 Rahman Al Raheem, salam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, alhamdulillahi rabbil alamin wa salatu wa salamu ala Sayyidina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi ajma'in Ramadan Mubarak Alhamdulillahi by the Fadl of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has allowed us once again to enter into this blessed month of Ramadan we pray to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for ease and acceptance extremely extremely grateful for this year's Ramadan we as we enter into this month last year was a very very interesting and very very unique year for us as Muslims around the world and here at home but this year inshallah we are hoping that some of that will change while all of us may not be able to go to the masjid every day we are still grateful to Allah that the masjid is open and we will be able to go inshallah i'm reminded of the famous you know dua of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam when he would see the Allahumma barikrana fi rajab wa washa'ban wa bellighna Ramadan the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam started making dua to come into Ramadan two months before right two months before and then he would not only make this dua and continue this dua as the month of shaban would begin he was so eager to make ibadah and worship and the greatest act of ibadah and worship that of fasting that the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam started fasting in the month of shaban and then of course you know we come to the month of Ramadan the month of Ramadan is a month of mercy the month of Ramadan is a month of blessings the month of Ramadan is a month that reminds us of the taqwa of Allah consciousness of Allah fear of Allah love of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala which is why even those people that may be doing things that they shouldn't be doing right even those things they try to get done with them before Ramadan begins because they don't want to do them in Ramadan and that's a sign for their love of Allah their love for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala their reverence and love for the month of Ramadan and their desire to be on their best behavior during the month of Ramadan so we pray to Allah that this month is one filled with blessings for us as we cite the crescent of the month of Ramadan there's a you know there's a dua that the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam would make ibadah ibn samit radi allahu anhu narrates and he says that the prophet alaihi upon citing the crescent of Ramadan would say oh Allah preserve me for Ramadan safeguard and preserve Ramadan for me and accept it from me right so this is one of those things what we want to keep in mind and then there's another hadith of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam where the prophet sallallahu alaihi reminds us right the first 10 days are days of the mercy of Allah the middle 10 days are days of seeking forgiveness from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and the last 10 days are seeking protection from the hellfire so let us make this month of Ramadan one filled with blessings i know so many people have continued to say that last year's Ramadan despite all that we weren't able to do was you know one of their best Ramadan's you know people were able to be at home were able to you know manage and maintain a schedule be with family and so on and so forth but let's not forget that whatever we are able to do is from Allah and whatever we may be unable to do not from our obligations but from our voluntary actions and that is also from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala what we fail to realize at times that if someone is driving to work driving back from work right inshaAllah as Muslims we intend and we anticipate that even that is in reward because we are we are traveling towards a halal sustenance we are returning back to our families after having earned a halal sustenance so in really it's all about the intention and everything that we do we find that it is you know we are being rewarded from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala so once again this will definitely be a unique Ramadan and will be a Ramadan in which you know we may not be able to go to the masjid every day but we hope and pray to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that it's a blessed one so with that said you know once again Ramadan Mubarak to all of you your families wherever you are and you know we pray to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for acceptance and let us ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make this a month of dua make this a month of ibadah make this make this a month of love compassion and make this a month which is counted in the court of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala with the anticipation inshaAllah that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has nothing but his mercy destined for every single one of us