Saif Morad – How Should We Strive During Ramadan Juz 4

			Ramadan is a golden opportunity that we need
		

			to take advantage of.
		

			Now first, we need to look at, okay,
		

			what's at stake here?
		

			The prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said that wherever
		

			fast the month of Ramadan,
		

			believing Allah
		

			expecting the reward from him, his previous sins
		

			will be forgiven. So forgiveness is at stake
		

			here. Then we know that the gates of
		

			Jannah are wide open,
		

			and the shayateen are chained up and the
		

			gates of Halfar are closed. So Jannah is
		

			at stake as well.
		

			The third thing is
		

			that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala frees people from
		

			the hellfire during this month. So that's another
		

			thing. The freedom from the hellfire is there
		

			as well. And then there's a stern warning
		

			as well if we still need more encouragement
		

			that Jibil Alai Salam, the best of angels
		

			comes and he makes a dua. We know
		

			this hadith,
		

			and he makes 3 dua's and the prophet
		

			said 3 m means to. So one of
		

			the m means, which means all accept,
		

			was that may a person be devoid of
		

			any good, the one who witnesses the month
		

			of Ramadan and is not forgiven at the
		

			end of it. So once again, forgiveness comes.
		

			And finally, we know that Ramadan is the
		

			prime month to truly develop that taqwa.
		

			So how should we be striving
		

			during this month? Now the answer comes during
		

			the 4th of Jews where Allah subhanahu wa
		

			ta'ala tells us how the believers are supposed
		

			to be acting when it comes to striving
		

			towards earning his forgiveness,
		

			his Jannah, and ultimately who's prepared for.
		

			So Allah
		

			here is telling us not to procrastinate, not
		

			to take it easy, not to walk, not
		

			to delay, but rather strive and push yourself
		

			and compete and raise towards his forgiveness.
		

			And to a garden
		

			which its width
		

			is the size of the heavens and the
		

			earth
		

			that is prepared
		

			for the believers.
		

			So forgiveness is at stake. Jannah is at
		

			stake. Freedom from the hellfire is at stake.
		

			To develop the taqwa is at stake. Now
		

			all that's remaining is how are we gonna
		

			respond.