Yasir Qadhi – The Lesson of Ramadan – Ramadan 23 Qiyam

			Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.
		

			Alhamdulillah we thank Allah subhanahu Bucha Allah for the blessings that He has bestowed upon us
the blessings that we understand and see and the blessings that we don't understand that are hidden
from us. We thank Allah subhana wa Tada for each and every blessing and the biggest blessing and the
most blessing of all blessings is that he has guided us to Islam Alhamdulillah Hilda the her
Donnelly has a woman couldn't deny the Lola and her and Allah, all praises due to Allah Who has
guided us to this, were it not for Allah, we would not be guided to this Subhanallah we are here in
the one of the massages of Allah azza wa jal on one of the most blessed of all nights. And we thank
		

			Allah that we are here for every one of us that is sitting in a masjid, there are millions that are
clueless of the blessings of this month. And there are those that are a part of our faith, but
they're not taking advantage of this month. And so despite all of our sins, and will Allah who we
are sinners, and despite all of our shortcomings and to Allah, who we are all short comers,
Alhamdulillah we thank Allah, we thank Allah that Allah has chosen us, Allah azza wa jal has gifted
us this is a gift and a blessing from Allah that I am here and you are here. We thank Allah for this
blessing and hamdulillah thermal hamdulillah for that, dear brothers and sisters, short talk for a
		

			reminder for myself and all of you Wallahi there is one goal that every one of us once and that is
satisfaction, that is to live a comfortable life. This is the ultimate goal of every single human
being. And one of the biggest blessings of Ramadan. One of the biggest blessings of Ramadan is that
it reinforces for us the reality of contentment and happiness. This, for me is one of the most
important factors that Ramadan bestows upon us. Because it reminds us not academically, not
intellectually. It reminds us in our very experiences of the month that nothing can grant us
satisfaction, like the worship of Allah can. We all expect that's why we're here. It's 3am. Many of
		

			you have worked tomorrow. And yet, here we are, we're sacrificing our sleep. We're sacral we have
limited time. We had this is the time we're supposed to rest and then eat and then before and after.
Why are we here? What are we giving up? We're giving up that which is precious to us our sleep. And
in the daytime? We give up that which is even more precious to us our food and our drink? Why? Why
can how and that's why non Muslims are shocked even water, right? They just can't understand even
water. They just it doesn't occur to them, that we have a sustenance and a pleasure that is Wallahi
more precious to us than cold water on a hot summer's day. The fact that we are doing this is
		

			demonstrative to all of us that there is a happiness that is far superior than the happiness of the
worldly pleasures and Wallahi we know the worldly pleasures give us happiness. That's why we commit
sins. Why do we commit sins, we know that the pleasures of this dunya that are not allowed and
hamdulillah by the way, we thank Allah listen to this carefully that every urge we have, Allah has
allowed a halal way to satisfy it. We're allowed to have the best food and the most delectable
drinks and every type of sensual pleasure we can do it in a halal way. But unfortunately shaytaan
tempts us and it goes Oh, forget the cocktail juices go to the Haram stuff. Okay, there's plenty of
		

			Halal stuff if we wanted to, but shaytaan makes the Haram alluring just like agenda for our father
Adam, what did he do? All of Jana is open gulaman Hara than a 3g Toma but just one tree was made out
on. Our scholars say this is the reality of life. The default is everything is halal. But Haram is a
small bit. The default is everything is halal, so much Halal out there. Haram is a small bit, but
shaytaan comes seduces tox keeps on what's what's up until finally we fall into that small amount of
haram thinking that that Haram is more beneficial to us than all of the halal out there. But you
know what brothers and sisters even in satisfying our Halal desires, that is halal, that is good.
		

			But there comes a point in our lives and the life of every single human being that they understand
that there's more to life than eating and drinking and sensual pleasures. And that's perhaps Allah
who are them. One of the reasons why we see so much depression and so much loneliness in the world
around us right now that people are given all types of pleasures at a young age. And at a very young
age, they discover it's not good enough. I'm not happy I have ever
		

			Anything but there's still an emptiness, perhaps will Allah who are them that this modern technology
with all of its, you know, contrivances and all of this entertainment, it has expedited the
discovery in the younger generation. And perhaps that's why and Allah knows best. I'm just you know,
just saying theory. Perhaps that is one of the reasons why there is so much depression and emptiness
and spiritual loneliness because they discover maybe at 20 What perhaps most other human beings
would discover after a lifetime of trying when they reach 50 or something Subhanallah brothers and
sisters, it doesn't matter how old you are, even the teenagers in the audience, you know, you know,
		

			that satisfying your bodily desires, even in a halal manner only takes you so far. A Halal
satisfaction is good, but then it goes away. You had the best meal that money could buy, that's
halal. Okay, how long are you going to enjoy the meal? Okay, and what's gonna happen to the meal in
10 hours? Okay, good. How long once they leave you with something in your hearts, a, an unfiltered
and uncleanliness. That is like a bitter pill that you have to you just feel guilty about. So the
bodily pleasures don't give us satisfaction in life. And that is because what really makes us human
is not the physical flesh. Animals have physical flesh. What really makes us human is something that
		

			is divinely gifted to us. And that is the row. That is the soul that is what is inside of us. And
that's why our father Adam was created out of clay and the body laid there for ages and ages and
ages. He didn't become human. When did he become human? When a foreigner fee we blew into Adam our
ROI. When Allah blew into Adam the rule, the divine mystery that we'll never understand. That is
what made Adam human. And that soul is what separates us from the animals. The animals have a
different type of soul our soul is a divine gift from Allah subhana wa Tada Allah breathed it into
Adam directly. This is Allah's blessing that he gave to Adam or the Salem. That's what made Adam
		

			Adam. So what makes us human is what's the soul is, therefore feeding the soul is what gives us that
comfort in life, not feeding the body, feeding the body will give us animalistic pleasures. If
they're hella good for a day or two, we'll be happy if they're haram. Well, we'll be happy for a day
or two. And then we're going to be followed by guilt, by conscience by our fitrah probing us Why did
you do that? What was the purpose? Either way, physical pleasures only lasts so long. We all know
this. Spiritual pleasures on the other hand, feeding the soul feeding the rule, giving the rule what
it needs. That is what makes life not only worth living, but sustainable. We overcome the problems
		

			of life in a more optimistic manner. It gives us a sense of serenity, a sense of peace, a sense of
comfort, we understand why we're here the stronger our iman is in Allah the more you're clean we
have the more lost the more Tawakkol we believe and cuddle therefore any calamity any masiva put it
on you'll see it llama cassava, Allahu La Nina. Whatever happens happens by the will of Allah We
believe in the Quran. Every calamity that is given to us we know that Allah azza wa jal has also
revealed for in the mattress for us thrown in the mattress for use Rob, we believe that for every
calamity, multiple blessings and ease, every trial, every pain, we firmly believe that Allah will
		

			reward us when we're patient. So even the pain becomes worth it. Not that we want it we don't desire
to be tested. But when we're tested, our iman brings a sense of comfort that if we didn't have the
man we would never have, and most importantly, most importantly, by feeding the rule. By feeding the
soul, we attain everlasting life in the next life. And of course, the soul is fed by where the
origins of the soul are, like the body is fed by where the origins of the body are, the body comes
from this earth, the body comes from the soil, how do we feed the body, we go back to the soil, what
does the soil give us? The water is stored over there, the plants, the fruits, the animals, they
		

			feed on the soil, our physical body needs, what is around us, the vegetation and the plants and the
animals. So we feed the body via that. As for the soul, it comes from up there. It is what Allah
gifted us. So when we want to feed the soul, we're not going to find the nutrients of the soul down
here. The nutrients of the soul is in reconnecting it with its origin. And that is turning to Allah
azza wa jal reading the Quran, our such does our dua, our thicket that is where the ultimate
happiness lies. And at hamdulillah Al Hamdulillah, in the month of Ramadan, every one of us we
experience this reality. We understand it, we live it. Unfortunately, many of us when Ramadan
		

			finishes
		

			We think the burden is back over. Let's go back to our lifestyles as if we didn't benefit from the
lessons of this month of Ramadan. SubhanAllah. Dear brothers and sisters Wallahi isn't it amazing
that even once again, experience teaches us another fact of life, which is that, generally speaking,
and again, we all know this, or especially those of you that are in your 20s 30s are more than this.
Generally speaking, with age, people become more religious, isn't this the case? Right? As people
grow older, 40s 50s 60s 70s they become more and more religious, okay, this is something I myself
went to college with groups of people back then when I was 20, I would have sworn by Allah, they're
		

			never going to become religious. When I was a kid, I would have done that. Not that we should do
that. And now Subhanallah they are, you know, active in the massage doing this and that. This is the
reality that generally speaking, people become religious. As they become older in life, they face
problems, they realize that life isn't worth living without that connection with Allah. Now, we're
very happy for all people who discovered religion and become good Muslims, even when they're 7080 of
hamdulillah Allama Rubalcaba team, but guess what? When you discover religion, when you're 7080, you
can't possibly do the quantity of good deeds that you can do if you're religious or entire life.
		

