 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله يا رب العالمين الحمد لله الذي يجيبني حين أراديه ويستر عليه كل عوة وأنا أصيح ويعظم النعمة علي فلا أجازيه نحمده ونسبحه ونقدسه على آلائه ونعمائه ونشهدوا الله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له وأن سيدنا محمدا عبده ورسوله سلوه بالهدى ودين الحق ليغيره على الدين كله اللهم صلي وسلم وبارك وترحم على محمد وآل محمد كأرض لما صليت وسلمت وبارك وترحمت على إبراهيم وآل إبراهيم في العالمين إنك حميد مجيد وصل اللهم وسلم على جميع الأنبياء والمرسلين والأوسياء والصديقين وعطرة نبيك الطيبين الطاهرين المأصومين وصحابته الأنجاب المؤمنين ومن تبعهم بإحسان وإيمان إلى يوم الدين عباد الله أصيكم وأصي نفسي بتقوى الله والزومي أمره أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم شهر رمضان الذي أنزل فيه القوان هدى للناس وبينات من الهدى والفرقان فمن شهد منكم الشهر فليصم ومن كان مريضا أو على سفر فعدة من أيام أخر يريد الله بكم اليسرة ولا يريد بكم العصر وليتكمل العدة وليتكبر الله على ما أداكم ولعلكم تشكرون وإذا سألك عباد عني فإنني قريب أجيب دعوة الدعي إلى دعان فليستجيبوا لي وليؤمنوا بي لعلهم يرشدون صدق الله العلي العظيم أكثر من سنة أو أكثر من سنة ونحن في الهدى والدعوة دعوة الدعوة that determines our future that determines our destiny that determines our faith, our prosperity, our happiness during these upcoming nights the first night of Qad and the reason we have three nights we don't have one night of Qad we have three nights of Qad either one of them it could be the main night the reason to give people a chance if it was only one night people might miss that night and that's an important night a night that determines our faith so this is one of the aspects of Allah's mercy on us to hide this night within three nights and the hadith says the first two nights they prepare the night of the 19th the eve of the 19th, the eve of the 21st prepares for the eve of the 23rd to prepare ourselves psychologically, spiritually we prepare ourselves for the grand night and one of the main important goals of fasting is to fix this relationship with Allah our relationship with Him is to fix these broken relationships first with Allah and second with the people if the relationship with Allah is fixed then our relationship with our families our friends, our community members, our neighbors are going to be fixed too من أصلح فيما بينه وبين الله أصلح الله فيما بينه وبين الناس the reason why sometimes there is tension in our relationship with people around us because the main relationship is broken the main relationship with God is broken الحمد لله الذي أدعوه فيجيبني وإن كنت بطيئا حين يدعوه praise to the Lord that whenever I call upon Him He answers me but when He calls upon me I am slow to respond وإن كنت بطيئا this is the prayer of Imam Zain Al-Abideen عليه الصلاة that was taught to his disciple Abu Hamza at Thamam Tabit ibn Dinar during the month of Ramadha الحمد لله الذي أسأله فيعقيني وإن كنت بخيلا حين استقربه when I asked him for his blessings he would give but when he asks me to give some back I hesitate I become بخيل mean stingy I don't give back و الحمد لله الذي أناديه كلما شئت لحاجتي و أخلو به حيث شئت لصري من غير شفيعني فيقضي لحاجتي whenever I need to see Him I meet with Him and speak to Him He is there I don't need someone an intercessor here in the middle between me and him He is there his gates are always open especially during this month و الحمد لله الذي لا أدعو غيره و لو دعو تغيره لم يستجب لي دعاري this is the fundamentals of Tawheed We learned Tawheed from Ahlu al-Bayt they teach us the right Tawheed how to speak to Allah and how to worship me الحمد لله الذي لا أدعو غيره some traditions they accuse Ahlu al-Bayt of shirk you are mushrik you don't worship God but listen to what Imam Zain al-Adinine says الحمد لله الذي لا أدعو غيره praise to that Lord that I call upon none but Him و لو دعو تغيره لم يستجب لي دعاري even if I dare to call upon others they are not going to respond to me they are unable to respond we call upon Allah سبحانه وتعالى during this month so do not miss you have maybe only 13 nights left in this month try not to miss the Tawheed and the Tawheed part of it is Salat صلاة الليل و من الليل فتهجد بهنا فلتا لك عسا يبعثك ربك مقام المحمولة and part of it is dua these types of dua دعاء أبو حمزة دعاء السحر دعاء الإفتتاح we learn the etiquettes of how to speak and address Allah سبحانه وتعالى so this relationship this vertical relationship has to be fixed and has to be strengthened once this relationship is fixed then we come to the horizontal relationship with the people when our relationship with Allah is healthy is normal is good then that would reflect on our behavior here with people on earth beginning with our parents sometimes I see some people who do not have good relationship with their families even including their parents sometimes between the husband and the wife this is the month of reconciliation this is the month of of peace of restoring the relationship restoring the respect restoring the mental spiritual intimacy with your family this is the month this is the month when your relationship with Allah is good the heart becomes a pure clean and then it is going to be reflected