Yasir Qadhi – How Ramadan Helps Us Attain Taqwa

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			in that hamdulillah number one want to start you know who want to still fiddle. When I was a biller,
Himanshu Rudy and fusina woman say at the AMA Nina Mejia de la Philomel Lulu woman Yulin Hofer la ha
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two Muslim on Amma Bharat. Do you Muslims Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah we thank Allah azza wa jal
that he has allowed us the opportunity to witness another month of Ramadan And subhanAllah we barely
began the month and here we are already half of the months gone. And before you know it in the
		

			twinkling of an eye this month two would have passed Subhanallah brothers and sisters I remember
vividly standing right here one year ago saying to you that we thank Allah for Ramadan, we do not
know whose Ramadan will be our last Ramadan. And I said on this very podium, there will be people
that are sitting here now that will not be sitting here next year. I remember saying this one year
ago and I can mention from the top of my head half a dozen of our own mousseline our own people,
some of them would pray regularly the budget here our own brothers and sisters who are no longer
amongst us. This is the sunnah to Allah Heaphy healthy life is not something that is guaranteed no
		

			one can predict life but one thing we can predict for sure is the certainty of death. Every one of
us has an end we just don't know when it is So brothers and sisters as this half of the month has
passed in the twinkling of an eye we know the next half month will also pass I say to you frankly if
you have fallen short in these first 15 days, so be it but it is the end race that is the most
important if you have fallen short in these first 15 days do not give up hope there is still chance
and opportunity. I say to you some of you perhaps have not yet even opened the Quran. Okay, so be it
that was in the past. Do not let your deficiencies of yesterday. dictate your future for tomorrow.
		

			Do not let your shortcomings of yesterday have an influence on what you are potentially capable of
doing tomorrow. Dear Muslims This is the month of Siyam the month of the Quran the month of fasting,
the month of Taqwa Allah subhanho wa Taala legislated selenium so that we can attain Taqwa God
consciousness katiba de como selenium la isla calm Dr. Koon. So the purpose of Siyam the purpose of
Ramadan is to attain consciousness of Allah subhanho wa taala. And look at how many ways this month
has facilitated for us to attain Allah's consciousness. This entire month is structured for us to
attain Taqwa with ease. First and foremost of the ways Siyam attains Taqwa of the ways that fasting
		

			allows us to become conscious of Allah is that fasting trains, our sincerity and Taqwa and sincerity
are linked together. And fasting is based upon sincerity. Fasting is the only action of worship that
you cannot show off. You can't because everybody knows you can break your fast and privacy.
Everybody knows that the only one monitoring you is Allah subhanho wa Taala you can break your fast
and your spouse doesn't even know about it. So, fasting is the one act that there is no showing off
and everybody knows this. So when you fast you are automatically training your sincerity, your loss
and the religion is based upon a loss in normal Emanuel Binney yet our agile is based upon our loss.
		

			So when we fast we are training our sincerity. This is of the ways that Taqwa is inculcated in
Ramadan of the ways that Taqwa is brought about in Ramadan is that Ramadan and fasting trains us in
the art of suburb or patients suburb or patients because suburb is to not act suburb is to keep
things in Czech, and in Ramadan, we train our suburb, we're going to the daily gem of Ramadan, and
we're training this concept of suburb because Sabra means to withhold and we
		

			You're withholding from ourselves and our bodies, the most important requirements of food and water.
We're learning the art of patience. And so every single day we're showing ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada and
we're also showing ourselves If Allah doesn't want me to do something, I have the willpower to not
do it. Brothers Sisters, if we can give up food and water in these months that are so close to the
summer, if we can spend 16 hours a day abstaining from food and water, then surely we can abstain
from the hot on when Ramadan is over. So we're showing ourselves that we have an hamdulillah the
willpower and Iman and that's the art of several of the ways that Ramadan and cm inculcate stuck WA
		

			is in fasting, we are told to control our anger and to have better o'clock if somebody says
something nasty if somebody tries to have an argument, we're supposed to remind ourselves in the
slot him in the slot him. So in the month of Ramadan, our manners are perfected, and indeed a manner
of a Muslim the mannerisms of the Muslim is one of the main criterion of Taqwa you cannot have Taqwa
with bad manners, the heaviest matter in the scales on the Day of Judgment will be our o'clock.
Ramadan is the gym of training our o'clock we train how we interact with people we train controlling
our Rebbe, our Mima, we control our eyes, we control our harsh words, our manners go better. And so
		

