Yasir Qadhi – Ramadan The Time For Change

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			Never Is it too late to change our lifestyles and return to Allah subhana wa Tada. The doors of
repentance are always open until the Angel of Death comes. And this is of the Mercy of Allah Subhana
Allah to Allah that Allah does not care about the past. He cares about the present. It doesn't
matter what we've done in the past. It doesn't matter how many sins we come to, if we come to Allah
Subhana Allah to Allah with a pure art if we turn to Allah subhana wa Tada with a sincere repentance
in the law Hey young food with Zulu budget me. Allah forgives all sins. Dear Muslims, there is no
better time to resolve to change than this time right now, which is the month of Ramadan. In fact,
		

			it can be said that one of the goals of Ramadan, one of the primary goals of Ramadan is to
incentivize us to change every single year. Allah subhanho wa Taala gives us opportunity after
opportunity.
		

			In this month, every single year he entices us. Every single year, he tells us and He calls us and
He beckons us and he opens the doors of Jana and he shuts the doors of Jahannam and he changed up
the shayateen. Why? Why? Why do we get this opportunity every single year? Because Allah subhana wa
Tada wants to make things easy for us, and he wants to facilitate our return unto him and Ramadan.
Ramadan is the ultimate or I should say one of the ultimate obviously one can say Hajj is the best
experience to change your life around but Hajj not all of us are blessed to go and hedges once in a
lifetime. And Allah knows if we're ever going to go or not ask for Ramadan. One can say it is a mini
		

			experience of Hajj. How so? Because what does Hajj do Hajj forgives all previous sins, what does it
hold on do Ramadan if it is done properly, also forgives all previous sins. Now what is the
psychological impact what is the goal of saying Your sins are forgiven? It is obvious dear Muslim,
the goal is that you feel you have a new life. The goal is that the past is the past is gone. Now I
have a new life I have been given a new opportunity that is the goal of both Hajj and of Ramadan and
that is why the both of them are linked together with ultimate forgiveness. Nothing forgives our
sins like Hajj and then after that the month of Ramadan nothing as a Muslim can forgive our sins as
		

			powerfully as going for Hajj. And the number two on the list is this month of Ramadan and that is
why this month is the ideal time for us to return to Allah subhanho wa Taala This is the month of
opportunity. This is the month of forgiveness of Rama among Farah This is the month where Allah
subhana wa Tada frees people every single night. What does it mean? Allah frees people every single
night. It means that there were people that were destined to go to jahannam there were people whose
lifestyles were not worthy of Jannah and yet every single night as the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam said, Allah azza wa jal will let people lose from being decreed for Jahannam which means they
		

			change their lifestyles, which means they're not worthy of Jannah don't we want to be of those who
are freed don't we want to be of that batch that we are going to Jannah so the way to do that is to
take advantage of this month. The way to do that is to resolve to have a new relationship with our
Creator. This is the month dear Muslims that allows us to reconnect with Allah subhanho wa Taala
daily we are fasting nightly. We are praying we are engrossed in the Quran, we see the beauty of
this ummah, this is the month that allows us to reconnect with the recitation of the book of ALLAH
SubhanA wa taala. We hear its recitation, we ourselves recited and we understand how powerful this
		

			book is. We understand that this is the spiritual food of our soul. This is the thing that connects
us with our Creator. The month of Ramadan is the month of the Quran. The month of Ramadan as well
allows us to appreciate the infinite blessings of Allah subhana wa Taala upon us we take so many
things for granted and when we voluntarily stop eating and drinking, we appreciate the blessings
that ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada has given us, so this is the month to appreciate the neon the blessings
of Allah subhanho wa Taala This is the month dear Muslims, this is the month that proves to every
single one of us that if we want to we can be better people if we want to if we put in the effort if
		

			we put in the exertion than in sha Allah to Allah we can rise in our ranks. This is the month that
Allah gifted us to show us that yes we can. Yes we can be better. Yes we can give up certain sins.
Yes, we can pray better. Yes, we can reconnect with the Quran. And the Lord of Ramadan is the Lord
of Chawan. Allah subhana wa Tada is Allah He is the Lord of this month. He is the Lord of the next
month, if we can be good in this month. And yes, Allah facilitates the good of this month, but he's
doing so to show us we can be good next month as well. This is the month that shows us that insha
Allah Who to Allah with the Hound and the OH word of Allah, we can be better people if we choose to
		

			do so. And Allah is gifting us this month to show us we can do it for the rest of the month, this
month. Dear Muslims this month, it shows us that we all have an opportunity to begin on a clean
slate. And that is why in this month, our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam told us three
opportunities to forgive all of our past sins, whoever fast Eman and the Sabbath and all of his
previous sins will be forgiven. eemaan means he's fasting because he knows him as fast. He's fasting
for the sake of Allah. He's not fasting for culture. He's not fasting for society. He is fasting
because he knows it is obligatory, disarmed means he's expecting Allah to reward him. He wants
		

			something in return from ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada. It's a sign of Eman. Oh
		

