 Imam says I'll tolerate you if you don't have any good quality except I'll tolerate you Except if you lack two qualities if you lack these two qualities No, sorry, I'm not going to tolerate you. What are those two qualities religion and intellect? What does religion mean many of us especially people who think they're religious? What is our understanding of religion being religious? Means to many of us you pray you fast you do these rituals and maybe you have a certain attire Is that what religion is? No, that's not what religion is. That's part of religion Religion means to be committed to what you actually believe in You are true to your values. You are honest You are committed. That's what Dean means an Arabic Dean means when you are committed to a path If someone prays and fast, but this person is cheating other people. This person is not committed So Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib al-Assalam tells us why he says the one who has no religion. You can't trust this person You don't feel safe with this person. This person can betray you and backstab you at any time That's the meaning of religion Religion according to Imam Ali this quality which you must have for the Imam to tolerate you and accept you You can be trusted To be trusted to be committed to your values and what you believe in Whatever you believe in by the way, whatever you believe in let's say you have a Christian who is committed to their Values and beliefs if this person is really committed you can trust this person Because in the end this person recognized they have a creator. They could be mindful of God. They have piety That's religion. That's what's most important in religion to be true to what you believe in The Imam says if this person if this person lacks commitment if this person lacks religion You can't trust this person. You can't feel safe with this person and The second one is intellect this person can see right from wrong Not foolish Because the foolish person who cannot see right from wrong Even if that person wants to help you That person will harm you That's why the hadith says don't ever befriend a fool I'm up. Why? Because the fool wants to help you he ends up harming you So the Imam says these two qualities are a must intellect and religion to have that commitment, but any other trade Honestly, I'm willing to overlook Because the Imam is teaches us is teaching us to look at the positive side of people's personality Now the holy month of Ramadan is a great opportunity my dear brothers and sisters to work on our personality and Is specifically on our habits Because when you have a change in your schedule that helps you change your habits In these 30 days Allah is giving us an opportunity. Look your schedule is changed What time you eat? How much you sleep even the timing of your sleep everything is changing physically everything is changing around you, right? Whenever you have these changes in your schedule this help you helps you change your habits It helps you change your attitude take advantage of this month There is no month which is easier for you to change your habits than the month of Ramadan take advantage of this opportunity That Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is giving you With these 30 days and then if you just add 10 more by the way 40 because we have many hadiths that speak about the Significance of 40 days if you Develop a habit and you stick to it for 40 days it Becomes part of your daily life and If you can work on yourself You can stop yourself from a bad habit for 40 days. You've succeeded That's why we have a hadith or a famous Arabic saying that says man. I share a common arba a man kind of in him if you go and Hang around a group of people live with them for 40 days You'll become like them Their qualities will have an impact on you. You'll start acting like them. You even start thinking like them, right? 40 days That's why another hadith says if you can manage To become sincere for Allah for 40 days man. I've lost a lot of arba in a sabaha If 40 days you can manage to be truly sincere to God Dedicate everything to God. What happens? Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will allow the springs of wisdom to flow from your heart down to your tongue Allah will give you that wisdom 40 days so 30 days in the month of Ramadan and then you have 10 extra days if you can work on your habits in these 40 days Rest assured that you will succeed. You can change those habits This is an opportunity that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gives us in the month of Ramadan So my dear brothers and sisters tonight take out a piece of paper and List some negative habits that you would like to rid yourself from and Then also make a list of positive habits to develop and work on them for 40 days 30 days in the month of Ramadan should be easy because you're fasting. You already have a different schedule that helps you control your habits and then all you have to do is 10 more days after eight if you can manage For 40 days to work on a good habit That habit will become part of your life And if you can manage to get rid of to get rid of a bad habit in 40 days Then after 40 days you will find that it's much easier for you to control those negative Ah