			Taqwa is inculcated via some of the ways that help fasting helps us attain the reality of Taqwa is
that fasting brings about a heightened sense of consciousness that Allah is watching, that Allah
subhana wa Taala is watching. We are aware that Allah azza wa jal is observing us and that is the
essence of the highest category of Islam. Remember, Islam is three categories, Islam, Iman and sun.
And the different definition of Ehsaan is that you're constantly aware that ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala
is watching you. That is the height of iman that you're aware that Allah is constantly watching.
There is no deed that helps us to this goal better than fasting. The only reason we're fasting we're
		

			aware Allah is watching. The only reason we're being better in Ramadan. We're aware that ALLAH
SubhanA wa Taala is watching and therefore, of the ways that fasting helps us to attain Taqwa is
that it inculcates in us the consciousness of Allah, the awareness that ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada is
watching us. And this is one of the most powerful mechanisms of attaining Taqwa of the ways that
Ramadan helps us attain Taqwa as well, is that every one of us, we try our best to minimize our
sins, and 100 enough and when Hamdulillah this month brings about the best in every Muslim around
the globe. There are people that are so far from the deen, there are people that are doing major,
		

			major sins. And even in this month, they cannot get fully correct. But at least in this month, they
give up some of their major sins. How many are those that are addicted to alcohol, may Allah forgive
them and guide them and help all of us and all of our problems? How many are addicted to drugs, and
yet when this month comes Subhanallah something stirs within them. And even though they're addicts
for the rest of the year, in this month, something is going to stir and they say oh, it's Ramadan. I
can't do it. And social Han Allah. Yes, we thank Allah that the drug addicts give up his addiction
in this month. We thank Allah the alcoholic for the rest of the year. At least he has enough Eman
		

			that in this month. He can overcome that addiction. But then we say to this brother, this sister
that is struggling, well Allah He we are grateful for the sake of Allah, you've done this. But the
one who has given you the power to do this in this month is the same one who can give you the power
to do it after this month. This month has demonstrated you don't need alcohol. You don't need drugs.
You don't need these evil addictions. You've shown it to Allah, you've shown it to yourself. This is
the essence of Taqwa and what he does not commit these types of sins, and therefore in this month we
raised the bar in this month, every one of us is giving up some of the things we used to do, and
		

			that is once again training us in the training grounds of duck one of the mechanisms and
methodologies of how Ramadan helps us attain Taqwa is that Ramadan is the month of the Quran. And
the Quran is the primary source of increasing our taqwa and attaining taqwa and learning about Taqwa
there is no Taqwa without reciting the Quran, and every one of us increases our association with the
Quran. As I said, maybe some of us maybe are not able to recite the Quran in this month, but every
one of us is listening to his recitation more. Every one of us has more of a relationship during
this month. And once again, this leads us to the reality of Taqwa.
		

			One of the ways that the month of Ramadan increases our Taqwa is that this month introduces us once
again to the concept of the OMA. It introduces us to this reality that I'm not alone. This religion
is not just about me myself and I know there are large groups of people have Hamdulillah we share
the same faith and we share the same connection and we face the same Qibla and we worship the same
God. And so Masjid attendance goes up, and our association with our fellow Muslims increases. And we
see mashallah Tabata Cola, a thriving Ummah, even in the far this lands across the globe, global
Hamdulillah we thank Allah that the massages across the globe are packed to capacity with Allah He I
		

			say this, we should be proud brothers and sisters, that every single Masjid on Earth falls short of
the mousseline in the month of Ramadan. We thank Allah we have parking problems will lie. We thank
Allah when faith communities around this country are empty. When faith communities don't know how to
attract people to their faith centers, you go and you will find it absolutely empty every day of the
week, maybe even most of their holy days. They're not filled to capacity. And here we have the
opposite problem. Here we have the problem. Every single community on Earth from Alaska all the way
to Zimbabwe across the entire globe, every Masjid every night for two hours is packed to capacity
		

			and hamdulillah what a good problem to have the OMA is well alive and Hamdulillah. And Ramadan
introduces us so those of us that might have been a little bit disconnected from the OMA those of us
that are living somewhat aloof lives in this month we realize mashallah even here, masha Allah in
Dallas and Plano so many 1000s of miles away from the homelands of Islam. Islam is alive. Islam is
flourishing. Eman can be palpably sense. Even over here and hamdulillah people come from across the
country especially to our masjid and I'm the doula and they say Masha Allah this feels so much
alive. I had a brother yesterday come from a faraway city and he goes I haven't felt this way since
		

