 We begin in the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful, we bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that His beloved Nabi and Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is his last and final messenger. In the brief time that we have before Salatul Isha' I just want to take this opportunity to remind myself and everyone else that this day that we have begun as of the time of love that today happens to be an extremely auspicious day and an extremely mubarak day. And today specifically what I would like to cover are certain ahadith and traditions of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in regards to this day so that tonight, tomorrow and then of course inshaAllah the mubarak day of Friday become auspicious for us and it becomes the time in which we submit to Allah and remember Allah and seek from Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta'ala. I was just commenting a little while ago that there is a very humongous and massive incident as we all know that took place on this day as well. The incident that happened at Karbala it was not a one day incident rather it was an incident that lasted a little over a week and in it the beloved grandson of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and we say beloved because the Prophet ﷺ specifically mentioned that he loved his grandson and in this incident of butchering really there are so many of the Ahlul Bayt people that we give salam on we say wa a'la alihi wa tahbihi wa salim. The Ahlul Bayt people argue and say that why do we hold the Prophet's family in such esteem as the reality that is that on this day there were so many family members and we want to say the family of the Prophet ﷺ were butchers on this day as a result of whatever happened and so inshaAllah I anticipate and hope that it will come in days or weeks before this month and people will do a special on that and I'd like to speak about the son of Muhammad as well. I don't know why but I'm checking here. I don't know why you're not getting it. I'm trying to check because I've tested it. I have it now. Are you seeing anything? I don't know why you're not getting it. The day that I'm involved and I told this companion that the day of Ashurah I tested everything that was working okay. as well. Particularly among the Allah's arms who narrates that even the pohish would fast on this day because it's a big day to come. Particularly among the Allah's arms who narrates that the pohish would fast on this day during the time of Jablida and he narrates that the pohish had committed a great sin and this was their atonement for that sin. The Prophet ﷺ himself used the fast before his Prophet ﷺ. And then there's a really lame story of an incident where when the Prophet ﷺ came to Medina he noticed that the people that they were working fast. And so the Prophet ﷺ commented to the believers and said that if they fast for this reason and their reason was because they were free from their fear the Prophet ﷺ said that we have more right to Musa than you because we are more closer to Moses in practice and so many things are following the message of Allah. So the Prophet ﷺ said that we should fast on this day but there's another story why Imam Al-Qadir and Al-Masjid both narrate that the Prophet ﷺ said or as the Prophet ﷺ mentioned that the Prophet ﷺ would fast on this day and he would come in and the people would fast on this day. But Imam Al-Qadir and when Ramallah became an obligation that this fast was left out. And there's another narration where the Prophet ﷺ said to the Sahaba that if you choose to fast on this day you can fast on this day. And if you choose not to fast on this day you don't have to fast on this day. But the narration mentioned that the Prophet ﷺ continued to fast. Now there's a question that a lot of people ask and say that can you only fast on the time of Allah? The Prophet ﷺ says that distinguish yourselves from the people of the other faith from the Jews. Fast one day before it or fast one day after. And that's essentially the reminder that we have for all of us that we should try. And one of the reasons why we chose to host or have this event on this small talk on this night one day before is that we want for this to serve as a reminder for everyone. Some people already fasted today and then they will fast tomorrow inshallah. Some people will fast tomorrow and Friday inshallah. But the idea is to fast. Now we fast because of our love for Allah ﷺ. We fast because all the prophets of Allah ﷺ that the highest processors and communities before us would fast on this day. So we are in essence following this extremely beautiful tradition of the highest people before, not just that of the living Prophet ﷺ. There's so many things that we do because Allah mentioned this in the Qur'an. There's so many things that we do because the Prophet ﷺ he said that this thing was the Prophet ﷺ to remind us to do these things. We fast on the ashram for that reason and in addition to that reason, one of the reasons we fasted is because so many of the highest processors of all the communities before us fasted on this day. So in essence we're following this extremely beautiful tradition. This happens to be the fast we fast tomorrow. We're able to say that so many of the prophets of Allah ﷺ fasted on this day. We can't even say that about our prayer five times a day. Now this is not to say that prayer is a lower category. Prayer, so-called, is an obligation for the much higher category, but while many of the previous prophets and their communities prayed their method and their style and their time for prayer was far different than that of Allah. Now, interestingly enough, this has been mentioned that people would ask, sometimes people ask this question to say that what is the Jewish people used to pray like during the time of Wulzah? Or what is it that the Christians used to pray like during the time of Wulzah on the Salafi Islam? And interestingly enough, we don't find anything about this in this now very beautiful tradition or in the having of the Prophet on the Salafi Islam. And one of the reasons that I mentioned that it potentially is a result that none of that should have been preserved because as there might have been certain people who would say that in my textual, if I had been worshiped by Allah, I wanted to do something extra and I wanted to do that, and I got that in that version. So as a result of which none of that has been preserved. But coming back to what I was saying, that even Salah, prayer five times a day, is something that the Prophet on the Salafi Islam did, the Prophet on the Salafi Islam was taught, the Prophet on the Salafi Islam was taught, and of course all the believers in the time of the Prophet on the Salafi Islam, that it will remain until the day of their trip, people will continue to pray. But the fast of Ashabah, interestingly enough, happens to be one of those acts of worship in which when you and I fast on this day, when you and I fast tomorrow, insha'Allah, on the 10th of November, we will be able to say that still we get the other prophet of Allah, Salah, so many of the highest people on this generation before us fasted on this day. There are other acts as well. They are very weak in their chain of narration, but they are found in various different books. As a result of that, I do want to share them to share the importance of this day, to share the grandness, really, of this day. Allah the Almighty, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, of these Fiqh and Muq females, may these Fiqh and Muq humans, and all these crave them. In addition, they clash over the last ten times and the three days they should be the regression of the sentence as done in��. The first is to pay the month for the prayers on the tenths of Mu'ua Ram, the Prophet, peace be upon him, wishes to be, a Sahih hadith, where the Prophet, peace be upon him, says that Slyamu Ibn Ash-Shuwa, the Prophet of the day of Ash-Shuwa, we go to the senate that we have, the senate that we have been by, we will forgive, and our sins will be forgiven in this one direction, the year before and the year after. Slyamu Ibn Ash-Shuwa says that for those who fast on the day of Ash-Shuwa, you're one year sin previous, prior to this day will be forgiven. And this is where we want to kind of bring this all of this together, that if you were to fast on Ash-Shuwa, then one year of sins have been forgiven, that it's as if we remain in Haithada, the forest of Haithada. And so that's sort of the wisdom behind it, that some of the Unabhaq are explained when they explain the Haitha to the Prophet, Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. So something to keep in mind, right, that it's as if, if you fast tomorrow, it's as if you fast the entire year. Now specifically in regards to fasting, I'll just cover this really quickly, we are specifically reminded to fast for two days, and we should have thanked the fast for a few days. So some of what we've realized is that if we were to only fast on this day as well, it would suffice, it would not be preferred, it would not be something that, you know, will be propagated or taught, but if someone just ended up fasting this one day, for whatever reason, if they would fast before or after it, that would be okay as well. Now I am not encouraging for people to just fast on one day, and what we have to understand is what people do not miss, what we do not take it out of context. The ideal situation would be for us to fast for two days, 9, 10, 11, but if for some reason someone would not be able to fast for two days, if they fasted one day, we should have a law, because I think specifically we mentioned fasting the 10th of Muharram, and if someone fasted on the 10th of Muharram, it should have a law, it would have that reward, and once the 10th of Muharram is reminded, a little bit of that mind I'll show you a little later, that tomorrow happens to be the 10th of Muharram, and inshallah, when we fast tomorrow, our reward will be missed, but we'll also kind of do it that way. Yesterday evening I asked someone and said, are you going to fast? And this person very genuinely responded and said that fasting is a very, very difficult part. It's a very genuine response. It's a very God-conscious, it's not practicing the reward. It happens to be something that happens to be difficult for this person. This person said, you know what, I barely get through the fast of the month of Ramallah. If I miss a fast or two as a result of my condition, I try to make it up through the shorter days of the year to perfectly find permissible. This person said they weren't going to be able to fast. That is actual time. We also have to keep in mind that this is not an obligatory fast. In other words, if you happen to live so small tomorrow, and you know, they're having lunch or they're drinking water, and you are fasting, this should not be a reason for anyone to think that they are better than that. This should not be a reason for anyone to think that just because I fast and you have fast, I am better than you are. Or you're not a good Muslim. You're not a perfect Muslim because you're not fasting. So do keep that in mind. There are many people that may not be able to fast as a result of their illness, and there are many people who may not be fast enough. As a result of making no progress. Just fasting is difficult for them. And as a result of that, they miss the food. They can not take it through the day without so food. And as a result of that, they do that fast. We should just, for those of us that are fasting, to be gratitude for those of us that are not fasting, should also be gratitude that this should not be for our class system, for someone to be able to find that they're better than others. Now there's been a few moments that we have, and we do need to. We have for those of us that are following online, we are in the specific time zone in the United States of America. It is not as one people can't hear. And we have Salat al-Kisha in about 10 minutes. Or you want to wrap up in about five minutes, insha'Allah. And I just want to share one hadith of the Prophet ﷺ. And this is one that is generally also shared. The Prophet ﷺ says It's a very famous hadith. The Prophet ﷺ says whoever expands their expenditure, their expenses on their family, on the day of Ashurah, on the time of Muharram, right? The Prophet ﷺ says, will expand on that individual, will inflate, increase the sustenance of that individual for the rest of the year. There are many people who say that this hadith is extremely very extremely weak, extremely weak. And yes, we agree with that. Though this hadith has been narrated by five different individuals. Jabr radiya allahu anhu narrates this. Abu Hurairah radiya allahu anhu narrates this. It has been narrated by Abu Sa'id al-Qudri, Abdullah Ibn Masrood, Abdullah Ibn Umar radiya allahu anhu ajma'i. Very prominent companions of the Prophet ﷺ, it's been quoted that they have narrated this hadith from the Prophet ﷺ. So, insha'Allah, this is something that we find in our tradition. Some people would like to not do it at all. We don't want to do it. We'll never do it. But we find that this is something that is in the tradition to the Prophet ﷺ. We also find that our highest predecessors and the generations before us have not only mentioned this hadith in regard to this day but have also taken this upon themselves to do something. I was going through a thread earlier today and someone asked a very genuine question and said that, what does this hadith really mean? And gave Sa'id a few examples. And all of those examples were valid. Really, you could go shopping tomorrow. And when I say shopping, I'm not talking about going to the mall specifically. We could go grocery shopping tomorrow with the intention that it is the day of Ashram. You could do your safe way around or Costco around tomorrow. If there's something that you can mean to purchase for someone in your family and you're going to order it online, let tomorrow be the day. Now, this doesn't mean that you should be out of groceries and waiting until the tenth of Muharram to do your grocery shopping. That's not the way it is. Really, just think about it. What is it that you can do in order to expand for your family? It could be simple things, simple things. In many countries around the world, this is a day in which people will cook good food, extra food, will share it with their neighbors or their friends. This also happens to be a day historically where people would go out and buy their food supplies, whatever other supplies they need to for their families and those around them and do it with the intention and Allah SWT would bless us with the reward and Allah SWT would do it with that intention. Then inshaAllah Allah SWT would expand on us in late, grant us more sustenance and risk throughout the course of the year inshaAllah. So this is just essentially a reminder. Do a little extra. In fact, if anything, there are so many of us when we're fasting or working, we're kind of busy and so on and so forth as a result of which you may want to eat out. If you're eating out tomorrow, it's simple. I'm not telling you to eat out tomorrow. You're just sharing this for the sake of everyone. That if you order food out tomorrow, do it with it for a fall or even for lunch for those that may be having lunch, whatever it is. Do it with the intention that you're doing it for your family. You're spending extra money on your family to make them happy, to bring a smile to their face, to make it easy for the individuals at home who are cooking and do it with that intention that I am expanding my risk on going out of my way to spend on my family and Allah SWT would grant us even more on this blessed day. May Allah SWT bless us and reward us inshaAllah and we hope and pray that this day happens to be one of blessings for us. This is a day in which Musa A.S. turned to Allah and this is the day he granted them freedom from error. And so we also want to take a moment to remind us ourselves individually. There's a lot going on in the world today. So many people have so many different opinions as to what's going on, different parts of the world, medically, politically, whatever it may be. But let tomorrow, let tonight and tomorrow be a day in which we reflect on our own selves. Reflect on our own selves and take a moment and say, what have I done in the last year? What am I doing with my life? How can I make it better? If we are reminded of a shortcoming of ours, let tomorrow be the day in which we raise our hands to Allah and make a sincere khilba to Allah SWT. If we're going through a difficulty, let tomorrow be the day in which we raise our hands to Allah and say, Ya Allah, just as you granted freedom to your beloved Prophet Musa A.S. on this day, I fasted with the intention, with the desire, with the du'a that he would free me of my difficulty and of my worry on this day as well. So let tomorrow be a day of ibadah, let tomorrow be a day of worship, let tomorrow be a day of repentance, let tomorrow be a day of generosity, let tomorrow be a day of happiness, and we pray to Allah SWT for ease and blessings for all of us, In closing, I just want to take a moment to apologize. We are, for those of you that are a part of this message, let us just know that we have been going through construction for some time now, and as a result of which we have a new sound system, we have a new setup, and today happens to be the absolute first day that we are using our new sound system, but actually the second day we're using the sound system, but the first time that we are actually using the sound system along with the whole online broadcasting. And we've definitely reminded that we've actually experienced some quality issues, so for those of you that were not able to catch on or miss some portions in between, we sincerely apologize, and with your du'a and your assistance, inshallah, when we are able to return back into this beloved house of worship, Allah SWT, we are hoping and praying that everyone's experience physically, spiritually, emotionally is a better one and a stronger one than we've ever had before. May Allah bless and reward all of us, and may Allah SWT work out and grant us blessings, inshallah. Yes, I'm receiving text messages that the quality was really bad, so once again I do want to apologize. Peace be upon you all.