 I start in the name of Allah, the Beneficent and the Merciful, and I seek salvation from Shaitan the Akast. Dearest viewers, my brothers and sisters from all across the globe, may the peace, blessings and protection of Allah SWT be with you all at all times. Welcome to a new episode of the Ramadan Show with me, your host, Dr Shabir Tijani. Once again in today's episode we'll be going through all the different facets of Ramadan to be your one-stop shop for the holy month. I would like to remind you once again to join us on social media on Twitter using the hashtag IHTVRamadan, on Instagram, on Facebook and on YouTube as well. Please also send in your videos from wherever you live across the world so that we may be able to air it. Before proceeding to the show, I wanted to just quote our hadith from Amir al-Mu'mineen alaihi salam, where he says, one hour of contemplation is equivalent to 70 years of worship. Insha'Allah, this should be one of our aims during the holy month, to contemplate, to think, to ponder over our lives and reassess our lives at every step of the way. In this episode, the specific trait that we'll be focusing on, or the specific area that we'll be talking about for spiritual refinement is called spiritual wafering, or the journey through the spiritual life, essentially the journey for attaining spirituality. If we look at life as a whole, our life should be the embodiment or the reflection of all the positive traits of humanity, the traits that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, the attributes of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Some of these examples are ar-Rahman, ar-Rahim, latif, ra'oof, and so forth. The first step towards achieving spiritual wafering is to be aware and to acknowledge the being of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and to have faith in him and to believe in his messenger and his Ahl al-Bait, because the Ahl al-Bait are the ones who have given us guidance, they're the representatives of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala on this planet, and have been sent down as guides for us to learn from them. So that's why we should look to them in order to give us guidance. One of the greatest scholars of our time who discussed spiritual wafering in much detail is Allah matabatabay, in his book, Lub al-Lubab. He talks about different stages of the process, and these stages have been set out in very specific terms. The first one is called Islam, belief in the religion, iman, faith, tawaqal, putting all your trust in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and jihad and nafs, etc, etc. But the initial stage of achieving spiritual enlightenment, or starting on that journey towards spiritual enlightenment, is yaqadda, which is to awaken the soul. An example of this is Hur alayhi salam, when he on the night of Ashura came to Imam al-Hussain, something in his soul awoke and he realized his mistake, and therefore he began that path towards spiritual enlightenment. And we can all achieve this, because our souls, as long as they have the ability to tell right from wrong and good from evil, have the potential to turn towards Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and go upon this spiral towards perfection. Because you see, as human beings we're very complex creatures, not only physically but spiritually as well. We hear that if an individual achieves spiritual enlightenment, is able to tell right from wrong, and does all the good deeds that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has asked him to do, his status is higher than that of the angels. However, if he becomes the opposite where his soul is so shrunken, where it's so darkened and it is completely overruled by his nafs or their nafs, they become worse than the animals. They succumb to their animalistic desires, their materialistic lusts, and therefore they are even worse than the animals. The first step, as we've said, is the ability to enlighten the soul, and that begins with a belief in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Believers are constantly looking at every test and trial as not a test and a trial, not mercy from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Because true believers know that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala only tests you or challenges you in order to make you a better human being, in order for you to come closer to him. Because every single thing that happens in our life is planned by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in order for us to achieve that enlightenment. Now it is up to us whether we take on that test or that challenge, and it is up to us whether we want to achieve that closest to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Because by God, everyone is capable of achieving enlightenment. As long as you have faith in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and put all of your pains and anguishes and all of the burdens of your soul and your heart, and leave it up to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to ease those burdens, surely that is the first step towards achieving the enlightenment. We look towards the Ahlul Bayt, we look towards the prophets to give us enlightenment or to give us guidance in these specific areas of how to achieve this spiritual enlightenment. We see that Amirul Mu'mineen, despite being faced with so many challenges during his lifetime, even though he knew that he was the representative of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala on this earth, and he was the next in line after the Holy Prophet, we see that his rights were usurped. Yet even those who usurped his rights knew that he was the most knowledgeable person of his time, and he was the human reflection of the Holy Qur'an. Next we go on to another trait that Amirul Mu'mineen shows us during his lifetime and that is to keep steadfast with prayers. We see in so many occasions in the battlefield where Amirul Mu'mineen stops in battle and