Sajid Ahmed Umar – Ramadan 20214 #18 Virtues of the Last 10 Nights

Sajid Ahmed Umar
AI: Summary ©
The importance of worship in the 10-night cycle is highlighted, with the last 10 nights being the greatest of the year. The speaker emphasizes the need to be mindful of the season and avoid activities that lead to distraction. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of learning from past experiences and avoiding activities that lead to distraction. The speaker also discusses the importance of being dedicated to oneself and staying true to oneself, as it is crucial to worship throughout the application of worship.
AI: Transcript ©
00:00:00 --> 00:00:01

We are in a season of worship

00:00:02 --> 00:00:04

but we are about to enter a season

00:00:04 --> 00:00:05

of worship

00:00:05 --> 00:00:08

within a season of worship. And Allah throughout

00:00:08 --> 00:00:10

Ramadan is freeing people from the hellfire. Can

00:00:10 --> 00:00:12

you imagine what is happening during the last

00:00:12 --> 00:00:15

10 nights of Ramadan? In Ramadan, we detached

00:00:15 --> 00:00:17

from the dunya. In the last ten, we

00:00:17 --> 00:00:18

detached even more. Bismillahrahmanir

00:00:19 --> 00:00:21

Rahim Alhamdulillah wa salamu alaahu wa salaabihi

00:00:22 --> 00:00:23

wa sahabihi wa salaabihi wa salaabihi wa salaabihi

00:00:23 --> 00:00:24

wa salaabihi wa salaaba. We begin in the

00:00:24 --> 00:00:26

name of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala and we

00:00:26 --> 00:00:26

request

00:00:26 --> 00:00:30

praises and blessings upon Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.

00:00:30 --> 00:00:32

To my brothers and sisters in Islam, Assalamuallahu

00:00:32 --> 00:00:33

Alaihi Wa'alaikum

00:00:35 --> 00:00:37

peace. May His blessings. May His mercy be

00:00:37 --> 00:00:39

upon you all and welcome to another episode

00:00:40 --> 00:00:41

in our Ramadan

00:00:42 --> 00:00:44

series. My dear brothers and sisters in Islam,

00:00:44 --> 00:00:46

it's no secret that we are

00:00:47 --> 00:00:49

on our way to the last 10 nights

00:00:49 --> 00:00:52

of Ramadan. SubhanAllah. Already. And I remember in

00:00:52 --> 00:00:55

earlier episodes telling you that before we know

00:00:55 --> 00:00:57

it, a week will be done. 10 days

00:00:57 --> 00:00:59

will be done, and we will be doing

00:00:59 --> 00:01:01

this countdown to the last 10 nights.

00:01:01 --> 00:01:03

And because of that countdown, the last 10

00:01:03 --> 00:01:06

nights will just, you know, creep up upon

00:01:06 --> 00:01:07

us so quickly.

00:01:07 --> 00:01:09

And very soon, it will be the 21st

00:01:10 --> 00:01:11

night of Ramadan.

00:01:11 --> 00:01:12

So today's

00:01:13 --> 00:01:14

reminder

00:01:14 --> 00:01:17

is dedicated to these last 10 nights.

00:01:17 --> 00:01:19

Why are these 10 nights important?

00:01:20 --> 00:01:23

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, he creates what he

00:01:23 --> 00:01:26

wants, when he wants, how he wants and

00:01:26 --> 00:01:28

ultimately everything belongs to him.

00:01:29 --> 00:01:31

And accordingly he raises in rank parts of

00:01:31 --> 00:01:33

his creation over others. He chooses SubhanAllah.

00:01:34 --> 00:01:36

No one has a choice in this matter.

00:01:36 --> 00:01:39

He has no partners in this matter. He

00:01:39 --> 00:01:39

created

00:01:40 --> 00:01:43

days of the week and he chose Friday.

00:01:43 --> 00:01:44

He made it the greatest day of the

00:01:44 --> 00:01:45

week. He did that himself.

