 فشرف بالشتغالي بالعلم ولا تبغي به ما عشت يدى بدلى وياله من شراف عظيمي الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والسناء الجميل وشد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له يقول الحق وهو يهدي السبيل وشد أن سيدنا ونبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وعليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بيحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد my beloved brothers and sisters as you're all aware of the great noble month شهر رمضان is coming our way it's a month in which Allah سبحانه وتعالى said about it شهر رمضان الذي انزل فيه القرآن هودى للناس وبينات من الهدى والفرقان it is a month that Allah سبحانه وتعالى had said about the Quran Allah سبحانه وتعالى he gave this particular month over all of the other months in the year he gave it he gave it distinct unique virtue from the things which Allah تعالى he gave it is the odor and the smell that comes from the mouth of the person who is fasting it smells more to Allah سبحانه وتعالى and it smells better to him من ريح المسك than the smell of misk also the angels they ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى forgiveness للصائمين other ones who are fasting حتى يفطروا until they break their fasting the third virtue and the third unique virtue that Allah تعالى has given this month of Ramadan is Allah سبحانه وتعالى he beautifies every single day for the people who are fasting and Allah تعالى he says يوشيك وعبادي الصالحون my slaves who are righteous they are very close to entering into this place the fourth virtue the fourth unique virtue that this month has is الشياطين are chained the fifth unique characteristic which Allah سبحانه وتعالى has given this month is تفتح في أبواب الجنة وتغلقوا أبواب النار the doors of jannah are open and the doors of the hellfire are closed the sixth unique characteristic that Allah سبحانه وتعالى has chosen to give this particular month شهر رمضان is فيه ليلة القدر هي خير من ألف شهر من حرمة خيرها فقد حرمة خير الكثير in it is ليلة القدر ليلة القدر is better than a thousand months من حرمة anybody who is prevented the virtue of this particular month or this particular night ليلة القدر فقد حرمة الخير كل all forms of good are prohibited from you if you do not achieve good on ليلة القدر then you truly have have lost every good there is the seventh unique virtue that this month has been given is يغفروا الصائمين في آخر ليلة من رمضان every night the people who are fasting الله تبارك وتعالى He forgives them and the last but not least unique virtue for this month of Ramadan is ليلة عتقاء من النع ودالك كل ليلة من رمضان الله تبارك وتعالى He has people He has slaves He frees from the hellfire and that is only in every single night of Ramadan so I say to my beloved brothers and sisters is there any month that you know that has gathered all of those virtues it is a month it's virtue it's unique virtue it has not been compiled in any other month the way it has been in Ramadan so each and every one of us has to face Ramadan and to benefit from Ramadan بالتوبة النصوح we need to come with sincere repentance والعزيمة الصادقة and that we come with unwavering conviction on what is going to benefit from Ramadan we need to come with an unwavering conviction we need to come with a determination that when Ramadan enters we truly are going to benefit from it we also need to fill our time بالأعمال الصالح righteous actions and we also have to ask الله سلسل الإعانة على حسن عبادته we have to ask Allah that He aids us that He supports us in coming with these righteous actions إخوة الفضالة my beloved brothers and sisters I wanted to insha'Allah to state some righteous actions that become very important in Ramadan that become very important for each and every one of us to come with the first of those is أصوم فاستن this month we have to fast but many of us don't truly understand what fasting means our perception and our understanding of fasting is very shallow the reality of fasting my beloved brothers and sisters is to not fast only from food and drinking but is to fast also from your شهوات your desires و لذلك دمسج عريه الصلاة والسلام he says من لم يدع قول الزور the prophet عريه الصلاة والسلام says explicitly من لم يدع قول الزور والعمل به فليس لله حاجة في أي دع طعمه وشرابه أقراجه البخاري دمسج صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول لنا that the person who doesn't leave off false testimony he lies, deceives causes corruption yet and he also acts in ignorance foul language doesn't protect his tongue doesn't save God his private part فليس لله حاجة الله doesn't have any need from you الله doesn't require from you سبحانه وتعالى في أي دع طعمه وشرابه that you leave off drinking and eating that doesn't mean that the fasting is uplifted from you but what it means is that you have truly destroyed the true concept you have truly gone against the true essence of what fasting is this is a month where you fast from two things you fast from from your shahawat and your desires and you also fast from eating and drinking the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم he told us الصوم جنة fasting is a shield فإذا كان يوم صوم أحدكم that if one of you is fasting فلا يرفث ولا يفسق don't be foul language don't speak foul don't have sexual intercourse فإن سابه أحد if anyone insults you uses foul language against you really kills you فليقل say to them إني مرء صائب I am a fasting person أخرجه البخاري ومسلم so if you are fasting يا عبد الله يا أمت الله or slave of Allah you are fasting then let your mouth fast let your hearing your ears fast with you let your eyesight also fast with you let your tongue also fast with you let all of your lips fast with you and do not let your fasting only be fasting from food