 Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim, Alhamdulillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahman ar-Rahman ar-Rahman ar-Rahman As-salatu wa-salaamu ala Sayyidina Muhammadin wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sahbihi And so we're going to start up in about three minutes. The sunnah is to inshaAllah pray for the duration of the khusuf, of the eclipse. And so we just want to go through the prayer order. We're going to be done exactly so that there's no confusion. So between the madhhahib, today we're going to inshaAllah with the tawfiq of Allah, the endearing grace of that. We're going to recite two surahs. And generally the Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, would recite longer surahs. But we're going to keep them relatively long, relatively short. So it'll be in the middle, okay? Within that, their recitation will be a little bit more slower inshaAllah so that we can reflect on the verses of Allah, Az-Zawajjad. And then after our salah, we're going to pray just the way that like how Salat al-Fajr is prayed. We'll do two raka'a. Two raka'a. The first raka'a will be normal as you're used to in like Salat al-Fajr. We'll do the qira'a of the Quran. After al-Fatiha, we'll go into raka'a. We'll come back up, we'll do sajda. We'll stand up and we'll do another surah. The raka'a will be longer than usual and also the sajda will be longer than usual as this is the sunnah, the way of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him during this prayer. So please bear patience during the prayer if you know and understand Arabic inshaAllah, alhamdulillah. And then after we come into the salah, we will sit and we'll gather and do dhikr. We will remember Allah and do some adhqar and some du'a. And after that du'a, we will explain the adhqar, the dhikr that we have said and we will give some explanation as well about these signs and what does this moment signify for us inshaAllah ta'ala. To just cause ease within the community, okay, and just so everyone is clarified, there is a more so specific way of how to pray this surah, meaning the sunnah. But there are other stipulations that are also accepted within the madhhah to do it the way that we're going to perform it today. And this is what I've been approved of to perform this way. So if those who would like to follow inshaAllah, they have asked me to do so. So that's the way that I will perform it, that's the way that I explained earlier. We will pray it just like Salat al-Fajr. Though we will read longer surahs inshaAllah for both rakah, we will do them just the same way how we do Salat al-Fajr basically. Then we'll afterwards have dhikr, remembrance and a conversation about this event inshaAllah. We can stand up for Salat. There is no adhan or khudwa, no eqama. And we'll inshaAllah, by the tawfiq of Allah, we'll recite it out loud as well for the ease of the community. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. Al-Fatiha. So he said, I am your Lord, the Most High. So Allah took him as the last and the first. Indeed, in that is the experience for whom he fears. Are you as strong as the creation of the sky? We created it. It raised its head, it raised its head, it made it. And it covered its night, and it made its breath out. And the earth after that made its breath out. It made its water out of it and its water. And the mountains made it rain. I am happy for you and for your blessings. So when the great people of the tribe came, the day the man would remember what he had done, and the Hell would be destroyed for whom he saw. So as for whom he saw, and as for whom he saw, and the life of this world has been affected, indeed the Hell is the abode, and as for whom he feared, he stood up for his Lord, and breathed his soul into the air. So indeed the Hell is the abode, and they ask you about the Hour, when it was sent down. In what you remember, to your Lord it was sent down. Indeed, you warn whom he fears. As if they see it every day. As if they see it every day, and they breath it out. Indeed it is a seed or a seed. Allah! I hear Allah for whom He is Praiseworthy. Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah. As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah. Allahumma anta as-salam wa minka as-salam wa ilayka as-salam. Tabarakta wa ta'alayta yadam jalali wal ikram. Allahumma la mani alimaa a'ataita wa la mu'atilima manaaatawla yalfa'udan jaddimika al-jad. Allahumma rabbi a'inni ala dhikrika wa shukrika wa husni iladetika. Allahulaa ilaha illa huwalha yulqayum. La ta'khudhu sinatun wa la naum. Lahumma fis samawati wa maafil arud. Nanbalna dhiyashfa'u a'undahu illa bi-idhni. Ya'lamu maa bayna aidihim wa maa khalfahm. Wa la ya'uuluhu hibduhuma wa huwal alim awmim. Subhan Allah. Alhamdulillah. Allah is the Greatest. La ilaha illa Allahu wahdahu la sharika lahu. Lahummulku wa lahum alhamdu wa huwala kudni shay'in qadir. Allahumma salli wa sallim ala seerina Muhammad. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Astaghfirullah al-Azim aladilaa ilaha illa huwalha yulqayum wa atubu ilayhi. Astaghfirullah al-Azim aladilaa ilaha illa huwalha yulqayum wa atubu ilayhi. Astaghfirullah al-Azim aladilaa ilaha illa huwalha yulqayum wa atubu ilayhi. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Qulhu wa Allahu ahad. Allahu swamad. Lamyalid wa lam yulad. Wa lam ya'kullahu pufu wa'n ahad. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Qul'a'udu dhirrabdin fa laqa. Min sharb maa khalaqa. Wa min sharr ghasikin idha waqab. Wa min sharr naffa thaatifil'uqad. Wa min sharr haasidin idha haasad. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Qul'a'udu dhirrabdin naas. Alikin naas. Ilahin naas. Min sharr al-waswas al-khannas. Nadi wa swisufi sidur al-naas. Minal jinnati wa al-naas. Allahumma. Inna na'udubika min azab al-jahannama. Wa min azab al-qabri. Wa min azab al-mahya wal-mamaati. Wa min sharr fitnaat al-masih al-dajjal. Wa min al-maghrami wal-mathami. Allahumma wufillana ma qaddamna. Wa ma'akhharna wa ma'asrathna. Wa ma'asrarna wa ma'a'alanna. Wa ma'anta a'alam bihi minna. Anta al-muqaddim wa anta al-muakhiru. La ilaha illa anta. Nastaghfirukha walatuhu ilayka ya Rabb al-Alim. We'll say insha'Allah a few invocations in English as well for those who don't know the Arabic, insha'Allah, because we are as strong as our weakest link, my dear beloved brothers and sisters. And this is something that we must understand as a community, insha'Allah. And if we are able to strengthen our weakest link, we will be unstoppable together, insha'Allah. So before we get into some of the reasons why do we pray Salat al-Husuf, again we have a newcomer here with us, insha'Allah, who will be taking the Shahada. And we always want to make the best of impressions on our dear brothers and sisters who come into the fold of Islam. And coming into a masjid or a masjid for the first time, we want to make it the best time for them, insha'Allah, God willing. We don't want to stir any confusion or cause any malice within the community. Nothing but love, insha'Allah, ta'ala. So we'll say some of the invocations again in English just to show how we supplicate ourselves to Allah, and then insha'Allah we'll have our talk. So we recite Surat al-Ikhlaos. We say in the name of God, the most compassionate, the ever merciful. Allah commands us to say he is God the one, God the eternally besought. He begot no one, nor was he begotten, and no one is comparable unto him. Allah also tells us, he says, in the name of God, the most compassionate, the ever merciful. Say, I seek refuge with the Lord of the people, the King of the people, the God of the people against the harm of this slinking whisperer who whispers into the hearts of people, whether they be jinn or people, meaning mankind. Forgive me, Allah, I skip. Surat al-Sumat al-Fanel. In the name of God, the most compassionate, the ever merciful. Say, I take refuge with the Lord of Daybreak against the harm and what he has created, the harm and the night when the darkness gathers, the harm and witches when they blow on knots, and the harm of the envier when he envies. Oh Allah, we take refuge in you from the dotings of the satans, and we seek refuge with you, oh Lord, so that they may not come near us. Allah tells us in this glorious Quran, without the Arabic right now, he says, did you think we had created you in vain, human being? And that you would not be brought back to us, exalted be God, the true King, there is no God but him, the Lord of the glorious throne. Whoever prays to another God alongside him, he has no proof of this. His face, he will face his reckoning with his Lord on Yomo Qiyamah, the day of standing when we return back to Allah. So those who reject the truth, they will not prosper. Say, Lord forgive and have mercy. You are the most merciful of those who show mercy. Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahirrahim. So today, their brothers and sisters, we read Surah al-Nabba, which is the Surah, Allah Azza wa Jalla has revealed to us in Juz'ammah. And then within Juz'ammah, this specific part of the Quran, Allah gives us the account of things that will happen on Yomo Qiyamah. Yomo Qiyamah meaning the day of standing. And it is a ni'mah, a blessing from Allah Azza wa Jalla for you and I to be able to witness such a spectacle of what is going on right now and to be able to stand before Allah Azza wa Jalla as a community. Mashallah. As a community, as we get to reflect to be able to stand as if we are standing on that very day. We are in the blessed month of Ramadan as well and look at these signs that Allah Azza wa Jalla has shown you and I. It is said that the end was near. Once the birth of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was initiated. Allahumma salli wa sallim ala Sayyidina Muhammad. So we take a moment to ponder and to reflect on what is time actually. As Allah swears by time What is time in reality? When the angel is Rafil, his lips just as my lips are close to this microphone his lips are puckered. Cheeks full of air and he's getting ready to blow the