			They're not the same. The one who chose religion at a young age, and I speak especially to the youth
here, our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam gave you all an encouragement, one of the seven
categories that will be blessed on the Day of Judgment, is a young man or woman, sharp, young prime
of the of your youth teenager, early 20s. That's what a sharp is a young man or a young lady. They
grew up in the worship of Allah being good, good Muslim SubhanAllah. So the one who chooses
religiosity at a young age and then consistently maintains that that cannot be compared even though
we don't you know, we're not discouraging becoming religious, older, but you can't compare the one
		

			who, for some reason, some tragedy happened and they chose religion at an older age. We're happy for
that person. But the point is, we're given the opportunity now and Allah azza wa jal told us this in
the Quran, he said it to us when our father Adam came down to this earth he told our father Adam two
simple things. This is the rule that Allah gave to our father Adam will not build them in her Jamia
you and she believes both of you come down bow bow calmly Bowden, I do realize, oh, Adam, the two of
you are going to be mortal enemies. That's rule number one. A bliss is your enemy. He's going to
seduce you he's going to tempt you like he tempted you in the garden. He will continue to tempt you
		

			on the garden of Earth. What is rule number two? For Inma yet Dianna community houden feminie Tebrau
who Daya follow your dream the Lola? Yes, woman Arado and victory for in Allahumma Isha Tom banca
we're not sure who your multi Amity atma. whoever follows My Guidance. This is the second rule, the
main rule that we're told here, whoever tongue comes to Allah subhana wa Tada. Whoever follows the
hedaya of Allah feminie Tebrau, who Daya that person shall neither go astray nor shall he be in
difficulty. sha Allah means pain and suffering. Now, this doesn't mean that if you turn to Allah,
you will not face pain in this world. It means you'll be able to cope with the pain, it means you'll
		

			have the mechanism to deal with the stress of this world.
		

			As for the one who turns away from my worship, Allah says, That person shall live a difficult life a
constrained life. banca means your chest is constricted. banca means it's just difficult. And then
on the day of judgment, we will resurrect him blind in this world. He is going to live a difficult
life in this world, every issue that happens, every calamity every masiva is going to make life so
difficult for him. And again, this is what Allah says in so many verses. Allah tells us that whoever
does good deeds and believes in Allah azza wa jal Fernando Yana who Hyatts and for yerba, we're
going to grant this person a beautiful and sweet life. Hyah Tompa yerba is promised to the one who
		

			believes in Allah and does good deeds. And this Dear Brothers and Sisters is what the reality of
Ramadan teaches us. So the goal for all of us is that we learn from our own experiences. As we feel
right now. We feel physically tired, but spiritually, we feel alive. Our bodies are tired. We've
been fasting all day. Now we're going to stand for an hour and a half. We already stood an hour
before this physically we're tired, but will Allah He inside of us, all of us the happiness and joy
because you know what? We feel as if we've done something meaningful May Allah accept we feel inside
of us. This is what I'm supposed to be doing. I feel good for being alive. Nothing I could be doing
		

			right now is more precious than bowing my head to Allah making dua to Allah do
		

			Musical for ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada this is what life is about. We feel it inside of us now agreed
when Ramadan finishes, we're not going to have the ambiance we're not going to have the people
coming to the masjid in this manner. We're not going to have officers out for an hour leading us
agreed that level is not going to be there. But the point is, as I keep on saying we don't come
crashing back down to where we were in Shaban come show while come show while yes, we're gonna come
flooding a little bit down. If we rose up 100 ranks let us come flooding 1020 30 Maybe even 80 If
you have to, but where you stop it must be more than where you began Ramadan. That's the goal. That
		

			is my ask for myself and all of you shall while and this entire year until the next Ramadan has got
to be at a plateau that was higher than pre Ramadan. And if you've done that, you've learned the
lesson of Ramadan, then the Ramadan after that you're going to raise the bar again then Daramola
after that you're going to raise the bar again so that every single Ramadan gives you your annual
boost. This is your battery being charged right now. This is your Eman being redone right now.
That's the point of Ramadan. So from now your brothers and sisters My time is up from now I asked
you two simple things. Number one, what are the shortcomings in your rituals and routines that you
		

			need to work on? Put that in your mind that inshallah from next week, or he does next week, one week
away from next week when it comes that ritual will now be a part of my routine as it was a part of
my routine in Ramadan. For those who weren't praying five times a day Wallahi Enough is enough.
hulless Enough is enough. This is the time this is the time from this show. Well first of show well
I'm going to be consistent as I was in normal bone. If you added sunnah, sunnah in the month of
Ramadan, that should be your Ask whatever you did extra that you can do do that in the next year.
And then the second ask the sins that you managed to withdraw from in Ramadan. You showed yourself
		

			you prove to yourself you can do it voluntarily. Nobody put a gun to your head. You voluntarily
lived a better life in this month. And you felt better for it didn't you feel more clean, more pure.
So now that major sin or minor sin that irritation that nuisance that makes you feel inside
disgusted and dirty? Now you make that commitment to Allah that insha Allah Who Tada I'm not going
to do this for the upcoming year. And if we do that, then it hamdulillah Ramadan has had its impact
on us may Allah azza wa jal accept from us and make us of those who prey on data to cordage