fulfills his obligations towards prayer, we see that he is the only person in the history of mankind to give zakat during prostration. Imam Ali alaihi salam shows us that this is the first physical thing we can do towards achieving enlightenment, and that is to keep steadfast with our prayers. Taking that forward, how can we take practical steps to achieve this perfection? As always I've mentioned before and I'll mention again, Niyah is the first and most important thing. Niyah is not a stagnant thing though, you have to constantly reassess your Niyah and your intention. It can be something as simple as going to the shops or going out into town, visiting friends. You see, sheytan is around us at all times, and he has promised that he will try and drag us away from the path of Allah SWT. So we have to constantly reassess our intentions, constantly reassess our surroundings, reassess our actions, and our actions should be made on a scaffold. The first part of that scaffold is taqwa. When you have taqwa you realise yourself as what you actually are, and that is nothing except an abd, a servant of Allah SWT. And it is when you think of that, you actually bring yourself down to earth, you become humble, and shed your heart of pride and arrogance. Taqwa begins from inside oneself. You take steps, slow steps towards achieving the spiritual enlightenment that you want to achieve. After all they say that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and it is true even for this spiritual path, that if you want to achieve that ultimate enlightenment, never be afraid to take that first step and always start with taqwa. And you have to ask yourself, how close are you to God? How close do you feel to God in your day to day life? Do you talk to God? When you pray to God, do you actually envision that you are actually in the presence of God? Do you actually feel that you are in the presence of God? And it is only when you get to that stage do you begin on this long path towards enlightenment. Then a lot of people ask me, ask a lot of scholars, if Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala really loves us and he wishes what's best for us, why do we suffer? Why is there so much suffering in this world? Why is there suffering within our own communities or within our households, and why do we have inflections within our own lives? And the answer can be broken down to many facets. The first one obviously is trials and tribulations that you inflict upon yourself due to the consequences of your own actions. And for that, you have no one to blame but yourself. Secondly, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has said that your sins are actually a barrier between him and yourself. And when you commit sins, you take yourself away from the path of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. And as a result, you can be faced with suffering and trials not because Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala hates you, but because he wants you to become more aware that, in fact, you need his nearness at all times in your life. And this leads on to my next thing. Sometimes trials and tribulations are to make yourself aware, where Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala wants you to make yourself aware and self-conscious about the type of person you are. He wants you to achieve a higher station within his eyes and also within your own soul. And sometimes we see that the worst experiences can have the most positive impacts on our lives. Because these negative experiences actually take us closer to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala when we learn from them. And finally, like I've said before, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala loves when his servant comes towards him. And sometimes Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala tests us just to see if we will thank him for whatever we have. And he wants to see that we actually have one of the most important qualities of spiritual enlightenment within us and that is sub-patience. When we look at our day-to-day practical lives, we see the relationship between a student and a teacher. And it is very similar to that between us and our Lord. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala doesn't test us because he doesn't like us or he hates us or he's got bad intentions for us. It is because he wants to see how far we are able to come towards his path. Sometimes it takes an event and experience to take you out of your comfort zone where you actually understand the strength of your own character. And it's only when you understand what you're capable of that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala becomes closer to you and you become closer to him. And finally, I just want to get towards the main reason that we in this day and age need to try and achieve spiritual enlightenment. And that is because we are the generation that are awaiting our 12th Imam, Alayhi Salam, Yaman Mahdi. Why is it so important in this day and age to become one of those who will have closest to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala? Many reasons. Firstly, in this day and age, this generation that we live in, the influence of shaitan is more than any other time in history. Wherever we look, there is bloodshed. There is attractions towards this worldly desire, these materialistic lusts. Shaitan is around us at every turn. Whether you live in the West or the East, whether you're in a Muslim country or a non-Muslim country, shaitan is around us at all times. Secondly, we're trying to achieve enlightenment, spiritual growth, in preparation for the Imam. Because don't forget that Imam is waiting for us, not only are we waiting for him, but he's waiting for us as well. He's waiting to see if we're prepared for him, whether we'll stand by his side. And part of this preparation is achieving that spiritual refinement and that enlightenment. Finally, I want to just take your minds towards karbala, because you see spiritual enlightenment and this journey isn't a stagnant journey. It isn't just a simple road which you'll go by. There'll be many obstacles along that path. There may be rocks and other forms of obstacles which you must overcome. And when we look to the Ahl al-Bait, we see no greater example than the day of Ashura and the story of Imam al-Hussain in Karbala, where he sacrifices whole family and he sacrifices his own life. And in the end, when we see him being martyred, we see that he's actually prostrating to God, thanking him for his mercies and thanking him for everything that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has given him. And this is the level of closeness to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala we must try and achieve. Like I've said, there are many stages towards the achievement of this enlightenment and many, many miles along this road towards enlightenment. There will be obstacles, there is no doubt. But we must try and get there. I request all of you to read the book that I have talked about in this segment because, insha'Allah, I pray that as a society, as a community, we can also achieve enlightenment. After all, we are from that generation into which the Imam, insha'Allah, will come. And the first step towards preparing for him is awakening our souls, awakening ourselves. And to realize that this awakening isn't just a stagnant process, it's a continuous, refined process and it's an active process in which we must partake. So, insha'Allah, I pray for all of us and our communities, our society that, insha'Allah, we can be amongst the companions of the Awaited Imam, alayhi salam. The Holy Prophet Muhammad, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him in his progeny, has said, Eit Ramadan is the month whose beginning is mercy. Its middle is forgiveness and its end is emancipation or liberation from the Hellfire. For this episode, as we go around the world and visit places across the globe, we want to have an insight into how people run and perform their day-to-day duties and day-to-day lives during the month of Ramadan. Today, we're going to be looking at the country of Sweden. For those of you who don't know where Sweden is, what Sweden is, have never visited that part of the world, Sweden is in northern Europe in an area called Scandinavia. The beauty of this place and the harsh reality of this place is that for a lot of the time of the year, it's extremely cold there and during the summertime, the hours of daylight are very long and during the winter, the hours of nighttime are very long. This in itself raises a unique test, a unique problem for those who live in those countries because their hours of daylight can vary from time to time depending on the time of year that Ramadan is. So for example, this year, they will only get maybe two or three hours of darkness in which they can have their food, they can have their iftar and sohoor. In a non-Muslim country like Sweden, the problem with that is that you cannot alter your day-to-day working hours because they do not allow you to do that, so essentially what individuals have to do is try to adapt the day-to-day lives in order to try and get the most out of the month of Ramadan. From my research and from people who I've spoken to, I have come across some people who live in Stockholm in the capital of Sweden. Stockholm is obviously a very vibrant and multicultural area where there's a lot of Muslims, non-Muslims and people from other religions and denominations. But for the Muslims, there are many different types for the Shia rather, they're from different backgrounds, so you have your Arabs, North Africans, your Indian and subcontinent people from the Indian subcontinent as well. And they're all prepared for the month of Ramadan, for iftar specifically in slightly different ways. The day-to-day life entails work as it is for majority of the countries in the western world and the hours of work don't actually change. The challenge comes after work and during the time of day up to iftar because iftar can be very late at night, it can be as late as 11 o'clock at night. So for these people, they try to make sure that when it's iftar time, they nourish themselves appropriately and they give themselves enough time to eat for the three hours, so they try to eat slow and steady for the full time, for the full allotted three hours or however long they've got for iftar. In the Khurja community or the Indian communities, they tend to have iftar in the mosques, they tend to go for the mosque for specific programs, for Majlis, for dua and then they'd have iftar after Salatul Maghrib. For the Arab communities there, it's slightly different. They have iftar at home, they have it amongst their families and their close communities and after that the men of the family tend to go to the mosque and to partake in special Amal or dua and for sprays as well. So it varies from community to community and from person to person. Obviously at this time of the year where the daylight hours are so long, it's a unique challenge for these individuals, for these people and for them to fast during these times of the year, it can be quite challenging. So for a lot of people, they tend to try and take medical advice and to take the right sort of foods at the right times during the iftar period from iftar to sahur and obviously during the day-to-day lives after work, they try to take some rest, sleep for some time because obviously during the night time they'd be awake until the time of Salat al-Fajr. Other than that, for these individuals, for these Muslims, the winter time is also quite challenging because it gets very, very cold and due to the fasting and the hunger as your body, the metabolic rate in the body drops, the cold tends to affect you more. So during the winter months, when it's fasting, they tend to be very, very cold, but the benefit that they have is that the daylight hours are a lot shorter. And this is the same for many countries across the Scandinavian region and also other parts of the world where it remains cold during the winter and during the summer that daylight hours are very long. As I've said before during these episodes, during these shows, we look forward for you to send in your videos. Please let us see how you prepare for the month of Ramadan, how you prepare your day-to-day lives, how you go about doing your working day-to-day lives and how you prepare iftar in the evenings and how your day-to-day lives vary from country to country, from place to place, across the globe. I hope that this will enable us to come together as a community, to get an insight into each other's lives and inshallah join and make our bond of brotherhood and sisterhood stronger. Dearest Imam Hussein TV viewers, welcome to Imam Hussein TV 3. Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. May peace and blessings of Allah be upon each and every one of you and all your prayers and supplications be accepted in the holy month of Ramadan. Today we came to one of the restaurants in the holy city of Karbala to show you the atmosphere of the holy month of Ramadan in this specific restaurant. This is one of the examples of the restaurants that we have here in the holy city of Karbala. So stay tuned as we go inside and have a word with the brothers inside. Dearest brothers and sisters, welcome. I have one of the brothers here. I will ask him a few questions for him. Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. May peace and blessings of Allah be upon you and all of you. This is Mr. Nazir Abunour, manager of Salat Mata Am Iwan al-Siyahi in Karbala Al-Muqattasi. There is a nice thing about Ramadan is that it differs from the normal days. The normal days, when we open the store for 24 hours, we provide all the dishes, with all the details, with all the time, with all the different types. Ramadan is different from the specific time. You are busy with a specific time to prepare your dishes in the most time. And fasting doesn't take care of you. You have to be faster than him and always in order to prepare the best food for you. During the lockdown and the situation in Ramadan, we open around 6.30 p.m. Of course, we are ready with all the types of food, drinks, drinks, and all things. Around 7 p.m. we close the door and wait for the fasting to take place. We are in this period of fasting, not in it. The fasting is very good, because the fasting doesn't take place. We are doing it to go to fasting, not to be left behind. Everything is possible. It is a great amount of food and it is very good. I ask brother Mander, he is congratulating you and the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan. He is the manager of Iwan restaurant here in the holy city of Karbala. He is saying that the holy month of Ramadan totally differs from the other month of the year. During the year, the normal days, they are open 24 hours a day and they serve three meals like breakfast, dinner, and lunch with different specifications. But in the holy month of Ramadan they open shortly only for Eftah. Because people are fasting here. So he is saying that during the Eftah time, we open usually half an hour before the Eftah time. We try to open the doors and receive our guests. They usually prepare everything about one hour before the time of Eftah. So they make it fast for the visitors to come and take their meals. Are there any remaining places that you would like to visit in this restaurant? After I explained to you about the fatayer and the fatayer part, I have other parts of it. It is an introduction. They prepare the other parts on top of the kitchen. We prepare a large amount of ingredients. 14 to 16 kinds. Syrian and Iraqi ingredients. There is another part, where we prepare the drinks, the fatayer and the ice cream. Everything is prepared from hot and cold drinks. After that, you will have a part of the hot drinks in all forms. I asked brother about the other parts of the restaurant. He is saying that they have a furnace here, they have another hall. They have a specific place where they serve juice for the appetizers. So stay tuned with us as we go inside the restaurant and see the other parts. In this segment of the show, where we talk about health and medical advice, I want to continue with what we have been talking about in the past few shows, where we have been talking about risk factors for heart disease. Today I want to talk about heart attacks themselves. Firstly, we will talk about risk factors that can modify your life and also I want to talk about the symptoms of a heart attack and what things you should look out for before you get concerned. In the previous shows, we have talked about risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, diabetes, a stressful lifestyle that can be precursors or predispositions to getting heart attacks and heart disease. Another thing that you must look out for is things that you cannot control which are also risk factors for heart disease and those are things like a family history of heart attacks. For this you can't do much other than modify your lifestyle to cut out the risk factors that you can change. As I have said in the previous episodes, that we should try and control our blood sugar levels, our cholesterol levels, whether it is through a healthy lifestyle or if that is not possible through medication. We have also talked about ways to improve our lifestyle to avoid getting stressed because stress is one of the commonest causes over a prolonged period of time that can actually lead to heart disease. Family history obviously is one of the things you cannot control as I have mentioned before and for you as an individual, if you do have a family history of heart disease, it is ever more important to be aware of the symptoms of heart attacks. Before I go on to the symptoms, how heart attacks are caused and why we get the symptoms that we get when we have heart attacks. Essentially what a heart attack is is when the supply of oxygen to the heart muscle is stopped or reduced for whatever reason. People who have many many risk factors for heart disease and some people who don't even have any risk factors for heart disease what happens is they have clogging or blockages of their coronary arteries over a prolonged period of time. This can be due to things such as the risk factors I mentioned people with inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or lupus can also develop blockages of the coronary arteries and other important blood vessels in the body and after the coronary artery is blocked, the blood which is supposed to go through the coronary artery and supply the muscle which helps the heart to pump gets blocked and as a result the oxygen that's in the blood does not get to the muscle of the heart and that piece of muscle dies and when that piece of muscle dies the heart's contractility decreases and the heart cannot pump the blood out because the muscle that's doing the pumping action is now crosed or dead. So what happens to a human being when they're in that situation? Firstly there are people who suffer from angina. Angina is before heart attack so in people who have risk factors for heart disease they can develop minor blockages of their coronary arteries and stop some of the blood from getting through to the heart muscle and in these people even though oxygen is getting through not enough of it is getting through so they find that when they go for a walk they tend to have a lot of problems because the oxygen demands around the rest of the body increase due to the work of the muscles they tend to not be able to supply enough oxygen to the heart muscle to get that pumping action going and as a result they have chest pain because when the heart muscle is deprived of oxygen it releases certain chemicals which cause pain in the chest and that's why they get angina and when they rest angina is very very important that you see a doctor as soon as possible because if you're suffering from those symptoms it can be the first sign that you got an impending catastrophic heart condition coming up it can be a precursor to going on to develop a full blown heart attack and you must control the symptoms that you have by going to see a doctor and getting started on certain medication however in people who develop full blown blockages end up having heart attacks because there is no pumping action or no muscle that is still alive to cause the pumping of the blood around the body what happens is that your body realizes this and it goes into what we call shutdown mode so if the blood pressure isn't adequate enough to supply the body or if your heart's not pumping enough around the body your body actually conserves the blood into your central system and you get a surge of adrenaline around your body and as a result you get very cold peripherally and you also start sweating a lot and you go pale because the blood supply to your skin is diminished as a result the blood is only left for your major organs such as your brain your heart and for your kidneys and often the symptoms are people who have had heart attacks the symptoms they get obviously chest pain they get pain down the left arm because some of the nerves that supply the heart also supply that side of the body so they get what we call referred pain to either the arm, the shoulder or the jaw or even the teeth sometimes other symptoms they get is nausea because with severe pain in the chest and also that surge of adrenaline you can become very nauseous and feel sick also they do get like I've said sweating they get they feel very pale and due to the decreased blood supply to the brain they can sometimes have faints so any of these symptoms should be a very very important sign a very important symptom to get seen immediately go and see go straight to the emergency department if you get any of these symptoms also if you're at home with someone who has got these symptoms and could have a heart attack it's very important to know what to do in that situation as doctors we're told that if we're concerned that anyone has a heart attack with these symptoms we usually give them 300 milligrams of aspirin usually in crushed form and we tell the patient to take that medication because the sooner you give the aspirin studies have shown that the better the prognosis is of the heart attack also in people who suffer from heart attacks it is very important to know what happens next having worked in a cardiology job before I have dealt with people who've had heart attacks so there's many ways of treating them if it's a patient who is not suitable for angioplasty due to many conditions or many problems sometimes we would treat these people with blood thinners and we would try and reduce their risk factors as much as possible just with medication in other people they get taken to a cath lab and with I'm sure a lot of you have heard of stents people having stents put in usually these stents are there and last for many years but the biggest risk with these stents due to their structure is that they can get occluded again and due to that many people are on long term antiplatelet therapy your doctor obviously your cardiologist will tell you exactly how long to take your antiplatelet therapy for and the type of antiplatelet therapy differs from country to country to region even in the country that I work in and it is very important to take heed of the advice that the cardiologist gives you for people who are unable to have stents for whatever reason whether the blockage is too big whether you have several blockages or it's affecting the main root of the coronary artery for them sometimes we they have a coronary artery bypass graft or a cabbage and for that what happens is that you get seen by the cardiovascular thoracic surgeons rather and they sometimes take a vein from your leg and rewire the coronary arteries around your heart in order to get the blood supply around the heart but without actually taking out the coronary arteries that are actually blocked and without compromising the blood circulation system so that all the muscles in the heart can receive the adequate oxygen and blood supply for people who do have this bypass graft is very important to speak to your surgeon before the operation to find out exactly what complications you can have before during the operation immediately after the operation and also the long term because if you do have a bypass graft you will be you'll have to spend a specific amount of time in hospital you won't be able to drive you may not be able to fly for a specific amount of time so it's very important to be aware of all of these things and plan your life around it finally in people who have had heart disease and heart problems it is important to know what happens next if a lot of your heart has been affected sometimes you can end up with something called heart failure heart failure doesn't mean that your heart has completely failed it just means that the efficiency of the pumping mechanism of your heart isn't as effective as it used to be many many years ago before the heart attack because the part of the muscle of the heart is actually dead so it's not giving that contraction mechanism another effect of a heart attack can be that you can have problems with the conduction system of the heart so as well as giving the pumping mechanism of the heart the heart muscle is also part of the conduction system of the heart so if you have a part of the muscle that dies the conduction system of the heart is also cut so you can get conduction problems such as heart blocks or something called atrial fibrillation insha'Allah I hope that this episode or this part of this episode has been useful for you and I hope that if you do have any of these risk factors for heart disease whether it's something you can change such as your lifestyle or whether it's something like your blood sugar levels I would urge you to make those changes and if it's things like your family history which you can't change please try and make changes to those things that you can affect in order to lead a healthy lifestyle insha'Allah with a good healthy heart which will allow you to have a good quality of life and a longevity of life insha'Allah all societies in the past and the present have cultural practices of either benefit or harm the ones of benefit Islam seeks to enhance and the ones of harm seeks to refuse seeks to refute and leave alone however all societies contain cultural customs that may do harm more than good for this reason Islam seeks to change these customs once in the time of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib he was traveling to Kufa and passed through Ambar in Iraq the majority of the residents there were Persian farmers and when they heard about Imam Ali's arrival they went to go visit him however when it was the time for Imam Ali to leave they began running in front of his horse and chanting and it was difficult for Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib and he also knew that it was difficult for them as well because they accorded him a higher regard than he actually deserved because as we know Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib he has always positioned himself as the poorest ate as the poorest and the most oppressed ones of society he dressed the poorest and worked for a living just like anybody else he asked why should others ignore themselves to honor me in this way Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib asked about this behavior he was told that we have practiced this custom for years this is how we show respect to a person of higher status Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib humbly and respectfully told them this action makes you uncomfortable in this world and it brings you humiliation in the next always stay away from humiliating acts anyway how does someone benefit from this action as Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib show us it is our responsibility and it is upon us to always question our culture and societal practices seeking to elevate the best of them and refuting and moving away from the worst of them for today's episode I want to dedicate the poem to Nasheed to the seal of the Prophet Prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him this is a Nasheed called the chosen one it is originally recited by Mahir Zayn so I am sure a lot of you would know it at home if you do please join in Muhammad ya Rasoolallah you were so caring your soul was full of love you were the best of man come Muhammad Habibi al-Mustaf the chosen one the truthful in every word you say Muhammad ya Rasoolallah your face was brighter than the sun beauty equal Muhammad the chosen one as you taught me I pray to be close to you that day and see you smile the chosen one the chosen the holy prophet Muhammad may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his progeny has said it Ramadan is the month whose beginning is mercy its middle is forgiveness and its end is emancipation or liberation from the hellfire as we end this episode of the Ramadan show I wanted to part with the following thoughts the following words a philosophy that you can employ in your everyday lives to try and ascend towards Allah swt those final words are that if things don't go your way don't fret change the plan but never change the objective never change the goal surely if we reassess our lives on a day to day basis we will be able to reassess what we do in our actions we can change our plans accordingly sometimes the plans work but as long as the near is correct then inshallah everything will be accepted by Allah swt with that I bid you farewell please don't forget to join us on social media on twitter on instagram on facebook and on youtube please don't forget to also send in your videos please remember us in your du'az and don't forget most importantly to pray for the reappearance of Imam Mahdi alayhi salam inshallah we will join you again tomorrow for another episode of the Ramadan show until then wa salamu alaykum