Yasir Qadhi – How Fasting Can Increase Taqwa

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reminded us to be conscious of him when he says in the Quran, yeah, you are Latina. I'm an otaku.
Allah helper to RT, what are temotu Illa one two Muslim one. Dear Muslims, Allah subhanho wa Taala
has legislated this month of fasting for one reason and only one reason it is in the Quran. Yeah,
		

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I'll come to hone or you who believe Sam has been prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those
before you so that you may attain Toccoa the goal of CRM division of CRM, the final result of CRM
must be Taqwa. So in today's very brief chutzpah in sha Allah hooter, Allah. I'm going to analyze
what is Taqwa? And how does cm get us to achieve Dakwah Taqwa to put it very simply, is the
consciousness of ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala that motivates us to do good deeds and prevents us from
doing evil deeds. Dukkha is an inner concept is an inner state of mind. It is a paradigm it's a
		

			vision. It's a way you look at the world. When you have Taqwa. You are always conscious that I need
to do as much good as I can. And I need to withdraw restrict from any evil. So this is what Taqwa
is. How then does Siyam bring about taqwa? What are the mechanisms via which Siyam helps you attain
Taqwa? much can be said point number one brothers and sisters point number one. The essence of Taqwa
is to be aware of Allah to be conscious of Allah. Okay? What happens when we're fasting? When we're
fasting, we are training our inner consciousness. When we're fasting. Nobody watches us in the
privacy of our rooms in the privacy of our kitchens. We can drink we can eat, but we know Allah is
		

			watching. So Siyam trains our consciousness of Allah. This is the literally mental gymnasium we're
going and working out every single day to build our consciousness of ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada. Point
number two. A part of Taqwa is to minimize sin. And to minimize Sin means your desire. Your
willpower has to be strong. What happens in cm, you're exercising your willpower. We're all thirsty
right now. We're all have caffeine withdrawal right now. We're all hungry right now. But our will is
stronger than our hunger. Our will is stronger than our desire to break our fast. And so once again,
in the gym of Ramadan. We are working out our willpower we are strengthening
		

			During our willpower, if we can stop from eating and drinking in the daytime right now Wallahi we
can stop our sins when the month is over. If we can develop our willpower now to not drink and it's
hot outside and We're thirsty and we're going to work, surely you and I can give up smoking,
drinking other haram habits we can give up these things. We are showing Allah we can give up the
halal, surely we can give up the Haram that is the second mechanism of achieving Taqwa. Number three
when it comes to Taqwa Taqwa one of the main thumbor or fruits, is that we draw closer to Allah with
our rituals, our sunnah our do our thicker our Quran, well guess what Ramadan does. Ramadan, it
		

			causes all of us to raise the bar of our rituals. Every one of us we pray a little bit more. We give
charity we read Quran we do thicker, we are doing constant to eye every night and karyam every night
we will before we break the fast. And so in this month of Ramadan, one of the gym routines we are
doing one of the repetitions we're doing is the repetition of increasing the rituals. If we can
worship Allah 234 hours a day non stop, we're praying and we're doing pm and what not surely Ramadan
is over. We can also raise the bar. So this is point number four. In Ramadan, we raise the bar of
our rituals. Point number five brothers and sisters of the essence of Taqwa. And our Prophet system
		

			called it the Rasul Allah or the crux of the matter is to be patient to have sober sober and Eman go
hand in hand sober and Taqwa go hand in hand. And what does Ramadan do if it doesn't teach you
southern Ramadan teaches you to be patient, what is patience to not act when you want to act? What
is patience? When an emotion comes you control it? So what is Ramadan? The emotion of hunger comes
the emotion of anger comes and what are their prophecies. Some say if somebody curses you gets angry
at you and you're fasting, say Allahumma in the same control that so Ramadan cm, it trains you on
suburbs, and suburbs is the quintessential pillar of being a monarchy and having eemaan. Therefore,
		

			one mechanism of increasing our Taqwa is via that of suburb. Point number six brothers and sisters,
you shall never attain Taqwa. If you are constantly greedy, greed destroys piety. When you're on
will, always wanting more and more and more, you're never going to be more tucky. So what does
fasting do? Be content with what you have, be content with whatever is there, it lowers your greed,
even for food and drink, you hide your so hold on holla that's it. You are not even wanting food and
drink until sunsets, you are controlling your desire even for the *. And you're being content
with what you have. And you see other people, people of other faiths they're eating and drinking,
		

			and that Hamdulillah we don't even feel jealous for like 100 hour fasting, we have something better
than their food and lunch we have something better than what they're doing. Now. This is the essence
of Taqwa when you are content with what Allah has given you, and Iman and suburb, and Ramadan,
excuse me teaches you to be content and when you are content, then Alhamdulillah you will attain the
highest point of piety and the seventh the last point brothers and sisters, the seventh and last
point of the essence of having Taqwa is to enjoy the worship of Allah more than you enjoy the
pleasures of this dunya. You will never have Taqwa. And you will never master having piety until you
		

			genuinely enjoy the worship of Allah more than you enjoy the pleasures of this dunya. And in the
month of Ramadan, every one of us enjoys the sweetness of fasting more than we enjoy the sweetness
of food. We enjoy having accomplished something. We enjoy the spiritual peace that comes from
obeying Allah subhana wa Tada from controlling our desires, from servitude to Allah, the joy we
obtain in our hearts, the peace we feel in the servitude of Allah. We recognize this dunya can never
give it to us. Every one of you how do you feel when you break your fast you feel you've
accomplished something, I did something today I did something that gives me a sense of humility and
		

			pride and hamdulillah I've accomplished something for the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala that joy
that Sakina you appreciate what it means to be a worshipper of Allah subhanho wa Taala there is no
pleasure that is more permanent and more fulfilling than the pleasure of worshipping Allah subhana
wa Tada every other pleasure of this dunya it comes with a negative side effects. It comes
		

			comes with something that is also not pleasurable, every single pleasure of this dunya it is not
pure, it is not permanent, even the halal pleasures that go away. As for the pleasure of worshiping
Allah, it is 100% Pure and its effects are permanent. And in this month of Ramadan, every one of us
is reintroduced to that pleasure of being a servant of Allah, the sweetness of Eman, you know what a
Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam called it Hadith isn't Behati he said thou called Tom will Imani. The
one has tasted the sweetness of faith who believes in Allah and who is contented with Allah says
Lord, he called it the sweetness of faith that ultimate Eman has the taste and that tastes his
		

			sweetness. In another Hadith he literally called it Hala what will Eman literally the Halawa of iman
in Ramadan, we all are reintroduced to the Halawa of Iman and the goal is therefore when Ramadan
finishes we want to just like an addict, what is the addict do he wants to always have that
addiction? Well, there is a halal addiction that highlight addiction, the sweetness of worshiping
Allah when Ramadan is over, and we know how sweet that is, we should increase and we should do our
worship outside of this month, so that we can maintain that sweetness as well. These are some of the
mechanisms brothers and sisters of how fasting taps in to the potential of Taqwa May Allah subhana
		

			wa Tada. Allow this month to be a perfect month for us. May Allah azza wa jal accept our fast and
forgive our sins. May Allah subhana wa Tada bless me and you with him through the Quran. And he may
make us of those whose verses they understand and applies head out and haram throughout our lifespan
as scholars forgiveness he was will ask him for his love of food and the ramen.
		

			Alhamdulillah Halawa had a had a summit a lady limited what have you learned welcome your caller who
phoned Eduardo. One other aspect that must be mentioned brothers and sisters is the association of
this month with the Quran. The Quran and Ramadan go hand in hand since the very beginning of time,
ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada says shahada Ramadan Allah the goon Zilla V Hill Quran, the month of Ramadan
is when the Quran came down. Then Allah says whoever is there in the month of Ramadan should fast.
Allah mentions Quran before he mentions fasting, the Association of this month with the Quran is
stronger than its association with fasting in unza. Now who feel a little cuddle, we sent this Quran
		

			down on Laylatul Qadr. So the revelation of the Quran the association of the Quran with this month
is a constant theme from the beginning of time and since the beginning of this ummah, Quran and
Ramadan have always been together, we learned in the traditions, God and himself would come down
every single night and our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would recite the Quran to him and
then listen to it from him, he would recite the whole Jews at least and then he would listen to
Gibreel as well. And this is the basis of our practice of reciting inter alia and of course our
processing would also pray long term as well. Therefore, brothers and sisters in this month, open
		

			the book of Allah even if you never open it for the rest of the year. In this month, I urge you and
in this month I commend you in this month I strongly suggest upon myself and all of you form an
association with this book and if you can finish at least once then inshallah do So brothers and
sisters, we are still on the third day, the second day really of the month. Even if you haven't
started you have time to catch up every day. 2030 minutes split it up 510 minutes here and in sha
Allah Allah you can finish an entire Quran but brothers and sisters in case you cannot do so then
don't just give up and say hello as I can finish a Quran no, some Quran is infinitely better than no
		

			Quran something every single day please brothers and sisters for the sake of your Lord for the sake
of your dunya for the sake of your akhira forum in association with this book, open the book up
every day without exception stick in 510 20 minutes in your schedule, split it up 10 minutes after
widowhood. 10 minutes after fajr whatever it might be and make sure you have a daily routine so that
insha Allah Allah you form a new relationship, try to finish the entire book if you cannot do so
don't let shaytaan competition say oh I cannot finish the whole Quran still do whatever you can do.
20 Jews do 15 Jews do 10 Jews something is better than nothing. Just form a relationship with the
		

			Quran in this month. Insha Allah Allah Allah it will bring about a level of peace and Sakina that
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