 So I'm like I'm ready. This is use of other just wanted to share some notes with you She comes the use of he delivered the Juma Khutba at MCC East Bay in Pleasanton today, and I took some notes I thought they would be useful for you as well He gave some really good action steps for the last 10 days of Ramadan and wanted to share those with you So number one he said that just like professionals such as doctors have continuous learning To keep their knowledge up to date similarly Muslims should use Ramadan To return to the madrasa of the Quran number two partake in Qiyamah Lail Even if it is as simple as making intention to pray Turaqat of Nafl after every Isha prayer number three be patient Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam he called Ramadan Shahr Sabar the month of patience Number four do not fight if you do fight in Ramadan It's an indication that there's something wrong with the way you're fasting number five Some scholars say that you should look for a little qadr in every night of the year not just in Ramadan or the last ten nights of Ramadan the Sahabur radi allahu anhu dehi suspends six months before Ramadan praying that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala let them see Ramadan and then the six months after Ramadan Praying that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala accept from them and she comes I went into some detail about being patient through trials You remind us that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is with us. He's not an absentee landlord He didn't abandon us no matter how bad it looks and we should understand that the Rahmah the mercy of the dunya Is that whatever difficulty we're going through in this life? It's still better than punishment in the Akhirah Our Oma resembles the Oma of Bani Israel and they went through extreme trials and hardships under Fara'un so it's all about being patient through adversity and Being grateful for blessings and it's a very high of Maqam for a person Some people can do this that they have gratitude in adversity You remind us that the prophets their tribulations were a means of elevation for us tribulations are usually a means of Cleansing some people they witness difficulty and then they start asking where is God? But a better question is where are you because we should know that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala he is always with us And Sheikh Hamza to also talked about Muslim attitudes. He reminded us that in the Quran There's very specific categories for different types of non-Muslims But when it comes to Muslims Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala addresses us as one So the Muslims should be united in reality. Unfortunately. What happens is we do the opposite we create divisions Amongst ourselves and fight amongst ourselves But we treat them non-Muslims as a single entity and unfortunately We don't necessarily treat them in a very good way when reality if there's non-Muslims are good to us We should be good to them. I also mentioned that anybody sewing divisiveness in the Oma now He considers that person a shaitan and he gave us another tip, which was that we should pray for mercy not justice So we keep demanding justice people are always talking about wanting justice, but we don't want it for ourselves We want mercy for ourselves. No one stands on Arafah begging for justice He also mentioned that we should look at how the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam how he treated Non-Muslims house Salahuddin al-ayyubi Rahimahullah how he treated the crusaders and in the past when something would go wrong Muslims would ask what did we do? All right next tip number seven get some portion of The last ten nights of Ramadan do what you can maybe you work maybe you can't stay up all night long But at least try to get some piece of it number eight be grateful to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and two people Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Mentioned that if we're grateful to him, he'll increase his favor on us But he also mentions that few of his servants are grateful There's a hadith that says that a person who doesn't think small things doesn't think big things There's another hadith that says that a person who doesn't think people Doesn't think Allah okay tip number nine don't whine the more you whine the more Allah Ta'ala gives you to whine about but the more you're grateful the more Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gives you to be grateful for The last step he mentioned was to pay Zakat al-Fitr. It's an important part of Ramadan So make sure that you pay it on time. So those are the ten tips. I gathered from Shaikh Hamza Yusuf Khutbah today I hope they were beneficial to you and I appreciate if you could let me know if this is beneficial or not And let me know how it can improve If you felt that this was useful, please do share it with other people who can benefit and I asked Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to grant all of you a Mubarak Ramadan and to accept all of your Ibadah as-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh