Omar Suleiman – Why Laylatul Qadr

			So we're at the last 10 nights if you started fasting on Wednesday.
		

			And so that's why I want to start with this for a reason.
		

			There is a reason why the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam observed all 10 of the last 10 nights,
even though we know that a little card that falls on one of the odd nights. For one, we really do
not know which night it's going to be this year. And we don't know which of the nights are truly
odd. And therefore, it is important in short, lots out of for us to observe every single one of
these nights until the end of Ramadan. Imagine if you missed a little quarter because your odds were
off or your evens were off. And then you show up on 11pm and you say, I followed the wrong moon
sighting calculation, or the wrong opinion or whatever it is. Observe each and every single one of
		

			these last 10 nights because you don't know where that treasure is. There brothers and sisters today
we released that European Institute for Islamic research and article that I co authored with Chef
Ibrahim Hindi and Dr. Nasir Han. On the theological significance of layers of color. There's a lot
to unpack about the beautiful night itself. For one. How is it that it's the Night of Decree? Aren't
our deeds already decreed or aren't our lives and all of these things already decreed with Allah
subhana wa tada in a low helma food in the preserve tablet, yes. But on this particular night on
Laila to the other one, it takes place and we know that it will take place sometime in these last 10
		

			nights. And this particular night, Allah Subhana Hood's Allah allows for your decree to be
downloaded. Let's use terminology that we can understand for the year to come from a low helmet fold
from the preserve tablet into the records of the angels. And those records contain everything that
will happen for the next year, including By the way, those who will go to Hajj. So if you want to
make the intention for Hajj this year, now's the time the night Adam Allah subhanaw taala write it
down for us and accepted Hajj bitten Allahu taala Lama I mean, this is the time for you to start
planning in sha Allah. And you really want to be found in a state of observance on these nights so
		

			that Allah subhanaw taala sees you in a state worthy of good and the prophets lie. Some said nothing
prolongs a person's life, like charity and drama. Okay, like charity and drama so good deeds and
supplication and charity actually prolong one's life. So it may be that in these decrees that come
down in the records of the angels and that's what a loss of hundreds it means when he says Yakubu la
Maya sha Allah erases what He wills and confirms that what is in the record of the angels will take
into consideration what Allah knows of you to come for the next year. And so something might change
because of how Allah sees you in that observant state. So we ask Allah subhana wa tada to let our
		

			other let our decree be good and it is always good for the believer, because if he is struck with
something that is apparently good that he praises the loss of hundreds out of gratitude, and if he
is faced with something that is apparently bad than he thinks, then he is patient with a loss of
hundreds and so it still becomes a means of elevation for him. Dear brothers and sisters, what are
the some some things for us to do, I just want to kind of go over these last 10 inshallah Tada, and
just some important tips for us to take into consideration. There's really a beautiful statement
from any mama chef or you know him a whole lot sadder that I came across. And it's actually within
		

			the article I wrote about the statement particular that I find very powerful. I remember the first
time you know when when I went to hedge, and there were some people in alpha. And there was a
brother that was reading on and someone went up to him and yelled at him and told him out of his
time for your app, not a time for reading Quran and I thought to myself, Well, okay, I don't have
time for down out of his specified as a time for sure. And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
used to raise his hands from the beginning of the whole all the way until the sunset, right? It's
supposed to be a day of drought. But then I came across narrations of some of the stuff, taking
		

			breaks from their drought and reading Koran. And I thought to myself, so Pamela, so did it lose its
quality of doing that the main act of worship should be doing or is the point of alpha and the point
of those specified times that you stay engaged in worship, even if you're going to break away for a
moment from or from some time from? How does this relate to labor to the quarter these last 10
nights? They are nights of standing in prayer. They are nights of supplication and certainly the
best thing that you can do is to stand
		

			in prayer, and to enjoy as much of Salah as you possibly can in these last 10 nights, but he mama
Shafi Rahim Allah said something very beautiful. He said that the way that Laila to Qatar started
was with a word to the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam ikura read. Right, so the very first
command of Laila to the quarter to the Prophet slicin was read. And the end of that surah is what
the end of that that chapter which was revealed to the Prophet sly Salaam, which commenced
revelation on needed to cover what's the end of the chat what is the end of the surah? What should
walk through,
		