and drinking if you come with that then you have truly come with what fasting is what song is the second righteous action that one can come with in Ramadan is القيام that the person stands this night standing here my beloved brothers and sisters it means standing in prayer as the Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم he said من صامة رمضان إيمانا وحتسابا غفر لهم ما تقدم من دنبه وما تأخر anyone who stands in the منطف رمضان with two characteristics إيمانا وحتسابا you stand up with sincerity and hoping reward from Allah سبحانه وتعالى then and only then your sins will be forgiven for you and إن شاء الله وتعالى what it means إيمانا وحتسابا I will leave that to the end of my lecture الله سبحانه وتعالى he says in Surah Al-Furqan ayat 63 to ayat 64 وعباد الرحمن الذين يمشون على الأرض هونى وإذا خاطبهم الجاهنون قالوا سلاما والذين يبيتون لربهم سجدا وقياما الله says وعباد الرحمن the true slaves of Allah آهو الذين يمشون على الأرض هونى they walk on this earth they walk on this earth in a state of tranquility humility and humbleness وإذا خاطبهم الجاهلون قالوا سلاما when the ignorant ones address them ignorantly and they speak to them in an ignorant manner قالوا سلاما they respond by saying peace be upon you والذين يبيتون لربهم سجدا وقياما and they are ones who spend their night to their Lord in a state of prostration in a state of prayer remembering their Lord so this is a characteristic of عباد الرحمن the true slaves of Allah سبحانه وتعالى my beloved brothers and sisters قيام الليل standing at night is that بود النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم it was the characteristics that the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم was known to do not only him but also his companions عائشة the wife of the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم عائشة ربي الله تعالى عدها the wife of the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم she said that he صلى الله عليه وسلم كان لا يدع قيام الليل he never used to leave of praying at night وكان إذا بريضة أو كسل صلى قاعدة he was عليه الصلاة والسلام one who if he became sick or he became unable to pray that night he would pray sitting down صلى الله عليه وسلم never used to leave it now some of you may say that because it was obligatory on him and I respond by saying yes it was obligatory on him and now he had to come with it but here my beloved brothers and sisters is also the example of the companions it wasn't obligatory on them and they also used to pray even that though we say that our messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم is a role model for us لقد كان لكم فيه رسول الله أسوات والحسنة there is a great example in the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم for us but here I'm going to bring to your attention the noble companions of the Prophet عليه الصلاة والسلام how they used to pray in this great noble month of Ramadan and also outside this great noble month of Ramadan كان أمر بن الخطاب رضي الله تعالى عنه أمر the son of خطاب بي الله تبارك والتعالى his forgiveness and continuous blessing be upon him بي الله بي please with أمر he was one صلى الله عليه وسلم he would pray from the night حتى إذا كان رسول الله when it would become half of the night أي قذا أهله he would wake his wife up to pray with him and he would say and will recite the verse of Allah وأمر أهلك بالصلاة وصطبر عليها لا نسألك رزقا نحن نرزقك والعاقبة للتقوى وأمر كمان بي صلاة يبقى وصطبر and be patient upon that لا نسألك قوي لا نسألك رزقا رزقا نحن نرزقك والعاقبة والعاقبة والعاقبة والعاقبة إبن عمر he used to recite this verse instead he would say are they equal the one who stands in the night in prostration in standing who's scared of the hereafter looking from the messiah of Allah is he the same as the one who does it here also is the noble companion عثمان ربي الله تعالى عنه ابن أبي حاتم whose name is عبد الرحمن ابن أبي حاتم he said that ابن عمر ربي الله تعالى عنه ابن عمر ربي الله عنه who said about عثمان لكثرة صلاة أبيين المؤمنين عثمان's excessive prayer of the night and his recitation it was so excessive and it was so large and so much حتى أنه ربما قرأ القرآن في رقع he may even read the whole Qur'an in one hour نعم عثمان رضي الله عنه it was said about him that his prayer at the night would be so excessive and it would be so much that he would recite and he would pray in the salah and he would finish the whole salah, the whole Qur'an in one hour now some of us some of us may ask themselves this question how is that possible? how is that possible and how would he do it? I remember asking this question to our noble شيخ شيخ صالح عبدالله عبدالله عبدالله أصيبي I asked him the same question I said how is it possible and he said to me a very powerful and a very strong response he said to me you are comparing the companions to yourself when you became unable to do it and you became unable to be when you became unable to accomplish that which they accomplished you thought they were like you these are people who Allah has said about them سبحانه وتعالى رضي الله عنهم ورضو عنه they are pleased with Allah and Allah is pleased with them also my beloved brothers and sisters عَلْقَمَهْ إِبْنُ قَيْسِنْ he said بِتُمَا عَبدِ اللَّهِبْنُ عُمَنْ عَبدُ اللَّهِبْنِ مَسْعُودِنْ عَلْقَمَهْ إِبْنُ قَيْسِنْ said I spent the night and I slept over in the house of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud one night فقام أول الليل عبد الله ibn Mas'ud he stood up the first of the night and he stood up and he prayed فكان يقرأ قراءة إبام في مسجد حيه he started to read the recitation of the imam here meaning قراءة الإبام means the recitation of the Qur'an and after the Qur'an compiled the Qur'an and he would recite it ولا يراجع يسمع من حوله ولا يرجع صوته حتى لا بيبقى من الغلس إلا كما بين أدال المغرب إلى صرافي منها ثم أو ترا that he used to recite the recitation of the imam in his local masjid he would lead and he would recite أثمار رضي الله عنه ولا يراجع and he would revise those who were around him would hear him his voice would not come back until the غلس the fajر entering was close as or the duration for the Salat the fajر to enter was like the Adad of Maghrib and the leaving of the prayer of the Maghrib that duration is how much would be left from the fajر أسائب إبنوزيد كان القارئ that a reciter would read بالمئينة مئين here means بمئات الأياته he would read with hundreds of verses they would lead the prayer with hundreds of verses حتى كنا نعتمد على العصا that we would actually lean and we would actually hold our sticks منطول القيام due to the excessive and the length of the our legs would get tired وما تانو ينصريفون إلا عند الفجر and they would not stop the prayer until the fajر will enter until the fajر is about to enter so when we love his brothers and sisters what I want to bring to your attention is صلاة التراويح is going to be prayed in this noble month that we should complete the التراويح with the Imam so it can be written for us that we stood up the whole night as the Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم he said من قاما مع إمامه anyone who stands with his Imam حتى يرصرف كتب له قياب الليل اما كتب قياب الليلة anyone who stands up with the Imam until the Imam leaves the prayer it will be written for him as though he stood up the night it's as though you will pray all of the night so my beloved brothers and sisters the thing that you can come with is standing and making sure that you come with القيام the third righteous action that we can come with in this noble month of Ramadan is الصدقة that we make sure that we work hard on charity and giving the Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم it was said about him كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أجود الناس the Messenger was the most generous person وكان أجود ما يقولوا في رمضان and his generosity would be even more in the noble month of Ramadan he was more generous عليه الصلاة والسلام he was more generous عليه الصلاة والسلام من الريح المرسلة than the scent wind عليه الصلاة والسلام and it was also authentically transmitted from him as Imam Tirmidhi narrated on the authority of Enes Ibn Malik رضي الله تعالى عنه أفضل الصدقة صدقة في رمضان that the best form of charity is the charity that is given in the noble month of Ramadan so the believer in this month of Ramadan he makes sure that his generosity it is giving increases and it multiplies if it was said about our Messenger عليه الصلاة والسلام that he was more generous in the noble month of Ramadan then we should also follow in his footsteps and if it was also transmitted from him عليه الصلاة والسلام that the best form of charity is the charity of Ramadan then we should also make sure that we give more in this month than in any other time in the year إيدي من أسلم he narrated from his father that he had عمر رضي الله تعالى عنه سل that عمر ابن الخطاب رضي الله تعالى عنه he said أمرنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أن تصدق عمر said that the Prophet commanded us that we give charity so عمر رضي الله عنه today he is in front of the Messenger and the Messenger is telling him and commanding him and the other companions to give today so عمر رضي الله عنه صور and opportunity to compete with the noble companion أبو بكر so عمر رضي الله عنه he said to himself اليوم today I am going to surpass أبو بكر I am going to pass أبو بكر and I am going to make sure that I come with what is greater than what أبو بكر has come with and this my beloved brothers and sisters except the statement of Allah سبحانه وتعالى وستبق الخيرات compete with one another in good so أبو بكر رضي الله تعالى عنه أبو بكر رضي الله تعالى عنه he brought his Sadaqa عمر رضي الله عنه he brought his Sadaqa but عمر رضي الله عنه he said I brought half of my wealth فقال لي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم and the messenger said to عمر ما أبقيت لي أهلك what did you leave for your family and then عمر رضي الله عنه he responded by saying مثله like it I gave half and I've got half left and this my beloved brothers and sisters is how generous they were but then look at the response that أبو بكر gave أبو بكر بكل ما عنده أبو بكر came with everything he owned and everything that was in his possession فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم and the messenger said to him to أبو بكر ما أبقيت لهم what did you leave for your family أبو بكر responded by saying أبقيت لهم الله ورسوله I left for them because he brought everything which he owned he brought everything because he was fulfilling and following the command of the messenger and then عمر أبو بكر I gave him أبو بكر from today onwards I'm not going to compete with you in anything whatsoever so I say to my beloved brothers and sisters this noble month of Ramadan is about to come make sure that you benefit from this month in these righteous actions that I'm mentioning and the last one which I mentioned which was what giving charity giving charity my beloved brothers and sisters there are two things there are two things that will fall under it there are two things that will fall under it the first one is إطعام الطعام by giving food الله سبحانه و تعالى he says in the Quran و يطعمون الطعام على حبه مسكينة و يتيما و أسيرة إنما نطعمكم لوجه الله لا نريد منكم جزاءة ولا شكورة إننا نخاف من ربنا يوم عبو سنقم طريرة فوقاهم الله شر دانك اليوم ولقاهم نظرة وسرورا وجزاهم بما صبر جنة و حريرة الله توزس بيسباس و يطعمون they give food و يطعمون الطعام they give food out و يطعمون مسكينة و يتيما و أسيرة they