Yaser Birjas – The Mujahada Of The Prophet In Ramadan

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			Alhamdulillah rabbil alameen wa sallallahu wa sallam wabarak
		
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			a'nabiyyin wa muhammadin wa a'la alihi
		
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			wa sahbihi wa sallam tasliman kathirathim man ma
		
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			'baad Sulaiman ibn Abi Rahimahullah is still speaking
		
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			on the Mujahidah, means the striving for the
		
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			cause of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and
		
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			struggling for the cause of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			And he is bringing the best example, the
		
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			example of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
		
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			Last night we talked about one hadith, this
		
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			time specifically the Mujahidah of the Prophet sallallahu
		
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			alaihi wa sallam, the Mujahidah of the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, in Ramadan.
		
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			In hadith number 99 in Riyad al-Saliheen,
		
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			Aisha radiallahu ta'ala on her, said, In
		
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			this hadith, Aisha radiallahu anha, she reports that
		
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			the messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,
		
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			she said, within that exclusive season.
		
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			Ramadan is an exclusive season of the year,
		
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			and the last ten is an exclusive season
		
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			within that season.
		
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			So what he did, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,
		
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			When the last ten nights start, his Mujahidah,
		
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			his struggle in that cause for Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala, would increase, would increase, would
		
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			go up.
		
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			How?
		
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			Which means he stays up all night.
		
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			All night.
		
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			Some of us might say, well alhamdulillah, I
		
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			do this right now.
		
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			Yeah, but what are you doing in the
		
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			night?
		
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			Yes, salamu alaikum.
		
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			Should have noticed you before.
		
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			Subhanallah.
		
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			So, what do we do these nights?
		
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			We spend most of the night up, and
		
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			then we regret all these hours that went
		
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			for nothing.
		
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			But the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, means
		
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			what?
		
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			And then the whole night he will be
		
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			up.
		
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			Does it mean he will be praying the
		
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			entire night?
		
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			Not necessarily.
		
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			But he would do between salah, qirat al
		
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			-Qur'an, dhikr, du'a, you know, reflection.
		
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			Like the entire night is collection of ibadah.
		
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			Alhamdulillah, we try to do that here in
		
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			the masjid.
		
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			In the last ten nights, that's what we
		
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			try to do.
		
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			We diversify between khatira, and the hajj, and
		
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			private time, and community time, so that we
		
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			keep the whole night, alhamdulillah, up.
		
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			I remember the first few years when we
		
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			started this, about 15 years ago, there was
		
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			skepticism in the community.
		
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			Is that going to be possible?
		
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			Who's going to be coming to the masjid
		
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			all night?
		
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			I mean, we have jobs, we have work.
		
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			15 years later right now, if you come
		
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			to the masjid at 3am, at 2am, in
		
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			the last ten nights of Ramadan, whether it's
		
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			a weekend or a weeknight, it's the same.
		
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			That's tawfiq from Allah Azza wa Jalla.
		
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			That Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala brings the
		
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			people to come and spend their special seasons,
		
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			their special nights, in ibadah and in ta
		
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			'a.
		
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			So that's an extra mujahid right now.
		
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			The second thing she said he would do,
		
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			qad wa ayqada ahlah.
		
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			So the first 20 nights, if he wants
		
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			to make his ibadah and his family go
		
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			to sleep and get some rest, he wouldn't
		
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			mind it.
		
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			The last ten nights, he would wake them
		
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			up.
		
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			He said, it's enough sleeping.
		
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			You have enough time after Ramadan.
		
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			Get up right now.
		
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			Get up and stay up.
		
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			To do what?
		
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			Same thing, ibadah.
		
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			Like, increase your mujahidah.
		
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			So the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, he's actually
		
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			pushing his family to also increase their mujahidah
		
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			for the sake of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta
		
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			'ala, ta'a and ibadah.
		
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			And the third one she said, wa jadda.
		
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			Jadda, which means he put extra effort.
		
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			He's basically become more studious and serious about
		
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			that ibadah.
		
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			It's not like the nights before or the
		
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			entire year that is open.
		
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			No, in that particular time, he would put
		
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			that extra effort, jadda.
		
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			So he says, ijtihad.
		
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			And then, wa shadd al-mi'zar.
		
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			Shadd al-mi'zar, in the literal translation
		
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			of it, is that it means that he
		
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			would basically tie his belt or his loincloth
		
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			around his waist.
		
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			He would tie that up very well.
		
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			Now that's in the Arabic culture is an
		
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			expression for one of two things.
		
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			Number one, it means when you get serious
		
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			about something.
		
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			You know here, what do we say in
		
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			English?
		
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			Roll the sleeves up, right?
		
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			Back then they would say, shadd al-mi
		
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			'zar.
		
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			Like saying, roll the sleeves up, means that
		
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			he's tying his belt well.
		
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			Because he doesn't want to get bothered by
		
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			the loincloth keep slipping, right?
		
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			So that's what it means.
		
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			So just like sometimes you grab it from
		
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			the bottom and you tuck it in, in
		
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			the belt, making sure it wouldn't bother when
		
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			you move.
		
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			Because it's going to be serious now.
		
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			That's one interpretation.
		
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			He became very, very serious about it.
		
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			And the second interpretation means tie his belt
		
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			up completely, meaning he would avoid the pleasure
		
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			with his spouse during the last nights of
		
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			Ramadan.
		
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			Even though it's halal to be intimate with
		
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			your spouse, but because he is going to
		
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			be now all night doing ibadah, he would
		
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			definitely specify this time for that ibadah itself,
		
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			which is mainly try to be awake and
		
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			in ibadah during the special night of al
		
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			-Qadr, Layat al-Qadr.
		
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			Now one of the things that Prophet shallallahu
		
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			alaihi wa sallam would do in the last
		
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			ten nights is what, Jamal?
		
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			Special, what would he do?
		
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			Itikaf.
		
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			Itikaf, which means he would dedicate himself in
		
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			the masjid.
		
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			Like he will take himself out of the
		
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			house, stay in the masjid all these ten
		
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			nights because he doesn't want to miss a
		
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			moment.
		
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			Not even a moment.
		
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			And that's how people have different, of course,
		
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			energy level, different, you know, time and work
		
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			schedule.
		
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			But if anybody can dedicate their nights in
		
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			the masjid and stay there for the ibadah
		
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			and for the ta'a, you should.
		
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			So that's just an example on how the
		
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			Prophet shallallahu alaihi wa sallam he would increase
		
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			his mujahidah based on the season.
		
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			And you should do that.
		
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			Not just in Ramadan, Jamal.
		
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			In almost every season.
		
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			Like we said, this is not a winter
		
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			time, alhamdulillah.
		
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			The day is short still, although it's increasing
		
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			right now, but at this, this is short.
		
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			It's cool so you can fast more often.
		
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			So instead of just fasting Mondays and Thursdays,
		
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			I will do every other day, for example.
		
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			Increase it.
		
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			I usually do tahajjud on the weekends.
		
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			But now, mashallah, even the night is, alhamdulillah,
		
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			is long, I can still spend a few
		
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			times, a few hours after isha' to finish
		
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			whatever's left from my work.
		
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			And then I can still go to sleep
		
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			and wake up an hour early before fajr.
		
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			And I start my day early with tahajjud
		
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			and ibadah and ta'a.
		
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			Basically, always remember to take yourself from one
		
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			level to the other one.
		
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			Increase your mujahidah.
		
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			That's the instruction that the Prophet salallahu alaihi
		
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			wa sallam was given when Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala said to him in surah al
		
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			-sharh, qal fa idha faraghta fansab.
		
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			When you're done, he said to him, then
		
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			stand up in ta'a until you feel
		
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			the fatigue.
		
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			Usually when someone does something studious and strong
		
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			and powerful, what do you tell them after
		
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			that?
		
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			Mashallah, get some rest.
		
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			That was good, now relax, get some rest.
		
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			But here, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is
		
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			telling the Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam the
		
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			opposite.
		
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			He said, when you're done with your da
		
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			'wah out there with the people, now you
		
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			need to increase your stamina.
		
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			Your spiritual power needs to increase so that
		
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			you will endure the hardships that you're dealing
		
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			with.
		
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			Meaning, you need to have your emotional muscles,
		
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			your spiritual muscles, and your mental muscles to
		
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			grow every single day to be better than
		
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			the day before.
		
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			How much do you read every day to
		
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			increase your mental and intellectual muscles?
		
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			How much dhikr you make, and tadabbur, tafakkur,
		
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			to empower your spiritual muscles as well too?
		
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			How much ibadah you do so that you
		
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			go into the routine of the ibadah and
		
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			the ta'a?
		
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			How much of this do you practice every
		
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			single day?
		
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			Al-mujahidah means trying to struggle and strive
		
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			against every weakness that you have to become
		
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			a better person inshallah, one day at a
		
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			time.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us
		
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			some of those who listen to the speech
		
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			and for the best of it, Ya Rabb
		
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			al-alameen.
		
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			We ask Allah to give us the ability
		
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			to practice this mujahidah, Ya Rabb al-alameen,
		
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			and make our future always better than the
		
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			day before, Ya Allah.
		
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			We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to
		
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			make us among those who wake up in
		
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			tahajjud, Ya Allah, and they'll dedicate their day
		
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			and night for the ta'a and the
		
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			ibadah of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to
		
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			help us live until we live, until we
		
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			go through Ramadan, and we grow through it,
		
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			Ya Rabb al-alameen.
		
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			We ask Allah to give us the ability
		
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			to worship in the last ten nights of
		
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			Ramadan, and be among those who win, Layatul
		
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			Qadr, Ya Allah.
		
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			We ask Allah to forgive us our shortcomings,
		
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			our sins, and we ask Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala to guide our hearts to that
		
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			which is most pleasing to Him, Ya Rabb
		
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			al-alameen.
		
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			Alhamdulillah.
		
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			Salaamun nabiyyuna Muhammadin wa alihi wa sahbihi wa
		
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			sallim.
		
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			Any questions?
		
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			Yes?
		
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			Say it again.
		
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			He would wake up his family?
		
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			He's in Itikaf.
		
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			Where was their house, most of the house
		
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			of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam?
		
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			His house is attached to the masjid, with
		
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			Aisha radiallahu anha, another actual family.
		
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			And the rest, he simply just sends to
		
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			them somebody to wake them up.
		
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			Like he doesn't wake them up personally, but
		
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			he would send somebody to go make sure
		
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			they're awake.
		
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			Let them know to get up to make
		
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			tahajjud.
		
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			So even if you're doing Itikaf here, call
		
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			your family, or send some of your relatives
		
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			to go and wake them up.
		
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			Make sure to be available for the time
		
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			for the Ibadah.
		
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			Wallahu a'lam.
		
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			Subhanakallahumma bihamdik ashharu an la ilaha illa ant
		
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			astaghfiru katuburik.
		
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			Salaamun alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.