation at home,

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and a schedule at home that where we

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can be productive, where we can give each

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other the opportunity

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to maximize these last 10 nights of Ramadan.

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Allah

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in the Quran, he says,

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What is this qadr?

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Many ulama, they say that qadr is in

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reference to the divine decree. The qadr, the

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divine decree that we all believe in.

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The divine decree that Allah

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has already written for us, but we also

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learn from the sunnah of the Prophet

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that our duas can change the qadr of

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Allah

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Though it is written,

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but it is also written if our decree

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will also change. These are the nights that

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we can pray to Allah

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and change our decree. Hence, the ulama they

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say that these are the nights of qadr.

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Why? Because Allah

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Allah he sees our duas, and he will

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make changes if he needs to, and if

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he wishes to our Qadr. And he tells

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the angels about those changes.

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Some of the ul Hammadi say that, No.

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This is also in reference to the fact

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that these are very prestigious nights. Just like

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we say in Urdu also,

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Likewise,

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is to honor something. To believe in something

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that it is highly honorable. It is prestigious.

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These are the nights of prestige. These are

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the nights of honor. So Allah Subhanahu wa

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ta'ala he is saying that these are not

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only the nights of qadr, and the nights

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of honor, but a person who stands up

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before Allah and they pray to Allah Subhanahu

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wa ta'ala according to one hadith of the

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Prophet

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manqamalaylatalqaddariamanan

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waitti7rufiyalahumataqaddar

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minzambi. A person who stares before Allah on

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the nights of baytulqaddar,

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they will get the reward from Allah

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But additionally,

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in the eyes of Allah

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Because of how honorable these nights are, this

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person

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who is standing before Allah, this person who's

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reading Quran on these nights, This person who

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finds the night of Daytul Qadr, they have

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a high and honorable position in the eyes

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of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Though we may not have an honorable position

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amongst the people, but we will most certainly

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have an honorable position in the eyes of

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Allah

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This is why once again, brothers and sisters,

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we need to understand

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the magnitude

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of these last 10 nights of Ramadan.

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Additionally,

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how how honorable these nights are?

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Allah He says,

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tanazalulmalaaikatuwarruhofeeha

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biivni rabbihim min kulliamrin

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Allah he says, That on these nights, it

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is not only the malaika that are coming

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down, but the most honorable of all the

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angels, Jibril

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according to the opinion of many ulema. And

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because of the Quran and the way the

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wording of the Quran is, it is jibreel

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himself

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who comes down on these kind of nights.

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Think about how great these nights are. That

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it's not only the malaika that are coming

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down. The most honorable of all the malaika.

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Jibrael alaihis salam himself is coming down. Subhanallah,

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brothers and sisters, think about if the malaika

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are coming down, and you and I, we

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are wasting these last 10 nights of Ramadan.

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You and I are not taking the maximum

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amount of benefit from these last 10 nights

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of Ramadan.

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Then honestly we need to ask ourselves that

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Allah is setting us up for success.

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Allah is giving us all the tools that

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we need to be successful on these nights.

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But if we are the ones who are

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wasting our time,

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there is no one to blame but ourselves.

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Brothers and sisters,

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what is to be done on these last

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10 nights of Ramadan?

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There are several things that we need to

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do. First of all is,

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as Allah

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says,

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Better than a 1000 months,

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it is comes out to be 83 years.

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And many of us, we have seen the

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calculation.

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1 night is equivalent to 83 years. However,

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1 hour

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on any night of late al Qadr

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is equivalent to almost 10 years of ibadah.

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1 hour. 10 years. Can you imagine if

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you went to work,

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and your boss said to you that you

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work, and I'll give you 10 years of

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pay.

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We will not do anything else in that

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1 hour

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but work.

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We will not look at our phones. We

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will not look at anything. We will just

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work and work and work because one night

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because one hour and getting 10 years of

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pay, this is a bargain that you will

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not find anywhere around the world. Yet, Allah

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is willing to give us this.

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One minute

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on the night of late Al Qadr

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is equivalent

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to is equivalent to

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58

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days. Think about that for a moment. One

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minute.