give it to the poor they offer the captive and this is their response إنما نطعمكم we are the ones who truly provided for you and gave to you but why لوجه الله for the sake of Allah لا نريد منكم we do not want from you in response جزاءة ولا شكورة we don't want you to reward us and we don't want you to show us gratitude إنما إننا نخاف من ربنا in our we verily نخاف من ربنا we fear Allah يوم و عبو سنقم طريره so their their issue is fear they're scared they're worried of what a day where it's punishment and it's dealings are very hard my beloved brothers and sisters they're giving they don't want gratitude a lot of us when we give to the response we want to be recognized we want to see the fruit if we give somebody we somehow believe that we have an upper hand over that person we have the right to dictate what we work for them we kind of believe that when we give somebody something there has to be a form of adherence to us and that wasn't the reason that wasn't them the noble righteous people their issue is what إنما نطعمكم دي وجه الله لا دريدوا منكم جزاءا ولا شكورا إنا نخاف من ربنا يوم و عبو سنقم طريره الله يقول فوقاهم الله شردلك اليوم و لقاهم نظرة و سرورا because they were scared of that day and that punishment and its fear was high in their hearts الله says فوقاهم الله الله protected them and saved them شردلك اليوم they're evil the hardship and the torment of that day all of that was in response to their righteous actions نعما بي love it brothers and sisters the pious predecessors كان سلف الصالح يحرصون على اطعاب الطعام they used to strive the pious predecessors they used to strive and what they used to strive to is to feed and to give and they believed that this was one of the righteous actions that they need to come with و لذلك دمس المسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم he said among peace should go Abdul-Allah Come to peace قد يمر صلى الله عليه وسلم the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم he came to the city of Medina انجفل الناس the people they ran and they rushed to meet him عليه صلاة والسلام and the people when they ran to him و قيلة and they said أدمر صلى الله عليه وسلم و investing with the people to see him لأنظره so I can see him فلما تبينت وجهه و عرست أنه وجهه ليس بوجه كذابه And then he said And when I saw his face clearly I knew that his face was not the face of a lawyer فكان أول شيء إنسمعته تكلم به أن قال And he said The first thing I heard him saying was كان يقوله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، يا أي والناس ، أفشوا السلامة وأطعموا الطعام وصلوا الأرحام وصلوا بالليل والناس ونياموا من تدخلوا الجنة بسلامة أو الناس ، أردوا السلامة وصلوا بالليل والناس ، أفشوا الآخرين ، أفشوا الشخصية والقنشب ونقوموا بسلامة عندما ي sleep ، وننتقلوا بسلامة مع أسلحة فالمسلم ، صلى الله عليه وسلم ، يتبعون ما يقول هنا ، يقول ، أطعموا الطعامة ، أفشوا الآخرين المستقبلات الع general السلامة ، أفشوا أفشوا أخري ، صحابة ورسول الله ، صلى الله عليه وسلم ، رجافيةها الأمة ، يقولون أنه يفعل ذلك عبد الله ابن عمالي رضي الله عنه it was said about him داودة طائي ومالي كبنو دينارين أحمد ابن حمبل and others all of them لا يفضلوا they would not break their fasts إلا معالية تاما except with the orphans والمساكين and those who are poor so my beloved brothers and sisters we should remember to provide for those who are in need and to give and feed and by doing that my beloved brothers and sisters it will increase the love between the believers and that's why the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم told us by doing that we will enter Jannah through it the prophet said you will not enter Jannah until you believe and you will not truly believe until you love one another so loving one another my beloved brothers and sisters what brings that it is إطعام وطعام and giving people food providing for them وذلك أبو سوار العدوي he said كان رجل من بني عدين وصلونا في هذا المسجد he said some people of the people of the adi they would pray in this masjid ما أفضل أحد منهم not one of them would break their fasts by themselves if they could find somebody to eat with them they would eat and if not they would leave their houses and they would come to the masjid and they would bring what they had to the masjid and they would eat with the people in the masjid so my beloved brothers and sisters we should nurture ourselves and cultivate ourselves upon this noble great characteristics من الله تبارك وتعالى make us those who are like that so what falls under the sadaqa the second thing that falls under it is breaking the fasts of those who are fasting by that when the time of iftar enters that we provide them with something to break their fasts with the masjid sallallahu aleyhi wasallam he said من فطرة صائمة كان له مثل أجله غير أنه لا ينقص من أجل الصائم شيء the masjid sallallahu aleyhi wasallam he said anyone who breaks the fasting of the person who is fasting he breaks his fast at the time when the fasting is being broken he gives them something to eat you receive the reward of that person who is fasting but the reward that he came with will not be reduced أخرجه أحمد والنسائي وصححة والألباني also سلمان الفارسيو he said that the prophet peace be upon him من فطرة فيه صائم كان مغفرة لدنوبه وعدق رقبته من النار وكان له مثل أجله من غير أن ينقص من أجله شيء the masjid sallallahu aleyhi wasallam he said that the person who breaks the fast of a person who is fasting he will receive the forgiveness of his sins and it would be like the reward of freeing the neck of a believer sorry, his neck would be freed from the hellfire وعدق رقبته من النار sorry his neck would be freed from the hellfire and he would receive the reward of the person who is fasting he broke without the reward of the person who is fasting to be reduced then said the man who is fasting then said يا رسول الله ليس كلنا يجدوا ما يصدر به الصائم not every one of us is able to find something to break the fasting of a person who is fasting some of us may not have food to provide for those people then the messenger sallallahu aleyhi wasallam he said to him يُعطِ الله وهاد الثواب الله will give this reward to who لمن فطرة صائم the person who breaks the fasting of a person who is fasting even with a sip of milk or a date or a drink or water the fourth thing that the person needs to come with when my beloved brothers and sisters is الاشتهاد وفي قراءة القرآن strive to reciting the Quran ونشاء الله وتعالى I'm going to mention two things سلف الصالح the pious creed assessors would observe in this noble month of ربضان when it came to striving to reading the Quran the first is كترة قراءة القرآن they would read the Quran excessively and the second thing is البكاء عند قراءته أو سماعه خشوعا وإخباتا لله تبارك وتعالى and also crying when reading it and when hearing it out of humility out of humility and humbleness for Allah سبحانه وتعالى words that you're hearing my beloved brothers and sisters كترة قراءة القرآن reading the Quran excessively in the month of رمضان is how it should be because this month is the month of the Quran it is شاهر القرآن so it's upon each and every one of us and it's binding upon each and every one of us to increase on the amount of recitation in this month over any other month of the year and that's why the pious predecessors they would give العناية excessive consideration to the book of Allah سبحانه وتعالى in this month the noble angel of Allah جبي he would he would study the Quran he would recite the Quran فكان جيبريل يدارس من نبي صلى الله عليه وسلم القرآن في رمضان he would come to the messenger not in any other month but only in the month of رمضان جيبريل would come down and he would recite the Quran with the messenger عليه الصلاة والسلام عثمان إبراعفان رضي الله وتعالى عنه he would complete the Quran كل يوم من مرح every day once and some of the pious and some of the pious predecessors it was said that يختب في قيام رمضان كل ثلاثة ليلة they would finish the Quran in their قيام of رمضان every three nights every three nights they would finish the Quran some of them it was said seven every seven days they would finish the Quran some of them it was said every ten days they used to read the Quran in the Salah in the Salah and they would also read it outside the Salah المام الشافعيو it was narrated and it was transmitted that he would finish the Quran ستون خطمه sixty times he would finish it sixty times in the month of رمضان and this was not including his prayer قتاد it was said that he would complete it في كل سبب every seven consistently سفيان الثوريو رحمه الله it was said إذا دخل رمضان if رمضان entered ترك جميع العبادة he would leave of every other acts of obedience and what we mean by every other acts of obedience is he would leave of teaching حديث and classes which he had وقبلا على قراءة القرآن and he would only focus on reciting the Quran now some of you may say okay how do you reconcile between this and the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم statement where he says that the person who reads and completes the Quran in less than three days in less than three days has not truly understood the Quran or how do you reconcile the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم preventing the noble companion عبد الله عمر بن العاص how do you reconcile between that and the acts of these noble companions that you are talking about who are finishing the Quran some of them in less than three days اليمام بن رجب الحمبلي in his great book لطائف المعارف he explains it and he explains it as follows he says that this prohibition of reciting the Quran in less than three days is when the person does it consistently and when it becomes a norm you're doing it in every single month of the year you're doing it every single day that's when the prohibition is taking place as for times of the year where it's virtuous such as Ramadan for instance which is a month which is unique distinct it's only one month in the year nothing like it then the person is now given an exception for him to benefit from righteous deeds so he's allowed to read the Quran excessively even if it entails even if it means they have to finish it in less than three days also if a person goes to a virtuous place where he's not always there for example Makkah I'm not a person who lives in Makkah for example I live in London and I go to Makkah in Ramadan for instance so I go there for Umrah once or twice a year because it's not somewhere I'm always at and this place is a virtuous place I'm also given an exception so those times رجبه he says you are now permitted to read the Quran a lot the reason is because because you're benefitting from the virtue that is connected to the time and the virtue that is connected to the place and he says this is the opinion held by this is also the view that was held by and not only them to many scholars have held that opinion and of course this is the view that you can see there are a lot of companions who hold this view because that's why they were doing it so now I've spoken about the issue of reciting the Quran كثرة قراءة القراءة to read a lot of recitation a lot of the Quran the second part my beloved brothers and sisters is ألبكاء عند تلاوت القراءة is to cry when reciting the Quran because my beloved brothers and sisters when you recite the Quran if you cry it shows and it indicates that you are truly pondering and that you're truly affected by these words and that it's not just words that are rolling off your tongue but that it is something that your tongue and your heart are connected and that's what's needed because there always has to be that connection between the tongue and the heart and that if the messenger عليه الصلاة والسلام he had criticized and criticized the deviated group the khawarij they were criticized because there was a relationship between the tongue and the heart when it came to the Quran that's why the Prophet said يقرأون القراءة they recite the Quran but it doesn't pass their throat it doesn't pass their collar bones so it means that the Quran is only exclusive to their tongue and it's only exclusive to their mouth so there's nothing there's no connection between the heart and the tongue and the messenger عليه الصلاة والسلام gave the greatest example in this matter as this Bukhari narrated about Abdullah ibn Mas'ud and he said that the Prophet came up to him one day and he said to him and then Abdullah ibn Mas'ud was amazed and he was gobsmacked he said am I going to read the Quran on you when actually the Quran has come down on you then the messenger said إن أحب أن أسمعه من غيري I actually love to hear it from other than myself then Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said I recited I recited حتى إذا بلبت until I reached the statement of Allah فكيف إذا جئنا من كل أمة بشهيد وجئنا بك على هؤلاء شهيدة I reached this verse which says and it means فكيف how are you going to be إذا جئنا بك إذا جئنا if we come من كل أمة from every nation a witness وجئنا بك and we bring you forward Muhammad على هؤلاء شهيدة a witness is over your nation so how are you going to be that day when your ummah are going to witness against you and you're going to witness against your people and of course the Prophet he already has conveyed and he has done his responsibility صلى الله عليه وسلم but even then he told the noble companion عبد الله ibn Mas'ud حس بك I stopped there and then Abdullah ibn Mas'ud he said فلتفت I looked at him فإذا عيناه تضريفا his eyes were watering his eyes they were watering أمام البيهة I narrated on the authority of أبو هرير رضي الله ويتعالى عنه he said when the verse came down أفى من هذا الحديث هل تضحكون ولا تبقون when this verse came down أفى من هذا الحديث تعجبون are you fascinated with these these verses وتضحكون أن you laugh ولا تبقون أن you don't cry أبو هريرا said فبكت أهل الصفة the companions who used to live in the masjid أهل الصفة هو أبو هريرا said they cried حتى جرت دموعهم على خدودهم until the tears were rolling down their cheeks then when the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم he heard their crying and the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم he heard them crying he also cried with them بكا معهم the prophet cried with them صلى الله عليه وسلم and أبو هريرا said فبكتنا ببكائه and then our crying increased because the prophet was crying as well and then the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said to them لا يلي جنّار من بكا من خشة الله that the hellfire will not touch the person who cries and fear of Allah سبحانه و تعالى عبد الله بن عمرين it was narrated that he recited صورة المطففين until he reached the verse يوم يقوم الناس رب العالمين the day when the people are going to stand in front of their load فبكا he cried عبد الله بن عمر حتى خرى until he fainted and he refused to recite anything after it because he was unable to do that مزاحم ابن الزفر he said صلى بن سفينة توريو المغرب سفينة توريو he led us to the prayer of the Maghrib فقارا حتى بلغا he recited until he reached إياك العبد و إياك نستلعين you alone أو الله we worship and only you أو الله we seek aid and help from بكا he cried سفينة توريو حتى قطت قراءته until his recitation disconnected ثم عاد فقارا الحمد and then he went back and then he went back to recite from the beginning because he couldn't move forward he couldn't carry on reading and إبراهيم من الأشعة he said سمعت فضيلا يقول I had فضيل ابن عياض one day say ذات ليلة و هو يقرأ صورة محمد and he was reciting صورة محمد و هو يبكي و يردد هذه الآية and he was crying and he was repeating this verse و لنبلو أنكم حتى نعلم المجاهدين منكم الصابرين و نبلو أخباركم و الله تعالى يقول we should certainly test you until we know those of you who truly strive and remain steadfast and we will الله تعالى يقول and we will ascertain about you فضيل رحمه الله he says و نبلو أخباركم and we will ascertain about you and he kept repeating this and he kept saying الله if you ascertain about us we will become exposed and he kept repeating this و يبكي و يردد number five the fifth righteous deed that a person needs to come with in this virtuous noble month of Ramadan is to sit in the masjid حتى تطلع الشمس until the sun rises the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم was one who would pray صلاة الفجر and he would remain in his place جالس في مصلى الله he would sit in his place of prayer حتى تطلع الشمس until the sun rises أخراجه مسلم و المنمى مسلم narrated this and there's another narration on the author of anison رضي الله و تعالى عنه which the prophet said من صلى الفجر anybody who prays فجر في جماعة in a congregation ثم قاعد يدكر الله and then he sits and he remains in his seat remembering الله سبحانه و تعالى حتى تطلع الشمس until the sun rises ثم صلى رقعتين and he prays two units of رقعت كانت له it is like كأجر حجة it's like you've done a hajj و عمرة تام تام تام a complete hajj a complete عمرة كمليد كمليد كمليد the prophet said it three times البانيق authenticated this and there are other scholars who weakened it so there's that discussion going on amongst the scholars whether it's authentic or not I'm of the view that it's not authentic but what suffices are asked is the statement of the authentic hadith which is in Sahih Muslim that the prophet A.S he would pray Salatul Fajr and he would remain in his seat حتى تطلع الشمس until the sun rises that is authentic as for this extra two رقعت that the person prays there are some scholars who have weakened it like Sheikh al-Islam ibn Utami and others that now reward is not specific to Ramadan but it's every single time within the year but again as I said everything should be multiplied and efforts should be more in this noble month of Ramadan and I ask Allah SWT that it gives us the ability and the strength to gain all of these righteous deeds in the month of Ramadan the sixth thing that a person needs to come with my beloved brothers and sisters is al-Aitikaf al-Aitikaf which is to remain in the masjid and the messenger SAW as Imam al-Bukhari who narrated in Sahih كان النبي SAW يعتكف في كل رمضان every Ramadan that came the Prophet SAW would do itikaf he will he secluded himself in the masjid 10 days these were the last 10 days of Ramadan لكن فلما كان العام الذي قبض فيه but when it was the year which he died and the year which he was passing away يعتكف 20 يوم he made it 20 nights he made it 20 days and he SAW did itikaf so itikaf my beloved brothers and sisters is a عبادة التي تجمع كثيرا من الطاعات من التلاوة والصلاة والذكري والدعاء وغيرها يعتكاف is an عبادة that actually combines between many acts of obedience such as reciting the Quran many excessive prayers which you could come with ذكر the remembrance of Allah دعاء and other things so this is when Ramadan comes the 7th thing that the person should try to do in Ramadan which is an act of obedience is العمرة في رمضان try to do عمرة in Ramadan it was transmitted authentically from the messenger SAW عمرة في رمضان تعديل حجة that the Prophet SAW said that a عمرة in Ramadan is equal to a hajj and another rewire says حجة معي a hajj with me so I say my beloved brothers and sisters so I say to anyone who is being blessed to do that فهني ألك يا أخي بحجة مع النبي SAW بلاة حيدي is it for the person who received this big virtuous deed of being able to go to رمضان 8 تحري ليلة القبر striving hard to get hold of ليلة القدر الله سبحانه وتعالى says in the Quran إنا أنزلناه في ليلة القدر وما أدراك ما ليلة القدر ليلة القدر خير من ألف شهر الله says to us I have sent down the Quran إنا أنزلناه أي القرآن I have sent down the Quran in this night of القدر وما أدراك الله says what do you know about ليلة القدر خير is better خير is better the word خير is of the سيرة المبالغة على وزن أفعل وصق طن ألف وصق طن ألف وصق طن ألف was dropped الكثرة تستعمالي because it is excessively used so they dropped the elf خير is best خير is the best خير is the best ألف شهر من ألف ألف من ألف تفضل كثير من ألف أكثر أكثر تفضل أكثر يوجد أكثر يوجد أكثر يوجد أكثر منذ سنة لا يمكننا أن نعيش حياة أسفة سنة 83-84 سنة سنة 83-84 سنة بعضنا لا يمكننا أن نعيش حد لا يمكننا أن نعيش حد سنة يمكننا أن نعيش حد في جانب أغري بإمكاننا أن نجد لن يكون أسفة فهي أسفة خير من ألف شر أسفة أول أمان من قام الليلة القدر إيمان وحتصابة سنأتي لما يعني إيمان وحتصابة غوفير له يو بيفجبت ما تقدم من ذلبه يو باستخدامه يو بيفجبت فيه أن لمسج صلى الله عليه وسلم يجب أن يأخذ من الليلة القدر كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يتحرى الليلة القدر ويأمر أصحابه بتحريها وكان يوقض أهله لايال العشر رجاء أن يدرخ الليلة القدر لمسج عليه الصلاة والسلام كان يقرأه بشكل قدر وكان يضع أكثر عادي في تأكد أنه يدرخ الليلة القدر وأنه يستمتع من الليلة القدر وكان يقرأه بشكل كامل ومسجه يجب أن يوضع بفائقه وكان يخبرهم أن يتحرى منه يأمر بشكل كامل من هذه الثلاثة ومسجه ويصنع في مسند إمام محمد من حديث عبادة من الصامة مرفوعا وستخدمه بالمثال على ما يقوم بها That the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم قال Anyone who stands up Trying to get hold of this month And it happens that he get hold of it He'll be forgiven for his past sins And his up coming sins So now it's not only the past but it's also the upcoming sins that you're going to do اللي ما محافظه الحمد لله يسأل إسناده على أشخاص الصحيح it's conditions are of the conditions of بخار المسلم it was also transmitted from some of the pious predecessors صحابز انتابعين الارتسال that they would clean themselves والتطيب في ليلة العشر تحديل ليلة القدر they would beautify themselves they would clean themselves all of that was preparation for this night to get hold of it the ninth thing that the person should come with my beloved brother and sisters is الإكسار من الدكري والدعاء والاستغفار and it is to increase in the remembrance of Allah and also to increase in supplication and also to increase in asking for forgiveness إخوة الفضالات my noble brothers and sisters the days and the nights of Ramadan are as many as minutes they are virtuous times فغتنيمها والله benefit from it my brothers and sisters بالكتار من الدكري والدعاء in increasing in the remembrance of Allah and supplication especially in the times when the supplication is accepted and it is one the time when you are breaking your fast for the one who is fasting this time your دعاء is not rejected number 2 ثروث الليل الأخير the last third of the night when Allah تعالى تبارك وتعالى descends and Allah says هل من سائل him is there anyone asking is there anyone of you who is requesting فارطيه وأنا أعطيه هل من مستغفره is there anyone asking for forgiveness فأغفر الله وأنا أعطيه and I can forgive him and I can forgive him the third one when my beloved brothers and sisters is asking Allah for forgiveness at night and in the morning they are the ones who ask Allah for forgiveness in the night and the morning so after all of those nine points that I mentioned my beloved brothers and sisters I want to remind you and I want to remind myself as well that all of that which I have told you and all of those righteous deeds which I have mentioned we need to do it with what it all has to be done with sincerity نعم إخوة الفضالة yes my beloved brothers and sisters our إخلاص with sincerity how many people فكمن صائم how many people are fasting ليس له من صيام إلا الجوع والعضش he has not received anything from his fasting سبتسة الهنغة وكمن قائم how many people who were standing up and they were praying ليس له من قيام إلا سهر والتعب all he has received from his standing and the tiredness and he standing with tiredness and energy which he gave out but no reward أعادن الله وإياك من دانك I ask Allah for him to protect us from that each and every one of us and that is why the prophet وإسلامي وإنفسيزت on the two so your hunger and your thirst of Ramadan doesn't go to waste and your tiredness that you endure from the praying doesn't go to waste both of the times we did the messengers say so you're fasting if it's not done with إيمان واحتساب it's just going to be a mere thirst and hunger if your قيام is not done with إيمان واحتساب it just becomes a mere standing which you just endure from it tiredness and etc and that's why the pious predecessors the noble generation they were the ones who made sure that they did it with sincerity خلاس they hid it فهذا التابعي الجليل look at this noble tabi'a أيوب السختياني he's talking about his teacher حمادي بن زيدن sorry حمادي بن زيدن he's talking about his teacher أيوب السختياني حمادي بن زيدن is going to speak to us and tell us about his teacher أبو أيوب sorry أيوب السختياني حمادي بن زيدن who is a student is going to talk about his teacher أيوب السختياني and he said كان أيوب that أيوب السختياني was one ربما حدث بالحديث he would narrate a narration and then he would feel like he wants to cry his heart becomes soft and tears are about to gush from him فا يلتفت and he looks at the people and he holds himself back and he then responds by saying ما أشدد الزوكان how large and how much is the flu he shows himself as though a person has got flu لإخفاء بكائي so he can seal his crying محمد بن واسع and he said لقد أدركت لجالا I met a number of men and a number of no one individuals كان الرجل يكون رأس ومع رأس إمرأتي أي من would be sleeping with his wife his head and her head would be on one pillow على وسادة وقد بلما تحت قده وقد بلما تحت قده من دموعه his cheek would be filled with tears لا تشعر به المرأة his wife is unaware of this ولقد أدركت لجالا I met a group of people يقوموا أحادهم في الصفي that one of them would stand up in the prayer, in the line with the masjid, the Jama'a فتسيروا دموعه his tears would pour from his eyes ولا يشعر به الذي يجنبه the one who is right next to him will not know that he is crying إبن أبي عدي يون he said داود إبن أبي هند he fast for 40 years لا يعلم به أهله who his family were not aware of it يقوموا بإمكانه to take the food that his wife gives him and he would leave it with the poor people يقوموا بإمكانه all the food which he gave him and he would take it to his يقوموا بإمكانه to the poor and he would leave it with them and when the time of Isbah came he would go and he would eat whatever they left for him for 40 years he was fasting and his wife wasn't aware of it so my beloved brother and sisters all of those which you are doing if you are not doing it with sincerity then nothing of it will be accepted and the second thing is if you are not doing it in accordance to the Prophet ﷺ's method and the way he did it then nothing of it will be accepted many of us my beloved brothers and sisters when this month enters we are very heedless we spend our time sleeping we waste our time and we turn away from the mercy of Allah that we could receive we don't benefit from these openings and these opportunities that Allah has given us سبحانه وتعالى and it's because we don't benefit from these opportunities and we are very heedless of it and that we turn away from it's because of those reasons why Allah ﷺ has made us live a very hard life and that we are suffering because of it as Allah says in the Qur'an قال رب لما حشرتني أعمى وقد كنت بصيرا قال كدالك أتذك آياتنا فنسيتها وكدالك اليوم تنسى وكدالك نجز من أسرف ولم يؤمن بآيات ربه ولا عذاب الأخرة أشد وأبقى anyone who turns away from the remembrance of Allah for verily that person has a very hard life and Allah says we will resurrect them the day of judgment blind why blind Allah says to him when he says رب لما حشرتني أعمى وقد كنت بصيرا or Allah why have you resurrected me why have you gathered me here blind وقد كنت بصيرا and I was what we used to see Allah says قال كدالك أتذك آياتنا or verses came to you verses you were told about verses of Ramadan and the virtues that were in it فنسيتها and you forgot it you turned away from it ونسيان originally in the language it means ترك you left it وكدالك اليوم تنسى and today you will be left because Allah doesn't forget it means Allah will leave you in the Hellfire وكدالك نجز من أسرفها Allah says like that we reward the one who exceeds ولا مؤمن and he doesn't believe in the verses of your Lord ولا عذاب الأخرة أشد وأبقى and the punishment of Allah the day of judgment is greater and long lasting if you really think that what you're going through in this world is actually hard then know that what's waiting for you on the other side is even worse and is even longer lasting so my beloved brothers and sisters don't turn away don't turn away from this noble month don't be heedless of it Allah is one thing and he wants to forgive you Allah wants to give you Jannah and this is one of the opportunities that you get so I ask Allah SWT that he makes us reach this noble month of Ramadan and he also gives us the ability to benefit from each and every second of it Allah is the one who has the ability to do that for us سبحانك اللهم بحمدك أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله أستغفروا كلا أتوب إليه