 وصلى الله وسلم على سيدنا محمد وأهل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين مرحباً هذه المنطقة جميلة في الولد ورأيكم ان تتبعوا المساجدين إلى المساجدين والمساجدين إلى المساجدين الاسلاميين ومساجدين الاسلاميين في هذا المنطقة لما يعطي المساجدين المنطقة من الله هو عندما تأتي إلى المسجد عندما تشارتي انتへ argument when you visit حين يستخدموا達ه when you visit your community members حين تق involved حين يتعلق고 use with the property and those who pay and theumpraies and the supplications with them that brings lots of meaning and of flavor into the fasting of the month of Ramallah And of course when you come لدينا أفضل من هذا المنزل هو محمد محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم هذا الحديث يساعدنا بإمامنا الإمام علي يبنو موسى الرضا عليه الصلاة والسلام عن أبائه من أبوه ورسول الله ورسوله من أبوه ورسوله لذلك أبوه أبوه ورسوله من أبوه ورسوله من أبوه من ابيض أبوه ورسوله من أبوه هذه الأبوه ورسوله من أبوه ورسوله من أبوه و 거예요 أبوه ورسوله من أبوه ورسوله من أبوه وقت الغربة الشعبان أن موسطف وريف في مكا لن تنسأل بجزء ليس بجانب لقد قامت إلى مدينة في الثلاثة سنة في مدينة، القرآن قامت في سورة البقرة، يا أيها الذين آمنوا، كتب عليكم الصيام، كما كتب علي الذين من قبلكم، لعلكم تتقون now. فاستنك has been prescribed over you as it has been with previous religions and generations. فكتب عليكم الصيام، كما كتب علي الذين من قبلكم، فاستنك يقفل ورحمة، ومخفر. هذا المنزل قامت بيجيلة ثلاثة. سبب مرحلة مرحلة مرحلة. ماذا مرحلة؟ ماذا يفعل مرحلة؟ نحن always say God bless you. What does it mean bless? What is the true meaning of a blessing? We say we have so much blessings from God. What do you mean by that? Blessing when Islam means continuity, sustainability and stability. It means what God would give you and bestows upon you remains there. It's not taken away from you. I'll give you an example. You may say God bless your children. What does it mean? God bless your children. It means that your children are going to be the source of giving, the source of honor, the source of pride for you. They are not going to be a burden on you. Many children God give families some of them. He gives them many boys, many girls. But they are a source of burden on the family. The family is not a plight of their children. And sometimes God gives only one son, only one daughter to one family. One, not five, not ten. But that one is a plenty. Plenty in goodness. Plenty in giving, in contribution to the family. So this is the meaning of a blessing. Your son is a blessing. It means your son or your daughter is the source of continuity, sustainability, stability. God bless your house. What does that mean? It means your house becomes a source or a center of goodness. Some homes are not a source of goodness. There is always fighting, always conflict, always divorce, always courts, always they going 9-1-1. The cops they know the house. Even if they close their eyes they know how to get to it. Because they've been to it many many times. This is not a source of blessing. This is not a house that has Baraka. This is a house without Baraka. A house with Baraka is the house that has a stability. Beauty. The Quran says second. Second is shelter. You enjoy it. You enjoy the house. There is no headache. There is no conflict. There is harmony. There is respect. The father respects the mother. The mother respects the father. The children respect their parents. The parents respect their children. And the respect is a mutual. And members of the family they help each other. They stand with each other. They are not against each other. In some homes there is always screams and yellings and bad words and anger. This is not a home. You have to keep the peace. And that is the job of the father number one. The father has to be a role model. An example of bringing peace into the family. The father should not scream. Should not disrespect. And then the mother. If we are good example our children would look at us. And most likely they would follow our example. So this is the meaning of. Or if we say a country that has blessings. Our master is about Makkah. أول بيتن. مباركا مباركا. Makkah is a place of blessings. What does that mean? It means when you go there you receive forgiveness from God. When you go there you get peace of mind in Makkah. Place of and the same thing with Jerusalem. Allah says. سبحان الذي أسلع بعبده ريلة من المسجد الحوامي إلى المسجد الحقصة. الذي باركنا حوله. The farthest mosque which is Jerusalem in Jerusalem. Where we made its territory a blessing. باركنا حوله. Because it should be. Now it's not a source of peace. It's a source of conflict and bloodshed right now. But that is not what it's supposed to be. It's supposed to be a place for Jews, Christians, Muslims and others. They all have to have sense of belonging to that place. It belongs to Abraham. Abraham is the founder before himself. Those are the founders. So it has to be the place of peace, tranquility. So the prophet says. إنه قد أقبل إليكم شهر الله تعالى بالباركة. This month carries blessings in this month. The days of this month has blessings. The months of this, the nights of this month. Because you get something out of that. What do you get? Look at what the prophet says. You get the mercy of God. You get the forgiveness of God. If God does not provide us with Ramadan. And if he does not tell me and tell you that. I'm going to forgive you in Ramadan. I'm going to forgive your sins. We would reach the state of despair. And we will be definitely frustrated. Because we know God is not forgiving me. Why should I be good anymore? Why should I be good? I'm not going to be good anymore. Because God is angry at me. And he doesn't want to forgive me. But God says no. I'm forgiving you. I'm open my doors for you during this month. These thirty nights the prophet says. All Satan's are handcuffed. Handcuffed. All Satan's. And Satan's are handcuffed. They cannot reach to you. They cannot hurt you. They cannot deceive you. So take advantage. All those bad things. The bad ones are handcuffed. So you are safe in this month. So take this opportunity to go to God. شهرن وعند الله أفضل الشهور. أيامه أفضل أيام لياليه أفضل لياليه. ساعاته وأفضل ساعات. شهرن دعيتم فيه إلى ذيافة الله. وجعلتم فيه من أهل كبابة الله. الله. The food that you ate today here. The Iftar. Who's the owner and who's the host. Is Allah Subhanahu و تعالى. God. Yes God has some agents. Who put the food. Who bring you the food. The drink. Those are agents. But the provider. The real host. Is God. And you are the VIPs. وجعلتم فيه من أهل كرامة الله. All of you. All of you. Without distinction. Are VIPs of God. During this month. When you breathe. When you breathe. You are sanctifying God. It's going to be considered sanctification. When you breathe. And when you breathe. Now you have worship. When you go to sleep. Then this is an act of worship. Your sleep is considered. An act of service. And worship. Because you are energizing yourself. Repairing yourself. For another round of service. وعملتم فيه مقبول. Every act that you present. Is accepted by God. وضعتم فيه مستجاب. Your prayers are accepted. Then the prophet says. تصدقوا على فقرائكم ومساقينكم. In this month. Make a special effort. To reach out to the poor. And the destitute. You also cannot afford food. Try to find them. That is the best act in this month. The best act that pleases God. Is to reach out to people in your neighborhood. In your city. In your county. And say. This is a meal. This is some food. Even if they don't know you. They don't know your name. And you don't know their names. And you shouldn't even know their names. You shouldn't even know their religion. And their identity. Because they are humans. They are humans. Reach out to them. Try to help them. I said yesterday in the Friday prayers. Ramadan should not be only. Exclusively for us. Ramadan should be for all Americans. How is that? We fast. We are not going to ask Americans to fast. Though many of them are fasting. Many non-Muslims. They do share the fasting. I know many of them. Men and women. Every year. Some of them fast 30 days of this month. And they are Christians. They are non-Muslims. But. How do you share the blessings of this month. By introducing Islam to them. Invite them for a meal. For Iftar. To break the fast. Your fast. Share it with them. If it is difficult for you. You don't have enough room in your house. Enough facility. Make some food. Some pastry. Some sweets. Whatever. And take it to them. Tell them this is the month of Ramadan. They are going to ask you. About the occasion. Tell them now it's the month of Ramadan. This is a holy month. A month that we go back to God. And reach out to our neighbors. This is how we share the blessing. Invite them into your institutions. Into your mosques. Let them come. Let them sit on the floor. And eat with you. Break a bread. And tell them who you are. Tell them this is me. This is my religion. This is my tradition. So try to reach out to them. تصدقوا على فقرائكم. ومساكينكم. وقروا كباركم. In this month respect the elderly. I know many young generation. They do not respect their parents. They don't respect them. I'm not saying respect them. Just salute them every morning. Like military officer. No. They don't expect that from you. Respect. It means when they say something to you. They say this is harmful. Don't get close to this. Don't do this. Don't eat this. Don't go there. Listen to them. Because they have more, more what? Experience in this life. And more knowledge. Beside they love you. I cannot imagine a father or a mother who hates her son. I can't imagine. Believe me. There is no father or a mother who hates his children. They don't hate you. So listen to them. Listen to them and respect them. Respect the elderly. If you want your children tomorrow to come and respect you. You must respect your parents today. You must respect them. I said so many times to many people who come here to convert to Islam. And they tell me what should we do with our parents. I tell them from now on that you are converting to Islam. Embracing this new religion. You have to respect your parents even more. Because now you are a Muslim. You have a big responsibility. You are a different human being. And God says in the book وَقَضَى رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُ إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ وَبِلْ وَالِدَيْنِ اِحْسَانًا worship me and be nice to your parents. وَرْحَمُوا صِلَا رَكُمْ respect your elderly and bestow mercy on the young ones. Bestow mercy on them. Do not neglect them. A father should not neglect his children. If you are neglecting them outside Ramadan, do not do this during the month of Ramadan. Pay more attention. Spend more time. Your children they need you. They need to speak to you. They need to see the father. They need to see him visible there. Also they need the mother. They need to see more love, more care from the mother. So bestow more mercy on the young ones. وَصِلُوا أَرْحَمَكُمْ صِلُوا أَرْحَمَكُمْ means connect with your extended family. Many people who live in this country and elsewhere, they don't get a chance to call their aunts, their uncles, their cousins, their relatives. They don't. They work like a machine. Many people in this country they are machines by the way. Believe me they are machines. Machines in the shape of a human being. Machines. So they don't get a chance. They don't even remember that they have an extended family. They don't reach out to them. During this month reach out to your extended family. How many cousins you have? Give them a call. Give them a call. Nowadays if the call was expensive in the past or it takes time. Nowadays with WhatsApp you can leave a 30-second message. Hey, how are you? I love you. I miss you. That's it. At least say hate to them so they know you are still alive. And they realize that this is the month of mercy. This is the month of connection. Connection with each other. Try to reach out to them from today, from tomorrow. Reach out to your extended family members. وَحْفَضُواْ أَلْسِينَتَكُمْ The prophet says in this month save God your tongues. The most uncontrollable organ that we have in our body is the tongue. We have less control over the tongue. As soon as we get angry as soon as we get angry immediately we say something bad. And this is unacceptable. This would hurt your character. This would compromise your integrity. You would lose your value. People judge you by what you say. Because what you say is the reflection of your heart. Your character. Your spirit. If your spirit is good what you say is going to be good. If the spirit is evil what we say is also evil. So let's try to control the tongue. Let's consider what we say. أمير المؤمنين إمام عليه الصلاة والسلام He says فَمُلْ عَقِلِ فَمُلْ عَقِلِ قَلْبُ العَقِلِ أَمَامًا أَمَامًا فَمِهِ إنسان who is wise who is wise he puts his heart first then tongue second but the foolish the ahmak he puts his tongue first and then the heart second meaning that when he speaks when he throws the bad things then he start thinking oh why did I say this this was too bad if the person who is wise he doesn't say unless he evaluates what I'm going to say is it good or bad if it is good he will send it out if it is bad he would not send it he would restrain it he would restrain it وَحْفَضُوا أَلْسِينَتَّكُمْ safeguard your tongue isn't this one when you speak to your family members when you speak to everyone believe me sometimes you can win the hearts of people through your tongue through something small you say something very small small sentence small word you say you can win the hearts and the mind of many people around you and this is exactly the teaching of this book our book now we have a president who does not control his tongue and look at what he is doing now to America he is hurting his country he is hurting 330 million people because he cannot control his tongue it damages not only sometimes sometimes someone says something damages himself and sometimes it damages his county and sometimes it damages the whole country rather the whole world احفظوا السنة and then وغفوا عما لا يحلوا النظر إليه أبصارك تقرأوا بيائسك too في هذا المنزل وعما لا يحلوا الإستماع إليه أسمعك تأكيدوا بشكل مخفض لا تقرأوا بهم لا تقرأوا بهم تقرأوا بهم تقولوا في المنزل من ذلك لا تتكلم my heart through listening to something bad لا تتكلم وتحننو و سأتكم with this small sentence وتحننو على ايتام الناس وتحننو على ايتامكم in the month of Ramadan be extra compassionate with the orphans there are orphans in your community in this country and other countries sometimes you see the orphans sometimes you see their pictures in Syria alone there are hundreds of thousands of orphans today in one country in Iraq alone there are millions of orphans reach out to them I know they could not be your relative but they are humans they are related to you in a humanity and you have to be responsible in this life God did not send me to this life just for me to eat and drink and have fun this is the life of animals God says I will judge you on the day of judgment by the number of the lives you saved I don't care how much you prayed how much you fast this was done for you I care about how much lives you saved how many lives how many lives on that day God is going to judge us and reward us based on how many lives you dignified you saved you brought them back to dignity and one example of that are the orphans reach out to them try to contribute try to give try to feed if you can do it yourself this is wonderful if not ask someone that you trust tell them these are 50 bucks give it to someone buy some food for this family for that family for this orphan what the prophet says be extra compassionate and careful with the orphans during this month may Allah bless you blessings on all of you and your families and your children and accept your fasting during this month remember to recite Quran Quran is a book that opens our hearts and our minds in this month this month witness the birth of this book not only this book in Islam we believe even Torah all testament even the Bible arrived on Moses and Jesus during the month of Ramallah a holy month for all religions so try to read at least one section one just this book has 30 sections one section insha'Allah and we see you every night here we break break right together invite your friends and your neighbors بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الله مغفر للمؤمنين والمؤمنات والمسلمين والمسلمات الأحياء منهم والأموات تابع لهم بيننا وبينهم بالخيرات وانا على مرضان بالشفاء والصحة والعافية وعدر في فرج سيدنا ومولانا صاحب العصري والزمان وإلى الله المؤمن والمؤمنات والشهداء ثواب الفاتح مع الصلاة وهي محمد