			Allah I'm doing this for you. So whoever fast with Eman and expecting Allah's rewards, all of his
previous sins will be forgiven. Whoever prays every single night with iman and expecting Allah's
reward, all of his previous sins will be forgiven. And whoever preys on Laila to cuddle with iman
and expecting Allah's reward, all of his previous sins will be forgiven. We are given three
opportunities in this month, and all of them are doable, all of them are within our grasp, and insha
Allah to Allah, every one of us in this audience is attempting to do that we are all fasting today,
all of us should pray a little bit extra at night, if you can come to the taraweeh excellent, if not
		

			do something at home. But do it regularly. Do it every single night and put in the effort so that
you have a second opportunity to have all of your sins forgiven. And then in the last 10 nights of
this month, and especially in the odd nights, put in an extra effort that you didn't do in the first
20 Show Allah azza wa jal that you appreciate the blessing of Allah to other try your best to spend,
if not the whole night, if you can't do the whole night, at least half the night or 1/3 of the night
into up into hygiene. And if you do these three things in sha Allah Who to either you have Allah's
guarantee in sha Allah, that your sins are forgiven. So this is the month to begin with a clean
		

			slate. This is the month that we come back to Allah subhanho wa taala. And we're given a new life a
new opportunity. Imagine dear Muslims, imagine if there was a criminal from one land and he managed
to flee from that land, come to a new country and start in a clean slate, right? This is the reality
we're all criminals. We're all wisdoms of ourselves. We're all sinners. Now this month of Ramadan,
it is promising to cleanse our record we have no record after this month. So we start with a new
slate and a clean piece of paper. And that means we start with a new commitment, a new life. This is
the month dear Muslims the month of Ramadan, where we demonstrate that we have the willpower and we
		

			have the patience to prefer the worship of Allah over some of the things that we do in sha Allah,
every one of you in this audience insha Allah Who to Allah, you are better this month than you were
last month, you are giving up circumstance that will you are accustomed to we are all doing extra.
This is the month that Allah is demonstrating for us that we have that patience, and we have the
suburb and we have the fortitude to put in that extra amount and Subhanallah Jia Muslims, if we can
control our appetite, if we can control eating and drinking, if we can control drinking water for 14
hours, and we're showing Allah we can do that. Surely we can control our minor sins. Surely we can
		

			control our backbiting surely we can control the gaze of our eyes, the sins of our hands, what is
more necessary for us drinking water or the lust of our body drinking water is more important and
yet we are showing Allah that we have the willpower to not even drink water if you have that much
Eman Al Hamdulillah Al Hamdulillah, then Allah is showing you that if you can live without water for
14 hours and you feel good about it, how much you're going to feel good about giving up the sins
giving up that which is not necessary for you. And most importantly dear Muslims, perhaps the
greatest prize of this month of Ramadan. Perhaps the greatest blessing of this month of Ramadan is
		

			that this month introduces us and re introduces us over and over again to the letter that will Eman
the sweetness of iman you know Eman has a sweetness Eman has a lead the as the Quran and the Sunnah
say there is a sweetness to this faith. And unfortunately, unfortunately, we polluted that sweetness
with the false sweetness of our sins. We think that sins give us pleasure. But the reality is that
sins are like poison sweets. They taste good on the outside. As soon as we finish the sin, it
becomes a poison and it rots our heart and it makes us feel guilty and it makes us distant from
Allah subhanho wa Taala the real sweetness the permanent sweetness. The pure sweetness is the
		

			sweetness of Eman and this month. It reintroduces us to the sweetness of Eman Muslims, Muslims
Wallah he every one of us we know it feels good to be religious Wallahi we know this. I don't need
to quote your Quran. I don't need to quote your Hadith you know deep down inside that it feels good
to connect with Allah subhanho wa Taala nothing compares with that pleasure. Nothing gives you more
satisfaction. Nothing makes you more content with life than having a relationship with Allah. And
this month. It introduces and reintroduces this month, it teaches and reach teachers we know it but
we need that reminder. We know it but we need that constant reminder. And this month we feel a sense
		

			of peace, a sense of fulfillment, a sense of purpose, a sense of nobility, that no other deed no
other pleasure no other worldly happiness can ever give us and be Vickery law he talks about verily
through the remembrance and worship
		

			Allah Our hearts find tranquility. And in this month, even though our bodies are tired, our throats
are parched, we come to the end of the day and physically we feel a bit exhausted. And yet
internally, the happiness that we feel, we've done something for the sake of Allah, I've done
something and I feel proud for Allah's blessings, not proud of arrogance, but the pride of humility,
the pride of submission, and hamdulillah thermal hamdulillah I've done something that I can look
forward to meeting Allah subhanho wa Taala with we stand in Torah, we listen to the Quran being
recited, we give our charity And subhanAllah the inner peace that we feel the and and the Italy anon
		

			or the Sakina of the cult, it is something that no other pleasure can possibly give us of this
world. And what is the purpose of this year Muslims to remind us that there is no glory gate greater
than the glory of worshipping Allah, there is no Iza that is greater than there is of being a
Muslim, there is no peace that is greater than the peace of submission to Allah. The pleasure of
worship is the ultimate pleasure. Nothing will make us feel more noble and more fulfilled and more
spiritually happy than our connection with Allah. And this month, dear Muslim, it reminds us of that
this month, it allows us to understand deep down inside, we know but we're weak. We need to get that
		

			dose once in a while. This is our iman vaccination this month, we need to be reminded, and in this
month, we are indeed reminded and that's why when the month finishes, we all feel a little bit of an
emptiness. And that's true. We're going to feel that but the gold year Muslims this month was gifted
to us by Allah to reintroduce the sweetness of Eman so that when this month is over, we become
addicted to the real sweetness of Eman and not the false sweetness of sins and we become so
powerfully motivated to get that sweetness that we change our lifestyles we establish that
connection with Allah subhana wa Tada outside of this month dear Muslims, hasn't the time come to
		

			change our lifestyles? Honestly For how long will we delay? Will Allah you for how long every
Ramadan comes and goes how many people that were sitting here last year especially this last year
and we have lost them? How many janazah have we prayed in this Masjid in the last year every one
amongst us has lost family and friends because of this COVID And because of natural in this last
year everyone amongst us so for how long will we delay until when will we keep on procrastinating?
Um yeah needy Latina Amma no and Tasha Kuru booty decree law hasn't the time come Allah is asking in
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			remembrance of Allah subhanho wa Taala dear Muslims, this is the time of change not tomorrow, not
next year not if whenever I go for Hajj when you go for Hajj inshallah you change even higher but
right now is the time for change. Make a commitment to Allah I asked myself and ask all of you make
a commitment to Allah subhana wa Tada look at what is missing in your life, have the rituals and
make a commitment Yet Allah this month, I will insha Allah master this one ritual and I will never
give it up even after the month. If you're not praying your five prayers now is the time to make
that commitment. Enough is enough excuses are gone. Now. If you're not praying your sooner your 12
		

			Sooner or your 10 sooner. This is the one to make that better. If you're not reading the Quran
regularly, this is the month to make that better concentrate on that one ritual that is missing,
master it in this month and then continue after the month as well concentrate on the one sin that
makes you the most guilty what is that one sin that makes you the most guilty and gives you the
greatest distance between you and Allah. This is the month you're not going to do that sin is
Ramadan. Now that you've conquered that sin in this month when this month finishes you will insha
Allah to Allah resolve in front of Allah you're going to try your best to abstain from that sin and
		

			then next Ramadan if Allah blesses us with another Ramadan because we're Muslims everyone amongst us
one of these Ramadan will be the last statistically there are people sitting here right now that are
not going to make it to the next of Ramadan. This is the reality statistically speaking yet if Allah
gives us another Ramadan we're gonna do the same thing add one more routine get rid of another sin
so that every single Ramadan we raise the bar bit by bit by bit so that every year we come closer to
Allah subhana wa Taala and that is the ultimate goal to your Muslims. Ramadan is meant to be a
stepping stone, a ladder to Janna, every single Ramadan we climb up a few steps and then more steps
		

			and then more steps so that insha Allah Who to Allah, the best Ramadan of our lives shall be our
last one. And the best year we live our lives shall be our last year because as our Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said in them and I'm out to build our team, what really decides our fate
is the end part of our life. Ramadan is gifted to us to raise the bar to come closer to Allah
subhanho wa Taala so we ask Allah subhana wa Taala
		

