Ramadhan: The month of Fasting and Qiyaam – Br. Rateb Marai
Tooba University
Rateb Marai – Ramadhan The month of Fasting and Qiyaam
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The importance of praying and standing in the night to receive god's], [The speaker discusses the history of the Prophet alayhi's actions, including praying and reciting the holy scripture. The importance of praying in the night and the need for conditioning in order to achieve spiritual benefits is emphasized. The importance of fasting and staying in a busy schedule to attain success in worship is also emphasized. The speaker emphasizes the importance of learning to relax and be aware of one's natural], [In this segment, the speaker discusses the importance of fasting and staying in a busy schedule to achieve success in worship. They stress the importance of experiencing joy and consistency in worship, rather than just experiencing pleasure and pleasure. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of fasting and staying in a busy schedule to achieve success in worship.
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our praise belongs to Allah subhanho wa Taala we praise Him we seek his assistance, we seek His forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from the evils of our souls and the consequences of our actions. He Humala guides, no one can misguide. And he whom Allah allows to go astray, no one can guide
and I bear witness and testify the Allies alone without any partners. And I bear witness and testify that our beloved prophet alayhi salatu was Salam is a final messenger
or you who have believed, do not die.
Or you have believed place a barrier between you and the punishment of Allah Subhana Allah and do not
as Muslims or you have believed, be conscious and mindful of Allah, and say that which is upright, for if you do so Allah will rectify your actions for you and forgive you your sins, and whomever obeys Allah and the Prophet alayhi salatu salam, they have attained the highest of success as to what follows the best narrative is the speech of Allah subhana wa tada the Quran. And the best of guidance is the guidance of our beloved prophet alayhi salaatu wa Salaam
and the worst of affairs are invented matters and every invented matter. In this beautiful religion of ours Islam
will lead us astray. And everything that leads us astray leads to the Hellfire We seek refuge in Allah from the Hellfire and the people of the hellfire.
My dear brothers and respected sisters ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to grant you peace and tranquility. And I ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to increase you in good action. Furthermore, I asked Allah subhanahu wa taala to unite us with our beloved prophet alayhi salatu was Salam in the highest of
my dear brothers and respected sisters.
It is narrated by Bukhari and Muslim in their authentic books, may Allah have mercy upon them
on the authority of atisha, or the law and that the Prophet alayhi salatu, Salam prayed, led the companions in the in the month of Ramadan.
He went out on the first night, and a few people followed Him in prayer.
And the next day as people
a woke,
the news spread that the Prophet alayhi salatu salam had prayed PM, they follow the previous night. So the following night, that second night, more companions, more people gathered to pray with the Prophet alayhi salatu salam. And so following that night,
the news God, and on the third night, more people gathered, so much so
because of what they heard of the prayer of the Prophet alayhi salatu salam, so they can pray with him and attain the mercy from Allah subhanho wa Taala. So the Prophet alayhi salatu salam led them in salah
and the fourth night, the masjid, the news had reached all of Medina and the fourth night the masjid was overflowing, it was packed.
And the people were waiting for the Prophet alayhi salatu salam to enter the masjid so he can lead them in PM, as he has done or as he did in the previous nights. And the Prophet alayhi salaatu wa Salaam was nowhere to be seen.
So a man
called out to the prophet and he said a Salah, a solid prayer, as if you are trying to remind the Prophet alayhi salatu salam or inform him that we are waiting for you so that you can come out and lead us in Salah.
But the prophet alayhi salatu salam did not respond.
And so they were on this or in this day until the time of fellowship, where the then was called for fudger and the
Prophet alayhi salatu salam
entered the masjid to lead Salah solfeggio. And after the Salah, the prophet alayhi salatu salam praised Allah and testified to the oneness of Allah subhanho wa Taala. And he said to the people in the land of LA, mechanical,
verily, I was aware of where you were, I knew that you were in the masjid. You want me to come out and pray
like in your cache to and to Flava la come fatality fatalities.
But the reason I did not come out to you the reason I did not lead you in PM, as I had done in the previous nights, was out of fear that it might be legislated upon you it might become a word you have an obligation upon you that you must fulfill, otherwise you will be sinful.
And I did not want you to be in that position. That it becomes legislated and then you turn away from the
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and in Ramadan, it's known as tarawih. Anything that we pray after Mercury is considered is under the definition of Korea Malaysia.
So the Prophet alayhi salatu was Salam through his actions in the Rama bon
taught us the Sunnah of,
of praying and standing in the night for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa Tada. And, in another narration, that is mentioned by a tirmidhi when I say wood, wood,
and others
on the authority of Abu Dhabi,
or the Allahu anhu, that the Prophet alayhi salatu was Salam. He said that that we fasted with the Prophet alayhi salatu was Salam in Ramadan.
And he did not come out to lead us
until the last seven nights of Ramadan. On the seventh night, he came out, and he led the people in pm.
And we prayed a third of the night.
Then when it was the following night, the sixth night, the prophet alayhi salatu salam did not come up.
The night after that the fifth night, the prophet alayhi salatu salam came out
and he recited and he recited parts of the night, he led parts of the night.
And so,
a Buddha says, I told the Prophet, or messenger of Allah alayhi salatu. Salam, would you not complete the recitation for us? Would you not lead us the rest of the night? So the Prophet alayhi salatu salam said, in a human comma, Murali Manhattan serif for in Ahuja de la pmla.
So he said,
Whoever prays with the Imam until the man leaves until the Imam stops the prayer and leaves, it's as if he prayed the whole night. This is to pour the heart of a Buddha is that I know I'm not leading you the remainder of the night, but you have gotten the reward for the remainder of the night.
The night after that, the fourth night the Prophet alayhi salatu salam did not appear.
And then when it was the third night, the last
from the last days of Ramadan.
The Prophet alayhi salatu salam gathered his wives and his family and the people gathered and they prayed the Prophet alayhi wa sallam led pm will lay until the people were fearful that they were going to miss
the meal that we have before starting our faster before we start abstaining from food and drink, and another fires of fasting.
And so these two ahaadeeth
and then after that night, he did not pray the remainder, the last two, the last two nights of Ramadan. But from these ahaadeeth we can extract the Sunnah of the Prophet alayhi salatu was Salam in the month of Ramadan in this blessing month, and that is the son of pm of pm will lay the standing in prayer in the night for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa taala
Buddhism and its importance. The Prophet alayhi salatu salam was not persistent on it
out of fear that it might be legislated upon us, but we know that the Prophet alayhi salatu was Salam was the most knowledgeable
of the creation of Allah subhanho wa Taala and he was the most knowledgeable in knowing what gets us closer to Allah subhanho wa Taala and what would take us away from Allah subhanahu wa Tada. And so he deemed it important that he makes this asuna for the people that come after him, for the people that follow as a guidance, so that we can attain the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa Tada. And
in order to, in order to see the significance of the action, this action of the Prophet alayhi salatu salam in this month, we have to
corroborate this with other ahaadeeth outside the month of Ramadan.
Meaning the importance of pm will lay praying in the night of
the month of Ramadan.
And we know that it has a great importance. One of the first verses that were revealed to the Prophet alayhi salaatu wa Salaam where we're
Yeah, you have Muslim men
or Allah subhanho wa Taala is calling upon the Prophet alayhi salaatu wa sallam, he says, Oh Are you the one who is covering himself with clothing This is after he had seen Jabri Allah Salaam with when he came down to give him the message. como la la la la la la la misma who cosmin who Padilla
Oh see the la hora de Lille por Ana de la in sanuki, alayka, Colin tequila.
All you have covered yourself with clothing, stand, stand in the light except a little meaning pray most of the night, except a little
half of it, or less than that.
Or increase pray more than half and recite the Quran as it should be recited. For verily we are going to reveal upon you heavy words, the Quran. The Prophet alayhi salatu was Salam needed to be prepared. He needed to be conditioned to receive the word of Allah subhanahu wa Tada.
And part of that conditioning was the prayer of the night. This is the greatest of creation. The Prophet alayhi salatu was Salam who is above the Prophet alayhi salaatu wa sallam who is more guided and more perfectly created than the Prophet alayhi salatu salam? Yeah, he was told by the prophet by Allah subhanahu, WA Tada.
Stand in the night, pray in the night. You need to because we're about to reveal, bring down some heavy words, this Koran in order to be benefited from in order to be believed in and acted upon. You needed to be prepped for that.
And we only need to look
our own state with the Quran to see what benefit we have attained from the Quran.
You know,
sometimes people have antiques, right or things, you know that they have been passed down from their ancestors or from generation to generation.
And perhaps the first generation will understand the importance of this artifact or antique or something special. But as it gets passed down
the later generations, they might look at it and say, What a piece of junk. I don't need this What is this?
And only when it is taken to a qualified person to a knowledgeable person.
Will they find out that this is of tremendous value. This is a priceless artifact or an antique
and the parable here is that even though the Quran is above that, that yes, we might recite the Quran,
especially in the month of Ramadan, the month that the Quran was revealed in but we might not benefit from it. Our situation
Might not change our Eman might not increase.
Because we are not conditioned. We have not prepared ourselves to take in this heavy, heavy words, these heavy words of Allah subhanho wa Taala.
And so, the prophet alayhi salatu salam,
even though Allah subhanahu wa taala
has protected him from sin he is infallible.
He would stand in the night as an as it is narrated
until his feet would swell.
Can you imagine the length of standing before your your feet start to swell, you probably need to walk the whole day. And you know, you're still, you still might not be your few might still not be sworn in you might be you know, you might have a couple of hours in you.
But the prophet alayhi salatu salam would stand and the length of his standing would this would be the result.
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Why do you do this? Why do you stand
in the night when Allah subhanaw taala has forgiven you your sins, he's forgiven. You don't need to stand in the night. Why are you doing it?
So the Prophet alayhi salatu salam said, replied a fella akun absentia Cora.
Shall I not be a thankful slave, a grateful slave to Allah subhanho wa Taala. And
it's narrated in Muslim that they are the low and once prayed with the Prophet alayhi salatu was Salam
in pmla so the Prophet alayhi salatu salam started to recite Surah Al Baqarah.
And so they thought, you know, he says in the narration says that I thought, you know, he would recite Surah Al Baqarah, and then he would make record
but the Prophet alayhi salaatu wa Salaam finished with Surah Al Baqarah.
He finished with Surah Al Baqarah. Then he started salata, Nyssa
and he finished a lot in this.
And then he started surah, Allah Emraan and today follow the lines it says there was not a place in in that presentation. Except if there was good he asked Allah subhanho wa Taala for that good, and if there was evil, he asked Allah subhanho wa Taala for protection from that.
And even miss rhodiola Horan
as narrated by Bukhari and Muslim, he stood up with the Prophet alayhi salatu was Salam for pm once.
And he says that
I was fighting with myself not to sit down and not to leave the Prophet la Sato surah. For the length, the length of the Salah of the Prophet alayhi salatu salam, the dedication, the contentment that the Prophet alayhi salatu salam found in this Salah in the night where
the Prophet alayhi salatu salam encouraged others to perform this.
I believe in Salaam, probably Allah and he says that
when the Prophet alayhi salatu salam came to Medina, one of the first things that I heard from him
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O people
spread Salam increased Salaam amongst yourselves, give Salam whenever you see someone give set up, snapper never return repetitive or redundant give Salaam
and feed the people feed the people.
And last but not least, and pray in the night when the people are sleeping you will enter the agenda in peace
is one of the first things that just he just arrived to Medina and this is his advice to the people. This is the guidance he had for the people.
This is the importance this shows highlights the importance of pmla
and Allah subhanho wa Taala he praises His righteous servants and he says can Oh Polina and mina layli Maya Hi, Joan.
Can you kalila mina lady Maya, Joan. The righteous servants are those that sleep very little in the night.
Very little.
Their biggest fear and worry is not to get their eight hours of sleep. No, it's to get their salah and their prayer in their pm.
This is Allah subhanaw taala attaches this description to the righteous. And Allah subhanaw taala says what will is what will as hari homea stop fearing and in the pre dawn or the time before fudger they are seeking the forgiveness of Allah subhanho wa Taala by Allah How will you be seeking the forgiveness of Allah subhanho wa Taala if your heart
is heedless of the importance of pm will lay, how would you utilize that time before fetcher? To ask Allah for forgiveness. If you do not understand the importance of standing in the prayer
in the night prayer, to seek the mercy of Allah subhanho wa Taala that's why they're coupled. Because the people that do PM, most likely and most often they are seeking the forgiveness of Allah subhanho wa Taala Yeah, we might set our alarms wake up before failure to make do
we wake up to pray fudger Allah forgive us all.
We have our shortcomings, we have our sins. But the idea here is to condition ourselves to train ourselves for what the prophet alayhi salatu salam has conveyed to us out of guidance to Allah subhanho wa Taala to get closer to Allah subhanaw taala to reap the rewards that Allah subhana wa Taala has prepared for his righteous servants.
Now this is the status or the importance and significance of Korea outside of Ramadan.
Now you take that
and
you add it to what the prophet alayhi salatu salam said about pm in Ramadan man comma Rama bond Eman and yT sabun with your Allah humatrope at the moment and
whoever observes Rama bond, in prayer in Torah we
out of faith sincerity in faith and hopefulness of the reward that Allah subhanho wa Taala has prepared.
Then his Allah subhana wa Taala will forgive his past sins.
This is a great Hadith.
Ramadan is not just abstaining from food and drink, and anything that nullifies the fast
no not for the believer, not for the righteous person.
It is more than that. It is an increase in righteous actions. It is to utilize and capitalize on this month with things that we know with actions, acts of worship that we know Allah subhanahu wa taala will be pleased with according to
the prophetic tradition, the student of the Prophet alayhi salatu salam.
And you'll notice that the other Hadees about fasting is this worded the same has the same wording. The only difference is sama karma. That's the only difference.
Man sama Ramadan, Eman and YT Serbian we for Allahu Matata dynamin dombey whoever fasts Ramadan
out of or whoever fast cinema bond with sincerity in faith
and out of hopefulness in the world of Allah Subhana Allah has prepared, his past sins will be forgiven. So make the connection here. The Prophet alayhi salatu was Salam is telling us, if you fast with sincere belief, and hoping for that reward,
then you Allah will forgive you your sins. And what are we required? What is the obligation in Ramadan? to fast correct.
That's what we're obligated to do as Muslims, we have to abstain from any food drink, and anything that nullifies the first from fudger until the sunset.
So then the Prophet alayhi salatu salam uses the same wordings for PM, even though pm is not an obligation, it is assumed to act. It's an act that is recommended. Yet the reward here is the same. So when you when you do an action,
when you increase in an action, in a time of obligation, or in a time where you're required to do an action that is pleasing to Allah, the reward is greater. Just like it's harder for you to fast yet you fast the reward will be greater because of the hardship that you face.
And so it stands to reason that a lot of people
Who attalla will increase those who do act extra and voluntary act in a time where they are fulfilling an obligation
and this is from the mercy of Allah subhanho wa Taala.
And Ramadan is a special time it is the time of the M and cm is the time where we are fasting and we are standing in prayer for the mercy of Allah seeking that mercy seeking that Jenna of Allah subhanahu wa taala
as narrated by a tirmidhi and others, and it is a
sound idea as classified by shekel Albania Rahim Allah, that the Prophet alayhi salatu was Salam once
came to the puppet and as he stepped on the first step, he said mean
and then he stepped on the second step, and he said, I mean,
and then he stepped on the third. So the companions were wondering what what was the Prophet? What was he saying? I mean to what was what was the reason?
So he told them that jabril came to me.
And he said,
Rama and
Rama n are actually in de la la here, Oman thumb and Sal aka Kabbalah and yoga for Allah.
You humiliated is the person
that observes the trauma bond, and is not forgiven, humiliated, that person.
That was the first I mean, the second
was humiliated is the person who I am mentioned. The Prophet alayhi salatu was Salam is mentioned. And he does not send peace and blessings upon the Prophet Allah salatu salam, Salam O Allah yourself.
And the third, amin was for the person
that
is not obedient to his parents, and he does not enter Jenna, due to that. humiliated is he as well.
So, loss of Anahata Allah, as we know, has otakar in the month of Ramadan, people that he sets free people that he saves from the hellfire.
And the Prophet alayhi salatu salam said, I mean to the door of debris.
He said, I mean to the die of diabetes, and we know that there are the Prophet alayhi salatu salam is accepted.
To the one who observes Ramadan, he's there. He goes to the masjid, you know, he's fasting and he's praying the taraweeh and he's doing all of that. But he has not forgiven whether it be a lack of sincerity
or a lack of adherence to the Sunnah of the Prophet alayhi salatu was Salam or since the overwhelm his good act, Allahu Allah.
But
in this month in order for us to attain this status to be from those who are freed from the Hellfire,
we have to increase in good.
No one here.
Not myself or anyone
can show me a guarantee from last year from last Ramadan, that they were freed from the Hellfire that they were saved from the hellfire. If so, please materialize it, bring it forth.
What are you doing special? Let us know.
No one.
So how can we enter in a month and say we will, it will suffice us
to just fast do the bare minimum. And by the will of Allah by the mercy of Allah, we will be forgiven, we will enter gender that is not enough. Yes, we trust in the mercy of Allah and rely on the mercy of Allah subhanho wa Taala. But we must put forth action.
We have to substantiate that belief that we have.
And the Ramadan the first thing in Ramadan, the fasting in Ramadan, and the standing in prayer in Ramadan will strengthen our Hojo will strengthen our case with Allah subhanahu wa Tada. Oh Allah you said, the one who fasts and stands in prayer. I fasted and not only that, I did more than the obligation. I stood in prayer. I prayed the Torah we are short in the
The invites and all of that food and, you know, spending so much time in the kitchen and inviting so many people and yes, there's good in all of that. But that was not at the expense of me praying Tara we every night of attaining that reward
that the Prophet alayhi salatu was Salam so vigorously told us about so strongly did himself and encouraged us to do.
And I know it's hard, it's difficult.
It's difficult. When Ramadan comes, you have long days, you're working, you know, eight hours, maybe less, maybe more. It's hard. You're fasting, you know,
18 hours or more.
It's difficult. It's difficult. It's hard.
But it takes strive and take struggle is
the companion handler as narrated in Sahih Muslim?
He came to Abu Bakar rather lavon.
And he came and he was saying enough, aka Han Bala naffaa. Hamada. hamdulillah.
has committed hypocrisy, how ambala is a hypocrite.
So aboubaker of the Lohan said, How, sir, what do you mean?
How did you how did you, you know, commit hypocrisy How are you a hypocrite?
So he said, humble I said that all the love and when we were the Prophet alayhi salatu was Salam.
Our Eman is so high.
The Prophet Allah, Allah.
The Prophet alayhi salatu salam is telling us about Jenna. He's telling us about a loss of Hannah, who would Allah is always reminding us and our Eman, you know, is high and we believe and we have this certainty.
And once we leave the Prophet alayhi salatu salam.
We joke around and we play around and we have fun and games. And
this this worried humbler? Why, because an Tifa. And the fourth hypocrisy is to show something that is different, it does not conform to what is in the heart.
That's the apparent nifa
the apparent hypocrisy. So it says when we're the Prophet,
we're so touched and we're so moved, and we're crying and Allah subhanaw taala, and Jen and all this good. But when we leave the Prophet alayhi salatu salam,
our situation is totally different.
So this is hypocrisy. Why are we not in that same state when we're with our families, with our children with the people?
And so there's something wrong here. So aboubaker of the law one.
He says, I have the same problem.
I have the same issue.
This is troubling.
You know, Baccarat, we're talking about aboubaker of the lava.
The one with the strongest Eman after the Prophet alayhi salatu salam from the Omar Mohammed Ali Salatu was
such conviction. The Prophet alayhi salatu salam had praised him
and it stood up for him.
We know the status of Abu Bakar of the lavonne. He didn't say to hamdulillah chill, calm down. Okay, Eman. You know, some days you have more demand. Sometimes you have less See, man sometimes, you know, it's good. You're doing good. It's okay. It's the shape barn and it's not a problem. You know, just try to try to rectify, try to
change your ways and know what they allow and needed.
When he heard this, he said, I have the same problem. Let's go to the Prophet alayhi salatu salam, let's, let's go solve our problem. The Prophet is amongst us. This is awesome. Let's go and Ask him and get to the bottom of this. We might be munafo clean. We might be hypocrites. These are the companions of the Prophet alayhi salatu was Salam.
It did not matter to him that he was close to the Prophet, or he was praised by the prophet. No.
So they went to the Prophet alayhi salatu was set up.
And handler told the Prophet alayhi salatu salam when we are with you.
You remind us of Allah.
And you describe Jenna to us and it's as if we we can see it. And the Prophet alayhi salatu salam was given
eloquence and speech, he can say a few words
that Allah subhanho wa Taala has blessed him. And,
you know, take volumes and volumes to, to just to break down and to understand and to define.
So can you imagine what the prophet alayhi salatu salam is telling them, of the rewards of Jenna
the trees that have golden trunks, and the pearls and, and the palaces and you know, the, the, the girl that's made out of mess can the break of gold and the break of silver
when the prophet SAW some describing Genesis as if they can see it. And so they are so moved, and
so tells them
when we're with you, this is the case. When we go, you know, when we go to our families and our children, and then we have fun and we play around and it's not, it doesn't conform to how we act with you. So this is the fact we naffaa han Bala nasaka han Bala is telling the Prophet is awesome. I've committed to him, I'm a hypocrite. I'm a hypocrite.
So the Prophet alayhi salatu salam responded, and he said,
if you were
in this, if you were like this, like how you are with me outside, meaning with your families and with your children, then the angels would have met you in the roads to greet you and in your homes.
If you were in the same,
you know, situation or this, you had the same
feelings when you're with me as you were outside, meaning you are a perfect slave of Allah subhanho wa Taala. The Prophet reminds you of something, you start crying, a prophet tells you, you have something you're joyous, you're happy. If this was the case outside, then the angels will meet you in the roads, and in your homes to greet you. You'll be amongst the angels, the angels don't, they don't say they don't disobey Allah subhanho wa Taala.
So he told him, he told him the law of the law and
Saturn was ha, satin was
the literal, literal translation. And now we're in an hour, meaning
an hour, you are
like this with me. And then our you are, as you are with your families, with your children with amongst the people.
And this is how we are created.
This is how we were constructed. We are predisposed
to having fun and enjoying ourselves.
This is our last panel with Allah created us, everyone and this is proof from what the prophet alayhi salatu was Salam is saying, you cannot be as you are with me all the time. You can't. It's against the nature
of humans of how we were created.
So Allah subhanho wa Taala created us and intrinsically there's a proportion in our hearts for for fun and games and laughs and being happy and joking around and missing a bow. This is how Allah Subhana Allah created us. And this is not my this is not this is not from me, this is what the prophet alayhi salatu salam is conveying to us. This is normal.
Whoever tries
whoever tries to
contradict that, without the blessing of Allah subhana wa tada will be overpowered.
That's why the Prophet alayhi salatu was Salam. He says laya milawa Hector, de Melo, Allah subhanho wa Taala does not get bored. It does not get bored from your worship until you become bored until you become bored until you know
I've had you know I've been doing this I want to do something else.
And Xena vintage ash
or the Allahu Ana.
She used to pray in the message of the Prophet is awesome a lot. And so one day the prophet Isaiah Salaam came in
and he found the rope. So he asked, What is this doing here? What is this rope? Who does it belong to? So they told them
It belongs to
Xena, probably Allah and her. Whenever her feet cannot hold her any more on praying on PM, she would use the rope to alleviate the pressure and the stress on her on her legs.
So the Prophet alayhi salatu was set up,
told them to take the rope off to remove the rope. And he said
do from worship or from a Bader what you are able to bear
what you can bear what you can what you're able to do.
Now
a lot of you here probably saying, Okay, wait, we're talking about pm, and how we should pray pm in Ramadan, and how we should, you know, be keen on there and he's full of the rewards of cleaning.
And so we can get the mercy of Allah.
Why are we talking about the nature of our nature, how we're created.
Right? And somebody might say Wait, so you're telling people don't pray. Right? If you're going to have if you're going to have some fun and and relax and you know,
enjoy yourself. But the point here, my dear brothers and respected sisters is to understand ourselves so that we are able to rectify our shortcomings so we can get closer to Allah subhana wa Tada. So when we when we know when we know that
we are predisposed to relax and have fun and enjoy ourselves. When we know this. We know how to rectify this, we know how to train ourselves to get closer to Allah subhanahu wa taala in increasing in cuyama line in increasing in good actions and standing in night in the night prayer.
And we have a couple of weeks left. We have a couple of weeks left and throughout What are my bond inshallah we will all be praying, tada we had standing in the night for the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala. And this will help us How so?
Because when we know this is our nature, we also know that the Prophet alayhi salatu was Salam. Because he is he is considerate to this fact.
He said, A Hubble family, a Hubble family, Madame Erwin Khan,
the most beloved, of acts of actions
are those actions that the servant is consistent undoing. He's always doing them. He's always
persistent on these actions, even if this action is little small, so small action, small action.
And we can implement this in the emulator. Since we know
that we are prone.
We're prone to other things like relaxing after a long, hard day's work, fasting and kicking back and just taking a breather.
When we know this, we understand our nature and take the advice of the Prophet alayhi salatu salam, we will train ourselves to do
little tm, but we are consistent on it. So then when Ramadan comes we are encouraged and after Ramadan, it becomes a habit
becomes a habit. So no one
knows no one here needs to stand for all of the night.
If you can, and hamdulillah that's good.
But we know that we have shortcomings so
we can be consistent on praying 11 rock art we know that the Prophet alayhi salatu salam prayed 11 rakaat inauthentic right narration
so if every day we pray 11 rock art
every day we pray 11
and whenever we're feeling
a boost in our Eman, we read what Allah subhanho wa Taala allows whenever our Eman is low. And everybody has good days and bad days depending on the circumstances. Whatever our Eman is low, we still do the 11 Raka art, but we can recite one verse
just we think of it one one chapter
What are you going to be finished in? done in 15 minutes, 20 minutes.
If you read one verse,
just one verse poldhu, Allah, Allah one,
one verse.
But the important important point here is that even if your Eman is low, you are not leaving a great worship
with great reward, because you are tired or because you cannot stand half of the night, or a third of the night, or the majority of the night. Rather, we are consistent on praying the Salah, the pmln, until it becomes a habit. And with the increase of good, then we start to feel the sweetness of very bad of the worship, hear their nature to enjoy. So when you want to have fun, what do you do? You go and pray to Allah subhanahu attallah that becomes your relaxation time, that becomes your fun, that becomes your joy.
It's about understanding ourselves.
And so the formula is simple. We know we need to enjoy, have fun and all of that. So the more we get closer to Allah on a consistent basis, that worship becomes in itself joy. And now we have over 100 overridden our predisposed nature to please Allah subhanho wa Taala
you might say yeah, in theory,
in theory sounds Yes. You know, hunky dory. Yes, good.
But no, in practice as well, because this is what the companions did. This is what the righteous predecessors did. Nobody stood in the night, from the first day reciting the whole Quran, people built up to that reciting a cup, a couple of you know, a couple 1020 and then got to a point where they can recite the Quran in one night. And that was their joy.
Consistency, consistency.
If we were to take if we were to take the Atlantic Ocean if we were to gather every drop of the Atlantic Ocean
and somehow able to move it and throw it at the Rocky Mountains, the Atlantic Ocean pick it up or the you know, the Pacific maybe a bit closer and throw it at
the Rocky Mountains. What will happen?
A get a nice wash, right? Is it going to move the mountain?
Is the water gonna move the mountain theoretically, water comes down? Is it gonna move? Is it gonna move mountains? No, it's just gonna wash it, maybe wash the snow off the
the tops of the mountain, you know, it'll be shiny and nice and
clean. Right.
But if you were to take a rock, if you were to take a rock and put it under a faucet
and turn the tap on to one drop, just one drop, and leave it like that.
For some time,
that little drop because of its consistency. Because of its persistent, we'll make a hole through that rock.
It will make a hole through that rock.
We're not like the Prophet alayhi salatu salam,
we're inclined to to good into the worship of Allah subhanho wa Taala all the time. But that is why the Prophet alayhi salatu was Salam gave us the guidance that we need. So we can get closer to Allah subhanaw taala it is befitting of our shortcomings.
The Prophet alayhi salatu salam he would sleep to the point where you would hear his jerky or his his heartbeat, which is his snoring.
And so he would get up and he would pray, if any of that any of us we went to sleep and we started snoring we surely have to make well boo. This is not the signal disagreement on that. But when I showed the law and asked the Prophet alayhi salatu salam. He said that my eyes sleep but my heart does not.
My heart does not sleep.
And so
through the guidance of the Prophet alayhi salatu salam through what he had instructed us to do.
From what we are able to bear
we can get closer to Allah subhanahu wa
Allah, especially in this blessed month
in Ramadan, attain the benefits and the rewards of fasting and standing for the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala.
And the whole point of fasting
as Allah subhanho wa Taala says lakum de
la lakum that so that you may attain taqwa so that you may attain that barrier that you can place between you and the punishment of Allah subhanho wa Taala. That's the whole point. That is why part of fasting is leaving off kolu the lying and the and the cursing and the slander and the backbiting and anything abstaining from anything by Allah subhanho wa Taala. Otherwise,
you're just, or we're just
hungry for no reason, and sleepless for no reason.
And we do not want to be in that situation. And that is why we have to look at how we can increase our worship, not how we can do the bare minimum, we want the pleasure of Allah subhanahu wa Tada. And we want all the roads that lead to that whatever it may be. And that is why it is not it is not important if it's regarded as worship or sooner. The important thing is that we are doing it. We know the ruling. We know that the prime minister said and said this is wajib. Or we know that that Allah ma said that this is why Egypt because the Prophet alayhi salatu salam commanded us to do it. As for other things, he is recommended. We know those rulings. But the important point here is doing
these actions regardless of their rulings so that we can get closer to Allah subhanho wa Taala.
And so, my dear brothers and
respected sisters, ask Allah subhanahu wa taala, to give us the strength, to stand in the prayer in the night prayer for the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala and to train ourselves to pray, even if it's a short prayer, even if each Raka is one verse, but we are consistent on pmla we make it a habit before Ramadan, and in Ramadan, because of the rewards that we want to attain from Allah subhanho wa Taala we make it we make it
imperative that we attend the Torah we and we invite our families and our neighbors and our family and our friends and advise the Muslims to join us in Torah we and not miss the Torah we tarawih for some socialization, some food or some some something you can do the rest of the year. Something you can do when Ramadan passes. This is a time that is limited a time that passes quickly. We ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to forgive us all. And we asked Allah subhanho wa Taala to give us the strength to fast and stand in the month of Ramadan. And we asked Allah subhanho wa Taala to give us Ramadan and to give us the ability to get closer to him subhanho wa Taala but hamdu Lillah wa salatu salam ala
ala nabina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa Manuela shaka laka Allah bless you