Yahya Ibrahim – Overcoming Ramadan Fatigue

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The importance of physical and mental health during Easter, including physical and mental health, sleep, and hydration, is emphasized. Water and food are essential for achieving healthy health and work, and social interaction and family presence are emphasized. The importance of fasting, learning about names of Islam, and staying connected to actions is emphasized. The speaker emphasizes the need for personal growth and mindful behavior, and suggests that people should not feel rushed or pressured into doing things.

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			Well Vedic Allah said you know whenever you know Mohammed didn't wander early, he was off me he was
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			Allah Manas okna Amen. nasya Well Kanban Harsha webadmin and lol Bella is Sabra we pray that Allah
Subhana Allah to Allah beginning and makes us from those who are fortunate in this blessed month of
Ramadan. The loss of Hannah went to Allah eases our pain and removes our harm, that Allah Subhana
Allah cures our ailments makes us from those who are fortunate to be in the service of others and
providers of good in other people's lives, that Allah subhana wa tada brings the truth before us so
that we can make the choice to follow it and allows us to be able to discern falsehood from it, so
that we can make the choice to be distant from it Allah I mean, it's a pleasure once again this the
		
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			second year that I'm able to join with my brothers and sisters virtually all the way where you are.
And I pray the last kind of with Allah blesses you all in Canada and Detroit and North America. And
Allah Subhana Allah allows our hearts to remain connected even though we are not physically able to
be near each other. And Allah Subhana Allah is Allah Jolla, Karim. He is the master of all
generosity, the fountain of generosity from where we receive our desire to be generous to others.
And I pray that Allah subhana wa Italia Judah Alina bieniemy, Hara Lima, that Allah is generous with
us with the many blessings that have already been present in our lives. And those that we have not
		
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			acknowledged as much as we should with shook that Allah showers his Rama upon all of us in our
homes, and upon those who have departed us before the month of Ramadan, has entered upon us by our
last panel to either remove the scourge of Corona and allow us to have the freedoms that we may have
taken for liberty and disregard previously a lot. I mean,
		
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			aroma bond and overcoming fatigue fatigue, that was the assigned topic that was chosen for me. And
it's a good topic, Mashallah. My aim is to maybe speak for about 15 minutes about things that I
think are important to remind myself of, and something that, you know, I was speaking to my family
about the last couple of days, but also something that I believe could be a benefit to you, as they
are universal to us. So I'd like to listen to a few issues of I guess, cascading priority. So the
first one is of physical Prevention's things that you can do physically, non spiritual, invasive
treatments, I'm just talking about just as a human being, what are certain things that would help
		
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			you to overcome this fatigue? So the three things that I want to talk to you about, and all of them
are rooted in the student of the prophets, I send them rooted in the Quran, they're taken from the
words of Allah. The first of them is Allah Subhana, Allah says, which is Allah Li, bassa, you know,
and now Rama Ashok will lay Lily Bursa, that the day was meant to be for activity, and the night was
meant to be for repose, and for a state of tranquility and sleep. So, one of the problems of course,
for a lot of people is they kind of get into this habit in the month of Ramadan where they want to
stay up at night. And there's nothing wrong, of course, with doing FTM and hamdulillah that you guys
		
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			are doing, but you must catch up your sleep for you to be able over the 30 days to remain effective,
especially in the final days of the month of Ramadan. Now, human function, of course, is regulated
and there is, you know, a real danger of sleep, intoxication sleep drunkness just as many signs as
you'll see on the roadways here in Australia that say, it's not okay to drink and drive.
		
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			It there's also enough signs that says if you it's not okay to drive while tired, and being tired is
one of the religious reasons that allows you to miss one of the follow the prayers, right? that a
person was in a state of such exhaustion, that they weren't able to wake up and it's one of the
reasons the prophets I send them missed a pleasure of prayer along with this habit and the famous
Hadith. They were traveling in enemy territory that you were traveling by night, they begin to set
up their camp and the hour or so before 5g but everybody's exhausted. And the prophets I seldom said
who will stay awake to wake us for February so we don't miss it. So beloved on the Allahu anhu took
		
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			on this responsibility. But everybody fell asleep including the lamb. And they didn't wake up until
their skin began to be tanned and felt this touch of the sun. And when they woke up, it was like
death. It was like they you know they lost a loved one. They missed their friends.
		
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			You have a song that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam missed ephedra salah and they all you
know what?
		
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			love Allah Russa him. They put dirt on their head. It's as if like they were burying themselves
alive, but the shame and the loss of missing federal prayer, and then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam, the rough man that he is, he said, relax. This is one of the reasons why a person if they
miss it, they're not accountable before Allah, as though again, and they redid their prayer they
made the Allah May Allah Subhana Allah forgive Billa radi Allahu Allah, who was forgiven by Allah
and our Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam sleep is important. So make sure that if you're
going to extend your sleep, your wakeful night's sleep at night, you're going to do pm try to get a
		
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			nap a power nap in the day, before and after. So before on the day of your PM, and on the day after
trying to get a power nap, even if it's 20 minutes, which are the most effective power naps that you
can have. Second is hydration. Allah Subhana Allah says which i laminal na e kulesza in height,
everything that is walking, talking moving around the Earth was of an origin that requires the
hydration of h2o it was destined from its creation of its origin, from you know, those two hydrogens
in a dock
		
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			and hydrogens, right?
		
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			So, you, you and I need water to live and the philosophy of fasting, you know, you know, worship a
lot better, the more thirsty you are, like, You don't look at somebody in, for example, in a warm
country, and you say Subhanallah that guy's gonna get so much more reward the me because he's
thirstier than me. He's fasting by, he's fasting in the summer, I'm fasting in the winter, surely
the reward is greater. That's nonsense that has no reality. Our our act of worship in the month of
Ramadan is simply our totality of obedience and deference to the will of Allah. Your active
obedience isn't hunger and thirst, that's a byproduct of your obedience to Allah. So therefore, it
		
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			becomes important for you to look after your hydration. h2o is something that you and I need water
is 70% of what is looking at you right now, as I sit before you, I'm 70% water, and that's something
that I need. So you need to hydrate much more than you need to nourish your body with just plentiful
amounts of food. And that as soon as the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam is that for every
physical thing you consume, there is liquid water that you consume. The province I sell them said, a
third for our food, a third for our water and a third for air. So for every volume of solid that you
have made sure that you have a volume that is of water and clear liquid at the very least clear
		
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			liquid. I know there's a lot of people who like their bubble teas and you know all these kind of
hydration things. No problem with that the essence is water, get rid of the garbage. Number three is
food. You know, we don't just eat that which is halal, halal and tayyiba, you need to eat something
that's Thai you that's,
		
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			that's good, that's good for you good for your health, good for your energy levels, good for your
system, good for the bacterial balance in your gut. A lot of diseases are now becoming, you know,
identified and indicated by certain bacterias that are residing within us. And you know, whether
it's ulcers, whether it's chronic fatigue, all of that kind of stuff goes back to food and there's
this old adage this old Creole Creole saying you are what you eat. So if you're eating garbage, I'm
sorry to say that you're going to feel like garbage over the extent of your life. And those who eat
healthy and I'm not talking about a particular diet it can be you know, you could be you can be
		
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			eating healthy, even though you enjoy your biryani and you enjoy your samosa and you enjoy your
macaroni belva Mel and you know whatever it is, but it's it's about portion size, and it's about
variety. And it's about that which is raw, raw ingredients. You not everybody wants salad but you
need greens, you need dark purples, you need reds, and I'm talking about raw ingredients, the less
packaging the better. So in the month of Ramadan, focus on the sunette have your day to have your
water look at what Allah says to millennium. Allah said I'm sure went through this traumatic
experience out in the desert on our own giving birth to a child yeah late any myth I wish I was dead
		
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			before this day would come. And Allah subhanaw taala says for coolie wasabi
		
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			Welcome to the Ayana eat, from these dates that have come down on you drink from the spring that is
erupted from you miraculously. And, and, and be of those who will find their comfort wakatobi I know
you will, you will then be able to have your soul comforted. So if you eat well, and if you hydrate
Well, you are able to connect well with others and with Allah subhanaw taala. If I can add a fourth
physical activity, physical activity is important in the month of Ramadan is not a month of idleness
and sleep by day where you're just moping around. And the best way for you to gain energy is to
exert energy. So you want to have your body moving for it to know hey, I'm not in a state of
		
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			hibernation. So why do you feel lethargic is because you're just moping around laying in bed. So of
course, you're going to feel less sorry, Your body, your hasn't sent signals to you that I'm active.
I'm supposed to be awake, when john and Hara Nasha. So the day is for activity.
		
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			It's important to kind of set that as as a tone. So that's the physical Let's speak. Secondly, about
the social.
		
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			And all of it comes back to the student of the process and the prophets I send them says when you
cook, add a little bit more soup to your broth so that you can feed your neighbor. Why? Because
looking after others makes you feel happy, as sad and nurse men as otherness. The happiest person is
the one who brings happiness to others. Allahu Akbar, when they named him as otherness The one who
will have the most joy in life is the one who brought lots of joy to other people. Food is a way
when we break bread and we enjoy it with others. And I'm not talking about sitting together even
eating I know there's COVID restrictions. But you can Uber food to someone you can cook soup for
		
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			someone and deliver it to their doorstep.
		
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			connecting with others in a meaningful way through food is a powerful example of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the prophets I seldom said the person who is going to provide food
should be the last to eat panela you know, the one who's serving should be the last to eat. There's
a hate mine that Why? Because you know, the normal habit is you want to make sure that there's
something left over for you and the prophets, I send them saying listen, there is there will be more
Baraka in the little, little burnt off edges of that rice for you, if that's all that's left for you
after everybody has gotten their share, and that's what's left for you. That will be more
		
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			nutritious, that will be more healing that will be more Baraka that will be more success than what
you assume. Don't eat from the middle of the plate where people usually put the meat put the veggies
you know people pile this stuff up in the middle when the Prophet says don't eat from the middle of
a don't reach over, you know, work to it naturally. Eat with your right hand. You know do this
sooner these things where you're thinking about the command of alone the prophets I send them
socially it's something that becomes important to connect with others for a religious amen
perspective number two socially check in with each other.
		
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			And I'm not just talking about that forwarded you know, what's that message is that I'm on a GM you
know, monitor how you doing a library and I'm talking about you know, being genuine, you know,
somebody, somebody is important to you show them they're important, show them their meaning and you
know, they they hold meaning and sway to your life. And may Allah Subhana was adamant that a
reality. Third, and finally, socially is if you feel down, if you feel depressed, and if you feel
		
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			unwell, let people know and that's why I said first we check in on people but you need to also let
people know and there's nothing wrong with saying so Pamela you know I'm feeling really down today
man What are you guys doing? You know what, what what's happening today you know, just talk to
someone and engage with someone you might think oh, they don't have time for me doesn't matter.
Doesn't matter what you think whether they have time or not. People will make time people will make
time when when when they feel that there is something that is of a need. And then it's not
excessive, so be balanced. Right? May Allah subhanho wa Taala make its own check in but also let
		
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			people know about your state and how you're feeling. especially some of
		
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			some of us were under different COVID restrictions and and travel and all this kind of thing.
Lastly, socially It begins with the family before the neighbor and the neighbor before the next door
neighbor. So it's great that you love you know be a you know getting in contact with your BFF Sir, I
don't even know if they use that anymore. Is that a thing anymore? You know your best friends and
you know you're always online and you're texting and checking in on everyone and your poor mom
sitting there she needs somebody to help her with the dishes, but
		
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			You're too busy checking in with people. That's not Islam that's not the Quran that's not our Suna
there's nobody that requires you to check in more on than your husband, your wife, your children,
your father, your mother. Right? Your your buisiness should be with those who are nearest you. I
Aisha when she's asked what did the Prophet do when he was home with you Kenneth he hit the metal
alley, he was there in the service of his family. So May Allah Subhana Allah allow us to serve those
who are nearest to us and if they are overseas Subhana Allah my father and mother, they're not with
me here in Australia. And you know, it's going on a year and a half now that I haven't been able to
		
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			travel to them and for them to travel to me they're usually with me every Ramadan here. The last,
you know, two cycles anyway, 345 cycles, but at the moment, I'm unable to see them. So make a
schedule. It's an informal schedule, you know, at they're not they're measuring break your fast with
them, make your spoon with them. So when my dad's just about to have a when my dad my mom, they're
getting themselves ready for it thought it's my support check in and when I'm having my thought, my
my thoughts they're so cool check in making sure that there is regular communication with those who
matter. Okay, third, and finally, so I'm not taking up too much of your time. I know you're busy
		
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			people got so many other things too. Pamela, is spiritually so you spoke about physical and social.
		
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			Yeah, I'm not going to get into financial will speak about spiritual and you need to be greedy. You
need to make yourself a priority one as it relates to your relationship with Allah
		
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			Who am second while he can save yourself and then your family right. So
		
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			there are many ways to worship Allah in the month of Ramadan other than tunnel we pm and reading on,
those are the priority. But there's many other ways and some of them are you know, cutting up salad
so that somebody is going to have a nice fresh salad that's going to keep them healthy. You know,
cooking something for somebody else. You know, loving someone and being charitable with your smile
with an embrace. If they come and visit your home just holding someone's hand a little bit longer in
Sadam, so that they let go before you let go is as soon as the prophets Allah Allah has even said,
that's an act of worship. If your heart is alive, your whole life becomes one that at O'Meara Lally
		
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			Abdullah, they were only ordered to worship Allah meaning in every way in everything. Right. Mahalo
general inside inlandia were doing that they worship me alone. So go beyond the conventional acts of
worship, build your spirituality in that regard. So there are three signs that Allahu Allah and
Allah is pleased with you. The first of them is that you don't have intention of doing a good deed,
but Allah opens the door to it. So you walk through it, you didn't have the intention of watching
this or listening to this or being a part of this program. But somebody sent you a text message and
you got a zoom link. So you opened it and now you're here. Allah loves you. Right? Allah loves you.
		
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			Something you didn't premeditate didn't think about didn't instigate. But it was open to you as an
avenue you walk through a door that Allah showed you, because there's many other people who get that
door but they don't go through. And it's a sign of Allah zareba that you walk through. Number two,
you planned on something wrong. And it was in your mind I was going to do this I was going to get an
analyst stopped you, Allah deterred you. Allah restrained you restricted you held you back. And it
could be held you back in any way some kind of luck, you got a phone call, I need to see you. Your
mom called and said, Come out, I need you to help in the kid and you were just about to text this
		
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			person or write this or watch this or tic toc that the law saves you from that.
		
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			You know, Lola and Hannah and Allah method, amen. And that's from the name of Allah and the bulk of
the of our parents, and the shade of our sadaqa that you've done something good, it comes back in a
moment where you didn't know what's actually coming, intervened and saved you, from you from your
own self. That's a sign of a lazaretto. And third is that people think of you when they need help.
And Allah viewer that phone call, you're the person who can help shift to him and a brother who's
going to help you. That's the person I need to talk to you. What a blessed life it is that people
think of you when they have a problem. Because you're you're a troubleshooter, you're a you're a
		
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			problem solver. You're a you're an assistant to good, unconventional acts of worship, or what take
you beyond that there will allow you to witness a little odd, they make you worthy of the right
amount of a lot. Right? But do the convention, but then look for the unconventional goal become
asymmetric and you're a bad guy. Just
		
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			You know, come at it from every angle, you don't train, train for the best. So overcome the fatigue
of spiritual fatigue by by having a variety of acts of worship.
		
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			There's the Fiamma line, there's a reading opera and there's a reading of it in English translation,
there's giving charity and secret giving charity and public recommending charity for others, getting
involved in our online charitable program, being part of a charitable team, you know, Subhanallah I
have an online charity team, if you just do hashtag, team, Team yahaya team charity, you're here,
you'll find that you know, there's like 35 people, all of us were coming together to raise funds for
incredible things, you know, do something go beyond go further out, you know, venture out into
unconventional territory, that is other than just the things that you're you normally have been
		
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			taught or have been seeing other people do. And the more variety you have, the more opportunity you
have to remain consistent, firm, regular in doing good because there's just more opportunity to it
in a way that you don't get bored, tired, hesitant and fatigued in it. Hopefully, that's sufficient,
you know, discourse for the topic that was chosen to me. Well certainly learn when when Selim was in
Alaska, you know, have you been on a you know, Mohammed sallallahu it right. And he was happy or
sanlam. I'm happy to stay with you for another 510 maybe 15 minutes for q&a if necessary. And
		
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			I have this was amazing. Very practical, Angela. Just want to bring sister Eva, she has some
questions that were put together for you related to the
		
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			US Senate when it comes to Sokolow army, ma'am, yeah, for that beautiful reminder, there are many
actions that we can implement to make the rest of our Ramadan beneficial. So the first question we
have here is, what forms of eba should we focus on especially with limited time left in Ramadan?
		
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			So there are three cores, I think that are important. The first core is to fast with intent. And
what I mean by that is understanding that the act of worship in the month of Ramadan, even in your
charity, in clear moonlight and everything you're doing, the intent of it is to show obedience to
Allah. Right? That Allah Subhana Allah to Allah, you know, at the last shoot of the Quran is very
powerful. It's the last surah because it's the final message, the conclusion. So Allah Subhana,
Allah says, asked, the one who is the Lord of mankind could be Robin Nast. So make Allah your rub,
that you understand who he is, he is the creator, the Sustainer, the innovator, the one who made
		
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			everything who provides who support to assist. So understand who is a lot then number two, many
kidnappers making your king, the law giver, the one who sets the boundaries for you in your life. So
when you know that there is a law established by a law given to the profits of the law, how do you
make a law many kidnaps in your life? It is only through those two steps that you come to that third
one where it's Isla hiddenness, where you will worship Allah as your Eelam meaningfully. So that's
usually the first step in the month of Ramadan, understand who is Allah. So continue to gather
information about the names of Allah, the the virtue of learning about who is a lot is best through
		
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			the Quran. And I always recommend for my students
		
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			to read translations and to study different discussions on the Thai and that's why I was very happy
when I heard that our brother or mother saying that you're studying sort of pa you know, it's a it's
such a powerful Surah Al By the way, if you Google, Yahoo, a Brahim or go to Muslim matters. I have
a series on the Tafseer of pseudo pa written so about family dynamics of a business dynamics.
There's different things that will be of great benefit in sha Allah, may Allah make it a benefit to
to you all. So that's the first aspect, understand who is Allah and enjoy that relationship with
him. Number two, understand that you are hungry and thirsty by day and standing at attention by
		
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			night, which are both physical disciplinary measures to make you humbled and understand that Allah
is the one who commands when I say stand, you stand. When I say eat, you eat and when I say drink
you drink. It is not for the betterment of Allah Allah gets nothing from the food we sacrifice from
the food we do not consume or the water we do not intake in a urinal with tocom income. It is just
that you actually
		
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			On your conscious awareness and piety towards the command of Allah subhanho wa Taala. So make the
command of Allah matcher in your life. Third thing is connect other people to good, so that Allah
will send others to connect you to good. You know when you are a connector of good for others,
that's why the Prophet said, the one who does good and others follow them in that regard, they get
the reward of those who follow them in it, and none of them lose the reward even though they, their
reward is with them. Being a conduit of good is the essence of the role of the prophets of Allah,
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he was a good man on his own, but he became the Messenger
		
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			of Allah Hotham, and maybe even when he helped others become better. So Allah uses two very distinct
words in the Quran. Allah speaks about being solid, and being Muslim solely is your outwardly
inwardly a righteous person, you're a good person, Mashallah, you're great. But that's not the role
of the prophets. And it's not where you and I as Muslim should stop. Being good on myself, without
assisting others is going to become my downfall eventually, because others won't support me and
good. So you need to transition from being solid, to being mostly mostly is allowing others the
capacity for their heart to become upon truth, that they act in the righteousness that you are
		
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			seeking for yourself and for society. And that's a tough job because nobody wants you to help them
to become Muslim. Everybody's a rebel No way. You know, the prophet was loved by everybody in Mecca
when he was sada. It's when he became Muslim, that he that the problem started because you're
telling me not to do something that my neffs craves, and nobody wants that. So May Allah assist us
in those regards, a llama
		
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			is our colloquium for that answer. We have another question that's asking about how to manage with
our work, some of us are still in school, and then you know, waking up at the hodzic. They're going
further are we so how, what are some practical tips to manage everything at the same time?
		
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			I'm a firm believer in scheduling, right? I like to schedule everything. And you try to stick to the
schedule as best as possible. And it's good as a general practice for every other thing in your
life, especially your corporate, you know, your corporate experiences later on as you transition
into the workforce. You want to be somebody who is precise with their time will ask, that's why
Allah says you know what, last the passage of time, in Al insana, lobby hosts, most of mankind will
be at a loss, most of mankind are not going to live life to the best that they can, they will not
gain as much as they could have gained, had they just considered the outcome of the passage of time.
		
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			So scheduling becomes really important. Number two prioritization. So schedule, but prioritize. So
Subhanallah you know, if you have people coming over to your house, and you need to prepare food for
them, don't start the day up, don't pressurize yourself. Don't choose a menu where you're trying to
impress them, but is going to make your hair turn gray. I hate you know, like, be practical, do the
right thing. Don't try to be a superhero. Nobody needs a hero sandwich. Right? Yeah, you know,
you're just gonna get chewed up by the world. So there, at the end of the day, the only one you are
seeking to pleases Allah subhanho wa Taala. So if you have a busy day, and if you've got people
		
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			coming over, or if you need to attend to other things in your school life and these kinds of things,
then yes, you're going to give an IF thought, but it might be that you cater it, it might be that
you don't have four varieties, three varieties, even two varieties, you might give something simple
with a request for two and you are you might even ask other people to share in that Baraka, you
might say to your neighbor, or somebody else, Hey, are you able to do you want to take the bulk of
helping me cook because I have these many people, but I got an essay to come coming along, or my my
mom needs more help? Would you be willing to help? Don't feel shy? to ask for help is probably the
		
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			third thing that I will say. And you'll hear this from old corporate leaders, right? People that
make big money, they make big money because they ask people for information. They're not trying to
say, Hey, can I borrow this? Can I have Can I can I come and intern at your job? Can you show me how
to do that again? That you walk up to your prevented say, Listen, I didn't understand a word you
said. And I know you can give that old lecture again. And I go go back to listen to it. But this is
something I didn't understand. Can you spend 10 more minutes with me? It's the person who does that.
		
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			That goes places and that's exactly why the first verses of the Quran begin with a question.
		
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			Crop? It's a question. The Prophet said, What do you want me to read? Subhanallah it's like an
incredible kind of the Prophet. The Prophet doesn't just assume he could have just recited poetry,
right? He could have just said, you know, you know, anything. Somebody held him and he feels like
he's choking. He says, read to me something. And the Prophet says, Okay, I'll just read to you what
I know. The Prophet says, Well, what do you need me to read? What is it that you want me to read?
Explain yourself. So it's almost like the Prophet is interrogating the one who's come to, to hold
him accountable. So think about the importance of doing things with yourself. And I was very being
		
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			very serious when I said, be self centered, be greedy with your time. And don't let people have a
greater priority in life than your you have in your own life. Don't let people have a greater
priority than what is an essential for you. But give them your all when you're able to give them
your own 100%.
		
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			Now, one by one.
		
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			So I think you mentioned this briefly on alternative forms of worship, but for let's say sisters
that aren't fasting or for people that are sick or traveling and they can't fast, and they still
want to feel a part of Ramadan, still want to feel the vibes? And what are some ways they can stay
connected to it? Yeah, so absolutely Subhan Allah, so listen to the Quran review it, I'm of the
opinion that you can read your order. And in the menstrual cycle, I don't believe that there is any
substantial evidence that can prohibit a Muslim woman from reciting opera and Ramadan, surely there
would have been at least one statement of the prophet to one of his wives, and there's nothing on
		
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			record, right. So dig a little bit deeper in that I know the conventional opinion amongst the former
head is that a woman is restricted from reciting sections of the Quran and so on. But I do not
believe that that is the correct position will lie with the alum. And there is the opinion of
ergonomical Bob and many others in that regard from the people of the past, and the opinion Malik
but number two, what I would say to anyone who finds himself in that in that way, don't sit there
and say woe is me. What do I have to do? No, get unconventional. So if you do have time, and if
you're not busy, like others praying at night prayer, then do make an elaborate, if thought do put
		
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			your heart into it and make that amazing thing that somebody else is going to enjoy and, and and do
it as an act of charity for them. Right? So unconventional acts of worship are not things that we're
inventing, but they're things that we've overlooked. Subhana Allah who would be handy Subhana Allah
Allah Alvin fills your scale on the Day of Judgment Subhana Allah 10 Lebanese and it's a word that
beloved by ramen, sending elf 1000 Salah upon the prophets I sell them on the day of Juma was the
standard for the oma. Right? No less than 100 a day in other days and 1000 on the days of Friday. So
do not ever feel that there is just something that you can't you can't have space. So perhaps you
		
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			can't, you know, physically stand up in the prayer, but you can sit in the play and this is
recommended. So when it's time to pray for for example, a sister is not praying mainecare will do
it's an act of worship on its own, make your will do and put on your you know your prayer clothes
and sit in the place of prayer that you normally pray in your home and make the equitable law for
the time that you would have prayed. This was you know, this was done by the women of righteousness
for generations. So open your heart to Allah and Allah looks to the heart before he looks to the
deeds. May Allah Subhana Allah give you a heart that is craving to do. You know our sisters and our
		
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			brothers who in a state of travel part that is craving to do that which is conventional and open to
them the doors of the unconventional