Nahela Morales – 2 Fasting in Ramadan

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The importance of fasting in Ace of the merger, a prescribed practice for new Muslims, is discussed. The rules of the practice include smoke and alcohol, which may affect health. The speaker emphasizes the importance of fasting for personal and spiritual health, as it is a way to gain personal benefits and become a pleasant person. The speaker also discusses the importance of reciting the Quran and attending missed days to become better, as well as the benefits of water for daily needs.

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			Bismillah Al Rahman Rahim Al hamdu
Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa sallahu
		
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			wa salam O Allah Asha for more
saline say the Mohammed Salah
		
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			Allah whatever Salam, wa salam
alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
		
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			in the Name of Allah, most
Gracious, Most Compassionate, All
		
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			Praise be to Allah the Lord of the
Worlds peace and blessings of
		
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			Allah be upon His final messenger
Muhammad, and may the peace or the
		
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			blessings on the mercy of God
Almighty Allah be upon each one of
		
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			you, listening to these few words,
today, we're going to talk about
		
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			fasting in Ramadan, we made
another video
		
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			getting ready for Ramadan. And
that video was intended especially
		
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			for for new Muslims. For people
who hadn't fasted before or maybe
		
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			for Muslims who forgotten a little
bit about how to fast well this
		
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			this video these few minutes we're
going to speak about fasting in
		
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			Ramadan. So it's intended for new
Muslims. It's intended for Muslims
		
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			who have been faithful Muslims all
their lives. It's intended for
		
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			those Muslims who may be slid a
little bit and need to come back
		
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			to Allah so it's intended for all
Muslims. And indeed for people who
		
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			are not Muslim as well. They might
learn a little about our wonderful
		
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			faith, our way of life our deen
Islam.
		
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			So fasting in Ramadan is it's one
of the five pillars of Islam. One
		
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			of the so it's pretty important
pillars pillars hold up a
		
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			building, without the pillars the
building will fall down. And in
		
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			Islam we have five five things
that Allah Almighty has given us
		
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			especially to hold up our faith
our deen our way of life. We
		
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			declare shahada we declare that
there's no one worthy of worship,
		
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			no created thing, no being worthy
of worship of Allah alone, and
		
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			that Muhammad peace be upon him.
This is messenger at Shahada. We
		
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			pray five times a day. We give
zakat, we give a portion of our
		
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			leftover wealth to the poor. We
fast in Ramadan, and we go on
		
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			pilgrimage once in our lifetimes
if we're able to, to perform the
		
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			hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca. So
today we're talking about fasting
		
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			in Ramadan. Why do we first we
first and this is very, very
		
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			important and maybe sometimes as
Muslims, we forget why we're doing
		
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			it. We fast because Allah tells us
too fast. That's it. There's no
		
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			other reason. Allah Almighty tells
us in the Quran, fasting is
		
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			prescribed to you, as it was
prescribed to those before you
		
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			that he may learn Taqwa.
		
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			Now, in the other video, I just
gave a word or two will remind
		
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			ourselves about this word Taqwa an
Arabic word. It can be translated
		
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			as maybe piety, or maybe fear of
the Lord. But what do those really
		
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			mean? I understand it best Taqwa
as being, being humble in God's
		
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			presence. By fasting in Ramadan.
It helps us to put our lives in
		
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			proper perspective. When we pray,
you know, when we pray as Muslims,
		
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			our forests touch the ground. And
we say to Allah Almighty, I am
		
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			nothing without you. Without you,
I can do nothing. And all of
		
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			those, you know, images, we
project ourselves in life of how
		
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			important we are and we want to be
the important and be in charge of
		
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			other people. When we pray. Our
lives are put into context where
		
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			nothing really without Allah Even
we couldn't even breathe, unless
		
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			he breathed the life into us each
day. So we're nothing without him.
		
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			So taqwa, fear of the Lord, piety
is what we learn by fasting and
		
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			Ramadan. That's what Allah tells
us. We don't do it to to lose
		
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			weight. We don't do it to please
other people. We don't do it to
		
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			please the other people in the
mosque. Oh, he's fasting. Isn't he
		
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			a good Muslim? That's not why we
do it. We fast to please Allah.
		
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			And as well, some people will tell
you how wonderful Ramadan is going
		
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			to be. Now indeed, Ramadan is
wonderful. And I will tell you how
		
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			wonderful it is. But just in case,
you're not feeling all that
		
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			wonderful when you're fasting. You
know, maybe you have that terrible
		
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			habit of smoking, which you
shouldn't have anyway. But say you
		
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			smoke and you've given up smoking
for Ramadan, and you feel pretty
		
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			awful. Well, no, where does it
tell us in the Quran that when we
		
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			fast we'll see rainbows and a
little rabbits jumping around and
		
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			butterflies. It doesn't say that.
It doesn't say we'll feel
		
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			wonderful. It's simply
		
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			tells us fast fasting is
prescribed and by fasting in sha
		
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			Allah we learn to put our lives
into context so just a few a few
		