			I used to pray as a teenager in my land back home. I haven't felt this way you know, has seen so
many people 1000s Coming well Ramadan introduces us to this concept reintroduces us. And a part of
being a movement apart to being a turkey is to be connected to the broader OMA and Alhamdulillah.
Ramadan does this of the ways that Ramadan and cm and this entire month increases. Our Taqwa is that
we become more conscious of spending in the way of Allah subhana wa Tada. Every single day we have
our fundraisers and appeals, and every single day hundreds of 1000s are given. And this is the way
it should be every day or every few days, we should be giving charity and we should diversify our
		

			charity. Our Prophet sallallahu either he was selling as nsmt, Malik said, was the most generous
person and his generosity in Ramadan reached unconceivable bounds, you couldn't even describe his
generosity. So in this month, we all give extra and especially many of us calculate hours that got
in this month. So a quick reminder and a plug brothers and sisters that please give your zakaat
especially in this month, it is an easy month to remember that this is when we give our zakaat so
I've given lectures as well about the Phillips ACA, you can listen to them, but give you as a cat
and give it during this month and make it something that is regular and not just the Xikar give
		

			charity give as much as you can, especially in these last 10 nights that are coming up. So this is
of the ways we will not attain Taqwa until we give that for which we love. We will not attain Taqwa
until we are from the moistening from those that are giving generously and this is the month to do
that. And therefore once again, Ramadan plays in directly to the concept of Taqwa of the ways that
Ramadan increases our Taqwa of the ways that Ramadan increases. Our Taqwa is that it allows us to
appreciate the blessings of Allah that we took for granted. One of the concepts of Taqwa is Shuker
is to be grateful. And Ramadan reminds us of the things that we take for granted simple things like
		

			our food, like our drink simple things like our health, Ramadan causes us to be thankful to Allah
and that too is of the essence of Taqwa. We can go on and on brothers and sisters, but I want to
conclude the first football on this point, and that is one of the most blessed good results of
Ramadan. One of the biggest blessings of Ramadan is the blessing of realizing how beautiful it is to
worship Allah subhanho wa Taala to reintroduce us to the sweetness of iman, to the level of the
Ibadah of Allah of the vicar of Allah. This is one of the main goals and primary functions of this
month.
		

			Have Subhanallah every one of us in this middle of the month now, you know our bodies are taking
their toll. We feel a sense of fatigue. It's true. We feel that sense now even though we've managed
to conquer it, and we know we have still the main stretch ahead of us. So the body is physically
tired. And yet inside of us, the ruler of the soul, it feels a sense of accomplishment, and a sense
of achieving some nobility, that all of the money in this world could not by the way that we feel
when we break our fast, the Sakeena the blessings of Allah subhanho wa Taala of spiritual
tranquility, the feeling of having done something worthwhile. We've done something that is genuinely
		

			good and pure, and we're handing it over to Allah subhanho wa Taala and it's difficult our bodies
are taking its toll. But inside of us we feel a heightened sense of purpose. I've done something
worthwhile Alhamdulillah and not just that we feel so much peace when we do this for the sake of
Allah, we feel a sense of pleasure being servants of Allah subhanho wa Taala dear Muslims, that
pleasure that we feel that Leser that sweetness, our Prophet system called it Halawa and Iman he
called it right that Iman has the sweetness it's in the Hadith Eman has a Halawa in Ramadan, every
one of us tastes that Halawa. We become addicted to it. And that's why by the way, after Ramadan in
		

			234 days, we feel even though yes, we're happy with eating and drinking, we feel something is
missing. We feel I'm not having that enjoyment anymore. Why is that? Because the Halawa has been
taken away. Well has it and that's the point here. It is true. We cannot maintain the level posts
Ramadan that we had in Ramadan, but the goal and I've said this every single year, the goal dear
Muslim, is that now that ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala has reintroduced you to the blessing of iman, that
after Ramadan, we maintain some connection that was stronger than pre Ramadan. The goal is not to
maintain the same that's not possible. We cannot be as pious post Ramadan as we are in Ramadan. But
		

			the goal is that in Ramadan, we've been raised by Allah in Ramadan, we rise 10 ranks 15 ranks 100
ranks. Once Ramadan is over, we're going to come fluttering back down okay, but don't go down to
where you began. If you rose 100 ranks in Ramadan, then try your best to have a notch I'm gonna go
maybe 4050 down I'm going to be 50% better I'm gonna put an extra amount and that's the whole
purpose of this month dear Muslims. Every Ramadan is a training ground for Taqwa every Ramadan is a
reintroduction to the spiritual gym, your Euro goes to the spiritual gym, your row has working out
like it never works out for the rest of the year. Once Ramadan is over your rule is far more
		

			powerful than it was at the beginning of the month. Okay, why would you waste that blessing Allah
has given you now that you wrote is at a higher level, maintain a higher level post Ramadan,
maintain some actions and routines that you did not do pre Ramadan, do them posts Ramadan have a
healthier spiritual lifestyle, you know, the person that goes to the gym, and he works out for
months and years. Then after that, once he's changed his old shape and form. It's rare to find one
of those people goes back to nothing because he knows the efforts that are put in and he doesn't
want to waste those efforts. The same goes for the spiritual gymnasium of Ramadan. Allah has blessed
		

			us in this month to attain a level of Taqwa that we do not have for the rest of the year and and
Hamdulillah we thank Allah for that the point therefore brothers and sisters, when Ramadan is over,
we attain as much percentage of that Taqwa as we can, because and here's the point. Ramadan, we have
a finite quantity. How many more do we have? I don't know. How many more do I have destined in
Allah's decree? I do not know. But we want every Ramadan to give us a boost so that Ramadan becomes
a stepping stone a ladder on our journey to Allah we want the rungs of our ladder of life's journey
to build on Melbourne. Every Ramadan we come one step closer to Allah that's the point brothers and
		

			sisters understand Ramadan is not meant to be a flatline it's not meant to be just like a blip on
the screen and gold goes back to normal and I'm a bond is meant to be a stepping stone. It's meant
to be a ladder that every Ramadan we rise higher and higher and higher and higher such that our best
Ramadan of our whole lives should be our last Ramadan such that the closest we ever are to Allah is
the last Ramadan that we are on this earth because we're the closest to meeting Allah subhanho wa
taala. So from now whether you're in you're 15 or 25 or 35, you're 70 or 80 years old, make your
		

			to your goal this Ramadan is going to be my best Ramadan and then next Ramadan you make it the same
goal and then if Allah blesses you with another Ramadan you make it the same goal because that is
the purpose of Ramadan. You make every Ramadan your best Ramadan because Ramadan is meant to be the
training ground Oh you who believe fasting has been prescribed for you like it was prescribed for
those before you so that you may attain Taqwa May Allah subhana wa Tada make us all amongst them
with Japan. May Allah azza wa jal bless me and you with and through the Quran and May He make us of
those who is vs. They understand and applies halal and haram throughout our lifespan ask Allah is
		

			forgiveness us we'll ask him for his liver for and the Rockman.
		

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			do Muslims this religion is not just about our personal rituals and riba that and even though it is
the holiest of holy months, and even though we are all engrossed and engaged in the worship of Allah
subhanho wa taala, we should still be aware of what is happening around the world. And so many
things are happening that, especially in this month become so much more painful. And I'll mention
only two of them that are happening as we speak. The first is, of course, the rising tensions in
India. I've already spoken about this before. But the drums of war have begun to beat. And the calls
for genocide are becoming more and more blatant, and higher and higher. officials of the government
		

			are not just tacitly approving, but actually endorsing an all out genocide in this holy month, when
the Muslims have gathered in their misogyny. across so many districts and cities of that country.
People are gathering outside the misogyny and chanting slogans in their faith that are meant to be
derogatory to our faith. In multiple situations, houses have been attacked, messages have been
desecrated, people have been hurt, maybe even killed. And in every single instance, the government
has either done nothing, or the police have actually incited and sighted genocide. So brothers and
sisters, as we are engrossed in our worship, the least we can do in this holy of holy months, is to
		

			be painfully aware of what is happening over there. We are literally one step away from a
catastrophe and disaster. May Allah protect them. And all of us, we are sitting here in this faraway
land, do not underestimate the potential just a few days ago, our own State Department issued, what
they said was a rising concern. It was soft language, but it was far better than anything else, a
rising concern of human rights violation, our Secretary of State issued a warning to India that is
actually going to do much more than many other political things, the PR that they might potentially
face the negative PR might actually keep them in check. They don't have the fear of God to be put
		

			into them. However, the fear of politics and the fear of a reprimanded the UN might actually do
something. So I am not a political you know, candidate. As always, I'm not a politician. Don't come
to me for political advice. But I will say to you, a part of our Shetty is that we do whatever we
can, along with the spiritual, we cannot just ignore and sit back we do have the potential to
influence in whatever manner so go to the experts of how we influence I am simply saying we must be
aware we must be making dua at all, if at all times raise your hands, the least you can do and to
make dua for all Muslims around the world and especially in that land. And that is the first of the
		

			two tragedies I wanted to mention. The second of them is also painful. Because like clockwork, every
single Ramadan Masjid Al Aqsa is attacked every single Ramadan, the occupying forces invade the
sanctity of OXA I do not know if you're aware today morning Axolotl. Fajr today morning at Fudger.
The actual Masjid itself was attacked by the forces and troops and people were arrested inside the
Masjid. They were lined up and they were put on the floor. There's video footage you can see they
were made to lie down on the various places they were doing such the Fajr and they were arrested and
masked for whatever reason it might be this is the reality of occupation. It is painful. Every
		