horn. And this horn will be one of the most egregious sounds that humankind will ever hear. And so reflecting on these verses of Allah Azza wa Jalla before we get into Surat An-Neba, the news. The news is concerning the day of judgment. Allah has placed you and I here on this earth solely to worship Him and to worship Him in every single act it is that we can possibly do. Whether it be raising our children whether it be going to work it can even be so much so as playing basketball as long as you say Bismillah before you start that thing. And surely within the remembrance of Allah in anything that you do you will obtain Taqwa which is consciousness of Allah Azza wa Jalla and Allah gives us an opportunity with having life in order to obtain this Taqwa this Taqwa meaning God consciousness reverence of Him. And so all of the tests and trials that we face in our lives always points us to have remembrance of Allah so that we stand firm. So when the day of judgment comes regarding our responsibilities we'll be able to pay forth a proper response. What is it to be responsible? Think about it. It means that you have to be able to provide a sufficient response. Dear believers the time that we have with the eclipse going on there were times in jahliyah during the times of Prophet Muhammad our messenger has told us that when the moon eclipses the sun these are signs of Allah as Allah has created the sun and the moon to give you and us signs they're signs of Allah to show us so that we can calculate time and so that we can fare and use our time to our advantage in this life before we return to Him. And in His ayats inside of His glorious Quran Allah mentions these things specifically by name Ashams wal Qamal when we ponder on the reflection on the creation of Allah and also we ponder on Allah's signs inside of His glorious Quran we come to know and understand what is our purpose here as human beings and how can we prepare ourselves for Yalmul Qiyamah that standing that we must be able to provide a proper response to our Lord, Azawad El as Allah knows every single thing it is that you and I do as he's closer to us than our jugular vein the day of standing where absolutely there will be no power awarded to anyone except that which Allah's will that which Allah wills the way that I'm able to speak right now to you and to articulate myself I will absolutely not have this control nor will you on Yalmul Qiyamah the way that I'm able to move my hands control my breath my thoughts this will not be our states on Yalmul Qiyamah if we don't look at these signs that Allah Azza wa Jalla has given us and correct ourselves in this time that we have here on this earth if we also reflect upon we're inside of this blessed month of Ramadan and this eclipse has happened these signs are extremely close if we think about the birth of the Prophet Muhammad over more than 1,400 years ago the angels lips are puckered and more close to blowing on the horn and my lips are to this microphone right now so what have you and I prepared regarding our response to Allah Azza wa Jalla on Yalmul Qiyamah may Allah accept our time during this Ramadan that we be forgiven of our sins and our wrongdoings we are near the end of Ramadan of this very blessed month and we must warn ourselves through reflecting on these warnings and so why do we pray Salatum Khusuf it is said that when the moon eclipsed the sun the Prophet Muhammad SAW came out of his house extremely nervous and he scurried to the masjid and he gathered the people and they saw how nervous he was SAW this is the messenger of Allah the one who we follow the most beloved of God and look at his state he was extremely concerned he revealed to his companions that during this time when the sun when the moon eclipses the sun it is a huge sign from Allah Azza wa Jalla that potentially fitna can befall upon a community so he gathered the community and he said for us to do the things that most pleases Allah during this moment so a calamity does not fall upon us he also said to give much in charity after doing ibadah meaning standing and worshipping Allah to give in charity to seek forgiveness of Allah during this time to be kind to those who are around you if this was the state of our beloved messenger Muhammad SAW who was the most pristine human being what about you and I who was the most prepared to stand before Allah who is the most prepared to stand before Allah on Yomu Qiyami if he had this much worry inside of his heart how should you and I be when we see the signs of Allah Azza wa Jalla Allah has revealed inside of his glorious Quran they ask you Muhammad they ask you about the last hour let us think about that we were discussing last night what if it is that we have our book and we knew when our last hour was on this earth what would our state mean how would we use our time if we knew our full schedule the day that we would go and return back to Allah Azza wa Jalla they ask you oh Muhammad about the last and final hour see ma anta min dhikraha this is the blessed prophet Muhammad SAW and Allah tells him oh Muhammad you are not in position to know that information no one knows the hour except Allah and Allah has given us signs in order to know when that hour is coming and approaching and when that hour is near until your Lord is Allah to return inna ma anta min dhikraha o Muhammad you are solely the ambassador or the leader of those who want to take heed of your message meaning this glorious Quran that Allah has given us to recite that is you and I who are here right now trying to follow the Sunnah of the prophet Muhammad meaning his lifestyle and trying to implement the words of Allah Azza wa Jalla Allah tells us many times inside of his glorious Quran that this world is nothing but near play and we will come to realize that or those who are unfortunate will come to realize that on the day of Yomul Qiyam on the day of standing before Allah they will say it's only as if we were in it for a day and a night so what is time in this true essence and how do we actually use our time for our benefit to make sure that we provide a proper response when we stand before our Lord Azza wa Jalla Allah also tells us about the horrors on Yomul Qiyam we ask Allah for his protection that we do not have to stand before him and take any reckoning and have to be accountable for that which we have accounted in our lives so let us take advantage and be grateful about this time that we have together right now and this month that we're in because we are in pristine condition to be fully forgiven for what it is that we have committed and the actions that we take now will provide the best of responses for us on Yomul Qiyam and why is that the day where you and I will not be able to even control our own breaths nor our hands any of our limbs in fact Allah tells us inside of his glorious Quran that he will make our limbs a test for us yet during these months like Ramadan if we habituate ourselves to good actions we will naturally respond with good and this is one of the reasons on Yomul Qiyam we won't have any control over ourselves because the limbs who are our witness to every single thing that it is that we do let alone the angels let alone our Lord above every single thing it is that you and I have done will do and what it is that we think having these signs of Allah is nothing more than a miracle dear believers and it is time for you and I to do our utmost best to connect with this glorious Quran and to not waste away our time we must be good to one another we must be able to reflect with one another we must be able to be guided by one another we see the current state of our ummah and what certain agenda of people around the world are doing right now at times it seems like the oppressors are winning in some sort but this is all by the decree of Allah Azza wa Jalla for they surely are signs just as well just as Fira'un was a sign to the nation of Banu Israel Allah gives us these characters for a reason even though when we say characters these were true people real people but it is for us to take all of these analogies and to apply them directly to what is going on inside of our times as well any oppressor in any shape or form is Fira'un and truly Allah one of the most attested acts to Allah is to oppress even if it be one's own self so when you and I commit wrong and when we start off with ourselves first and not look at others reflect about how is it that we oppress our own selves think about it the victim can always tell you what the oppressor has done to them correct? as we see what is going on inside of Philistine and the West Bank and the Horn of Africa and Somalia people being starved the victim can always tell the oppressor what they have oppressed upon them I want you to really reflect about this regarding ourselves and if we can collectively see within our own selves what about the victim of our limbs Allah Azza wa Jalla tells us we'll be the victim who will speak against us our feet will be the victims who speak against us our eyes will be the victims who speak against us because they wouldn't want to be punished right? as we say when we look at anyone inside of this life who is being oppressed we say that is unfair, that's not right and that's the same exact way that our body will want to respond against this soul who actually controls it our hands will say Allah I don't want to be burned remove me from this soul and put that soul inside of the fire because it wasn't me who wanted to do it I'm the victim the feet will say Allah I did not walk there this soul made me do it do not put me inside of your fire eyes will say Allah I did not intend to watch that I was the victim I was forced to do this we must take ourselves to account before we are taken to account and this is the way that we should try and live every single day of our lives and we don't want to have a seldom moment in the sense that Allah is not forgiving Allah is the most forgiving the most merciful but we also don't want to take for granted the mercy of Allah by being disobedient purposefully by