 وأقولوا في القرآن ما جاءت به آياته فهو الكاريم المنزال وأقولوا قال الله جل جلاله والمصطف الهدي ولا أتأولوا الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على عبد الله ورسوله نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته مرحباً لكم في آخر مصطفة من رمضان ديلي دروبلت حيث نحن نأخذكم ببنفت حيث نحن في رمضان every single day شيء مختلف أن نفكر ونفلق وشيء that relates to the month of Ramadan and is connected to the month of Ramadan ما أريد أن أتحدث عنه اليوم شاء الله تعالى هو رمضان as a month of change ومشاركة أن تغيير نفسك ومشاركة أن تغيير نفسك ومشاركة أن تغيير نفسك هو كبير جداً من الإسلام وماذا الله سبحانه وتعالى يجب أن نفعل أذكر رمضان is the month where we are trying to develop التقوة we are trying to develop an ability to be more obedient to Allah and less disobedient to Allah الله عز وجل يقولنا أمن وكتب عليكم الصيام كما كتب على الذين من قبلكم لعلكم تتقون or you who believe fasting has been made obligatory for you as it was obligatory for those who came before you so that you might become from the people of Taqwa so we are trying to develop that nearness to Allah عز وجل but if we look at where we are starting from and where we are aiming for we see the need for change and Allah سبحانه وتعالى told us in the Quran that change has to come from us الله عز وجل told us in Surat Al-Ra'id إن الله لا يغير ما بقوم حتى يغير ما بأنفسهم الله will not change a people or what is with a people until they change what is with themselves so Allah commanded us to change ourselves and then Allah عز وجل will facilitate a change in our situation and when you think about it we don't control the situation that we're in and we don't control the Tawfiq of Allah and we don't control how things are going to end up for us the Aqiba the eventual outcome none of that is in our hands what Allah has given us is a limited ability to make that effort and to work hard to make a change within ourselves and when we do that Allah promises us that it's not until we do that that Allah سبحانه وتعالى will facilitate for us for our situation to change and this can be at all different levels and it can relate because the word إن الله لا يغير ما بقوم the word ما here is من الفاضر عموم is from the general words that covers everything so whether it is a person being in a state of blessings being in a state of ease Allah will not change that until they do something which causes that to change for example they commit a sin or they do something which distances them from Allah the other way is true as well someone in a state of disobedience Allah سبحانه وتعالى will not bring them to happiness and will not improve their situation until they strive and they make that effort to make that change for themselves and likewise on an individual level and on a wider level people talk about when is the situation of this أمة gonna change situation of the Muslims gonna change إن الله لا يغير ما بقوم حتى يغيروا ما بأنفسهم Allah will not change anything about the situation of a people until they make that effort to change what is in or until they themselves cause that change either as we said if it's a situation of sin by making that effort to turn towards the obedience of Allah and again link that to the month of Ramadan which is the month of التقوى the month where we are trying to develop additional obedience to Allah عز وجل and distance ourselves from disobedience to Allah سبحانه وتعالى and that's why الإمام السعدي he said about this آية in سورة الرعيد إن الله لا يغيروا ما بقوم حتى يغيروا ما بأنفسهم الإمام السعدي رحم الله وتعالى he said وكذلك إذا غير العباد ما بأنفسهم من المعصية فان تقالوا إلى طاعة الله غير الله عليهم ما كانوا فيه من الشقاء إلى الخير والسورور والغبطة والرحمة he said if the servants this way or similarly if the servant changes what is with them from disobedience and changes there the disobedience that they're doing and starts to obey Allah and moves towards if they move towards obeying Allah الله will change the wretchedness that is within them and that الشقاء it could be that the person is شقي في الدنيا وفي الآخرة نسى الله العفو والعافية a person could be in a state of wretchedness in this دنيا ومن أعرب عن ذكري فإن له معيشة ضنكة whoever turns away from my remembrance will have a hard, rough life a difficult life a depressed life because even if the outer self might be in a state of a state of having things and a state of you know relative ease in the دنيا but the heart of that person that turns away from the remembrance of Allah الشقاء is wretched and it's sad and depressed and worse than that is the wretchedness in the hereafter but Allah عز و جل promised to change that situation of a person if they make that effort to change themself what an opportunity it is to change from that wretchedness to al-khayr to goodness and a surour and happiness and al-ghibtah, bliss and al-rahma mercy if we want that for ourselves we need to make that change and the beautiful thing about the month of Ramadan is that the month of Ramadan has all of the elements needed within it to facilitate that change and make it easy for us the fact that the doors of Jannah are open the fact that the doors of Jannah are closed the fact that the sheyat-een are locked up the fact that it is said to the people or to it's said ياباغي الخيري أقبل وياباغي الشرعي أقصر it is said أو دور of good come forward أو دور of evil desist there are so many opportunities this Ramadan to change yourself everything is here to be able to make that change and that links it back to what we said about the ayah لعلكم تتقون in the hope that you become from the people of Taqwa everything is there within Ramadan the ingredients are there in Ramadan to facilitate for you to be able to make that change and it's a once in a year and who knows perhaps it might be a once in a lifetime because none of us know how long we're going to live or what situation we'll be in next year but it is the once in a year opportunity for you to make those changes that you wanted to make and just to highlight this there's a really beautiful statement that was made by one of the the writers one of the people who wrote famous for أدب you know writing and poetry and things like that one of the the famous authors or the famous writers he wrote رمضان مهو إلا فترة راحة وهودو he said رمضان is فترة فترة راحة وهودو it's a time of راحة a time of هودو a time where it's tranquil and a time where things become a little more relaxed and slowed down but perhaps he means by this from the matters of this world in terms of the worldly life and the distractions and the distractions of the شيلةين things become things settle down and become a little more calm سلام here حتى مطلع الفجر as it said about ليت القدر the tranquility that is found within it and then he said يعبر المؤمن من خدالها إلى مراق السعود في درجات الإيمان he said the believer within this month climbs the the levels of ascendancy in the levels of their إيمان they ascend through the levels of إيمان and then he said and this is what I wanted to highlight and it's really very beautiful what he said فمن استفاد من هذه الفترة في إصلاح حاله وتجدي دي إيمانه ومراجعت نفسه فقد وجد للتغيير طريقة he said what the benefits from this time in correcting their situation renewing their إيمان remember the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told us إن الإيمان لا يخلق في جو في أحدكم كما يخلق الثوب فسأل الله تعالى أن يجدز الإيمان في قلوبكم أو كما قال صلى الله عليه وسلم he said your إيمان wears out like your ثوب wears out so ask Allah the exalted to renew the إيمان that is in your hearts so whoever takes this Ramadan is a chance to correct their situation and to renew their faith and to renew their إيمان and to look at themself and go back to themself and really look at what is there and what needs to change this person has found a means a road, a pathway to change and that's because and he highlighted the some of the things that are essential for change to happen positive change and he mentioned that positive change requires three things and he said he said all of these things are in abundance and they're made available for the servant in this month of Ramadan if you look at the anyone who writes writer and author anyone who writes about you know people talk about positivity and how to make changes and what you need to change you'll find all the elements of positive change exist within the month of Ramadan the month of Ramadan first of all you have a chance to make مراجعة of yourself مراجعة العبدي ذاته وتقيمه لنفسه وتقيمه لنفسه وتشخيص أمراضه you have a chance to go back to yourself you have a chance to evaluate yourself and you have a chance to examine the sicknesses that are there within the heart سبحان الله الله عز وجل توليز يا أيوه الذين أاملوا يا أيوه الذين أاملوا اتقوا الله والتنظر نفس ما قدمت لغد وتقوا الله إن الله خبير بما تعملون ويهو بليف حفتقوا أف الله and let everyone look at what he's put forward for tomorrow this آية is an asset it is a fundamental text as it relates to correcting yourself and taking yourself to account محاسبة النفس مراجعة النفس تأكيد أن تأكيد أن تأكيد أن تأكيد وإن المراجعة here he used the expression تقيم تأكيد أن تأكيد أن تأكيد أن تأكيد ويأكيد أن تأكيد أين أنا right now ويأكيد أن تأكيد the sicknesses in the heart like the doctor would examine the sicknesses in the body he would come to the doctor and say I have a pain in my chest the doctor examines your chest and he says you have this and you have this you examine your heart you make the heart of your heart you examine it and you find the sicknesses that are within it and you prescribe the cure as it is prescribed for you in the book of Allah and the sunnah of the prophet so I said this is one of the essential things to make a positive change and this is available to you in the month of Ramadan Muslims generally all over the world we find it easier in Ramadan the reduced influence of the shaitan the opportunities for worship the time that you spend alone whether it be to calf or whether it be the time that you spend in in worship to Allah as per the extra time praying and so on you find it easier to examine yourself and to become aware of some of the sicknesses that are there secondly you have a chance to put in place a plan to change Ramadan is a wonderful time for this for you to actually sit and say okay we're not here to be Muslims just for Ramadan we want to do something more after that so let me put a plan in place I'm going to start now I'm not going to start tomorrow let me put a plan in place a plan to change myself and what I'm going to do and the steps that I'm going to the steps that I am going to take and then you have a chance for الهم والعزيم نحو الافضل you have a chance for you to have determination and aspirations and motivation towards what is better what is spoken how Ramadan is a month of motivation that's already something that we have spoken about in the daily droplet series so that motivation is there the things are there to motivate you to be better the opportunities for forgiveness the opportunities that exist in Ramadan are there to motivate you to be better so you find the motivation and you find the عزيم and the determination to do this but you also need to realize that these things can only be achieved with the help of Allah and so on by submitting to Him by making du'a to Him because these are the things that are going to support you in what is going to help you to make a change and in this it reminds me of the حديث of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and the part of the حديث الشاهد that I wanted to share with you that kind of reminds me about this is a statement of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم إحرص على ما ينفعك وستعم بالله ولا تعجز that be keen be keen for what will benefit you and seek the help of Allah and don't feel that you have been defeated or that you are agile you are unable to do it so you have every opportunity in this month to change and I want to conclude with a statement of the great Imam ابن قدامة رحمه الله تعالى he said وَلِصَوْمِ فَلَافُ مَرَاتِبْ صَوْمُ الْعُمُونَ وَصَوْمُ الْخُصُوسَ وَصَوْمُ الْخُصُوسِ الْخُصُوسَ he said fasting has three levels there's a general fast there's a special fast and there's a special special fast so what are these three levels of fasting that ابن قدامة told us about he said فَأَمَّ صَوْمُ الْعُمُونَ فَهُوَ كَفُ الْبطَنَ وَالْفَرجَ عن قضاء الشهوة he said as for the general fasting it's to stop your stomach your private parts from fulfilling their desires that's the fast of Ramadan right to refrain from food and drink and the other things which break the fast that's the fast of Ramadan this is what he calls صوم العموم the general fast وَأَمَّ صَوْمُ الْخُصُوسَ as for the special fast فَهُوَ كَفُ النَّظر وَالْلِسَانَ وَالْيَدُ وَالْرِجِلُ وَالْسَمْ وَالْبَصَرُ وَسَائِرَ الجَوَارِحَ وَالْعَنِ الْأَثَامِ it is to stop you looking and to stop your eyesight you're talking your hands your feet you're hearing your sight all of your limbs from doing sins and ultimately that's a little bit more right that's that's more than just the minimum to get your fast accepted I'm just going to not eat and I'm not going to drink it's a bit more than that now now I'm going to try to keep my limbs away from the haram in every single way so if that's the special fast what's the special special fast so ابن خداما رحم الله تعالى he told us about the special special fast he said وَأَمَّا صَوْمُ خُسْخُسُوسِ الخُسُوسِ فَهُوَ صَوْمُ القَلْبِ عَنِ الْهِمَ مِدَّنِئَةَ وَالْأَفْكَارِ الْمُبْعِدَةَ عَنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَكَفُهُ عَمَّا سِيْوَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى بِالْكُلِّيَّةَ he said as for the special special fast it is for the heart to fast from all of those low and lowly motivations and desires and the thoughts which take you away from Allah and to make the heart completely disconnected from anything except Allah in a complete sense completely بِالْكُلِّيَّة in a complete way that's what the special special fast is and that shows you how Ramadan trains you to change because if you look at these three levels you start off just leaving food and drink and then you leave in sins to the greatest extent that you can and finally you reach a level where your heart becomes disconnected from everything except Allah سبحانه وتعالى and that shows you what an opportunity you have this Ramadan to make a real and lasting change and we're going to conclude by asking Allah عز وجل الحي القيوم who is the ever living the sustainer of all creation ذل جلالي والإكرام the one who is the ذل جلالي والإكرام the owner of majesty and honor we're going to ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى to make us all from the people who make positive changes this Ramadan and from the people who make lasting changes that are sincere for the sake of Allah and that are in accordance with the Sunnah of His Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم may Allah's وجل give you an eye the توفيق to be among the people who change what is with themselves for that which is better and that is what Allah has made easy for me to mention and Allah knows best والصلاة والسلام على نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين