Tahir Anwar – Ramadan Reflection Welcoming The Guest Who Comes Once a Year

Ramadan

Mubarak, Alhamdulillah,

by the father of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has

allowed us once again to enter into this

blessed

month of Ramadan.

We pray to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala for

ease and acceptance.

Extremely,

extremely grateful for this year's Ramadan.

We as we enter into this month,

last year was a very, very interesting and

very, very unique year for us as Muslims

around the world and here at home.

But this year, insha'Allah, we are hoping that

some of that will change. While

all of us may not be able to

go to the Masjid everyday,

we are still grateful to Allah that the

Masjid is open and we will be able

to go insha'Allah.

I'm reminded

of the famous,

you know, du'a of the prophet Sallallahu Alaihi

Wasallam when he would see the Hilal of

Rojab. Right? Allahumabari kranafi rojaba wa shaban wa

balirna Ramadan. The prophet Alaihi Wasallahu Alaihi Wasallam

started making du'a

to come into Ramadan

2 months before.

Right? 2 months before.

And then he would not only make this

du'a and continue this du'a, as the month

of Sha'aban would begin,

he was so eager to make Ibadah and

worship, and the greatest act of Ibadah and

worship, that of fasting,

that the Prophet started

fasting in the month of Sha'aban.

And then, of course, you know, we come,

to the month of Ramadan. The month of

Ramadan is a month of mercy. The month

of Ramadan is a month of blessings. The

month of Ramadan is a month

that reminds us of the taqwa of Allah,

consciousness of Allah, fear of Allah, love of

Allah

which is why

even those people

that may be doing things that they shouldn't

be doing,

right,

even those things they try to get done

with them

before Ramadan begins

because

they don't want to do them in Ramadan.

And that's a sign for their love of

Allah, their love for Allah

their reverence and love for the month of

Ramadan, and their desire to be on their

best behavior during the month of Ramadan.

So, we pray to Allah that this month

is one filled with blessings for us. As

we cite the crescent,

of the month of Ramadan, there's a, you

know, there's a dua that the Prophet sallallahu

alaihi wasallam would make Ubada ibn Samikh radiAllahu

anhu narrates and he says that the Prophet

Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam

upon sighting the crescent of Ramadan would say

Allahummasalimni

liramamadhan

wa salim Ramadanali

wa salim huli mutaqabbala

Right? Oh Allah, preserve me for Ramadan

safeguard

and preserve Ramadan

for me and accept it from me Right?

So this is one of those things what

we want to keep in mind and then

there's another hadith of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi

Wasallam where the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam reminds

us,

Right? The first 10 days are days of

the mercy of Allah,

the middle 10 days are days of seeking

forgiveness from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, and the

last 10 days are seeking protection

from the hellfire.

So, let us make this month of Ramadan,

one filled with blessings. I know so many

people

have continued to say that last year's Ramadan,

despite

all that we weren't able to do was,

you know, one of their best Ramadans.

You know, people were able to be at

home, were able to, you know, manage and

maintain a schedule, be with family, and so

on and so forth. But let's not forget

that whatever we are able to do is

from Allah,

and whatever we may be unable to do,

not from our obligations, but from our voluntary

actions, then that is also from Allah

What we fail to realize at times that

if someone is driving to work,

driving back from work,

right, Insha'Allah, as Muslims, we intend and we

anticipate that even that is

in reward

because we are we are traveling towards

a halal sustenance.

We are returning back to our families after

having earned a halal sustenance.

So in in really it's all about the

intention in everything

that we do we find that it is,

you know, we are being rewarded from Allah

So once again this will definitely be

a unique Ramadan

and will be a Ramadan in which, you

know, we may not be able to go

to the Masjid everyday but we hope and

pray to Allah

that it's a blessed one. So with that

said, you know, once again, Ramadan Mubarak to

all of you,

your families wherever you are,

and, you know, we pray to Allah

for acceptance,

and let us, ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

make this a month of du'a, make this

a month of rebada, make this make this

a month of love, compassion,

and make this a month which is counted

in the court of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

with the anticipation

insha'Allah that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has nothing

but his mercy destined for every single one

of us.