 Allah Hu Akbar Allah Hu Akbar Allah Hu Akbar Allah Hu Akbar Allah i shahadu alaylah ila alaylah iam the screws i am afraid i said i don't want to equal i shahadu alaylah ila alaylah ila alaylah i shahadu alaylah i shahadu anna Muhammad al-Rasulallah i shahadu anna Muhammad al-Rasulallah JazakAllah. Wada'iyah min Allahi. Wa-Aziratun Wa-Ria. Wahamun Wa-Sallim Wa-Sallim wa-Barak'a. Sayyidi-Nam Muhammadin wa-A'ali. Sayyidi-Nam Muhammad. Salat-e-Masalam. Da'imani wa-tilazimani. Na yawad-di. And we ask him for his forgiveness. We take refuge with him from the evil of our souls and from the consequence of our misleads. We ask Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala to grant him peace and to send him a saviour of tesis of his blessed day during this blessed month. It is as we ask him to grant peace and mercy to his family and his companions and all of our good wishes from the good will. The month wherein deans are lifted up to the world of the worlds. So I like for my deans to be lifted up to the heavens while I'm fasting. The Prophet said something similar about Monday and Thursday. He said that during those days that during Mondays and Tuesdays deans are reviewed by the Lord of the worlds. You find a similar hadith but the Prophet also mentions that good things are in the inviolable months. Shabbat is still not here. It's almost here. We're in the month of Rajab. This is a special month of the year. Our scholars would encourage Muslims to do as much good as they could. One of the scholars said that Rajab is the month where we plant good deeds. And the month of Shabbat is the month wherein those deeds are watered. So we sort of compare them to crops. It's like planting crops during this month in the month of Shabbat and we water the crops. And then in the month of Ramadan we harvest them. In other words, to convince yourself into things that are good. You start early. You get an early start so that once the time comes when it truly matters, you get the ultimate reward. Allah SWT says about the ashram and the Qur'an. Do not wrong yourself during those months. Some say during all the months but especially during the four months. Now, Rajab is also a special history of me because many Muslims have believed that during the month of Rajab was the extremely important event known as the ashram and the Qur'an. Where in the Qur'an Allah SWT says Subhanallah. Glory be to him who took his servant by night from the masjid Haram to the masjid Al-Aqsa upon which we have this many blessings. In order that we show to him our many signs. And so this story we're all familiar with it. The Prophet Muhammad SAW wakes up. He's awakened by the angel. He brings him outside of his home. He presents him with the bur'a. This animal similar to a horse but smaller than a mule, larger than a donkey. But with wings on its legs which helps it pick up momentum as it travels. And it can gallop as far as it sees in one direction. One gallop so he travels to bent him up this masjid Al-Aqsa. A shahb. Those things. Many different things we call it. And he returns in the same night. And in the morning he decides to go tell the people to announce this to his people. The Muslim king and the mubi. And his cousin. She didn't think he would be a good idea because she felt the people would ridicule him. So the Prophet SAW said, Well, Allah, I'm going to tell them. He goes out and tells them. Last night I went to Jerusalem. And Masjid Al-Aqsa. And I came back last night too. The Muslim king said, We've finally got it. We've finally got it. All this time we've finally got the ten years of him preaching. But they considered it to be false. And finally they felt that we're going to get them this time. We're going to show them to be a fraud. So they go and they start to spread the news. And unfortunately there were many people who were Muslims. Who were following the Prophet at the time. They actually left. They became a prostitute. They left Islam because of this. They felt it too unbelievable. They felt it too unbelievable. They approached Abu Bakr Siddique, before he sees the Prophet himself. And they sell him the story. Your friend, he said, Last night he went to Jerusalem. And he came back today. Abu Bakr's response to the Prophet was, You're lying, he never said such a thing. That was his response. He said, Yes he did. He's in the message now. He's telling people that that's what happened. So Abu Bakr's response. Well, if he said it, then he speaks the truth. And why should I not believe him? And he says such a thing. So Abu Bakr, he comes to the Prophet. And he says, Did you tell him this? He says, Yes I did. This is what happened. Abu Bakr, I went. I talked about that tonight. Abu Bakr says, Ya'ala, I've been there before. Describe to me what you saw. And then all of a sudden, miraculously, Allah is upon a daughter. He brought and messed it up. Saw within view of the Prophet. He can see it right before his eyes. And he says over here is this thing. You spoke in the truth. You spoke in the truth. Over and over and over. And then the Prophet turns to Abu Bakr. He says that was referred to as a Siddique. The truthful one who confirms the truthful others. He became Abu Bakr a Siddique. Poor Muslims of Mecca. The persecuted Muslims of Mecca. That one day you want to rule all of this. One day you want to rule Persia and Rome. But it seems that every time they try to make progress, they don't, nothing happens for them. Just persecution and increased persecution. Over and over and over. And remember that this itself was after three years of embargo. Almost starved to death. Right, on the outskirts of Mecca. So it makes sense to me. Many people know I've got enough. But look at Abu Bakr's conviction. How would we have responded? That's really the important question, brothers and sisters. When we reflect upon this story. How might have we responded? Would we have had similar patience that the Muslims who remain committed to the message that was brought by the Prophet, despite all of their hardships and all of their persecution. How would you have failed? And it is because of this. Abu Bakr, when the Prophet's son was on his, was close to dying. He came out, he made a speech to the Muslims. He says, there is a servant who Allah has given a choice between continuing to live in this life or to join him in thereafter. And that servant chose to go to his Lord. Abu Bakr, when he heard this, he started to cry. So he knew the Prophet better than other people. And the Prophet's son continues, he goes on to say that, and the most reliable of those who have supported me with their wealth, is Abu Bakr. And if I were to take someone as a best friend, then I don't want to take Abu Bakr as my best friend. However, there is the friendship of Islam. He is Khalil Allah. And then he goes on an aperture and opening to their home in the masjid, after he dies, other than the khokha of our people. Ask ourselves how sincere, how committed are we to the message? What we have believed as well, we pray that we would have and that we would never turn our backs on the masjid you alayhi s-salatu s-salam. Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah. Mubarak to Dhafi Rajab Musa'ab. Mubarak to Dhafi Rajab Musa'ab. Mubarak to Dhafi Rajab Musa'ab. Mubarak to Dhafi Rajab Musa'ab. Mubarak to Dhafi Rajab Musa'ab. Mubarak to Dhafi Rajab Musa'ab. Mubarak to Dhafi Rajab Musa'ab.