Tahir Anwar – Ramadan Reminder Lighten the Load & Burdens of Others

We have,

you know, entered into our first weekend of

Ramadan I'm hoping and praying to Allah Subhanahu

Wa Ta'ala that for those of us that

might have been slightly busy during the weekday,

we're able to maybe get some rest Insha'Allah

and get in some Ibadah and worship, you

know, extra Ibadah and worship, you know, extra

Ibadah and worship during the weekend insha'Allah

we pray to Allah

for his blessings, his ease, and his protection

brothers and sisters there's a hadith

you know, and I shared this hadith earlier

the prophet

in instructing us about Ramadan mentions

that we should lighten the burden

of the person that works for us. In

other words, if you have a laborer,

you know, you should ease their burden, light

lighten their load

during the month of Ramadan. Brothers and sisters,

this is crucial, but this is not just

about lightening the load

of,

you know, lightening the load of someone that

works for you. We should also

look into

lightening the load of the people that we

live with.

Right? We all have we all share certain

responsibilities

at home,

and some of us may do certain things

and some of us may do other things.

Let us let every and this is what

I really wanna share today is that let

us all of us look around our own

household, our own family members and see what

is it that I can do to lighten

the load

of a family member. If it happens to

be your spouse, if it happens to be

your parent, if it happens to be your

child, if it happens to be a sibling,

whoever it is, right, let's lighten the load

for them. Let's do things. Right? Some of

us have maybe a little bit of extra

time on the weekend. Some of us may

have a little bit of extra time in

the evenings or the mornings.

Different people are on different schedules. We need

to do we can't just simply say, well,

I'm doing my part and I'm not gonna

no. We we are all in this month

of Ramadan together. And so when the prophet

sallallahu alaihi wasallam reminds us to lighten the

load, and those exact words as translated,

It's not just about someone that works for

us. Think about it. Right?

And and at the very least, be kind

to people. Right? What kind of a fast

are we doing if we can't be kind

to those around us, if we can't be

caring to those around us?

Right? We we choose to fast the month

of Ramadan. We choose to fast during the

days, but some of us, all we're doing

is refraining from eating and drinking. Other than

that, there's really no quality to our fast.

We're still spending hours

or maybe not hours, but we're spending, you

know, wasting time on social media. We're wasting

time listening to things that we shouldn't be

listening. We're wasting time seeing things we shouldn't

be seeing. That's not what Ramadan is about.

What's the quality

of our fast if that happens to be

the case? Right? What's the quality of our

fast?

And so let us truly

make our fast meaningful.

And in addition to that, one other thing

that I want to share that I mentioned

in the Khutba was that

We want to make our fast special in

the sense that

we want to do something

Right? We expect

grand results from Allah in Ramadan Yet

we won't do grand things.

And when I say doing grand things, it's

very easy at times to worship Allah. Like,

you tell someone to pray tahajjud, or pray

this salah, or pray this Quran, easy.

Yet,

we're not so quick to forgive people, right?

If someone has done something wrong,

this is the time

to forgive them, like right now in this

moment,

right? Contemplate

and say, I forgive that individual. And if

you forgive them, let them know.

If someone has a haqq on you, a

right on you, and you happen to be

in a position to forgive them,

forgive them and let them know.

If someone owes you money and you have

intended that you're not gonna take it back

from them, yet for some odd weird reason,

you're waiting until they reach out to you

to pay you back and then tell them,

no.

Be be kind. Be merciful.

Go out of your way.

Sometimes,

you know, not it's diff it's it's so

much harder to not do things, you know,

things that we're supposed to not do, refrain

from.

So if there's someone that owes you money,

forgive them, if you can. I'm not saying

that you have to, but if you happen

to be an and let them know.

Right? Do some big things.

Do some big things this Ramadan for those

closest to you,

and then expect grand results from Allah

Let us make this month

count Let us make these days and nights

count May Allah bless and reward us all