knowing that Alhamdulillah this month during Ramadan I stayed away from this I stayed away from that I didn't commit this sin Allah is showing us his signs there's a day that is approaching whether we live that day in reality but the day that is definitely approaching is the day of our return to Allah that's a guarantee that is something we will literally taste as Allah describes in his glorious Quran let us not take the mercy of Allah for granted although Allah is the most gracious the most merciful He gives every single sin as we are told and taught to say instead of this glorious month Allahumma inna ka aafoon tuhibbu al-afwa faaafu anna Allahumma inna ka aafoon tuhibbu al-afwa faaafu anna Allahumma inna ka aafoon tuhibbu al-afwa faaafu anna Ya Kareem and it is accepted but we urge ourselves with this message that we've been able to sit with one another today know that your Lord is the most gracious the most merciful don't go back after this glorious month may Allah accept do not go back to being the same person that you were may Allah bless us with many more Ramadans that we are able to inculcate love of his messenger Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and love and inculcate love of his glorious Quran and these should be steps that we take going up and raising in our ranks and in our iman and in our character after Ramadan we should not start declining and going back down our steps if you are able to behave and perform the way that you have been during this month what do you think it is that you can't do it afterwards? we've been able to learn about who it is that we are because we know that the Shayyalti are walked away so you and I have had at least nearly 30 days to find out who it is that we truly are we can't use the shaytan as an excuse as on the day of judgment before he is descended into the worst of places may Allah protect us from say Ameen he will say I only called you to it I only whispered to you you're the one who did the action we must use this time to fortify ourselves and every time we strengthen our shield with la ilaha illa Allah Muhammadur Rasulullah we never allow our shield to be penetrated or broken by going back to the same activities that we used to take part in the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam says the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him we really wanted to stick to the most beginning parts of this hadith which we'll end with inshallah Allah tells you and I that truly all actions have intentions in every single action of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam Allah tells you and I that truly all actions have intentions in every single action of a believer if it is for the sake of Allah and his messenger they will be rewarded as such whatever it is that you strive for in life whether it is providing for your family whether it is trying to read some disease of the heart whether it is to stop habituating a bad act when you remember your cause and why it is that you and I are here for the sake of Allah no matter how much we fail or we strive in achieving that thing Allah will reward us and the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him also tells us within this hadith but if you go after anything inside of this life solely for that thing without the remembrance of Allah without intending to do that thing for Allah well you will solely get that thing so what this hadith emphasizes you and I to do is that everything that we do we intend to do it to come nearer to Allah and to his messenger and insha Allah these are a few ways that we will be able to obtain Taqwa of Allah and we read inside of our khidbah every Friday every single time in our reminder Allah tells us Ya ayyuhal ladina amanu Ya ayyuhal ladina amanu Taqwa Allah haqqatu qatihi wa la tamutuna illa wa antun muslimun O you who believe O you who claim to live your life and submit yourself to Allah Do not die except for in that state Do not die except for striving and trying to come to Allah striving and trying to come to Allah and trying to remember him Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah this has been our talk and our conclusion of it Alhamdulillah Forgive me if I have offended anyone or I have said anything wrong Dear brothers and sisters we just want to make sure that we are reminded Allah is the most gracious, the most merciful and he does forgive but just the way that we are with our kids or anyone that we have a relationship with do not abuse the kindness of your companion meaning your lord don't think that Alhamdulillah Ramadan may be over in 3 days I can't wait to get back to we have warnings inside of this glorious Quran we might not have a next breath so if we can take one message from this entire talk that is to try and live every single day every single moment as if we are about to be taken to account before Allah and we will fare much more better inside of this world if we can take that and that is Taqwa Alhamdulillah Assalamu Alaikum So Alhamdulillah Jared he just come he caught me extremely excited so our dear brother Jared firstly we go back to high school Alhamdulillah we went to James Logan High School in Union City I was class of 2011 so now I am dating myself and you are class of 2012 Mashallah Alhamdulillah this is such a special occasion this is a very strong young man and as you can see even the way that he is built Mashallah so we used to play on the football team together as well we played varsity football together I played wide receiver and he played cornerback and for those who don't know about football the wide receiver and the cornerback they oppose each other they go against each other I am on the offensive side of the ball and he is on the defensive side of the ball and so even in high school we have been sharpening one another through all of our practices through all of our grinds lifting together Mashallah he called me and he told me he said you know what Quran you and your father have always inspired me since high school again I am nobody but again we are just brothers and I am just sharing a moment with you guys in high school Alhamdulillah is when I started to like there are so many religions there are so many people why is Islam true I started to really seek for my own self I knew I was Muslim but I didn't know why I was Muslim I knew I was Muslim but I didn't know why I was Muslim so in high school this senior year actually what he is talking about is when he said you and your father really inspired me and Jared at the time but he did everything that he could do to strive and that shows to strive and to struggle in the way of Allah through anything it is that we do just things even like football right anything you can take anything any art in the world and if you do it for the sake of God there are all these microcosms that are in the same thing you have to strive and struggle in anything it is that you do this is the only way of how you get to Allah and so he called me he said hey man I've been fasting I said why you been fasting he said yeah and I've been praying I said what I said did somebody show you like did you go to any mosque or anything he said nah man I didn't do none of that I just I just know that to be the truth so I don't know who it is that he's seen actually in his life it's Allah is the one who guys hearts and Alhamdulillah insha'Allah we'll be inviting our brother into the fold of Islam and Derek we just want you to know some things before taking what is called to Shahada as you've already been practicing as a Muslim and what we spoke to you about but now we say the Shahada in front of the community so we recognize one another and then you know that you are in the brotherhood of eternity this life is only temporal we'll be with one another in the afterlife that woman inside of paradise inside the highest level of paradise with our glorious messenger Muhammad peace be upon you we don't ever have to worry about sickness we don't ever have to worry about work we don't ever have to worry about overcoming anything there will be nothing about cure or bliss but in this world we work with one another in order to raise hardship is there anything that you would just like to share about yourself and how you you know what was it is there anything that you would just like to share in general before we tell you what the Shahada is we'll say it in Arabic and then we'll say it in English afterwards how's it going Jared Mendoza I am a deputy sheriff for Alamedi County thank you for having me here ready to learn to be a part of this community that's what I'm looking for I'm looking for some peace as well can you just tell us a little bit how did you come to like how did you come to know that Islam it kind of found me I was looking for some some guidance I come from a a father who teaches a Muslim Filipino martial arts that is called Kali that is taught by the Muslims in the Philippines so I grew up training in that martial arts so I've always had a natural affinity towards Islam so to speak also when I was looking for some guidance I was never a social media person and I hopped on social media for other purposes and Quran popped up as people you may know out of nowhere and I just thought it was a sign Alhamdulillah so we'll say what the Shahada is so we'll say the Arabic first which is always best to do and then we'll explain it in English say let's hold up our right finger our right index finger say Ashhadu and we all should reaffirm our faith right now just as well together with our brother as well say Ashhadu Allah Allah and Ashhadu Muhammad Rasulullah Alhamdulillah so we just said I bear witness say this in English I bear witness that there is no God but God and I bear witness that the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him it's his messenger and servant Takbir Takbir and saying Takbir tells the crowd to say Allahu Akbar and so Allahu Akbar means God is the Greatest which Allah is the Greatest Alhamdulillah welcome to the full Marhaban everybody let's introduce ourselves to our brother Jared Alhamdulillah