			To make us of those who make every Ramadan better than the previous one and who will make the best
Ramadan the last term of on of their lives, may Allah azza wa jal bless me and you will learn
through the Quran and may make us of those who is versus they understand and applies halal and haram
throughout our lifespan ask Allah's forgiveness you as well ask him for his the food and the ramen
		

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What about your dear Muslims, many of us have a misunderstanding that, you know, when I'm older,
when I'm in the very end of my life, Inshallah, then I will repent and I will live a better
lifestyle. Of course, this is a tactic of shaytaan because none of us can guarantee that that is
going to happen. We're praying janazah people of all age groups in the last few weeks you have been
seeing what is going on, no one can predict. But more important than that, even if one were to live
7080 years. That's not the right attitude because the one who lives a life of sin will die upon sin
		

			as well. That's not the right philosophy and Allah tells us in the Quran, in Matoba to Allah He
didn't the DNA, Yama, Luna su Abuja, Hala through Maya to wound them in Kadeem, Allah will accept
the repentance of anyone who does does a sin upon ignorance, and then they repent immediately. You
have to warn them in Korea, they repent from that sin immediately for like a tube Allahu Allah you
him. Allah is going to accept the repentance and Allah is Allah for Andhra ame. While he sent it
over to and Toba is not going to be given little Adina Yabba Luna say they continue to live a
lifestyle of evil had died the Hydra head on mode to call in the tuber tool. Until finally when
		

			death comes they say Oh, I'm committing Toba. Now. Allah forgive me now. This is a verse in Surah
Nisa, it is as explicit as possible. Allah reminds us I shall accept the repentance of Anyone who
repents immediately, no matter what the sin was, dear Muslim, enough is enough. Whatever it was, it
has happened in the past, Allah shall forgive you lived an evil lifestyle. You drank things you
shouldn't have drunk, you're taking substances, you're committing church, certain fraud, whatever it
is, repent to Allah, this is the month of repentance, and Allah forgives all sins, but don't be like
the one Allah says that he continues to live a lifestyle of sin. And then finally, when he sees the
		

			angel of death, he says in the tuber tool, and Allah says no when they started to but to Allah does
not accept the sin. Allah does not accept the Toba of the one when he sees the Angel of Death, dear
Muslim, don't be like fit our own, even fit our own repented when he saw the angel of death. What do
you think you're not going to repent when you see the angel of death even fit out and repented when
he saw the angel of death? And he said, I now testify to the God of Musa and Allah says to him.
		

			Now, this is a rhetorical question now. Now you're going to accept and repent after all of this. No,
it shall not be accepted of you. And that's why our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that
Toba of any Muslim shall be accepted until he is on his deathbed. Once you get to that stage, then
then you are showing ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada that you're playing games that doesn't work that way. And
that is why dear Muslims, we need to repent when things are good for us. When we are healthy when
we're living our life. This is the time to repent. So we show Allah Subhana Allah to Allah that we
are sincere and dear Muslims, yes, it is difficult. Well, Allah it is difficult. But Allah subhanho
		

			wa Taala is not asking for perfection. We're going to slip we are going to slip after this month,
you might make a result I'm not going to do that sin again. And maybe in a month or two, you might
slip into that sin. You know what, after you do that sin again, repent to Allah don't revert to that
lifestyle. Allah is not asking for perfection. Allah is asking for an effort. Allah is asking for a
commitment, and this is the beauty of our religion. He didn't create us to be perfect, we are not
angels, we will continually slipped but as our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that ALLAH
SubhanA wa Tada will accept the Toba of the one who keeps on saying Yara, and up to them been felt
		

			fairly no matter how many times he commits the sin as long as the Toba is sincere. Dear Muslim, this
is the month of repentance. This is the month of Mo Farah. This is the month of Ramadan. This is the
month where Allah subhana wa Taala is reintroducing us to the sweetness of iman. Let us taste that
sweetness Reville in it for as long as the month lasts. And then when the month finishes, let us not
go back to the way we were in Shaban Chawan has to be better than Shabbat that's the goal of Ramadan
Chawan and the upcoming year this upcoming year it must be better than the previous year. Make this
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			Now today that this year in sha Allah, Allah Allah, I will be a better Muslim than last year and
then the next trauma bond even better than this one, and so on and so forth until we meet our Lord.
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