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58

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days. Once again, think about it. If a

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person says, work for 1 minute, and I'll

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give you

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60 days of pay.

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What

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an What a a great deal Allah is

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giving us over here. And one second comes

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out to be almost one day.

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This is why we need to spend every

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single second in the of Allah

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when it come to these last 10 nights

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of Ramadan.

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What do we need to do in these

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last 10 nights of Ramadan? Several things, as

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I said earlier. Number 1 is

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standing up before Allah

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And before I get into this subject, I

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do wanna make something very, very clear here.

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Though today,

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especially all over America, we have seen that

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there is a culture

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that has been created in the last ten

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nights of Ramadan.

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Every single masjid is

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performing their qiyam.

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Every single masjid has organized a qiyam. They

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have organized lectures and so forth.

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But brothers and sisters, and I especially especially

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I want the youth to listen to me

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very carefully here.

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In the time of the prophet

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the

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way the prophet

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would spend his last 10 nights at Ramadan

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was not in the masjid giving lectures.

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Lectures are for another time.

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The prophet

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he will stay at home,

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stay in the confines of his home,

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and he would do the ibadah of Allah

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Now, am I saying that coming to the

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masjid and engaging the qiyam is wrong? No.

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I'm not saying that.

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But the actual sunnah of the prophet

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is

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to stay at home and engage your own

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Ibadah.

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See, what's happening lately is

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many people, and especially especially our youth,

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they're running around from 1 masjid to another

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masjid. From 1 organization to another organization.

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Why? There's a very beautiful lecture that is

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going on.

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We have

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350

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days of the year,

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If the lunar calendar You take the lunar

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calendar into perspective.

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355 days a year. We have 345

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days

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a year

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that you can listen to as many lectures

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as you want.

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Sit on Youtube all day long, and listen

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to lecture

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after lecture after lecture.

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There is a vault on YouTube about lectures.

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But in these last 10 nights of Ramadan,

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brothers and sisters,

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instead of wasting time,

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and going from one place to another place

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to another place.

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Why? Because I want to listen to a

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lecture.

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And we drive for 20 minutes.

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Driving for 25 minutes.

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And not only that, but when we get

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there,

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the only thing that is taking place is,

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there might be a lecture taking place.

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But let's be truly honest.

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It's a lecture

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but it is also because I want to

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socialize with others.

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This is why people are going around.

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My friends are going.

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Brothers and sisters, this is not how rasulullah

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sallallahu alaihi wasallam will spend his last 10

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nights.

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Wallahi, we are drifting

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from the actual sunnah of the prophet sallallahu

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alaihi wasallam.

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After Eid, listen to as many lectures as

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you want. Sit down 247 and listen to

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as many lectures as you want.

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But if there's any lecture that we need

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to hear, it is only the lecture of

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Allah

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that we will find in the Quran.

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That is the only thing that we need

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to be doing in the last 9th of

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Ramadan.

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Stay

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at home. Do your qiyam.

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Read the Quran.

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Do your zikr.

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Do du'a. Make du'a in these last 10

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nights of Ramadan.

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Make istighfar to Allah

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This is how Rasulullah

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will spend his nights.

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Now we have people who are driving,

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spending 3, 4 hours

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socializing. Listen to a lecture.

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And then they feel good about themselves. Why?

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Because they prayed 2 rakaatiyam?

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Because they read 10 minutes of Quran?

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You see the priorities are changing.

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And we have to come back to the

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sunnah of the prophet

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So in these last 10 nights of Ramadan,

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besides,

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besides qiyam,

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besides Quran, these are things that we have

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to do. And du'a,

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and dhikr, and istighfar.

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But in these last 10 nights of Ramadan,

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let's also try to minimize

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socializing with each other. I'm not saying that

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someone comes and says, As salaamu alaykum.

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I'm not socializing

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with anyone. No. No. I'm not saying that.

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But going around places,

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and wasting our last 10 nights of Ramadan,

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brothers and sisters, this is not the way

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from the sunnah of the prophet sallallahu alaihi

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wa sallam.

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Additionally,

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we try to also pray

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fajr

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and isha in the masjid.

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We come to the masjid. A lot of

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times we are tired all night long. Fajr

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comes. We're so tired, I can just pray

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at home and go to sleep. No. Especially

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in the last 10 nights of the month,

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we try to pray Isha with Jamara, and

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we try to pray,

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Fajr also with Jamara.

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And lastly,

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something that we all have all heard.

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That in the month of Ramadan, the one

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thing that the prophet he would always emphasize

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on is

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seeking delivery or deliverance

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from the fire of Jahannam.

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In these last 10 nights of Ramadan, if

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we have not been making this dua, especially

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in these last 10 nights of Ramadan, we

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should be making this dua,

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May Allah

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save us and our families from fire of

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jahannam.

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But additionally, in these last 10 nights of

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Mavan, one of the most

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the one the one dua that the prophet

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he would love to recite, as our mother

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Aisha radiAllahu anha, she tells us is,

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Oh, Allah. You are afu. Meaning that you

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forgive. Not only do you forgive, you are

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the one who amidst the sin from our

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records. You Allah. On these last 10 nights

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of Ramadan, we ask you to forgive us

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in a way that it does not even

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appear in our records on the day of

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judgment. This dua, by the way, it is

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a very,

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very powerful dua. Because of time, I cannot

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go into the explanation of this dua. But

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in these last 10 nights of Ramadan, brothers

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and sisters, make these kind of du'as. And

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And additionally,

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make dua. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in the

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Quran. In the passage regarding Ramadan, he says,

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is saying, I respond

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to the call

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or to the du'a of the du'a maker

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when he makes du'a.

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What does Allah try and tell us? Make

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du'a.

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Wallahi, we know what is going on in

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our own families.

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People come to me all the time, Sheikh,

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I'm struggling with this. Imam, I'm struggling with

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that. Make du'a to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

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Make an abundance of istighfar

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in these last 10 nights of Ramadan, because

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making istighfar also removes challenges from our life.

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But brothers and sisters, the most important thing

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is, because of time we have to wrap

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it up, the most important thing is that

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these last 2 nights at Ramazan are nights

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that cannot be wasted.

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Go to the graveyard right now.

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And if you were to ask any one

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of them

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that would they love to exchange places with

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you right now,

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Wallahi, they would give whatever they had to

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exchange

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and to be in your place right now.

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Allah has given us an honor. Allah has

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given us a gift.

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Let's utilize the gift.

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Let's show Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Let's show

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our gratitude to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala by

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maximizing these last nights of Ramadan. I ask

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Allah

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to make us from amongst those who will

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maximize these last 10 nights. We ask Allah

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to make us from amongst those who are

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forgiven on every single night. We ask Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala to make us for amongst

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those who will seek the night of Rayitul

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Qadr. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to

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make us for amongst those who dua whose

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duas are going to be accepted. We ask

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Allah

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to make us from amongst the Qani teen.

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Ask Allah

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to make us from amongst those who engage

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in the worship of Allah and

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we will not waste our time.

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Allah

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Straighten lines, fill in the gaps.

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Sisters, straighten lines, fill in the gaps.

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Please make sure the rows are straight.

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Brothers in the back two rooms, please make

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sure the the rows are straight, and please

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make sure the rows are complete.

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Brothers in the multiverse hall, if there is

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space in the lobby area, please come into

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the lobby area.

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And if you choose to pray in the

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multiverse hall, please make sure the rows are

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straight. Please make sure the rows are complete.

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Often, the rows are incomplete.

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Assalamu alaikum Warahmatullah.

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Assalamu alaikum Warahmatullah.

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Inshallah, tonight after,

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we have, a brief program inshallah here taking

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place at the, at the Masjid. We have

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7 imams from the local communities inshallah coming

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here to EPIK tonight inshallah after Satoray'sha. We're

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gonna have a panel discussion inshallah. And also

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the sisters, they have a program also tonight

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also. So please make sure you try to

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be here for the programs.

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