 وأقول في القرآن ما جاءت به آياته فهو الكاريم المنزاله وأقول قال الله جل جلاله والمصطف الهدي ولا أتأوّاله الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على عبد الله ورسوله نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته سوف نرى السلف الصالح كيف يكونون؟ after the month of Ramadan once the month of Ramadan had finished what guidance can we take from those people who preceded us in good about how they would behave after that month of Ramadan finished it was said to Bishr بن الحارث رحم الله تعالى إن قوما يتعبدون ويجتهدون في رمضان فقط فقال بئس القون لا يعرفون الله حقا إلا في رمضان إن الصالح الذي يتعبد ويجتهد السنة كلها it was said to him there are a group of people they worship Allah and they work hard in the month of Ramadan only just in the month of Ramadan what we might call today the Ramadan Muslim the person who when Ramadan comes they really know they dust themselves down and they do their worship they fast they pray but after Ramadan they don't worship Allah at all he said what a terrible people they are بئس القون what a terrible people they are that they only truly know Allah in Ramadan the righteous person is the one who worships and works hard the whole year round so the Salaf al-Saleh رحمه الله تعالى they didn't see that Ramadan was a time for worship and the rest of the year is a time for doing other things rather they saw Ramadan as a training program to develop their ability to worship Allah in the rest of the year and أبو منصور الشيرازي رحم الله تعالى he said in one of his gatherings he said he said what is Eid he said Eid is not for the one who غريفة له قلتي علىه it's the clothing new clothing is cut for them new clothing is tailored for them he said Eid is not the one who new clothing is tailored for them but Eid is for the one who is forgiven Subhan Allah they saw that Eid in celebration what's deserving of celebration is being forgiven by Allah and Subhan Allah just the person getting new clothes on Eid and just the person having lots of food on Eid that in itself that's not what Eid is about Eid is about what you did in the month of Ramadan and celebrating a huge act of worship that you were able to complete by the grace of Allah it's not about having new clothes and Subhan Allah we see so sad the situation that many many people they even as the month of Ramadan is drawing to a clothes they are planning and preparing how they are going to disobey Allah on the day of Eid they are planning we are going to go here we are going to do this and we will lie from so many types of haram so many things that people are planning to do of all the different kinds of haram rather there are also people who are not planning to worship Allah on that day they don't typically pray on Eid or they don't typically observe and are not careful about their prayers on Eid and this makes you fear for the person that perhaps their Ramadan has not been accepted and ultimately acceptance is in the hands of Allah and none of us know whether our deeds have been accepted or not we are all fearful of that but you fear Allah you fear when you see a person who the first thing that they do after the end of that time of worship is to disobey Allah or to plan how they are going to disobey Allah or the person who sees it as a day of new clothes and plenty of food but doesn't see it as a continuation of the worship that you had done in Ramadan the next phase of your training is to put into practice the habits you have built in Ramadan and Al-Hasn Al-Basri رحمه الله تعالى the great Imam from the Imam of the Taba'een he said وذكره وشكره فهو له عيد he said every day that Allah is not disobeyed that's a day of Eid every day that a believer spends in obedience to Allah remembering Him and being grateful to Him that's a day of Eid and that's what we do on Eid ولي تكمل العدة ولي تكبر الله على ما هداكم ولعلكم تشكرون that you may finish the days of Ramadan and you may make تكبر you say الله أكبر for what Allah guided you to ولعلكم تشكرون so you may show gratitude to Allah إيد is a day of remembering Allah a day of gratitude to Allah a day of obedience to Allah but it's not a day of disobeying الله سبحانه وتعالى or a day of forgetting الله سبحانه وتعالى that's not doesn't deserve to be called a day of Eid as Al-Hasn Al-Basri said every day that a believer spends in the worship of Allah in the obedience of Allah in the remembrance of Allah in gratitude to Allah that's the day that deserves to be called إيد وقيع ابن الجراح رحمه الله تعالى he said خرجنا مع السفيان الثوري في يوم إيد فقال إن أول ما نبدأ به في يومنا غض أبصارنا وقيع ابن الجراح رحمه الله تعالى he said we went out with سفيان الثوري رحمه الله تعالى on a day of Eid and he said the first thing that we're going to start our day with is lowering our gaze because the day of Eid and the Eid prayer is the time when all of the the women come out the people who were normally who would normally keep themselves to themselves even the young girl who was just before the age of marriage who would normally keep herself to herself that was the Islamic tradition that we had in those days that those women that were close to the age of marriage they would keep themselves to themselves and they wouldn't typically be outside and Subhanallah on that day on the day of Eid they would come out all together and so the first act of obedience that look at how the Salaf al-Saleh understood the day of Eid the first thing I'm going to do today is what it's not disobey Allah how can I finish the month of Ramadan with all of that obedience and then the first thing I do be let my eyes fall upon everything Haram instead the first thing we're going to start our day with today is lowering our gaze and this statement the first thing we're going to start with it kind of indicates doesn't it that the whole day of Eid they were thinking about how can I obey Allah Subhanahu و تعالى how can I get near to Allah they're going out to celebrate and yet still their focus is obedience to Allah and what they can do to get near to Allah المعلّأ بالفضل رحم الله و تعالى he said كانوا يدعون الله تعالى ستة أشهر أن يبلغهم رمضان و يدعونه ستة أشهر أن يتقبل منهم he said معلّأ بالفضل رحم الله و تعالى he said they used to make dua to Allah for six months to allow them to reach Ramadan and they used to make dua to Allah for the other six months for Allah to accept it from them Subhanahu و تعالى that was what was in the mind of the Salaf al-Saleh رحم الله و تعالى they were in their mind was has this been accepted from me ask Allah to accept it from me six months of the year from Ramadan six months they were making dua to Allah or Allah accept Ramadan from me accept my worship in Ramadan and then the six months prior to the next Ramadan or Allah لما بلّغنا رمضان or Allah allow us to reach Ramadan six months asking Allah to accept it and six months asking Allah to bring them to the next one that's how the Salaf al-Saleh رحم الله و تعالى that's how they used to behave after the month of Ramadan and it's also narrated from مفضل ابن لاحق أبي بشرب he said سمعتوا عديبن أوطا يخطبوا بعد انقلضاء شهري رمضان يقول he said I heard عديبن أوطا give a khutba after the end of the month of Ramadan in which he said كأنّ كبدا لم تظمأ و كأنّ عينا لم تسهر فقد ذهب الظمأ و بقي الأجر فيا لي تشعري he said I heard عديبن أوطا give a khutba after the end of the month of Ramadan in which he said it's as though we never felt any thirst and as though our eyes never stayed awake our thirst has gone and nothing remains except the reward he said فيا لي تشعري من المقبول مننا فنوها النئة و من المردود مننا فنعزيها he said يا لي تشعري he said who has been accepted from among us so that we can congratulate them and who has been rejected from among us so that we can commiserate give them our commiserations فأما أنت أيها المقبول فهاني أنها نئة he said and asked for you the one that has been accepted the deed that has been accepted هاني أنها نئة our excellent welcome you know that congratulations to you و أما أنت أيها المردود فجبر الله مصيبتك he said but for the one that has been rejected مي الله عز و جل complete يوم مصيبة مي الله عز و جل مي الله سبحانه وتعالى patch up this calamity مي الله سبحانه وتعالى fix this calamity ثم يبكي و يبكي then he began to cry and the people began to cry with him because nobody knows what has been accepted from them nobody knows what has what is going to be accepted by Allah سبحانه وتعالى إنما يتقبل الله من المتقين الله only accepts from the righteous they used to fear that and even perhaps they would cry out of the fear of not knowing whether something had been accepted from them or not and the Salaf رحمه الله تعالى they used to say to each other after the end of Ramadan من المحروم في هذا الشهر المحروم من حريم الخير و حقا المحروم من حريم داوام الطاعة حقا they used to say who is the one who has been prohibited really who has lost out on this month the one who has been lost out on this month for sure the one who has really lost out is the one who lost out on doing good the one who has lost out is the one who has lost out being continuous and regular in being Allah they used to see that the person who has lost out is the one who isn't able to be continuous after the month of Ramadan that's a sign of a person being محروم being prohibited from the good that came from Ramadan that they weren't able to have داوام الطاعة regular and consistent obedience to Allah عز وجل so we ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى الحي القيوم we ask Allah عز وجل by his greatest name the name that if he has made دعاته with it he answers in the name that if he is asked by it to make us from those people who our Ramadan was accepted and from those people who learnt lessons from this month of Ramadan and from those people who continue to act upon it and implement those lessons with consistency and continuity for the whole year around that's what Allah made easy for me to mention and Allah knows best والصلاة والسلام على نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبي أجمعي