Tahir Anwar – Ramadan Reflection The Divine Breezes of Mercy

Alhamdulillah.

We have, completed

our first fast by the father of Allah

Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

And just like this, as we were celebrating

our first Iftar,

reminiscing so many different things that we were

and while we were making du'a,

the reality is that the days are going

to pass by and before you know it,

the month is going to be over, Which

reminds me of a hadith of the prophet

Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam where the prophet Sallallahu Alaihi

Wasallam says, Mansama Ramadan imananwaktisaban

gufirallahu mataqaddamamin damdi. Whosoever fasts the month of

Ramadan

with iman and anticipation of reward from Allah,

all their sins are forgiven.

All we have to do brothers and sisters,

and we all do this naturally is anticipate

that reward from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. The

moment

we do this for reward from Allah Subhanahu

Wa Ta'ala, when we make Iftar insha'Allah

and we make the dua,

right?

Insha'Allah

our dua and our fast has been accepted

with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. That is the

Yaqeen and conviction we need to have with

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. And then of course,

very similar to that Hadith happens to be

another one Ramadan

whosoever stands in Ramadan,

with faith in Allah and anticipation of reward

from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, their sins are

forgiven. Now again, keep in mind

that while, you know,

all the schools of thought remind us that

Salatul Taraweeh is 20 raka'ahs,

while there is an opinion out there that

it is 8 raka'ahs, we also must,

as important as it is to pray taraweeh,

we also must acknowledge

that the reality is that the prophet

did

not pray every single day.

As a result of that, of course, unfortunately,

some people may not pray at all, but

the reality is

pray pray wherever you are. Taraweeh does not

does not need to be prayed at the

masjid. If we can't pray at the masjid,

we can still pray at home.

Taraweeh does not need to be done in

congregation. It can be prayed individually.

While,

you know, ideally we would pray 20 rakas.

It does not have to be 20 rakas.

And I know that there may be some

people who will, you know, get a little

upset with this, but the reality is wherever

we are in our homes at the masjid

with the convenience that we have and the

time that we have and whatever Quran we

know, let us pray after salatul Isha as

much tarawih as possible. Okay. Pray salatul isha.

If we can, let us pray with our

families and congregation.

Salatul Fajr, salatul maghrib, salatul isha. At the

very least, let's pray them in congregation.

If not at the masjid, then at home.

And after that, pray as much taraweeh as

we can

so that

we can become a part of that Hadith

of the prophet where

the prophet

says, man, kamah, Ramadan,

whosoever stands in Ramadan.

And even then

there's a few things I wanna share really

quickly. Right? Maybe just three things,

and then close it off.

When we wake up for sukhoor in the

morning, let us wake up with enough time

to pray some tahajjud at that time.

Okay. Some tahajjud. 2 rakahs, 4 rakahs. Every

single day in Ramadan,

we should be making some tahajjud.

Right?

Secondly,

wake up with enough time for us to

be able to raise our hands and do

a even if it's for a minute.

Right? Just even if it's just a minute.

After you've you've prayed 2 rakas of tahajjud

or 4 rakas of tahajjud, raise your hands

and make dua to Allah

So that's the second thing.

And thirdly,

and I've said this so many times before

and for many of you that have been

hearing me, you know, it's, it's almost like

an auto repeat at this point. At the

time of Iftar,

every single day, let us ensure that we

raise our hands and get into the habit

of making dua to Allah

every single day because the Nabi salallahu alayhi

wasalam reminds us that at the time of

Iftar, Allah

grants forgiveness

to the believers. Right? Grants forgiveness to the

believers. Now, you know, some people will say

why why is there so much mention of

forgiveness? The reason behind this is once we

have been forgiven,

we are in a good book, right, with

Allah

We are honored with Allah

And as a result of that honor and

that dignity

and being cleansed,

whatever du'a we make is accepted.

Right? Why do we ask the elders to

make du'a for us? Or why do we

ask the ulema to make du'a for us?

Or why do we ask the pious people

to make du'a for us? Because those are

people who may have less sin. I won't

say no sin because, you know, every human

being is prone to sin. They may have

less sin. They may be constant in the

in their istighfar and tawbah. So once our

slate is clean with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,

Allah answers our prayers. So at the time

of Iftar, let us ensure that we raise

our hands every single day and make du'a

to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. May Allah continue

to make this month a blessed one for

all of us and continue to make the

rest of the fasts

easy for all of us, insha'Allah.