00:01:46 --> 00:01:47

He created the months of the year. He

00:01:47 --> 00:01:49

chose Ramadan. He made it the greatest

00:01:50 --> 00:01:52

month of the year. He did that himself

00:01:52 --> 00:01:54

and he can. He's ultimately the creator. So

00:01:54 --> 00:01:56

he ultimately decrees

00:01:56 --> 00:01:57

and decides.

00:01:57 --> 00:01:59

And he created the nights of the year

00:02:00 --> 00:02:02

and he chose the last 10 nights of

00:02:02 --> 00:02:02

Ramadan

00:02:03 --> 00:02:05

and he made it the greatest nights of

00:02:05 --> 00:02:06

the entire

00:02:07 --> 00:02:09

year. It has virtues that no other nights

00:02:09 --> 00:02:11

of the entire year has.

00:02:12 --> 00:02:12

And within

00:02:13 --> 00:02:15

these last 10 nights he chose 1 night.

00:02:16 --> 00:02:18

One night and that night will be the

00:02:18 --> 00:02:19

greatest

00:02:19 --> 00:02:20

night

00:02:20 --> 00:02:23

of the entire year. SubhanAllah. Now scholars have

00:02:23 --> 00:02:25

differed. Is it a fixed night or does

00:02:25 --> 00:02:28

it move from night to night within the

00:02:28 --> 00:02:28

10

00:02:30 --> 00:02:32

as per the decree of Allah Subhanahu Wa

00:02:32 --> 00:02:34

Ta'ala yearly?

00:02:34 --> 00:02:37

And that discussion is beyond the scope of

00:02:37 --> 00:02:37

this reminder.

00:02:38 --> 00:02:40

What's important my dear brothers and sisters in

00:02:40 --> 00:02:41

Islam is to recognize

00:02:41 --> 00:02:43

that we are in a season of worship

00:02:44 --> 00:02:46

but we are about to enter a season

00:02:46 --> 00:02:49

of worship within a season of worship. Now

00:02:49 --> 00:02:50

what does that mean?

00:02:50 --> 00:02:52

Well, when Ramadan came and we discussed the

00:02:52 --> 00:02:54

season of worship arriving we said we really

00:02:54 --> 00:02:57

need to move the needle up in terms

00:02:57 --> 00:02:59

of our relationship with Allah and our application

00:02:59 --> 00:03:00

in connection

00:03:08 --> 00:03:09

the accelerator

00:03:09 --> 00:03:11

is pressed a little bit more.

00:03:11 --> 00:03:12

You need to press it a little bit

00:03:12 --> 00:03:14

more now. That's what it means. That needle

00:03:14 --> 00:03:16

needs to go even more

00:03:17 --> 00:03:17

further

00:03:17 --> 00:03:18

up

00:03:18 --> 00:03:21

Because we are entering a season of worship

00:03:21 --> 00:03:23

within a season of worship. The last ten

00:03:23 --> 00:03:24

of Ramadan

00:03:24 --> 00:03:25

is a whole

00:03:26 --> 00:03:26

new

00:03:27 --> 00:03:27

matter.

00:03:28 --> 00:03:28

SubhanAllah.

00:03:29 --> 00:03:32

And it's from Allah's mercy. And we discussed

00:03:32 --> 00:03:34

this also in previous episodes that Allah,

00:03:34 --> 00:03:36

He rewards us based on the strength of

00:03:36 --> 00:03:39

our endings, not the weaknesses of our beginnings.

00:03:39 --> 00:03:41

It's his mercy that he made these best

00:03:41 --> 00:03:42

nights of the year at the end of

00:03:42 --> 00:03:45

Ramadan, not at the beginning. So alhamdulillah, we

00:03:45 --> 00:03:47

have enough practice in terms of our fasting.

00:03:47 --> 00:03:48

We We have enough practice in terms of

00:03:48 --> 00:03:50

all these other ideals that we wanted to

00:03:50 --> 00:03:52

get into in terms of the various voluntary

00:03:53 --> 00:03:53

salah

00:03:54 --> 00:03:56

targets with regards to our Quran. And we

00:03:56 --> 00:03:58

spoke about quantitative versus qualitative

00:03:59 --> 00:04:01

targets in previous episodes. Alhamdulillah.

00:04:02 --> 00:04:03

Right? So we've got a lot of practice

00:04:03 --> 00:04:05

and movement and momentum here. All we need

00:04:05 --> 00:04:07

to do now is build on that momentum.

00:04:07 --> 00:04:08

Go into the last ten and build on

00:04:08 --> 00:04:10

it. So, what's required? Well,

00:04:11 --> 00:04:11

what's required

00:04:12 --> 00:04:14

is not to slow down during our day.

00:04:15 --> 00:04:16

Because the pious before us used to teach

00:04:16 --> 00:04:18

us if you want to have an amazing

00:04:18 --> 00:04:20

night you need to have a good day.

00:04:20 --> 00:04:22

It's a good day that gives birth to

00:04:22 --> 00:04:25

an amazing night because the night and the

00:04:25 --> 00:04:26

day are connected.

00:04:26 --> 00:04:28

If your day is righteous, Allah will assist

00:04:28 --> 00:04:31

your night to be a Righteous One. The

00:04:31 --> 00:04:34

Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was amazing during

00:04:34 --> 00:04:37

Ramadan but even more amazing during the last

00:04:37 --> 00:04:40

10 nights. His days were amazing throughout Ramadan

00:04:40 --> 00:04:42

but his nights became even more amazing in

00:04:42 --> 00:04:43

the last 10.

00:04:43 --> 00:04:46

His wives tell us in particular Aisha radiaallahu

00:04:46 --> 00:04:46

anha

00:04:47 --> 00:04:49

that he used to spend the 1st 29th

00:04:49 --> 00:04:51

of Ramadan in the worship of Allah. But

00:04:51 --> 00:04:52

he used to worship and he used to

00:04:52 --> 00:04:55

rest. But when the last 10 came,

00:04:56 --> 00:04:59

his motives changed. Sallallahu alaihi wasallam. He stayed

00:04:59 --> 00:05:01

in the masjid and didn't come home. And

00:05:01 --> 00:05:02

he would tighten his belt meaning

00:05:04 --> 00:05:05

he separated from his family.

00:05:06 --> 00:05:08

And he stayed awake throughout the night. It

00:05:08 --> 00:05:11

wasn't a matter of worship and rest. It

00:05:11 --> 00:05:13

was worship, worship, worship.

00:05:14 --> 00:05:16

And he would encourage the sahadah

00:05:16 --> 00:05:17

to

00:05:17 --> 00:05:19

do the same. They would engage in this

00:05:19 --> 00:05:21

act of worship called Itikaf

00:05:22 --> 00:05:24

which is one of the value propositions

00:05:24 --> 00:05:25

that Ramadan

00:05:25 --> 00:05:28

brings to us. Dedicating oneself

00:05:28 --> 00:05:29

to the Masjid.

00:05:30 --> 00:05:32

Dedicating oneself to the Masjid to be dedicated

00:05:32 --> 00:05:34

to Allah. And this is important because if

00:05:34 --> 00:05:37

we go into itikaf with our mobile phones,

00:05:37 --> 00:05:39

then yes our bodies are in the Masjid.

00:05:39 --> 00:05:41

But itikaf is not just about the body

00:05:41 --> 00:05:43

being in the Masjid but the heart,

00:05:43 --> 00:05:46

the mind, the soul, the nafs.

00:05:46 --> 00:05:48

All of you being dedicated to the masjid

00:05:48 --> 00:05:50

for the sake of Allah. It's not that

00:05:50 --> 00:05:52

you're in the masjid but business as usual

00:05:52 --> 00:05:55

because you are coordinating with your mobile phone,

00:05:55 --> 00:05:57

surfing the internet as usual, social

00:05:58 --> 00:05:59

media

00:06:00 --> 00:06:02

processes as usual, and so on and so

00:06:02 --> 00:06:04

forth. It's about that isolation. That in Ramadan

00:06:04 --> 00:06:06

we detached from the dunya. In the last

00:06:06 --> 00:06:08

10 we detached even more. So if you

00:06:08 --> 00:06:11

can, if your circumstances allow, no doubt tikaf

00:06:11 --> 00:06:13

is one of the greatest acts that you

00:06:13 --> 00:06:15

can engage in during the last 10 nights

00:06:15 --> 00:06:18

of Ramadan. Now, the last 10 nights of

00:06:18 --> 00:06:21

Ramadan are special. In particular, the odd nights

00:06:21 --> 00:06:22

from

00:06:22 --> 00:06:24

these last 10 nights. And as we go

00:06:24 --> 00:06:25

further,

00:06:25 --> 00:06:26

some of the Sahaba

00:06:27 --> 00:06:29

considered the 27th night to be the night

00:06:29 --> 00:06:31

of Raylatul Qadr.

00:06:31 --> 00:06:33

The point is my dearest brothers and sisters

00:06:33 --> 00:06:35

in Islam, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

00:06:35 --> 00:06:37

He never wants us to worship Him based

00:06:37 --> 00:06:39

on a tick box exercise and He never

00:06:39 --> 00:06:41

ever wants us to worship Him just based

00:06:41 --> 00:06:41

on

00:06:42 --> 00:06:42

the minimal

00:06:43 --> 00:06:44

viable requirement.

00:06:44 --> 00:06:46

And it's from the tarbia of the Sharia.

00:06:47 --> 00:06:48

The Sharia raises us just like we raise

00:06:48 --> 00:06:51

a child with values. The Sharia raises us

00:06:51 --> 00:06:54

in certain matters. And also with regards to

00:06:54 --> 00:06:55

the last 10 that the last 10 is

00:06:55 --> 00:06:57

the last 10 so that we don't just

00:06:57 --> 00:06:59

engage Allah for one night and forget about

00:06:59 --> 00:07:01

him during the rest. But it's a process

00:07:01 --> 00:07:04

that brings to us a love to worship

00:07:04 --> 00:07:07

him. So worship Allah throughout the last time.

00:07:07 --> 00:07:09

Don't be picky. Don't be fussy. Right? But

00:07:09 --> 00:07:11

if you can't manage your timetables then look

00:07:11 --> 00:07:14

after especially the odd nights. But if you

00:07:14 --> 00:07:16

can, throughout the entire 10. If you can't

00:07:16 --> 00:07:18

then do as much as you can during

00:07:18 --> 00:07:20

the even but make sure you

00:07:20 --> 00:07:21

catch and capture

00:07:22 --> 00:07:23

the odd.

00:07:23 --> 00:07:26

And through this process you are engaging Allah

00:07:26 --> 00:07:28

throughout the process and nobody

00:07:28 --> 00:07:30

doubts this. That if you worship Allah throughout

00:07:30 --> 00:07:32

the last 10 then you will indeed

00:07:33 --> 00:07:35

catch the night of power and decree and

00:07:35 --> 00:07:35

virtue.

00:07:37 --> 00:07:39

And we speak about that just now. You

00:07:39 --> 00:07:41

will catch this night insha'Allah.

00:07:41 --> 00:07:42

So So it's not a case that you

00:07:42 --> 00:07:43

have to know it was the night for

00:07:43 --> 00:07:45

you to be rewarded for the night. No,

00:07:45 --> 00:07:47

my dear brothers and sisters in Islam. It's

00:07:47 --> 00:07:48

about the application.

00:07:48 --> 00:07:50

Even if you didn't know that it was

00:07:50 --> 00:07:52

the night, as long as you applied yourself

00:07:52 --> 00:07:54

your rewards are safe. Now in terms of

00:07:54 --> 00:07:57

Laylatul Qadr my brothers and sisters in Islam

00:07:57 --> 00:07:57

then

00:07:58 --> 00:08:00

it brings us the value proposition of being

00:08:00 --> 00:08:02

able to worship Allah for more than 83

00:08:02 --> 00:08:04

years for just living

00:08:05 --> 00:08:08

a portion of a day. Meaning a night.

00:08:08 --> 00:08:09

Imagine that.

00:08:09 --> 00:08:11

Nuh alaihis salam lived for over a 1000

00:08:11 --> 00:08:14

years and he built Jannah across that period.

00:08:14 --> 00:08:16

Allah is giving us the ability and opportunity

00:08:17 --> 00:08:18

to build Jannah spanning

00:08:19 --> 00:08:20

1000 of years

00:08:20 --> 00:08:23

for only still living between 60 or 70

00:08:23 --> 00:08:26

years in Baitanya. How amazing is that? We

00:08:26 --> 00:08:28

know how stressful life is. Let's be honest.

00:08:28 --> 00:08:29

If we had to live for a 1000

00:08:29 --> 00:08:30

years,

00:08:31 --> 00:08:32

I mean today the mental health meter is

00:08:32 --> 00:08:35

at an all time high. Imagine if you

00:08:35 --> 00:08:37

had to live in this world for a

00:08:37 --> 00:08:40

1,000 plus years. Allah is so merciful. He

00:08:40 --> 00:08:42

is giving us the ability to build jannah

00:08:42 --> 00:08:44

in an amazing way without

00:08:45 --> 00:08:45

being consumed

00:08:46 --> 00:08:48

by the difficulty of this life of having

00:08:48 --> 00:08:50

to live over a 1000 years. That's the

00:08:50 --> 00:08:53

value proposition of Laylatul Qadr. And Allah throughout

00:08:53 --> 00:08:55

Ramadan is freeing people from the hellfire. Can

00:08:55 --> 00:08:57

you imagine what is happening during the last

00:08:57 --> 00:08:59

10 nights of Ramadan? So this is Laylatul

00:08:59 --> 00:09:01

Qadr, my dear brothers and sisters in Islam.

00:09:02 --> 00:09:05

If you haven't brought yourself together until now,

00:09:05 --> 00:09:07

this is the time to do so. This

00:09:07 --> 00:09:08

is the time. Do not look at the

00:09:08 --> 00:09:09

past. We had an episode

00:09:10 --> 00:09:12

dedicated to burn in, don't burn out.

00:09:12 --> 00:09:16

Burn in and remain burned in. Remain

00:09:16 --> 00:09:17

stationed.

00:09:17 --> 00:09:19

Do not let the regrets of the 1st

00:09:19 --> 00:09:21

weeks of Ramadan or the 1st

00:09:22 --> 00:09:23

19 days of Ramadan

00:09:23 --> 00:09:26

or 20 days of Ramadan affect you. Just

00:09:26 --> 00:09:29

grab. Grab. If Ramadan came to us with

00:09:29 --> 00:09:30

gifts in hands outstretched

00:09:31 --> 00:09:33

brothers and sisters in islam, I don't know

00:09:33 --> 00:09:36

what it was to use to describe what

00:09:36 --> 00:09:39

Ramadan is presenting to us during these last

00:09:39 --> 00:09:41

10 nights. So all power to you. May

00:09:41 --> 00:09:44

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala bless you, bless me,

00:09:44 --> 00:09:46

bless us all. Bless our Ramazan. Accept what

00:09:46 --> 00:09:48

has passed and

00:09:49 --> 00:09:50

make us inspirational

00:09:50 --> 00:09:53

people that aspire for greatness in what remains.

00:09:53 --> 00:09:55

We don't know whether we will witness another

00:09:56 --> 00:09:58

Ramadan, and we won't know if we will

00:09:58 --> 00:10:00

witness another laylatul Qadr. May Allah

00:10:01 --> 00:10:03

bless us to witness the night of power

00:10:04 --> 00:10:06

and decree and virtue.

00:10:09 --> 00:10:09

Until next time.

Share Page