Tahir Anwar – Ramadan Reflection Brotherly Advice on the Blessed First Friday in Ramadan

Alhamdulillah,

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has, brought us this

far. We have now fasted for a few

days. We ask for Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

We ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala for his

acceptance

and continue making du'a to Allah

that may Allah make the rest of the

days and nights easy and blessed for all

of us. You know, whenever,

you know, we as human beings, we go

through difficulty at all times, various different forms

of difficulty.

But when difficulties happen in Ramadan and when

emergencies happen in Ramadan,

it's so much more difficult in a certain

sense, because in Ramadan, there's a certain routine

that we have. There's a certain there's certain

things that we need to accomplish, we want

to accomplish.

And anything out of the ordinary in that

routine just kind of throws, you know, the

entire balance off.

And so

we, you know, on this Mubarak night, on

this, you know, night of Jumu'ah,

we ask Allah

for ease. We ask Allah

for acceptance, and we ask Allah

to protect us from all forms of evil

and difficulty. There's a dua we find in

the hadith I've shared many times before.

O Allah, we seek from you, or I

seek from you sudden goodness and seek refuge

from sudden difficulty, sudden evil. And so we

say amen to that du'a.

Just as a few brief reminders,

it's Jum'aarat.

It's,

the night of Friday that is amongst us.

So let us ensure that we pray some

tarawih even if we may not be in

the regular habit

of praying tarawih daily.

And I'm gonna safely assume that the vast

majority of people that are watching this are

watching from home.

So if you haven't already prayed your Isha,

pray your Isha. If it's possible to

pray in congregation, pray in congregation.

If we, you know, if we are not

in the regular habit of praying salatul taraweeh,

let us

try our best tonight to pray

some taraweeh if possible, at the very least

8,

if we can, you know, the the complete

20, insha'Allah,

and then attempt to wake up maybe 10

minutes earlier tomorrow, right, at Fajr time or

at suhoor time, 10 minutes earlier than your

normal schedule,

just so that we can get in some

Quran, we can get in some extra tahajjud

on this Mubarak morning,

and let us spend Friday the way it's

supposed to be spent. Right? Let us a

few things we wanna add to it.

Let us ensure that on Friday, tomorrow, we

pray we recite Surah Al Kahf, all of

us.

Right? There shouldn't be a soul that doesn't

recite Surah Al Kahf on Friday. We recite

Surah Al Kahf on Friday whether we are

going to the Masjid or not, whether we

are going to the masjid or not for

for salatul dhuhr at home, let us ensure

that we've taken a shower and we're dressed

up. Right? We're dressed up in our best

clothes at Jumu'ah time, having applied our perfume

so that when we stand in front of

Allah at the time of Dhuhr,

you know, we have, you know, we have

at least, at the very least, attempted to

prepare. And for those of us, of course,

that will be at Salatul Jumu'ah, Insha'Allah,

you know, the more, the more we prepare,

the better,

And then most importantly,

and this is not just for Ramadan, of

course, it's important in Ramadan, and I've emphasized

this so many times before,

but we, growing up, saw our elders and

our teachers,

even outside of Ramadan,

that on Friday,

even outside

of Ramadan,

after the Asr prayers,

they would remain

engaged

in Ibadah. Right? Tasbih,

Quran,

Du'a.

Right? On regular days, this happens to be

Ramadan.

So let us attempt to pray our Asr

prayer.

Salawat under Nabi, alayhis salawat, alayhis salawat,

alayhis

salawat,

alayhis

salawat,

alayhis

salawat, alayhis salawat, alayhis salawat,

80 times after the Asr prayer,

you know, all their sins for the last

so many years have been forgiven. Now, of

course, some say that the hadith is but

essentially we are reminded that salawat after Asr,

Quran after Asr,

and then in the moments before Iftar, let

us raise our hands

and turn to Allah

in solitude and make du'a to Allah

and make this day and this evening

count. So with that said, Jumu'ah Mubarak to

all of you and your families, and we

pray to Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, that it

be a blessed day for all of us.

Jazakumullah khairan. Salaam Alaikum Warahmatullahi

wabarakatuh.