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			rules of Ramadan Yoda if you're
new to Ramadan or if you don't
		
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			know anything about Ramadan when
when do Muslims fast? Well it's in
		
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			it's in the month of Ramadan
obviously one of the one of the
		
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			months of the of the Muslim year
but when during the month do they
		
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			fast they fast from when they are
done sounds for salad or fudge for
		
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			the for the morning prayer. I love
it. As soon as that sounds in the
		
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			morning the fastest begun
		
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			and it ends with the call to
prayer for the for the sunset
		
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			preface Allah Maghreb Allah who at
the fastest finished. So we fast
		
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			from one call to prayer for sort
of a fudge to the other call to
		
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			prayer, Salah ha Margaret, you
know, some new to Islam, they make
		
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			a mistake, they look outside, is
it dark, because it's still dark.
		
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			It's got nothing to do with that.
It's to do with the time of Salah
		
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			for fudge. That's when we score
fast. He begins when the prayer
		
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			begins. So if we eat after the
prayer has has been called, we're
		
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			breaking the fast. So let's be
very clear. And if we eat a few
		
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			seconds before the prayer is
called, for Maghreb, we are
		
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			breaking the fast so we fast. From
fudge to Margaret, that's when we
		
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			first
		
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			how do we first what do we do?
Well, we don't eat, and we don't
		
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			drink. But there are many other
things we don't do. We don't
		
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			smoke. We don't take things into
our bodies. We don't smoke. We
		
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			don't in Islam, sexual activities
between a man and his wife. So
		
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			* enjoy the hours of
fasting is not allowed. Is *
		
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			wrong? No, it's not. Food isn't
wrong, drink isn't wrong. But
		
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			Allah tells us to fast from these
things. During the hours of
		
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			fasting. We'll say why in a
moment, as well as as the things
		
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			we don't take in. Also fasting, we
fast from we try to fast from bad
		
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			thoughts from from backbiting. You
know, speaking ill of people using
		
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			bad language. You see, Ramadan is
a whole package. It's not just
		
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			about missing your lunch, or not
having a cup of tea. It's about
		
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			becoming a better person, a better
Muslim. That's why we do it. At
		
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			each day in Ramadan, you should be
asking yourself, Am I a better
		
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			person today because of my
fasting. Now, to be honest, my
		
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			dear brothers and sisters, you
know, if you fasted all day, and
		
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			it can be tough, sometimes you'll
have a terrible headache and you
		
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			will feel well, but at the end of
the first when we break the fast,
		
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			you know how good it can feel.
		
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			I fasted today for Allah sake, and
you feel good, doing good, makes
		
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			you good. And it makes you feel
good as well. Just as doing bad
		
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			things, if the truth be told,
makes us feel bad. So Ramadan, it
		
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			teaches us Taqwa fear of the Lord
piety, and it makes us better
		
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			people. So we know when we fast we
know what we do too fast. who
		
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			fasts Well, Muslims fast.
		
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			Able bodied Muslims fast now,
Islam I say this all the time,
		
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			Islam is eminently sensible. It's
a very sensible way of life. A
		
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			sensible Deen, it all makes sense.
So there are some people who are
		
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			exempt from fasting. Who were the
the chronically ill, they don't
		
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			have to fast the very old people,
if it will, if it would make them
		
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			out. They don't have to fast. A
woman who is expecting a baby
		
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			who's pregnant, she doesn't have
to fast let tiny little children
		
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			they don't have to fast it makes
sense. It makes sense why why
		
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			would these people that is Ramadan
isn't a punishment. And Allah
		
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			Almighty doesn't want us who
doesn't want to make us ill? By by
		
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			fasting, but if these people can't
fast, you know, they can do other
		
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			things to help them to gain all
the benefits of Ramadan as other
		
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			Muslims are gaining. They can pray
more they can recite the Quran
		
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			more and so on. So those people
are exempt What if What if you you
		
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			break the fast by mistake you know
for example with with all the best
		
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			will in the world your intention
is in the morning is to fast but
		
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			halfway through the day so you've
never fasted before halfway
		
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			through the day you mistakenly you
pick up a sweet and put it in your
		
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			mouth, and then you go
		
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			Oh, what have I done? Does that
invalidate my fast? No, it
		
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			doesn't. No, it doesn't, you are
still fasting, and it doesn't
		
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			break your fast. If it's all to do
with intention, if you did it on
		
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			purpose, if you say, Oh, I think
I'll have a sweet it won't make
		
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			much difference, that breaks the
fast. And you have to make up for
		
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			that day of fasting after Ramadan.
But if you break the fast
		
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			accidentally, there is no penalty
attached to it. Islam is very
		
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			sensible. It's very sensible. If
you deliberately break the fast,
		
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			there's a penalty afterwards. If
you break the first by mistake,
		
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			there is no penalty. If you're
unable to fast because you're sick
		
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			or you're too old or you're weak.
You're You're exempted from
		
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			fasting. So there are a few other
rules. What then what's the
		
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			importance of this? This is the
important thing. Ramadan is it's
		
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			such a beautiful month. You know,
I said in the other video about
		
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			getting ready for Ramadan, as one
who accepted Islam later in life.
		
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			You know, I could honestly put my
hand on my heart and say that
		
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			Islam for me, it's like Christmas
and New Year and birthdays and
		
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			Thanksgiving, all rolled into one.
It truly is the most beautiful of
		
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			months better than 1000 months. It
tells us in the Quran, why? Why is
		
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			it better than 1000 months,
because we become better people
		
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			and we become closer to Allah
Almighty. That's what Ramadan is
		
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			about is becoming closer to our
Creator. It's not about keeping
		
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			rules and regulations. It's about
coming closer to our Creator, to
		
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			become better people to become
better Muslims. Ramadan is the
		
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			month of the Quran.
		
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			The noble Quran the Holy Quran was
first revealed to our beloved
		
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			Prophet Mohammed lessor that was
salam during the month of Ramadan.
		
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			And during Ramadan we try as best
we can to recite as much of the
		
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			Quran as we can. We even attend in
the mosque, if we're able to it's,
		
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			it's strongly recommended that we
try. We attend celestial Tarot in
		
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			the evening where they think the
Quran is recited and during the
		
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			course of Ramadan, the whole of
the Quran will be recited. So
		
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			we're encouraged to do that.
Ramadan is the month of prayer.
		
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			It's a month when we when we set
aside time, it's a month when we
		
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			try. You know, we try to get up in
the middle of the night,
		
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			when all is dark, and quiet. And
all the busyness of life has gone
		
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			is that we get up quietly, no need
to see us. And we prostrate
		
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			ourselves before Allah and we
listen to him.
		
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			We know we know that Allah is
waiting and listening for those
		
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			who will come to him in the night
and ask things of him. So Islam
		
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			tells us that Ramadan is a month
of prayer, Quran and prayer, and
		
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			it's a month of fasting. Fasting,
not a punishment, not a dieting,
		
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			but a fasting for Allah sake. We
do it for Allah sake. Why? So that
		
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			we become better people so that we
are spiritually renewed. It's
		
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			like, if you've heard of spring
cleaning, you know, after the dark
		
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			months of winter, many housewives,
they sweep out the house and they
		
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			shake away the cobwebs and clean
the carpets and get the house
		
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			nicer cleaner as the seasons are
changing. It's becoming more
		
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			cheerful outside. Many housewives
clean the house. Well Ramadan
		
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			whenever it falls during the year.
Ramadan is a tie. It's like a
		
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			spring cleaning of our hearts and
our lives. We're dusting away all
		
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			of the rubbish, all of the cobwebs
that are clean to our hearts
		
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			during the past year we're
brushing them away we're saying to
		
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			Allah it Ramadan, I am sorry, Oh
Allah, for all those mistakes I
		
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			made for all the things I
deliberately did wrong. And it's a
		
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			time to come closer to him.
		
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			Just a word you know that though
about fasting.
		
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			It's very important to remember in
Cairo you notice this when the
		
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			advanced sounds for Salah for
Margaret, at the Citadel in Cairo
		
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			a cannon sounds as soon as the
Adela salad the cannon goes off to
		
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			let the people around know that
the fasting has ended? I do it's a
		
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			nice idea. And I tell people in
Cairo you know, there are many
		
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			people today whose fast won't end
with the sound of a cannon being
		
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			fired. There are many people in
our world during Ramadan who will
		
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			starve to death because they have
nothing to eat or drink or the
		
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			cannon won't signal the start of
feasting and celebrating and
		
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			breaking our food together and
sharing Iftar breaking the fast
		
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			break fast because they will die.
So Ramadan
		
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			Allah's well it teaches us to
thank to thank Allah Almighty for
		
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			all the blessings we have, you
know, we can't number the
		
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			blessings we have. We thank Allah
for our for our, our hearing and
		
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			our sight, our speech, our sense
of smell, you know the fact that
		
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			we can walk and move around and
experience this this world and
		
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			everything in it. We thank Allah
for that. We thank Allah for our
		
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			families, and for our friends, for
for opportunities he gives us it's
		
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			a time for sitting down and
thanking Allah for all of those
		
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			beautiful things that we've taken
for granted. One thing we take for
		
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			granted water you know when we
remember in Ramadan how important
		
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			water is because we're going
without it. But you know, it helps
		
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			us remember that during the year
we can just turn on the tap,
		
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			whenever we want to drink. What a
wonderful gift water is. It is
		
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			life giving and refreshing and
cleansing. I would just oh it's
		
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			one of those things I'll have a
drink of water.
		
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			So in sha Allah Ramadan will be a
time where we will become better
		
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			people, better muslims for Allah
sake, fasting is prescribed to
		
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			you, as it was prescribed to those
before you that you may learn tak
		
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			whether you may learn piety, fear
of the Lord, or become better
		
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			people in sha Allah Assalamu
alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh