 When he talks about Rajab, he says, لا يقاربه شيء من الشهور. There is no other month that comes close to the حرمة and the فضل in the Allah that is available in this month, to the sanctity and to the glory with Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. وكان أهل الجاهلية. يعظمونه في جاهليةهم. And the جهلاء, he says, used to honor this month in their جاهلية. فلما جاء الإسلام. But when Islam came, لم يزدد إلا تعظيما وفضلة. All Islam did was add to the greatness and to the merits of this month. And so you see that in this particular month, the smallest act goes a long way. It's kind of like, you know, it's kind of like overtime. You know what I mean? Like if you work an hourly job and you get paid, let's say, 20 bucks an hour, when you work overtime, you're getting paid 30 bucks an hour, right? Time and a half, you get a little bit of a push. Rajab is that push, you know? The same act that you would do in another month would get you maybe two steps closer to God. But in this month, by doing these same actions, we would get 10 steps closer to Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. For no other reason than God is merciful, yeah? And so there are many things that you and I can engage in in this month. For example, it is mustahab to take out ghusal, okay? There is a hadith from our Prophet, Peace and Blessings, be upon him and his family, where he's reported to have said, man adhra ka shahra rajabin, fagh tasala fi awwaliha wa awsatiha wa akhirihi, kharaja min zunubihi kayawma walad tu'umuhu, Subhanallah. He says, one who enters the month of rajab and does a ghusal on the first of rajab and in the middle of rajab and on the last of rajab, will have their sins washed away as if they were a newly born child, he says. Simple, we got nothing to lose. Yeah, we got nothing to lose. If you haven't done ghusal this evening, go home or tomorrow morning, tomorrow's also the first of rajab, take out ghusal. We have absolutely nothing to lose and keep the niyah, insha'Allah, that you will do ghusal on the 15th as well and towards the last part of rajab. Something else we can do is fast, right? The fasting in this month, there's a lengthy, lengthy tradition in which there is a reward that is mentioned for every fast one does in the month of rajab. But just to give an idea or a glimpse, again, this hadith is from our Seventy Imam, alaihi salam, where he says, rajabun shahrun azeem, yuza'ifu allahu fi hil hasanaat wa yamhoofi his sayyiat. He says, rajab is a great month with Allah in which your hasanaat, your actions, your good deeds are doubled or yuza'if multiplied. Wa yamhoofi and your evil deeds are wiped away by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Mansama yawman min rajabin, tabaadat anhu naar masirat asanaat. He says, one who fasts, one fast in the month of rajab, they will be distanced from the fire of Jahannam by the distance of one year. Whatever distance is covered in one year. So at that time, subhanAllah, that time you'd travel by like a camel. And today you'd travel by a plane. And so whatever distance you can cover by a plane, you can ask for that from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala because that is the promise that you would be distanced away from that. And he continues, And one who fasts three days in the month of rajab, Allah would promise them Jannah. All we have to do is not ruin it. You know, that's the thing, right? All of these things are promised to us. One who does this gets this. One who goes here gets this. Because Allah is not trying to lie to us. Allah is not a salesperson, you know what I mean? Who tries to trick you into getting extra purchases, right? Allah is promising us these things. And when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala promises us these things, as long as we don't ruin it ourselves, we will get these things from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala because that's the promise that he has made. So a couple of simple things you and I could do. We take out ghusl. We fast. I know fasting is not easy, right? But we fast because there's a promise awaiting. And eventually our niyat of fasting will change to where we don't want anything from God. We just do it because God loves those who fast, right? So eventually it will change to that, insha'Allah. Other things that you and I could do as much istighfar as possible, yeah? As much istighfar, right? Because this is the month in which Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala yamkhul sayyiat. He wipes away evil deeds. So remember your evil deeds and pray to Allah too, forgive you. Take out sadaqah, right? There's many hadith in this month that talk about the importance of sadaqah. To take out sadaqah every single day in this month. Now, we can make it a bit simpler, right? So for example, if I want to take out a dollar a day and there's a possibility that I may forget, give 30 dollars of sadaqah tomorrow. Tomorrow's Friday. It's a good day to give sadaqah anyways. But make the niyat that ya Allah, this is a dollar a day for the entire month of Rajab because you love those who give sadaqah, yeah? Whatever the amount you can afford. But make niyat to the best of your ability that this is sadaqah for the entire month of Rajab and inshallah it will be counted for you as if you gave every single day. Recite as much of the Quran as you can in this month. Of course, for those who go for ziyarat and umrah, there is nothing like the ziyarat and the umrah of Rajab. And most importantly, right? We have to use this month as a training opportunity for the month of Ramadan. Yeah? All of these things, if you think about that are recommended here, where we give sadaqah so that others can benefit. We do istaghfar. We recite the holy Quran, we fast. All of these things are gearing us towards the month of Ramadan. And this is, I think, something that we need to focus on. You know, you never get an athlete who would enter a tournament without preparing for that tournament. Yeah? Every sports have a pre-season, they have workouts, they have all of these things, why? To get that athlete in the prime shape so that they can accomplish and have most success. It's only us, you know, who wake up first of Ramadan and say, I'm ready. It doesn't work that way, man. It really doesn't work that way. That's why we're so sluggish for the first 10 days of Ramadan, right? Can't even think of food only, falling asleep at work, because we didn't do any prep work. But if we did some prep work, all that sluggishness would come out right now. And when we come into the month of Ramadan, we would go running towards Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala.