Ramadan 2024 #01

See Allah subhanho wa Taala LSPs may His blessings May his safety be upon you all. I mean, I mean, masha Allah Tabarak Allah, we will making dua throughout the previous days and weeks that Allah subhanho wa Taala brings us to Ramadan.

And Allah subhanho wa Taala has brought us to Ramadan. My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam, I know of people who are buried just two days ago, who were buried just three days ago. And I'm sure there may be people who know of some who are buried just yesterday Subhanallah and on the Juma or just before Ramadan, I reminded you all of a generation in which a companion saw two people who accepted Islam at the same time in a dream

and one he was

or he had greater intensity

in his worship of Allah subhanho wa Taala than the other.

But he passed away on the battlefield a year before the other.

But he saw them in his dream and he saw one entering Jana,

the one who died a year later, the one who didn't die on the battlefield, the one who wasn't so intense in his worship of Allah subhanho wa taala. He saw him entering Jannah before the one who died on the battlefield, the one who was more intense in his worship, remember, they accepted Islam at the same time.

So when he mentioned this dream to the Sahaba, it became a point of discussion. Because the Sahaba knew

the benevolence the virtue of passing away on the battlefield. And this got to the prophets of Allah, Allah, Allah he was sending this news God to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and they asked him this question, but how is this possible?

And he sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said yes, did he not live for one year longer than his brother?

And did he not witnessed one more Ramadan after his brother

did he not pray X amount of Salah as a result?

And was he not charitable in such in such a way as a result Subhanallah

the pious before us, they would say if the people of the grave they will given one wish. Their wish would be for them to come back to life to witness just one day of Ramadan. Allah subhanho wa Taala has brought us to the night of Ramadan, the hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen so we thank Allah subhana wa Tada for our blessings. Imam sure a heavy the hula he mentioned to you all of Asia, but the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam valuing this month you would congratulate the Sahaba probably Allahu Anhu mushroomy he would say to them,

they have come to you Ramadan, attack, Ramadan Shahara Mobarak a blessed month. It is a month in which Allah the Almighty the sublime has enjoined you too fast. And fasting in and of itself has so many virtues and so many rewards. Subhan Allah it leads a lesson in of itself. He says sallallahu alayhi wa sallam during this month Allah subhanho wa Taala opens the gates of Jannah widely, and he shuts the gates of the Hellfire tightly. And he changed the model that shaping the shell theme that disturb our a bed that work against our effort to get closer to Allah subhanho wa Taala Han Allah assists us so much in this month, that the only one who will lose this month is truly a wretched

one. Or a person who truly decides to be at a loss with the passing of this month. Because this month is so benevolent, the mercy in it is so vast that even the greatest sinner if they had the weakest desire for forgiveness, they will benefit from the month of Ramadan. Subhanallah Allah, if they were to slip where would they fall into the only gates that are open? Or the gates of paradise? There Ilaha illa Allah, this is a soft path. This is a deal that Allah subhanho wa Taala has presented to us. In it our transactions lend taboo transactions that carry no loss, My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam. It's up to you and I from Avan has its arms outstretched and it wants us to

take from it and it's coming with blessings in abundance to such an extent that it gives the giving of a person that fears no poverty is not the giving of someone that fears poverty. That may be they will clench their fist after a while. No the arms of Ramadan

The hands of Ramadan are wide open Brothers and Sisters in Islam. What we get from it depends on how much we grab from it depends on our effort, our application, our planning, our execution, our sincerity, our desire with ALLAH SubhanA who were to add, O Allah, we ask you with your most beautiful of names, and elevated of qualities to let this month pass over us with blessings. I mean, with faith mean what safety, mean and Islam. And we ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to preserve us for Ramadan, and to safeguard Ramadan for us and to accept it from us in full. I mean your blood I mean, my dear brothers and sisters in Islam, I'm sure you've seen the announcement by Darussalam they will

have several activities Alhamdulillah for the community, this Ramadan for the purpose of community development, but no doubt for the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala alone. And the after tarawih program is dedicated to having these moments with the Quran to reflect over some of the verses recited today we had predominantly to Surahs we had sort of two Fatiha Of course, and we had a good chunk of Surah Baqarah there's more to come from Surah Baqarah because we finished one in a quarter juice today, there's still another half of Surah Baqarah to come. But given that this is the first night and I think Ramadan crept upon us so quickly Subhanallah some people were still hoping that it

will be Monday night because we had a few things to finish.

And then we were following the channels and it said Moon not cited here, Moon not cited there. And then even in the place that it was cited the first announcement said it's not cited and then immediately said it's cited Subhanallah things were happening so fast. So people were like, we can breathe, it's Monday night insha Allah and suddenly they were jumping around so given that you know what, it's the first night and it it crept up on us, albeit suddenly inshallah we will keep our reflections simpler and shorter today but be related to Allah as we progress into Ramadan we will cover Surah Baqarah in more detail, no doubt, we have to start with Surah Fatiha, the opening of the

Quran. And this is the first night of Ramadan and Al Fatiha is obviously translated as the opening and he did Surah Fatiha is the opening because it is the opening of everything. It is the opening for us in everything. It is the opening of Allah subhanahu telas mercy upon us. It is the opening for us to recognize who our Lord is Subhana for in Surah Fatiha Allah subhanho wa Taala introduces himself to us. The scholars before us they said that all of the meanings of the Quran, you will find them in Surah Al Fatiha all of the meanings of the Quran, you will find them in the seven verses of Surah Fatiha, you just have to ponder and all of the meanings of Surah Fatiha you will find them in

one verse a year can Abu a year kind of studying that you alone do we worship and You alone do we seek refuge from Imam Abdullah Ibrahim Allah. He has an entire book called my dad rich Sally Kim, the Stations of the Salic in the Wayfarers to Allah subhanho wa Taala this book is dedicated to the stations that are found in ear canal boudoir ear canister in SubhanAllah. It's as if this follow him in his work of His is a Tafseer of just one verse in the Quran. And that is one verse in Surah Al Fatiha a year can Abu a year kind of stain Subhanallah and he no doubt has filled it with eloquence and eloquence on the Quran and the Sunnah. But for those who want to understand a bit deeper, his

book Madera Salah again is actually a study of a book of another Imam Imam Al Harare Rahim Allah, though he wrote a book Jimenez in a serene wintertime named his mother rich, Sally Kim. The translations are similar. Remember, Ibrahim, he loved this book so much that he took it and he studied it and did an abridged work of it. And in it, he removed some of the polemics and some of the things he didn't agree with. And he kept what he felt was absolutely necessary for a person to understand the core topics of the purification of the soul because that is the reality of a year cannabidiol a year kind of strain. It's a journey of purification, the purification of the soul, and

the purification of the self. And it's not a surprise because it is all it is Allah subhanho wa Taala who revealed to us a Sabra atma Thani. The scholars of Syria say a several Metheny refers to Surah Fatiha well Quran allow him the Great Quran, Allah revealed it to us and in the Quran. Allah revealed the seventh grade versus visa the verses of Surah Al Fatiha. Surah Fatiha is the greatest

first Surah of the Quran and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that there is no salah, except that it has to have in it Surah Fatiha, there is no salah, in which Surah Fatiha has not been read there in and this is how Allah subhanho wa Taala has raised the surah in rank for the surah is a Surah that everyone will have to read whether they want to or they don't want to because they have to observe the Salah, and this is a compulsory part of the Salah. Allah raised it in mentioned he raised it in rank, just like he raised the name of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he mentioned and he raised his name in rank, when he says LM Nisha halacha Shadrach or the Anang CO is Rocco

before that Allah subhanho wa Taala Anna mentioned in surah, two Doha, with Doha, a lady the serger, now a darker book color, while Accra to lack a mineral water so for your vehicle, Rob Booker fatawa Allah then says what aka the crack Allah says we will give you until you will be pleased Oh Muhammad, and then Allah mentioned from the blessings that He gave to Muhammad that he raised his name in mentioned, and that's why we see in the Salah, we mentioned Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Allahumma Salli ala Muhammad Ali Muhammad, in the event that we hear Allah subhanho wa Taala has made the mention of Muhammad they part and parcel of the event, I shall do Allah Ilaha illa

Allah, I shall do under Muhammad Rasool Allah in the karma, we hear compulsory in an obligatory way, the mention of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and of course the showerhead is incomplete without belief in Muhammad Ali Abdullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam so Allah is the name of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam and Allah indeed raised Surah Fatiha abou Ray Ravi Allahu Allah. He says that he had submitted to rasool Allah allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam say, he heard the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam say that he heard Allah subhanho wa Taala meaning that Allah subhanho wa Taala said regarding Surah Fatiha Kasam to Salah. I have divided the prayer into two halves between

me and my servant, and for my servant is what my servant asks for Subhan Allah, Allah says, I have split the salah between me and my servant.

Pay attention here, because we said there is no Salah except that you have to have the recitation of Surah Fathia. Allah says, I have split the Salah, between me and my servant. I've divided the prayer into two halves

and my servant will receive what he asks. Allah subhana wa Taala says this is a Hadith could see that when my servant says Al hamdu, Lillahi Rabbil Alameen or praises belongs to Allah, the Lord of the universe. Allah subhanho wa Taala at the most high says, My servant has praised me. The era Hi, Lola, when you pray the Salah, and you say Alhamdulillah Hera, Bill al Amin. This is not just a recitation. This is a conversation with the Lord of the worlds a conversation with the Lord of the Worlds. Allah subhanahu Idera is saying this, the messenger you saying that Allah said that when my slave says Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen Allah says, My servant has praised me. Imagine this are

servants of Allah. And that is why when you get up from the record, and you say send me Allah Who Lehmann Hamidah, my Lord He is the one who praises him in a halal Allah, did you ever think about this? Why do I say send me Allah Who even Hamidah the most often recited phrase when we move from position to position in the prayer is Allahu Akbar. But when we get up from RUCO, after standing and praising Allah, and then bowing and praising Allah, when we say Subhana, Allah allow them This is further praise of Allah subhanho wa taala. And before going into sujood, and praising Allah, we re we raise up from the Boeing position, and we say semi Allahu leemon Hamidah that semi Allah Allah

heard, the one who praises him, and we further praise him Robin Allah condemned, oh my lord For You is all Praise. Because when we say Alhamdulillah, Allah, Allah mean, and we say Alhamdulillah, Allah subhanho wa Taala acknowledges that my slave has praised me. And this is testimony from the slave from the worship, the one who is in his salah, or in her Salah that I don't worship a figment of my imagination, I worship a being who is alive and because he's alive, that being hears me. This is testimony from you. When you say send me Allah who remind me that he has me, meaning he's alive, he hears me. It's not a figment of my imagination. I am worshipping Him with sincerity with desire with

knowledge. It's not just a robotic action is not just something I picked up from my forefathers it is meaningful to me.

The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says that Allah says, And when my slave says, a rough man or Rahim, some translation

Translated as the compassionate and the merciful and some others as the Entirely Merciful because our ramen is upon the scale of Furlan, which denotes

comprehensiveness. So the Entirely Merciful Rahim the Especially Merciful because our Rahim is upon the scale of Farrell and those who study the Arabic language will know that the scale denotes the meaning of inclusive of exclusivity.

So the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. When my slave says or Rahman Rahim, Allah says, My slave has loaded me

is venerated me.

The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says that Allah says that when my slave says Maliki Yomi Deen, Allah subhanho wa Taala says, My servant has glorified me.

And sometimes he would say, My servant entrusted his affairs unto me.

Then when the worship per se is, ear, canal, boudoir ear can sustain that the Allah you are alone do you worship and you are known to seek assistance from Allah says, This is between me and my servant. Nobody is involved here now. This is between me and my servant who's worshiping Me sincerely.

And for my servant is what my servant will ask for.

And the first thing you asked for, is it the law Serato Mr. King,

that Oh, my Lord guide me to the straight path, the straight path in in everything. The scholars of Tafseer they say, Idina serata, Mr. Team, it is menial at the area Tisha Mira, it is from the comprehensive supplications the comprehensive do as if you say dinner Serato, Mr. Kim and you intend marriage, it will become a dua for marriage that he or Allah guide me to the right path in terms of marriage, who I marry, who I choose to marry, who my heart is opened. If it's for a job, in Estrada, Mr. Kane becomes a dua for the job that guide me to the right path in terms of this job. I may think it's good for me, but you know, what's better for me, in a Serato, Mr. Team, guide me to the right

path in bed, and obviously from the outset, the right path in faith and Amen. And Islam. And that is why the scholars of the field have complimentary explanations of a Serato Mr. Team, what does it mean? In some said it refers to Islam, and some said it refers to the Quran, and some said it refers to the Sunnah. These are all complimentary

expressions, and explanations they don't contradict each other. This ftbfs is known as if de la for 10 A war it's from the differences of opinion that complement each other. They don't contradict each other Islam, Quran, the Sunnah, it's all the same thing.

This is the reality of Surah Al Fatiha.

And as I said to you earlier, it is the surah inwhich. Allah subhanho wa Taala introduces himself to us. When we say Al hamdu, LilLah all praises belongs to Allah.

And this imagine it's a slave who for the first time is being introduced to Allah, they open the Quran, the first Surah they read or the opening verses of Surah Fatiha of the opening Alhamdulillah all praises belongs to Allah. Okay. Who is Allah? Allah introduces himself using for introductions, number one, Rob Allah, Allah mean he is the Lord of the worlds or rough man, they Entirely Merciful Rahim they especially merciful Mellie Kiyomi, Dean, master and owner of the Day of Judgment, Master, if you say upon Athira, and owner upon natira, Malik and Malik, as we had in the Salah today, and this is from the complete reality of our Lord His perfection, because my Stan owner shows absolute

sovereignty and absolute ownership. You could own something but you may not have sovereign rule. You could have sovereign rule but you might not have ownership ownership of what the people who you have sovereign rule over they own. Allah is the master and owner. He has so complete sovereignty and complete ownership to Kara to Malik and Malik. They built for us this understanding in terms of the reality of our Lord, He Subhanahu wa Taala introduces himself to us. And this Alhambra here that we mentioned semi Allah will Eman Hamidah Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen this hand is the highest

reference for expressing praise and showing gratitude. And it is a phrase that can only be used in association with Allah subhanho attack in Arabic language. There's many ways to thank people and praise people. We use the term Shuker and thanks to thank people, we praise people, and the term for it is Mother, Mother ham

He's praising him. But Al hamdu is an intensified form of praise.

Why? Because the gifts that Allah has given us are unmatched. Unprecedented, nobody can give us and gift us like Allah subhanho wa taala, the Lord of the worlds so he deserves a thanks at a level at a precedence at a priority that's far greater than any things we could show to any human being. And if you ask what does Alhambra mean, then the scholars of tafsir have said that unhemmed means it references a show of sincere gratitude that comes from a sincere heart, filled with sincere love and sincere exaltation. For the one being pressed by Allah I asked you, who can you praise with these qualities besides Allah subhanahu itad Who can motivate you to be able to show gratitude at this

level of intensity besides the Lord of the worlds of Hannah, the one who brought you out of existence into existence, if you remained out of existence, you would have no chance to and Jana, then after he brought you into existence, he created Jana, for you and brought to you Islam and the month of Ramadan and all the other blessings you ask for.

What I tackle, when Cooley mistletoe, he brought to you everything you asked for. Were intro dunya amatola Tofu Ha, if you were to try an audit and count the blessings of Allah subhanho wa Taala upon you, you will never ever be able to do so ask the blind man, about the blessing of seeing or the deaf man, about the blessing of hearing of servant of Allah, we have hearts in our bodies that beat with the power of Allah subhanho wa Taala we don't need to think and remember for it to beat. Imagine if our heart beating was dependent on our brain remembering that function.

And us being forgetful human beings what would happen? Allah who understand, would forget to live and we will die. Allah subhanho wa Taala He sustains us without us leading to think without us needing to remember Subhana and then he brought to us the greatest gift Islam when you didn't even ask him or servant of Allah. This is the Allah in Surah, Al Fatiha he's introducing himself to us. And we praise him with the praise of unhemmed. Because Wallahi if Allah gave you Islam, and you didn't ask him for it, what can he give you? If you ask him for it? If he gave you the greatest gift, without you asking, What can he give you? If you ask him Subhana Allah hamdulillahi rabbil

Alameen all praises belongs to Allah, this lamb and Allah Islamic public Lammott turmeric means this praise this level of praise this hand, it belongs to Allah. It is not for Allah, because of you. It was for Allah before you. Allah was Al Hamid, the praised one before He created a creation who said that Hamdulillah he was the praised one before you praised him. He didn't need you to praise Him to be grateful to him for him to be al Hamid and the one who is the owner of the phrase Alhamdulillah for his perfect from ever and is perfect forever. Alhamdulillah these praises belong to Allah, whether you want to praise Him or you don't want to praise Him or you wish to praise Him or you

refuse to praise Him or you love to praise Him or you hate to praise him, your situation or circumstance doesn't matter. He is Al Hamid And Alhamdulillah is for him

from always and it is for him forever to

Allah subhanahu atta Allah has and teaches us in Surah Al Fatiha the pillars of a bed.

The pillars of a bar there are three

the pillars of a bed are three Allah immediately at the beginning of Surah Fatiha disseminates these pillars to us. Because he says to God teaches us when he introduces himself to us when you ask Who is Allah he says the Lord rob the Lord.

And what will make you understand what the Lord means the Lord, the One who created you, Who made you, who sustains you, who feeds you, who brought you out of existence, who gives you life who gives you death, who preserves you and He protects you, and he nurtures you to perfection. All these explanations I've just given you from the meanings of one name of allah Rob, and that's why the Scholars say a rubber is a universal term of Allah. It is a meaning or it is a name of Allah that encompasses many other names of Allah subhanahu it either with the meanings of many other names. Rob is the Lord. When you learn upon being introduced to Allah, that this is what Allah does for me. He

protects me. He gives me He sustains me. He feeds me

He protects me He preserves me. What does this do to the heart of a believer? What does it cause to grow within it? Love, you begin to love Allah. Love begins to develop. When you understand that Allah is my Rob, and this is what he does for me as his natural. We love our parents because of what they did for us. They look after us, we love them. This is what Allah did for me. I love him. This is pillar number one of worship.

Then Allah says R Rahman r Rahim. He is the Entirely Merciful and Especially Merciful. What happens to your heart when you learn that my Lord is this? You start having hope in Him, that I may snap but he's the Entirely Merciful, he's there especially merciful, I won't lose hope in Allah have a chance. This is the second pillar of worship, you have love, and you have hope.

And then murli Kiyomi Dean, he's the master and own of the Day of Judgment, the day upon which every tyrant and dictator, an evil person will be brought forth. And they acted like kings, but now they will be under the King of kings. When you learn that this is what Allah is, what does this breed within your heart towards him? Fear of this is the third pillar of worship. If no tie in beautifully describes these pillars for us, to help us understand, he says, Think of a dove, with love being the body of the dove, and hope being one wing of the dove. And fear being the other wing of the duff. If the dev flaps only one wing during its flight, it will crash. And if the dev only flaps the other

wing during its flight, it will crash.

For this dev to successfully reach its destination. It has to flap both the wings of hope and fear together. It can worship with too much fear.

Because that will lead to the capacity and it can lead or lead itself to Allah with too much hope. Because what will happen you fall into sin and you keep on going into sin under the guise that Allah will forgive me. There's a balance that's required. And Allah says, as we heard in today's salah, Waka Delica, Gianna, Guma, and wasa at the beginning of the second Jews, we've made you a middle nation. So even our journey to Allah is upon the middle way. It's not only with hope, it's not only with fear, it's in the middle between hope and fear, that we try our best and if we slip, we don't lose hope. And if we see ourselves arising and falling into sin, with false hope, then we remember

the wing of fear, we flap it a little bit more and calibrate our journey. All this is coming from the beginning of Surah Al Fatiha What about the rest of Surah two fatty Subhanallah I promised we wouldn't be long. And we didn't even go into sort of Bukhara Western Surah two fatty I hope you understand what we meant when we said earlier when we said that all the meanings of the Quran. In Surah Fatiha at the end of Surah Fatiha we say Hiramatsu be Isla him Allah wa Lim We ask Allah Subhana Allah to Allah to protect us from those who is anger fell upon. And the scholars of Siena say, this is the Jews and a Balint, the ones who went astray the scholars of Tafseer say they are

the Christians. The Jews had knowledge and they didn't practice upon it. The Christians didn't have knowledge and they, they acted they worshiped Allah without knowledge. The Jews had knowledge and they

flouted their obligations, despite their knowledge. This, again is on the middle way. We worship with knowledge. When we have the knowledge, we put it into practice. And we don't worship except with delete and evidence. This is the middle nation just as a segue into surah baqarah and thereafter Surah Al Imran, the scholars of CDC, there's this Tanner soup, there's the suitability, there's this relationship between Surah Fatiha and Surah Al Baqarah. And Sora Imran that comes after it because Surah Al Baqarah

discusses the Jews in detail. And it's as if it's the Tafseer of oral Malou biani him and Al Imran discusses the Christians

and it's famously known for the caravan of Christians that came from the Quran to visit the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam as if Surah Al Imran is the Tafseer of well of Baal nim. Surah Fatiha brings the introduction and then segues us into longer chapters that are connected to it to further build our understanding of it I hope through a few angles I've connected the rest of the Quran to sort of the surah to refer to to help you appreciate Subhanallah that the benevolence of the surah and that hopefully inshallah this Ramadan, be delighted to Allah we will pray a different Salah especially with our Surah Fatiha when we recited and when we say semi Allah halimun habitat and we

come out of that record and we really recalibrate and appreciate Subhanallah who we are standing in front of this is the best month to rejuvenate our Salah and improve our Ibadah with the murder that shelter

And with these Shayateen that affect our eBay they're being chained their influence on us is reduced. Allah has given us the opportunity to grow. Brothers and Sisters in Islam very quickly some action points. It's the first night of Ramadan. It's very important that we build and build fast. Ramadan crept up upon us suddenly and quickly. And very soon, one week from one will be gone. And then the first 10 will disappear. After one week the first 10 is just around the corner. And once the first 10 is done, you will be counting the days to lay that to the last 10 days of Ramadan and searching for a little cover. So the middle 10 Subhan Allah will disappear. And once you get into

the last 10 and you counting the odd nights 2123 2527 29 Subhanallah the last 10 will finish and once you hit 25 and you start thinking of the day of your eID, La ilaha illa Allah so it's important that we haven't started we start very quickly use this evening for estate,

estate for a star for Allah break the barriers between us and the mercy of Allah subhanho wa taala. And use this evening as well to consolidate your Ramadan plan. I hope by now you've already written a plan as we discussed in the hotel, just before her mother, but consolidated look at it, see where you are. Where's your Quran? Where's your marker? What's your plan? How you're going to go about your day? How are you going to execute on your targets? And like I said to you earlier in your practice, run if you failing on the quantitative targets, then make a change because if you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got remember that right? If you failing,

and you don't change the process, then failure is going to continue. Right? So if you failed What if I wouldn't say fails but if the if the quantitative targets one Jews have failed us, you it's difficult for you switch your goals and make them qualitative goals. How so say I'm going to sit 30 minutes or whatever I finish in 30 minutes, that's my quota for the day. Instead of saying one Jews say I'll read for 30 minutes if I finish the Jews Alhamdulillah how for Jews Alhamdulillah So turning to qualitative meaning consolidate your plan, ponder over these these days where you are practicing for Ramadan. So that insha Allah you move more smoothly into the month be the night owl.

If you haven't planned than plan tonight. plan tonight it's not all gone. If you haven't planned it's not too late plan tonight Alhamdulillah this is a blessed night and Allah subhanho wa Taala as we've learned, he's the most forgiving those merciful. This brings to us hope so don't lose hope. If you haven't planned get down and plan. Plan your day better. When are you going to pray Serato to plan your sunnah robotic? How are you going to ensure you look after those 12 units every day in Ramadan? Plan? How are you going to manage the last third of the night? Plan your meals? How are you going to manage your diet? How are you going to keep up your energies? Some people have strenuous

work some people have light work some people have night work some people have a plan what news are you going to eat? How is your school going to be what works what doesn't work, right plan that plan your worship, plan your meals, plan your sleep, whatever you can delegate start delegating, make a plan to delegate whatever you can't delegate, see if you can reduce, postpone some of the intensity of the tasks till after Ramadan. This is Ramadan, the guests in our home. It doesn't want to see us too busy for it. Especially if we don't know if we will witness next row mother number three, get the masjid timetable. You can see it over there and strategize your day to ensure you pray as many

Salah with Gemma as many massages in Blackburn Alhamdulillah Subhanallah sometimes around the corner you find three Masha Allah demotic Allah this is a mercy This is a blessing. There's people that live in places Subhanallah you need a car to drive seven minutes before you find the one

right? So strategize okay, maybe you are praying at your place of work during the rest of the Ramadan means more go to the masjid catch the jammer Okay, so get the different timetables and figure out what hamdulillah I've noticed just by comparing some of the timetables there's a lot of facilitation by the massage it for people right so some the salah has a different times 15 minutes apart so you can catch it some way.

Number four compounding intentions, right? If you've heard of compounding interest that is haram 100% compounding intentions Halal 100% There are certain things you can compound like for example, Salah after wudu and to here to the masjid and Salah after then for example you came into the masjid you made will do at home you came to the masjid you had the oven Al Hamdulillah you want to sit down this to hear to the masjid three intentions in two units three intentions and say Allahu Akbar you get the rewards of three salah is in just two units of prayer

right so the certain a Baghdad that Al Hamdulillah we are allowed to compound intentions in the example I gave you is from them. So figure this out and compound your intentions inshallah. Last but not least to Allah He brothers and sisters this month is the month of dua, Allah Allah

See is falling upon us in unprecedented ways more than any other month. Your dua in this month means more than any other month. You will make dua in this month while is being engulfed in the Mercy of Allah. It is a different dua, you need to beg from Allah. You need to cry to Allah, you need to ask from Allah. I told you previously, like the two year old in the shop who wants to sweeten the chocolate, remember? And the mother is saying no, and then he starts the child throws a tantrum in the middle of the aisle. Doesn't care who's there who's not there. It doesn't care how embarrassed the parents are. It wants it. Alright, don't throw a tantrum. But you know what I mean? What do you

mean his raise your hands and ask and beg from Allah? Well, I asked Allah, the asking of a two year old

because Allah who you are asking from a Lord, who has bounties that are so abundant, nothing decreases it.

Pray for myself

for my Dawa. For my parents for my family. Pray for the team here at Darussalam. Pray for the scholars, the Imams, the HuFa, who will be managing the affairs of the home but this Ramadan

pray for Islam and the Muslims and pray for the oppressed and the people of us. And as you pray for the people of Gaza, don't forget the Rohingya Brothers and Sisters in Islam. Don't forget our brothers and sisters in Kashmir.

They are not getting enough satellite attention. And because we don't know it doesn't mean

because we don't know it doesn't mean you know what I mean by this because we don't know it doesn't mean that they are fine. They are hungry as well. They are struggling as well. They are displaced as well. They are oppressed as well. The Ummah is in a lot of neat, beg Allah subhanho wa Taala for the Ummah and that begging should start from the position of you getting rid of all your actions that prevent you from reaching Allah, Allah He nobody wants to be making dua to Allah in this month and the DUA doesn't reach.

You need to sincerely Toba for riba for those who are in the river and ask Allah to help you out of it. And if you do a Toba then you do as well reach I'm not here to give you bad news. sincerely ask Allah for forgiveness and promise him you won't do it again. hamdulillah you've opened the door. If you if your relationship with your parents isn't great, and you have a fault in that go and apologize and fix that fault. That's one of the means that blocks our do as reaching Allah subhanho wa taala. So begs from Allah and that also begins with doing everything to ensure your relationship with Allah Subhana Allah to Allah is preserved. This is only the first night in sha Allah. We will

continue in the upcoming nights I love you all for the sake of Allah, we ask Allah subhana wa Tada to accept our first night, our our DUA and our Salah and our standing and we ask Allah to bless our Ibadah to come and to bless our soul and to grant us the best first fast and to take us from strength to strength throughout our month. And to grant us the strongest ending at the end of the month of Ramadan. Which is cool now heron, what have you the common law may Allah preserve your SallAllahu wasallam or Colombina Muhammad Ali he was such a big man