 The 14th day of Rabi'l Awal happens to be the passing of our master Imam Mahdi. The student of Imam Navi, the student of Sayyidina Abdullah Ibn Umar, the direct student of our master, the son of our master, Amir al-Mu'mineel, Umar al-Khattab, who is the direct student and the companion of our Prophet ﷺ. The 17th day is the birth of our master Imam Jasr al-Sadr, who was the teacher and the intern for our four Imams, the student of Muhammad al-Baghd, the son of Imam al-Khattab. Back for Imam al-Khattab, a direct great-great-grandson of the Prophet ﷺ. I'm very lucky. As a small child, it's narrated about him that he's just spent a significant amount of time with animals. And one of his Qalamahs that some of the people around him will say that he had an incredible ability back to communicating with them and what he would communicate with them was how to make sajda to God. He would teach animals how to make sajda to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. The 17th day also happens to be a few years ago, marking the day that religious zealots, people with no understanding of our union, decided to destroy the Ma'am and use beautiful tree of the our master Imam Navi. This is a day that we should really be contemplating on. People that have hosa and imbaz in their understanding because of a lack of dhikr, because of a lack of fiqh in their deen. An understanding in their deen destroyed a blessed place where now Navi had been sleeping for hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years. The 18th day is the birth of Bibi Um Khulthum ibn Ali. She was the fourth child of Sayyidina Ali ibn Fatim Zahra. She was then given a marriage by our master Imam Ali to Amir al-Mu'mineen, Sayyid al-Umar al-Khattab. She bore him two children, Zaid al-Nuqayr. This is a union, a blessed union between the daughter, the immediate granddaughter of our Prophet ﷺ and Sayyid al-Mu'ma. The 26th day was the death of Abu Talib, the father of Imam Ali. This happens to be, like I mentioned, a blessed occasion. This is a beautiful month. This is the month of Heja. This is the month of the Maudid. This is the month in which our Prophet ﷺ married our mother, Bibi Khadija, who bore him six children. This is the building, this is the month where the first masjid of Islam was built, Masjid Quba. We know about Masjid Quba that if a person is to make wudu and go to the masjid and perform two cycles of prayer, they get the reward of performing ulama. According to Imam Muhammad, he would go regularly on Saturdays to visit Masjid Quba. This is our history. And this is where we come from. And this is the foundation of our deans. This is the foundation of our understanding of our religion. You can't argue with history. So, we are commanded, commanded. And if you don't understand this, we have a very disfigured understanding of our religion. You as a Muslim, me as a Muslim, anyone who says, Ashadu ala ila ila illa Allah, and Ashadu an-Masjidina Muhammad Rasulullah ﷺ, must, must, must show gratitude to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala and express happiness upon the arrival of our Prophet ﷺ into this world. Whether you agree on standing in saying salams, whether you agree that the 12th day of Rabi'il Awal is the actual month because there were some scholarly differences about whether it was the 12th, 17th, or 19th, fine. It's inconsequential whether you believe that this is supposed to be something an integrative part of our religion in terms of the actual recognition of the day. But if you don't, show gratitude to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala on the arrival of our Prophet ﷺ into this world, as him being sent, as Rahmatil ila alameen, and something is wrong with our deans, and our understanding of our deans, in our practice of our deans. This is the day when we don't do something to try to change our religion. We don't put trees in our home and decorate them in a particular way. But it is a day where my teachers, I ask them, what's the practice of a true Muslim on the knowledge of the Prophet ﷺ? What are we supposed to do? And I was quoted from Ibn Hajjah. My teacher said, Ibn Hajjah, Ibn Allah, I'm said that every single day of your life is a celebration of the arrival of the Prophet ﷺ. I was taught as a child, literally. We did a celebration of the modus of the Prophet ﷺ every single month, every single week, every single opportunity that we had as a family gathering. We did, we gathered, I mean, and we beautified our gathering with Sadafah upon the Prophet ﷺ. So I asked, and I'm sure if my teachers told me, this is a time for the past. This is the time to recite Qur'an and Tani. This is a time to visit family members on this day. This is the day for extra players. Every single birthday I had, whether you believe in birthdays or don't believe in birthdays, this is what my mother taught me. Whether you believe in celebrating a Western birthday or an Eastern birthday or a Hijjahdi birthday or whatever type of birthday you decide to celebrate, my mother always taught me, whether you do any special recognition. You can have a cake and a this and a that, you can do those things. She said, what's most important is you stop and do two raka'a at the beginning of your day and shukr shukr to Allah. And thank Him for giving you life. And thank Him for giving you all the ni'amah that was sent into your life and asking to increase you in your remembrance and your shukr and your practice and the sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ. That's what I did, all the time. He said, this was the time to read some Sida because Muslims don't know when Harib Omar came and blessed us in this masjid with the gathering, that same evening we sat with him and he asked the children in the room, name the six children of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, name his konya back to Adnan, name his in-laws. You have to know the Prophet. We know the members of our family like we know our own children. We know their names. We know their birthdays. We know their likes. We know their dislikes. But now we find ourselves on the 12th day of Rabi'l Awal and we have to take the opportunity to get to know the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Who was he? How did he look? How did he practice his religion? Because if we're going to reach Allah ﷺ which should be our first and primary goal in our lives, to return to them with good akhlaq, to return to him, subhanahu wa ta'ala with qalz salim. And there's no better path than the way of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. We're only going to enter into the presence of Allah through, as we know, the dua, the adhan, nil wasiha. Through the intercession, through the practice, through the sunnah of our Prophet ﷺ. So this is the day for us to seriously call upon you as Muslims, as fathers, as mothers, as children, as youth, as older people, whoever we are. What are we going to do to get closer to the Prophet ﷺ? And to his practice and to understanding this sunnah? Even if it means just sitting down to drink water and not standing. So, Allah ﷺ says in Surah Al-Taqarah فَاَذْكُلُونِ اَذْكُلْكُلْ وَاَشْكُلُونِ وَنَا اَذْكُلْ So remember me and I will remember you subhanahu wa ta'ala. And be grateful to me and do not disobey me. So that's Khudun. We don't attribute characteristics of Allah ﷺ to our Prophet. He's not a Muslim. We don't worship him. We don't do our prayers to him. We do prayers upon him subhanahu wa ta'ala. We try to connect ourselves to the Sadduat that Allah ﷺ His angels are sending upon him. But we're remembering him. Subhanahu wa ta'ala. I'm showing gratitude to him. And Lu was the greatest of the daqidi. The greatest of the people who remember. Our Prophet ﷺ. And we also know that Allah ﷺ connects his commandments and his obedience to obedience and the commandments of Allah ﷺ. Obey Allah and obey the Messenger of God. So it's incumbent upon us imperative over the course of our spiritual aspirations over the course of our spiritual careers in our lives. And do as he commanded and try to stay away from the things that he'd asked us to stay away from. Like I said even just sitting and drinking water. Ibn At-Taa'Allah. And so this is what he says. And reflection upon this verse. He says if you want the door of hope if you want the door of hope opened up for you. He said then consider what Allah ﷺ what is coming from him to you. Look at all the things that come from him to you. And then your hope opened up. And Imam Ali ﷺ says opening just a trickle just a trickle. A gratitude will open the floodgate. So if we just consider our ability to blink our ability to hear if anyone has ever been into the middle of the desert you will actually show gratitude for having nose hair. You will show gratitude for having hair in your ears. Because the dust is so profuse. You'll show gratitude for being able to blink or being able to relieve yourself. Being able to seriously feel things in your body the ability to feel nerve endings in your fingertips. This is all ne'amah from Allah. Even the ability to feel pain. Ne'amah. The ability that you actually when something's wrong your body tells you you can do something about it. Ne'amah from Ne'amah to Allah. He says but if you want the door of sadness to open up for you then consider what goes from you to him. Because whatever we do if we were to expend every moment of our lives. If we were to expend every single penny of our wealth. If we were to sacrifice every single thing that we had in this world for the sake of Allah it still wouldn't be enough. It wouldn't be enough. And if there's anyone that disagrees with me please talk to me after the khilda. We could literally give up every single thing that we have been given as a blessing from Allah and it would not be enough. We know the story, the beautiful story of the person that spent over his whole and higher life in a remote area simply milking a small plant engaging in a little bit of eating and then engaging the rest of his time in doing the good and then pray. And he's asked you're admitted to jannah by my my name is Rahmah. He said but not by my deeds and then the hisaab is shown. All the good deeds versus all of the ibadah and the good deeds outweigh. So in honor of the maulah of the prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam we should also take him to a small plant something small from Sayyidina Muhammad alayhi wa sallam where the jams are sitting with one of the greatest scholars of our time. His father was the Imam of the Haram Sharif in Mecca before the current regime came and changed things. He was one of the greatest scholars literally of our time. He compiled this and he compiled it and many of the sources come from Jirid al-Qayyum and even Hajj al-Haitan. But he talks about the benefits of doing Sadawan because one of the jams who told me to be today is doing lots of Sadawan to follow the Prophet, especially during the Mughal and the benefits of doing Sadawan and Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Number one he said it's responding to the order of Allah SWT Number two you're following the sunnah of Allah SWT and his angels. Number three ten blessings from Allah SWT reached the person who's doing Sadawan upon him even one time and ten degrees are raised and ten good deeds are entered into his account and ten bad deeds are erased. By simply reciting Allah SWT it is a du'a that is always accepted no matter who is reciting it. You could be a Muslim you could be a non-Muslim you could be anyone you could be a practicing Muslim a non-practicing Muslim. It's the only du'a that's always accepted, universal acceptance. Sayyid Muhammad al-Qadha used to recite the Sadawan at the beginning of the du'a and at the end of the du'a because if something in the beginning is accepted and the end is accepted there's hope that everything in between is accepted as well. He said number five it fulfills all of your worldly needs anything that you require of the dunya it'll be fulfilled through Sadawan of the Prophet s.a.w. Number six it'll increase your nearness to the Prophet s.a.w. Number seven for the person who is too poor the person who is under misad for the one who receives the cat from others this is their opportunity of giving Sadawan to the Sadawan of the Prophet s.a.w. Number eight know that when you say Sadawan s.a.w. an angel is appointed that takes your Sadawan directly to the Messenger of Allah s.w. and he returns the blessing and the greed Number nine it illuminates your gatherings Number ten he says it helps you remember something if you forget if you can't remember something Sadawan s.a.w. and you'll remember he said number eleven it saves you from miserliness because the greatest miser is the one who doesn't say Sadawan s.a.w. he says and it refines your character and increases you in good manners he said and it increases your love for the Messenger of Allah s.w. it will help you it will help you cross the Siyat on the Day of Judgment and it is your opportunity to express your gratitude to the Prophet s.w. for everything that he's done for imam in honour of imam because his grave is mentioned on the 17th day two years ago was destroyed and his teachings will not be imam now always says do a few things to keep your nafs in check to control yourself this is the day also where you're supposed to control yourself and show gratitude he says don't eat as much this is the Sunnah of the Prophet one third, one third and one third we all know this don't overeat we just finish Thanksgiving you couldn't even get into the car and unbuckle your belt before you left the house wear your spandex pants before you go to dinner this is not the Sunnah number two turn to Allah for all the unforeseen circumstances when it hits you your cryptocurrency went to 11,000 then went down to 9,000 okay turn to Allah people I'm getting text messages oh my god I'm losing every turn to God don't invest in cryptocurrency it might be a good thing number three stay away from situations where you're scared that you're going to enter into error if you think you might get into a problem stay away from it drive the speed limit ways tells you there's a cop ahead, slow down listen number four he says recite lots of astaghfaw and do lots of sadawats in the daytime and in the nighttime number five find a knowledgeable teacher and keep a separate keep with him as much as you can it'll protect you from everything unseen pray on time and pray your Sunnah prayers according to Abu Hanim there's 12 Sunnah prayers that you should do everyday pray the Duhal prayer it's giving zakat upon every joint in your body and you'll get the reward of your umrah pray 6 rakat between Ma'minah and Isha if you can and pray to Hajjud in winter before Fajr fast on Mondays the day that the Prophet was born Monday it's a good day to fast fast on Thursdays and fast on light days the 13th, 14th and 15th day of every month recite Quran with presence Imam al-Haddad says very clearly when you recite the Quran, when you read the Quran don't think of it as some imaginary person that Allah is addressing when you see a commandment, implement it in your life when you see a prohibition, implement it in your life when you hear the story find the correlation in your life he says and lastly do zikr of the Prophet in the morning and in the evening and we will be back Imam al-Haddad says Allah says in the Quran after the time of Allah the devil is a great man Allah and His angels will be praying to the Prophet O you who believe and pray to him and he will be accepted Allah is the greatest Imam al-Haddad and his wife we will be back