			prostrate and come close to Allah subhana wa Tada. Do sujood and come close to Allah subhanaw taala.
So Shafi Rahim Allah, He says, so the night of Laila to Qatar should be spent with everything from
east to west should walk through, reading, prayer, prostrating and coming close to a loss of Hannah
Montana, and everything in between. Meaning what if you need to switch to different types of ibadah
have a healthy diversity of the types of good deeds that you're going to be doing in these tonight's
The point is stay engaged. So switch from reading Quran, to making your own to standing up and
praying to listening to the lecture enjoying the halaqa and reflecting to some time where you just
		

			sit and you do to speak and Vicar and remembrance of Allah subhanho wa Taala. But everything should
be within those bounds of Accra to was to the doctor, reading and engaging in that and engaging in
that act of worship, to the ultimate act of worship which is to prostrate unto come close to Allah
subhana wa Tada. And so all of these good deeds are fine. And you want to also be very careful and
understand that what you really don't want to do on data till color is a loss of Hannah hoods out of
find you in a state of disobedience.
		

			Alright, so any moment now we owe him a whole lot to Allah pointed out, as many of the scholars did,
that, in times in which good deeds are multiplied. The severity of sins is also compounded because
it's like you're turning away from an opportunity from Allah subhanaw taala a time where you should
be doing good. Imagine Ramadan, the shale cleaner locked away. And then now the angels are
descending in these last 10 in particular, to where they are like the pebbles on the earth more
plentiful than the pebbles on the earth, and you still find a way to be safe, authentic, you still
find a way to display behavior that's pleasing to the shell clean rather than all of these angels
		

			that are surrounding and descending, you still find a way to cancel that Mercy of Allah subhanaw
taala coming upon you. So watch yourself, watch yourself in these particular last 10 nights. Don't
get caught in a thought because the night begins that muffler By the way, don't get caught and if
thought over a conversation, or seafood or something else backbiting or saying something that you
really don't need to be saying and canceling the blessings of that night. So that's the first thing
is watch yourself, diversify your good deeds and then watch yourself from any sin. Because if there
are any times to watch yourself, it's now in these particular last two nights and you've had the
		

			preparation of Ramadan engaging in there out we know that the supplication that the prophets lie
some recommended is what
		

			lahoma in a careful one, to help with alpha alpha four or alemannic alpha and Kadima to hibel Alpha
five for Neo Allah, you love to forgive you are and you are the one who forgives. You are generous
and benevolent. You love to forgive so forgive me, this is the most beloved dislike and out of the
profit slice and I'm said the best job is La Ilaha La ilaha illallah wa de la sharika lahu mercola
al hamdu Juana Galicia in Kadir, the prophets lie some gave a line because it's a long period of
time. So when you find yourself blinking and trying to think of the next day, or trying to connect
or walking, then go ahead and repeat that. So repeat that. So in times when you're transitioning,
		

			that's the best route for you to repeat but don't only treat it like a transition, because it is the
most special deal that you could make. And just like the profit side seller mentioned that the best
decurrent Nautica is everything that comes around La Ilaha Illa. Allah is the praise of Allah
subhanaw taala the best do as on a little cousin, are the ones that entail forgiveness, because
there's nothing in the decree that is more precious to you that you should be seeking than the
forgiveness of Allah subhanho wa Taala it's also good if you want to have some other good deeds that
you do in these last time. Don't overlook kindness and generosity as you're walking into people
		

			bumping into people by the way, that night of Carter was lost the day was lost because of what
		

			an argument
		

			we lost the day because of an argument. So how would it look if our neighbor to the other you got
into a fight with someone in the messages? Because you said go over there and don't pray
		

			here and do this and handle your kids. And then of course, security has to do that. So they they do
it in a kind way in sha Allah Tada. But how? How bad is it? If that's how Allah subhanaw taala sees
you on that night, the night was lost because of arguing. So don't be one of those people that lets
their ego get in the way and gets into an argument with someone over something silly. It would be
better for you to be patient when something distracts you and maintain the blessing of your night
and in fact seek seek the worship of Allah subhanaw taala in your patience than to blow up on
somebody because you want to hold on and do liquid because by the time you get back to your baton
		

			and victory, you would have lost everything in the first place. So be patient with people and show
generosity and smile at people as you walk in as you encounter people give Salaam and if you can
even respond and give sadaqa inshallah tada Of course we'll provide you an I'm not gonna say that I
know later to call this Friday night for the VRC fundraiser, but there's a chance there's a chance
it might be Friday night so inshallah tada exert yourself and charity as well. May Allah subhanaw
taala allow us to find that night and to be accepted on that night And may Allah subhana wa Tada.
Forgive us all and allow all of our sins to be taken away from us and all of our good deeds in this
		

			month and beyond to be accepted alumna. I mean, zachman loffredo sin I want to go