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.