			Ramadan we see the same reality. 75 years have gone by Madonna through Allah, Allah in the nostril
la Hikari Allah azza wa jal is when we complain to Allah azza wa jal, our Lord Our Mola, we asked
him to see the reality of the situation and to do as he feels is the justice to do but the
		

			point the least we can do brothers and sisters in this sacred and holy month is don't be simply
absorbed in your own personal bubble. That's not the reality of the ummah. Yes, we are increasing
our worship and a by that, but a part of that worship is to be aware that we are one out of many
billions we are one of a large Ummah, our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, the OMA is like
one body. If even one finger is in pain, the whole body will feel that pain until that pain goes
away. This is the reality of the ummah. So the least is that we should not just be aware, we should
feel a sense of pain, a sense of dread. And that sense, by the way, should make us even more
		

			righteous and pious, we should thank Allah that Allah has given us the opportunity, we are not
facing civil war in this land, we are not worried about an occupying force coming into our masjid
and arresting us. So if Allah has given us these perks, and these privileges, then with that
privilege also comes extra responsibilities, extra acts of worship, so being aware of the situation
around the globe should actually increase our own Ibadah and our own Taqwa of Allah and our own
appreciation for what we have. But again, the least we can do is of course, to raise our hands and
to make dua to Allah subhanho wa taala. And that is why I'm appealing to you. And of course, the
		

			final point is that it is the last 10 days about to come upon us. And of course, I have to remind
myself and all of you that these are the days there are no better days, this is the end stretch, we
see the end line, we see the finish line, and we're supposed to sprint, in that finish line, we're
supposed to give our utmost there is no timeframe in the entire year that our profit system would
pray the entire night, except these last 10 Never would our profit system spend the whole night
awake, except these 10. In these 10 nights, he would wake up his family, he would wake up the
extended household, even the women and children he would wake them up and make them pray the whole
		

			night and everybody these days we have to go to work. Maybe we cannot do that. If you cannot spend
the whole night do whatever you can do not exert any more effort in any other time than the upcoming
10 here because there is one night in these 10 that is more precious than an entirety of our
lifetimes. Think about that. Seven, eight hours. If you do the math, every minute is like two
months, three months of worship. Seven, eight hours is more precious and more baraka and more angels
come Djibouti Allah Himself comes down God and himself comes down to this earth and he is witnessing
the people praying. So dear brothers and sisters, be prepared for the final sprint. We're about to
		

			face the last 10 Nights give it your utmost your 110% in your Ibadah in your tahajjud in your Quran,
in your sada and remember, this is the one night our Prophet sallallahu I said him said, if you
don't get this night, whoever denies himself the blessings of this night, the prophets have said has
deprived himself from all good * how Rommel Hira Kula, he's deprived himself from all good.
There is no timeframe that is more blessing than this timeframe, no timeframe, Nothing even comes
close. So when Allah has given you a fortune for free, because it's more than a lifetime, we say 80
years. In reality, nobody amongst us worships for 80 years. Even if we live for 80 years, we will be
		

			worshiping maximum for five years out there that do the math and calculate in this one night. Alpha
Shahara 1000 months, one night of worship will give us multiple lifetimes of hair and a bada. How
stingy can a person be that when Allah has gifted him? Priceless, not even billions, and he's
sleeping that night. That means this person does not at all appreciate the gift that Allah has
given. So dear brothers and sisters give what you can in terms of time and a bother in terms of
actions of worship, and realize this is one of the easiest ways to have our sins forgiven. Whoever
fast Ramadan will have his sins forgiven. Whoever prays the nights of Ramadan will advocis forgiven
		

			and whoever preys on Laila to other will have all of his sins forgiven. It's a new beginning. It's a
change of the tide, this Ramadan insha Allah will be my best Ramadan and your best Ramadan and these
10 Nights will be the best 10 nights we've ever had. And we'll make the same Nia every single year
until we meet Allah Subhana Allah, Allah Allah and NIDA and for a minimum Allama data and if you
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