on your relationship with people around you with your brothers and sisters in particular our siblings we have to fix the relationship with cousins with extended family members we have to fix this relationship before the nights of Qadr before the night of forgiveness because Allah during the nights of Qadr He does not look at the shapes He looks at the heart and the more the heart is pure and refined the more the dua is going to be accepted the more He is going to respond to your prayers and to your request during the night of Qadr let's work on the heart if we have a problem with someone if we don't speak and there is a disconnection with family members with friends before the night of Qadr before the night of Qadr we take this a step courageous a step requires a lot of courage a lot of tolerance to go to Him to go to Her and say I am sorry we are approaching the night of Qadr and I want to meet my Lord إلا من أت الله بقلب سلين I need my heart to be clean to be pure بسأل الله ربكم بنيات صادقة وقلوب طاهرة if the heart is not clean if the heart is contaminated and there are many types of contaminations the worst contamination is a grudge حقد this is the worst type of contamination this is very deadly very dangerous when there is grudge there is hate especially when it comes to the believers among the believers in the community of believers then that is an ailing heart and the ailing heart cannot send a message sometimes you see the connection the wifi connection is weak it's not good it's not fast you can't send pictures they tell you there is weak connection this is true when it comes to the heart if the heart is ailing the heart is not clean not ready the message would not work the message is not sent we have to work on the heart بسأل الله ربكم بنيات صادقة وقلوب طاهرة أن يوفقكم to enable you to stand before him standing before Allah requires to be requires an opportunity requires some help from him requires an invitation by him we have to be prepared for the ailing prepare the heart some people prepare their books books of du'a, quran, sajada very good but more important than all these material things to prepare the heart to prepare your heart make your relationship with people good seek forgiveness seek forgiveness from people how many people we insulted how many people we offended how many so many people around us throughout the whole year we don't care we don't care about them this is the time to go back to Allah سبحانه وتعالى through this channel through beginning with his creatures through restoring our relationship with his creatures then we can restore a good relationship with with the creator the month of Ramadan is an opportunity for soul searching for self examination self reflection روية عنه صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال أقربكم مني يوم القيامة أحسنكم أخلاقه أحسنكم أخلاقه أخلاقه أخياناً منكم أحسنكم على حياتك هو المخطئ with the best creatures and best manners and best behavior ليس المخطئ with the prayers ليس المخطئ with the prayers some people are eluded under this illusion that the more prayers I pray it gets me to Allah yes, if the prayers are right and correct if the prayers cleanse your hearts لكن إذا كان هذا أردت أنه تسرق لسرق. تسرق لسرق. فأويل للمصلي. ويل للمصلي. الذين هم عن صلاةهم سهول. يقومون براءة فزيقية. لكنهم يحصلون على السرق الصلاة. السرق الصلاة. السرق الصلاة. السرق love. السرق care. السرق of a humidity. السرق humbleness. السرق of brotherhood and sisterhood. This is the message of Salat. الذين هم عن صلاةهم سهول. الذين هم راءون. ويملعون المعون. Life is too short, my friends. From last Ramadan until this Ramadan. How many people we lost? How many people are gone? Many people. And many of those many were young. Were young. Many of them were young. Not very old. Life is too short. It's not worth it to spend this life in tension. It's not worth it. It's not worth it to create tension. To maintain tension. Try to end the tension. Try to restore your relationship with others. I mentioned some hadiths before. That our imams who are leaders in love and compassion. And forgiveness. They teach us that even if you think that you are innocent. And that side that part is guilty. Still go to him. Say I'm sorry. After three days. Do not keep this a broken relationship. Go to that person and say I'm sorry. Even if you think you are right and he's wrong. Because in most cases we always believe we are right. And others are wrong. Still you have to go and reach out to that person. In order for Allah SWT. The most difficult thing for God is to see his children. His dependence. His creatures are fighting among themselves. That's the most difficult thing for him. So he want us to go back to each other. So he can embrace us. With his mercy إن شاء الله. وإذا سألك عباد عني. فإني قريب. وجيب دعوة الداعي إذا دعام. فليستجيب لي وليؤمن يوبي. لعلهم يرشدون. أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والعصر. إن الإنسان لفي خسر. إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات. وتواصلوا بالحق. وتواصلوا بالصبر. والله وسلم على سيدنا محمد وأهل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين.