 ان شخص my beloved brothers and sisters اني not looking at you as though I'm righteous I am a person of piety and that's all of you guys are criminals I'm not I might be worse than all of you put together and ask Allah He forgives me for that which people don't know of me but what is it that I want to say to you all is that رمضان has just gone it departed we were welcoming it a couple of weeks ago و should all be concerned about if that Ramadan was accepted from us. Allah clearly says in the Quran إنما يتقبل الله من المتقين. Allah accepts from those who are pious. So we need to ask ourselves a sincere question by saying to us were we pious enough for Allah to accept our Ramadan. When in America there was the people who were pious before, righteous people who إن شاء الله تعالى were hoping to tread on their path. Something which they used to do is that when Ramadan went they would spend the next six months after Ramadan lifting their hands up and asking Allah to accept the Ramadan that they just passed. And this is something that was very common amongst them. From the scholars who transmitted this إبل رجب الحنبلي رحمه الله in his كتاب لطائف المعارف. ألمام محسن البصري رحمه الله he said a very powerful statement. He said let it be more fear for you the acceptance of the action more than the action itself. Be more scared that the action was accepted than coming with the action itself. My brothers Do not be like the woman who tied her knot in the morning she will tie a knot and in the evening she will come and she will untwist the sponge that she made. Where people who worked hard in the 29 days nights of Ramadan we worked hard we fasted at daytime and we stood up at nighttime we should not destroy it in a very small period of time he said anybody who looks at Ramadan and says to Ramadan as soon as you finish and as soon as you go I am going to disobey Allah all he wants to do is to fear Allah in these 30 days of these 29 nights after those 29 nights are gone he says to himself Oh Allah I am going to disobey you and I am going to go back to how I used to be and I am going to commit everything that comes to my mind he said that his fasting will be مردود على which it will be taken it will be rejected to his face I am not saying that is what is going to happen to you all and I hope it does not happen to any one of us but my beloved brothers and sisters we need to be very concerned about whether our fasting is accepted and after Ramadan are we going to be a people who have changed and have become different my beloved brothers and sisters we have brothers of ours and sisters of ours around the world who have not been privileged like we are they may not have the opportunity or the chance to enjoy read like the way we will so the messenger peace be upon him he commanded us that we pay a zakat that goes towards them it is it is a purification for your fasting and it is also what makes them happy and it beautifies the poor and those in need also after Ramadan my beloved brothers and sisters just so your righteous action doesn't come to an end there are six days which you need to fast of shawwal the messenger peace be upon him he said من صام رمضان ثم اتباعوا ستم من شوال فكأنما صام فكأنما صام فكأنما صيام الدهري او كما قال عليه الصلاة والسلام the messenger said anyone who fast a month of Ramadan and he follows it up with six days after it it's as though he has fasted the whole year so our righteous deed doesn't stop we stood in front of Allah right now in the night we're not going to stop that insha'Allah Allah said about the righteous people تتجافا جنوبهم عن المضاج يدعون ربهم خوفا وطمعا ومن ما رزقناهم يوفقون in another ayah Allah says إنهم كانوا يسارعون في الخيرات ويدعوننا ربهم ورهبهم وكانوا لنا خاشعين the righteous people are ones who are consistent fear they stand up at night and they remember Allah my beloved brothers and sisters do not come and sin right now you have worked hard oh Allah the Lord of the heavens and the earth the one who has created us the one who brought us into this world and the one who sustains for us oh Allah accept our fasting from us oh Allah accept our standing from us and oh Allah make us those who have changed who have become righteous people may Allah SWT also look after our parents who were there for us who helped us who aided us and who nurtured us from where we are today oh Allah make our children and our wives ربنا هبلنا من أزواجنا وذرياتنا قرّة عين وجعنا للمتقين إماما oh Allah make our wives our daughters our sons all of them righteous ones and may Allah forgive me for any mistakes or shortcomings I came with while I was speaking سبحانك الله ومحمدك أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله أستغفروا كواتوب إلي