 أعوض بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم أبدأ في نام الله the Beneficent and the Merciful أحاول أسالب من الشيطان the accursed My dearest viewers Brothers and sisters from all across the world أسلام عليكم جميعا ورحمة الله وبركاته May the peace, blessings and the protection of Allah سبحانه وتعالى Be with you at all times Welcome to another episode of the Ramadan show with me your host Dr. Shabir Tijani إن شاء الله we hope to be a one-stop shop for this holy month and we hope that we can impart a few pearls of wisdom that you can use on your day-to-day life for this holy month and for the rest of the year إن شاء الله I would like to remind you to send in your videos, your pictures, your blogs from around the world to tell us how you prepare for this holy month and please join us on social media, on Twitter, on Instagram on Facebook and on YouTube إن شاء الله before proceeding on to the show I would like to just repeat a saying from Amir al-Mu'minin where he says a person would have long grief or a person's grief would be long when their hope is short This is saying to us that when you are in times of grief when you have bad things, bad experiences happen to you turn to Allah سبحانه وتعالى and put your hope in Him and when you put your hope in Him just leave all of your matters up to Him that way your grief will be minimized إن شاء الله we hope that through these nights of شهر مضان your bond and our bond in fact with Allah سبحانه وتعالى gets very strong, so strong that we can put all of our burdens on to Him and leave it up to Him to deal with them on this episode and in this segment of spiritual refinement إن شاء الله with the day of the 8th coming up I want to talk a little bit about this special day so that we could truly get ourselves ready for it understand the value of it, understand the station of it we've all fasted for this whole month إن شاء الله and we've achieved spiritual enlightenment at the end of the road we want this Ramadan, this month to be the beginning of a new start for us and إيد is the marker for that new start إن شاء الله إيد الفتر obviously marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan we say farewell to this blessed month it's beautiful days, it's fragrant nights we leave the month of seeking the anus to Allah سبحانه وتعالى the school of إيمان and an opportunity to recharge our spiritual batteries that is not to say we can't continue the things we've learnt through this holy month throughout the rest of the year in these nights that have just passed we prayed we offered charities and we attended lectures so what's going to happen now the question we have to ask ourselves is have we fulfilled the requirements of تقوى and graduated the school with a diploma in God fearing then you have to ask yourself have you done these nights just have you done everything you wanted to do in these nights have you achieved your goals that you set out to achieve throughout these nights as these nights improved you or increased your spirituality the night of إيد الفتر is a majestic night it is beneficial to keep awake in إبادة as this night is equal to the importance of that of the night of power when we think of إيد obviously a lot of people think of this as something that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan however I want you to change your thinking about this and consider it a new beginning a fresh start where we emulate our character Islamic values and we build upon what we've learnt in the last 30 days or 30 nights we want to try and improve ourselves we're on a spiral towards perfection over the last 30 nights Insha'Allah I hope that we've achieved something we have gone on this journey we've started a thousand mile journey with a single step but we have to continue walking in order to make that destination we're like a child it is said that on the day of إيد we're like a child who's just come out of the womb pure and innocent إيد is the day of victory as we have succeeded in subduing our desires and purified our souls let's not wash away our good deeds let's not revert back to our old ways the masjid in this holy month was overflowing the masjid was filled and let's continue that let's continue to keep our masjids full of people, full of worshippers let the Quran be the most essential part of our lives let's not let it gather dust on the shelves as it's been doing for the past few months our condition now should be better than it was at the beginning of the month and insha'Allah we hope that by the time for next Ramadan if you're able to make that journey if life permits that you're better than even you are now and you've improved yourself you've built upon these 30 nights and you've improved yourself as a human being a lot of us consider إيد just to be another day another ritualistic day a traditional day where we get together and eat and we get dressed in good clothes and we give presence to each other but there is such a day of إيد you see it represents important values and participating in them we seek the pleasure of Almighty Allah and try to attain nearness to Him there is a narration where Imam حسن عليه السلام saw a man on the day of إيد who had occupied his time with laughter and useless entertainment the holy Imam turned to his companion and said Allah placed the holy month of Ramadan for people so that they can compete with each other in worship and obedience in this competition some excel achieve unlimited blessings of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and therefore win the competition whereas others fall back lose and obtain nothing but losses it is striking that in such a day in which the righteous and the hard workers will receive great rewards and the culpable and ones who did not try their best will see a loss from this you can understand from what the holy and the great Imam is saying that on this day even though it's important to celebrate get together with your family you have the right to enjoy good food you have the right to have fun but like we've said in the previous nights you should always put Allah as your first priority seek nearness to Him and remember what the day of إيد is for in its entirety it is not a day where you can forget what you've been doing over the past 30 days and 30 nights it is not a day where you can just entertain yourself with things of this worldly sinful world it is not a day where you can forget everything that Allah سبحانه وتعالى and the Ahl al-Bayt have taught us إيد الفتر serves many purposes and insha'Allah before moving on to the next segment the first reason why we have the day of إيد is to thank Allah سبحانه وتعالى to thank Him for the endurance and for the strength He's given us during these days of Ramadan if you think about some parts of the world where it's very very hot or some parts of the world where the days are so long and you think to yourself how do I manage all of that how do I manage to fast for that period of time or in that climate Allah سبحانه وتعالى gives you the spiritual strength to continue through these days if you think about how you are feeling the panes of hunger you are feeling on the first day of the month of Ramadan and the panes of hunger you feel of the past two or three days you will realize that at the moment you feel much more calmer you don't feel as hungry as you used to إيد الفتر is also a day where brotherhood is built it is a day when people come together in congregation and pray together stand shoulder to shoulder with each other they demonstrate equality and insha'Allah this will form the moral fabric for the rest of time to come and for our society we also think about another significance of the Day of Eid where it is obligatory on everyone to give charity to the poor we shouldn't just take this as a single day where we give charity giving to the needy is an incumbent obligation on every true believer whether it is a guide or a template for yourself that you should continue to do month after month day after day for the rest of the year continue to give to the poor whether it is once every day once a week once a month so that you can continue this ongoing good act that you have developed during this day having done this for one whole month today is an auspicious day we should be ready to face the year that lies ahead with strength we should consider ourselves better human beings and consider ourselves close to Allah the problem is when you leave or when this month has gone away and you go back into your old ways the sins start taking over the good deeds again and everything that you have built up in this month soon fades away so you must be steadfast you must endeavor to continue the good work that you have been doing you see this month of Ramadan when it comes to sports you train for a big event and you should consider this month of Ramadan as a training period a training period for the rest of the year where you have to continue the good work now you enjoy in your daily activities your normal life but you must always constantly think about the lessons you've learnt in this month of Ramadan you see we've tried to develop good traits good qualities don't let that all go to waste otherwise you've got nothing out of this holy month Insha'Allah I hope that these last few nights have been inspiring for you I hope that you're a better person now than you were at the beginning of the month of Ramadan and Insha'Allah I pray that when the next Ramadan comes if God permits then you'll be an even better person than you are today Insha'Allah we'll continue tomorrow and there'll be a short recap about all the other spiritual refinement that we've been talking about The Holy Prophet Muhammad may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his progeny was asked O Prophet of Allah which of the two months possesses a greater reward Rajab or the month of Ramadan The Holy Prophet may the peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny replied Nothing can be compared to the month of Ramadan in terms of reward In this episode Insha'Allah we'll be talking about how people from around the world prepare for the month of Ramadan and tonight we're going to a city which is very close to where I live actually and that is Birmingham in the United Kingdom Birmingham is a city which is found in the middle of the country in the area called the Midlands and it's an area which has a very multicultural society lots of Muslims from very different backgrounds and the Shia community there as well which consists of the Khoja and the shops held every night for the young children so that they can go and learn things things that are aimed at their level and targeted towards them directly and it's like a class that they can go to and they can do specific activities directly aimed for the kids for the adults every night there is lectures, majalis within the centres and they exist in two languages English and in the language the mother tongue of whichever community is there and English is a very important language to the people there to understand the language or the mother tongue that they come from and as a result they require English so that they can understand what is being said every night within the centre there is Iftar and because of the timings of Iftar and Maghrib what happens is that if the Maghrib is very late the lectures and the Dua happen before the time of Maghrib so everybody by the time Iftar is done is ready for home the Dua and the Amal is done after the time of Iftar as the United Kingdom is a non-Muslim country the government do not change the working hours so people continue to work the usual lives and the usual routines and that doesn't really change so people try to make use of the mosque and the Iftar at mosque so that they don't have to take time to prepare the food in the evenings and therefore allows them to free up time and then they do the nighting the interesting thing about Birmingham due to the fact that it is in the United Kingdom and the people there are from a very diverse even within one community and they do different marajah and as a result the nights of the night of power differ from people to people depending on who they follow and therefore after the 19th night onwards every night there is Amal in the mosque and people are welcome to come in and join and participate and there is a kinship and brotherhood and galvanization of the community due to the fact that everyone gets together for the Amal I would like to ask you once again to send in your videos your picture, your blogs to our channel so we can air them we can see how you prepare for the month of Ramadan and we hope that this will allow us to get an insight into how varied the practices are throughout the world but we remember one thing and that is whatever practices and the objective never changes and that is that we fast and we do things we have our cultural traditions for the love of Allah سبحانه وتعالى بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم respected viewers السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته may peace and blessings and protection of Allah be upon each and every one of you today again we came to one of the market places in the holy city of Karbala what is going on during the holy month of Ramadan in the place in the store markets here in the holy city of Karbala dearest viewers let's have a word with one of the brothers here السلام عليكم السلام ورحمة الله وبركاته ممكن تتفضل إن عن أجواء مدينة Karbala خلال شهر رمضان المبارك أولا أنا نساهم بكم أنا نساهم قناة الماب الحسين مدينة Karbala في رمضان إلا خصوصية خصوصية جميلة أجواء كربلة جميلة تكون في وقت بعد الفطور أجواء كل جميلة تعرفت تقبل الفطور هنا واجبات فطور صير بشارع المام الحسين مجانا طبعا للصائمين توزيع وأجواء جميلة جدا جميلة أخي يقول أن المام الحسين في المام الحسين بسبب بلسين أخي أخي أبالفضل العباس و here in front of their store usually before the Eftar every day they have a gathering and in which they serve the visitors of Abiy Abdullah al-Hussain with Eftar during the holy month of Ramadhan نعم ممكن تتفضل عن عملكم خلال شهر رمضان المباركة يعني تتأثر عملكم ساعتكم تغيير لوشنون عملنا ما يتأثر يعني الحمد لله وشكر بالعكس هو قلتك شهر رمضان شهر يتأثر العمل لهذا الألحمد لله وشكر يعني نتشدنا قبل نعزل مثلاً بثمانة أبو تشعر سنبقى لوحدة يعني الحمد لله وشكر فما يتغير كل شيء ما يتغير ورزق إزود و الحمد لله وشكر هو يقلتك شهر خير شهر طاعة شهر جدا جميل هو شهر يعني كل معنى الكلمة أخي أخي أبالفضل العباس في المام الحسين و يقول that أخي أبالفضل العباس الحمد لله وشكر يتغير جيدا هنا و يعملنا يقول that أولاً يعملون حتى حتى الأفطار يتغيرون حتى 1 أو 2 أم في اليوم في today's episode as we go through the stages of life إن شاء الله in this episode of the health tips in our communities I want to talk about number one the problems associated with old age number two the medical conditions associated with old age number three what we can do as a community for the elderly within our communities one of the biggest problems with old age is frailty and that's caused by degeneration of the human body over time so if you can imagine that their hearts and their lungs aren't what they once used to be and I've talked about arthritis in previous episode I will be talking about it in a future episode and as a result these joint problems and muscle problems make the old people they find them difficult to walk and elderly find it difficult to walk rather and they find it difficult to walk long distances and they get tired very quickly this is important to understand that and also with the elderly people who are associated with the old age so it's important to appreciate that as a community and as a society and also try to accommodate for that give them support and help when they need it talking about the elderly conditions that are more prevalent and illnesses that are more prevalent in older age are things like dementia dementia I've talked about in a previous episode but I think it's important as a community that we appreciate the effects of dementia so when we do that we can then start to address it secondly one of the conditions that affects the brain is something called Parkinson's disease it's a condition which is caused by damage to or degeneration of a part of the brain called the basal ganglia and this affects things like movement people with Parkinson's typically get symptoms like tremors they get rigidity of their muscles and they get slowing of the movements or the initiation of movements they find problems moving and walking then it's important that you see a GP because people who suffer from these can be treated with medication and with medication obviously their symptoms can subside other problems affecting the elderly are things like visual problems things like macular degeneration or cataracts and hearing problems as degeneration happens with the ears they get poorer hearing obviously with people who suffer from these problems it's important to see eye specialists of opticians and also it's important to see people who are specialists with hearing you can get treated with surgery for cataracts for example and treatment with hearing aids for hearing problems for example thereafter there are problems with the rest of the body so the main organs of the body things like the heart and the kidneys and the lungs and if you suffer from degeneration of these maybe once every six months maybe once every year and give you medications to try and help with these ailments of the body finally cancers are more prevalent in elderly people the reason being is that in the elderly as time goes on and the body degenerates the cells of the body also degenerate and they're more prone to getting cancerous so things like prostate cancer in men lung cancer thyroid cancers and therefore it's important to look out for the signs and the symptoms which may lead you or indicate that there is a problem going on so the symptoms include things like weight loss very large amounts of weight loss over a short period of time things like loss of appetite problems with color of the skins if someone's looking very pale and feeling tired all the time if you're getting all these symptoms and especially with bowel cancers if you find that you find blood in your stools it's important to get these seen and see a doctor as soon as possible because even though the elderly population may be very frail and they have these problems it's not to say that they can't have an operation or they can't get these problems treated so the quicker you see them the quicker you act on them and the quicker that you treat them the better the prognosis is in the long term finally I just want to talk about what we can do as a community to try and help the elderly and number one as a community I feel that because of the elderly within our population and those with mobility problems I think within our mosques and Husseinias within our centers we should have mobility aids there as they're just in case as a course of precaution in case there's someone who's old who doesn't have their walking stick with them or someone who's old and they're finding it difficult to mobilize around the mosque for example it's important to have some walking sticks secondly I feel that as a community we need to acknowledge the problems associated with the old age and I think we should try and have seminars and education sessions so we can educate the members of our community regarding those who are elderly and what we can do to help them thirdly I think one of the most important things for elderly people is social interaction if you imagine a lot of them are past retirement age so they sit at home whilst the rest of the family I think we should introduce sessions or gatherings for the elderly I know in some communities they have something called senior citizens meetings where the elderly get together in these meetings they can have social interaction develop their interests with each other and thirdly if there's any problems that they have they can discuss it and problems can be flagged up very quickly fourth and lastly I want to just encourage members of our community the young, the middle age to go and visit care homes not only the Muslims but also the non-Muslims that where we appreciate number one the problems associated with old age number two we give them social interaction something that the elderly actually crave number three it's not only good for them but it's good for us as well they have such a wealth of knowledge such experience that they can give us advice as well and number five I think with the elderly if we look after them as we age as a population the youths will start looking after us they'll have the values and the appreciation for the elderly within their hearts if you just ignore the elderly and pretend they don't exist in society when we get to that stage the same will happen to us so it's important to try and build that it forms the basic fabric of society إن شاء الله I hope that these points have been useful for you إن شاء الله I hope that as a community we can strive to appreciate the elderly more and by helping them we're helping ourselves helping the elderly and giving them appreciation value in society forms the moral fabric of society and as I've said before if you can help the elderly improve their self-confidence and self-esteem allow them to impart their wisdom impart their experience to you you can learn so much and as a community we can build the foundations for the evolution and for the improvement of our own communities إن شاء الله I hope إن شاء الله I hope إن شاء الله I hope إن شاء الله I hope إن شاء الله I hope إن شاء الله I hope إن شاء الله I hope إن شاء الله I hope إن شاء الله I hope إن شاء الله I hope إن شاء الله I hope إن شاء الله I hope إن شاء الله I hope إن شاء الله I hope إن شاء الله I hope إن شاء الله I hope إمام التقعي قمني ربعاً ، لم أكن لديك قدامة أو أستطيع أن أتساعدك في طريقك لماذا أستطيع أن أستطيع أن أتساعد؟ مأمون الرشيد كانت سفرعاً مع هذه المجردات وقال ، ماذا يسمعك يا رجال؟ مأمون الرشيد ربعاً بقول ، أسمي محمد وقال ، مأمون ربعاً لسنف هوم الإمام ربعاً لسنف علي ابنة موسى الرضا مأمون الرشيد ربعاً وقال ، وقال ، مجردت أسودة وقال ، مجردت أسودة على طريقه وقال ، أصدقائي تلعب في السوارة وقال إمام في المكان عندما أتصل إلى إمام ، أسأل ، ماذا أستطيع أن أتساعد؟ إمام محمد التقعي قلت ، الله سبحانه وتعالى لديه أسودة في المحلق والسماعين يجب أن يتساعدهم مأمون الرشيد كانت سفرعاً من هذا المجردات لأن أمام التقعي قلت ، عندما يأتي إلى إمام ، أسودة يسأل ، أسودة يسأل ، أسودة يسأل ، مأمون الرشيد قلت ، أصدقائي تلعب لسنف أمام علي ابنة موسى الرضا لذا ، لذا ، مأمون ربعاً لديه أمام محمد التقعي وقال ، أسودة في المحلق ، في محلق ربعاً أكثر من هذه السؤال هو أننا يجب always ونحن لا يجب أن نكون أسودة من أي شيء أو أي شخص لأن الله سبحانه وتعالى هو the strongest and will always look after us إن شاء الله ، في today's episode I plan to recite a small poem in remembrance of Rasoolallah peace and blessings be upon him It's a sheet released by Mahrezain originally but it's one of my favorites so that's why I wanted to share it with you With submission, faith and patience you conveyed the noble message brought us light through your guidance peace be upon you my beloved my beloved my beloved my beloved peace and blessings be upon you my beloved Rasool peace and blessings be upon you my beloved peace and blessings be upon you my beloved يا محمد يا نبي سلام عليك يا رسول سلام يا حبيب سلام عليك صلوات الله عليك يا نبي سلام عليك زدنا يا خطى يا حبيب يا نبي سلام يا رسول سلام عليك يا حبيب سلام يا نبي سلام حبيب سلام عليك يا رسول سلام سلام عليك يا رسول سلام سلام عليك يا رسول سلام عليك يا رسول سلام سلام عليك يا رسول سلام عليك يا رسول سلام عليك يا رسول سلام سلام عليك يا رسول سلام عليك